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Although Jing Ke's assassination of the King of Qin ended in failure, Jing Ke became the number one assassin at that time.
You must know that Sima Qian listed the most famous assassins of the Warring States Period in the "Historical Records: Biography of the Assassins".
And there are five assassins in this "Biography of the Assassins", these five assassins are Cao Mo, Nie Zheng, Zhuan Zhu, Yu Rang, and Jing Ke.
And the longest of them is Jing Ke, not to mention one of them, even if it is two of them, three of them, the combined length is not as long as Jing Ke's.
You must know that none of the four of them are good at stubble, and the assassins were all big names at that time.
Cao Mo's assassination target was Qi Huan Gong, Yu Rang's assassination target was Zhao Xiangzi, Zhuan Zhu's assassination target was Wu Wangyi, and Nie Zheng's assassination target was Han Xiangxia.
The assassination targets of these four are either the first or second in command, and among them, Cao Mo, Zhuan Zhu, and Nie Zheng also succeeded.
Cao Mo forced Duke Huan of Qi to vomit out the land of Lu that he had occupied; Zhuan Zhu was hacked to death with a knife, but he also completed his task; and Nie Zheng, like Zhuan Zhu, although he was a death, his assassination mission had also been completed.
But why can't they compare to Jing Ke?
Because of these four first-in-command, the highest-ranking second-in-command is the king of a vassal state, but Qin Shihuang is the king of all vassal states, and there is no comparison between the two at all.
And Jing Ke is a ranger, even less worthy of mention than Qin Shi Huang, but it was this ranger who dared to assassinate Qin Shi Huang.
You said that in the assassin industry, Jing Ke dared to say second, who dared to say first.
What's more, Jing Ke's assassination of Qin Shi Huang was not a whim, but a trust from someone, and this person was Prince Yan Dan. What is this called? This is the death of a confidant.
It is precisely because the process of Jing Ke's assassination of Qin is full of tragedy and heroism that he is not only ranked first at that time, but even now, when it comes to assassins, the first impression that comes to mind is him Jing Ke.
But in fact, Jing Ke is just the opposite of Jing Ke in people's impressions, and he is an inexplicable loser.
02
If you want to pick out a person responsible for Jing Ke's failure to assassinate King Qin, most people will think that this person responsible must be Qin Wuyang.
Because according to Jing Ke's statement, he originally planned to capture Qin Shi Huang alive and asked Qin Shi Huang to spit out all the land annexed to the Six Kingdoms.
"Whoever does not succeed in this way, but wants to rob him with his life, he will get a contract to repay the prince. - Chronicles of the Assassins
However, due to the reason of one person, he did not even touch Qin Shi Huang's body, but only touched Qin Shi Huang's sleeve, and the entire assassination operation ended in failure.
If Qin Wuyang is there, Qin Wuyang can hold Qin Shi Huang, and in this way, the probability of capturing Qin Shi Huang alive will be greatly increased.
But because Qin Wuyang was just at the door of the main hall, he was already trembling with fright, so that Qin Shi Huang became suspicious and told him to wait outside the door and not let him approach.
Some people may be curious, didn't Qin Wuyang dare to kill people in the street at the age of thirteen? How could he be so frightened? You must know that Qin Wuyang's grandfather, Qin Kai, was the number one leader in the northern frontier of Yan Kingdom.
Do you say that with this kind of family background, if you kill someone, will he feel afraid?
This is also why when he killed someone, none of the people in the vicinity dared to raise their heads.
But when the object he has to deal with becomes Qin Shi Huang, everything will be completely different.
After all, Qin Shi Huang even cleaned up the kings of the six kingdoms one by one, let alone after you were a general of the Yan Kingdom.
Don't say that you want to kill Qin Shi Huang, even if you kill a guard in the Qin Palace, Qin Shi Huang can kill you immediately.
At this time, Qin Wuyang is no different from ordinary people, he has lost the backstage, and he knows his upcoming fate, do you say you are afraid?
As the saying goes, those who are brave in private fighting will be afraid of public war.
03
In fact, even if there was no Qin Wuyang's escape, the probability of Jing Ke's success in assassinating King Qin was very small, why do you say that?
Because Qin Shi Huang has given him three chances, but he can't grasp it once, do you say that this kind of person can succeed in assassination?
The first time was to see the poor dagger, at this moment, he had already pulled Qin Shi Huang's sleeve, but what was the result? His knife did not touch Qin Shi Huang at all.
The second time was when Qin Shi Huang ran around the pillar, and he was a ranger who couldn't even catch up with the pampered Qin Shi Huang.
