Zhang Yi may have died a good death, but Su Qin died tragically.
In the Warring States period, the class of soldiers shined brightly, or swept across the country and stirred up the international situation with three inches of uncorrupted tongue, such as Zhang Yi and Su Qin; or keen on reform, with meanness and widowhood to promote rich countries and strong soldiers, such as Li Wu, Shang Martin, wu Qi; or to go out on expeditions, to expand the territory, such as Bai Qi and Le Yi. They are not bound to their homeland, but only loyal to the monarch who recognizes them, and they are always moving forward for the sake of eminence.
Zhang Yi and Su Qin were the best of the Zhongheng family in the Warring States period. Zhang Yi, in charge of Qin, advocated attacking in a close and close attack with a long distance, and attacking the weak with one thing; Su Qin and Yan advocated combining the longitudinal and combining the weak to attack the strong. So what was the diplomacy used by the two men? Without it, it is just a pit of deception.
Zhang Yi was a native of the State of Wei, learning the art of power and debate, after completing his studies, he lobbied the nations, when he was drinking in the Chu State and Chu Xiang, Chu Xiang lost a piece of jade bi, everyone doubted zhang Yi because of his poverty, so Zhang Yi was beaten, but he did not admit it, and finally put him back home, his wife cried bitterly, but he did not care, thinking that as long as the tongue was still there, there would eventually be a time to manifest.
Later, Zhang Yi ran to the State of Qin, lobbied King Huiwen of Qin, and became a guest secretary, and the countries that Zhang Yi targeted were the State of Wei and the State of Chu.
In 328 BC, Zhang Yi attacked the Wei state of Puyang and won a great victory, and Zhang Yi persuaded King Huiwen to return Puyang to the State of Wei and send another prince to the State of Wei to make friends with protons. Zhang Yi then ran to the State of Wei to blackmail the Favor, and the State of Wei presented Shangjun and Shaoliang to the State of Qin. Zhang Yi also worshipped him because of this.
Later, Zhang Yi was dismissed as the minister of state and ran to the state of Wei as a minister, in order to promote the alliance between the state of Wei and the state of Qin, Zhang Yi threatened and seduced in the state of Wei, the king of Wei did not agree, the state of Qin sent troops, so over the years, the state of Qin attacked the state of Wei several times, and the state of Wei finally gave up and allied with the state of Qin. Zhang Yi returned to the Qin state and served as chancellor again.
Later, King Huiwen of Qin wanted to attack the State of Qi, and Zhang Yi ran to the State of Chu to persuade the King of Chu Huai, and Zhang Yi took out the gimmick of shang yu and the beautiful women of the State of Qin to seduce the King of Chu Huai, and finally the King of Chu Huai agreed to Zhang Yi and broke the alliance with the State of Qi. Later, Zhang Yi returned to the Qin state but had been avoiding guests with illness, and the king of Chu Huai thought that the break with the state of Qi was not thorough enough, so he sent people to completely break with the state of Qi, and on the other hand, Zhang Yi took out six miles to send the state of Chu.
King Huai of Chu sent an army in anger, while the Qin-Qi alliance attacked the State of Chu. Later, the State of Qin wanted to blackmail the State of Chu and exchange the land outside Wuguan for qianzhong of the State of Chu, and the King of Chu Huai only wanted to get Zhang Yi and was willing to sacrifice Zhang Yi.
So Zhang Yi went to the prison of the Chu State, he bribed Jin Shang, Jin Shang ran to persuade Zheng Gui to help, the King of Chu Huai released Zhang Yi again, and then Zhang Yi once again used his three inches of uncorrupted tongue to persuade the King of Chu Huai to be kind to the Qin State.
On the way out of the Chu state to lobby other countries, Zhang Yi learned that King Huiwen of Qin had died and that King Wu of Qin had succeeded to the throne, that Zhang Yi and King Wu of Qin had always been at odds, and that the princely states had betrayed Lian Heng. Zhang Yi persuaded King Wu of Qin to let him go to the State of Wei and serve as The Minister of Wei, but died a year later. In 310 BC, Zhang Yi died, and in 309 BC, Su Qin was born.
Su Qin was a native of Luoyang (present-day Luoyang), when he was young, he studied the art of power and debate, after completing his studies, he lobbied the nations, no one appreciated him, the poor and destitute Su Qin returned to his hometown, was laughed at by his relatives, Su Qin vowed to change the status quo, so he studied hard, studied the "Yin Rune", and finally achieved success.
At that time, King Wuling of Zhao supported King Yan Zhao to succeed to the throne, and King Yan Zhao, who deeply hated the weakness of the State of Yan and vowed to make the State of Yan strong, so he built a golden platform to recruit talents, and Su Qin also came to the State of Yan at this time.
Su Qin advocated the combination of longitudinal and the power of the Six Kingdoms of Shandong against Qiang Qin, and his main lobbying target was King Wuling of Zhao.
After the Qi state Qi Min king succeeded to the throne, Qi Qin competed for hegemony, the State of Yan took advantage of the gap between the State of Qi attacking the State of Qin, attacked the State of Qi, king of Qi Min counterattacked the State of Yan, took more than a dozen cities, and later Su Qin sent an envoy to the State of Qi and persuaded the State of Qi to return the land of the State of Yan. Yan Qi temporarily formed an alliance, and Su Qin remained in the State of Qi to engage in espionage activities, lobbying King Min of Qi to attack the State of Song.
Later, the State of Qi fled from the State of Wei, and Su Qin further gained the trust of King Min of Qi and became the prime minister of the Three Kingdoms of Qi Yan and Zhao, and within his reach, he destroyed the Alliance of Qi and Zhao for the benefit of the State of Yan, isolating the State of Qi as much as possible so as to achieve the goal of weak Qi and strong Yan.
In 284 BC, Le Yi persuaded the Four Kingdoms of Qin, Han, Zhao, and Wei to attack the State of Qi, and Le Yi defeated the State of Qi with the armies of the Five Kingdoms. King Qi Min finally understood Su Qin's "good intentions" and split Su Qin.