Li Si , the prime minister of the first emperor in history Qin Shihuang , and the prime minister of the first dynasty Qin dynasty . His life was mixed, but without him, Qin Shihuang would not have unified the six kingdoms. He also laid the foundation for the system of later dynasties, and has had a certain influence today.
's evaluation of Li Si has always affirmed his ability and disdained him personally. The Qin Dynasty's " burning books and burying scholars " was mainly the result of his advice. Naturally, in the case of later generations influenced by Confucian , he was criticized.
1. A tiny background
Li Si is not a in the Qin State. As a in the Chu State, he was just a small official in the same place at the beginning, and his life was also leisurely. What made him work hard afterwards was that a group of mice changed him.
When Li Si went to the toilet, he scared the mice inside and ran around. This scene made him feel melancholy and also stimulated him to change himself. He once saw mice in the granary who not only ate fat, but also were completely unafraid of people. So, he believes that the environment affects a person. If you are in a bad environment, you will not be strong, and your life will be like a mouse in the toilet, and you will be frightened. But in a good environment, I also live a wealthy life, just like a rat in a granary. I don’t have to worry about food, so I will have more sense of security and will not be afraid of anything.
So, Li Si began to make himself stronger and went to a better platform. At this time, the best platform was the most powerful Qin State at that time. However, if you want to achieve yourself, having a platform alone is not enough, you must also have extraordinary knowledge. Then he became a classmate with Xunzi and became classmates with Han Feizi . After completing
, Li Si came to Qin. Although Li Si's talent was already good at this time, it was not easy to prove himself. In order to achieve his goals, he became the disciple of the then prime minister Lu Buwei through other people's introduction. However, there is no relevant record of how Li Si has noticed Lu Buwei among so many people. But because of Lu Buwei, Li Si had the opportunity to get in touch with , Qin Wang , Ying Zheng. Seeing Ying Zheng also made Li Si's career start to flourish.
2. Meeting King Qin
When Li Si first met King Qin Ying Zheng, Ying Zheng was still a young child who had no power. At this time, Li Si was almost 20 years older than Ying Zheng, but Ying Zheng still admired Li Si's personal talents very much. However, Ying Zheng, who had no power, has been looking forward to growing up and taking power.
At this time, the main power of the Qin court was concentrated in the hands of Zhong's father Lu Buwei, plus Ying Zheng's mother Zhao Ji , and these two people have an indescribable relationship. In order to please Zhao Ji, Lu Buwei presented her with a fake temple Lao Ai . Many people know about the story that Lao Ai and Zhao Ji not only have children, but Lao Ai is also preparing to seize the Qin regime.
It is precisely because of this that Lao Ai was killed, Zhao Ji was quiet, Lu Buwei was dismissed from prefecture, and Ying Zheng also truly mastered his Qin State from then on. Not long after, Lu Buwei committed suicide, which made a secret matter public. That is, South Korea sent water conservancy experts Zhengguo to Qin to build a canal, which made Qin's finances was wasted here. Then, a trend of expelling people from other countries was set off in the court.
Later, there was the " Admonition to Exile the Guest Book " written by Li Si, who we learned in our textbook. This analyzed the principle that Qin State developed by talents from various places, and also made Ying Zheng cancel the order to expel talents from other countries. In fact, the reason for the first order was Ying Zheng's momentary anger. After calming down, he will understand that if he does this, Qin will lose a large number of talents, which is extremely unfavorable to Qin's development.
3, Qin unification
From then on, Li Si's career was smooth sailing. With the cooperation of his boss Ying Zheng, Qin also unified the six countries and established the Qin Dynasty.At this time, Li Si had a larger platform to show himself. After
, it is the familiar abolishment of feudalism, implementing county system , unifying currency, weights and measures, carriages and same tracks, books and texts, etc. These have profoundly influenced the various dynasties in later generations and have been continued. These are often said to be Qin Shihuang's achievements, but in fact, the real executor and suggestion are Li Si.
Although Li Si is older than Qin Shihuang Ying Zheng, Ying Zheng did not live longer than Li Si. In Ying Zheng's later years, he was extremely irritable and began to pursue the way of immortality more. At this time, Ying Zheng killed many innocent people, but as the closest Li Si around him, he was deeply trusted by Ying Zheng until Ying Zheng's death.
With Ying Zheng's departure, Li Si's era also came to an end.
4, the end is miserable
Qin Shihuang Ying Zheng passed away on his way out, and before his death, he also decided that the most talented Fusu Gongzi ascended the throne. And this decision was entrusted to Li Si and Zhao Gao, who stayed by Ying Zheng's side and were deeply trusted by Ying Zheng. At this time, Fusu was training in the border, and behind it was the large number of Qin soldiers who supported him. But Li Si and Zhao Gao understood that if Fusu became Qin Ershi , they would not have the power and status they are now.
At the beginning, Li Si did not think about letting his youngest son Hu Hai ascend the throne, but at the instigation of Zhao Gao, for his own power, he still helped Zhao Gao to let Hu Hai ascend the throne. In the end, he killed Fusu and general Meng Tian with Zhao Gao, allowing Qin Chao to enter the last moment.
After Hu Hai became Qin II, he was completely controlled by Zhao Gao. Li Si found that not only did he not preserve his power position, he even left the center of power more and more. Later, Zhao Gao even designed to kill Li Si and let Hu Hai's conspiracy to ascend the throne be kept secret only in Zhao Gao's heart.
In the end, Li Si was beheaded in the capital of the Qin Dynasty Xianyang . The first prime minister of the first emperor in history came to an end. The Qin Dynasty gradually ended, and Li Si became a burialist in the Qin Dynasty.
