Lü Buwei, born in 292 BC and died in 235 BC, Jiang's surname is Lü, his name is Buwei, and he is a native of Puyang. A famous businessman and thinker in the last years of the Warring States period, he was the prime minister of the Qin State.

In 251 B.C., King Zhaoxiang of Qin died, the crown prince An Guojun succeeded to the throne, for King Qin Xiaowen, died for a year, the prince Yingzi Chu succeeded to the throne, that is, King Xiang of Qin Zhuang, in 249 years before Lü Buwei was the prime minister, Feng Wenxin Marquis, 100,000 households in Luoyang, Henan, 3,000 diners and 10,000 servants. King Zhuangxiang died, the young prince Zhengli became the king, and Lü Buwei was the prime minister, known as the "middle father", arbitrarily ruling the government.

Lü Buwei presided over the compilation of "Lü's Autumn", which has more than 20 thousand words in eight readings, six treatises, and twelve epochs, which converges the doctrines of various schools in the pre-Qin period, "and Confucianism and Mo, and the law of the name", so the history is called "miscellaneous". The book was completed, hanging in the country, and those who claimed to be able to change a word were rewarded with a thousand gold. This is "a thousand words".

When he was in power, he conquered the lands of Zhou, Zhao and Wei, and established Sanchuan, Taiyuan and Dongjun, which made a significant contribution to the cause of Qin Wangzheng to annex the Six Kingdoms. Later, he was implicated in the rebellion of the Chang Yu group, was removed from the post of Xiangbang, and lived in the fiefdom of Henan. Soon, Qin Wangzheng ordered him to move his family to Shu, and Lü Buwei was afraid of being killed, so he committed suicide by drinking.

From the perspective of personal interests, why can Lü Buwei win the position of Yiren?

Lü Buwei is a well-known speculator, he used his wealth to seek a position in the country, this investment income does not know how many times to crush Buffett, later generations greatly appreciated his ability to seek the country. So the question is, why can Lü Buwei accurately select "potential stocks"? How did Lü Buwei win the Yiren step by step? Today, we will look at the problem from the perspective of interest and see why Lü Buwei can support Yingyiren to take the position.

Lü Buwei was a merchant in the Yangzhai area, and in the early days he made a fortune by buying low and selling high. Once when Lü Buwei went to Handan, he met a business opportunity, and this business opportunity was to support and win people. You must know that Ying Yiren is the son of the crown prince of Qin State, and once Ying Yiren can inherit his father's position as the crown prince, it will bring him a steady stream of income. There is a question here, that is, why doesn't Lü Buwei support others? The crown prince of Qin has more than 20 sons, and winning a stranger is just a hostage, and it stands to reason that the chance of winning a stranger is not very big, why does Lu Buwei still choose to win a stranger? Here's why:

First, although An Guojun has more than 20 sons, An Guojun's favorite concubine has no queen. If you can tie Ying Yiren to the big boat of Mrs. Huayang, then the chance of winning will be very big.

Second, "Warren Buffett: Invest where everyone else has invested, and you're not going to get rich." ”

An Guojun's other sons are in the Qin State, and the Qin clans and ministers will naturally choose supporters in their homeland, and Lü Buwei's support at this time is far weaker than those clans and ministers, even if the son they support becomes the crown prince, the first merit will not be Lü Buwei, and Lü Buwei's voice is also the smallest when he divides the spoils, and he is destined to release wealth. And if a son has multiple supporters, the investment cost will inevitably increase. But winning the difference is different, winning the difference is almost out of food, at this time supporting the win is to send charcoal in the snow, and the first credit in the future must be Lu Buwei. The icing on the cake and the charcoal in the snow, can these two gold contents be the same?

Lü Buwei finally chose to win Yiren and went home to discuss the return on investment with his father. The conversation between the two is as follows:

Lü Buwei: How much money can you make from farming?

Father: Ten times the profit.

