All indications show that the biggest driving force behind Dune's plot is actually Li Si, who naturally will not help Fu Su.
Throughout his life, Lisi embraced the "rat philosophy" and used it as his code of conduct.
The so-called "mouse philosophy" is a set of experiences that Li Si summed up from rats when he was a small official in the Chu Kingdom.
Lisi found that even rats actually have a distinction between honor and inferiority.
The rats who lived in the toilet were very miserable, not only skinny, but also nervous all day, just hearing people's footsteps and fleeing, and the days were very miserable.
And those rats who live in the granary, each of them is fat and healthy, not only eats well, but also has a much better living environment.
And even when the rats saw people coming, they didn't bother to move their bodies.
From the mouse, Li Si concluded that the environment limits the upper limit of human development, and if you want to soar, you must go to those places that can give you glory and wealth.
In order to find a place where he could soar, Liszt yi went to study under Xunzi.
After completing his studies, Li Si decisively chose to go to the Qin State.
Because he was already keenly aware that the destruction of the Six Kingdoms by Qin was the trend of the times, at this time, going to the Qin State would inevitably catch up with the wind and make meritorious achievements.
At that time, the Qin state was full of talents, and there was no real ability, and it was not easy to stand out.
However, this is not difficult for Li Si, who is already smart, and he has studied hard under Xunzi for many years and has practiced a skill.
Soon, he was given the weight of Lü Buwei, a powerful minister of the Qin state.
Through Lü Buwei, Li Si was able to approach the Qin king Yingzheng (later Qin Shi Huang), and thus get the reuse of Yingzheng.
Yin Zheng adopted Li Si's strategy, which eventually enabled the Qin state to annex the Six Kingdoms and establish the Qin Dynasty.
It can be said that the establishment of the Qin Dynasty, Li Si is indispensable.
And Lisi has also been richly rewarded for this.
He was able to serve as a chancellor with a humble origin, and he was a very popular courtier.
His sons all married princesses of the Qin Dynasty, and his daughters all married the princes of the Qin Dynasty.
At that time, Li Si's eldest son, Li You, served as the sheriff of Sanchuan County.
Once, Li You went home to visit his relatives, and after hearing about it, hundreds of officials came to congratulate him one after another, and for a time there was a lot of traffic in front of Li Si's house, even more lively than the palace.
Just when his family was happy about it, LiSi saw that the disaster was near.
He believed that everything would prosper and decay, and that things would turn against the odds.
Now that he is an extremely popular subject, the glory of the Li family has been incomparable, as a courtier, he has reached the end, and in the future, the Li family will definitely begin to decline.
Generally speaking, it is difficult for a family to prosper for a long time, either resigned to fate or only think of ways to go further.
You know, Li Si believes in the "mouse philosophy", the pursuit of profit is his essence, resigned to fate is impossible, then Li Si will definitely choose to go further.
However, as long as Qin Shi Huang was alive for one day, Li Si did not dare to have a different heart.
In fact, don't talk about Li Si, as long as Qin Shi Huang is alive, Liu Bang Xiangyu and other Haojie can't turn over any waves.
Unfortunately, there is always a time when people will die.
In 210 BC, Qin Shi Huang made his fifth tour of the world.
He was not in good health before, and when the team marched to the sand dunes, Qin Shi Huang's illness worsened.
According to the "Records of History", Qin Shi Huang knew that his time was short, so he ordered his eldest son Fu Su to come and preside over his funeral.
Shortly after the decree was issued, Qin Shi Huang died
However, this edict was intercepted by Zhao Gao, who was ordered by the CRRC Government, and was not sent.
At that time, Hu Hai, the younger son of Qin Shi Huang, was also in the entourage.
Zhao Gao found Hu Hai and tried to persuade him to plot for the throne.
Hu Hai was young and did not understand things, because Zhao Gao was his teacher and trusted Zhao Gao.
Although Hu Hai did not feel that it was good to do so at first, under zhao Gao's repeated persuasion, he agreed to his plan.
However, Zhao Gao understood that if he wanted to help Hu Hai ascend to the throne, he must get the support of the chancellor Li Si, otherwise the plan would be difficult to succeed.
So Zhao Gao found Li Si at the first time.
He first seduced Li Si and told Li Si that Fu Su paid attention to benevolence and righteousness, which was contrary to Qin Shi Huang's concept of governing the country.
Once Fu Su ascended the throne, Li Si, who admired the Fa like Qin Shi Huang, would definitely be excluded.
Moreover, the relationship between Fu Su and Meng Tian is very good, and when the time comes, Meng Tian will definitely be the prime minister, and Li Si will have a bad time at that time.
