At that time, when the second heard the words of the soldiers, he immediately summoned Lis. Zhao Gao hurriedly said: "The prime minister looks down on me, I'd better hide first, lest he say that I am behind my back to confuse Your Majesty." And he hid himself behind the tabernacle. After a while, Li Sixuan arrived, and when he walked into the main hall, he found that the second emperor was very unhappy, so he asked, "What is the matter with Your Majesty's summoning of the ministers?" The second said: "You are the first of the hundred officials, why don't you share your worries for me?" Li Si was shocked: "Since there has been an incident in Shandong, the minister has been worried all day long, even if he has three meals a day, he doesn't know the taste, how can it be said that the minister does not share the worries for His Majesty?" The second said: "Li You can't catch Wu Guang for a long time, as the prime minister, don't you have any responsibility?" Li Si said: "The matter of Xingyang, according to the minister's speculation, once the time is ripe, Li You will definitely attack Wu Guang. Knowing a son is better than a father, please rest assured, Your Majesty will definitely make contributions and serve the country. The second snorted and said, "There are soldiers from Sanchuan who said that Li You did have an affair with Wu Guang, don't you really know about this?" Or do you want to cover up for Li You? When Li Si heard this, he was frightened, and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, where do you start with this?" The dog dared not dare to do such an unfaithful, unfilial and unrighteous thing, I don't know where His Majesty heard the words, it is simply unheard of? The second said: "I heard it from the mouths of the soldiers of Mikawa, and there will be no mistake. Li Si was about to defend himself, when he suddenly found that half of the clothes belt was exposed behind the tent, and he thought that Zhao Gao must be hiding behind, so he said: "Your Majesty, this is purely a frame-up!" The minister dared to assert that there must be a villain behind him to slander Li You, please arrest and execute the villain who slandered him immediately, otherwise the country will be in danger! ”

After thinking for a while, the second asked Li Si what a villain was, what a gentleman was, and what was the difference between the two. Li Si replied: "A gentleman always thinks about serving the country, and once he has the opportunity, he will make meritorious contributions and benefit future generations; The villain often has selfish interests, and when he seizes the opportunity, he will frame the loyal and good, and the country and the people will be harmed, the difference between the two is great, please Your Majesty distinguish between right and wrong, stay away from the villain, and get close to the virtuous ministers, so that you can eradicate the chaos as soon as possible and pacify the country. Don't listen to the slanderous rumors of traitors and villains and make wrong decisions, if that's the case, it will definitely make the relatives painful, and the enemies happy! When the second heard this, he thought to himself that Li Si had made great contributions to the country, and he was also loyal to the first emperor, so how could his son secretly communicate with traitors? Not to mention that he went to instruct, was Zhao Gao's words alarmist? He said: "If the prime minister's father and son are loyal to the country, then what else can I say?" But at present, the thieves in Shandong are really fierce, and I am very worried, so I believe the words of others. Li Si said: "Your Majesty, the minister believes that Li You will definitely be able to defeat Wu Guang, please rest assured!" The second nodded and said, "Yes, I believe it, but I can't figure out why there are so many thieves now." Li Si said: "The minister was about to say it to His Majesty, but I didn't expect you to ask the key." The second was happy to let the prime minister talk about it.

Li Si said eloquently: "Your Majesty, the reason why there are so many thieves today is because there are too many, too indiscriminate, too onerous and onerous labors in the world, such as garrisons, transportation, construction, and reclamation, and there are many taxes, which is the main reason for the rise of thieves!" Please Your Majesty immediately stop or reduce some major projects, and let some of the people who are in labor go home, and when they are settled, they will no longer come out to be thieves. The second emperor was puzzled and said: "These projects were all determined by the emperor, how can they be stopped casually?" I heard that the house where Emperor Yao and Emperor Shun lived was very simple, and they used soil to eat and water to drink; animal skins in winter and sackcloth in summer; Eating coarse rice cakes and drinking vegetable soup. Compared with the present, even the gatekeepers are not as simple as they are. I also heard that when King Xia Yu controlled the water, he personally took a shovel and soaked in the water all day, and even the hair on his calves was soaked. Yao and Shun are still like this, not to mention ordinary people, I don't want to learn from them. I believe that all kings should do as they please, in the name of the Ten Thousand Vehicles. Think of the first emperor, he was born in the princes, and finally won the world, and then he stationed troops on the border and built a large number of buildings, just to resist the Yidi of the Quartet, and show the great achievements of the Qin State. However, after I ascended the throne, there were hordes of thieves swarming, but you could not prohibit them, and persuaded me to stop the various projects set by the first emperor. Li Si was so shocked that he broke out in a cold sweat, and he didn't know how to speak. The second said lukewarmly: "Guanzhong is still stable now, but I am very worried, once they also make trouble, it will be a big trouble." Now you can think of a way for me, and see how to make the people in Guanzhong also afraid of the court and fear me, otherwise I will remove you from your position! When Li Si heard this, he was so frightened that he sweated and said: "Yes, yes, yes, the minister must think of a way for you." ”

Zhao Gao was already standing with numb legs, and as soon as Li Si went out, he fell to the ground. The second looked at Zhao Gao's embarrassed appearance, and suddenly laughed and said: "The prime minister said that you are a villain!" Villain! Hahaha......" Then he flicked his sleeves and walked into the back hall with a strange expression.

