During the period of China's feudal society, it was the dream of many people to be a commander in the battlefield. But this is a profession that looks beautiful but is actually extremely dangerous, and if the battle is lost, the emperor will kill you because you are incompetent; if the battle is won, the emperor may kill you, because you have done a great job of shocking the lord. Marquis Han Xin of Huaiyin is a prime example.
In order to avoid the end of the rabbit and the dog cooking, many generals with heavy troops had to think of ways to protect themselves, and the famous general of the Qin State, Wang Qi, was one of them. Wang Qi was a native of Fuping, Shaanxi, and was said to be the eighteenth grandson of Prince Jin of Zhou ling. After Qin Shi Huang took power, he began to send troops to attack the Six Kingdoms, and Wang Qi became his most important general and led the army to attack the Zhao state. In the process of cutting down Zhao, Wang Qi met Li Mu, who was equally famous as Lian, and the famous general met the famous general, naturally it was difficult to distinguish between victory and defeat, and finally Wang Qi used the reverse plan, and the King of Zhao was simple-minded and deceived, and he easily got rid of Li Mu.
After Li Mu's death, the State of Zhao was no longer Wang Qi's opponent and soon perished. After the fall of the State of Zhao, Prince Dan of Yan, in order to protect himself, sent Jing Ke to assassinate Qin Shi Huang, but not only failed to succeed but gave the State of Qin the best excuse to attack the State of Yan, and Wang Qi did not have much effort to destroy the State of Yan. After the fall of the Yan state, Qin Shi Huang again aimed at the Chu state, which had a vast land and abundant military resources, and Xiang Yu's grandfather Xiang Yan was also a famous general. In order to win with one blow, Qin Shi Huang gave Wang Qi an army of 600,000 and asked him to cut down Chu.
At this time, Wang Qi had continuously destroyed the Zhao and Yan states, and the prestige in the army was extremely high, at this time, he had 600,000 troops in his hands to cut down Chu, and victory was in sight. Therefore, on the day of the dispatch, many people came to congratulate him, and even his son Wang Ben was complacent. But Wang Qi was not happy at all, he saw the shadow of the white qi in himself, in order to avoid the gong gao zhen lord, Wang Qi decided to try to protect himself. For this reason, he thought hard, his hair was white, and finally came up with a way to protect himself. On the way out of the army, Wang Zhai asked Qin Shi Huang for a large amount of property six times, "please meitian house garden pond is very crowded."
The purpose of Wang Qi's move was to show Qin Shi Huang that he only wanted to be a rich man and had no interest in his country. As an emperor throughout the ages, Qin Shi Huang naturally saw Wang Qi's thoughts very clearly. The heart said: Why do you bother so hard, I don't dare to kill you now, who killed you to fight for me! In order to reassure Wang Qi, Qin Shi Huang granted Wang Qi's request and gave him a large number of pastoral mansions. After the destruction of Chu, Wang Qi's class returned to the dynasty, in order to let Qin Shi Huang completely eliminate his guard against himself, Wang Qi surrendered his military power, resigned his official and returned to his hometown, so that he could die a good death, compared with Bai Qi, he was really a wise man.