Chapter 87: Han Fei died unjustly
Li Mu broke the Qin army of 100,000 in the Battle of Feicheng and was awarded the title of Wu Anjun.
Meng Yi naturally knew that this title was cursed in history, and those who were awarded the title all died tragically without exception!
In ancient times, there were official positions and titles, as well as titles, and after the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty, they attached great importance to the ceremony, and the division of the name and the temple number was very clear. The Zhou Dynasty actually ruled under the rites. After the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Gongdan sorted out and modified the system of Yin Shang, and created a set of specific and operable ritual and music systems, including diet, living, sacrifice, and funeral...... All aspects of social life are included in the category of "rites".
With the development of society, various etiquette has also changed, and many feudal dynasties have adopted the ideas of Legalism, and etiquette is still there, but it is not as important as the Zhou Dynasty. The virtuous concubines, concubines, and concubines we often hear in the harem are actually titles. And there are also titles for the official positions of ministers, such as General Jianwei and General Hussar, which are actually titles, and these people's official positions are all generals, but the titles are different. So there are many people who get the same title in every dynasty and generation, because it's an honor.
Throughout Chinese history, there is a title that only four people have obtained, and they are all people from the pre-Qin period, but the people who have obtained this title have died very miserably, as if they have been cursed. This title is Wu Anjun. Wu'an, with martial arts to rule the world, prestige and reputation of Anbang. "Jun" is a new title for Dr. Qing. "Etiquette and Mourning Clothes" says: "Jun, the Supreme also." Zheng Xuan's note: "The Son of Heaven, the princes, the kings, and the doctors who have land are all called kings." "Of course, this was in the Zhou period, after Qin Shi Huang established the Qin Dynasty, Jun represented the emperor, so the title of Wu Anjun only existed in the pre-Qin period.
There are only four people who were named Wu Anjun, namely Su Qin, Bai Qi, Li Mu, and Xiang Yan.
Let's talk about Su Qin first. Su Qin was a longitudinal and horizontal family during the Warring States Period, and he lobbied the six countries to join forces to resist Qin, and matched the seal of the six countries, so that the Qin State did not dare to send a letter to Guguan for fifteen years. Su Qin went to Qi for Yan to do internal response, the five countries attacked Qin, Qi attacked the Song State at the same time, the Yan general Le Yi led the Five Nations Alliance Army back to attack the Qi State, Su Qin was after completing the six countries together, and was named Wu Anjun by Zhao Suhou. Later, the six countries were dissolved, and Su Qin also mediated between the countries. Qi State realized that Su Qin was a spy of Yan State, so in order to compete for favor, Qi State's doctors competed to assassinate Su Qin, Su Qin was seriously injured, and before he died, he let the King of Qi split himself and offered a reward for the murderer who assassinated him, and the King of Qi acted according to the plan, caught the murderer and killed him. Su Qin was also the most tragic Wu Anjun.
Bai Qi was a famous general in the Warring States period, and the title of God of War was well deserved. Bai Qi fought all his life and did not taste defeat, but Bai Qi offended Prime Minister Fan Sui after the Battle of Changping, and Fan Sui willingly fell into Zhao's counter-plot and prevented Bai Qi from continuing to attack and destroy Zhao's plan, and Liang Zi has been concluded since then. Later, the king of Qin wanted to attack Zhao again, but the time had passed, and Bai Qi called himself sick. King Qin ordered Bai Qi many times, but Bai Qi refused on the grounds of illness, Fan Sui said bad things about Bai Qi, and Bai Qi was given death on the way to the battlefield.
Li Mu is also a famous general, a famous general who is called Bai Qi. Li Mu is a native of Zhao, Li Mu's life trajectory can be divided into two stages, the first stage is that Li Mu resisted the Xiongnu in the north of Zhao State, and was very reused by King Zhao, and later King Zhao had no one available, so Li Mu was enabled to resist Qin. Li Mu suffered a heavy blow to the Qin army in the battle of Yi'an, and King Zhao said that "Li Mu is a widow in vain", so Li Mu won the title of Wu Anjun. From the moment he won the title, Li Mu's fate took a turn. Later, the king of Zhao moved into the discord of the Qin state, listened to the slander and seized Li Mu's military power, and killed Li Mu soon after. King Zhao's killing of Li Mu was tantamount to self-destruction of the Great Wall, and the next year Qin captured Handan, the capital of Zhao, leaving only the son of Zhao Jiagou to survive, and a few years later Zhao was completely destroyed.
