The brothers Meng Yi and Meng Tian were loyal subjects to Qin Shi Huang's side, one article and one martial art, one inside and one outside, protecting the Great Qin Empire. Meng Tian attacked the Xiongnu town in the north and guarded outside, and Meng Yi accompanied Qin Shi Huang at his side. The two men had a great influence on Qin Shi Huang.
Qin Shi Huang died of illness on the east tour of the dune platform. If the Montessori brothers had been present at this time, Zhao Gao and Li Si's plot would not have succeeded. In particular, Meng Yi followed Qin Shi Huang during his last eastern tour. When Qin Shi Huang was seriously ill, he sent Meng Yi to pray to the gods at Huiji Mountain, and when Qin Shi Huang died, only Zhao Gao and Li Si were by his side, so hu Hai later succeeded to the emperor's throne.
The Meng brothers were highly powerful and favored by Qin Shi Huang
The ancestor of the Meng family was a Native of the Qin Dynasty, and Meng Yi's grandfather, Meng Xiao, entered the Qin State as a guest secretary during the reign of King Zhaoxiang of Qin. In the first year of the reign of King Zhuang Xiang, he served as a general of the Qin state, attacked Korea, and occupied Chenggao and Xingyang. In the second year of King Zhuang Xiang,Meng Xiao attacked the Zhao kingdom again, destroying the thirty-seven cities of the Zhao kingdom. In the third year of the First Emperor, Meng Xiao attacked Korea again, occupying thirteen cities, and the First Emperor attacked the State of Wei in five years, capturing twenty cities. In the seventh year of the first emperor, Meng Xiao died, and since then, the descendants of the Meng family have been generals of the Qin Dynasty for generations. His son Meng Wu and grandson Meng Tian were both generals of the Qin Dynasty.
In the twenty-third year of Qin Shi Huang, Meng Wu accompanied Wang Qi to break the Chu army and beheaded the Chu general Xiang Yan. The following year, Meng Wu attacked the Chu state again, captured the king of Chu, and destroyed the chu state.
However, the prominent position of the Meng family was achieved in the hands of the two brothers Meng Tian and Meng Yi.
In the twenty-sixth year of Qin Shi Huang, Meng Tian led an army to attack the State of Qi and defeated the Qi army. The world was at peace, and Qin Shi Huang sent Meng Tian to lead 300,000 people to attack the Xiongnu in the north, recover the Hetao area, build the Great Wall, and for more than ten years, he has been guarding Shangjun to deter the Xiongnu and prevent the Xiongnu from going south. Meng Yi, on the other hand, served as a civilian official in the dprk and held the position of Shangqing. Every time Qin Shi Huang went out, Meng Yi must ride in the same car as Qin Shi Huang. When he returns to the court, he will certainly serve in front of Qin Shi Huang. The brothers were favored by Qin Shi Huang and were known as "loyal ministers", and there was no one who could compete with the Mengjia brothers. The Montessori brothers have a prominent position that no one can match.
The First Emperor greatly respected the Montessori clan and trusted the sages. And close to Meng Yi, the supreme secretary, out of the ride, into the front of the imperial court. Tian is often an internal schemist and is called faithful, so although the generals dare not fight with each other. - "The Chronicle of the Chronicle of Montien"
Meng Yi and Zhao Gao formed a vendetta, and their status was jealous of Li Si
Wood shows in the forest, and the wind will destroy it. The Montessori brothers are in a prominent position and will certainly have a vendetta against others. The Zhongche Government ordered Zhao Gao to commit a serious crime, Qin Shi Huang asked Meng Yi to dispose of Zhao Gao according to law, Meng Yi did not protect Zhao Gao in a fair manner, and sentenced Zhao Gao to death according to law, and Qin Shi Huang pardoned Zhao Gao and restored him to an official post because of Zhao Gao's diligence and dedication.
Since then, Zhao Gao has a grudge against Meng Yi, but the Meng brothers are in a high position of power and have never had a chance.
In the winter of the thirty-seventh year of the First Emperor, Yingzheng went out on a parade and headed north to Langya County. Halfway through, Qin Shi Huang fell ill, so he sent Meng Yi back to Huiji Mountain to pray for the blessing of the gods of the mountains and rivers, and the parade convoy did not wait for Meng Yi and continued to move forward. When we reached the sand dunes, Qin Shi Huang died.
In the winter of the thirty-seventh year of the First Emperor, he traveled to the meeting, and went to the sea and the north to go to Lang evil. Dao disease, so that Meng Yi also prayed to the mountains and rivers, did not react.
Zhao Gao took the opportunity to block the news, and all the civil and military officials did not know the news of Qin Shi Huang's death. Zhao Gao planned to support Hu Hai as crown prince, so he asked Li Si for help. Li Si was reluctant at first, and Zhao Gao said to Li Si: Compared with Meng Tian, who is more capable? Who has more credit? Who is more far-sighted? Who is more loved by the people? Who has a better relationship with Gongzi Fusu? Li Si said: I am not as good as Meng Tian in these five aspects, but I still do not agree to help Zhao Gaoli Huhai.
