Chapter 133 The second quarter kills Meng Yi

The iron triangle of the coup d'état composed of Li Si, Hu Hai, and Zhao Gao had a short honeymoon period during the coup d'état.But everyone knows that a threesome like this (threesome) is not a long-term solution after all.As soon as he returned to Xianyang, after Hu Hai formally succeeded him as the second emperor, he and Zhao Gao could only see him and Zhao Gao huddled together all day long, and Li Si was left alone. Li Si has been proud of his official career for nearly forty years, during which he defeated one opponent after another, whether it is Cai Ze, Lu Buwei, Fu Qiubo, Han Fei, all of them are geniuses in the world and outstanding people of the moment.But as everyone knows, the real master is always long in coming. In his later years, Li Si finally ushered in the strongest and most vicious opponent in his life——Zhao Gao.

Zhao Gao is different from his previous opponents.First, it's physically different.The opponent in the past, whether it was a good guy or a bad guy, was at least a man.Zhao Gao is an eunuch, at best he can only be regarded as an incomplete man.Secondly, Zhao Gao may not be intellectually superior to his previous opponents, but he is more ruthless and decisive in attacking. If he does not leave a retreat for himself, how can he leave a retreat for others? A person like Zhao Gao who has no moral bottom line, whether it is to preserve himself or eradicate dissidents, has no taboos and uses everything to the extreme.The only advantage in him may be that he is not lustful.However, Zhao Gao is not lustful, he must not want to, but he really can't.Seeing the yellow gate and calling it chastity, why is it so strange?

Having said that, the old and dim-sighted Li Si not only misread Zhao Gao, but also misread Hu Hai.He underestimated Zhao Gao and overestimated Hu Hai. Later results proved that this was a fatal mistake. Right now Zhao Gao is still in the stage of saving his life, destroying the Meng brothers in front of Hu Hai day and night, he must kill them quickly.First came Meng Yi's slander, and said to Hu Hai, "I heard that the first emperor wanted to raise a virtuous prince for a long time, but Meng Yi remonstrated and said 'no'. If you know a virtuous person but do not establish him for a long time, you are disloyal and confuse the lord. If the minister is stupid, it is better to punish him."

Hu Hai has just succeeded to the throne, so he naturally wants to be happy with his enmity.Hearing that Meng Yi was the mastermind behind Ying Zheng's failure to make him the crown prince, how could he not be angry!Prior to this, Meng Yi had been placed under house arrest in Daidi.Hu Hai then ordered Yushi Qugong to go to Daidi to bestow Meng Yi's death. Yingzheng's disciple Ying heard that Hu Hai wanted to kill Meng Yi (Note: There are two versions about Ziying's identity. "Li Si Lie Biography" regards Ziying as Yingzheng's younger brother, and "Qin Shihuang Ben Ji" regards Ziying as Hu Hai's brother and son, namely The grandson of Yingzheng. The previous statement is more reasonable, and I will take it now), was shocked, entered the palace overnight, and said: "The minister heard that Zhao Wangqian killed his good minister Li Mu and used Yan Ju, and Yan Wang Xiyin used Jing Ke's plan And violated the agreement of Qin, Qi Wangjian killed his late loyal ministers and used the proposal of victory. These three monarchs all thought that the ancients lost their country and brought disaster to themselves. Today, the Meng family is also the counselor of Qin's ministers, and Once the Lord wants to get rid of it, the ministers secretly think that it is impossible. The ministers have heard that those who are careless cannot govern the country, and those who are only wise cannot survive the king. Killing loyal ministers and erecting those who behave without restraint is to make the ministers disbelieve internally and make fighters externally The intention is to leave, and the minister secretly thinks that it is impossible."

Hu Hai was at a loss for words for a while, and hesitated to go over.After stepping back, he asked Zhao Gaodao privately, "Can I not listen to my uncle's words?" Zhao Gaodao, "Your Majesty is the king, and Ziying is the minister. If your majesty listens to it in fear, it will not be dignified." The dignified son of heaven, the majesty is not enough, so how can it be done?So Hu Hai did not change his original intention, and ordered Yushi Qugong to leave immediately. When Qu Gong arrived at the place of Dai, he read the imperial edict to Meng Yi, saying: "The former lord wanted to establish a prince, but it was difficult for you. Now the prime minister regards you as disloyal, and the crime is against his family. I can't bear it, but I gave you death, which is also very fortunate. Qing It's the picture!"

Meng Yi refused to accept the imperial edict, and retorted point by point, "If I can't get the will of the former lord, then the minister will be the first to be the lord. If I am lucky, I will know the meaning. I don't know the prince's ability. Then the crown prince will follow alone, go around the world, go far away from the princes, and the ministers will have no doubts. The former master's move to use the crown prince has been accumulated for several years. How dare the ministers speak and advise, and dare to plan! The pretense is to avoid death, in the name of embarrassing the ancestors, and I hope that the doctor will worry about it, so that the ministers will know the truth of death. And those who are obedient and perfect are the most precious of the Tao; those who are punished and killed are the death of the Tao. In the past, Duke Mu of Qin killed Sanliang and died because of Bailixi, not his crime, so he was named "Miao". King Zhaoxiang killed Jun Baiqi of Wu'an. King Ping of Chu killed Wu She. King Fucha of Wu killed Wu Zixu. These four monarchs All of them are big mistakes, but the world is wrong, and the king is not clear, so the evil voice spreads among the princes. Therefore, it is said, "Those who rule with Tao do not kill the innocent, but do not punish the innocent." Only the doctor Watch out!"

Meng Yi can understand Ying Zheng's meaning, Qu Gong can also understand Hu Hai's meaning, and Hu Hai's meaning is to kill Meng Yi, so why should he make troubles and thankfully convey grievances for Meng Yi?Qu Gong then said, "I'm only following the edict. What the king said is not what I should know." Then he killed Meng Yi in prison.