Qiang Qin

Chapter 12 Qin Prime Minister Li Si

Updated: 2010-05-11

The capital of the Qin State was moved nine times in total, namely Xiquanqiu, Xichui, Tianshui, Yong, Pingyang, Weiweizhihui, Jingyang, Liyang, and Xianyang. Never changed to another capital city.After Qin Shihuang won the government and unified the world, he took advantage of the trend and made Xianyang the capital of the new Qin Empire. Since then, Xianyang has become the center of the world.

Afterwards, countless people who wanted to show their strengths went west to Xianyang, which made Xianyang a big city with a population of tens of thousands.However, with the increase of the population, the contradictions caused by it also increased, and the laws of Qin State only imposed heavy punishments but not laws, which further intensified the contradictions.However, under Qin's severe torture laws, no one dared to violate those laws.

Now Fusu walked into such a seemingly prosperous Xianyang, but in fact it was undercurrents.

The city gate in the northeast of Xianyang is wide enough for three carriages to drive side by side without bumping into each other, but under the control of the guards, they can only walk in slowly one by one.Everyone who enters the city has to pay two pieces of tax money for entering the city, and Fusu and his party are no exception. They can only enter Xianyang City after paying the money.

After entering the city, Fusu wandered around with everyone like other young masters in Xianyang City, and found Li Si's Prime Minister's Mansion.After walking around the Prime Minister's Mansion, Fusu couldn't help but be surprised by Li Si's power.This Prime Minister's Mansion covers an area of ​​tens of acres. Although it does not have the style of a royal palace, it can be regarded as the top mansion in Xianyang City. Looking from the outside from a distance, there are several halls and pavilions inside.Without Qin Shihuang's acquiescence, Li Si would not have dared to build this mansion so ostentatiously.

After leaving the Prime Minister's Mansion, Fusu and others came to Fusu's residence in Xianyang after a stroll.After seeing Li Si's prime minister's mansion, Fusu felt that his home was a nest.

"Your Majesty, are we living in your residence?" the guard Guan Li asked.

Fu Su glared at him and said: "Be careful what you say in the future, this is already Xianyang, don't let people hear the problem." Then he shook his head, "I've already planned to meet Li Si in secret and then go back to the county, don't make any troubles. Let's find a posthouse to live in first, and go there at night."

"But there is a curfew at night." A guard hurriedly said.

"Can't we think of a way? Well, now is not the time to think about it. Let's go, let's find a posthouse to live in. Everyone is tired these days, so take a good rest." After saying this, Fusu He took the lead and led the horse into a small hotel that was not very conspicuous.It was almost noon at this time, Fusu and the guards entered the room after asking for food.

When all the guards entered the room, Fu Su pulled one of the guards named Meng Kong and said: "Go to the market to buy some rope after you eat, I will use it at night." After Meng Kong agreed, Fu Su Only then did we enter the guest room.

After eating, all the guards who had driven hundreds of miles fell asleep one after another, Meng Kong went to the market to buy ropes, and Fusu also fell asleep on the couch after thinking about the night. .

This sleep was extremely sound and sweet, and Fusu didn't wake up until dusk. After asking the boss of the post house to serve some food and wine, he asked the boss to go out under the pretext of taking a rest.

Then Fusu called all the guards and said: "After the second watch, we will climb out from the back wall and then go to the Prime Minister's Mansion. I checked, and the wall in the southwest corner of the Prime Minister's Mansion is relatively low, so we will go in from there .” Then he asked Meng Kongdao, “Did you buy the rope back?”

Meng Kong nodded and said, "I have already bought ten thick ropes."

Fu Su nodded in satisfaction and said, "Okay, everyone, get ready, the hard work these days is for tonight."

It was two o'clock, and there was no daytime hustle and bustle in Xianyang City. Only a few Xunjie soldiers with long spears appeared regularly on the broad avenue.The imperial court has issued a decree long ago, but those who have a waist card and wander around privately at night should be treated as rebellious, and can be killed on the spot without asking why.

But today, more than a dozen figures climbed out from the back wall of a posthouse. After avoiding a few soldiers patrolling the street, they turned to Xianyang East Street, where the residences of officials and officials were the mainstay.When they arrived at the prime minister's mansion, they looked around and turned to the southwest corner. They saw that the wall here was only one foot high, and behind the wall was a lush pine forest.Fusu said softly, "Wrap the rope around the thick pine branch, and let's climb in."

Everyone threw out the ropes in their hands. The accuracy and hand strength of these elite soldiers who had survived hundreds of battles on the battlefield were all top-notch. They saw that the ropes were caught on pine branches, and everyone entered the prime minister's mansion one by one.

From the outside, the Prime Minister's Mansion is already luxurious enough, but now I feel its extravagance even more when I am in it.Every tree in it is hundreds of years old, and patterns are carved on every stone slab. This is just the back garden.Fusu never imagined that with the current level of production and labor, a back garden would be built so beautifully, and he couldn't help saying softly: "The wine and meat of Zhumen smell bad, and the road is frozen to death. It really is such a thing." .”

