The father let Qu Liang succeed to the throne and calculated the eldest son, why
Whoever protects his own son and who calculates is all up to his heart. Qin Xiangong's love for his youngest son Qu Liang is like the affection and kindness in "The Great Qin Empire", but he calculated against his eldest son Yingqian.
In the autumn of 362 BC, in the Shaoliang Mountains on the west bank of the Yellow River, the two armies of Gongshu and Qin Xiangong fought fiercely, and both were defeated. Qin Xian's body was poisoned by arrows, and his uncle was captured. "
Qin Xiangong knew that his life was short, so he asked his eldest son Yingqian to make a blood oath: if he violated his brotherhood, he would be destroyed. For the eldest son, he calculated deeply, and for the younger son Ying Qu Liang, he was extra careful, and after intimidating the eldest son, he immediately arranged for Ying Qu Liang to inherit the throne.
Ying Quliang, my father-in-law has already finished his path, and he didn't make you the crown prince, because he didn't want you to make enemies too early. You have passed the year of your crowning, and you are twenty-one years old, and your father-in-law has confirmed you as the crown prince and will immediately succeed you as king.
Before he died, he left three instructions to Yingquliang: first, don't be in a hurry to take revenge, the Qin State is already too poor, you must lie down and taste your courage, enrich the country and strengthen the army, don't learn from the old man to fight; Second, be kind to your subordinates, especially the patriarchs of the world, and don't touch them easily. Third, brothers should have hearts to heart, not evil.
Qin Xiangong is very wise and far-sighted, he used his own failure experience to warn his son not to follow his old path, and especially emphasized that it is easy to be of the same virtue, it is difficult to be of the same heart, and it is even more difficult to seek common ground with great virtue.
After Qin Xiangong finished saying his last words, he suddenly spit out a mouthful of blood, which made the already tense atmosphere even more intense. Although he was succeeded by Ying Quliang, his elder brother Ying Qian held the military power and brought his men and horses to the court, and the situation was very tense.
Surprisingly, Ying Quliang said in a rough voice: "Respectfully invite the new monarch to take the throne." I saw him wearing a black jade crown on his head and calmly entered the political hall. The ministers were still immersed in surprise and horror, and they forgot the great gift of supporting the new king.
Seeing everyone's disrespect for the new monarch, Ying Qian's face turned pale, and he shouted angrily: "The monarch will die, the new monarch will take the throne, who will not obey, there is such a stone." After speaking, he used his sword to split the stone pillar in front of the door in half, and frightened the ministers and hurriedly said: "Embrace the new king, long live the new king." ”
The upper doctor Gan Long flattered: "General Yingqian has meritorious service, long live the general." Then the ministers also chanted: "Long live General Win." However, Ying Qian did not agree with this praise and shouted: "How can this be true!
How can Winning Piety be on a par with a king? If it is rude, win the piety and ruthlessness. However, it can be seen from this episode that although Ying Qian has the power of the army, he really sincerely assists his younger brother Ying Quliang, as the old saying goes: "When brothers work together, their profits are gold." ”
One of the important reasons why the Qin State was able to prosper was "harmony". Only with the will of the people, no matter how great the difficulties can be overcome. As the elder brother, Ying Qian not only has no objection to his younger brother's succession to the throne, but also uses his power to clear the obstacles for his younger brother.
This kind of brotherhood is deeply admirable, as the eldest brother, he also fully supports and trusts his younger brother's choice, and even in the face of his father's hatred, he chose to value peace, forgave Gongsun Acne, and returned the territory before the Battle of Shimen, the land west of Hexi to Wei.
This is the far-sighted pattern of winning the canal beam and the strategy of delaying the army. At this time, the country was poor, the people were living in difficulty, and the war was going on for many years. Ying Quliang realized that the most important thing was to stop the war and restore the national strength.
This is the truth that "the time is not as good as the place, and the place is not as good as the people".
In order to keep the Qin state safe, he did two things: the first was to bribe the ministers of various countries with the wealth of the palace and the gold, silver and jewelry of the ministers in order to delay their plans to attack; The second was to recruit soldiers, and it was at that time that Wei Ying came to the Qin State.
In order to make the Qin state strong, the king granted Wei Ying special powers, and both princes and nobles had to be punished if they made mistakes. Holding the king's order, Wei Ying began his transformation.
However, in the process of changing the law, the interests of many upper ** were touched, but he persevered with his upright and stern methods. In the end, through the change of the law, the Qin State became extremely powerful, but at the same time, because the change touched the interests of some people, the people of the royal family hated him to the core.
Wei Ying was more enthusiastic about his career than his personal interests, and his stubbornness and persistence, as well as the king's trust and letting go, made the Qin state extremely powerful. As mentioned in the introduction to the Essence Edition of the Great Qin Empire, Great Qin predates the Roman Empire in the West, roughly around the same era.
Like the Roman Empire, Great Qin is also the source of Eastern civilization, which is Sun Haohui's evaluation of Great Qin, and it is also a description of how Great Qin gradually unified its vast territory from a weak and poor country to achieve a highly centralized and military expansion of the imperial era.