King Chen sent Zhou Shi to capture Dongjun and Jibei counties, and built fortifications on the edge of the Yellow River to block Baimajin and sent troops to guard it. Zhou Shi then led his troops south to attack Linyi County. The first stop was Di County, which led to the introduction of three heroes in the city. They were three brothers. The eldest brother was named Tian Dan, the second brother was named Tian Rong, and the third brother was named Tian Heng. , are all descendants of the former King of Qi. They live in Di City and have a high reputation. One day, the three brothers heard that Zhou Shi's army was about to attack, so they gathered their tribesmen and said: "We are the descendants of King Qi of the Tian clan. Qi is also a powerful feudal country. It once dominated the east and dominated the seaside. Now the princes are revolting one after another. , as the descendants of the Tian family, we should restore our ancestral heritage and revitalize Daqi!" The tribesmen all agreed after hearing this. Tian Heng said: "I heard that the Chu army led by Zhou Shi is about to attack Dicheng. We should strike first." The tribesmen asked how to strike first. Tian Hengdao: "Kill the county magistrate and call on the people to fight against the Zhou city. If you can defeat the Zhou city, call on the people of Qi to capture Linzi County as the capital, and then proclaim yourself the king of Qi. Your hegemony will be complete!" Everyone agreed together.
The next day, the three brothers came to the county to ask the county magistrate for a decision on the grounds of killing a domestic slave. This was stipulated by the law at the time and private individuals could not execute prisoners. Magistrate Di didn't know what the plan was. When he saw that they were tying up a man, he let him into the county government office. Tian Dan came to the lobby and suddenly shouted: "Now all the countries have rebelled against Qin and proclaimed themselves kings one after another. Only Qi has not responded. I, Tian Dan, am a descendant of the Qi royal family. I should inherit the inheritance of my ancestors and rebuild Qi. You guys What do you think?" The county magistrate was shocked and about to have a seizure. Tian Dan stepped forward and slashed the magistrate. The powerful sons in the county were shocked to see that the county magistrate was dead, and they had to say in unison: "We are willing to support the strong man as king!" The three brothers called on the soldiers and civilians to fight against Zhou City, and distributed all the weapons and armors in the city to everyone. Gather the Qin army. The next day when he heard that Zhou Shi's troops were approaching the city, Tian Heng led his troops out of the city to fight. The Zhou people thought that the people in the city were going to surrender and were unprepared. Tian Heng was caught off guard by the sudden killing, and Zhou Shi was defeated and fled. Tian Heng chased him for a while before withdrawing his troops and returning to the city. Tian Dan sent sergeants to Linzi in advance, and then led all the troops and tribesmen to march towards Linzi. The county guard heard the news and hurriedly responded. The sergeants cooperated internally and externally, and quickly captured the city. Tian Dan entered the city, killed the county guard and a group of Qin officials, abolished the Qin law, and occupied the county guard's mansion. The people of Qi were overjoyed and officially made Tian Dan the king of Qi. The King of Qi also made Tian Rong the prime minister and Tian Heng the general. He then reorganized all the Qin armies in nearby counties into the Qi army. He then appeased the people and continued to call on his children to join the army to expand its strength. From then on, Qi became independent.
After Zhou Shi was defeated by the Qi army, he returned to Wei. The three old heroes of Wei wanted to elect Zhou Shi to be the king of Wei. Zhou Market said: "Now the world is in chaos, and there are so many people who want to be kings and hegemons. This is the time to test the loyalty of ministers. My ancestors are all from Wei, and I should look for the descendants of King Wei to be the king! I heard that there is a man named Wei Jiu The young master is in the tent of King Chen, and everyone knows that he is a descendant of King Wei. If we can welcome him back, we will have support." Everyone agreed. Zhou Shi sent people to Chencheng to negotiate with King Chen. The envoy went back and forth five times before releasing Wei Jiu back. After Wei Jiu came back, Zhou Shi and others supported him as king of Wei and made him the capital of Daliang. He made great contributions to the founding of the Zhou Dynasty and was named prime minister. Wei Bao, the younger brother of the King of Wei, served as the general. At this time, Chu, Zhao, Yan, Qi, Wei and other countries became independent one after another.
