King Wuling of Zhao, known as Yong, called himself "Lord Father", and historians called him "Master Father of Zhao". He ruled the Zhao state for 27 years, transforming a Zhao state that had become on the verge of bankruptcy into a first-class princely state.
During the Warring States period, the crowds rose up and the Seven Kingdoms competed for hegemony. When King Wuling of Zhao ascended the throne, the State of Zhao was coveted by all the countries and repeatedly invaded by the Xiongnu, so he carried out reforms, "Riding and Shooting in HuFu", rewarding farming wars, and the national strength became stronger and stronger. In 298 BC, he abdicated the throne with his son Zhao He, and later died in the Dune Palace due to the internal struggle between the former crown prince Zhao Zhang and the new king Zhao He, and the State of Zhao was in turmoil.
King Wuling of Zhao rescued the Zhao kingdom from crisis and strengthened the national strength, but in the end he died a miserable death, for this matter, everyone can be said to be benevolent, wise people see wisdom, standing on different positions will draw different conclusions, so as to sum up the lessons learned to benefit the current affairs, this is a function of taking history as a lesson.
King Wuling of Zhao was the fifth monarch of the State of Zhao, and he ascended the throne at a time when the warring powers were at their most fierce. Since the late Spring and Autumn Period, the increasingly fierce annexation wars have led to a continuous reduction in the number of princely states, and the "international" pattern has undergone major changes. In the baptism of fire and wolf smoke, Qi, Chu, Qin, Yan, and Han, Zhao, and Wei, who were split from the Jin State, stood out, and the land of Shenzhou gradually became a stage for the Seven Kingdoms to compete for glory.
The decrease in the number of princely states made the Seven Xiongs border each other and lost their strategic buffer zone, so the "international" competition also became more intense When the young King Wuling of Zhao was put on the ceoship of the Zhao Guo Company, he realized how weak his company was:
Soon after Zhao Yong's ancestors started their business, they were eager to compete with Wei Guo, the first strong state in the early Warring States period, for the Central Plains market, and as a result, they were all-out counterattacked by Pang Juan, not only losing the market they had already occupied, but even the company's headquarters was captured by Wei Guo Company. Zhao Guo Company has since collapsed and is in danger of being acquired.
Around the Zhao state, in addition to the powerful and established chaebols Chu Guo, Yan Guo, Qi Guo, and Wei Foreign Countries, there was also a powerful Qin State, and the Qin State was the greatest threat.
King Wuling of Zhao, who had just ascended the throne, was still unable to grasp the overall situation of the whole country well, so he took Zhao Bao, the Emperor of the Yang Dynasty, as his counterpart, and selected three knowledgeable people as his masters to counsel himself; he also placed three people on the left and right, who were specifically responsible for supervising and defaming himself, and political affairs were mainly entrusted to these people.
After a two-year transition period and gradual familiarity with government affairs, he took over the military and political power of the country and began to operate the Zhao state for twenty-six years, and soon showed outstanding political talent.
Once, these four domestic families invited Zhao Yong to form an alliance together, but unexpectedly, the Five Kingdoms Alliance, which had different opinions, lost the initial battle, and was beaten by the Qin clique, and almost the entire army was destroyed.
Just when Zhao Yong was having a headache and was in his early twenties, the King of Qin died unexpectedly, and a dispute for the throne ensued within the group. Therefore, Zhao Yong quickly courted the Qin people and sent people to the Yan kingdom to escort the prince Ji who was being held hostage to the qin state, that is, the king of Qin Zhao.
Therefore, Zhao Yong took advantage of the temporary peaceful environment of no external Qin worries and prepared to carry out major changes at home.
King Wuling of Zhao had long realized that if the Zhao kingdom was to be rich and strong, it was necessary to have a strong army. He set his sights on the hu costumes and the superiority of the speed of the cavalry, believing that only by breaking the established conventions could the change be successful.
