At that time, the Qin State dominated the princes, and there was no one in the world who could control it.
As mentioned earlier, after Fan Ju entered the Qin Dynasty and became a marquis and worshiped the prime minister, Xu Tugong avenged his personal revenge, and his biggest enemy was naturally Wei Qi, the prime minister of Wei State. Wei Qi knew that he could not escape his guilt, so he was forced to flee to Zhao State and seek refuge in Pingyuanjun's home. Originally, Zhao State and Qin State had not yet started the Changping War, and Zhao State was not afraid of Qin State, so Wei Qi's safety was guaranteed for a while. Unexpectedly, the Qin State actually lured Lord Pingyuan to the Qin State and placed him under house arrest. At the same time, he also sent an envoy to King Zhao and said: "Only if Wei Qi's head is brought, Qin will let Lord Pingyuan go." At that time, Zhao heard that King Qin was so threatening, how could he dare to take Wei Qi in? He was immediately driven out of Zhao. Only Yu Qing, the prime minister of the current dynasty, directly gave up his position as prime minister of Zhao State and fled to Daliang with Wei Qi. The intention was very obvious, and he wanted to go to Chu State through Lord Xinling.
Lord Xinling is different from Yu Qing. He has three thousand diners under his command, hundreds of thousands of people in his fiefdom, and many important things for the country. If he helps Wei Qi, he will definitely arouse Fan Ju's jealousy. , Qin State also had an excuse to attack Wei State. Wei State, which was already in decline, was bound to get worse. So, when these two people came to seek refuge with Lord Xinling, Lord Xinling was hesitant and did not dare to meet them without permission. He also found an excuse to ask the guest: "I wonder what kind of person this Yu Qing is. ? Can you trust him?" At this time, Hou Ying was next to Lord Xinling. Seeing that Lord Xinling wanted to let it go, Hou Ying said: "My husband, Yu Qing, was creeping under the eaves of the mantle. When he saw King Zhao, he gave him a white jade. One pair, one hundred yi of gold; see him again, and he will be your minister; three times, he will receive the seal of the Prime Minister, and be granted the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Households. At this time, everyone in the world wants to get to know him. Wei Qi is much poorer than Yu Qing, However, Yu Qing did not miss his high position, salary, fame and status. Instead, he returned the prime minister's seal to King Zhao, donated ten thousand households to marquis, and fled to another country with Wei Qi. People with urgent needs needed to surrender to the young master, but the young master said how he was People. Although people are not easy to understand, it is not difficult to understand a person."
After hearing this, Lord Xinling felt very ashamed and drove his car to the wild to greet them. Wei Qi heard that Lord Xinling did not want to see him at first, and that he had also caused Lord Pingyuan and Yu Qing to suffer and suffered unreasonable disasters. The Qin country was so powerful that it was impossible to escape anyway, so he committed suicide in anger. When King Zhao heard the news, he sent someone to take Wei Qi's head and replace him with Pingyuan Jun. Lord Xinling has always been worried about this matter, so much so that even after many years, he still feels guilty when he mentions it.
Lord Xinling hesitated to help Wei Qi precisely because he considered that personal honor and disgrace were insignificant compared to the rise and fall of the country. It can be seen that he is not ambiguous at all on national affairs.
More than ten years after King Anli of Wei came to the throne, Qi and Chu made an alliance to attack Wei together. It happened that Tang Ju sent an envoy to Qin at this time and persuaded King Qin Zhaoxiang to send troops, and Wei was saved. But this King of Wei was an ignorant and short-sighted man. Seeing that Qin was strong and had help, he decided to be close to Qin and join forces to attack South Korea. No one in Wei could dissuade him.
