Not long ago, the author saw some news reports, talking about the mid-life crisis and middle-aged anxiety, now many employers are reluctant to recruit middle-aged people over the age of 35, there are many reasons, the author will not talk about them in detail, but what the author wants to say is: on the one hand, middle-aged people do not give up, at any time to strive to improve themselves, look for opportunities, and even can go to the backward city development, on the one hand, employers do not blind, sometimes a veteran can turn the tide, to the employer to plug the wings of flight. If you don't believe it and look at history, in addition to Jiang Ziya assisting The Second King of Wenwu, Keyin, and establishing a worldly feat, there is also a seventy-year-old man who is favored by the wise eyes of the king of a country, and then helps a country become one of the five hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period.
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During the Spring and Autumn Period, a civil unrest broke out in the Jin Dynasty, and Quwo Xiaozong replaced Emperor Yicheng, known in history as "Quwo Daiyi", and the first monarch of the Quwo system was the Duke of Jinwu. Xiaozong plotted to seize the throne of Emperor Dazong, and in the patriarchal society of the Zhou Dynasty, it belonged to the following crimes, so Quwo Daiyi can be described as the landmark beginning of Confucius's "collapse of ceremonies and happiness". After the Usurpation of the throne by the Duke of Jinwu, he mainly stabilized his rule and carried out some reforms, but by the time of his son Jin Xiangong, he began to disobey the etiquette law internationally, and his landmark event was the false road cutting.
Among the neighbors of the Jin Dynasty, there were two small countries, namely the Yu State and the Guó State, which had a good relationship and knew the truth that once the Jin State attacked a certain country, the other country would rescue it. During the Jin Dynasty, the chancellor Xun Xi divided the two countries, so that they did not support each other, as long as one country was destroyed first, the other country could be destroyed at any time. Therefore, the Jin state bribed the Yu state to provoke the relations between the two countries, and finally the Yu state agreed to the Jin state to use the road to destroy the Yu. If it is said that the Jin State destroyed the Yu Dynasty and also produced a famous language, then when the Jin army was stationed in the Yu Kingdom, the Jin Gong pretended that Yu Gong went hunting, and the result was a surprise attack on the Yu State, which seemed very unauthentic and violated the mainstream values at that time.
The State of Jin destroyed the State of Yu and captured Yu Jun and a group of courtiers, one of whom was Bai Lixi, the Grand Master of the State of Yu. The Duke of Jin did not take Baili Xi seriously, so he sent him to the Qin State as a dowry slave. At that time, in order to make friends with the Central Plains, Qin Mugong proposed marriage to The Duke of Jin, so the Duke of Jin Xian married his daughter to the Duke of Qin Mugong, and Baili Xi was one of the dowry slaves, and the allusion "Good of Qin and Jin" mainly refers to this marriage. The marriage of Qin and Jin was more chaotic, and later Duke Mu of Qin married his daughter HuaiYiwu (the son of Duke Xian of Jin, known in history as Duke Hui of Jin), and after Ji Yiwu fled back to the State of Jin to inherit the monarch, Duke Mu of Qin married Huaiyin to another son of Duke Xiangong of Jin (Jin Wengong). That is to say, Qin Mugong was originally the same generation as Yiwu and Zhong'er, but later he became their elder brother-in-law. Of course, Huai Wei may not have been born to the daughter of Duke Xian of Jin, and may not be related to Yi Wu and Heavy Ear.
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After Bai Lixi arrived in the Qin state, he was not willing to be lonely, or wanted revenge, so he found an opportunity to flee the Qin state and ran to the land of Wan (yuān), and the border defense troops of the Chu state caught him, so Bai Li Xi became an unowned slave captured by the Chu state and could be openly sold in the market. But the problem is that Baili Xi is already seventy years old, and the Qin Benji says that "when it is, Baili Is more than seventy years old", such an old slave cannot work, cannot serve people, and can only buy it back to provide, so no one is willing to buy it.
