Chapter 56: Qin and Zhao's contradictions are the same

At this moment, King Wei has also said words of apology, and his Lin Xiangru mood is also very happy and unexpected! In his opinion, King Wei's matter this time is not so simple? Why do you say that, it is because things in the world are indispensable for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is all for profit, and this kind of thing is inevitable?

At this moment, in addition to having to do this, the king of Wei has no choice but to do this, and more importantly, he Wei Ran also has other intentions, the national strength of the Great Wei is now declining, and the national strength is gradually weakening, and now with the help of Zhao State, he can greatly strengthen his current strength, and he can't let his country bully him. In fact, to be honest, he didn't think of his own little request to help him, but he was seen through by Zhao Dan early in the morning, of course, it's just a later story?

At this moment, King Wei also smiled and said to Lin Xiangru: "Mr. Xiangru, it is impossible for you to come to the widow this time for no reason, let's talk about it!" What is the reason why you came to my Dawei this time, it must be because of something, let's talk about it! What is the reason for this? ”

Lin Xiangru also smiled and said to King Wei: "King Wei, I gave you a chance this time?" My lord, I will ask you if you hate the Qin State, and don't you want to take revenge on the Qin State for what you have done? ”

The king of Wei secretly scolded labor and management in his heart that he didn't hate the Qin State, then it's strange, my Great Wei was not so much land, but because of the Qin State, our Great Wei has now become a land, so that's the only point? Compared with the Qin State, labor and management hate you even more, and if it weren't for the loss of land, labor and management would not have been able to cooperate with your country so much.

Wei now hates Qin very much, and when it comes to the contradictions with Qin, I have to say that in the Warring States Period, when the world was in turmoil, there was no fixed friendly relationship between the vassal states and the vassal states, there were no eternal friends, only eternal interests, and when faced with a choice of interests, your allies could also become enemies; Therefore, in the Warring States Period, the relationship between the seven major vassal states was sometimes good and sometimes bad, these were ordinary things, and no two countries would always be allies, nor would two countries always be enemies.

Wei was the first powerful country in the Warring States Period, and it was also the first overlord of the Warring States Period, but after Wei was strong, it bit Qin and insisted on it, the reason is that Qin and Wei were feuding, and after the three families were separated, the relationship between Wei and Qin was not very relaxed since its establishment; In the process of development, the two countries are also constantly fighting, and even regard each other as the primary target of annexation in the process of their own strength and growth.

So why did the two states of Wei and Qin have such a tense relationship? Why do they almost always appear as enemies in the development competition that has always been in the relationship of enemies? Today, I will focus on analyzing this problem, and take a look at why Qin and Wei have deep grievances?

In order to maintain its hegemony, Wei needed to expand its territory and compete for population

In fact, the feud between the two countries also needs to start from the Wei State, the Wei State became the hegemon in the early Warring States period of the princes' struggle for hegemony, at that time, it urgently needed to expand its territory, needed to consolidate its national strength, and at the same time carried out the Li Kui Reform, the domestic economy suddenly became stronger, it needed to have enough permanent population to carry out a virtuous cycle of economic development, so annexing the land of other countries and accommodating the population of other countries became its primary choice of path.

Wei has just become strong, so it naturally needs to choose a country that can be dealt with with surely, and it just so happened that the Qin State at that time was the weakest among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, and the strength of Qin was the weakest of the Wei State, so it naturally became the first target on the road to the strength of Wei; After all, at that time, Wei was the only one who was most sure of attacking Qin.

The economy of Qi is rich, the land of Chu is rich, and Han and Zhao are of the same origin as Wei (Wei does not dare to move)

In addition to Qin, other countries are very strong, for example, Qi is a big country on the coast of the East China Sea, and has a natural advantage in economic development, and at the same time Qi is a country with a very deep heritage, the Spring and Autumn Three Xiaohe, the Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons all have the figure of Qi, its national strength is strong, attacking such a big country, Wei has no certainty of victory.

The state of Chu in the south is also a large country with vast land and resources, the state of Chu has a vast territory, has strategic depth, has a large population, and has always been regarded as a princely power, Wei State is not ten percent sure that it can be an enemy of Chu; However, Yan is remote and far away from Wei, so it is not suitable as the target of Wei's attack.

Although Zhao and Korea are three countries after the Jin Dynasty, it is precisely because they have just been established that they are in the limelight, not only that, but there is also a layer of reason, Zhao State and South Korea and Wei State are all out of the same Jin State, they actually belong to the same family in the origin, and it is not a good choice for Wei State to start a war with Zhao State and South Korea, which is of the same origin as itself, at the stage of its establishment.

