Chapter 85 Interpretation
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Many things between husband and wife are honest, and they can also guess each other's problems. Mi Xuan was deeply influenced by Huayang Queen Mother Mi Ji. Mi Ji's thoughts seemed to be stuck in the Spring and Autumn Period hundreds of years ago, Qin and Chu married each other and worked together to deal with Jin. Jin was divided into Zhao, Wei and Han, and these three countries were the enemies of Qin and Chu.
In the era in which Queen Mother Mi and Mi Ji lived, Chu and Qin were not yet at the same time. From their standpoint, the logic of Chu and Qin's evil relationship should be as follows:
Qin and Chu have been married for hundreds of years, but in the generation of King Huai, they believed in the bewitching of the slander Qu Yuan inside and were deceived by the Jin people outside. They even joined forces with the old enemy of Chu, Jin and Qi to attack the old allies of Qin. They were simply so unbelieving that they were so oblivious.
Although Zhang Yi was a villain, he taught King Huai a lesson and broke up the Chu-Qi alliance so that King Huai would no longer go further and further on the wrong road. Unexpectedly, King Huai was still unconscious and was furious to attack Qin. After the first failure, he was so angry that he sent troops to attack Lantian again while the troops in Qin were empty. From then on, Qin and Chu had at least completely broken with King Huai. Therefore, before and after the Battle of Chusha, Qin robbed King Huai and arrested King Huai at Wu Pass, and was sent back only after his death.
At this point, the relationship between Qin and Chu turned around. Qin married the princess Yu Qingxiang, but King Qingxiang was also a traitor. He was conscientious of Qi and privately promised the King of Qi to give Qi six hundred miles before he could return to the throne. Later, it was Qin that he could get rid of the threat from Qi. Unexpectedly, the Hou Ji, a Jin man who was pretending to be a hunter, lobbying, he actually defeated his father's mistakes and wanted to join forces to attack Qin.
Such a person must give a severe lesson! Even if he regrets afterwards, he will not be able to forgive him. This is the real reason why Bai Qi defeated Ying. It is because King Huai and King Xiang of the two generations of kings who betrayed Qin Chu.
——In the daily life of husband and wife, Xiong Jing asked about the various things about Qin from time to time. In Mi Xuan's narratives, Xiong Jing gradually outlined such a logic, the logic of the Qin people.
The same cabbage can be cooked, fried, and hot. The ingredients are the same, and the final taste is different. The same is true for history. In the mouths of the Qin people, it was the ancestor Huai King and King Xiang betrayed the righteousness. Qin and Chu finally got into evil, but in the mouths of the Chu people, history is a different scene:
The reason why the ancestor King Huai thought of attacking Qin was because the land of Shang Yu was lost to Qin. During the reign of King Cheng of Chu, he appointed Zixi as Shang Gong. Chu had always controlled Shang Yu. Although there were losses in hundreds of years, Qin also believed that this was Chu. Qin developed in the upper reaches of Danshui after the construction of the city of Nanzheng (now Hanzhong) in the 20th year of the Gonggong of Qin Li (451 BC). At this time, Qin had just entered the Hanzhong Basin in later generations, and Chu occupied the Ankang Basin very early.
Because it was a new occupation, Qin's rule in the upper reaches of the Han River was not stable. In just ten years, in the second year of Duke Jie (441 BC), Nanzheng rebelled; it was not until the thirteenth year of Duke Hui of Qin (387 BC) that Qin once again attacked Shu and took Nanzheng. It took more than 60 years before Qin stabilized its rule in the upper reaches of the Han River, during which Chu State helped a lot.
The country of Qin was greedy and greedy. After the upstream of the Han River was stable, Qin Xiaogong suddenly drove away the officials and subjects of Chu and built cities in Shang. The two countries were the most important to peace, but did not attack, but negotiated the return. Unexpectedly, in the twenty years (342 BC), Qin suddenly granted the endless delays to Wei Yang. After Wei Yang was granted the title of the State of Chu to explain the matter, saying that this place was originally owned by Chu and occupied by Qin, and now it has become his fief.
Since Shang Yu had given him a title, it would be better for the two countries to temporarily put it aside and develop it together. A few years later, he changed the title of other land, and Shang Yu naturally returned it to Chu. Shang Yang was already the prime minister of Qin at this time. When the ancestor King Xuan saw him swearing, he believed it. Unexpectedly, before he changed the title of other land, the man suddenly died. Four years later, in the 24th year of Duke Xiao of Qin (238 BC), Shang Yang rebelled and Chu had not had time to react, so Shang Yang was defeated and executed, and Shang Yu was taken back by Qin.
Regarding the previous consultations between the two countries and the previous swearing Shang Yang's ruling in the Chu State, the newly ascended King Huiwen of Qin refused to accept any of them. Faced with the Chu envoys sent to Xianyang several times, his answer was: "I am not more than an inch in the land of the former kings, and not more than an inch."
Qin was clever and stole Shang Yu, and was traitorous. The ancestor King Huai and the nations joined forces behind. Zhang Yi even tempted to return Shang to a land of 600 miles. Qin ignored the loyalty of the alliance and repeatedly indulged it. In the end, the King of Qin even acted as a villain, seized the ancestor Huai, and forced him to give Wu County of Chu and Qianzhong County to Qin State. King Huai would rather die than die, and died in Xianyang...
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The same place of Shangyu, and the same history, Chu and Qin each had their own explanations. Later, this explanation made Xiong Jing and Mi Xuan argue. Xiong Jing said that this was Chu territory, while Mi Xuan said that it was indeed Chu territory before, but later it was occupied by Jin State. Qin State seized it from Jin State, but it had not sent officials or built a city.
Mi Xuan's words were so angry that Xiong Jing wanted to beat her up. However, the two of them had agreed that they were just a theory before, so they gave up. After that, Xiong Jing spent more than half a month to completely sort out the matter. Shang Yu was indeed captured by Jin State. In 525 BC, Jin destroyed Lu Hun, and his troops attacked westward to Shang Yu, but at this time Shang Yu was still a place of intertwined forces. In 456 BC, Han Wei destroyed Yiluo Yinrong, which was considered to have completely occupied Shang Yu and isolated the traffic between Qin and Chu.
Qin defeated Han and Wei several times, but did not defeat Han and Wei's army in Shangyu. After Han and Wei retreated, the Chu people returned to Shangyu. Qin actually defeated, and the Wei State had already included Shangyu when it offered Shangyu. The Chu State was essentially occupied. In 413 BC, the Chu army took advantage of the defeat of Wei, and instead of capturing Shangluo, they sent officials.
The result of clarification is that it is impossible to understand. Only higher-level chefs can have unique dishes. The Shangyu disputes have their own reasons, but starting from the strategy of Qin Miao Gong's advance eastward, Qin has always been interested in seizing Wuguan Road to enter the Central Plains. Since Qin has this strategy, the ownership of Shangyu is clear at a glance.
After the reform of the Qin State, Shang Yang began to regain the strategy of Qin Miao Gong, not only controlling Hangu Pass, but also controlling Wuguan Road. The construction of Shang land and Shang Yang enfeoffed Shang land was the result of this strategy. The evil between Qin and Chu was caused by the expansion of Qin to the east, rather than by the unclear ownership of Shang land.
Chapter completed!