Zhang Fatzi sighed: "That's because Shang Yan didn't want to escape at all. ”

Seeing Ye Feng's puzzled expression, Zhang Fatzi explained: "Shang Ying was originally a patriot, known as Wei Ying, who was extremely talented and learned when he was young and had great ambitions, but he was unable to display it because no one appreciated him. Later, he traveled to various countries and went to the door of Uncle Acne, the Prime Minister of the State of Wei, who saw his talent and loved it very much. ”

However, at that time, Uncle Acne was old and frail, and he was seriously ill, and when he was dying, he recommended Wei Ying, to the then Wei Emperor Wei Huiwang, saying that he could succeed to the post of Minister of State to govern the country. But at that time, Wei Ying had neither fame nor qualifications, and King Wei Hui thought that his uncle was stupid and talking nonsense, so Mi Youyou adopted it. ”

Uncle Gong saw that King Wei Hui had no intention of using Wei Ying, so he said to him that if the king did not use this person, he must kill him, and he must not be allowed to defect to other countries. This shows that Uncle Acne attaches great importance to Wei Ying's talent. However, King Wei Hui still did not heed his advice. ”

Later, Wei Ying fled from Wei and switched to Qin. At that time, not long after Qin Xiaogong ascended the throne, the Qin State was very weak after the turmoil of the previous monarchs, and was bullied for a long time by Wei, Zhaohan, and other countries east of the Kunshan Mountain, ceded land and sued for peace, and suffered humiliation. Qin Xiaogong was determined to reform and strengthen the country, and issued an order to seek talents, and at this time he met Wei Ying, who came to defect. ”

The two hit it off at first sight, and talked freely about the way to strengthen the country for several days and nights without tirelessness, and under the persuasion of Wei Ying, Qin Xiaogong decided to reuse Wei Ying and implement the reform of the law. After two changes, the Qin State changed from weak to strong, the country was rich and the army was strong, defeated Korea and Wei successively, recovered the previously occupied Hexi land, established the status of the Western hegemon, and finally became the head of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States. ”

After the success, Qin Xiaogong rewarded Wei Ying and gave Shang Yu fifteen yi, and from then on, the Qin people called Wei Ying Shang Jun and Shang Ying. However, the reform presided over by Shang Ying touched the interests of many old nobles on a large scale, so it attracted a large number of opposition. In addition, his half-step decree punishment was harsh and too harsh, and even Qin Xiaogong's brother Gongzi was the head of the crown prince, but because he violated the decree, he was executed and his nose was cut off. Therefore, there are many people who hate Shang Yang very much. ”

"When Qin Xiaogong was alive, because of his might, these people dared to be angry but did not dare to speak, and after Qin Xiaogong died of illness, their long-standing resentment all started. When the crown prince ascended the throne, that is, King Qin Huiwen, Gongzi Qian led many old nobles to jump out and speak ill of Shang Yang and falsely accuse him of rebellion. So King Qin Huiwen sent a large army to Shang Yu to capture Shang Ying. ”

"The people who supported Shang Yang in the land of Shang organized themselves to fight against the army and protect Shang Jun, but they would be the opponent of the heavily armed and well-trained Qin army? ”

Ye Feng seemed to understand a little when he heard this, and said, "You mean, the reason why Shang Ying was arrested back then was that he was not prepared to escape at all, he went to die voluntarily?"

Zhang Fatzi nodded and said: "Looking back at Shang Ying's life experience, when he was young, he had not met for a long time, and he was unable to display his ambitions, until he met Qin Xiaogong, the Bole, that he really met the Ming Lord, and under his auspices, the Qin State jumped from a weak country through law changes

He became the head of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States and the overlord of the nations. ”

For him, the now strong Qin State is the greatest achievement of his life, and it is the whole meaning of his life. In the Battle of the West River, he once treacherously broke the Wei army with deception. A character like him originally attached great importance to his reputation, but for the sake of the interests of the Qin State, he could not even take care of his own reputation, which shows that he was willing to pay any price for the strength of the Qin State. ”

"Looking back at King Qin Huiwen, when he was the crown prince, he was punished by Shang Ying, who did not avoid the powerful, for violating the law, and he has always held a grudge. And his master, who is also his uncle Gongzi Qian, has been tortured, and since then he needs to show people with masks in front of people, and other old nobles have been suppressed and punished by Shang Ying, so how can Shang Ying's severe punishment not arouse their huge resentment. ”

However, after Shang Yang was torn apart, his decrees were not repealed, but retained, and the Qin State flourished from then on, laying a solid foundation for the later First Emperor to unify the six kingdoms and pacify the world. This shows that King Qin Huiwen is actually not confused, he deeply knows that these decrees implemented by Shang Ying are actually the root of Qin State's transformation from weak to strong, although he killed Shang Ying, but completely retained these Shang monarch's laws that are beneficial to Qin State. ”

Zhang Fatzi paused, and then said: "Although Taishi Gong's evaluation of Shang Ying is not very good, calling him a talented and mean person, Jia Yi, a scholar of the Western Han Dynasty in later generations, also commented on Shang Yang and said that Shang Jun violated etiquette and righteousness and abandoned ethics, but I think that Shang Ying may actually be a great person. ”

"There is a kind of speculation in many historical sources, and I agree with this. That is, the reason why Shang Ying was caught by King Qin Huiwen and died in a car was all a scene that he and King Qin Huiwen discussed and performed together. ”

Everyone's faces showed expressions of surprise, why, there would be someone who would risk their lives to act?

