Compared with Wei, whose debut was the peak, Qin is located in the northwest border, with poor land resources and relatively backward development. After Shang Yang's political reform, the state of Qin gradually became stronger, especially in the middle and late Warring States period, which was related to the efforts of the later kings of Qin.
Since Qin Xiaogong, there have been few fatuous monarchs in the State of Qin. Most monarchs take it as their duty to unify the whole country after they succeed to the throne. Among these monarchs, one is brilliant and ambitious. After more than 50 years in office, he frequently marched eastward to Liuhe, laying the foundation for the great cause of Qin's reunification. The prosperity of Qin started from his generation, and he was Zhao Xiang, the king of Qin.
In the first half of his life, the King of Qin experienced the identity transformation of proton, son, prince and king. This ups and downs of life made him cherish the power in his hand more. Ying Ji is neither the eldest son nor the immediate son. Among Qin Huiwen's many children, Ying Ji doesn't have much sense of existence. Even King Huiwen of Qin never wanted to make "Ying Ji" a prince.
Ying Ji was sent to Yan as a proton when he was young, and later became friends with Qin Gui. Although it is said that Ying Ji was the child of Xu Antai, the Empress Dowager of Qin Dynasty, and King Huiwen of Qin Dynasty, Xu Antai, the Empress Dowager of Qin Dynasty, didn't attach importance to Ying Ji, and his father's indifference and mother's alienation also made Ying Ji lose power in his early years. Although Ying Ji is a childe, he has no backer in North Korea. Therefore, Ying Ji learned to stand on his own feet at an early age.
After Qin Huiwen's death, Kong Dang, the eldest son, succeeded to the throne, that is, Qin Wuwang. Qin Wuwang's personality is brave and belligerent. After only four years in power, he led Qin Jun to the East several times. Although Qin Wuwang is not a fatuous king, he is by no means a wise king. Once, he took part in the Ding-lifting competition held by the Zhou royal family in the ancestral temple, and he was arrogant and wanted to move the bronze tripod in front of the ancestral temple with his bare hands to win the favor of the six countries. Unfortunately, however, Qin Wuwang died of a broken tibia while lifting the tripod.
Qin Wuwang died suddenly. Who should inherit the throne of Qin? This is a serious problem. Because of Qin Wuwang's death, people became nervous. Because Qin Wuwang left no children and will, Qin Wuwang's brothers began to covet the throne.
At this time, Qin Ting was divided into two factions. One faction is headed by Queen Xuan, and its son is the "Bi" king; The other school, headed by Qin Huiwen (the mother), established his son as "Zhuang".
These two factions have great influence in Qin state, and no one can conquer anyone, which also leads to the long-term power vacuum of Qin state. Ying Ji, the son of Yan, heard of Qin Wuwang's death. He knew that Qin Wuwang's death would lead to a bloody battle within Qin.
Ying Ji also wanted to be the king of Qin in his heart, but he was alone, still in the state of Yan, with no celebrities around him, and had no chance to seize the throne. Ying Ji looked to the west, and the fire of hope that had just been ignited in his heart was instantly extinguished by reality.
However, opportunities always come to you inadvertently. At that time, King Wuling of Zhao, the famous monarch of the State of Zhao, saw the civil strife in the State of Qin and realized that the opportunity had come. In order to control the state of Qin, he wanted to raise a son of the Qin royal family. However, King Wuling of Zhao saw the protons of the State of Qin in Zhao, but none of them could be valued by him. On the contrary, King Wuling of Zhao was very fond of Yan's son Ji.
Then, there is a problem here. Why did King Wuling of Zhao make Ying Ji Qin Jun? There are actually two meanings in this. First of all, King Wuling of Zhao wants to provoke the internal strife of Qin by controlling Ying Ji, thus weakening the strength of Qin, which requires an outstanding proton to seize this position.
In Zhao, several protons are obviously gluttonous and have no extraordinary talent, but in Yan, they are a good candidate. King Wuling of Zhao thinks that if Ying Ji returns to China to be the king of Qin, then Empress Xuan and Huiwen will split again and fight among themselves. At this time, if the state of Qin infighting, it is not only "after two" infighting, but also the whole court infighting.
Second, King Wuling of Zhao also wanted to show his kindness to the State of Qin. After all, Qin is its neighbor. If Zhao does not take the initiative to win over, once Qin and Qi stand together, it will do more harm than good to Zhao. After comprehensively considering the above factors, he finally returned to Qin under the operation of King Wuling of Zhao and the escort of Zhao Jun..