However, if Hu Hai ascends the throne, it will be different, Hu Hai does not know how to govern the country, and lacks prestige, and if he wants to govern the country, he must rely on Li Si.
At that time, Li Si's power will exceed that of now, even if he is a prince, it is not impossible.
Li Si uncharacteristically said that he was a loyal vassal of the Qin Dynasty, and since Qin Shi Huang wanted Fu Su to inherit the throne, he should obey Qin Shi Huang's arrangement.
Moreover, since ancient times, the replacement of the prince would make the country unstable, and he could not do such a thing.
So Zhao Gao took coercive measures against Li Si.
He told Li Si that the jade seal that was now returned to the land was in Hu Hai's hands, plus Hu Hai was also a prince, and the entire patrol team was already in Hu Hai's hands.
If Li Si did not agree to this, the end would be very tragic, and it would also harm his descendants.
Under Zhao Gao's coercion and inducement, Li Si finally reluctantly agreed to this matter.
So the three conspired to launch the Dune Revolution.
First of all, he concealed the death of Qin Shi Huang, only pretended that Qin Shi Huang was seriously ill, and did not allow the minister to approach.
Then, in the name of Qin Shi Huang, he issued a decree to give the dead prince Fusu.
Meng Tian was beside him to persuade Su Xian and Qin Shi Huang to confirm the authenticity of the edict and not to commit suicide again.
However, Fu Su was not moved, and directly drew his sword and killed himself.
On Hu Hai's side, he waited for the patrol team to return to Xianyang before announcing the death of Qin Shi Huang.
At the same time, they also forged the will of Qin Shi Huang and let Hu Hai inherit the throne, known as Qin II.
This whole thing seems reasonable, but there is a huge flaw, that is, it is written in too much detail.
This kind of thing as plotting the throne, a little leak will lose its head, and even harm the descendants, and the work of secrecy must be done well.
Only Li Si, Zhao Gao, and Hu Hai knew the details.
Even if some gossip circulates, it is impossible to be so detailed.
At best, it will only be written as: three people conspired to support Hu Hai as emperor.
Moreover, the "Records of History" written by Sima Qian is very elaborate for the screening of historical materials, and will not make up a large section of the plot in his own brain.
Therefore, one of the three people who should have conspired deliberately leaked the matter.
Among the three, Hu Hai and Zhao Gao would definitely not disclose this matter.
After all, when this thing broke out, the two of them were going to be finished.
As for Li Si, he was half loyal in this matter, but he was just confused for a while.
Therefore, the most likely person to leak this matter is Lisi.
Moreover, Li Si believes in the "rat philosophy" and upholds the principle of the supremacy of interests, and according to common sense, he should help Fu Su.
Because Fu Su is his son-in-law.
Once Fu Su succeeds to the throne, even if he will reuse Meng Tian, he will not snub Li Si.
After all, no matter how good the relationship between Fu Su and Meng Tian is, Meng Tian is also an outsider, how can he be close to Li Si, the father-in-law?
As for Fu Su's dislike of the Fa family's set, it is not a problem.
Li Si threw in his favor, and the great emphasis on benevolence and morality was soon better, which was also completely in line with the "mouse philosophy" of doing things.
Li Si did not help his son-in-law Fu Su, but helped Hu Hai, obviously with a bigger plot.
And Fu Su's death has been hinted at.
Why did Fu Su see the fake edict of Qin Shi Huang and kill himself in spite of dissuasion?
The edict was probably written by Qin Shi Huang himself, and as the son of Qin Shi Huang, he naturally knew his father's handwriting.
Therefore, Qin Shi Huang wanted Fu Su to succeed to the throne, which should be false.
This should also be passed on by Li Si, the purpose is obvious, is to smear Hu Hai and highlight his country's injustice.
As mentioned earlier, Li Si must choose to go further in order to avoid the decline of the family's prosperity.
To put it bluntly, it is to seek the throne.
But he was not qualified, after all, he was from a humble origin, not a royal family.
At that time, the succession was justified, and it was clear that he did not meet this condition.
But Li Si has read a lot of books, and there are already ready-made examples in history, that is, "Tian Shi Dai Qi".
The Tian clan was an aristocrat of the State of Qi, and in order to replace the monarch of the State of Qi, the Tian clan had long spread benevolence and righteousness and bought people's hearts.
In the end, the people of the State of Qi all sided with the Tian clan and turned their backs on the king of the State of Qi, enabling the Tian clan to become the royal family of the State of Qi.
And Li Si's idea is to spread benevolence and righteousness, elevate himself, and then smear Hu Hai as much as possible.
At that time, the people's hearts will be toward him, coupled with his huge power in the court, he can eventually replace Hu Hai as the new emperor.
