This kind of behavior of showing off wealth has been around for a long time. 2376 years ago (355 BC), King Hui of Wei showed off his wealth in front of King Qi Wei, but the results did not seem to be ideal.
One day, King Wei Hui and King Qi Wei each took a group of retinues to go on an outing, and when they were having a good time, King Wei Hui showed off at King Qi Wei: "Do you have any treasures in the country of Qi?" King Qi Wei replied happily, "No." King Wei Hui immediately felt energetic: "Although our Wei kingdom is small, there are still ten large pearls with a diameter of one inch long that can illuminate the twelve cars in front and behind." Your country of Qi is so big, why don't you have some treasures? ”
King Qi Wei said, "Of course I have the baby, but my baby is different from your baby." Next, he listed the abilities and deeds of his four ministers to King Hui of Wei, and then said, "The light of my four ministers is enough to shine for thousands of miles, not to mention illuminating a small piece of twelve cars." Listening to what King Qi Wei said, King Wei Hui's face was immediately ugly.
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Of all things in the world, man is the most precious. The so-called talented people will win the world, from the country to the small enterprise, and the cause will be prosperous if the talent is abundant, and the cause will be difficult if the talent is scarce. In fact, such capable ministers as King Qi Wei said, The State of Wei also had a history during the time of King Hui's grandfather Wei Wenhou, such as: Li Wu, Zhai Huang, Le Yang, Zi Xia, Wu Qi, Ximen Leopard, etc., it was precisely these able ministers and good generals that made wei once become the head of the Three Jins, and the princes of the world could not contend with it. After Marquis Wen's son Marquis Wu took over, the famous general Wu Qi abandoned Wei and surrendered to Chu. When King Hui of Wei came to power, Shang Martin was not reused to leave Wei Benqin, and he really could not count a few able ministers to show off to people, only to take a few large beads to show in front of people. The ruler of the State of Wei is really inferior to a generation, and the national strength is also weakening year by year. The relationship with the State of Qi was good and bad, and the State of Qin was in constant conflict.
In the third year (353 BC) after King Wei and King Hui of Wei went on an outing to hunt Xuanbao, because the state of Wei sent troops to attack the state of Zhao in the first year, the state of Zhao asked the state of Qi for help. King Qi Wei then sent troops to besiege Wei to save Zhao, and at guiling, he defeated King Hui's army. Another year later (352 BC), King Wei of Qi formed an alliance with two younger brothers, the State of Song and the State of Wei, and besieged Xiangling of the State of Wei. Ten years later (341 BC), because the State of Wei attacked Korea, the King of Qi Wei once again sent troops to save Han, led by Tian Ji and Sun Zhen, who fought the Battle of Guiling, using the old trick of "encircling Wei and saving Zhao", setting up an ambush at this place in Maling Road, defeating the Wei army, shooting the general Pang Juan, and capturing the crown prince Wei Shen alive.
The two brothers fought like this, as if the relationship was still very iron. Seven years after the Battle of Maling (334 BC), the two ran to Xuzhou to meet again, did a major event that changed history, called each other kings, and together raised their respective status to be higher than Zhou Tianzi. At this time, the strength of the State of Qi was already very strong, and the King of Qi Wei still had the confidence to claim the throne. However, the strength of the State of Wei and the State of Qi were far from being comparable, so the weight of the King of Wei Hui was insufficient.
King Hui of Wei reigned for 52 years, and in addition to the State of Qi beating him, the State of Qin did not beat him less. In the fourth year of the reign of King Hui of Wei (365 BC), the State of Qin defeated the combined forces of the State of Wei and Korea at Luoyin (in present-day Dali and Huayin, Shaanxi). Later in 364 BC, the Qin army defeated the combined forces of the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Han, and Zhao at Shimen, beheading 60,000 people, for which King Xianwang of Zhou also gave Qin Xiangong the "Costume of the Emperor" to congratulate him. Two years later ( 362 BC ) , the Qin army engaged the State of Wei at Shaoliang ( present-day southern Hancheng , Shaanxi ) , and the Wei army fled in defeat , and the commander Gongsun Huan was captured.
In 354 BC, the State of Qin defeated the Wei army at Yuanli (元里, in present-day chengcheng, Shaanxi), beheaded more than 7,000 people, and captured the place of Shaoliang. In 352 BC, Wei Martin of the Qin state led an army to attack the state of Wei, and the following year, besieged the state of Wei, Guyang), and Guyang surrendered to Qin. In 350 BC, the Qin and Wei armies engaged in an encounter at Tongdi (present-day southern Huazhou District, Weinan, Shaanxi), and the Wei army was defeated. In 340 BC, Duke Xiao of Qin sent Wei Martin to lead an army to attack the State of Wei. The State of Wei took Gongzi Jie as its general to meet the battle, and Shang Martin captured Gongzi Jie with a trick, and the Wei army was defeated. King Hui of Wei was horrified when he heard the news of the defeat and sent emissaries to the State of Qin to sacrifice the land of Hexi to seek peace.
In 333 BC, the State of Qin sent a leader of the Xi Dynasty to attack the State of Wei, defeating more than 40,000 Wei troops and capturing the Wei general Long Jia. In 332 BC, the State of Wei sacrificed yin and Jin (present-day southeast of Huayin, Shaanxi) to the State of Qin for peace. In 330 BC, the State of Qin sent troops to attack the State of Wei, besieging Jiaocheng (present-day Sanmenxia, Henan) and Quwo (southwest of present-day Sanmenxia, Henan), and King Hui of Wei offered the State of Shaoliang and Hexi to the State of Qin.
