Qin Official

In the first year of the Second World War, in late February, spring was in full bloom in Xianyang. However, after Feng Quji and Gongzi Gao Wuxin were killed last month, Xianyang was in a state of solemnity. The people could only look at the road, and the officials did not dare to discuss anything when they returned home. The atmosphere was extremely depressing due to state affairs.

But this dullness was broken by several memorials from Nanyang!

Li Si's second son, Li Yu, who was an official in the imperial censor's palace, returned home and hurriedly went to find his father. Recently, Li Si had been ill and had not gone to work in the prime minister's palace for many days.

"Father! That thing..."

"I already know it."

Li Si's right hand was still holding the untied wax seal, and his right hand was holding a document, smiling as he read it. It was the memorial written by Tongwuhou Wang Bi in Wancheng ten days ago!

From the opening line of "Treachery and Robbery and the Killing of Ministers" to the writing of "Please punish Zhao Gao", everything is written on paper, word for word!

"It's such a pleasure, it's such a pleasure."

Li Si read it with a smile, flicked the thin piece of paper and said: "Zhao Gao was originally a bitch, but he turned out to be the master of today. Fortunately, he was praised and promoted to the top, occupying the position of Jiuqing, in charge of the affairs of the servants. Zhao Gao was even more wanton. Seizing power and isolating the inside and outside, the minister hopes to see him in court. The minister Yang Yang is really dissatisfied, but because of Zhao Gao's power, he dares to be angry but dare not speak out."

"I am old and half-buried, so I don't want to provoke Zhao Gao. But Feng Quji, he is stupid and loyal. He mentioned it earlier and was hated by Zhao Gao. This is one of the reasons why Feng was killed. one."

"But Tongwuhou is different!"

Li Si stood up, put his hands behind his back and said: "The Wang family has been a general for generations. Wuchenghou and Tongwuhou have destroyed five kingdoms together. Wang Li also succeeded his eldest father in the title of nobility. He has three princes in one family. He is extremely noble. Wang Ben even married a daughter. The emperor is actually a relative. The reason why the late emperor chose the emperor and established him as the emperor's heir was because he could rely on the Wang family. With Wang Ben here, he can protect the world..."

It's a pity that the First Emperor misjudged Hei Fu. The old emperor's body was still cold, so Hei Fu raised an army brazenly. Otherwise, if it was just the scandalous remnants of the Six Kingdoms causing chaos, Wang Ben could easily wipe it out.

"At present, Wang Ben and Wang Li, father and son, hold 80% of the imperial army, guarding the pass from the south to the north. Heifu has been unable to enter the pass for half a year, and the bandits from the Six Nations have been blocked from Sanchuan. It is all the fault of the Wang family."

"But I am afraid that Wang Ben has realized from Feng Quji's death that the central government is unstable. To fight against external forces, one must first settle the internal affairs. Marquis Tongwu wants to eliminate worries in the rear and calm the hearts of the soldiers on the front line..."

Shang Jun once said that all tactics must be based on political victory. Why didn't Li Si understand this truth?

But this is also the reason why Li Si is sure that the north will be defeated - if Hu Hai and Zhao Gao are involved, even if Wang Bi and Li Si try their best, even if they really kill Zhao Gao, the resentment between the government and the public will be nothing more than to the north. Qin extended his life for a few more years and settled in Guanzhong.

But the problem is that Li Si is in his mid-seventies this year, and Wang Ben is almost sixty years old, and has been troubled by old injuries. According to recent news from Li Si’s close friends from the front line, Wang Ben has been seriously ill this month. I fainted at least twice, I'm afraid I won't die soon...

When they are alive, Guanzhong can still hold on. Once they die, who in the government and the public will be able to hold up the pillars?

Feng Quji died, and it was absolutely impossible for brothers Meng Tian and Meng Yi to still be imprisoned. Zhang Han, whom Li Si once trained, changed his family and joined Heifu a few years ago and is absconding in the wild. As for Li Xin from the Western Regions...

Old Li sneered: "None of the two white horse and black dog generals favored by the First Emperor are fuel-efficient lamps. They only obey the late emperor. Hei Fu faked his death and raised an army, and Li Xin was even more incompetent. He directly resisted the imperial edict and refused to return!"

This is the news that just came back from Pegasus in the Western Region.

Historically, with Qin at one end and the Six Kingdoms at the other, Li Si had no choice but to hold his nose and walk all the way to the dark side.

