But would the King of Qin be willing to listen to the advice of a minister? Maybe a person prefers to listen to advice when he first ascends to the throne, but over time, as a king of a country, he is not so happy to hear different voices.
In addition to this reason, the King of Qin also had some taboos against Bai Qi, and there was some estrangement between the monarch and his ministers. The reason for this was that after the Battle of Changping, Bai Qi and other generals led the Qin army all the way into Zhao State.
Finally, they surrounded Handan, the capital of Zhao State, and almost destroyed Zhao State. Seeing that something was wrong, Han and Zhao sent people to bribe King Qin's most important adviser Fan Ju with a lot of money.
Fan Ju was persuaded by lobbyists after discovering that Bai Qi might have made greater contributions than himself. After some manipulation, the King of Qin actually agreed to Zhao's peace negotiation. After Zhao ceded the land, the Qin army received an order to withdraw.
When Bai Qi came back and learned about Fan Ju's actions, he was very unhappy because the Qin army was ordered to retreat when they were about to capture Handan, and all the previous sacrifices were in vain.
This made Bai Qi have a lot of opinions about Fan Ju who proposed. He was obviously about to succeed, but he actually negotiated a peace! All the previous sacrifices were in vain.
This is the so-called discord between the generals and the generals. After the people in the court soon found out, the King of Qin had to think more: If Bai Qi had a problem with Fan Ju because of the withdrawal of troops, would the same be true for the King of Qin? There are many things that cannot be pondered.
The more I thought about it, the more something felt wrong.
When King Qin was about to prepare to attack Zhao again soon, Bai Qi's unhappiness became different in the eyes of the king. He felt that Bai Qi was deliberately angry because of the last withdrawal.
You were obviously unhappy because of the withdrawal of troops not long ago, but now you have a different view when Bai Qi is asked to lead the troops? Is this a deliberate attempt to go against the king?
Regardless of whether Bai Qi was dissatisfied with the imminent war between countries, or he was unwilling to lead troops to the battlefield to fight Zhao Jun, King Qin felt unhappy and felt that this minister was very disobedient.
Under this factor, even if Bai Qi had good intentions and felt that he had a chance to destroy Zhao in one fell swoop before but failed to seize the opportunity, he could only accept it if he insisted on negotiating peace with the two countries.
It's just that the Qin army has just been recuperating for a period of time, and now it wants to go to war again? It also made a lot of sacrifices to invade the Zhao Kingdom. Now it's time to do it again. Isn't this a torment?
Bai Qi also knew that when he first invaded Zhao, the remnants of the Battle of Changping saved the Qin army a lot of energy. But as time went by, the people of Zhao were still afraid of the Qin army, but they hated the Qin army even more.
Because I knew there was no point in surrendering, I simply resisted with all my might.
However, the King of Qin felt that from the standpoint of a king, he should attack the State of Zhao and weaken the opponent again and again. As the king of a country, he issued an order, but his ministers did not agree with it at all, and even said that he was sick.
King Qin originally thought that he would definitely win this battle, but when he heard Bai Qi's words, it was as if someone had poured a bucket of cold water on his head, and he naturally felt very angry.
The very angry King Qin only thought that the other party was disobedient and did not know how to praise him. He did not want to listen to objections in the first place, so he naturally did not care about the good intentions of his ministers.
After being rejected, the king sent another general to lead the Qin army to fight the Zhao army. Unfortunately, it failed. When the King of Qin found out, he was very angry. Didn't this prove that he was incompetent?
Once again, Bai Qi was ordered to go to the front line. As a minister, Bai Qi still didn't plan to go. He said from the beginning that it was not suitable to fight anymore, so why was he still allowed to go? He said that he was sick and could not make the trip, and once again refused the king's order.
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The battle was defeated again and again. Bai Qi kept paying attention to the situation and felt bad. When he saw that the Qin army had killed many soldiers, he complained a few times, which reached the ears of the King of Qin.
The king, who was rejected twice by Bai Qi, was very angry. A large part of this anger came from the unfavorable situation in the battle, and the repeated defeats were completely different from the previous victory.
In addition, Fan Ju, who had a gap with Bai Qi, made comments from it, which made King Qin even more annoyed: Is Bai Qi his minister? He resisted the decree time and time again, and what he said to the king was bullshit. This was to press the king's face.
Rubbing on the ground.
