Time gradually entered the spring of the second year of Emperor Qin III.

The major affairs of the country are in worship and Rong.

For the Qin people, sacrificing to God was a very important thing.

In the past dynasties, Qin Jun had set up Yongsi 畤 (zhì), Xi 畤, 畦畤 and other places to worship God, and blessed the lord with ether, and enshrined it when he was old.

The most important of these are the Dun, Mi, Shang, and Lower Fields located in Yongcheng, which are collectively known as the Four Fields.

Yongcheng is the sacrificial center of the Qin State, in addition to the Qi, because this place has been the capital of the Qin State for nearly 300 years, there are fifteen Qin ancestors buried here, is the Qin Sect Temple is located.

Therefore, after Qin Shi Huang unified the world, the Qin ceremony "three years a suburb", every three years the emperor will go to Yongcheng to worship God, called the suburbs of Yong, in the spring to pray for the New Year, in order to bless the Qin country.

The last time in the suburbs was the seventh year of Emperor Qin II, so the next time in the suburbs should be in the spring of this year.

But at this critical juncture, the little emperor fell ill.

"I am suffering from illness today and can't travel far, please ask the Marquis of Zhenguo and Zongzheng to go to Yongcheng and sacrifice on behalf of the emperor to protect the Qin State."

When Zhao Tuo received the edict, he was first surprised, and then worried.

The First Emperor fell ill and died.

The second emperor also collapsed due to the recurrence of an old disease.

The little emperor is only more than ten years old now, how can he get sick at a young age.

Zhao Tuo was worried in his heart, and hurriedly entered the palace to meet him, and really saw the third emperor looking depressed and lying on the couch.

The Empress Dowager Li Shu accompanied the Third Emperor to meet Zhao Tuo.

"The Son of Heaven is infected with cold diseases, dizziness and brain fever, I am afraid it is not suitable to go to Yongcheng, but this time the suburbs of Yongcheng have been set for a certain time and cannot be abandoned. The Marquis of Zhenguo is the minister of the first emperor Tuogu, and he can go to Yongcheng with Zongzheng to perform sacrifices on behalf of the Son of Heaven. ”

Empress Dowager Li looked kind and repeated the edict again.

In addition to Yongsiqi, there are also places to worship God such as Xiqi and Qiqi, but in those places, the emperor generally rarely goes in person, and mostly sends courtiers and ancestral officials to act on his behalf.

So this time, it is normal to let Minister Gu Ming act on his behalf because of illness.

Zhao Tuo hurriedly responded: "Please rest assured that the Queen Mother, Your Majesty can rest and recuperate with peace of mind, and the ministers and Zongzheng will do a good job in order to respect God and the temple." ”

"It's so good, everything has the Marquis of Laozhen."

The Queen Mother smiled in response, and the little emperor on the couch also nodded.

Between the conversations, Zhao Tuo always felt that the two of them seemed to be a little nervous.

However, now that the little emperor is sick, there are lessons learned from the two previous emperors, and it is normal to have this kind of nervousness and worry.

"Your Majesty's body is the hope of all people in the world, please cultivate with peace of mind."

Before Zhao Tuo left, he whispered softly to the third emperor.

Although he didn't have much contact with the little emperor, the other party was the eldest grandson of the first emperor, the son of Fusu, and now the lord of the world, Zhao Tuo was full of concern for him.

"I know, thank you for your concern."

The little emperor stammered.

Zhao Tuo said a few more words, and finally said goodbye and left.

In the dormitory, watching Zhao Tuo's back disappear outside the door, the mother and son, who had been nervous, breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Shu looked sideways at Qiming on the couch and said with a smile: "Wu'er's acting skills are very good, Zhao Thief is defenseless, and now he has been transferred out of Xianyang, and we have made a comeback." Wu'er should restore the matter of the former First Emperor seizing power and chasing Lu, so that the world will not fall into the hands of outsiders! ”

Under the repeated brainwashing of his mother and uncle, the third emperor had already equated Zhao Tuo with Lü Buwei, who had dominated the ruling power in the past and did not return it.

