Many of us know King Wu of Qin, and we all started from the "Biography of Mi Yue". The King of Qin Wu in the TV series is played by Batuu, the son of Song Dandan, who is cute, can eat and sleep, and likes to show off his strength. Later, in the process of a lift, he hit his calf without paying attention, and then he died because of excessive blood loss.
King Wu of Qin raised his head
Therefore, in the eyes of most of us, his life is a joke, and his appearance is only to set off the excellence of his brother Qin Zhaoxiang, but is this really the case?
Let's take a look at the real Qin Wu King in history. King Wu of Qin's name is Yingdang, remember that it is win (ying) dang, not (yin) (dang)ah! Swing, to achieve is to level the six kingdoms, the meaning of the world, it seems that his father's expectations of him are still quite high, but how is he doing?
King Wu of Qin succeeded to the throne at the age of 19 and died at the age of 23, although he only reigned for 4 years, but things were not less.
King Wu of Qin
Militarily, he first quelled the civil unrest in the Shu state and preserved the granary of Great Qin, and secondly, he sent his general Gan Mao to conquer Yiyang in Korea and establish Sanchuan Commandery in Yiyang, clearing the way for Qin to destroy Eastern Zhou.
Politically, he united with the State of Qi, contained the State of Wei, and united with the State of Yue to contain the State of Chu, so that the State of Qin could let go and expand.
Especially in handling the relationship between kings and subjects, he was even better than King Zhaoxiang of Qin, what was going on? Let's take a look.
In 308 BC, King Wu of Qin decided to go east and conquer the Central Plains, but if he wanted to go to Luoyang, the seat of Jiuding, he had to capture Yiyang in Korea, so he sent the general Gan Mao to lead an army to attack Yiyang.
The Qin general Gan Mao
However, Gan Mao had a different opinion, he persuaded King Wu to abandon the attack on Yiyang, and for this reason he also stated two reasons: one is that Yiyang is thousands of miles away from the Qin state, and there are countless dangers and obstacles in between, and the difficulty of winning is too great; second, once Yiyang cannot be attacked for a long time, there will inevitably be people in the rear who slander the generals in the front, and if the king is shaken at this time, then the previous achievements will be abandoned.
After saying that, Gan Mao also told a small story to king Wu.
He said that in the country of Lu, Zengsan's name was a household name, and he was known as Zengzi, one of the famous disciples of Confucius.
But one day, a guy with the same name as Zeng San killed someone, and the news spread. When Zeng's neighbor heard about this, he came to tell Zeng's mother that your son had killed someone. Of course, the great-mother did not believe it, but still calmly and idly weaving.
The great-mother heard that her son had killed people
However, later, various people came to ZengShan's house to tell his great-mother about Zeng's murder. The great-mother slowly could not sit still, so that later she snatched the door and fled.
The great-mother eventually took the road and fled
After telling this story, Gan Mao said, Now my virtue is far inferior to that of Zengzi, and the trust of the great king in me is not as good as the trust of my mother in my son, and once I attack the city for a long time, there will definitely be more people who will say bad things about me, and the great king you are likely to shake and dismiss me, which will inevitably make the siege fall short.
King Wu understood GanMao's concerns, and in order to dispel his doubts, he made an alliance with him, indicating that if such a situation really happened in the future, he would definitely support him to continue fighting.
Sure enough, more than five months had passed, and Gan Mao still hadn't captured Yiyang, and the ministers of the imperial court all began to talk about it, including King Wu's uncle Chu Lizi (chu) Lizi, who began to persuade King Wu to recall Gan Mao in case of an accident.
When King Wu was about to recruit Ganmao, Ganmao mentioned to King Wu the oath of alliance in that year, and King Wu woke up, not only did not recall Ganmao, but continued to increase his troops to Yiyang, and finally successfully captured Yiyang, thus creating a good story of mutual trust between the monarchs and courtiers.
On the other hand, there was not such harmony between King Zhaoxiang of Qin and the general Bai Qi.
In 260 BC, the Battle of Changping ended. In this battle, the casualties of the Zhao army reached 450,000, the national strength had been exhausted, and the morale of the soldiers was low, which seemed to be the best time to destroy the Zhao state.
Battle of Changping
Bai Qi, the commander of the Qin army, was also keenly aware of this, so he personally led the main force of the army to attack the zhao state of Handan (Handan was the capital of the zhao state), and his purpose was to attack the city of Handan in one fell swoop and completely destroy the state of Zhao.
But at this time, Han and Zhao could not sit still, and they immediately sent emissaries with heavy gold to persuade Fan Ju (ju), the minister of the State of Qin, hoping that the State of Qin could stop making peace, and as a reward, they were willing to pay compensation for the land.
Fan Sui was sure of the plan, and immediately slandered Bai Qi in front of the King of Qin, and urged King Zhaoxiang to recall Bai Qi and negotiate peace with Zhao Guo, and the King of Qin did agree. Therefore, the State of Qin lost the best opportunity to destroy the State of Zhao, and Bai Qi was also completely disappointed in the King of Qin because of this incident.
Qin Guo Xiang Fan Ju
The State of Zhao was originally preparing to cut off the six cities for the State of Qin to atone for its sins, but after seeing Bai Qi retreating, he immediately violated the covenant. King Zhaoxiang of Qin was furious when he heard this, and immediately ordered Bai Qi to lead the army to attack the Zhao state again, and Bai Qi knew that when he attacked at this time, the fighter plane had been lost, and he would return in vain, so he could not get sick.
Without Bai Qi's command, the Qin army lost everywhere in the battle with the State of Zhao, and finally was defeated by the combined forces of the princes of the Kwantung, losing a total of 200,000 elites, greatly delaying the pace of the Unification of the Qin State.
The commander of the Qin Army was white
After this battle, the national strength of the Qin state was somewhat depleted, and it had to change its strategy and began to take the diplomatic policy of long-distance and close-range attack and various breakthroughs to plot against various countries.
So, what exactly does the story above illustrate?
In the first example, we can see that King Wu of Qin and The Emperor of Ganmao trusted each other and finally won the victory of the war, leaving behind a good story of harmony between the monarch and the subject.
Of course, there are two reasons for this success: on the one hand, Gan Mao has thought deeply and foresightly, given the king a preventive injection in advance, and won the trust of the king for himself; on the other hand, King Qin Wu has full trust in his courtiers, and he can vigorously overcome public opinion at key moments and vigorously support his ministers, which has created the ultimate success.
In the second case, King Zhaoxiang of Qin was at odds with his general Bai, and eventually buried the good situation in vain. Of course, if you look at the results of the matter alone, King Wu of Qin is better than King Zhaoxiang of Qin in handling the relationship between kings and subjects.
However, there are actually many reasons for the discord between King Qin Zhaoxiang and Bai Qi, the most important of which is that Bai Qi's military merit is too great, and he is already suspected of being a master of meritorious service, which has aroused the suspicion of the King of Qin.
Qin Zhaoxiang Wang Yingji
And Bai Qi's personality is very straight, there is no room for sand in his eyes, and after being jealous, he immediately turned against the King of Qin and did not want to be driven by it anymore, which led to the disintegration of the two.
So, what inspiration does Gan Mao's relationship with King Wu of Qin enlighten us today?
When we undertake a difficult task, we can also explain the key points to the leader in advance and strive for the trust of the leader, so as to avoid some contradictions and make it easier for us to succeed.
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