But now, there is a traitor in the system in the south. By paying homage to the Feng family and other actions, he is constantly making eyebrows and hints to the princes of Xianyang...

Since there is a way to survive, why should we take the road of death?

Li Si was as cunning as a mouse. After understanding this truth, he began to think about his family's future.

But Wang Ben is different. He chose a more radical approach!

Marquis Tongwu still wanted to save the overturned mountains and rivers and preserve the foundation of the First Emperor. For this reason, he wrote this memorial at the risk of falling out with Hu Hai!

Li Si shook his head and looked at his son: "I guess it's not just the Prime Minister's Palace, but also the Imperial Censor's Palace. Have you received it too?"

Li Yu nodded: "I got it. I asked around and found that among the nine ministers, including the Lang Zhongling, Ting Wei, and Shaofu under the control of Zhao Gao and his followers, they all received the same wax-sealed document."

Li Si stroked his beard and said with emotion: "Yes, Tongwuhou knew that Zhao Gao was isolated from the inside and outside, and the ordinary memorial procedure might not be delivered to the emperor's desk, so Zhao Gao blocked it. The Wang family would make the same mistake as the Feng family, so What he issued was not a petition..."

"It's about forcing the palace to write a letter!"

…

"Woman, what do you say, Your Majesty?"

Zhao Gaocai entered the house, and his son-in-law Yan Le hurriedly asked.

Zhao Gao said calmly: "Your Majesty said, I don't have it, it's not me..."

This was Hu Hai's reaction to Hei Fu's death in Xiangyang for Feng and his son Gao. After Zhao Gao thought carefully, he told Hei Fu all the charges of "slandering" Hu Hai. Hu Hai was so angry that he walked around the palace for several days. lock up.

Doesn't he just like to watch dwarf prostitutes? As for raping corpses and dissecting pregnant women, there is no such thing!

Why are you slandering people for no reason! Hu Hai felt aggrieved.

Yan Le suddenly became anxious and stamped his feet: "My dear wife, what I'm asking is, the memorial of Marquis Tongwu is known to the Prime Minister's Office, the Imperial Censor, and the Nine Ministers. It must have been spread to the palace, and Wang Ben named it." Mr. Dao, you want to kill the woman, what is your Majesty’s reaction to this?”

Although Zhao Gao was the Lang Zhongling and controlled the Xianyang Palace, and even served in the palace, and made more than ten of his guests serve as censors and visitors in order to isolate the inside and outside and act on behalf of the emperor, but because Li Si was still there, all the officials were dissatisfied. , so Zhao Gaoyuan is not able to cover up the sky with one hand. The whole Xianyang knows about the incident, and he cannot hide it.

This is not a memorial at all, it is clearly a denunciation of Zhao Gao!

But Zhao Gao showed no signs of his son-in-law's anxiety and said with a smile: "Why are you panicking? Don't worry. Your Majesty is someone I have seen since childhood. How can he be willing to kill me?"

It turned out that before the news reached the palace, Zhao Gao burst into tears and begged Hu Hai to die. Only then did Hu Hai learn about Wang Ben's request to kill Zhao Gao. He was shocked and said:

"Why? The doctor ordered Ben Yin to be an official and eunuch. However, he won the trust of the late emperor and became our teacher. He did not change his loyalty just because he was in danger, nor did he do whatever he wanted just because he was in an easy situation. He was honest in character, devoted to good deeds, and relied on his own efforts to achieve success. I got my current position because I was promoted because of my loyalty, and I kept my position because of my faith. I am truly a virtuous person, but Marquis Tongwu is suspicious of me. Why?"

This is Zhao Gao in Hu Hai's eyes.

Zhao Gao was secretly happy at that time, but he still looked at his head like a peck of rice. He only wanted to die, and his forehead was bleeding.

Hu Hai felt so soft that he almost cried. He helped Zhao Gao up, wiped away the blood for him and said:

"I have lost my late emperor. He has no knowledge and is not accustomed to governing the people. The gangsters are rebelling and bandits are rising. Marquis Tongwu is away. Feng Quji is plotting evil. Li Si is old. There are many courtiers and county officials who are connected with gangsters. If the state affairs are not entrusted to Master. , who else can I trust? Master is a lean and strong man, knows people's feelings below, and is suitable for me. I still want to promote you to be the Prime Minister of Zuo, how can I doubt it? This must be a misunderstanding by Marquis Tongwu..."

