During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, to be honest, it was an era of "a hundred flowers blooming and a hundred schools of thought contending", and various schools of thought continued to emerge during this period. For example, we are familiar with Confucianism, Dharma, etc. in this era have bloomed their own strange brilliance.
Of course, this era is also an era of talents, on the other hand, some talents will still be buried. But gold always shines, and there is always a place for itself to shine.
"On Heng and Book Interpretation": "Shang Martin Xiang Filial Piety, for the Qin Kai Emperor." ”
Speaking of this, many people may know the characters we are going to talk about today, and it is true that today's protagonist is Shang Martingale.
In fact, in the early days, Shang Martin did not have a place to exert his talents in the State of Wei, and Shang Martin had no choice but to leave the State of Wei to tell the truth. At that time, it was also just in time for Qin Xiaogong to issue an edict to seek merit, hoping to recruit people with great talents in the world.
It was also this coincidence that Shang Martin came to the Qin Kingdom, but if he wanted to gain a foothold in the Qin Kingdom, he must first gain the trust of Qin Xiaogong. He also even wanted what Qin Xiaogong wanted, so he put forward the idea of changing the law and trying to be strong in front of Qin Xiaogong, which was said to be qin Xiaogong's heart.
Shang Martin was then appointed by Qin Xiaogong as the zuo shu chief of the Qin state, and in 356 BC and 350 BC, he implemented the relevant changes in the Qin state twice, the main content of which was: "Abolish the well field, open the mo, reward cultivation and fighting"
After the Shang martingale transformation method, the Qin state was really reborn, and the national strength was rising. The land of Hexi, which had been taken by the overlord of the Central Plains, the State of Wei, was also taken back, which made a good start for the qin state to further advance towards the overall grand strategy of the Central Plains.
After seeing Shang Martin's great deeds, Qin Xiaogong also knew what Shang Martin would face after his death, so Qin Xiaogong also intended to pass the throne to Shang Martin, only hoping that he could make the Qin state continue to be strong.
There is a relevant record in the Warring States Policy, Volume III, Wei Martingale's Death into Qin, which reads: "In the eight years of filial piety, he was ill and could not afford to pass on the shangjun, and he could not resign." ”
But why would the martingale choose to refuse?
In 338 BC, that is, the twenty-fourth year of Qin Xiaogong, Qin Xiaogong came to the end of his life, and on his deathbed, he said that he would pass the throne of the Qin state to Shang Martin, so that Shang Martin would become the monarch of the Qin state.
However, the attitude towards Qin Xiaogong's kind intentions is also very clear, that is, he refuses to accept it.
After the death of Duke Xiao of Qin. Buried in his brother Yuan, his son also naturally ascended to the throne, known in history as "King Huiwen of Qin".
In fact, if you think about it, why Qin Xiaogong was allowed to inherit the throne of the Qin State when he died, it is not difficult for us to see that in fact, this scene is the same as the reason for Liu Beibai's city at that time, just to test who Shang Martin's heart belongs to. Therefore, the real purpose of Qin Xiaogong is not to pass the throne to Shang Martin, this is just a means for Qin Xiaogong.
This zen system also exists, but it is relatively old, and it should be said that it is said to be in the Yao Shunyu period. The succession to the throne after the Xia Dynasty was also family-style, in this case, if Qin Xiaogong really did this, then he was the sinner of their old family, and the efforts of the Qin State from Qin Xianggong to Qin Xiaogong for dozens of generations were in vain.
In addition, the establishment of the State of Qin was very difficult, and those who pay a little attention to the Great Qin Fu will know that the State of Qin was called "Manu" by the State of Yan. It can be seen how low Qin Wei's status was at that time.
In 905 BC, the ancestor of the old Qin people, Qin Feizi, was sealed a vassal state by Zhou Tianzi for his meritorious service in raising horses, which was not yet a formal princely state at that time, and the population was extremely sparse, even in the Qin Xianggong period, the population of the old Qin people was only tens of thousands, and finally because of the merits of Qin Xianggong's escort, he was crowned as a prince by the King of Zhou ping and given land
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At this time, the State of Qin could truly be called a princely state, but this was only a blank cheque issued by King Ping of Zhou. The land west of qishan was still occupied by the Inuyasha tribe at that time.
It was not easy to get this land back to tell the truth, and the reason why King Zhou Ping moved east was because the Inuyasha tribe occupied this place. Inuyasha occupied this place, killed King You of Zhou, and Western Zhou was destroyed.
We can also see that King Zhou Ping is still very unkind, in other words, King Zhou Ping does not believe that the old Qin people can drive away the Inuyasha tribe.
As for why Qin Xiaogong wanted to test Shang Martin, it was because over the years Shang Martin had presided over the reform of the Law in the Qin Kingdom, and the reputation he had accumulated was still very large, and besides, this person was very capable.
After the death of Duke Xiao of Qin, King Huiwen of Qin took the throne, so King Huiwen of Qin was definitely going to seize the power of the Qin state. Then at this time, Shang Martin undoubtedly became his biggest obstacle, so Shang Martin also became a thorn in the eye of King Qin Huiwen. Shang Martingale is also doomed, and the final outcome of Shang Martingale is a car crack, which is still quite tragic.