Idiom story - a promise of gold

In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, there was a man named Ji Bu, who was upright and helpful, especially very faithful. As long as it was something he had promised, no matter how difficult it was, he must find a way to do it, so it was very famous at that time.

Ji Bu was once Xiang Yu's general, and he was very good at fighting, defeating Liu Bang several times, making Liu Bang very embarrassed. Later, Xiang Yu committed suicide, and Liu Bang seized the world and became emperor. Whenever Liu Bang thought about his defeat at Ji Bu's hands, he was very angry. Enraged, Liu Bang ordered The arrest of Jibu.

Fortunately, a person surnamed Zhou got the news and secretly sent Ji Bu to the home of a family surnamed Zhu in Ludi. The Zhu family is a hegemon in the Kanto region and is known as "Renxia". This man admires Jib's chivalrous behavior and tries his best to protect Him. Not only that, but he also made a special trip to Luoyang to find The Marquis of Ruyin and ask him to rescue Ji Bu.

Xia Hounian was very close to Liu Bang from childhood, and later joined the army with Liu Bang and went to various places to make great contributions to Liu Bang's establishment of the Han Dynasty. He was very sympathetic to Ji Bu's unfortunate situation, interceded for Ji Bu years ago for Liu Bang, and finally made Liu Bang pardon Ji Bu, and waited for him to be Lang Zhong, and soon appointed him as the Taishou of Hedong.

At that time, there was a man named Cao Qiusheng in Chudi, who could speak eloquently and loved to make friends with powerful people. Ji Bu and this person were fellow countrymen, looked down on him very much, and expressed disgust in front of some friends, but Cao Qiusheng heard that Ji Bu had become a high official again, and he was bent on seducing him, and specially asked Dou Changjun, a relative of Huang's relatives, to write a letter to Ji Bu and introduce himself to Ji Bu.

Dou Changjun already knew that Ji Bu had a bad impression of him and advised him not to go to see Ji Bu so as not to provoke right and wrong, but Cao Qiusheng insisted that Dou Changjun introduce him. Dou Changjun had no choice but to reluctantly write a letter of recommendation and send someone to Ji Bu.

After Ji Bu read the letter, he was very unhappy and prepared to wait for Cao Qiu to come and talk about the lessons in person. After a few days, Cao Qiusheng did come to visit. As soon as Ji Bu saw Cao Qiusheng, he showed disgust on his face. Cao Qiusheng didn't care about this, first respectfully saluting Ji Bu, and then slowly and logically saying, "We have a saying in Chudi called 'it is better to get a hundred and two golds than to get a promise to Ji Bu'. How did you get such a high reputation? You and I are both Chu people, and now I am preaching your good reputation everywhere, isn't that bad? Why wouldn't you want to see me? ”

Ji Bu felt that Cao Qiusheng was very reasonable, and immediately stopped hating him, and warmly treated him, leaving him to live in the mansion for several months. When Cao Qiusheng left, he also gave him many gifts.

Cao Qiusheng did as he had said, and whenever he went to a place, he preached how Ji Bu was a corporal and how to fight righteousness and wealth. In this way, Jibu's reputation grew. Later generations used "a promise and a thousand gold" to describe a person who is very trustworthy and counts.