During the Spring and Autumn Period, after Qi Huan Gong Xiaobai sat on the throne of the State of Qi, he wanted to find a sage who could rule the world, and Bao Shuya recommended Guan Zhong, who had an arrow feud with Qi Huan Gong, and Qi Huan Knew Through Investigation that Guan Zhong was indeed responsible for learning, he threw away his previous hatred and reused Guan Zhong. Guan Zhong also carefully assisted the Duke of Qi Huan, and eventually the Duke of Qi Huan became the overlord of the princes of the world.
Coincidentally, Qin Mugong, the monarch of the Qin Kingdom, had a beloved BMW, which could travel thousands of miles a day and walk eight hundred at night, following Qin Mugong in the southern expedition to the north, and made a lot of merits. But one day, the horse was lost, and when the soldiers found it, it had become the pot of 300 savages in a village in the countryside.
It turned out that these 300 wildlings did not know that this BMW was the king's horse, so they hunted it down and prepared to eat it. The soldiers reported the incident to Qin Mugong. In the war years, horses are a valuable resource, and war horses are like the right and left arms of soldiers, with deep feelings with soldiers. And this horse is the king's BMW, and many people sweat for these 300 barbarians.
However, after Qin Mugong heard the soldier's return, he said: "I heard that eating the meat of a horse and not drinking alcohol immediately is going to kill people." So he gave each of the men who ate the horse meat a glass of wine, without any intention of punishing them. The 300 savages felt ashamed, and immediately joined the qin forces, secretly vowing to die to repay the kindness of Qin Mugong.
In 651 BC, Qin Mugong sent troops to escort Gongzi Yiwu back to the throne, and after Yiwu became the monarch of the Jin State, he was unusual, broke his promise, and refused to cede the promised land to the Qin State. Later, the State of Jin encountered famine, and the State of Qin brought a large amount of grain to help the State of Jin tide over the difficulties, and the State of Qin encountered famine, but the State of Jin was unwilling to send a grain of grain to the State of Qin.
In 645 BC, after the Qin state spent the famine year, it sent troops to attack the treacherous Jin state, and the Qin soldiers were full of indignation and high morale, and defeated the Jin army three times, all the way to the Jin state of Hanyuan. In September, Duke Yiwu of Jin hui personally led an army to resist the Qin army, and the two sides fought a major battle.
During this period, Jin Huigong's horse fell into a quagmire, and it was difficult to get out for a while, Qin Mugong saw it and then rushed to capture Jin Huigong, but Jin Huigong did not catch it, and Qin Mugong was surrounded by Jinguo rescue soldiers. In the fierce battle, Qin Mugong's armor was also pierced by the Jin soldiers, and more than half of the guards around him were killed and wounded, and they looked like they were about to be captured.
At this critical moment, the 300 wild soldiers who had been looking for an opportunity to repay Qin Mugong saw that Qin Mugong was under siege, so they howled and rushed to kill him, fighting to the death, all of them were killed, and the other soldiers of the Qin State were also deeply affected, and their morale was immediately boosted, and finally defeated the Jin army and captured the Jin Huigong. This battle also regained the dignity of the Qin state and produced evil spirits.
Qin Mugong lost a horse, but at a critical moment he recovered a life and won a war. If he had not forgiven 300 people for the sin of eating horses, there would have been no future Savior, and he might have died in battle. The difference between Qin Mugong's thoughts may form two different results, so Liu Bei in the Three Kingdoms period left a message to Liu Chan before his death: "Don't act with good and small, and don't act with evil and small." "Qin Mugong's tolerance is actually a kind of good deed.