After traveling around China in a big circle, Su Qin convinced the kings of six countries in total, and his accompanying team grew stronger and stronger. Along the way, the king presented carriages, horses, money, gifts, etc.
He led the envoys from the six countries through the city with a grandeur comparable to that of an emperor. After leaving Chu State, Su Qin went north to return to Zhao State to resume his life. From Chu State to Zhao State, you will pass Su Qin's hometown Luoyang on the way.
For Su Qin, Luoyang is seemingly his hometown, but it also feels like a foreign land in a dream. All wanderers who travel abroad say that their hometown is thousands of miles away, but Su Qin feels that what separates him from his hometown is not thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, but indifferent human relationships.
Have you ever remembered? Su Qin failed to lobby Qin and returned to his hometown alone. The dusk is still shining, the setting sun is like blood, my home is thousands of miles away, and the mountains and rivers block the road. Su Qin was wearing leggings and straw sandals, carried on his back, looking very miserable. Gao Shi, a Tang Dynasty man, said, "Many people are tired of Su Qin's haggard appearance" (Gao Shi, "Nine Days to Reward Yan Shaofu"), which is full of misery.
Hearing that Su Qin's ostentation was very grand, the Emperor of Zhou was very frightened. He sent people to clear the roads and ordered envoys to go out of the suburbs to greet and comfort Su Qin.
Entering Luoyang, Su Qin met his long-lost family. "Historical Records" records, "Su Qin's brother Kun's wife and sister-in-law looked sideways and did not dare to look up, so they fell down to serve food" ("Historical Records: Biography of Su Qin").
This means that Su Qin was sitting in a luxurious carriage, and his family went out to greet him. His brothers, wife and sister-in-law all squinted their eyes and did not dare to raise their heads to look at Su Qin. They all fell down on the ground and served Su Qin respectfully.
Still living in the Warring States Period, still living in Luoyang, but the attitude of my family has undergone such a huge change. Seeing this scene, Su Qin was filled with emotions, which was difficult to understand for a while. Shen Yazhi, a Tang Dynasty poet, expressed the sadness in this sentence by saying, "Everyone returns home without success. In ancient times, his wife and sister-in-law laughed at Su Qin." (Shen Yazhi, "Farewell to Pang Zisu").
When she went home for the first time, her sister-in-law didn't cook, which hurt Su Qin the most. He smiled and asked his sister-in-law why she was so arrogant and rude before but now she is so respectful and respectful.
The wealthy and prosperous brother-in-law asked, and the sister-in-law felt extremely honored. She quickly fell down on the ground, bent her body like a snake, crawled in front of Su Qin, and put her cheek to the ground to express her apology, saying that Su Qin had a high status and a lot of money.
After listening to his sister-in-law's words, Su Qin couldn't restrain the sadness in his heart and said: "This person's body will be feared by relatives if he is rich and powerful, but it will be easy for him to be poor and lowly, let alone everyone!"
There is only one Su Qin in the world, and Su Qin will not change. However, people are indifferent. If you are rich, your relatives will respect you; if you are poor, your relatives will despise you. A close relative can be so snobbish, let alone an outsider with no connection!
Although he was hurt by people in his hometown, Su Qin was still magnanimous and distributed large amounts of gold and silver to relatives and friends. After the second lobbying, Su Qin borrowed 100 yuan from his neighbor for travel expenses; now that he was rich, he doubled it and paid back 1 million yuan.
All the followers received rewards, but one person did not, so he told Su Qinshen. It turns out that Su Qin didn't reward him not because he forgot to reward him but because he wanted to teach him a lesson.
Luoyang was unkind and Su Qin was deeply hurt. Su Qin can hold the boat in his heart and does not care about grudges, but this does not mean that he is not hurt in his heart. Su Qin's behavior of rewarding relatives and friends is completely a manifestation of adhering to the behavior of a gentleman.
This follower was not determined and followed Su Qin from Luoyang to Zhao State just to make a fortune. When Zhao Guo rejected Su Qin, he thought Su Qin was unreliable and backed down. After Su Qin persuaded him several times, he reluctantly followed him to Yan. After Su Qin taught him a lesson, he also gave him a reward.
