Chapter 3: Digging Your Own Grave
Hu Hai ascended the throne of God with only one thought: pleasure. He obviously didn't understand what the position of emperor should do, could he be blamed?
Hu Hai never imagined that he could become emperor, and it is often said that opportunity always favors a prepared mind. But this law does not apply to Hu Hai, he is not ready to be the emperor, but the huge pie of the emperor hit him, his goal in life is to play hard, Hu Hai is willing to come forward to be the emperor is nothing more than the emperor can do anything, anything can be played, there is this kind of thinking in fact, you can't complain about Hu Hai, when he is sensible, Hu Hai sees every day that his father's extravagance does whatever he wants, his father was full of liver and gall, and the little thing that worked all night has already been lying in the museum and moldy, And his father didn't tell him what else he couldn't do as an emperor.
Hu Hai lived a very chic life.
"Life is so short, since I have become an emperor, I should enjoy it, right?" Hu Hai asked when he arrived in Xianyang.
Zhao Gao's answer was very crisp. He wished that Hu Hai would not care about anything and go to his own pleasure. Therefore, his answer is very clever: this is what Ming Jun should do and Du Jun does not do! But in the matter of the sand dunes, all the princes and ministers are suspicious of us, they are all powerful people, you have just become the emperor, I am afraid that they will change if they are not satisfied. The minister trembled, how can you be happy, Your Majesty.
"What then? "Hu Hai is also afraid.
"There is no way but to kill them all!" Zhao Gao showed a hideous face.
"Good. Then kill them all! ”
So, an edict went down, and the city of Xianyang was bloody, and Hu Hai's twelve brothers and ten sisters were killed one after another.
What is surprising is that Gongzi Yinggao took the initiative to write a letter to die in order to protect his family, Hu Hai was very happy, and he was allowed to die, in order to commend Yinggao for responding to the call of the guillotine in the court, he gave Yinggao's family a lot of money.
Hu Hai's thinking is very peculiar, he is actually not worried about the throne changing hands, the reason why he poisoned his brothers and sisters is probably because he thinks it is very fun to send his relatives to the execution ground with a smile! In today's terms, Hu Hai's behavior should be classified as a non-mainstream behavior that is extremely brain-dead.
For all this, I don't know how the first emperor in the Lishan tomb feels? I guess I was so angry that I crawled out and died again.
For this kind of ruthless killing, only Gongzi Jiang Lu asked rhetorically: We have never broken the law, and we are usually respectful, why are we charged with "not being a minister"? In addition, there is nothing, not even a hard word, let alone resistance, even Fusu is also an edict when it arrives, regardless of whether it is true or not, obediently commit suicide.
The sons and daughters of the First Emperor of the Ages were like lambs to be slaughtered, and they were packed and sent by Hu Hai to serve the First Emperor in the Netherworld.
Why didn't they resist, you might ask?
This is indeed a very puzzling question, although they do not have the title of prince, but they are also relatives of the emperor and the country, and there is no army, but there are more than 10 million cronies in the family, and if you fight, no one will say that the deer will die. But in the end, they didn't dare to worship the heavens, but accepted the one-way ticket to the underworld with a helpless mood.
Bloody and bloody, but there are few words in the historical books. Extremely depressed. Extrapolating a little, I think there are several possibilities:
First, Zhao Gao had already controlled them all before planning to slaughter them, and they didn't have time to react.
Second, there was hope for Hu Hai, who at that time was still learning from his father to show off, so that he did not want to resist, because in the eyes of most people, Hu Hai was a relatively benevolent person.
Thirdly, there was some resistance, but it was sporadic and quickly extinguished, and there is no need to record it.
Of course, it is also possible that three guesses coexist.
In terms of harsh governance, Qin Erhao was not inferior to his father, and the law was even stricter. In terms of luxury labor, it was even more excessive, and the Afang Palace, which had been stopped building, began to resume construction, and more military service personnel were summoned to guard Xianyang, and even more importantly, the food was brought by itself. Working for the boss, not paying wages, and having to bring your own dry food, isn't this a robbery?
Qin II is robbing, crazy robbing under the control of Zhao Gao, grabbing everything that can be robbed, and looting everything that can be looted.
Qin II's mediocrity naturally gave Zhao Gao the opportunity to gain power.
Zhao Gao is Zhao Gao after all, and the means of gaining power are also very high. Zhao Gao gave full play to his own work, the emperor's work rushed to do the spirit of helping others, and took over the work that originally belonged to Hu Hai, in order to get over the addiction of power, he began to install a large number of cronies in the court, his brother Zhao Cheng sealed the Zhongshu Mansion Order, and his son-in-law Yan Le (godson-in-law) was named the Xianyang County Order. Then he squeezed out the upright minister, and after all this was done, finally, he aimed at the last obstacle to the throne of power, the former ally, Lis. As long as Li Si is still the prime minister, he can't be too presumptuous.