Lü Buwei: Where do you sell jewelry?

Father: A hundredfold.

Lü Buwei: Supporting the monarch?

Father: Countless.

Lu Buwei thought to himself: Farming is just to support his family, and he can do this job to support the monarch to make a fortune!

So he went to find Win Yiren, and the two sides had another conversation:

Lü Buwei: I'll make you decent.

Win Inhuman: You yourself are decent first, and then come and help me be decent.

Lü Buwei: If you are decent, I will naturally be decent.

Win Yiren: Then let's discuss how to be decent.

After that, Lü Buwei helped Ying Yiren analyze the political situation, and Ying Yiren's brother was deeply valued by An Guojun, the prince of Qin, and his mother had been blowing a gentle wind in An Guo's ears, and he had a great chance of winning in the future. And you can't cultivate a sense of harmony with An Guojun in Zhao State, plus your mother is not favored, you will be marginalized sooner or later, and it is very likely that you will become an outcast. Winning Yiren is not a fool, the relationship between Qin and Zhao is almost to the point of intersecting swords and soldiers, once a war breaks out, anti-Qin Xu breaks out in Zhao, he is a son of Qin State It is easy to become the target of criticism, he can't wait to leave Zhao State as soon as possible. At this time, Lü Buwei is like a drowning person seeing a swimming ring to win a person, and he must seize this opportunity to go ashore, otherwise he will not be able to protect himself.

Lü Buwei depicted a grand blueprint for Win Yiren, the two soldiers were divided into two ways, Win Yiren was responsible for buying a water army to build momentum, Lü Buwei was responsible for finding political backers, and the two conspired for the position of the prince. Ying Yiren was still very satisfied with this plan, and promised Lü Buwei that he could share the Qin State. In this way, Lü Buwei bought "potential stocks", and the two developed according to the blueprint and moved forward to the crown prince together.

Look for political resources to cling to and contribute to interest groups

Lü Buwei gave Win Yiren 500 gold, which he used for living expenses and buying a navy. At that time, the Warring States period was popular in raising "soldiers", to put it bluntly, it was to raise a water army, these water armies usually build momentum for the masters, and deal with some undignified work at critical times. "Once the money sounds, the bad words will come to an abrupt end, Rothschild's family motto", under the effect of the five hundred gold, the influence and popularity of the Yiren increased rapidly, and he became a star son at that time. But it is useless to rely on the support of these water armies alone, and strong support is also needed to win the alien, and this support can only come from An Guojun. However, Lü Buwei's role is not qualified, and it is not practical to persuade An Guojun directly, so Lü Buwei set his sights on Mrs. Huayang.

At that time, Lü Buwei went to visit Mrs. Huayang's younger brother and analyzed the political situation for Yang Quanjun. Yangquanjun's political status is heavily dependent on Mrs. Huayang, once An Guojun dies, then Mrs. Huayang's power will decline rapidly, as Mrs. Huayang's younger brother, how could Yangquanjun survive? And the son who won the most at that time was Zi Jie, and after Zi Fu took the throne, he would definitely reuse Shicang, and Yang Quanjun would definitely not be reused. "Seek yourself before seeking others", Yang Quanjun will not fail to understand this truth, rather than supporting an opponent to take the position, it is better to make plans as soon as possible. Therefore, Yang Quanjun asked Lu Buwei what to do, and Lu Buwei bluntly said that he would support Win the Alien to the top, and after winning the Alien Ascendant, he would also repay Yangquanjun relatively. Yang Quanjun thought about it and felt that it made sense, so he sent Lu Buwei to see Mrs. Huayang.