Qin's poverty and proximity to Wei made it the first target to be attacked

Therefore, the Qin State became the primary target of the Wei State, from the rise of the Wei State during the time of the Marquis of Wei Wu, to the implementation of the Li Kui Reform Law after the Wei Wushu came out of the world, in this process, the Qin State can be said to have suffered deeply; Not only has it suffered huge losses in land, but it has also lost a large number of people because of the country's inability, which has made this already poor country even worse, and its economic development has been seriously hindered; In this way, Wei had an even greater advantage in the battle against Qin.

Therefore, the weakness of Qin's national strength and the inevitable needs of Wei's development were both reasons why Wei chose Qin as the target of attack in the first place, and it was also the first factor in the deep hatred between Qin and Wei. In fact, the reason why Qin Xiaogong endured humiliation and took the land for peace to prepare for the later changes was also so that the Qin State could have a day when it would be great in the world and defeat the Wei State that had oppressed it, so as to comfort the spirits of the ancestors of the Qin State in the sky.

The state of Wei was a place of four wars, and the geopolitical environment was harsh, and there was nowhere to escape

At that time, Wei was located in the core area of the Central Plains, such a geographical location was very strategic, Wei had geographical and geopolitical advantages, but at the same time it was located in the core area of the Central Plains, known as the hinterland of the world; It also means that it is a country surrounded by major vassal states, a typical place of four wars, on the other hand, the geopolitical environment of Wei is the worst, and it is often involved in wars.

If Wei is strong, it will inevitably arouse the fear of the surrounding vassal states, and if the major vassal states unite to attack it, or if Wei is weak and bullied by the powerful countries, then it will not even have a way to escape.

Therefore, at that time, the Wei State actually urgently needed to make a way out of the encirclement of the major vassal states; And among the enemies of the four sides, the national strength of the Qin State is the weakest, so the Qin State must bear the brunt; In fact, this is also a reason for the enmity between Qin and Wei, if Wei wants to break the geographical confinement and improve the defects of geographical location, it must choose Qin, the weakest country, to attack.

In this way, there will inevitably be a conflict of interests between the two countries, and this is how enmity will arise; In fact, at that time, the Qin State was almost opened up by the Wei State, and the capital of the Qin State was also moved again and again, and it was almost about to move to the minority areas in the west at that time.

If Wei wanted to seize the Bashu agricultural area, it was the best choice to cross the Qin state

Another point is that there was the Bashu region behind the Qin State at that time, and the Bashu region was a very rich area in agricultural economic development, although the transportation between the Bashu region and the Central Plains had not been opened up at that time, but the major vassal states of the Central Plains did not stop coveting the Bashu region for a moment.

If the agricultural economy can be developed, then the country's economic income will be guaranteed, and the people's lives will be guaranteed, which will not only support the improvement of military strength, but also help the people to live and work in peace and contentment, thus contributing to the stability of the country and society.

Therefore, the Bashu region, which has natural advantages in agricultural economic development, was once regarded as a bag by the major vassal states of the Central Plains, especially the neighboring Chu State, Qin State and Zhao State, but because of geographical factors, these countries have insurmountable geographical obstacles with the Bashu region, so in the Warring States Period, the Bashu region can still be safe and sound.

However, such a natural granary will naturally not be abandoned by a superpower like Wei, but Wei and the Bashu region have no adjacent places, and if you want to capture the Bashu region, you must cross other vassal states; In this way, it must be even more difficult, and maybe there will be a joint crusade from other vassal states, and in the end, it will be more than worth the loss.

Therefore, it is necessary to first eliminate a country between their own Bashu regions, and Zhao is from the same source as themselves, so it is naturally difficult to do it; The state of Chu is a country with a very large land and rich resources; Wei was not completely sure that it would be able to fight with Chu, so it naturally aimed at the relatively weak Qin State at that time, and the Qin State had the closest connection with the Bashu region, and the occupation of the Qin State would be better able to send troops to the Bashu region, so countless wars broke out between the Wei State and the Qin State because of this purpose, and the Qin State was also hit hard, and the enmity between the two countries was even deeper.

During the period of Qin Xiaogong, Shang Ying changed the law, and after the Qin State became strong, he began to take revenge on the Wei State

Before Qin Xiaogong, Qin had been suppressed by Wei, and Qin Mugong made a desperate bet to fight with Wei, but was killed by an arrow; As the saying goes, where there is oppression, there will be resistance, and there will be anti-oppression after becoming strong; After Qin Xiaogong, the Qin State experienced the Shang Dynasty and quickly became stronger, and like the Wei State before, the Qin State also pointed the finger at the Wei State.

In one of the wars, Shang Ying used trickery to deceive the then prince, so that the Wei army suffered huge losses, this time the people of Qin were naturally overjoyed, but the people of Wei were not in such a good mood, and naturally regarded the Qin people as their enemies, and the enmity between the two countries was further deepened.

