Why did Yingzheng kill Lü Buwei, who helped his father and son ascend to the throne
The King of Qin wrote to Lü Buwei:"What did you do to the Qin State? The Qin State gave you 100,000 households in Henan, what do you have to do with the Qin State? Your name is Father. You and your family will move to Shudi. "
It means that Lü Buwei has any credit, we gave you such a large piece of land, what do you have to do with us, I call you Father Zhong. After reading this letter, Lü Buwei committed suicide by drinking poison. Why did he commit suicide? There were two reasons: first, he thought that the king of Qin would execute him; Second, he wanted to die a glorious death. That's what the history books say, but is it really that simple?
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Meng Weijun of Qi, Xinling Jun of Wei, Chunshenjun of Chu and Pingyuan Jun of Zhao were called the Four Gentlemen. They compete with each other to keep some of their own **. Lü Buwei believes that in order for the Qin State to be strong, there must be some **, so his ** is not less, but more than 3,000 people to compete with these countries. So, what are these most important tasks? What did they do? First, they write books. Everyone may know that there is a book called "Lü Buwei Spring and Autumn", which was written by Lü Buwei's **. When they finished writing the book, Lü Buwei published all the words in Xianyang City, posted them on the wall for people to read, and said, "If anyone finds a word in the book that can be changed, I will reward him with a thousand gold." While I think this is pure speculation, who would dare to change the text? This also shows Lü Buwei's strong strength and self-confidence.
It's the first thing your students do with it, what's the second thing? Standby talent. There are more than 3,000 students. I believe that Lü Buwei's exaggeration of the "Lü Family Spring and Autumn" will offend the King of Qin, and the King of Qin will feel that you are more powerful and influential than me, which is a threat to his rule. Although there is Li Si, who is respected by King Qin, among Lü Buwei's **, what about the other two thousand**? Isn't that a threat? What if they don't listen to me, but only to Lü Buwei? One more thing, one detail: Lü Buwei committed suicide, so there was no state funeral, but they buried him with a ceremony similar to a state funeral. In other words, Lü Buwei's death was also a factor that Qin Shi Huang took into account.
How did Qin Shi Huang punish them? First, those who attended Lü Buwei's funeral were deported; Han, Zhao, Wei, and other countries were deported; What about the people of the Qin State? Deprived of the capital and expelled from the capital. Zhao Zheng, the king of Qin, was very dissatisfied with Lü Buwei's treatment of doormen, and thought that Lü Buwei should be severely punished, but what was the final result of severe punishment? After Lü Buwei died, he still raised a big stick and killed Lü Buwei with a stick. Speaking of Lü Buwei's decision to commit suicide, not only in the history books, Lü Buwei's biography is very simple, let him execute me, I am very scared in my heart, not only am I not a glorious person, but he also thinks about these guards, I have to let them have a good way out, I am dead, I can guarantee their safety.
But as it turned out, the King of Qin did not take his opinion at all. Not only did he not let you die according to the rules, but he severely punished all your **, which had a profound impact on his ** management.