Zhang Fatzi sighed and explained: "At that time, Qin Xiaogong was dead, and Shang Ying had no one to protect him, and his situation was already very critical. And King Qin Huiwen has just ascended the throne, and he urgently needs the support of various forces in the country, especially those powerful old nobles. ”

"And if Shang Ying chooses to flee, he may be able to save his life, but those who hate Shang Ying will definitely be angry with the decrees he promulgated, and when the time comes, the crowd will be surging, and these decrees will inevitably be abolished, then everything that Qin Xiaogong and Shang Ying have worked hard for decades will be in vain, and the Qin State will go back to the old road of decay. ”

Based on such a situation, it is very likely that such an agreement really appeared between King Qin Huiwen and Shang Ying. That is, Shang Ying sacrificed his life and had King Qin Huiwen executed by the punishment of Che Split, in order to appease the anger of those in the country who held a grudge against his harsh punishment. Correspondingly, King Qin Huiwen will receive unprecedented support from all over the country, and in return, he will retain all the decrees left by Shang Ying, and go all out to develop and forge ahead, so that the Qin state will be unprecedentedly strong. ”

Therefore, Shang Ying may not have chosen to run away at all, although he died, he did not fail, his decree, his Legalist spirit, and the dream of him and Qin Xiaogong back then were victorious. Qin

When Xiaogong was alive, the voices of domestic opposition to the change of law were still coming and going, but after his death, the Qin State became unprecedentedly united, and the national strength developed rapidly, becoming a well-deserved first overlord at the end of the Warring States Period. ”

Zhang Fatzi finally sighed: "So, in a sense, the real transformation of the Qin State from weak to strong did not start from the change of law, but from the death of Shang Jun! Therefore, it is not an exaggeration for the First Emperor to engrave the death of Shang Jun on the mural in this labyrinth as one of the major events that affected the fate of Qin State. ”

After listening to Zhang Fatzi's narration, everyone couldn't help but fall into silence.

The story of Shang Ying's reform and Shang Jun's death has been widely circulated, and everyone knew it before.

However, what Zhang Fatzi said showed them a side that they had never thought of before.

A strong Qin state was the common dream of Shang Ying and Qin Xiaogong back then.

For the sake of this ideal, and for the gratitude of Qin Xiaogong's wisdom and understanding, Shang Ying did not hesitate to give everything he had, even his own life!

There are some things in this world that are far more important than one's own life, but these things are different for everyone.

In the eyes of the villain, this thing may be fame, profit, wealth, gold and silver, isn't there a saying that "people die for money, birds die for food"?

In the eyes of those noble people, those who are willing to give their lives for it may be their family and country, ideals, righteousness, and even friendship!

When you think about these things, you can feel your blood boiling all over your body, and your mood is rolling, and there is a feeling of "Wuyue is light".

Just when everyone was still immersed in this feeling of boiling blood, they suddenly felt a slight vibration on the ground under their feet, and the dull sound came from the ground again.

The huge mechanism was activated again.

Everyone glanced at each other, and their eyes were all focused on Xie Zhenliang's body.

Xie Zhenliang's face showed a wry smile, and he muttered in his mouth: "The frequency of activation of this underground mechanism is becoming more and more frequent, and the interval between them is getting shorter and shorter, it seems that it is indeed right, this is a sign that the time has come!"

Then he bowed to Zhang Fatzi and motioned for Zhang Fatzi to go and see what had happened to the murals on the wall in the stone room next door.

Zhang Fatzi hesitated for a moment, stood up, and slowly walked towards the heavy stone door with some cringe.

When his figure disappeared behind the stone door, everyone almost held their breath, staring at the closed stone door without blinking, nervously waiting for news from Zhang Fatzi.

After a while, the stone door opened again, and the round figure of Zhang Fatzi appeared at the door, his face could not hide his excited expression, and he said incoherently: "Changed, changed, it is really the mural of Shang Jun's death!"

Listening to his words, Xie Zhenliang's face did not show the slightest excitement and pride, but seemed to show a helpless wry smile.

He stood up, patted the robe on his body, and said to everyone, "The hour has come, let's go!"