Only Lord Xinling knew in his heart that Qin was a country of tigers and wolves, with the intention of sweeping the world, encompassing the universe, encompassing the four seas, and annexing the eight wastelands. Then he discussed the general trend of the world to the king of Wei, in order to dissuade Wei from being friendly to Qin:
"The customs of Qin people and Di Rong are so similar. They have the hearts of tigers and wolves, they are greedy and fierce, and they are greedy for fame and fortune. They never talk about credibility, and they don't care about etiquette, justice and virtue. They don't know anything about it. They have never shown kindness to the whole world. , accumulate great virtues. As long as things are good for them, the people of Qin will be like animals, even their brothers will not be spared. This is a thing known to everyone in the world. For example, Wei Ran, the Marquis of Rang, was originally the uncle of King Qin. It can be said that he took great credit, but the greedy Qin State expelled him from Xianyang for his own sake and died in a foreign land. The two younger brothers of the King of Qin have always stayed on their own terms and made no mistakes, but their fiefdoms have been repeatedly weakened by the King of Qin. The Qin State treats its closest relatives. , can be so ruthless and righteous, let alone the enemy's country? Now the king and Qin are jointly attacking South Korea, as long as South Korea does not pose any threat to Qin, and Qin has also gained enough benefits in the process, The Wei State will be closer to the Qin State, which is a sea of fire and a special danger. I am particularly puzzled. Why did the king choose to unite with the Qin State to threaten his own country? The king does not understand this reason because he is ignorant. I did not come to report to you. This truth is disloyalty.”
If at the beginning, King Wei was dissatisfied when he heard that Lord Xinling opposed his alliance with Qin, now, King Wei feels convinced. Without Lord Xinling, he would have made another mistake. Lord Xinling saw that his dissuasion had been effective, so he further said: "Today's South Korea is just surviving under the rule of orphans and widowed mothers. Your Majesty should know that South Korea will continue to decline. Besides, South Korea still needs peace and harmony. The powerful armies of Qin and Wei are at war. How long can it sustain such internal and external troubles? Once Korea is destroyed, Qin will inevitably occupy the land of the original Zheng State, which is adjacent to Daliang. Then Wei will Like a sheep entering the tiger's mouth, Qin may one day cause trouble for Wei. What can the king do to stop it? The king's intention is good. I know that the king just wants to take back the land of Wei. But even if If Wei and Qin are in alliance, will Qin just sit back and watch Wei become stronger?"
In just a few words, Lord Xinling bluffed King Wei, and Lord Xinling continued: "Qin is not a peaceful country. After the fall of South Korea, there will be another trouble. If there is another trouble, it must be easy." If you are looking for easy and favorable targets, you must not go to Chu and Zhao. Why? If you have to cross the mountains and the Yellow River, and then pass through Shangdang in South Korea to attack Zhao, this is a repeat of the First World War. The Qin State will definitely not repeat the same mistake. If it takes the road from Hanoi, turns its back on Yecheng and Chaoge, crosses the Zhang River and Fu River, and fights the Zhao army on the outskirts of Handan, it will encounter the same disaster as Zhibo. Qin Naturally, the state did not dare to do this. To attack Chu, one had to pass through Shigu and march three thousand miles. The road was far away and the target was not easy to capture. Qin would not do this either. If you take the road outside the river, with your back to Daliang, on the right are Shangcai and Zhao Ling, and fought a decisive battle with the Chu army on the outskirts of Chen City, but Qin did not dare. Therefore, Qin will definitely not attack Chu and Zhao first, let alone Wei and Qi."
In fact, after Lord Xinling analyzed it to this point, King Wei already knew the situation in Wei. Lord Xinling continued: "After the fall of Korea, when Qin sent troops, no country other than Wei could attack. Qin already occupied Huaiyi and other places. If it built a city in Qinjin and approached Hanoi, then Hanoi's communists would The city and Ji are bound to be in danger; the Qin State occupies the old land of Zheng State, and after gaining Yuanyong City, Yingze will be separated, and the water will flood the beams, and the beams will fall. It is a mistake for the king's envoys to go to Qin, and in Qin The state slandered the Anling clan, and the Qin state had long wanted to kill it. Qin's Yeyang and Kunyang lands are adjacent to Wei's Wuyang. If envoys were allowed to slander the Anling clan, the Qin army would bypass them. If Wuyang goes to the north and approaches Xu’s homeland from the east, then the south will definitely be in danger and Wei will definitely fall into a dangerous situation.”
