After Zhao Gao took control of the second generation, he became more powerful and could do whatever he wanted. One day Zhao Gao was sitting alone at home in a daze, thinking that he had already gained power and was above ten thousand people, but he was still a minister in terms of status. Although the second son who was fooled was obedient to him and didn't care about anything, he was the emperor, and the emperor had the power of life and death. Now Zhang Han has surrendered to Xiang Yu, and Liu Bang has also reached Wuguan. If he knows these things, how can he let me go? Although the second generation has now become a mentally retarded and imbecile child, this is all my masterpiece. If his teacher were not me, but someone else, Nisei would be a different person. Look at the descendants of their old Ying family, which one is a coward or a coward? Even those women are all strong-willed, and none of them is afraid of death. well! No wonder the great Ying Zheng wanted to unify the world. This was originally determined by their noble and unyielding bloodline and strong and invincible genes!
Of course, I, Zhao Gao, am not the grandson of Grandpa Rao. The Ying family and I are also of the same origin. We are both descendants of Fei Chang, but we were later divided into two different surnames, one with the surname of Zhao and the other with the surname of Ying. Most of the people named Zhao are in the State of Zhao. It stands to reason that the State of Zhao is the country of my parents. Although the descendants of the State of Zhao have returned to the country, neither Zhang Han nor Wang Li's armies have captured Handan. This shows that I, a person with the surname Zhao, are also very tenacious. I also want to avenge Zhao, so I have to kill the emperor of Qin first, and this revenge will be avenged. Otherwise, if I am not careful, I will let that kid operate on me, and I will have nothing. It is really difficult to predict what kind of fate I, Zhao Gao, will encounter? But now if I commit regicide, this is not a simple matter. Even if my brothers come to help me, what will the ministers in the court think? Will they fight for that kid? This matter must be tested to see who will obey me? Who will not obey me? After Zhao Gao thought about it, he asked someone to bring a bronze tripod stove, and first threw the memorials sent from various places into the stove one by one. When Zhao Gao watched the beeping flames turn all these urgent documents into ashes, a sinister and strange smile appeared on his face.
It was the 23rd birthday of the Second Emperor at that time. According to etiquette, he had to accept congratulations from hundreds of officials. Zhao Gao thought that the people in Xianyang Palace were too talkative and it was not easy to stop people from talking. Now that the front hall of Afang Palace has been completed, it would be better to summon all the civil and military ministers of the Qin State there and let them change into a strange environment. The ministers would not Dare to talk nonsense, this is a matter of killing two birds with one stone. After Zhao Gao thought about it, he sent someone to notify all the ministers to wait at Epang Palace to wish the emperor a birthday together. The ministers didn't know what medicine was in Zhao Gao's gourd, so they set off together. Zhao Gao personally came to invite the second emperor and said: "Your Majesty, your birthday is here, and you should accept the congratulations from all the officials. Now the front hall of Epang Palace has been completed, and the newly built palace is very spectacular, which is what you often look forward to. , please Your Majesty to go to Afang Palace to accept the congratulations from all the officials, and I have also prepared a birthday gift for you." After hearing this, the Second Emperor was filled with joy, and immediately drove to Afang Palace.
The scale of Epang Palace is very grand. Although the entire palace has not yet been completed, the splendid front hall of Epang Palace has been completed. It is Shanglin Garden and the most luxurious and spectacular palace in the entire Xianyang City. The main hall is 750 meters long from east to west and 116.5 meters wide from north to south. The hall can accommodate more than 10,000 people. A 12-meter-high banner can be erected under the steps in front of the hall. There are pavilion roads connecting the palace, the longest one leading from the front of the palace gate to the top of Nanshan Mountain. The main hall is located on a very high platform, with mahogany beams and a Si-A style double-eaves building. Each palace door is equipped with magnet stones to prevent anyone from entering with hidden weapons. The entire palace is extremely luxurious and spectacular. However, except for the front hall, the other palace rooms have not yet been completed. This is mainly because uprisings were raging across Shandong, and the Qin State had to send a large number of craftsmen to the front lines to fight, thus delaying the completion of the project.
Zhao Gao and the Second Emperor came to the main hall. After visiting the palace, the Second Emperor couldn't wait to walk towards the place where he would go to court. At this time, the officials of Qin State had been waiting there for a long time. The second generation came to the golden palace and sat down, and asked eagerly: "The Prime Minister said that he has prepared a birthday gift for me. I don't know what kind of treasure it is. Take it out quickly and let me see it." Zhao Gao said: "I got it in a foreign land. A BMW. This horse is different from the horses of Qin. It is petite in size and very cute in appearance. Please take a look at it!" He ordered the palace servants to bring the treasure to the palace.
