"I'm scared." Hu Hai's emotionless voice made Li Si kneel on the ground, his body trembled involuntarily, and he kowtowed quickly.
"Okay, Li Aiqing, let's get married. If you think about it again, do you really have nothing to say to me?" Hu Hai said calmly.
Li Si quickly thanked him and stood up. Li Si was also thinking about what the emperor wanted him to say to him. In fact, Hu Hai wrongly blamed Li Si. He really didn't know what the emperor wanted him to say.
When he first met Hu Hai, Li Si was really shocked when he heard that Zhao Gao had been killed by Hu Hai, because in his mind, even if Hu Hai killed him, he would not kill Zhao Gao, because Zhao Gao had watched Hu Hai grow up, and the two of them
The feelings are extremely deep.
Moreover, Li Si did not believe that Zhao Gao would plot to assassinate Hu Hai. If he wanted Hu Hai's life, he would not have forced himself to join him in tampering with the First Emperor's edict and put Hu Hai on the throne.
The current Hu Hai was completely different from the Hu Hai he knew before. Thinking about the skillful kindness and power he had given to many ministers before, that was something that the mediocre Hu Hai who only knew pleasure could not do or think of.
If there weren't hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops around Hu Hai, Li Si would even think that Hu Hai had been tricked. But with hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops protecting him day and night, how could it be possible that the emperor of Qin could be tricked?
Li Si guessed this correctly. Hu Hai was swapped and the person was not changed, but the soul and consciousness inside were no longer the same Hu Hai.
After Hu Hai left a group of ministers and led the imperial army to march ahead, Li Si, who received the edict from Meng Gan, first thought that the emperor wanted to kill him. But on the way here, he thought about it carefully. If the emperor wanted to kill him, he thought about it carefully.
In his own words, Hu Hai, who had just entered Xianyang and returned with the power to kill Zhao Gao, could have killed him at that time. I believe that no one would dare to say anything.
Now that he was being ordered to kill himself in front of many ministers, it was obviously unnecessary and superfluous, so Li Si quickly dismissed this speculation.
The only thing he can think about is the Sand Dune Conspiracy. Now that Zhao Gao is dead and he is the only person involved, does His Majesty the Emperor want him to talk about this matter? But if His Majesty the Emperor doesn't mean it this way, it's not right for him to say this matter.
Is it typical to use this matter to threaten the emperor? Doesn’t that turn into asking for death?
Does the emperor really want to kill him? But this is too unreasonable. Thinking of this, Li Si felt uneasy. He raised his eyes and secretly glanced at Hu Hai. Seeing that Hu Hai was looking at him with a playful expression, he hurriedly buried his head and said: "Your Majesty,
I'm scared. Please express it clearly, Your Majesty." Sweat rolled down his forehead.
Seeing that the heat had arrived, Hu Hai said, "Don't Li Aiqing want to tell me about the situation of the rioters in Sishui County?"
Hearing Hu Hai's words, Li Si suddenly felt like the sound of nature, and his heart suddenly relaxed. He breathed a long sigh of relief and hurriedly knelt down and said: "I was too happy to see your Majesty and forgot such a big thing. Please punish me."
Hu Hai curled his lips helplessly and said: "Okay, okay, get up and talk. What's the situation with the chaos now?"
"I received a message yesterday that the rebellion has turned into a prairie fire. In addition to the original three groups of rebels, there are also rebels in Dang County, Sishui County, Jiujiang County, Chen County, Nan County and other counties who have started to rebel and kill our officials.
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Hearing Li Si's words, Hu Hai's heart sank. Sure enough, as long as someone lit the fire, the uprising would become a prairie fire. "Have the latest reports come from the original three groups of rebels Zhang Er, Chen Yu, Liu Bang, and Xiang Liang?" Hu Hai said.
asked.
Li Si replied without hesitation: "There has been no news of these three groups of rebels yet."
Hu Hai felt a little irritable, so he stood up and walked around twice and said, "Is there anything unusual in the Guanzhong counties?" The lack of news about Liu Bang and others made Hu Hai feel bad, but there was no way now. At this critical moment, the Guanzhong counties must
Nothing can go wrong.
"There are currently no rebellious people in Guanzhong counties, but I have received news that the remnants of the Six Kingdoms and wealthy households in Xianyang City have been moving frequently recently. If this continues, there may be unforeseen events." Li Si replied solemnly.