Li Si returned home, thought about it, and felt very frightened, he thought that when the first emperor was alive, he obeyed his words, which can be described as a gentleman and a virtuous minister, and the top and bottom are harmonious. Since the Qin State ruled the world and implemented the county system, all the decrees came out of his own hands, and his talents were often revealed, and he was finally able to rank among the ministers. Later, since Zhao Gao plotted to usurp the throne for the second emperor in the sand dunes, they cooperated to kill the virtuous, benevolent and filial eldest son Fusu, and then abolished Chang Liyou, and killed many people who were not conducive to the rule, and did a lot of unsightly things, and these were all done under Zhao Gao's prodding. Who is Zhao Gao? He's just a sinister villain with a bad heart, who is scheming, calculating, and ruthless in everything. What's more important is that he is now starting to attack himself, he seems to be sending charcoal in the snow, but secretly throwing cold arrows, and today's emperor's suspicions and accusations are all caused by him. When Li Si thought of this, his anger exploded, and he had to take action in order to keep his position as prime minister and kill his political opponent Zhao Gao.

Lees felt that there was too much to say, and he had to write them down. Every time he encountered something difficult to solve, he got out of the predicament by writing an article, and now he also needs to write an article, so he holds the pen in his hand and writes it word by word, which is the notorious famous article in the history of Legalism - "The Art of Supervision". This chapter is a discussion of how the Qin State used severe punishment and strict laws to rule its subjects, and he summarized the various techniques of the Legalists to control the people and govern the people, so that the Legalists' dictatorship reached an unprecedented degree of severity. Li Si's main point of view is that all national affairs should be decided by the emperor alone, and he resolutely does not divide power among his subordinates, which is a big circle, and the article is a long article, but the ultimate meaning is that he should stop listening to Zhao Gao's bad words, and suppress those who dare to disobey with killing. When this piece was written, the sky was also bright, and Li Si was afraid that Zhao Gao would take advantage of the loophole to speak ill of him again, so he rushed to the court early.

In the past few days, the second emperor has summoned ministers one after another because of the affairs in Shandong, so he has also been in a decent early dynasty a few times. Li Si saw that all the officials had arrived, so he led everyone into the Xianyang Golden Palace. After the second emperor took the throne, the head official of the palace stood up and said: "The emperor listens to the government, and the hundred officials have something to do early, and they have nothing to do to retreat from the court!" After finishing speaking, Li Si came out of the class and said: "The minister has a chapter!" So he presented the written piece. The second took the recital from the hands of the chief official of the palace and began to read it, because the cantata is very long, which is roughly summarized as follows:

The so-called virtuous monarch must fully understand the principle of governing the world and fully grasp the strategy of governing the world, which requires the use of strict punishment and strict laws to supervise and blame his subordinates and the people of the whole country; If the strict punishment is used to supervise and blame the subordinates, the subordinates will not dare not do their best to sacrifice their lives for the king, so although the monarch has implemented a dictatorship, in fact it seems that there is nothing to do, and the monarch can also be poor and luxurious, and enjoy the joys of the world, such a king can be regarded as the most virtuous king.

Shen Buxian once said: 'If those who own the world do not know how to indulge in pleasure and enjoy themselves, they will take the world as their own shackles. This kind of king is because he doesn't know how to use severe punishment and harsh laws to supervise and blame his subordinates and the people, but he is stupid to work for the people of the world, just like Tang Yao and Yu Shun. They don't know how to govern the country at all, but they regard the world as their own shackles, which is the fault of not knowing the art of supervision.

Han Fei also said: 'A kind mother will have the children of a loser; And the strict family has no cruel slaves. What is the reason for this? This is whether it is possible to use strict family laws to rectify the punishment, so when Shang Ying formulated the decree, he sentenced anyone who casually threw fire on the road, let alone those who committed a serious crime? Han Fei also said: "Although it is a few feet of cloth, some people want to take it for themselves when they see it, so they have the idea of stealing. But if the criminal law is aggravated, even if the hundred gold is placed in front of his eyes, even if he is a big thief like the thief in ancient times, he will not dare to grab it at will. He also said that 'if the penal law is not severe, the lame ewes will climb to the top of the hill and eat the grass at will', because the sheep have no scruples. On the contrary, once the criminal law became severe, even Lou Ji, who was good at jumping in ancient times, did not dare to easily jump over the city wall to steal, so in order to govern the country well, the king should be arbitrary and implement the art of supervision. For example, the punishment of the offender must be severe and severe, so that the people of the world will not dare to offend the law, so that the way to govern the country like a loving mother and spoil her children, and in the end the way of spoiling the children should be stopped immediately, and the words of the saints should be carried out.