The competition for natural danger was also the reason for the outbreak of war and resentment between Qin and Wei

In addition, there are some battles between these two countries over natural risks, in fact, the reason why so many wars have broken out between these two countries is because they have the most conflicts of interest, whether it is Hangu Pass or Kunshan, they are all natural dangers between these two countries, and they are also the sharp weapons used by these two countries to restrain each other, so no matter who it is, they don't want to give up such a tool.

Therefore, since the establishment of the Wei State, there have been countless wars with the Qin State in the Hexi region such as Hangu Pass, and if there are wars, there will be casualties, which will naturally make the relationship between the two countries stiff.

Wei Guoqiang wanted to take Qin State, and the rise of Qin State saw Wei State as a springboard to enter the Central Plains

In fact, these two countries have been relatively hostile in the development process, because in the early Warring States period, Wei relied on its own strength, did not take Qin in its eyes, and regarded it as its primary target; And in the middle and late Warring States period, the Qin State became stronger, and for the shame of being bullied by the Wei State before, Yixue was even more incompatible with the Wei State.

At the same time, after the Qin State became strong, it also regarded the Wei State as a springboard on its eastward advance, and only by pulling out the dagger inserted in the heart of the Wei State could the Qin State go east unscrupulously and better suppress the six countries of Shandong. Therefore, whether it is the Qin State or the Wei State, they all regard the other party as the object that must be annexed on their own development path. Therefore, it is unlikely that the two countries will turn into allies at any time.

And the real history is also the same, the only time the two countries united was when Yan Zhao Wang Le Yi was in Qi, but that time was just to take into account the face of Yan and form an alliance with Yan State, these two countries are symbolic troops, but each other is well water does not interfere with river water, and it cannot be said to be a real union.

Seeing the relationship between the two countries, it is not difficult to understand why when Wei lost the Battle of Maling and the Battle of Guiling, the people of Qin were even happier than the people of Qi, and it is not difficult to understand why the later Xinling Jun stole talismans to save Zhao.

Interests determine everything, and there are no eternal friends in the world

In fact, whether it is the excessive excitement shown by the people of the Qin State, or whether it is Xinlingjun who later saved Zhao in order to resist the stealing talisman of the Qin army, it can show that the relationship between the two countries is incompatible, and this relationship is not accidental, after all, the Warring States Period is an era of seeking benefits for one's own country, that is, an era of the jungle, which country can have better development opportunities, which country can have stronger strength, Then which country can occupy a dominant position in the relations between states for a period of time.

In the early Warring States period, Wei was strong and had the final say on whether to fight or fight with Qin, but in the late Warring States period, Qin rose rapidly and became the most powerful vassal state among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States. This can also be seen in the influence of the country's strength on the country's movements.

The ancients believed that the tense relationship between Wei and Qin did not form overnight, but was inevitably determined by the route that the two countries had always chosen; After all, there are so many resources that can provide development in the Central Plains, and if a country wants to develop, it is far from enough to rely on its own land and population, and it must squeeze the development resources of other vassal states in order to achieve its goal of becoming strong and prosperous, and to become the object of finally sweeping the six countries and unifying the Central Plains.

Therefore, whether it is the development and growth of the Qin State or the development and growth of the Wei State, it is impossible for these two countries to find permanent allies; Just like Qin and Qi, Qin's attitude towards Qi during the Warring States Period has always been relatively friendly, and basically there has been no frontal war with Qi, just because Qi and Qin have no land directly connected, and it cannot obtain any direct benefits from Qi, so its attitude towards Qi has always been relatively friendly.

However, Wei is involved in the vital interests of Qin, and at the same time, it is a barrier for Qin to go east from the world, so Qin will naturally not have any friendly relations with Wei, after all, Wei is an important factor that can affect the development of Qin's strength; For the Wei State, the country that was oppressed by itself in the early Warring States period and could not resist suddenly became a country that could defeat itself in one fell swoop, and it was naturally unwilling.

At the same time, Wei also knew very well that if Qin became strong, its own national development and Zongmiao Sheji would be seriously threatened, so it was impossible for it to reach friendly relations with Qin and allow Qin to develop and grow. In short, the relationship between the two countries is determined by many factors, which is the same as some of our current international relations, no matter what kind of relationship the two countries do not have a permanent fixed relationship, and it is often not the attitude of the leader that determines the relationship between the two countries, but the vital interests between the two countries.

Therefore, whoever can control the lifeblood of interests will be able to control the dominant power in a relationship; In fact, this is also a reflection given by history, how to control interests, how to control one's own destiny, and how to dominate the relationship between countries, which will be the answer that can be found in history, and it is also the answer that can only be obtained in history.

This is also why the Qin State and the Wei State are all contradictory to each other, and Lin Xiangru wants to give the opportunity to the Wei State, so that the Wei State and the Qin State will go against each other, sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and the result is naturally obvious? Zhao Dan is a traitor in the world, he can't miss the opportunity, which is why Lin Xiangru asked him this, a terrible conspiracy is about to begin.