The sudden return of Ying Ji made the court of Qin a little hectic, especially the courtiers of Qin, who tried their best to oppose Ying Ji becoming the king of Qin. The reason is that Ying Ji's return motivation is not pure. If being made king, it is probably a conspiracy of Zhao.
After Qin Huiwen, all factions were also very afraid of Ying Ji's return. They not only sent assassins to assassinate Ying Ji, but also secretly played off the relationship between ministers and Ying Ji. On the contrary, our biological mother Xuan Queen saw the opportunity. It was helpless to have a son. After all, the son is the second son anyway, which means that the son is not the eldest son.
Ministers had great opinions when they set up their son "Bi". They think that the second son's succession violates the patriarchal clan system and tradition. This time, his eldest son came back, which also made Empress Xuan see hope. At least, his ministers have no reason to say that Ying Ji's succession is illegal. Therefore, the post-Qin Group decided to change direction and put all its strength into it.
Influenced by Xuan Di and supported by King Wuling of Zhao, he is the eldest son of Emperor Qin. Therefore, due to internal and external pressure, the Qin dynasty can only support the title of king of Qin and history.
Ying Ji realized his wish to be the king of Qin, but his mother elevated him as the king of Qin, because Queen Xuan directly represented the king of Qin on the grounds of being young. Therefore, his power was thus overhead by Empress Xuan. In the early days of his administration, almost all the domestic and international events of Qin were decided by Empress Xuan alone.
Although Empress Xuan is her own biological mother, she knew from an early age that her mother loved her not herself, but her younger brother Miyako. When I was young, I was sent to Yan as a proton; Therefore, Ying Ji is not very close to Empress Xuan, but under the influence of Empress Xuan, she can only bear it.
With the growth of age and power, Ying Ji began to gradually control the power of Qin. Later, after being appointed as a counselor, Xiang of Qin planned a series of coups, restored the power of big noble of Qin and abolished the Empress Xuan. Therefore, Ying Ji completely mastered the power of Qin.
After Ying Ji took control of the State of Qin, the first step was to launch the strategy of attacking far and near and the strategy of Lian Heng. Among the six Shandong countries, he frequently visited Lian Heng, weakening the strength of each country step by step. In the fourth year of his succession, Qi, Wei and Han jointly attacked Chu, and Ying Ji sent troops to directly attack the Three Kingdoms jointly with Chu. In this war, Qin was nominally a joint force of Chu, but Qin basically had no strength.
When Qi Weihan gradually oppressed Chu to a desperate situation, Qin directly sent troops to attack South Korea and Wei, and seized large areas of their territory. In the end, the war ended in both countries losing, and the fishermen of Qin benefited.
In the sixth year of Qin Zhaoxiang, Qin joined forces with Han, Wei and Qi to crusade against Chu, defeated the Chu army and greatly weakened the national strength of Chu. After the anti-Chu war, Qin continued to change guns, drove troops into South Korea, and once again seized a large area of land in South Korea.
Since then, South Korea has been completely crippled by the Qin State, resulting in only a few cities left in South Korea, struggling to maintain. In the seventh year of Qin Zhaoxiang, Qin attacked Chu again and seized Xiangcheng, the core area of Chu. In this way, Qin constantly provoked wars through Lian Heng strategy, consuming the strength of other countries, and Qin further grew in the war.
Ying Ji's second step was to declare himself emperor. Ying Ji understood that if the six countries were to be unified, they must achieve orthodoxy in their identities. In the 19th year of the Qin Dynasty, he called himself the Western Emperor. In order to hide people's eyes and ears, he also sent messengers to the State of Qi, calling the King of Qi the Eastern Emperor, hoping to win over the State of Qi.
The King of Qi saw through Ying Ji's plan and directly called on the five countries to unite against Qin. When Ying Ji saw that the Six Kingdoms were real, he directly cancelled the title of emperor and restored the title of king. Despite this, the six-nation Coalition forces did not buy it. They have sent troops to suppress Hangu Pass step by step, and Qin has to deal with the crusades of the six countries.
In this regard, he listened to the minister's suggestion and took the initiative to send troops to attack Wei. At this time, Wei, because he participated in the crusade of the six countries, had followed the allied forces to Hangu Pass. At this time, a sudden attack, Wei has not recovered, it was occupied by Qin.
