Chapter 57 Wang Ben died in Qi

Ying Zheng accelerated the pace of annexing the six countries. In 222 BC, just after Wang Jian's army wiped out Chu, Wang Ben and Li Xin launched an offensive in the north, captured Yan Wang Xi and Dai Wang Jia, and wiped out the remnants of Zhao and Yan. At the same time, Wang Jian continued to advance eastward. After pacifying the land of Wuyue, he conquered the "King of Baiyue" in the south and brought most of the present Fujian Province into the rule of Qin State. In Yingzheng's study room, hung a huge map of the world.Every time a country was destroyed, he ordered people to draw a black "Qin" flag on the corresponding position.Now, only the Qi State on the coast of the East China Sea is left, crumbling in a black ocean.

It is necessary to make an explanation about Qi's history over the years. As mentioned above, during the reign of King Min of Qi, Yan State invaded on a large scale and almost occupied the entire territory of Qi State. Only Jimo and Ju County were still holding on.The state of Chu sent Nao Chi to lead an army to rescue Qi, but Nao Chi killed King Qi Min in an attempt to carve up Qi with Yan. When King Min of Qi was killed, Prince Tian Fazhang hid in Ju County as a servant in the home of a man named Tai Shijiao (jiao), not daring to reveal his true identity.Taishi's daughter is a beautiful and intelligent girl. She sees Tian Fazhang's extraordinary aura, but he is clumsy when he does things. She doesn't look like a servant. he eats.After going back and forth, the two of them sparked off and secretly fell in love.

Later, Naochi was killed by Wangsun Jia, and the people of Ju searched everywhere for the prince of King Qi Min, hoping to make him king.Tian Fazhang didn't know the situation outside, and was afraid that people would kill him too, so he hid for a long time and refused to come out.Until one day, when he felt that the danger was over, he told others that I am the prince. Later, he was established as the king of the country by the Ju people, that is, King Qi Xiang in history.Taishi's daughter was made queen, and soon after she gave birth to a son, named Tian Jian. It is the honor of the family for a daughter to become a queen.But Tai Shizhu is a staid and stubborn old man, claiming that his daughter married without going through a matchmaker, which has completely disgraced the family. I don't recognize such a daughter!Since then, he really hasn't seen his daughter for life.However, the queen is virtuous, and she did not disrespect her father because of this. During the Chinese New Year and holidays, she always came to condolences, and she was not angry when she was turned away. She left a gift and came back next time.

In 265 BC, King Xiang of Qi died and Tian Jian came to the throne.The queen was promoted to the queen mother, who assisted her son in governing the country behind the scenes, carefully handled the relationship with the state of Qin, was also very respectful to the princes, and carefully maintained the security of the state of Qi. Once, King Qin Zhao sent someone to send a pair of jade rings to the Queen Mother, saying: "I heard that people in Qi are very smart, can you untie this pair of jade rings?" The Queen Mother showed the jade ring to the officials, and the officials passed it around, but no one could untie it.The Qin envoy snickered aside.In the end, Yu Lianhuan was passed back to the Queen Mother.The Queen Mother ordered someone to bring a hammer, and broke it with one blow, and said to the envoy of the Qin State: "Please tell the King of Qin that the old woman has untied it."

It is not difficult to see from this story that the Queen Mother is actually a person who is tough on the inside and soft on the outside. She is very gentle on the surface, but she always has a scale in her heart.When encountering knots that cannot be untied, she will not hesitate to pick up the hammer... In 260 BC, the Battle of Changping broke out.Zhao Guo sent someone to Qi State for help, but Qi State refused.Zhao Guo proposed to borrow grain again. Some people persuaded Tian Jian to agree to Zhao Guo's request, thinking that Zhao Guo was the barrier of Qi State. Once Zhao State fell, Qi State would immediately face Qin State's attack.But Tian Jian still didn't agree. This kind of prudent style of staying out of the matter, it can be seen that the influence of the Queen Mother is behind it.

In 249 BC, King Zhuangxiang of Qin ascended the throne, and the Queen Mother of Qi died. When the Queen Mother was critically ill, she once called Tian Jian to her side, told him the names of several ministers, and said: "These people can be reused." And analyzed each person's strengths and weaknesses one by one, and told him that they should be placed in the what position to use. After Tian Jian heard this, he nodded again and again, and said, "I have to write them down." Then he ordered his servants to bring pens and wooden slips, and asked the Queen Mother to say it again.

The Queen Mother sighed and said, "I have forgotten." Of course, it wasn't that the Queen Mother had forgotten, but that Tian Jian didn't remember any of the names just said, which made her feel frustrated. After the Queen Mother died, a man named Hou Sheng served as the Prime Minister of Qi.It is said that Hou Sheng came from the family of the Queen Mother, but he did not have the wisdom and strength of the Queen Mother.After Yingzheng ascended the throne, Qin State adopted the strategy of Li Si and Wei Liao to bribe the political leaders of various countries. Under the attack of Qin State's golden bullet, Hou Sheng quickly gave up resistance and secretly defected to Qin State. The ministers of the DPRK and China instigated half of the rebellion.These people acted in collusion, standing on the stand of Qin State all day long, persuading Tian Jian to be good and friendly with Qin State, and even persuading Tian Jian to go to Qin State for pilgrimage.

In 237 BC, Tian Jian crossed the Central Plains and came to Xianyang to make a pilgrimage to Yingzheng, hoping to obtain the security guarantee of Qin State and Qi State.Tian Jian's filial piety was undoubtedly appreciated by Ying Zheng.Ying Zheng held a grand banquet in Xianyang to welcome Tian Jian, encouraged him to develop production on the coast of the East China Sea, and not to worry about the world's major affairs, and ensured that Qi and Qin would always be good-neighborly and friendly, and would never invade each other.Tian Jian returned to Qi State as if he had taken ecstasy. Sure enough, he did not cultivate military equipment, nor participated in the alliance of princes, and sat back and watched Qin State gradually annex the other five countries.

It wasn't until Qin State eliminated Chu State, conquered Liaodong, and surrounded Qi State from the west, south, and north that Tian Jian felt that something was wrong, and ordered Hou Sheng to mobilize troops to prepare to defend against Qin State's attack. Hou Sheng faithfully carried out his order, assembled the troops on the western front, and put on a posture of full-scale war.He pretended not to notice that the main force of the Qin army, led by Wang Ben, had detoured back to Liaodong, entered Qi from the north without any resistance, and surrounded Linzi. Seeing that the situation was over, Tian Jian surrendered in Kaesong.Compared with other countries, Qi State was the latest to perish, but the fastest. Wang Ben hardly injured a single soldier, and turned Qi State, which Le Yi had not fully occupied for five years, into Qin State. territory.As for Tian Jian himself, it can be said that his evening scene is bleak.Ying Zheng exiled him to the bitter cold in the north, where he lived in the barren mountains.Before long, he starved to death.