The next day, the ministers of the Qin State heard that Zhao Gao had transferred the second emperor to Ganquan Palace, and they were eager to skin Zhao Gao and cramp, so they came to Ganquan Palace under the leadership of Li Si. When the second emperor heard that the ministers had come to the door again, and they were still blocking the palace gate and not leaving, he had no choice but to meet them.

It can be imagined how angry the ministers were at this time, and when they saw the emperor, they denounced Zhao Gao together. Li Si said: "Your Majesty, I heard that the subordinates and the monarch are equal, and there is nothing that does not harm the country; The concubine is equal to her husband, and there is nothing that does not endanger the family. Now that Zhao Gao has the power by His Majesty's side, covering the sky with one hand, and handling things is the same as your rights, this is too dangerous! I suddenly remembered: In the past, when Si Chengzi Han of the Song Kingdom was the prime minister, he used the method of charity to win the hearts of the people, and a year later he usurped the throne and seized power; Tian Heng of Qi State, he collected as much money as the Qi State Office, and the title given to him by Duke Jian was incomparable. When he was in power, he killed his colleague Kan Zhi, and then killed Qi Jian Gong to seize power, which is a well-known thing! Now Zhao Gaox has evil thoughts and misdeeds, and he is notorious and has bad deeds: the minister heard that the money he collected had already exceeded Tian Heng several times, and there were also signs of rebellion from Zihan. If Your Majesty doesn't know what is going on at this time and gets rid of this thief, I'm afraid he will really have to follow Han Xi's example in dealing with Han Wang'an? ”

The second smacked his lips and said, "Yo yo, how can Prime Minister Li say that?" Lord Zhao was originally very honest and self-disciplined, and he was also happy to help others, so he was promoted and reused. Later, it was only because he was punished by the palace that he exercised the right of a eunuch to serve by my side, but he did not do what he wanted because of comfort, nor did he change his original intention because of danger, and every time he enjoyed such a high title because of loyalty and intelligence. I do think he is a virtuous man, but you suspect that he has a different heart, why is that? You generals are already old, I am still young, and the first emperor died early, who else can I count on if I don't entrust state affairs to him? Besides, I already knew that Zhao Gaoxian was capable and loyal, if he hadn't planned for me, how could I ascend to the throne of God? Since he was in power, he has been able to understand the people's feelings and opinions, and he can be attached to my wishes, how precious it is! Such a person is really one in a million, but you all speak ill of him, is this simply unreasonable? When Feng Zai heard the words of the second emperor, he was surprised and said: "Your Majesty, although the ministers are old, but Zhao Gao is a generation of easy teeth, erection and prescription, if you hand over the power to him, how can the country be harmless?" Feng Quji also said: "Yes, Your Majesty should take advantage of the fact that his wolf ambition has not been fully exposed to remove this thief, this is not only the wish of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, but also the wish of the people of the whole world, please think twice!" Li Si also hurriedly said: "The two adults are reasonable, Zhao Gao harbors evil intentions, and his rebellious intentions are indeed revealed, please ask Your Majesty to advise the ministers and others, and immediately send Zhao Gao to kill this thief." Although the ministers have no talent for managing the middle, they also have the heart of the middle! ”

The second opened his eyes wide and said incredulously: "You are really dizzy, why can't you even listen to me?" I won't cure you for your nonsense today, so get out of here! After saying that, he threw off his sleeves and walked into the back hall, never to see the ministers again. Seeing this, Li Si beat his chest and shouted: "If you don't kill the national thief today, the catastrophe of the Qin State will not be far away!" Your Majesty! Your Majesty! ...... "But the second has long since gone away. Li Si had no choice but to walk out with the ministers, and he looked at the sky with a sad face and despair. It happened that a gust of autumn wind mixed with fallen leaves hit, Li Si felt a chill to the bone, and he seemed to see the unjustly killed Fusu in the sky facing him and saying, "Didn't you conspire with Zhao Gao to harm me?" Now do you know the fate of seeking skin with the tiger and aiding the abuse? I'm afraid your good days are coming to an end? Lees burst out laughing......

