The story of "bearing a thorn to plead guilty" is well known to everyone. To put it simply, the powerful Qin State during the Warring States Period wanted to annex other countries, and among these countries, only Zhao State was in "Zhao Wuling King Hu" After the "Serving, Riding and Shooting", Zhao State began to become stronger, but like other countries, Zhao State also had the problem of discord between generals and prime ministers. General Lian Po and Prime Minister Lin Xiangru often had troubles due to different political opinions.
During the Warring States Period, capable military generals looked down upon useless civil servants who could only flatter others. As one of the four famous generals of the Warring States Period, Lian Po was also a man with some personality and temper, and he had made great contributions to the peace and security of Zhao. Naturally, he also had some opinions on the prime minister.
After Lin Xiangru accomplished several major events, such as "Returning the Complete Bibi to Zhao" and "Meeting in Mianchi", King Zhao was very happy, so he worshiped Lin Xiangru as prime minister, and his status gradually became higher than that of Lian Po. . This made Lian Po feel quite unhappy. He thought that Lin Xiangru was a small eunuch and had no great achievements. He became the prime minister just by arguing with words, which really made Lian Po feel ashamed. So I wanted to find an opportunity to humiliate Lin Xiangru.
When Lin Xiangru knew about it, he chose to avoid giving in and said a famous saying:
"The reason why he avoids Lian Po is not because of fear, but because now Qin The country does not dare to attack Zhao because I have Lin Xiangru as a civil servant and Lian Po as a military officer, so I will not fight with him."
What kind of person is Lian Po? After hearing these words, my heart suddenly surged and I felt hot. He was so ashamed that Lian Po "went to the bush to plead guilty". From then on, he left a good story about "The Harmony between Generals and Prime Ministers" for the world. This story also appears in our textbooks. Every time the teacher tells it, everyone will praise Lin Xiangru as a good person. He is generous and far-sighted, and praises Lian Po for his timely self-reflection and lack of the spirit of judging a gentleman's heart with a villain's heart. However, their final ending is not introduced in the textbook.
As one of the four famous generals, everyone may know the fate of Lian Po. In 259 BC, the State of Qin attacked the State of Zhao. Because King Zhao was stupid and fell into the trap of counterintelligence, Lian Po was withdrawn. Although Lin Xiangru tried his best to stop it, it was to no avail, and Zhao Kuo was eventually replaced. Zhao Kuo was a man who could only talk and talk, but he knew nothing about leading troops in war, so he was defeated in the Battle of Changping. The Zhao army was tricked and killed by Bai Qi of the Qin State, and 400,000 people were killed. Lin Xiangru, who was already seriously ill, heard the news The last breath came to him, and he died soon after.
Lian Po had no choice but to defect to the Wei State after the Zhao State fell several times, and then to the Chu State. However, Lian Po always cared about the Zhao State and said: "I want to use Zhao people." , expressed his inner helplessness and hope at that time, which really made people’s noses sore and their eyes moist. In 243 BC, Lian Po, the last savior of the Zhao State, slowly closed his eyes, and the Zhao State perished not long after.
In fact, looking back at the entire process of the fall of Zhao State, it started with Qin's "anti-indirect strategy". This strategy is also common in history, because this strategy is really easy to use. Many people have tried and tested it repeatedly. The reason why this strategy has such a high adoption rate actually exposes the suspicious side of people, especially when living in troubled times. If you don't have a "heart" with all the things you want, and a pair of "ears" that can listen to all directions. "It is difficult to survive in troubled times.