The State of Qin, from the initial small border tribe, to the gradual development and rise, the annihilation of the Six Kingdoms, the unification of China, a total of 700 years.
In the process of realizing hegemony, the Qin state has produced many kings of great talent and great strategy, capable ministers who plan strategies, and good generals who conquer the four sides, however, there will be a ming lord first, and then there will be a military general who can be a subject, and in the process of unifying the world in the Qin state, the more famous Qin kings are generally known to everyone as Qin Xiaogong, Qin Zhaoxiang, Qin Shi Huang, and so on.
However, some earlier times before them, there was already a genius Qin king in the history of the Qin Kingdom, and his achievements in a short life can be said to be as stunning and beautiful as a meteor crossing the endless night sky! But because he appeared in the era when the Qin Kingdom did not really come out of the world, his fame was not so great, but this could not affect his greatness, he was the Duke of Qin Wu!
Duke Wu of Qin was the eldest son of Duke Xian of Qin, his mother was Lu Ji (Princess of LuGuo), and he was later made crown prince. Duke Wu of Qin's father, Duke Xian of Qin, had three sons: the eldest son, Duke Wu of Qin; the second son, Duke Degong of Qin, Duke Wu of Qin, who was the same father and mother; and the third son, Qin Xiangong, whose mother was born to Princess Wang Ji of Eastern Zhou.
When Qin Xiangong died (Qin Xiangong was only 21 years old at the time of his death, and it is said that he was also murdered by three powerful ministers), the designated crown prince Yin Shu (later Qin Wugong) was only 8 years old, and at this time the state affairs of the Qin state were controlled by the three powerful ministers of Fu Ji, Wei Lei, and the three fathers, and the three of them were in the same breath. They believed that the national policy after the Qin state should be to make good friends with the Zhou royal family, so the three of them refused to support the succession of The Princess of Lu, but instead supported the succession of Yin Man, who was born of the Eastern Zhou Princess, which was the so-called Duke of Qin.
However, at this time, Qin Chugong was only 5 years old, so that the state affairs of the Qin State were safely in the hands of these three powerful ministers, but as Qin Chugong grew up slowly, these three powerful ministers found that Qin Chugong's attitude towards them was very unfriendly, and the Princess of Eastern Zhou, that is, the mother of Qin Chugong, was also extremely cold to them, and there was no gratitude, which made the three powerful ministers worried.
In order to fear that after Qin Chugong was older, he would have the ability to kill them, the three powerful ministers decided to attack first, so in 697 BC, Qin Chuzi was killed after being the monarch for six years, and the three great chiefs changed the original prince to the monarch, which was for the Duke of Qin. At this time, Qin Wugong was fourteen years old, but the three powerful ministers did not dream that 2 years later, this obedient-looking Qin Wugong actually personally sent them to the Naihe Bridge, and they did not expect it.
When the young Duke Wu of Qin ascended the throne, although he was only 14 years old, his mind was already quite mature, perhaps knowing the unknowing and uninformed death of his father and the unprovoked murder of his brother, so Qin Wugong was very good at disguising himself, in order to avoid the suspicion of the three powerful ministers, Qin Wugong obeyed the words of the three elders and showed weakness in every way.
Qin Wugong knew in his heart that if he wanted to get rid of the three powerful ministers with deep roots in the tree, he must have military power in his hands, and this step must be obtained through rigorous planning, and he could not be careless. Therefore, at the beginning of his term of office, Duke Wu of Qin left the capital of the country of Pingyang in the name of crusading against the Peng Rong clan, away from the control of Fu Ji and other powerful ministers, he secretly trained the army, cultivated his own forces, established his own authority, he led the soldiers to lead the soldiers, the soldiers were inspired by it, and every one of them was full of spirits, and he won the Peng Rong clan in a battle.
