Li Wu, a minister of the State of Wei
Speaking of Li Wu, many people may not have heard of it. It doesn't matter if you haven't heard of it, now I'll tell you the story of Li Wu. In the historical stage of the Spring and Autumn Warring States, Li Wu can definitely be regarded as a person who is both low-key and powerful.
As we all know, during the Warring States period, the seven countries of Qin, Qi, Chu, Yan, Han, Zhao, and Wei were the seven warring states at that time. Among these seven countries, Qin, Qi, and Chu are the three countries with the greatest power, and the remaining countries are equivalent to surviving in the cracks.
Li Wu was from the State of Wei among the remaining countries. Li Wu was born in Puyang in the State of Wei and is now a native of Henan. When Li Wu was young, he received a Confucian education from Kong Shengren.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, only the five countries of Qin, Qi, Song, Jin, and Chu were known as the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period. Later, the Wei family of the Jin state destroyed the Jin state and established the state of Wei. However, the State of Wei is located at the junction of the two great states of the State of Qin and the State of Chu, and if it is a little careless, it may be swallowed up by any country at will. At that time, the monarch of the State of Wei was Wei Wenhou, and after seeing such a situation, he was also very worried, even if one day he would become a ghost under someone else's sword. In order to strengthen his country, Wei Wenhou issued a high reward to recruit talents, and Li Wu was the one that Wei Wenhou applied for at the time of this recruitment.
After Li Wu arrived in the State of Wei, he first became a local petty official, and then slowly achieved the position of county guard. After Li Wu became a county guard, he was also a little famous in the State of Wei, and the monarch saw that he was capable, so he let him garrison this place in Shangdi.
Shangdi was the junction of the two countries of Wei and Qin, and was a very important border fortress of the State of Wei, and the soldiers of the two countries and the people on the border had friction with each other from time to time, and most of them were Wei soldiers and people who were bullied. When Li Wu saw this situation, he began to have a plan in his heart, he felt that if he wanted to keep the local soldiers and people from being bullied, that is, to improve the archery skills of the soldiers and civilians, if everyone became stronger, if one person could beat him seven or eight times, no one would be bullied again.
In order to improve the villagers' archery skills, Li Wu thought of a strange trick, and he set up an archery target in front of the courtyard of Yamen. Then tell the local people that when you file a lawsuit in the future, regardless of whether you are reasonable or not, the first thing to do is to show me the arrow method, and anyone who can shoot the target, whether you are a victim or a perpetrator, this case will be judged to be won.
As soon as Li Wu's policy was announced, he was angry with the local people, and everyone talked about it: "We have been bullied, we have been hurt, we cannot directly appeal, we must first perform some archery techniques, and only after we pass can we file a complaint!" "However, the people were angry, and this complaint still had to be sued, so after the policy was implemented, everyone went home and busy practicing archery." Over time, the people are accustomed to such a policy, and sometimes after practicing, the neighbors also communicate with each other and share their archery experience.
Slowly, the archery techniques of the local military and civilians were generally improved. Later, when the Qin army ran over again, Li Wu mobilized the local people, and everyone took up the bows and arrows in their hands to fight back, and the Qin army was shot with countless casualties, and the rest of the shots were all gray and slippery.
After Wei Wenhou knew about this, he greatly rewarded Li Wu, no matter what method he used, as long as he could resist the invasion of the Qin army, it was a talent. Later, Li Wu achieved the position of minister of state in the State of Wei.