Chapter 34 Chapter VII Su Qin lobbying the six countries

Speaking of Zhang Yi, we must first talk about Su Qin. As mentioned earlier, Guiguzi accepted four disciples in his life.Pang Juan and Sun Bin studied the art of war, and the other two studied the art of maneuvering. They are Zhang Yi and Su Qin. Su Qin was born in Luoyi (now Luoyang City, Henan Province) and could speak Luoyi dialect fluently.After he came out of Guiguzi, he traveled abroad for several years and spent all his money before returning home destitute. Luoyi has been a big city since the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty, and became the capital of the Zhou Dynasty after King Ping of Zhou moved eastward. It has a history of more than 400 years.After the royal family split into the Eastern Zhou Kingdom and the Western Zhou Kingdom, Luoyi became the territory of the Eastern Zhou Kingdom and still maintained the title of "Wangcheng".

People living in Luoyi have a strong sense of the end of the world, and they always dismiss all ideals and aspirations. "We Zhou Dynasty people have been down-to-earth since ancient times and lived on industry and commerce. If we can get two points of profit, we will be satisfied. But you just don't do business and learn some debate skills, making people look like people, ghosts like ghosts, and your age You still can't do anything, why are you bothering?" It was none other than Su Qin's sister-in-law who said these sarcastic remarks.The sister-in-law is the housekeeper of the family and is responsible for buying vegetables and cooking every day.After Su Qin came home, she didn't do anything, and didn't go out to look for a job. She held a volume of books and gnawed in the room all day. Her opinion was the biggest.

Of course, she wasn't the only one who had an opinion.Su Qin's brothers, sisters, and even his wives and concubines expressed difficulty in understanding his idle state, and a sarcasm appeared from time to time between his words. "Don't you feel shy when you say you have hands and feet, and you spend your days idle?" said his wife one day. Su Qin didn't say a word, but he was thinking in his heart: I have studied hard and learned a whole body of skills. If I can't use it to exchange for fame and fortune, what's the use? At this time, the people of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty wanted to grow rice, and the people of the Western Zhou Dynasty occupied the upper reaches of the canal and built dams to intercept the flow, but they did not release water to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. King Xian of Zhou was very worried about this.Su Qin volunteered and went to the Western Zhou Dynasty to lobby.After seeing the king of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Su Qin said: "You are mistaken! You are helping the Eastern Zhou Dynasty by not releasing water. What they are planting now is wheat, and they have no other crops. As long as you release water, it will destroy their land. Let them have no crops. They will definitely plant rice instead, and if you threaten to cut off the water source, they will have to obey you obediently."

Under Su Qin's persuasion, the matter was quickly resolved.Therefore, Su Qin received a reward from King Zhou Xian.However, when he tried to take this opportunity to join the small royal court, he was vigilantly rejected by King Zhou Xian. It turned out that several important officials of the royal family told Zhou Xianwang that Su Qin was just a little clever, and if he was allowed to take on the big responsibility, it would be a joke. King Zhou Xian didn't have any ambitions at first, he just wanted to live a peaceful life for a few days, and he was not interested in Su Qin's tricks, so he went along with the flow and followed the advice of his important ministers.

However, after experiencing this incident, Su Qin had a new understanding of his abilities. "The so-called Renjun, as long as you figure out his mind, you can command him like a puppet. It's nothing special!" With the reward that King Zhou Xian gave him, Su Qin packed his bags and came to Qin State to lobby, wanting to introduce Lian Heng's strategy to King Qin Hui. "Qin has thousands of miles of fertile fields, rich people, thousands of chariots, millions of warriors, abundant food reserves, and dangerous terrain. It is a powerful country in the world. With your wise leadership, it is absolutely possible to annex the princes and unify the world."

Su Qin first gave King Qin Hui a high hat.But Qin Huiwang didn't seem to take that kind of thing at all, and just said annoyedly: "Qin is fledgling, and has never thought of annexing other countries." Su Qin wanted to say something more, but Qin Huiwang yawned, waved his hands, and made a gesture of "seeing off the guests", ending the meeting. Although Su Qin was disappointed, he did not give up.He knew that even when Shang Yang met Qin Xiaogong, it was only the third time that sparks sparked. Maybe the monarchs of Qin State are all slow-heating types! A few days later, Su Qin once again asked to pay pilgrimage to King Qin Hui. Unexpectedly, this time, King Qin Hui didn't even give him a chance to meet him.Su Qin had no choice but to leave a paper on current affairs that he had written long ago, and returned to the hotel dejectedly.

