Situation: King Shen Liang succeeded to the throne of King Zhou Xian for a total of 6 years, during which the Warring States underwent tremendous changes, King Hui of Wei neglected the State of Wei almost to the point, the State of Yan was controlled by the Zongheng family, the plan of the State of Qi and Chu was not going well, Meng tasted the fruitlessness of going to Chu, the State of Qin took Bashu, and gradually encroached on Han Wei, and already had the comprehensive strength to the east.
The Zongheng family became a new force, dividing the kingship in various ways, and whoever was weak supported whoever was weak?
The game of writing history is hidden behind the words, the social elite represented by the king and the Zongheng family has always been a game relationship, when the king is strong, the warrior clan has no sense of security, one accidentally loses his head, this moment is alive, the next moment he becomes a prisoner of the order, the scholar clan needs the space to survive, it will keep fighting, and the text is one of the tools of the warrior struggle. When the class of warriors is strong, the royal power will appear weak, and some will become their marionettes.
1, a look is not a thing
King Shen Liang (谥肼定, 谥法: 敏以敬曰慎; Rou De'an Zhongyue Liang.) 〕
First Year (Xinugu, 320 BC)
Wei Guo demoted himself to the throne.
(In the 23rd year of the Xianwang Dynasty, Wei Guo depreciated himself to hou; because his land was between Qin and Wei, the state was weakened, and this year he once again demoted himself to the title of Jun.) It is equivalent to one level such as Meng Yijun. ）
2nd year (壬寅, 319 BC)
The State of Qin attacked Korea and occupied Yan.
Wei Hui Wang Xue, son Xiang Wang Li. He reigned for 36 years.
Mencius entered the Kingdom of Wei and saw the new king come out, and said to the people around him: "I don't look like a monarch, and approaching him without any arrogance makes people feel awe." Suddenly, he asked, 'What will settle down the world?' I replied to him, 'The stability of the world lies fundamentally in the unity of the world.' He asked, 'How can the world be unified?' I replied to him, 'A king who does not kill and does righteousness can rule the world.' He asked, 'Who will give it to him?' I replied, 'There is nothing under heaven that is not given.' Does Wang Know Tian Li Miao? If there is a drought between July and August, the seedlings wither. When the sky is full of clouds and rain, the seedlings rise suddenly. If so, who can resist it? ’”
Interpretation: Mencius was talking about the ox, and many of the great ideas of Confucianism were not understood by many people in the Warring States period, because their responsibilities were too great and too big to be feared.
The reform of Confucianism began with the State of Wei, Wei Wenhou took Confucius's disciple Bu Zixia as his teacher, and practiced benevolent government in the State of Wei, and the Great Rule of the State of Wei did not rely on killing people to establish its prestige, unlike other royal powers that could not kill people at every turn, but strengthened the respect for the class of low-level scholars, which was equivalent to using the system to ensure the safety of these people's lives, and talents came to Wei to develop and make meritorious achievements, and the State of Wei became the first powerful country in one leap. This great-grandson of Wei Wenhou in this history was basically forgotten, not only lost his ancestral deeds, but also became someone else's puppet, Mencius wanted to educate this kind of person, like a decaying wood carving.
At this stage of the State of Wei, the general trend has gone, the new king of Wei Xiang has become the king, the new official has three fires, the new king has killed Li wei, the king of Qi Wei has cooked A Dafu, and the king of Qin Hui has cracked the martingale to the car. King Wei Xiang also wanted to kill people, but he didn't know who to kill!
Ask Mencius how to settle the world is what he wants to hear? In fact, it is: "How do I establish my authority?" ”
Mencius knew as soon as he heard that this boy wanted to kill Li Wei, learning from the Qin Hui King, the King of Qi Wei, the kind of person who killed a big one as soon as he came to power, Mencius of course could not support him, knowing that he wanted that answer, Mencius was not willing to give him chicken blood, he could only tell him that he could not rely on killing, you do not have this kind of fearful momentum, it is better to do some benevolence, you may live longer. Under the conditions of the Warring States, why is the chicken blood market of the Zongheng family far greater than the benevolence of Confucianism? Because Confucians do not want to help evil, there is good that must be done, and evil must be saved.
Mencius, in that dark era, alone wanted to change the world, and like his predecessors Confucius, ZiSi and others, he faced too many brain-dead people, and how helpless and lonely his heart was!
2. The Five Kingdoms failed to attack Qin
Three Years (癸卯, 318 BC)
Chu, Zhao, Wei, Han, and Yan jointly attacked Qin and attacked Hangu Pass. The Qin sent troops to counterattack, and the armies of the five kingdoms were defeated and fled.
The Song Dynasty began to claim the throne.
Four years (Kotatsu, 317 BC)
The State of Qin defeated the Korean army Yu Xiuyu and beheaded 80,000 people, capturing his generals Yu Shuo (鱼叟) and Shen Cha (漣孫即) to Yu Yuze ( 滵濤 The princes were terrified.
3. Su Qin was assassinated and Zhang Yi became the protagonist
Qi Guo competed with Su Qin for favor and secretly arranged for assassins to deal with Su Qin and assassinate him.
Zhang Yi persuaded King Xiang of Wei: "The territory of the State of Wei is less than a thousand miles, the warriors are only 300,000, the land is flat, the danger of the nameless mountains and rivers, to defend the borders of the four kingdoms of Chu, Han, Qi, and Zhao, the people guarding the pavilions and barriers are not more than 100,000, and the State of Wei is born a land of four battles, a battlefield for a big country." Those princes who participated in the alliance were allied with huanshui and became brothers to hold each other. Now brothers and parents, as long as there is a struggle for money, they will kill and injure each other, and the king still wants to use the strategy left by Su Qin to cope with the repeated uncertainties of various countries. The great king did not claim to the state of Qin, the army of the state of Qin attacked the outside of the river, occupied the scroll Yan, sour dates, hijacked the Wei state, and then attacked Yang Jin, then the State of Zhao could not go south, the State of Zhao could not go south, the State of Wei could not go north, and there would be no road to the State of Zhao in the future. Therefore may the king approve the plan and give the skeleton. "
The King of Wei was frightened and betrayed the agreement of the conciliatory, and asked Zhang Yi to return to the Qin state to facilitate this matter.
