How deep is King Qin Zhao's affection for Fan Ju? And not only to avenge it
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The Zhou Dynasty was characterized by the disintegration of social order and **, with vassal states attacking and annexing each other in order to survive or become strong.
During the Warring States period, there were seven kingdoms of Han, Zhao, Wei, Chu, Yan, Qi, and Qin.
However, there is a clear difference between the Qin state getting stronger and the other six states getting weaker and weaker. If analyzed from this perspective, this is a historical period in which princes competed for hegemony, not a Warring States period, let alone a historical period in which the Qin State gradually became stronger and even unified China.
The growing strength of the Qin state was inseparable from the interdependence and mutual trust between the Qin kings and ministers. The king of Qin wanted fame and fortune, and the ministers wanted to use the effective strategies of the Warring States period to strengthen the country for the king of Qin.
Qin Xiaogong, Shang Ying, Qin Hui Wang, Zhang Yi, Qin Wu Wang, Gan Mao, Qin Zhaoxiang Wang, Fan Ju, Qin Zhuang Xiang Wang, Lü Buwei, Qin Shi Huang, Li Si, Sima Cuo, plus Bai Qi, Wang Jian and other famous generals who can fight well, the combination of these six groups can be said to have created the first feudal unified empire in Chinese history - the Qin Dynasty.
Leaving aside the other five groups, let's talk about King Qin Zhaoxiang and Fan Ju. How good was King Qin Zhaoxiang to Fan Ju? He not only used the power of the state to help her avenge her personal revenge, but also opposed the laws of the Qin State in order not to break her heart.
Just like Fan Ju's courtship without regrets, he can become famous, and the affection of King Qin Zhao is inseparable, and when he meets such a master, Fan Ju's fate will not be mediocre.
King Qin Zhao helped Fan Ju increase his prestige.
In the Qin State, no one can be a big official for no reason, because of the Shang Dynasty change the law, everyone has to take the title according to merit, Shandong scholars have no merit to the Qin State, in the Qin State, being a general is the position of the guest secretary, there is no real power, just worry about food and clothing.
Fan Ju is the same, after being appreciated by King Qin Zhaoxiang, he listened to Fan Ju's strategy from Keqing and King Qin Zhaoxiang, and regained the power of Qin from his grandmother, uncle, and brother, but this is not a credit that others can see, and Fan Ju certainly can't let the princes and ministers obey.
So, King Qin Zhaoxiang came up with a way to let Fan Ju have more glory for others to see, and that was to fight. Around 268 BC, Fan Ju served as the guest secretary of the Qin state, and whenever the Qin state won a battle, the credit was written on Fan Ju's head.
In particular, how Fan Ju planned and whether Fan Ju's plan was unknown is unknown, because Shi Gong's "Historical Records" only records a few words about this: Qin Wei occupied Huai, Bo, Xingqiu, and Fan Ju, but relied on the strength of Qin to seize two cities from the Wei people, which is actually very easy, and I prefer to believe that it was the credit imposed on Fan Ju by King Qin Zhao.
King Qin Zhao helped Fan Ju take revenge.
Fan Ju helped King Qin Zhaoxiang to govern, after planning several victorious battles, King Qin Zhaoxiang immediately promoted Fan Ju to prime minister, becoming the second-in-command of the most powerful vassal states in the Warring States Period, at this time King Qin Zhaoxiang became more and more trusting of Fan Ju, almost as soon as Fan Li spoke, King Qin was happy.
When the King of Qin learned of the tragic encounter between Fan Ju and Wei Qi, the minister of Wei, the King of Qin bluntly stated that he wanted to avenge Fan Ju, and used Qin's national power to demand that Wei Qi's head be sent to him by messenger.
Wei Qi fled to Zhao and hid in Pingyuanjun's house. After King Qin Zhaoxiang found out, he personally invited Pingyuanjun to Qin, made tea for him to relieve his fatigue, and finally left Pingyuanjun in Qin, and took the head of Wei Qi.
