The news of the defeat of the Qin army at Dong'a caused a shock in Sanchuan. At this time, the Qin State, because of the further implementation of the art of supervision, made the politics of the Qin State more violent and authoritarian, because the prisons of the Qin State were judging cases and interrogating prisoners every day. In this way, the number of those who were killed, those who had their noses gouged out, those whose toes were cut off, and those who were flogged with their faces, were so numerous that half of the pedestrians on the road had been tortured. Because the Qin State implemented the method of inspecting officials: those who kill more people are counted as 'loyal ministers', and those who levy heavy taxes are 'Ming officials'. Xianyang City has actually become a veritable hell on earth, and the root cause of all this is because of Zhao Gao's power. Zhao Gao was originally from a humble background, but because he was proficient in the law, he was reused by the emperor, and now he also showed excessive greed for power, so he regarded Li Si as a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh. At this time, Zhao Gao relied on his tricky scheming and vicious conspiracy to play with ease with the dumb between the applause - Hu Hai, and he wanted to use the emperor's hand to remove all obstacles on his way to do whatever he wanted, as if God destined him and Hu Hai to destroy the magnificent empire created by the great Qin Shi Huang.

One day in August of the second year of the second year, an autumn wind struck, and people felt chills. In the prisons of the Qin State, the jailers took out more than a thousand people from it and then gathered them in a spacious compound in the prison. These people were all shackled, and they looked like they had been tortured to the point of being inhuman, and they were all ragged like beggars. This major case is unusual, it was instructed by the second emperor to kill people under the pretext of intimidating the people, and the purpose of fully implementing the 'art of supervision'.

It turned out that most of these convicts were political X, and the leader was Song Liu, the leader of Zhang Chujun, who lost the battle and was captured by the Qin army. Song Liu was the fifth anti-Qin general of King Zhang Chu, a native of Jixian County, at the age of twenty-nine. After the army led by him conquered Nanyang, they attacked Wuguan, but they were resisted by Wang Ling, the general of Qin, and blocked him at Danshui Pass. Later, he was defeated by Yang Xiong from behind, and finally caught him in Xin Cai, and then sent him to Xianyang by special car. At this time, Song Liu looked very thin, with a scruffy beard, wearing torture equipment, bare feet, and his whole body had been beaten to the ground. The people were divided into several rows and stood in the middle of the courtyard, facing the judicial officials of the Qin State, Si Kou and the prison warden, Ji Peng, as well as some jailers who were taking notes. According to Qin law, they were all condemned to death and executed. The punishments of the Qin State are varied, and the severity of their severity is also outrageous, including the death penalty alone: killing, that is, insulting the prisoner and then killing him; Abandoning the city is to punish people in the city with a blade; Lingchi was executed in the city; Killing, which is aimed at leprosy patients, is to be thrown directly into the water and drowned; The clan is to destroy the three tribes. Some of these various crimes against death row prisoners are prescribed by law, and some are privately created by judicial officials.

Si Kou first convicted and sentenced Song Liu, and the crime was naturally treason, and he was condemned to one of the tortures. The remaining dozens of rebel generals and fugitives were condemned to torture such as beheading, beheading, dismemberment, sacs, caesarean section, tribulus terrestris, chiseling, coercion, and wok cooking, and the remaining hundreds were all condemned to death. After the sentence was announced, the sergeants escorted them to Xianyang City for execution. After Song Liu and other felons were taken away, Si Kou also convicted some other minor offenders. Most of these people were ordinary people who were caught evading labor or performing various miscellaneous duties. Originally, they were going to be sent to the Afang Palace to serve in labor, but now the country needs a large number of soldiers to fight, so Si Kou will lead the punishment according to the main offender or accomplice, respectively, according to the main offender or the accomplice, respectively, the punishment of cutting off the feet and gouging out the nose, and most of the rest are sentenced to punishment, flogging and slashing, and after receiving the punishment, all of them are assigned to serve in the army. More than 300 old, weak, sick and disabled people were also designated as Chengdan, that is, men were sent to build the city, and their families were to go to the government to cook rice, and the sentence was five to six years. For those who were sick, they were punished to collect firewood or rice, for a period of four years. If they were too sick to move, they were to be punished as concubines, that is, to serve as miscellaneous servants in the government or in the homes of high-ranking officials and nobles, for a period of one year. All of them were convicted and sent to different places to serve their sentences.

The most tragic were Song Liu and hundreds of political fans, who were shackled and tied together with ropes, and the soldiers were escorted to the execution. These armorers all wore eerie masked helmets and held long spears in their hands, looking formidable. In order to warn others, the officials of the Qin State let the common people watch. When they arrived at the place of execution, the soldiers gathered them together. At this time, the officials of the Qin State also accused Song Liu of being a bandit, a traitor, and a murderer, and also asked the people to come forward to besiege, curse, insult, and then torture the corpses of five oxen. Song Liu died tragically, and the scene was unbearable. After executing Song Liu, he executed other criminals one by one. Pity these hundreds of hot-blooded men, they died violently in Xianyang City in an instant, and their living lives were unbelievably cheap, just like the wheat stalks to be cut by farmers in autumn, and finally turned into fresh fertilizer to nourish their mother's earth.

