Chapter 22 3. To be a deer or a horse, that is the question

Since Zhang Han led his army out of Xianyang City, there has been a suicidal political struggle in Xianyang City. The only winner of this series of fierce struggles is Comrade Zhao Gao.Zhao Gao climbed from a small court servant to the position of today's prime minister, relying on abnormal means.This kind of behavior, we use a word in biology to call it: metamorphosis.A perverted person must have a perverted heart, and a perverted heart must have a perverted dream.Zhao Gao was addicted to the prime minister, and wanted to change his job on a whim. This job was something that Li Si never even dared to think about.

There is no need to be impatient, what Zhao Gao wants most now is to be the emperor. If Li Si was still alive, he wondered if he would vomit blood and die when he heard Zhao Gao had such a bold idea.Li Si worshiped Xunzi as his teacher to learn the art of being an emperor, cultivated politics internally, attacked the princes externally, and assisted Qin Shihuang to become an emperor. He made such great contributions that he dare not even think about it. You Zhao Gao, a eunuch, how can you want it? Be the emperor. Of course, if Zhao Gao heard such complaints from others, he would dismiss them. In Li Si's life, he would say in one sentence: he is very stupid and naive.He is stupid because he doesn't understand the current situation, and he doesn't know how to hide his strength and bide his time.The naivety is because he thinks that no one can do anything about the credit, but in the end he still ends up with a broken family.

In this world, the one with the greatest contribution is not necessarily the strongest, and the strongest is not necessarily the one who lives the best.Thoughts change the world, actions determine destiny.In Zhao Gao's view, all morality and laws in the world are shit, and there is only one thing worth fighting for, and that is power.Power is strength, and strength is the last word.You, Li Si, have read books all your life, don't you understand this simple truth? That's right, power is a poison to Li Si. If he accidentally encounters it, his family will be destroyed.But to Zhao Gao, power is like ecstasy. He takes it like a god and attains the Tao, and he can do whatever he wants.Now that Qin Chao has been controlled by Zhao Gao, what can he want?

In order to test whether the gold content of the power stick in his hand is pure enough, Zhao Gao decided to conduct an experiment. Test tool: deer. Test object: Hu Hai and all officials of the imperial court. Test site: Qin Dynasty Palace. Well, everything is ready, let's start.On this day, it was rare for Hu Hai to come to court, and all the officials gathered in the court. Zhao Gao asked someone to bring a deer to the palace. He said to Hu Hai: "My lord, I will offer you a horse. Please accept it." Hu Hai couldn't help laughing when he saw it: Prime Minister, what are you kidding, how can you dedicate a deer to me as a horse?

However, Zhao Gaoli said bluntly: "Your Majesty, this is clearly a horse. If you don't believe me, ask all the civil and military officials here?" Zhao Gao turned his head and said to all the officials, please raise your hand if you agree with the horse. A large group of people raised their hands. Hu Hai's eyes turned green on the spot. Could it be that his eyes were dizzy because he stayed in Efang Palace for a long time, stayed up late drinking and picking up girls? At this time Zhao Gao said again, please raise your hand if you agree with the deer. Very few people raised their hands.

it is good.Most people agree that it is a horse, and a few people agree that it is a deer.Then according to the show of hands, the result can only be: Zhao Gao dedicated a horse to Hu Hai. At that time, if secret ballots were adopted, Zhao Gao's experiment would probably have been classified as a failure.However, he trampled on the imperial power in broad daylight and played tricks recklessly, even the sky was forced to tilt towards him, making those who raised their hands and voted for the deer all become ghosts under the knife. This is the real Zhao Gao: daring, despicable, shameless, unprecedented and unprecedented.

Let's not care about how mentally retarded and ignorant that bastard Hu Hai is, but we can deduce a human truth from the story of pointing a deer into a horse: dark democracy is as absurd and shameless as bright dictatorship.Zhao Gao covered the sky with one hand, and the poor and pathetic Hu Hai lost all five senses, his ears were deceived, his eyes were deceived, his senses were deceived, and everything that could not be deceived was deceived.Being cheated again and again, and being a stepping stone for others again and again. The tragedy continued. When Hu Hai paved the golden road for Zhao Gao, he also paved a road to hell for himself.After Hu Hai was tricked by Zhao Gao in the Golden Luan Hall, he thought that his head had been flooded or was blinded by the gods, so he had to find Tai Bu to make a divination. Tai Bu said to Hu Hai: You are dizzy, It's all because you were ungodly when you offered sacrifices to heaven in spring and autumn. If you want to restore the feeling of a normal person, you have to find a place to fast.