Zhang Yi returned to Qin and restored the Qin phase.
Lu Jing Gong Xue, Ziping Gong Li.
4. The State of Qin pacified Bashu
5th year (Otomi, 316 BC)
The two countries attacked each other and both requested support from the State of Qin. King Hui of Qin planned to cut down Shu, because the Shu Road was dangerous and difficult, and Korea might want to retaliate, and hesitated. Sima mistakenly requested that Shu be cut down.
Zhang Yi said: "It is better to attack South Korea." "
Qin Huiwang said, "Please tell me about its strategic reasons. "
Zhang Yi said: "Allied with the State of Wei and diplomated with the State of Chu, at this time the Qin soldiers went out of Sanchuan, attacked Xincheng and Yiyang, according to Jiuding, obtained the map of the world, and blackmailed the Son of Heaven to order the world, and the world did not dare not listen, this is Wang Ye." Those who contend for fame are in the dynasty, and those who compete for profits are in the city. Nowadays, Sanchuan and Zhou rooms are the dynastic markets under the heavens, and Wang is not in dispute, Gu is fighting for Rong Zhai, and he is getting farther and farther away from Wang Ye. "
Sima mistakenly said, "No. The courtiers heard that those who want to enrich the country must spread their territory, those who want to strengthen the army must enrich their people, and those who want to be kings must be virtuous, and all three capitals must be possessed and the king's business will follow. Today, the small people in the Qin kingdom are poor, so the subjects are willing to engage in YuYi first. The Kingdom of Shu, a country in the west and Rong Zhai as its king, now has such a calamity as the Kingdom of Qin; attacks them with the military strength of our Qin state now, such as using jackals to drive out flocks of sheep; it is enough to spread the country, and its wealth is enough to enrich the people, and the soldiers do not hurt the people and they have surrendered. Pulling up a country and the world does not think that violence, profits from all over the world and the world do not think that it is greedy, is our Qin state in one fell swoop and fame and fortune, and now there is the name of prohibiting violence and stopping chaos. If you attack Korea and rob the son of heaven, the world is notorious, but it is not necessarily a profit; and there is a name of injustice, and the danger lurks in it when attacking the world that it does not want. Why is it dangerous? Zhou Dynasty, the patriarch of the world. Qi, Han and Guo. Zhou Zi knew that Jiuding had been lost, and Han knew that sanchuan had perished, and he would conspire with the two kingdoms together, because this would ask Qi and Zhao for help, and then ask for help from Chu and Wei, Ding and Chu, and Yidi and Wei, how could the great king stop it. That's the danger I'm talking about. It is not as good as cutting shu. "
King Hui of Qin obeyed Sima Wei's plan and raised an army to cut down Shu: in October he took Bashu. The King of Shu was demoted to hou, and Chen Zhuang was appointed xiangshu. Since Shu belonged to the State of Qin, the State of Qin was therefore more powerful, rich, and despised the princes.
(This place of Bashu is not the foundation of the emperor, but the wealth of the emperor, and from the beginning of the Qin state, it has become a place of importance to Chinese strategists since then.) Zongheng family is close to profit, lack of strategic vision, Su Qin and Zhang Yi are very obvious. ）
5. Seizure of power and chaos
Su Qin died, and Su Qin's younger brothers Su Dai and Su Li inherited this set of brothers and began to lobby the princes. Yan Xiangzizhi married Su Dai and wanted to gain the power of the Yan state. Su Dai sent Yu Qi back, and King Ji of Yan asked Su Dai about the state of Qi: "Is king Qi hegemonic?" "
Sudai said, "No. "
King Yan asked, "Why?" "
Sudai said, "I don't believe in his subjects." "
So the King of Yan appointed his son.
Lu Maoshou said to the King of Yan, "The reason why the people of the world say Yao Shengxian is because they can make the world. Now the king ceded the kingdom to his son, and it was the king who had the same name as Yao. "
The King of Yan handed over all the state affairs to zizhi, and the power of the son was greatly increased.
Someone said: "Yu recommends benefits and takes Kai as an official, and the old man takes Kai as insufficient to serve the world, and passes it on to the benefit." Kai and jiaojiao attacked the party and seized power, and the world believed that Yu's name was spread to the world and that it was beneficial to order Qi to take it upon himself. Now the king said that the people who belonged to the kingdom to the son and the officials were none other than the prince were the ones who belonged to the son and the prince used to do things. "
The King of Yan took the opportunity to collect the silk, and officials of more than three hundred stones asked Zizhi about any political affairs. The south side of the son does the king's affairs, while the king of Yan is old, no longer cares about political affairs, Gu is a subject, and the state affairs are decided by the son.
Interpretation: South Korea wants to decentralize power, the people at the bottom say no, yan guo is full-time son, and almost destroyed the country. Zonghengjia is not a standard politician, they see all short-term interests in their eyes, Zhang Yi thinks that taking Korea is more important than taking Bashu, why is this so, Zhang Yi is Zonghengjia, they are relying on interests to move people's hearts, just like today's masters of success, they are all the kind of people who say beautifully and do foreign things.
Su Qin, Su Dai, etc. are more obvious, ostensibly opening up the people's wisdom, but in fact, they are leading the way party!