The First Emperor was a man with a strong desire for power. He had experienced too many things and was the most outstanding person of this era.
Lu Buwei was ordered to retire just because he was a little more arbitrary. Who was Li Si?
He was just a small official from Chu State who showed his talents by relying on the favor of the First Emperor!
Although Li Si seized the opportunity and demonstrated his abilities, what Li Si did was not recognized by the people of Lao Qin or even the people of the Six Kingdoms.
It can be said that most of Qin's 'tyranny' after its unification was related to Li Si.
The First Emperor in history just died too early and did not have time to deal with Li Si's problem. According to his past methods, Li Si would definitely be dealt with.
This is like those experiences in the South China Sea. He could clearly use his power to directly kill Zhao Tuo and Ren Xiao, but he still allowed Zhao Hao to use Zhao Tuo and Ren Xiao to induce rebellion among the various tribes in the South China Sea.
When we peel back the surface of the facts and analyze their essence, we will find that there is much to learn.
The famous Duke Zhuang of Zheng in history was never liked by his mother, and his younger brother relied on his mother's favor to make various unreasonable requests to him. However, Duke Zheng Zhuang always tried his best to satisfy his younger brother.
It was not until finally that his brother was dissatisfied with the benefits he had received and attempted to rebel that he sent troops to kill him.
Later generations often believe that Duke Zhuang of Zheng was extremely benevolent to his younger brother and passed it down as a good story.
However, some people pointed out that Duke Zhuang of Zheng was a hypocrite. It was because he wanted his brother's life that he condoned his lawlessness.
When we deeply understand this story, it is not difficult to find that all abnormal actions are not as simple as you think, because it is a conspiracy in itself.
This conspiracy, in simple words, is 'play hard to get', or 'if you want to get something first, give it first'. In the words of Xiao Bing Zhang Ga, 'Don't look at the fun now, be careful about making lists in the future. '
But we still have a small question. How did the great First Emperor still need to use so many brains to deal with rebellious officials and traitors, and had to endure them for so long?
Yes, when we carefully study the past of the First Emperor, we will find that the First Emperor did not deal with any enemy in a domineering manner.
For example, Lu Buwei, how did he seize Lu Buwei's power? He took advantage of the Five Kingdoms' attack on Qin to gradually sideline Lu Buwei. Another example is Lao Ai. How he got rid of Lao Ai was because he waited for Lao Ai to rebel.
Yes, he had known for a long time that Lao Ai would rebel, and he deliberately chose the day of his crowning ceremony to place the military talisman in the palace and let Lao Ai steal the military talisman.
So why would he do this?
Because since he became King of Qin, he has always felt that his power has been restricted.
He had always believed that the King of Qin should be the supreme being, but it was simply unreasonable for someone to come and decentralize power.
However, the Empress Dowager Zhao Group represented by Lao Ai and the Ying Qin clan represented by Empress Dowager Huayang both have considerable power. He must have a sufficient reason, and the wanton behavior of an ambitious person like Lao Ai can just be Provide him with an excuse.
Therefore, the First Emperor was never a 'butcher' who killed people randomly. Everything he did had his own purpose.
After Qin unified the six countries, there were many problems, especially the imperial examination system proposed by Zhao Hao, which was to overturn the monopoly of officials by meritorious families and was the hope for the rise of humble families.
If the current imperial court does not undergo a major purge, how can we talk about official reform?
The "Three Provinces and Six Ministries" proposed by Zhao Hao is a good system, but it can only be implemented by the First Emperor. This is the fundamental reason why the First Emperor allowed Zhao Hao to implement his plan.
"Sir, our camp is about to pass by the old place of Yiqu. Do you have any other plans for the next few days?"
Yang Duan and Cima came to Zhao Hao's carriage and said in a low voice: "The general has no other intentions, but only the master's orders."
Zhao Hao opened the curtains and looked around, then looked at Yang Duanhe. Without a word of inquiry or a word of humility, he silently looked back at Wang Jian in the car and said: "Old general, Cun Bing is still in the car. how many?"
Wang Jian thought for a while and said: "I haven't communicated with you yet, so I don't know how much Cun Bing is left. However, according to my speculation, Cun Bing won't be able to support His Majesty's national mourning."
"Why."
Zhao Hao couldn't help but sigh when he heard this, and said with a hint of helplessness in his tone: "If there is not enough ice, how can we maintain the period of national mourning?"
"Brother Hao, as far as I know, Ganquan Palace has always had the habit of storing ice. My father used to go to Ganquan Palace to escape the summer heat. How about we go to Ganquan Palace first?"
Gong Ziliang on the side suddenly interrupted.
Zhao Hao was stunned, opened the car window again and said, "General Yang, how far is this place from Ganquan Palace?"
"Ganquan Palace?"
Yang Duanhe pondered for a moment, turned his head and looked into the distance, and said thoughtfully: "This place is about two hundred miles away from Ganquan Palace!"
"More than two hundred miles is not too far, then let's go to Ganquan Palace!"
