In 455 BC, the two families of Han and Wei defected under the city of Jinyang, and decided that the Jinshui would flood the Zhijia camp, and Zhi Boyao was killed, and the Zhi family, the largest Qing Dafu family in the Jin Dynasty, was destroyed, and the Jin state office existed in name only.
Decades later, the State of Jin, once the first princely state, was divided between the three families of Zhao, Wei, and Han, and the Three Jin Dynasties of the Central Plains officially entered the stage of history, and the first to inherit the mantle of the Jin State and become the first hegemon of the Warring States was not the strongest Zhao family of the three families, but the humble State of Wei.
And the hegemony of the State of Wei also lasted only two generations of Marquis Wen houwu, and after being succeeded by Wei Yan, who was nicknamed the "King of Great Wei", the hegemony of the State of Wei was fleeting, and eventually it became a weak and small country sandwiched between the powerful, and the King of Wei Hui, Wei Yan, was really a loser.
After the three families were divided into Jin, the Wei state suddenly rose up, and with the support of Wei Wenhou, Li Wu, the minister of the State of Wei, began to preside over the change of law. As a representative figure of the legal family, Li Wu founded the "Book of Laws" as the basic program for the reform of the law of the State of Wei, which covered the aspects of state decrees, standards for the promotion of officials, and rewards for military merit, ensuring the smooth implementation of the policy of changing the law, effectively safeguarding the interests of the emerging landlord class of the State of Wei, and greatly enhancing the comprehensive national strength of the State of Wei.
After the economic strength increased, the decision-makers of the State of Wei began to prepare for military reforms, and Wei Wenhou and his successor, Marquis Wu of Wei, used the Defender Wu Qi as the military commander, and after Wu took office, he used the powerful economic strength of the State of Wei to select elite soldiers and soldiers in the army for reorganization, and founded the first large-scale special operations force in the history of the world, Wei Wu pawns.
Under the command of Wu Qi, Wei Wuzu was victorious in every battle, and the attack was invincible, and in the two generations of Wenhou Wuhou, the Western Town of Wei was strong in Qin, and the southern invasion of Dachu, of which the State of Qin was defeated and retreated under the attack of Wei Wuzu, losing confidence in the east. The strength and prestige of the State of Wei reached its peak, and it could be described as the first superpower of the Warring States.
In 370 BC, the second generation of the Wei state, Marquis Wu of Wei, died, and Wei Yan succeeded to the throne as King Hui of Wei. After King Hui of Wei succeeded to the throne, he continued to follow his grandfather's policy of seizing the land west of the Qin state, blocking the way out of the east of the Qin state, promoting the talents internally, and attracting foreign talents, among which Pang Juan of the Ghost Valley family was worshipped as Shangqing, and succeeded Wu Qi, who had fled the Chu state, as the new general of the Wei army. Under the command of Pang Juan, Wei Wuzhu exerted his greatest combat strength, and the countries of the world did not dare to contend with it.
However, the strength of the State of Wei was fleeting, and shortly after the State of Wei dominated Kyushu, Wei Yan was proclaimed king, the second vassal state after the State of Chu. The powerful comprehensive national strength blinded the eyes of the high-level decision-makers of the Wei state, and they became arrogant and conceited.
The main reason why the State of Wei became the first superpower of the Warring States was due to the vigorous efforts of the two generations of Emperor Wenhou and Wu Hou and the foundation of the rule of law brought about by Li Wu's transformation of the law. However, after King Hui of Wei succeeded to the throne, the political circles of the State of Wei began to undermine the results brought about by the Li Wu Transformation Law, which was originally intended to expand the channels for the state to select officials, and the former Wei State could be described as a beacon for the world's disciples, and talents from all over the world were endlessly flocked to the Da Liang Station.
However, in the era of King Hui of Wei, the clans and the old nobles regained control of the channels for the promotion and appointment of officials, and officials at all levels were monopolized by various nobles, and the disciples of other countries in the State of Wei saw that there was no head, and they left the State of Wei. At the same time, in order to seek the east, the Duke of Xiaogong of Western Qin went to the Qin State for talents, and a large number of scholars went to the Qin State, including shang martingale who later set off a storm and laid the foundation for the unification and hegemony of the Qin state.