Another nonsense.But Hu Hai believed in Taibu and moved into Shanglinyuan to fast.Shanglin Garden is the back garden of the imperial palace. Asking Hu Hai, who looks like hemorrhoids on his butt, to fast devoutly in the garden alone, is no different than ascending to heaven, so he has nothing to do all day long, just hunting in Shanglin Garden time. This day was probably deliberately arranged by Zhao Gao again.When Hu Hai was happily chasing deer and hunting, he saw a passerby inadvertently breaking into Shanglin Garden.Shanglinyuan was the place where the emperor fasted, so how could outsiders be allowed to harass him? Moreover, if someone saw the emperor hunting, wouldn't the matter of Hu Hai being lazy and not fasting be exposed?

Hu Hai didn't care about anything, and killed the pedestrian as a prey with one arrow. As soon as Hu Hai killed someone, someone came to impeach him.Of course, this person was arranged by Zhao Gao intentionally. He is Zhao Gao's son-in-law Mr. Xianyang Lingyan Le. Some people may be surprised, Zhao Gao was castrated as soon as he was born, how could he have a daughter, he is not a fake eunuch, is he? Zhao Gao was eunuched, which is actually recorded in the historical records.Eunuchs are also human beings, of course they also have the needs of normal people, and they also have to enjoy family happiness.So in the case of having no sons or grandchildren, they can only recognize their sons as relatives.In Chinese history, many eunuchs have adopted children.However, eunuchs have physical defects, and psychological abnormalities are inevitable.The children adopted by the perverted eunuch naturally don't go anywhere normally. Anyone who has watched "Nine Pins of Sesame Official" starring Zhou Xingchi knows that the father-in-law Li in it just adopted a perverted murderer as his godson?

Therefore, ordinary normal people would not recognize eunuchs as fathers. If there were such lovers, then they would come here entirely for the power in the hands of eunuchs.Sometimes power is really not a thing, it is like a drug, it either destroys your family, or drives people crazy. Zhao Gao’s son-in-law Yan Le probably belongs to the latter type. He deliberately said to Hu Hai like this: Your Majesty, I don’t know who killed you. Someone buried the dead body in Shanglinyuan. Hu Hai said to Yan Le strangely: I killed the man, what's wrong? Now it was Zhao Gao's turn to speak.Zhao Gao said to Hu Hai: Xiao Hai, the emperor kills people without reason, which is not allowed by heaven.In this way, ghosts and gods will not only refuse your sacrifice, but will also bring disasters to you. You'd better stay away from the palace and go to other places to pray for disaster relief.

