The 20 prime ministers behind the rise of the Great Qin Empire

Mondo Entertainment Updated on 2024-01-29

He is called "Doctor Wuxi" because he was redeemed by Qin Mugong with five black ram skins, and at this time, Baili Xi was already in his seventies.

During the period when Baili Xiguan worshiped the doctor, the history recorded that Baili Xi was "the king of the Jin Kingdom three times", "saved the disaster of Jingzhou", "sent the religion to the seal, and the Ba people paid tribute; Shide princes, and Ba Rong to serve", internal repair of national politics, external hegemony, so that Qin became one of the five hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period, laid a solid foundation for the rise of Qin and the unification of the six countries, can be called a generation of famous ministers.

Uncle Jian met Baili Xi when he traveled in Qi in his early years, and both of them were impressed by each other's talents and took them as confidants. After Baili Xi entered the Qin Kingdom, he recommended the hermit Uncle Jian.

Uncle Jian worshiped the doctor of Qin and moved to the right. During the period when the Qin State was dealing with state affairs, the internal law taught the people, promoted the benefits and eliminated the harm, and the external service Rong Di, and the Qin State became stronger and stronger. Before the battle between Qin and Jinkun, Uncle Jian cried three times against Qin Mugong's sneak attack on Zheng State. Qin Mugong was obsessed and did not listen to Uncle Jian's persuasion to attack Zheng, and finally suffered a fiasco. Around 610 BC, Uncle Jian died.

After Qin Xiaogong succeeded to the throne, he issued a merit-seeking order, and Shang Ying seized the opportunity to be reused by Qin Xiaogong. Later, Shang Ying, with the support of Qin Xiaogong, began to change the law, "rewarding cultivation and warfare, and implementing the military merit system" opened up a channel for civilians to enter the upper class, making the Qin state prosperous and increasingly powerful. It is a pity that the interests of the aristocratic class were touched.

In 338 BC, Qin Xiaogong died and was succeeded by King Huiwen of Qin. The aristocratic forces fabricated charges and falsely accused him of rebellion, and as a result, Shang Ying was killed in the battle in Tongdi. His body was brought back to Xianyang, where it was executed and displayed to the public. King Qin Huiwen also ordered the extermination of Shang Ying's entire family.

Zhang Yi studied under Guiguzi, and later traveled to many countries and was not reused, and entered Qin angrily, and was reused by King Huiwen of Qin with the strategy of Lianheng, and served as the prime minister of Qin twice. After serving as the prime minister of Qin, Zhang Yi sent envoys to the six countries of Shandong many times, and broke the strategy of combining and longitudinal with the strategy of connecting and horizontal, so that all countries changed from cooperating with Qin to contemplating Qin. Zhang Yi was named Wu Xinjun by King Qin Huiwen. In 311 BC, Zhang Yi sent an envoy to Yan and did not return and King Huiwen of Qin died. The following year, King Wu of Qin ascended the throne and was at odds with Zhang Yi. Zhang Yi was afraid of being killed, so he fled to the Wei state. Zhang Yi died in Wei in 309 BC after serving as prime minister of Wei for a year.

Originally out of the Wei State, and later used by King Qin Huiwen, he was awarded the title of Daliang for recovering Hexi for the Qin State. After leaving Qin, he returned to Wei and initiated the joint struggle against Qin with the Shandong States. He once wore the seal of the five countries and was famous for a while. Later, due to the failure of the alliance and the continuous involvement in the political disputes of other countries, it was abandoned by Wei and Korea. In his later years, one said that he died in the political dispute of Wei, and the other said that he was respected as a prime minister by King Wu of Qin and died in Wei.

He is funny and wise, and the Qin people are known as "think tanks". Assisted King Huiwen of Qin, worshiped as the right watch, captured Quwo of Wei State, Lin Yi of Zhao State and Hanzhong of Chu State, conquered the city, and sealed it in Yandao County, Shu County, and was called Yan Jun.

After King Wu of Qin ascended the throne, he expelled Zhang Yi and appointed the outstanding military achievements of Zhu Lizi as the right prime minister, and Gan Mao, who was proficient in Tao strategy, as the left prime minister. The two complemented each other, promoted large-scale foreign wars, expanded the territory of Qin, and laid a solid foundation for the later unification of the six kingdoms by Qin.

King Wu of Qin was the prime minister of Qin at the time. He once studied in Shiju, learned the theory of a hundred schools, and was recommended to King Qin Huiwen by Zhang Yi and Zhu Liji. In 312 B.C., Wei Zhang, the assistant chief of the left house, slightly fixed the land of Hanzhong.

