Chapter 3 Qu Yuan II

Su Qin and Zhang Yi are very famous in Chinese history, and it is incredible.Su Qin used to be the prime minister of Qi, Chu, Yan, Zhao, Han, and Wei, while Zhang Yi supported and strengthened Qin.These two people actually played the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period in the palm of their hands.They are all students of Guiguzi.It is rumored that Guiguzi was also from Chu. He stayed in a place called Guigu with his anonymity, and specialized in the study of maneuvers. He was a leading strategic theorist at that time.There is a great genius out of Guigu. Mr. Guigu has countless disciples, but unlike Confucius, he has a lot of control over his students.In the late Warring States period, it was normal for strategists to move towards Qin Muchu.The strategists trained by Guiguzi shuttled between the seven countries non-stop.Among them, Su Qin and Zhang Yi are the most outstanding.

The scary thing about the three masters and apprentices is that their eyes are too penetrating, they can really see the general trend of the world, and they are not limited to the interests of a certain country.Whoever can end the war and unify China is a great hero.Therefore, no matter how many plots Zhang Yi has, everything he does, including many immoral things, conforms to the trend of history. Su Qin was committed to promoting the Six Nations Alliance, and the six countries connected the north and the south, which was called Hezong; Zhang Yi wanted to dissolve the alliance and make the six countries surrender to Qin, because Qin's land was westward, this strategy was called Lianheng.Simply put, north and south are vertical, east and west are horizontal, one must be united, and the other must be dismantled.This is where Guiguzi's vertical and horizontal maneuvers come from, like a giant's hand, commanding his two proud disciples to make unprecedented moves on the land of China.

Su Qin and Zhang Yi are both classmates and enemies: vertical and horizontal are incompatible.But I have a strange impression from reading historical materials that the grand careers of the two of them seem to be interchangeable. Perhaps due to the long-term war, the strategists kept shuttling, relying on their heads and mouths to eat, and gradually gave birth to super masters like Su Qin and Zhang Yi. At this time, the Zhou Dynasty has lasted for eight or nine hundred years, and it has been fighting back and forth, from seventy-one kingdoms to seven kingdoms, the number is decreasing, and will eventually be unified.

Domination of the world seems to be the will of the heavens, and the five thousand years of Chinese history is heading in this direction. When Zhang Yi debuted, she ran around like a lost dog.He is poor, first of all to solve the problem of food and clothing.He also worked as a strategist in the state of Chu, but he couldn't help but steal jade from Ling Yin's family. He was beaten and deformed, and his wife laughed at him when he fled home. The wife said: "You have read half a room of books, what's the use? You have no good meat on your body." Zhang Yi smiled and said, "Is my tongue still there? As long as it can still turn, I can protect your prosperity and wealth for the rest of your life!"

The so-called perfect tongue in later generations came from Zhang Yi.This man was quite funny, he couldn't wait for his injury to heal, so he took his tongue and ran to Zhao Guo, and switched to Su Qin's sect.Knowing that he had a strategy in mind, Su Qin didn't see him behind closed doors, and the food he threw was only slightly better than dog food, with the intention of driving him to Qin. This Su Qin is also incomprehensible, he wears the seal of the six countries at this time, and the joint venture has achieved results, why did he force Zhang Yi, another proud disciple of the teacher, to go to Qin?Brothers of the same school, do you want to play a big game of chess?

At that time, there was a saying, which had already been spread in the Seven Kingdoms: horizontally it is the emperor of Qin, vertically it is the king of Chu. When Zhang Yi arrived in the state of Qin, he hit it off with King Hui of Qin and became a guest minister, presiding over diplomacy.For several years, he has been keeping a close eye on Chu State.This unremarkable man knew everything, and Qu Yuan's envoy to Qi State aroused his high vigilance.He was thinking.In his view, temporary military gains and losses are trivial matters, while diplomacy is a long-term matter. Now, Qi Chu teamed up to defeat Qin Jun, but he swaggered to Yingdu.

