There are many talented people in this world, some people use their talents to contribute to the people of the world, and some people use their talents to fight for their own wealth.
For example, Li Si, the chancellor of Great Qin, did not start from a high point, and as a small official, Li Si was very dissatisfied with his situation, and changed his outlook on life with two rats.
He saw a rat in the toilet, and the rat ran away when he saw Lis, and the rat he saw in the granary was not afraid at all when he saw Lis.
Lisi came to a conclusion: whether a person has appeared or not depends on where he stays.
Inspired by this, Li Si resigned from his position as a minor official and went to Xunzi to study and improve his academic qualifications in order to change his destiny. Reading changes fate This sentence Lis must have believed.
Perhaps Xunzi's "theory of sexual evil" has deepened Lis's understanding of 2 mice, and he makes a very extreme point:
If a person's status is low, if he does not change his fate and fight for his own fame, then this person is "a person who can forcibly have a human face and can forcibly listen."
What is a human face and a forcible ear, literally means that you have a human face and barely walk upright. The essence means that if you don't get fame and fortune and change your situation, then you will have a white face. This sentence is cruel enough and extreme enough.
The main father was a native of the State of Qi, and he first learned the art of vertical and horizontal, and then learned the Spring and Autumn Period, and the words of the Hundred Families. Why did you switch to Spring and Autumn?
Because Emperor Wu of Han liked Confucianism after he came to power, Gongsun Hong did not begin to study the "Spring and Autumn Ram Biography" until he was forty years old, and finally became an official of the Western Han Dynasty, and was given the title of Marquis of Pingjin.
The main father was not as lucky as Gongsun Hong, because Gongsun Hong was recommended, while the main father was ostracized by Qi Di Confucian, and later Zhou Youyan, Zhao, and Zhongshan were still ostracized without results. Later, he defected to the great general Wei Qing, who recommended him to Emperor Wu of Han several times, but Emperor Wu of Han was not interested until he wrote to jiu ce.
After repeated blows, the main father became very extreme like Li Si, and after he gained power, he said this sentence:
For more than forty years, I can't succeed, I don't think I'm a son, Kundi doesn't accept it, guests abandon me, and I'm doomed for a long time. And the husband is not born with five dings of food, and when he dies, he cooks five dings of ears. ---"Chronicle of the Patriarch of The Marquis of Pingjin"
The gist of this sentence is that I have been abandoned by the people of the world, trapped for a long time, and the eldest husband is alive, if he cannot eat the five dings, then when he dies, he will be punished by the five dings cooking.
What is Wuding? The ceremony of the Qing Doctor, the three dings are the gifts of the soldiers.
The subtext of this sentence is that if I can't get rich, then let me die under the rich.
Li Si believes that a person does not go to gain wealth and status is not even a person, and the view of the lord father is even more extreme, if he cannot get rich, he will die under the rich.
Where is their strength?
Talent.
They do not wait for each other, and they do not rely on each other, but rely on their own talents and use their wisdom to obtain status and wealth.
As Su Qin said:
Fu Shi had already bowed his head and received the book, but could not be honored, although many of them thought that it was "History of Su Qin Lie"
The gist is that a reader buries his head in reading, and cannot rely on it to obtain glory and wealth, even if he reads more, what is the use?
Su Qin, Li Si, and the main father all succeeded.
Su Qin began to succeed from The Marquis wen of Yan, and eventually the Six Kingdoms were attached to each other, and the scenery was infinite, and when passing by his hometown, King Lian Zhou Xian quickly found someone to clear the road for him, and sent envoys to the suburbs to greet the consolation. It was impossible for Su Qin to want to see King Zhou Xianwang in the first place.
How rich is Li Si?
The son married the princess, the daughter married the prince of the Qin gongfu, and his son returned home from the station to set up a banquet, and the guests were endless.
The eldest man is Sanchuan Shou, all the men are still Princesses of Qin, and the females are married to the princes of Qin. Sanchuan Shou Li returned to Xianyang, Li Si put wine at home, hundreds of officials were all shou, and the door court rode thousands. - "The Chronicle of Lislie"
Li Si saw such a grand situation and sighed that I had reached the extreme of wealth.
To what extent is the Lord Father rich?
The ministers at that time were very afraid of him, afraid that he would speak to Emperor Wu of Han and would often give him money to bribe him. Why? Because the death of the princes such as the King of Yan and the King of Qi could be pushed by him, there were as many as a thousand guests under him.
The lord father claimed that the land of Shuofang was fertile and fertile, and could set up a county to resist the Xiongnu, and the secretaries of state said that it was unfavorable when discussing, but Emperor Wu of Han believed the main father.
Su Qin, Li Si, and the main father practiced obtaining wealth by talent, believing that people must gain wealth in this life, and they achieved success by relying on their own talents.
At the peak of their lives, they can be described as rich and powerful, but the result?
After the failure of Su Qin's alliance, he fled to the State of Qi and was finally assassinated, and in order to catch the murderer, he asked the King of Qi to split his car in the city and offered a reward to the assassin to make the thief appear. According to folklore, the murderer was really caught, and a reward was offered thousands of dollars, and there were four people who received the reward, each with 250, which is a saying of 250 origins.
After the death of Qin Shi Huang, the throne was succeeded by Fu Su, and the edict was not issued. At this time, Zhao Gao told Li Si to let him change the edict to support Hu Hai. Liz strongly disagreed. Zhao Gao said that if Fu Su succeeded to the throne, the position of chancellor would definitely not have your share, it would definitely be the Meng family, and Li Si immediately agreed to go with Zhao Gaogou. He simply forgot that his life's wealth was given by Qin Shi Huang, and in the end, for his own wealth, he could only choose to betray Qin Shi Huang.
Hu Hai became emperor, and as a result, Zhao Gao wanted to be a chancellor, and Li Si's position was ultimately not secured, and under Zhao Gao's trap, Li Si was killed and yi.
The main father Was too cruel, which caused uneasiness in the entire bureaucratic clique of the Western Han Dynasty, and they seized the King of Zhao to report that the main father had accepted bribes and was suspected of forcing the King of Qi to die, even if Emperor Wu of Han did not want to kill him, he finally killed the main father for the sake of the common people's anger.
Looking at these three paths to find wealth, they are not smooth, and they have also experienced hardships. Su Qin felt that he had learned to lobby the princes, and as a result, he returned from great difficulties and was ridiculed by his family. After Li Si arrived in the Qin State, he encountered the spy case of zheng Guo of the Qin State, and the Qin Office stirred up a storm of evictions, and the main father was ostracized everywhere, and all the money in Chang'an City was used up, and he was poor. They succeed with their outstanding talents and endurance to surpass ordinary people, coupled with a clear goal (seeking wealth).
This is only the first half of life, and their second half falls faster than the average person.
What a rich cloud!
Can't help but sigh, success is also talented, defeat is also talented.
Is this the way to exchange talent for wealth?
Li Si, Su Qin, and the main father came from different generations, why did the ending be the same bleak? Is there an answer? You are welcome to express your views.