It is very dangerous for a minister or a general to have high merit and surpass the master, so accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger. King Qin is also often worried that his throne will be taken away by other ministers or powerful generals. At the moment, he doesn't trust anyone but himself.
At the end of the Warring States Period, Han Fei, a master of Legalism, proposed the theory of the Eight Traitors. The first is bedfellow; the second is beside; the third is father and brother; the fourth is support; the fifth is cute people; the sixth is popular; the seventh is powerful; the eighth is four directions. The person who is sleeping with me is a noble lady. She is favored and courteous. She is skillful in flattery and beautiful in appearance. This is exactly what the king is fascinated by. While the king is at ease and happy, and intoxicated with wine, they seek what they want and make the king obey their methods. As ministers, they bribed them with gold and jade through insiders to confuse the monarch; on the side, they promoted superior dwarfs and trusted followers. The king agrees without giving an order, and promises without instructing. Understand the king's intentions in advance, and sense the king's thoughts in advance by observing his words and expressions. Acting in unison, with the same tone, unified voice and behavior to change the king's mind, they still use the same means to bribe the king's ministers with gold and silver, do some illegal things, and influence the king's governance; father and brother are uncles and brothers, they are all kings The closest people are the ministers and officials, who are consulted and planned by the king. The ministers would serve the king's uncles and brothers with music or beautiful women, use sweet words to win over other ministers and officials, and make suggestions together at critical moments. Yangshang means that the king likes to decorate his palace, terraces and pools, and he likes to dress up beautiful women, dogs and horses to please the eyes. The ministers use their people's energy to decorate the palaces and pools, add more wealth and wealth to dress up the beautiful women, dogs and horses. In this way, they entertain the king and disturb his mind, obey his desires, and mix in their own interests. People's Meng means that ministers distribute public property to please the people. , do small favors to win the hearts and minds of the people, and inspire the people of the court and the people to praise themselves, so as to deceive the king and achieve their own ulterior purposes; popular means that the king is stuffy and does not communicate with him, rarely hears the comments of his ministers, and is easily Moved by sweet words. Ministers will seek out eloquent people from other countries. Support the eloquent people in the country, let them lobby for their own interests, use beautiful words and fluent rhetoric, use favorable situations to induce the king, use disasters to intimidate the king, and make up false words to harm the king; prestige Strong means that the ruler relies on the officials and the people to form a strong power. If the officials and the people like it, the king will like it. If the officials and the people do not like it, the king will not like it. The minister recruits knights or supports desperadoes, shows off his power, and advocates that those who obey him will definitely gain, and those who do not obey him will definitely die. In this way, they intimidate the people and ministers to achieve their own intentions; the four directions are the kings of the country, and the small country serves the big country, and the soldiers The weak are afraid of fighting against the strong. When a big country blackmails a small country, the small country will definitely obey; when a strong army suppresses the border, a weak army will definitely obey. As ministers, they increase taxes and taxes, exhaust money and food, weaken their own country to serve the big country, and seek help from the big country's army to suppress the border and threaten the country. To put it simply, envoys from great powers were repeatedly introduced to frighten the king and force him to fear.
These eight traitors are the source of trouble and must be guarded against. Lord Wu'an was the God of War in the Qin State. He basically won every battle in the southern and northern wars, and made immortal achievements, even far surpassing the King of Qin. Among the large army, we only know that there is Lord Wu'an but not King Qin. If he were to let him lead the army again, not all the entire army of Qin State would be in the hands of Lord Wu'an. If Lord Wu An or one of the generals under Lord Wu An had different intentions, the Qin State would be in danger. How could the old and suspicious King Qin tolerate it, so a vicious plan was devised.
The King of Qin sat in front of the table and pondered for a long time, and said: "You can hide the armored soldiers in the back court, and the widows will recruit Wu'an Jun into the palace, in the name of going to Hexi. When Wu'an Jun enters the palace, he will throw the cup as a sign, and the armored soldiers will When you come out, you can chop Lord Wu'an into pieces." Qin Xiang still said the same words: "Your Majesty, you are wise." King Qin looked at Qin Xiang, so that Qin Xiang did not dare to raise his head and look directly into his eyes, and there was already cold sweat on his forehead. Risk. At this time, King Qin said: "Leave this matter to Xiangbang to go down and make arrangements." Prime Minister Qin bowed and bowed out: "I will go down and make arrangements right now."
