In the land of China, the spirit of the people, throughout the ages, there have been many prodigies, such as Cao Chong, the son of Cao Cao, the great poet wang Bo of the Tang Dynasty, and Xie Jin, a heavy minister of the Ming Dynasty... Wait, in the history of Zhengshiye, their deeds are also more or less recorded, which makes future generations admire them, and the prodigy I want to talk about today is Ganluo at the end of the Warring States period.
Ganluo, who was a Cai of the Qin State in the last years of the Warring States period, mentioned Ganluo, and had to mention his grandfather Ganmao, who was a famous general of the Qin State, who assisted King Huiwen of Qin, the official to Zuo Chengxiang, and the King of Qin Huiwen, Wenzhi Wugong, and under the assistance of Ganmao, he added wings like a tiger, laying the foundation for the later unification of the Six Kingdoms of Qin. King Huiwen of Qin died and passed the mantle to King Wu of Qin, and Gan Mao was highly valued by King Wu of Qin and promoted to the position of Left and Right Chancellor.
Under the persuasion of Gan Mao, the State of Qin united with the State of Wei, under the leadership of Gan Mao, attacked Yiyang, a military stronghold of the State of Wei, the Battle of Yiyang was easy to defend and difficult to attack, Gan Mao held out for five months, and finally captured Yiyang, which was a key battle for the unification of the Six Kingdoms by the State of Qin at the end of the Warring States period.
After the Battle of Yiyang, Gan Mao's fate took a sharp turn for the worse, King Wu of Qin was crushed by Ding because of his resistance to Ding, and died violently, after the death of King Qin Wu, King Zhaoxiang of Qin succeeded to the throne, a dynasty of Heavenly Sons and a courtier, under the slander of Xiang Shou, Gongsun Yi and others, Gan Mao not only did not receive the attention of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, but also was in a precarious situation, and had no choice, Gan Mao left the Qin state and defected to the State of Qi.
Although the Ganmao people arrived in the State of Qi, his children and family members remained in the State of Qin. Under the persuasion of Su Dai, the Zongheng family, King Zhaoxiang of Qin decided not to embarrass his children because of Ganmao's escape, and Ganmao's son, that is, Ganluo's father, also obtained an official position in the Qin state.
Finally, King Zhaoxiang of Qin realized that he had listened to rumors and was also aware of Gan Mao's importance to the Qin state, so he sent someone to ask Gan Mao to return to the Qin state and continue to serve the Qin state, but Gan Mao refused. King Zhaoxiang of Qin was a little annoyed, so he wanted to find a reason to embarrass Ganluo's father, who was still an eight-year-old child that year.
King Zhaoxiang of Qin pretended to be a soldier and summoned Ganluo's father, who revealed to Ganluo's father that he lacked a medicinal primer, and that the eggs laid by the rooster needed Ganluo's father to find the medicinal primer within three days.
Although Ganluo's father was not as intelligent as Ganmao, he also knew the absurdity of This order of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, where under the heavens would lay eggs? Therefore, Gan Mao returned home, frowned bitterly, and told his family what happened, and after hearing it, Ganluo, who was only eight years old, immediately had a countermeasure, saying: "What is so difficult about this?" ”
The next day, Ganluo went to see King Zhaoxiang of Qin in place of his father, and when he saw this stinking child, King Zhaoxiang of Qin and his courtiers, they all felt puzzled. Hearing that this was Gan Mao's grandson, Qin Zhaoxiang's anger did not come, he remembered that Gan Mao had fled and did not return, so he secretly said: "Why didn't your father come over, is it also a fear of crime and absconding to another country?" ”
Faced with this difficult problem, Ganluo did not show weakness and said categorically: "My father gave birth to a son in the palace, so he could not come to see His Majesty."
After listening to it, King Qin Zhaoxiang laughed and said, "Absurd, how can there be a man giving birth under the heavens", Ganluo then replied: "If this is the case, then how can there be eggs laid by the rooster", King Qin Zhaoxiang was dumbfounded, he was so fearless for this eight-year-old prodigy, so able to speak eloquently, he felt admiration, and then decided not to embarrass Ganluo's father anymore.
Ganluo began to be reused, he became the youngest disciple under Lü Buwei, and Lü Buwei's strategy for the Qin state was to unite with the Yan state to attack the Zhao state, at that time the Yan state had already sent prince Dan to the Qin state as a proton, and the key step of Lü Buwei's strategy was to let Zhang Tang go to the Yan state, and when the Yan state was the Xiangguo, it served as the eyeliner of the Qin state in the Yan state.
However, no matter how much Lü Buwei advised, Zhang Tang was reluctant to go to the State of Yan, because on the way to the State of Yan, he would pass through the State of Zhao, and Zhang Tang had led troops to attack the State of Zhao, and was hated by the Zhao people, and Zhang Tang was unwilling to risk stepping into the territory of the State of Zhao. Zhang Tang's concern was also excusable, just when Lü Buwei was in a dilemma, Ganluo had a plan, he used Bai Qi and Fan Ju to scare Zhang Tang, so that Zhang Tang felt that staying in the Qin State was more fierce and less auspicious than sending out the Yan Kingdom, zhang Tang really made a plan and got up to go to the Yan Kingdom.
This plan of Ganluo impressed Lü Buwei, and then Ganluo requested an envoy to the State of Zhao, and the Qin King Yingzheng agreed. Arriving at the State of Zhao, Ganluo told the state of Qin ally with the state of Yan and the plan to attack the state of Zhao, and when king Zhao learned of it, he was afraid in his heart, and Ganluo took the opportunity to analyze the situation at that time, and after king Zhao listened, he gave it to the state of Qin at the cost of five cities, in order to ask the state of Qin not to help the state of Yan when the state of Zhao attacked the state of Yan.
Later, the State of Zhao sent eleven of the cities that had captured the State of Yan to the State of Qin. In this way, Ganluo did not use a soldier and a general, he won sixteen cities for the Qin state, and because of this, the Qin king Yingzheng worshiped Ganluo as a minister, that year Ganluo was only twelve years old, he became the youngest minister in history, which is the allusion to "Ganluo Baixiang".