Chapter 14 4th century BC (330-321 BC)

1. Qin State (capital Xianyang) attacked Wei Kingdom (capital Daliang) and encircled Jiaocheng (west of Shan County, Henan Province) and Quwo (northeast of Lingbao City, Henan Province).The Kingdom of Wei ceded Shaoliang (southwest of Hancheng City, Shaanxi Province) and Hexi (the area west of the Yellow River, Shaanxi Province) to Qin State. (Ten years ago, in the first 340 years, the Kingdom of Wei had donated Hexi, maybe only the map. It was delayed until this year, after repeated defeats, before the real cession was made.) 1. State of Qin (capital Xianyang) attacked Kingdom of Wei (capital Daliang), crossed the Yellow River, occupied Fenyin (Ronghe Town, southwest of Wanrong County, Shanxi Province), Pishi (Hejin County, Shanxi Province), and captured Jiaocheng (Shaanxi County, Henan Province) County West).

2. Mi Shang, king of Chu (twentieth reign), passed away, and his son Mi Huai succeeded him (twentieth reign), as King Huai. 3. Song Ticheng's younger brother Song Yan, the monarch of Song State (capital Suiyang) (34th term), launched a coup, and Song Ticheng fled to Qi Kingdom (capital Linzi).Song Yan succeeded to the throne (35th term). 1. Generals Ying Hua and Zhang Yi of Qin State (capital Xianyang) led an army to capture Puyang (Xi County, Shanxi Province), a border city of Wei Kingdom (capital Daliang).Zhang Yi persuaded the monarch (twenty-sixth term) Ying Si to return Puyang to the Kingdom of Wei, and sent the aristocrat Ying Yao to the Kingdom of Wei as a hostage, and then said to the king of the Kingdom of Wei (the first term) Hui Wang Wei Wei: "Qin is a kindness to your country. It is as heavy as a mountain, and your country should not be sloppy and not reward you." The Kingdom of Wei then ceded all fifteen counties of Shangjun (Yan'an City, Shaanxi Province) to the State of Qin.After Zhang Yi returned, Qin Guo appointed him as prime minister. (Since the establishment of the Kingdom, the Kingdom of Wei has not been able to withstand the attacks of the Qin State. It has been beaten, angered, desperately ceded land, and then continued to be deceived desperately and manipulated. It can be seen that the Kingdom of Wei started from the head of state, down to civil and military officials , but a bunch of useless goods.)

1. The state of Qin (capital Xianyang) conquered the barbarian (Rong) Yiqu tribe in the west, established Yiqu County (Xifeng City, Gansu Province), and appointed the former chieftain as an official position in the Qin State government. 2. The State of Qin returned Jiaocheng (west of Shanxian County, Henan Province) and Quwo (northeast of Lingbao City, Henan Province) to the State of Wei. (refer to 330 years ago) 1. Zhao Yu, the monarch of Zhao State (the capital of Handan) (the fifth Suhou), passed away, and his son Zhao Yong succeeded to the throne (the sixth term).There are three senior consultants (bowen divisions), three left inspectors (left secretary), and three right inspectors (right secretary).The first thing is to send a heavy gift to Fei Yi, an important assistant of Lao Di (Zhao Yu), to increase his salary.

1. In summer, on April 4th, Ying Si, the monarch (twenty-sixth term) of the state of Qin (capital Xianyang), proclaimed himself the king (one term), and he was King Hui. 2. The monarch (forty-fourth term) of Weiguo (Puyang, the capital) passed away, and his son (unknown name) succeeded to the throne (forty-fifth term).There was a fugitive in the state of Wei who fled to the Kingdom of Wei (the capital Daliang). Because of his proficiency in medical skills, he treated the wife of the queen of Wei Yu, the king of Wei (one of the kings of Hui).Wei Sijun asked for 1,200 taels of gold in exchange for the fugitive. After five negotiations, the Kingdom of Wei refused five times.In the end, Wei Sijun did not mention the ransom, but was willing to exchange it with Zuoshi City (east of Dingtao County, Shandong Province). The officials stopped and said: "It is not worth buying a fugitive with one city." You don’t know. In governing a country, one cannot neglect it because of trivial matters, nor despise it because of minor disturbances. If the dignity of the law is not established, and if the punishment cannot be enforced, what is the use of ten Zuo’s castles? The dignity of the law If it is ensured and the punishment is carried out, what does it matter if you lose ten Zuo clans?" Wei Fu said: "If the owner's desire is not satisfied, there will be disasters." He ordered the fugitives to be returned to the state of Wei.

