Chapter 27 1. "Money continues to flow", Wei Liao cleverly offers advice when employing people

In the war to unify the six countries, in addition to the frontal battles of the wolves and tigers of the Great Qin Army, Qin Wang Yingzheng also had an "army": a secret army with very few people but invincible and invincible , This is the secret envoy who executes the "Money Lianheng".This sugar-coated bullet that alienated the relationship between the princes and the princes, made them internally fight each other, and relieved the frontal military pressure of the Qin army played a huge role in the unification of the six kingdoms by King Qin. And the person who planned this strategy was the most legendary figure at that time: Wei Liao.

Wei Liao was a native of Daliang (now Kaifeng, Henan Province) in the state of Wei. He had a deep research on the art of war and wrote a military book called "Wei Liao Zi".As an outstanding military strategist, he had a clear view of the situation at that time.He strongly realized that among all the countries in the world, Qin is the strongest; to unify the whole country, it is none other than Qin.Therefore, in order to live up to what he has learned all his life, Wei Liao came to Qin. Wei Liao first approached Li Si, who had just been reused by Qin Wang Yingzheng, and said, "I have one thing to ask Mr. Li, I don't know if Mr. Li is willing to help this villain."

Li Si had heard of Wei Liao's name a long time ago, and knew that he was a rare sage, so he quickly helped Wei Liao up and said, "Sir, if you have anything to say, please stand up before speaking!" "The villain came to seek refuge with the King of Qin with great plans in mind. I wonder if Mr. Li can recommend the villain to the King of Qin?" Li Si was very happy when he heard that Wei Liao had come to defect to Qin.Recommending a talent like Wei Liao to the King of Qin undoubtedly added a decisive weight to his career.Li Si quickly made a calculation in his mind, and said: "It is the duty of a minister to recommend wise men to the monarch; it is the great Qin's good fortune that a genius like Mr. can serve us, and I am too happy!"

"I thank Master Li for your recommendation." Wei Liao saluted. Li Si laughed and said, "It's nothing to worry about." Although Qin Wang Yingzheng at this time was eager to realize the ideal of unifying the six countries as soon as possible, he knew that he could not launch a war to annihilate the six countries without a clue before completing the overall deployment of the unification war.Therefore, at the beginning of his pro-government, Qin Wang Yingzheng was not eager to launch a foreign war, but devoted more energy to preparations. At this time, Li Si took Wei Liao to the court to meet King Qin Yingzheng.When they walked outside the Xianyang Palace, Li Si asked Wei Liao to wait outside the palace for a while, and said, "Wait until I go to report to the King of Qin, and you will be summoned by the King of Qin before going to court!"

"Will King Qin summon me?" When it was time to meet King Qin Yingzheng, Wei Liao was momentarily at a loss and lost confidence. "King Qin has read your "Wei Liaozi" and admires your military talent very much. Naturally, he is looking for a rare talent like you. Besides, the country is in the midst of employing people. Sir, please wait a moment." Li Si encouraged Wei Liao and said . After seeing King Qin Yingzheng, Li Si said straight to the point: "Your Majesty, today is a good day to celebrate!" "If there is something worth celebrating, let me hear it." King Qin Yingzheng said.

"I brought a talented person with great plans to the king. The king said, is such a rare thing worth celebrating?" "If it is true as Li Aiqing said, he has such a great ability, and he can be used by our country, Qin, of course it is worthy of congratulations." "The person Wei Chen is talking about is Wei Liao, the author of "Wei Liao Zi." Qin Wang Yingzheng had admired Yuliao for a long time, and when he heard that it was him, he quickly asked, "Where is he?" "Just outside the hall and wait for the king's summons." "Then hurry up, please come in." Because the "Exit Order" had just been cancelled, Qin Wang Yingzheng was afraid that he would neglect the world's sages and lose rare talents, so he seemed a little anxious.

Wei Liao who was summoned came to the main hall, Qin Wang Yingzheng asked him as soon as he saw him: "Sir, come to join us, Da Qin, what good gift do you bring for me?" "Your Majesty must have read "Wei Liao Zi"! That is a gift brought by the villain to the King. Because "Wei Liao Zi" was written for kings who are wise and have lofty ideals." Qin Wang Yingzheng saw that Wei Liao's answer was really brilliant, so he couldn't wait to ask Wei Liao, "What do you think about the current situation in the world?" "Now, with Qin's current strength, other princes are like Qin's prefectures and counties. A single prince is nothing to worry about, but the most fearful thing is that they unite to fight against Qin, which may bring us a serious threat. This That's why Zhi Bo, Fu Chai, and King Min perished." Wei Liao replied.

