During the Warring States period, the seven heroes stood side by side, and the world was frequently burned. After that, the State of Qin appointed Shang Martingale, changed the law to become stronger, and finally a foreign army sprung up, and Yu Lie, the Sixth Emperor, swept through the Six Kingdoms and clarified Yuyu. In the eyes of the public, the key to the unification of the Six Kingdoms by the Qin State lies in the Battle of Changping. In this battle, qin will completely annihilate 450,000 people in the zhao state, fundamentally changing the balance of power between the qin state and the six kingdoms.
In fact, however, the turning point of the Warring States was earlier than the Battle of Changping, which was the Battle of the Five Kingdoms in 284 BC. Why were the five countries of Yan, Qin, Zhao, Wei, and Han able to put aside their prejudices against each other and form an unprecedented five-nation alliance to jointly cut down the qi? All of this has to start from a person, and this initiator is the famous Su Qin.
Speaking of diligence, there is a sentence that is very appropriately described, "head overhang, cone thorn stock" and the protagonist of this "cone thorn stock" is Su Qin.
Su Qin, a famous scholar, diplomat and strategist of the Warring States period. As one of the students of Ghost Valley, Su Qin traveled for many years after completing his studies, but he fell into poverty and eventually returned without success. His family looked down on him and didn't even cook for him. This made Su Qin ashamed, so he made up his mind to study well every day. Whenever he dozed off, he would stab himself in the thigh with an awl to keep himself awake. Finally, the Emperor Tian did not pay off, Su Qin finally achieved great feats, studied the "Zhou Shu Yin Rune" and figured out the art of combining vertical and horizontal, and then began to travel around the world. And this journey for him can be described as a tortuous and fruitful journey. Even because of this journey, he pushed the course of history.
Su Qin observed the situation in the nations and found that the State of Qin was the most powerful, and the terrain was dangerous, and it could be attacked and retreated, which had already aroused the vigilance of the other six countries. Therefore, Su Qin formulated a strategy of combining the vertical and vertical, and instigated the Six Kingdoms Alliance to resist Qin. In the end, Su Qin persuaded the monarchs of the Six Kingdoms to help Qi Chuyan, Zhao, Han, and Wei form an alliance of the Six Kingdoms.
Although Su Qin organized the Six Kingdoms Alliance to fight against the Qin state. However, Su Qin did not hate the State of Qin, in fact, he despised the State of Qi even more. Because Su Qin once organized a Five Kingdoms cut down Qin. Unexpectedly, Qi Guo sold his teammates for his own interests and turned around to attack Zhao Guo with Wei Guo. As a result, the first conspiracy ended in failure. Because of this, Su Qin, who was originally in a high position in the Zhao kingdom, was expelled by the angry King Zhao. In desperation, Su Qin had no choice but to turn to the State of Yan.
But in the Yan Kingdom, Su Qin's life was not very good.
First, someone told the King of Yan that Su Qin had betrayed the country, and the clouds were uncertain, and he would definitely jump back in the future. In the end, Su Qin also relied on his three inches of uncorrupted tongue, argued according to reason, laid out the facts and reasoned, and successfully persuaded the King of Qin and gained trust.
But what really made Su Qin almost lose his life was another thing. It turned out that in 324 BC, Su Qin had the audacity to have an affair with the mother of King Yan Yi. The empress dowager was going to lose her head, and this matter even reached the ears of King Yan Yi. Su Qin was like an ant on a hot pot at this time, even if he couldn't eat or sleep, he felt that his life was in danger at any time.
However, wanwan did not expect that Yan Yiwang's next behavior surprised everyone. Not only did he not punish Su Qin, but he also rewarded Su Qin and gave him a generous gift, so that Su Qin himself was also a little confused, and it made people at that time feel incomprehensible, did he want Su Qin to be his stepfather?
In fact, King Yan Yi's move was to show grace to Su Qin, because King Yan Yi saw that Su Qin was a talented person who could be used by the State of Yan and could help the State of Yan resist the invasion of other countries, so he once again spared Su Qin.
As the saying goes, eat people with soft mouths, take people with short hands. Su Qin found that he had failed King Yi of Yan, and felt very uncomfortable, plus he already hated the State of Qi, so Su Qin took the initiative to find the King of Yan and asked for help, saying: "I am in the State of Yan, and I cannot make the Country of Yan strong. If I am in the country of Qi, I can make the country of Yan strong! So he volunteered to go to the state of Qi, and the King of Yan also approved it.
After arriving at the State of Qi, how did Su Qin destroy the State of Qi?
At the beginning of the Qi state, Su Qin endured humiliation and waited for the opportunity, and in 301 BC, King Xuan of Qi died and King Qi Min succeeded to the throne. Immediately after the death of King Xuan of Qi, he suggested that King Qi Min overhaul the palace and mausoleum, and as soon as King Qi Min, who was very happy, heard Su Qin's advice, he felt very appetizing, so he accepted Su Qin's suggestion and spent a lot of manpower and material resources to build these projects.
At the same time, Su Qin constantly provoked relations between the State of Qi and other countries, especially after the "Tian Jia Robbery" incident, Tian Bao and Tian Wen, who had long controlled the government, suffered a blow, and the departure of Meng Yijun and Tian Wen created conditions for Su Qin to ascend to the throne and also laid the groundwork for the decline of the State of Qi.
At the same time, Su Qin used his diplomatic ability to split the relationship between the State of Qi and the four countries of Chu, Zhao, Wei, and Han, so that these four countries came to the opposite side of the State of Qi.
Later, these five countries formed an alliance and began to attack the State of Qi, causing the rapid decline of the State of Qi and no longer able to compete with other countries, and the King of Yan finally had to take revenge in this battle. As the monarch of a small country, King Yan Yi exchanged the dignity of himself and his mother for the final victory, which cannot be said to be unwise, and Su Qin spent the rest of his life lurking in the State of Qi, which cannot be described as disloyal!