The relationship between Li Si and Zhao Gao has undergone a complex evolution.
When Qin Shi Huang died of illness in the sand dunes, Zhao Gao found Hu Hai and Li Si, and plotted to tamper with the first emperor's will, although Li Si refused at first, and insisted on refusing several times, but in the end he still agreed, from this moment on, the interests of the three of them were actually tied together and stood in the same trench, and then why did Li Si and Zhao Gao change from collusion and cooperation at the beginning to mutual hostility, so that in the end Li Si was killed by Zhao Gao? How did this change happen?
The first stage of the relationship: after tampering with the will, the interests are the same and the relationship is close
The change of the dunes, the three people united, tampered with the will, at this time their interests are the same, the interests are the same, the relationship is naturally close. It is necessary to keep secrets, to hide the sky and cross the sea, to send false edicts of surrender to Fu Su and Mengtian to give death, to cover up the eyes of the people, they must keep their mouths shut with each other, cooperate with each other, no one can leak the wind, once there is a change, the consequences are unpredictable.
When Zhao Gao persuaded Li Si to agree to tamper with the edict, the reason he used was: Compared with Meng Tian, your merits, talents, strategy, and relationship with Fu Su, can you beat him? Lisi replied: Not as good as him. Zhao Gao also said: Since you know that you are inferior to others, then if Fu Su succeeds to the throne, Meng Tian must be the prime minister, and then you will naturally squeeze down. And if Hu Hai is made emperor, he is kind and loyal, and he can also continue the foundation of Great Qin, and I hope that you will carefully consider who to choose.
Lis was shaken at this moment, shaking the commonalities and weaknesses based on human nature's pursuit of profit and avoidance of harm, which seems to be impossible to be harsh on Lis, but what else is Lis wrong? First of all, he did not make an accurate judgment on Zhao Gao's personality and Hu Hai's personality and ability, underestimated Zhao Gao's "evil" and overestimated Hu Hai's "Ming". This laid the hidden danger for his later tragic fate.
The second stage of the relationship: after Hu Hai succeeded to the throne, he trusted Zhao Gao, who controlled the government, cajoled Hu Hai, and excluded dissidents
The relationship between Li Si and Zhao Gao slowly changed, and the reason for the change was that Because Zhao Gao was deeply trusted by Hu Hai, Hu Hai then entrusted most of the political affairs to Zhao Gao, and Zhao Gao repeatedly cajoled Hu Hai, saying that the nobility of the monarch was embodied in what place? It is reflected in not showing up easily, so that others can't touch your reality, can't see through you, so that the subordinates will not talk about it at will, handle things, you can completely hand it over to me, I will help you take care of everything, you just have to enjoy the pleasure of the emperor with peace of mind.
Zhao Gao, who was going deeper and deeper on the road of indulgence, killed many people he was not accustomed to, frantically excluded dissidents, and was afraid that the chancellor would play these things, so he continued to cajole the second, and the deception of Hu Hai intensified, Hu Hai did not know anything about the development of the situation in the outside world, although there were already thieves at that time, but Zhao Gao concealed the truth, and Hu Hai was kept in the dark.
After Li Si learned of these circumstances, he expressed criticism and dissatisfaction, which was about the first time, the contradiction between Zhao Gao and Li Si gradually became public, and the relationship also moved towards an obvious turn. Zhao Gao naturally could not tolerate Li Si's dissatisfaction with him, so he made a trap, he deliberately went to find Li Si, saying that the situation is so tense now, there are so many thieves, the emperor also built the Afang Palace, collected a lot of playthings, I very much want to enter the advice, but my status is humble, you are the prime minister, you should enter the advice, but why don't you enter the advice?
Li Si believed that it was true, and replied: Your Majesty always does not go to the court, I want to enter the court, I can never see anyone, and I cannot enter the deep palace to find him, Zhao Gao said, If you really want to enter the court, please let me tell you when the emperor is free. Zhao Gao deliberately went in when Hu Hai was playing with the concubine, and after a few times, Li Si finally angered Hu Hai, who scolded: When I am idle, you don't come, I just want to play, relax, you run to be upset, are you deliberately contemptuous of me? Are you kidding me?
As soon as Zhao Gao saw that the opportunity had arrived, he took the opportunity to say that the mind of the chancellor was that he felt that his status was not more honorable, and he thought that when the sand dunes plotted, the chancellor was the chancellor, and now that His Majesty had succeeded to the throne, the chancellor was still the chancellor, and he thought that he had not received more benefits, and he now wanted more fiefdoms, and he wanted to be called wangcai like this, and he was dissatisfied in his heart. And there is another matter, I have always wanted to say but dare not say, the eldest son of the prime minister, Li You, is the Sanchuan Gunshou, but there are thieves passing by, Li Yu does not attack, these thieves, I heard that Li You is a township party, there seems to be correspondence between them, but I have not yet understood the truth, so I dare not report to Your Majesty, but I have heard that the Minister is outside, and the power seems to be greater than That Of Majesty.