The title of Wu Anjun may be suspected in itself, martial arts rule the world, prestige and security, this is something that only a king can do. Perhaps this is also one of the reasons why Wu Anjun was not allowed to die well.
Of course, at this time, Li Mu was still meritorious and safe for the time being, and was deeply used by Zhao Wang and Zhao Qian!
In the Battle of Yi'an and the Battle of Feicheng, after the defeat of the Qin army, Wei and Korea, which were subservient to Qin, naturally refused to attack Zhao with all their might, but secretly communicated news with Zhao.
In fact, since the eradication of Lü Buwei and Chang Yu, King Yingzheng of Qin has officially taken over the government, and the war of Qin to unify the world has begun.
At that time, the first target of Qin's destruction was Korea, the weakest of the six countries. However, due to Zhao's "hundred-legged insects die but do not stiffen", he repeatedly aided Korea and Wei, resulting in the Qin army being constrained everywhere. Finally, King Yingzheng of Qin listened to the persuasion of the state captain Wei Yu and decided to completely defeat the Zhao state first, and then plot against Korea and Wei.
South Korea is feared by all countries with its famous weapon, the crossbow. The so-called "the strongest bows and crossbows in the world are all from South Korea", South Korea's crossbows can shoot 800 meters away, "those who are far away cover the chest, and those who are close are afraid of the heart". In addition, South Korea's swords are also extremely sharp, all of which are "cut off by cattle and horses on land, and intercepted by birds and geese in water", and "when the enemy is the enemy, he will cut the iron curtain". But South Korea's strong bow and crossbow still can't make Korea strong. And the strongest country in South Korea was during the reign of Han Zhaohou. He used the Legalist Shen Bu Harm as the prime minister, the internal affairs were repaired, and South Korea became a well-off rule.
However, due to its location in the Central Plains, Korea was surrounded by Wei, Qi, Chu and Qin, so there was no room for development at all, and the territory was also the smallest of the seven kingdoms, making Korea the first vassal state among the six states of Shandong that was most easily destroyed by Qin. Since King Yingzheng of Qin succeeded to the throne, the two successive kings of Han in South Korea have been people who do nothing, namely Han Ran, King of Han, and Han An, King of Han.
Han Ran, the king of Han, also tried to make a difference during his reign. Zheng Guo, a hydraulic engineer, was ordered by Han Ran, the king of Han, to go west to Qin and persuade the king of Qin to build the Zheng State Canal, wanting to consume the national strength of Qin. Not wanting to be exposed for a long time, after discussing with Qin Wang Yingzheng and Qin Prime Minister Lü Buwei, they decided to continue to build the Zhengguo Canal, but in order to punish Korea, they decided to send troops to attack Korea.
The Zhengguo Canal is more than 250 miles long and irrigates more than 2.8 million acres of farmland. It is another large-scale water conservancy project in the Qin State after Dujiangyan, and Guanzhong has become a fertile land. The two major granaries of the Qin State, Bashu and Guanzhong, were thus built.
Han Ran, the king of Han, came to power in 272 BC and reigned for a total of thirty-four years. Judging from the historical records, in the more than 30 years he governed Korea, he hardly did anything to make a difference except for constantly seeking peace with the Qin State. At present, this strategic decision to "build canals to resist Qin" and save the country in a roundabout way is the only "positive" measure taken by His Excellency.
Woohoo, there are politicians and military strategists like Han Ran, King of Han, in the world! In the face of aggression from a strong neighbor, instead of strengthening national defense construction and reorganizing the armed forces for war, they sent experts to help the enemy country build water conservancy and increase production and income, hoping that the enemy would become tired and weakened in the course of vigorously developing agricultural production! It's like sending experts to help the enemy build arsenals and make guns and bullets in order to deplete the enemy's strength. It is also strange that no one in the high-level decision-making group in South Korea has raised objections to this kind of whimsical and strange idea, from planning to implementation! It is simply unreasonable for a country run by such a group of national leaders not to perish quickly!