"Since this is the case, is there any way, sir, to prevent our Great Qin Kingdom from repeating the mistakes of Zhi Bo, Fu Chai, and King Min?" Ying Zheng continued to ask. "The opinion of the villain is that the powerful ministers of the princes of Lianheng will consolidate our Great Qin. In this way, although Lianheng's goal is small, the powerful ministers of a country can influence its monarch. I will work hard for my great Qin country, but we can weaken the backbone decision-making power of each vassal state without spending a single soldier. I hope that the king will not hesitate to bribe the prime ministers of various countries with a lot of money. The relationship between the monarch and his ministers can break the friendship of the princes. In this way, the princes can be further weakened, and their strategy of uniting against Qin can be destroyed. The king does not need 300,000 gold, and the princes are yours. "After Wei Liao finished speaking, in order to make his words convincing enough, he also cited examples of Qin's use of such spy wars to win in the history, saying: "In the Battle of Changping, Lian Po was withdrawn; Lu Xiangguo designed, Isn't it all examples of using this method to succeed in causing Xinling Lord Wei Wuji to be suspected for no reason? I wonder what your majesty thinks?"

"As long as we can drive a wedge between the princes and ministers, and help the widow to rule the world, no matter how much money is spent, the widow will not hesitate." Qin Wang Yingzheng said firmly. Wei Liao's incisive macro theory and effective operation method made Qin Wang Yingzheng sigh.Moreover, Yingzheng knew very well that what Qin State lacked now was not the commanders who had experienced battles, but the strategic talents who could strategize and win the battle thousands of miles away.At this time, the appearance of Wei Liao and his book "Wei Liao Zi" are undoubtedly of great significance to his formulation of military routes and military strategies.

Although "Wei Liaozi" is not long in length (24 chapters in five volumes), it is rich in content.The book includes the concept of war, the application of strategy and tactics, the training, management and command of the army.The law of war has also been deeply discussed and seriously summarized. "Wei Liao Zi" strongly criticizes the cruelty and tragedy of war.Because the destruction of social order and the displacement of the people are the direct consequences of the war.Therefore, it is necessary to fight with war, to suppress riots and to establish benevolence and righteousness.

This kind of thinking has found a reasonable basis for King Qin Yingzheng to unify the world. In addition, from the perspective of the war itself, "Wei Liao Zi" emphasizes "human harmony" as the primary factor for the victory of the war.At the same time, the army must clearly judge orders, and soldiers, superiors and subordinates must bear mutual responsibilities; the logistics support of the army is an important guarantee for the victory of the war; improve the quality of generals and commanders, pay attention to war maneuvers, and be flexible... All this is very important to King Qin. Yingzheng's war deployment to unify the six countries played a guiding role. In order to keep Wei Liao, Qin Wang Yingzheng really did the honorable corporal.From then on, every time Qin Wang Yingzheng met Wei Liao, he would wear the same clothes as Wei Liao and eat the same food as Wei Liao, but this abnormal behavior finally scared Wei Liao away!Although Qin Wang Yingzheng is sincere. Because Wei Liao can see from the face of Qin Wang Yingzheng: "Qin Wang is a man with a high nose, long eyes, a bird of prey chest, and a wolf's voice. This kind of person lacks tolerance, and his heart is like a tiger and wolf. I can eat people. I am a commoner, but the King of Qin often humbles himself when he sees me. That is because the King of Qin has something to ask of me. If the King of Qin really has his ambitions in the world, all people in the world will become his slaves and cannot get along with him for a long time. " When Yingzheng learned that Wei Liao had escaped, he immediately ordered to send out quick cavalry to chase Wei Liao back. Wei Liao, who has not yet escaped from the Qin State, was chased back again. He thought that the King of Qin would order him to be beheaded, but unexpectedly, the King of Qin Yingzheng ignored the past and still treated him with courtesy, and formally appointed him as the State Captain of the Qin State. Between the community and personal honor and disgrace, Qin Wang Yingzheng followed Lu Buwei's principle of "discarding private interests and appointing talents to enable them". Because Qin Wang Yingzheng ignored the previous suspicions, he still moved Wei Liao with his sincerity of entrusting him with important responsibilities.Wei Liao decided to devote his allegiance to King Qin Yingzheng, so he, like Li Si, became one of the top decision makers in King Qin Yingzheng's battle to unify the six countries. A wise monarch is not only good at recruiting talents, but also knows how to control talents, understand their abilities and characteristics, make use of their strengths and make up for their weaknesses, so that their subordinates can do their best and give full play to their talents, so that they can make the greatest contribution.Qin Wang Yingzheng undoubtedly achieved this.