The taste of any words will change as soon as it reaches Zhao Gao's mouth. It's not the first time Hu Hai has killed people. When you killed the royal brothers and sisters, Meng Tian brothers and Li Si, you Zhao Gao never called out your innocence.He just killed a pedestrian and you Zhao Gao came to complain, what kind of heart did you have? Hu Hai is really depressed. Just now there was an incident of discriminating between deer and horses, and now there is another incident of indiscriminate killing of innocent people by mistake. It seems that this, insanity is really not as serious as usual?In order to turn over a new leaf, I had to pretend to pray for blessings again. Hu Hai asked, where are you going this time? Zhao Gao said, the place has been arranged for you, Wangyi Palace. Hu Hai had no choice but to move from Shanglin Garden to Wangyi Palace.Wangyi Palace is a place far away from the center of power, and it is also a good place to bury Hu Hai. In such an absurd era, Hu Hai is a living and true outcast. A gentleman is pushed into hell step by step. After defrauding Hu Hai away, Zhao Gao immediately summoned his younger brother Zhao Cheng and his son-in-law, and said: We have defrauded Hu Hai for too long, paper cannot cover the fire, now we have to kill him, otherwise he will kill him. The knife has been sharpened and the neck has been braced. If there is anything else to say, let's cut it. After Zhao Gao was promoted to prime minister, he appointed one of his own people as Lang Zhong Ling. He asked Lang Zhong Ling to be the internal response. Yan Le charged and led the army into Wangyi Palace. Anyone who resisted was killed!Before Yan Le launched the charge, Zhao Gao took Yan Le's mother hostage in his home, what can't be done for someone who doesn't even trust his own son-in-law?Yan Le, even if you are afraid of death, you still have to rush into Wangyi Palace with your head up, or wait to collect your mother's body. This is of course a battle without suspense.On the third day when Hu Hai fasted in Wangyi Palace, Yan Le led more than a thousand soldiers to Wangyi Palace. Yan Le scolded the guard at the gate of the palace and said: "There is a thief running into the palace, why don't you stop it?" The guard said suspiciously: "Where is the thief, why didn't I see it?" Hu Hai was the biggest thief, and he was the one who killed him.Before Yan Le could wait for the guard to understand what was going on, he chopped off his head with a knife, and the soldiers rushed into the palace immediately. At this time, Hu Hai suddenly realized.Zhao Gao used his hands to kill Zhongliang, just for the day when he seized power, what a retribution, the world knows that Zhao Gao is insidious, why only I, Hu Hai, don't know. When death was approaching, all the people in Wangyi Palace ran away, only one eunuch was willing to stay by Hu Hai's side to accompany his death.Hu Hai couldn't help asking the eunuch sadly: Since you all know that I will have today, why didn't you tell me earlier? The eunuch also replied sadly: If I had told you earlier, would I still be able to save my life and stay by your side now? There is no love without reason in the world, and there is no hate without reason.Whoever commits evil will go to hell. What's the point of saying this now?At this time, Yan Le rushed in. He raised his knife and said to Hu Hai: You have committed a lot of crimes and were abandoned by the world. What are your plans? When death is imminent, is there a choice?The biggest plan now is to see if he can save his life, but there is probably not much hope for saving his life. Just look at Yan Le's surname to know what kind of person he is. This is clearly the King Yama sent by heaven to take his life. Hu Hai was domineering, confused, and useless all his life. Death may be the best relief for him, but before he died, he left behind a conversation so useless that the emperors of all dynasties felt ashamed. .Here's the conversation: Hu Hai said to Yan Le: Can I see the prime minister? Yan Le sneered: No. Hu Hai: Since I can't even be the emperor, can I be the king? Yan Le sneered: Stop dreaming. Hu Hai: Then let me be the Marquis of Ten Thousand Households. Yan Le sneered: Don't even think about it. Hu Hai: My wife and I would like to be ordinary people, is that okay? Yan Le finally got impatient: Does a person like you still have the face to live in this world?You have committed so many crimes that even ghosts and gods don’t want to help you anymore, so you should die quickly. After Yan Le finished speaking, he ordered the soldiers to go forward and kill Hu Hai.However, before the soldiers could do anything, Hu Hai committed suicide. After Yan Le forced Hu Hai to commit suicide, he took Hu Hai's jade seal back to report to Zhao Gao.Zhao Gao wore the jade seal on his body, and announced to all officials in public that Hu Hai had gone bankrupt, and now it was Zhao Gao's turn to take the stage. Therefore, Zhao Gao was about to hold an enthronement ceremony.To Zhao Gao's surprise, none of the civil and military officials were willing to go up to the palace with him on the day of his enthronement.That's really weird, what about those people who point at a deer as a horse?Back then I was afraid of Zhao Gao like a mouse is afraid of a cat, so why didn't you say anything at the critical moment? The officials were silent.Yes, power is a game, being afraid of you is to save face, not afraid of you is because you are too arrogant.Liu Bang is almost about to break into Xianyang City. Either way, he will die. If he wants to die, he will die well. Why step on Zhao Gao's shit. Zhao Gao put on a bluffing posture again and said to the officials: "I have the imperial seal on my waist, and the imperial power is in my hands. Are you really not afraid of death?" The officials also put on a righteous and dignified posture, so what if you have the emperor's seal, we don't support you, let's see who says more. This is the most righteous collective action of the bureaucrats of the Qin Dynasty since Hu Hai.It was they who, with their remaining justice and nobility, prevented that unprecedented despicable and shameless person from reaching the top. They let Zhao Gao coax and frighten him, but remained unmoved. Since Zhao Gao has already torn his old face, let's carry it through to the end.For this day, he killed countless people who stood in his way, how could he give up climbing the peak now because of everyone blocking him, no, he absolutely cannot give up, this will be a lonely struggle. Seeing