When Qin Zhaoxiang was the king, he was slandered by Qin generals Xiang Shou and Gongsun Zheng, and when he attacked Pu Han of Wei State, he threw himself into Qi State and served as Secretary of State of Qi. In the tenth year of King Zhou (305 BC), he sent an envoy to the state of Chu for the state of Qi. Later, King Qin Zhaoxiang wanted Chu to return Gan Mao, but Chu refused. He later died in the Wei state.

The surname Mi, the uncle of King Qin Zhaoxiang, and the half-brother of the Empress Dowager Xuan.

Wei Ran held important official positions in the Qin state during the reigns of King Hui of Qin and King Wu of Qin. After the death of King Wu of Qin, Wei Ran used his prestige to support King Zhaoxiang of Qin on the throne. After that, Wei Ran became a general and guarded the capital Xianyang. Wei Ran succeeded in quelling the rebellion at home and purging the unscrupulous elements of the Qin Zhaoxiang brothers, intimidating the Qin state with their prestige. In 300 BC, Wei Ran was appointed prime minister of Qin.

During the period of Qin Xiang, Wei Ran reused Bai Qi, which greatly opened up the land of Qin. In 266 BC, Wei Ran was dismissed from his post and expelled from the Guanguan, and died of grief after returning to the fiefdom.

One of the four princes of the Warring States Period, a native of Qi, he once briefly obtained the position of Qin Xiang.

King Zhaoxiang of Qin heard of Meng Weijun's virtuous ability and wanted to bring people under his command, and in 299 BC, the king of Qi sent Meng Weijun to Qin, and King Zhaoxiang of Qin immediately made him the prime minister of Qin. Qin Chen Jin said that Meng Weijun would always put Qi first, and King Qin Zhaoxiang thought it was reasonable, and quickly dismissed Tian Wen from the post of prime minister and tried to get rid of Meng Weijun.

In the end, Meng Weijun fled back to Qi and united other countries to resist Qin.

Zonghengjia, before and after serving Zhao Wuling King and Qin Zhaoxiang King two famous kings, in Zhao State, advocated alliance with Qin and Chu, and supported Zhao Wuling King to promote Hufu cavalry archery.

Later, he entered the Qin Dynasty in 306 BC. In 297 BC, Qin united with Zhao and Song against the three kingdoms of Qi, Wei, and Han, and he became Qin's prime minister. After the Changping War, he entered Zhao for Qin, and lured King Zhao to make peace with the city, but left without success.

Fan Ju is good at arguing, once contributed to the Wei State, but was framed, almost *** After that, he changed his name to Zhang Lu and came to the Qin State, and was summoned and reused by King Qin Zhaoxiang with the strategy of distant friendship and close attack. These ideas were basically adopted and implemented by King Qin Zhao.

In 266 BC, worship Fan Ju as the prime minister, sealed in Ying, and called Yinghou. During Fan Ju's tenure as prime minister, he implemented the strategy of long-distance friendship and close attack, and repeatedly defeated other countries. After the Battle of Changping, Bai Qi advocated taking advantage of the victory to break Zhao, and he was afraid of Bai Qi's high merit, and allowed Zhao to cut the land and make peace. After slandering and killing Bai Qi, one of the generals he recommended failed to surrender to Zhao, and the other sat down in private communication with the princes, and he was afraid that Xie would return to Xiangyin and soon died of illness.

Cai Ze is good at arguing and wise, and is well versed in the idea that when the moon is full, it will be lost. Because of breaking Fan Ju's thoughts, he was recommended by Fan Ju to be the prime minister of Qin Zhaoxiang, and later served in the four dynasties of Qin Xiaowen, Qin Zhuangxiang, and Qin Shihuang, and protected himself in troubled times.

He once offered a plan to King Zhaoxiang of Qin to divide the relationship between King Wei Anjiao and Xinling Jun, destroy the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and become a king. Staying in the Qin State for more than ten years, when Qin Shi Huang, he once sent an envoy to the Yan State, called Gangchengjun.

Lü Buwei was engaged in business in his early years and accumulated a fortune. Later, he met Zichu in Handan, hoarded Juqi, and offered Zhao Ji to give birth to King Yingzheng of Qin. Zichu ascended the throne as the queen of Qin Zhuangxiang, and in 249 BC, Lü Buwei was worshiped as the prime minister and named the Marquis of Wenxin.