After all, before the little emperor ascended the throne, he and Zhao Tuo had not met a few times, and the two had almost no feelings.

And Tingwei Li Yu is the little emperor's uncle, he has loved him since he was a child, and he has a mother's support, the little emperor has a very bad impression of Zhao Tuo, thinking that the other party is a person who is greedy for power and even dares to suppress his uncle.

And under the guidance of Li Yu, he read classics such as "The Book of Shang Jun" and "Han Feizi", and even thought that Zhao Tuo was the minister of the overlord who stole power as the Legalists said.

The little emperor substituted himself into the grandfather who seized power by killing Lü Buwei in the rebellion of Pingchangyu, and he was excited in his heart.

At that time, Lü Buwei was the minister designated by King Xiang of Qin Zhuang, and he also asked the first emperor to respect him as his middle father.

Today's Zhao Tuo is one of the ministers designated by Emperor Qin II, and his status is actually inferior to the original Lü Buwei. But the power in Zhao Tuo's hands is not less than that of Lu Buwei, especially in the past, the old ministry occupied important positions in the DPRK and the central government, and even the uncle dared to suppress it in the court, which was even worse in nature.

According to what Li Yu said, Zhao Tuo used the name of changing the law to suppress the legalists, win over the disciples of the princes, and install forces in various official offices, and the party under his command is growing day by day.

If Zhao Tuo has a disobedient heart, then the matter of the Qi Guotian clan in the past will happen again in the Qin State.

Therefore, the third emperor should learn from the first emperor.

"I am the eldest grandson of the first emperor, and now there are traitorous ministers who dominate the dynasty, I should follow the actions of my ancestors, expel traitorous ministers, and live up to the blood of the surname Ying!"

"In this world, it was left to me by my eldest father and father, not for Zhao Tuo!"

Conflicts between young monarchs and powerful ministers were inevitable.

……

After receiving the edict, Zhao Tuo did not delay too much, handed over the political affairs to the left prime minister Wang Juan and the subordinate officials of the prime minister's mansion, and said goodbye to his wife and children at home and prepared to go to Yongcheng.

"I'm sick in bed today, I can't travel far, I will go to Yongcheng to worship. In my absence, you should pay more attention to the affairs of the DPRK and China, and take good care of your mother and sisters. ”

Zhao Tuo instructed his son Zhao Che.

Yongcheng and Xianyang are more than 300 miles apart, and there are also rituals such as sacrifices, which takes a lot of time. Now that the state reform is underway, he is afraid that something will happen, so he asked Zhao Che to help him pay attention to it.

Zhao Che captured Wusun Kunmo in the battle of the Western Expedition, made great contributions, and was given the title of left watch by the second emperor.

At the same time, he is now holding the position of lieutenant Cheng, assisting the lieutenant in charge of the lieutenant army of the Garrison Beijing Division, and he is already a young man who can stand up to the stage.

Hearing his father's instructions, Zhao Che responded: "Father can rest assured that he will go forward, and the affairs in Beijing will not worry my father." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Tuo nodded with satisfaction, and after saying goodbye to his wife and daughter, he joined Zong Zhengzi and Ying, and the two of them will go to Yongcheng, three hundred miles away, to worship God on behalf of the emperor.

……

"Zhao Thief is finally gone!"

Wentong Marquis Li Yu was overjoyed after seeing Zhao Tuo's honor guard disappear in the western suburbs of Xianyang.

Since he was suppressed by Zhao Tuo and had the idea of seizing power, he endured it for several months, waiting for this Qin Jun's suburb to worship, so that he could use a reasonable excuse to support Zhao Tuo.

There is no way, Zhao Tuo's prestige is too great, as long as others are in Xianyang, Li Yu and the others dare not move at all.

Li Yu had privately calculated that Zhao Tuo's old subordinates occupied many important positions in the army.

Zhao Che is a lieutenant, and the assistant lieutenant is in charge of part of the lieutenant army.

Black Butt is a lieutenant military Sima.

