Once, Lü Buwei went to Zhao to do business and met Gongzi Yiren in Handan. Gongzi Yiren was a hostage sent by the Qin State to the Zhao State. Gongzi Yiren has a difficult life, and Lu Buwei thinks that if he finds a treasure, he can live in a strange goods.
Lü Buwei went home to discuss with his father, and made ten times more money from farming, a hundred times more money from selling jewelry, and countless money from supporting the monarch. "Today, the field is sick, and there is no food to warm up; Now that the country is built and the monarch is established, Ze can be left behind, and I wish the past. ”
Lü Buwei began to help Gongzi Yiren.
The crown prince died early, and King Qin Zhao made his second son, An Guojun, the crown prince. An Guojun's favorite concubine is Mrs. Huayang, and Mrs. Huayang has no son. Lü Buwei lobbied Mrs. Huayang and asked Mrs. Huayang to recognize Gongzi Yiren as her son.
According to the Biography of Lü Buwei, Gongzi Yiren went to Lü Buwei's house to drink and fell in love with Lü Buwei's favorite courtesan Zhao Ji. Lü Buwei gave the courtesan who was already pregnant with his own child to Gongzi Yiren. The child born to Zhao Ji was Qin Shi Huang.
King Qin Zhao died, An Guojun succeeded to the throne, and An Guojun became King Qin Xiaowen, who died a year later. Gongzi Yiren succeeded to the throne and became the king of Qin Zhuang Xiang, and named Lü Buwei as prime minister. King Xiang of Qin Zhuang died after three years as the monarch, and the 13-year-old Qin Shi Huang won the throne and became the monarch. Qin State is Lü Buwei who has the final say.
Lü Buwei recruited disciples to compile "Lü's Spring and Autumn Period", and in order to expand the influence of this book, Lü Buwei issued an announcement that whoever could increase or decrease one word could get one thousand taels**.
Due to Chang Poison's fornication with Qin Shi Huang's mother Zhao Ji, Lü Buwei was implicated and was dismissed by King Qin Yingzheng.
After Lü Buwei returned home, people from other countries invited Lü Buwei to be an official. King Yingzheng of Qin was worried that Lü Buwei would launch a rebellion and asked Lü Buwei to migrate to Shu. Lü Buwei was afraid that he would be killed in the future, so in order to preserve his last dignity, he committed suicide by drinking poisoned wine. If Qin Shi Huang is really the son of Lü Buwei, then he can be regarded as a glorious ancestor.
Lü's Spring and Autumn Period is a summary of the thoughts of the hundred schools of thought, providing a plan for governing the country for 12 months a year. "Lü's Spring and Autumn" has many fables, such as "carving a boat for a sword" and "covering your ears and stealing bells".
Lü's Spring and Autumn reflects Lü Buwei's policy of winning the government and unifying the six kingdoms provided by Lü Buwei, hoping that Qin Shi Huang can use this book to govern the country, pacify the six kingdoms, and unify the world. Qin Shi Huang did this according to some of the methods in the book.