After the execution, the prisoner went to report to the second. When the second emperor heard the report, he praised it and said: "You are a good official who really knows the 'art of accountability'!" So he gave him ten pennies of gold and three hundred pieces of silk. Zhao Gao was very happy when he saw what the second had done, so he said to the second: "Now that people can't even save their own lives, who has the heart to rebel?" The second also said happily: "I didn't expect the benefit of practicing the art of rebuke to be so great!" The two of them laughed merrily.

The next day, Zhao Gao had just walked out of the palace, and suddenly someone came to report: "My lord, it's not good, General Zhang Han has suffered a defeat in Dong'e!" ......" Zhao Gao suddenly said viciously: "Hmm! You have to speak carefully! The official who reported the incident was too frightened to speak, so he had to follow Zhao Gao to the Prime Minister's Mansion. Zhao Gao slowly asked about the situation in Shandong, so he pondered: Now in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, the two old guys, the general Feng Zai and the right prime minister Feng Quji, often blow their beards and stare at me, but they are both rectums, and it is too easy to deal with. The most difficult thing to deal with is that Li Si, because this person participated in the planning of the sand dunes, and often wants to claim to be the first to take credit, and now if he does not get rid of him, he is afraid that the second will favor him alone. Thinking of this, Zhao Gao slyly turned the black eyeballs that were about to fall out of his triangular eyes, and came up with a bad idea with suspicion.

Within a few days, the news of the defeat of the Qin army at Dong'a caused a stir in Xianyang City, and then someone came to report that Li Si wanted to see the emperor. As soon as Zhao Gao heard that the opportunity had come, he smiled and said to the man: "You go and tell him, just say that Your Majesty is not available." The man went and told Lees. Li Si couldn't see the second, so he went to discuss with the general Feng Zheng and the right prime minister Feng Quji. Feng Qujian listened to Li Si's statement, and said bitterly: "The country is in danger, but Zhao Gao confused Sheng Cong and hid His Majesty, hum!" Let's go to Zhao Gao now and ask him where he hid His Majesty? The three of them came to see Zhao Gao together. But Zhao Gao had already sent people to keep an eye on them, and now that he heard that they were all coming to him, he hurriedly hid.

For three days, Li Si couldn't see Zhao Gao, and he was very anxious. On the fourth day, Zhao Gao secretly came to see Li Si and said: "I heard that there are bandits in the Kanto region and rebellions are non-stop, but Your Majesty only cares about the affairs of Afang Palace, and also sends people around to search for useless things such as famous horses, famous dogs and beautiful women, and ignores state affairs." I want to meet you, but my status is too lowly, what do you say you should do, Prime Minister? Li Si mistakenly thought that the opportunity had come, so he said: "But isn't it, General Zhang suffered a defeat in Dong'e, and the ministers have to go to the Hajj to meet Your Majesty to discuss this matter." Zhao Gao said pretendedly: "The prime minister is really worried about state affairs, this is great!" As soon as Your Majesty is free, I will send someone to inform you. Li Si was very grateful in his heart, so he went back and waited for news.

The next day, Zhao Gao came to see the second emperor and said: "Zhang Han and Li You, the son of the prime minister, whom Wang Ben recommended to His Majesty, are useless people. When the second heard this, he asked Zhao Gao urgently: "Does the prime minister not know about this?" Why didn't he come and report? Zhao Gao said: "How can he not know? It's just that I don't dare to see you because of Li You. He came to see me privately yesterday and asked me to intercede with Your Majesty first, and first pardon Li You's crime of defeat before he dared to come to see you! Then the second was angry and said, "What now? The generals sent out lost the battle one after another, what do you say? Zhao Gao said: "The prime minister said that he could only send some more reinforcements." The second hurriedly said: "How can the imperial court send reinforcements?" Doesn't he know the situation? Zhao Gao said: "Your Majesty, the prime minister said that there are still five or six hundred thousand criminals who built the Afang Palace, and they can be organized into an army?" The second slapped the table and said, "My palace has not yet been completed, but he Li Si thinks it is beautiful, hum!" Zhao Gao said: "I said the same to him, but the prime minister said that he can't delay the national affairs for the sake of His Majesty alone." When the second heard this, he was naturally furious. Zhao Gao hurriedly advised: "But please rest assured, Your Majesty, Zhang Han just fought a small battle, it doesn't matter, as the saying goes, 'victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers'." I've sent troops and horses to reinforce him, don't worry! Only then did the second turn his anger into joy and said: "The teacher is still thoughtful, but you must report the war in Shandong at all times, but you must not learn from Prime Minister Li Cheng: come forward when you encounter good things, and hide when you encounter bad things." If you really need the prisoners of Afang Palace, you can send them to fight, I can't delay the country's major affairs for my own sake, and what the prime minister said is right. Zhao Gao nodded again and again and said yes.