Shima is a long history of Tai Lieutenant.

There are also Zhong Liyi, Lu Xuan, Li Shang and others who also serve in the lieutenant army, the guard army, and even the Lang Wei army, and they have been in office for more than ten years, and they have a great influence in the army.

The three armies of Xianyang.

The Lang Guard Army, the Wei Wei Army, and the Lieutenant Army all have the distribution of Zhao's forces.

In addition to high-ranking officers, many soldiers have served as soldiers under Zhao Tuo and have a natural loyalty to the Zhao family.

Once things change, Zhao Tuo only needs to raise his arms and shout in Xianyang, and with his identity, he will definitely respond to every call, and all the troops will defect.

This kind of thing has to be prevented, when Chang Yu rebelled, he launched armed forces such as county guards, guards, official cavalry, and Rong Zhai.

At that time, Wei Wei, Nei Shishi, Zuo Yi, and Zhong Dafu Ling were all henchmen of Chang Yu, and they jointly raised troops to rebel.

Today's Zhao clan is not worse than Chang Yu, so beware of them rebelling with the army.

And it was precisely because of the huge power of the Zhao clan in the army that Li Yu was more convincing when he persuaded the third emperor to seize power.

The Zhao party not only monopolized national politics, but also held military power, which can be called a combination of Lü Buwei and Chang Yu.

With this kind of courtier by your side, I ask you if you are afraid of being an emperor?

"Transfer Zhao Tuo away, this thief is not here, once we act, the Zhao clan's henchmen will definitely be leaderless, dare not move, and will be taken down by all of us. When the time comes, there is a threat from the Zhao thief's henchmen, and there is His Majesty's edict for the righteousness, so that the power of the country will be in the hands of His Majesty and our loyal ministers, and will not be controlled by traitors. ”

Li Yu's voice was earnest, he was the emperor's own uncle, and it was impossible to harm the emperor no matter what.

Now that the plan is going well, Zhao Tuo was really transferred away by them, which gave the little emperor and the Li brothers and sisters great encouragement.

Li Yu's plan has also entered the second stage.

Capture Zhao Tuo's family and Zhao's henchmen.

"The Zhao family has people in the Lang Wei, Wei Wei and Lieutenant Army, and Shi Jian is the head of the Taiwei Mansion, and now the Taiwei is sick and weak, and this person has the power of the Taiwei. Once Your Majesty orders the three armies to capture the Zhao clan, the news will be leaked to the hands of the Zhao clan's henchmen in an instant. ”

At the moment of the event, Li Yu's mind turned very quickly, and he analyzed that there were many Zhao Tuo's cronies in the three armies, and you couldn't judge which people were loyal to the emperor and which ones were loyal to the Zhao family.

If they misjudge, their seizure of power is over.

Therefore, the three armies cannot be used in the early stage, otherwise there is a risk of being countered by the Zhao family.

Li Shu frowned and said, "If you can't even use Lang Wei, then how can we capture and control the Zhao clan's henchmen?" ”

Li Yu thought about it for a while, and in front of the queen mother's mother and son, he said a force that is often ignored.

"Clan."

He said in a low voice: "The sons of the clan are all uncles and uncles of His Majesty, who are the bloodlines of the surname Ying, and the descendants of the first emperor. In the face of the powerful ministers stealing the authority of the country, the people of the clan are naturally on His Majesty's side, and the Zhao family cannot touch them. With the help of the princes of the clan, we will definitely be able to capture the Zhao clan's henchmen, and then control the three armies. ”

Since the Shang Dynasty changed the law, the Qin clan has not been knighted for nothing, and life is not very good.

But no matter how bad it is, that's relative. They are the bloodline of the royal family, and there are hundreds of servants in each house, if all the princes respond together, it is no problem to make a force of thousands or even thousands.

"Your Majesty's edict ordering the three armies not to move, so as not to disturb the Zhao clan's henchmen. The princes led their servants to take down the Zhao Mansion in the night, controlled Zhao Che and the others, and then took down Shima, Black Buttocks, Zhong Liyi and others one by one, so that after clearing the Zhao forces, the three armies could be held in their hands, and the general situation could be determined! ”

Li Yu said his plan, which was well organized and had a great success rate, which made the emperor's mother and son praise him.

