Qiang Qin

Updated: 2010-05-23

A pigeon drew a beautiful arc in the air and flew straight into the military camp in Shangjun.Just when it stopped at the edge of the cage, one hand grabbed its body, took a bamboo tube from its leg, and then gently put it into the cage.The pigeon flapped its wings and walked to the small trough where the grains were placed and began to eat.

The bamboo tube was quickly passed to Meng Tian's hands, but he didn't open it to look, but took it straight to Fusu's residence.

Because they had already announced that Fusu had committed suicide, so his original residence had been vacated, and now he was secretly living in Meng Tian's mansion, accompanied by only ten guards whom he absolutely trusted besides Xiaotao. up.

During these days, it has been like years for Fusu, he can't go out, and at the same time, he can't let people see that he is in Mengtian's residence, so he can only stay in the room, chatting with Xiaotao.Although he understood the situation outside clearly, not being able to see people still made him feel uncomfortable. If there was anything to gain, it was that the relationship between him and Xiaotao had become closer during these days.At this time, he was playing with Xiaotao in throwing pots. For a former warrior, this kind of literati's tricks were not difficult for him at all, but in order for Xiaotao not to lose too badly, he could only miss twice occasionally, so that Xiaotao had the chance to chase. possible.Fu Su thought that he, the prince, was an old man, others were followers who let their masters go, but he himself was the master who let his maidservants do the job.

When they were having fun, Meng Tian walked in: "Prince, there is news from Xianyang."

Fusu hurriedly stopped the arrow he was about to throw, took the bamboo tube from Meng Tian's hand, then drew out his long sword and slapped the spine of the sword, the bamboo tube split open, and he took out a piece of cloth.After reading it, he handed the silk book to Meng Tian: "Finally got the accurate news that the emperor has passed away. Hu Hai got Zhao Gaozhi's help to ascend the throne. Now there are orders issued from Xianyang Palace, and the tax The law is several times stricter than when the emperor was there."

Meng Tian looked at the silk script and his face sank.

It turned out that after Hu Hai learned that Fusu had committed suicide, he accelerated his return to Xianyang.But after all, it was delayed for several days, and coupled with the hot weather, Qin Shihuang's body had already begun to rot.At this time, there was no freezing to preserve the corpse, and if people knew that Qin Shihuang died outside, it would probably cause chaos in Xianyang City. In addition, Hu Hai was also afraid of being gossiped, so he had to follow Zhao Gao's advice and put the salted fish and Qin Shihuang's body was put together, saying that it was the smell of salted fish.After rushing all the way, I finally rushed back to Xianyang.After thinking that he had already worried about the future, Hu Hai couldn't wait to announce the news of Qin Shihuang's death, and then sat on the throne of the emperor in a grand manner, and couldn't even wait for the news of Meng Tian's death.

The faction of ministers in the court who originally supported Zhao Gao and Hu Hai was naturally ecstatic, but the faction that originally supported Fusu had to admit this fact because they learned that Fusu had died.As for Li Si, who could fight Zhao Gao, he seemed to be hit by Fusu's death and gave up his opposition, which allowed Hu Hai to secure the position of emperor smoothly.

After securing his position so smoothly, Hu Hai revealed his true colors under his complacency. He wantonly took money from wealthy households in Xianyang.Many unrooted businessmen who were originally wealthy people from the Six Kingdoms were forcibly moved to Xianyang by the Qin Dynasty became the targets of Hu Hai's exploitation. Often dozens of people were confiscated due to various crimes in one day. And those wealth entered the private pockets of Hu Hai and Zhao Gao.After that, he ordered people to repair the Lishan Mausoleum as soon as possible, so that Qin Shihuang could "live in" quickly, so he took the opportunity to catch hard labor everywhere, and the people all over the world fell into hell all at once.In the end, his butcher's knife extended to those courtiers who opposed his succession and supported Fusu.Hu Hai's actions immediately caused complaints from the government and the public, and he seemed to be not an emperor at all, but a saboteur, and even ordered those who were dissatisfied with him to be wiped out once they were found out.

At this time, Zhao Gao was helping Hu Hai as a minion, while trying his best to fill in the vacancies of the officials who were killed one by one. His strength has expanded rapidly, and it may not take long for him to become Become the real talker of the Great Qin Dynasty.

As for Prime Minister Li Si, since he returned to Xianyang and Hu Hai took the throne, he said he was sick and kept staying behind closed doors, giving people an attitude that he had completely resigned himself to it.But Li Si knew very well that Hu Hai and Zhao Gao would not let him go, so he also thought about countermeasures at home day and night, until one of them came in late at night.

Seeing all the things Hu Hai did, Fu Su knew that his chance of success was even greater.Then he thought of Li Si in Xianyang City. Although Li Si also appeared on the stage of history as a treacherous minister in his memory, Fusu still planned to save his life, so he ordered someone to pass the letter to Wu of Xianyang. Lin and others asked them to send a message to Li Si, telling him that he was still alive, and asking him to secretly send his family to Shangjun.

