In China's historical dynasties, the rise of each empire is inseparable from the wise and powerful monarchy. It is the same with the gradual rise of the Qin Empire.
When Qin Xiaogong was in power, he attached great importance to Shang Yang, which not only promoted the domestic GDP, but also strengthened the military power of the Empire. After Qin Xiaogong returned to the west, Ying Si, King Hui of Qin, officially succeeded to the throne. Surprisingly, the first thing Ying Si did after he succeeded to the throne was to send Shang Yang's family to see Qin Xiaogong!
According to historical records, the reason why King Hui of Qin killed Shang Yang was that when he was the crown prince, because he had violated the laws formulated by Shang Yang, Shang Yang gave the teacher to him, which made him lose face. Therefore, as soon as he was in power, he killed Shang Yang.
Seeing this, many people think that King Hui of Qin is a small hearted, not virtuous king, but this king once again makes people surprised. Let's see what he did in the years when King Hui of Qin was in power.
In 338 BC, King Hui of Qin succeeded to the throne, which should be called Duke Hui of Qin. The state of Qin, which had just grown up in the hands of Duke Xiao of Qin, had no capital to be king. After killing Shang Yang, King Hui of Qin didn't abolish the laws formulated by Shang Yang, but carried them out more firmly. After eight years of hard work, King Hui of Qin took action. This time, it was still the Eastern Wei state.
When Qin Xiaogong was in power, the state of Wei was beaten and there were no underpants left. The declining state of Wei was not the rival of Qin at all. In 330 BC, the Qin army defeated the Chu army in Diaoyin (today's Ganquan, Shaanxi Province), and the state of Wei was forced to cede the Hexi area to Qin. After less than a year's stability, the state of Qin attacked Fenyang, Pishi, Jijiao, Quyang and other places of the state of Wei in 229 BC, and won a complete victory. The next year, the Qin army defeated Shuigou and captured Puyang again. After the fall of Puyang, the gate of the capital of Wei was near. Wei Hui King scared heart can't stand, can only again cede county 15 counties. Since then, the state of Qin annexed the chassis of Wei state to the west of the Yellow River, which not only enriched its own strength, but also held the military fortress.
After being ceded by the state of Wei, the reason why he didn't continue to attack Wei is not that King Hui of Qin didn't understand the principle of "don't sell your name to learn from overlord", but that his butt was on fire frequently - Yiqu entered the country frequently, burned, killed and robbed. Yiqu was a branch of the Xiongnu at that time. Before that, the Xiongnu invaded the Central Plains of China without any loss, but this time it was defeated by the state of Qin. The tiger is not powerful. You think I'm a sick cat. King Hui of Qin first ordered to burn all the grass on the border, forcing the nomadic Xiongnu to stay away from the border of Qin. Taking advantage of the civil strife, he decisively dispatched troops to pacify Yiqu.
After the great defeat of Wei state and the definition of canal, Qin Hui's public spirit became popular. In 325 BC, Duke Huigong of Qin Dynasty was officially called king, which is the first year.
King Hui of Qin called himself the queen. He was very happy, but the biggest crisis came when he was in power.
In 318 B.C., Wei, Zhao, Han, Yan, Chu and Wei united to attack Qin. Just when King Hui of Qin was in a daze, Zhang Yi, one of the most famous political strategists in the history of the Warring States period, was born to help him through this difficulty. So how did Zhang Yi help king Qin Huiwang through the crisis? Let's press the no table first and talk about it next time.
After the collapse of the five nations, King Hui of Qin destroyed Shu in 316 BC. In 313 B.C., it defeated Chu and occupied Hanzhong, expanding its territory and enriching its strength. It laid the foundation for the Qin Dynasty to destroy the six states.
In 311 BC, King Hui of Qin died at the age of 46.
Throughout Qin Huiwang's life, it can not be said that it is not wonderful. He fought in the South and the north, and won many victories. From what king Hui of Qin did later, he was not a fatuous monarch, but a wise lord, who could build the first empire of Qin at that time.
Judging from the situation when he just succeeded to the throne, killing Shang Yang was a last resort. At that time, Shang Yang's fame was so great that he was so successful that King Hui of Qin did not dare to leave an old minister of the former dynasty who was not his confidant, so he had to kill him.
Since ancient times, the meritorious officials who have achieved great success have hardly come to a good end. So the "golden mean" in ancient Chinese culture is a good thing, but most people don't understand it.