"The people of the clan are indeed on my side."

Next, Li Yu used the excuse that the emperor was sick, and the queen mother issued an edict to invite all the princes to the palace for an audience.

In front of Gongzi Wen, Gongzi Wu, Gongzi Gao, Gongzi Jianglu, Gongzi Hu Hai and other princes, Li Yu spoke passionately, accusing the Zhao family of dictatorship, stealing the authority of the country, and planting forces in the army.

The faces of the sons changed drastically, and they looked at each other.

"The Zhao clan has stolen the authority of the country and is in charge of the military power, I am very uneasy, if the Zhao clan has the heart of Tian Chang, it will overthrow the society of my Qin State for nearly 600 years. Now that my surname is in danger of dying in the world, I also ask the elders of the clan to help me capture the thief Zhao to defend the world. ”

The third emperor wept in his voice and saluted and pleaded with his sons.

In addition to moving people with emotion, he also cleverly threw out interests as bait.

"The matter of Zhao thief's monopoly on the dynasty has made me understand that the world with one surname cannot be without help, if I can capture the Zhao family this time, I will purge the dynasty. I should open the ban of the clan, and even divide it into the far frontier to establish the clan, this matter is not impossible. ”

In the eyes of the Third Emperor and Li Yu, as long as they can take down the Zhao clan and let them control the state affairs, it is not unacceptable to divide the clan.

Of course, it is impossible to divide this feud in the county of Qin, and when the time comes, the third emperor will be able to seal the princes to the land of the barbarians, such as the big island called Dongying found in Rizhao County, the sky is high and the earth is far away, and the Qin State is difficult to manage, so you can divide the people to go over.

Sure enough, it is the interests that move people's hearts the most.

Hearing that the third emperor was willing to open the ban of the sect and even divide the seal, the princes' eyes suddenly turned red.

Compared to being kept in captivity in Xianyang, wouldn't it be beautiful to be the ruler outside.

Not to mention that what the third emperor said is reasonable, the Zhao family is too powerful, once they really have the heart to steal the country, then the world with their surname will be over.

After a slight hesitation, Gongziwen, Gongziwu, Gongzi Gao, Gongzi Jianglu and others all bowed their heads and said: "The ministers are willing to help Your Majesty, capture the traitorous ministers, and support the dynasty!" ”

Hu Hai, the son who was in the rear, also said a word, but his eyes flickered a little.

Seeing that all the princes were willing to help with all their might, the Third Emperor and Li Yu were overjoyed, and immediately arranged and arranged a detailed plan, preparing to take down the remnants of the Zhao clan with one blow.

Things were quickly settled.

All the sons were instructed to keep it secret and go back to the house to prepare.

When Gongzi Hu Hai returned to his mansion, his eyes were full of complexity.

Seeing Qiming wearing the emperor's clothes, Hu Hai always thought of his father who loved him the most.

Since having this child, his favor in front of his father has diminished, and it is impossible to say that there is no resentment in his heart.

As for the capture of the Zhao family, he couldn't help but think of the time when he followed his father to the east to seal Zen, compared to other sons and Zhao Tuo who had only met a few times, he had gotten along with his sister-in-law for a long time, and he was still very good.

The expression on his face changed, and Hu Hai couldn't make up his mind after all.

He called his cronies and instructed: "Quickly invite my master Zhao Gao to come, don't make a noise about this matter, do it in secret." ”

……

On the evening of the second day, the moon was dark and windy.

The city of Xianyang has entered a curfew, and there is silence.

In that dark night, the doors of more than ten princes' mansions distributed in Xianyang City suddenly opened, and countless people held torches and rushed towards the Zhenguo Marquis located in the city, as well as the mansions of Tai Lieutenant Chang Shi Shejian, Lieutenant Sima Hei Buttocks, and Li Shiqi, Li Shang, Zhong Liyi, Lu Juan and others.

