Among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, why was Wei the first to rise?

Because Wei was the first country to implement the reform, the leader was Li Xian, and the subsequent Shang Yang reform was also based on his reform.

Because the basic strength and conditions of the Wei State are the best. After the division of the three families, Wei had the strongest economic strength and the thickest family foundation.

Because Wei took the lead in carrying out successful reforms and reforms, which led to a significant increase in the strength of Wei, it became the first country to rise.

Wei (403 BC-225 BC), surnamed Ji, Wei, was a vassal state of the Zhou Dynasty during the Warring States Period, and was the first country to become strong and dominant, one of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, with a total of 179 years. In 364 BC, King Hui of Wei moved his capital from Anyi to Daliang (now Kaifeng, Henan), after which Wei was also known as Liang.

The area is today's Henan, part of Shanxi.

As one of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, the reason why Wei fell step by step from the peak to a second-rate country is because, firstly, Wei cannot escape the historical law of prosperity and decline, and secondly, the geographical location of Wei can be said to be a place of a hundred battles, and the loss of talents is the reason for the decline of Wei.

At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, the three families were divided, thus giving birth to the three countries of Wei, Zhao and Korea, the Wei State was very weak at the beginning, but due to the changes of Wei Wenhou, the internal reward of cultivation warfare, the reuse of Li Kui and others, the external emphasis on military construction, the use of Wu Qi and other famous generals, to create the world-famous Wei Wushu, so that Wei became one of the most powerful vassal states in the Warring States Period, with the efforts of several generations of monarchs of Wei later, and finally Wei became the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, In the meeting of Feng Ze, Zhou Tianzi even put on a scene to command the heroes, the national strength of Wei has also reached its peak, and the Qin State, which later dominated the world, is only a barbarian living in the West, and it is completely impossible to get on the stage, but the situation is changing from time to time with the development of the Warring States Period, and Wei has gradually fallen from one of the seven heroes to a second-rate country, let's talk about why this is so:

First, prosperity must decline

In order to develop their own strength, the surrounding countries have also begun to change their laws and become stronger, while Wei is still in a complacent position and gradually declines.

2. The Land of a Hundred Battles

The geographical location of Wei can be said to be a place of a hundred battles, and there is no Xiongguan similar to Qin to defend, which also leads to the fact that the gradually powerful Qin State must fight with Wei as long as it goes east.

3. Brain drain

The brain drain of Wei was also very serious, due to the lack of attention to talents in the later period, so that Shang Ying, Sun Bin, Wei Yi and other talents were lost to other countries.

The strength of the Wei State during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period was still very strong, but due to the corruption of the ruling class, it led to continuous weakening. Finally, it was annexed by other countries.

1.Location: Wei is located in the middle of Chinese civilization, with Zhao in the north, Qin in the west, Wei, Song and Qi in the east, and Chu in the south.

The state of Wei was in the land of four wars, and its geographical location was extremely unfavorable. When it is strong, it can ally with the surrounding countries, but as long as it declines, it will be attacked by the various countries. After the Battle of Maling, the surrounding countries encroached on Wei's land, and Wei could no longer support its ambition of hegemony.

2.The monarch's strategic awareness: ** In the entire history of Wei hegemony, Wei did not annex any of the seven kingdoms when it was at its strongest.

The most powerful one was also the meeting of Fengze, and the monarch's consciousness was still stuck in the hegemony of the Spring and Autumn Period, completely unaware that he had entered an era of annexation. Moreover, the successive wars exhausted the Wei State, and at the same time aroused the dissatisfaction of various countries.

3.Development of the surrounding countries: The Warring States period is a very changing era, and every country is constantly changing its laws:

Qin's Shang Ying's reform, Chu's Wu Qi's reform, Zhao's Hufu cavalry shooting, Korea's Shen Buxian's reform, and so on. The changes in these countries have increased the strength of their own countries to varying degrees. Especially the Qin State, after the Shang Dynasty changed the law, the country became strong, and the spearhead was directed at the six countries of Shandong, and the first one to suffer was the Wei State that had been bullying it in the early years.

The king did not take advantage of the opportunity well, indulged in pleasures, did not pay attention to the development of his country, did not pay attention to military power.

Seven Heroes of the Warring States: Qin Chu, Qi Yan, Zhao Wei, Han; The establishment of the three kingdoms of Zhao, Wei and Han is the dividing line between the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, called the Three Families of Jin, 403 BC (the twenty-third year of King Weilie of Zhou) as the boundary, the Qin State is the period of King You of Zhou, the dog Rong invaded Haojing, Qin Xianggong defended the Zhou royal family meritorious, and was officially named a vassal state, so the Qin State officially became a prince in the Western Zhou Dynasty; Although the state of Qi was won by Jiang Ziya and was divided at the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty, in 379 BC, Duke Qi Kang died, and Jiang surnamed Qi was extinct. Tian still uses "Qi" as the country name, and is known as "Tian Qi" in history.

This event is called the Tian clan Dai Qi, so the Qi State during the Warring States Period was the Tian Qi State instead of the Jiang Qi State; The rest is Chu and Yan, Yan is a wonder, he is the only one from the beginning of the Zhou to the Qin unification of the countries surnamed Ji is the same; The state of Chu came from King Cheng of Zhou, who was the second emperor of the Western Zhou Dynasty, so only the state of Chu and the state of Yan were won at the beginning of the Zhou dynasty among the seven heroes of the Warring States;

It seems to be the State of Qi and the State of Chu.