After a while, an official brought in a very beautiful and docile sika deer from the palace gate. At this moment, everyone in Afang Palace was stunned. They all thought that Zhao Gao had clearly mentioned horses, but he had brought in deers. Just when everyone was stunned, Zhao Gao suddenly spoke. He introduced enthusiastically: : "This horse was donated from South Vietnam. It is different from the horses in the north. As the saying goes, the northern horses are tall and the southern horses are petite. Your Majesty, please see if this is the case?" The second son looked at the sika deer and suddenly asked He laughed loudly and said: "Prime Minister, Prime Minister! You really know how to joke. This is obviously a deer, how can you say it is a horse?" Zhao Gao pretended to be surprised and said: "Your Majesty, this is obviously a horse, how can you say it is a deer? Huh?" The second generation became more confused and asked the ministers on the left and right: "Tell me, is this a horse or a deer?" The courtiers lowered their heads and dared not speak. Only a few of them flattered and said: "Yes. Horse! It's a horse!" Zhao Gao laughed and said, "That's right, Your Majesty, this is obviously a horse, how can you say it's a deer? Don't you even recognize a horse?"
There was sudden silence in the vast golden palace. After a while, three ministers suddenly stepped forward and said plausibly: "It's obviously a deer, but Prime Minister, you're referring to a deer as a horse. How dare you say such nonsense?" Zhao Gao smiled coldly in a threatening tone: "Hey, I How dare you talk nonsense? You should look carefully!" The three ministers straightened their backs and said uprightly: "We can see it very clearly, Prime Minister!" Zhao Gao then smiled slightly and said calmly: "Really?" Zhao Gao spoke When playing, he vividly demonstrated what "a smile hides a knife", so that it reached a very high level.
After a while, after the dynasty dispersed, Zhao Gao immediately ordered his confidants to accuse the three ministers who had falsely accused the emperor of treason in the main hall. The second generation had long lost the ability to think independently, so he asked Zhao Gao how to deal with it. Zhao Gao arrested the three ministers, cut out the heart of one, took out the lungs of another, and cut the third into eight pieces, and then invited the ministers to visit. When the ministers saw the miserable condition of the three people, they were all frightened out of their wits.
The next day, Zhao Gao invited all officials to present gifts to the emperor. This time, Zhao Gao asked someone to bring a bunch of cattail leaf scrolls and presented it to the Second Emperor in front of the ministers. He said, "This is a delicious roll of dried meat. Please taste it, Your Majesty!" The Second Emperor took the cattail leaf scroll. The son looked at it again and again, and was shocked and said: "Prime Minister, what do you think this is?" Zhao Gao said: "It's dried meat!" The second generation laughed and said: "The Prime Minister said it wrong again." He asked the ministers: "What do you think? What is this?" The courtiers said in unison: "It's dried meat!" The second generation was very puzzled, so he looked at Pu Ye carefully and then at the minister, a little bit disbelieving himself. Zhao Gao then pointed to the golden crown of a minister and said: "This is a black crown, your Majesty, do you think it is?" Then he pointed to a minister wearing black court clothes and said: "Why are you wearing a yellow crown today?" Court uniform?" The minister was so frightened that his body only trembled. Zhao Gao was in the court, talking about bad things and bad things, deliberately confusing right and wrong, and talking nonsense according to his temper.
After Zhao Gao finished speaking, he asked the ministers to testify on his behalf to see if he was right. This time, the ministers were all frightened and had no choice but to follow Zhao Gao's instructions and said, "What the Prime Minister said is very correct!" After hearing this, the Second Emperor was stunned and had to shake his head, doubtful. He suffered from insanity. He said to Zhao Gao: "Zhao Aiqing, I couldn't even recognize the horse yesterday, and today I mistook the meat and its color. What's going on?" Zhao Gao immediately suggested to the second generation that he quickly call in the imperial doctor to diagnose first. Take a look at your body.
The second emperor summoned the imperial physician to check his pulse. After the diagnosis, the imperial doctor said everything was normal. Zhao Gao said again: "Your Majesty is in good health." He also suggested that the fortune teller should be used for divination. This divination had been instructed by Zhao Gao. After the divination, he said: "Your Majesty, you seem to have offended the gods." The second generation said: "How do you say this?" The divination said: "The hexagram said that you used to pay homage to the ancestral temple. When I was young, I once had evil thoughts while fasting, which caused me to offend the gods, so I suffered from visual confusion." The Second Emperor asked what he should do. Taibu said: "You should go back to the ancestral temple to bathe and fast, and then offer sacrifices and pray devoutly, and the insanity will be cured." The second generation thought to himself, could it be that I had too much fun and offended the gods, so this happened? In this case, I asked Zhao Gao what to do. Zhao Gao said enthusiastically: "Since your Majesty is suffering from insanity, you should fast for a few days."
