Wei, a powerful country that dominated for nearly a hundred years in the early Warring States period, could not but talk about his founding ancestor, Wei Wenhou. Some people say that Marquis Wenhou wuhou has been hegemonic for a hundred years, but how can the wisdom of Marquis Wu be compared with that of Marquis Wen. Wei's hegemony, in the final analysis, is the wisdom of the Wei monarch, the territory of the Wei state at the time of its greatest power is also unbearable to see, Zhongshan is isolated by the Zhao state, the native is like a U-shape, plus a part of the enclave, such a territory, is really difficult to defend. In addition, once it becomes strong, it will inevitably be hated and attacked by all countries. For example, when Wu attacked the State of Qin, seeing that the State of Qin was in danger, Chu Qi sent troops to attack Wei together. Therefore, the state of Wei, a century-old power, only relied on the support of a wise monarch and a talented and talented general. The following interesting history Xiaobian will bring you a detailed introduction, let's take a look at it!
The state of Wei is zhao in the north, Chu in the south, Qi in the east, Qin in the west, and Han in the middle, how can such a geographical location make itself strong forever. Just like Zheng Guo, although the three generations of Zheng Huan, Zheng Wugong, and Zheng Zhuanggong tried to rule stronger for a while, he faced enemies on all sides, sandwiched between the three kingdoms of Qi, Jin, and Chu, and finally became a victim of the Jin-Chu struggle for hegemony.
This is how King Hui of Wei led the state of Wei into decline, during the 50 years of king Wei Hui's reign, Marquis Su of Zhao made great efforts to govern, king Qi Wei and King Xuan also appointed talents such as Zou Ji, Tian Ji, and Sun Zhen, and the Qin state engaged in martingale transformation, the King of Chu Wei was prosperous for a while, and Korea appointed Shen Bu to change the law, and all countries became strong at the same time. In particular, both Qi and Qin regarded the State of Wei, which was located in the center of the world and had been hegemonic for a hundred years, as his target, and even Wei Wenhou might not be able to cope with this situation, not to mention that King Hui of Wei, and finally The Eastern Qi and Western Qin went into decline under the repeated blows. Later monarchs were worse than a generation, and the indestructible warriors of the past also sank, and were eventually destroyed by Qiang Qin.
Zhao, the only country at the end of the Warring States period that could compete with the Strong Qin. Qin Zhao originally came out with the same Mr. Zu, but together they interpreted the interpretation of the end of the Warring States period. Zhao was supposed to be the most powerful of the three countries at the time of the division of the three families, but because Zhao Xiangzi Gu Quan's so-called orthodoxy and let his brother's grandson inherit his position, it eventually caused civil unrest, and the national strength greatly faded, making Wei the boss of the Three Jins, and The State of Zhao played a second-rate role in the early centuries of the Warring States period. Later, after being ridden and fired by King Hufu of Wuling, the national strength was greatly enhanced for a while, but because the national policy attached equal importance to agriculture and commerce, and the land was not very suitable for the development of agriculture, the strategic grain reserves were quite small.
Although the Zhao state was the only country that could compete with the strong Qin at the end of the Warring States period, it was only able to resist militarily, and the ancient people of Yan Zhao were generous and tragic, and the strong Zhao people made the indestructible Qin army also prohibitive, but it was weak internally and did not have a strong material foundation. For example, the battle of Changping clearly shows the gap between the two countries, and the battle of Changping is not a question of whether to change the honesty, but the question of who to change. The economy of the Zhao state was extremely backward, and the battle of Changping was three years long, and the Qin state did not worry about grain in the two major grain production bases of the Central Plain and the Sichuan Basin, and the three-year war made the zhao economy collapse. The State of Qin had completely weakened the Han and Wei states, and the State of Chu was no longer able to stop the expansion of the State of Qin, and the State of Qin finally regarded the State of Zhao as the biggest obstacle to its own domination of the world.
At this time, Zhao Guo should be sitting on the right side, but Zhao Guo is not as good as a generation, how majestic and majestic is the King of Wuling, but what about his descendants? King Huiwen could also appoint good generals such as Yu Qing, Lian Po, Lin Xiangru, and Zhao Hao, and was also a shoucheng king; King Xiaocheng deposed Lian Po and Li Mu successively, but he knew that his mistakes could be corrected and appointed them again; King Xiang deposed Lian Po, causing him to flee, but found a famous general in his 80s, Pang Nuan, who could barely hold the situation; Zhao Wangqian, who was the son of a prostitute girl like Qin Shi Huang, how could the difference be so great, booby-trapping Li Mu, and finally bringing the Zhao kingdom to its downfall. The population of the Zhao State is also about 300W, after the Changping War, the national strength is also difficult to repair, coupled with the fact that the monarch's generation is not as good as a generation, and the overthrow is inevitable.
Han, this vain "Jin Han", followed the State of Wei in the early warring states, Wei ate meat, he ate soup, far from being said to be a powerful country, compared with the State of Wei, far from being. It is also far from the behemoth of the southern Chu state and the richest country in the east.
In the middle period, the appointment of Shen did not harm the law, but Shen did not harm the rule of law, but did not emphasize the rule of law, although it was said that for a time the country was strong and rich, but compared with the State of Qin, which had already discussed the martingale to change the law, the State of Qi, which Zou Ji reformed, was also far inferior. And the magic rule has harmed Korea for a hundred years, and the strong Zhou system Qin, Feng Ting's surrender to Zhao, Zheng Guo's repair of the canal, etc. are the embodiment of obvious techniques, and finally they are destroyed in the sun and moon cutting.
