I have to say that King Qin Zhaoxiang

Mother is more precious than son, and the reason why Mi Bazi can become the Empress Dowager Xuan is inseparable from the relationship with her son King Zhaoxiang. King Zhaoxiang was an outstanding politician and military strategist. The achievements he created added a lot to his mother, the Empress Dowager Xuan.

King Zhaoxiang of Qin ascended the throne at the age of 18, reigned for 56 years, and died at the age of 74. This record was not broken until the appearance of Kangxi (61) and Qianlong (63) in the Qing Dynasty. In the 56 years of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, Taoguang cultivated obscurity, accumulated thick and thin, strengthened the centralization of power, adopted long-distance and close attacks, divided the six countries together, severely damaged the military strength of the six countries, built the Dujiangyan water conservancy project, and created the country of Tianfu in the Bashu Han Dynasty. During his reign, Qin's territory continued to expand, laying a solid political, economic, and military foundation for the later Qin kings to unify the six kingdoms. In particular, the Battle of Changping launched against Zhao greatly consumed Zhao's national strength and laid a good foundation for Qin's unification.

King Zhaoxiang of Qin reigned the longest among the previous Qin kings, and of the last seven Qin kings, he ruled longer than the sum of his predecessors Xiaogong, King Huiwen, and King Wu, and also exceeded the sum of the later kings of Xiaowen, Zhuangxiang, and Shihuang.

He has made outstanding achievements in political and military aspects, especially military achievements, and has made extremely outstanding historical contributions to the development of the Qin State, and the Zhaowang era is the most important decisive era in the history of the development of the Qin State. Jian Bozan pointed out that in the last years of King Zhao, "Qin's struggle against the Six Kingdoms had achieved a decisive victory", which is a very incisive statement. Although his dictatorship and arbitrariness caused some losses in his later years, he listened to the words of the marquis, lost the opportunity to destroy Zhao, and unjustly killed the famous general Bai Qi, but these cannot hide his historical achievements, nor can they hide the fact that the Qin State has advanced by leaps and bounds in all aspects in this era. The Zhaowang era was an important era that went hand in hand with the Xiaogong era and the Qin Wangzheng era (the period before the emperor).

Early life experience

Empress Dowager Xuan was originally a native of Chu, and later became the concubine of King Qin Huiwen, known as the eighth son of Mi. In 306 BC, King Wu of Qin died because of his lifting of the crown. Because King Wu of Qin had no children, his younger brothers vied for the throne. King Wuling of Zhao sent Zhao Gu, the acting county minister, to send Gongzi Ji, who was a hostage in Yan State, back to Qin State. With the help of Empress Dowager Xuan's half-brother Wei Ran, Gongzi Ji succeeded to the throne, that is, King Zhaoxiang of Qin. Wei Ran then quelled the turmoil within the royal family for the throne, killed Empress Huiwen and Gongzi Zhuang and Gongzi Yong, expelled Queen Wu of Qin to Wei, and purged the princes who were at odds with King Zhaoxiang of Qin. Because King Zhaoxiang of Qin was young, Empress Dowager Xuan was in charge of the position of Empress Dowager, and Wei Ran was the auxiliary.

He is in charge of Qin Zheng

In 307 BC, King Huai of Chu sent troops to besiege the Yong clan in Korea, which could not be conquered for five months. King Han Xiang sent envoys to ask for help from Qin many times, but the Qin army never left the mountain and did not move. King Han Xiang sent Shang Jin to envoy Qin again, and Shang Jin persuaded Qin to send troops to rescue as soon as possible. And Empress Dowager Xuan, because her hometown was Chu State, did not agree to send troops to rescue, she summoned Shang Jin and said to him: "When I served King Qin Huiwen, the king pressed his thigh on my body, and I felt physically tired and unbearable. And when he pressed his whole body against me, I didn't feel any weight because it was more comfortable for me. Qin wanted to help Korea, and if there were not enough troops and food and grass, it would not be able to save Korea. Rescuing Korea from danger costs thousands of dollars every day, so what good will it do to me and the Qin State? King Han Xiang then sent Zhang Cui as an envoy to Qin. Gan Mao believed that once Korea defected to Chu, Chu and Han would hold Wei hostage to endanger Qin, and he advocated that King Zhaoxiang of Qin immediately send troops to rescue Korea. King Zhaoxiang of Qin then ordered troops to be dispatched, and the state of Chu withdrew after hearing the news.