Lü Buwei also persuaded Mrs. Huayang from the perspective of personal interests. Lü Buwei said: "Those who serve people in Israel will be weakened and relaxed", to put it bluntly, it is to remind Mrs. Huayang of her own interests, after all, Mrs. Huayang has no descendants, once she is old and decrepit, then who can guarantee that An Guojun will not change his mind? The court's intrigue is very cruel, who can guarantee that he doesn't have a few enemies? Once they lose power, who can guarantee that no one will "beat the water dogs"? No one can guarantee it, and this kind of thing is very costly for trial and error, and the slightest carelessness is to shatter the bones. Shang Ying is such a big hero, what will be the final ending? Five horses split into corpses! Who can be sure that they will not be Shang Ying? No one can guarantee it, so Mrs. Huayang was moved by Lu Buwei's words and decided to win the Yiren to the throne.

The interest group has been preliminarily completed, and Mrs. Huayang is An Guojun's favorite wife, responsible for blowing a gentle wind in An Guojun's ears; Yang Quanjun is responsible for winning over the ministers who support Win Yiren and contribute to the interest group; Lü Buwei was personally at the helm and was in charge of everyone's work; Win Inaniman's big buys of trolls, increases his prestige, and enlists his father's support. Because there are common interests, and they may all be in danger if they fail, they must be fully operational. There was no turning back, and interest groups began to seek the position of prince driven by personal interests.

Mrs. Huayang kept blowing a gentle wind in An Guojun's ears, and finally prompted An Guojun to summon a different person to return to China. But at that time, Zhao Guo refused to let him go, so he still needed Lü Buwei to lobby. Win Yiren is a hostage, and Zhao Guo will definitely not let go easily. Based on this, Lü Buwei began to constantly weaken the influence of Win Yiren, emphasizing that Qin would not give up the war because of a prince. He also suggested that Zhao Guo send Ying Yiren back and use this useless hostage to get close to Qin State. King Zhao found out in his heart that this was indeed the case, and it was better to take the initiative to create an image of a great country than to hold a useless outcast, so he decided to let go of Win Yiren. But I didn't expect the war to come too suddenly, the war broke out between Qin and Zhao, and the domestic anti-Qin Xu surged, and many people regarded winning the alien as a catharsis point, and killing the winning alien to vent their anger.

Lu Buwei will definitely not let people kill Win Yiren, if he kills Ying Yiren, won't his investment be yellow? So hurry up and find a way to get Win Inalien out of the city. Lü Buwei bribed the soldiers defending the city with a lot of money, so that Ying Yiren could get out of the city smoothly. The actions of the defenders of the city were tantamount to treason, but they did it anyway. Why? Because in the eyes of some people, personal interests are higher than national interests. Don't take any example, the real clean officials are like a rarity, and the corrupt officials are like the sand of the Yellow River, and the gap between the two bases is huge.

Later, Lü Buwei asked Ying Yiren to wear Chu costumes to see Mrs. Huayang, the reason was to get closer to Win Yiren and Mrs. Huayang, in fact, Mrs. Huayang was very satisfied, and accepted Ying Yiren as her son. Interest groups have already reached this point, and the rest can only be seen to win and play. Win Yiren lived up to expectations, constantly narrowed his relationship with King Qin, and stayed in the palace many times. This is actually not difficult to understand, now many families do not support the elderly before their deaths, and have to wait until the elderly are critically ill to offer filial piety, why? It's not Tu Na's family property yet. Whoever is close to the old man will also remember whom, which is good for the distribution of the inheritance. In this way, Win Yiren kept dangling in front of King Qin's eyes, and made plans to King Qin many times, and finally succeeded in gaining the support of King Qin and was made the crown prince.

In the end, Win Yiren became the emperor, Mrs. Huayang became the Empress Dowager of Huayang, Lü Buwei became the prime minister, although Yangquanjun did not record, but with Mrs. Huayang, the ending would not be bad. In the end, they all got their due benefits, although Lü Buwei's ending was not very good in the end, but he was a businessman who could mix into a Xiangguo, which is very rare in history. Lü Buwei lobbied others from the perspective of personal interests, and finally got the rewards he wanted, which is worth learning from.

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