Author: Our special guest author Nine Fish Pavilion
Under the ancient economic system of heavy agriculture and suppressing commerce, merchants were already in a low position, but Lü Buwei of the Qin Dynasty was an exception, he entered politics as a businessman, and through various means, assisted Zi Chu to take the throne, and earned the maximum benefits with the thinking of a businessman.
After Lü Buwei's development, he not only became the number one power minister, but even manipulated the state affairs of the Qin State to a certain extent, all the dynasties and dynasties, but all the powerful ministers or famous generals, most of them will not have a good end, and Lü Buwei also cannot escape this strange circle.
According to historical records, "The King of Qin was afraid of his change, but he gave Wen Xin Hou Shuyi: "What merit did jun make contributions to Qin?" Qin Fengjun Henan, eating 100,000 households. Why is Jun he pro-Qin? Known as the middle father. He and his family moved to Shu!" Lü Buwei invaded himself a little, feared the curse, but drank and died. ”
In 237 BC, Yingzheng relieved Lü Buwei of his post, drove him out of Xianyang, and went to Henan to be sealed. Although Lü Buwei is no longer a Xiangguo, but its power is still not small, many princes and guests still continue to visit Lü Buwei, in order to prevent accidents, Ying Zheng wrote a letter to Lü Buwei.
The letter was full of threats and ordered him and his family to move to Shudi, but Lü Buwei realized that the great trouble was coming, so he committed suicide by taking poison. So why did Lü Buwei commit suicide because of a letter from Yin Zheng?
First, the relationship with Zhao Ji is unclear and unclear
At the beginning, Lü Buwei spent a huge amount of money to assist Zi Chu, in order to make Zi Chu ascend to the throne, running around and making some connections, once took the line between An Guojun and Lady Huayang, and Zi Chu's reputation rose. Prior to this, Lü Buwei had already married a beautiful woman from Handan, which was Zhao Ji.
Once, Zi Chu and Lü Buwei were drinking, and Zi Chu saw the beautiful Zhao Ji and liked it very much, so he asked Lü Buwei to give Zhao Ji to him. After all, Zhao Ji is Lü Buwei's wife, the so-called wife of a friend cannot be deceived, no matter how zi chu's request is also a bit excessive, Lü Buwei is somewhat angry, but in order not to destroy the overall plan, Lü Buwei still agreed, and Zhao Ji gave it to Zi Chu.
Although Lü Buwei gave Zhao Ji to Zi Chu, we cannot ignore the role played by Zhao Ji in this, if there was no Zhao Ji, there would be no Qin Shi Huang, and without Zhao Ji's protection, Ying Zheng might have died in the Zhao Kingdom long ago.
After Zi Chu became the King of Qin, Lü Buwei finally obtained the benefits he had dreamed of and became the Chancellor of the Qin State. At this time, Lü Buwei was no longer the businessman who was not in the flow, but the minister of a country, with a high position of power, but the relationship between Lü Buwei and Zhao Ji was not broken.
Historical records record that "the king of Qin was young, and the empress dowager stole from time to time to implicate Lü Buwei." ”
After the death of King Xiang of Qinzhuang, Yingzheng took the throne, and at this time Zhao Ji had become the empress, and in people's impressions, the empress dowager should be majestic and dignified, but Zhao Ji was an unruly empress. Zhao Ji was originally Lü Buwei's wife, and even though her identity was different at this time, she was still disconnected, and the two would often have an affair.
After Qin Shi Huang grew up slowly, he also learned of this matter, and the empress dowager and the powerful minister Lü Buwei had an affair, what is this called? Moreover, Lü Buwei is also known as "Zhong's father" and has become the "gossip father" of Yingzheng, which is called how can Yingzheng's psychology be accepted?
Although the middle father is nominally the father's eldest brother, after all, there is a "father" word, which is not good to say. Why under the rule of Yingzheng, the Qin Dynasty practiced tyranny, to a certain extent, related to its early experience, there was an unreliable mother, adulterous everywhere, even his father's identity is confused, so Yingzheng blamed all this on Lü Buwei, and when he controlled the power, he must kill Lü Buwei to vent his hatred.
