Chapter 2 second quarter

There was a daring assassin who actually attacked the First Emperor who was on parade in the Yangwu Bolangsha! When the news came out, the whole country was shocked. The first emperor's auxiliary car was smashed to pieces.The first emperor who survived was furious and ordered a nationwide manhunt.It is said that the assassin's name was Zhang Liang, and he was Korean, but he was not able to be arrested for a long time. There are many bizarre theories about this incident.The most bizarre one is: the assassin uses a big iron cone weighing one hundred and twenty catties!This is just ridiculous.But otherwise it is really impossible to explain the astonishing power of that blow, so this statement is still accepted by many people.

In the thirty-fifth year of the first emperor, a more shocking news came from Xianyang: the first emperor buried more than 460 alchemists and Confucian scholars alive!The reason is that these court warlocks spent huge sums of money but failed to obtain the elixir of immortality for him. The son Fusu was sent to the county guard for trying to stop this absurd massacre. Shangjun, far away from the capital, is building the Great Wall on a large scale. Fusu sat on the edge of the beacon tower dully, looking at the endless flow of prisoners and craftsmen below, the noise of chant and "bang bang" tamping earth could be heard in his ears.

Meng Tian patrolled for a while, thrust his whip back into his waist, and came over to sit beside Fusu: "My lord, don't worry. Your Majesty is just being blinded by Shengcong for a while, and he will call you back soon." Fusu looked at the winding Great Wall and said, "Maybe." His voice sounded uncertain. He has no resentment of falling out of favor, only worry, deep worry. As the closest son of the first emperor, only he understood that his father's move was not a decision-making error in a moment of anger, but a very serious illness.What's even more frightening is that the emperor himself doesn't know.

"I want to be a 'real person'." Shi Huangdi sat on the side of the bed, looked at the fairy shoes put on by his servant with great interest, and said, "Have you heard of a 'real person'?" Li Si, who was standing aside, shook his head blankly. "It's not wet in the water, it's not familiar in the fire, soaring into the clouds, and it will last forever with the heaven and the earth. Ah——" the first emperor sighed, his voice full of yearning, "I admire real people. Don't call me 'Your Majesty' in the future, call me "Your Majesty." I'm a 'real person'. Also, I need to be quiet, so you don't ask people around me about my whereabouts from now on."

Li Si was slightly startled, bowed his head and said, "I dare not." "Don't you dare?" Shi Huang snorted through his nostrils, "You have already done this!" Li Si knelt down, not daring to raise his head. The first emperor stood up, and his servants put on the newly-made Congyun short brown for him. "Last time when I was in Liangshan Palace, I saw your car traveling from the mountain, and said casually: 'The show is so grand!' You reduced the accompanying car the next day, right? Li Si, you It’s just too smart. Do you know what it means to be 'smart but fooled by cleverness'?"

Li Si broke out in cold sweat, fell to the ground and said in a trembling voice, "I...I'm going to die." Facing the bronze mirror held by the servant, the First Emperor turned to examine his new attire, nodded in satisfaction, glanced at Li Si again, and said, "Get up, let's forget this time. It can be done once, it can't be done again. If it happens again I'm not sure how I will deal with you in such a matter, you know?" Li Si stood up tremblingly: "Yes, thank you Your Majesty..." "Huh?" The First Emperor snorted dissatisfied. Li Si was taken aback for a moment, and then understood: "Thanks... the real man." He felt that it was really awkward to say those two words.

The servants began to put on the Lingxiao crown made of silk for the first emperor.The First Emperor raised his head and asked people to tie the crown belt: "There were forty-two eunuchs serving in the Liangshan Palace that day, and I have already given them all—hey, relax! Zhao Gao, you want to strangle me to death—they have already given them all. Let me kill you! I'm too lazy to interrogate one by one. Remember, these people all died because of you." Li Si felt a chill running down his back. The First Emperor came over, tapped Li Si's left shoulder lightly with his fingers, and said leisurely: "Actually, the matter is not that serious. I know you will not have any dissenting intentions. You did that just to try to cater to my wishes. But now I want to cultivate well." Real man', seek longevity. If my servants know where I live, too much worldly air will hinder the appearance of gods. So I have to do this, I think you should understand, right?"

Seeing Emperor Shi Huang wearing such a strange costume and calmly speaking these crazy words made Li Si's hair stand on end. The first emperor raised his hand and made a gesture, and the servants surrounded him and walked out of the hall. Li Si hurried to catch up and said: "Your Majesty... the real person, those memorials from Xianyang Palace..." The First Emperor waved his hand and said without turning his head, "Didn't I say it earlier, you and Feng Quji will discuss it!" Li Si said anxiously: "But some things can only be decided by... real people."

