Last time, Book Dragon Nine Roars said,"
Zhao Gao and Li Si conspired to take over the Sand Dune Rebellion and quickly came to an agreement!
The reason why Zhao Gao's words could move Li Si was because he understood Li Si too well and knew what Li Si felt the most! He knew what was on his mind! Then, he targeted the vital points. Very quickly, Li Si compromised!
Li Si could not bear to give up his high position and wealth. This was also the weakness of human nature! This was the reason for Li Si's betrayal!
Wasn't there a saying:
A fly wouldn't bite a seamless egg!
It took two to tango.
At that time, Li Si had selfish motives and was very materialistic. He was blinded by greed!
If he had no selfish motives and no weaknesses, he would not have been caught by Zhao Gao! There would not have been the disaster of extermination later on!
'Without desire, one will be strong'. His state of mind was calm and indifferent, without worldly desires. People can live easily and happily!
Without desire, one would be strong. It did not mean that one had no desire at all. Without desire, what was it? You know that!
Instead, it meant that he did not have any unnecessary thoughts, which meant that he did not have greed or selfish desires. Then, his heart would be very strong, and the things he desired and adhered to would also be strong.
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Li Si had worked hard to go from a dirty rat to a hamster, from eating rice to eating meat, from a lowly official to the prime minister of the Great Qin Country. He enjoyed the highest position and wealth!
If anyone wanted to take away his current power and position. All of a sudden, he fell from the sky to the human world. He was undoubtedly Li Si's natural enemy. Li Si could not accept this reality!
If the eldest son, Fusu, ascended the throne, he would have to give up the position he cared about to Meng Tian and Meng Yi. This was the most worrying thing. He would be forced to leave and even be dismissed from his post.
He fell from the clouds and returned to his original form, returning to his humble environment. This was a very painful thing for Li Si!
Thus, under Zhao Gao's persuasion, Li Si naturally accepted Zhao Gao's suggestion to rebel.
Li Si's heart was in a mess, and Zhao Gao had struck his ugliest weakness.
After a fierce struggle, he finally compromised and surrendered to Zhao Gao. He was willing to rebel and conspire with him!
Zhao Gao also knew that his plan had succeeded and was overjoyed. He had successfully convinced Li Si and achieved his goal. The rebellion could be completed.
So immediately conspired with Li Si, under the guise of Qin Shi Huang's order, Li Hu Hai as the prince; He also forged another imperial edict and sent it to Shangjun, giving Fusu and Meng Tian the crime of 'disloyalty and unfilial' to commit suicide.
From that moment on, Li Si had completely lost his bottom line! It was also for the future when a disaster would come and implicate the three clans. If they were unfortunately killed, it would bury a lot of foreshadowing and hidden dangers!
Li Si participating in the Sand Dune Rebellion out of personal gain was against the will of the public, so naturally, the Heavenly Dao would not tolerate it! The heavens were watching!
One had to keep their bottom line. He had to uphold his moral bottom line!
This was a person's principle.
The bottom line was a person's code of conduct.
Keeping one's bottom line was keeping one's conscience.
Li Si was too greedy for power and position. After getting used to this feeling, if someone wanted him to leave the Prime Minister's throne again, he would not be willing to die! Therefore, he chose to rebel and resist (the eldest son, Fu Su, didn't even know what he was talking about). He betrayed his benefactor and betrayed his own integrity. He had lost his bottom line!
The Dune Rebellion was also known as the Dune Conspiracy. After the death of Qin Shihuang in the Dune Palace, the eunuch Zhao Gao and the prime minister Li Si colluded to launch the Dune Rebellion. The two of them conspired to forge a posthumous edict, forcing the eldest son of Qin Shihuang, Fusu, to commit suicide and elect the youngest son of the emperor, Qin II, Hu Hai, to take the throne. He ascended the throne as Emperor Qin II.
This was what was known in history as the " Change of the Sand Dunes."
Seeing that the obstacle had been removed, Zhao Gao advised Huhai to return to the throne as soon as possible.
Due to the hot weather, the body of the First Emperor had begun to rot. The cool carriage carrying the body of the First Emperor emitted a stench, and waves of stench came from the carriage.
In order to hide the truth, Zhao Gao ordered people to buy a large number of abalones and salted fish to cover up the stench. The group returned to Xianyang in a mighty manner. Only then did the funeral be announced to the world. Soon, an unprecedented grand funeral was held.