On the third day after the pigeon flew out, another imperial decree also came to Shangjun.

"Following the fate of heaven, the emperor's edict said: General Meng Tian has received the favor of the emperor, but he does not want to serve the country. He is disloyal when he is around the prince and does not know how to persuade him. He thinks that he has made minor achievements in the court, so he is qualified to be a general. This is it!" The eunuch who announced the decree shook his head and finished reading the decree, and said triumphantly: "General Meng, ah no, Meng Tian accepts the decree and thank you." After speaking, he let out a smug laugh.When he thought that even Fusu committed suicide after receiving the imperial edict, then Meng Tian would not be able to resist the edict at all, so he seemed very arrogant.

Suddenly a person next to him asked: "Is this imperial decree issued by the first emperor or the second?"

"Of course, today's two..." The eunuch was quick to say it, but he was clever and stopped it after saying one word, and said angrily, "Who dare you to intervene in such state affairs? "

Fusu slowly took off the wide hat on his head: "Who do you think I am?"

"Fu... Fu Su prince!" The eunuch looked at Fu Su's face in shock, with an expression of disbelief.

"You are already dead as the prince, right?" Fusu strode up to him, grabbed his collar with one hand, and pulled him to his side, "Tell me, are those two imperial decrees Hu Hai and Zhao Gaoxia? of?"

The eunuch was completely overwhelmed by Fusu's aura, and tremblingly said: "This imperial decree was indeed issued by the second emperor, but that... the previous one was issued by the first emperor."

"Really? I think you don't cry when you see the coffin, and you still refuse to tell the truth." Fusu pulled out his long sword and put it on his neck.The attendants brought by the eunuch wanted to come up to protect him when they saw Fusu appear, but they were surrounded by Meng Tian and Fusu's cronies who had already ambushed outside the door.

"The villain is indeed not lying. This imperial decree was issued on the way back to Xianyang, but the emperor did it after returning to Xianyang..."

After hearing his words, Fusu believed him, indeed, in his capacity, it was impossible for him to know the plans of Hu Hai and Zhao Gao.He pushed him out and said, "Take care of these people and don't let them go."

All the sergeants rushed up and took them down.

"General Meng should believe my words now." Fu Su looked at Meng Tian with a smile.

"It seems that Hu Hai and Zhao Gao really want to usurp the throne and get rid of us." Meng Tian also couldn't help sighing, "But now that they are in Xianyang, it would be morally unjustifiable for us to raise troops, we are rebelling. Besides, the world has only been peaceful for a few years now, and I don't want to start another dispute and make the people suffer."

Fu Su walked to the table and poured two bowls of wine, handed Meng Tian a bowl and said, "The general thinks that if we don't raise troops, others won't raise troops? Don't forget the news we saw. The people from the six kingdoms who refused to accept my Great Qin’s unification originally forced them to rebel, and then my Great Qin will really reach a critical moment. Only if we take down Xianyang City as quickly as possible, and get rid of Zhao Gao, Hu Hai and other people who have caused disasters, can we calm them down resentment, then we can give the people a rest and recuperation, and finally let the common people live a good life.”

When Meng Ting heard Fusu's words, his eyes couldn't help but brighten up. He thought that if he didn't Fusu, he would have such a thought of serving the people.But then his eyes dimmed again, and he wanted to say something, but Li Heng's voice sounded first: "The prince's idea is certainly good, but now we are fighting against the world with one place, and we have suffered a big loss in terms of military strength. Besides, some people have to be left to guard the northern border to prevent the Xiongnu from taking advantage of it." While speaking, Li Heng walked in with Zhang Wu, Zhou Xing and Zheng De.It turned out that Li Heng and the others were outside when the eunuch came to announce the decree just now, and the four of them heard their conversation clearly.

The three generals also looked straight at Fusu. After learning that Qin Shihuang had passed away, half of the burden in their hearts had been dropped, but they were still afraid that if they failed to raise an army, their family would be wiped out.

Fu Su smiled and said: "This matter of using troops cannot be explained clearly in one or two sentences. But I can be sure that as long as I Fu Su raises the flag, there will always be many people joining our camp. Hu Hai and Zhao Gao and his like have made the state affairs messy, and the combat effectiveness of our Daqin army will naturally be greatly reduced, and there may even be some passes that will surrender without a fight. But there must be dangers, but you think it is here Is it safe? Zhao Gao will rest assured that you generals who have been following me and General Meng have been following me? There is only one problem now, which is the Xiongnu side."

As if God was also helping Su, when he mentioned the Xiongnu, a soldier of Meng Tian came to the outside of the hall and said: "General, the spies I sent to the Xiongnu have sent letters from flying pigeons."