As the first emperor in history to unify the world, Qin Shi Huang was worthy of the title of Emperor of the Ages, which greatly promoted the development and process of ancient Chinese history. Before Qin Shi Huang, several generations of the Qin State struggled hard for the goal of unifying the world, but only when Qin Shi Huang arrived, it took only a few decades to complete this great cause.
Of course, the success of all this is inseparable from qin shi huang's foresight, but it is not only his own merit, but also the help of many loyal ministers around him. When governing the country, it is necessary to rely on the help of civilian officials, so the greatest merit in the conquest of the world is naturally a military general.
There were many heroic warriors around Qin Shi Huang, the most special of which belonged to the Meng family, whose three generations had been loyal to Qin Shi Huang and made great contributions to Qin Shi Huang.'s foundation. So what is so special about the Meng family that it was able to assist the king of the Qin state for three generations and become the confidant of Qin Shi Huang?
Grandfather was loyal and loyal
The first of the Meng family to assist the king of the Qin state was Meng Xiao, who although he made great contributions to the development of the Qin state, he was not a Qin person, but came from the State of Qi.
The king to whom Meng Xiao was loyal was King Zhaoxiang of Qin, and at that time there were no particularly outstanding talents in the Qin Kingdom, so King Qin Zhaoxiang was looking for excellent talents in the world, and thus found Meng Xiao.
In the process of assisting King Zhaoxiang of Qin, Meng Xiao showed extraordinary military strength. Every time he led his troops out to fight, he always won a big victory, won many cities for the Qin state, and helped the Qin state to continuously expand its sphere of influence. King Zhaoxiang of Qin was also very satisfied with Mengxiao's performance, and did not care that Mengxiao was not a native of the Qin state, and valued and trusted him very much. Meng Xiao could be said to be one of the most trusted ministers of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, and the other ministers in the court had to let him have a few points.
In the early days of the development of the Qin state, Meng Xiao was a very key figure as a martial general, and his outstanding military achievements on the battlefield laid a solid foundation for the future Qin Shi Huang to unify the world. After the death of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, his descendants King Xiaowen of Qin and King Xiang of Qin zhuang also attached great importance to the minister Mengxiao.
Father and son, three, guarding the Qin kingdom
Meng Xiao assisted a total of four generations of kings of the Qin state, and by the time Qin Shi Huang ascended the throne, he was already old enough to lead troops to fight.
When he was in his seventies, The official Shangqing's Meng Xiao unfortunately died, but fortunately, there was a successor to the Meng family, and his son Meng Wu replaced him as a fierce general around Qin Shi Huang.
As a great general, Meng Wu was outstanding in the battle between the State of Qin and the State of Chu, personally killing Xiang Yan, causing the State of Chu to perish soon after, and the State of Qin became the strongest state.
Qin Wu's two sons, Meng Tian and Meng Yi, were also powerful generals of the Qin Dynasty, and although their families had been military generals for generations, Meng Yi had become a courtier.
Meng Tian became the legacy of the ancestors, still responsible for leading the soldiers to fight, and served as a general. Meng Yi remained in the imperial court and assisted the government with Li Si. The two brothers worked together to guard the country of Qin.
Three generations of the Meng family's ancestors and grandchildren have been reused in the imperial court of the Qin State, and have experienced four generations of changes, witnessing the qin state unifying the world step by step, and guarding the jiangshan that has been painstakingly fought down.
Qin II fainted and the Meng family was destroyed
As Qin Shi Huang's confidant ministers, Meng Tian and Meng Yi did their best to protect the rule of the Qin Dynasty, but they did not expect that such a loyal minister was killed after Qin Shi Huang died and Qin II Hu Hai ascended the throne. Because they have assisted the king for generations, the high status of the Montessori family in the dynasty has long aroused the envy of many people, who have been waiting for the opportunity to frame.
Hu Hai of Qin II was a very unintended person, so after he ascended the throne, the government was almost controlled by the eunuch Zhao Gao.
After Hu Hai ascended the throne, the first thing he did was to listen to Zhao Gao's rumors and force him to die Fu Su, the prince who was most likely to compete with him for the throne.
Later, Zhao Gao told Qin II that Meng Tian and Meng Yi had too high a position in the dynasty and were likely to rebel and usurp imperial power.
Qin II naturally obeyed this, and not only relieved the two of them of their powers, but also put them under house arrest.
Such a framing was a great insult to Meng Tian and Meng Yi, and in the end both of them chose to commit suicide by taking poison.
If Meng Tian and Meng Yi really had the heart to rebel, with their power in the dynasty, they could completely support the army and stand on their own, or elect other Ming emperors. Unfortunately, in the end, they all chose to commit suicide, and the Qin Dynasty perished soon after.
epilogue:
In ancient times, the emperor's order was supreme, people often said that "the king wants the subject to die, the subject has to die", presumably Meng Tian and Meng Yi also had such a mentality at that time, but the sacrifice of the two people only exchanged for the demise of the Qin Dynasty.
Many emperors in history are very jealous of the heroes around them, afraid that they will one day rebel, and it is easy to overthrow the current emperor's rule with their strength. If the two brothers Meng Tian and Meng Yi could get out of the power struggle in time and choose to retire from the jianghu, perhaps the result would be much better.