If the Jin State was not divided, would it be possible to win the Qin State?

In the late Spring and Autumn Period, the Gong clan was weakened and the Shiqing family was strong in all countries. In terms of the later Warring States Seven Heroes, in addition to the three kingdoms of Zhao, Wei and Han from the Jin State, the Qin State carried out changes to strengthen the power of the Gong clan and weaken the power of the Shiqing family. In the Qi State, the situation of the Tian clan replacing Qi occurred, and the entire Qi country was stolen by the Tian clan. The situation of Chu is special, but the whole country is relatively large, and the room for maneuver is also relatively large, so although the internal system is also sub-feudal, the whole country is still relatively strong.

Only the Jin Kingdom is more tragic. Since the death of Duke Wen of Jin, the Shiqing family has completely controlled the country's internal affairs, diplomacy and the army, although the monarch is still the monarch in name, but even the army is controlled by several major families, and the monarch's influence on the country is getting smaller and smaller.

At first, the major families could take turns to sit in the village and have nothing to do with each other, but in the late Spring and Autumn Period, the big countries began to accelerate the annexation of small countries, and within the Jin Kingdom, the major families annexed fiefs to each other. Originally, the most powerful was the Zhi family, and the Zhi family led the Han and Wei families to besiege the Zhao family and want to eliminate and divide the Zhao family, but the Han and Wei families suddenly defected, and the result became that the Zhao Wei and Han families defeated the Zhi family and divided the Zhi family's fief. The Jin Kingdom was basically divided up by the three families, and the monarch of the Jin Kingdom existed in name only.

At this time, Zhou Tianzi's situation was also very similar to that of the Jin Kingdom, Zhou Tianzi was still nominally a prince and co-lord, but the more he went to the late Spring and Autumn Period, the more no one took Zhou Tianzi seriously. Therefore, after the three families divided the fiefdom of the Zhi family, they began to proclaim themselves as marquises. Later, in 476 BC, Zhou Tianzi recognized the status of the princes of the Zhao, Wei and Han families, which was the time node when Chinese history entered the Warring States period.

Before the Jin State was divided, it was the first power in place, and it almost always maintained an overwhelming advantage over the Qin State. Except for the civil strife encountered by the Jin state, the Qin state was basically no match for the Jin state. But it is a pity that the Jin State was divided, and the three Jin Dynasty together could suppress the Qin State, and if they were separated, they could not form a long-term suppression of the Qin State alone.

After the division of the Three Jin Dynasty, Wei took the lead in internal reforms at the beginning, becoming the most powerful state among the nations in the early Warring States period. However, Wei was in the land of four wars, lacked an overall strategy, and the direction of strategic development was not clear, and there was always opportunistic thinking. It can be said that Wei Guo bullied his neighbors one by one. It was understandable to bully Korea and Zhao, who were still relatively weak at the time, but the most unwise thing for Wei was to offend Zhao and Han while also falling into a state of war with Qi. Finally, in the Battle of Maling, the Wei state was defeated and turned into decline.

South Korea is the saddest. From before the division of the Jin Dynasty, the Han family was the least powerful among the major families in the Jin Kingdom. After becoming an independent country, he was repeatedly bullied by Wei. finally survived until the Wei State declined, the Qin State rose again, and the Qin State began to bully Korea repeatedly.

However, South Korea has always had a wrong idea in terms of strategy, always thinking that by colluding with Qin and ceding land to Qin, it can ensure peace. However, since the founding of Korea, the Qin State has always maintained the record of waging a large-scale war against South Korea almost every ten years, and has always suppressed South Korea, so that South Korea has no respite. In the end, Korea also became the first of the six countries to be wiped out by Qin.

In fact, South Korea's land area is relatively small, and it is surrounded by Qin, Wei, Qi, and Chu, and no one can afford to offend, so they can only be bullied all the time. In this sense, South Korea is actually a country that should not exist.

If Korea could be completely annexed by Wei or Zhao, or if it could be divided between the two states, the balance of power between the countries would change. The existence of South Korea alone is very unfavorable for Zhao and Wei.

Once Qin attacked Korea, Zhao and Wei had to rescue, but Korea was not the territory of the two countries, so the rescue of the two countries was sometimes not resolute, and opportunistic ideas often appeared. And the most profitable is naturally the Qin State. Because Korea existed alone, neither Zhao nor Wei had the ability to fight against Qin alone, and Qin could calmly increase its national strength through internal changes, and then gradually expand externally.

On the other hand, if the Jin State had not been divided, entered the Warring States Period as a unified state, strengthened the monarchy's centralized power through law changes, and unified the entire army, it could always maintain an overwhelming advantage over the Qin State. Moreover, at that time, the overall level of economic development of the territory of the Qin State was far from that of the Jin State, and after a long period of competition, the probability of the Jin State dragging down the Qin State was very high.

If that is the case, it will not be the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, but the four great powers of Jin, Qin, Qi and Chu will compete during the Warring States Period, and the historical development trajectory may be very different. However, the division of the Jin State greatly reduced the pressure on the Qin State, and enabled the Qin State to strengthen its own power by attacking the Three Jin States and gain the advantage of the Qi State and the Chu State.

Meng Yi would not be naïve to think that history could be easily changed, presumably the "Dragon Slayer" at this time must be very painful!

There is no "if" because time never turns back. All the people and businesses that have happened will never be repeated. If there is, it must be non-existent, false, and meaningless, because reality is real, and once it exists, there can be no hypothesis. Some people say, "If I had studied hard at the beginning, I must have been a writer now", some people said, "If I hadn't given up on her before, maybe we would have been together", and some people said, "If my dad was a rich man, now I am a rich second generation!" It's a pity that all the "ifs" are in reality, will they really happen? Will the "if" in some people's mouths really make their dreams come true?

