In mid-April of the first year of the Second World War, Hu Hai, who was in Wangyi Palace, finally relaxed after hearing reports from Shi Bao and Wuguan Commandery on the front line: "The rebels have been repulsed, and thousands of people have been killed by flying stone crossbow arrows."
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"The spirit of Lai Zongmiao, the spirit of Lai Zongmiao, can be regarded as repelling the gangsters..."
But immediately, he became inexplicably sad and cried: "But my dear, Marquis Tongwu, why did you abandon me so easily? It seems that my previous dream was the fulfillment of this matter!"
It turned out that in March, Hu Hai dreamed that a big black dog bit his left stallion. The stallion was seriously injured and died!
After he woke up, he was unhappy and called a wizard to ask about his dream. After the divination, the wizard said: "Jingshui is causing evil spirits."
The Jing River and the Wei River are both large rivers in Guanzhong. It is said that there is a god in it, a dragon, which is probably the predecessor of the Jing River Dragon King in later generations.
So Hu Hai moved to the Wangyi Palace on the Jinghe River in the northeast of Xianyang to worship it. He listened to the wizard and sank four white horses and killed four black dogs as sacrifices.
Unexpectedly, just after the sacrifice was completed, news came from the front that Wang Ben had died of illness. In the next half month, bad news continued. Nanyang defended the country and tens of thousands of people were captured by the rebels. Then Heifu knocked Wuguan...
"Anyone who dares to come within a hundred steps of Wuguan will be killed without mercy!"
With just enough time to issue such an order, Hu Hai began to lie awake all night. Like a frightened child, he crouched in the corner shivering, looking at the noisy door, for fear that robbers would break in the next moment and kill him.
But now that the knocking on the door had stopped, Hu Hai became arrogant again, angrily summoned Li Si and Zhao Gao, and began to scold him!
"Prime Minister, didn't you say that if the north is strong and the south is weak, everything outside the pass will be fine?"
"Mr. Zhongling, didn't you say that the rebels in the south and the bandits from Guandong can't do anything?"
"Now Zhao, Qi, Chu, Han, and Wei are all established as kings. From the east of Guan, the whole country is bordered by Qin to respond to the princes. But the south is even worse. Nanyang has fallen, Hanzhong has also been lost, and the bandits are approaching Wuguan and Nanshan!
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He still doesn't know that his good brother Fusu has also appeared again and is now fighting against the Donghu in Liaodong...
"In the blink of an eye, half of my country, no, two-thirds of the world has gone, leaving only the land of Guanzhong..."
Hu Hai is not stupid by nature, but he just thought it was a small rebellion before. He has his beloved teacher Zhao Gao and his generals to help him deal with it. As an emperor, he can just enjoy his life.
But now, a huge knock came from the door, and the cruel fact told him that the state of Qin was already on the verge of collapse.
Hu Hai yelled at the sky and started roaring angrily.
"The First Emperor of Qin swept across the six kingdoms, wading through quicksands in the west, crossing Daxia in the north, with the East China Sea in the east, and all the northern households in the south. He opened a business for all generations, which was very glorious. However, after the loss of the First Emperor, the country was in internal troubles, Guandong and the South were all lost. I am dead
As the emperor, now I only live in the land of one state, which is extremely ugly. It is really extremely ugly! How can I face the late emperor when you ask me to go to the Three Springs in the future? Ah!"
This is all Heifu's fault, the thieves' fault, the general's fault, and he is the only one who is right.
The emperor is infallible, this is what the father said!
Facing Hu Hai's questioning, Zhao Gao and Li Si remained silent. Zhao Gao secretly rejoiced at Wang Ben's death, while Li Si thought for a long time before slowly saying:
"Your Majesty, there is no need to panic. When the Chu State broke through the Wuguan Pass, wasn't it also defeated in Lantian?"
This is just telling lies. Today, the army in the north is more than that of King Qin Huiwen, but the generals and morale are completely different.
Li Si continued to talk nonsense: "What's more, Guanzhong is considered to be solid by mountains and rivers. It is a country with four fortresses, and the Han Valley is in danger. The six countries have repeatedly invaded Han Valley, but they all looked at it and sighed, and were unable to do anything. Isn't it the same as the world?