Prince Hu Hai proclaimed himself emperor and became the second emperor of Qin Dynasty. Naturally, he put Zhao Gao in an important position. Zhao Gao was given the title of doctor and became Huhai's most trusted decision-maker.
During his term of office, Zhao Gao monopolized power, formed cliques, suppressed loyal officials, and imposed taxes. The collection of labor was even more arduous, and the administration was even more harsh.
Zhao Gao was Huhai's teacher, and he had taught Huhai the law for many years. He also knew Huhai very well, and he could always tickle him. The intimate relationship between the two was definitely not something Li Si, who was a latecomer, could compare to.
Therefore, Zhao Gao, who was in the internal court and was closer to the Emperor in terms of both his position and personal feelings, was insufferably arrogant and could flaunt his power. He could use the flag as a tiger's skin and command the ministers with the Emperor. This put Li Si in a completely passive position when competing with him.
Huhai was a person who did not want to improve himself. He was a good-for-nothing who only wanted to eat, drink, and play. Not long after he ascended the throne, he began to pursue a luxurious life.
He also built Epang Palace, which was a waste of manpower and money. He recruited 50,000 strong men to guard Xianyang and collected exotic flowers and plants, rare birds and animals for his own fun.
Huhai had handed over the government affairs to Zhao Gao, so he no longer went to court. He only sought pleasure, so the power of decision naturally fell into Zhao Gao's hands.
Zhao Gao was in power and did whatever he wanted after getting rid of the Meng brothers. Then, Zhao Gao turned the murder target on the Qin royal family. According to historical records, Zhao Gao instigated Hu Hai to kill 12 of his brothers in Xianyang and crushed 10 princesses to death in Du You (now east of Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province).
Once a person's desire for power was released, it would be like a torrential flood in summer, swallowing everything without restraint.
With the expansion of his power, Zhao Gao's ambition also continued to expand. He turned his gaze to the position of Prime Minister, which was below one person and above tens of thousands of people. Therefore, getting rid of Li Si was becoming more and more urgent in his heart.
Not long after Huhai ascended the throne, Epang Palace was built. It was extremely tyrannical, and Li Si's many letters received no response. Zhao Gao had probably kept all the memorials. This guy likes to do this kind of thing! Furthermore, he was a repeat offender and a veteran!
The government forced the people to rebel. At that time, the east of Hangu Pass was already filled with beacon fires and rebel soldiers. However, Second Prince stayed in Zhao Gao's cold dish cover and hid in a small building to become a unified country. He did not care about the spring, summer, autumn, and winter. He did not know anything about the outside world and continued to hide in the palace to enjoy himself.
Li Si was very competent as the Prime Minister. However, the fatuous ruler had no way of governing the country, and the rebellious minister, Zhao Gao, controlled the government!
Where was Li Si? He couldn't even see the emperor. Li Si was very disappointed! He wanted to reverse the situation, but he was powerless to report!
He was hesitant and conflicted, but he was helpless. He should have been put in an important position, but he was often neglected.
Li Si felt that things should not be like this. He believed that he had played a crucial role in the plan of the sand dune. Without Li Si, Zhao Gao and the second brother's scheme would never have succeeded.
And Li Si, in the chaos of that time, could even make any young master of the Qin country emperor. If one were to look at their roles in the rebellion, Li Si was the pillar while Zhao Gao was just icing on the cake. But in the end, flowers were more popular than pillars! Flowers are more enjoyable than pillars!
Was Long Jiuxiao right? Most of the time, people liked flowers and plants!
But Huhai didn't think so. In Huhai's opinion, if it weren't for Zhao Gao, he wouldn't have been able to enjoy the life he had today. He wouldn't have been able to become the Emperor. Zhao Gao had contributed the most, and his hard work was indescribable. As for Li Si, he was only the one Zhao Gao had hired to help. A B character. What was the use of the short form of " stupid character "?
Naturally, the second generation would be grateful to Zhao Gao for giving him such a great fortune, and at the same time, he would thank Prime Minister Li Si for his great assistance. Remember, it's assistance. Just like the US Vice President, it was usually useless, just like the appendix, purely redundant!
Therefore, it was very normal for them to favor one and discriminate against the other.
Zhao Gao's ambition kept growing, and he coveted Li Si's position as Prime Minister.
However, Li Si could not display his talents or use his strategies. Even meeting the Emperor was more difficult than ascending to the heavens! Zhao Gao usually blocked them.
Even at this moment, Li Si did not think of learning from Fan Li and retreating bravely! Or perhaps he didn't even think about it! After all, wealth was too tempting. It was a pity to abandon it!