Bo Yang said: Wei Sijun's words can be heard like gold and stone. Only with this concept can the rule of law be established.However, I suspect that this oddity ever happened.At that time, the state of Wei was so weak that even the marquis dared not show up, and he demoted himself as a "jun". The "jun" was far from the "king" of the Wei Kingdom.If there is really a fugitive, and the fugitive is treating the queen, it is impossible for Wei Sijun to make this request.Because Weiguo is only a mung bean, there is only Puyang (Puyang City, Henan Province) where the capital is located, a big city, and Zuo's (Dingtao County East, Shandong Province) is just a small town outside the city, which is used to exchange for a fugitive. It is not in the interests of the country, but in the interests of Wei Sijun alone.There may be some ulterior personal enmity between him and the fugitive, and he must get it quickly.If the fugitive is not captured, the state of Wei is still the state of Wei.Weiguo is only the size of ten Zuo clan cities, but he would rather lose it. I am afraid that after venting his anger, there will be no Weiguo in the world.This is the vindictive attitude of a hooligan, not the fighting attitude of a person who controls the destiny of the country.Even if Wei Sijun went crazy and insisted on getting the fugitives, Wei Yu would not care about his little boss, and thought that if he rejected him, he would bring disaster to the Kingdom of Wei. It is God's blessing that the Kingdom of Wei did not bring him disaster.

However, what Wei Yan said was a hint.It implies that if the Chinese cannot satisfy the desire of the "human master", no matter what the "human master" is-or the emperor or the president, it is definitely ominous.With this in mind, the "human master" will be as blessed as the East China Sea, and the people will have to live to satisfy the "human master"'s desires and serve as slaves from generation to generation. 1. Zhang Yi, Prime Minister of Qin Kingdom (capital Xianyang), led an army to attack Wei Kingdom (capital Daliang) and occupied Shancheng (west of Shanxian County, Henan Province. Jiaocheng is Shancheng, which was returned to Wei Kingdom in 327 years ago, and occupied again this year ).

2. Su Qin, the prime minister of Yan State (the capital of Jicheng), committed adultery with the wife of the former monarch (37th term) Wengong (name unknown, died 333 years ago), and was killed by the current monarch (38th term) Yi Wang (named) Unknown) found out (the original text only said that this lady is the wife of Duke Wen, but it may be the concubine of King Yi, not his own mother), Su Qin panicked, so he offered advice to King Yi and said: "I stay in the country of Yan, and I cannot make the country of Yan If you go to the Kingdom of Qi, you can increase the international status of the Kingdom of Yan." King Yi agreed to his request, and Su Qin pretended to offend King Yi, so he could not gain a foothold in the Kingdom of Yan and defected to the Kingdom of Qi (the capital Linzi).Tian Yinqi, the king of the Qi Kingdom (the first Cheng king), appointed him as a foreign advisor (Keqing).Su Qin then guided Tian Yinqi to build high palaces and giant halls, open up royal gardens and hunting paddocks, so that the people of King Qi were exhausted and complained, so as to protect Yan from being invaded.

