During the period of Qin Xiaogong, the twenty-year-old young man Wei Martingale came to the most powerful State of Wei at that time, and sat down to learn the strategy of governing the country.
However, although Uncle Gongxuan greatly admired Wei Martin's talent, because he was older, he was jealous of Xianxian's ability and was afraid that his power would be affected, so he did not recommend this talent to the King of Wei for many years.
Picture note: Martingale and Uncle Acne
It was not until before his uncle's death that King Hui of Wei asked him who would inherit his position, and according to the "Wise Man", Uncle Huan said to King Hui of Wei at this time:
"I sat down with a young and talented Wei Martingale, who was more than enough to serve as Xiangguo.
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Wei Huiwang listened, who is this? Haven't heard of it? It was not nonsense to let a stunned Qing come to be xiangguo, so King Wei Hui showed disdain.
When Uncle Huan looked at King Wei Hui's face, he knew what he was thinking, so he suggested to him again:
"If you can't use this person, please be sure to kill him, and don't let him go to other countries, otherwise the Wei state will be in danger."
After King Hui of Wei heard this, he didn't want to hear it even more, what ability did an unknown young man have to make Wei Guo dangerous? King Hui of Wei thought that Gong Uncle Acne was already delirious and pure nonsense.
After King Wei Hui left, Uncle Gong felt that he could not hurt Wei Martin like this, so he said to him:
"I asked Your Majesty to reuse you, and he wouldn't listen. You go fast, because I let him kill you without you. ”
Wei Martin listened and said with a bitter smile:
"Since King Wei didn't listen to you and use me, why did he listen to you and kill me?"
After his uncle's death, King Hui of Wei did not use Wei Martingale or kill him. Wei Martin knew that he could not stand out in the State of Wei at all, and when he heard that the State of Qin was recruiting talents, he simply ran to the State of Qin.
In 359 BC, Wei Martin, who came to the Qin Kingdom, finally met Qin Xiaogong. At that time, the internal nobles of the Qin State were vying for power, and the outside was suppressed and beaten by the State of Wei and other countries, and under the internal and external troubles, it was urgent to change the law and strengthen the country.
After Wei Martin saw Qin Xiaogong, he first talked to him about the method of wang Dao governance, and as a result, Qin Xiaogong fell asleep listening to it.
Wei Martin once again entrusted the relationship and talked to Qin Xiaogong about the governance of the emperor, this time Qin Xiaogong barely listened, and finally did not fall asleep, but he was not very satisfied.
After these two conversations, Wei Martin had already figured out what Qin Xiaogong really wanted, so he asked to see Qin Xiaogong for the third time and talked to him about "hegemony".
This time Qin Xiaogong was immediately different, listening to Wei Martin's advice, his body unconsciously leaned forward, and this time it was a conversation for several days. The "Wisdom Tank" records that Qin Xiaogong "
Unconsciously clicking on the front seat, the words are tireless for several days
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So with the support of Qin Xiaogong, the change of law began in the Qin state, Wei Martin was sealed in the Shang Land because of his great merits, and was revered as shang jun, and Wei martingale was also known as shang martingale.
The Think Tank records that after ten years of shang martingale's law: "
(Qin) The road is not lost, the mountain is free of thieves, and the home is full. The people have the courage to fight, and the countryside is governed.
Qin Xiaogong also therefore"
Princes of Changxiong, for the warring states overlords!
Wei Martin also personally led his troops to defeat the State of Wei and avenge himself. With such merit, Shang Martin also conceited that he was the most powerful person in the Qin Dynasty, and directly said to his adviser Zhao Liang: "
Ziguan I rule Qin Ye, who is with the Five Emperors?
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"WuXian Dafu" is the famous Xiangguo Baili Xi of the Qin Kingdom, which is a famous sage of the Qin Kingdom who exchanged five sheepskins for it.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Liang said directly:
You still blow it, and I see that you are like the dew in the morning, and you are about to die.
"If the danger of the king is revealed, will he still want to prolong his life?" - "Think Tank"
Shang Martin was shocked and asked why?
Zhao Liang said:
In the more than ten years that you have been practicing the change of law, you have offended too many people, especially the nobles of the clan have basically offended many times, and even the prince has been punished. Once the King of Qin is replaced, will your death not come immediately?
When the prince of Qin violated the ban on Shang Martingale, two of the prince's teachers, Gongzi Qian and Gongsun Jia, were sentenced to have their noses cut off.
"Wise Men" records, "
The Shang Emperor xiang Qin for ten years, the noble relatives of the clan had many grievances
。 ”
Unfortunately, Shang Martin felt very good about himself at this time, and he didn't think that Zhao Liang was right at all, he felt that his merits were so great, and the new King of Qin would not do anything to himself.
In 338 BC, Qin Xiaogong, who supported the Shang martingale transformation law, died of illness, and the new king of Qin was the King of Qin Hui, who was the crown prince of that year.
The new king of Qin Hui took office with three fires, and the first fire was to investigate Shang Martin on the basis of "conspiracy to commit treason"!
At this time, Shang Martin remembered how correct Zhao Liang's advice to himself to retreat from the rapids was, but unfortunately it was too late, or he was defeated and killed.
After Shang Martin's death, King Hui of Qin executed the punishment of dividing the corpse of five cattle on his corpse, destroying Shang Martin's family and finally relieving the hatred in his heart.
Qin Huiwang Cha split Shang Jun YiYi, "It is like a Shang Jun rebel!" Destroy the Shang jun family.
Shang Martingale is also a very powerful talent in Chinese history, especially his change of law in the Qin State, but also laid the foundation for the later Qin Shi Huang to unify the Six Kingdoms, although King Hui of Qin deeply hated Shang Martingale, but Shang Martin still adopted the law of Shang Martingale after his death.
However, when we later look back on Shang Martin's life, we find that although Shang Martin is extremely talented, he has many regrets in terms of human sophistication, especially two major mistakes:
First, he was proud of his merits, and because of his successful change of law, Shang Martin had great merit in vigorously suppressing the noble clans, and even the prince who violated the law was punished, offending too many people.
Second, it does not represent the interests of the people, when Shang Martin first changed the law, it represented the interests of hundreds of people in the Qin Kingdom, and his re-enactment of the Qin Law gave the people a way out for making meritorious contributions on the battlefield, so it was welcomed by the people.
When Duke Xiao of Qin gave him a large reward, Shang Martin was named Shang Jun, sending him fifteen cities, and Shang Martin himself became a member of the nobility, no longer representing the interests of the people of Qin.
Zhao Liang advised Shang Martin to say:
You should retreat bravely, push out the fifteen cities that have been sealed to you, and persuade the king of Qin to put the people first, and there is still a glimmer of life
。
However, Shang Martin took Zhao Liang's advice as a deaf ear, did not listen to it at all, and finally fell to the fate of the five horses and the corpse, which was also self-inflicted!
The reason why Xiao He Zhangliang, who is also a famous historical courtier of the Lord of Meritorious Service, was able to die well is because their wisdom in dealing with people is higher than that of Shang Martin. Wisdom is a magical thing that can determine the depth of life and sometimes the length of life!