At the end of the Warring States period, Lü Buwei and Li Si were born out of nowhere, indirectly enlarging the advantages of the qin state's national strength indefinitely, and finally under the influence of the two, the Qin king Yingzheng "Yu Lie of the Sixth Dynasty, Zhen Chang ce and Yu Yu Nei, swallowed the princes of the second week and died, performed the supreme and made the Liuhe, knocked and whipped the world, and vied the four seas", completed the unification of the land of China, and created the Qin Empire.
The state is a complex complex, and management needs to take into account all aspects of society such as history and culture, way of thinking, geographical environment, social system, and resource allocation. Lü Buwei and Li Si could maneuver in important administrative positions, not only to stabilize the Qin state, but also to make it stronger and eventually unify. It can be seen that Lü Buwei and Li Si are absolutely extraordinary people, and they are well-deserved and extremely intelligent people.
Lü Buwei was not originally a top magnate, just a wealthy merchant in Handan, the state of Zhao, and his official positions and titles were related to him, but they were not very high, and comfortable and hedonistic pleasure should be his life state. But Lü Buwei is not a thing in the pool, he does not want to be captive by ease, he wants to achieve the great cause that the world can remember.
Businessmen often have a keen eye for profit, and as a wealthy businessman, Lü Buwei can be described as the pinnacle of perfection in this, whether things have investment value, others see, he has long known, others can not see, he can often harvest strange goods, and finally profit several times.
To create a great cause, you need to enter politics, and to participate in the planning of the national level needs to be in a key position. After Lü Buwei clarified his goal, he found Qin Yiren, a prince of the Qin state who was poor and white, and was a hostage in the Zhao kingdom. Because they are not valued by their father's king, the stranger at this moment is looked down upon by others, and the wasted son in the eyes of ordinary people. However, Lü Buwei saw the core value in Qin Yiren with his eyes poisonedly--the blood of the royal family flowed.
Businessmen pay attention to buying low and selling high, and the game has the greatest profit. If Qin Yiren was in the qin kingdom, even if Lü Buwei went all out to tie the knot, he was only one of many people, and he could not obtain great benefits, and others did not lack Lü Buwei. The fallen Qin Yiren is different, he also has a royal bloodline, but also has the right to inherit the throne, but it is not valued, at this moment Lü Buwei if he enters with funds to help him compete for the throne, that is, to send carbon in the snow, when the yiren ascends the throne, he will be the chief hero.
The results of history proved that Lü Buwei succeeded, and Qin Yiren succeeded to the throne in 250 BC, and was known as King Xiang of Qinzhuang. And the infidel did not renege on his word, ren Lü Buwei as a Xiangbang, and ruled the world with him. After the early death of yiren, Lü Buwei also supported Zhao Ji and Yingzheng, stabilized the situation in the court internally, broke the six-nation alliance army in the east, and protected the Qin state. The revised "Lü's Spring and Autumn" is centered on Huang Lao's thought, "both Confucianism and ink, and the law of joint names", advocating the implementation of inaction under the monarchical centralization, which pointed out the direction for the war machine established by Shang Martin after the war.
But it was such a Lü Buwei who was working hard for the future of the Qin state, and finally around 236 BC, he was forced to commit suicide by Qin Yiren's son Yin Zheng, and the ending was extremely chilling.
Li Si was originally a small official of the State of Chu, but after learning that the State of Qin cherished talent, pretended to be extraordinary, and was not willing to be a small person forever, Li Si went to the State of Qin to receive Lü Buwei's recommendation and was appreciated by the King of Qin. In the plot of the Qin and the Six Kingdoms, it was proposed to first attack Korea and then eliminate the princely states one by one, which became the breakthrough idea of the unification war of the Qin State.
After Qin unified the world, Li Si actively promoted the county system, the same track of the car, the same book, etc., and sprouted the idea of "great unification" in the land of China. It can be said that it has made a contribution to the Qin Empire. The famous ming dynasty minister Gui Youguang sighed for this reason: Li Si used Qin, machine, cloud into Luo, breathing wind and thunder for a while, Hua Yao sun and moon, the world running and Mu Yan.
However, like Lü Buwei, Li Si, as his successor, still failed to die well, and fell into a "Yi Three Tribes", Zhao Gao framed Li Si for rebellion, and Qin II angrily slashed and killed.
Lü Buwei and Li Si are extremely intelligent people, both of whom have worked hard for the Qin State, but in the end they failed to die well, behind the cold heart, many people do not wonder why this is?
There are many reasons, and today I will provide you with a direction to think about from the attitude of being a person.
Lü Buwei and Li Si both lacked the courage to retreat in a hurry, did not want to retire in time when the official field was proud, protected themselves with mingzhe, had their own inability to let go of their own greed for power, and neglected their status as courtiers.
Although the power of the courtiers comes from the monarch, when the new monarch ascends the throne, there is often a special situation, and the power of the former courtiers is indirectly greater than that of the new monarch, which is the trend of high merit.
In order to maintain its own position, the new monarchy will often take over power, at this moment, if the former courtiers delegate power, they will be at peace, but if they do not let go, then it is a bloody storm, either the monarchy has fallen, or the ministers have died tragically, Li Si and Lü Buwei are all dead in the unwillingness to take the initiative to decentralize and disappear, 1 died in the centralization of Qin II, and one died in the centralization of power.
No collective leader would want to have a high-ranking master at his feet, if you are only a courtier, please learn to give up power and retreat in a rapids.