The third time was when Qin Shi Huang tried to pull out the sword, but because the sword was about 1.6 meters at that time, Qin Shi Huang couldn't pull it out anyway.
It stands to reason that at this time, Qin Shi Huang had already focused part of his attention on drawing his sword, and the speed would definitely slow down, but what was the result? He still couldn't catch up with Qin Shi Huang.
Didn't it say that Jing Ke wanted to capture Qin Shi Huang alive? Since it was to capture Qin Shi Huang alive, the difficulty would definitely be higher than that of assassinating Qin Shi Huang, but in fact, Jing Ke's attempt to capture Qin Shi Huang alive was an outright hoax.
You must know that the dagger that Jing Ke tried to capture Qin Shi Huang alive at that time was not an ordinary dagger, it was Mrs. Xu's dagger, this dagger was the sharpest dagger in the Six Kingdoms, and there was no one.
It was bought by Prince Yan Dan for a lot of money.
In order to increase the success rate of the assassination plan, Prince Yan Dan also specially soaked this dagger with various poisons to ensure that it would be killed with one hit.
Jing Ke knew all this, in that case, why did he still use this dagger? Obviously, it is unreasonable, isn't this a contradiction?
So the prince asked for the dagger of the world, and got the dagger of Mrs. Xu of Zhao, and took a hundred gold, so that the work was quenched with medicine, and the blood was wet, and everyone was dead. - Chronicles of the Assassins
What's more, Jing Ke had no intention of taking on this assassination mission.
Originally, it was not Jing Ke who was responsible for carrying out this assassination mission, but Tian Guang from Yan State, but Tian Guang refused this assassination mission.
After all, this assassination mission is very important, and he is old, once something goes wrong, he will definitely not be able to bear this responsibility, so it is Jing Ke's turn to appear, and it is Tian Guang who recommends Jing Ke.
But Jing Ke's process of serving as an assassin was completely to drive ducks to the shelves, because he had never promised to assassinate Qin Shi Huang, but Tian Guang committed suicide in front of him.
Why did Tian Guang commit suicide? Because he had already told Jing Ke about the plan to assassinate Qin Shi Huang, if he did not commit suicide, if this plan was leaked in the future, wouldn't it be said that he had leaked it?
But his suicide forced Jing Ke to a dead end, if Jing Ke left Yan on the spot, then he would definitely be hunted down by Yan Prince Dan, so he could only go to meet Yan Prince Dan.
This is also why he refused to assassinate him at first, but Prince Yan Dan pulled out the chariot and horse beauty and enshrined him as Shangqing, and he fell into it at once.
Why is this so? Because as a ranger, the most glorious thing is to become the second-in-command of the country, and he Jing Ke is now the prince's doorman, far above the second-in-command.
And Prince Yan Dan also satisfied all his desires, do you think he can not agree?
And referring to Jing Ke's previous experience, you can realize that it is completely understandable that he can go against his original will because of his gentleness.
You know, he had a disagreement with a ranger named Gai Nie in swordsmanship, Gai Nie just glared at him, and he immediately relented.
Later, he had an argument with a man named Lu Jujian in Handan, and Lu Jujian just scolded him loudly, and he immediately relented.
From Gai Nie and Lu Jujian, we can realize that Jing Ke is a loser, after all, if he is not a loser, he will not be timid to this extent.
The more a person fails, the more eager he is for success, which can explain why he willingly works for Yan Taizi Dan.
And the development of things later can confirm that Jing Ke is a coward.
If you had planned to assassinate Qin Shi Huang, then you should hurry up and get ready, but what about Jing Ke? He didn't mention this matter at all, or Prince Yan should mention it himself.
After all, at that time, the Qin State had already destroyed the Han and Zhao States among the Three Jin Dynasty, and the Wei State was about to become a part of the destruction, if he didn't do it again, I am afraid that there would be no chance to do it.
And the explanation given by Jing Ke was that he had to wait for someone, and it was precisely because of his explanation that it directly led to some people later thinking that if this person existed, then the success of Jing Ke's assassination was not a problem.
But to be clear, about Jing Ke's failure to assassinate the King of Qin, the people of the entire Six Kingdoms at that time were clear, but no one said that he was the person Jing Ke was looking for.
Some people may say, isn't this looking for death?
You must know that before the Qin State, there had never been any country that had destroyed other vassal states by itself.
Although the Qin State has already destroyed the Korean and Zhao States, who can guarantee that the Qin State will definitely be able to destroy the other vassal states? Even if this person stands up, he will not necessarily die.
What's more, Jing Ke is a ranger, if the person he is waiting for really exists, then this person should also be a ranger.
And what the ranger pursues is nothing more than a reputation, otherwise there would be no one who dies as a confidant.
