The edict was established, and Zhao Gao put aside his last scruples and followed his established plan to Hu Hai's residence.
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
Hu Hai heard an unacceptable news. His all-powerful father passed away!
"My father is getting healthier and healthier, how could it happen suddenly?" Hu Hai shook his head, still in disbelief.
"Sir, since His Majesty has been ill in the sand dunes, the imperial doctors have been helpless. You have also personally visited His Majesty. You should know His Majesty's body very well." Zhao Gao said.
Hu Hai was silent. He had indeed watched the whole process from the onset of the illness to the serious illness of the First Emperor.
"Besides, sir, these are not the top priorities now." Zhao Gao shook his head and looked at Hu Hai.
"What else is more important than this?" When Hu Hai spoke, there was already some anticipation in his heart.
"Prince..."
When Zhao Gao blurted out, Hu Hai's breathing subconsciously became heavy and hot.
His fists clenched tightly, he looked at Zhao Gao subconsciously, and his back couldn't help but straighten.
"His Majesty passed away soon. He did not divide the princes among themselves. He only gave the eldest son a posthumous edict. If the eldest son returns to the country, he will definitely be crowned emperor by his ministers." Zhao Gao cleverly concealed that the First Emperor had appointed Fusu as his heir apparent. fact.
"Brother, he..." The heat in Hu Hai's heart was extinguished.
"But Young Master, you don't have any fiefdom." Zhao Gao continued.
Hu Hai knew this in his heart, but he really didn't know how to defeat his elder brother.
"My father, on this occasion, has not divided the sons among himself, so what can I do? Besides, the eldest brother has always loved me. After he ascends the throne, he will eventually settle down with his brothers," Hu Hai shook his head.
Although he knew that this was his father's consistent thought, after all, the First Emperor had never supported the enfeoffment system, but it was falling on him without any fiefdom, and Hu Hai was inevitably a little dissatisfied.
Fortunately, the eldest brother has always supported the enfeoffment system. After he ascends the throne, he will give himself a fiefdom when facing his youngest brother.
Although the feeling of praying was very uncomfortable, there was no other way. Hu Hai could only pray that his eldest brother would be the same as before after he ascended the throne.
"That's not the case!" Zhao Gao shook his head.
"Not many people know that His Majesty is seriously ill. Now the power in the world lies in the hands of the Young Master, Left Prime Minister Li Si, and me. Why can't the person who ascends the throne be the Young Master?"
Hu Hai was shocked when he heard this!
"Teacher, please don't talk nonsense..." Hu Hai glanced around and lowered his voice inexplicably.
"Eldest brother has always loved me. After eldest brother ascends the throne, as long as I am willing to surrender, eldest brother will definitely give me a fiefdom..."
"The eldest son has seventeen brothers including the young master. How many fiefs can the young master get?" Zhao Gao smiled.
"Besides, how can it be the same thing to have others surrender to you and to surrender to others, to control others and to be controlled by others?"
Hu Hai fell into silence...
In fact, if Hu Hai really only wanted to be respectful to his brothers and to be kind to his father and filial to his son, Hu Hai should have broken up with Zhao Gao long ago when the disrespectful words came out of Zhao Gao's mouth.
What he was afraid of was just that Zhao Gao would not succeed.
There was no way, when Zhao Gao mentioned that position, a trace of impulse emerged in Hu Hai's heart uncontrollably.
But in his mouth, he still chose to refuse.
"It is unethical to abolish the elders and establish the younger ones; it is unfilial to be a son without obeying the edict and fearing death; it is incompetent to take the credit of others while having poor talents. These three are contrary to morality and the world will not surrender. I If you suffer disaster, the country will perish." Hu Hai said.
Zhao Gao shook his head.
"Shang, Tang and Zhou Wu killed their kings, and the people praised him for doing justice for heaven. The king of Wei killed his father, and the people of the country praised his achievements. Those who achieved great things did not stick to trivial matters. The people had different views on loyalty, and the officials recognized merits in different ways.
On the contrary, it is the young master who hesitates on this occasion and brings disaster! Do it boldly, avoid the gods and ghosts, and your work will be successful! "
"When the eldest son returns to the country, he will have no choice but to miss the opportunity and hope that the eldest son will care about brotherhood and give him some small fiefdoms to support himself."
Zhao Gao looked directly at Hu Hai. He even knew Hu Hai better than Hu Hai himself.
He has always had a lot of wishful thinking in his heart, but he lacks courage and cannot care about the beginning and the end, but it doesn't matter, all Zhao Gao needs is Hu Hai's name.
Sure enough, Hu Hai couldn't hold his tongue anymore.
"My father is only seriously ill now and has not passed away. How can we discuss this matter with the Prime Minister at this time?" Hu Hai said.
"Submit authority in emergencies!" Zhao Gao shook his head.
"Everything needs to be left to the minister. The young master only needs to wait for the good news!" Zhao Gao looked at Hu Hai steadily.
Hu Hai was silent for a long time before holding Zhao Gao's hand.
"good!"
After convincing Hu Hai, Zhao Gao immediately came to Li Si's residence.
"Zhao Gao?"
Li Si was keenly aware of some unusual smells.
Now that the First Emperor was seriously ill, Zhao Si and Zhao Gao logically should serve in front of the bed. At this juncture, there were only two possibilities for Zhao Gao to suddenly come to him.
First, Emperor Shi Huang's condition improved.
The second is that there were some changes in the First Emperor.