In 287 BCE, the five kingdoms of Qi, Zhao, Han, Wei, and Chu joined forces to attack Qin without success, and the princes ceased war at Chenggao (west of present-day Xingyang City, Henan Province). King Qin Zhaoxiang wanted Cheng Yangjun, the son of Han, to concurrently serve as the minister of state of Han and Wei, but Han and Wei did not agree. Empress Dowager Xuan advised King Qin Zhaoxiang not to appoint Chengyang Jun through Marquis Wei Ran. Because Cheng Yangjun was trapped in Qi because of King Qin Zhaoxiang, when he was poor, King Qin Zhaoxiang did not appoint him, and Cheng Yangjun was favored, and King Qin Zhaoxiang wanted to appoint him, which would not satisfy him; King Zhaoxiang of Qin appointed Chengyang Jun and Han and Wei did not agree, which would damage Qin's relations with these two countries. After hearing this, King Qin Zhaoxiang dispelled this thought.

Trap and destroy the righteous canal

Yiqu was an ancient ethnic group active in the northern part of Jingshui to the Hetao region during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and had a long-term war with the Qin state. In 331 BC, there was a civil strife in Yiqu, and King Huiwen of Qin sent his chief Cao to quell the civil strife. In 327 BC, King Huiwen of Qin set up a county in Yiqu, and King Yiqu declared himself a vassal to Qin. In 319 BC, the Qin state attacked Yiqu and captured Yuzhi (east of present-day Qingyang City, Gansu Province). In retaliation, the following year, Yiqu participated in the battle of the five kingdoms of Gongsun Yan and Zongchu, Han, Zhao, Wei, and Yan to attack Qin. Yiqu took advantage of the main force of the Qin army to engage the five countries and defeated the Qin army at Libo (now east of Tianshui City, Gansu Province). In 314 BC, King Huiwen of Qin sent troops to attack Yiqu again, and captured 25 cities including Tujing (located in the area west of the southern section of the Yellow River between present-day Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces). When King Qin Zhaoxiang succeeded to the throne, King Yiqu came to congratulate, and Empress Dowager Xuan had an affair with King Yiqu and gave birth to two sons. Later Qin Zhaoxiang King and Empress Dowager Xuan conspired day and night to attack and destroy the Yiqu. In 272 BC, Empress Dowager Xuan lured King Yiqu into Qin and killed him in Ganquan Palace. The Qin State took the opportunity to send troops to attack Yiqu and set up three counties of Longxi, Beidi and Shangjun in the hometown of Yiqu.

Lost ground and retreated

When the Empress Dowager Xuan was in charge, she appointed her younger brother Wei Ran, Qi Rong and her sons Gongzi Kui and Gongzi Fu to govern. The autocratic power of the Empress Dowager Xuan and the four nobles greatly limited the power of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, resulting in a situation in which only the Empress Dowager and the four nobles were known in Qin, but the King of Qin was not known. After Fan Ju, a native of Wei, fled to Qin, he was reused by King Zhaoxiang of Qin. Fan Ju suggested to King Zhaoxiang of Qin that the power of the five people be withdrawn, so as not to cause the disaster of killing the monarch and usurping the country like Naoya and Li Dui. King Zhaoxiang of Qin adopted Fan Ju's suggestion, deposed the Empress Dowager Xuan, and expelled Wei Ran, Mi Rong, Gongzi Kui, Gongzi Fu and other four nobles from the capital Xianyang.

He died in his later years

Empress Dowager Xuan was very fond of her beloved husband Wei Choufu, and when Empress Dowager Xuan was sick and about to die, she ordered Wei Choufu to be buried for herself. Wei Choufu was very frightened when he learned about it, so he asked Yongrui to lobby the Empress Dowager Xuan. Yong Rui first asked Empress Dowager Xuan if she could perceive things in the world after her death, and Empress Dowager Xuan replied that she couldn't. Yong Rui went on to say that since people don't feel anything after death, why do you put your loved ones to death? If the dead were really conscious, then the former king would have hated the queen mother for cheating. Queen Mother, you can't make up for your mistakes, how can you have a personal relationship with Wei Choufu? Empress Dowager Xuan thought that what Yong Rui said was reasonable, so she revoked Wei Choufu's decree to martyr herself. Take a hundred plating to read the latest chapter of "Glory of Kings: Sanction System Claw Book House" for free for the first time.