During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the princes competed for hegemony and disputed for a hundred years, and in the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, in the end, Qin destroyed the Six Kingdoms and ended the Warring States Era. Why the Qin state was able to rule the world in a desolate place is not only due to the merits of the Shang martingale transformation method, but also has a great relationship with the efforts of the kings of the Qin state (Yu Lie of the Sixth Dynasty).
Compared with the debut of the peak of the State of Wei, the State of Qin is located in the northwest frontier, poor land resources, relatively backward development, after the Qin Xiaogong and Shang Martingale to change the law, the Qin State gradually became stronger, especially in the middle and late Warring States, the Qin State gradually became the hegemon of the Central Plains, which is not unrelated to the efforts of the qin monarchs since the Qin Xiaogong.
Since the Qin Xiaogong, the successive monarchs of the Qin State have almost few faint-hearted people, most of the monarchs have taken the unification of the world as their responsibility after succeeding to the throne, among these monarchs, there is such a monarch, he has a great talent and a grand strategy, during the reign of more than fifty years, frequently out of the Hangu Valley, sweeping Liuhe, laying the foundation for the unification of the Qin State, the prosperity of the Qin State also began from his generation, he is the King of Qin Zhaoxiang.
In the first half of his life, Qin Zhaoxiang wang Yinji experienced the transformation of the identity of proton, prince, prince, and king, and this ups and downs of life made him cherish the power in his hands even more. Among the many heirs of King Huiwen of Qin, There was not much sense of existence, and even King Huiwen of Qin never thought of making "Concubine" the crown prince.
When He was young, he was sent to the Yan Kingdom as a proton, and then befriended Qin Yan. Although it is said that Yingji was the child born to Empress Dowager Qin Xuan and King Huiwen of Qin, Empress Xuan did not attach importance to Empress Dowager, and the coldness of her father and the estrangement of her mother also made the early years of Empress Dowager and power out of touch. Although Ying Ji was a prince, she had no backing in the dynasty, so from an early age, She ji learned to be self-reliant and self-reliant.
After the death of King Huiwen of Qin, the eldest son, Yingdang, succeeded to the throne, that is, King Wu of Qin. King Qin Wu's personality was brave and belligerent, and after reigning for only four years, he led the Qin army out of the east several times, although King Qin Wu was not a faint king, but he was definitely not a Ming Jun, and once, King Qin Wu participated in the Zhou Royal Family's competition held at the Taimiao Temple, arrogant and arrogant, vainly trying to move the Copper Ding in front of the Taimiao Temple with bare hands to threaten the Six Kingdoms, however, in the process of lifting the Ding, the King of Qin Wu unfortunately had his tibia broken and died.
King Wu of Qin died suddenly, who should inherit the throne of Qin? This was a serious problem, and the Qin state also became panicked because of the death of King Wu, because King Qin Wu did not leave heirs or wills during his lifetime, so the brothers of King Qin Wu began to covet the throne.
At this time, the Qin court was divided into two factions, one faction headed by Empress Xuan, who supported the prince "Fu" as the king, and the other faction headed by Queen Huiwen of Qin (the mother of King Wu of Qin), who supported the prince "Zhuang".
Both factions had great power in the Qin state, and no one could conquer the other, which also caused the Qin state to fall into a long period of power vacuum. When the prince of the Yan kingdom, Ying Ji, heard the news that King Juding of Qin Wu had been killed, he understood that when King Wu of Qin died, there would be a bloody storm within the State of Qin.
In her heart, She also wanted to become the king of the Qin Kingdom, but she was alone, still in the Yan Kingdom, and there was no celebrity to assist her, so she had no chance to seize the throne. Eun Seol looked to the west, and the flame of hope had just been lit in her heart, and it was instantly extinguished by reality.
However, opportunities often inadvertently fall to you, when King Wuling of Zhao, the famous king of the State of Zhao, saw the civil unrest in Qin and realized that the opportunity had come, and he wanted to support a prince of the Qin royal family in order to achieve the purpose of controlling the Qin state. However, King Wuling of Zhao looked at the protons of the State of Qin in the State of Zhao, and there was no one that could make him look at it, but it was gongzi Ji in the State of Yan, and King Wuling of Zhao liked it very much.
