Zhang Yi's "Qin Wang Yue"

Zhang yi lobbied the king of Qin: "I often hear people say,' it is unwise to speak without knowing anything; It is disloyal to be reasonable and make suggestions to solve things without opening your mouth. "As a courtier, if you are not loyal to the king, you will die; If you are not careful, you will die. Although things have come to this, I am still willing to tell your majesty what I have seen and heard, and ask your majesty to rule and convict. It is said that within the four seas, there are Yan States in the north and Wei States in the south, and they are reconnecting Jingchu, consolidating the alliance with Qi State, incorporating the remnants of South Korea, forming a United front, facing the west and confronting Qin State. I can't help laughing in private about this. There are three situations of national subjugation in the world, and finally someone will come to clean up the mess, which may be said to be today's world! I have heard people say,' attacking the country with chaos will lead to death, attacking the righteous with evil will lead to death, and attacking the country that goes against the sky will lead to death.' At present, the warehouses for storing goods in vassal States are not full, and the warehouses for storing rice are empty. They recruited all the people and launched millions of troops. Although the white blade was in front and the axe was behind, the foot soldiers retreated and fled, unable to fight the enemy to the death. In fact, it is not that their people refuse to fight to the death, but that the rulers can't think of a good way to educate them. Say reward but don't give it, say punishment but don't carry it out, and the people won't fight to the death for their country. Now Qin has a clear command and clear rewards and punishments, and rewards and punishments are given according to the actual situation. Everyone has never seen the enemy since they left their parents' arms, so as soon as they heard the battle, they stamped their feet and bared their chests, determined to fight to the death, faced the enemy's sword and gun, went forward bravely, and went through fire and water at all costs. Almost everyone was determined to die for their country on the battlefield. Your majesty knows that a person's determination to die is different from his determination to escape, but Qin people are still willing to die because they attach importance to the spirit of fighting to the death. One person can defeat ten people, ten people can defeat one hundred people, one hundred people can defeat one thousand people, one thousand people can defeat ten thousand people, and ten thousand people can defeat the whole world. Today, the terrain of Qin is thousands of miles away from Fiona Fang, and it has millions of powerful troops. And Qin's orders and rewards and punishments, steep and favorable terrain, all the princes in the world are far behind. With this superior condition, the whole world is not enough for Qin to annex. Therefore, as long as Qin is absolutely invincible, invincible and invincible, it will be a great achievement to open up a land thousands of miles away. However, at present, the Qin army is exhausted, the people are poor, the savings are exhausted, the countryside is barren, the warehouses are empty, and the surrounding governors refuse to submit, so hegemony cannot be established. There is no other reason for this surprising situation, mainly because the counselor of Qin State is disloyal.

I want to use historical facts as evidence to illustrate: in the past, Qi attacked Jingchu in the south, Song in the east, Qin in the west and Yan in the north, commanding the monarchs of Korea and Wei in the Central Plains. The land is vast, the soldiers are strong in Ma Zhuang, and they attack the city and plunder the land and are invincible. They ruled the princes of the world, and the clear water and the turbid Yellow River were their natural barriers. The great wall can be used as its defensive bunker. Qi is a powerful country, which has been defeated five times in a row, but once defeated, Qi is gone. It can be seen that the use of troops can determine the life and death of a big country.

I also heard that:' cutting grass requires uprooting, leaving nothing behind, and there will be no disaster.' Once upon a time, Qin and Chu fought. Qin Jun defeated the Chu army and occupied Yongcheng, the capital of Chu. At the same time, it occupied Dongting Lake, Wudu and Jiangnan. Wang Dong of Chu fled and hid in Chen Di. At that time, as long as we seized the opportunity to attack Chu, we could occupy all the land of Chu. When Chu is occupied, the people there will be enough, and the products there will be enough to meet the material needs. When the East confronts Qi and Yan, the Central Plains can stand on the top of the Three Jin Dynasties (referring to Korea, Zhao and Wei). If so, hegemony can be achieved in one fell swoop, and all the princes in the world will come to Qin Ting as their subjects. But the counselors at that time not only refused, but withdrew their troops and made peace with the Chu people. Now Chu has recovered all the lost land, reunified the scattered people, and re-established the ancestral temple and the king. They were able to lead the princes of the world to the west to explore Qin. In this way, Qin certainly lost the opportunity to establish hegemony for the first time. Later, other vassal States joined forces to attack Huayang at the gates. Fortunately, the king defeated them with tricks and marched all the way out of Dewey's beam. At that time, as long as the siege lasted for dozens of days, you could occupy Daliangcheng. If you occupy the girder, you can capture Wei; After the capture of Wei, the alliance between Zhao and Chu will be broken and Zhao will be in danger. Zhao is in trouble and Chu is isolated. In this way, Qin can threaten Qi and Yan, and he can control Sanjin in the middle, so that he can also establish the achievements of hegemony in one fell swoop and let all the princes in the world congratulate him. But the adviser not only refused, but led the troops to retreat, made peace with Wei, and gave Wei a breathing space. In this way, the opportunity to establish hegemony was lost for the second time. Not long ago, Hou Wei was in charge of the State of Qin. He used the army of one country, but he wanted to build a career that only two countries could accomplish. Even though the army suffered from wind and rain outside and the people were exhausted at home, the achievements of the overlord could not be established, which was the third time that the opportunity to establish the overlord was lost.