The very unhappy king issued the decree for the third time. He did not believe that his words were useless. At this time, Bai Qi, who was really ill, felt very bad. He could not go on the road immediately due to physical reasons.
The King of Qin, who suffered successive defeats, was very unwilling and felt that someone was taking advantage of him. Finally, he forced Bai Qi, who was ill, to go on the road. Bai Qi naturally knew that it was not good, and he refused again and again. He could still do it after refusing twice in a row.
Say no again?
No? The king was afraid that he would be very angry. Bai Qi had to go to the front line, but because of illness, he was marching very slowly, which angered the king of Qin.
After discussing with Fan Ju, he felt that Bai Qi was dissatisfied and had more words to say, so he asked the envoy to catch up and give him a sword. Bai Qi committed suicide after getting the sword.
After Ling Xiao finished telling the story, he looked at Huanlang and the others. They had naturally seen this history. At that time, they still didn't understand why the emperor would do this. He forced Bai Qi to do it, and in the end a generation of generals died.
They didn't have many ideas before, but today they were pointed out by Ling Xiao and they felt very uncomfortable after thinking about it carefully. Bai Qi is definitely a capable person.
But as a capable person, he made a good suggestion when the king wanted to go to war. As a result, instead of being accepted by the king, he was doubted by the king. He was forced to go to the battlefield even if he was sick, and was even forced to do so.
Kill yourself.
Even though they were capable, they were still forced to die. Several people fell silent for a while. Ling Xiao slowly glanced at the still immature faces of these children and asked rudely: "Do you still think that as long as those who are capable can do it?"
You must be living well? Do you think you are better than Bai Qi?"
After hearing this, they shook their heads repeatedly. They looked at each other and knew that they might not be able to do it. They had also studied the art of war, which was taught by Ling Xiao. The military books didn't talk much about it, so they thought it was very easy.
In fact, if you really want to fight a war, you will know that the battlefield is changeable, and war is never a matter of a few people, but often thousands of people participate.
From the personnel participating in the war, to the subsequent military supplies, and the special camps, these are all things that need to be considered one by one. At this moment, they cannot say that they are definitely better than Bai Qi. As a famous general of the generation, they still cannot resist the king.
Order.
Ling Xiao watched a few people realize something, and then continued: "It is not that those who are capable will be reused. Back then, Sun Bin was very capable. After defecting to his senior brother, he was jealous of him. The senior brother secretly took action, and Sun Bin was
His kneecaps were dug out and he became a disabled person.
Fortunately, Sun Bin saw the reason after he was disabled and quickly stayed away from his senior brother. Later he had the opportunity to take revenge, but he never had the chance to stand up after being disabled."
Ling Xiao's words made the children, who were originally in high spirits, suddenly hang their heads. Although they had seen these things before, they did not feel the same way.
But just today, Ling Xiao's words made them deeply moved, and they finally had some insights. She said to them: "I asked you to read more before, just because I hope they can learn something from them after reading more history books.
After learning, you will be able to take fewer detours and make fewer mistakes. You will find that you still have opportunities to correct some mistakes, while some mistakes have no chance to be corrected at all because people are dead."
There is another important reason why Ling Xiao doesn't let Huanlang and the others go out. In the ancient environment, once the so-called boundary between the master and his subordinates is determined, there is no way to get rid of it.
Unless the master is dead or has committed some heinous crime before he can turn from the dark side to the bright side, if he changes the master midway, he will be ridiculed by people in the mainstream society, he may be despised for his lack of character, and he may also be questioned whether he likes betrayal?
Therefore, when judging whether someone is worthy of following you, don’t just look at whether what the other person says sounds nice. No matter how good the words are, they are versatile even if they are garish. You should also look at whether the thoughts and ideas are consistent.
Otherwise, no matter how good the future is, if their ideas are incompatible with each other, life will definitely be very painful. Otherwise, why haven't those two people found a suitable monarch until now? It's just because they know very well and cherish their own feathers.
Ling Xiao's analysis made Huanlang and the others dumbfounded. From the words of those two people, they thought that they would definitely meet the Lord Ming, and that the king and his ministers would get along with each other.
But Ling Xiao said: There is this possibility, but it is also possible that the relationship was good at the beginning, but in the end each had his own ideas and it was just okay on the surface. The relationship between the king and his ministers was more of a good wish.
In many cases, reality is crueler than imagined, just like Bai Qi, who feels inferior to them. As a famous general, he is sure that he will lose in that battle and does not want to fight.
