King Chen sent Zhou Shi to capture Dongjun and Jibei County, and built fortifications on the side of the Yellow River to block Baimajin and send troops to defend it. Zhou Shi then led his troops south to attack Linyan County, the first stop was Di County, which led to the three heroes in the city, they are three brothers, the eldest is called Tian Dan, the second is called Tian Rong, and the third is called Tian Heng, all of whom are descendants of the original former Qi king, living in Di City, and have a high reputation. One day, when the brothers heard that the army of Zhou City was about to attack, they gathered their clansmen: "We are the descendants of the King of Qi of the Tian clan, and the Qi country is also a feudal powerhouse, which once dominated the east and lived on the seashore. Now that the princes are in trouble, we, as the descendants of the Tian family, should restore our ancestral industry and rejuvenate Daqi! The people all agreed with it. Tian Hengdao: "I heard that the Chu army led by Zhou Shi is about to hit Dicheng, we should strike first." The people asked how to strike first. Tian Hengdao: "Kill the county order and call on the people to fight against Zhou City." If you can defeat the Zhou market, you will call on the people of Qi to capture Linzi County as the capital, and then call the king of Qi, and the hegemony will be achieved! "Let's say yes together.

The next day, the brother came to the county to ask the county to make a decision on the pretext of killing a domestic slave, which was stipulated by the law at the time, and private individuals could not execute prisoners. Di County Ling didn't know what the plan was, and when he saw that they were tied up with a person, he put them in the county office. Tian Dan came to the lobby and suddenly shouted: "Now all countries have rebelled against the Qin State and have become kings independently, only the Qi State has not responded. I, Tian Dan, am a descendant of the Qi royal family, and I should inherit the inheritance of my ancestors and rebuild the Qi country, what do you think? "The county order was shocked and was about to have a seizure. Tian Dan stepped forward and slashed the county order. The sons of Haoqiang in the county were very shocked when they saw that the county order was dead, so they had to say in unison: "We are willing to support the strong man to be the king!" The brothers called on the army and the people to fight with the Zhou City, distributed all the weapons and armor in the city to everyone, and then gathered the Qin army. The next day, when he heard that Zhou Shi had already arrived in the city, Tian Heng led his troops out of the city to meet the battle. Zhou Shi thought that the people in the city were going to surrender and were defenseless. Tian Heng was suddenly caught off guard, and Zhou Shi was defeated and fled. Tian Heng chased and killed for a while before collecting his troops and returning to the city. Tian Dan sent a sergeant to Linzi in advance, and then led all the troops and clansmen to Linzi. The county guard heard the news and hurriedly responded to the battle. The sergeant joined forces with the outside and quickly took the city. Tian Dan entered the city, killed all the officials of the Qin State such as the county guard, and then abolished the Qin law and occupied the county guard's mansion. Qi Min Dayue officially supported Tian Dan as the king of Qi. The king of Qi also named Tian Rong as the prime minister and Tian Heng as the general, and then reorganized all the Qin troops in the nearby counties into the Qi army, and then appeased the people, and continued to call on his children to join the army, expand his strength, and become independent from then on.

After Zhou Shi was defeated by the Qi army, he retreated to Wei. The three old heroes of Wei wanted to promote Zhou Shi as the king of Wei. Zhou Shi said: "Now that the world is in chaos, there are many people who claim to be kings and hegemons, and this is the time to test loyal ministers." My ancestors were all Wei people, and I should be looking for the descendants of the King of Wei to be kings! I heard that there is a prince named Wei Ji who is under the account of King Chen, and people know that he is a descendant of King Wei, and if we can welcome him back, we will have something to rely on. And they all said yes. Zhou Shi sent people to Chen Cheng to negotiate with Chen Wang. The envoy ran back and forth five times before releasing Wei Ji. After Wei Ji returned, Zhou Shi and others supported him as the king of Wei and set up the capital of Daliang. Zhou Shi was meritorious in the founding of the country and was named prime minister, and Wei Bao, the younger brother of the king of Wei, served as a general. At this time, Chu, Zhao, Yan, Qi, Wei and other countries became independent one after another.