Therefore, in the whole change of the sand dunes, we will see that Li Si, the most powerful in the travel team at that time, actually appeared so weak in front of Zhao Gao.
This is all deliberately done by Lisi to make people feel this way.
Understanding this, it is easy to understand why Li Si did not help the wise Fu Su, but helped Hu Hai, a stupid disciple.
Fu Su is wise and benevolent, Li Si and he can not compete with people's hearts, and once there are some small actions, it is likely to be seen through by Fu Su and usher in the disaster of killing.
Helping Hu Hai is different, Hu Hai is the best candidate to carry the pot, and he is addicted to pleasure, does not know how to govern the country, and is good at fooling.
Li Si wanted to be emperor, and naturally wanted to support Hu Hai.
After Hu Hai succeeded to the throne, Li Si stepped up his arrangements to prepare for becoming emperor.
First of all, it was Qin II who killed the princes and ministers.
The "Records of History" says that this was all done by Zhao Gao at the instigation of Qin II.
Because Qin II was not righteous in his country, in order to prevent other princes from spying on the throne, he rebelled, so he found an excuse to kill the princes.
And those ministers who had served the Qin state for generations were deeply rooted in the Qin Dynasty, and Hu Hai could not control them, so he also killed them all.
But from another point of view, this move is also beneficial to Lis.
Li Si wanted to become emperor in name only, and the premise was that the imperial family had no queen.
Otherwise, even if Hu Hai was overthrown, it would not be his turn to li si, but should be succeeded by other princes.
After all, the foundation of the Li family is too thin, unlike the Tian family, which has operated in the State of Qi for more than a dozen generations, and its power is huge and deeply popular.
As for the ministers, they were also a stumbling block to Lis's usurpation, they were loyal to the royal family and always looked down on upstarts like Lisi.
And Qin II wanted to do such a big thing, and he couldn't help but ask the opinion of The Minister Li Si.
Zhao Gao's relationship with Qin II was even better, after all, he was only an internal minister, serving the royal family full-time, and he was not familiar with the major events in the dynasty.
Taking a step back, even if Qin II insisted on going his own way, he would have to be with Li Sitong.
After all, he had not long ascended the throne, and without the support of Li Si, he could not sit in this position.
Therefore, Hu Hai's killing of the princes and ministers must have been supported by Li Si.
It is precisely because of this that such a big thing happened, and Li Si, as the prime minister, did not say a word.
You know, he dares to speak out later.
At this point he remained silent, which was very telling.
In the end, these pots were all carried by Qin II and Zhao Gao, but Li Si was able to stay out of the matter.
In fact, the reason why the Qin Dynasty later rebelled was because of the chaotic government of Qin II.
And Li Si did not stop it in the early stage, obviously intentionally.
In addition to smearing Qin II, Li Si further controlled the government.
Since Chen Sheng and Wu Guang raised troops, all over the place have responded, and for a time there were rebels everywhere
In the Qin Dynasty, due to the strategy of Qin Shi Huang practicing the strategy of external reality and internal weakness, there were only armies used to maintain law and order in various places.
These local forces simply could not cope with the large number of rebels.
As a result, the initial momentum of the rebel army was rapid, and even once hit the vicinity of Xianyang City.
Lisi understood that it was time for him to strike.
At that time, Zhang Handan proposed to use the Lishan prisoners, give them weapons, and promise to defeat the rebels and exempt them from punishment.
Qin II took Zhang Handan's advice and asked him to lead the newly formed army into battle.
You know, Zhang Handan was a civilian official before, and he had no experience in leading soldiers to fight, and Qin II was really assured to let him lead the troops?
Even if Qin II didn't understand things and didn't expect these things, couldn't Li Si, as a chancellor, understand it?
In fact, Zhang Handan was Li Si's man.
The official system of the Qin Dynasty was honored by the "Three Dukes".
Although Li Sigui was a chancellor, he was only one of the "Three Dukes".
He was primarily responsible for the administration of the imperial court.
On the military side, the "Tai Lieutenant", one of the "Three Dukes", was in charge.
The "Tai Wei" was the leader of the Qin Dynasty army.
If Lisi wanted to usurp the throne, he had to control the army.
How do you get past the "Lieutenant" to do this?
Letting the confidants and civilian officials lead the troops is undoubtedly the best choice.
Therefore, Zhang Handan led the army to go out, ostensibly to beg for food for the rebels, but in fact to let Li Si be able to control the army.
This also explains why as soon as Li Si died, Zhang Handan surrendered to Xiang Yu.
Because he was Li Si's man, Zhao Gao killed Li Si, and Zhang Handan naturally feared being liquidated.