In Wu'an Jun's Mansion, Wu An Jun gathered military advisors and generals at Wu'an Jun's Mansion to discuss countermeasures. Lord Wu An sat in front of several cases and said: "I just received military information from Hexi. Our Qin army fought with the Wei army in Shaoliang and was defeated and returned to defend the city. The Wei army besieged our Hexi city. Hexi is in danger. Later, we will I want to enter the palace to meet the king." The military advisor stood up and said, "Jun Wu An, do you think the king will still believe you?" Lord Wu An was confused and asked, "What does the military advisor mean by this?" The military advisor replied: " When it comes to marching and fighting, you are invincible. You are not as good as the prime minister in understanding the king's thoughts or serving as an official in the court. Now the King of Qin is ambushing armored soldiers in the back court, and he will chop you into pieces as soon as you enter the palace of the King of Qin. " Lord Wu'an. Startled, he left several cases and stepped forward, saying: "This is true." The military advisor replied: "Because I use money to bribe the servants in the palace of Qin and control every move of King Qin." Lord Wu An walked out and said: "I, Mr. Bai, I fought for the Qin Dynasty through life and death, conquered east and west, and was loyal. I believe that the king will not kill me." The military advisor stood behind Lord Wu An and said, "The king is suspicious, and Lord Wu An has military power in his hands. How can the king trust you? Such great achievements shocked the Lord!" Lord Wu An turned to the military advisor and asked, "In view of the military advisor's wishes, what should I do?" The military advisor replied, "Regicide." Lord Wu An backed away in shock and said, "No, this is ten million. No."
The military advisor stood aside and said: "Jun Wu An, do you know how the real Lord Wu An Bai Qi died?" Lord Wu An asked: "How did Bai Qi die?" The military advisor said: "Forty-seven King Qin Zhaoxiang In 260 BC (260 BC), the Qin army severely damaged the main force of the Zhao army in Changping and killed 400,000 soldiers. After that, they submitted a letter to the King of Qin and took advantage of the great loss of Zhao's vitality to attack Handan, the capital of Zhao. The country can be destroyed. In response to the jealousy of Hou Fan Sui, Han and Zhao were allowed to cede territory and sue for peace. After the battle of Changping, Qin's military strength was greatly damaged. It took this opportunity to sue for peace to rest and recuperate. After allowing the withdrawal of troops, Qin agreed to Zhao's sue for peace. . After a few months, the king of Zhao went against his promise and refused to cede the territory. King Qin was angry and launched an army to attack Handan, the capital of Zhao. However, after being unable to capture it for a long time, he ordered Bai Qi to continue attacking Handan, the capital of Zhao. The army shared the same hatred and had no chance of victory. They were repeatedly rejected. This move angered the King of Qin and offended Fan Sui. He was exempted from the army and sentenced to death by Du You. Your experience today is exactly the same as that of Bai Qi back then. If it were the king There must be a conspiracy in calling you into the palace." Seeing that Lord Wu An was still hesitant, the military advisor said, "Jun Wu An, my subordinates have chosen an assassin for you, and he can accompany you into the palace." Lord Wu An walked up to where he was sitting. Before the case, he said: "This is definitely not possible. Regicide is a serious crime of rebellion." The military advisor knelt in front of Lord Wu An and said: " Lord Wu An! I will bear the crime of regicide with all my strength, and I am willing to die to apologize. ." Then he pulled out the long sword from his waist and killed himself, falling down. Lord Wu An stood up in surprise and exclaimed: "Military advisor!" He walked up and said, "Military advisor." The military advisor trembled slightly and said, "After success, I will assist Prince Chu to ascend to power." Lord Wu An said, "Okay, I promise you." Then he said He said: "My body must be hung in the city..." He died before he finished speaking.
As expected, the ministers around King Qin went to Lord Wu'an's house to summon Lord Wu'an to the palace. Lord Wu'an pretended to be ill and refused to go, so the ministers returned to Qin's palace empty-handed. The King of Qin asked: "What? Lord Wu'an did not come with you." The minister replied: " Lord Wu'an is seriously ill and cannot come." King Qin said angrily: " Lord Wu'an is clearly resisting the decree. He dares to resist the decree. ." Prime Minister Qin stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down." King Qin looked at Prime Minister Qin and said, "What can the Prime Minister do?" Prime Minister Qin said to King Qin, "I have recommended Lord Wu'an several times. Are you kind to Lord Wu'an? Go and invite me." King Qin sat down again and said, "Xiangbang, you can go."
