Time: 239 BC
Location: Qin Kingdom
Characters: Zhang Yi, King Huiwen of Qin
Event: Zhang Yi lobbied the King of Qin
The story is like this, Zhang Yi is a Native of Wei, who had originally taught Mr. Ghost Guzi with Su Qin and learned the art of lobbying, Su Qin's level seemed to be inferior to Zhang Yi's, and after Zhang Yi and Su Qin finished their studies, they both went to lobby the princes.
At first, Su Qin was not smooth, but later, Su Qin persuaded Zhao Suhou to persuade the princes of various countries to implement an alliance of alliances. Later, Zhang Yi defected to Su Qin, who ignored Zhang Yi, entertained Zhang Yi to look down on him, and also humiliated Zhang Yi in public. Zhang Yi came to see his old classmate Su Qin this time, he thought he could seek benefits, but who knew that he would be humiliated instead, thinking that the Qin State was a big country, and the Zhao State was also a big country, and could give the Qin State a counterweight, so he went to the Zhao State.
In fact, his old classmates did this for his reasons, and he hoped that Zhang Yi could help him. After Zhang Yi left, Su Qin secretly sent someone to help Zhang Yi arrive in qin and help him meet King Huiwen of Qin. King Huiwen of Qin was thirsty for talent, and knowing that Zhang Yi had some skill, he used Zhang Yi as a guest secretary to discuss with him the plan to attack the Six Kingdoms.
Here is the content of Zhang Yi's lobbying of the King of Qin.
Zhang Yi lobbied the King of Qin xian and said: "Among the countries of today, the Yan, Wei and Chu states have united, and then gathered the remnants of the Korean forces to form a joint front against the Qin state. The Qin state took advantage of the changes in the Shang martingale, it was very powerful, and it was able to unify the six kingdoms, and the reason why it could not succeed now was that the Qin state could not be loyal.
Then Zhang Yi used successful cases in history to illustrate that in order to succeed, it is necessary to rely on military strength, and fighting with troops can determine the life and death of a powerful country.
Zhang Yi also told the King of Qin that there is still one more way to unify the six kingdoms, that is, to be very hearty, to cut the grass and remove the roots, and not to leave a role for the disaster, so that the disaster will not exist.
Zhang Yi also pointed out that Qin Guo had three chances to succeed, but did not seize the opportunity. The first time was the qin and chu battles, the Qin army defeated the Chu army, occupied the capital of the Chu state, Yingcheng, and at the same time occupied Dongting Lake, Wudu, Jiangnan and other places, and the king of Chu fled eastward. Because the courtiers at that time refused to do this, but instead withdrew their troops and made peace with the Chu people, now the Chu state was strong again, leading the princes of the world to the west to confront the Qin state.
The second chance was that later the other princely states united and united their troops to the city of Huayang. The king defeated them with trickery and marched all the way to the Wei capital Daliang. After occupying Daliang, the State of Qin was able to capture the State of Wei; After capturing the State of Wei, the alliance between Zhao and Chu was broken. The State of Zhao fell into a place of danger, and the State of Chu was isolated and helpless. It was also because the courtiers refused to do so, but instead led the troops to retreat and make peace with Wei, so that wei had a chance to breathe.
The third chance was that not long ago, When Hou Hou was in charge of the Qin state, he used the army of one country, but he wanted to establish a feat that could only be accomplished by two countries, because the time was not ripe. At that time, there was a war between the State of Qin and the State of Zhao, and originally, the State of Qin could have defeated the State of Zhao, and after the capture of the State of Zhao, Korea would inevitably perish, and after the fall of Korea, Chu and Wei would not be able to become independent. Because the courtiers did not do this at that time, they automatically retreated to make peace with Zhao Guo, and finally failed.
The Qin state and the Zhao state went to war, why didn't they succeed?
Zhang Yi said three reasons, one is that the qin state's advisers have low skills and are ignorant and clumsy; second, the fighting spirit of the qin generals is not strong; and the third is that the combat effectiveness of the Qin army is not strong.
Now that the Qin State is very strong, we have the opportunity to conquer the Six Kingdoms, and Zhang Yi's reason is that the Qin State's orders are strict and rewarding and punishing, coupled with the advantages of the terrain. Zhang Yi pointed out that it was possible to sabotage the six kingdoms' joint strategy and its strength, and to achieve victory according to the plan I provided, that is, to first destroy Zhao and han, then force Chu Wei to become vassals, and finally unite with Qi and Yan to join forces to establish the cause of overlordship.
The King of Qin adopted Zhang Yi's strategy.
Zhang Yi used three inches of uncorrupted tongue to persuade the King of Qin to blend into feelings, full of hatred for the mediocre advisers of the Qin State, but also full of regret that the King of Qin had the strength but could not achieve hegemony, and finally, Zhang Yi succeeded, in 328 BC, King Huiwen of Qin sent Gongzi Hua and Zhang Yi to besiege Puyang in the State of Wei, attacking and occupying Puyang. Zhang Yi took the opportunity to persuade King Huiwen of Qin to return Puyang to the State of Wei, and sent his son to the State of Wei as a hostage. The State of Wei therefore dedicated the fifteen counties of Shangjun and Shaoliang to the State of Qin in return for king Huiwen of Qin. Therefore, King Huiwen of Qin appointed Zhang Yi as the prime minister, ranking first among the hundred officials, and participated in military and political affairs and diplomatic activities.