One day in 238 B.C., the Qin king Yingzheng (our great Qin Shi Huang) sat angrily on the top of the main hall, and under the hall were already lying the corpses of twenty-seven ministers. Not only that, but there was a large cauldron of boiling water on the solemn hall, grunting and waiting for the next minister who was not afraid of death to come to the temple to speak.
When Yin Zheng learned of what his mother had done, he was furious and rushed to the crown
The beginning of all this must begin with the chaos of Yan Yi (pronounced "waterlogged dwarf"). Originally a city gangster, She was introduced by Lü Buwei to Empress Dowager Zhao,who was very fond of Herong Yi and had two children. At the same time, Yan Yi participated in the counter-rebellion and was awarded the title of Marquis of Changxin, officially embarking on the peak of his life.
However, the things of the world are overflowing when the water is full, the full moon is lacking, and since the peak has arrived, it will begin to decline. Yan Yi felt that she had "worked hard and achieved great feats", and by virtue of her unusual relationship with Zhao Ji, she actually began to call herself a "false father" (that is, the righteous father of the King of Qin), with thousands of customers and thousands of children.
Yan Yi's rapid ascent also caused his tragic ending
Not long after, someone denounced Chang Yi as a false eunuch and had sexual immorality with Zhao Ji, and also mentioned that Yan Yi wanted to establish the child born to him and Zhao Ji as the King of Qin, which stabbed the honeycomb. Yin Zheng ordered a thorough investigation, and when Yan Yi saw the incident in the East Window, he decided to act first, forged the letter of the King of Qin, and seduced a small number of unknown troops and disciples to launch a rebellion.
The Yan Yi army was originally a ragtag group, and soon the rebellion was suppressed, and Yan Yi was captured. He was taken to Xianyang to be tortured by che rift, and the Yisan clan and his two children born to Zhao Ji were also killed. Although the chaos was calm, the aftermath was endless. The first of them was Yingzheng's mother, Zhao Ji.
Zhao Ji, the mother of Yingzheng, lived in debauchery, which caused Yingzheng a lot of headaches
The King of Qin ordered Zhao Ji to be imprisoned in Yongdu because his mother had done such a despicable thing. At this time, Yingzheng himself also poked a honeycomb. After all, imprisoning his mother was a violation of filial piety, so the ministers who came to direct advice flocked to him. At this time, Yingzheng's anger did not subside, and he sprinkled the fire on the ministers who came to consult. He ordered that all those who came to intercede for the empress dowager would be beaten with a tribulus and then beheaded. (Liu of the Western Han Dynasty issued an order to the "Saying Yuan ZhengZhi" (King of Qin): "Those who dare to advise the empress dowager, kill them!") "From the flesh of the tribulus terrestris, the dry limbs and the accumulation of the que, and the twenty-seven dead are advised. The ministers who came to consult were coming forward, and the scene at the beginning of our article appeared.
Yin Zheng was also more and more angry, and he didn't expect that there were so many people who were not afraid of death to come and tell him about the hundred good and filial piety first. Excited, he ordered a large cauldron to be erected above the main hall, threatening to cook him if he interceded again, thinking, This time my ears will be clean. Unexpectedly, the twenty-eighth one who was not afraid of death came.
Mao Jiao must have been ready to die before he entered the counsel
Mao Jiao, Qin Guokeqing, Qi Guoren. To put it bluntly, it is to take the household registration book of the State of Qi and become a high-ranking official in the State of Qin. Yin Zheng planned to let him finish a lot of "nonsense" that put filial piety first, and then throw it directly into the pot. Only to see Mao Jiao Dayi come to the top of the main hall in awe, and did not say kind words, it was a "spray" when he came up. To sum up, there are two points: First, the forbidden mother damages the reputation of the King of Qin and cannot convince the people of the world; second, killing the loyal ministers will make the talents of the world chill, which is not conducive to winning the hearts of the people of the six countries and unifying the world. After the "spraying" was finished, without waiting for The Order, he took off his clothes and went to the cauldron.
Mao Jiao's magnanimity and courage are admirable
Don't look at it and say it a lot, but for Yingzheng, it is really a word. His lifelong ideal was to build a big empire and achieve thousands of achievements. After Mao Jiao said this, he said that he had gone into the heart. He immediately personally stopped Mao Jiao, who was walking towards the boiling water pot (it was to be done immediately, otherwise it would be "cooked"), and took Mao Jiao's advice and buried the twenty-seven ministers who died tragically (Mao Jiao should have come earlier!). And personally went to Yongdu to pick up Zhao Ji and let Zhao Ji live in Ganquan Palace. And Mao Jiao was made Shangqing (equivalent to prime minister).
At this point, the matter can also be regarded as a "good ending" (except for the twenty-seven ministers who died). However, there are also other theories, believing that the reason why Ying Zheng finally welcomed the empress dowager back to Ganquan Palace was not completely imprisoned, because he was worried that the distribution of palace power would be tilted, and if the empress dowager Zhao Ji's faction was completely eliminated, it would cause his "grandmother" Lady Huayang's faction of Chu people and horses to dominate, and his throne would be unstable. But this is not what we are going to talk about today, and I have skimmed it here.
Going back, let's talk about Mao Jiao's advice. I don't know what you think after reading what I said earlier, anyway, after reading Mao Jiao's advice, I think Mao Jiao will really persuade people. He took the psychology of Yingzheng, what filial piety, what indiscriminate killing of innocents, these are not important, only the world is the "ideal" of life for Yingzheng. Any "reef" that affects the realization of this ideal will be carefully avoided.
Qin Shi Huang's inner loneliness who can understand
Mao Jiao just grasped this psychology and made a generous statement, so that Mao Sai suddenly opened up and suddenly "repented." We have all heard the phrase "one sentence top ten thousand sentences" before, and Mao Jiao personally demonstrated it, and it was more than two thousand years ago.
I hope that after reading it, you will not have a good time, but you must have some understanding. Persuade people to persuade to the point, otherwise even if it is said in the next big day, it is also chicken and duck, there is no half benefit, and even if it is better not to say it (think of the twenty-seven before Mao Jiao). Once you say what the other person thinks, it is a matter of course.
Speaking of this today, I welcome all the officials to express their own views, and also let the author learn some useful views and ideas, broaden the thinking and increase the depth for future article writing. At the same time, this is also the motivation for the author to stick to writing and know himself