After Lü Buwei ascended to the throne, he imitated the four princes of the Warring States Period, attracting people with lofty ideals all over the world, and there were as many as 3,000 diners, so that diners wrote what they had learned and heard into a book, which was collected into "Lü's Spring and Autumn". In the twelfth year of King Qin (235 BC), King Yingzheng of Qin feared his rebellion, and Lü Buwei committed suicide by drinking.

The grandson of Gan Mao, the left prime minister of Qin. Gan Luo has been very smart since he was a child, and he entered the disciple of Prime Minister Lü Buwei and served as a young concubine. At the age of twelve, he was sent to Zhao State. used strataggers to help the Qin State get more than a dozen cities, and with meritorious service, he was rewarded by the King of Qin and awarded the Shangqing (equivalent to the prime minister). Later deeds, there is no historical record.

At the end of the Warring States Period, he was the prince of Chu State, and was awarded the title of Changping Jun, and was the minister of King Xiang of Qin Zhuang and Qin Shi Huang.

In 238 BC, he was ordered to quell the "Chang Yu Rebellion" with Chang Wenjun, and was appointed as Xiangbang, and was later sent by Qin Shi Huang to Chen Ying to pacify the Chu people.

In 225 BC, he rebelled against Qin and Chen Ying. In 223 BC, Changping Jun was proclaimed king of Chu in Huainan and continued to rebel against Qin in the Huainan area. Because Wang Jian and Meng Wu led the Qin army to attack, Changping Jun was defeated and died.

After the Qin State unified China, Kui Zhuang was ordered to preside over the unification of weights and measures with Wang Juan.

In 221 BC, after Qin unified the Six Kingdoms, he served as prime minister and was ordered to discuss the establishment of the emperor with the imperial historian Feng Zai and the imperial lieutenant Li Si. In addition, the six kingdoms were initially decided, and Yan, Qi, Chu and other places were far away, and they asked to divide the princes as kings, which was refuted by Li Si.

Co-chaired the unification of weights and measures with Kui Xiang.

Li Si learned the art of the emperor from Xun Qing in his early years, and after entering the Qin Dynasty, he persuaded the Qin King to become an emperor and dominate the world, and sent strategists to lobby the princes with gold and jade to divide the monarchs and ministers of the six countries.

After Qin unified the Six Kingdoms, Li Si participated in the negotiation of the emperor's name and related etiquette system. Persist in replacing the feudal system with the county system, and formulate laws to unify the system of rails, writing, and weights and measures, and recommend the prohibition of private learning, the burning of poetry and books, and the formulation of corresponding decrees.

After Qin Shi Huang died of illness, Li Si participated in the conspiracy of Zhao Gao and Hu Hai, made Hu Hai the crown prince, and ascended the throne as the second emperor. Later, Zhao Gaowei monopolized power and framed Li Si and his sons with Chen Sheng and Wu Guang in secret to plot rebellion. Li Si was forced to confess, and in 208 BC, he was beheaded in Xianyang City and razed the three tribes.

The Qin Dynasty was the right prime minister. At that time, Li Si was the prime minister of Zuo. The Qin Dynasty respected the right, and Feng Quji nominally respected Li Si.

Zhao Gaowei was in power and sent people to round up Feng Quji, Feng Quji and the general Feng Zai discussed in front of the ** and said: "The general will not be humiliated", and the general and the prime minister cannot be insulted. So the two of them committed suicide together.

Zhao Gaoyuan is a distant branch of the Zhao clan, because his mother served a prison sentence in the Qin State, and several of his brothers were born in the Hidden Palace. Later, he served as a miscellaneous servant in the palace, because of his shrewdness and knowledge of the law, he was promoted to the order of the CRRC by Qin Wangzheng, and later concurrently carried out the Fu Xi affair.

After the death of Qin Shi Huang, Zhao Gao conspired with Hu Hai and Li Si to make Hu Hai the crown prince and enthroned as the second emperor. After that, Zhao Gao Renlang ordered Hu Hai to change the law and kill the clan and ministers. Since then, Zhao Gao has been good at government affairs, framed the left prime minister Li Si for rebellion, beheaded him in Xianyang City, and was later worshiped as the prime minister, who deliberately pointed to the deer as a horse in front of the second.

In 207 BC, Liu Bang led the rebel army to capture Wuguan, Zhao Gao was afraid of punishment, so he and his son-in-law Yan Le forced Qin II to commit suicide, trying to usurp the throne and stand on his own, but because the left and right officials did not obey, he set up another son as the king of Qin. Soon Zhao Gao was killed by Ziying's design and punished the three clans.

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