The First Emperor wanted to laugh out loud and say this, just like how he smiled and said it casually in front of his mother, Gai Nie, Xia Wuji, Zhang Han, Afang and Mi Chu.
He couldn't laugh.
He couldn't tell.
He did not dare to rest after galloping for three days and nights. He rushed from Xinzheng, thousands of miles away, at the fastest speed to his brother in Xianyang, sweeping the dust all day long. He smiled bitterly.
"Am I a failure? A thief who wanted to kill my people, destroy my country, and killed my son died. I should be happy and happy. I shouldn't have locked up the platform and let you, a fool, see it.
It’s a joke.”
He understands everything.
How could he still look like he was not bothered by anything in front of everyone, clapped his hands and said that Zhao Gao deserved to be killed? He is an unparalleled and powerful emperor throughout the ages, and the lord of the world who can cause changes in the world with his joy and anger. How can he?
Can one be sad over the death of a thief?
But in the dead of night, when there was no one around, and when he was alone in the quiet and dark Zhangtai Palace, he couldn't deceive himself, and he didn't want to deceive his brother.
There were very few people in this world that he could completely trust.
"King, no one can do it better than Brother Huang."
This is not the opinion of Ying Chengyu and his family, but an objective evaluation of China’s five thousand years of history.
Without a prophet, we don’t know the way forward.
He relied on his own efforts to overcome the opinions of the public, introduced the enfeoffment of counties and counties, established a series of decrees that have benefited thousands of years, such as writing books with the same writing, driving on the same track, and walking in the same way, and building the Great Wall. He created the first unified empire and set the standard for future generations of dynasties.
The First Emperor who laid a solid foundation.
He is the founder of the Chinese nation.
Without the First Emperor, there might still be China. But it would definitely not be the Chinese nation with its vast land and fifty-six ethnic groups.
Zhang Juzheng, a famous politician and reformer in the Ming Dynasty, said:
"From the three dynasties to the Qin Dynasty, there was a reincarnation of chaos. He created laws and regulations, which he has maintained to this day for his own benefit. History has said that he 'gained the power of a saint.' The King of Zhou was poor, and he was bound to change to the Qin Dynasty. He would adopt the cultural system of the previous dynasty and everything else.
Eradicate them, and only maintain them with the law. The rule of the Western Han Dynasty was simple and strict in ancient times, and it was really due to the removal of Qin. It is a pity that Fu Su was cowardly, Hu Hai was immature, and treachery developed from within, and the remnants of the Six Kingdoms still exist. Because of the resentment of the world
, but he used Qin as a tactic, and then passed it on and frowned, which was the misfortune of the First Emperor."
Lu Xun, who abandoned medicine to pursue literature and wrote to save the country, said:
"Qin Shihuang was really unjustly accused. He suffered a loss when he died in the second generation. A group of helpers spoke ill of him on behalf of the new master. Yes, Qin Shihuang burned books, but he burned books to unify his thoughts, and he did not
He burned agricultural books and medical books. He recruited many 'guests' from other countries. He did not focus exclusively on 'Qin's thoughts', but he learned from all kinds of thoughts."
Without the remnants of the Sixth King of Qin, the First Emperor would not have been able to conquer the world.
However, there was no experience to follow and no precedents to follow for the road after the unification. It was the First Emperor who crossed the river by feeling the stones and forcibly crossed the river by relying on his vision and courage.
The First Emperor selected the future China from the advice of more than a thousand famous ministers.
Having crossed two thousand years of history and becoming brothers with the First Emperor, only through close contact can we know how great the First Emperor was.
Ying Chengyu couldn't bear it.
A great person must be self-denial.
The letter sent by Gai Nie began with the four characters "Zhao Gao is dead", followed by the latest actions of the First Emperor.
If the words "Zhao Gao is dead" were discarded, Ying Chengyu would not come back at all. The first emperor described in the letter was no different from before Zhao Gao died.
Genie did not see the sadness of the First Emperor.
In other words, it is Ying Zheng who is sad, not the First Emperor.