"I can trust you," Emperor Shi Huang turned his head and said impatiently, "You can figure it out yourself!" Li Sidao: "There has been no court meeting for three months, state affairs..." "National affairs! National affairs!" The First Emperor said angrily, "The Master has some matters that are more important than state affairs, you don't understand!" After saying that, he walked away. Li Si stared blankly at the fading figure of the First Emperor.Is this the high-spirited and ambitious young monarch who met them twenty-five years ago when he appeared on "Advising and Chasing Guests"?

"Prime Minister, let's go back." A voice came from behind Li Si. "Oh." Li Si turned around, "It's Zhong Taishi." Taishi Zhongxiu walked up to Li Si: "Prime Minister, go back. This is the way it is now, there is nothing you can do about it." Li Si felt sore: "I really miss the old King Qin." Zhongxiu sighed: "We are the same. Learn from Guowei, if you don't use it, you will hide it, so as not to be sad." Li Si turned his head and looked at the empty corridor after the first emperor left, feeling melancholy for a long time, then suddenly stamped his feet, and said bitterly: "It's all that evildoer! The national captain is right, evildoers bring disaster to the country, it's always been like this."

A trace of confusion flashed in Zhongxiu's eyes: "Who knows? I have been studying history for more than 30 years, and I have never heard of such a thing. Maybe he is really a god..." "Monster! Absolutely a monster!" Li Si said through gritted teeth, "How can a god be so bewitched by a master to bring disaster to the world?" The first emperor eagerly looked forward to becoming a fairy and gaining longevity.However, as if deliberately against him, unlucky things happened one after another. The occupant reports: Ying Huo Xing violates the three stars of the heart, and the astronomical warning! A meteorite fell in Dongjun, and on the meteorite were written: "The First Emperor died and died". A ghost that came and went without a trace appeared on Pingshu Road in Huayin, and left an ominous remark that "the ancestor dragon will die this year". ... Everything is the most taboo thing for him.His temper is getting worse and worse, and his neighbors are getting more and more frightened. Deterrent mass killings seem to have had little effect.The first emperor decided to go out for a parade again, to get rid of the bad luck and relieve the boredom in his heart. This time, the first emperor's youngest son, Hu Hai, accompanied the first emperor on his trip.No one could have expected that the composition of the entourage this time would have a huge impact on the fate of the empire. The First Emperor traveled to Yunmeng to pay homage to Yu Shun at Jiuyi Mountain.And then down the river, watching the scenery along the way with great interest.Crossing Haizhu, crossing Danyang, reaching Qiantang, crossing Zhejiang Province, climbing Kuaiji Mountain, and offering sacrifices to Dayu.And as before, facing the vast sea, he set up a stone monument to praise himself.Then cross Wu County, cross the river from Jiangcheng County, and go north along the coast to Langya. The alchemist Xu Shi and others once claimed that there are indeed gods and immortals in the sea, and there is also the medicine of immortality. The reason why they spent a lot of money but failed to get it was because they were attacked by big sharks many times at sea and could not reach them.For some reason, Emperor Shihuang, who was deeply disappointed with these alchemists, actually believed this ridiculous statement. He ordered people to bring giant fishing gear and prepared a powerful crossbow himself to wait for the appearance of such a big fish. From Langya Beihang to Rongcheng Mountain, I didn't see any big fish.Then sailed to Mount Zhifu, saw a giant fish, and even shot and killed one, but I don't know if it was the kind Xu Shi and the others were talking about. On the way back, the first emperor met less and less often with the officials who picked him up along the way.After traveling to the sand dunes, it was difficult for even the attendants to see the first emperor. Only a few people, such as the prime minister Li Si and the servant Zhao Gao, were able to enter the emperor's chariot. A fast horse gallops to Shangjun. The soft silk script fell from Fusu's hand to the ground. Fusu took the saber tremblingly, and slowly drew it out of its sheath.The messenger stood aside and watched coldly. Meng Tian rushed in from the outside and grabbed Fusu's hand: "My lord, what are you doing?" Fusu pointed to the silk script on the ground: "You can read it yourself." Meng Tian picked up the silk book, read it once, raised his head and said to Fusu: "My lord, don't commit suicide, the imperial edict is deceitful!" Fusu looked at the front blankly: "It's Father's handwriting, it's Father's seal, it's Father's sword, what's fake?" Meng Tian firmly grabbed Fusu's shoulder, and said loudly: "The seal and sword can be stolen, your Majesty's handwriting Li Si and Zhao Gao can imitate it! Son, think about it carefully: Your Majesty ordered me to lead an army of 300,000 to garrison here, And appointed you as the military supervisor. Don’t you think it’s suspicious to give us such a heavy responsibility and suddenly issue an edict asking us to kill ourselves?” The messenger coughed impatiently. Fu Su slowly shifted his gaze to Meng Tian, ​​and smiled miserably: "No, this is indeed what Father meant, I know." Fusu committed suicide at his father's request.Meng Tian refused to commit suicide, but agreed to surrender his military