The Qin State took Dongjun, partially cut off the connection between the Zhao State and the Wei State, and cut off the Three Jin Dynasty. The focus of the Six Kingdoms is the Three Jin Dynasty, Qi Chuyan does not stab him in the back, even if the combination is successful, the South Korean strength in the Three Jin Dynasty is weak, and Zhao Wei's joint dispatch of troops is fundamental. Now that the Eastern County and the old land of Weiguo are to be bypassed between Handan of Zhao and Wei State, it will be difficult to form a situation in which the Three Jin Dynasty and even the Six Kingdoms are combined.

In the overall situation, the communication between the northern and southern princes was cut off, and the world was divided into two, with the three kingdoms of Zhao, Qi, and Yan in the north, and the three kingdoms of Wei, Han, and Chu in the south. In general, the occupation of Dongjun is "the waist of Qi and Zhao, the spine of Chu and Wei", and the "waist of the six countries of Shandong".

In order to expand the scope of the Eastern Prefecture, Meng Fu also took the vassal small princes of Wei and included Pengyang in the territory of Qin. And Wei Yuanjun, the monarch of the patriotic country, the wild king who migrated to Hanoi, the patriotic kingdom existed in name only.

At the same time, in the war between Yan and Zhao, the Yan army was defeated, and the main general Ji Xin was killed. It turns out that the rotten wood of the Yan army is difficult to carve, let alone defeat the Zhao army, even if it is temporarily contained, it is difficult to reach the sky.

Although a year later, Pang Xuan of Zhao State attacked Qin for the last time, Meng Xuan also lost to Pang Xuan. However, Lü Buwei's strategy of cutting off the Central Plains can be said to be a chokehold, and he created a favorable condition for Qin Shi Huang to unify the Central Plains in the future.

After the Qin State took the Eastern County of the Wei State, Lü Buwei's prestige was greatly shaken, and his status in the Qin State was no less than that of Shang Ying, Wei Ran and others.

Lü Buwei's core fief was the old land of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, a satellite city dominated by Luoyi, with 100,000 households and a population of 700,000. Luoyi is a small land but has a large population, developed transportation and a prosperous economy. Lü Buwei's family has tens of thousands of servants, huge military spending, and huge expenses. Only a rich man like him can afford huge military spending.

As for how to view Lü Buwei, a historical figure, there are many negative opinions in society now, and not many people give positive opinions. Most people think that he is nothing more than a speculative businessman, who relies on speculation to win new political life and thus rise to prominence. What is more, they believe that they are nothing more than a person who uses women to gain political status.

In fact, judging from his person, his events, his studies, and his books, Lü Buwei is still a figure worthy of recognition. At least it is much greater than the exploits of Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling in the later Tang Dynasty. Lü Buwei is not valued today, and there are few words of praise for him, which probably have something to do with the era in which he grew up and some specific social relations and conflicts at that time. Lü Buwei's proud period was that before the Qin State unified the Six Kingdoms, it was still the princes competing for hegemony and fighting for years; In terms of ideology, there are still a hundred schools of thought contending, and all kinds of representative ideologies are fighting with each other, and people who are arguing with each other are vertical and horizontal, and you don't accept me, and I don't accept you. It is not uncommon for individuals and groups to engage in vicious attacks against each other. In such an atmosphere, it is normal for a person's political merits or social status to be at odds with each other. Because of the conflict of interests, it is too easy to denigrate a person.

And Lü Buwei was in such an era, first in business, and then in the court affairs. In the end, he was not willing to be lonely, recruited thousands of guests, gave up people, and also wrote articles in the world, integrating the thoughts of all the sons and hundreds of schools of thought into one, and converging them into "Lu Shiqiu", which inevitably offended some people. When these are in power, of course, others dare not speak out, and once they lose power, it is difficult to say that everyone will be rich. When Shang Ying and Wu Qi were in power, they also carried out vigorous reforms, but once they lost power, they had almost no place to be buried. Under such circumstances, there are many people who seek their own interests by slandering Lü Buwei, and in this way, there will naturally be fewer people who objectively evaluate Lü Buwei. And that's just one of them.