Now there are still some people who often advocate thrift and oppose waste in front of the king, which will make the king lose the pleasure of material enjoyment, so this kind of remark is simply nonsense, and those courtiers who are strong and dare to die are boring guys, and the king should stay away from them. Only the monarch can control his subordinates and the people alone, and he can show the dignity and authority of the monarch, and only such a ruler can dictate and arbitrarily dictate state affairs, so the power of the monarch will not fall into the hands of his subjects. If the monarch can act arbitrarily, he can block the way to sacrifice false benevolence and false righteousness and morality, cut off the courtiers' nonsense and criticism of the government, and drown out the wisdom and wisdom of others, so that the monarch's ability to make decisions on major events can be more exerted. Once the laws and regulations of the Qin State are perfected, then who else in the world will dare to be thieves? Therefore, the art of governing the country of the three kings and five emperors can only be imitated and implemented by a wise king, which is the beauty of the art of supervision, and only by doing so can the king do everything smoothly and realize what he wants in his heart.

Through the above: only when the art of accountability is carried out, the people of the whole world, including the subordinates, officials at all levels, and the common people, are too late to save their own mistakes, and who has the heart to make trouble? Therefore, today's monarch should have the rule of the three kings and the unification of the five emperors, and he will definitely be able to master the means of controlling his subjects. Even if Shen Buxian and Han Fei are still alive in the world, there will be no criticism, so your Majesty, how to implement the 'Technique of Supervision' in the Qin State, you have to think about it carefully.

After reading Li Si's recital, Long Yan Dayue thought that what he said was very reasonable, Qin did not need a strict criminal law, and there would be more and more thieves, so he issued an edict to implement the 'art of supervision'. Since then, the Qin State has implemented an unprecedented reign of terror, and the imperial court has set the method of commending officials as follows: the heaviest tax collection from the people is the capable officials; According to the laws of the Qin State, the most murderous people were loyal ministers. This edict has been issued, and the government and the opposition are shaken. In just a few days, Qin State designated half of the people in the pass as criminals, and the number of people killed was too large to count. After they killed people, they returned the corpses to the side of the road and did not bury them, so that the whole Xianyang became a place for killing. When the Qin State executed the prisoners, they also let the people go to watch as a warning, and this terrifying extreme dictatorship turned Xianyang into a hell on earth.

A few days after the execution of the technique of supervision, the second asked Zhao Gao: "How is this technique?" Zhao Gao happily replied: "This technique is so good, this is an unprecedented feat!" The second also boasted: "Am I the first emperor in history to truly know how to govern the country by 'magic'?" Zhao Gao praised: "Yes, Your Majesty is the first." You are young and promising now, and Prime Minister Li Cheng is also a genius, if the art of supervision and punishment that he has offered can be fully implemented, then Your Majesty, like the previous emperor, is a great king praised by people! The second asked: "I am very worried about the affairs of Shandong now, what other good way can Aiqing get rid of those thieves as soon as possible?" Zhao Gao smiled and said: "I heard that the chief Shi Sima Xin and the commander Dong Fei are collecting troops everywhere, once they are recruited, they can be sent to reinforce Zhang Han, and then kill those thieves on a large scale, he Zhou Wen, Wu Guang, and Chen Sheng must not live long, please rest assured, Your Majesty?" He said, "Okay, let them kill all the thieves who dare to rebel?" Zhao Gao readily agreed.

Li Sijin offered the technique of supervision, Zhao Gao was both happy and worried, he was happy that the implementation of this technique would make the whole world, especially the people in Guanzhong, hate Li Si deeply and hate. But he was worried that Li Si was superior in resourcefulness, and if he often used these methods to curry favor with the second, the second would rely on him again. When Zhao Gao thought of this, he became worried again, and he was ready to try his best to please the emperor more than Li Si, and then squeeze Li Si out. At this moment, his son-in-law Yan Le happened to find a beauty from Shangqi in Longxi County, this woman had the charm of Xi Shi and the charm of Su Daji. Zhao Gao dedicated her to the second. The second was really full of joy, so he asked Zhao Gao to serve by his side all day long. In this way, Zhao Gao had the opportunity to speak to the emperor again.

Although Zhao Gao was happy, he was still worried that the second would approach Li Si again. One day, he said to the second, "Your Majesty, the Son of Heaven is honored because no mortal can see him. For example, the dragon is known to be a mysterious alternative, but they don't know what it looks like. Your Majesty is the true Son of the Dragon, you should lie dormant in the court like a dragon, and don't meet the courtiers easily, this is the real reason why the Emperor calls himself me! Besides, His Majesty is still young, and he may not know everything about the outside world. If you get something wrong, the minister will look down on you, and the whole country will think that you are not smart enough, so you should be imprisoned. For outside matters, call us a few who are familiar with the law. If there is a piece of music, we will make a summary for you and then report back to you. Using this method to deal with political affairs can not only save His Majesty's time for fun, but also prevent confusion in the court. "The second didn't like to deal with tedious things, he had been disturbed by the affairs of Shandong for a period of time, and now he listened to Zhao Gao's words, and he was in the middle of it, and since then he has not met the minister in the court, but has been having fun in the harem. Zhao Gao took control of the government.