Lü Buwei was a businessman, the status of merchants in the Warring States period was low, the merchants, farmers, industrialists, and merchants ranked last, when Lü Buwei found in the Zhao Kingdom that the Qin princes and princes were hostages, he felt that the strange goods could be lived, and he keenly felt that the time had come to change his status with the eyes of a businessman, so Lü Buwei made a big gamble, in today's words, Lü Buwei took the Yiyi people as an investment product, and invested in the Yiyi people with all his wealth as a chip to improve his status in the future.
Lü Buwei became an investment company, and Yi yiren became a startup company invested by Lü Buwei, and the common interests tied the two people tightly together, even when faced with the infidel asking for his concubine, Lü Buwei still did not hesitate to dedicate it to the yiren, all because Lü Buwei had invested in the yiren, he had no way back, he had to go to the end.
Lü Buwei and Yin Yiren
Lü Buwei used a series of merchant means to successfully push Yi Yiren to the throne of the prince of Qin, An Guojun, and the yiren changed his name to Zi Chu, only to please Lady Huayang, the right wife of An Guojun, after the death of King Qin Zhaoxiang, An Guojun became the King of Qin, this is The King of Qin Xiaowen, after a year of filial piety, King Xiaowen of Qin died of illness after only three days as the King of Qin, and after that, it was The King of Qin who became the King of Qin, which was the King of Qin ZhuangXiang.
The merchant Lü Buwei succeeded, he waited for this day, Zi Chu became the King of Qin, so he fulfilled the promise of that year, sealed Lü Buwei as Xiangguo, Lü Buwei jumped from a businessman to a Xiangguo under one person and above ten thousand people, and his status changed dramatically, Lü Buwei's original investment became a rich political return, the return on investment exceeded a hundred times, in the words of Lü Buwei's father, the return on investment was innumerable times.
Consort Chu ascended the throne as King Xiang of Qinzhuang
The State of Qin in the Lü Buwei period was the first powerful country in the world in the late Warring States period, Lü Buwei served as the Xiangguo of the world's first powerful country, and its status was even higher than that of the monarchs of various princely states, King Xiang of Qin Zhuang not only sealed Lü Buwei as a Xiangguo, but also sealed 100,000 households in Luoyang, Henan Province, to Lü Buwei as a food yi, which was the largest reward in China's feudal society, and the food of 100,000 households was equivalent to a small princely state, and Lü Buwei became a political celebrity with extremely high political status and countless wealth from a low-status businessman, showing Lü Buwei's super high wisdom and ability.
King Xiang of Qin zhuang only served for three years before he died of illness, and the year when Yingzheng became the king of Qin was only 13 years old, Lü Buwei began to assist the qin king as a Xiangguo to govern the country, and the auxiliary government was actually to exercise political power on behalf of the king of Qin, and then returned to the qin king after the qin king took the throne, at this time Lü Buwei was actually the highest decision-maker of the qin state, his power reached its peak, named Xiang Guo, and the power in his hands was actually the power of the king of Qin.
Lü Buwei's investment was successful
People at the peak of their power will inevitably have a hot head, and at this time, Lü Buwei actually embarked on a road of no return, and once the power of any dynasty's ministers exceeded that of the monarch, it reached a dangerous point, and Lü Buwei made two mistakes:
The first was to have an affair with Empress Dowager Zhao Ji.
The second was to give Concubine Yi to Empress Dowager Zhao Ji.
When King Xiang of Qin Zhuang died, Yingzheng was already 13 years old, this age was only a junior high school student today, but in ancient times it was already the age of starting a family, and Yingzheng at this age actually understood things, but Lü Buwei still had an affair with the empress, Yingzheng could not know at all, from the experience of Yingzheng's life, he was a very smart person, but at that time, Yingzheng did not have pro-government, did not have any power, he could not overthrow Lü Buwei at all, he could only watch all this silently.