This matter lasted until Wei Qi's head was sent to Fan Ju's desk, some people may say that Wei Qi asked the King of Wei to hand over Wei Qi's affairs to Fan Ju, but the kings of other countries wanted to hand over the prime minister's head to Fan Ju, which became an international event, without the permission of King Qin, would Fan Ju dare to do this?
King Qin Zhao helped Fan Ju repay his kindness.
King Qin Zhaoxiang helped Fan Ju avenge his personal vendetta, but Fan Ju also had two benefactors who saved him in Qin State, one was Zheng Anping, and the other was Wang Ji.
Qin needs credit for promotion, Wang Ji and Zheng Anping became two straw bales, promoted by their own merits, there is no hope for a lifetime, Wang Ji found Fan Ju, Fan Ju had to tell King Qin Zhaoxiang.
King Qin Zhaoxiang had heard how many people his Xiangguo had cultivated in order to help Fan Yuzhi repay this favor, so when Hedong County Taishou Wang Ji and King Qin allowed Wang Ji not to pay taxes for three years, it can be said that this is the absolute value of this favor to him.
One Wang Ji is not enough, because Fan Ju's benefactor is Zheng Anping, so King Qin Zhaoxiang appointed Zheng Anping as the general, and King Qin Zhaoxiang helped Fan Ju complete revenge and repay his kindness, but this is not all, and greater benefits are still to come.
In order to favor Fan Ju, King Qin Zhao violated Qin law.
After Fan Ju was favored, he sincerely served the Qin state for a while, but something more serious happened, and the Qin general Zheng Anping led 20,000 Qin troops to surrender to the Zhao state, which was besieged by the Zhao army.
At this time, the whole Qin State was like an explosion, and all kinds of accusations against Fan Ju were also said to King Qin Zhaoxiang from all directions, Fan Ju also felt weak-hearted, so he went to King Qin Zhaoxiang to ask for guilt, according to the law of Qin, the advice is not smart, it is a serious crime, and it is a disaster of the three clans, but King Qin Zhaoxiang was afraid of hurting Fan Ju's heart, so he ordered to: dare to say things to the Zheng Anping tribe, and they will be eliminated according to their crimes.
The matter is not over, a few years later, Wang Ji recommended by Fan Ju also had a problem, he was accused of colluding with the princes, ambushing Fan Ju, Fan Ju wanted to die, but King Qin Zhaoxiang still did not add guilt to Fan Ju, but encouraged him to work hard, Fan Ju was embarrassed and regretful, he felt the trust of King Qin, recommended Cai Ze to replace himself as Qin Xiang, and died of depression soon after.
Of course, there are also opinions that Fan Ju gradually lost the trust of King Qin Zhao because of these two things, but even so, King Qin Zhao did not commit suicide, which is not the best ending for Fan Ju?
Because Fan Ju is such a minister, when he dies without regrets, he can achieve fame, which is inseparable from the deep affection for King Qin Zhao, and it can be said that he has deep affection for King Qin Zhao, as long as you can say that Fan Ju recommended King Qin Zhao's career, instead of saying that King Qin Zhao is the credit of Fan Ju, I will help you realize your wishes.
How did King Qin Zhaoxiang treat Fan Ju? By helping him avenge without breaking his heart, he also violated the laws of Qin, from the death of Shang Ying to the era of King Qin Zhaoxiang, the law of Qin State being knighted according to merit, and the law of the Son of Heaven and the people being guilty of the same crime has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, but King Qin Zhaoxiang has let Fan Ju override the laws of Qin more than once, which shows the extent to which King Qin Zhaoxiang has feelings for Fan Ju.
The successive kings of China will help their talented ministers, almost entrusting the country to them, you concentrate on governing the country, I remove obstacles for you, he is happy, but these monarchs can only let them live, their most popular ministers are feudal officials and prime ministers, monarchs When the first batch of talented ministers died, the fate of these talented ministers was not much better.
Looking back on this period of history, we find that the Qin State did use the method of covering up and stealing the bell, but we rarely hear that the Six Kingdoms used this method against the Qin State. In fact, the main reason is"There is no doubt about employing people"Four words. The King of Qin did this, making him stronger, while the rulers of the other six kingdoms could not do this and could only become weaker.
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