In ancient China more than 2,000 years ago, the first unified country in China was erected, ending the turmoil and strife of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. China, ushering in its two-thousand-year-long feudal era, was occasionally divided, but it has continued the feudal system.
Then we know that the greatest core of the feudal system is the royal family, which is the center of power in the whole state. The emperor is the supreme being, and Qin Shi Huang was the first emperor in China and even the world. When he was unifying the world, how did he deal with his original opponent, the other six monarchs who had the same status as him?
King Yingzheng of Qin, who has the courage to unify the six kingdoms, is naturally not a kind-hearted person. Even if the monarch of a country is lonely, he still has appeal, and the truth of raising tigers is naturally clear in his heart. It can be said that the monarchs of the six kingdoms fell into his hands, and none of them had a good ending. Of course, although Yingzheng unified the six kingdoms in one fell swoop during his reign, there was also a sequence of attack and occupation.
The qin state's policy of unifying the world was first of all to occupy Zhao and Han. The State of Zhao and the State of Qin have always been sworn enemies, and the State of Qin has repeatedly fought against the State of Zhao, but has not had obvious results. And Korea, as the weakest of the Seven Warring States, could not resist the tiger and wolf division of the Qin State no matter what.
In the seventeenth year of the reign of the Qin dynasty (230 BC), after the Qin general Nei Shi Teng crossed the Yellow River to attack Korea, soon the Korean capital Xinzheng was breached, and after Han Wang An surrendered, the Qin army put him under house arrest in Chen County.
Originally, Korea was small, and it had not yet allowed the King of Qin to have the idea of killing him. Due to the rebellion of the old Korean nobles, in order to eradicate the curse, Han Wang An was executed by the Qin army.
In the eighteenth year of the reign of the King of Qin (229 BC), due to the rebellion of king Zhao to move to the state of Qin, the famous general Li Mu was killed, and the Zhao army, which originally had the strength to fight with the Qin state, was driven straight in by the Qin army led by Wang Qi, and within a year, it captured the capital of the Zhao state, captured the King of Zhao Youmiao, And then exiled himself in the mountains of Fangling to fend for himself, and then there was no news. Prince Jia, the elder brother of King Qian of Zhao, also planned to establish himself as king, but he was already in the power of subjugation, and was later defeated by the Qin army.
After the destruction of Zhao, the Qin state was in a general trend and began to gradually launch an offensive against the three kingdoms of Yan, Wei, and Chu, among which, when the Tun army was preparing to attack the Yan state, Prince Dan sent Jing Ke to assassinate the King of Qin. Here, a skull sacrifice deceived the King of Qin's trust, and almost killed Yin Zheng. Later, the State of Qin defeated the State of Yan with an extremely fierce offensive, and the King of Yan fled the capital city of Ji with Prince Dan.
Because of his fear, the King of Yan wanted to negotiate peace with the King of Qin, and even killed his son Prince Dan, who also sacrificed his skull to seek the King of Qin to let him have a way to live. However, in the 25th year of the reign of the Qin dynasty (222 BC), the State of Qin eventually sent Wang Ben to suppress the remnants of the Yan state in Liaodong and capture Wang Xi of Yan.
As for the fate of King Xi of Yan, the historical data do not record, but judging from some of the tyranny of the King of Qin later, including the behavior of burning books and pitTing Confucianism, he was by no means an open-minded person, and he was almost assassinated and killed, I am afraid that there will be no possibility of opening up to the King of Yan.
Next, the State of Qin originally planned to conquer Chu land in the south, but the State of Wei was located between the marching routes, and at this time, the strong Qin State easily captured the capital of the State of Wei, Daliang. The King of Wei falsely went out of the city to surrender, and according to the "Biography of the Daughters", the King of Wei was falsely killed.
After capturing the State of Wei, the State of Qin lost the battle against the State of Chu. After the famous Chu general Xiang Yan defeated Li Xin, the State of Qin had to send Wang Qi to negotiate with him, and in the end it was only because the national strength was stronger than that of the State of Chu. On the way to choose to retreat, Xiang Yan was defeated by Wang Qi, and Xiang Yan also committed suicide. The Chu army without Xiang Yan could no longer stop the Qin offensive, and the Qin state soon captured the capital of the Chu state. The king of Chu was captured, and Yin Zheng knew that he was the trend of the times, so he did not kill him completely, but only deposed him as a commoner.
In the end, only the State of Qi, which was united with the State of Qin, remained, but what Wang Jian of Qi did not expect was that the ambition of the King of Qin was to annex the world rather than rule it in peace, and the fate of Qi Wangjian was also the most tragic. After watching a good play of Qin destroying the Five Kingdoms, the State of Qi did not perceive the ambition and inflated strength of the State of Qin, and even secretly rejoiced that the original Seven Heavens had become peaceful and ruled, without having to worry about years of war and chaos with those countries.
However, at this time, the Qin general Wang Ben also led a large army into the State of Qi, and at this time, the State of Qi could not be the opponent of the State of Qin, and Wang Jian of Qi had to go out of the city and surrender. At this time, the cruel side of Yingzheng was revealed.
Originally, the two countries were allies, but as a result, the Qin State turned its face and did not recognize anyone. However, the promise to be crowned to the Marquis of Jianwanhu of Qi did not fulfill it, and even imprisoned him in the woods, providing him with nothing. Poor King Qi was still dreaming of sharing the reward, but he ended up starving to death. This was obviously an act of the Qin state that had achieved reunification, but it was too cruel to implement it on its own friendly forces.
We can see that the monarchs of these six countries, whether they are obedient or resisting, basically have no good results, which is also the cruelty of unifying the world. For the sake of the stability of the rule, a country is certainly not allowed to have two monarchs.
However, it is precisely this cruelty that has completely ended the situation of China's division and replaced it with a unified system with a new situation, which is undoubtedly a historical process that is more conducive to human development. And the monarchs of the six kingdoms are destined to become the foil for the qin shi huang who unified the world.