Chapter 122

"Hahaha! Pointing at a deer and calling it a horse?"

@Hu Hai, are you really blind or fake blind? You can't even distinguish a deer from a horse, and you're looking for a doctor?

Liu Bang laughed so hard he slapped his thigh, "Zhao Gao of the previous dynasty is also a talent, he could think of this method."

"And this Hu Hai, he is truly stupid to the bone, being played around by a eunuch. To be an emperor to this extent, he is not even as good as a puppet, he is just a decoration, and a blind decoration at that!"

"Without their help, there would be no Great Han for me."

Li Shimin sighed: "Favoring villains and distancing oneself from virtuous ministers leads to closed ears and eyes, and inability to distinguish loyalty from treachery. Pointing at a deer and calling it a horse, how absurd!"

"But Hu Hai believed it, and the ministers echoed it. This is not Zhao Gao's madness alone, but the entire court under Hu Hai's rule, where there is no right or wrong, only flattery and fear. Such a court, no wonder it fell in the second generation."

Cheng Yaojin was stunned: "Is this Hu Hai a fool? Can't distinguish a deer from a horse?"

"If that Zhao Gao said shit is fragrant, would he have to taste it? Bah! Disgusting!"

Zhu Yuanzhang cursed: "Eunuchs interfering in politics, the emperor is stupid, this led to the fall of the Qin Dynasty in the second generation."

"I think this Hu Hai is not blind, his heart is blind, being played by a thing without eggs, losing all the face of the emperor!"

"If this Zhao Gao were born in my Great Ming, he should be sliced while being applied with medicine!" (Everyone who has pictures, can show them, okay!)

Cao Cao sneered: "Pointing at a deer and calling it a horse is Zhao Gao's plan to test the ministers and eliminate dissidents."

"Hu Hai actually believed his words, stupid beyond compare. Such a monarch, how is he different from a dead bone in a grave?"

"Zhao Gao can use this plan, which shows Hu Hai's dim-wittedness has gone deep into the bone marrow."

Guo Jia said: "The ruler is dark and the minister is treacherous, the country is about to perish, there must be monsters. Zhao Gao is this monster of the Qin State, and Hu Hai is the hotbed that breeds this monster."

Liu Bei sighed: "The court of Qin Ershi, villains are in power, pointing at a deer and calling it a horse, how can it not perish?"

Zhuge Liang said: "The dim-wittedness of Hu Hai of the Qin Dynasty means that people like Zhao Gao will surely succeed. Pointing at a deer and calling it a horse is not only reversing black and white but also the ultimate mockery and trampling of imperial power."

"Hu Hai to this extent, has completely become a plaything in Zhao Gao's palm, sad, lamentable, and even more hateful."

【Two: Hu Hai's three pleas for mercy, death and destruction of the country.

When Liu Bang approached Xianyang, Zhao Gao was afraid of taking responsibility and sent his son-in-law Yan Le to kill his way into Wangyi Palace.

Facing the butcher's knife, Hu Hai staged "three pleas for mercy"

"I wish to be a king of a prefecture." (I won't be emperor, can I be a prefectural king?)

"I wish to be a marquis of ten thousand households." (Then being a marquis is fine!)

"I wish to be a commoner with my wife and children." (Let me and my wife and children be ordinary commoners!)

Yan Le said, "I am ordered by the Prime Minister to execute you for the world," completely blocking the retreat.

Hu Hai was forced to commit suicide at the age of 24, and after his death, he was buried as a commoner, not even qualified to enter the imperial mausoleum.】

On the celestial screen, that humble scene in Wangyi Palace was reproduced.

The emperor who was once high above, like a stray dog, begged bitterly before the butcher's knife of his subject, lowering his bottom line step by step from a king to a marquis, and then to a commoner, just to survive.

In the end, he was ruthlessly rejected and forced to commit suicide.

The corpse was buried hastily, not even able to enter the imperial mausoleum.

"Three pleas for mercy... prefectural king... marquis of ten thousand households... commoner..."