After returning home in glory, Su Qin went to Zhao Kingdom with all his heart. His eloquence was far superior to that of thousands of troops. King Zhao relied heavily on him and named him Lord Wu'an. During the Warring States Period, "jun" belonged to people with extremely high social status, such as Mengchang Jun and Pingyuan Jun. This shows that King Zhao valued Su Qin.
Facing Qin's tyranny and rudeness, Su Qin wanted to give it some color, so he gave the covenant of the six kingdoms to King Hui of Qin. Su Qin means, your Qin country, don't be arrogant. Through my efforts, the six countries have been united into one. If any of the six countries of Qin is defeated, the six countries will fight together, and Qin will definitely not be the opponent of the six countries together. As Su Qin expected, Qin did not dare to spy on countries outside Hangu Pass for 15 years.
But nothing in this world is settled once and for all. Su Qin can unite vertically, and others can unite horizontally, such as Zhang Yi, Chen Zhen, and Gongsun Yan. The success of the Su-Qin alliance made Qin dare not easily launch a war, so it tried every means to destroy the alliance.
At this time, the state of Qin sent Gongsun Yan as an envoy to the state of Wei. At the same time, he deceived the king of Qi and wanted to unite Qi and Wei to attack the state of Zhao. The State of Zhao unites vertically, and the State of Qin unites horizontally.
On the seemingly fragmented map of the Warring States Period, the three kingdoms of Qin, Wei, and Qi were almost on an east-west straight line, and Zhao, Wei, and Chu were almost on a north-south straight line. If you read the map according to Chinese thinking habits, the straight line connecting the three kingdoms of Qin, Wei, and Qi is a horizontal line, and the straight line connecting the three kingdoms of Zhao, Wei, and Chu is a vertical line. If the Qin State succeeds in the succession, Qin, Wei, and Qi will act like a sword to cut off Zhao and Chu, making it impossible for Zhao and Chu to rescue each other.
Wei was already frightened by Qin, so under Gongsun Yan's threats and inducements, Wei had no choice but to compromise with Qin. Qi State is located in the east and faces Qin State far away. It is powerful and wants to dominate the world. Qin wanted to take advantage of Qi, and Qi also wanted to take advantage of Qin. To take a step back, Qi is so powerful that few other countries dare to attack it. How could it be willing to protect the weak Wei, Han, Yan and other small countries?
Gongsun Yan lived up to Qin's high expectations and successfully persuaded Wei and Qi. Qin, Wei, and Qi launched large armies to attack Zhao. Zhao was caught off guard, defeated and suffered heavy losses.
When Su Qin met the King of Zhao at that time, he was as happy as a goddess scattering flowers, ensuring that the Zhao Kingdom enjoyed the respect of the Hezong Kingdom. Now, not only did the Hezong Kingdom fail to obey Zhao's orders, but they also turned back and dealt a serious blow to Zhao.
The country suffered heavy losses, and King Zhao was very angry. He turned his anger on Su Qin and scolded Su Qin until he was bloody. King Zhao showed his power, and Su Qin requested to be sent as an envoy to the State of Yan, promising revenge on the State of Qi.
At the beginning of leaving his hometown, Su Qin thought that Hezong Daye was his home. As everyone knows, Hezong is just a bridge, and people cannot live on the bridge. After the great cause of unification was shattered, Su Qin looked at the vast world and asked secretly: Where is home?
Hezong has Zhao as the core and Su Qin as the leader. Therefore, the State of Zhao cannot live without Su Qin, and Su Qin cannot leave the State of Zhao. If Su Qin leaves Zhao State, it means that the alliance has failed. If the alliance fails, other small countries will have to find other ways to benefit themselves. King Zhao could not see through the secret and let Su Qin go, and the alliance fell apart in an instant.
After running around for several years, Su Qin tried his best to establish a vertical alliance. However, the state of Qi was capricious. Su Qin was extremely annoyed and decided to take revenge on the state of Qi.