Zhao was at the center of the princes, and the people lived together. Zhao people are frivolous and difficult to treat, unable to carry out state orders, and have no reward and punishment. Zhao's geographical position is not conducive to defense, and the rulers can't give full play to the potential of the people. All this is a situation of national subjugation. Coupled with the lack of sympathy for the sufferings of the people, almost all the people in the country were recruited to the Changping battlefield to compete with South Korea for the party. Qi Weiwang outwitted Zhao and then conquered Wu 'an. At that time, Zhao Junchen didn't cooperate, and the government and the people didn't trust each other, so Handan couldn't go on. If Qin Jun captured Handan, revised the army in Hejian, and then led the army westward to attack Xiuwu, he would surrender to the Party after a narrow gap. There are 36 counties in Dai Dynasty and 27 counties in Shangdang. Without a pair of armor, without a single soldier, it became the property of Qin. On the Daihe River, the Party became the land of Qin State without fighting, while Dongyang and Waihe of Zhao State returned to Qi State without fighting, and the land north of Zhonghuchi returned to Yan State without fighting. In this case, after the capture of Zhao, South Korea will inevitably perish, and after the demise of South Korea, Chu and Wei will not be independent; Since Chu and Wei can't be immune, they can break through South Korea in one fell swoop. South Korea broke and hurt Wei, and then hijacked Chu to weaken Qi and Yan to the east, and dug Baimajin to flood Wei. In this way, Sanjin can be destroyed in one fell swoop, and the vertical and horizontal alliance of the six countries will also collapse. As long as the king waits there, the princes of the world surrender one by one, and the name of overlord can be established immediately. Unfortunately, all this is hypothetical, because the adviser not only failed to do so, but automatically withdrew and made peace with Zhao.

With the wisdom of kings and the strength of Qin Jun, it is impossible to establish the inheritance of world hegemony, and it is bullied by dying vassal states. All this is caused by the ignorance and clumsiness of the consultants. Zhao should not die, Qin should seek hegemony, but should not seek hegemony. The world knows the skill of Qin counselors. The state of Qin once used the whole country's soldiers to attack Handan, Zhao, and instead of capturing it, it was defeated by the enemy, and the soldiers were defeated in anger and fear. The whole world has seen through the fighting spirit of Qin soldiers. After the troops retired, they all gathered in Lixia (the place name). The king reorganized his forces to urge the soldiers to fight, but he didn't win a big victory, so he stopped fighting and retreated, and the whole world saw through Qin Jun's fighting capacity. Third. I saw through the counselor of Qin State inside and the soldiers of Qin State outside. From this perspective, I don't think the alliance forces in the world are more difficult to deal with. The army of Qin was exhausted, the people were extremely difficult, their savings were exhausted, the countryside was deserted, and the warehouses were empty. Foreign governors are United and stable. I hope the king can think more about this crisis!

I also heard people say,' Be careful every day if you are afraid'. If you are careful, you can occupy the whole world. how do you know In ancient times, Yin was the son of heaven, commanding millions of troops in the world. The army on the left is still drinking horses in Qi Valley, and the army on the right has gone to Qi Shui to drink water, but it has drunk up Qi Shui and Huan Shui. Yin fought with such a magnificent army, but only 3000 soldiers in simple armor. The army defeated in just one day captured all Yin's subjects and owned all Yin's land, and no one in the world sympathized. Before, Zhi Bo led soldiers from North Korea, Zhao and Wei to attack Jinyang, and Zhi Bo dug Jinshui River for water. After three years' attack, when Jinyang City was about to be occupied, Zhao Xiangzi used a tortoise to divine, to see the good or bad fate of his country, and to predict who would be defeated. Zhao Xiangzi once again used double agents and sent Zhao's ministers out of the city to commune, thus breaking the covenant between Korea, Wei and Zhi Bo. As a result, he won the cooperation of Han and Wei, then joined forces to attack Zhi Bo, finally defeated Zhi Bo's army and captured Zhi Bo himself. Zhang Mengtan became a great hero of Zhao Xiangzi. Now Qin has strict orders, clear rewards and punishments, and geographical advantages, which can't be compared with all the princes in the world. If we rely on this advantage and compete with the princes of the world, the whole world can be conquered by Qin.

I risked my life, hoping to meet the King of Qi, and talk about the strategy of Qin State and how to destroy the alliance strategy and its strength, destroy Zhao and Korea, force Chu and Wei to be vassals, unite Qi Yan, establish the overlord industry, and let all vassal States pay tribute. Please use my strategy temporarily. If you can't break up the alliance of the world, attack Zhao, destroy Korea, destroy Wei, destroy Chu, unite Qi, destroy Yan, and the overlord industry can't be established, and the princes of the world don't pay tribute, please cut off my head and show it to the public in turn throughout the country to punish those officials who are not loyal to the monarch. "