When the officials of the Qin State saw that the Five Kingdoms had become independent, they reported to the imperial court, but Zhao Gao suppressed all these documents and did not report them, only reported the fact that Zhang Han defeated Zhou Wen. The second emperor then commended Zhang Han and convened the civil and military forces to discuss the matter of quelling the rebellion. Li Si and the ministers further analyzed the situation in the world and offered advice to the second emperor, which caused Zhao Gao's great dissatisfaction.

One day, Zhao Gao said to his son-in-law Yan Le at home: "Virtuous son-in-law, now Prime Minister Li Si is in charge of the government, and his son Li You is in charge of the army in Sanchuan, and their father and son are in the system and the other are outside the palm, echoing each other from afar, which is not a good thing for my Zhao family!" A month ago, Wang Ben promoted Zhang Han in front of the emperor again. The man surnamed Zhang still has some skills, he has already expelled the rebels from the pass, and the rebel leader Zhou Wen is trapped in Caoyangyi. Now if Zhang Han defeats Zhou Wen and then unites with Li You to destroy Chen Sheng, then Zhang Han will become the minister of Zhongxing in the Qin State, and there will be no place for our father and son above the court. Yan Le nodded, "That's true." Zhao Gao said meaningfully: "If Zhang Han and Li You become a great achievement, the second emperor will inevitably reuse them, as well as Prime Minister Li Si, then our father and son may have a catastrophe!" ”

Yan Le understood what the old man meant, so he said: "I heard that in the past few days, the emperor has repeatedly summoned Li Si to discuss the matter of quelling the rebellion. Zhao Gao's face was melancholy, and he was silent for a long time. Yan Le continued: "Father-in-law, we can slowly figure out ways to deal with things outside, but internally, we must not let Li Si dominate the dynasty. The son-in-law has a way to alienate the emperor and suspect the prime minister! Zhao Gao asked what the solution was. Yan Le said happily: "Li You and Wu Guang have been holding each other in Xingyang for nearly two months, and neither of them can win. I heard that the emperor has long been wary of Li You, why didn't my father-in-law come up with a divisive plan? Zhao Gao said: "Virtuous son-in-law, you don't know, a while ago, the emperor sent Li Si's family to Xingyang in person, saying that Li You did not collaborate with the enemy, and guarded the city for the country, we have no evidence to prove that Li Si instructed Li You to collaborate with the enemy, so the emperor does not believe it!" Yan Le said: "Things are man-made, as long as you slowly think of a way, there will definitely be flaws." Zhao Gao said: "You are right, if I can keep the wealth, that is, I can keep your future, our father and son can work hard in one place, and think in one place!" Yan Le said: "My father-in-law is right, why don't you directly tell Li You to rebel?" If the emperor wants to investigate, the son-in-law has his own arrangements, and he can ensure that nothing goes wrong. Zhao Gao shook his head and said: "Although the Hu Hai kid is mediocre, after all, he is a descendant of the Ying family, and he is not a bad breed, it is precisely because I have been around by his side for a long time that he regards me as a teacher, or even a father, otherwise I would have been squeezed out by Li Si a long time ago." Yan Le said: "After all, the second emperor is young, and it is the nature of young people to be playful, and my father-in-law should do what he likes, seduce him with what he likes, and make him trust you very much, so that you don't have a chance to deal with Li Si." Zhao Gao smiled when he heard this, and praised Yan Le: "It is worthy of being my son-in-law, in the future, our father and son must also be highly vigilant and always consistent, so that we can always maintain wealth and prosperity!" Yan Le said happily: "Yes, father-in-law, as long as we work together, we will definitely be able to get rid of Li Si, and you will do as I say." Zhao Gao was overjoyed.

