Chapter 38 37 Lin Xiangru Returns Completely to Zhao

In 283 BC, King Zhaoxiang of Qin sent an envoy to King Huiwen of Zhao with a letter of credence, saying that King Qin was willing to give up fifteen cities in exchange for a piece of precious "Heshibi" collected by Zhao State, and hoped that King Zhao would agree. King Zhao Huiwen discussed with the ministers whether to agree.If you want to agree, you are afraid of being fooled by the Qin State, and you will not be able to get the city if you lose Heshibi; otherwise, you are afraid of offending the Qin State.After discussing for a long time, I still can't decide what to do. At that time, someone recommended Lin (sound lin) Xiangru, saying that he was a very knowledgeable person.

King Zhao Huiwen summoned Lin Xiangru and asked him for an idea. Lin Xiangru said: "Qin is strong and Zhao is weak, it is impossible not to agree." King Zhao Huiwen said: "If He's Bi is sent away, Qin takes the Bi and does not give it to the city, what should we do?" Lin Xiangru said: "The Qin State offered fifteen cities to exchange for a piece of jade. This value is high enough. If the State of Zhao does not agree, it is the State of Zhao's fault. The king sent He's Bi, and if the State of Qin does not agree, it will be the State of Zhao's fault. Handing over the city is the fault of Qin State. I would rather agree and let Qin State bear the fault."

King Zhao Huiwen said: "Then please go to the state of Qin, sir. But what if the state of Qin does not keep its promise?" Lin Xiangru said: "After the Qin State handed over the city, I will keep He's Bi in Qin; otherwise, I will definitely bring the Bi back to Zhao State intact." Xianyang.King Qin Zhaoxiang proudly met him in the other palace.Portuguese Xiangru presented Heshibi. King Qin Zhaoxiang took the bi and looked at it, very happy.He handed the wall to the beauty and the left and right courtiers, and let everyone pass it on.The ministers all congratulated King Qin Zhaoxiang.

Lin Xiangru stood in the court hall and waited for a long time, but he didn't see King Qin mentioning changing the city.He knew that King Qin Zhaoxiang didn't really want to exchange the city for bi.But Bi has fallen into the hands of others, how can we get it back? In his haste, he came forward and said to King Qin Zhaoxiang: "Although this piece of bi is quite expensive, it also has some minor flaws, which are not easy to spot. Let me point it out to the king." King Zhaoxiang of Qin believed it was true, so he ordered his attendants to hand over Heshibi to Lin Xiangru.

As soon as Lin Xiangru got the bi, he took a few steps back, leaned against a big pillar on the palace, stared, and said angrily: "The king sent an envoy to the state of Zhao, saying that he was willing to exchange fifteen cities for Zhao. King Zhao sincerely sent me to send the jade. However, the king has no sincerity in exchange. Now the jade is in my hands. If the king forces me, I would rather put my head and this piece of jade on this pillar Smash it together!" As he said that, he really held He's Bi, and made a gesture of smashing it against the pillar. King Qin Zhaoxiang was afraid that he really smashed the bi, so he quickly apologized to him, saying: "Sir, don't get me wrong, how can I say nothing?"

He ordered the minister to bring the map, and showed Lin Xiangru the fifteen cities that he planned to exchange for Zhao. Lin Xiangru thought, don't be fooled by him again, so he said: "Before the king of Zhao sent the bi to Qin, he fasted for five days and held a grand ceremony in the court hall. If the king sincerely exchanged the bi, he should also fast for five days." God, and then hold a ceremony to accept the bi before I dare to present the bi." King Qin Zhaoxiang thought, you can't escape anyway, so he said, "Okay, let's do it this way." He ordered people to send Lin Xiangru to the hotel to rest.

When Lin Xiangru returned to the hotel, he asked one of his attendants to dress up as a businessman, hid the bibi close to his body, and ran back to Zhao Guo secretly by the path. Five days later, King Qin Zhaoxiang summoned his ministers and envoys from other countries in Xianyang to hold a ceremony to accept Heshibi in the court hall, and asked Lin Xiangru to go to court.Lin Xiangru walked up to the hall in a calm manner and saluted King Qin Zhaoxiang. King Qin Zhaoxiang said: "I have fasted for five days, now take out the bi." Lin Xiangru said: "Since Qin Mugong, there have been more than 20 monarchs before and after Qin, and none of them has been faithful. I am afraid that I will be deceived and lose Bi. I am sorry for King Zhao, so I sent Bi back to Zhao Guo. Please rule. It's my fault."

King Qin Zhaoxiang was furious when he heard this.Say, "Did you deceive me, or did I deceive you?" Lin Xiangru said calmly: "Please don't be angry, my lord. Let me finish my sentence. All the princes in the world know that Qin is a strong country and Zhao is a weak country. Only a strong country bullies a weak country, and there is no reason for a weak country to bully a strong country. Your Majesty really wants that." If you want to block Bi, please first cede the fifteen cities to Zhao Guo, and then send an envoy with me to Zhao Guo to fetch the Bi. After Zhao Guo got fifteen cities, he never dared not hand over Bi. "

King Qin Zhaoxiang listened to Lin Xiangru's plausible words, and he couldn't turn his face, so he had to say: "A piece of jade is just a piece of jade, and this matter should not hurt the harmony of the two families." In the end, Lin Xiangru was still sent back to Zhao. When Lin Xiangru returned to Zhao State, King Zhao Huiwen thought he had fulfilled his mission, so he promoted him to be a senior doctor.King Qin Zhaoxiang didn't intend to exchange fifteen cities for Heshibi at first, but he wanted to use this incident to test Zhao's attitude and strength.After Lin Xiangru returned to Zhao with complete jade, he didn't propose to exchange it again.