The First Emperor is the king of the Qin State. He cannot abolish the public affairs for personal reasons, nor can he abolish the public affairs for personal reasons. He cannot have private affairs.
"It's okay for others to flatter me, so come and cheer me up. Which king would be saddened by the death of his rebellious ministers and traitors."
The First Emperor took out a few pieces of broken porcelain from his arms and placed them on the table.
The last time the First Emperor smashed the porcelain in anger and said that the porcelain would die on your behalf, Zhao Gao, Zhao Gao carefully collected it and put it in his arms, where he stayed with him until his death.
"On the 16th day of the fourth month of the third year of King Zhuang Xiang, I followed my mother back to Qin. Zhao refused to follow her, and many pursued her. They wanted to kill my mother and me to frighten Qin. Zhao Gao sent his retainers to escort me with their tokens.
The Qin army and its retainers returned.
"On the third day of the seventh month in the fifth year of King Zhuang Xiang, Zhao Gao left Zhao and entered the Qin Dynasty. He said that he was disabled and useless, and he only wanted to stay with me to serve me. There is no other noble son in the world.
"On the twenty-seventh day of the seventh month in the fifth year of King Zhuang Xiang's reign, a sharp blade was thrust into the carriage from the shaft. He was only three feet away from me. Zhao Gao caught the steel sword between his elbows and armpits and killed the assassin with his palm.
"On March 2, the sixth year of King Zhuang Xiang, I went hunting with my father in the forest garden. Mi Sui, who wanted you to be the king, secretly planted a cold arrow behind my back. Zhao Gao took the responsibility, and was hit by an arrow in the chest and narrowly escaped death...
…”
The First Emperor recounted the past events in which Zhao Gao saved his life one by one. He remembered all these things clearly. It was not because Zhao Gao saved him, but because he almost lost his life.
That understatement of "You saved me countless times" is behind a series of shocking life and death crises. Only those involved know how dangerous the past is.
To Ying Chengyu, Zhao Gao was a traitorous official who caused the death of the second generation of Qin Dynasty.
To Gai Nie, Zhao Gao is a licking dog who only knows how to flatter and flatter.
To Meng Tian, Zhao Gao was a lucky minister who could not achieve success in literature and military affairs, but only relied on his connections to get to the top.
Zhao Gaozhi was a knowledgeable man to Zhang Han who was well informed, knowledgeable, discerning, and deeply trusted by His Majesty.
To Zhao Ji, Zhao Gao was a good dog, a loyal dog who could inform her of a certain situation and protect Zheng'er.
When Zhao Gao like this intended to overthrow the Qin Empire and was unfavorable to the First Emperor, everyone who was the First Emperor's brother, the First Emperor's ministers, and the First Emperor's mother would kill him quickly, thinking that his death was not a pity.
If these people knew that the First Emperor was sad about the death of Zhao Gao, not many of them would believe it.
How could His Majesty be sentimental about the death of a rebellious minister and traitor? What a joke!
They would not have understood this emotion if they had not stood in front of the First Emperor dozens of times when the Emperor's sword was at hand.
The trust of Zhao Gao, the First Emperor, was established through many life and death wanderings. The two were friends of life and death for dozens of times. To the First Emperor, Zhao Gao was far from just a minister. He was also a good teacher, a close friend, and a wise man.
A minister is also a guard, a confidant, and a companion...
The candle shrunk little by little, missing half of it. The First Emperor fiddled with the porcelain pieces and finished talking about his experience of being assassinated dozens of times.
He raised his head, looked at the face of his brother who was trying hard to listen attentively, and smiled.
"Cheng Yu, you didn't let me believe in Zhao Gao ten years ago. I didn't listen to you. I was wrong. But I want to ask you. If I don't believe in Zhao Gao, who saved my life dozens of times, what will I do?
Who can you trust? Is it really like what Gai Nie said, you can’t trust anyone? Tell me, what should I do?"
Ying Chengyu was stumped by this question.