King Huai of Chu treated each other with courtesy and met him in person to show off in front of Qin's "Foreign Minister".He has always been afraid of the King of Qin and the Qin Army, and finally won a battle. Does it make sense not to put on a show?How can you be afraid of your small, poor and remote Qin State?During the period of the Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons, how old was Qin? King Huai of Chu's arrogance is beyond words.The opportunity is rare, he wants to find the feeling.Zhang Yi complimented him, and he was even happier.Call dancing beauties and singing wizards to cheer you up.

After drinking for three rounds, Zhang Yi reminded him with a belch that Qi's military aid is limited, and it is possible to fight a war, but it is impossible to help Chu regain its lost ground.King Huai was taken aback.Zhang Yi also said that he has an insider in Qi, and the news is absolutely reliable.King Huai of Chu had this heart disease, so he stopped his wine glass unconsciously.Qi and Chu countries actually have their own ghosts... King Huai was fidgeting, and Zhang Yi said that this time he came to Chu State, which brought some good intentions from King Hui of Qin: all the six hundred miles of commercial land will be returned to Chu State, on the condition that Chu and Qi sever diplomatic relations.Upon hearing this, King Huai jumped up from his seat in excitement.

This matter seems ridiculous today. It seems that King Huai of Chu and Zhang Yi have not signed an agreement.People at that time, although intellectually developed due to war and diplomacy, could still keep promises, and verbal promises counted.The next day, King Huai of Chu announced that the land of Shang Yu had been reincorporated into the territory of Chu State, and the people on that land had returned to the embrace of Chu State! Zheng Xiu, Jin Shang, Zi Lan, Zijiao, Shangguan and a group of people cheered and congratulated King Huai one after another.Among the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, only Chen Zhen didn't congratulate him, and still acted like mourning in front of King Huai.

What's even more inexplicable is that in order to show his determination to Qin, King Huai of Chu specially sent a warrior and debater named Song Yi to gallop to Qi to scold King Xuan of Qi.King Xuan of Qi was stunned: this team had just won the battle... So he suspected that Qu Yuan had come with a conspiracy and ordered him to be detained. Qu Yuan was dumbfounded.The poem he wrote here is called "Thinking", which draws out the anger and sorrow in his heart little by little. Na Zhangyi left Yingdu and drove back to Qin State in person, singing Chu State ditties along the way.