Then, there is a question here, why did King Wuling of Zhao want to support Ying Ji as the Prince of Qin? There are actually two deep meanings in this, one is that King Wuling of Zhao wants to achieve the purpose of provoking internal struggles in Qin by controlling Yingji, so as to continuously weaken the strength of the Qin State, which requires a proton with superior ability to seize the throne.
And a few protons in the Zhao kingdom, it is obvious that they are some wine, meat and rice sacks, there is no great talent, and in the Yan kingdom of YingJi is a good candidate, King Wuling of Zhao believes that if YingJi returns to China to become the King of Qin, then, Empress Xuan and Huiwen will definitely divide again and fight infighting, at this time, if there is infighting in the Qin State, it will not only be the infighting of the "two queens", but also the infighting of the entire imperial court.
Second, King Wuling of Zhao also wants to use this to show favor to the State of Qin, after all, the State of Qin is his neighbor, if the State of Zhao does not take the initiative to win over, once the State of Qin stands with the State of Qi, it must be more harmful than beneficial to the State of Zhao, and after the King of Zhao Wuling comprehensively considers the above factors, in the end, under the operation of king Wuling of Zhao, Yin Ji returned to the State of Qin under the escort of the Army of the State of Zhao.
The sudden return of the Qin court to Yingji appeared to be somewhat hectic, especially the courtiers of the Qin State, who vigorously resisted the establishment of Yingji as the King of Qin, the reason was that the return of Yingji was impure, and if Liyiji was made king, this was likely to be a conspiracy of the State of Zhao.
Qin Huiwen's faction was also very jealous of Yingji's return, and not only sent assassins to assassinate Yingji, but also openly and covertly provoked the relationship between the Qunchen and Yingji. On the contrary, Empress Xuan, the birth mother of Empress Dowager, saw an opportunity, and it was originally a helpless move to establish a gongzi "Fu", after all, no matter how Gongzi Fu was, it was the "second son", that is to say, Gongzi "Fu" was not the eldest son.
When supporting the prince "Fu", the opinions of the courtiers were great, and they believed that the second son's succession violated patriarchal law and tradition. And this time, his eldest son returned, which also gave Empress Xuan hope, at least the Qunchen had no reason to say that it was illegal to take the throne. Therefore, Empress Qin Xuan's faction decided to change direction and put all her strength into Ying Ji.
Empress Dowager Xuan gained the power of Empress Xuan internally and the support of King Wuling of Zhao outside, and Empress Dowager Qin was also the eldest son of Empress Dowager Qin, so, under internal and external pressure, the court of the Qin state could only support Empress Dowager Xuan as the King of Qin, known in history as the King of Qin Zhaoxiang.
Empress Dowager Xuan fulfilled her wish to become the King of Qin, but she was a King of Qin who was hollowed out by her mother, because Empress Xuan directly acted as the ruler of the dynasty on the grounds that the King of Qin was young, so the power of Empress Dowager Xuan was thus suspended by Empress Xuan, and in the early stage of her reign, almost all major events in Qin and abroad were decided by Empress Xuan alone.
Although Empress Xuan was her own birth mother, Empress Dowager Xuan understood that from childhood to adulthood, her mother's favorite was not herself, but her younger brother Gongzi Fu; and when she was young, she was sent to the Yan Kingdom as a proton; therefore, Empress Dowager Xuan was not very close to Empress Xuan, but forced by Empress Xuan's power, Empress Dowager Xuan could only endure again and again.
As he grew older, plus his own power grew, YingJi also began to control the power of the Qin state step by step. Later, after appointing Fan Ju as a counselor, King Zhaoxiang of Qin planned a series of coups, took back the power of the four nobles of the Qin state, and deposed Empress Xuan, so that at this time, Yin Ji completely controlled the power of the Qin state.
