Eastern Zhou Dynasty Story 149 Hundred Mile Xi Past 4 Slaves turned into Qin State Ministers
Sentiment:
"A good bird chooses a good tree and perches on it, and a good minister chooses the Lord and does things." Meeting the Lord is the luck of a lifetime, not to be decadent and sad because of the chaotic world, but to choose to nourish and save for the future momentum.
On the importance of strategic direction. A dialogue laid the direction of development of the Qin state in the next few hundred years, and laid the strategic thinking for the spring and autumn hegemony and the unification of the world.
The King of Chu was worried that he would not anger the Qin capital, so he asked the Nanhai people to capture Baili Xi and hand it over to the Qin people.
Bai Lixi was about to leave, and the People of the South China Sea said that he would be killed when he returned, and they all burst into tears. Bai Li xi smiled and said, "I heard that Qin Jun has the ambition to be Fang Bo (overlord of the princes), how could he be angry about a runaway slave who was dowry?" The Jin Kingdom came to the Chu Kingdom to find me, and it was going to use me. This time I went to the Qin Kingdom to be rich, so what do you have to cry about? So I got into the prison cart and went.
When he was about to reach the border of the Qin state, Qin Mugong sent Gongsun Zhi to the outskirts to greet him. First, Bai Lixi was released from the prison cart, and then summoned him. Mu Gong asked, "How old is this year?" ”
Bai Li Xi said, "Only seventy years old." ”
Mu Gong sighed, "Unfortunately, I'm old." ”
Xi Yue: "If you let the minister chase the birds and catch the beast, then the minister is old." If you let the minister sit and discuss the affairs of the state, the minister is still young. In the past, Lü Shang Jiang Ziya was eighty years old, fishing in Weishui, king Wen of Zhou brought him back and worshiped him as Shang's father, which stabilized the Zhou Dynasty. The chancellor met the prince today, ten years earlier than Lü Shang. ”
Mu Gong admired what Xi said and asked solemnly, "We are between the Central Plains and Rong Di, and have not allied with the Central Plains countries." Do you have any professors for widows? How to make our country not lag behind the princes? ”
Xi said to him, "The prince does not take the prisoner of the kingdom of death as a subject, nor does he dislike the subject when he is old." He also humbly asked, does the minister still dare not exert his best efforts? Since the land of ancient Yong and Qishan, wenwu has flourished. The mountains are steep as canine teeth, and the plateau is as narrow as a long snake. The Zhou Dynasty could not guard it, so it was rewarded to the State of Qin. This is heaven wanting the Qin kingdom to prosper. Moreover, we are located in Xisai, intersecting with Rong Di, and the troops are strong; if we do not ally with the Central Plains countries, then we can concentrate on our own state affairs, and our strength will not be dispersed. Now In Sidon, there are dozens of small countries. If they annex their land it will be enough to cultivate it, and their people will be enough to fight. These are all inferior to the princes of the Central Plains. The prince appeased them with noble virtue and conquered them with military might. This allows you to control the west all, and then take advantage of the rugged defenses of the mountains. Looking down at the Central Plains countries from above, waiting for the opportunity to attack again, then Enwei was controlled by the monarch. In this way, you can also achieve Fang Bo hegemony. ”
Mu Gong stood up unconsciously when he heard this, and said, "The widow has Xi, just like qi guo has won the middle father." So for three consecutive days, Mu Gong and Bai Lixi talked freely about state affairs and analyzed the general situation in the world, and the two talked very happily.
Qin Mugong and Bai Lixi sat down and talked
Mu Gong was deeply impressed by Bai Lixi's ability, and Bai Li Xi was made the secretary of state, and the state affairs were appointed to him. Because it was exchanged for five sheepskins, the Chinese people called Xi "Five Doctors".
The bearded man has a poem:
It was really strange to get out of prison and worship each other, and Zhonghou reheard about Baili Xi.
Since then, Western Qin has been famous and has not lost its value of five sheepskins.
To be continued