Meng Yi, the grandson of the famous general of the Qin Dynasty, Meng aristocrat, the son of Meng Wu, the younger brother of Meng Ten, was a minister of the Qin Dynasty. Meng's family three generations of Qin, attacking cities and territories, born into death, for the Qin Emperor to unify the six countries, and set up a great deal of work.
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Meng Yi's ancestors were from the state of Qi, his grandfather Meng aristocrat, from the state of Qi west into the state of Qin to serve the king of Qin Zhaoxiang, the official supreme secretary. Meng Yi's father, Meng Wu, was a deputy general of Qin in the 23rd year of Emperor Qin's reign. He and Wang Jian attacked Chu and defeated the Chu army, killing the Chu general Xiang Yan. Meng Yi's older brother, Meng Ten, was a general of Qin in the 26th year of the reign of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, and led an attack on the state of Qi, defeating the Qi state, and was appointed as an internal historian.
After Qin Shi Huang unified the six states and established the Qin Dynasty, he sent Meng Tim to lead an army of 300,000 men to expel the Xiong Nu to the north, collect the common land south of the Yellow River, construct the Great Wall, and make use of the terrain to set up fortresses, stretching more than 10,000 miles from Lintao in the west to Liaodong in the east. Meng Ten had more than ten years, stationed in Shangxian, shocked the Xiongnu, Qin Shi Huang was very honored Meng, trust to praise Meng Ten's talent, and close to Meng Yi, Meng Yi official to the Secretary, out of the Qin Shi Huang accompanied by the same car, in the residence of the attendant in front of the Qin Shi Huang.
On one occasion, when Zhao Gao, an official of the Central Government, committed a serious crime, Emperor Qin asked Meng Yi to punish him according to the law. Meng Yi did not dare to bend the law and sentenced Zhao Gao to death and deprived him of his official position. However, the first emperor pardoned Zhao Gao and reinstated him in his official position because of his conscientiousness in his work.
In the winter of the 37th year of Emperor Qin Shi Huang's reign, he traveled to Luangya in the north, by sea, on a tour of Hui Ji. In the winter of the 37th year of Emperor Qin Shi Huang's reign, he traveled to Luangya in the north. When he suddenly fell ill on the way, he sent Meng Yi back to Huiji to pray. Before Meng Yi returned, Emperor Qin Shi Huang died of his illness when he arrived at Shachu. The news of Qin Shi Huang's death was blocked, and all the civil and military officials did not know about it. At that time, Prime Minister Li Si, Prince Hu Hai and Zhao Gao often accompanied Qin Shi Huang. Zhao Gao was very much favored by Hu Hai and wanted to appoint Hu Hai as the successor of the emperor, but he also resented Meng Yi for punishing him according to the law instead of helping him, so he had the intention of harming Meng Yi, so he plotted with the prime minister Li Si and the duke Hu Hai to appoint Hu Hai as the crown prince. After the crown prince was appointed, he sent a messenger to fabricate the charges and sentenced Fusu, the eldest son of Qin Shi Huang, and Meng Ten to death. Fusu committed suicide and died, but Mengtian had doubts and asked for a retrial. The emissary handed Mengtian over to the officials and sent someone else to replace him. Hu Hai appointed Li Si's servant to be the guardian of the army, replacing Mengtian as the commander of the army. When the messenger returned, Hu Hai heard that Fusu was dead and wanted to release Meng, but Zhao Gao, fearing that Meng would once again use his favor, still held a grudge.
After Meng Yi came back from praying in the mountains and rivers, Zhao Gao took the opportunity to show his loyalty to Hu Hai and wanted to eliminate Meng, saying to Hu Hai: "I have heard that the late emperor wanted to employ the wise and capable, and appointed you as the crown prince for a long time, but Meng Yi remonstrated with him and said that he could not do so. If he knew that you were capable and did not appoint you for a long time, he was disloyal to you and confused the late emperor! In my humble opinion, it would be better to kill him. Hu Hai followed Zhao Gao's advice and imprisoned Meng Yi in Dai County. Before that, he had imprisoned Meng Tian in Yang Zhou. After returning to Xianyang and burying Qin Shi Huang, Hu Hai assumed the throne as Qin Er Shi. Zhao Gao was the most favored of Qin II, and he was slandering Meng day and night, looking for charges to impeach him. Zi Ying remonstrated with Qin II, saying, "I have heard that in the past, King Qian of Zhao killed Li Mu, a good minister, and replaced him with Yan Ju; King Xi of Yan secretly used Jing Ke's stratagem, and violated Qin's treaty; and King Jian of Qi killed his loyal ministers of the past, and used the stratagem of Housheng. Each of these three kings lost his country and brought disaster upon himself by changing his old ways. Now the Mengs are all ministers and strategists of Qin, but the king wants to abandon them at a moment's notice and get rid of them, which I privately think is not right. I have heard that a man who is light in thought cannot rule a country, and a man who is unable to gather the wisdom of the people cannot protect the king. Killing loyal ministers and appointing those who have no integrity is not good enough for the ministers to trust each other internally, and separates the fighting spirit of the warriors externally! I privately believe that this is not the way to go.
Hu Hai did not take Zi Ying's advice, but sent Qu Gong, the royal historian, on a stagecoach to the county of Dai, ordering Meng Yi to say, "The late king wanted to appoint a prince, but you blocked him. Now the prime minister thinks you are disloyal and sentences you to the destruction of your clan. I can't bear to do so, but I am glad to give you a death sentence. I hope you can make your own plans. Meng Yi replied, "If I cannot win the late lord's favor, then I can be considered to know the late lord's mind if I work as an official from my young age and enjoy the honor until the late lord's death. If I don't know the talent of the Prince, then the Prince can keep the favor alone, accompany the late lord, and travel around the world, compared to other dukes, there is no difference, what is there for me to doubt. The late lord wants to utilize the prince, already has several years of accumulation of heart, I still dare to advise what slander, still dare to make some plans! I don't dare to make excuses to survive, but I am afraid of tarnishing the reputation of the late lord, so I hope you will take some pains for me, so that I can die for the truth. Besides, there is an old saying: "To be satisfied with the will of the people is honored by the right way; to be killed by severe punishment is despised by the right way". In the past, three good ministers of the Zi Che clan were buried in the Qin public cemetery. The punishment of Bailey Xi was not justified, so he was given the title of Miu. King Zhaoxiang of Qin killed Bai Qi, King Ping of Chu killed Wu She, and King Fu-chai of Wu killed Wu Zixu, all of these four kings committed great faults, which made the people of the world criticize their faults and say that their kings were not wise enough, and thus the bad reputation of these four kings was recorded in the histories of the feudal lords. Therefore, it is said that those who rule the country in a righteous way do not kill the innocent and do not inflict punishment on the innocent. I hope you will think about this carefully! The messenger knew Hu Hai's mind and did not listen to Meng Yi, so he killed him.