that none of the officials responded, Zhao Gao had no choice but to stand up to the hall alone.He walked forward step by step, every step seemed to be covered with blood and the corpses of innocent people, and every step seemed to be as heavy as a lead pot. Sing to me, what is all that I do? This is the funniest scene in prehistoric times: all the officials are watching from behind, while Zhao Gao is humming a tune in front, walking and walking, walking and walking until I reach the Golden Luan Hall, and when I reach the hall, I will be the Ninety-Five Supreme. However, before Zhao Gao had gone far, he suddenly saw the palace shaking violently. Zhao Gao stopped strangely, he turned his head to look at the officials of the Qin Dynasty, how could the palace shake, could it be that someone is poaching a corner? Never mind, move on.Zhao Gao was about to raise his legs, but the palace shook again, this time it was shaking more than last time, all the great buildings in the Qin Palace seemed to be crumbling. Zhao Gao was forced to stop again.He looked at the high sky in surprise, is the sky going to block my way?If there is justice in heaven, why didn't you fart when I killed Meng Tian and Li Si? Why did you come to join in the fun when I managed to get such a throne? Pausing for a while, Zhao Gao continued to walk forward in disbelief.It is a pity that the ground trembled every time he took a step, and the palace seemed to be pressing down on him. So many times (go to the palace, the palace wants to destroy the three), Zhao Gao was afraid. This story was recorded by Sima Qian in "Historical Records: Biography of Li Si". We don't believe in ghosts and gods, nor do we believe in heavenly induction. There is only one explanation for Zhao Gao's strange encounter, and it may have been an earthquake at that time.If this is the case, one can only blame Zhao Gao for being unlucky, he was reluctant to buy a perpetual calendar to choose a good day! The ancients said that if God does not take, one will be blamed.In other words, if God does not give it to you, you will definitely be punished by God if you take it by force.The so-called son of heaven, the son of heaven, is the son sent by heaven to rule the world. Your ancestor Zhao Gao had no merit or virtue, and in this life, he killed Zhongxian indiscriminately for fear that the world would not be chaotic. What qualifications do you have to be the son of heaven? Yes, in the dark, God has his own arrangements.Baiguan didn't want to follow, and God didn't care about him, so Zhao Gao had no choice but to go back to the earth step by step according to the original path. He couldn't be the king of Qin himself, so Zhao Gao had to support someone from the Qin royal family to succeed him, and this successor was Mr. Ziying.Ziying, Qin Shihuang's younger brother and Ying Huhai's uncle, once stood up and said a word of justice for Meng Tian, ​​so now Zhao Gao had the opportunity to say that Ziying was kind and won the hearts of the people, and it was God's will to help him to power. This is of course nonsense.Mercy is a stage word, but in fact Zhao Gao is bullying Ziying to be weak and easy to control, and helping him to the stage can keep him safe for a hundred years.Therefore, Zhao Gao ordered Ziying to fast, and prepared to go to Ying's ancestral temple to sacrifice to the ancestors and receive the seal. Ziying takes the lead. When Ziying fasted to the fifth day, he was afraid.Death dangled like a dagger over his head, how to teach him not to be afraid.Brothers Meng Tian, ​​Li Si, Hu Hai, and even the death of the former Prime Minister Feng Quji and General Feng Jie, which one is not the masterpiece of Zhao Gao, this executioner with blood on his hands, who loves power as much as his life, will be willing to completely destroy the world. Should the position, wealth and life be handed over to Ziying? The answer is of course no. Ziying was heartbroken.Bright sword, I must shine the sword, bright sword is an attitude, but also a kind of spirit.If Zhao Gao is not dead, how can my Great Qin Zhonghun rest in peace?If Zhao Gao is not dead, how can I take back the ancestral property of the Ying family?If Zhao Gao is not dead, how can the lives of my Ziying and the whole family be saved? When the earth shines, the earth should repay everything; when the sun scorches the earth, the earth should face each other with angry swords.In this world, light and darkness have never been blind brothers. Those who use conspiracy must repay conspiracy.Zhao Gao, Hu Hai used to not understand the darkness of your night, but now I, Ziying, want to let you taste the taste of conspiracy! So Ziying called his two sons into the palace to conspire. He said to his two sons: After Zhao Gao killed Hu Hai in Wangyi Palace, he pretended to be benevolent and righteous and made me king because he was afraid that all officials would kill him. I have secretly reached an agreement with Liu Bang to kill all of our King Qin's clan and make him king.He is telling me to fast now, and he will take the opportunity to kill me before I go to the ancestral temple.So now I pretend that I am sick, Zhao Gao will definitely come to invite me, and we father and son will kill him as soon as he comes. Ziying's conspiracy is very technical.First, there are various indications that Zhao Gao was not very defensive against Ziying at that time, and Ziying suddenly attacked him by surprise, and the success rate was extremely high.Second, the location of the murder is impeccable.No matter how prepared Zhao Gao was, even bringing 10,000 soldiers would be useless.Because of the fasting place of King Qin, ordinary people can't enter it casually, let alone carry weapons.Then Zhao Gao is the only one with bare hands, can't Ziying, father and son hold him down? Beat the gong, beat the drum, and let the show begin. On the day when the king was sealed by the imperial seal, Ziying did not go out because he said he was sick.Zhao Gao heard that Ziying was sick and would not come, so he really came to invite him in person.Zhao Gao said to Ziying who was lying on the bed: Brother Ying, get up quickly, how can you not go to such an important matter as being king? Before Zhao Gao could say another word, Ying Ying jumped up and stabbed Zhao Gao's throat with a knife.Blood slowly flowed down the white blade, and Zhao Gao fell to the ground with a bang.Afterwards, Ziying wiped out the Zhao and Gao tribes and paid back the blood debt. Comrade Li Si's spirit in heaven can finally rest in peace.