"Who? Dare to break into my prime minister's mansion!" With a shout, a large number of servants rushed over with spears, and the torches and lanterns illuminated the back garden as if it were daytime.

Fusu never expected that the internal defense of the Prime Minister's Mansion would be so tight. After a little panic, he strode up to the Ding guards and said, "The eldest son of the emperor, Fusu, wants to see Prime Minister Li. Please go and inform."

"Prince Fusu?" Those people couldn't believe it, "Do you have proof?"

Fusu took out one of his copper seals from his arms and threw it into the hands of the person who seemed to be in charge.After the man took the copper seal and looked at it, his face showed surprise, and he said: "You wait." He told others, "Look at them, I will go back." After finishing speaking, he went to the inner house .

Seeing him leave, Fusu felt a little uneasy. The other party seemed to have expected that he would come at night, and everything was prepared.But after thinking about it, I came here because I suddenly rose up and made it impossible to be expected by others. It seems that I was suspicious.

After a while, there are a lot of lights coming here.As the person approached, Fusu saw clearly that besides the one who had reported to him just now, there were many servants and guards, but his first glance was at an old man in his 50s.I saw him wearing a silk blue robe with a collar, a crown on his head, and three strands of beard trembling slightly as he walked, looking very elegant and elegant.Fusu didn't expect that Li Si, the first prime minister of the Qin Dynasty, who was famous for his severe punishments and severe laws, and who was criticized in the history books for killing Han Fei and helping Hu Hai seize the throne, would be so elegant and unconventional.

Li Si came to Fusu and saluted, "I've met Prince Fusu."

"Prime Minister, no courtesy." Fusu didn't return the courtesy or help him with his hands as Li Si thought, but accepted him with a big smile.There was a strange look in Li Si's eyes, and then he held Fusu's copper seal in front of him with both hands, and said respectfully: "The subject has already set up a banquet in the main hall. If the prince has any orders, please talk while eating." Don't mention the act of supporting Su*.

Fu Su was so busy that he walked side by side, and he had to admire Li Si's composure.When I arrived at the main hall, I saw that there were already servants standing there, and the two seats were already filled with wine and food.Fu Su looked at the banquet and said, "May the Prime Minister prepare some food for my guards?"

Li Si smiled: "It's already been prepared." As soon as he said that, the head of his family general came to invite Meng Kong and others to drink in the side hall.The guards glanced at Fusu, Fusu nodded slightly, and then they followed suit and went out to drink.

Li Si poured a glass of wine and brought it up and said: "I have a cup of wine for the First Prince, and I have the right to cleanse the First Prince." He drank it down in one gulp.

Fusu didn't hesitate, after drinking a cup, he took a piece of chopsticks and chewed it in his mouth for a long time before saying: "You must know the purpose of my visit today."

"I don't know, please ask the prince to show me."

"Then I won't beat around the bush. I'm here today to plan for the prime minister's future."

"Where did you say that?" Li Si was not surprised when he heard Fusu's astonishing words.

"Now my emperor brother Hu Hai and Zhao Gao have teamed up and many officials have joined them. Once the emperor... they want to seize the throne. Now only the prime minister can compete with Zhao Gao among the ministers, so Fu Su implores the prime minister to help me."

Li Si laughed and said, "Now that the emperor is in his prime, how can he claim the throne?"

"I also mean there is an emergency." Fu Su said hastily.

"Okay, even if it's as the prince said, since the second prince is powerful now, why should I help you? What does this have to do with my future?"

"Don't the prime minister know that icing on the cake is worse than giving charcoal in the snow? Hu Hai is the emperor, no matter how great the prime minister's contribution is, he can only be inferior to Zhao Gao, but if he helps me become the emperor, the prime minister can be the first in Yuangong. The difference between the two, the prime minister should think about it It's clear. Besides, the prime minister has always been at odds with Zhao Gao, if he gains power, the prime minister may not be able to save his family and life."

Li Si looked at Fu Su with a calm expression on his face, but he was very surprised in his heart.He didn't expect that Fusu would be so straight-forward, without giving himself an excuse to take it off.He pondered for a while and said, "Besides this, is there any other reason that can convince me?"

Fu Su looked at Li Si quietly, he already knew that Li Si was moved.Hearing the question, he said again: "Who does the prime minister think Hu Hai or I can be a wise king? Fu Su is not talented, and he thinks that he is more than one step ahead of Hu Hai in governing the country. If Hu Hai is the emperor, I am afraid six The remnants of the country will cause chaos again. At that time, the great situation that our Great Qin has been able to unify after hundreds of years of hard work will collapse. The eternal sinner of Great Qin!" These words were obtained by Fusu by combining the historical facts and evaluations of later generations.

Hearing this, Li Si immediately had something to say.Li Si was also aware of Hu Hai's ability, so he did not doubt that these things would not happen.

At this moment, there was a burst of domineering laughter from behind the lobby, and one person laughed and said, "I never thought that Fusu, whom I always thought was too pedantic, would have such insight. It's rare, haha, it's really rare."

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