Chapter 802 The reasons for the decline of Wei State (1)
"Actually, it's unfair for you to do this, but human nature is like this. There is no other way, otherwise the six-nation coalition would not have been defeated by the Qin army at that time.
And speaking of hatred, the hatred between Wei and Qin is not small, and starting from the Spring and Autumn Period, Qin and Jin began to compete with each other for the land in Hexi.
After the three families were divided into Jin, Wei replaced Jin and became Qin's opponent, competing for the land west of Hexi.
Qin and Wei fought five large-scale Hexi battles in this area.
Five times, five times. "
Qin An's tone increased, he wanted to tell everyone. During these five wars, the hatred between Qin and Wei had already reached an unending level, but neither side seemed to have the strength to annex the other.
"Even so, we have never destroyed the Qin State." Wei Zheng said, "You know, our Wei State was the overlord at the beginning, and it would be easy to destroy the Qin State.
But we didn’t do it, but what about Qin? He destroyed my country Wei. "
Qin An sighed and said, "You are right. At that time, Qin was the weakest country among the six countries, but Wei was the most powerful among the seven countries. It was fully capable of destroying Qin."
"Sir also said that we could destroy Qin, but we didn't do it, but Qin did. They are ungrateful." Wei Zheng yelled. XiuShu.com
Gan Luo and others frowned slightly.
It only took about a hundred years for this incident to happen. Everyone knows this. Because Wei State tried to strengthen itself through reforms during the period of Wei Wenhou, its national strength increased greatly, and it successfully seized the land of Hexi from Qin State.
At that time, the Qin State was relatively weak due to civil strife, and finally lost the land west of Hexi.
Fortunately, the State of Qin began to implement reforms during the period of Qin Xiangong, and its national strength gradually recovered, and finally regained the land west of Hexi.
This reform was the famous Shang Yang's reform in history, which made Qin stronger and stronger. In the end, Ying Zheng used the foundation laid by the sixth king of Qin to destroy the six countries and unify China.
Qin An sighed and said: "Wei Zheng, your vision is a bit short-sighted. Didn't the Wei State want to destroy the Qin State back then?
It’s not that they can’t or they don’t want to, it’s that they don’t want to. "
"Why not? With such a great opportunity, why didn't our ancestors destroy Qin? I can't figure it out?" Wei Zheng said.
"It's very simple." Qin An said, "Wei wants to destroy Qin and the other five countries will not agree.
You have to know that the Wei State was a powerful country at that time. It not only had the strength to destroy Qin and Qin, but also had the strength to destroy Qi, Yan, South Korea and other countries. However, the Wei State was different from the Qin State. There is no strength to destroy the six countries.
You must know that the soldiers of Wei Wu at that time were the strongest soldiers in the world, and they were famous. There are detailed introductions to them in history.
But the Wei State with such an army perished in the end. Do you know the reason? "
"Why?" It was Gan Luo who asked, "According to what Mr. Wei said, such a powerful Wei State should have the best chance of unifying the six countries. Why did they still fail?"
Many people have doubts. Everyone has studied the history of the Seven Kingdoms during the Warring States Period, and knows some about the reasons for their strength and the reasons for their weakness in the end.
But if they are asked to speak, they can only say that the king of their country is ignorant, has a brain drain, is not united enough, etc.
However, what they were thinking about was how Qin An, a later generation, would evaluate the reasons for the destruction of the Six Kingdoms.
Wei Zheng, the current King of Wei, also wants to know how future generations will evaluate his Wei state.
"Sir, just say it, it's okay. Now that the Wei Kingdom has been destroyed, if I want to restore the country, I also need to know why the Wei Dynasty has declined so much in a hundred years, so that I can learn from the past and avoid making the same mistakes again."
Meng Yi sneered: "Are you still thinking about restoring the country? Have you asked me about the Meng Family Army? Have you asked about the million-strong army of the imperial court?"
Wei Zheng was not afraid of Meng Yi at all, and said: "It is true that the Qin Dynasty has millions of troops. I admit that they are very powerful, but weren't they destroyed in the end?
Speaking of luck, you, Great Qin, are very lucky. With the Imperial Master, Great Qin can prolong its national destiny.
Without the Imperial Master, you would only have four years of national destiny at most. The Second Emperor of Qin Dynasty died. This is history. There is no point in denying it. "
Meng Yi immediately showed a proud smile and said: "We are so lucky, what can you do to us?"
Looking at Meng Yi who needed a beating, Qin An was very speechless and said: "Since everyone wants to know how future generations will comment on the reasons for the decline of Wei, then I will tell you.
As a powerful country in the early Warring States period, Wei State's decline was caused by many factors.
The first is that the monarchs of Wei State were not talented enough: during their reign, the monarchs of Wei State failed to effectively govern the country and lacked the ability to rule with foresight and decisiveness.
For example, after Wei Wuhou came to power, he gradually abolished Li Kui's reforms. This move weakened the country's economic foundation and political cohesion.
After the reform in various countries, the national power has increased. When I was a child, I didn't understand why I didn't keep things that were obviously good for me.
When I grew up, I realized that every time the law was changed, the interests of a group of people were harmed. You should be able to guess which group of people they are, right? "
After everyone thought for a moment, they all had an answer in their hearts, noble.
Zhang Liang said: "After King Shang changed the law, he offended a group of Qin nobles. After the death of Qin Xiaogong, Shang Yang no longer had the protection of Qin Xiaogong. In the end, he was killed because he offended too many nobles."
"That's right." Qin An said, "It's the nobility. The reforms in the past dynasties will cause the nobility to lose a lot of benefits.
This caused them to become the biggest resistance to the reform, and the reason why the reform failed was also because of the nobles.
In the eyes of the nobles, their own interests are the most important, and national interests can be temporarily put aside.
In fact, we later generations believe that the biggest contributor to the success of Shang Yang's reform was not Shang Yang, but Qin Xiaogong, just like the biggest contributor to Li Kui's reform was not Li Kui but Wei Wenhou.
Without Qin Xiaogong's unreserved support, even if Shang Yang had great ability, he would never succeed in reforming the Qin State.
And we also believe that in fact, many things used by Shang Yang followed Li Kui's reforms.
The reason why Shang Yang's reform was successful was that the Qin kings continued to use it, while the Wei State abolished the system of Li Kui's reform after Wei Wuhou. "
Wei Zheng immediately clenched his fists, and a ball of fire suddenly appeared in his heart. In this ball of fire, there was anger, unwillingness, jealousy, etc. XiuShu.com
Wei Zheng tried hard to control his emotions and slowly said: "Sir, if Wei Wuhou also continues the reform, will he become stronger and stronger and finally unify the six countries?"
Qin An shook his head and said, "I'm not sure about this. As I just said, there are many reasons for the decline of Wei.
And I just said that the biggest contributors to the success of the reform were not those who proposed the reform, such as Shang Yang and Li Kui, but also the monarchs of some countries such as Qin Xiaogong and Wei Wenhou. "
