One day in the third year of Qin II, Zhao Gao offered a deer to Qin II and said, "I will offer this horse to Your Majesty." The second Hu Hai laughed and said, "The prime minister is mistaken, this is obviously a deer, how can you say it is a horse?" Hu Hai hurriedly asked the people around him, and the people around him looked at each other, neither knowing what Zhao Gao's intentions were, nor how to answer the emperor's question, most of them bowed their heads and said nothing, leaving only a few who spoke, saying: "This is a horse." Hu Hai was shocked to see the reaction of the people around him, thinking that he was delirious and decided to summon Taibu to calculate the trigram.
The above absurd thing happened during the reign of Qin II, and the powerful Zhao Gao and the emperor had a conversation. Zhao Gao's history of fortune is legendary, let's take a closer look at some of the things that have happened in history.
Zhao Gaoben is a descendant of the nobility of the State of Zhao, when Qin destroyed Zhao, the whole family was plundered to the State of Qin, from a nobleman with brocade clothes and jade food to a lowly slave, plus in the later period, after experiencing a series of changes such as his father being sentenced to palace punishment by the silkworm chamber, his mother being sentenced to death, and himself being sentenced to palace torture, Zhao Gao was determined to take revenge, laying a deep bane for the future fall of the Qin Dynasty.
One evening, when Zhao Gao and a few brothers returned to the dormitory, they were taken away by several soldiers and taken to take a comfortable hot bath, and Zhao Gao was both happy and puzzled in his heart, not knowing whether it was a blessing or a curse.
After taking a bath, he was locked up in the clean room, and he was offered a hearty dinner, and he was tired for a day, and he did not care whether it was a blessing or a curse, and he ate clean, but the soldier did not give water to drink, no matter how he shouted, he could only endure the burning heat of his throat, which was the case for several days, providing only a hearty meal but not water.
He was still in a state of confusion, when the door was opened again, and he was taken out again to take a hot shower, and then he was immediately taken to the clean room to "cleanse".
In the face of the cruel reality, Zhao Gao chose to be brave and wait for the opportunity to move.
Since suffering the "palace punishment", in order to have a future future, Zhao Gao learned that the Qin State has been a country that teaches law since the Shang Martingale changed the law, so he actively studied the "prison law decrees" of the Qin Dynasty, who expected Zhao Gao to be smart and studious, and soon became proficient in the various laws and regulations issued by the imperial court at that time, mastered a large number of case-handling practices, and was handy in adjudicating cases.
He gradually became famous in the palace, was summoned to the palace by Qin Shi Huang and appointed as the commander of Zhongche Fu, and asked Zhao Gao's opinion on all questions about prison, and he judged the case properly, coupled with good calligraphy, Zhao Gao was quite popular with Qin Shi Huang.
Soon Zhao Gao was appointed as the teacher of the crown prince Hu Hai. Zhao Gao adopted the strategy of deceiving the upper and lower, currying favor on both sides, and indulged Hu Hai, and for the tasks assigned to his son by Qin Shi Huang, Zhao Gao was also very "enthusiastic" to help the prince deal with it, and the emperor thought that his son was very good under Zhao Gao's education, and gradually trusted Zhao Gao. Zhao Gao took Qin Shi Huang and Prince Hu Hai in one fell swoop.
Even though Zhao Gao is now proud, he always pays attention to the movements of the imperial court, never forgets the hatred in his heart, and decides to one day see the opportunity to carry out a long-planned revenge action.
After Qin Shi Huang unified the six countries, in order to strengthen his prestige, he decided to go on tours. Qin Shi Huang brought his beloved son Hu Hai, Zuo Cheng Prime Minister Li Si and his personal servant Zhao Gao and others to accompany him, but unexpectedly, during the cruise, Qin Shi Huang fell ill, and the army marched to the sand dune platform (northwest of present-day Guangzong County, Hebei Province), Qin Shi Huang learned that his life was not long in coming, and issued an edict, "Pass the throne to Gongzi Fusu and hand over the army to Meng Tian." ”
But before the edict could be sent by the messenger, Qin Shi Huang returned to the west with his life. The edict and the jade seal both fell into Zhao Gao's hands.