After first leading the group of ministers to the grass-roots level for inspection, he said with a cold face and gritted his teeth: "Everyone has seen it all the way, we are zhao guo, and in the east there is Zhongshan, which is the disease of our confidants; in the northeast there are Yan guo and dong hu, and there are many people; in the northwest, there are lin hu and lou fu, who are good at riding and shooting; and in the west there is a strong Qin and a country of tigers and wolves." With such a strong neighbor, we are the first choice (if you mobilize your subordinates to change, the first step is to scare them, that is, to make employees feel a sense of crisis). "
The courtiers listened and did not make a sound.
King Zhao Wuling then spat out a shocking word: "Strong soldiers are the top priority, widows ------------------------------------------------------- "
Hufu? Make no mistake!
The group of ministers could oppose it with great vigor in their hearts, so they all remained silent and fought against this deviant "boss" with silence.
King Wuling of Zhao was very depressed. In particular, The Elder and Uncle Gongzi of King Wuling of Zhao even pretended to be ill and could not go to work.
King Wuling of Zhao personally went to see Gongzicheng and said, "Why have we lost so many times over the years?" If we can't humbly learn the model of the powerful, how can we be brilliant again? You look at the recent Zhongshan, Lou Fu, their horseback archery is better than us, we only learn from them first, and then continue to innovate, we Zhao Guo have a way out! Gongzi Cheng nodded frequently.
King Wuling of Zhao struck iron while it was hot and gave him a hu costume.
The next day, Gongzi Cheng went up in a bearded robe, and the change of upward and downward effects finally began.
However, Gongzicheng is stubborn after all, and it is he who finally undermines the change.
King Wuling of Zhao officially issued the "Hu Fu Order" (that is, learning the flexible and mobile business model of small companies): all middle and high-level cadres must learn from the Hu people, first learn their clothes (grassroots employees are not included), and then train cavalry to charge in formation.
King Wuling of Zhao did not copy the Hu people's cavalry tactics and abandon his own chariot tactics, but effectively combined the cavalry and chariots in formation, and completed the close coordination of the three types of infantry, horses, and chariots, so as to maximize their superior effect.
With the help of the maneuverability and fierce impact of the warhorse, Zhao Ren Hufu went north and drove Hu Qianli for six years, thus encompassing the northern part of central Shanxi, the southern part of northern Hebei, and the northeast corner of Shaanxi. King Wuling of Zhao built the Great Wall on the northern border, and the northernmost line of the Great Wall has been built into Inner Mongolia, south of Daqingshan.
After the merger of Zhongshan, LouFu and other enterprises, Zhao Guo officially reorganized and established the "Zhao Guo Group". In this difficult environment, King Zhao Wuling succeeded. This is also one of the few changes in the history of our country that has deftly broken through many obstacles.
When it comes to the trick of changing ge, there are actually only three points:
1. Lead by example and let the Chinese people see the sincerity and determination to change;
Second, do not take the light and fear the heavy, do not avoid contradictions, and take the biggest card blocker to open the knife;
Third, treat the opposition that has changed the ge, understand it with reason, move it with affection, use grace and power at the same time, and not beat them to death with a stick, intensifying contradictions.
This business model invented by King Wuling of Zhao was finally used to the fullest by Xiang Yu during the Chu-Han struggle for hegemony, and was known in history as "Blitzkrieg". After 2000, a man named Hitler in Europe once again used this business model to sweep across the continent.
The idealistic personality of King Wuling of Zhao not only achieved his great deeds, but also laid the groundwork for his tragic end of being starved to death, resulting in the failure of the changes he led.
One of the failures: There is usually an important person behind the big change, but the big change requires a strong force to continuously promote the progress of the change. No single individual can single-handedly design the right vision, lead and manage so many transformative projects, and promote and reposition the culture of the business among a wide range of people.
And King Zhao Wuling was just single-handedly, guided by his own personal will, which caused a catastrophe.
In the twenty-seventh year of King Wuling of Zhao (299 BC), in order to concentrate on opening up the frontier and expanding the territory, King Wuling of Zhao made a wrong decision, deposed the crown prince Zhao Zhang for no reason, and passed his throne to his younger son Zhao He, who was King Huiwen of Zhao, with the three dynasties elder Fei Yi as the portrait.
