Author: Qi Yunke
In the first year of the reign of King Hui of Yan (278 BC), Less than a year after Le Yi was forced away by the King of Yan, the strategic counterattack launched by the military and people of the State of Qi was completely victorious, and the Yan army was driven out of the State of Qi and fled in a panic. At this point, the Five Kingdoms Joint Vertical Attack campaign launched by King Yan Zhao came to an end with a failed result.
Then, what kind of person was this Yan Hui King, who had wasted the achievements of his father's painstaking efforts for many years in an instant?
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" >, the "vendetta" of King Hui of Yan and Le Yi</h1>
The reason why King Hui of Yan, under the circumstance that Le Yi had achieved a series of brilliant victories in the State of Qi and the situation was very good, listened to the rumors spread by the Qi people and let the qi people ride to the State of Qi to replace Le Yi to command the army, because there was some festival between the two of them. As for the enmity spoken of by later generations, it should not be counted between them.
It is now unknown where they were celebrated, because there is no exact record left in the history books. However, according to past historical experience, it is nothing more than the jealousy of King Hui of Yan for the powerful ministers who were valued by his father, or the jealousy of LeYi by the ministers of the Yan kingdom who were ostracized by King Yan Zhao.
Although Le Yi has been in the Yan Kingdom for less than twenty years, he has won the trust and reliance of King Yan Zhao, and has also made indelible contributions to the rejuvenation of the country and the state. For King Yan Zhao's reuse of a foreigner, he violated the vital interests of the old aristocratic class in the country, and their dissatisfaction with King Yan Zhao had to be vented on Le Yi. As the crown prince, King Hui of Yan grew up in the Yan kingdom since childhood, and his relationship with the aristocratic forces was entangled, becoming their representative figure.
Therefore, the contradictions and disputes between Le Yi and the prince are inevitable. However, in terms of personal relations, there is no deep hatred between them. This is somewhat similar to the relationship between King Hui of Qin and Martingale in those years. Qin Xiaogong's heavy use of the Shang martingale transformation method violated the interests of the old aristocratic forces of the Qin state and was hated by them. Therefore, as soon as Qin Xiaogong collapsed, the old nobles attacked ShangMartin, and King Hui of Qin had to kill Shang Martin in order to appease the nobles.
Shang Martin's death was only a victim of political struggle. Le Yi was expelled by King Hui of Yan, and the same was true. Of course, if Le Yi really returned to the Yan Kingdom, it was difficult to guarantee that he would not be killed like Shang Martin. Therefore, Le Yi's escape to Zhao Guo for refuge cannot be said to be a wise choice.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > second, the remedy of remorse</h1>
After Le Yi fled to the State of Zhao, the Yan army commanded by the robbery was defeated by the soldiers and civilians of the State of Qi, which made King Hui of Yan regret it and remembered Le Yi's goodness. If Le Yi was in the Country of Qi, how could he not have failed so miserably!
King Hui of Yan wanted Le Yi to go back, but Le Yi was well aware of the dangerous situation of returning to the Yan Kingdom--those old nobles who sharpened their knives would naturally not fall into the tiger's mouth. In this way, King Hui of Yan felt ashamed of King Yan Zhao, and also ashamed of Le Yi, and at the same time, he was still a little dissatisfied with Le Yi, so he wrote a letter to Le Yi, one was to apologize, the other was to accuse.
Le Yi replied to a letter that has been circulated through the ages, "The Book of the King of Yan", in which the famous saying "A good author does not have to be good, and a good starter does not have to end well" clearly expressed his opinion: King Yan, your accusations against me are not valid, and I will not accept it. I have a good beginning in serving the Yan kingdom, and I have also done some deeds, and I have made great contributions to the Yan state, although I cannot fully achieve a good beginning and a good end, and the great merits have not been completely completed, but it is enough to repay the kindness of the previous king, because I have done my best. In the end, the reason why the great work was not completely completed was not in me.
Le Yi's reply was to the point, he did not deliberately excuse himself, but just laid out the facts and reasoned, and convinced King Hui of Yan. The remorseful King Hui of Yan, in order to remedy his mistakes, did not do anything to Le Yi, on the contrary, he took good care of Le Yi's family left in the Yan Kingdom, and let Le Yi's son Le Jian inherit the title of Chang Guo and reuse it. At the same time, Yan Guo opened the door to Le Yi: you are always welcome to go home and see.
Le Yi was also touched by King Yan Hui's behavior, even though it came too late. Since then, Le Yi has traveled back and forth between the Yan and Zhao kingdoms and made positive efforts to promote friendly and good-neighborly relations between the two countries. In this regard, Le Yi was praised and admired by the time and later generations.
