Add Bookmark | Recommend this book | Back to the book page | My bookshelf | Mobile Reading

Free Web Novel,Novel online - All in oicq.net -> Fantasy -> The Four Steps of the Unbridled Sky

Volume 3: A blow of destiny, the king appears Chapter 32: Expulsion Order

Previous page        Return to Catalog        Next page

    Although the construction of Zheng Guo Canal itself brought more benefits than harm to the Qin State, its intention to weaken the Qin State aroused the vigilance of the local ministers of the Qin State, who believed that the guest ministers from the six countries in Shandong were not trustworthy at all. Under their instigation, Ying Zheng issued a decree  The expulsion order banishes all guest officials from the six countries.  (Literature Hall) According to the "Historical Records of the First Emperor of Qin", the expulsion order was issued by Ying Zheng in the 10th year of the Qin Dynasty (237 BC), which coincided with the time when Lu Buwei was deposed due to the Lao Ai Rebellion. Therefore, the expulsion order is likely to be targeted.  It was Lu Buwei, the prime minister who supported three thousand soldiers, to weaken Lu Buwei's power.

    One of Lu Buwei's disciples, Li Si, who was born in Shangcai, Chu State, was also expelled.  In order to avoid the fate of being expelled, Li Si took the initiative to write a letter to Ying Zheng. This is the famous letter of remonstrance and expulsion. The content is roughly as follows:

    "I heard that the officials were talking about expelling the guests, and I thought it was wrong. In the past, Duke Mu asked for scholars. He took Yu Yurong from the west, Xi Yuwan from the east for a hundred miles, welcomed Uncle Jian, and asked Pibao and Gongsun to support the Jin Dynasty. These five sons are  , was not produced in Qin, but was used by Mu Gong, who merged with the country twenty years ago, and then dominated Xirong.

    ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????:

    King Hui used Zhang Yi's plan to seize the land of Sanchuan, merge Ba and Shu in the west, capture Shangjun in the north, capture Hanzhong in the south, encircle Jiuyi, control Yan and Ying, capture the danger of Chenggao in the east, cut off the fertile soil, and then dispersed the six  The country's obedience led it to serve Qin in the west, and its merits have been achieved to this day.

    King Zhao obtained Fan Sui, deposed the Marquis Rang, drove out Huayang, strengthened the public houses, eliminated private houses, cannibalized the princes, and made Qin an emperor.  These four kings all use the guest's merits.

    ??Looking at it from this point of view, why did the guest lose to Qin?  To make the four monarchs stay away from each other, and to sparse scholars but not to use them, is to make the country not rich and profitable, and Qin has no reputation for being strong.  ¡±¡ªExcerpt from Li Si¡¯s "The Book of Traveling to Guests".

    Han Fei was born into a Korean noble family and had a stuttering problem.  Both Li Si and Li Si were students of Xunzi, a famous thinker in the Warring States Period. Li Si felt that he was not as talented and learned as Han Fei. They both believed in the theory of evil nature and believed that people's thoughts are easily influenced by the environment.

    Since Shang Yang¡¯s reforms made Qin strong, the ruling class of Qin has attached great importance to Legalist thought and used it as a policy for governing the country.  On the other hand, after Han Fei returned from studying at Xunzi, he wrote to the King of Han many times, but nothing was done.  So he wrote "Five Mosquitoes", "Gu Anger", "Xian Xue", "Unspeakable" and other works.

    After Han Fei's works spread to the Qin State, Ying Zheng admired the governance ideas he expounded. When he learned from Li Si that the author was Han Fei, he threatened war and forced the King of Han to send Han Fei as an envoy to the Qin State.

    233 BC (the 14th year of the Qin Dynasty).  Han Fei went to Qin as an envoy and was appreciated by Ying Zheng, who was ready to reuse him. Li Si and Yao Jia were afraid that Ying Zheng would reuse Han Fei, so they framed Han Fei privately, saying that Han Fei was a son of the Korean clan and would not be loyal to Qin.  Since it cannot be used by Ying Zheng, it is a disaster. He advised Ying Zheng to imprison Han Fei in Yunyang, and Ying Zheng took it seriously.

    But Li Yao and Li Yao were afraid that Ying Zheng would regret it.  In order to avoid long nights and many dreams, someone sent poison to Han Fei and asked him to commit suicide.  Han Fei wanted to tell Ying Zheng his feelings, but he couldn't come in.

    ?As expected.  Ever since Han Fei was imprisoned, Ying Zheng seemed very regretful.  So he ordered people to pardon Han Fei's crime, but it was too late, Han Fei had been poisoned.

    Among Han Fei's many works, Ying Zheng prefers Han Fei's theoretical explanations in "Gu Ang" and "Five Worms". For example, Han Fei said in "Gu Ang" that talented and resourceful people must have foresight and ability.  If you can't see clearly, you can't illuminate the evil in the secret place; those who can enforce the law must have a firm character and be strong and upright. If they are not strong and upright, they can't correct the evil.