1. Zhang Yi, the prime minister of Qin Kingdom (capital Xianyang), and the prime ministers of Qi Kingdom (capital Linzi) and Chu Kingdom (capital Yingdu) held a prime ministerial meeting in Nie Sang (southwest of Pei County, Jiangsu Province. Nie, sound nie). 2. South Korea (capital Xinzheng) and Yan State (capital Jicheng) announced the establishment of kingdoms respectively.Zhao Yong, the monarch (sixth term) of Zhao State (the capital of Handan), refused to follow up, saying: "Without the strength of the kingdom, how dare you call yourself the title of king?" He ordered the whole country to still call himself a monarch.

1. Zhang Yi, the prime minister of the Kingdom of Qin (capital Xianyang), returned home from Niasang (southwest of Pei County, Jiangsu Province), and was dismissed immediately, and was sent to Daliang (Kaifeng City, Henan Province) to serve as the prime minister of the Kingdom of Wei (Daliang, the capital), in an attempt to make the Kingdom of Wei surrender Qin Kingdom, so that other countries can follow suit.The Kingdom of Wei refused, and the Kingdom of Qin immediately launched an attack, occupied Quwo (Wenxi County, Shanxi Province) and Pingzhou (west of Jiexiu City, Shanxi Province), and secretly gave a generous gift to Zhang Yi. (Since the Xihe area was ceded to the Qin Kingdom, the Qin army is now crossing the Yellow River to the east, penetrating deep into the vicinity of Anyi, the former capital of the Wei Kingdom, and nibbling away inch by inch.)

1. The king of Zhou Kingdom (the capital Luoyang) (the 41st Xianwang) Ji Bian passed away, and his son Ji Ding succeeded to the throne (42nd), as King Shenliang. 2. The king (first term) of Yan Kingdom (the capital Jicheng) King Yi (unknown name) passed away, and his son Ji Kuai succeeded to the throne (second term). 3. The Kingdom of Qi (capital Linzi) enfeoffed Xueyi (south of Tengzhou City, Shandong Province) to the nobleman Tian Ying as a fief, known as Jingguo Jun (Jun, a title lower than Hou).Tian Ying suggested to Tian Yinqi, the king of Qi (a prestige king): "The ministries report on the charts, and the king must review and reassess every day, so that the country can govern." Tian Yinqi accepted his suggestion, but After a long time, I was really tired of those trivial routine work, so I entrusted Tian Ying to handle it. Tian Ying took this opportunity to gradually control the government.