The Prime Minister of Qin exited the palace of Qin and entered Lord Wu'an's mansion. He met Lord Wu'an and said, "Jun Wu'an, I heard that you are ill. I'm here to send my greetings on behalf of the king. Has Lord Wu'an's condition improved?" Lord Wu'an sat in front of several cases. He kept looking at Prime Minister Qin and said with a half-smile, "Prime Minister, please stay." Prime Minister Qin tested Mr. Wu An and said, "What do you mean by Mr. Wu An?" Mr. Wu An waved his hand. Soldiers rushed in and stood on both sides. Lord Wu An's expression suddenly changed and he said, "Please invite the Prime Minister down." Soldiers stood on both sides and said, "Please." Prime Minister Qin pointed at Lord Wu An angrily and said, " Lord Wu An, you, you, you want to rebel. "Wu Anjun walked up, looked at Qin Xiang with his eyes and said: "You guessed it right, this is all forced by you, it is better to strike first." Facing the armored soldiers on the left and right, he said: "Take it down and take good care of it."
After saying that, he walked out of Wu'an Jun's Mansion and brought an assassin into the Qin Palace. He was stopped by two guards in front of the Qin Palace gate and said: "It can't enter." Wu An Jun stepped forward and angrily yelled at the guards standing on both sides. , said: "This is the counselor I recommended to the king. Don't you allow it?" The guards could only walk away and stand on both sides. After they walked in together, the palace door was closed. Lord Wu An knelt down with the assassin and said, "Your Majesty." King Qin sat in front of several cases, looked at Lord Wu An who was kneeling under the hall, and asked, "Jun Wu An, who is it?" Lord Wu An looked at King Qin and said "This is the counselor Tian Guang recommended by me to the king. He has a plan to defeat the enemy and tells the king." The assassin raised the slip and said: "Your Majesty, someone has three strategies to defeat the enemy." King Qin said happily: " Present it." The assassin raised the slip and knelt up. King Qin just stared at the letter held up by the assassin and ignored the murderous look in its eyes. The assassin suddenly raised his eyes and looked at King Qin who was sitting in front of several cases. King Qin was frightened by the murderous look in its eyes. He stood up, jumped forward, pulled out the sharp blade from the bamboo slip, and pierced King Qin's heart. King Qin turned over and fell to the ground, dead. The armored soldiers who had been ambushed behind the courtyard rushed out. Lord Wu An quickly ran up, grabbed the sharp blade, cut off the assassin's head, raised the insect's head and said, "It is an assassin sent by the State of Wei. It should be beheaded to assassinate the king." He ordered these armored soldiers to be killed. Somewhat confused. Lord Wu'an looked at these armored soldiers. He was not angry but was intimidated. These armored soldiers were frightened. Lord Wu An said: "You all should step back."
Lord Wu An walked down, looked back at King Qin who was lying in a pool of blood, looked around the palace of Qin, walked out of the palace of Qin, and shouted: "The king has been assassinated, the king has been assassinated." The princes, nobles and the ministers around King Qin rushed into King Qin together. Palace, knelt down and cried: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty." The princes and nobles looked at Wu Anjun who was standing aside, and said, "What insect assassinated your Majesty?" Jun Wu An looked at the headless corpse lying in front of the cases and said : "The assassin sent by Wei State." These princes and nobles looked at the headless corpse from a few cases ago, pulled out the long sword at the waist, and slashed wildly at the headless corpse, only to see a hot My heart rolled down the stone steps, still beating. The princes and nobles knelt down and stepped forward together, saying: "Wu'an Lord, please send troops to attack Wei." Wu'an Lord said: "It is difficult to send troops when the country is in mourning." A nobleman said: "Wu'an Lord is a minister that the king relies on. We Everyone listens to Lord Wu An." Lord Wu An stood in front of them and said: "The most urgent task is to establish a new monarch to stabilize the overall situation." The noble asked: "Who will Lord Wu An appoint?"