A few days later, Su Qin went to the palace to ask for an interview again, but was rejected again. He begged ten times in this way, and handed in ten papers, but Qin Huiwang still ignored him. A more annoying problem than being underappreciated bothered him—the mink fur coat he bought to meet King Qin Hui was worn out, and the money was used up. , I can't live through this day! Su Qin wore straw sandals, put on leggings, carried a book bag, and carried luggage. He looked haggard and dejectedly returned to Luoyi.He didn't know that the reason why he was not welcomed by King Qin Hui was not that his thesis was not well written, nor that his eloquence was not enough to impress people. It's just a bad feeling.

When Su Qin returned home, he found that everything was fine—his wife was weaving and didn't even raise her head when she heard him enter the house; her sister-in-law ignored him and didn't prepare meals; even her parents didn't see anything wrong when they saw him .In short, whether he exists or not, it makes no difference to the family. If it were someone else, they might have slammed the door and left.However, Su Qin's biggest advantage lies in his good attitude.He just let out a long sigh and said to himself, "My wife doesn't think of me as her husband, my sister-in-law doesn't think of me as her uncle, and my parents don't think of me as their son. It's all my fault!" He continued to plunge into the pile of books, Study hard.

It is said that Su Qin was sleepy from reading at night, so he picked up an iron spine and stabbed his thigh, the blood flowed to his heel, so he lost all sleepiness.The "thorn stock" in the idiom "hanging beam stab stock" tells this story. After studying so hard for a year, Su Qin came out of the mountain again and came to the country of Zhao. Zhao Suhou was quite interested in his theories, but the god of luck still didn't wave to him - at that time Zhao Guo's Xiangguo Fengyang Jun was very guarded against him and restrained him everywhere.Su Qin couldn't use it, so he had to leave the country of Zhao and come to the country of Yan.

The Kingdom of Yan is located in the north, and it has been a peaceful corner for a long time.In the historical records of the Spring and Autumn Period, there are almost no traces of the Yan Kingdom.After entering the Warring States period, Qi, Chu, Qin, Wei, Zhao, Han and other countries were in turmoil and frequent exchanges. The people of Yan State still did not care about world affairs and lived a life of indifference to the world. It is obviously out of date for Su Qin to go to Yan State to lobby with his set of intriguing theories. He stayed in Yan State for a year before meeting Yan Wengong.