Now he really feels the changes in Hu Hai. All the questions Hu Hai just asked are the aspects that need to be paid attention to now. If Guanzhong is in chaos, the Qin Dynasty will collapse soon. What happened when the emperor was on the eastward tour. This is what has happened now
The biggest question lingering in Li Si's mind.
"Closely monitor the remnants of the Six Kingdoms and the wealthy households who make any changes, and come and report to me at any time if there are any changes." Although Hu Hai was anxious, he calmly ordered Li Sidao.
He also gave Hu Hai a general introduction to the people's livelihood and other aspects of the counties in Guanzhong. He saw that Hu Hai was a little tired, so Li Si wisely offered to resign. Hu Hai still had something to see Wang Li and others, so he waved him off.
When Li Sibai retreated and was about to walk out of the palace gate, Hu Hai suddenly said: "Li Aiqing, I don't want anyone to know about the sand dune, otherwise..."
Li Si, who was about to leave the palace, hurriedly turned around and knelt down in the tunnel when he heard Hu Hai's words: "I have never heard of the sand dunes."
Satisfied with Li Si's reaction, Hu Hai waved his hand and said: "I, Li Aiqing, are loyal to the country, and I, the Qin Dynasty, still need Li Aiqing to work harder. Now go down and rest."
Li Sicheng knelt down and retreated in fear. When he walked out of the palace, he realized that his robes were completely soaked. He glanced at the majestic hall with a complicated expression. Li Si walked out quickly. He was eager to know what happened during Hu Hai's eastward tour.
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As soon as Li Si left Hu Hai, he asked the palace maid who had been waiting outside the palace to bring Wang Li and others over.
When Wang Li and others arrived, Hu Hai was concentrating on a huge map of the Qin Dynasty hanging in the middle of the hall. This was something Hu Hai specially asked the palace maid to fetch and hang in the hall while waiting for Wang Li and others.
When Hu Hai heard the footsteps, he stopped and Wang Li and others who were about to salute pointed at the map and said: "You are here just in time. The Prime Minister just told me that there are already rioters in Dang County, Sishui County, Jiujiang County, Chen County, Nan County and other counties."
To rise up, I think that soon, driven by the remnants of the Six Kingdoms, the entire territory of Qin will be plunged into turmoil."
When Wang Li and others heard Hu Hai's words, their expressions changed drastically. Obviously, no one expected that things would develop so fast.
"As well as the counties in Guanzhong, the six royal families and wealthy families who were moved by His Majesty the First Emperor are also moving frequently and are ready to move. Therefore, it can be said that our Great Qin has never experienced such great changes. If we are not careful, our Great Qin will be
If it falls apart, the country will cease to exist.”
Speaking of this, Hu Hai sighed with self-blame: "It's all my fault that I was young and ignorant before, and the huge Qin State was corrupted by me to its current situation. I am ashamed of my great Qin ancestors and my father's trust."
The current situation is indeed something Hu Hai did not expect. His original ambitions were completely disrupted by the sudden peasant uprising. Now he is in a situation where he can no longer talk about his ambitions if he cannot handle it well. He may not even be able to save his own life.
Hu Hai originally knew very little about the history of this period of the Qin Dynasty, except for a few famous historical figures. At this time, he found that he had no countermeasures in the face of the corrupt Qin Dynasty and did not know where to start.
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Wang Li and others heard Hu Hai's self-blame and quickly comforted him. They were afraid that Hu Hai would become depressed. Hu Hai waved his hands and said, "I'm fine, but my dear friends, do you have any good plans to deal with the current situation?"
If we say that Wang Li and others are still very skilled in fighting, but in the face of the critical moment that is about the life and death of the Qin Dynasty, no one dares to make any random ideas, for fear that if they lose the city and land, the Qin Dynasty will be destroyed because of it.
They are the eternal sinners of Great Qin. Therefore, Wang Li and others looked at each other and did not dare to speak.
Hu Hai also knew that it was obviously unrealistic to ask these generals who only knew how to lead troops to fight to give him advice, so he saw that all the generals looked troubled and no one responded for a long time, so he did not blame him too much.
Wang Li looked at the worried Hu Hai and suddenly thought of a person in his mind, and said with joy: "Your Majesty, there is a person who can solve the current crisis of our great Qin."
"Who is it?" Hu Hai grabbed Wang Li's arm and asked urgently.