Chapter 221 Prelude to the Massacre
Chapter 221 Prelude to the Massacre
Hearing Meng Yi say this, Zhang Rishan felt a little relieved.
This Meng Yi seems to be easy to talk to.
Maybe this time, they can get through it safely.
"So you are an old acquaintance of our ancestor. We are sorry for disturbing your rest."
Zhang Rishan said with his head lowered.
Meng Yi looked at Zhang Rishan and the others, his smile gradually faded: "Since you know this is my resting place, what are you doing here?"
Zhang Rishan stuttered for a moment, his mind racing, and then he said, "We also stumbled into this place by mistake, and experienced many crises along the way. We only got here by chance."
“That’s it…”
Meng Yi nodded, then asked, "How long have I slept? What year is it in the outside world now?"
"How long have I slept? What year is it in the outside world now?"
Zhang Rishan paused when he heard this.
For a moment, he couldn't tell how many years had passed from Meng Yi's era to now.
It was Xu Feng who spoke up: "Replying to the senior, you have been asleep for more than 2,200 years. Now it is the modern society 2,200 years later."
"More than two thousand two hundred years?"
Meng Yi looked disappointed: "Have I slept for so long? It's true that a day in the mountains is a thousand years in the world."
He asked again: "Is my Great Qin still there?"
Xu Feng stepped forward and said, "Daqin... died in the third generation not long after the death of the First Emperor."
Meng Yi's body was shocked, his face full of disbelief.
"what?!"
"How could our mighty Qin, with its glorious cause, unite the six kingdoms and terrify all directions, perish in the third generation?!"
His eyes were wide open, his face was filled with anger, and his eyes were full of disbelief.
In an instant.
An astonishing aura emanated from him, like a heavy hammer. Everyone present took several steps back. Some people with poor cultivation could not help but spit out blood.
Only Xu Feng, Zhang Qiling, Zhang Rishan, Lao Hu and the fat man were able to withstand this momentum.
But judging from their faces, they didn't look too good either.
Meng Yi jumped down from the coffin and with a thud, landed in front of Xu Feng like a god of war.
"You're lying to me!!!"
Xu Feng suppressed the throbbing in his heart and replied, "General Meng, I didn't lie to you!"
"During the reign of the First Emperor, there were many hidden dangers in the country due to many reasons. However, under the suppression of the First Emperor and his close ministers such as General Meng, no one dared to challenge the authority of the First Emperor."
"After the death of the First Emperor, the Crown Prince Hu Hai ascended the throne..."
Meng Yi suddenly interrupted Xu Feng: "Crown Prince Hu Hai ascended the throne? Didn't His Majesty make a will to allow Prince Fusu to ascend the throne?!"
"Uh"
Xu Feng paused and explained, "Because the Emperor's will was changed by Zhao Gao!"
"Zhao Gao?! The man who drew the lots?!"
Meng Yi's eyes widened with anger.
"That's right!" Xu Feng said calmly, "Zhao Gao was an extremely ambitious man. When the First Emperor was still alive, he was able to suppress him. After the First Emperor died, no one suppressed his ambition. At that time, the will was in Li Si's hands, so Zhao Gao colluded with Li Si and tampered with the will."
"In order to be able to take charge of government affairs, he has to find an incompetent prince to inherit the throne."
"Hu Hai was chosen to become the second emperor of the Qin Dynasty."
"Eunuch! How dare you!!!"
Meng Yi's hair and beard were standing on end, and he looked like he was about to bite someone.
He angrily punched the mountain wall.
boom!
He actually smashed a terrifying big hole in the mountain wall through mid-air.
The entire hole was sunken, as if it had been hit by a cannonball, with debris flying everywhere.
Such a terrifying level of cultivation made Xu Feng, Zhang Rishan and others gasp.
Such amazing destructive power, if it hits them, I'm afraid it can blow them up with one punch!
After venting his anger, Meng Yi took a deep breath and asked, "Tell me, how did that eunuch bring disaster to the imperial court?!"