A few days later, in the early dynasty, the second asked the ministers about Shandong. Someone played: "Zhang Han besieged Zhou Wen in Caoyangyi, and is transferring troops everywhere, he will definitely destroy Zhou Wen, and then join forces with Li You to go south to eliminate Chen Sheng." The second said: "Li You is a civil and military all-rounder, but why can't he always catch Wu Guang?" Li Si hurriedly played: "Your Majesty, although Li You failed to capture Wu Guang in Xingyang, he dragged hundreds of thousands of rebels to make Zhou Wen isolated and defeated. The second said: "I already knew that Li You was loyal, but I just asked. Zhao Gao said suddenly: "Your Majesty, although Li You restrained Wu Guang's hundreds of thousands of traitors and prevented them from entering the customs, if Zhou Wen had come to the Water Pavilion to attack Xianyang directly, or if it wasn't for General Wang Ben who sacrificed his life to stabilize Zhou Wen, Xianyang would have been occupied by the traitors a long time ago, and we may have become their prisoners long ago, and now I think about it." The second said: "It's not like that, why talk about the terrible consequences?" Zhao Gao said: "The ancients said: 'Be prepared in times of peace, be prepared, and be prepared'." Although the dangerous thing has passed, as a courtier, you can't help but remind Your Majesty: You should always be vigilant and strictly supervise the generals outside, and you can't let them have a fluke mentality, or because there are other reasons that lead to the defeat of the war, then it will be too late to regret it! II nodded yes.

At this time, the old general Feng Zheng felt that Zhao Gao had something to say, so he straightened his chest and said: "Your Majesty, the generals were all personally selected by the first emperor, which one is not a loyal minister?" Since ancient times, people who have used soldiers have their own methods. In the Spring and Autumn Period, Le Yi captured more than 70 cities of Qi in one go, but later Tian Shan reversed himself and recovered the lost territory. Therefore, it is said that 'although there is a permanent law in the art of war, there is no fixed law'. Just like Li You, the guard of Sanchuan County, he was stuck in Xingyang, and he was able to clamp down on Wu Guang's hundreds of thousands of rebels, so that Zhou Wen became a lone army, and was later defeated by Zhang Han, this is Li You's great credit! Li You is the son of Prime Minister Li Cheng, and he must be loyal, believing that he will be able to recover the lost territory and defeat Chen Sheng. Zhao Gao originally wanted to slander Li You, but he didn't expect Feng Zheng to stand up and say a lot of good things about Li You, and he was so angry that he couldn't speak.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Zhao Gao sneakily came to see the second emperor and said: "When the minister heard something, he couldn't help but report it, please make a clear judgment to Your Majesty." The second asked what was the matter. Zhao Gao pretended to be mysterious and said: "Last night, the minister received a secret report from Sanchuan, saying......" Zhao Gao wanted to speak and stopped. When the second saw that he was spitting and spitting, he urged him to speak quickly. Zhao Gao said with bad intentions: "This matter is very important, Your Majesty probably won't believe it, it's better not to say it!" The second was very anxious, so he said indignantly: "There is something, I order you to say!" Zhao Gao then said: "Someone came back from Sanchuan last night, saying that Li You, the county guard of Sanchuan, did secretly have an affair with the thief Wu Guang, and he did have the intention of rebellion, but because his father Li Chengxiang was an official in the court, he did not dare to openly treason, and I heard that all this was instructed by Li Chengxiang to do this." The second said: "No, his family has personally sent an envoy to Xingyang some time ago, saying that Li You will stick to the city and fight to the death for the country, which is not as unbearable as you said?" Zhao Gao said with a smile: "Your Majesty, think about it, they are all a family, even if the Li father and son secretly collaborated with thieves, how could they expose their father and brother?" Besides, this is a serious crime of extermination, who dares to admit it? Unless Your Majesty personally sends officials to investigate, I'm worried that we will all be betrayed by the Li Si family? ”

The second was silent for a long time when he heard this, and only after a long time did he say: "What evidence can prove that Li Youtong is a thief?" Zhao Gao said: "Your Majesty can summon the sergeant of Sanchuan to ask." The second asked where the sergeant of Mikawa was. Zhao Gao said: "It's just outside the hall." The second immediately summoned the sergeant. Zhao Gao hurriedly sent a palace man out to announce the sergeant's visit. After a while, the palace man led a man who looked like a soldier in. The second asked, "Is it true that Li is secretly a traitor?" The soldier kowtowed and said, "This is true, but no one dares to say it." The second asked why he didn't dare to say it. The sergeant said: "Prime Minister Li Si is in power, if anyone says bad things about their father and son, it will not end well!" When the second emperor heard this, he was very angry and said, "How did you know that Li You was secretly a thief?" The sergeant replied, "The officials in Shandong know it, but they don't dare to say it." II was silent. Zhao Gao asked the sergeant to step back first. This fake soldier was arranged by Yan Le in advance.