Zhao Hao made a decision immediately: "I will inform the ministers after we get to Ganquan Palace."
"promise!"
Yang Duan and Ying Nuo shouted and were about to ride their horses down to make arrangements. At this moment, there was a rapid sound of horse hooves in the distance.
Soon, a cavalryman who looked like a scout came to Yang Duanhe, cupped his hands and said: "Reporting to General Yang, there are a large number of guard cavalry approaching us in front. It seems that they are coming with bad intentions!"
"The person here is not good? What do you mean?"
"Those imperial cavalry are all holding crossbows and spears. They don't look like they are here to welcome His Majesty, but they look like they are here to perform some kind of mission!"
"oh?"
Yang Duanhe narrowed his eyes slightly.
As the former leader of the Guards, he naturally knew what the weapons held by the Guards meant.
Seeing that he was slightly silent, he rode his horse to Zhao Hao again and said, "Young Master."
"I heard it, stay still for now and wait until I go out to meet them!"
Before Yang Duanhe could finish speaking, Zhao Hao took the lead to interrupt him and turned to look at the young master Liangsan brothers.
The three brothers understood immediately and quickly got out of the carriage and rushed towards the direction of the First Emperor's carriage.
Zhao Hao, on the other hand, calmly came to the front of the carriage and waited quietly for the arrival of the imperial cavalry.
About half an hour later, Ying Ziyang led his army to the camp where Zhao Hao was located, and raised his hands to Yang Duanhe who was blocking the front: "General Yang, are you okay with your visit?"
"snort!"
Facing Ying Ziyang's greeting, Yang Duanhe snorted expressionlessly and said coldly: "Ying Ziyang, as far as I know, you don't seem to have the power to mobilize the guards, right?"
"Hehehe"
Ying Ziyang chuckled and said noncommittally: "May I ask if Your Majesty is in the camp?"
“Nature is in the camp!”
"Well, I want to meet His Majesty!"
"Be bold!"
Yang Duanhe waved his long sword: "You dared to break into the camp without following His Majesty's orders. Are you going to rebel?"
After the words fell, hundreds of soldiers in the distance ran to block the front.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Hao's carriage slowly came over and blocked the two groups of people.
Zhao Hao looked solemn and said, "May I ask Lord Jingyang, why are you here?"
Having suffered a lot of losses at the hands of Zhao Hao before, now that he saw Zhao Hao, Ying Ziyang felt an instinctive fear and whispered: "Protect His Majesty back to the palace."
"Since you are protecting my father when he returns to the palace, why are you here and not someone else? Is there no general available in Xianyang? Or is Xianyang already under the control of Lord Jingyang?"
"ah?"
Ying Ziyang reacted for a moment and denied continuously: "No, no, it's the cabinet. Yes, the cabinet minister asked me to come!"
Zhao Hao was shocked and furious: "Nonsense! The cabinet is just a temporary government office. How can it have the power to mobilize the imperial guards? Lord Jingyang must not bully Hao because he doesn't understand, otherwise Hao will definitely impeach you in front of his father." !”
Hearing Zhao Hao mention Ying Zheng, Ying Ziyang suddenly realized, isn't Ying Zheng already dead? This kid still dared to pull a tiger's skin in front of him, so he couldn't help but laugh and said:
"Young Master Hao, why are you so panicked? Isn't your father in the camp? Since you feel that I am bullying you, why don't you ask your father to come out and comment? Besides, the cabinet ministers have the power to supervise the country, so why don't they have the power to mobilize the army? "
"Jingyang Jun is so ridiculous!"
Yang Duanhe couldn't help but said angrily: "The imperial guards are the army directly under your majesty. Without your majesty's tiger talisman, no one can mobilize them! If your majesty's imperial guards can be mobilized at will, it is tantamount to rebelling!"
Yang Duanhe's harsh words made Ying Ziyang very unhappy. He sneered slightly and looked at Zhao Hao without speaking.
Suddenly, the sound of horse hooves came from the side of Ying Zheng's carriage, followed by a loud shout: "Jing Yangjun——"
Hearing the shout, Ying Ziyang subconsciously followed the sound and saw Gong Ziliang running towards him in panic.
When everyone was confused, he prayed with tears in his eyes; "My father's injury has worsened, and I'm afraid he may not be able to survive. We urgently need to find a place to stay for treatment. We can't stay here for a long time!"
"What!?"
Gong Ziliang's voice was no less than a thunderclap. Not only did Ying Ziyang's expression suddenly change, but the expressions of everyone else also changed drastically.
In an instant, Ying Ziyang realized the seriousness of the situation and realized that although the First Emperor was not dead, he was already on the verge of death. If he did not handle it properly, he might be responsible for the death of the First Emperor.
How dare Zhao Gao lie to himself!
The stupid Ying Chengyu actually dug a hole for himself!
Seeing Ying Ziyang's expression uncertain, Zhao Hao drew his sword and said angrily: "Jingyang Lord, now I want to take my father to Ganquan Palace to settle down. If you dare to stop me, I will risk my life for you!"
