In 208 BC, the Great Qin chancellor Li Si suffered a catastrophe, and Qin II beheaded Li Si for plotting treason and reprimanded his three tribes. Before the execution, Li Si said to his son Li Tong with tears: "Now we want to lead the yellow dog, swim up to Cai, and be an ordinary person, it is impossible." Then, he looked up at the sky and sighed, "Xunzi said that I am too keen on wealth and nobility, and I will be burdened by wealth and nobility. It's too late to regret it. ”
Li Si, originally a small official of Cai Shangcai in the Chu Kingdom, once, he saw several hamsters sneaking grain in the warehouse, and the hamsters were all shiny and fat. He sighed and said, "Man is as good as a mouse, but in what environment he puts himself into!" So I decided to go out for a walk.
In order to learn the art of the emperor, Li Si paid homage to the famous master Xun Quan. Xun's students were all over the world, from all over the seven countries, including Han Fei, a descendant of the Korean nobility.
Han Fei has good character and high understanding, and is deeply loved by teachers. Xun Quan often said to people: "The art of the emperor cannot be great without Hanzi, and the thinking of the Dharma family cannot be widespread without Hanzi." As a result, Lisi was a little jealous of this fellow friend.
A few years later, Li Si had achieved some success in his studies and planned to leave his division to do his career. Xun Zi asked, "Do you want to return to the Chu Kingdom to show your skills?" ”
Li Si shook his head and said, "The King of Chu is useless, the Six Kingdoms are weak and not enough to accomplish anything, only the Qin State is the country where Haojie uses force today." ”
"The Qin law is harsh, the Shang martingale transformation method, the position is the prime minister, and finally the car cracks and dies, you must be careful!" Xunzi reminded him.
"Shame is greater than humility, and sorrow is greater than poverty." Being in a humble place for a long time, and not wanting to be born and seeking profit, this is not the work of a strong man, so I Li Si will definitely count Qin. ”
Xun Zi was silent for a long time, and finally said: "Those who are human beings should be the most important." In today's chaotic world, human feelings are too false, and we should not attach too much importance to wealth and nobility. Otherwise, if you pursue and value fame and fortune too much, you will be tired in the future. ”
Li Si learned a good skill, but unfortunately he did not listen to this sentence, so that he finally failed miserably.
When Li Si arrived in Xianyang, he first defected to the popular minister Lü Buwei. Lü Buwei was very happy to hear that it was Xunzi's gaozu who had come, and he was appointed as a guest of honor, and he was appointed to write Lang and write "Lü Shi Chunqiu" with the doormen.
Soon, Lü Buwei recommended Li Si to the Qin king Yingzheng, saying that Li Si had the talent to experience the country. The King of Qin was employing people, so he agreed to receive them.
Li Si believes that "now with the strength of the Qin state, the great opportunity to destroy the princes and become an emperor is coming, and the world is unified." Li Sizhi said that it was the key to the King of Qin, and he made Li Si a guest secretary on the spot and stayed by his side to participate in the military and political plan.
Soon, the State of Qin was affected by political events and began to expel foreigners, and Li Si, a native of the State of Chu, was also expelled.
After Li Si received the expulsion order, he wrote a song to the King of Qin, he thought, anyway, he was leaving, even if the wording was fierce, it didn't matter. This is the famous "Book of Expulsion" in history, which unceremoniously points out that the King of Qin was foolish to do so, a powerful opponent, and weakened himself.
The King of Qin had some regrets afterwards, and when he saw Li Si's "Book of Expulsion", he was shocked and thought that what he said was very correct, so he sent a royal convoy to chase Li Si back.
After that, the King of Qin humbly asked Li Si for advice, and Li Si proposed a combination of "long-distance and close attack", internal disintegration and military strikes, which coincided with the Qin King. While Lis was on display, a tragic episode occurred.
The King of Qin read Han Fei's "Lonely Anger" and "Saying Difficulty", was shocked by the heavens, and sent troops to attack Han, only to force the King of Han to hand over Han Fei as a talent. After the King of Qin got Han Fei, he hated each other. This upset Li Si.
Taking advantage of Han Fei's pride, Li Si deliberately found an opportunity to slander Han Fei in front of the King of Qin, saying that Han Fei was still in Korea. In order to test Han Fei, the King of Qin decided to fight the first battle against Han, and Han Fei only said a word for Korea, suggesting that he should not cut Down Han first, and was suspected by the King of Qin. Soon, Han Fei was imprisoned by the King of Qin.
After Han Fei was imprisoned, the jailer comforted him and said, "Your fellow window Li Si will definitely save you out." ”
Han Fei smiled and shook his head, "Li Siqi, I know very well that only under him can I be kind to this; only on him, I will be jealous, and I will undoubtedly die." ”
At this time, Li Si ordered someone to send poisoned wine to Han Fei, and Han Fei drank poison and died. For Li Si, once Han Fei died, no one could compete with him anymore.
In 221 BC, king Yingzheng of Qin unified the world.
Li Si's merits were great, and Qin Shi Huang worshipped Li Si as a chancellor, and also married the princess to Li Si's eldest son Li You, and several of Li Si's daughters were married to the crown prince. Li Si's power was so hot that he finally became a rich and noble person under one person and above ten thousand people.
In 209 BC, Qin Shi Huang went out on a tour of the East China Sea, fell seriously ill on the way back to Xianyang, and after arriving at the sand dunes, he fell ill and made a testament, allowing his son Fu Su to quickly return to the throne. Before the letter could be sent, Qin Shi Huang died. As a result, Zhao Gao and Hu Hai began to plot to seize power.
Zhao Gao went to lobby Li Si. At first, Li Si did not agree with Zhao Gao's plot, but he could not stand Zhao Gao's attack on the heart, and Zhao Gao knocked Li Si: "Can your merits be compared with general Meng Tian?" Is your relationship with Fusu comparable to the relationship between Meng Tian and Fusu? If Fu Su is on the throne, where is your position as prime minister? ”
It was a pity that Li Si knew that this was a usurpation, but for the sake of wealth and power, he actually succumbed to Zhao Gao's conspiracy. But how could he know that Zhao Gao was not an ordinary sinister villain, but a hugely ambitious schemer, and after using Li Si, Zhao Gao would be the first to kill Li Si.
The faint-hearted Hu Hai only cared about personal pleasures, and the government and government all listened to Zhao Gao's arrangement. At this time, the peasant revolt in the world was raging, and Li Si wanted to persuade the emperor, but unfortunately he could not even see the emperor. He found Zhao Gao and wanted him to persuade the emperor, but Zhao Gao directly asked for Li Si's life.
Zhao Gao framed Li Si to Hu Hai, saying that Li Tong, the son of Cheng Xiang, had colluded with the rebels, and Hu Hai was fully convinced, so he arrested Li Si and sent him to prison, sentenced him to beheading, and exterminated the three tribes.
On the day of the execution, Li Si said to his son Li Tong with tears: "Now we want to lead the yellow dog, swim up to Cai, and be an ordinary person, it is impossible." Then, he looked up at the sky and sighed, "Xunzi said that I am too keen on wealth and nobility, and I will be burdened by wealth and nobility. It's too late to regret it. ”
Li Si became a martyr of the Qin Dynasty, and Li Si's two-sidedness led to his merits and demerits, as Sima Qian said, if he was not out of control in his later years, then he could be completely compared with the Duke of Zhou and the Duke of Zhao.