The power is always in the northwest, the frontier is blocked and dangerous, and we are vulnerable to the enemy. There are also people from the land, sea and heaven. Even if we are lost outside the border, we can still protect ourselves!"
"The Shang Dynasty sacrificed six hundred sacrifices to Zuo and perished in Qizhou, which is a hundred miles away; the Six Kingdoms sacrificed Zhao, Wei, Qi, Chu, Han, and Yan for eight thousand miles, and were ordered to Qin which was thousands of miles away. I believe that this place is advantageous
, given time, Your Majesty will be able to revive the Qin Dynasty!"
These words sounded pleasant to the ear, but Hu Hai was not deceived. He glared and said, "Even so, Marquis Tongwu has passed away, and the gangsters are trying to enter the pass day and night. The frontline army must be commanded by someone, right? With the current situation,
Who can be the general?"
Zhao Gao and Li Si both wanted to recommend their own people, but Hu Hai's next words left them stunned.
"How about Meng Tian?"
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"Absolutely not!"
Zhao Gao immediately objected, and when he shouted these four words, he realized that Li Si had also said the same thing.
The two glanced at each other, then immediately looked away without knowing it.
"Why not?"
After Hu Hai succeeded to the throne, Zhao Gao insisted that Meng was an accomplice of Hei Fu, so he imprisoned brothers Meng Tian and Meng Yi.
However, Meng Tian did not release Fusu at that time, and Meng Yi reported the matter to Qin Shihuang. For a while, no evidence of rebellion could be found. Because Hu Hai did not succeed to the throne through false imperial edicts as in history, he regarded himself as the orthodox emperor. After his position was stable,
At Wang Ben's suggestion, in order to gain the support of Shangjun soldiers, Ermeng was released and placed under house arrest.
But after Wang Ben came out of seclusion, Zhao Gao slandered Hu Hai again, saying that Meng Yi had prevented Qin Shihuang from establishing Hu Hai as the crown prince...
However, when Hu Hai sent someone to question Meng Yi about this matter, he was denied by Meng Yi. He also said: "My husband, the late master, made the move of appointing a prince. It took several years. How can I dare to remonstrate with you?"
Why dare you plan!"
After the words came back, Hu Hai was doubtful, so he sent Ermeng to prison again, intending to kill him...
At this time, Ziying also came to persuade: "I heard that King Zhao Qian killed his good minister Li Mu and used Yan Ju. King Yan Xiyin used Jing Ke's plan to double the promise of Qin. King Jian of Qi killed his former loyal minister and used Yan Ju to win.
Discuss. Each of these three monarchs lost their country and suffered disaster as a result of changing the ancients. Now the Meng clan is the minister and counselor of Qin, and if your majesty wants to abandon it, I think it is impossible!"
Hu Hai had no relationship with his brothers, but he had a good relationship with Zi Ying. He hesitated for a while. Even though Zhao Gao repeatedly suggested that Er Meng should be killed as soon as possible, Hu Hai did not make up his mind.
Now that Wang Ben was gone, Hu Hai looked around the court and saw that there were no generals. He was so sick that he went to the doctor. He actually thought of the Meng brothers who were still in prison.
He muttered: "In the past, my father had three young generals, Meng Tian, Li Xin and Hei Fu. Now the black bandits have rebelled and Li Xin has not returned. The only one who can be an enemy of Hei Fu is Meng Tian.
If I can pardon his sins, reward the three armies, motivate the soldiers, and maybe I can defeat the rebels at Wuguan..."
"What do you think?" Hu Hai raised his head. He was unsure about this matter and looked at the two old foxes thoughtfully.
Of course the two of them objected.
"It would be great if you had thought this way earlier... But now it's too late to make amends!" Li Si thought.
After Wang Ben passed away, the pillar that could support the state collapsed. If it were pushed up again, it might break. In addition, the envoy Li Si sent to contact Heifu came back and said that Li You was safe and sound. Heifu also remembered what he said back then,
I am willing to let go of grudges with Mr. Li with a smile.