"If my father dies on the road, I will make you pay with your blood!"
"this"
Ying Ziyang's heart sank, and he suddenly smiled: "Master Hao, please be patient. I am leading an army to protect your majesty this time. I also want to ask your majesty to go to Ganquan Palace to settle down, so that I can clear the way for you."
After saying that, he directly called the guards behind him to open a tunnel.
"Um?"
Zhao Hao was stunned and thought to himself, what is going on? Could it be that there is a scam in Ganquan Palace?
Thinking of this possibility, Zhao Hao couldn't help turning his head to look at Gong Ziliang. Gong Ziliang also stared at Zhao Hao and asked with trembling lips: "How about I go back and ask my father?"
"What are you asking? It's an emergency. Let's go!"
Zhao Hao waved his small hand, with the momentum of "the soldiers will stop him, the water will cover him", he called Yang Duanhe and followed Ying Ziyang to Ganquan Palace.
And at the same time.
Daqin, Longxi County.
This is the bordering land between Da Qin, the Qiang people, and other foreign ethnic groups such as the Dayue clan.
Da Qin sent the famous general Longxi Marquis Li Xin to guard here, and later sent Wang Bi to assist Li Xin in repelling the coalition forces of the Qiang and Dayue clan.
In fact, compared with the Xiongnu in the north, the threat posed by the Qiang and Dayue clan to Great Qin was nothing.
It was just that in order to destroy Donghu, Maodun gave Dayuezhi a lot of benefits and asked a Xiongnu soldier to launch an attack from Longxi. Coupled with the attacks from Qiang and Dayuezhi, the Longxi army was exhausted for a while, and it took two people. An imperial general guards this place.
Nowadays, although Donghu was successfully destroyed by the Xiongnu, the hatred between the Dayue clan and the Xiongnu has not been completely resolved, so the former allies have become current enemies.
There have been relatively few wars in Longxi County.
At this time, in the Longxi Marquis Mansion, Wang Ben and Li Xin were drinking and chatting happily. Wine bottles were scattered on the ground, and Li Xin was still pouring wine into his mouth.
“Good wine!”
Li Xin, with a rosy complexion, praised the liquor in his hand profusely.
This is the Xin Qin wine that Wang Ben got from Xianyang. Most people can't drink it.
But no matter how much wine he drank, he couldn't withstand Li Xin's torment, so now he frowned and wanted to dissuade Li Xin, but he didn't know how.
After all, he was a brother who fought in the trenches. When Li Xin was in glory, he helped him a lot.
Now that Li Xin is like this, he would be lying if he said he was not sad.
"Wang Ben, why don't you drink it? It would be a pity not to drink such a good wine. It's better for you. I can get such a good Xianyang wine. I have forgotten what Xianyang looks like!"
With that said, Li Xin raised the wine bottle again and took a long sip, looking drunk and hazy.
"Why--!"
When Wang Ben saw this, he couldn't help but sigh and shook his head: "Brother Li, why are you mentioning this matter again? Haven't you already said it? The achievements you have made have already offset His Majesty's grudge against you, so why do you need to do it again?" A grudge?"
"I know His Majesty doesn't blame me anymore, but that's 200,000 people. Do you know how painful it is for me to sleep every night?"
Li Xin smiled bitterly, picked up the wine bottle and took another sip, murmuring: "I don't dare to go back to Guanzhong now. I'm afraid that the elders in Guanzhong will mention their children. I'm afraid."
"enough!"
Faced with Li Xin's almost crazy words, Wang Ben couldn't help but burst out. He slapped the table and said, "The war in Longxi has come to an end. With General Weng Zhong here, there won't be any problems in a short time." , in a few days, I will report to Your Majesty, requesting to take you back to Xianyang!"
"No, no, I won't go back."
As soon as Li Xin heard that Wang Ben was taking him back to Xianyang, he couldn't help but become alert, waved his hands repeatedly, and was about to stand up unsteadily.
However, just when Wang Ben was about to help Li Xin who almost fell down, a messenger ran in from outside and said, "Marquis Tongwu, General Wang Li sent someone to send a letter home, please read it."
"Wang Li? This guy is not in Xianyang. What kind of letter should he send me?"
Wang Ben was stunned and muttered in confusion.
Li Xin on the side smiled enviously and said, "Your boy is still thinking of writing you a letter home. I'm afraid my boy is ashamed to mention it to his father. He has been in Jiuyuan for three years and has not written a word to me." !”
After saying that, he held the wine bottle, stabilized his body, and left the room with a sad expression.
"Brother Li——"
Wang Ben shouted softly. Seeing that Li Xin didn't take care of him anymore, he took the family letter from the messenger and started to look at it.
It was okay not to look at it, but the smile on his face immediately disappeared.
"Come here, give me my order! Beat the drum and gather the generals!"
Wang Ben collected the family letters and gave the order solemnly without saying a word.
The messenger Sima on the side was stunned on the spot, obviously unable to react.
"Why are you still standing there! Go the hell away!"
"Oh, okay, No, I obey."
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