Qin Shihuang Ying Zheng was a great figure who completed the unification of China for the first time. He was also the first monarch in China to be called emperor. He was nicknamed " Zulong " and was also recognized by everyone as the emperor of the ages.
Regarding the achievements of Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng, most of the emperors in later generations could not match them, such as unifying the six kingdoms, creating an imperial system, building the Great Wall , and unifying the script...
But have you ever thought that Ying Zheng was 13 years old? He began to ascend the throne. Although he was the most powerful king of the Qin Kingdom among the seven kingdoms at that time, the national affairs were controlled by Lu Buwei and the Queen Mother.
However, it only took Ying Zheng ten years to put down two civil strife in the Qin State. In other words, when Ying Zheng was 23 years old, his power had reached its peak. When Ying Zheng waved his sword, everyone in the world dared not to do so. from. It can be said that "dragons have reverse scales and will die if they touch them."
Think about what we are still doing at the age of 23... So how did Ying Zheng take over the power of Qin in just ten years? Let’s take a look below.
1. You must know how to tolerate
In 247 BC, King Zhuangxiang of Qin passed away, and 13-year-old Ying Zheng was established as King of Qin . Because Ying Zheng was young at the time, the political power of the Qin State was controlled by Lu Buwei, the prime minister at the time, and Ying Zheng had to honor Lu Buwei as Zhongfu.
Why does Lu Buwei have so much power? In fact, the reason why Ying Zheng became the King of Qin all stemmed from Lu Buwei's "strange things to live in".
What's more, Yingzheng's biological mother Zhao Ji, who is now the Queen Mother, was once Lu Buwei's concubine, and was later dedicated to the foreigner son Chu, who was King Zhuangxiang of Qin - Yingzheng's father.
Of course, some people say that Lu Buwei was already pregnant before she presented Zhao Ji to a foreigner. Ying Zheng is actually Lu Buwei's son. There are different opinions on this, so I won’t discuss it here.
When the 13-year-old Ying Zheng ascended the throne, Lu Buwei began to monopolize power and establish his own power. He had as many as 3,000 followers and even tens of thousands of servants in Lu Buwei's family.
What made Ying Zheng most angry was that Lu Buwei often went to the harem to have an affair with the Queen Mother Zhao Ji, completely ignoring him as the King of Qin.
The King of Qin was young, and the Queen Mother often secretly communicated with Lu Buwei. Buwei's family had thousands of children - "Historical Records"
Lu Buwei had an affair with Zhao Ji
Although Ying Zheng was young, his joy and anger were not obvious, because he knew that he was still young and the power belonged to Lu Buwei and the Queen Mother. No matter how angry you are, you can't show it.
If Ying Zheng had fallen out with Lu Buwei or wanted to find an opportunity to get rid of Lu Buwei, he would have been destroyed by Lu Buwei long ago.
Therefore, those who achieve great things must know how to be patient before they have sufficient trump cards, so that they can accumulate a lot of money.
Young Yingzheng
2. must know how to kill people with a borrowed knife
At that time, in addition to Lu Buwei, the power of the prince group represented by Cheng Xiu should not be underestimated.
Cheng Yu is the half-brother of Ying Zheng. He was awarded the title of Lord of Chang'an during the reign of King Zhuangxiang of Qin. He once won hundreds of miles of land for Qin with his sharp tongue, so Cheng Yu's status in the royal family Higher than Ying Zheng.
Chang'an Juncheng
In 239 BC, Ying Zheng knew that the Zhao State at that time was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there were also famous generals such as Lian Po and Li Mu, but he ordered Ying Chengyu to lead his army to attack the Zhao State.
As expected by Ying Zheng, Cheng Xi's general Fan Yuqi was defeated by Zhao Guo Li Mu, and Fan Yuqi was worried about being punished by Qin Law , so he instigated Cheng Xi to rebel.
This gave Ying Zheng an excuse to directly send troops to quell the rebellion of Chang'an Jun Chengyu. Fan Yuqi fled to Yan Kingdom . Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians who followed Chengyu were also sent to the frontier.
Ying Zheng originally wanted to borrow Zhao Guo's sword to deal with his royal brother, but he did not expect that the result was better than expected., not only eliminated the potential threat to his throne, but also put down the first civil strife before taking power, improving the own royal status.
3. Cultivating power in secret is the key
Although Yingzheng eradicated the power of the Chengyu Group, there were still two powerful forces in the country that blocked Yingzheng’s path to autocratic power. They were the Lu family represented by Lu Buwei. The group and the forces headed by the Queen Mother and Lao Ai .
How did Lao Ai come to power and develop?
In fact, the key lies in the Queen Mother. As the saying goes, a woman is " like a wolf at thirty, and like a tiger at forty." Queen Mother Zhao Ji's lust is getting stronger and stronger. Although Zhao Ji is beautiful, the elderly Prime Minister Lu feels that his body can't bear it.
In order to escape from Zhao Ji's clutches, Lu Buwei accidentally discovered that he had a customer named Lao Ai who was "extremely powerful and big", so he faked the torture of Lao Ai and only pulled out the The beard and eyebrows were given to the Queen Mother for her sexual pleasure.
Lao Ai's skills in bed were indeed extraordinary. Not only was she deeply loved by the Queen Mother, she also secretly gave birth to two illegitimate children with the Queen Mother.
Lao Ai also relied on the Queen Mother to rise through the ranks and was named Changxinhou , becoming the most powerful force outside the Lu family group in Qin.
Lao Ai often obeys, and the rewards are generous. Everything depends on Lao Ai. There were thousands of children in Lao Ai's family, and more than a thousand of Lao Ai's family members were asked to serve by guests - "Historical Records"
In 238 BC, when Ying Zheng was 21 years old, a crowning ceremony was held in Yongcheng Qinian Palace. It was also Ying Zheng. On the day when he officially came to power, Lao Ai and the Queen Mother, who were increasingly swollen, launched a coup.
Lao Ai used the King of Qin's Royal Seal and the Queen Mother's Seal to launch a rebellion, and directly led private troops to attack Qinian Palace.
Ying Zheng, who they regarded as a puppet, had secretly planted an informant. They knew that Lao Ai would rebel today. Three thousand elite soldiers had been deployed in Qinian Palace before the crowning ceremony. Lao Ai was unexpected. He was quickly caught.
Ying Zheng broke up Lao Ai's car and exposed his body to the public. At the same time, he imprisoned his mother Zhao Ji and personally killed Lao Ai's two illegitimate children born to the Queen Mother.
In September, the Yi Lai and Ai tribes killed the two sons born to the Queen Mother, and then moved the Queen Mother to Yong - "Historical Records"
As soon as Ying Zheng came to power, he put down the second civil strife in Qin.
In the second year, 237 BC, Ying Zheng was 23 years old. He removed Lu Buwei from his post and exiled him to Bashu . Lu Buwei knew that his relationship with Qin Wangzheng was irretrievable, so he committed suicide by drinking poisonous wine.
The king wanted to kill the prime minister because he had done great service to the late king and had many guests and debaters as lobbyists. The king could not bear to punish him - "Historical Records"
In this way, Ying Zheng only spent ten years to eradicate Lu Buwei, Lao Ai, and Cheng. Groups such as Xiang also laid a solid foundation for their subsequent unification of the six countries.
So tolerance is important, but secretly cultivating one's own strength is the key to turning defeat into victory.
