Chapter 173 Presenting jade should also be presented skillfully

King, is there anything good?If you want to give gifts to the king, do you also need to be able to give them? Although Bian He Xianyu is regarded as a beautiful story by many people, it is actually a tragedy, and Bian He is the protagonist and director of this tragedy. During the Warring States Period, Bian He, who lived at the foot of Jingshan Mountain, was a person who liked to look for good jade.He went through untold hardships, and finally picked a large piece of uncut jade.The appearance of this piece of uncut jade is not much different from ordinary stones, but Bian He concluded that this piece of uncut jade is a rare treasure based on his experience.

After getting this uncut jade, Bian He was very excited.He hopes to spend his whole life carefully processing this rare uncut jade, but he also understands that it is far from enough to rely on his own ability alone. It must be done with the help of the best jade craftsman in the world. Where can the jade craftsman be found?Bian He thought that the king must have the best jade craftsman, so he took the uncut jade to see King Chu Li. It was not easy for Bian He to meet King Chu Li, and he told King Li categorically that this uncut jade is rare in the world, and he hoped that King Chu Li would let someone carve it out as soon as possible.King Li was dubious, and immediately ordered the jade official to come and identify it.As a result, the jade official said lightly that this piece of uncut jade was just an ordinary stone.After hearing this, King Li was very angry, thinking that Bian He was trying to deceive him on purpose, so he immediately ordered someone to cut off Bian He's left foot.Bian He went home with unjustified jade in his arms.

Later, King Li died and King Wu ascended the throne.Bian He took the uncut jade to see King Wu.King Wu still ordered the jade official to appraise it, but this time the jade official still said that it was just a stone, which could not be more ordinary.King Wu was very angry when he heard that Bian He had "tricked" the former king many years ago, and now he was "teasing" himself again, so he ordered Bian He's right foot to be cut off. This time Bian He was even more sad, and returned to his hometown almost devastated. After the death of King Wu, King Wen came to the throne.Bian He no longer had both feet, and could no longer take uncut jade to meet the new king.So he cried loudly at the foot of Jingshan Mountain for three days and three nights, until all the blood came out.A passer-by felt that Bian He was too pitiful, so he agreed to send this piece of uncut jade to King Wen for a try.When King Wen saw the uncut jade, he felt that the story of Bian He was very strange, so he asked someone to open the uncut jade. As a result, a piece of rare precious jade appeared in front of King Wen immediately.King Wen immediately named this piece of jade "Heshibi" to commemorate Bian He, who was infatuated with offering jade.

The reason why Bian He's story is said to be a tragedy is because Bian He spent his whole life on this piece of jade.In fact, he didn't have to pay such a big price to offer jade.The first two times he presented jade, the king didn't even give him a chance to open the uncut jade, but listened to the jade official's one-sided words.Just imagine, if Bian He and the jade official were good friends, the jade official would definitely suggest to the king to open the uncut jade to see if it is true or not. Once the uncut jade is opened, wouldn't the truth be revealed?Bian He also did not have to suffer from cutting his feet.Bian He's attitude towards life is absolutely correct, but his way of doing things needs to be corrected.If Bian He had put in some effort to build a good relationship with Yuguan, he would never have ended up in such a miserable end.

A businessman asked an official to do something.Ginseng is a special product in the merchant's hometown, but it is extremely rare in the official's place.So the businessman chose a few good ginseng trees and gave them to the official on his birthday. Unexpectedly, the official's face changed drastically, and he waved his hands repeatedly to say "no".The businessman's business will naturally not be done.The businessman only gave gifts according to his own wishes, but he didn't know that the official had high blood pressure and fasted ginseng.If he understands what the officials are afraid of through the officials' secretaries or drivers and other people around him, he will not be coldly rejected.