The second returned to the harem, and without waiting for Zhao Gao to speak, he shook out all the words of Li Si and the others. Zhao Gao was furious in his heart, so he pretended to be pitiful and knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, what the prime minister cares about is me, Zhao Gao!" After I die, he really wants to collude with the Chu people and do the things of Zihan and Tian Heng. I have offended all the people for your accession to the throne, and today is to die, what regret is there? Then he began to cry. The second laughed and said, "Don't worry, teacher, how can I let you die? Zhao Gao said: "Although Your Majesty pities the lives of the ministers, Li Si and they will still cooperate to harm me!" The second snorted suddenly, and said, "They don't count, and he Li Si shouldn't use the prime minister to scare me!" Zhao Gao saw that the second emperor was thinking about him everywhere, so he boldly said: "It doesn't matter if the minister's safety is in danger, the minister is just worried that Jing Ke's matter will happen!" This sentence reminded the second, and the second was horrified: "The teacher said that they are going to assassinate me?" Zhao Gao nodded and said, "How could it not?" Do you think how mighty the first emperor was, and he has encountered many accidents, not to mention Your Majesty! The second said, "So, what should I do?" Zhao Gao said without thinking: "Only by strengthening your guards, traitors will not approach you, and you can sit back and relax." The second hurriedly said, "Okay, well, you arrange the song and dance first, and then go to equip the guards." Zhao Gao was overjoyed, so he said loudly to another eunuch: "Prepare for singing and dancing, the performance begins!" After a while, joyful music sounded in the lobby of the whole palace, and then rows of fairy-like beauties floated out from behind the screen, and then danced. Zhao Gao looked at them and left with a wicked smile.

Over the next few days, Zhao Gao equipped the emperor's guards and arranged for his cronies to serve as leaders, with the aim of completely controlling the second.

When Li Si heard about this, he panicked, so he hurried to discuss with the right minister and the old general. Feng Zai said: "If Zhao Gao's conspiracy succeeds this time, it will be even more difficult for us to see the emperor, and we must stop him." Li Si summoned the hundred officials again, and then led them to the Ganquan Palace to ask for an audience with the second. When the second heard that Li Si was coming again, he was very disappointed, so he asked the tiger guards to guard the gate. Feng Quji and others had no choice but to forcibly break into the palace and force the second to go to court. Everyone tossed for a long time, and the second finally got tired and summoned everyone again. But as soon as he saw the minister, he angrily reprimanded: "Are you trying to force the palace? Feng Quji explained: "How can it be, Your Majesty? I heard that you asked Zhao Gao to form a guard, and Zhao Gao will control you in the future! This thief's ambition and anti-wolf ambition have been clearly revealed, please Your Majesty be aware of it, and don't let the traitor's conspiracy succeed!" The second was furious and said: "Now that there are thieves in the Kanto region, the world is in turmoil, and you don't want to find a way to catch the thieves, but you can't get along with my close ministers all day long, what is the reason?" Zhao Gao is just an internal servant, he does things according to my wishes, what is in the way of you, and he actually says bad things about him again and again? ”

Not to be outdone, Feng Qujian stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the people in Kanto are not thieves, they are rebellious troops!" They are all heroes of the Six Kingdoms who do not submit to the rule of my Great Qin, and their rebellion is to destroy my Great Qin Kingdom! Now that our country has sent troops to fight and has killed many rebels, it still can't quell the rebellion, why is this? The second asked why. Feng Qu said: "It's because the Qin State has built too many frontier areas, waterway transportation, land transportation and civil engineering projects, and the taxes are too heavy and heavy!" As long as Your Majesty can follow the example of the ancient Renjun and Holy King, temporarily stop the construction of the Abang Palace, and reduce the number of people stationed in the north and south and the transportation of people, so that the people can get a good rest, and the people's lives are good, who else will rebel with their heads? Your Majesty, please be clear! Feng Zheng also said: "Yes, Your Majesty, Prime Minister Feng Cheng is right, now it is because there are too many people serving in the country and the burden of the people is too heavy, which has caused today's situation." ”

The second immediately answered: "Since this is the reason, what does it have to do with Zhao Gao?" Do you keep saying that you want me to bring him to justice? I also read Han Fei's book, he said that Yao and Shun used to live in thatched huts, the tableware was made of clay, the drinking utensils were tiled, and their lives were very simple. There is also the king of Dayu, he personally took a shovel and pickaxe when he treated the floods, soaked in the water all day, and his leg hair was soaked, and the degree of hard work was that the current slave had not tried, and such a king had not heard that he could pass on the throne to the present, so I should enjoy it as I like. Now that the Qin State has fully implemented the art of supervision, using the law to maintain the rule of the country, who dares to mess around? Isn't this set of policies a good policy for the long-term stability of the Qin State? Moreover, it has been more than ten years since the concept of legalism has been governing the country, and the country has continued to develop steadily, showing a prosperous scene everywhere. The construction of the Afang Palace was the will of the first emperor, how could I stop this great project? Therefore, I don't need to emulate those ancient emperors and submit myself to the wishes of the people. I am the honor of ten thousand times, and I must enjoy the reality of ten thousand times, otherwise how can I increase the world? I'm equipping my guards to prevent traitors from attacking, so what's all the fuss about? Think about how powerful the first emperor is, there are people who assassinate him, let alone my body? Although the Qin State is now settled, traitors always exist, and while the country sends troops to guard the four yi, there should be a strong guard to protect me. The purpose of building and repairing the Afang Palace is to show the strength of the Qin State, and the imperial court has an army that can also show the majesty of me, but you are so unreasonable, you really can't repay the first emperor, and you can't share my worries, how can you still be qualified to be in a high position? ”