In 329 BC, the State of Qin continued to attack the State of Wei, crossing the Yellow River, capturing Fenyin (southwest of present-day Wanrong, Shanxi) and Pishi (present-day Hejin, Shanxi), and capturing Jiaocheng. In 328 BC, Duke Hua and Zhang Yi of the State of Qin led an army to conquer the Wei state of Puyang (蒲阳, in modern Xi county, Shanxi), and King Hui of Wei ceded the fifteen counties of Shangjun to the State of Qin. In 324 BC, Zhang Yi of the Qin state led an army to attack the State of Wei and capture the city of Shaanxi (陕城, in modern Sanmenxia, Henan). In 322 BC, Qin again sent troops to attack the State of Wei, capturing Quwo (southwest of present-day Sanmenxia, Henan) and Pingzhou (present-day Jiexiuxi, Shanxi).
During the reign of King Hui of Wei, qin and Wei fought more than a dozen battles, an average of one battle every four years, and the State of Wei did not win a single victory.
The story of the King of Qiwei taking Liangchen as a national treasure is also recorded in the book "New Order" compiled by Liu Xiang in the Han Dynasty, and the protagonist is not the King of Qiwei, but the minister of the Chu State, Zhaoxi. According to the "New Order", the State of Qin intended to conquer the State of Chu, so it sent emissaries to the State of Chu to ask to see the national treasures of the State of Chu, and the King of Chu sent Zhao xi to deal with the emissaries of the State of Qin. Zhao Xi gathered three hundred elite soldiers and lined up in the West Gate. One by one, the envoys of the Qin state were introduced to the merits of the four ministers, Nameng Yin Zixi, Emperor Taizong's Son Ao, Ye Gongzi Gao, and Sima Zi. He said to the envoy of the State of Qin: "The envoy of your country wants to see the national treasure of our state of Chu, and the national treasure of the state of Chu is all the good ministers here today. The emissaries of the State of Qin were terrified in their hearts, returned to the State of Qin, and said to the King of Qin: The State of Chu has many wise subjects, so don't fight their ideas, so the State of Qin gave up the action of attacking the State of Chu.
Similar stories tell the same truth, that is, to know talents, cherish talents, respect talents, and make good use of talents to promote the better development of the cause.
Attached: The original text of the Zizhi Tongjian:
King Qi Wei and King Hui of Wei would meet Tian Yu in the suburbs. Hui Wang: "Qi also has a treasure?" Wei Wang: "Nothing." Hui Wang said: "Although the widow country is small, there are still pearls of diameter, and there are ten twelve multipliers in front of and behind the car." Is it not a great power to have no treasure? King Wei said, "The reason why the widow is a treasure is different from the king." If our ministers have tanzi, so that the people who guard the southern city, then the Chu people do not dare to be Kou, and the twelve princes of Sishang all come to the court; if our ministers have hopes, so that the Shou Gao Tang, then the Zhao people do not dare to fish in the river in the east; if we have a Qianfu, so that the Guards of Xuzhou, then the Yan people sacrifice the North Gate, the Zhao people sacrifice the West Gate, and the more than 7,000 families of those who migrate and follow; if the WuChen has a kind of leader, so that the thieves will be prepared, then the Tao will not be left behind. These four subjects will shine a thousand miles, and they will be multiplied by twelve! "Hui Wang is ashamed.
The original text of the New Preface:
Qin wanted to cut down Chu and made the emissary go to guan chu's treasure vessel, and the king of Chu heard it, and summoned Yin Zixi and asked, "Qin wants to see the treasure of Chu, the bi of wuhe clan, and the pearl of Suihou, can be shown to all?" Ling Yin Zixi said to him, "The subject does not know." Summoning Zhao Xi to ask Yan, Zhao Xi asked: "This desire to see the gains and losses of our country and the treasure of the country lies in the virtuous subjects, the good things that the husband jewelry plays, and the heavy one who is not the treasure of the country." "The king then made Zhao Xi sympathize with it.
Zhao Xi sent three hundred elite soldiers, and Chen yu was inside the West Gate. It is the altar of the east, the fourth of the south, and the altar of the west. The Qin emissary arrived, and Zhao Xi said, "Junkeye, please ascend to the east." To the southwest of Ling Yinzi, emperor Taizong's son Ao was second, Ye Gongzi was second to him, Sima Zi was second, and Zhao Xi was self-respecting on the altar to the west, saying: "Guests want to see the treasure of the Chu kingdom, and the treasure of the Chu kingdom is also a sage." Rationalize the people, really cangmiao, so that the people have their own place, so that Yin Zixi is here. Qin Guibi, the princes, to relieve the difficulties of anger, to make the two countries happy, so that there is no worries about military revolution, Emperor Taizong is here. Guard the frontier, be careful of the realm, do not invade the neighboring countries, and the neighboring countries will not invade, and Ye Gongzi is high here. The division brigade, the whole army, to be a strong enemy, to raise the drum, to move a million divisions, so that all the people tend to soup fire, white blades, out of ten thousand deaths, regardless of the difficulties of a lifetime, Sima Zi is here. If the king of Huai's reign is discussed, the legacy of chaos, Zhao Xi is here, only the view of the great power. The Emissary of Qin was terrified, and Zhao Xi went away. The emissaries of Qin rebelled, saying to Qin Jun: "Chu Duoxian chen, there is no way to seek it." "So I didn't cut it. Shi Yun: "Ji Ji Duoshi, King Wen Yining." "Si Zhi said also.