When various officials of the Qin State saw that the five countries had become independent, they reported to the court. However, Zhao Gao suppressed all these documents and did not report them. He only reported Zhang Han's defeat of Zhou Wen. The Second Emperor then commended Zhang Han and convened civil and military officials to discuss how to put down the rebellion. Li Si and the ministers further analyzed the world's situation and made suggestions to the Second Emperor, which aroused great dissatisfaction with Zhao Gao.
One day, Zhao Gao said to his son-in-law Yan Le at home: "My dear son-in-law, now the prime minister Li Si is in charge of the government, and his son Li You is in charge of the army in Sanchuan. One father and son are in control, the other is in control, and they echo each other from afar. This is very important to our Zhao family." This is not a good thing! A month ago, Wang Ben recommended Zhang Han again in front of the emperor. The man named Zhang still had some skills. He had already expelled the rebels, and the rebel leader Zhou Wen was trapped in Caoyang. Now Zhang Han If Zhou Wen is defeated and Chen Sheng can be destroyed by joining forces with Li You, then Zhang Han will become the minister of Qin's ZTE, and there will be no place for our father and son in the court." Yan Le nodded and said: " This is indeed the case." Zhao Gao said meaningfully: "If Zhang Han and Li You achieve great success, the second emperor will definitely reuse them, as well as Prime Minister Li Si, and then our father and son may be in disaster!"
Yan Le understood what his father-in-law meant and said, "I heard that the emperor has summoned Li Si many times in the past few days to discuss how to put down the rebellion." Zhao Gao looked worried and remained silent for a long time. Yan Le continued: "Father-in-law, we can slowly think of solutions to external matters, but internally we must not let Li Si dominate the court. My son-in-law has a way to alienate the emperor and make him suspicious of the prime minister!" Zhao Gao asked what it was. any solution. Yan Le said cheerfully: "Li You and Wu Guang have been in a stalemate in Xingyang for nearly two months. Neither of them can win. I heard that the emperor has been wary of Li You for a long time. Why doesn't my father-in-law come up with a plan to alienate him?" Zhao Gao said: "A good son-in-law. , you don’t know something. Not long ago, the emperor sent Li Si’s family to Xingyang in person, saying that Li You did not collaborate with the enemy and was guarding the city for the country. We have no evidence to prove that Li Si instructed Li You to collaborate with the enemy, so the emperor does not believe it! "Yan Le said: "It all depends on human effort. As long as you slowly think of a way, there will definitely be a flaw." Zhao Gao said: "You are right. If I can keep my wealth, I will save your future. We, father and son, have to work hard together. Envoy, you are thinking about the same thing!" Yan Le said: "My father-in-law is right, why don't you directly inform Li You of treason? If the emperor wants to investigate, my son-in-law has his own arrangements to ensure that nothing goes wrong." Zhao Gao shook his head and said: " Although Hu Hai is fatuous, he is a descendant of the Ying family after all, and he is not a coward. It is precisely because I have been around him for a long time that he regards me as a teacher or even a father, otherwise I would have been pushed out by Li Si. "Yan Le said: "The second emperor is young after all, and it is the nature of young people to be playful. My father-in-law should do what he likes and seduce him with what he likes. You must make him trust you very much, so that you will not have a chance to deal with Li Si. After hearing this, Zhao Gao beamed with joy and praised Yan Le: "As expected of my son-in-law, from now on we, father and son, must be highly vigilant and consistent at all times, so that we can maintain our wealth forever!" Yan Le said happily: "Yes, father-in-law, sir, As long as we work together, we will be able to get rid of Li Si, just do as I say." Zhao Gao was overjoyed.
A few days later, in the morning court, II asked the ministers about Shandong affairs. Someone reported: "Zhang Han has besieged Zhou Wen in Caoyang City, and is deploying troops everywhere. He will definitely destroy Zhou Wen, and then join forces with Li You to go south to destroy Chen Sheng." The second generation said: "Li You is a versatile civil and military man, but why is he always Couldn't catch Wu Guang?" Li Si quickly said: "Your Majesty, although Li You failed to catch Wu Guang in Xingyang, he held back hundreds of thousands of rebels, which made Zhou Wen isolated and helpless and suffered a tragic defeat." The second son said: "I already knew that Li You was loyal, but I just asked." Zhao Gao suddenly said: "Your Majesty, although Li You suppressed hundreds of thousands of rebels in Wu Guang and prevented them from entering the pass, what if Zhou Wen came to the theater? Shuiting directly launched an attack on Xianyang, or rather than General Wang Ben risking his life and pretending to surrender to stabilize Zhou Wen, Xianyang had long been occupied by the rebels, and we might have become their prisoners long ago. It's really scary to think about it now." The second generation said: " Things are not like that, so why tell the terrible consequences?" Zhao Gaodao: "The ancients said: 'Be prepared for danger in times of peace, and be prepared and be safe.' Although the dangerous thing has passed, as a minister, I cannot help but remind you. Your Majesty: You should always be vigilant and strictly supervise the generals outside. Don't let them take chances or lose the war due to other reasons. It will be too late to regret it!" The Second Emperor nodded and said yes. .
