Chapter 32 2. Liar Zhang Yi

Su Qin dared to bet that Zhang Yi would cheat. Therefore, Su Qin set up a gamble, and Zhang Yi set up a scam. The biggest deception set by Zhang Yi was in 313 BC.At this time, although Su Qin had passed away, He Zong was still a worry in Qin's heart.So Zhang Yi went to Chu State to carry out the destruction of Hezong. It's actually pretty easy to break.Because the alliance of the six countries was originally driven by their respective interests.Li, you can let them unite, you can let them break up.Zhang Yi's solution was to promise King Huai of Chu that as long as he broke off diplomatic relations with Qi, he would ask King Qin to cede six hundred miles of land as a thank you.

Hearing these words was unreliable, but King Huai of Chu was overjoyed and felt that he had taken advantage of the sky.Someone reminded him to think carefully, but he said triumphantly, shut your mouth and wait to see the widow take the land! However, as soon as Zhang Yi returned to China, she said that she was ill and would not go to court, and thanked the guests behind closed doors.The envoys of Chu State waited for three months, but there was no movement at all.King Huai of Chu pretended to be smart, thinking that the state of Qin did not believe his sincerity, so he sent someone north to insult King Xuan of Qi.King Xuan was humiliated for no reason, and was furious. He immediately broke off diplomatic relations with Chu and made Lianheng with Qin.When the news came, Zhang Yi's "injury" also recovered immediately.

Zhang Yi said to the envoy of Chu: "I have a fief for six miles, and I would like to dedicate it to the king." The envoy of Chu said, I would like to accept the land ceded by your country for six hundred miles under the order of my king. I didn't hear it was six miles. Zhang Yi replied, I have never heard that it is six hundred miles. Only then did King Huai of Chu realize that he had been deceived.The furious King Huai refused to listen to dissuasion and sent troops to attack Qin again. As a result, he was defeated by the Qin and Qi allied forces, and had to cede two cities to negotiate peace with Qin.

This is really losing his wife and losing his army. However, what Qin State was most interested in at this time was the middle of Guizhou in Chu State, so he proposed to exchange land outside Wuguan.King Huai of Chu said, I don't want land, but Zhang Yi.Your country wants Qianzhong, so you can exchange it with Zhang Yi. Qin Huiwang was very embarrassed. Zhang Yi said, since the king of Chu must have a minister, the minister should go to the state of Chu. King Hui said that the king of Chu hated him deeply, and it would be dangerous for him to go there. Zhang Yi said that it is well known that Qin is strong and Chu is weak.The minister was sent to Chu by the order of Qin, so how dare the king of Chu harm the minister?Even if he must kill the minister, it is the greatest wish of the minister to exchange the life of one person for Qianzhong.

So Zhang Yi chuckled and went to Chu State nonchalantly.This time, it was not the luxury hotel last time that received him, but the prison. Zhang Yi still didn't care, because someone saved him anyway. It was Jin Shang, a doctor of Chu State, who rescued Zhang Yi.This is Zhang Yi's informant who has been arranged in Chu State for a long time.The way is to use Zheng Xiu, the favorite concubine of King Huai, to do the work. Jin Shang said to Zheng Xiu, you are about to fall out of favor, you know? Zheng Xiu asked: Why? Jin Shang said, because King Qin wanted to exchange many beauties for Zhang Yi.

So Zheng Xiu cried every day at King Huai's place: "Everyone and ministers are their own masters. What is Zhang Yi's crime?"We haven't given the land we should give, but they sent people here. Isn't that enough respect for the king?Once Zhang Yi dies, the King of Qin will be angry. Please let the concubine, mother and son take refuge in the south of the Yangtze River, so as not to become fish on the chopping board of the Qin army. As a result, Zhang Yi moved back to the hotel from the prison. It seems that Zhang Yi can cheat and dare to gamble. Zhang Yi, who moved back to the hotel, persuaded Chu Huai Wang Lianheng, and then went to other countries in Shandong to deal with Han Xiang, Qi Xuan, Zhao Wuling, and Yan Zhao. At this time, Qin Hui died.The successor King Wu of Qin hated Zhang Yi at first, and the ministers of the court even attacked him.Seeing that Zhang Yi fell out of favor, the Five Kingdoms changed from horizontal to vertical.Not only did Zhang Yi fall short, but his life and death were uncertain.

This time, Zhang Yi could only save herself. Zhang Yi told King Wu of Qin that the person King Qi hated most was his ministers.No matter which country the minister is in, Qi will attack that country.So I asked to go to Wei Guo. King Wu of Qin sent Zhang Yi to Wei, and the Qi army attacked Wei as expected.However, Zhang Yi sent his retainers to pretend to be Chu people to go to Qi State, and said to the king: "Doesn't the king hate Zhang Yi?"Why protect him like this? King Qi was puzzled: How did the widow protect Zhang Yi? Zhang Yi's retainer, who pretended to be the envoy of Chu, said that because Zhang Yi went to Wei State, he was doing it as a bait.If your country competes with the snipe and clam of Wei State, Qin State will be able to benefit from it!

As a result, King Qi withdrew his troops. Zhang Yi escaped, but the state of Chu was beyond redemption.Ten years after Zhang Yi's death, King Huai of Chu was deceived by King Zhaoxiang of Qin to Wuguan, then hijacked to Xianyang, and finally died in Qin.Seventy-three years after the death of King Huai of Chu, Qin destroyed Chu. Someone asked Mencius afterwards: Zhang Yi can be regarded as a real man, right?When you get angry, the world fears, and when you live in peace, the world rests.Mencius said, how can this be called a real man?Living in benevolence, standing in propriety, acting in righteousness, wealth and honor cannot be promiscuous, poverty and lowliness cannot be moved, and power cannot be subdued.

That's right, Zhang Yi really can't be called a real man, he can only be called a big liar. However, just because Zhang Yi is a liar does not mean that others are too; Zhang Yi is not a man, nor does it mean that others are not. For example Feng (read Ru Huan).

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