After Zhao Gao came out, he was beaming with pride, and he tried to find a way to rectify Li Si well. Once, Zhao Gao saw the second emperor enjoying singing and dancing in the palace, so he hurriedly sent someone to send a message to Li Si, saying that he could meet him. Li Si hurried to ask for an audience. But the second was having a good time at this time, and when he heard that Li Si had come to see him, he felt very disappointed, so he rejected him directly. Another time, the palace people came to send a message to Li Si again, saying that His Majesty was idle today and could be seen. It turned out to be rejected again. Li Si saw that he hadn't seen the emperor twice, and he was puzzled, so he came to ask Zhao Gao what was going on. Zhao Gao pretended to be puzzled and said, "The first two emperors were indeed idle, but why didn't he see you?" I'll ask you tomorrow and see what's going on. Lees departed with great gratitude.

The next day, Zhao Gao really came to see Li Si and said, "I have already inquired about the reasons why His Majesty didn't see you the first two times." Lees asked why. Zhao Gao said: "The first two times, Your Majesty asked the palace people whether the ministers came together or the prime minister alone, and the palace people replied that there was only one prime minister. I asked Your Majesty about this matter, and Your Majesty instructed me to wait until the Prime Minister had gathered all the ministers before the audience, so that I could take care of a lot of things in one day. When Li Si heard this, he suddenly realized, and said: "Lord Zhao is bothered, then please see when Your Majesty is still free, I will definitely summon the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty to meet together." Zhao Gao agreed maliciously, and then left.

A few days later, one morning, someone suddenly came to the palace to pass the word to Li Si, saying that the emperor was going to meet with hundreds of officials, and asked Prime Minister Li Cheng to lead everyone to enter the palace immediately to see His Majesty. Li Si was very happy, knowing that this was the result of Zhao Gao's help, so he hurriedly gathered hundreds of civil and military officials and came to the gate of Xianyang Palace to pay homage to the emperor. It turned out that Zhao Gao searched for a lot of beauties from Guanzhong, and they were all sent to the palace last night. When the second got these beauties, he was so happy that he spent the night having fun, and the next day he was still in the mood. At this time, he suddenly heard that Li Si led the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty to ask for a meeting, so he was furious and said: "I usually have free time, why didn't he come?" But as long as it is inconvenient for me, he will come to do something, is this deliberately against me or does I want to show off in front of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military? ”

Zhao Gao saw that the second emperor was furious, so he immediately stood up and said: "Your Majesty, if it goes on like this, it will be repaid, and the minister is only worried about one thing." "The second asks you what you are worried about. Zhao Gao said mysteriously: "The prime minister once participated in the sand dune scheme, and now you are the emperor, but his status has not improved by the slightest, I heard that he resents you very much in his heart, and often thinks about revenge on you." Now that he suddenly led a hundred officials to come, he must know what you are doing now, he is deliberately trying to make you ugly in front of the hundred officials? The second was even more angry, and said: "It turns out that Prime Minister Li Cheng is not well-intentioned!" Zhao Gao said again: "There is one more thing, it's just ......" The second asked very angrily what was the matter. Zhao Gao said: "I heard that their father and son have been secretly in contact with the thieves for a long time, and the minister told you about this last time, but Your Majesty doesn't believe it, and I now have new evidence!" When the second heard this, he became even more angry, and asked what the evidence was. Zhao Gao said: "There are envoys from Shandong, and they intercepted some letters, and the words on these letters are all about Li You's secret thieves, and they also say that these things are all connived at by the prime minister to do this. When the second heard this, he was simply stunned, and he was about to read the letter. Zhao Gao took out the letter prepared in advance and showed it to the second. The second read these letters, gritted his teeth and said, "How can the prime minister be such a person? Zhao Gao added fuel and vinegar and said: "I heard that the people who rebelled in Chudi are all children of their hometown, and some of them are still old friends of Prime Minister Li. In the past, when Zhou Wen was rampant in Sanchuan, Li You was not arrested, so they almost hit Xianyang! This is indeed the case, Your Majesty, you must not let Prime Minister Li Cheng betray him! The second was stunned for a while, so he asked Zhao Gao what to do. Zhao Gao replied: "The prime minister should be arrested immediately, and then handed over to the judicial department for interrogation, to see if he recruits or not?" The second hesitated: "But Prime Minister Li Cheng has a lot of credit, and the emperor relied on him very much, so I can't arrest him casually!" After a while, the second said, "Why don't you send someone to Sanchuan to investigate?" The stakes are high, and he can't be wronged. Zhao Gao didn't dare to say anything more. The second then sent an envoy to Sanchuan to investigate Li You's situation, and then dispersed all the ministers who had been admonished today.

The next day, Li Si heard that the emperor had sent someone to investigate Li You's bad deeds, and only then did he understand that he had betrayed Zhao Gao, and he was furious in his heart, so he told the ministers that Zhao Gao had deceived him. The ministers also understood Zhao Gao's face, and they hated him very much. Later, Li Si led his colleagues to gather outside the gate of Xianyang Palace and strongly demanded that the second emperor go to court. When the second heard that he was upset, he and Zhao Gao took the dancing girl and the band, and ran out the back door to Ganquan Palace.