Tian Wen traveled to other countries to attack Qin, and his personal anger was vented, which did not benefit the Qi country, and provoked anger
Everyone in the world said that Meng Shanjun could win the army, and it was the same reason that the soldiers defected to Meng Shanjun, but the tiger and leopard finally relied on Meng Shanjun's strength to escape from the Qin State. Don't underestimate this! said that Meng Weijun was just a thief of chickens and dogs, is it enough to get soldiers? If there are many others, they can control Qin in the south, so why deprive the robbers of their power? That's why the saints don't come. "--Wang Anshi (Northern Song Dynasty).
In the history of the Spring and Autumn Period, hundreds of schools of thought contended, and etiquette collapsed.
The history of the Sengoku period is controversial, but it is very interesting.
It is more likely that the history of the Warring States was not a competition between great powers, but an exchange of forces and even the unification of the Qin state.
In the more than 200 years of Warring States history, there have been countless sages and great men who not only created history with their unique wisdom, but also changed the course of history.
Emperor Hengqin, King Zhang of Zongchu, Su Qin; unexpectedly, Wei rescued Zhao Pangjuan and Sun Bin; Won a hundred battles, attacked Bai Qi, Meng won; Distant friendship and close attack, Fan Ju's daughter seeking the country, Lü Buwei, etc., have all left a strong mark in history.
But not all of the characters who have gone down in history are full of real feelings, and not all of them are as good as we think.
It's as if the four masters of war are not all the four masters.
This article sets aside Wei Wuji of Wei, Huang Xie of Chu and Zhao Sheng of Zhao, and only talks about Meng Weijun of Qi.
Meng was most proud of his military accomplishments in organizing a joint attack on Qin, which forced Qin to relinquish its territory and sue for peace, but ultimately failed.
Although Tian Wen attacked the Qin State from afar to vent his personal anger, it was not beneficial to the Qi State.
The king of Qin wanted to kill Meng Weijun.
After King Qin Zhaoxiang ascended the throne, he was thirsty for talent, and heard that Meng Yanjun of Qi was a great talent, so he sent his younger brother Jingyangjun to Qi as a hostage in exchange for Meng Yanjun.
When Meng Shanjun was about to leave, Su Dai stopped him, but in 299 BC, Meng Shanjun's power in Qi threatened the King of Qi, and the King of Qi found an excuse for Meng Shanjun to go to Qin.
King Qin Zhaoxiang established Meng as the prime minister, but the good times did not last long. Under the persuasion of the ministers, King Zhaoxiang of Qin felt that Meng Weijun would not sincerely serve the Qin State, so he sent Meng Weijun to prison and planned to kill him.
It can be said that King Qin Zhaoxiang's younger brother is not in Qi State, and King Qin Meng Weijun killed the king, not for his brother's life, in fact, it is true, King Qin Zhaoxiang wished that this younger brother was killed by Qi State, because this Jingyang Jun was one of the four nobles of Qin State who threatened the rule of King Qin Zhaoxiang, but Qi State did not kill him, and finally this younger brother died in the hands of robbers, but I don't know if the so-called robbers were sent by King Qin Zhaoxiang. King Qin, I just don't know if the so-called robbers were sent by King Qin Zhaoxiang.
Meng Weijun entered the district.
After all, this is the Qin State, and killing chickens is not a simple matter for King Qin.
Fortunately, among Meng Yanjun's **, there are two people who have no skills, only one can train chickens, and the other can steal dogs, so Meng Yanjun used these two people to escape from Qin. If you want to know what skills these two people showed in the process of Meng Weijun's great escape to Xianyang, please look at the idiom"Chickens and dogs"。The origin of this idiom is:"Chickens and dogs"。
Meng Weijun ran out of the Qin State like a hungry dog, and when he passed through the Zhao State, Pingyuan Jun greeted him with a spirit. When the people of Zhao saw Meng Yanjun, one of the F4 of the Warring States Period, arrived, they hurriedly followed, but the situation was not as good as that of people, and when the people of Zhao saw Meng Yanjun, they all laughed at him, because he was not a tall, rich, and handsome person, but a short, nervous, and ugly person ("Historical Records" records that Xue Gong thought he was a cool official at first, but when he looks at it today, he is a short, inconspicuous person).
This matter is not easy to say because of face, but Zhao Guoren is too straightforward, he said, he heard Zhao Guoren say this, Meng Weijun, angry, took the guards to cut down hundreds of people, and slaughtered the entire district before leaving ("Historical Records" records: cut hundreds of people, so he destroyed the district before leaving), just because others laughed at him, he slaughtered the district, Meng Weijun is really ruthless.
In order to vent his personal anger, Meng Weijun attacked the Qin State from afar.
Meng Weijun fled back to Qi and became the prime minister of Qi, but the fact that the king of Qin wanted to kill him made him angry, so in 298 BC, he organized Han and Wei to attack Qin together.
After two or three years of war against Qin, the joint attack on Qin organized by Meng Weijun also achieved some results, that is, the general Kuang Zhang of Qi led the coalition army to attack Hangu Pass, forcing Qin to cede land and sue for peace, and the alliance army of the Three Kingdoms withdrew.
Seeing this, we can say that this war was not fought well, the powerful Qin State was beaten to resign itself to peace, and there were few strong people in the warring countries, but the Qi State spent two or three years of financial and material resources in this war, although it was nominally victorious, but it gained nothing.
Korea and Wei followed Qi to drink soup, while Han and Wei demanded that Qin cede their lands (Shi records that Qin sued for peace, returned Wu Sui to Korea, and returned Fengling to Wei). Seeing such a result, I don't know if everyone will appreciate Meng Weijun's joint attack on Qin this time.
Meng Weijun's coalition army attacked Qin and forced Qin to cede land and sue for peace, but this trick was not easy. During the Warring States Period, the wars between the vassal states were all fought for the interests of the country, and there was no benefit in winning the war, so what was the use of such a victory for the Qi State that contributed money and efforts?
Although Tian Wen was angry, he attacked Qin from afar, but it was useless. At this level, Meng Weijun felt that his honor and disgrace were far more important than the international interests of the Qi State, and such a powerful minister actually did more harm than good to the civilian officials.
The reason why Qin was able to destroy the Six Kingdoms was actually inseparable from Fan Ju, because he put forward the strategic idea of distant friendship and close attack, and every attack was a bite of the vassal states.
Meng Yanjun has been the prime minister of Qin, Qi and Wei in his life, but this person seems to be a master of dictatorship, and there is no king like him when he goes to **, you think about it, the king wants you to be the prime minister, you have to let you govern the country, but you have lived up to the prestige of the king, this can't be said, no one can say that, so after Meng Yanjun's death, his sons fought for the family property, and the trouble was raging, and as a result, Meng Yanjun's fief was destroyed by the merger of Qi and Wei. As a result, the states of Qi and Wei destroyed Meng Weijun's fiefdom.
What are your thoughts on this?
Materials**: Warring States Policy, works of great historians, etc.