He claimed to be the father of Zhao and personally led his troops to fight in the northwest. After seizing a large area of land in Zhongshan and Linhu, the power of the State of Zhao had developed to the rear of the State of Qin, posing a great threat to the State of Qin. It is a pity that history did not leave king Zhao Wuling with the opportunity to attack the qin state, and soon, king Wuling of Zhao paid the price for his wrong decisions--- power struggle.
Failure two: in the long process of change, we must continue to consolidate the results and further promote change. King Wuling of Zhao was intoxicated by the achievements in front of him. When Hu Fu rode and shot for ten years and conquered the Zhongshan Kingdom in one fell swoop, he passed his throne to the conservative prince He, and because the heir issue was not handled well, the conservative forces were further enlarged, and the reform was in vain. Originally, the throne had been passed to his younger son Zhao He, but King Wuling of Zhao was afraid that his eldest son Zhao Zhang would be wronged, so he wanted to engage in one country, two systems, and two kings to stand side by side.
When Zhao Zhang's attempt to kill Zhao He and the usurpation of the throne failed, he was protected by Zhao Yong. This gave Gongzi Cheng, who opposed the reform, the opportunity to kill King Wuling of Zhao, thus giving the great river and mountain to Gongzi Cheng as a group of conservative forces (Gongzi Cheng supported Gongzi He as a puppet king, and he controlled the government and did the xiangguo), so that his previous achievements in change were abandoned.
In the fourth year of King Huiwen of Zhao (295 BC), Zhao's father took King Huiwen of Zhao on a tour of the Dune Palace, and the two did not live together, which left a loophole for Zhao Zhang and Tian Buli to carry out their plots. They pretended to be the edict of Zhao's father to summon King Huiwen of Zhao and prepare to kill him. Unbeknownst to him, King Huiwen of Zhao took Fei Yi and the others with him.
Fei Yi, who was at the forefront, was the first to suffer and was killed by Zhao Zhang and Tian Buli's gang. Under the desperate protection of Gao Xin, King Huiwen of Zhao survived. When Gongzicheng and Li Dui heard the news of Zhao Zhang's gang's rebellion, they immediately mobilized their own men and horses to come and put an end to the chaos.
After a bloody battle, Zhao Zhang was defeated, the rebellion was put down by Gongzicheng and Li Dui, and Zhao Zhang's henchmen were also cut down and eradicated. Defeated, Zhao Zhang fled to the Dune Palace where Zhao's father lived.
The extremely confused Zhao Master's father made a fatal mistake for the fourth time, and he tried to shield Zhao Zhang, who had become the enemy of Zhao Guo. Gongzi Cheng and Li Dui led their men and horses to pursue and kill zhao zhang.
After that, the two feared that once Master Zhao returned to the political center, they would settle accounts with them after the autumn, so they simply did not do anything twice, but still ordered the army to surround the Dune Palace layer by layer, forcing all of Zhao's entourage in the Dune Palace to leave, leaving only Zhao Lord's father, who had become a lonely man, and cut off the supply of food and water. Zhao's father, who was trapped in the shallows of the dragon, was helpless and had to rely on shooting birds to fill his hunger. After barely surviving for three months, he starved to death in the Dune Palace!
Failure number three: Strong change must complement the system, and the hegemonic cause established by Zhao Yong is more established by his personal ability, and no system has been formed. Therefore, after his death, he was not a person inside and outside, and his nickname was "King Wuling of Zhao".
The word "Wu" is a good word, representing Zhao Yong's Hufu riding and shooting, which is his great martial arts. "Ling" is a derogatory word, meaning not to follow the right path, representing the negative view of the Zhao Kingdom at that time— including a large number of people within the Zhao Wuling King's family: disrespectful of the ancient way, whim, absurd and willful.
King Wuling of Zhao had been besieged for so long that no minister actually stepped forward to go to King Qin's rescue. This certainly shows the strength of Gongzi chengyi's party, but also reflects the negative attitude of most people at that time towards Zhao Yong.
King Wuling of Zhao was a successful reformer, but not a politician who started and ended well. The death of King Zhao Wuling can be said to be a choice for them to vote together, rather than a "shocking" accident.