How long has Qin been preparing for the destruction of the Six Kingdoms? Nearly 140 years of accumulation
Therefore, the first emperor listened to the policy of the people, took advantage of the fierceness of the six seasons, enjoyed the land of the six countries, and won the world after the war. "--Liu Xiang of the Western Han Dynasty "Warring States Policy - Original Preface".
The Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period was an era of great changes, the feudal system began to disintegrate, and the centralized system was gradually established.
The use of iron farming tools and the popularization of ox cart farming intensified social contradictions, intensified the contradictions between state ownership and private ownership, and intensified the two major class antagonisms between the old landlords and peasants.
Since the relations of production could not adapt to the developed productive forces, political turmoil was inevitable, and under the influence of various contradictions, the struggle between the vassal states gradually escalated"War"Become synonymous with this period indisputably.
In the early years of the Warring States Period, the Wei State, which was formed by the division of Shandong into three vassal states, was the first to change the law into a strong country, followed by other vassal states.
During this period, the Qin state was the most backward compared to the vassal states of Shandong. The collapse of the fertile land system led to land privatization and tax reform, so that the Qin state was much more backward than the Shandong vassal states, which at one point put it in danger of being dismembered by the Shandong vassal states.
But rise and fall are impermanent.
As a result of history, Qin, the most backward country, finally achieved the first true unification in Chinese history.
When it comes to Qin Wangzheng's attack on the Shandong princes, many people think that the process is as simple as the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, and think that Qin Wangzheng and his ancestors have paved the way for the unification of the world, but in fact this is not the case, why did this process only take 10 years? There is no other reason, the legacy of Peng Zheng of the Six Dynasties.
How long did Qin prepare for the destruction of the Six Kingdoms? In fact, starting with Qin Xiaogong, it took about 140 years of accumulation for the Qin State to achieve the first unification of the Central Plains.
The Shang Dynasty changed the law and strengthened the national strength of the Qin State.
In the early years of the Warring States Period, the backward Qin Shandong princes were named Xiyi, compared with the civilization of the Shandong princes, the Qin State is certainly inferior to Shandong Shanxi in all aspects, this is not the current province, but the mountains on the east and west sides, at the same time, this is also the existence of natural dangers, so the Qin State has met several times on the road to hegemony.
Although the Qin State has a Shenzhou barrier, its backwardness is fatal, because we know the secret of the strong, and the Qin State is also necessary to change the law, and the first person to change the law in the Qin State is not Shang Ying, but Qin Xiaogong's father Qin Xiangong, because he had been in exile in the Wei State and witnessed the rise of the Wei State, so he returned to the Qin State as a monarch and was determined to follow the Wei State, but the change only stayed in the depths.
It can be said that this couple, laid the foundation of the Ming monarch Qin Chen, can destroy the six countries, Shang Yang is especially a genius, although he borrowed from Li Kui's cultivation, but his cultivation is more powerful, the so-called blue out of the blue is better than the blue, Shang Ying's cultivation involves almost all aspects, from the country to the local, from politics to culture, from folk customs to folk customs.
Thanks to the military honor system established specifically for war, the rank generals are not afraid of death, in their eyes, going to the battlefield to kill the enemy is never terrible, but an opportunity to change fate and improve the quality of life, which makes the rank snipers invincible and unstoppable in foreign wars.
Qin's annihilation of the Six Kingdoms was a windfall.
King Huiwen of Qin, King Wu of Qin, King Zhaoxiang of Qin, King Xiaowen of Qin, and King Xiang of Qin Zhuang unremittingly promoted the idea of reforming and strengthening the country, and appointed talents, especially cloth talents, to make Qin's war machine run faster, and always talked about the influence of the Six Kingdoms.
In the era of Qin Wangzheng, Qin's comprehensive national strength has the ability to crush all the princes, and it is only a matter of time before the various breakthroughs of the Shandong princes come, from Qin's destruction of Han in 230 BC to Qin's annihilation of Qi in 221 BC, only ten years have achieved the world, and the victory of destroying the country has made many people admire.
When it comes to destroying the six kingdoms of Qin, it is the most difficult to fight Zhao and Chu, Zhao because of the last good general Li Mu, and Chu because of the vast territory, the battle line is too long, after the continuous bite of the Qin kings of the past dynasties, although the Chu State lost a large area of land in the west, but the skeleton of the slender man's dead camel is still there.
Although these two devastating wars were difficult, the Qin state could not stop it, because the strong comprehensive national strength allowed him to recover quickly even if he lost one or two battles, but this was not the case with the Shandong princes, their armies were getting smaller and smaller, and collapse was inevitable.
The aristocracy came to power and six kingdoms collapsed.
The internal reason why Qin was able to complete the great unification was its own strength, and the external reason why Qin was able to eliminate the forces of the Six Nations so quickly was the endless decline of the forces of the Six Nations in Shandong.
In fact, the most fundamental reason why the Qin State is strong is the reform of political innovation, the reform and upgrading to adapt to economic development, and more precisely, the reform of the production relations of the Qin State to adapt to the productive forces, which will inevitably lead to the strength of the comprehensive national strength.
On the other hand, all six countries carried out reforms, but perfunctory. The reform of Li Kui of Wei, the reform of Wu Qi of Chu, the reform of Shen Bu harm in Korea, and the reform of Hufu cavalry and archery of King Wuling of Zhao, although the reform of Wei is considered to have lasted a little longer, lasted for two and a half generations, but did not fundamentally change the political system of the old aristocracy, and only lasted for one generation.
In the last years of the Warring States Period, King Qin destroyed the Six Kingdoms, and the political corruption of the Six Kingdoms of Shandong had already dug their own graves, and they were buried with a gentle push from Qin Wangzheng.
Why did it take only 10 years for Qin to destroy the princes of Shandong? Not only because of the aftermath of the Six Kingdoms' struggle for hegemony, but also because as Liu Xiang of the Western Han Dynasty said in the preface of "Warring States Policy - Qin Ce II", the Xiongnu and Han Xin believed that Longshu hybridized, listened to the policies of the people, and according to the power of the six countries, gnawed the hard bones of the six countries, and started a war with the world, which together led to the success of the Great Qin Empire.
How long did Qin prepare for the destruction of the Six Kingdoms? It took about 140 years for the Qin state to achieve the first unification of the Central Plains. From 359 BC when Shang Ying began to change the law in the Qin State to 230 BC when the Qin State began to destroy Han, it can be said that about 130 years of accumulation led to the collapse of the Six Kingdoms in just 10 years.
Du Mu of the Tang Dynasty once wrote in "A Fang Gongfu": Those who destroy the Six Kingdoms are not Qin, Qin is Qin, not the world, in fact, this is the truth. With the rise of Qiang Qin, the six countries did not think about how to strengthen themselves, but took the initiative to cede territory for self-preservation, the six countries have always bullied the strong with the weak, as long as there are interests to be made, how can the alliance of the aggressors not be disintegrated?
Everything is changing and developing, and the role of external causes is only a catalyst that can often change the nature of internal causes. As far as the Qin state is concerned, the strength of the Qin state itself is the internal cause of China's unification, the collapse of the six states is the internal cause, and the corruption of the six countries itself is the internal cause.
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