Soon, the envoy of Chu came to the state of Qin and asked for the six hundred miles away from Shangyu. Zhang Yi said that he was seriously injured when he fell while driving.He hasn't seen anyone for three months.The envoy of Chu finally saw him, and he came limping, pointing to the map with his cane, and said: Our state of Qin will do what we say, from here to there, six miles away.The Chu envoy was shocked: Didn't we agree on six hundred miles?Zhang Yi's eyelids rolled: You Huai Wang got it wrong, right?Why did I say six hundred miles? Zhang Yi's deception comes from his advanced consciousness: most people are honest, and verbal promises are no less than black and white agreements.But people like Zhang Yi seem to be born with no rules.He was considered a thief when he stole jade wares in Chu State back then, but this time he was a big thief: he stole the beam and changed the post, turned Qi Chu against each other, and won the Qin army a breathing space. King Huai of Chu was furious and ordered to attack Qin.Qi Guo watched from the sidelines.The two major battles ended in the defeat of the Chu army, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers were killed.The land of Shang Yu failed to be collected, and Hanzhong was also lost.Han and Wei took the opportunity to attack the southern part of Chu.There was a fight within the league. Chu State wanted to get along with Qin State, so it kicked Qi State away, and it ended up like this. When Qu Yuan returned home, King Huai of Chu was ashamed of him and embarrassed to see him.But for the benefit of the country, I hope that Qu Yuan will go to Qi again. Qu Yuan went on the road again without saying a word. The road from Chu State to Qi State is long, and the official car is rickety... Qu Yuan's second diplomatic effort was successful again. Qi Xuan Wang focused on the overall situation, ignored the previous suspicions, and forgot about Song Yi's scolding him.The two countries of Qi and Chu formed an alliance again. But Zhang Yi was not idle either. He also said to King Qin Hui: In order to prevent King Huai of Chu from reuniting with Qi due to his anger, he returned half of Hanzhong.Qin Huiwang acted according to plan. Soon, there was a reply from King Huai of Chu: I would rather not have Hanzhong than Zhang Yi's head! This matter was seen in "Historical Records" and "Warring States Policy" respectively, and the credibility is very high.King Huai often showed his stupidity at critical moments.He has always been a soft guy, but suddenly lost his temper and gritted his teeth to kill. But what he never expected was that Zhang Yi actually ran over on his own initiative, bringing his precarious head, which was still smiling at the angry King Huai of Chu.King Huai stared at him for a long time, but he couldn't figure it out: should this end be chopped off or not?After this is cut down... what kind of serious consequences will there be? Huai Wang hesitated, and temporarily imprisoned Zhang Yi, and observed for a while. People who are good at hesitation always have to observe, look and see for a long time... Zhang Yi came prepared and brought two things: one was the courage to surprise, and the other was a lot of treasure.Everything was arranged in advance: he ordered his followers to bribe Jin Shang quietly, and the action would have an effect.Jin Shang is a close minister of King Huai, a corrupt official, an old aristocrat and a capitulator.The last time Zhang Yi was in Yingdu, she took a fancy to him, got in touch with him, and developed into an insider.This Jin Shang got a huge sum of money, and was overjoyed, so he ran to King Huai of Chu that day and said, "Zhang Yi can't be killed. If Zhang Yi is killed, the King of Qin will be angry, and he will send all his troops to attack Chu!" King Huai of Chu smiled confidently and said: "The widow didn't kill him, I already thought of this." Zhang Yi succeeds in one tactic, and immediately uses the second tactic: pass Jin Shang, meet Zheng Xiu again, and use another set of rhetoric.He said to Zheng Xiu with a pleasant face: I am not a pity to die, because I am too ugly.My head is oddly shaped, far worse than your doctor Qu Yuan, but Qin Huiwang valued it, and would like to exchange the land of Shangyong (now Zhushan County, Hubei Province) to keep it safe.Ma'am, do you know the six counties of Shangyong?There are beautiful women all over the street, and they are young, all of them have snake waists and phoenix eyes... Zheng Xiu's pretty face was angry and her brows were wrinkled.Although she is very beautiful, there are many styles of women in the southern country, but after all, she is in her thirties, can she compare to those little fairies in Shangyong? This Zheng Xiu did something a few years ago to show her extraordinary survival wisdom in the palace: There was a big beauty who was jealous of her, and she was quick to use her wits to make the big beauty lose her pretty nose.The thing is like this: Zheng Xiu said to the beauty: You are born beautifully, except that your nose is a little inferior. When you meet the king in the future, you might as well cover it.The beauty thought: No way?My nose is praised by everyone... But she is the first to be favored, it is better to be cautious.What if what Zheng Xiu said really meant what King Huai of Chu meant?She really covered her nose in front of King Huai, she just tried to cover her nose to look better. King Huai didn't understand, he asked Zheng Xiu, Zheng Xiu smiled and said: "She thinks you have a bad smell."King Huai was furious, and immediately issued an order to cut off the woman's pretty nose... What Zhang Yi said made Zheng Xiu feel like he was sitting on pins and needles.She ran to Zhangtai Palace like a gust of wind, and begged King Huai of Chu to withdraw and cry.Huai Wang was hesitant at first, but he slapped his thigh and made up his mind: Let Zhang Yi go and please King Qin Hui. Just as Zhang Yi left, Qu Yuan came back from Qi.After some admonitions and a few words to clarify the general situation, King Huai stopped and understood: Zhang Yi is so vicious, he is really a plague of jackals! He waved his hand: Send troops to hunt down! Zhang Yi hurriedly jumped over the border. Qu Yuan went back to his mansion, sighed and burst into tears. At this point in the matter, he still does not believe that the general situation is over. Although Chu State is going downhill, it is a big country after all, and it still has enough military and financial resources to compete with Qin State.