In the more than 250 years of history of the Warring States period, Wei was the first strong and powerful country, in 334 BC King Wei Hui and Qi Wei King in Xuzhou Alliance, mutual recognition of each other as kings, known as "Xuzhou Xiang King" in history. However, in the later wars, Wei was "defeated by Qi in the east, lost more than 700 miles of Qin land in the west, and humiliated Chu in the south" and began to decline.

Mainly, when the third monarch Hui Wang ascended the throne, he focused on economic development, including the development of irrigation programs in the Yellow River; At the same time, Wei's national strength was slowly fading. This was due to the continuous eastward invasion of Wei during this period, and its superiority in the east was repeatedly thwarted in a series of wars, including the Battle of Maling in 341 BC. In the west, the Qin seized the Xihe region (a livestock and strategic location on the west bank of the Yellow River on the border of present-day Shanxi in Shaanxi) and was constantly harassed by the Qin state.

The Warring States period is generally 475 BC (the first year of King Yuan of Zhou) as the boundary between the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The three families have not yet destroyed the wisdom and divided the Jin, and the Qi Guotian clan has not replaced the Jiang clan.

453 BC: Zhao, Wei, and Han were divided into Jin, and then the Tian dynasty Qi and the traditional Qin Chuyan officially formed the Seven Heroes of the Warring States.

Qi State: The Tian clan is the Spring and Autumn Chen royal family, the royal family fought for power, Qi Heng Gong came to Qi for refuge, and slowly developed in 391 BC and exiled Qi Kang Gong to replace Jiang Qi at sea and became one of the Seven Heroes.

Chu State: In the early Spring and Autumn Period, it was sealed by King Cheng of Zhou in the land of Danzhejiang, and was called the land of Zinan for fifty miles. After the continuous progress from King Wu to the period of King Cheng, it has vigorously annexed and become a large country with more than 2,000 miles of locality.

After the King of Mu, King Zhuang, King Gong, King Kang, Zhaohui and other famous kings entered the Warring States as a great country and became one of the Seven Heroes.

Yan Kingdom: King Wu of Zhou destroyed Shang and divided his brother Ji Zheng to establish in Yandi. From the Spring and Autumn Period to the early Warring States period, it was silent and unknown until King Yan Zhao ascended the throne and united with Qin, and more than 70 cities under the Three Jin Dynasty were officially famous.

South Korea: The founder was Han Qian, one of the six secretaries of the Jin State, and Zhao Wei jointly destroyed the Zhi and divided the Jin State, and the greatest achievement was to destroy Zheng.

Zhao: The founder is Zhao Xiangzi, one of the six secretaries of the same Jin State. After the martial spirit king, Hu Fu, cavalry and archery, and the later famous generals, he became a powerful country against the Qin State.

Wei State: The founder Wei Si, one of the six secretaries of the Jin State. He became the most powerful vassal state in the early Warring States period.

Qin State: The founder was Qin Xianggong Yingkai, the king of Zhou Ping, who helped King Ping move east and was named a prince, the most powerful vassal state in the late Warring States period.

Under the rule of Zhou Tianzi, many vassal states were divided, and the Zhou royal family weakened in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and the princes and kings continued to merge and crusade against each other, and finally formed a situation in which Jin, Qi, Qin, Chu, and Yan were the five major vassal states and some small vassal states such as Zhongshan and Wu were dependent on the big countries, that is, the Spring and Autumn Period in history. The Jin State implemented the Liuqing system in the reform so that the power of the Jin king was divided by the Liuqing, and finally formed a situation in which the six surname families of Zhao, Wei, Han, Fan, Zhi, and Bank of China fought against each other, and finally Fan, Zhi, and Bank of China were destroyed by the other three families, resulting in the division of Zhao, Wei, and Han families, which also ushered in the Warring States Period in history, and the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period came from this.

The Zhou Dynasty divided many vassal states, and by the end of the Zhou Dynasty, due to the annexation of wars, seven great powers were finally formed.

After the protracted war for hegemony in the Spring and Autumn Period, the number of vassal states in the territory of the Zhou Dynasty was greatly reduced, and the Zhou royal family was nominally the co-lord of the world, but in fact it was almost destroyed, and the vassal states attacked each other, and the wars continued. After the three families were divided, Zhao, Wei, and Korea were among the powerful countries, and there was the Tian family to represent Qi, and the pattern of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States was formally formed, and the seven kingdoms were: Qi, Chu, Yan, Korea, Zhao, Wei, and Qin.

In addition to the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, there were also large countries such as Yue, Ba, Shu, Song, Zhongshan, and Chen. There are still Zheng Guo, Wei Guo, Lu Guo, Teng State, Zou State, Fei State, etc., but their strength and influence are far inferior to the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, and they can only survive in the cracks of the powerful countries, and they are all destroyed by the Seven Heroes in the end. Among the seven heroes, the Qin State was the strongest in the later period.

With the exception of Qin, the other six kingdoms were all east of the Kunshan Mountains. Therefore, the six countries are also known as the "Shandong Six".

From the Spring and Autumn Period to the Warring States Period, the dynasties all belonged to the Zhou Dynasty, but they belonged to a change in the social system, a change from a slave society to a feudal society. It was also the beginning of the warlord secession. During the Spring and Autumn Period, there were Spring and Autumn Five Tyrants, but there was a time interval between the appearance of the Spring and Autumn Five Tyrants, just like Qi Huan Gong and Yue Wang Goujian, there was a difference of hundreds of years.

However, the existence of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period coexisted in the same period, which was equivalent to the division of warlords, each with its own army. The stronger ones are the ones who are stronger. Some very small countries are not well known.