Occasionally, he would see Qin II and wanted to say a few words of advice. However, Qin II, who was in the midst of playing, simply ignored him. If he said too much, he would be annoyed and especially disliked him!
Back then, the King of Qin, Ying Zheng, had listened to every word he said and felt a great sense of accomplishment. However, the current Qin II left Li Si with more disappointment. Things were the same, but people had changed. Things were different now!
Li Si, who was full of talent and enthusiasm, was not as good as Zhao Gao. It was even worse than the dog that Qin II played with!
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After a while, Li Si finally fell out with Zhao Gao. In the end, Li Si would not be able to defeat Zhao Gao. Not only would he be defeated, but his three clans would also be wiped out.
The incident at the sand dune was partly due to Li Si's selfish desires. It was used by Zhao Gao and the others who called a deer a horse. It was the biggest failure and historical stain in his life.
Li Si did not have a good ending because of this! He had sacrificed his life and the lives of his entire family in the conspiracy and struggle!
Long Jiuxiao had already said it in chapter 45," Worthy of Being the Prime Minister of the Ages "!
As the saying goes, good will be rewarded with good and evil will be rewarded with evil!
If you do more injustice, you'll die!
Li Si, who had participated in the rebellion at Zhao Gao's sand dune, did not receive many benefits! Zhao Gao was jealous of her and she embarked on a path of no return!
In the second year of Qin II (208 years ago), he was cut in half in the downtown area of Xianyang, and his three clans were wiped out. Three generations of his family did not escape the misfortune!
Once you set foot on a road, you can't turn back. On the thorny road paved with blood, Li Si walked without hesitation.
Before he died, Li Si sighed with emotion and said something very famous.
According to historical records, he was killed by three clans, which meant: There were hundreds of people from his mother's family, his husband's family, and his wife's family. Li Si knelt on the guillotine with his son beside him and his entire family behind him.
The executioner had already sharpened his big knife until it was as bright as snow. He pulled out a strand of his hair to test the blade. Thinking about it, it was a waist chop. How fast would the knife be?
At that moment, Li Si turned to his son and said,"" Leading a dog to the east gate, how can I get it?"
It meant,"Son, do you remember the time when I led you brothers and led the yellow dog to hunt on the hill outside the east gate of my hometown, Shangcai?" Sigh, there won't be any more in the future.
Li Si was calm and collected in the face of death. He faced it calmly (accepted it calmly) and was unafraid of death. Moreover, he was even joking with his son, who was about to go to the netherworld like him.
It was simply black humor. Li Si is already worthy of our admiration for saying that.
A famous prime minister of a generation, such an ending was a pity.
Even the later generations felt pity and heartache. Li Si also felt extremely regretful about his own ending and death.
Before he died, he made a long speech, lamenting his loyalty and self-pity, and also reprimanding the Second Emperor for bringing disaster to the country and using Zhao Gao to corrupt the country's politics.
However, these complaints seemed to only be seen in Sima Qian's pen as he wrote four words that were glittering in gold and filled with blood and tears: He had it coming.
Li Si being cut in half at the waist was very tragic. He was also one of the five ministers who died the most miserably in ancient times.
He had lost the political battle with the powerful minister Zhao Gao, which was why his entire family had been executed and he himself had been cut in half in the market.
Long Jiuxiao had a poem that recorded the incident of the Sand Dune Conspiracy:
The First Emperor hated to die on the dunes,
Zhao Gao was greedy and scheming.
Provoking and scheming to abolish or establish, he hides his evil intentions,
He began to instigate Hu Hai to attack early.
I accept the emperor's order, willing to follow him in rebellion,
As prime minister, I am ashamed to be a marquis.
What a minister does is not right,
Li Si participated in the sand dune plot;
Usually I cannot help my lord,
In the face of change, he did not think of getting rid of traitors.
Greedy for the title, he finally compromised,
In the heart of the camp, it is for the sake of profit and salary.
The vertical scorpions 'hearts form an alliance with each other,
Change the edict Zhao Li plot.
The forged letter forced Fusu to die,
he helped Hu Hai ascend the dragon's head.
From then on Zhao Gao bullied the weak master,
with one hand I cover the sky and distinguish beasts.
Of course I would have Hu Hai in the deep palace,
Hu Hai and Zhao Gao were killed by heaven.
Note: Ren evil, pronunciation is rdisdnè, refers to ugly; He had committed a grave sin.
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