Shang Ying's unceremonious acceptance of the land of Shang Yu is the first reason for self-destruction, and the second reason for self-destruction is the change of scolding and the need for a scapegoat.

Under militaristic slavery, Shang Ying armed all the people of Qin into slaves of the state, with men in charge of fighting and women in charge of agricultural production. If you neglect or are dissatisfied, kill it.

Shang Ying once executed more than 700 "lawbreakers" on the banks of the Weishui River, when the Weishui was completely red, and the cries of the criminals' families moved the heavens and the earth.

Shang Ying's criminal law is, to some extent, a pretext for massacre in the cloak of law! is so easy to kill, Shang Ying is not popular in the Qin State, and everyone shouts and beats, which is normal.

Not only the people of Qin, but also the old nobles of Qin, also hated Shang Ying. In addition to the part of militaristic slavery invented by Shang Ying, a large part of the reform of the Qin State was actually copied from the reform of the Wei State, limiting the power of the nobles and concentrating power in the hands of the King of Wei.

Since Wei took the lead in changing the law, the kind of thing that threatened the monarch with the huge power of the ministers in the autumn period almost did not exist, including the feudal monarch and fiefdom, and gradually ceased to be hereditary. This limited the rights of the nobility, which was good for the monarch.

The Qin State was doing the same thing, and under the strict implementation of Shang Ying, the old aristocracy was severely suppressed, and Shang Ying also offended a large number of powerful people, including Gongzi Qian, who had his nose cut off.

Under the raging anger of the people, there must be a scapegoat for Qin's reforms, and this scapegoat cannot be Qin Xiaogong himself, he can only be Shang Ying. In other words, if Shang Ying is killed, the Qin people's resistance to the change will be greatly reduced.

But Qin Xiaogong couldn't kill Shang Ying, at least not before he died, because the recruitment book he wrote back then clearly had these four words: "Divide the land with it." "Qin Xiaogong recruited Dongfang talents to enter Qin, if he killed Shang Ying, who would dare to come to Qin to serve.

Qin Xiaogong could not leave a big problem for King Qin Huiwen, who later ascended the throne, he had to relieve the pressure on King Qin Huiwen to continue to change the law, but he had to wait until he passed away before killing Shang Ying.

Then the heavy responsibility of killing Shang Ying fell on the shoulders of King Qin Huiwen. Sure enough, Qin Xiaogong had just passed away, and the first thing King Qin Huiwen did was to prepare to eradicate Shang Ying.

Xianyang, Qin State, a secret room in the palace.

King Huiwen of Qin and several important members of the Qin clan discussed the grounds for executing Shang Ying. King Qin Huiwen has not yet officially ascended the throne, he has a high nose and deep eyes, and his face is like a crown of jade, standing in the secret room.

A member of the Qin State clan said: "Wei Ying has divided 600 miles of land and hired warriors, and he has bad intentions, so it is better to cure him for the crime of rebellion!" ”

Conspiracy? Just relying on Shang Ying's hundreds of mercenaries, it's a joke.

Another person suggested: "Wei Ying's division of 600 miles of land has caused poverty in the country and the people in need, so it is better to cure him for the crime of bribery!" ”

Shang Ying's fief was sealed by Qin Xiaogong, although he was not willing, if this was used as a reason, I am afraid that no one would dare to come to Qin State.

Others also expressed their opinions one after another, but the charges they put forward felt a bit far-fetched, and these charges were not enough to punish Shang Ying.

King Qin Huiwen has a half-brother named Gongzi Ji, who is wise and scheming, and is known as a wise man. This person and King Huiwen grew up together, and the two brothers were very close, he was young and old, and he had a deep city.

After everyone finished expressing their opinions, they had no ideas, and Gongzi said unhurriedly: "Lord, do you remember the punishment that Taifu received?" ”

A few years ago, when King Qin Huiwen was the crown prince, he made some small mistakes and should be punished according to Qin law, but Shang Ying exonerated the prince, but cut off the nose of his prince and concubine, that is, his uncle Gongzi.

King Qin Huiwen gritted his teeth and said, "How dare you forget that Taifu has never left the mansion since then!" ”

Gongzi asked, "How about killing Shang Ying on this ground?" ”

The pot exploded immediately in the secret room, and everyone was originally very orderly, taking turns to express their opinions, as soon as Gongzi finished speaking, everyone was discussing, could it be that King Qin Huiwen has not officially ascended the throne, and he is going to carry a black cauldron of communiqué and personal vendetta?

King Qin Huiwen didn't speak, looking thoughtful.

When the situation calmed down a little, Gongzi Ji continued: "If you use national hatred to treat the crime of Shang Ying, the nations will flee away." Punish Shang Ying with personal vendetta will only damage his reputation for a while. ”

The words are very insightful, if the Qin State convicts Shang Ying on any national charges, such as rebellion, such as separating fiefs, then the talents of the countries will not dare to come to the Qin State to serve again, for fear of getting the same result in the end. If King Qin Huiwen's personal vendetta was used as a reason to kill Shang Ying, it would be much better, who let Shang Ying offend the crown prince? The talents of the nations will only think that the punishment of Shang Ying is accidental, not inevitable.

After a period of restlessness, everyone in the secret room was savoring the words of Gongzi's illness, if King Qin Huiwen was willing to bear a black pot of communiqué personal vendettas, it was indeed a good way to convict Shang Ying.