He was in a foreign position and put himself into the situation. Without a prophet of history, he could not do better than the First Emperor. There is a high probability that he would trust Zhao Gao more than the First Emperor.
“We have known each other since we were young for more than thirty years and have saved my life dozens of times.
"Understands what I think, knows what I want. Many things do not need to be explained too clearly, or even need to be said by me. He will think of me and do things beautifully and perfectly.
“For more than thirty years, I have always put my interests first, can block knives, guns and arrows for me, can do things for me across mountains and rivers without complaining, and be available whenever I am called.
"Do I believe in a person who can make me happy and happy when I am free, and who can provide the most authoritative advice?"
Zhao Gao was not only good at writing, he could also memorize the entire Qin Code. He was born in the Zhao royal family and his political thinking was not bad.
Ying Chengqiao covered his head and sighed.
"It's difficult. Even if I look at the answers and do the questions, I might get it wrong."
If he were the First Emperor, although he knew the true history, he was still not sure about his ability to kill Zhao Gao. He would most likely think that Zhao Gao in this life was different from the one in history.
Pat your face hard to wake up and disperse some sleepiness.
"It's true that Zhao Gao saved the emperor's brother dozens of times, and it's also true that he wanted to kill the emperor's brother and destroy the Qin Dynasty. Qin's merits and demerits do not equal each other. It's not wrong for the emperor's brother to kill him, and it's not wrong to express feelings for him. This does not damage the image of the emperor's brother.
.”
"Do you think that I am imprisoned in Zhangtai Palace because I feel sorry for the thief, lying like a wild beast in the dark and licking my wounds alone, for fear of being seen by others?"
Spreading his hands, Ying Chengyu said helplessly:
"Otherwise? Brother Huang, please don't be so harsh at this time."
"That's not entirely true."
The First Emperor was slightly confused.
"I gave Zhao Gao the greatest trust, but he betrayed me. Over the years, everything he did in front of me was all pretending? Could it be that Zhang Han was also faking? Could Gai Nie be faking too?
?
"There are also Xia Wuji, Li Si, Wang Wan, Tu Sui, Zhao Tuo, Wang Jian, Wang Ben, Meng Tian, Meng Yi... are they all pretending?
"If a eunuch from Zhao Gao rebels, the harm will not be too great. But if Wang Jian, Wang Ben and his son rebel and want to establish themselves as kings, it will be a big disaster. Should I take precautions and nip these dangers in the bud?"
Ying Chengyu broke out in cold sweat after hearing this, and he felt sleepy for most of the time without being slapped.
I thought you were confused and sad because of the death of your best friend, but I didn't expect that you were thinking about sneaking into the swordsman. Ying Zheng, the big-eyed Yingzheng, is also thinking about killing the hero, right?
"Brother Imperial, Genie knows nothing. He knows nothing except swords, so you can't be deceived by him. As a human being, you still have to believe what's due. If you kill these dangers, more dangers will arise.
"
"I trust Zhao Gao. I let him, a middle-aged man, be the commander of the carriage of the Nine Ministers. I gave Zhao Gao money, I gave Zhao Gao food, I let him live a good life, and I even wanted him to marry him.
My daughter is Xijun, and I asked her to be my teacher Hu Hai. How did he repay me? He didn’t care at all about the friendship we had for so many years. No, the friendship we had for so many years was clearly his deliberate disguise. There is no friendship between me and him.
! He injured Hu Hai, killed Concubine Hu, and destroyed my Qin Dynasty. He rebelled against me. If Zhao Gao is like this, what can others do?"
Ying Chengyu understood that his brother had a stress reaction because of Zhao Gao's death.
Just like a person who is hurt by love and no longer believes in love, and was stabbed mercilessly by Zhao Gao, the most trusted person, the First Emperor now looks at everyone as if they are the unruly people who want to destroy the Qin Dynasty.
"Gai Nie's letter said that Zhao Gao wanted to destroy Qin, but did not want to restore Zhao. You and I have always been stuck in the fixed mindset, thinking that these remnants of the Six Kingdoms are all for the purpose of restoring the country. Who jumped out of the fixed mindset?
