Daqin: White porridge and pickled mustard tuber, I became the national teacher

"What about Li Si?"

Meng Tian asked, "Meng Tian didn't offend Li Si, did he?"

"Why did he work with Zhao Gao to kill Meng Tian?"

Fusu also said, "Yes, why did he want to kill Fusu?"

“Because our positions are different.”

Qi Pan said, "Fusu believed in and respected the Confucian way of governing the country and benevolence for the world."

"Li Si believed in governing the country by law, and their ideas were diametrically opposed."

"If Fusu succeeds to the throne, he will certainly make use of Confucian scholars such as Chunyu Yue."

"Then Li Si will definitely be excluded and ignored, which is not what he wants to see."

"In addition, Fusu's personality is indeed not suitable for succeeding the Qin Dynasty. It is natural for Li Si to do this."

"Also, Zhao Gao threatened Li Si with something, so he had to do this."

Oh?

Use something to threaten Li Si?

Ying Zheng asked, "What's the matter?"

"It's about Han Feizi."

Qi Pan said, "Li Si killed his fellow student Han Feizi, and Zhao Gao found out about it and used it to threaten him."

"So Li Si conspired with Zhao Gao to forge the will and force Fusu to commit suicide and kill Meng Tian for various reasons."

It turned out to be the case.

Ying Zheng recalled that he had just given the corn seeds to Li Si to cultivate and plant yesterday.

I heard such explosive news today.

This Li Si...can he still be used?

Ying Zheng looked at Qi Pan and asked, "Sir, do you think Li Si is a talent for the Qin Dynasty?"

"Can it be used?"

"Of course."

Qi Pan nodded and said, "Before Qin Shi Huang's death, Li Si was still a very useful and handy talent."

"In history, when Qin Shi Huang died, Li Si was the left prime minister of the Qin Dynasty."

"His talent and knowledge are beyond doubt."

what?

Left Prime Minister?

The current left prime minister of the Qin Dynasty, Wang Wan, looked up at Qi Pan in shock.

"Sir, you just said, Your Majesty... No, when Qin Shi Huang died, Li Si was the left prime minister of the Qin Dynasty?"

"yes."

Qi Pan said, "After Wang Wan abdicated, Li Si became the left prime minister."

what?

After he quit, the person who replaced him was Li Si?!

Wang Wan asked again, "Then... Sir, why did Wang Wan in history resign and abdicate?"

"This... has several versions in history."

Qi Pan frowned, "Some say that Wang Wan was too pedantic and angered Qin Shi Huang many times."

"Then he was demoted by Qin Shi Huang."

"Some say he resigned due to illness, and some say he was bullied because he offended someone..."

"Anyway, no one can tell exactly why, but the final result was that he retired and Li Si took over."

what?

Because he acted too pedantically and angered His Majesty, he was demoted?

Are there any who resigned from office and retired due to illness?

You offended someone and lost your job because of someone else's trick?

Wang Wan turned and looked at Ying Zheng.

Would Your Majesty be the kind of person who would demote him if he got mad at him?

Thinking back on what he had done since taking office, Wang Wan was confused.

Am I really that pedantic?

Ying Zheng asked Qi Pan, "Sir, you said before that Qin Shi Huang and Hu Hai had a grudge? What was that grudge?"

"Well......."

Qi Pan thought for a moment and said, "It's a revenge that will end the lives of all descendants."

what?

A vengeance that will cut off one's descendants???

Ying Zheng, Fusu, Wang Wan, Feng Quji, Meng Tian and others were all stunned!

"Sir, what is the vengeance that will destroy your entire family?"

Ying Zheng said, "Please tell me in detail, sir."

Qi Pan said, "Didn't Zhao Gao and Li Si forge the imperial edict, kill Fusu and Meng Tian, ​​and then recommend Hu Hai to succeed the throne?"

"Hu Hai killed all of Qin Shi Huang's children."

what?

Ying Zheng's face changed in shock!

"He actually killed all his brothers and sisters?"

"Why?"

"Because they're in the way."

Qi Pan said, "Hu Hai is a playful and pleasure-loving person. He kills anyone who would hinder him and affect his pleasure."

"Nonsense! This is too much nonsense!"

Ying Zheng angrily shouted, "This is simply a beast!"

"Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs, but he actually killed all of his brothers and sisters!"

"He is worse than an animal!"

"Hey, brother, don't be so angry yet, I haven't finished talking yet."

Qi Pan raised his hand and took a cup of hot tea and placed it in front of Ying Zheng.

"In addition to Qin Shi Huang's children, Hu Hai did not even spare the ministers in the court."

"All the ministers, such as Feng Quji, Wang Ben, Wang Li, Li Si, etc., were basically killed by Hu Hai and Zhao Gao for various reasons."

what?

Even the minister was killed?

Upon hearing that he was also killed by Hu Hai and Zhao Gao, Feng Quji asked.

"Sir, why is this?"

"There's no reason, Zhao Gao just doesn't like them."

Qi Pan said, "In order to control the court and make it his own court, Zhao Gao did a lot of things."

"The most famous one is calling a deer a horse."

"This word can be said to have originated from Zhao Gao. Even now in 2024, many people still use it."

what?

Refers to a deer as a horse?

Although people were slightly surprised about Qi Pan's mention of 2024, the surprise was not great.

After all, His Majesty has already told them everything.

Sir, you are from a world two thousand years later.

However, how many years are there between them and 2024?

Qi Pan continued, "After Hu Hai ascended the throne, Zhao Gao made contributions and was appointed as the Minister of the Imperial Household."

"Become the closest high-ranking official to Qin II."

"But above Zhao Gao, there is also Prime Minister Li Si."

"Zhao Gao then contrived a plan to kill Li Si, and then became the prime minister himself."

"But he was still not satisfied with this. He felt that since he was already the prime minister, what could go wrong if he kicked the emperor out and became the emperor himself?"

what?

Zhao Gao actually wanted to usurp the throne and become the emperor himself? !

Ying Zheng's face was as dark as water!

But he did not interrupt Qi Pan and just listened to her continue.

Qi Pan said, "Zhao Gao wanted to usurp the throne and become emperor himself, but he was worried that the civil and military officials would not obey."

"So he wanted to do an experiment to test which ministers were obedient and which were disobedient."

"He came up with a plan. When he was in court, he moved out a sika deer in front of all the ministers and Hu Hai."

"He pointed at the sika deer and said it was a thousand-mile horse that could travel a thousand miles a day, so he presented it to Hu Hai."

"Hu Hai was very confused. He said it was a deer. How could you say it was a horse?"

"Zhao Gao smiled, ignored Hu Hai, and turned to look at the ministers."

"Pointing to the sika deer, he told the ministers that this was a thousand-mile horse."

"He went through great pains to find this horse and presented it to your majesty."

"Tell me, is this a deer or a horse?"