After the defeat of Peng Rong, Duke Wu of Qin gave full play to his "Wu" character, and continued to lead his troops south without stopping, capturing a large area of Rong territory, expanding the territory of the Qin State for thousands of miles, and attacking all the way to the foot of Mount Hua, except for Hexi, the entire Guanzhong area belonged to the Qin State. At this time, the territory of the State of Qin was second only to that of the southern state of Chu among the princely states.
Through 2 years of foreign wars, Duke Wu of Qin established the image of the supreme king of bravery in the army, and also won the support of a large number of non-commissioned officers, cultivating his own strength base, and the military power was firmly grasped by Qin Wugong at this time, and at this time, Qin Wugong succeeded to the throne only two years, only 16 years old.
After everything was ready to stop, Qin Wugong decided to start attacking the three powerful ministers, but at this time, the three powerful ministers were still unaware of themselves, thinking that this Qin Wugong was really a good power spokesman, and that they were respectful and respectful to the three of them, and the rewards were continuous, in fact, they knew that this was the paralyzing strategy of the young Qin Wugong, and the purpose was to let these three old guys relax their guard against him, so as to win time for him to win the strength to fight back.
In 695 BC, on the pretext of celebrating the foreign war and discussing the next step of national policy, Duke Wu of Qin invited three powerful courtiers to a banquet in the palace, and during the banquet, the Duke of Qin Wu killed the three on the spot on the grounds that the three conspired to kill his brother Qin Chuzi, and destroyed their three tribes.
After settling the internal contradictions in the Qin state, Qin Wugong began to expand with all his might, and the chariots of the Qin state began a grand journey under the command of Qin Wugong, first of all, the four small states within the Qin state, from west to east, Ji Rong, Yi Rong, Xiao Yu, and Xiao Zheng.
In 688 BC, Duke Wu of Qin personally led an army to destroy the two princely states of Inuyasha and Ji rong. In 687 BC, Duke Wu of Qin drove his troops to attack the state of Xiao Yu, and on the way back to the division, he destroyed the state of Xiao Zheng, and the hidden dangers of the state of Qin were cleanly solved, at this time, Duke Wu of Qin was only 24 years old, which was really a young hero.
After perfectly resolving the threat of political power and civil unrest, Qin Wugong began to look at the layout of the world, ready to lead the Qin state to a farther stage, at this time, the first thing Qin Wugong had to do was to build a new capital city that adapted to the future development of the Qin state - Yongcheng, this kind of forward thinking is very similar to the decision to build a new capital Xianyang when the later Shang Martingale changed the law.
Unfortunately, however, Duke Wu of Qin had not yet been able to live in his new capital, and in 678 BC, at the age of thirty-three, Duke Wu of Qin died prematurely.
Before the death of Duke Wu of Qin, his son Gongzi Bai was only 10 years old, Duke Wu of Qin felt that his father had succeeded to the throne at a young age and was bullied by the powerful ministers, and his own generation was also bullied by the powerful ministers at a young age, in order to avoid the occurrence of the qin state again interfering in the government, the wise Duke Wu of Qin did not pass the throne to his son, but to his younger brother, that is, the later Duke Of Qin. Gongzi Bai was later enfeoffed and settled in Pingyang, the former capital of the Qin State (after his death, his descendants took Bai as their surname, and bai Qi, the god of war of the Qin state, was a descendant of Gongzi Bai)
History is always strikingly similar, and always let people sigh helplessly, 382 years after the Duke of Qin Wu, the history of the Qin State has produced another king with the title of "Wu", the King of Qin Wu is also domineering, the martial arts are outstanding, but it is only 24 years old that he died young, and in the short 4 years of his reign, the King of Qin Wu ping shu chaos, set up a chancellor, pull up Yiyang, set up three rivers, more repair the law of the field, change the seal, dredge the river, build the embankment and build the bridge, King Qin Wu accomplished what many princes, including the overlord King Chu Zhuang of a generation, had not done in their lifetime.
Maybe this nickname "Wu" is too murderous, and the king who carries this nickname is too wise and divine, and even the heavens think they are too outstanding, so they have not given them too much time to interpret more legends of life!