Thinking, to judge Zhao Gao’s intention?”
"The thief said it himself. Xia Wuqi used a secret method to stick a gold and silver needle into his head to make him tell the truth."
Ying Chengyu had a strange look on his face.
"Do you know how many times I tested Zhao Gao?"
The First Emperor remembered that it was more than thirty times, but after hearing his brother's question, he knew that the number should be more than thirty, so he tentatively said:
"Fifty? Eighty?"
Ying Chengyu showed three fingers.
"You're such a bastard, you're teasing me again. You said that seriously. I thought you were testing me more privately without telling me, but it turns out you weren't. It was more than thirty times."
"It's not more than thirty times, it's more than three hundred times. More than three hundred times, I have not tried to detect that Zhao Gao intends to rebel, which is not good for you. Brother Emperor, do you know what this means?"
"This thief hides so well!"
"Yes, that's right. Brother Emperor, think about it. I have never let Zhao Gao show his weakness more than three hundred times. How can a person with such a forbearing heart really fall into the secret method of losing his mind?"
This secret method of losing one's mind is similar to hypnosis, and can only be effective for people with unstable minds, such as Ying Huhai.
If you resist the secret method from the bottom of your heart, are not afraid of pain, and do not break your psychological defenses, then you will not say a word even if your brain is broken.
The First Emperor stared at the broken porcelain pieces on the table and thought of what his mother had said.
"A castrated person has a mutilated body and more intense desires than ordinary people. I once used all my strength on Zhao Gao, but he had no reaction..."
I remember what Xia Wuqie said when he diagnosed his young son with a secret spell.
"This sinister method is usually used on unsteady soldiers..."
Tuk-tuk-tuk~
The First Emperor tapped his fingers on the table and narrowed his eyes.
"I can't hide it from you, I can't be charmed by my mother, and my mind is not firm... This thief didn't fall into the trap, he told me on purpose."
"I guess so. When death was imminent, why would he reveal his plan to his brother?
"If I were Zhao Gao and hated Brother Huang to the core, I wouldn't say a word. As long as I don't tell you the plan, Brother Huang won't be able to guess it. If he doesn't guess, he will start to think wildly and wonder if I still have any accomplices.
"If you know how to make a big move, you will capture the important ministers of the country and dig graves for the Qin State. Even if it doesn't work, it will make the emperor's brother unable to sleep well. If the emperor's brother does not go well, I will die in peace."
The frequency of tapping with his index finger slowed down. The First Emperor was thinking long and hard about Zhao Gao's purpose of doing this. He had already thought of it, but he didn't believe it.
"Zhao Gao is repaying his kindness and repaying the kindness of the emperor. He was born as the son of the Zhao Kingdom. For the sake of his country and his family, he had no choice. He died for Zhao. Before he died, he chose the emperor."
The First Emperor sneered and placed the food order on the table.
"He chose me? What a joke, this is all your guess, you can't count! You are not Zhao Gao, how do you know what Zhao Gao was thinking in the end?"
"You are not me, how do you know that I don't know what Zhao Gao was thinking at the end?"
Ying Chengyu stood up, stretched his waist, let out a long yawn, walked towards the palace, and lit the eight long candles in the palace one by one.
In the dark night, Zhangtai Palace was brightly lit with candles.
Under the light of candlelight, the First Emperor showed no anger and authority.
"Shuzi, what are you going to do?"
"Go to sleep, I'm so sleepy!"
Ying Chengyu's confused voice came from afar.
"You're so stupid, you still know how sleepy you are?"
The First Emperor muttered something softly and yawned involuntarily.
"I'm a little tired of being around this guy."
Outside Zhangtai Palace.
Zhang Han, who was waiting, felt the two long and well-proportioned breaths in the hall, took a deep breath, leaned against the big black column and looked up at the white jade plate in the sky. He was also a little sleepy, so he stood still to catch up on his sleep.