"If" is just a hypothesis, extravagant hope, shirk, and regret of reality. Living in reality, everything that has been experienced does not turn back at this moment. What kind of "cause" you plant today will bear tomorrow. Today you have chosen comfort, stay until tomorrow and don't complain about today's actions.

Because tomorrow is reality, and today is what you want to get if. "If" is time, once it has passed, there will never be a turning back;

"If" is regret, and everything that happens in front of you will become confused;

"If" is fear, the dissatisfaction of reality is not willing to face bravely;

The "if" is the extravagant hope, the illusion of having those empty things again.

There really is no "what if". Please don't expect people and things to be missed, you can go back to the past. Only cherish the present, when everything has been experienced, our hearts are more of a relief and less of some regrets. Cherish every moment of the present and do what should be done at the moment, so that tomorrow there will be no regrets left by "ifs".

Just when Meng Yi was thinking wildly, King Yingzheng of Qin issued an order to prepare for the sacrifice of the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan and the Yan Emperor Shennong.

Sacrifice is an important part of Chinese rituals and an important part of Chinese history and culture. "The Book of Rites and Sacrifices" says: "If the law is applied to the people, it will be worshipped, if it is used for death and hard work, if it is for the country to be determined by labor, if it can resist great disasters, it will be worshipped, and if it can defend great disasters, it will be worshipped." From this, it can be seen that the ancient sacrifices were quite broad, and the sacredness of the sacrifices included the gods, human gods, and earthly gods. Among the emperors who applied the law to the people, the sacrifices of the Yan Emperor and the Yellow Emperor belonged to the category of human gods. The sacrifice of Yanhuang has been more than 5,000 years, has a long history, far-reaching influence, is incomparable to other sacrifices. The Yanhuang sacrifice has become a wonder in the Chinese sacrificial culture and an important symbol of the spirit of the Chinese nation.

Huaxia, once the self-proclaimed Zhou Dynasty in ancient China, gradually became China's pronoun in later generations, and Yan Huang, is the recognized ancestor of the Chinese people, in the later emperors, in order to achieve national consensus, cohesion of national blood, have publicly held the activities of worshiping the Yellow Emperor's mausoleum, as early as 422 BC, two thousand five hundred years ago, Qin Linggong announced that the people sacrificed to the Yellow Emperor and the Yan Emperor, in order to show the ancestors, after Qin Shi Huang unified China, also followed the sacrifice to the ancestor Yan Huang, when Liu Bang raised troops, Special trip to worship the Yellow Emperor, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty went out on patrol, also specifically worshiped the Yellow Emperor, rummaged through the history books, major sacrifices to Yan Huang activities have been held many times, after the Tang Dynasty, for the sacrifice of Yan and the Yellow Emperor into the grand norm, Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin issued an edict to hold the Yan Emperor sacrifice activities, "three years old in one fell swoop, the rate is normal" to the Yuan, but also specially promulgated the decree to protect the Yellow Emperor's mausoleum, and then to the Ming and Qing dynasties, but also pushed the sacrifice of Yan Huang to an unprecedented height, history, the Ming Dynasty officially organized the sacrifice of Yan Huang activities 14 times, The Qing Dynasty reached 29 times. Even in the Republic of China, which is surrounded by foreign robbers and bandits, it has repeatedly held activities to worship Yan Huang, and of course, the purpose of holding such activities is also to build national consensus, unite national strength, and boost national morale, in order to jointly resist foreign captives and revive China.

The Yanhuang sacrifice is a long-standing national event.

Emperor Yan and Emperor Huang were the tribal leaders on the map of China more than 5,000 years ago and the co-masters of the world. As the first humanistic ancestors of the Chinese nation, they have made unparalleled contributions to the formation and development of the Chinese nation. After the death of the two, people have not stopped remembering, commemorating and remembering them. In the sacrifice to the two sages of Yan and Huang, a vast sacrificial cultural scroll was formed.

The Yellow Emperor was the tribal leader and co-leader of the tribal alliance. He led the people to make bows and arrows, build boats, teach mulberry weaving, make clothes, fix calculations, study medicine, create music and rhythm, and create writing, creating a precedent for Chinese civilization. The Yellow Emperor defeated Emperor Yan in Hanquan, and became the Son of Heaven on behalf of Emperor Yan, and later defeated Chiyou, unified the Chinese tribes, and established a country of communal system.

After the death of the Yellow Emperor, his minister Zuo Che cut wood for the image of the Yellow Emperor more than 5,000 years ago, and the handsome princes served it ("Bamboo Book Chronicle"), which is the earliest record of the sacrifice to the Huang.

More than 4,000 years ago, "there is a Yu clan and the Yellow Emperor and the ancestor is gone, and the ancestor is Xiaoyao and Zongshun," the first sacrificial system was formed.

More than 3,000 years ago, King Mu of the Western Zhou Dynasty offered 300 horses, 3,000 cattle and sheep, "Mu Tianzi ascended to the hill of Kunlun and watched the palace of the Yellow Emperor".

More than 2,000 years ago, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty patrolled more than 100,000 soldiers in the north to sacrifice the Yellow Emperor's tomb in Qiaoshan, and stipulated that only the emperor was qualified to worship the Yellow Emperor.

1200 years ago in the Tang Dynasty (five years of the Great Calendar), the Yellow Emperor Temple was listed as a sacrificial place, the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasty inherited the Tang system, and the Yellow Emperor was worshiped at the national level.