Qi Qin was once called the "Second Emperor of the East and the West", but after that, Qin Sheng qi declined?

In the middle of the Warring States period, Qi Qin was also called the "Second Emperor of the East and the West", proud of the princes, and on the surface the two countries were comparable, but in fact, a closer look could still glimpse the inevitability of the decline of the State of Qi.

Its pattern is very similar to the Cold War in which the United States and the Soviet Union competed for hegemony in the last century, the Soviet Union had its advantages, the United States had more obvious advantages, and so did the two countries. Stemming from the thoroughness of the change of law at the beginning of the development of the two countries, it can be said that this is also the fundamental reason for the failure of the State of Qi, which can also be seen from the name. As the name suggests, the Qin state was the implementation of the "Shang Martingale Transformation Law", while the Qi State qi wei wang period was the implementation of the "Zou Ji reform". A change of law, a reform, which is more thorough, I believe there is no need to say more, everyone knows it. The fact is also that when the Qin state was unified, the first emperor "Yu Lie, the sixth emperor of The Struggle, swallowed the princes of the second week and died", and implemented the Shang Martingale Transformation Law for nearly one hundred and fifty years. On the other hand, the State of Qi, that is, during the Wei Dynasty, the Zou Ji reform was carried out, and after that, only the Jixia Xuegong has been playing a role, and the Jixia Xuegong has only temporarily enhanced its national strength for the Qi State, and it cannot last long, and after Tian Dan's restoration, the rapid decline of the State of Qi is because of this reason!

Coupled with the fact that the State of Qi itself is a land of eight hundred miles of fish and salt, the commerce is developed, and in the period of King Min, it is the true second ancestor who attacked Qin and broke the Song, which also makes the king of the State of Qi easy to breed laziness. What's more, during the period of King Qi Min, who was almost subjugated, the international situation was very good on the surface, Chu Wei had declined, the Zhao state had not risen, the Qin state was far away in the western province, there was no great threat from foreign enemies, and the monarch was more likely to be careless and confused! This was the case with King Hui of Wei and King Huai of Chu, which was also the reason why King Min of Qi dared to risk the world to destroy the Song, and then led to the five kingdoms attacking Qi, the Battle of Jixi broke out, and the state of Qi declined.

The last point is the terrain, compared to the Qin state, the five dangers in the territory of the State of Qi can be defended, just like when Qin Shi Huang unified the world, the other five kingdoms have been destroyed, the State of Qin will arrive at the capital of the State of Qi at night, Linzi, and Wang Jian of Qi will not have time to organize an army to resist. And the same was true of King Yan Zhao's dispatch of Le Yi Fa Qi, Ji Xi was defeated, and Linzi did not take long to fight down!

In contrast, the Qin state had the Hangu Heavenly Danger, and the Bashu granary in Guanzhong could go out to fight the Six Kingdoms in the east, but it was not easy for the Six Kingdoms to jointly attack and break the Hangu Pass. The only time the Six Kingdoms attacked Hangu Pass was in 296 BC, when King Min of Qi sent Kuang Zhang to lead the combined forces of Qi, Han, and Wei to attack it, but then it was a mysterious operation, did not increase the results of the battle, cut the land and sought peace, and the Qin state did not hurt the fundamentals. This also caused the Qi State to weaken and grow, and the decline of the State of Qi was inevitable!