Ying Zheng looked at the appearance of Hu Hai begging for mercy on the celestial screen, looked at the ending of his suicide, and looked at the desolation of his hasty burial, and the last bit of complex emotion for this son in his heart.

Perhaps there had been some favor, but at this moment it disappeared without a trace, leaving only endless coldness and disgust.

This is his son? The second emperor of Great Qin?

Before the person sent by Zhao Gao, he was so humble, without any integrity, not even having the courage to die for the country, just begging to live like a dog?

Finally, he was killed like a dog and buried like a dog?

"Trash! Coward! You are not worthy of entering my Ying Qin ancestral temple!!"

Ying Zheng's voice was cold, and he issued the verdict.

"Pass my edict: The eighteenth son Hu Hai, rebellious against human relations, slaughtering brothers and sisters, tyrannical to the common people, dim-witted and incompetent, causing the ancestral temple to be in danger and the country to be on the verge of collapse!"

"From today, demote him to a commoner, exile him to Lingnan, and never return to Xianyang! His name shall be removed from the genealogy! After death, he shall not enter the imperial mausoleum and shall not enjoy sacrifices!"

"Yes!"

The palace guards promised thunderously, and like wolves and tigers, they rushed to Hu Hai, who was already scared silly, and dragged him out like a dead dog.

Hu Hai even forgot to cry, just looked at his father, who was like a god and a demon, with dull and fearful eyes for the last time.

"As for Zhao Gao?"

Ying Zheng's gaze turned to Zhao Gao, who was lying on the ground, his eyes filled with undisguised murderous intent.

"Eunuch interfering in politics, deceiving the emperor, instigating the prince, causing chaos in the court, pointing at a deer and calling it a horse, the crime is unforgivable! Drag him out, tear him apart by chariots! Exterminate his three clans!"

"Your Majesty, spare my life! Your Majesty, spare my life! The old slave is wronged! What the celestial screen said may not be true, Your Majesty!"

Zhao Gao let out a pig-like scream, but was soon gagged by the guards and dragged out.

Waiting for him would be the most cruel punishment.

Ying Zheng's gaze finally fell on the Prime Minister Li Si, whose face was pale and sweating profusely.

Li Si felt that cold gaze, fell to his knees with a thud, kowtowed, and trembled.

"Your Majesty! Your subject... your subject is guilty! Your subject... your subject would never dare to alter the imperial edict or frame the prince!"

"The celestial screen... what the celestial screen said may be rumors of later generations. Your subject is loyal to Your Majesty and the Great Qin, heaven and earth can bear witness, Your Majesty!"

He was truly scared now, the end of Zhao Gao being torn apart by chariots was right before his eyes.

Although Li Si relied on his merits, he also knew the First Emperor's thunderous rage was enough to grind him into powder.

Ying Zheng stared at Li Si for a long time.

He appreciated Li Si's talent and remembered Li Si's merits.

What the celestial screen said was something that might happen in the future, but it hadn't happened yet.

Moreover, Li Si was different from Zhao Gao; he was a heavy minister of the Legalist school and an important builder of the Great Qin system.

After a while, Ying Zheng slowly opened his mouth, his voice unreadable.

"Li Si, whether what the celestial screen said is true or false, I have my own judgment. The matter of you and Zhao Gao conspiring has not happened yet."

"However, you indeed have selfish motives and are suspected of monopolizing power."

Li Si heard this, his heart tightened, but hearing "has not happened yet," a glimmer of hope rose, and he kowtowed repeatedly:

"Your subject knows his guilt! Your subject will always be vigilant, serve the emperor loyally, and never dare to have two hearts!"

"I beg Your Majesty to give your subject a chance. Your subject is willing to use the rest of his life to assist Your Majesty in achieving eternal hegemony and making my Great Qin create a foundation for ten thousand generations!"

Ying Zheng was silent for a moment, ultimately cherishing talent, and also considering the stability of the court, saying coldly:

"I will believe you once."

"However, the death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime is hard to escape. Remove your position as Tingwei, and retain your position as Prime Minister, to observe your future performance."

"If you have two hearts again, or if there is a mistake in your actions, Zhao Gao will be your warning!"