"Yan Kingdom has Korea and Liaodong in the east, Linhu and Loulan in the north, Yunzhong and Jiuyuan in the west, and Hutuo and Yishui in the south. The country is more than two thousand miles away, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers, six hundred chariots and six horses. Thousands of horses, sufficient food for several years, abundant resources, no worries about food and clothing, this is the so-called land of abundance!" As usual, Su Qin praised Yan Guo first.Then he asked: "There has been no war in Yan for many years, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. Do you know why?" Yan Wengong looked bewildered: "Why?" Su Qin said: "The strongest country in the world is Qin State. The reason why Yan State was not attacked by Qin State is because Zhao State made its southern barrier. If Qin State wants to attack Yan State, it must go through Yunzhong, Jiuzhou Yuan, through Daijun and Shanggu, the distance is thousands of miles. Even if the city can be conquered, it cannot hold on. It is obvious that Qin State cannot pose a threat to Yan State. However, if Zhao State wants to attack Yan State, as long as Zhao State With your order, within ten days, you can gather hundreds of thousands of troops near Dongyuan, and then cross Yishui, and you can reach Jicheng (the capital of Yan State) in four or five days. So, it is really worrying for Yan State It is not Qin but Zhao. And Zhao is threatened by Qin from time to time. If Yan can take advantage of the contradiction between Qin and Zhao, take the initiative to unite with Zhao and all princes in the world to fight against Qin. Only in this way can the country of Yan be safe." As mentioned earlier, when Su Qin went to Qin State, he wanted to sell Lian Heng's strategy to Qin Huiwang.Now when he meets Yan Wengong, what he is promoting is Hezong's plan. For the disciples of Guiguzi, the so-called position is just the difference between black and white in a chess game, and it is not a problem.If Qin uses him, he advocates Lianheng; if other countries use him, he advocates combining vertical, that's all. Su Qin promoted the joint vertical plan to Yan Wengong, using the method of a charlatan to fool the old lady-"Old man, your seal is black, and there will be bloody disasters within seven days, but if you can give me all the money, I will give you money." It can save you from disasters." Duke Wen of Yan, however, was completely fooled by Su Qin's tricks. He regarded Su Qin as an envoy sent by the heavens to save Yan from peril, and immediately regarded him as a guest of honour, and provided him with chariots and horses to lobby Zhao. It should also be Su Qinshi's turn.At this time, Lord Fengyang was dead, and Su Qin was able to meet Zhao Suhou smoothly. The first meeting is still a high hat: "Today's sages, whether they are commoners or ministers, all admire your noble character and want to listen to your teachings in Handan. It's just because Fengyang Jun is jealous of the virtuous and deliberately obstructs it, so they all have to I don’t have a chance to speak freely in front of you. Now that Lord Fengyang has passed away, and the way of speaking is open again, I dare to tell you my humble opinion.” Su Qin's current appearance is very different from the poor man who lost his soul a year ago.Wearing a brand-new dress and precious jade, he talked in fluent Beijing dialect in Zhao Guochao Hall, sometimes impassioned, sometimes lowering his head and frowning, which quickly attracted Zhao Suhou. "For the monarch, the people live in peace and there is no war in the country, which is the greatest good thing. The foundation of peace for the people lies in diplomatic relations. Who is a friend and who is an enemy is directly related to the national economy and the people's livelihood. In the situation of Zhao, if Qi, Qi, If Qin is regarded as an enemy, there will be no peace for the people. If you unite with Qi to fight against Qin, you will also have no peace. It is difficult to say things like plotting against the monarchs of other countries and crusade against other countries. I hope you will not say it lightly. "If Zhao and Qin form an alliance, Qin will definitely weaken South Korea and Wei; if Zhao and Qi form an alliance, Qi will definitely weaken Wei and Chu. If Wei is weakened, he has to cede Hewai, and if South Korea is weakened, he will Yiyang will be sacrificed. In this way, Shangjun will be in danger. If Chu State is weakened, Zhao State will lose a powerful foreign aid. The safety of these three countries is actually related to the safety of Zhao State. You can't take it seriously. "There is nothing stronger than Qin among the lords in the world today. If Qin has the ambitions of Han and Wei, even Qi must bow down to it. At that time, Qin's army will cross the Yellow River and point directly at Handan. This is what I worry about for you. ! "The state of Zhao is more than two thousand miles away, with hundreds of thousands of troops, thousands of chariots, and tens of thousands of horses. It is a powerful country in Shandong (referring to the east of Xiaoshan). Qin is most afraid of Zhao, but he dare not send troops to invade easily. , why? I am afraid that Han and Wei are behind their backs. In this sense, Han and Wei are the southern barriers of Zhao. If Han and Wei perish, Zhao cannot survive alone. Very simple truth. "The territory of the countries in Shandong (to the east of Taihang Mountain) is five times larger than that of Qin State, and the military strength is ten times that of Qin State. If everyone unites to attack Qin State, Qin State will not be able to resist it. In my opinion See, Zhao Guo should be friendly with Han, Wei, Qi, Chu, Yan and other countries to deal with Qin together. As long as Qin dares to attack any of them, the other five countries will jointly send troops to rescue and reject Qin's army. Outside the valley pass. No matter how powerful Qin is, it would not dare to be an enemy of the six countries. In this case, there is hope for your hegemony." Zhao Suhou nodded again and again: "You are right. However, the joint vertical is a big deal, who can persuade the princes of all walks of life for the widow?" "Me." Su Qin replied without hesitation, "If you can adopt my suggestion, I can assure you that the Yan Congress will offer the fur dogs and horses from the north, the Qi Council will offer the fish salt from the sea, and the Chu Council will offer the southern ones." Juyou, Han, Wei, Zhongshan and other congresses donated land as your Tangmu town. As long as you sit in Handan, you can sit back and enjoy it.” Zhao Suhou was overjoyed and rewarded Su Qin with a hundred chariots, a thousand pieces of gold, a hundred pairs of white biscuits, and a thousand pieces of silk, allowing him to travel around the world and establish a united front against Qin. At this moment, King Hui of Qin sent Gongsun Yan to attack the State of Wei, beheaded 80,000 people, captured Long Jia alive, and occupied Diaoyin, shaking the world.However, Chu State took advantage of the fire to loot, and Wei State suddenly fell into the predicament of being attacked on both sides, and the situation was extremely dangerous. For Su Qin, who is about to go out to lobby the nations, this is undoubtedly bad news. If Qin State takes advantage of the trend and eliminates Wei State, I am afraid that no one will dare to respond to his call to become an enemy of Qin State, and fighting against Qin State together will become empty talk.Su Qin's market that seems to have bottomed out is now facing the danger of being shorted. what to do? Su Qin thought of his brother from the same school, Zhang Yi, who was still impoverished.