The Great Qin Empire

Zhao Gao already knew Li Si very well.After decades of observation and speculation, he believed that Li Si was a sinister and cunning man with a deep city, but he also had a fatal weakness, that is, he was greedy for wealth and power, and he was jealous of talents.When Li Si entered Qin Dynasty, he was Lu Buwei's disciple, and Lu Buwei used him very much.After Lu Buwei lost his power, he immediately rebelled against his master and took refuge in the young First Emperor Yingzheng. He became a small official who repaired canals, He Qucheng, without any integrity.Later, because the river canal implicated Zheng Guo's involvement in Korean intermediaries, Yingzheng issued an "Expelling Guest Order" to expel all people from Shandong (Qin State's general name for people outside the country) from Qin State. It attracted the attention of the first emperor Yingzheng, and then gradually entered the power center of Qin State until he became the prime minister with one person under one person and over ten thousand people.In order to maintain his position, Li Si wooed Yao Jia and Feng Jie internally, and Meng Tian and Wang Ben externally. Even the eldest son Fu Su was sued by him for speaking against cheating Confucianism, and Han Feizi was in his hands. The death was unclear, and Li Si's villainous attitude was clearly revealed.

Especially recently, Zhao Gao discovered that Emperor Yingzheng's trust in Li Si had plummeted, and Li Si was in constant panic because of this.If he can lure him with profit, promise him power, and talk about it with danger, Zhao Gao believes that he is at least [-]% sure to persuade Li Si to form an alliance with him.

"Li Si, Li Si, when the emperor dies, can you still be the prime minister? Can you still maintain the current glory and wealth? No, if you support Su as the emperor, Meng Tian will definitely be the prime minister. Where can you find a place for you, Li Si? Haha , you have only one way, and that is to cooperate with me, Zhao Gao!" Zhao Gao thought.

The next moment, full of confidence, Zhao Gao went straight to Prime Minister Li Si's tent...

At this time, Li Si was pacing back and forth in his tent, and an accompanying document of the prime minister's mansion stood silently in the distance.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, what did Li Si do wrong? You actually scolded me like this in front of all the ministers, and you never gave me a trace of face. It has been more than twenty years. Why have you ever treated me like this, Your Majesty? The one who came with you Who is the sergeant who came out of the tent? How could you condescend to send him off in person? Where is he going? Could it be that your Majesty has issued a will and sent this person to Jiuyuan? If so, then Why can’t even the prime minister hear about such an important matter? What’s the reason? Don’t you trust me anymore, Your Majesty? Are you deciding to reorganize the court and exclude me? Really So, what should I do? Do I really want me to..."

An evil thought suddenly flashed across Li Si's body, hot and terrified, and he didn't dare to think about it anymore.Now Li Si's mind was like a pot of boiling water, constantly tumbling and boiling, and the steaming heat was like his various thoughts.If he was just lost a few days ago, besides being lost, what he is today is more of fear, a deep fear of the future.

At this very moment, a soldier from outside the tent came to report to the CRRC mansion to ask Zhao Gao to see him. Li Si had never liked this cunning Zhao Gao very much. I also don't want to offend the celebrity around the first emperor for no reason.So Li Si pondered for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Go and tell Zhao Gao that the Prime Minister is ill today, and he will return to visit some other day!".

The soldier was about to turn around to answer, but Zhao Gao had already parted the curtain and barged in.He just cupped his hands and said with a smile: "I don't know what's wrong with the prime minister? If he has a heart trouble, Zhao Gao can cure him." After finishing speaking, Zhao Gao looked at Li Si with a pair of fiery eyes without hesitation.

Li Si was startled, and thought: "Could it be that Zhao Gao can see what's in my heart? Could it be that the emperor has an oral order or is he testing me? No matter what, I'll see what he has in mind!".After making up his mind, Li Si immediately burst into a deep smile, and he cupped his hands and said, "Li Si just feels a little bit of cold and nothing serious, I have to worry about the order of the CRRC government. I don't know why the CRRC government order is here today." ah?"

Li Si didn't seem to care about Zhao Gao's rudeness, but he called Zhao Gao's official name twice in his words. He wanted to tell Zhao Gao not to forget his identity.Zhao Gao accompanied the emperor every day, his ability to observe words and expressions was extraordinary, he understood most of Li Si's words as soon as he heard them, and he couldn't help but cursed secretly in his heart.But Zhao Gao came here with a plan, how could he take such trivial matters to heart.Zhao Gao pretended not to notice, and smiled again: "Zhao Gao is here today as His Majesty the Emperor..." The words stopped after only half a sentence.Li Si's mind was extremely delicate, and he instantly understood Zhao Gao's intentions.So he stopped thinking about it, turned around and confessed a few words to the clerk and the soldier, and the two left without saying a word.

"No one is approaching within a radius of five feet from the big tent. Tell me, what is the important matter of the CRRC government order, making it so mysterious?"

Li Si asked, although he dismissed Zhao Gao, he also wanted to see what kind of mystery Zhao Gao was playing.

So the two came to the inner tent and sat down in the guest-host position.

"Since the prime minister has a question, I'll forgive Zhao Gao for speaking out. I don't know what the prime minister thinks about this morning's matter?" Zhao Gao asked straight to the point.

