Lü Buwei lived in the era of the Warring States Period, he was a Defender of the Country, and the legend was still a descendant of Jiang Shang. In the last years of the Warring States period, he was a famous businessman, politician, and thinker, and an official to the Qin State. During the reign of King Xiang of Qinzhuang, Lü Buwei was the xiangguo, fengwen Xinhou, and 100,000 households in Luoyang, Henan, with 3,000 diners and 10,000 domestic servants.
Lü Buwei is a big businessman, and what businessmen pursue is to maximize their interests. But this Lü Buwei ate from the bowl and looked at the pot, and actually did not want to do business. So he went to his father and asked, "How many times the profit can be obtained by ploughing the land?" His father said, "Ten times the profit." Lü Buwei asked again: "How many times can you win profits by operating pearls and jade?" His father said, "A hundred times the profit." Lü Buwei asked again: "How many times can you win by helping to establish the head of a country?" His father said, "Countless benefits." Lü Buwei concluded: "Now that we are working hard to cultivate the fields, we cannot guarantee that we will have enough to eat, clothe, and warm, but to help establish the king of a country, the benefits we will receive can be passed on to future generations.
Hearing such an analysis, he felt that the opportunity had come.
At that time, Qin was one of the most powerful states, and the crown prince of King Qin Zhao died in the state of Wei, at this time Wang's grandson An Guojun had not yet ascended the throne. An Guojun had more than twenty sons, and Zi Chu, who was sent to Zhao Guo as a hostage by Lü Buwei's side, zi Chu was the least powerful, because his mother Xia Ji was not welcomed, and An Guojun's main chamber was Lady Huayang, who was deeply favored by An Guojun, but did not give birth to an heir. Lü Buwei had an idea.
At that time, Zi Chu was a hostage in the Zhao Kingdom, and the carriages and horses he rode and his daily wealth were not rich, and his life was embarrassing and he was very unhappy. Lü Buwei went to Handan to do business, and after seeing Zi Chu, he liked it very much, saying: "Zi Chu is like a strange thing, you can hoard Juqi." to be sold at a high price". So he went to visit Zi Chu and was very annoyed with him, was this an official of Lü Buwei, this was clearly a demonstration. Winning the government is resolutely intolerable.
So he sent a sternly worded letter to Lü Buwei and decided to exile him to a remote Shu land; after reading the letter, Lü Buwei knew that he would not have a good end, and considering the cruelty of torture in the Qin State, it was better to leave a whole corpse, so he drank and committed suicide.
Lü Buwei's business can be described as vigorous, earning himself a title of marquis, leaving a name for thousands of years, and finally losing his own life.