Gao Yue "The prince himself expected to be able to be blessed with the heavens." Meritorious and blessed. Strategize without losing sight of each other and being tranquil. There is no complaint about the world and the tranquility. The eldest son, the old and the faithful, and the Mengtian "Si Yue" were not as good as the five of them, and the Junzhi He Shen was also "Gao Yue" Gao Gu's internal official's servant, fortunately, he was able to enter the Qin Palace with a sword and pen, and for more than twenty years, he did not see that Qin was exempted from deposing the Meritorious Servant of the Emperor and the second emperor, and the pawns were all killed. The emperor has more than twenty sons, all of whom are known to the king. The eldest son is resolute and brave, believes in people and fights, that is, the throne will use Meng Tian as a minister, and the prince will not bear the seal of the Marquis of Tong and return to the township, Mingyi. Gao was instructed to teach Hu Hai, so that he could learn the Fa for several years, and he had never seen a mistake. Kindness and benevolence, light on wealth and heavy on the soldier, arguing in the heart and praising the mouth, doing his best to honor the soldier, the sons of Qin who have not reached this point, can be heirs. The King's Plan" - The Chronicle of Lislie
Zhao Gao then persuaded Li Si, who told Li Si that if Fu Su succeeded to the throne, he would definitely reuse the Montessori brothers. And Li Si will definitely be deposed, and by then he will not be able to keep his title, and I am afraid that his life will be in danger.
Zhao Gao took advantage of Li Si's greed for power and jealousy of the Mengjia brothers' weakness, so that Li Si could board his own thief ship.
The two forged edicts, made Hu Hai crown prince, sent emissaries, fabricated charges, and gave Fu Su and Meng Tian the death penalty. Fu Su commits suicide, and Meng Tian refuses to believe it and asks for a complaint. The emissary returned to report that Hu Hai had heard that Fu Su was dead, and immediately ordered Meng Tian to be released.
The Meng family brothers died tragically
At this time, Meng Yi had also returned, and Zhao Gao, who had already formed a vendetta with the Meng family brothers before, was afraid that the two brothers would take power again, and tried to persuade Hu Hai to eliminate the Meng brothers.
Zhao Gao said to Hu Hai that it was Meng Yi who did not agree to the First Emperor making you crown prince, he knew that you were wise and deliberately did so, he was completely seducing The First Emperor. Asking Hu Hai to kill Meng Yi, Hu Hai heeded the advice and imprisoned Meng Yi in Dai County. After returning to Xianyang, Zhao Gao gathered evidence to discredit the Montessori brothers.
Zi Bao advised Hu Hai, saying that the Mengjia brothers were all loyal subjects and would not be disloyal to Hu Hai, and asked to let them go, but Hu Hai did not listen, sent emissaries to Shangjun, and gave Meng Yi to commit suicide.
When the messenger arrived in Shangjun, Meng Yi defended the messenger that he had not said bad things about Hu Hai, that he was not guilty but was going to be killed, and that he was innocent. The messenger understood Hu Hai's intentions, did not listen to Meng Yi's defense, and killed him.
After Meng Yi's death, Hu Hai sent emissaries to Yangzhou to force Meng Tian to commit suicide, saying that Meng Yi had committed a felony and implicated Meng Tian. Meng Tian said that I had 300,000 troops in my hands, and even if I was imprisoned, my power was enough to rebel, and the reason why I did not do this was because of my loyalty to Great Qin, and now I was not at fault but I was going to be executed, so I took poison and committed suicide.
Before Qin Shi Huang died, Meng Yi was present, and Zhao Gao's plot must not succeed
In the thirty-seventh year of the First Emperor, on the way to the east, Qin Shi Huang fell ill, and sent Meng Yi to pray for Ji Shan, which was an order from Qin Shi Huang, but why was Meng Yi going, not someone else. My personal opinion is that Zhao Gao persuaded Qin Shi Huang to let Meng Yi go.
The seriously ill Qin Shi Huang had always been hu hai and Zhao Gao waiting, Hu Hai could not think of this idea, and it was possible that The old treacherous Zhao Gao would take away Meng Yi, who had a vendetta against him, and then coerce and induce Li Siwei, who was greedy for power, to achieve his own plot to support Hu Hai.
Judging from the fact that Zhao Gao blocked the news when Qin Shi Huang died later, this practice is not unreasonable.
Meng Yi, who had been with Qin Shi Huang for many years, was one of the most trusted ministers of Qin Shi Huang, and Meng Yi was also a civilian official, and if there was an edict, he would not be able to escape Meng Yi's eyes. Behind Meng Yi was the strength of Meng Tian's 300,000-strong army, and there was also Fu Su, the orthodox heir, no matter how you looked, Zhao Gao was not an opponent.
Even if When Qin Shi Huang died, Meng Yi was not present, with the strength of the Meng family brothers, how could he not die a tragic death, it can only be said that he was burdened by loyalty. Honest loyalists are often not the opponents of insidious villains, because loyalists have a bottom line, while villains do not.
As soon as the Mengjia brothers died, the two pillars supporting the Great Qin Empire also fell, and the Great Qin Empire also went to extinction, perhaps this is providence.
Author: Datang Shou Catch Lang
References: "History of Montien Lie", "History of Lee Slie"