Li Si: King Hui used Zhang Yi's strategy to pull up the land of the Three Rivers, west of Ba and Shu, north of Shangjun, south of Hanzhong, Bao Jiuyi, Yan, Ying, east of chenggao danger, cutting the soil of the anointing, scattering the six kingdoms, so that the west of Qin, the merits to the present.
In The history of China, there have been many people who have turned the tide and changed their fate, turning themselves from prisoners into guests, and from an unknown citizen to a ruler who can contribute to the country and society.
For example, the bitter man, the heavens do not bear the burden, the salary is willing to taste the guts, and the three thousand YueJia can swallow Wu's deception, it is precisely he who has not given up the hope of his own life on the Huiji Mountain, so he can also destroy the enemies in the north in the future ten years of revenge, thus establishing his own great achievements. So today we will look at a great Zongheng family who can change his fate and at the same time enjoy the name of his life and death, he is Zhang Yi.
Zhang Yi was once a Native of Wei during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and he and Su Qin studied together under the door of Ghost Valley, and the focus of their study was how to persuade others to believe their views, but Su Qin claimed that his talent was not as good as Zhang Yi's. After both of them had finished their studies, they traveled around the world together, hoping to persuade more people through their eloquence, and then exchange their glory and wealth for themselves.
Su Shi: Mencius said, "I am good at nurturing my haoran qi." "It is qi, which is in the ordinary, and it is between heaven and earth.
At the beginning of the tour around the world, Su Qin had more outstanding results, and he went to the north to lobby the Zhao state, hoping that the Zhao state could take his own suggestions and form a posture of unity and alliance. However, Su Qin had no important helpers to advise him, so after he thought bitterly, he decided to invite his fellow window friend Zhang Yi to his tent to serve himself.
Therefore, after Listening to Su Qin's remarks, Zhang Yi went to the north alone, and he personally wrote a letter hoping to meet Su Qin in the Zhao Kingdom, but at this time Su Qin let Zhang Yi eat the closed door. Not only was he very unfair and impolite to Zhang Yi, he treated Zhang Yi in the same way as a slave, but he also humiliated Zhang Yi in public, saying that Zhang Yi had such a powerful talent, why could he still reach such a field as today?
After Zhang Yi was insulted, he hoped to go to other countries to threaten the Zhao state in the north, thus suppressing the arrogance of his friend Su Qin.
After going to the Qin kingdom, Zhang Yi was reused, and King Huiwen of Qin regarded Zhang Yi as his confidant, and then discussed with Zhang Yi how to deal with the various princes in the east. In 328 BC, King Huiwen of Qin sent Zhang Yi to attack the State of Wei, hoping to gain some advantage in this military war.
Xu Jun: Attacking again and then Xiang Liang is not enlightened, six hundred and six miles chu yun he. Su Qin repeatedly said why he had to do it, and repeatedly like a monarch more.
However, Zhang Yi did the opposite, and he sent the land occupied by the attack back to the State of Wei, because he persuaded his monarch to send his son to the State of Wei as a hostage, so as to curry favor with the State of Wei in this way and make the State of Wei satisfied with the State of Qin. Therefore, after being treated well, the State of Wei gave its 15 counties and another very rich area to the State of Qin as a token of thanks.
It was also after such a military strategy was initially effective that Zhang Yi was further valued by King Huiwen of Qin, and he also got the opportunity to display his military strategy. King Huiwen of Qin sent Zhang Yi to garrison the land of the State of Wei, and zhang Yi immediately gave all the land to the king of the State of Wei after he arrived, and it was precisely in this way that the exchange of courtesies between the State of Qin and the State of Wei established a good covenant relationship.
Moreover, in order to gain more benefits, King Huiwen of Qin sent Zhang Yi out to serve as the prime minister of the State of Wei, because he hoped to deepen cooperation to make wei the country and serve the state of Qin. However, King Huiwen of Wei did not agree to such a strategy, he did not want Zhang Yi to come to his country as prime minister, and the State of Qin was very angry at this time, and they wanted to send troops to attack the State of Wei.
Unable to withstand such pressure, after the death of King Hui of Wei, the new king had to compromise with the State of Qin. In 317 BC, Zhang Yi once again persuaded the Wei state army to withdraw from the alliance of the six eastern states and thus reach a good cooperation with the qin state. Such a proposal was endorsed by the State of Wei, who agreed to withdraw from the Alliance between the North and the South, which allowed Zhang Yi to play his due role as an emissary.
After returning to the Qin state, Zhang Yi re-served as the minister of the country, not only to the Shu state and various rich regions to lobby, but also to find ways to solve the problem through military aspects if the lobbying failed. After traveling from the south to the north, Zhang Yi sought great benefits for the Qin state and made very outstanding contributions.
References: History, Volume 70, Zhang Yilie Biography No. 10