In addition, Lü Buwei ended his life by committing suicide in desperation in the end, which caused more suspicions, so there will be more people attacking. In addition, the attacks of some political enemies, the confrontation of interests, and the urgent need of Qin Wangzheng to eliminate the influence of Lü Buwei when he was in power, establish his own authority, order the strategists or some strategists to see the wind and rudder, spread rumors, destroy his image, and cover up his political achievements, it is also possible. Didn't Qin Wangzheng also issue an edict: "What is the credit of the king to Qin?" Qin Fengjun Henan, eating 100,000 households. Jun He is close to Qin? Known as the middle father. He and his family migrated to Shu! With this edict alone, the good deeds can be reversed.

There is another reason that Lü Buwei was a businessman, and at that time, businessmen did not have any status, "valuing agriculture and suppressing business", and some scholars and doctors looked down on Lü Buwei, and it was okay to despise and resist him. In this way, as Guo Lao said: "The distortion and fallacy of a dynasty, more than 2,000 years later, it is difficult for Lü Buwei to have a suitable public opinion." ”

Judging from the historical records, there are not many records of Lü Buwei's deeds, only "Historical Records", "Warring States Policy", "Zizhi Tongjian", etc., and there are not many pages to write Lü Buwei, which are scattered in the interspersing of various historical events. Later, Feng Menglong of the Ming Dynasty compiled a book of "Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty", which also described Lü Buwei, but the book seems to focus more on the compilation of the story, and there are too many influences, and it is a bit suspenseful. To this day, there are also some descriptions of Lü Buwei, but most of them are a collection of stories that have been shaped and processed by some rumors, although they are attractive, but they are not enough to be used as a basis. However, in the current TV series "Hero Lü Buwei in Troubled Times", he said a lot of good things for Lü Buwei.

As for how to evaluate Lü Buwei, all walks of life have been receiving mixed reviews. Recently, when a reporter from the Legal News interviewed Sun Dazhou, a professor of history at Renmin University, Sun Dazhou expressed his views and said: "His people and his deeds can be discussed, his merits are indispensable, and his study and books cannot be abolished. That's the right thing to say.

Lü Buwei has at least a few points worthy of affirmation: First, Lü Buwei knows how to study the market very well, can do business, and in today's words, he is at least a well-known big entrepreneur. Lu Buwei, who was originally from Puyang, struggled and became a Yang Zhai Dajia with a lot of money, which shows that he was an emerging wealthy class at that time. He did business between Handan, the capital of Zhao State, and Xianyang, the capital of Qin State, and the scope of economic activities spanned the current provinces of Shandong, Hebei, Henan, Shanxi, and Shaanxi. Of course, I don't know what kind of business Lü Buwei is doing, probably ploughing the fields, pearls, or both. However, with Lü Buwei's ability to carry out economic activities, he can really be called an international trader.

Second, Lü Buwei is very strategic, that is to say, very far-sighted. He saw that doing business did not allow him to achieve a high political status, but on the contrary, he was discriminated against. So, he kept thinking about how to get out of this situation, until he met the Qin King Sun Yiren, he immediately had the idea of "strange goods to live in", and then he firmly grasped the chess piece of Yiren, starting with Yiren, abandoning business and politics, which is easier said than done, but Lü Buwei succeeded in doing it, and it is not too much to say that he is a strategist.

Third, Lü Buwei is a politician. Not to mention anything else, in the three years of Prince Chu of Zhuangxiang alone, and in the nine years before the official reign of Qin Wangzheng, Lü Buwei actually controlled the government, and everything in the court was decided by him. If Lü Buwei was just an economic speculator, who had no ink, no learning, and no skills, how could the Qin state be able to thrive, be strong and strong, and make great achievements in diplomacy, military, and economic development, and lay the foundation for the unification of the world by the Qin king. Therefore, Lü Buwei made special contributions to the development of the Qin state and played a pivotal role in the unification of the Qin state.