After his future was guaranteed, Li Si, who put his life before his country, was even more determined to sell Hu Hai.
Now that there are no generals in the pass, it will be easier for Heifu to break through the pass. Once Meng Tian is released from prison, he might be able to resist Heifu outside the pass!
This doesn't work!
And Zhao Gao also had Zhao Gao's reasons. He was almost executed by Meng Yi according to law, but thanks to the pardon of the First Emperor of Qin. Afterwards, Zhao Gao always hated the Meng family, and originally planned to help Su harm Prince Gao, so he targeted the Meng brothers.
, but Wang Ben’s petition made him panic and uneasy, and he didn’t have time to take action.
Once Meng regains control of the military and is liquidated in the future, won't Zhao Gao be the first to suffer the consequences?
So Li Si and Zhao Gao began to take turns admonishing.
"Your Majesty, the Meng clan has always been on good terms with Fusu, and now Heifu wants to make Fusu's eldest son in Shu County the emperor and denies your majesty's legitimacy. If the army is handed over to the Meng clan, his two brothers will immediately rebel and welcome the black man.
My husband enters the customs, what should I do?"
"Of course, Meng Tian and Meng Yi cannot be trusted. I hope Your Majesty will choose someone else..."
Two-pronged approach, how could Hu Hai, who had no idea at all, be able to withstand it? The more he listened, the more panicked he became, and he gradually gave up the idea.
"Then who should be the general?"
He rubbed his hands and thought of someone again.
"How is Wang Li doing, Marquis of Wucheng?"
Zhao Gao coughed lightly: "Your Majesty, there is news from Wuguan that Nanyang's surrender was caused by the Nanyang garrison ordered by Tongwuhou before his death. He also said that before his death, he wanted to join forces with Heifu and enter the pass together.
, I am afraid that the Pinyang Wang family..."
"What nonsense!"
Hu Hai suddenly became angry: "Marquis Tongwu will never be like this!"
"He is the head of the auxiliary ministers appointed by the First Emperor himself."
"He is my daughter-in-law and the father of the queen! Marquis Tongwu worked diligently and tried his best to defend me from the enemy. Wang Li will not let me down until his death! Quickly mobilize Wang Li and the garrison in the north of Saibei to move south.
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Zhao Gao knew that it would be difficult to drive a wedge between Hu Hai and the Wang family, so he kept silent and glanced at Li Si.
Li Si cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, Wang Li will have 50,000 troops to guard Shangjun, Shuofang, and the Jiuyuan Great Wall border fortress. If all Shangjun soldiers are allowed to go south, we may fear that the central part of New Qin will be invaded by barbarians..."
Ten years ago, after the three generals Heifu, Li Xin and Meng Tian drove the Xiongnu from the north, Shuofang County was established in the north of Saibei, Henan and Hetao, and 300,000 people were moved to the border, and the taxes were paid for three years.
The border people worked hard, and the farming area expanded to the foot of Yinshan Mountain. From the south of the Great Wall, it was connected with each other and faced each other. After ten years, the wealth was comparable to that of Guanzhong. Because most of the people who moved there were Qin people, this area was called
"New Qinzhong."
"Old Qinzhong can no longer be saved, so what do I care about the new Qinzhong!?"
Hu Hai was determined.
"Although the barbarians are evil, the poison of the black thieves is a hundred times worse. The barbarians only plundered some people and property, but Hei Fu, Hei Fu, he wants my life. He wants to destroy the Seven Temples of Qin Dynasty!"
"Second Qing, please don't forget that prophecy, whoever destroys Qin will be blackmailed!"
That was a sharp sword hanging over Hu Hai's head.
"In the whole world, is it the land of the king? On the shore of the land, is it the minister of the king. I have the final say whether the people of my land should abandon it or defend it!"
Hu Hai, the second emperor who was personally chosen by Qin Shihuang to be his successor, lost his composure, his voice broke, and he said excitedly:
"If the day comes when Guanzhong is captured, I would rather give these great mountains and rivers to the barbarians than to the rebels!"