The King of Qin had another idea. He had to show Qin's national prestige. In the king's opinion, that battle must be fought. It would be impossible not to fight.
If you lose the battle if you listen to the king, you will have to take responsibility. If you don't listen to the king, you will be beheaded. This is why Bai Qi knew he would lose, but he had to go on the road to lead the army.
However, the King of Qin thought that Bai Qi was avoiding the war and knew that he would not be able to leave quickly when he fell ill. Instead of being considerate, he ordered him to commit suicide. Bai Qi committed suicide with a long sigh.
Ling Xiao told Huanlang and the others with reality: It is not easy to go out to seek fame, it is even harder than they imagined, especially the relationship between the monarch and his ministers is difficult to get along with.
There is mutual respect between emperor and minister. For example, the relationship between Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and the champion Hou Huo Qubing was very harmonious. However, the reason why the champion Hou was favored by the emperor was because he was still very young. The emperor needed him to start a new business and wanted to check and balance him.
one person.
Huo Qubing was also very sensible and unwilling to care too much about military power. In addition, he was very young when he died and there was no conflict between him and the emperor. This is the so-called harmony between the king and his ministers.
Why do you say this? That's because Wei Qing, the uncle of the champion, was also the emperor's confidant, but when Wei Qing's achievements became greater and greater, the emperor still became wary of him.
Who knows that Wei Qing is the queen's biological brother, that is, the prince's uncle, and as the prince grew up day by day, some people began to gather around the prince, and as the emperor grew old, he naturally began to be wary of the prince.
As both father and son, they are also monarchs and ministers. The affection between father and son gradually faded away. Although there were people around the prince who wanted to gain the power of Conglong, the emperor was also a little wary.
This situation even caused a rift between Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Wei Qing, a pair of uncles who were compatible with each other, and eventually the emperor began to promote new generals.
When the incident of Prince Ru was finally involved in Wei Qing, in the eyes of the emperor, Wei Qing, who had been a partner from the beginning, became a member who must be eliminated, and the past together would no longer exist.
Don't think that the monarch will be a merciful person. Children like them are too naive and think that it is easy for the monarch and his ministers to get along. No! It is not easy.
Before his death, Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty was very worried about Xu Maogong, the founding hero of the country who was both civil and military. In order to leave a stable empire for his son Tang Gaozong, he demoted Xu Maogong.
Waiting for his son Tang Gaozong to pardon Xu Maogong after he came to power, which is the so-called showing favor, is a routine, and the emperor and his ministers often met with each other at war.
The children all lowered their heads after hearing this. Ling Xiao went on to analyze that the reality was even sadder than they imagined. There were some things that they had to look at before talking about it, and not to take sides easily.
Ling Xiao told them that when they go back, the children will read history again and see clearly the many problems involved. Only in this way will they not be plotted against.
If you read history, you will find that many times you feel helpless. The king is also aloof, the king is helpless, and the ministers are also helpless.
The official career may be glamorous, but it may be a road full of thorns behind it. If Huanlang and the others learn more about what they can do, and let their originally wandering minds settle down, they will find that they still have more.
things to learn.
This is why even though Ling Xiao knew that those two people had plotted against Huanlang and the others, he didn't feel particularly disgusted with them, nor did he plan to teach them a lesson.
If this incident hadn't happened, Huanlang and the others wouldn't have known how impetuous their situation was, and their hearts would all fly outside, thinking they were locked in a cage and wanting to go out and have a look.
But this time Ling Xiao's questioning made them understand how many things they still didn't know. They even discovered that they didn't care about the things they had seen before. They had studied before but didn't take it to heart.
Now it seems that their actions are very funny. This time things have made them calm down. It has great benefits after it happened. It is a good start. It allows them to know their shortcomings and then give them away without any resentment.
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But they won't give trust. Some things are better to be made clear early on. It doesn't feel good to think that I might be deceived.
Ling Xiao came out after the two people had gone far away. She knew from just one glance that these two people were not very lucky. If Huanlang followed them on the road, there would be many twists and turns.
Hey! The two of them didn't know what was going on along the way. Speaking of which, there were a lot of disputes among these rebels, and it was difficult to mix up wherever they went.
And Ling Xiao really didn't want the children he had raised with care to go through that muddy water. Most of the people who left the village to serve in the military died. They thought they could go further, but in fact it was difficult to survive.