Tian Ying planned to build a castle in Xueyi. A friend told him: "Have you heard the story of the big fish in the sea? The net can't catch it, and the hook can't pull it. But once you wander on the beach, you will lose your life." Sea water and ants can kill it. Qi Kingdom (capital Linzi) is your sea water. You control the political power of Qi Kingdom government, what do you want Xue Yi to do? If you don’t have the support of Qi Kingdom, no matter how high the city wall of Xue Yi is No matter how strong it is, what's the use?" Tian Ying immediately stopped building the city. Tian Ying had forty sons, the most humble was a son born to a concubine named Tian Wen.Tian Wen is clever and resourceful, and persuades his father Tian Ying to donate wealth and make friends with heroes all over the world.Tian Ying taught Tian Wen to host the work of receiving guests, and all the guests praised him and asked Tian Ying to pass on the title to Tian Wen.After Tian Ying's death, Tian Wen succeeded him and was named Lord Mengchang.Make friends with intellectuals and exiles from all sides, as well as criminal fugitives, build houses for them, resettle them, entertain them well, and rescue them together with their relatives; Thousands of people think that Tian Wen is very loving and close to him.So the reputation of "Meng Chang Jun" spread far and wide to all corners of the world. Sima Guang said: When a gentleman makes friends with heroes and intellectuals, the purpose should be to serve the country.Said: "The sage cultivates the virtuous, as well as the people." The meaning of the virtuous is: morality is enough to correct customs, talent is enough to establish order, intelligence is enough to make foresight, and strength is enough to promote unity.Expansion contributes to the world, shrinking benefits the country.These talented people should increase their salaries to make them rich, confer titles to make them honorable, and raise one person but affect ten thousand people. This is the way to raise talents.Now, Tian Wen's way of making friends, no matter whether he is smart or stupid, whether he is a good guy or a bad guy, he can accept it all at once.This is stealing the wealth of the country to establish personal power and gain one's own vanity.It is an insult to the king above, and it is an exploitation of the people below.Just a villain, not worthy of praise. "Book of Books" said: "Zi Shouxin (the thirty-first emperor of the Shang Dynasty, Emperor Zhou) is the nest owner of fugitives in the world, and a muddy pond with grass." It is Tian Wen's portrayal. 4. Tian Wen once visited the Kingdom of Chu (capital Yingdu) on behalf of the Kingdom of Qi, and Mihuai, the king of Chu (the 21st King Huai), gave him an ivory-carved bed.Tian Wen ordered Dengtu to be sent back to the Qi Kingdom.This is a hard and difficult task. Although Deng Tuzhi didn't dare to refuse the order, he really didn't want to go, so he discussed with Tian Wen's follower, Gongsun Xu, and said: "The ivory bed is worth 24,000 taels of gold. Even if you sell your wife and children, you won’t be able to pay for the damage. If you can find a way to prevent me from making the trip, I have the sword left by my ancestors and I will give it to you as a souvenir.” Gongsun Xu agreed, and when he met Tian Wen, he said, “Many The reason why the small country is willing to send you a seal and ask you to serve as their prime minister is because you think you can sympathize with poverty and survive forever. What everyone admires is your benevolence and righteousness; Kingdom, accept such an expensive gift as an ivory bed, and in the future you will go to other countries, and teach other countries what to give you?" Tian Wen woke up and said, "You are right." He decided to politely resign.When Gongsun Xu left, he hadn't reached the small gate of the inner courtyard. Tian Wen taught him to come back and asked, "You walk differently than usual. You stride forward with high spirits. What makes you so excited?" He got the inside story of the sword and told him, so Tian Wen posted his statement on the bulletin board: "Whoever can promote my Tian Wen to get a good reputation, or can prevent my Tian Wen from making mistakes, even if his suggestion is to accept bribes from outsiders, Or being used by others, it doesn't matter, please advise me immediately." Sima Guang said: Tian Wen is a person who can truly take in other people's opinions to make himself stronger. Assuming that what the other person says is correct, even if he is treacherous, I still have to obey.What's more, the other party is loyal?Said: "Just pick the turnip leaves, just pick the soil melon leaves, don't care what their roots look like." (The roots and leaves of these two vegetables are edible, but the roots are sometimes difficult to swallow. It can’t be because its roots are sometimes bad, so we don’t even want the leaves.) Tian Wen has this kind of demeanor. 5. The king (one term) of the Kingdom of Han (the capital Xinzheng) Xuanhui King (name unknown), intends to delegate the power of the country to Gongzhong and Uncle Gong, and consult Miaoliu for opinions.Miao Liu said: "The emperor is above, please don't do this. The state of Jin (the capital of Xintian dedicated six state officials, and the country was finally divided up (the state of Jin was originally controlled by six major families, later, the Fan family, the Bank of China) The surnamed family and the Zhi surnamed family were successively overthrown in internal strife, leaving only the Zhao, Wei, and Han surnames, and the three families finally wiped out the Jin State. Refer to 403 years ago); Gong) Jiang Ren, who used Tian Heng and Kan Zhi, was finally killed (after Tian Heng killed Kan Zhi, he also killed Jiang Ren, and then completely controlled the government); ), Zhang Yi, and Xihe (the west bank of the Yellow River, the eastern part of Shaanxi Province) lost (Gongsun Yan and Zhang Yi successively served as the prime ministers of the Wei State, but they all ate inside and outside, liaised with foreign countries, and only did things that hurt the Wei State): Now the king treats the two At the same time, the situation is obvious. The party with strong power must have a large number of followers. The party with weak power must make friends with foreign countries. Some high-ranking officials form close friends and do not buy into the king's account. Some seek support from outside and advocate ceding land. , your country may be at stake."