Xu Feng did not answer, but asked: "May I ask when did General Meng come here?"
Meng Yi glanced at him and said, "I once swore that I would go through fire and water for the Great Qin and protect your majesty's peace for generations to come. So after your majesty passed away, I sent your majesty to the imperial mausoleum, and then guarded it here, guarding your majesty's tomb, and never left again!"
Hearing Meng Yi say this, Xu Feng couldn't help but stand in awe.
Even other people developed respect for Meng Yi.
There are so many vows in the world, but how many can be fulfilled?
From ancient times to the present, how many ministers can be as loyal as Meng Yi? !
"That's it!"
Xu Feng said: "After the death of the First Emperor, Zhao Gao launched a coup and conspired with Li Si to forge an imperial edict, forcing Prince Fusu to commit suicide. He then supported Hu Hai to ascend the throne and appointed himself as the Imperial Physician."
"After Hu Hai ascended the throne, he formed a clique with Li Si to pursue personal interests, impose forced labor, and implement harsh policies."
"Soon after Hu Hai ascended the throne, he began to pursue a life of extravagance and luxury at the instigation of Zhao Gao. In order to show the emperor's majesty, in the first year of his reign, he imitated the First Emperor's pomp and circumstance, renovated the Afang Palace, and collected rare flowers and plants, rare birds and animals from all over the world for his own entertainment."
"Zhao Gao also gained Hu Hai's favor and his power grew day by day."
"But he was also very guilty, fearing that his forgery would be exposed and he would be held accountable, so he tricked Hu Hai and took the power of life and death from him. In a short time, the massacre began in Xianyang City."
"The first person Zhao Gao took action against was..."
Xu Feng paused here and glanced at Meng Yi.
Meng Yi urged: "What is it?"
Xu Feng: "The first one is your Meng family."
Meng Yi's eyes suddenly widened.
"Your Meng family is the most favored by the First Emperor, and you hold high positions in the court. Therefore, you are the people Zhao Gao fears the most in his life. He slanders the Meng family day and night, looking for their crimes and impeaching them."
"When the crown prince Ziying learned of the disaster of the Meng family, he hurried to the palace to persuade the second emperor, believing that killing loyal ministers would lead to the destruction of the country. Unfortunately, Hu Hai favored Zhao Gao and would not listen to him. In the end, the entire Meng family was slaughtered."
Meng Yi clenched his fists and his whole body was shaking.
"After getting rid of the Meng family, Zhao Gao turned his knife on the royal family. He killed Hu Hai's 12 brothers and 10 sisters in Xianyang. For a time, the Ying royal family was in a state of panic, and even one prince was so scared that he volunteered to be buried with the first emperor."
"Then Zhao Gao killed many officials who dared to speak out and put forward suggestions, and replaced them with a large number of his cronies."
"In order to block the discussion and prevent the Second Emperor from contacting other people, and further control him, Zhao Gao made up another lie, saying that the reason why the emperor is noble is that he must always maintain his dignity, so that people can only hear his voice but not see his form. Your Majesty is still young, and if you inadvertently expose your weaknesses in front of the ministers, you may be laughed at by the world. Therefore, Your Majesty is better to stay in the inner court to handle government affairs, and let the humble ministers and others assist you. In this way, everyone will praise the emperor's wisdom."
"In this way, Hu Hai handed over the affairs of the court to Zhao Gao, and stopped attending court. He indulged in pleasure, and the power of decision-making fell into Zhao Gao's hands. As his power expanded, Zhao Gao's ambitions also continued to expand, and he turned his attention to the position of prime minister, which was second only to the emperor."
"The Qin Empire was already in crisis. The tyranny that had begun with the First Emperor became even worse under Zhao Gao. The heavy corvée and taxes and the cruel sex laws made the people miserable. The old nobles of the six kingdoms were also plotting day and night to restore their empire."
"The various complex contradictions intertwined together, and finally led Chen Sheng and Wu Guang to rise up in rebellion."
(End of this chapter)