At this time, Qin Mugong heard that Baili Xi was very talented, and at first he was ready to redeem him with heavy money, but considering that it was so easy to fight grass and snakes, he sent someone to say to the King of Chu: "My family's dowry slave Bai Lixi fled here, please allow me to redeem him with five black ram skins." Chu Guo agreed and handed over Baili Xi.
After Bai Lixi returned to the Qin Kingdom, Qin Mugong consulted him on major state affairs, and Bai Li Xi said very modestly: "I am a minister of the subjugation of the country, where is it worth your inquiry?" Qin Mugong insisted on asking for advice, and then Baili Xi talked with him for three days, and Qin Mugong was very happy and handed over the affairs of the state to him, known as the Doctor of the Five Gangs (gǔ, black ram). At the same time, Bai Lixi recommended his friend Uncle Jian to Duke Mu of Qin, after which Qin Mugong immediately sent someone to invite Uncle Jian with a generous gift and appointed him as the Grand Master to discuss state affairs.
We all know that Chen Sheng was before the era of "the prince will really have a kind of life", if Baili Xi is really a slave, may Qin Mugong pay attention to him? In fact, although Bai Lixi was a slave at that time, he was once a doctor of Yu Guo, with a high position of power and talent, so Qin Mugong would pay attention to him. Before the Warring States, almost all the people who could leave a mark in the history books were born into the nobility, and Baili Xi was originally a nobleman, but after the country was broken, he became a slave, so he would have the opportunity to make a comeback. In ancient books, it is not quite right to praise Qin Mugong for his eclectic reuse of slaves.
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The "History of Confucius's Family" records that when Confucius was thirty years old, Qi Jinggong and Yan Infant visited Lu, and Qi Jinggong asked Confucius: "In the past, the Duchy of Qin and Mu was small, why did it dominate?" Confucius replied, "Qin, although the country is small, its ambitions are large; although it is open, it is in the right direction." Holding up the Five Nobles (i.e., The Hundred Mile Xi), the Great Master of the Lord, rose from the tired, and spoke for three days, and was granted the government. In this way, although the king can also be, its hegemony is small. That is to say, the State of Qin during the Qin Mugong period was actually a "small country" that could not be compared with Qi, Chu, Jin, etc. In Confucius's view, Qin Mugong became one of the overlords of the Spring and Autumn Period because he had the ambition to dominate, the administration was very legitimate and in line with the people's hearts, and he could appoint a capable person. The State of Qin was able to dominate for a while, and Qin Mugong undoubtedly had outstanding merits, so what did Bai Lixian do in it?
After Baili Xi became the prime minister, a series of policies were quickly introduced, "if there is no improper plan, there will be merit", which laid the foundation for Qin Mu's hegemony and the future rise of the Qin state. In internal affairs, Bai Lixi brought advanced culture, politics and farming techniques from the Central Plains, and led by example, and gave favors to the people, so that three hundred years later, the people of the Qin State praised Bai Lixi in front of Shang Martin, saying "The Phase qin of the Five Emperors". In terms of expanding the territory, the Duke of Qi Huan and the Duke of Jin Wen appeared successively, making it difficult for the Qin state to develop to the east, so the strategy of Baili Xi turned to the west, thus opening up thousands of miles of land, dominating Xirong, unifying today's Gansu, Ningxia and other regions, greatly expanding the strategic space of the Qin state, and laying the foundation for the rise of the Qin state. Diplomatically, in order to establish an international image for the Qin state, Bai Lixi suggested that Qin Mugong help the enemy Jin guo survive the famine and use countless ships to transport a large amount of grain to the Jin state, which is known in history as the "Battle of Pan Boat"; at the same time, the "three kings of the Jin state" first helped The Prince of Jin Huiyi to come to power, secondly, after capturing the Jin Huigong, he sent him back to the throne, and third, helped the Jin Wen Gong to succeed to the throne; in addition, Enwei and shi all the ethnic groups in the territory, so that "the Ba people paid tribute" and "Eight Rong came to serve", making the Qin state the first hegemon in the west and stabilizing the rear of the Qin state.