In the end, Wei had no choice but to quit the Six-Power Allied Forces and cede territory to make peace with Qin. After Qin solved the great power of Wei, what needs to be solved is Qi, the great power of the East. Ying Ji sent messengers to lobby in many ways, and turned against Zhao, Han, Wei and Yan, and the five-nation allied forces jointly fought against Qi. So this was originally a six-nation crusade against Qin, and suddenly it became a five-nation crusade against Qi. This shows that.
During the period when the five-power allied forces cut Qi, they not only hit the Qi army hard, but also captured dozens of cities in Qi. Since then, it has also forced Qi to completely sever its relations with other countries and turn to form an alliance with Qin, which has also caused cracks in the six-nation alliance.
From Qin's eastward expansion to Qin's unification of the world, Qin was basically the winner. Whether it is a joint crusade against Qin State or a joint crusade against Qin State by Qin State and other countries, the biggest beneficiary is always Qin State. Therefore, during this period, the territory of Qin State was greatly expanded.
By forty-two years, the neighboring Wei State and South Korea had been beaten to death, which basically posed no threat to Qin State. However, Chu in the south suffered serious national strength losses due to perennial wars and internal system problems. Now the only threat of Qin is Zhao, a military power in Northeast China.
In the wars of the past decades, Zhao suffered the least loss and its national strength remained relatively stable. Ying Ji knew that if Zhao was not eliminated, the hegemony of Qin would be greatly limited.
Under your instructions, our main force began to attack Zhao. Zhao finally realized that its own national strength was not enough to stop Qin Jun, so Zhao contacted other countries and borrowed their strength to resist the conquest of Qin.
During this period, the six countries saw the true face of Qin, and also understood that if they didn't form a group, their future would be swallowed up by Qin. So at this point, the six countries have started a close alliance.
Ying Ji saw the attitude of the six countries, and he knew that if he still depended on the former country, it would no longer be applicable. Now, the best way is to subdue all countries with absolute force and make them completely afraid of Qin teachers.
Therefore, Qin sent 500,000 troops to attack Zhao, and fought 400,000 troops in Changping area. However, after Zhao appeared, he mistakenly gave up Lian Po's sticking strategy and adopted Zhao Kuo's fighting strategy. The main force did its best and was completely contained by Qin Jun. Under the siege of Qin Jun's trapped beast, hundreds of thousands of Zhao troops were deprived of food for 46 days. In the end, more than 400,000 Zhao troops had no choice but to surrender.
The battle of Changping shocked not only Zhao, but also the Central Plains countries. All countries know that Qin Jun is unstoppable, but what they didn't expect was that Qin Jun is so powerful.
The practice behind it is to shock all countries, perhaps for lack of food and grass to support prisoners of war, perhaps to prevent Zhao from making a comeback, or perhaps to impress all countries. In a word, 400,000 main soldiers of Zhao were buried alive, and 400,000 main soldiers of Zhao were killed, which also made Qin famous in the Central Plains. From then on, Qin officially showed its cards to the six countries and began the pace of reunification.
The reason why the State of Qin was able to unify the Central Plains was related to the efforts of emperors such as Qin Huiwen, Qin Wuwang, Qin, Emperor Xiaowen of Qin and Qin Zhuangxiang since Qin Xiaogong reused Shang Yang's political reform. Although Qin Shihuang finally unified the world, among these monarchs, Qin Zhaoxiang's contribution is the greatest.
Qin's strategy of attacking from afar and attacking from near completely reversed the external environment of Qin State and relieved the threats of Wei, Chu and Zhao. He managed Bashu area, which not only obtained excellent agricultural area and main grain producing area for Qin, but also gave Qin an advantage in geopolitics. With the help of Empress Qin, the king of Qin destroyed the Yi Canal, which not only solved the border problem, but also made a qualitative change in the fighting capacity of Qin cavalry.
The military achievements of Zhao Xiang, the king of Qin, are even more remarkable. He used, Bai Qi and others to completely defeat Zhao, who had the strongest military strength at that time. Since then, none of the six Shandong countries can compete with Qin alone, clearing the way for Qin to unify the world militarily.
It can be said that the 56-year reign of Qin is the key to the rise and prosperity of Qin. Ying Ji left a good situation for the later king of Qin, and his great-grandson Qin realized Wang Yisheng's wish: to unify the six countries. It can be said that Qin Zhaoxiang's achievements are comparable to Qin Shihuang's, and perhaps can surpass Qin Shihuang.