"Assassin the king and kills the driver, oh, only a fool would do this."
In Zhu Gaojie's mind world, Cao Cao said disdainfully, "The dead emperor is the most worthless, why not hold the emperor hostage to order the princes!"
Ying Zheng raised his eyebrows slightly: "Are you good at playing?"
Cao Cao's attitude of not taking the emperor seriously made him feel insulted.
"Ahem." Cao Cao changed the subject, "Brother Zheng, have you seen Li Si? I have some questions I would like to ask."
"Hmph." Ying Zheng snorted coldly, "Li Si? I don't know this person!"
Qin Shihuang Yingzheng, the first emperor in history, swept across the six countries, wrote the same text, drove the same track, unified weights and measures... What he did was not the merit of one life, but the merit of all generations!
When he was alive, he actually understood that the Great Qin Empire's ability to last for eternity was only a wish rather than a reality. For all eternity, even the 800-year-old Zhou Dynasty would only leave a sigh in the history books.
But what Ying Zheng never expected was that the Qin Dynasty would be over in two and a half generations!
Although Zi Ying, the third son of Qin Dynasty, was talented as a hero, he was born at the wrong time. When he ascended the throne, the Qin Dynasty had already come to an end and the situation was over.
Ying Zheng could not forgive Li Si. He looked into the long river of history and saw the young King of Qin sitting alone on the throne, waiting for the demise of the Qin Dynasty. He looked at Ying Zheng separated by life and death, with loneliness in his eyes.
Ziying sighed tiredly: "Ziying's business with Qin is over."
Ziying, the third emperor of Qin, who only reigned for forty-nine days, was killed after King Xiang led his army to attack Xianyang.
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Li Si, who had been silent all this time, came over and spoke slowly: "I am the guilty minister of Qin."
Cao Cao asked with some confusion: "Li Si, if you hadn't tampered with Brother Zheng's edict back then, future generations would have rated you as famous throughout the ages. Why did you choose such an unsafe path?"
Everyone else also looked at Li Si at this moment, deeply confused by this.
Li Si's eyes were a little sad: "This is such a long story. Do you really want to hear it?"
Everyone nodded, and even Han Xin, who had always been a diver, couldn't help but come closer.
"Where should I start...well." List paused and said, "In Shangcai, a state of Chu hundreds of miles southwest of Lanling, there lived an unknown young man who was born in a commoner family and could write beautifully. The calligraphy character is a small official in charge of documents."
“An empty life is like a pebble thrown into the sky, and you don’t know where it will fall.”
"Finally one day, this young man named Li Si decided that he would no longer live a pretended happy life and become a promising scholar. In this way, Li Si and Han Fei, two people with completely different backgrounds, They all came to Xunzi's disciples by chance."
"Time passes unknowingly, just like the fine wine abundant in Lanling. Xunzi's thoughts have been fermented, precipitated, and matured day by day."
"Although Xunzi advocated the simultaneous development of rituals and music and criminal law, he always insisted that Confucianism was the most fundamental solution, which should be based on rituals and music, with punishment as a supplement. Li Si used the example of Qin to put forward the opposite opinion."
"He said that the four generations of the Qin State were victorious and had the strongest military force in the four seas. What they relied on was not benevolence and righteousness, but only based on the reality in front of them. For Li Si, the politics of the Qin State was the best way to govern the country. example."
"Although Li Si is a native of Chu, he knows very well that the future of the world and himself lies in Qin."
"He said that opportunities should not be missed, and they will never come back. Now the King of Qin wants to annex the world, proclaim himself emperor and rule. It is the time for the common people to show their talents, so he chose to go to Qin."
"At this time, Li Si was filled with fanaticism for power and could no longer fill it with other teachings. His lifelong pursuit was to be a mouse in a rice barn."
"The timing of Li Si's appearance was just right. He proposed an idea to annex the six countries, sent out scheming advisers, and bribed the ministers of the six countries with large sums of money. Those who were not used by Qin would be killed with sharp swords!"
Everyone was listening quietly and carefully. They knew that Li Si was slowly telling about his life.
From a commoner-born official to the future Prime Minister of the Qin Dynasty.
History prepared a Qin State for Li Si, and also prepared a Li Si for Qin State.
Ying Zheng looked at Li Si silently, recalling what he was thinking when he offered advice.
At that time, he was sure that the ordinary-looking scholar in front of him could help him conquer the six countries and accomplish unprecedented feats!
"From then on, Li Si was reused. As Qin continued to expand, Li Si's status soared."
Li Si continued, "He is a villain. When he first entered the Qin State, he once said that Lu Buwei would not give up power when he was old. When he himself became old, he would become addicted to power. He had different political views from Young Master Fusu, but His Majesty only I have high hopes for Fusu and have been paving the way for Fusu."
"He knows that if he waits for Fusu to come to power, he will not end well. Fusu is the master, and Li Si has become a traitor at this time."
"In fact, Li Si had already thought that his fate would not be much better after that, because from the fact that Zhao Gao dared to tamper with the imperial edict, it can be judged that his ambition has reached a terrifying level. And he, Li Si, is the prime minister, is it possible? Will Zhao Gao let him go?"
"But in order to preserve his hard-won glory and wealth, Li Si chose to compromise and help Zhao Gao tamper with the imperial edict."
"Li Si, who was dominated by the desire for power, lost the wisdom of his youth. He saw clearly: Qin II's debauchery harmed the country and the people, and the Qin Dynasty would die sooner or later. But when Qin II was dissatisfied with himself, he did not hesitate to commit the absurd " "Executive Supervision and Responsibility Letter" to please the other party. He knew that Zhao Gao was a sinister and vicious person, but when he saw that Zhao Gao was favored by the emperor, he gave up his principles to cater to Zhao Gao."
"In the end, Zhao Gao decided to eat Li Si, the rat in the rice barn, alive. He falsely accused Li Si of treason, and Qin II believed it. Li Si met the end of his life and was cut in half in Xianyang."
After finishing speaking, Li Si closed his eyes lightly and was silent for a long time.
For the sake of power, he disregarded his principles, exhausted all his agencies, and was eventually backfired by power.
Everyone looked at each other and looked at Ying Zheng.
At this moment, Ying Zheng is the person who should be angry the most.
However, his face was calm, as if indifferent.
Ying Zheng, Li Si, Meng Tian, Meng Yi, Wang Ben, Li Xin... several high-spirited young men in their twenties, they held the same great ambition to sweep across the six countries and aspire to dominate the world, and their names will forever remain in the history books.
To this day, Ying Zheng cannot forgive Li Si, but he also cannot forgive himself.
Back then, Zhao Gao had committed a serious crime and was sentenced to death according to law. Ying Zheng remembered his old feelings and finally pardoned Zhao Gao.
If he had killed Zhao Gao directly and passed the edict to Meng Yi, who was more trustworthy than Zhao Gao, so that Fusu could successfully succeed to the throne, would the fate of Da Qin have changed...
However, all this is irreversible.
The charm of history is that while it leaves people with endless reverie, it also brings cruel reality to people.