When Feng Quji heard this accusation, he said bitterly: "Your Majesty, the ministers are not greedy for wealth and nobility, but really for the sake of Jiangshan Sheji: Qin State has been dominant in the west since Xiaogong changed the law, and after Xiaogong, King Hui and King Wu used troops to the east in accordance with the great plan of the previous king, and the princes were exhausted. The first emperor inherited the prestige of the previous kings, and launched the great war to unify the world. But the national throne has only been passed on for more than ten years, and our great Qin State is facing such a severe challenge, and the old minister is really heartbroken! Loyalty is good for deeds, today we can do all to Your Majesty is loyalty, you must be loyal to the minister! The second said: "After talking for a long time, you still have to force me to ......" Feng Qu said quickly: "Today, Your Majesty will either stop Zhao Gao from equipping the guards, or stop building the Afang Palace...... Just die! With that, he hit his head on the ground and cried bitterly. Seeing this, the second was furious and angrily rebuked: "Do you want to rebel? Hurry up and take this old coward down to me! The halberd guards stepped forward and arrested Feng Xiang. When Feng Zai and Li Si saw it, they also tried their best to admonish, so they said in unison: "Your Majesty, if you don't listen to the advice of the ministers today, you are the king of Xia and Ji!" O lord of summer and ji! When the two saw that they had compared themselves to the two most famous kings of antiquity, he angrily ordered the guards to arrest them and throw them into prison.

When the news came out, the government and the opposition were shocked. However, the second emperor did not stop Zhao Gao, and urged him to select the tiger ben as soon as possible, and then equipped them with iron horses and bronze chariots, halberd ligo, gold helmets and silver armor, carved saddles and embroidered sheaths, so that there were foot soldiers, knights, and chariot soldiers, so they equipped a garrison of 10,000 people; It is also equipped with 2,000 luxuriously decorated incense carts, specially for concubines and beauties living in Xianyang, as well as various animal taming, acrobatics, magic, martial arts, ventriloquism, sketches of actors and thousands of palace maids; A larger court band and performance team were formed. The band and the team walked there to bring music and singing, all kinds of delicious food and drink were enjoyed, everything was provided and protected by special personnel, and everyone was happier than the gods. These things were handled by Zhao Gao, and the second was crazy with joy, he simply loved Zhao Gao to death, and the three ministers who 'couldn't do things' had long forgotten that they were farther away than the nine clouds.

Zhao Gao, who had done these things, was tired enough. One day, he suddenly remembered the three ministers who had been thrown into prison, so he hurriedly instigated the prison guards to interrogate them, and deliberately fabricated charges to frame them. Erfeng couldn't stand it anymore, and the two of them were grief-stricken in prison, so they were eager to become benevolent. One day, Feng Quji went out and shouted to the sky: "The sky is going to die Qin!" There is nothing the ministers can do, how can we, as generals, accept the judgment of the rats and suffer such shame? With that, he hit his head against the wall, and his brain burst to death. Feng Zheng was very sad when he saw Feng Xiang die, so he crawled on Feng Xiang's body and cried, and then scolded: "Hu Hai has no way, Zhao thief is in chaos!" The nation will perish! First Emperor! The old minister is looking for you! Then he pulled out the golden hairpin and stabbed his throat and died. The two old ministers died very heroically. Li Si didn't expect things to turn out like this, so he was so frightened that he had to curl up in the middle of his lungs, sobbing and moaning. There is a poem that sighs:

The general has always been a pillar, Huanghuang Building Lai Sichang.

Now that Liang Broken Building has fallen, why didn't Country X fall?

After that, Zhao Gao reported to the second emperor: "The second Feng committed suicide in fear of sin. "It was also said to the second that it was 'a flea on a dog's body, and it was bounced (discussed)'. When the second heard that the right prime minister and the general had died, he felt uncomfortable for a while, so he wanted to release Li Si. Zhao Gao hurriedly said in a thick Guanzhong accent: "Li Si instigated his descendants (son) to rebel, the facts are very clear, if you let him go, he will definitely instruct Li Youxing to ask for the guilt." At that time, the matter of Zihan and Tian Heng really happened. Your Majesty, hurry up and kill Li Si to prevent future troubles! Although the second was a bastard, he still thought that Li Si couldn't kill casually, so he said to Zhao Gao: "He is an important person (important minister) of the first emperor, and the envoy who investigated Li You has not come back yet, so wait?" Zhao Gao didn't dare to persecute anymore.