During the period when Baili Xi assisted Duke Mu of Qin, he also experienced the rebellion of the Zhou royal family. In 636 BC, when the Zhou Dynasty was in Luoyang, Kyoto, the King of Zhou took refuge in Zhuchuan (near Xiang County, Henan). Bai Lixi advised Mugong of Qin to take King Xiang of Zhou to the State of Qin and take the opportunity to dominate, which was a bit of a "blackmail of the Son of Heaven to order the princes". Because Duke Mu of Qin was worried that the State of Jin (who had just succeeded to the throne at that time) was blocked, he did not go, and as a result, he gave it to Duke Wen of Jin.
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Qin Mugong's fortunes were not very good, he met both the "Zhou Yu" of qi huan and the "Zhuge Liang" of Jin Wengong, although there were hundreds of miles of Xi to assist, but the qin state was not strong, and Qin Mugong could only seize the opportunity to dominate after the death of Qi Huan and Jin Wengong.
After Jin Wengong became hegemonic, BaiLi Xi suggested continuing to make good friends with the Jin state, creating an alliance between Qin and Jin, and jointly suppressing Qi Chu, but when Jin Wengong had just died and had not yet been buried, Qin Mugong insisted on an expedition to Zheng Guo, and later because of the Zheng state merchant Xiang Gao's division halfway through, he mistakenly thought that Zheng Guo had a defense, so he turned around and destroyed the Shui state with the same surname and neighbor of the Jin state, which caused the anger of the Jin state, and then Xianxun led the army to completely annihilate the Qin army at The Mountain, and even Meng Mingshi, the son of BaiLi Xi, was captured, which is known as the "Battle of The Fall". The impact of this battle was far-reaching, after which the Qin state changed its strategy and began to ally with the Chu state, starting a hundred-year war against the hegemony of the Jin state.
Since Duke Wen of Jin's wife was Huai Wei and the daughter of Duke Mu of Qin, under the persuasion of Huai Wei, the Duke of Jin Xiang released Meng Mingshi and three other Qin generals back to China, and the first general of the Jin State, Xianxun (the first person to deceive and use troops), was furious and did not say anything to Jin Xianggong. Afterwards, Xianxun regretted it and took the initiative to die in battle during the conquest of Di Rong, as a sign of punishment for his sin of roaring at the king, and the Jin state lost a genius warrior. But on the other side, Qin Mugong restored Meng Mingshi and the other three people to their official positions, and treated them even more kindly. Three years later, Qin Mugong sent Meng Mingshi and three others to attack the Jin State, and after Meng Mingshi crossed the Yellow River, he burned the ships, just like Xiang Yu's broken cauldron, and the result was a great defeat of the Jin State, and while avenging the Battle of Defeat, he also made Qin Mugong one of the overlords of the Spring and Autumn Period. In the end, after more than thirty years of assistance from Baili Xi, the State of Qin finally dominated the princes from a small western border state.
In 621 BC, the year of The Death of Duke Mu of Qin, Bai Li xi also died at the age of 104. Jiang Ziya came out of the mountains at the age of seventy, Baili Xi was seventy years old, both of them lived for "more than 100 years", and both made meritorious achievements in the northwest, it can be said that Baili Xi is almost another Jiang Ziya.
In the era of Qin Mugong, the Qin state began to dominate the northwest, becoming a pivotal force among the princes of the world, and possessing the capital to dominate the world, although it was the result of Qin Mugong's great talent and knowledge of people, but it was inseparable from Baili Xi. Therefore, later generations praised the merits of Qin Mugong and always appointed Baili Xi as his big end.
In short, throughout Bai Lixi's life, there was almost no achievement before the age of seventy, and after the age of seventy, it was incomparably brilliant, and one of the watersheds was from the central plains in the developed region to the backward area of the Qin state, and then immediately ushered in a big explosion in the cause, so that the Qin state in a remote corner gradually became stronger, and played a role that could not be underestimated for the Qin state to achieve hegemony, and also let its name remain in history. Therefore, employers learn more from Qin Mugong, and people who are worried about the crisis of middle age learn more from Jiang Ziya and Baili Xi.
References: "History", "Zuo Biao", etc