At that time, Jing Ke's deeds had already caused a sensation in the entire Six Nations, and if this person stood up, then he could also make a sensation in the Six Nations, but he was silent, which was obviously not logical.
All in all, there are too many loopholes about Jing Ke's heroic image, which are enough to defeat his image, indicating that he is not heroic at all.
04
If you want to trace the origin of Jing Ke's assassination of King Qin, you will find that this matter is doomed to fail from the beginning, because the person who planned this matter is Prince Yan Dan.
And Prince Yan Dan is obviously a prince with great ambitions and talents.
You must know that every king of the Six Kingdoms has a crown prince, but only Dan, the crown prince of the Yan Kingdom, came up with the idea of assassinating Qin Shi Huang, why? Because his heart has been twisted since he was a child.
Due to the weakness of the Yan State, Prince Dan of Yan has been a hostage in foreign countries since he was a child, first in the Zhao State and then in the Qin State.
This is also why he and Qin Shi Huang knew each other in the first place, because both of them were hostages in Zhao State back then.
But later, Qin Shi Huang had become the most powerful Qin monarch among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, and he was still a hostage.
The partner back then has become the one who can decide his fate, and it is his father Yan Wangxi who caused all this.
If Yan Wangxi valued him, he would not let him wander around, so it would not be surprising that he had the idea of proving himself.
But judging from one thing, a person like him is also suitable for talking on paper.
At that time, there was a wanted criminal in the Qin State in the Yan State, for this wanted criminal, the Qin State can be said to have made a bloody investment, as long as he can obtain his head, he can be rewarded with gold and gold, and he can directly carry out the class jump, this wanted criminal is Fan Yuzhi.
Why is he in Yan State? Why didn't Yan State hand him over to Qin State? Because when Yan Prince Dan was a hostage in Qin State, he was friendly with him, and now that he is in trouble, he naturally wants to pull him along.
There are two theories: the first is that he spread rumors that Qin Shi Huang was Lü Buwei's son, and the second is that Qin Shi Huang's younger brother Chang'an Jun rebelled, and he was part of the rebellion.
If the matter of Fan Yuzhi in Yan State was known by Qin Shi Huang, Qin Shi Huang would definitely use the entire Qin State to put pressure on Yan State.
It is even possible to directly order the army to rush towards the Yan State, after all, the Qin State and the Yan State were already bordering at that time.
If it is replaced by other princes, Fan Yuzhi will also be sacrificed, and maybe he can win a glimmer of life for Yan Guo, or a glimmer of life for himself in the future.
But he left Fan Yuzhi in Yan Kingdom, and entertained him with good wine and meat, isn't this just looking for death?
You must know that at that time, he had another choice, that is, to send Fan Yuzhi to the Xiongnu, but he chose the most dangerous one.
His teacher, Ju Wu, also tried to persuade him, but he was unmoved.
"In the middle of the house, Qin General Fan offended the King of Qin, and the prince of Yan was given up. - Chronicles of the Assassins
You say that with this type of person, what do you expect him to accomplish?
This can also be understood, if someone else wants to assassinate the emperor, they will definitely be carefully selected and selected among the elites.
But he picked out a nesty Jing Ke, a bully Qin Wuyang.
Is it possible that the assassination will succeed in this combination? He died at the hands of his father, Yan Wangxi, and he was entirely to blame.
05
Jing Ke's assassination of the King of Qin, whether it is successful or not, there is only one beneficiary, and that is Jing Ke.
Because through this incident, he directly rose to become an assassin that everyone knows and everyone knows, and it must be worth it for him.
As for the fact that the successful assassination of Qin Shi Huang can prevent the Qin State from unifying the six countries, it is completely nonsense.
At that time, only four of the six kingdoms remained, and the state of Qi could be put aside, because the state of Qi had been infiltrated into a sieve by the state of Qin.
You know, Qi Wangjian once wanted to go to Qin to call King Qin a minister, you say this is outrageous?
If it weren't for the doorman reminding him that his identity was the same as that of King Qin, I am afraid he would already be a courtier of King Qin.
This is also why only Qi of the Six Nations did not resist and surrendered directly.
And the State of Qi was the country with the most intact strength at that time, and if he did not participate in the war, then there would only be one country left, the State of Chu, wouldn't there be the State of Wei and the State of Yan?
At that time, Wei was already in the bag of Qin, but Qin did not stretch out his hand.
And Yan Wangxi can be frightened by Qin Guo to kill his own son, do you think this kind of person can be counted on?
There is only one Chu State that can really play a role in opposing Qin, but one Chu State is definitely not the opponent of Qin.