Li Si has always regarded himself very highly, and now he has the great merit of supporting the new monarch, so he naturally doesn't take anyone in his eyes, Zhao Gao is in his eyes, but he is just a slave who only promises.
Zhao Gao can't stand it the most is the appearance of others being high, in terms of background, Li Si is something, but he is just a cold scholar, and he Zhao Gao is an out-and-out aristocratic background, he suffered a lot when he was young, but although he is disabled, he is strong, so he has today's status, and now, this old man is blocking his way to power, so he has to get rid of him.
And to get rid of Li Si, there is only one person who has this kind of power, and that person is naturally Hu Hai.
However, Li Si has many protégés and former officials in the court, and he is deeply rooted, and he must have full patience to get rid of him, and Zhao Gao does not lack this patience.
Zhao Gao thought of a good way to deal with Li Si.
Once Hu Hai had a lot of fun, Zhao Gao instigated Li Si to admonish. Once Hu Hai was idle and panicked, he would not let Li Si advise even if there was a big matter. Over time (and not long), Hu Hai became angry.
The emperor was angry, and the consequences were serious. Zhao Gao took this opportunity to immediately slander, saying Your Majesty, you have become the emperor, Li Si has not received benefits, then the old brother wants to be crowned king!
Hu Hai was even angrier. Zhao Gao saw that the first fire had an effect, so he burned the second fire, Li Si's son Li You and the thief Chen Sheng were fellow villagers, so when Chen Sheng passed through Sanchuan County, Li You did not stop him.
Hu Hai was already furious: "The traitor (it's a pity that one less person is scolded)!" He cursed in his heart.
So, without saying a word, he immediately ordered Li Si to be tried, and Zhao Gao presided over the trial. Zhao Gao was very smart, he knew that Hu Hai did not mean to execute Li Si, so he just reprimanded Li Si with an edict, and did not interrogate Li Si, he was waiting for Li Si to have a bigger handle.
Li Si wrote a letter to defend himself, and when he handed it to Zhao Gao, Zhao Gao didn't even read it, so he burned it.
A few days later, Li Si saw that there was no movement from above, thinking that Hu Hai's anger was gone, so he joined forces with the general Feng Zai and the right prime minister Feng Qujian to jointly play a joint performance, suggesting that the construction of Afang Palace be suspended.
When Zhao Gao got this recital, his heart was full of joy, like a treasure: Li Si, your good life has fallen.
He quickly sent the fold to Hu Hai, who was having a lot of fun, and pretended to be aggrieved that he had to come and send it after being beaten by the prime minister's bricks.
Hu Hai was very disappointed and stopped to listen to the music.
After listening, Hu Hai was really furious: "Old guy, go die." You dare to make irresponsible remarks about the first emperor's project. Get out, get into the coffin. ”
Li Si and his son, Feng Quji, and Feng Zheng were imprisoned together, and the second Feng was humiliated and committed suicide in prison. In July 208 BC, Zhao Gao finally convicted Li Si, and the conclusion was very simple, just three words--- five sentences.
It wasn't until he went to the execution ground that Li Si repented, he participated in the sand dune conspiracy, nothing more than to keep his power, and there was nothing more than to think about it, so when Zhao Gao came to him, he was in a hurry to get on Zhao Gao's thief ship, but he didn't expect that this Lord Zhao Gao was very insidious, and the big mistake had been made, Li Si understood that the Great Qin Empire was already perishing. The only thing he could do was to go to the first emperor to confess.
Zhao Gao is worthy of being a master of conspiracy, his series of plans are interlocking, each link has a clear goal, as long as the goal is obediently on the set, he can come with a one-way ticket to the Huangquan Scenic Area sightseeing tour, the principle is to replace the fake, fake one pays ten.
As the saying goes, when you come out to mix, you always have to pay it back.
Li Si paid the price for his greed, and Zhao Gao was completely immersed in the pleasure of power, and he probably didn't know that in the eyes of many people, he was just a flea who could only scream, and he wouldn't be able to bounce for long.
The Qin Dynasty since the Shang Dynasty changed time, has been the implementation of strict punishment and strict law, but because the monarch was still more virtuous at that time, the subordinates were also more upright, the main contradiction in the society is the contradiction with other countries, to the first emperor, the unification of the world, although all kinds of servitude, taxes are also very complicated, the common people did not see better than the Warring States period, the descendants of the six countries also remember to restore the homeland, but forced by the majesty of Qin Shi Huang, but did not set off any storms.
Qin II ascended the throne, the faint monarch and traitorous ministers were in charge, and all kinds of new and old hatreds quickly piled up.