It took about three years for the Zhengguo Canal to be completed and opened to water. During the three years of large-scale construction of the canal, the Qin State never stopped its military attacks on the three kingdoms of Han, Wei and Zhao. After the completion of this grain production project, the Qin State was like a tiger with wings, and since then it has entered a period of accelerated unification, while the six eastern countries have entered a period of accelerated extinction. More than 20 years later, the Six Nations were swept away. Korea was the first to be wiped out in 230 BC, fourteen years after the completion of the Zhengguo Canal, which is inseparable from the "great help" of Han Ran, the king of Han, to Qin!
During the period, Han Ranxue, the king of Han, and his son Han Anli (239 BC). When Han An, the king of Han, ascended the throne, the situation in Korea was in danger and on the verge of extinction. 233 BC: King Han sent his son Han Fei to envoy to Qin to serve as a vassal and serve King Yingzheng of Qin.
Han Fei, the son of Korea, is a famous figure in the late Warring States period, is a Korean nobleman, is a representative of Legalism, has taught himself Taoist Laozi thought, and worshiped Confucianism Xunqing as a teacher, and adopted the Shang martingale heavy law, Shen does not harm the heavy arts, cautious to the heavy situation and other three doctrines, based on the doctrine of Confucianism and Taoism, carry forward the Legalism, set the Legalist thought of the masterpiece. Han Fei witnessed the poverty and weakness of Korea in the late Warring States period, and wrote to King Han many times, hoping to change the situation of governing the country at that time without the legal system, raising non-use, and using non-support, but his ideas were never adopted. Han Fei believes that this is "an honest minister who does not tolerate evil." He retired and wrote books, and wrote "Lonely Anger", "Five Worms", "Inner and Outer Reserves", "Saying Lin", "Saying Difficult" and other works, and was known as one of the two people who got the essence of Lao Tzu's thought (the other was Zhuang Zhou).
Han Fei's book was transmitted to the Qin State, and King Yingzheng of Qin greatly appreciated Han Fei's talent. Soon, due to Qin's attack on Han, Han An, the king of Han, had to use Han Fei and sent him as an envoy to Qin. So in 233 BC, Han Feizi was sent as an envoy to Qin, and King Yingzheng of Qin liked Han Fei very much, but he had not yet decided whether to keep him.
Because Qin Prime Minister Li Si proposed a great plan to destroy the six countries and unify the world, and the primary target was South Korea. However, Han Fei, as the son of Korea, disagreed with Li Si, and Han Fei advocated saving Han and destroying Zhao, which invisibly hindered the unification plan of Qin.
At this time, Li Si, who was Han Fei's senior brother, was already a high-ranking official of the Qin State, so he was naturally unwilling to serve the Qin King Yingzheng in order to outperform him. Moreover, Han Fei and Li Sizhi have different political views. Han Fei wants to save Han, and Li Si wants to destroy Han. Because Han Feizi and Li Si used to be classmates, Li Si knew that Han Fei was good at arguing, and was worried that Ying Zheng would be deceived by Han Fei's schemes, so he went to Ying Zheng and stated the benefits. Li Si said to King Yingzheng of Qin: "Han Fei came here, not necessarily because he thought that he could let Han stay, but because he valued Han's interests. His argumentative rhetoric, disguised his scheme, was to take advantage of the Qin State and watch for His Majesty to do something beneficial to Korea. ”
King Yingzheng of Qin thought that Li Si was reasonable, so he sent people to arrest Han Fei and put him in prison. In the end, in order not to leave future troubles, Li Si privately forced Han Fei to commit suicide by taking poison. Han Fei wanted to write to King Yingzheng of Qin, but was hindered by Li Si and failed to meet King Yingzheng of Qin. Later, King Yingzheng of Qin regretted it and sent someone to pardon Han Fei, but Han Fei was already dead.
When Meng Yi heard this, he also sighed that history has not changed after all, but where is the Dragon Slayer King? Why has it disappeared recently?