power and was imprisoned. When the car arrived in Xianyang, the funeral announcement was issued, and the officials knew that the first emperor had passed away on the way home. Prime Minister Li Si conveyed the last edict of the first emperor: make the youngest son Hu Hai the crown prince. The first emperor's last order was too bizarre: give the eldest son to death, and pass on the throne to the youngest son.Before that, he had never expressed his intention to abolish the elders and establish the younger ones.What exactly caused him to make such an unusual decision in the last period of his life? Some people began to suspect that the will had been tampered with. Some people began to speculate: Li Si and Zhao Gao, who were closest to the first emperor, must be hiding something. ... However, no matter what doubts or speculations there are, they can't prevent Hu Hai from taking the throne as a prince and becoming the second emperor of the Qin Dynasty. The cruelty and incompetence of the new emperor soon became apparent: as soon as he ascended the throne, he ordered that all childless concubines in the harem be buried for the late emperor; The court veterans and dozens of princes and princesses ensured that no one could pose a threat to his unknown throne; Shi Songde—even though he actually has no virtue to praise. Beginning in April of that year, he ordered the continued construction of the Afang Palace, and at the same time recruited 50,000 elite soldiers to guard Xianyang.It is said that it is a guard, but it is actually serving as the emperor's attendant when he is hunting.Xianyang's population surged, leading to food shortages.So he ordered the counties and counties to transfer grain and grass to Xianyang, and the grain transporters had to prepare their own dry food for consumption on the way. Huge projects and staggering costs have made the people increasingly impoverished.The anger of the people was growing rapidly, and the second emperor did not take any appeasement measures, but his decrees became more and more severe. It is dangerous to do so, but no one dares to say it. Harsh laws and bloody cleanings made everyone in the DPRK and China terrified, and they had to flatter and accommodate them in order to save their lives.Therefore, no one even dared to tell the new emperor: Someone rebelled in the hometown of Jingchu! The first rebellion was a group of garrison soldiers, led by Chen Sheng.After the incident, he became king himself, and he was named "Zhang Chu".Afterwards, the common people who had suffered from Qin for a long time killed county officials one after another in response to Chen Sheng. Chen Sheng then ordered Wu Guangxi to attack Xingyang, Wu Chen, Zhang Er, and Chen Yu to capture Zhao, Deng Zong to capture Jiujiang County, and Zhou Shi to capture Wei.More and more troops responded to the uprising: Qin Jia from Lingxian County, Zhujishi from Fuli, Liu Bang from Peixian County, Xiangliang Xiangyu from Wuzhong... The counties and counties of Qin to the east of Xiaoshan quickly fell apart, and to the west of Xiaoshan, they were no longer solid: Chen Sheng ordered Zhou Wen to attack Qin from the west, and soon entered the gate of Xianyang-Hangu Pass. Everyone believes that Qin is about to perish. Unexpectedly, the situation took a turn for the worse. Zhou Wen was fatally attacked by Qin Shaofu Zhang Han in Xiting, which was only a hundred miles away from Xianyang. And there is no one to rescue this lone army who is deep in the dangerous place.The reason is simple: everyone knows that Qin is about to perish, so everyone has started to think about how to get the most benefit in the competition after Qin's demise. Judging from the current situation, if Zhou Wen destroys Qin, Chen Sheng will inevitably increase his power greatly.However, since Chen Sheng became king, his airs have become more and more serious, and his temper has also become more and more serious.An old friend who used to be hired to farm with him came to visit him, just because he still patted him on the shoulder as before and called him a buddy, and he was no older or younger than His Majesty the King of Chu, so he killed him.If such a person wins the world, who will have a good life in the future? Therefore, when Zhou Wen lost again and again until he committed suicide, no one cared about him.Rebels from all walks of life are busy separatist and claiming kingship or fighting for power and profit. Fewer and fewer people are willing to serve Chen Sheng, and more and more people betray him. In December, under the repeated pursuit of the Qin army, Chen Shengbai retreated to Ruyin.Here became his burial place.One of his coachmen cut off his sleeping head on a dark and windy night and dedicated it to Qin Jun. People in troubled times are easy to love the new and dislike the old.No one had the leisure to mourn the warrior who took the lead in rebelling against Qin, and soon someone supported the new king of Chu.Unlike Chen Sheng, this new king of Chu really has the blood of the Chu royal family.He is Xiong Xin, the grandson of King Huai of Chu, found by Xiang Liang and his nephew Xiang Yu from the folk.In order to arouse Chu people's nostalgia for the old master, even the name was adopted from his grandfather, and he was still called King Huai. The battle is still fought, but not as it used to be. The situation of working together to fight against the tyranny of the Qin Dynasty is gone forever.The six countries that were wiped out one by one by Qin Shihuang have all been rebuilt, and everything seems to have returned to the old way more than 20 years ago.