"Your Majesty has always acted with foresight and foresight, how can I see clearly?" Li Si avoided Zhao Gao's temptation.

"Does the Prime Minister know what happened in His Majesty's tent this morning? Who was it that His Majesty sent out of the tent?" Zhao Gao asked again.

"Li Si is not by the emperor's side, how do you know?"

"How can His Majesty, who is dying, be in good spirits?"

"Your Majesty, the body of a dragon and a tiger is healthy according to the sky, how can there be any other?"

"Then the prime minister wants to know the truth of this matter?" Zhao Gao pressed on step by step.

"Li Si is the prime minister of the empire, Your Majesty will tell you later. Li Si doesn't want to hear rumors!" Seeing that Zhao Gao's few words were all things he had thought about just now, Li Si was startled and worried, and feared that Zhao Gao would set a trap to lure him into the bait, so he pretended to be angry .

"Haha, Zhao Gao worried that His Majesty was being deceived, so he came here to tell the truth, so that the Prime Minister could plan it earlier. I thought that the Prime Minister would treat Zhao Gao with sincerity, but the Prime Minister kept his secrets and concealed his words, how embarrassing is Zhao Gao's feelings! Since the Prime Minister is so unwilling to accept his words, Zhao Gao has no choice but to plan his own retreat. Prime Minister take care, Zhao Gao bid farewell!" Zhao Gao thought of retreating as an advance, and got up to leave.

"The CRRC Mansion ordered you to stop quickly. Li Si is ignorant, so he offended you just now. Please forgive me. What your lord said is exactly what Li Si didn't understand. Please enlighten me!" Seeing Zhao Gao's resentment, Li Si turned around and asked Leaving, I was anxious, but I didn't dare to make a gesture again, I bowed and bowed to persuade him to stay.

Seeing that Li Si finally took the bait, Zhao Gao was secretly happy.But Zhao Gao didn't dare to take it too seriously, he knew that if what he said couldn't directly hit the crux of Li Si's heart, he would surely fail.So Zhao Gao thought for a while, then sat down again, and said: "The emperor has made a will and sent someone to Jiuyuan. It's just that the person he sent was the murderer who broke into the emperor's tent this morning. This person His surname is Qin and his name is Yang."

"What? What? What are you talking about? The murderer broke in? The emperor even sent this murderer to deliver the edict? Do you think Li Si is a three-year-old child? Five thousand cavalry are useless? The murderer broke into the emperor and still believed it? What about such absurd things? Can Li Si believe it?..." When Li Si heard what Zhao Gao said, he felt dizzy, his ears rang, his heart shook, and he was a little incoherent for a while.

"The prime minister is wrong! Zhao Gao saw this matter with his own eyes and heard it with his own eyes. Why is it absurd? The emperor scolded the prime minister this morning, and Zhao Gao could hear it clearly in the tent. The reason is that Qin Yang once offered medicine to the emperor, and the emperor did it. He was able to rejuvenate and gained the emperor's trust because of it. During this period, Qin Yang also called himself a member of Guiguzi, who could predict the future, and even slandered the emperor, saying that the prime minister had the intention of treason."

Zhao Gao's words were like a thunderbolt from the blue sky hitting Li Si directly on the head, Li Si only felt that his whole body was crisp.The deepest secret in Li Si's heart was suddenly revealed to the world for no reason, which caught him off guard, and he collapsed limply on the ground.

At this time, Li Si's mind was in a mess, and he no longer had the time to figure out whether Zhao Gao's words were true or false. He didn't even notice the crucial question of what Zhao Gao was doing at that time, and why Zhao Gao was not there when the emperor sent Qin Yang off. , he has completely collapsed.Li Si was like a drowning man whose water was submerged, he only grabbed and grabbed with both hands indiscriminately, even if he caught a straw, he would regard it as a life-saving treasure.

"No, no, I have never mentioned this matter to anyone, so how did Qin Yang know about it? Even if the Guiguzi sect can predict the future, so what? , even if I, Li Si, have this idea, as long as I don’t do it, no one can find any reason to punish me. At most, I will resign and return to the land to care for my grandson. But what am I afraid of? Li Si, who is the essence of the legal system, finally came to his senses.He slowly sat down again, his face was already full of indignation, and he said seriously: "If you want to commit a crime, there is no excuse! Li Si served the country all his life, was loyal, worthy of the sky above, and worthy of the emperor below. Now that His Majesty the Emperor doubts me, it's fine if the prime minister doesn't do it." Although Li Si said righteously and loudly, there was already a deep loss in his words, and his face was even more pale as death.

When Zhao Gao saw Li Si's strong and capable expression, he had already guessed seven or eight points in his heart.He knew that his words had hit Li Si's vitals, and his confidence in persuading Li Si had increased by a few percent. What he had to do now was to break Li Si's last illusion.

"The prime minister is bad. Since the prime minister is the pillar of the empire, at this time of crisis, he didn't think about supporting the crisis with all his strength, and didn't think about finding ways to resolve the crisis, but he just abdicated and returned to the land. Zhao Gao is too cold!" Zhao Gao said unrelentingly .

"How do you say that?" Provoked by Zhao Gao's words, Li Si finally regained some energy.Li Si also unknowingly fell deeper and deeper into Zhao Gao's trap.

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