At this time, the old general Feng Jie felt that there was something in Zhao Gao's words, so he puffed up his chest and said: "Your Majesty, the generals were all personally selected by the late emperor. Who is not a loyal minister? Since ancient times, soldiers have their own methods. In the Spring and Autumn Period, music Yi worked hard and captured more than 70 cities in Qi State. However, Tian Dan later reversed the attack and regained the lost ground. Therefore, it is said that "although the art of war has regular methods, there is no fixed method." Just like Li You, the governor of Sanchuan County. , he stood firm in Xingyang and was able to suppress Wu Guang's hundreds of thousands of rebels, which turned Zhou Wen into a lone army. Later, he was defeated by Zhang Han. This is Li You's great contribution! Li You is the son of Prime Minister Li. He must be loyal and loyal, and I believe he will be able to regain the lost ground and defeat Chen Sheng." Zhao Gao originally wanted to slander Li You, but he didn't expect Feng Jie to stand up and say a lot of good things about Li You, and he was so angry that he couldn't speak. Come.
After the disbandment of the dynasty, Zhao Gao came to see the Second Emperor secretly and said: "I have heard something that I have to report. Please make a decision, Your Majesty." The Second Emperor asked what it was. Zhao Gao pretended to be mysterious and said: "Last night, I received a secret report from Sanchuan, saying..." Zhao Gao hesitated to speak. Seeing that he was hesitant, the second son urged him to speak quickly. Zhao Gao said with ill intentions: "This matter is of great importance. I'm afraid your majesty won't believe it, so it's better not to say anything!" The second generation was very anxious and said angrily: "If you have anything to do, I order you to tell me!" Gao Zacai said: "Someone came back from Sanchuan last night and said that Li You, the governor of Sanchuan, was indeed secretly having an affair with the thief Wu Guang and that he did have the intention to rebel. It was just because his father, Prime Minister Li, was an official in the court, so he did not dare to openly treason. , and I heard that Prime Minister Li ordered him to do this." The second generation said, "That's not right. His family personally went to Xingyang some time ago to say that Li You held on to the city and fought to the death for the country. It's not like that. Are you saying that is so unbearable?" Zhao Gao smiled evilly and said: "Your Majesty, think about it, they are all a family. Even if the Li family and his son secretly colluded with thieves, how could they possibly expose their father and brother? Besides, this is a genocide. Who dares to admit it is a serious crime? Unless His Majesty personally sends officials to investigate, I am worried that we will all be betrayed by the Li Si family? "
After hearing this, the Second Emperor was silent for a long time. After a long time, he said: "What evidence is there to prove that Li Youtong is a thief?" Zhao Gao said: "Your Majesty, you can call the sergeants from Sanchuan and ask." The Second Emperor asked where the sergeants from Sanchuan were. place. Zhao Gao said: "Just outside the palace." The Second Emperor immediately summoned the sergeant. Zhao Gao quickly sent a palace official out to announce the arrival of the sergeant. After a while, the palace man led a soldier-looking man in. The Second Emperor asked: "Is it true that Li You secretly communicated with the traitors?" The soldier kowtowed and said, "This is absolutely true, but no one dares to say it." The Second Emperor asked why he did not dare to say it. The sergeant said: "Prime Minister Li Si has great power in the dynasty. If anyone speaks ill of their father and son, there will definitely be a bad end!" When the second son heard this, he said angrily: "How did you know that Li You was secretly collaborating with thieves? What?" The sergeant replied: "Officials in Shandong all know it, but they just don't dare to say it." The second generation was silent. Zhao Gao asked the sergeant to retreat first. This fake soldier was arranged by Yan Le in advance.