Therefore, when he was still able to fight, he chose to surrender Xiang Yu.
And Zhang Handan was able to sweep the world in the early days of the army, and it was inseparable from the support of Li Si.
In addition to the equipment, Li Si had put a lot of effort into raising food and grass for the army.
According to the Former Han Dynasty, there were 700,000 prisoners in Lishan led by Zhang Handan alone at that time.
Feeding an army of this size is not easy even now, let alone thousands of years ago.
It is enough to see that Lis is very concerned about this matter.
In fact, in the period after that, Lis performed very well.
Even more than Emperor Qin II, he was worried about the country and the people, and worked hard all day to calm the war and stabilize the world.
Generally speaking, there are only two kinds of people who are so concerned about Jiangshan Sheji.
One is a loyal subject, the other is an emperor.
Obviously, Li Si, who believes in the "rat philosophy", is not a loyal subject.
Then, he could only want to be emperor. After all, he worked so hard for himself.
This shows Lis's ambitions.
Until then, Lis's plan went very smoothly.
Yet he made the mistake that all intelligent people love: he held himself in high esteem and treated everyone else like a fool.
He never expected that Zhao Gao was spying on his position as prime minister.
Or, he was already aware of Zhao Gao's intentions, but he looked down on Zhao Gao and thought that he was not worried.
Zhao Gao's rise stemmed from the time when Qin II killed the princes and ministers.
At that time, the traditional nobles in the court were swept away and many places were made.
So many seats were vacated in the court at once, and the imperial court was directly paralyzed.
Therefore, it is imperative to promote talents and replenish manpower.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhao Gao promoted many of his own people through Qin II.
These people were all from humble origins and lacked loyalty to the emperor, and they obeyed Zhao Gao's orders.
In this way, Zhao Gao formed his own forces.
Of course, Lis was also taking the opportunity to expand his power.
In front of Li Si, Zhao Gao's power was simply not enough to see.
But Zhao Gao had an advantage, that is, he had the support of Qin II.
In fact, although Qin II was emperor at that time, his orders also worked in Xianyang City.
Out of Xianyang City, his emperor's orders were not as effective as Li Si's.
However, as long as it was in this Xianyang City, Qin II was invincible.
It was precisely because Zhao Gao saw this clearly that he dared to move Li Si.
At that time, Qin II ignored the government and was addicted to the harem.
In order to establish his image as a loyal subject who worried about the country and the people, Li Si wanted to advise Qin II and persuade him to be diligent and love the people.
However, Li Si could not find the opportunity, after all, Qin II was not too busy to leave the harem at all.
Zhao Gao saw everything in his eyes, and a plan to get rid of Li Si slowly took shape in his mind.
Zhao Gao praised Li Si for worrying about the country and the people, expressed his willingness to help, and once Qin II was free, he told Li Si.
After all, Zhao Gao was a eunuch who accompanied Qin II for a long time, and he knew best when Qin II was free.
Then, every time Qin II was having a good time, Zhao Gao went to tell Li Si that Qin II was now free.
This caused Li Si to come to see Qin II every time when he was playing to xingtou.
If Qin II was just listening to songs and watching plays, it would be enough, and if he was trying to reproduce, how embarrassing.
Once or twice, even if it was more, Qin II had an opinion on Li Si.
At this time, Zhao Gao saw the opportunity to speak to Qin II.
He told Qin II that the three people who had participated in the Dune Revolution had become emperor and Zhao Gao had also been promoted, but Li Si was still a chancellor and did not receive benefits. Li Si must have been dissatisfied with Qin II.
Li Si's son Li Yu served as a county guard in Sanchuan County, but did not dare to fight.
Coupled with the fact that the rebel leaders Chen Sheng and Li Si were fellow villagers, they were likely to collude.
Zhao Gao suggested that Li Si be punished for treason.
This matter was too complicated for Qin II, and he could not understand it at all, but for the sake of his own Jiangshan Sheji, he still ordered Li Si to be imprisoned.
However, Qin II did not punish Li Si, but let Zhao Gao handle the matter.
Zhao Gao mobilized his men to concoct evidence of Li Si's crimes together. In the end, Qin II believed Zhao Gao's words and ordered Li Si to be executed.
After Li Si's death, Zhao Gao became the prime minister as he wished.
However, he only had ambition, no ability, and there was nothing he could do with the rebels, and the situation continued to deteriorate.
In the end, the Qin Dynasty, under the toss of Zhao Gao and Hu Hai, went to its demise.
And Lis's ambition, along with his death, was buried in the long river of history.
People only know that there was such a capable person in the Qin Dynasty, because of a momentary confusion, he did not help the wise Fu Su, but supported Hu Hai to ascend to the throne.