In addition, Lord Xinling also discussed the relationship between private individuals and the state. He knew that King Wei and the Korean royal family were at odds with each other, so he said: "It's okay to hate Korea and dislike the Anling family, but what Wei needs to worry about more is , the State of Qin chose to attack the State of Wei. In the past, the State of Qin was in the hometown of the State of Jin in Hexi. It was thousands of miles away from Daliang. It was blocked by the Yellow River and high mountains, and separated by Zhou and Han. Since the battle of Linxiang, the State of Qin has attacked Wei The Qin army invaded Qinzhong five times out of seven times. After conquering the border cities, they destroyed Wentai, burned the capital, cut down the trees, hunted all the elk, and surrounded the capital. The Qin army reached the north of Daliang and attacked Taotao in the east. The outskirts of the two cities of Wei and Wei went north to Pingjian. What was lost to the Qin State were mountains south and north, outside the river and inside the river, dozens of large counties, and hundreds of famous capitals. When the Qin State was a thousand miles away from Daliang, It has already caused such disasters. What's more, let Qin destroy South Korea and occupy the homeland of Zheng. Without the obstruction of the Yellow River and mountains, the Eastern and Western Zhou Dynasties and South Korea can no longer stop the Qin army. When the Qin army leaves The beam is only a hundred miles away, so as long as they march eastwards, great disaster will surely come to Wei."
In fact, the reason why King Wei wanted to choose an alliance with Qin was just for the one-third of the land occupied by South Korea. Therefore, Lord Xinling re-proposed the idea of a vertical alliance. He said: "In the past, joint verticals rarely achieved It succeeded because Chu and Wei did not trust each other and South Korea was unwilling to join the alliance. Now South Korea has been suffering from war for three years. Qin forced it to submit and make peace with itself. Although South Korea knew it was going to die, it refused to obey and instead The hostages were sent to the State of Zhao to express their willingness to fight to the death with the State of Qin. The State of Chu and the State of Zhao must gather their armies to help. They both knew that the State of Qin was eyeing the various vassal states and had great ambitions. The only option was to completely destroy all the vassal states in the world and destroy the sea. Only when all the people surrender to Qin will they give up. Therefore, I am willing to repay the king with the idea of joining the vertical. The king should immediately accept the alliance between Chu and Zhao and take hostages of South Korea to protect South Korea. In this way, South Korea will claim land. South Korea will definitely Return it. In this way, the army and the people can regain the old territory without any hard work. The effect will be greater than that of attacking South Korea with Qin, and there will be no harm from being a neighbor of the powerful Qin."
Finally, Lord Xinling also discussed the pros and cons to Wei from the pros and cons of preserving Korea and losing Korea: "Preserving Korea is beneficial to Wei. This is a good opportunity given to the king by God. Open Gongcheng and Ningyi to Korea Shangdang's road, let this road pass through Ancheng, and issue a decree to make merchants entering and leaving pay taxes. This is like Wei Guo using South Korea's Shangdang as a mortgage. With these taxes, the national treasury can be filled, and South Korea will definitely be grateful to Wei , In this way, South Korea will definitely not dare to do things that are unfavorable to Wei, such as rebelling against Wei. So far, South Korea is actually no longer independent, but has become a county of Wei. Wei has obtained South Korea as its Prefectures and counties, Daliang, Weiguo, Hewai and other areas must be defended, and Qin will not dare to conquer without authorization. If South Korea is not preserved, Anling will also be surrounded by Qin's heavy troops in the east and west weeks, and then perish. After the defeat of Chu and Zhao, there will be no country in the world that is not afraid of Qin. With all the heroes restrained and the princes supporting them, Qin will soon be able to dominate the world."
Under the loyal advice of Lord Xinling, King Wei finally decided not to establish an alliance with Qin and not attack South Korea for the time being. Unfortunately, South Korea was eventually destroyed by King Qin, and five years later, Wei was also destroyed. But what can be concluded is that Lord Xinling was a prince of the Wei Kingdom, but he was not pampered or short-sighted. Instead, he had a far-sighted strategic vision and was worthy of being an outstanding military strategist respected by future generations.
