Chapter 802: The Reasons for the Decline of the Wei State (1)

"Actually, it's unfair for you to do this, but human nature is like this, there is no way, otherwise the Six Nations Alliance would not have been defeated by the Qin army at that time.

And when it comes to hatred, the hatred between Wei and Qin is not small, and since the Spring and Autumn Period, Qin and Jin have begun to fight each other for the land west of the river.

After the three families were divided into Jin, Wei replaced Jin and became Qin's opponent to fight for the land west of the river.

The Qin and Wei fought five large-scale Hexi battles in this region.

Five, five times."

Qin An accentuated his tone, this is to tell everyone. In these five wars, the hatred between Qin and Wei has long reached the point of not ending, but neither side seems to have the strength to annex the other.

"Even so, we have never destroyed the Qin State." Wei Zheng said, "You know, our Wei State was the overlord at the beginning, and if we wanted to destroy the Qin State, it would be easy.

But we didn't do it, but what about Qin? He destroyed my kingdom of Wei."

Qin An sighed and said, "You are right, at that time, the Qin State was the weakest of the Six Kingdoms, but the Wei State was the most powerful existence among the Seven Kingdoms, and it had the strength to destroy Qin."

"Mr. also said that we could destroy Qin, but we didn't do it, but Qin did, they are ungrateful." Wei Zheng scolded loudly. Xiushu.com

Gan Luo and the others frowned slightly.

This incident happened for more than a hundred years, and everyone knows about it, because the Wei State tried to become strong through the change of law during the period of Wei Wenhou, the national strength increased greatly, and successfully seized the land of Hexi from the hands of the Qin State.

At that time, the Qin State was relatively weak due to civil strife, and finally lost the land west of the river.

Fortunately, the Qin State began to implement reforms during the Qin Xiangong period, and its national strength gradually recovered, and finally recaptured the land west of the river.

And this reform is the famous Shang Dynasty reform in history, which made the Qin State stronger and stronger, and finally Yingzheng used the foundation laid by the sixth King of Qin to destroy the Six Kingdoms and unify China.

Qin An sighed and said, "Wei Zheng, your vision is a little short, didn't the Wei State back then want to destroy the Qin State?

It's not that they can't, it's not that they don't want to, it's that they don't want to

"Why not? With such a great opportunity, why didn't the ancestors destroy the Qin State? I can't figure it out?" Wei Zheng said.

"It's easy." Qin An said, "If the Wei State wants to destroy the Qin State, the other five countries will not agree.

You must know that Wei was a powerful country at that time, and he not only had the strength to destroy Qin and Qin, but also Qi, Yan, South Korea and other countries, but Wei was different from Qin, and Wei at that time did not have the strength to destroy the Six Kingdoms.

You must know that Wei Wushu was the strongest soldier in the world back then, and he was famous, and there was a detailed introduction to them in history.

But the state of Wei, which had such an army, eventually perished, do you know why?"

"Why?" It was Gan Luo who asked, "According to what Mr. said, such a powerful Wei State should have the best hope of unifying the Six Kingdoms, why did they still fail?"

Many people have doubts, everyone has more or less studied the history of the Seven Kingdoms during the Warring States Period, and knows some reasons why they were strong and weak in the end.

But if you let them talk about it, they can only say that the king of their country is mediocre, there is a brain drain, there is not enough unity, and so on.

However, they thought in their hearts that it was Qin An, a person from later generations, who would evaluate the reason for the destruction of the Six Kingdoms.

Wei Zheng, the current King of Wei, also wants to know how future generations will evaluate him of Wei.

"Sir, it doesn't hurt if you say it, now that the Wei Kingdom has perished, if I want to restore the country, I also have to know why my Great Wei has declined so much in a hundred years, and I can also have a lesson from the past, so as not to repeat the mistakes of the past."

Meng Yi sneered, "You still want to return to the country? Have you asked me if you are in the Meng family? Have you asked the millions of heroes in the imperial court?"

Wei Zheng was not afraid of Meng Yi at all, and said, "It is true that Great Qin has a million heroes, and I admit that they are very powerful, but in the end, they were not destroyed?

Say lucky, you Daqin are very lucky, with the emperor, Daqin can extend the national fortune.

Without the emperor, you will only have four years of national fortune at most, and the death of Great Qin II is history, and it is useless if you want to deny it."

Meng Yi immediately showed a smug smile and said, "We are so lucky, what can you do with us?"

Looking at Meng Yi, who was underbeaten, Qin An was very speechless and said, "Since everyone wants to know how later generations will comment on the reasons for the decline of the Wei State, then I will talk about it.

As a great power in the early Warring States period, the reasons for the decline of Wei were manifold.

The first is the lack of talent of the monarchs of Wei: during their reigns, the monarchs of Wei failed to govern the country effectively and lacked the ability to rule with foresight and decisiveness.

For example, after Wei Wuhou came to power, he gradually abolished Li Kui's reforms, a move that weakened the country's economic foundation and political cohesion.

When I was a child, I didn't understand why I didn't keep things that were clearly good for me.

When I grew up, I realized that every time I changed the law, the interests of a group of people were harmed. You should be able to guess which part of the people it is, right?"

After thinking about it slightly, everyone had an answer in their hearts, noble.

Zhang Liang said: "After the Shang Jun changed the law, he offended a group of Qin nobles, and finally after the death of Qin Xiaogong, there was no Shang Yang who was protected by Qin Xiaogong, and finally because he offended too many nobles, he was torn apart."

"Not bad." Qin An said, "It's the aristocracy, and the changes of the past dynasties will make the nobles lose a lot of benefits.

This led to them becoming the biggest obstacle to the change, and the reason for the failure of the change was also because of the nobles.

In the eyes of the aristocracy, their own interests are the most important, and the interests of national strength can be put aside for the time being.

In fact, our later generations believe that the greatest contributor to the success of Shang Ying's reform is not Shang Ying, but Qin Xiaogong, just as the biggest hero of Li Kui's reform is not Li Kui but Wei Wenhou.

Without Qin Xiaogong's unreserved support, even if Shang Ying had great ability, he would definitely not succeed in changing the law in Qin.

And we also think that in fact, many of the things used by Shang Yang are based on Li Kui's variations.

The reason why the Shang Dynasty reform was successful was because the Qin kings of the past dynasties had been using it, and the Wei state abolished the system of Li Kui's reform after the arrival of the Marquis of Wei Wu."

Wei Zheng suddenly clenched his fists, and a fire suddenly appeared in his heart, and in this fire, there was anger, unwillingness, jealousy, and so on. Xiushu.com

Wei Zheng tried his best to control his emotions and slowly spoke, "Sir, if Wei Wuhou also continues to change the law, can he also become stronger and stronger, and finally unify the six kingdoms?"

Qin An shook his head and said, "This is uncertain, I just said, there are many reasons for the decline of the Wei State.

And as I just said, the biggest contributor to the success of the reform is not Shang Ying, Li Kui, and other people who proposed the change, but also the monarchs of some countries such as Qin Xiaogong and Wei Wenhou."