South Korea could not be said to be a strong country from various periods, and before the Battle of Changping, it actually ceded the Shangdang, which accounted for half of the country's land area, to the Qin state, and in the end, the Qin state only sent a Nei Shi Teng, who did not even record anything about his surname, to attack Korea, and even the army was destroyed before it was assembled. What a pathetic, pathetic weak country!
Yan, there is a vain name of the seven males. Although the monarch was of noble birth, due to the ethnic minorities in the north of Eastern Hu and the south it could be adjacent to the powerful Qi Jin (Qi Zhao), coupled with the sparse population, the poor land, and the faintness of successive monarchs (except for King Yan Zhao), in the history of the Spring and Autumn Warring States, they often played some inconspicuous small roles.
The only strong monarch of the State of Yan was king Zhao, who broke through the Eastern Hu in the north, seized the land for two thousand miles, and then seized the embankment of the Thousand Miles of The Jizi of Korea, and broke the Qi in the south, and captured the 72 cities of QiCheng, but the national strength was far inferior to that of the Qin State, which had been changing the law of the Shang Martingale, the Zhao State of Hufu, and the huge Chu State, and it was far inferior to the Qi State at sunset. As soon as King Yan Zhao died, Tian Dan was restored to the country and returned to his role of invariance.
After the Battle of Changping and the Battle of Handan, the State of Yan raised 600,000 troops from all over the country to attack Zhao, and the result was really a surprise, 600,000 Yan State Hanzi, actually lost in the hands of 130,000 (one said 250,000) Zhao State baby soldiers, either dead or captured. How can such a country be worthy of being called a strong country? The Qin state was far away and attacked closely, but the history books did not say that the Qin state had been far away from the Yan state, that is to say, the Qin state did not take him seriously at all, and the first country to open up the northeast region was so insignificant, it was really a poor and pathetic weak country!
Chu, the behemoth of the South. Before the Qin state conquered Bashu, the State of Chu had always been the largest and most populous country in the entire East Asia, plus it was dominating the south and relying on the Yangtze River, with such an advantageous geographical location and resources. But there are also its shortcomings, the central plains countries regard it as a barbarian country, look down on the Chu state, and the Chu state does not care to learn. In addition, the State of Chu was a country that was rich in the production of emperors, and throughout the Warring States period, the king of Chu Mourning and the king of Chu Wei were still ming jun, but the king of Chu Mourning died only one year after appointing Wu Qi to change the law, and the change law was also abandoned halfway.
In the later King of Chuwei, Bing Feng flourished for a while, but his life expectancy was too short, and he died young after only ten years on the throne. His son was the famous King of Chuhuai, "deceived by Zhang Yi on the outside and confused by Zheng Gui on the inside", which finally made this huge thing impotent. His son King Xiang was even more wasteful, Bai Qi only had tens of thousands of soldiers, three attacks on Chu, and destroyed the Chu state with nearly a million troops, the country was occupied, and the Zongmiao temple was burned, but the "magnanimous" Chu monarch was not angry at all, did not think about actively trying to be strong, but continued to indulge in the last time. When Qin annihilated Chu, there were still hundreds of thousands of Chu troops, plus a strong resource base and a vast territory. But the countries with such advantages still did not want to forge ahead and went to extinction.
Qi, the great power that occupies the rich land of the East. In the early days of the Warring States period, it was also unknown, but later there was finally a monarch who was passed on by xiongcai. King Wei of Qi, King Xuan of Qi, and King Min of Qi worked hard for more than 80 years in the early period, and finally joined the qin state as a powerful country. As the saying goes, the rich are not more than three generations, but the stronger is not more than three generations (except Qin), and the State of Qi has also followed the old path of the State of Wei (Wenhou, Wuhou, and Huiwang). Qi He and Han Wei attacked Hangu Pass, destroyed Yan on the 50th, defeated Chu Xiang Tang in the south, and then defeated the Three Jins, and the six kingdoms were defeated by the hands of the State of Qi.
However, the tyrannical king of Qi Min also sounded the death knell of the state of Qi, and the external resentment was in the Six Kingdoms, and inside there were two great internal traitors, Su Qin and Tian Wen, and finally the Great War of Jixi, the state of Qi, which was at its peak, instantly collapsed. Although Tian Dan restored the country later, the national strength was already much worse than before. Coupled with the incompetence of the last two generations of monarchs, King Qi Xiang and King Jian of Qi, and watching other countries die out under the attack of the Qin State, it will be difficult to escape the doom of extinction after all.
Qin, this well-deserved tiger and wolf power. In the early warring states, which was also the lord of beatings, in the Battle of Yin and Jin, 500,000 troops were defeated by the 50,000 warriors of a generation of famous generals Wu Qi, and lost the land of Hexi and became a second-rate country.
However, later, the Ming Emperor continued, first Qin Xiangong exerted great efforts to recover part of Hexi, and then Qin Xiaogong appointed the Shang Martingale Transformation Law, making the Qin State the most important military and agricultural country among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States. The State of Wei, which had originally blocked the eastward advance of the Qin State, was at sunset in the Western Mountains, and was finally opened by the Qin State to open the door to the eastward advance.
The later successors, King Huiwen of Qin, King Wu of Qin, King Zhaoxiang of Qin, and King Qin Shi Huang (king Wen of Qinzhuang and King Zhuangxiang reigned for too short and insignificant), all took the unification of the six kingdoms as their mission, and appointed Famous Generals such as Zhang Yi, Gan Mao, Sima Que, Bai Qi, Wang Qi, Li Si, and Li Xin, and finally swept through the Six Kingdoms and unified the world.