    On the other hand, Han Fei also discussed in "Five Worms" that as a wise king, one should not use relevant academic literature and classics (referring to the Book of Songs and Book of Books), but should use laws and regulations as the teaching base; prohibit the speeches of the previous kings, and use officials as teachers  ; We do not advocate the ferocity of knight-errant assassins, but only consider killing enemies and performing meritorious deeds as bravery.

    ¡°In this way, all the speeches of the people in the country must comply with the law, all actions must be attributed to meritorious service to the country, and all courage must be used in the army and war, in order to lay the capital to rule the world.  "Historical Records of Laozi and Han Fei's Biography"

    Han Fei also unceremoniously called scholars (Confucian scholars), commentators (strategists), sword bearers (Mokist chivalrous men and chivalrous men), sick charioteers (those who are afraid of being called to fight), businessmen, etc., as  The five types of people (five beetles) who disrupt the king's rule of law refer to these people as being useless to farming and fighting, and as harmful to society as moths.  These arguments also indirectly influenced Ying Zheng's decision to burn books and harass Confucian scholars in the future.

    Since the completion of the Zhengguo Canal, Guanzhong has become a fertile land.  At this point, the three major granaries of the Qin State - Bashu, Hanzhong and Guanzhong were all completed, and Ying Zheng launched the ten-year war to unify China.

    When Li Si served as Lu Buwei's retainer, he soon got the opportunity to meet Ying Zheng. He quietly offered Ying Zheng the strategy of destroying the six countries, saying that now was the best time to annex the six countries.If this opportunity is not seized, once the Six Kingdoms revive and form a vertical alliance against Qin, Qin will sweep the Central Plains and pay a heavy price for annexing the Six Kingdoms.

    On the other hand, Wei Liao, a native of Daliang in the Wei State, also pointed out that compared with the Qin State, the princes of the Six Kingdoms were like the heads of counties, but the alliance of the Six Kingdoms to deal with the Qin State was a big trouble. In order to avoid repeating the situation of Zhibo and Qin State,  Fu Chai and King Qi Min died due to a joint attack by their enemies. I hope that Ying Zheng will not be stingy with property, give gifts to the powerful ministers of various countries, and use bribed ministers to disrupt the joint plan of the six kingdoms. Although he will lose some property, he will still be successful.  All princes can be wiped out.

    Ying Zheng was deeply convinced and followed Wei Liao's plan. In order to show his favor, Ying Zheng also let Wei Liao enjoy the same clothes and food as himself. Every time he saw him, he always behaved humbly and appointed Li Si as chief.  Shi was responsible for secretly sending counselors to various countries with gold and silver treasures to lobby.

    For those powerful ministers of the six countries who could be bribed, they would give more gifts to them; if they could not be bribed, they would be killed. After successfully alienating the relationship between the kings and ministers of the six countries, Ying Zheng immediately sent good generals to attack later.  Since the Qin army paid a small price for victory, Ying Zheng appointed Li Si as his guest minister.

    With the assistance of Li Si, Wei Liao and others, Ying Zheng formulated a strategy to destroy the princes, become an emperor, and unify the world.  The specific measures are: win over Yan and Qi, stabilize Wei and Chu, eliminate Han and Zhao; make close contacts with distant enemies and defeat them one by one.

    Ying Zheng's first target of attack was South Korea, because South Korea was the weakest among the six countries, but South Korea was not vulnerable yet, and the three Jin Dynasties were closely interdependent. Ying Zheng was worried that when Qin destroyed Han, Zhao would still be able to help  Therefore, before destroying Han, Zhao must be greatly weakened.

    In 236 BC (the eleventh year of the Qin Dynasty), Zhao Jun general Pang Nuan led the main force north to attack the Yan State, hoping to coerce the Yan State to attack Qin together.  Ying Zheng took advantage of Zhao's attack on Yan and sent Wang Jian, Huanjue, Yang Duanhe and his army to attack Zhao in two directions on the pretext of rescuing Yan, thus kicking off the unification war.

    When the Zhao army captured Shaoliang on the border of Zhao Yan (today's north of Dingzhou City, Hebei Province), Wang Jian sent troops to attack Zhao's Shangdang County; when the Zhao army captured Yan's Li (today's northeast of Renqiu City, Hebei Province)  At that time, Wang Jian had already conquered six cities in Zhao including Yanyu (now Heshun County, Shanxi Province) and Fuyang (now Zuoquan County, Shanxi Province).

    Wang Jian commanded the army for eighteen days, and asked the middle-aged officers whose salary was less than a hundred shi to go home. Two out of every ten men were selected to stay in the army.  When the Zhao army captured Yan's Yangcheng (southwest of today's Baoding City, Hebei Province), Huanjie captured Zhao's Yecheng (now Ye Town, Ci County, Hebei Province) and Anyang (i.e. Xinning Middle, today's Anyang, Henan Province)  Southwest of the city); when Pang Nuan heard the news and sent his troops south to rescue, the Qin army had already annexed the entire Zhangshui Basin.

    The Qin army and Zhao army acted simultaneously. Zhao State only captured a few cities on the northern border, but lost nine cities in the south and west, and its strength was greatly reduced.
Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report