The second generation came to the ancestral temple in Shanglinyuan. He first went to the Zhai Palace to bathe and fast. After five days, he could go to worship his ancestors. But the second generation couldn't bear the loneliness. Two days later, he went to the imperial garden to hunt again, and suddenly saw a tiger looking for food in the woods. The second generation said to his left and right: "Huang Gong has the ability to subdue dragons and tigers. Go and summon him quickly. I want to see for myself how he subdues tigers." After a while, Huang Gong was summoned. II asked him to subdue the tiger. Huang Gong said nervously: "Your Majesty, this tiger is an adult tiger that escaped from the pen. I can't tame it!" The second generation said angrily: "You are not afraid of getting into the iron cage. Now it is just a tiger. How can you not tame it?" Are you afraid? Are you deliberately disobeying my order?" Then he ordered him to tame the tiger. Huang Gong looked up to the sky and sighed: "I have learned this little trick since I was a child, thus changing the instincts and habits of animals. This must have offended the beast god, and I deserve to die now!" He walked into the woods and fought the tiger with his bare hands. Killed by a tiger. The Second Emperor quickly ordered the Tiger Guards to shoot the tiger. When the second emperor saw the scene of tigers eating people, he returned to the Zhai Palace in fear.
That night, he had a strange dream. He dreamed that a white tiger had killed his left stallion. When he woke up the next day, he looked unhappy, so he summoned the dream-telling official and told him what happened in the dream. The official said: "This is the work of the God of Jingshui. Your Majesty should go to the Jingshui to offer sacrifices, otherwise something big will happen!" After hearing this, the Second Emperor became even more frightened, and hesitantly asked Zhao Gao why. manage. It turned out that Zhao Gao saw that Lent had arrived, but he had not yet figured out a way to get rid of the second generation, so he deliberately let the officials who divined the dream say this. At that time, Zhao Gao asked, knowing what the second son was thinking, he said: "Your Majesty, this is simply a trivial matter for you. You can bring some women to worship by the river during the day, and you can continue to have fun at night. This way There is no need to delay sacrifices and enjoyment." The second generation asked where he lived. Zhao Gao said: "You can live in Wangyi Palace." When the second son heard that he could continue playing in another place, he happily said: "That's great, especially the two women who dance the scarf and lead the dance must go. I haven't yet." Have you seen enough?" Zhao Gao agreed one by one. Then he ordered the doctor Zhao Cheng to lead a team of soldiers to protect him, and they all came to Jincheng to move.
When the procession set off, the emperor's guard of honor and various colorful flags covered the sky and the sun. BMW incense cars were lined up for several miles, and the fragrance of burning incense powder, pepper and orchid floated far away. When the second emperor's emperor passed by Xianyang Palace, all the civil and military officials stood to see him off. Xianyang ordered Yan Le to organize the Huben Army to enforce martial law and resolutely prevent ministers from getting close to the emperor's carriage. The Second Emperor handed over all military and state affairs to Zhao Gao, and then took some female singers, singers, dancers, musicians, and jugglers to set off. The rest of the concubines and beauties were all waiting in Jincheng, and they would continue to stay in Jincheng after the sacrifice activities. Have fun here. Although the second generation was fatuous, he was still somewhat sober, and finally asked about the chaos in Shandong. Zhao Gao continued to coax: "Shandong is already very quiet. Zhao Bi and Zhang Han have both won the battle. They will return to the court in triumph soon!" The Second Emperor was very happy and led his troops to the north. We crossed the Hongqiao on the Weishui River, admiring the scenery, chatting and laughing all the way, and walked straight to Wangyi Palace.
Wangyi Palace is the northernmost palace in Xianyang. There is a fifty-foot-high watchtower in the palace. It is a military facility specially designed to observe the invasion of foreigners from the north. Therefore, it is called Wangyi Tower, and the palace is also called Wangyi Palace. When the second son came to the palace, he thought that the white tiger in his dream killed the left horse, maybe because the river god lacked horses. The next day, he led the responsible officials to the Jingshui River, pushed four pure white horses into the river as a gift to the river god, and then prayed solemnly before returning to the palace. Zhao Cheng protected him very closely along the way. After the second son entered the city, Zhao Cheng closed the palace gate and guarded it tightly.
After dark, the emperor continued to hold singing and dancing events in the palace. They sang "Beauty Fu", which was the earliest description of women's appearance and clothing. The poem said:
The handsome man has a handsome face (qi), and his clothes are rich and beautiful (jong). The son of the Marquis of Qi and the wife of the Marquis of Wei. The sister of Donggong, the aunt of Marquis Xing, and the Duke of Tan are protecting his private interests.
