Chapter 27 Three, this mistake should not be made

King Wei Hui's biggest mistake was to look away. Indeed, if King Wei Hui hadn't underestimated a person, then in the fierce competition of the Warring States Period, the final winner might not be Qin, but Wei.In fact, Wei was originally the most energetic and promising in the early Warring States period.Wei Wenhou, the first monarch of Wei Dynasty, was a man of great talent and boldness, who worked hard and made great achievements, and was a virtuous and corporal.Not only did he worship under the disciple of Confucius student Zixia, but he also invited two students of Zixia to be his right-hand men, namely the politician Li Kui (read Rukui) and the military strategist Wu Qi.Coupled with the famous local official Ximen Bao, Marquis Wen has a lot of talents under his command, and the development of Wei State is also booming.On the contrary, the Qin State at this time was still regarded as Rong Di, and there was no improvement.

It's like a very spring and autumn.In the Spring and Autumn Period, Zheng Guo first rose and then gave way to Jin.In the Warring States period, the Wei state first prospered and then gave way to Qin.Wei Wenhou of the Warring States Period was Zheng Zhuanggong of the Spring and Autumn Period.It seems that the choice of history is not preconceived, but it is very possible to catch up from behind.This is really meaningful. So, why was Qin able to strike late? Because of Shang Yang. At least Shang Yang played a big role. Shang Yang was a contemporary of Mencius and Zhuangzi, but slightly older than both of them.Because he was enfeoffed by Shang later, he was called Shang Jun or Shang Yang. In fact, his real name was Gongsun Yang, also known as Wei Yang.As the name suggests, it can be seen that he was originally a public family member of Weiguo.But it is a pity that his grandson is a concubine, and the state of Wei has become a vassal of the state of Wei.So Shang Yang or Gongsun Yang when they were young could only be the retainers of Gong Shucuo (read Ruxuan), the Prime Minister of Wei State.

At this time, Wei Jun was King Wei Hui. King Wei Hui attached great importance to Uncle Cuo.Therefore, when Uncle Cuo was seriously ill, King Wei Hui went to visit him and asked about his funeral.King Wei Hui said: Sir, if there are three ups and two downs, what will happen to the widow and the widow's community? Gong Shucuo recommended Shang Yang to succeed him. After hearing this, King Wei Hui didn't say a word. So Gongshucuo asked Wei Huiwang to step back, and then said: Your Majesty, if you don't use Gongsun Yang, you must kill him and don't let him run away. King Wei Hui said: promise.

As soon as King Hui left, Gong Shucuo called Shang Yang and told him everything.Then I said sorry, I put the public first and then the private, first the emperor and then the ministers, you should run away! Shang Yang said with a light smile, since the king can't listen to his lord and use his ministers, why would he come to kill his ministers? As Shang Yang expected, King Wei Hui did not kill him.Not only did he not kill him, but he also said to the people around him: I'm afraid my father-in-law is sick and confused?Actually want the widow to use Gongsun Martingale as his prime minister.Isn't this too funny?

In fact, Gongshucuo is not funny at all, but Wei Huiwang soon regretted it.Twenty years later, Wei Guolian lost two battles.The first time it was defeated by Qi State, the result was that General Pang Juan died in battle and Prince Shen was captured.This is the famous Battle of Maling in history, a masterpiece of military strategist Sun Bin. In the second year after losing to Qi State, Wei State lost to Qin State again.This battle was Shang Yang's masterpiece.At that time, the commander-in-chief of the Wei army was Gongzi Mao (pronounced Ru Ang), who may have had some friendship with Shang Yang.So Shang Yang wrote to Prince Mao, saying, You and I are good friends in the state of Wei.It is really impossible to become an enemy now.Why don't we make peace in private, and then go back to our country to stabilize the country.Young Master Mao took it for granted, and came to the banquet unprepared.How did he know that this battle was originally intended to be fought by Shang Yang, and armored soldiers were ambushed behind the screen.When Shang Yang gave an order, the soldiers rushed out, and the Qin army also took advantage of the momentum to attack.As a result, the Wei army was defeated and Gongzi Mao was captured.

Shang Yang's move was a little unreasonable.He turned friendship into a weapon.However, the soldiers were established by fraud.What's more, Shang Yang and Wei Guo have long since broken up their friendship, so how can there be any credibility at all? However, one defeat after another would have serious consequences for Wei.King Wei Hui, who could no longer support himself, had to cede land for peace, and moved the capital from Anyi (now Xia County, Shanxi Province) to Daliang (now Kaifeng, Henan Province), so he was also called King Liang Hui later.At this time, he finally understood that Gong Shucuo was not confused, but himself who was confused.King Wei Hui sighed and said: I only regret that I didn't listen to my father-in-law at the beginning!

When he said this, he probably regretted even his intestines. Yes.He shouldn't have made this mistake. Shang Yang left the state of Wei after his uncle Cuo died of illness.When he left, there was no attachment or entanglement.In fact, from the late Spring and Autumn period, scholars, that is, the intellectual class and white-collar class at that time, were all tianxia.In their view, the world is much more important than states.Even Confucius, who has the most sense of morality, can only walk slowly when leaving Lu, and walk quickly when leaving other countries.As for Gongsun Yang, there is no need to feel sorry for him.Yes, since King Wei Hui refuses to use me, then I will quit.

right!There is no place to stay here, but a place to stay. Shang Yang's residence is Qin.

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