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > third, murder plot</h1>
In the seventh year of The King of Yanhui (272 BC), he was the King of Yanhui who served as the King of Yan for seven years.
Regarding the King of Yan Hui, Tai Shi Gong recorded it very briefly in the "Family of the Duke of Yan Zhao" in the "Records of History": "King Hui died in the seventh year. Han, Wei, and Chu jointly cut down Yan. Yan Wucheng Wang Li. ”
Once King Hui of Yan died, why did the three kingdoms of Han, Wei, and Chu jointly cut down Yan? If you want to talk about the hatred with the Yan Kingdom, no one has qi Guoshen! Why didn't the State of Qi send troops? There's a big article in there.
It is said that when the monarch of a country dies and the crown prince succeeds to the throne, why do foreign countries send troops to intervene? Generally speaking, there are two situations, one is that there is a conspiracy between foreign troops and wants to divide up the country and come for selfish interests, for example, when King Wuling of Zhao just took the throne, the coalition forces of the nations killed him, just to take advantage of the fire and robbery, and wanted to destroy the Zhao state; the second is that the monarch of this country died abnormally, and the successor to the throne was not right, leaving a handle and excuse for the attack of the nations. Yan Guo should be this second situation.
Tai Shi Gong recorded in the Zhao Shijia of the Records of History that "twenty-eight years ... Yan will become the Prince of Anjun and kill his king. "The twenty-eight years here refer to the twenty-eighth year of King Huiwen of Zhao (271 BC), when the Yan general Cheng'an Jun Gongsun cao rebelled and killed the King of Yan. This Yan King should obviously be the Yan Hui King. However, it was different from the year recorded in the "Yan Zhao Gong ShiJia", and it was postponed for one year.
How can this be explained?
The only reasonable explanation is that in 271 BC, Gongsun Cao of Cheng'an Launched a coup d'état, and the reigning King Hui of Yan was killed and replaced by a prince, that is, King Wucheng of Yan; at the same time, in this year, they could not wait to change the Yuan. In this way, this year in the history of the Yan Kingdom should have been the eighth year of King Hui of Yan, but it turned out to be the first year of King Wucheng of Yan. The impression is that when King Hui of Yan was seven years old, King Hui of Yan was already dead, and King Wucheng of Yan had already succeeded to the throne.
It can be seen from this that Gongsun Cao wanted to erase the imprint of his own assassination and cover up the fact that he was rebellious, which can be described as painstaking. But facts speak louder than words and cannot be denied or concealed. The Taishi Gongzhi history books are good at using the Spring and Autumn brushwork, although the "YanZhao Gongshijia", which records the history of the Yan kingdom itself, follows the old sayings and conceals its facts, but in the "Zhao Shijia", which records the history of "foreign countries", it confesses the truth.
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According to tradition, King Wucheng of Yan was the son of King Hui of Yan. However, neither the Zhao Shijia nor the Yan Zhao Gong Shijia mention that King Wucheng of Yan was the son of King Hui of Yan. Therefore, whether King Wucheng of Yan was the son of King Hui of Yan is worth questioning.
After King Wucheng of Yan ascended the throne, it caused strong dissatisfaction from the State of Zhao. Because King Yan Zhao was sent by the State of Zhao to the throne of the State of Yan, and with the help of Le Yi's father and son, King Huiwen of Zhao had a very good relationship with King Yan Zhao and King Hui of Yan, and suddenly King Hui of Yan was killed, which was unacceptable to the State of Zhao.
In addition, it may also be because the reigning King Wucheng of Yan was not the son of King Hui of Yan, and this matter was known to the State of Zhao. Perhaps, the sons of King Hui of Yan are already "gone". How could This make Zhao Guo accept it?
Fortunately, out of a sense of public conscience, Le Yi's father and son vigorously discouraged the two countries from fighting and valuing peace; coupled with the fact that King Wucheng of Yan was on the throne, King Huiwen of Zhao had no choice but to accept it, although he was unwilling.
In order to reward and win over the State of Zhao, and in order to repair the friendly and good-neighborly relations with the State of Zhao, King Wucheng of Yan took the initiative to propose to the King of Zhao and married the daughter of King Huiwen of Zhao as the queen of the State of Yan.
In this way, King Wucheng of Yan became the son-in-law of King Huiwen of Zhao and formed an in-law relationship. So far, the relations between the two countries have not only returned to good, but also deepened a lot.
【About the author】Qi Yunke, male, educator. In recent years, he has published more than 800,000 words in media at all levels. Signed author of The Reading Platform. He is a member of the Henan Provincial Writers Association and a standing director of the Henan Provincial Youth Writers Association.
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