His hands are like catkins, and his skin is like gelatin. The collar is like a caterpillar (qiu qi), and the teeth are like a gourd (hu) rhinoceros. Qin's head has furrowed eyebrows, a charming smile, and beautiful eyes.
Ao Ao, a great scholar, said that he was in the suburbs of the countryside. The four males are arrogant, and Zhu Wei (fen) is bibiao (biao). Zhai Fu (di fu) came to court. The official retired early, leaving the king with no work to do.
The river is full of water, and the north current is alive. Shi Zhen(gu)濊濊(huo), Zhan(zhan) tuna(wei)fafa(bō). Jia (jia) and suede (tan) are exposed and uncovered. The common people are evil, and the common people have 朜 (qie).
In this way, the second son and his women had fun day and night, and the sound of obscenity soon penetrated the palace wall and spread to the vast northern wasteland.
Since King Youxian of the Huns was defeated by Wang Li at Gaoque Pass, he often thought of revenge but never had the chance. Later, I heard that someone in the Qin State was rebelling, and that Wang Li had died in the battle, so he hurriedly reported to the Great Chanyu and suggested that we should be prepared to attack Qin State. Recently, Tan Ma came to report again, saying that lewd and erotic music was once again spreading in Wangyi Palace, and the emperor of Qin was hiding there to play tricks. When King Youxian heard the report, he came to Shanyu and said: "Your Majesty, the second emperor of Qin is an imbecile and a fool, far from being comparable to Ying Zheng. Recently I heard that that bastard has handed over all state affairs to Zhao Gao. He hid in the Wangyi Palace and had fun day and night. The ancient Chinese sages said, "If you don't leave the palace, you can rule by playing the harp." But this fool spends his time debauching and derelict in government, and engages in "excessive music". This is not far from the destruction of the country. . The Wangyi Palace where he currently lives is very close to the desert, and there are probably not many troops guarding it. If we send troops quickly at this time, it will be easy to catch that kid! "
After hearing this, Shanyu thought that the opportunity was rare, so he immediately gathered the leaders of various ministries to discuss: "The second generation boy spends his days drinking and having fun, and is not like a human being. Guanzhong will soon be captured by Shandong rebels. We were born to My dear son, the eagle on the grassland, can we attack Guanzhong now, when will we wait?" Someone worried: "Your Majesty, although the second generation is a bastard and a child, the national power of Qin is still very strong. Even if that brat lives here, I'm afraid it still won't be able to shake the foundation of Qin." Shan Yu thought deeply: "Although the pillars are tall, but there are moths eating into them, how can their foundations be stable? This opportunity cannot be missed!" He appointed King Youxian as his commander. The Grand Marshal of the South immediately led the troops of the entire country and marched south again.
King Youxian quickly captured Gaoque Pass and Lianmo Pass. In order to completely defeat the Great Wall Army, the Huns divided their troops into three routes: the right route went south along the Helan Mountains to attack Longxi County; the left route attacked Yunzhong County; King Xian of the Right personally led his troops to attack Jiuyuan County, hoping to directly attack Jiuyuan County through the straight road. Come south to capture the Second Emperor.
The Qin army along the Great Wall got the news and flew to deputy general Zhao Hai. When Zhao Hai heard that the Xiongnu troops were marching south in three groups, he hurriedly lit a beacon tower, first reported to Xianyang, and then mobilized troops to resist. The beacon tower conveys military information very quickly, and at the same time it also plays a shocking role in national defense. Suddenly, war broke out in North China, and the war resumed. It also affected the desire of countless Qin soldiers to serve the country. Those soldiers who had been guarding the border for many years took up arms without hesitation, and they used their strong flesh and blood to defend the country again. Touching every inch of the ground under your feet, there is a poem praising:
The Great Wall of Yingzheng defends against the Xiongnu, and winds along the mountains like a dragon. It drinks from Penglai Cangming water in the east and sweeps away the Qilian desert wind in the west.
The dust and wolf smoke are rising in the sky, and the boots and knives in the city caves are fighting for the hero; the moon is white with frost, and the rouge on the dressing table is lonely and red;
Where is the tower unguarded? Whose strong man becomes an old man? Staring at the bright moon every night is still there, but the bone plugs are smelly after fighting every day;
The bricks of the Qin Dynasty were not yet dry, but the fighting flags of the opera pavilion arrived first; the Great Wall was thousands of miles away, but Hu Qi went south and the wall did not fall down.
How many times have the moon illuminated the battlements? When soldiers enter Xianyang, Chu people dance; without clearing the river channels, how can the breach of the embankment be blocked?
Without benevolence and righteousness to guard the world, how can we make up for the collapse of our great cause? So what about a copper wall and an iron wall? The empty rubble is an eternal tragedy!