King Qin Huiwen also thought so, and the corners of his mouth said categorically: "This matter will be done as Gongzi said, and the secretaries must keep the news, and when the national mourning is over, they can send troops to arrest Shang Ying!" ”

Shang Ying stayed in his fiefdom, Qin Xiaogong died, and he did not dare to go to Xianyang to mourn.

Shang Ying received the news that King Qin Huiwen was going to deal with him through various channels, and he didn't know what kind of crime King Qin Huiwen would punish himself, but he was still scared, frightened, so he decided to flee.

What crime did Shang Ying commit that caused him to abandon his fiefdom and flee? If you want to say what specific crime Shang Ying committed, no one can say, maybe Shang Ying's crime is: committing public anger and offending everyone in the Qin State.

Since he decided to run away, Shang Ying will not sit still, he has been trying to escape from death, or escape victoriously.

The fiefdom of Shang Yang is not small, and it is located at the junction of the three kingdoms of Qin, Chu and Wei. The northwest of Shang is Guanzhong of Qin, the southeast is Nanyang of Chu, the northeast is Shangluo of Wei, and the southwest is Qinling.

If Shang Ying escaped, it seemed that there were only two roads: the direction of Chu and the direction of Wei.

Escaping in the direction of Chu was the first plan vetoed by Shang Ying, because between the land of Shang Yu and Nanyang of Chu State, there was a fortress of Qin State, Wuguan, Shang Ying with his hundreds of mercenaries, plus more than 1,000 troops guarded, to Wuguan This kind of fortress, there is no doubt that it can only be "man is a sword, I am a fish".

Even if Shang Ying was lucky enough to pass through Wuguan, he still had to pass through Fangcheng of Chu, and without the consent of the garrison of Chu, it would be difficult to cross Fangcheng.

Even if he finally arrives in the Chu State, the probability of being repatriated by the Chu State is still very high. The newly enthroned King Qin Huiwen, as early as when he was the crown prince, set the marriage of the two nations. One of them is the eighth son of the princess of Chu State, who was later favored by King Qin Huiwen and gave birth to three sons, one of which was the famous King Qin Zhaoxiang. The relationship between Qin and Chu has been very good since the autumn, and now that they have a common enemy, the Wei State, the probability of Shang Ying being repatriated is really not low.

As a result, the direction of Shangluo in Wei became the key direction of Shang Ying's consideration. It's a pity that when Shang Ying sent people to Wei, King Wei Hui was unwilling to accept Shang Ying, and the guards of Shangluo resolutely obeyed the king's orders and did not let Shang Ying enter Shangluo.

Shangluo is also located on the steep Qinling Mountains, although there are not many defenders, but the Wei army specially chooses dangerous places to build fortresses, and one man is not open. If the defenders of Shangluo do not cooperate, under the high mountains and dangerous waters, even if Shang Ying can escape, his family wealth will definitely remain in the Qinling Mountains, of course, he will not be able to take this road.

So does Shang Ying have a third escape route? Shang Ying was a brilliant man, and he was able to unearth and implement the extreme strategy of militaristic slavery, devise a new escape route, and take most of his family property with him.

The route planned by Shang Ying was as follows: from the land of Shang Yu to the north into Guanzhong, then to the east to the Yellow River, and then by water through the "Cuihan Passage" to reach the territory of Korea.

At that time, the "Cuihan Passage" was controlled by the Wei State, and it was not possible to take the land route, and the only way out was to go east along the Yellow River. Although the Yellow River is turbulent and the natural environment is very bad, how can there be no danger in escaping, not to mention that the exile of Chong'er, the prince of the Jin Kingdom, is also the waterway he walked.

If Shang Ying arrived in Korea, he could choose to stay, or he could take the waterway to his homeland to defend the country, or go to Chu, Zhao or even Qi with the transportation that extends in all directions in Korea.

Although the six eastern countries cannot fully agree with the Shang Martingale reform and do not want to imitate it, the world is so big that I believe there is still a place for Shang Martingale to be accommodated.

The escape route planned by Shang Ying was divided into three stages, the first stage was from the fiefdom "Shang Yu Land" to Guanzhong; The second stage is to reach the Yellow River eastward; The third stage is to go to Korea by water.

After planning the escape route, Shang Ying led his hundreds of mercenaries, plus more than a thousand garrisons in the land of Shangyu, with a total strength of more than 2,000 people, and began the escape journey.

Shang Ying personally created and implemented militaristic slavery, and the young and middle-aged people of the Qin State were all drawn into the army, and so were the young and middle-aged people in the land of Shang, so Shang Ying could only organize more than a thousand old, weak, sick and disabled local garrisons to flee with him.

Due to the abnormal design of Shang Ying's escape route, as long as the speed was fast enough, Xianyang did not have time to send pursuers, he could quickly reach the "Cuihan Passage", and the Qin army would never dare to enter the pursuit.

As long as Shang Ying entered the Wei State's "Cuihan Passage" and made a raft down the Yellow River, it was theoretically unlikely that the Wei army would attack him. Because King Wei Hui just didn't want to accept Shang Ying, if King Wei Hui had the intention to kill Shang Ying, he would definitely have fooled Shang Ying to Shangluo to do it. The Wei defenders of the "Cuihan Pass" would never act rashly until they received an order from King Wei Hui to intercept and kill Shang Ying.

As long as the Wei army does not attack Shang Ying, Shang Yang will be able to enter the territory of Korea, and there will be many options, and he will definitely be able to escape.