A knife in love

The gray-clothed old man paused for a moment when he said this, and then continued: "You must know that there is no family relationship between father and son in the emperor's heart. What they value most is the throne. If someone wants to take the throne from them, even The other party is their own father and son, and they will not feel sorry for them. They will definitely turn their faces into enemies and get rid of him with extremely cruel means. Whether it is Qin Shihuang, or later Han Wudi, Tang Taizong, Song Taizu, Song Taizong, these No matter whether the emperor is wise, powerful or fatuous, he is ruthless when dealing with his parents, wives and children, which cannot be judged by common sense!
"Qin Shihuang drank Fusu away, and there was nowhere to vent his anger. He yelled in the palace like crazy. The eunuchs and maids knew that Qin Shihuang was tyrannical, and they were all trembling when they served him on weekdays. Crazy, everyone was scared out of their wits and dared not approach. Qin Shihuang was so angry that he saw the eunuchs and maids cowering and hiding in the distance, and his heart became more and more furious. He ordered the guards to tie up dozens of eunuchs and maids and pushed them into the yard. After that, he was beaten to death with a wooden stick.

"Qin Shihuang killed dozens of eunuchs and maids, and his anger subsided a little. Then a few alchemists came up and said to Qin Shihuang respectfully, Your Majesty is a star from the sky, how can you mix with people in the world? Being tainted by the secularity of these ordinary people, it will take a lot of hard work to become an immortal and return to the heaven in the future. Therefore, the students discussed it and thought that His Majesty should not be easily seen by these ordinary people.

"Qin Shihuang wholeheartedly wanted to be a god. As for the important affairs of the court, he had long ignored them. However, every time he went to the court, there were always ministers who stood up and talked, persuading him to abandon the way of alchemy and drive away the alchemists. Although he had already killed several ministers , There are countless officials who have been demoted and exiled, but there are always ministers who are not afraid of death who stand up to persuade him, and he is already disgusted in his heart. At this time, listening to alchemists advise him not to meet the ministers is in his favor, but Qin Shihuang Cruel, but not stupid. Although he wants to live forever, it is absolutely impossible for him to ignore the government. Seeing Qin Shihuang's hesitation, the alchemist guessed his thoughts, and hurriedly said, the students are not I want His Majesty to ignore the affairs of the court, but not to meet the ordinary people from time to time. The so-called ordinary people do not refer to the adults, but the eunuchs, maids, guards, etc. in the palace. However, these lowly people serve Your Majesty, and they cannot see each other. Therefore, after discussing with the students, they thought it would be better to dig a tunnel from the palace directly to the main hall. When it comes time to go to court, His Majesty can leave the palace through the tunnel without being bothered by the vulgarity of those lowly people.

"Qin Shihuang was relieved after hearing what the alchemists said. He accepted the request of all the alchemists and ordered people to dig a tunnel in the palace to lead directly to the main hall. In fact, the alchemists came up with such an idea, which was to isolate Qin Shihuang from the important officials of the court. In this way, they can confuse Qin Shihuang in the harem. Even if the court officials are dissatisfied, but they can't see the emperor, they can't do anything to the alchemists. Unexpectedly, Qin Shihuang was not fooled, and the alchemists had to be flexible. The trusted eunuchs and guards around him were separated, and they tried to separate Qin Shihuang from the important court officials, making Qin Shihuang a loner and taking the opportunity to control Qin Shihuang in his own hands.

"The opportunity that all the alchemists were waiting for soon came. One night, Qin Shihuang had a sudden whim, changed into civilian clothes, and quietly left the palace with a few guards. He wanted to see what the capital looked like. Unexpectedly, he encountered a group of robbers on the way. , the two sides fought. Although the guards around Qin Shihuang were highly skilled in martial arts, there were three or forty robbers. The two sides fought for a while. Although the palace guards killed seven or eight robbers, several of them were also wounded. Protecting Qin Shihuang while fighting and retreating, seeing that the situation was critical, fortunately the sergeants who watched the night passed by and frightened the robbers back, so Qin Shihuang did not die in the hands of the robbers.

"After Qin Shihuang returned to the palace, he was furious and wanted to kill the Xianyang guard who was in charge of guarding the capital. All the alchemists thought this was a good opportunity, so they persuaded Qin Shihuang not to kill people, thinking that assassinating the emperor was a serious crime to destroy the nine clans. It was not something that a Xianyang guard dared to do. The mastermind was not only high-ranking and powerful, but also very familiar with the emperor's situation. He knew that the emperor was traveling secretly, so he sent people to rob and kill him on the way.

"Qin Shihuang listened to alchemists chattering for a long time, and finally understood. Knowing that these alchemists hinted that some of the important officials in the court intended to rebel, they sent people to assassinate the king. It should be known that Qin Shihuang had been assassinated by Jing Ke. If it wasn't for Jing Ke Qin Wuyang, his assistant, was terrified, and was so frightened outside the main hall that he couldn't even lift his legs. Jing Ke had to leave him outside the main hall, and went into the hall alone to meet Qin Shihuang. The ghost of Qin Shihuang. Although Qin Shihuang escaped with his life by chance, he was frightened out of his wits, but since then, whenever he thinks about this matter, he is sweating profusely and trembling with fright. What he fears most is that someone will send an assassin to assassinate him. Therefore The alchemists in the audience said this, thinking of the past when Jing Ke assassinated him, their faces turned pale with fright. The alchemists saw that Qin Shihuang's face was pale and his body was shaking like a sieve, and they knew that they had frightened him, so they took the opportunity to persuade him to stay in the harem to practice alchemy. Confidants and cronies secretly monitor the important officials of the court. If anyone has evil intentions, he will be killed immediately to avoid future troubles.

"Qin Shihuang was scared to death by the assassins. After listening to the persuasion of the alchemists, he nodded in agreement. He selected more than a dozen confidant eunuchs and asked them to gather party members and secretly spy on important court officials. If anyone dared to dissatisfy the emperor, they must be Report immediately, otherwise severe punishment will be imposed. Naturally, this group of eunuchs did not dare to disobey, and led a group of treacherous villains to secretly inquire about the news, fabricate crimes, and deceive many loyal and good generals.

"All the alchemists have already spent a lot of money to buy the eunuchs around Qin Shihuang. Otherwise, these eunuchs have no grievances or enmity with the court ministers. Why take great risks to frame loyal officials and good generals? Get rid of them all, so as to control the government, and finally get rid of Qin Shihuang, and let the leader of the alchemist be the emperor. Qin Shihuang didn't notice for a while, but he was fooled. He listened to the eunuch's slander and killed more than a dozen ministers. Many were originally loyal to the court. The loyal ministers watched the tragic death of their colleagues, feeling depressed and fearful in their hearts. They either resigned from illness and returned to their hometowns, or abandoned their officials and fled. In the end, the loyal ministers and generals in the court were either killed or exiled by Qin Shihuang, or were forced to flee. The rest are some treacherous villains who only know how to brag and flatter horses, and go up and down the camp. The original powerful Qin State is already in danger, and the future disaster is inevitable."