The fact that the First Emperor was seriously ill had a great impact on Li Si, and even made Li Si uneasy for a time. Although he had not taken any action, Li Si was still sharing the government affairs for the First Emperor as expected, but in his heart, Li Si was still in a state of confusion. In chaos.
Father, like son!
Li Si was restless and unexpectedly met with Zhao Gao, the commander of CRRC.
"Your Majesty is currently ill in the sand dunes. With the government order here, do you have anything important to do?" Li Si said softly.
Zhao Gao nodded and said bluntly: "That's exactly why I'm here!"
After that, Zhao Gao spoke directly, without any intention of hiding anything.
"Now that the illness is so severe, the imperial doctors are helpless. Your Majesty also feels that time is running out, so he issued an edict to appoint the young master Fusu as the crown prince to inherit the throne. Now only we know about this matter. Who to appoint is a matter of one sentence. I don’t know what the Prime Minister means?”
The same thing, different words, and different people should use different methods to deal with it.
When he went to lobby Hu Hai, Zhao Gao concealed the fact that the First Emperor had appointed Fusu as his heir, and only told Hu Hai that the First Emperor had summoned Fusu back to Xianyang to preside over the funeral.
When lobbying Li Si, Zhao Gao told everything without any cover-up.
This stems from the difference in their personalities.
Hu Hai was not courageous enough, so he had to be shown ample opportunities over and over again before Hu Hai could really make up his mind.
But Li Si is different.
Tell Li Si bluntly that it would be a good thing for the First Emperor to appoint Fusu as his crown prince.
Because Fu Su was a good scholar and advocated the feudal system, which had a fundamental conflict with Li Si.
Li Si was shocked when he heard this disrespectful remark.
"This is the talk of ruining the country!"
Li Si looked at Zhao Gao with sharp eyes, his eyebrows showing a bit of coldness, but Zhao Gao was not afraid at all.
Zhao Gao knew Li Si very well, at least he thought so.
Li Si, named Zuoxiang, is actually an eagle dog.
Zhao Gao saw everything clearly from the time he mercilessly killed Han Feizi.
It seems that Li Si is tepid, but in fact, whoever threatens Li Si's power, has Li Si ever shown mercy?
He knew Li Si's passion for power, and it was precisely because of this that he had the opportunity to take advantage of him.
Fusu's teacher was Chunyu Yue. Li Si and Fusu not only had no affection, but even had hatred. Not to mention that Fusu was a Confucian scholar, while Li Si was a Dharma scholar.
These are all matters that lie ahead. Once Fusu ascends the throne, Li Si will be forced to resign and return home soon.
Both Meng Yi and Meng Tian are effective candidates to replace Li Si.
Letting Li Si resign and return home was still based on Fusu's kindness. There was a hatred of killing his master and a dispute over ideas. It was understandable that Fusu would kill Li Si.
Fusu has never lacked courage, and has never been an indecisive person. He can make great achievements in Longxi and lead the open and enterprising frontier. How could he be soft-hearted in this kind of thing?
These are all facts that are about to happen, and all Zhao Gao has to do is to put these facts in front of Li Si.
Li Si is a smart man. When facing smart people, there is no need to say so much. He thinks that Li Si will be able to figure everything out.
"When the eldest son ascends the throne, he will definitely choose the prime minister from Meng Tian and Meng Yi, and now I have seen the embarrassment of Prime Minister Li being dismissed from his position." Zhao Gao smiled.
Li Si said nothing and looked at Zhao Gao deeply.
"Prime Minister Li, you should know better than me what happens to the dismissed prime minister." Zhao Gao smiled and pressed forward step by step.
"No matter what aspect you look at, the eldest son will not serve you, unless you can turn from Dharma to Confucianism, endure hardships, and maybe have a chance of survival.
But in this case, can Prime Minister Li really maintain his power? I think this can at most save Prime Minister Li's life.
And the law-based government, the system of counties and counties, and the laws that Prime Minister Li promoted, all will collapse in an instant.
At that time, Confucian scholars will be everywhere in the court, and the world will sing Confucianism and no one will praise the law. People will no longer act in accordance with the law, but will follow the Confucian formula of father as son. Li Xiang really hopes to see To all this? "Zhao Gao grasped the key point and struck hard.
"As for the Eighteenth Young Master, I grew up watching and teaching him. He is a pure and kind man, able to appoint wise ministers. He is pro-Law and neglects Confucianism.
He can recite the Qin laws skillfully and understand the meaning of each law. Only the eighteenth son can truly appoint a wise minister like Li Xiang so that Li Xiang's hard work will not be destroyed in one day. "Zhao Gao started talking nonsense seriously.
It is indeed nonsense. Hu Hai is not as good as he said. It is true that he can recite the laws of Qin, and everything else is false.
There is only one meaning he wants to express.
Hu Hai has already stood on a united front with him. As long as Li Si nods, they are willing to spend a huge price to win over Li Si. For example, they are truly inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people!
And these are exactly what Fusu cannot give Li Si.
"As long as Prime Minister Li can work together with us, there will only be one Zhao Si left." Zhao Gao said sincerely.
Zhao Gao said nothing more. He was already convinced that the First Emperor was about to die.
Next, he only needs to wait quietly for the death of the First Emperor. After learning the exact news of the First Emperor's death, he can inform Li Si as soon as possible so that Li Si can see clearly.
Right now, he has more important things to do.
(End of chapter)
