When Shang Martin reached the peak of his career, he asked Zhao Liang, "How do you see me comparing myself with the historical name of the Qin State?"
Zhao Liang replied that Bai Lixi had gone from a cattle herder to Xiangguo, but no one in the State of Qin was jealous of him; he helped the King of the State of Jin to succeed to the throne several times, winning the hearts and minds of the State of Qin; under his administration, the State of Qin conquered the entire Xirong. Even if there is such a great merit, Baili Xi is tired and does not take the car, does not play umbrellas on hot days, and walks when going out. After he died, the men, women, and children of the Qin Kingdom left tears for him, and this kind of virtue is incomparable to you.
We have all heard of Shang Martin's exploits, so who is the Baili Xi in Zhao Liang's mouth? In fact, Bai Lixi's life is more tortuous than most people, because he has been tossing and turning before the age of seventy.
When Bai Lixian was young, he felt that he had good skills, so he went out to travel, thinking of a certain official and a half-job, and displaying his talents. But where is the job so easy to find, when he was in the country of Qi, Bai Lixi not only did not become an official, but also fell to the point of making a living by begging for food. Just when Bai Lixi was most embarrassed, a man named Uncle Jian reached out to help, and he provided Bai Lixi with food and shelter.
After settling down here with Uncle Jian, Bai Lixi was once again ambitious, and the monarch of the State of Qi at that time was ignorant of usurping the throne, ignorant in order to consolidate his power and recruit talents, Bai Lixi wanted to defect. Uncle Jian stopped him, such a monarch could not serve, and sure enough, it did not take long to be killed in ignorance, and Bai Lixi escaped the disaster.
After leaving the State of Qi, Bai Lixi came to the capital of the Zhou Dynasty. Prince Zhou liked cattle very much, and coincidentally, Bai Lixi was very good at raising cattle before he left home, and he relied on this skill to defect to Prince Decadence. Just when The Prince Decadence was about to appoint Baili Xi, Uncle Jian appeared and told him that the prospects of the Prince Decadence were not good at all. Uncle Jian expected it accurately, and later the prince launched a rebellion, but he failed and was killed, and Bai Lixi picked up another life.
Bai Lixi went to Yu Guo again, and this time not only did Uncle Jian not look favorably on Yu Jun, but even Bai Li Xi himself felt that there would be no good future here. But he was already getting old, and Bai Lixi was afraid that he would not see the shop after passing through this village, so he still committed himself to serving Yu Jun and became Yu Guo's doctor.
This time, Bai Li xi and Uncle Jian were right. Yu Jun, greedy for small profits, borrowed a road to the State of Jin, and the Duke of Jin destroyed Yu Guo's neighbor, the State of Yu. Turning back, he also carried the Yu state with him, and Bai Lixi also became a prisoner of the Jin state.
Duke Xian of Jin may have humiliated Yu Guo, and when he married his daughter to Duke Mu of Qin, he planned to marry the former Yu Guo's grand master Bai Lixi as a slave. When Bai Lixian heard the news, he fled in shame and anger, and he fled to the Chu kingdom and was caught again. In the Chu kingdom, his boy gong came in handy again, and he was specifically responsible for herding cattle.
Bai Li Xi met the noble man again, and someone told Qin Mugong that Bai Li Xi, who had planned to accompany him, was a rare talent, and you should find a way to redeem him. Qin Mugong cherished talents very much, and planned to spend a lot of money to go to the Chu Kingdom to redeem Baili Xi. The man also advised him that the Chu State also cherished talents, and if you were willing to pay such a big price, it would be used by the Chu State if you did not get a hundred miles.
As a result, Qin Mugong spent five black sheepskins according to the market price of slaves and redeemed Baili Xi from the Chu state.
At this time, Bai Lixi was already an old man over seventy years old, but the spirit of that was still there, in the conversation, his experience and insight, and his concept of governing the country deeply touched Qin Mugong. Qin Mugong was overjoyed and appointed Baili Xi as his chancellor, and BaiLi Xi recommended Uncle Jian, and from then on the two old men began to serve the Qin state.
Just when Bai Li Xi was triumphant when he met the Ming Lord's spring wind, the Jin Xiangong who tried to humiliate him died. The two sons of the Jin Dynasty, Yiwu and Zhong'er, went out to take refuge one after another, and Yiwu took the initiative to apply for protection to the Qin state, promising to send a piece of land as a reward after returning to China. Bai Lixi personally led troops to escort YiWu back to the country to succeed to the throne, that is, the Duke hui of Jin.
Jin Huigong was a very unpretentious person, and after succeeding to the throne, he gave Lai the matter of sending land. However, when there was a drought in the Jin Dynasty, he came to borrow grain from the Qin State with a shy face. At this time, Bai Lixi advised Qin Mugong, and although Yiwu was not authentic, it was the people of the Jin State who were now starving, and the grain still had to be borrowed.
Although he received help again, Jin Huigong did not change his nature, and after the drought in the Qin state, he brazenly sent troops to invade. This time he got retribution and was captured alive by the Qin army. Still Bai Lixi, he advocated the release of Jin Huigong to maintain friendly relations between the two countries.
After the death of Duke Hui of Jin, Baili Xi assisted Duke Mu of Qin and took back another prince of the State of Jin, Zhong'er, from the State of Chu, and escorted Him back to China to succeed to the throne, that is, Duke Wen of Jin.
Bai Lixi looked at the long term, the Jin state was the link between the Qin state and the Central Plains states, and it was also a big country that could not be provoked, so he had been painstakingly maintaining the relationship between Qin and Jin. However, Qin Mugong did not think so, and after the death of Duke Wen of Jin, he began to hold on to you, and sent BaiLixi's son Meng Mingshi and Uncle Jian's two sons as generals to secretly attack Zheng Guo, which was also to prepare for the confrontation against the Jin state.
Bai Lixi and Uncle Jian were bitterly begging each other, they did not want Qin and Jin to have evil relations, and they did not want to collect the corpses of their sons and Qin army generals. However, this time, Qin Mugong did not listen, and as a result, he was ambushed by the Jin State at Kunshan Mountain, and the Qin army was almost completely destroyed, and after Meng Mingshi and three other generals were captured, they were lucky enough to return to China.
Qin Mugong knew that he was wrong, and then the Qin army attacked the Jin state twice, although he picked up the lost face, but Qin Mugong had deeply understood that Baili Xi was right, and the Jin state could only talk about peace, not plot.
At this time, Bai Lixi pointed out the direction to Qin Mugong again, since he could not go east, let's take a good look at the west. At that time, there were many small countries in the West, we refer to the Xirong states for short, under the planning of Baili Xi and the active implementation of Qin Mugong, that year Baili Xi personally led troops to attack Xirong, and the land of dozens of small countries was assigned to the name of the Qin State.
Hearing that the State of Qin had subdued the Kingdoms of Xirong, Zhou Tianzi felt a lot of emotions, you know, the King of Zhou Ping at that time was driven from the west by Xirong to the Eastern Capital Luoyi, so he sent someone to give Qin Mugong a golden drum to congratulate him. In this way, the face and the son of the Qin State will be there.
Baili Xi is amazing, he only met the Ming Lord at the age of seventy, but it did not delay him at all, he was able to stand in the West, and the merits of Baili Xi were enough to go down in history.