Including the relationship between Yan Yi and Zhao Ji, as well as the rebellion of Chang Yi, judging from the subsequent developments, the Qin King Yingzheng had long been prepared, and when Yan Yi led the army to attack the Fenian Palace, the Qin King Yingzheng had already made all preparations, ordering Changping Jun and Chang Wenjun to mobilize troops to attack Yan Yi, and the matter of mobilizing the army required time to plan and arrange, only Yingzheng knew all this long ago to make such arrangements, and it should be noted that at the time of the Rebellion of Yan Yi, Lü Buwei's position as Xiangguo had been replaced by Changping Jun.
Yan Yi and Zhao Ji
If it were not for the fact that Qin Wang Yingzheng had long known about the affairs between Lü Buwei, Yan Yi, and Zhao Ji, how could it have been arranged so coincidentally, knowing that the day when Qin Wang Yingzheng launched the rebellion was the first day that Qin Wang Yingzheng held a coming-of-age ceremony to prepare for pro-government, but after all, there was no pro-government, which shows that before pro-government, Qin Wang Yingzheng had already done quite a lot of work to prevent and prepare for all this, and this was the most terrible place for Qin Wang Yingzheng.
In the year of the rebellion, the King of Qin, Yingzheng, was already 20 years old, according to ancient sayings, he was already an adult, and Yingzheng was able to arbitrarily decide the program as soon as he pro-government, which showed that Yingzheng had enough ability to cope with all this, and what he was extremely afraid of was that Yingzheng probably knew all this a few years ago, and had been bearing the burden of humiliation, waiting for this day, and swept away Lü Buwei and Yan Yi and other forces.
The Qin king Yingzheng adopted a prudent political means to deal with it, first destroying the rebellious Concubine Yi, denouncing his three tribes, removing Lü Buwei from his official position, and letting him return to the fiefdom, because Lü Buwei could not be killed directly, mainly for the following reasons:
Lü Buwei and Zhao Ji
1, Lü Buwei's credit is very large.
It can be said that without Lü Buwei, Yingzheng would not have been able to become the King of Qin, and Lü Buwei had great merits in recreating Yingzheng and his father, Zi Chu, including Yingzheng's mother Zhao Ji, who was once Lü Buwei's concubine, and this merit could not be denied, nor could it be directly erased, otherwise it would chill the heart of the hero, so Yingzheng took a safe approach, first dismissing Lü Buwei from office, on the grounds that Yan Yi's rebellion was implicated.
Yan Yi was originally given to Zhao Ji by Lü Buwei, and the rebellion and rebellion of Concubine Yi were inseparable from Lü Buwei, who originally used Concubine Yi to deal with Empress Dowager Zhao Ji, and as a result, he attracted a political opponent to himself and implicated himself, which Lü Buwei did not expect.
Lü Buwei's credit is very high
2. Lü Buwei was the middle father of The King of Qin.
"History of Lü Buwei Lie": King Zhuang Xiang reigned for three years, Xue, the crown prince zhengli became the king, and Zun Lü Buwei was the Xiangguo, known as "Zhongfu".
The history books clearly record that Yingzheng called Lü Buwei as Zhongfu, which is both an honorific title and an honor, although Zhongfu was not his biological father, he also had a special relationship, and the society at that time attached great importance to filial piety, and when Qin Wang Yingzheng imprisoned his mother, he was constantly advised, even at the risk of being killed.
If Qin Wang Yingzheng dared to kill Lü Buwei directly, it would be to risk the world and violate the social morality of the standards at that time, so Qin Wang Yingzheng could only adopt a gentle method to deal with Lü Buwei, that is, to remove him from office, just remove him from office.
