This is the second article of Qin Cesi in the "Warring States Policy", "Xue Gong entered Wei and came out of Qi Nu", the main content is to say that after Meng Weijun left Qi State, in order to fight against Qi State, he agreed to serve as the Minister of Wei, and the first thing he asked was to let King Wei divorce Qi Nu, that is, to break off the marriage with Qi State, and Han Chun suggested that King Qin win Qi Nu, so that Qi could be pressed against Wei.
Although the attention to blood relations decreased in the Warring States period, the political form of marriage was still one of the most reliable ways to form alliances, which determined that the women of the princes and royal families would become the characters who acted as political marriages.
And the marriage between the princes is not only the marriage of a woman, but also the external manifestation of the political alliance between the princes, and the influence is not just a harem woman.
The direct impact of a marriage is the game of the power of the court, and which vassal state to marry with must mean that the court has the power of the corresponding vassal state.
These people will have an impact on the situation in the entire court, and will have an impact on the decision-making of a country, although this kind of decision cannot completely deflect the direction of policy, but the deviation generated is enough to affect many things.
This is also the reason why Meng Weijun proposed to expel Qi Nu when he entered the Wei State.
He knows very well that he is a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh of the Qi State, and the Qi State will inevitably find a way to influence the court of the Wei State, so as the Minister of Wei, he will have to fight against the courtiers in the court who are deeply influenced by the Qi State.
And this kind of struggle is precisely a means to consume his strength and energy, a small thing is enough to toss him and he can't do anything, and in the end, it may cause the disgust of King Wei.
Therefore, he used this attitude to show two points, one is that the King of Wei resolutely supports him, and the other is that he will not show mercy to matters related to the Qi State.
With such a statement, the people in the Wei court who are biased towards the Qi State also have to consider whether it is worth taking risks for the Qi State, and they can also screen out those hardcore candidates who support the Qi State.
This is the premise of this policy, and the subsequent impact is here in Qin, so this policy will be in Qin.
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Xue Gong entered Wei and came out of Qinu.
Han Chun said to the King of Qin: "Why don't you take it as a wife?" With Qi and Qin robbing Wei, they will go to the party, and Qin Zhi will also. Qi and Qin are united and set up negative card, negative card (chú) stand, and its mother is in Qin, then Wei, and Qin County has also been. Min wants to trap Xue Gong with Qi and Qin robbing Wei, Zuo wants to determine his younger brother, and the ministers invite Wang Yinmin and Zuo Ye. Wei is afraid and recovers, and the negative card will be destroyed by Wei. Qi Nu entered Wei and complained about Xue Gong, and finally served Wang Yi with Qi. ”
Translations
Xue Gongtianwen entered the Wei State and asked the King of Wei to abandon the Qi women in the harem.
Han Chun said to the King of Qin, "Why don't you marry a Qi girl?" Threaten Wei with the forces of Qi and Qin, then the Shangdang region will fall into the hands of Qin. Qi and Qin jointly went to support the Wei Gongzi negative card, and the negative card was established, and his mother was in the Qin state, so the Wei state became the territory of the Qin state. Han Min wanted to use the power of Qi and Qin to coerce Wei and put Xue Gong in a difficult situation, and Gongzi Zuo wanted to stabilize his younger brother's position, so I asked the king to use the power of Han Min and Gongzi Zuo. The king of Wei was afraid and let the Qi woman return to Wei, and the negative card would definitely let Wei serve Qin for life. When the Qi woman returns to the Wei State, she will resent Xue Gong and will definitely let the Qi State serve the king. ”
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Han Chun's suggestion was to let the King of Qin marry the Qi girl who had been divorced by the Wei State, and he would take the opportunity to reach an agreement with the Qi State to take advantage of the resentment between the Qi Nu and the Wei Gongzi so that the Qin State could obtain the greatest benefits.
This suggestion sounds very good, and I feel that if it can be achieved, it will indeed be beneficial to the Qin State. However, if you think about it, you can see the problem.
First of all, Wei Gongzi is negative, he has the blood of Qi on his body, it does not mean that he is thinking from the perspective of Qi State, maybe when he takes revenge and regains the throne, he will think about relying on the strength of Qin and Qi to curry favor with Qin and Qi.
Once he became the king of Wei, then his position would immediately change, and he would consider the problem from the perspective of the Wei state, and quickly abandon his previous promises.
Even the strongest covenant cannot consider things from the other side's point of view, but first from the side of one's own interests.
Wei Gongzi thought about how to get the authority of the King of Wei, and King Wei thought about how to ensure his own interests.
This kind of thing, in the Spring and Autumn Period, the Qin State tasted both the Duke of Jin Hui and the Duke of Jin Wen, and after the person who supported him became the monarch, he immediately repented of his previous promise, after all, "this time and that time".
The second is that the political forces within the Qin State did not necessarily allow it.
Wei and Qi were married, Wei had the power of Qi in the court, and Qin also had the power of other vassal states.
For example, King Qin Huiwen married a Han daughter, and Korea's power had the upper hand in the Qin State, and after the death of King Qin Wu, King Qin Zhaoxiang succeeded to the throne, because his mother Empress Dowager Xuan was from the Chu State, the power of Korea was ostracized, and the power of the Chu State had the upper hand. The "Four Nobles of the Qin State" are all relatives of the Empress Dowager Xuan, and they all belong to the Chu people.
Now, Han Chun wants to introduce a Qi girl, which means that he has to reshuffle the court forces of the Qin State, even if this matter may be beneficial to the Qin State, those court forces are not willing to see such a result.
Then, these people will also come up with many reasons to refute and hinder the occurrence of this matter, and for King Qin, forcibly promoting this matter can only be thankless.
Of course, it is also possible that Han Chun may not be unable to understand, he just wants to introduce another force to disrupt the situation in the DPRK and China and fight against the growing Chu forces.
It's just that the benefits he spoke out were too small, and it was impossible for King Qin to take risks because of the point he said, so his strategy could only be talked about.
Meng Weijun's Xue Yi was between Qi and Wei, and he fled back to Xue Yi because of the suspicion of the King of Qi, promised to act as the state minister of Wei, and united Wei, Qin, and Zhao against Qi, and retained his fief.
Wei agreed to Meng Yanjun's conditions very happily, and it seemed that he took a fancy to Meng Shanjun's talent, but there was a sentence in the investment: You fancy other people's interest, and others fancy your principal.
After Meng Yanjun agreed to serve as the minister of Wei, Wei had a reasonable and legitimate reason to rob Meng Yanjun's fief.
Compared with the Qi State, the Wei State was still smarter, and did not express his thoughts at the beginning, because since Meng Weijun could "betray" the Qi State, he could also "betray" the Wei State.
If Meng Weijun then integrates the forces of the other princes, the Wei State will suffer the same loss as the Qi State.
Therefore, the state of Wei just quietly waited for the opportunity, waiting for Meng Weijun to die, and after Meng Shanjun's death, he instigated his son to fight for power, taking the opportunity to destroy Xue Yi and swallow the land of Xue Yi.
Wen pawn, known as Meng Weijun. The sons contended, and Qi and Wei destroyed Xue. Meng tastes no heirs.