Second, collusion and chaos in the harem
When Qin Shi Huang was young, the ugly things of Lü Buwei and the empress dowager could still be perfunctory, but when Qin Shi Huang grew up, this matter could not be hidden. Adultery with the empress dowager, this matter in any dynasty is a major crime to kill the head, so Lü Buwei is afraid of the scandal leaking, so he wants to withdraw.
However, Empress Dowager Zhao Ji could not ignore this, so Lü Buwei wanted to find a substitute to please the empress dowager instead of himself. Lü Buwei then began to stomp around, and after a long period of observation, he found that the doorman Yan Yi had a unique ability.
Historical records record that "Lü Buwei was afraid of harming himself, but he privately begged the Great Yin man Yan Yi to think that he was a sacrifice, and when he advocated pleasure, he made Yi go with his Yin Guan Tong Wheel, so that the Empress Dowager could hear it and whisper to the Empress Dowager." ”
Under lü Buwei's introduction, Yan Yi attracted the attention of the empress dowager, and described the skills of yan yi in a colorful way, and the empress dowager salivated and let yan Yi enter the palace. Yan Yi is an outsider, how can she enter the palace? Lü Buwei then came up with a bad idea, let Yan Yi pretend to be a eunuch, and then pull off a few beards, so that he could serve the empress dowager in a dignified manner.
If Yan Yi was only the male favorite of the empress, it would be counted, but unfortunately most of the male pets of the previous dynasties had the ambition to ascend to the throne, and they not only had a bad reputation, but also did bad things. Under the favor of the empress, Yan Yi also became an indispensable big figure, with thousands of domestic slaves and countless doormen.
The mixed-up Concubine Yi also gradually began to get carried away, not only letting the Empress Dowager give birth to two sons for him, but even wanted to make their son king, and most importantly, Concubine Yi also called herself a false father. Qin Shi Huang had an extra father for no reason, and at this time Qin Shi Huang had grown up, how could he tolerate the existence of such a commodity as Yan Yi.
There is no impermeable wall in the world, the empress dowager and concubines are also known to Qin Shi Huang, after the investigation of the scandal of adultery and the birth of children, Qin Shi Huang killed the three clans of Yan Yi and killed the two sons of the empress, but this still could not make Qin Shi Huang angry.
The initiator Lü Buwei was still alive and well, which made Qin Shi Huang how to swallow this breath, and then Lü Buwei also became a thorn in Qin Shi Huang's eye and a thorn in his flesh. Although Lü Buwei said that he had made great contributions to the Qin State, what he did was really not very authentic, so his results were naturally not good.
Third, if the merit is high, there is no doubt that he will die
Most of the people who have been highly skilled since ancient times have died very ugly, of course, Guo Ziyi's type also exists, but there are too few. Although Lü Buwei said that he had outstanding ability and assisted Zi Chu to sit on the throne with one hand, after he became a chancellor, his performance was not satisfactory.
If there was no Lü Buwei, there would be no Qin Zhuang Xiang King, in other words, there would be no Qin Shi Huang's hegemony, and Lü Buwei's contribution to the Qin Dynasty was beyond doubt. After Lü Buwei's reign as a very popular subject, there were tens of thousands of servants in the family and 100,000 households in Henan, but Lü Buwei did not know how to converge, in order to leave his name in the history of Qingqing, Lü Buwei also ordered people to compile a book called "Lü's Spring and Autumn".
In the Spring and Autumn of the Lü Dynasty, it is a ruling ideology that integrates the hundreds of sons and hundreds of families, and in Lü Buwei's view, he is only for the glory of the lintel, and in the eyes of Qin Shi Huang, this is a precursor to usurpation and rebellion.
In any case, Lü Buwei's merits were too great, and his power was also terrible, and in all the dynasties and dynasties, which emperor could allow such a powerful subject to exist? Lü Buwei's death had a lot to do with his pride in his achievements and ignorance of convergence, and with such great merit and so many troubles, the green on the head of King Xiang of Qin Zhuang could not be covered, so Lü Buwei's death was also reasonable.
Reference: Chronicles of History, Chronicles 25
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