After Yin Ji controlled the State of Qin, the first step he made was to carry out a long-distance and close-range attack strategy, and a strategy of continuous horizontalism, he was in the Six Kingdoms of Shandong, frequently and horizontally, step by step weakening the strength of the states, in the fourth year of his succession, Qi, Wei, and Han jointly attacked the State of Chu, and Yin Ji sent troops to directly unite with the State of Chu to counterattack the Three Kingdoms, in this war, the State of Qin was nominally a coalition of the State of Chu, but the State of Qin basically did not contribute anything, most of it was the State of Chu to resist the crusade of the Three Kingdoms.
When the three kingdoms of Qi, Wei, and Han gradually oppressed the State of Chu to a desperate situation, the State of Qin directly sent troops to attack Korea and the State of Wei, and seized a large area of territory of Korea and the State of Wei, and the war ended with the four countries being defeated and the State of Qin profiting.
In the sixth year of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, the State of Qin united with the three families of Han, Wei, and Qi to attack the State of Chu, and defeated the Chu army, which greatly weakened the national strength of the State of Chu. After ending the war against Chu, the State of Qin continued to switch guns, drove a large army into Korea, and once again seized a large area of Korean land.
Since then, Korea has been completely crippled by the Qin state, leaving Korea with only a few cities left and struggling to maintain. In the seventh year of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, the State of Qin attacked the State of Chu again and captured Xiangcheng, the core area of the State of Chu, in this way, King Zhaoxiang of Qin continued to provoke wars through a continuous strategy of continuous horizontalism, consuming the strength of other countries, and the State of Qin further expanded in the war.
The second step of Yingji is to be called emperor, and Yingji understands that if you want to unify the six kingdoms, then you must realize orthodoxy in identity. In the nineteenth year of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, Yingji proclaimed herself the Western Emperor, and, in order to hide her eyes and ears, Yingji also sent emissaries to the State of Qi to honor the King of Qi as the Eastern Emperor, hoping to win over the State of Qi.
The King of Qi saw through Yingji's plan and directly called on the five kingdoms to join forces and attack the Qin state. Seeing that the position of the Six Kingdoms was real, she directly canceled the imperial title and restored the title of king. Despite this, the Six-Nation Alliance did not buy it, and had already sent troops to force the Hangu Pass step by step, and the Qin State still had to deal with the Crusade of the Six Kingdoms.
In this regard, Ying Ji listened to the advice of the chancellor and took the initiative to send an army to attack the State of Wei, and at this time, the State of Wei, because of its participation in the Crusade of the Six Kingdoms, the main force in the country had already followed the coalition army to Hangu Pass, at this time the Qin army suddenly attacked, and the State of Wei had not yet eased up, and was occupied by the State of Qin.
In the end, the State of Wei had no choice but to withdraw from the Six-Nation Alliance and cut the land to seek peace with the State of Qin, after the State of Qin solved the powerful state of Wei, the next thing that needed to be solved was the powerful state of Qi in the east, and Yingji sent emissaries to lobby in many ways to rebel against the four kingdoms of Zhao, Han, Wei, and Yan, and the five-nation alliance army to fight against the State of Qi, so this was originally the Six Kingdoms crusading against the Qin State, and in the blink of an eye, it became the Five Kingdoms crusade against the Qi State, so it can be seen that King Qin Zhaoxiang's means of separating the Six Kingdoms were very good.
During the period of the Five-Nation Alliance's attack on Qi, it not only severely damaged the Qi army, but also captured dozens of cities and pools in the State of Qi, and since then, it has also forced the State of Qi to completely sever relations with the states and turn to the alliance of the State of Qin, which also broke the alliance of the Six Kingdoms.
From the east of the Qin State to the time when the Qin State unified the world, the Qin State was basically a winner, whether it was the joint crusade of the Qin State, or the Qin State and the Other States against other countries, the biggest beneficiary was always the Qin State. Therefore, during this period, the territory of the Qin state was greatly expanded.
In the 42nd year of The reign of Empress Dowager, the surrounding States of Wei and Korea had been beaten to death, basically posing no threat to the State of Qin; while the State of Chu in the south was also seriously depleted due to years of war and internal institutional problems, and now the only major problem for the State of Qin was the military power of the Northeast Zhao State.
