Chapter 4: Hu Hai stunned
Even Li Si now knows that it is difficult for him to not waver when facing Zhao Gao's words.
When Fusu came to power, he must have promoted the Confucian system, just like his teacher Chunyu Yue, he would have adopted a feudal system.
As for Li Si, he firmly supports the county system, and can even be said to be a person who has promoted the county system.
If the concepts of the monarch and ministers are not in line with each other, you can naturally imagine the consequences. Losing an official position is a small matter. If that time comes, it is hard to say whether your life can be saved.
Sure enough, Li Si in the video finally reacted after hearing Zhao Gao's words and said in a low voice.
"What are Lord Zhao's plans?"
"Change his edict and make Prince Hu Hai the emperor."
"Change His Majesty's will? Zhao Gao, are you crazy?"
Li Si, who was still a little shaken in his heart, was immediately furious when he heard this. He never thought that Zhao Gao's courage would be so great that he dared to tamper with the will of the First Emperor.
However, Zhao Gao said slowly in this regard.
"Apart from that, is there any other way for the Prime Minister?"
There was indeed no other choice. After pondering for a moment, Li Si quickly figured out Zhao Gao's entire plan.
It is naturally difficult to convince Zhao Gao alone if it is tampered with His Majesty's will, but if Li Si himself is added, it would be different.
Moreover, with Li Si's help, they could stabilize the government and the country in the shortest time and allow Hu Hai to sit on the throne safely.
Looking at Li Si who was still struggling, Zhao Gao took out his last killer move.
"What is the Prime Minister hesitating? Fusu has come to power, and the Prime Minister will have nothing to do, even his life is in danger. Does the Prime Minister want to see the county system established by so many years be destroyed?"
"Other old ministers cannot guarantee that if Mr. Hu Hai takes office, the prime minister will still be less than one person."
As he said that, Zhao Gao winked at Hu Hai, and Hu Hai, who understood Zhao Gao's meaning, also spoke immediately.
"Mr. Zhao said it well, so please help me. After the matter is completed, I will definitely support the Prime Minister in full to promote the Executive Order."
Li Si yearned for power, and the county system was his career that he worked hard all his life, so Zhao Gao believed that Li Si would agree.
As expected, after Hu Hai finished speaking, Li Si was silent for a while, and finally breathed out a deep breath of turbid air, bowing to Hu Hai with his hands.
"Thank you, my elder brother."
This worship has already shown Li Si’s choice, and the next thing is simple.
Zhao Gao and Li Si took action personally, and did not reveal the news of the First Emperor's death. The army of the Eastern Tour directly turned to Xianyang.
It is hard to imagine that the First Emperor, who had achieved great success in his lifetime, could not even be buried in the body after his death.
Even after arriving in Xianyang, no one knew about the body of Emperor First Emperor was already smelly.
In order to prevent the odor of the corpse from being smelled, Zhao Gao took ice to cover it up.
In the Xianyang Palace, watching his body rot day by day, while Zhao Gao, the dog slave, was unmoved. The murderous intent in the eyes of Emperor Qin Shihuang had long been extremely strong.
"Zhao Gao, I will cut you into pieces."
Afterwards, when everything was ready, Zhao Gao and Li Si announced the news of the death of the First Emperor.
The Qin Dynasty and the people were shocked for a moment, but because of their sufficient preparations and Li Si personally took charge, no riots were caused.
In front of all the ministers, Zhao Gao read out the will of Emperor Qin Shi, and made the eighteenth son Hu Hai the emperor and inherited the throne.
As soon as this edict was issued, everyone was shocked. How could it be Hu Hai? Shouldn’t it be the eldest son Fusu?
Just when everyone was shocked, Meng Tian, who was far away in the border town, also received an imperial edict forged by Zhao Gao.
The content of the imperial edict is very simple, and Fusu is sentenced to death.
Fusu, who received this imperial edict, was immediately discouraged. He was deeply influenced by Confucianism. His stupid and loyal thoughts were already deeply rooted, so he had almost no doubts and drank poisonous wine.
As soon as Fusu and Meng Tian died, Hu Hai was completely threatened and successfully ascended the throne with the support of Zhao Gao and Li Si.
Seeing this, Li Si was completely desperate. Why did he be so desperate?
But thinking about it, if it really came to that time, Li Si would probably have done this.
Because once Fusu succeeds to the throne, as Zhao Gao said, everything Li Si will be wiped out.
Power, a career that you have struggled for a lifetime, will not be there, and even more serious things may be that your life will be lost.
It can be said that Li Si had no other choice, but the key is that His Majesty was dead at that time. What about now? His Majesty is still prosperous for thousands of years, so this is completely different.
Can a dead First Emperor be the same as a living First Emperor?
Li Si can have the courage to die when the First Emperor dies, but if the First Emperor is not dead, he will not dare to give him a hundred courage.
Even if the First Emperor wanted Li Si's head, Li Si would not dare to say a word.
Not only Li Si, but the entire Prime Minister's Mansion was in chaos at this time. The servants, maids, Li Si's wives, concubines and children were all panicked.
At this time, the eldest son Li You walked into the room with a worried look on his face.
"Father, what should I do now?"
"I don't know, I want to go to the palace for my father. My son remembers that if I go there and don't go back, you must find His Highness the eldest son as soon as possible. Only he can protect our Li family, remember."
As he said that, Li Si didn't care about anything else, and hurriedly put on his clothes and rushed towards the palace.
Now that things have come to this point, you will definitely not be able to escape. Waiting for His Majesty to send someone to come, that would be even more of a death.
Only by taking the initiative to apologize to the palace may there be a glimmer of hope.
Li Si is a smart man and quickly seized the only opportunity, but the others were not so decisive.
Especially Hu Hai and Zhao Gao, who are the other two protagonists.
Hu Hai's mansion, watching the video, he was already sweating profusely, and his whole body was soaked with sweat.
It is naturally a good thing to be able to sit on the throne, but the timing is wrong. My father is still alive, he fights for the throne and usurps the throne, and even kills his elder brother Fusu. Isn’t this seeking death?
"It's over, it's over, it's really over now."
His whole body couldn't help but tremble. Although there was no news in the palace so far, Hu Hai was completely panicked.
His mind was blank, and there was only boundless fear. Under the huge pressure, Hu Hai only felt the darkness in front of him, and then he lost consciousness.
What many people saw in the outside world was Hu Hai who was frightened and fainted because of fear.
He fell straight backwards, and for a moment, the entire young master's mansion was in chaos.
"Not good, the young master fainted."
"Hurry, go and pass on the imperial doctor, the young master fainted."
Many servant maids shouted quickly, but this did not change anything. The video was still playing, while the first emperor's anger was still rising.
Chapter completed!