Qin Shi Huang Was the first person in China's history to complete the reunification of China, and in the impression of the world, Qin Shi Huang was fierce and fierce, and his personality was cruel and unkind. It is precisely because of Qin Shi Huang's vigorous wrist that he was able to achieve the unification of the six kingdoms and officially end the chaotic pattern. Anyone may not be able to associate Qin Shi Huang with the word benevolence. However, in the battle to destroy Chu, the Qin general Li Xin delayed the fighter because of a mistake in judgment, and even handed over qin shi huang to his 200,000 elite soldiers into the water. Li Xin, who had made such a big mistake, was not scolded by Qin Shi Huang in any way. So why was Qin Shi Huang so magnanimous and treated the defeated general Li Xin?
Qin Shi Huang inherited the throne at the age of 13, and according to the anecdotal wild history, Qin Shi Huang's biological father was Lü Buwei, of course, this has been completely denied in the main history. Qin Shi Huang reigned for 37 years and was called the First Emperor at the age of 39. After the establishment of the Qin Dynasty, the YingzhengShu was on the same track as the literary car, and the county system was established, which ushered in the earth-shaking transformation of the Land of China. Although Qin Shi Huang died on the Eastern Tour, his successor, the Western Han Dynasty opened by Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao, was also a complete map to maintain the entire land of China, so Yingzheng should have done more than he did in history. It's just that Qin Shi Huang And Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, as well as the Manchu Yongzheng Emperor, are similar, and their personal ability is beyond doubt, but in some ways, they are quite vicious.
During the reign of Qin Shi Huang, hundreds of thousands of people were requisitioned to completely hollow out Lishan Mountain, just to build a tomb, which was really a great extravagance and waste. Among the Six Kingdoms of Qin Shi Huang' conquest, one of the most important battles was the Battle of Chu in the late Warring States period. Before destroying the Chu state, Qin Shi Huang once wanted his old friend, wang Qi, who was also a general of the Qin state, to lead the army. At this time, there was a young general named Li Xin, who boasted to Qin Shi Huang that he only needed 200,000 people and horses to completely destroy the Chu state. Wang Qi, on the other hand, believed that it was absolutely impossible to attack the Chu state without a 600,000-strong army, and that it would be impossible to devote the strength of the whole country to launching a protracted war like the Battle of Changping.
Weighing the pros and cons, Qin Shi Huang still reused Li Xin. However, in this war to destroy Chu, there was a rebellion within the Qin state, Li Xin was not experienced enough to lead the troops, and returned home, and when he went, the Qin Dynasty sent a total of about 250,000 people, and when he returned, there were less than 3,000 people left. And Qin Shi Huang, Wen Zhi, was also extremely shocked, on the one hand, he hurried to ask the veteran general Wang Qi to come out of the mountain, on the other hand, he did not have any criticism of the defeated general Li Xin. In fact, Li Xin was not an idle person, after Jing Ke stabbed the King of Qin, Li Xin once led more than a thousand soldiers to pursue and kill, and the chief envoy behind the scenes was Prince Dan. Forced King Yan to kill Prince Dan. He helped the Qin state to suppress the great scourge of Prince Dan, and in several military operations, Li Xin showed great courage and acted in a style quite qin shi huang.
Therefore, Yin Zheng also greatly appreciated Li Xin and praised him in person for his courage and talent. However, after all, Li Xin received military orders to go to war, and let Qin Shi Huang suffer such heavy losses, but Qin Shi Huang did not have any punishment for Li Xin; on the contrary, he allowed Li Xin to make meritorious deeds. In 222 BC, Li Xin followed the fierce general Wang Ben to attack Liaodong and capture Wang Xi of Yan. In 221 BC, Li Xin and Wang Ben went south from the State of Yan to attack the State of Qi, and by this time, the Qin Dynasty had completely unified the world.
Therefore, after the battle to destroy Chu, Li Xin was not consumed, but on the contrary, he helped Qin Shi Huang to defeat the Yan and Qi states one after another. Although both the State of Yan and the State of Qi were no longer as strong as they used to be, "the camels that died of thinness were bigger than horses", and Li Xin and Wang Ben were able to eliminate these two countries. Therefore, Li Credit's own practical actions repaid Qin Shi Huang's grace of not killing. And the reason why Qin Shi Huang would generously spare Li Xin was not so benevolent. When Qin Shi Huang was undecided in the pattern of the world, his attitude toward talents was very generous and humble.
For example, when the veteran general Wang Qi said that he was ill, Qin Shi Huang personally came to Wang Qi's palace, apologized to him and confessed his mistake, and begged Wang Qi to lead the troops out on the expedition. At the same time, there was also a commoner called blunt and weak, who accused Ying Zheng of being faint in front of his face, and these Qin Shi Huang all endured. Because Qin Shi Huang, before the pattern of the world was settled, he did not dare to make any big moves, for fear of delaying the great cause of reunification. Therefore, when employing people, Qin Shi Huang treated talents with a hundred and one hundred obedience.
But when Qin Shi Huang gained the throne of unification, he revealed his sharp fangs. The military expert Wei Ji once said to people face to face: "Qin Shi Huang is a set of faces and a set behind his back, and this person has a deep heart." Therefore, the key to Qin Shi Huang's ability to forgive Li Xin is that Li Xin has a place to use, and he can also have other resources to squeeze. When Li Xin ran out of oil, Qin Shi Huang would surely sentence him to death. Then again, if Qin Shi Huang didn't have such a skillful means, he might not have been able to achieve reunification.
References: Historical Records, Warring States Policy