In the past few decades of war, the Zhao state was the country that suffered the least losses, and it was also a country whose national strength remained relatively stable, and Ying Ji understood that if the Zhao state was not eliminated, the unification and hegemony of the Qin state would definitely be greatly constrained.
Under the instructions of YingJi, the main force of the Qin army began to attack the Zhao state continuously, and after many resistances, the Zhao state finally understood that relying on its own national strength alone was not enough to stop the Qin army, so the Zhao state contacted the countries and borrowed the strength of the countries to resist the qin conquest.
During this period, the Six Kingdoms had already seen the true face of the Qin State, and they also understood that if they did not hold together, then the future of the Six Kingdoms could not escape the end of being annexed by the Qin State, so at this point, the Six Kingdoms began a close alliance.
Seeing the attitude of the Six Kingdoms, He understood that if it was no longer appropriate to rely on the previous set, the best way to do it now was to defeat the countries with absolute force, so that they would completely fear the Tiger and Wolf Division of the Qin Kingdom.
Therefore, the State of Qin sent 500,000 troops to attack Zhao and fought a decisive battle with the main force of 400,000 Zhao troops in the Changping area. However, after Bai Qi's birth and Zhao Guo's mistaken abandonment of the strategy of honesty and stubbornness and the adoption of Zhao Kuo's strategy of facing the battle, the main force was exhausted and completely contained by the Qin army, surrounded by the Qin state of the fighting style of trapped beasts, hundreds of thousands of Zhao troops were deprived of food for 46 days, and finally, more than 400,000 Zhao troops had no choice but to surrender.
The Battle of Changping not only shocked the Zhao State, but also shocked the Central Plains States, and the countries knew in their hearts that the Qin army was unstoppable, but what they did not expect was that the Qin army was so powerful.
The qin army's later approach made the countries even more frightened, perhaps the Qin army was not enough grain and grass to feed the prisoners of war, perhaps the Qin army in order to prevent the Zhao state from making a comeback with the end of the trouble, or the Qin army in order to shock the countries. In short, the 400,000 main Force of the Zhao Army was buried alive by the Qin Army, and the Qin Army killed 400,000 Zhao Troops, which also made the prestige of the Qin State shock the Central Plains, and since then, the Qin State has officially shown off to the Six Kingdoms and begun the pace of unification.
The reason why the Qin state was able to unify the Central Plains was related to the efforts of successive monarchs such as King Huiwen of Qin, King Wu of Qin, King Xiang of Qin, King Xiaowen of Qin, King Xiang of Qin Zhuang, etc. Since Qin Xiaogong reused the Shang martingale transformation method, it has to be said that the merits of King Qin Zhaoxiang are the largest ones.
King Zhaoxiang of Qin's long-distance and close-range attack strategy completely reversed the external environment of the Qin state, and removed the threat of the State of Wei, the State of Chu, and the State of Zhao to the State of Qin, and he managed the Bashu region, which not only obtained an excellent farming area and a major grain-producing area for the State of Qin, but also gave the State of Qin a geopolitical advantage. With the help of Empress Dowager Qin Xuan, King Zhaoxiang of Qin destroyed the State of Yiqu, which not only solved the problem of border troubles, but also made a qualitative change in the combat effectiveness of the cavalry of the Qin State.
King Zhaoxiang of Qin's military achievements were even more outstanding, he reused Fan Ju, Bai Qi and others to completely crush the strongest military power at that time, the Zhao State, and from then on, no country in the Six Kingdoms of Shandong could compete with the Qin State alone, which cleared the way for the Qin State to unify the world militarily.
It can be said that Qin Zhaoxiang, who reigned for 56 years, this super long standby king is the key to the rise of the Qin state from rise to prosperity, and Yingji has left a good Qin state to the next Few Qin kings, and his great-grandson Qin Wang Zheng has fulfilled the long-cherished wish of King Zhaoxiang's life: to unify the six kingdoms. It can be said that the achievements of King Zhaoxiang of Qin are comparable to those of Qin Shi Huang, and may be able to surpass Qin Shi Huang.