The three people who accompanied them, Prime Minister Li Si, Prince Hu Hai, and eunuch Zhao Gao, each had a ghost in the face of Qin Shi Huang's death. Li Si is a person who covets glory, the only thing he wants is to keep his wealth and that of future generations, and he only wants to return to Xianyang as soon as possible, let his son Fusu succeed to the throne, complete the task, and continue to enjoy the glory himself.
Hu Hai, thinking that he did not have a fief, and his father did not know where to go when he died. Because Qin Shi Huang abolished the division system at that time, all the sons were flat-headed people, and their status was not guaranteed at all, and Hu Hai was worried that he would be persecuted by his brother after his old father's death.
Zhao Gao, on the other hand, was very complicated in his heart, cheering because of the great revenge, and worried on the other hand because he had offended Fusu, afraid that he would not have a good end after Fusu succeeded to the throne.
In this way, the three of them each conceived ghosts. Zhao Gao, who was treacherous by nature, met Hu Hai and deliberately seized the interests to make a statement to Hu Hai, indicating that Hu Hai's position would not be guaranteed after Fusu took the throne, which did not coincide with Hu Hai's heart, and the two immediately became embarrassed. The two then negotiated to persuade Prime Minister Li Si to draw him into the camp.
Zhao Gao then conspired with Li Si, saying that once the prince Fusu succeeded to the throne, he would definitely help the general Meng Tian to a high position, and there would be no place for Li Si at that time. Li Si was originally a person who cared about fame and wealth, and he joined the company in order to make himself famous in the world and seize glory and wealth, and when he heard Li Si's analysis, he also rebelled and turned back.
After Zhao Gao colluded with Huhai Lisi, he intensively launched the road of usurpation. He destroyed the edict, secretly forged an edict from Qin Shi Huang to make Hu Hai crown prince, and gave death to Fusu in the name of disloyalty and filial piety. After receiving the edict, Fusu, who was simple by nature, immediately drew his sword and killed himself. Although Meng Tian refused to die, he was also imprisoned, and was later sentenced to death by Zhao Gaoluo.
Since then, the world of the Qin Kingdom has become Zhao Gao and Hu Hai. Hu Hai is an ambitious boy who ignores the government and only cares about pleasure. The imperial government was controlled by Zhao Gao alone, and gradually Hu Hai was suspended and did not know it. The imperial court is full of Zhao Gao's power inside and outside, so there is the opening scene, Zhao Gao "refers to the deer as a horse", and the hundred officials would rather offend the emperor Hu Hai than offend Zhao Gao's absurd scene.
Hu Hai thought that he was insane and asked Tai Bu for advice, but Tai Bu had already been bought by Zhao Gao, deliberately let Hu Hai out of the palace fast, and deliberately transferred Hu Hai away from the imperial power center. Later, Zhao Gao arranged for a team disguised as a chaotic army to kill Huhai the second emperor of Qin. Hu Hai was still ignorant before he died:
"Can I meet the Prime Minister?" I am not the emperor, can you make me a county king? If not, then I will be a marquis of ten thousand households. If it doesn't work, let me be an ordinary man with my wife and children. ”
These requests were all denied, said Yan Le, the leader of the chaotic army:
"Hugh wants to be reckoning! Today, I am on the orders of the Prime Minister to take your head, and cut yourself quickly! ”
At this time, Hu Hai burst into tears, and Fang Ru woke up from a dream, but it was too late to regret.
Later, Zhao Gao supported Fusu's son Ziying to ascend the throne, as a puppet emperor, who expected, Zhao Gao was killed by Ziying on the day Ziying ascended the throne.
Since then, a generation of traitors Zhao Gao has been in a different position, but the Great Qin Dynasty has gradually embarked on the road of decline and decline.
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