Fourth, Lü Buwei is a big family, or a miscellaneous family. Lü Buwei is well aware of a truth, if he wants to spread his thoughts, he must use the medium of the circulation of an idea or books, so that he will not be like a passing cloud. So, he recruited doormen, specialized in writing books and compositions, and finally compiled them by him, so there is "Lu Shiqiu" that has been handed down to this day. Of course, the book was not written by Lü Buwei alone, but after his overall planning and screening, it must be in line with his thoughts, so we might as well regard "Lü Shiqiu" as a reflection of Lü Buwei's thoughts. The book is all-encompassing, integrating hundreds of schools, and it is by no means a reputation for fame. Although Qin Wangzheng disagreed, he did not follow what was said above, and blindly advocated Legalism. But it is certain that Qin Wangzheng must have read the book, and with Qin Wangzheng's practical thoughts, as long as he can help him unify the six countries, he will still refer to it rationally. However, in order to eliminate the influence of Lü Buwei and establish his prestige, it is also possible for him to deny "Lü Shiqiu" to the outside world. But there is no doubt that "Lü Shi Qiu" is a good book that has been handed down, and even now, some of its ideas are still valuable for us.

Fifth, Lü Buwei's ability to tackle key problems. In order to make Yiren the crown prince and emperor, and achieve his desire to enter politics, he ran between Zhao and Qin, and lobbied among the high-level people of Qin, and finally not only achieved his promise to Yiren, but also finally realized his political ambitions, which is really commendable.

The most difficult part of evaluating Lü Buwei is that Lü Buwei was covered up by some unwarranted deeds after his death, and there are not many places that can be verified about Lü Buwei's detailed life. It is usually based on the "Historical Records" and "Warring States Policy". "Ancient Strange Talks: A Brief Record" records: There is a "Historical Record" only when Tai Shiqian is familiar with the "National Policy". From this point of view, "Warring States Policy" should be the first-hand information for the study of Lü Buwei, as for the discrepancies between the records of the two books of "Historical Records" and "Warring States Policy", it is probably Sima Qian's research that he thinks that he should supplement it, or there are different statements, let it be remembered, and leave it to future generations to see.

Lü Buwei's birth year is unknown, but he died in 235 BC. Adhering to the father's business. When Lü Buwei met Yiren in Handan, Zhao State, he should be upright and full of ambition. He has already achieved a little success in business, and has a certain reputation in the local area, at least in the local area. Otherwise, although Yiren is just a king and grandson in distress, he has no ambition, "the car is not spared, and the residence is sleepy", but he will always put on a shelf. If Lü Buwei was just a commoner and had no influence in the local area, Yiren would not have met Lü Buwei and believed what he said, after all, there was still a sense of hierarchy in that era, especially Yiren was a prince and grandson, so there was no need to pay attention to some unknown people.

As soon as Lü Buwei saw the stranger, he thought that "strange goods can be lived", which shows that Lü Buwei not only knew the situation of the stranger very well, but also understood the situation of the entire Qin State, which can be seen from what he said about the upper echelons of the Qin State. At the same time, it can also be seen that the young Lü Buwei has considerable ambitions, otherwise he would not think that he would be a strange commodity to live in. Only before that time, Lü Buwei was already unwilling to be a businessman who was looked down upon, and he was always looking for opportunities to change this situation, and he had already understood the situation in the world, so it was possible for him to have the feeling of seeing a stranger. As for Lü Buwei's belief that strange goods can be lived, most of the records in various historical books are similar, and there is no difference.

In fact, Lü Buwei does have the mind of a politician, and when he sees a stranger, he already has a spectrum in his heart. Thinking that Inhuman was the starting point for him to abandon business and enter politics, he began his own plan when he found that he could use Inhuman not only to change his court, but also to gain political status.

Lü Buwei's thoughts at this time proved that he was very aware of the situation in the Qin State at that time. So whether he saw a stranger or went to Qin to lobby a celebrity in front of the prince, he was in the active position.

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