Seeing that the time was almost up, Zhao Gao shed tears and choked up:

"Marquis Tongwu, I'm afraid he fell into Hei Fu's plot to alienate people. Hei Fu is a thief with a thick face and a dark heart. He has the heart of an animal. He can slander Your Majesty with charges that ordinary people can't bear to hear or speak. Naturally, he can make the thieves The treacherous people slandered the minister, but the prince of Tongwu actually believed it."

Zhao Gao used his ingenuity and told Hu Hai: "The First Emperor once said that the Emperor makes no mistakes! The same is true for Your Majesty. You must not admit that you killed Feng Quji by mistake, otherwise the imperial power will be lost. It is obvious that Feng and Prince Gao have turned against each other. It’s revealed that he died unjustly, but in order to take advantage of this matter, Hei Fu did not hesitate to kill Feng Jie who surrendered, and falsely accused Your Majesty and his ministers.”

"Of course, it must be like this!"

For a moment, Hu Hai gritted his teeth and agreed with Zhao Gao's view. He wished he could eat the flesh of the black husband and sleep on the skin of the black husband.

"It's all Hei Fu's fault!"

Seeing that Hu Hai's mood was slightly stable, Zhao Gao took the opportunity to speak again.

"Although Hei Fu is the source of all evil, I think that Marquis Tongwu has other ideas during his trip."

Hu Hai was stunned: "What do you think?"

Zhao Gao made a timid gesture: "My lord, I am afraid that I will be guilty of alienating the king and his ministers, so I dare not say anything."

But after Hu Hai's repeated assurances and questioning, Zhao Gao still began to tell the story of Sicheng Zihan and Tian Chang:

"In the past, Sichengzi rarely visited the Song Dynasty. He personally carried out punishments and used power to punish his king, and then robbed his king every year. Tian Chang was a minister of Jian, and his rank was invincible in the country. His private wealth was equal to that of the public family. He gave charity and was virtuous, and he got it. The common people obtained the ministers and controlled the military talismans. So Yin took the state of Qi, killed Kan in the court, killed Duke Jian, and brought the state of Qi to the court."

Zhao Gao was hinting to Hu Hai that it was not Zhao Gao who was good at profit and harm, but the Wang family!

"Your Majesty is young, and the people in the world only know that Tongwu Marquis does not know that there is an emperor. The Wang family has an army of two to three hundred thousand, and is more powerful than the emperor. Now Tongwu Marquis is even more dangerous and rebellious. He does not report it as usual, but instead engages in All the officials knew that this was an attempt to force your majesty into a palace, which would embarrass your majesty and ruin your prestige, just like Zihan's visit to the Song Dynasty. He also talked about punishing ministers, just like Tian Chang wanted to kill Kan Zhi. He had to get rid of his majesty's trusted people. Defend!"

Hu Hai was a little scared: "As Master said, what does Marquis Tongwu want?"

Speaking of this, Zhao Gao did not dare to say such nonsense as "the Wang family wants to rebel", so he just took a step back and said:

"I thought that His Majesty has been established as the emperor now, and it is not beneficial for the Wang family to be noble. This also means that the earth will be shattered and the king will be king..."

After reciting the conversation between the monarch and his ministers who entered the palace tonight, Yan Le was immediately overjoyed: "If this is the case, your Majesty will be wary of the Wang family and try to protect my wife. My family is safe!"

But Zhao Gao waved his hand: "My son-in-law, you still don't understand His Majesty. Do you know what he said?"

Yan Le shook his head and didn't know.

Zhao Gao sneered: "Your Majesty actually said that as long as we can protect the Qin State, pacify the black husband, and Tong Wuhou wants to be the king, then let him make him the king!"

Yan Le was stunned.

Zhao Gao also had a headache. Although he had watched Hu Hai grow up, he could often manipulate his actions through various hints.

But sometimes Hu Hai's ideas were so wild and unconstrained that even Zhao Gao found it difficult to control them.

"not only that."

Zhao Gao Fuying was also very angry: "Your Majesty still wants to formally issue the order and inform the generals that the king will defeat the black thieves and regain Guandong!"

…

ps: In the second chapter at night, I also recommend the new book "Hedge" by 404 boss Yueying Wutong who moves to the city.

Chang Tianhao, a financial migrant worker swept by the layoff storm, was reborn on the eve of the college entrance examination, setting off a magnificent life of wealth...

Well, looking at the title of the book in reverse, it’s right.