Lü Buwei was the middle father of The Prince of Qin
3. Lü Buwei was very powerful in the DPRK.
Lü Buwei served as Xiangguo for 3 years during the xiangwang period of Qin Zhuang, served as Xiangguo for 7 years during the reign of King Yingzheng of Qin, served as Xiangguo of Qin for a total of 10 years, and held the power of Qin for nearly 10 years, Lü Buwei must have cultivated a large number of his own cronies, to know that Lü Buwei only had thousands of disciples, and there were nearly 10,000 slaves in his family, Lü Buwei also organized a group of people to compile "Lü's Spring and Autumn", and his talents were abundant, including the later Li Si, who was Lü Buwei's disciples.
"History of Lü Buwei Lie": The king wanted to curse the country, for his honor of the first king gongda, and the guest debaters were many lobbyists, and the king could not bear to give the law.
The history books clearly record that The Qin King Yingzheng wanted to kill Lü Buwei, but because Lü Buwei had a great merit, and at the same time many guests and discerners interceded for Lü Buwei, the Qin King Yingzheng did not kill Lü Buwei for the sake of safety, but only removed him from his official position.
Qin Wang Yingzheng was moved to kill
Qin Wang Yingzheng dismissed Lü Buwei from his official post, does not mean that Lü Buwei was spared, but there is a backhand, plus after Lü Buwei was dismissed, living in Luoyang, every day there are guests from all over the world to visit Lü Buwei, which caused great hidden dangers to the Qin state, because Lü Buwei knows too many secrets of the Qin state, Qin Wang Yingzheng is not at ease, so he wrote a letter to Lü Buwei, the content is only 30 words, it is like this:
What merit did Jun he owe to Qin? Qin Fengjun Henan, eating 100,000 households. Why is Jun he pro-Qin? Known as the middle father. He and his family moved to Shu!
This is a naked accusation: What credit do you have to the Qin state? The State of Qin sealed you in Henan and gave you 100,000 households of food. What is your blood relationship with the King of Qin? And known as the middle father. You and your family moved to Shudi to live.
The King of Qin ostensibly let Lü Buwei move to live in Shu land, in fact, it was exile, as already mentioned earlier, the King of Qin, Yingzheng, was inconvenient to directly order Lü Buwei to be killed, but could only punish Lü Buwei step by step, Lü Buwei and Yingzheng were both smart people, and smart people could understand it at once, the King of Qin was ostensibly exiled to Lü Buwei, but in fact he was moved to kill, but the King of Qin could not directly kill Lü Buwei, he could only use euphemisms to force Lü Buwei, and the best outcome was to force Lü Buwei to commit suicide.
The Qin kings and politicians regained the throne
Outsiders saw from this 30-word letter that the King of Qin wanted to blame Lü Buwei and wanted to exile him, but what Lü Buwei saw was the killing heart of the King of Qin. The qin king's methods of dealing with Lü Buwei were aggravated step by step, first dismissed from office, then exiled, and finally forced to commit suicide, creating a feeling to outsiders that Lü Buwei committed suicide, not that the King of Qin wanted to kill him.
Is there no other way for Lü Buwei? Do you have to commit suicide?
Of course, under the pressure of the King of Qin's steps, Lü Buwei only had two directions, one was to obey the will of the King of Qin, move to Shudi, and continue to accept punishment, Lü Buwei was a wise man, he saw far, he understood that continuing to accept punishment was still a death, it was better to commit suicide now, and he could also save the whole body of the family and himself, as well as the meritorious name behind him, so he chose to drink and die.
Lü Buwei drank poisoned wine and died
The second is to defect to the Six Kingdoms against the Qin State, so that the achievements made by Lü Buwei's exhaustive life's efforts will disappear, and once Lü Buwei rebels against the Qin State, he will become a traitor like Yan Yi, and all traces of him in the Qin State will be erased, including the "Lü's Spring and Autumn" may not be passed down, and the entire family will be persecuted, which Lü Buwei can think of and does not want to see at the same time, so he can only choose to drink and die.
From strange goods to drinking and dying, Lü Buwei created a legend of a businessman, in a high position of power, Lü Buwei will inevitably make mistakes, relatively speaking, suicide is already his best ending.