"History" (I) - Qin Xiaogong of The Benji of Qin Benji

In the year of XiaoXiao, there were six powerful states east of the Yellow River and The KunShan Mountains, and the Duke of Qin Xiaogong was known as the King of Qiwei, the King of Chuxuan, the King of Wei Hui, the Marquis of Yan, the Marquis of Han, and the Marquis of Zhao Cheng. There are more than a dozen small countries between the Huai River and Surabaya. The State of Chu and the State of Wei bordered the State of Qin. The State of Wei built the Great Wall, starting from Zheng County, heading north along the Luo River to Shang county. The State of Chu began in Hanzhong and headed south to BaJun and Qianzhong. The Zhou Dynasty declined, and the princes fought each other by force and competed for annexation. The State of Qin was in a remote Yongdi and did not participate in the alliance of the princes of the Central Plains, and the princes regarded the State of Qin as Yidi. Filial piety then spread favors, rescued widows and orphans, recruited soldiers, and clarified the decree of rewarding military merits. He also issued an order to the people of the whole country: "At the beginning, the former king Miao Gong was in the area of Qishan and Yongyi, widely spreading virtue and benefits, and practicing martial arts. Quell the civil unrest of the Jin state in the east, with the Yellow River as the border; In the west, dominate the land of Rong Zhai and expand the territory for thousands of miles. Zhou Tianzi made him an uncle, and all the princes of all countries came to congratulate him, creating a foundation for future generations, which was very glorious and beautiful. It just so happened that the previous Li Gong, Man Gong, Jian Gong, and Chu Zi had successive generations of restlessness, and there were troubles within the country, and there was no time to take care of external affairs, the Jin State attacked the land of Hexi left by the previous kings, and the princes of all countries despised the Qin State, and there was no greater shame than this. After Gong Xian ascended the throne, he moved the capital to Liyang, and had the intention of going on a crusade to restore the land owned by Miao Gong and revise the government decrees implemented during Miao Gong' time. I missed the heart of the ancestor and felt very sad in my heart. If any of the guests and courtiers could offer strange strategies to make the Qin state strong, I would make him a high-ranking official and give him the land. So he sent an army to besiege Shaanxi to the east and kill King Xu Bo of rong to the west.

When Wei Martin heard the edict issued by Duke Xiao, he went west into the Qin Kingdom and asked to see Duke Xiao with the help of Jing Jian's introduction. In the second year of filial piety, Zhou Tianzi gave filial piety meat.

In the third year, Wei Martin persuaded Xiao Gong to change the legal system, rectify the punishment, advocate farming at home, and encourage various rewards and punishments for fighting and dying externally, and Xiao Gong felt very good. Gan Long, Du Zhi, and others disagreed, arguing with Wei Martingale in the end, And Xiao Gong adopted Wei Martin's new law, and the people felt very poor; After another three years, the people felt that the new law was very good and filial piety appointed Wei Martingale as the left chief. These deeds are recorded in the Biography of the Shang Emperor. In the seventh year, Duke Xiao met with King Hui of Wei at Duping. In the eighth year, after a great battle with the State of Wei in Yuanli, ten years of great success, Wei Martin did a great job of making great efforts and led his troops to besiege Anyi of the State of Wei, causing Anyi to surrender to the State of Qin. In the twelfth year, the city of Xianyang was built, the tall Jique was built, and the Qin state moved its capital to Xianyang. Many small villages were merged and aggregated into large counties with one county per county, for a total of forty-one counties. Open up farmland and abolish crisscrossing roads. At this time, the land of the Qin state had already passed through Luoshui in the east. Fourteen years later, taxes began to be levied. In the nineteenth year, the Son of Heaven made filial piety his uncle. For twenty years, all the princes paid tribute to the Duke of Filial Piety. The State of Qin sent a young official to lead an army to ally with the princes in the land of Fengze and to meet Zhou Tianzi.

Twenty-one years later, the State of Qi defeated the State of Wei at Maling.

In 22 years, Wei Martin led an army to attack the State of Wei and captured The Prince of Wei. Duke Xiao created Wei Martingale the Marquis of Liehou (列侯) and the title of Shang Jun. Twenty-four years later, the State of Qin fought with the State of Wei at Yanmen and captured the Wei general Wei Wrong.