The Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period was a period of great division in China's history, nearly five hundred and fifty years of division, the alternation of the old and new systems, social change, economic development, and the whole society presented a complicated situation of great turmoil and reorganization, which gave birth to various ideological and academic schools, which came from all aspects of society, although their status was relatively low, but the knowledge they learned was various, and there were talents who were proficient in all aspects.
In the late Spring and Autumn Period, different schools of law, Taoism, Confucianism, Mojia, Yin and Yangjia appeared, and in the Warring States period, each school developed and grew, forming the "Hundred Sons and Hundred Schools", which is the general term for the pre-Qin academic ideological figures and factions in later generations. One of the representative figures of the Legalists is Han Fei, who was a Korean in the Warring States period and a master of the doctrine of the Jurists, and it was his Legalist thoughts and doctrines that provided a powerful theoretical basis for Qin Shi Huang to unify the world.
Han Fei studied under Xun Qing, but he did not inherit Confucianism, but inherited and developed the ideas of the Legalists, when Han Fei was first in Korea, although he was a Korean prince, he was the son of King Huanhui of Han, he personally watched Korea gradually weaken and bully the strong country, he wrote to ask King Han to work hard to govern and change the law and make it stronger, but King Han did not put his advice in his eyes, Han Fei was very disappointed in this, he wrote all his grief and ambition into words into volumes, such as "Lonely Anger", "Five Beetles", "Inner and Outer Reserves" and other works of 100,000 words. It expounds his legal thoughts.
King Han could not see Ying with wisdom, but King Yingzheng of Qin could, and after he read the writings that Han Fei had circulated to the Qin Kingdom, he was very excited and sighed, "If you can see the person who wrote the book, even if you die, you will have no regrets!" Yingzheng then asked Li Si if he knew who this was, and Li Si said that this was Han Fei's work, and That Yingzheng was also very wanton, and he wanted to see Han Fei, so he ordered an attack on Korea.
After the King of Han heard this bad news, Han Fei had not been reused originally, and immediately asked Han Fei to go to the Qin Kingdom as an emissary, and when Ying Zheng saw him, he was very happy, but he did not immediately reuse him. As a Korean, Han Fei suggested to the prince that he attack the Zhao state first, and then postpone the re-cutting of Han, so he was met with Li Si and Yao Jia, who slandered Han Fei, "Han Fei, the princes of Han Also." Now the king wants to merge with the princes, not for Han or for Qin, and this person's love is also. Now the king does not use it, and if he stays for a long time, he will send himself to trouble, and it is better to punish it with the law. ”
Han Fei had a big problem - stuttering, which made him unable to win the debate with Li Si, in the face of Li Si's rumors, Han Fei had a hard time speaking, even if the King of Qin appreciated him again, he could only temporarily detain him. Li Si, who was jealous of Han Fei, sent someone to send poison to make Han Fei commit suicide. Although Han Fei wanted to confess his heart to the King of Qin, he could not enter the prison, he could only be poisoned, and the King of Qin had already regretted it after ordering him to be detained, and ordered a pardon for Han Fei, but it was too late, which made the King of Qin regret for a long time.
The history books record that Han Fei was killed by Li Si, is this really the case? Li Si was a county official in his early years, he also learned the art of emperor from Xunzi, it is said that he and Han Fei are still brothers in the same disciple, Han Fei is four years younger than Li Si, but he is really a wizard, Han Fei is a Korean nobleman, and Li Si is a Chu national, they all ended up in the Qin Kingdom, Li Si was in the position of chancellor, and Han Fei eventually became a prisoner of the order and was poisoned by him, will Li Si really kill Han Fei because of jealousy?
After being appreciated by Lü Buwei, he became a lang official, persuading the King of Qin to destroy the princes and become emperors, he played a major role in the cause of unifying the six kingdoms of the Qin State, after the establishment of the Qin Dynasty, he was worshipped as a minister, adhered to the county system, banned private study, strengthened ideological rule, and also participated in the formulation of laws, unifying the system of rails, writing, and weights and measures. The implementation of his political ideas had a profound impact on future generations in China, and It seems that Li Si's talent is even more amazing.
In this way, Li Si is also a jurist, like Han Fei, so why can't the two achieve each other? So there can be another possibility, Han Fei's death is likely to be promoted by Yingzheng, because in the grand plan to unify the world, Li Si proposed that the destruction of the Six Kingdoms should first destroy Korea, and Han Fei prevented the destruction of Korea, he himself was a Korean nobleman, so that the King of Qin would suspect that he had different intentions.
However, if Han Fei was killed in the name of the King of Qin, han Fei's position in Korea could not be reused, but after all, it was an aristocrat, and it was possible to attract the dissension of people with hearts, and the talents who came to allegiance to the Qin state would also be scared away, but Yingzheng wanted to get rid of Han Fei, so he would let Li Si bear the charge of killing Han Fei, and then he would show remorse, so that everyone would not be afraid of him, thus appeasing the people' hearts.
History has passed, future generations can not see the situation at that time in full, and the Qin King Yingzheng is also a writer of history, Li Si as a human subject, it is very likely that he carried the black cauldron for the Lord, thus maintaining the qin king's reputation of appointing talents, and later the Qin state was able to unify the six kingdoms, establish the Qin Dynasty, and develop and grow, and indeed rely on the assistance of various talents.