Chapter 148 Section 5 Ordered Articles

Behind every failed fool, there is either a woman or a eunuch standing.When Li Si received Hu Hai's book, he immediately understood that Zhao Gao must be behind the scenes.Hu Hai spends his whole day in the harem having carousing and feasting, and night outings while holding candles is not enough. How can he have the time to calm down and ask him advice? Li Si knew very well that Zhao Gao would not die if he killed him.Power struggles have always been fast, accurate, and ruthless.When the sword was on the verge of death, Zhao Gao suddenly sent him such a letter through Hu Hai, asking him to offer advice and suggestions for Hu Hai, what was his intention?

Zhao Gao's move seemed to be idle, but in fact he was not idle.Hu Hai's letter actually only asked one question, that is, as an emperor, how can he ensure that he can live happily forever like he is now? Li Si's task is to answer this question head-on, and to provide ideas and doctrines for Hu Hai's actions as a legalist giant. In Hu Hai's question, such a premise has been presupposed, that is, the current line and policies of the empire are reasonable and must be persisted for a long time.Therefore, as long as Li Si answered (the quality of the answer is not important), it is enough to show that, as the prime minister of the empire, he affirmed the presupposition and admitted that the current line and policy are correct and irreproachable .

In fact, a series of political measures since Hu Hai's accession to the throne have not only caused resentment and rebellion among the people of the lower class, but even among the court officials, most people have objections and resistance to this, but they dare to be angry because of high pressure. And dare not speak.Feng Quji and Feng Jie stood out and stood up to admonish them, but they were thrown into prison and committed suicide.In this regard, the vast majority of court officials held a sympathetic and regretful attitude, and became more and more disappointed with Hu Hai and Zhao Gao.

Zhao Gao forced Li Si to answer the question, precisely to make him stand in line.Once Li Si answered the question, it was equivalent to choosing the same front as Zhao Gao, thus standing on the opposite side of most court officials.The consequence of this is that Li Si will only become more and more isolated in the court, and his former supporters will also rise up to be dissatisfied with him and oppose him. Although Li Si could easily see through Zhao Gao's insidious intentions, he still had no solution.His Achilles' heel has been firmly grasped by Zhao Gao. Li Si had no choice but to reply to the letter.

Li Si hasn't written a long speech since the "Book of Remonstrance and Chasing Guests" back then.Unlike Han Fei, Li Si didn't have a penchant for writing books and speaking, he preferred to act rather than speak. Although he has never written for a long time, Li Si's writing skills have not declined.On the contrary, with the accumulation of time and the maturity of his thoughts, Li Si has reached the state of being old with books. Although what I wrote was an ordered article, and it was written unwillingly, but I couldn't stand Li Si's old-fashioned poems.