"Under the emperor's edict, capture the thieves, and revitalize the dynasty!"

Under this banner, the sons were about to take advantage of the night to capture all the Zhao family.

Who knew that they had just rushed through Xianyang Zheng Street and had not yet surrounded the Zhenguo Marquis's mansion.

In the streets and alleys, columns of heavily armed soldiers rushed out and surrounded them.

"There are thieves who want to rebel in Xianyang, and we are ordered by the captain and lieutenant to capture and kill the traitor!"

Countless voices shouted, and the two sides fought.

Under the torches, Zhao Che was wearing armor and was surrounded by personal guards in the center.

He looked at the chaotic scene ahead of him, and the voice of a man flashed through his mind.

He knew about the matter last night, and Zhao Gao, the servant under the servant, came to inform him by night.

Zhao Che was shocked at the time, but he didn't expect that his father would let him encounter such a major event not long after he went to Yongcheng.

Her mother Yingyin Yan was very calm, and asked him to secretly find his father's old department to discuss, because he was afraid that Li Yu would find out about the real power factions such as Black Buttocks and Shima, so he only found someone who had no military power, but who was resourceful, so that it was not easy to be exposed.

Li Shiqi and Chen Ping.

Both of them were promoted by Zhao Tuo.

Li Shiqi is a diehard loyalist of Zhao Tuo, and Chen Ping was bullied by Li Yu many times when he served in Fusu before, if the Zhao family falls, they will definitely not be spared, and they belong to people who can be trusted.

After the two of them knew about this, they were shocked, and hurriedly assisted Zhao Che to deal with it.

Among them, Chen Ping's eyes rolled, and he also proposed a tempting plan for Zhao Che.

"The emperor was suspicious of the prince and wanted to fight in disregard of the edict of the first emperor, which was already torn in the face. Even if we deal with this matter and save the Zhao family, what about the future? Will the emperor continue to do it in the future? ”

"The monarch is afraid of his courtiers, if the courtiers retreat, they will die and have no place to be buried, and the Zhao clan will be wiped out at that time!"

"Since the emperor is not benevolent, it is better for the little prince to do nothing, and use the dead soldiers to pretend to be the remnants of these clans to enter the palace, kill the Li family, and send him to see the first emperor today. At the same time, he killed all the princes with rebellious soldiers, and said to the outside world that it was a rebellion of the clan, resulting in the death of the emperor. ”

"The bloodline of the clan is severed, and a new emperor will be established, and the little prince is a descendant of the surname Ying, and he is the grandchild favored by the first emperor.

Chen Ping's cold voice kept echoing in Zhao Che's mind.

took this opportunity to kill all the princes, kill the emperor with his hands, and let himself ascend to the throne by blood, and the Zhao family will have no worries from then on.

Be an emperor!

Zhao Che remembered the appearance when he was held in the arms of the First Emperor when he was a child, and thought of the clothes that represented the identity of the emperor.

I have to say that Chen Ping's words are very tempting.

"This man is really a poisoner."

Zhao Che sighed lightly, then shook his head, banishing this vicious idea and great temptation out of his mind.

He looked at the chaos ahead again.

"My grandfather and uncle treat my Zhao family very well, the emperor can bear my Zhao family, but my Zhao family can't bear Daqin."

"If I do this, what will I do when my father returns?"

"If I die in the future, under Jiuquan, how should I, Zhao Che, go to see my grandfather and uncle."

"The position of the emperor is not what I want!"

Zhao Che's eyes returned to clarity.

He ordered: "Rebels surrender and don't kill!" ”

watched the servants under the princes fall to the ground one by one, begging for mercy.

Zhao Che's face was as calm as water.

"Everything, wait for my father to deal with it."

It is impossible to avoid the contradiction between the monarch and the ministers, from the pre-Qin to the Ming and Qing dynasties, there are too many such things, and the two sides will inevitably have conflicts.

Of course, the title of the book is "Qin General", so it will not usurp the throne.