Hu Hai believed this and sent someone to investigate the collusion between Li You, the son of Li Si, with the thief Kou. Since then, Lisi has been very passive. During this time, Li Si still seemed very naïve, and did not have too much defense against Zhao Gao, Zhao Gao was always around Hu Hai, how could he want to enter the advice but could not enter the advice? This was clearly a lie, but Lisi could not recognize it.
Li Si saw Hu Hai several times, everyone was just having fun, smart people should be able to think, is it Zhao Gao playing cat greasy, deliberately making it bad? But Li Si was also insensitive, not aware of it at all, and fell deeper and deeper into the trap designed by Zhao Gao again and again. Li Si worked with Zhao Gao for so long, he had no understanding of Zhao Gao's basic personality, and his judgment was wrong, which was really very undeserved.
The third stage of the relationship: Zhao Gao designed to frame Li Si, Li Si had no power to fight back, and the generation of celebrities was sighing
At this time, Li Si still did not realize the seriousness of the problem, did not realize the danger coming, when he knew what Zhao Gao said to Hu Hai (the complaint against him), the method he adopted was to write a letter and report, hoping that Hu Hai could see clearly, hoping that in this way, he could explain things clearly, explain Zhao Gao's personality clearly, and explain the harm of Zhao Gao's dictatorship. Li Si said that Zhao Gao is now in power and in the opposition, has evil and indulgent thoughts, endangers rebellious actions, is insatiable for his own interests, has boundless desires, and constantly steals Your Majesty's prestige, and will definitely rebel in the future.
When Hu Hai heard this, not only did he not think deeply and did not think that Li Si's words were correct, but instead said, What are you talking about? Zhao Gao got his current position by his own ability, he was just a eunuch, he worked seriously, he was loyal to his duties, he was neither indulgent, he was loyal, his behavior was noble, he was always kind, I think he was very virtuous, you can't tolerate him so much, but why? Zhao Gao is capable of doing things, I don't rely on him, rely on whom? Don't be suspicious.
Li Si was very helpless, and what Li Si did not expect was that Hu Hai was afraid that Li Si had killed Zhao Gao, and even sued Li Si for a complaint, giving Zhao Gao a breath, and this time, Zhao Gao's hatred for Li Si naturally deepened and soared.
The thief Kou Risheng, Li Si, together with two other ministers and generals, advised Qin II: In order to quell the rebellion, many people have been killed, but the situation has not improved, because the matter of military service is very hard, the taxes are very heavy, and the burden on the people is too heavy, and I hope that His Majesty can temporarily stop building the Afang Palace and alleviate the service. After hearing this, the second generation said that a bunch of nonsense, the monarch should act in honor and arbitrarily, revise the laws, and the people under it naturally do not dare to do wrong, if you have to work hard for the Son of Heaven, then what laws are needed, now that thieves are everywhere, you can't prohibit it, and then say these words, this is to abandon the deeds of the emperor, and not to serve me, what do you eat?
When the three of them heard this, the two committed suicide, but Li Si lived and was imprisoned, and the second actually let Zhao Gao come to trial Li Si, and Li Si could not bear the pain and said against his heart that he was guilty of conspiracy. Later, Zhao Gao merged the case of Li Si's eldest son, Li You, with the Case of Li Si's rebellion, and in essence, Li You did not rebel, and he was later killed by the Chu army. Li Si was later killed by Zhao Gao. After Qin II saw Li Si's letter admitting his guilt, he said happily, This Li Si is hidden deep enough, if it were not for Zhao Gao exposing him, I would almost be deceived by him.
The change in the relationship between Li Si and Zhao Gao actually began with the difference in the degree of favor of the two in front of Hu Hai, who entrusted everything to Zhao Gao, resulting in changes and imbalances in the relationship between Zhao Gao and Li Si. Zhao Gao has done a lot of bad things, and he is afraid of being discovered, in order to get rid of responsibility, he must constantly exclude dissidents, manipulate Hu Hai, and trick him, so that he only trusts himself, only listens to his own words, and cannot receive information from the outside world. Li Si criticized Zhao Gao's dictatorship and indulgence in evil, and then wrote a letter to expose it, but was told by Qin II that Zhao Gao's relationship was completely broken.
In fact, Li Si still dutifully performed his duties, following such a psychological and motive of conscientious work and for the restoration and prosperity of Great Qin's cause, to move forward and deal with things. Zhao Gao is purely Nonsense, is a misdeed, has no loyalty and humanity to speak of, Li Si lost in his defensiveness and serious underestimation of danger, and there is also a little bit of excessive greed for power. In fact, at the moment when Dune changed his edict, Zhao Gao seemed to occupy some kind of initiative, and Li Si, passively accepting everything, was not firm enough, and had a certain slight childishness. Although he used to be such a mature politician, a skilled minister.