King Hui of Wei, who had arrogantly claimed the title of queen, first abandoned his father and grandfather's strategy of uniting with Han Zhao, and the main reason why the State of Wei was able to successfully change the law in the gap between the Central Plains was because the rear was stable. However, after King Hui of Wei ascended the throne, he changed his previous policy and turned his spearhead against Han and Zhao, who were also the Three Jins, and repeatedly attacked him.
This put the State of Wei into an embarrassing situation of two-front combat, in 354 BC, the Battle of Wei and Zhao, the Wei army and the Zhao army in Handan for a long time, Daliang was attacked by the Qi army, Pang Juan returned to the division to rescue Sun Zhi to wait for the labor, the Wei army was defeated, Pang Juan himself was captured by qi Guosheng, and the prestige of the State of Wei in various countries was greatly damaged.
However, King Hui of Wei did not intend to recuperate, and the Wei general Pang Juan, who was humiliated by being captured, was bent on avenging the State of Qi and Sun Zhi, and set aside the matter of King Hui of Wei every day.
King Hui of Wei did not let Pang Juan wait too long, in 343 BC, the same as the Three Jin Dynasty korea began to fight shen does not harm the law, well aware of the benefits of the change of law, the state of Wei worried that there would be a strong country in its rear, in order to ensure the safety of the rear, King Hui of Wei decided to strangle the Korean change in the cradle, so he ordered the general Pang Juan to lead the army to cut down Korea, Korea is a small country, the strength and armaments are not as good as the strong Wei, soon defeated, for a while there is a danger of the country's destruction.
The King of Han sent emissaries to the State of Qi to request the Assistance of the King of Qiwei, and out of morality and self-interest, the King of Qiwei once again ordered Tian Ji to be a general and Sun Zhi to be a military master, leading 100,000 elite soldiers to save Han.
After Pang Juan learned that the Qi army was about to arrive, he first divided his troops to defend the Wei capital Daliang, and was wary of Sun Zhen's repeated techniques. He personally led the elite Wei Wu pawns to the border of Han qi to block the Qi army, and to Pang Juan's surprise, the Qi army saw that there were Wei soldiers and horses in the direction of Daliang, and fled in the opposite direction.
The conceited Pang Juan saw the Qi army retreating, believing that the Qi people were greedy for life and afraid of death and unwilling to fight, ordered his soldiers to take off their heavy armor and chase after the Qi army in light armor, in the process of chasing, Pang Juan saw that the Qi army's stove was decreasing day by day along the way, and decided that the Qi army was intimidated by Wei Wu's mighty power, and the number of deserters was increasing, which strengthened his confidence in victory.
In the autumn of the same year, Pang Juan and his subordinate Wei army marched to the Maling area, encountered an ambush by the main force of the Qi army, Pang Juan killed himself in despair, and the Wei Wu pawns who had been running through the Warring States for decades were completely destroyed. Since then, the State of Wei has been unable to compete with the warring states for hegemony, and rebuilding Wei Wushu is also an illusion that cannot be realized
During the 52-year reign of King Hui of Wei, the legacy of the two generations of emperors of Marquis Wu of Wen was squandered by him, and the former first great power fell to the altar within a few decades and became a weak and small country that could be deceived by everyone, which can be described as self-inflicted.
King Hui of Wei undermined the reforms of Li Wu's reforms, the selection of officials was controlled by the clans, and under aristocratic politics, talented scholars could not see the hope of getting ahead. The wanton accumulation of wealth by the nobles at all levels and the large-scale land annexation, the comprehensive national strength and economic strength of the Wei state deteriorated, and what was presented to the top level of the Wei state was only a false prosperity.
The reduction of comprehensive national strength and economic strength meant that the State of Wei could no longer afford the huge expenses brought by Wei Wupao, and this was also the fundamental reason why Wei Guo could not rebuild Wei Wupao.
Li Wu's transformation method, the efforts of the two generations of Wen Hou wu marquis, eventually became a dream of Nan Ke. Compared with the absurd life of King Hui of Wei, the Western Qin State began with filial piety and eventually became an empire of a generation. I don't know if Wei Hui Wang Quan has knowledge, whether he can be ashamed and embarrassed.