After some time, Lü Li, a fugitive general of Qin, served as the prime minister of Qi, and was jealous of Meng Weijun's reputation, so he wanted to trap Su Dai in a predicament.

Su Dai said to Meng Weijun: "Zhou is the most loyal to the king of Qi, but the king of Qi expelled him, and listened to the advice of the pro-Fu and made Lu Li the prime minister, the reason is that he intends to unite the Qin state." If Qi and Qin are united, then Qinfu and Lü Li will be reused, and if Qinfu and Lü Li are reused, Qi and Qin will definitely despise you. It is better for you to march north quickly, urge Zhao to make peace with Qin and Wei, and recruit back Zhou to show your kindness, and also save the credibility of the king of Qi, and prevent changes in the relations between the countries caused by the alliance of Qi and Chu. If the Qi State does not rely on the Qin State, then all the princes will move closer to the Qi State, and the relatives will inevitably flee, so who else can the King of Qi govern his country with besides you?"

So Meng Yanjun listened to Su Dai's plan, so Lu Li was jealous and wanted to murder Meng Yanjun.

Meng Weijun was very frightened, so he wrote a letter to Wei Ran, the prime minister of Qin, and said: "I heard that Qin intends to let Lü Lilai unite with Qi, Qi is a powerful country in the world, Qi and Qin are successfully united, Lü Li will gain power, and you will be despised by King Qin." If Qin and Qi form an alliance to deal with the three kingdoms of Han, Zhao, and Wei, then Lü Li will definitely be the prime minister of Qin and Qi. Besides, even if the Qi State is saved from the military disaster of the attack of the vassal states, the Qi State will still hate you deeply. You might as well persuade the King of Qin to attack the State of Qi, and if the State of Qi is broken, I will try to ask the King of Qin to give you the land of the Kingdom of Qi. The state of Qi was defeated, and the state of Qin was afraid that the state of Wei would become strong, and the king of Qin would definitely use you to make friends with the state of Wei. Wei was defeated by Qi and was afraid of Qin, so it must reuse you in order to befriend Qin. In this way, you can not only establish your own merits by defeating the Qi State, hold the improved status of the Wei State hostage, but also break through the Qi State and obtain a fiefdom, so that Qin and Wei will respect you at the same time. If the Qi State is not broken and Lu Li is appointed again, you will still be in an extreme predicament. ”

So the Marquis of Qin Zhao made a statement to attack the Qi State, and Lü Li fled the Qi State.

When Feng Yu heard that Meng Weijun was happy to attract guests, he came to see him from afar in straw sandals.

Meng Weijun said: "Thank you for coming from afar, what do you have to teach me?"

Feng Yu replied: "I heard that you are happy to raise a soldier, but I just want to join you for food because of poverty." ”

Meng Weijun didn't say anything more, and placed him in the residence of the inferior diners.

Ten days later, Meng Weijun asked the person in charge of the residence, "What has the guest been doing lately?"

The person in charge replied: "Mr. Feng is too poor, he only has a sword, and he still has a straw rope wrapped around the handle of the sword. From time to time he played the sword and sang, 'O sword, let us go home, for there is no fish for dinner.' ’”

After Meng Weijun heard this, he asked Feng Yu to move to the residence of a medium-sized diner, and this time there was fish for dinner.

Five days later, Meng Weijun asked the person in charge about Feng Yu's situation, and the person in charge replied: "The guest played the sword again and sang, 'Long sword, let's go back, there is no car when we go out.'" ’”

So Meng Weijun moved Feng Yu to the residence of the first-class diners, and there were cars to sit in and out

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After another five days, Meng Weijun asked the person in charge again. The person in charge replied: "This gentleman once played his sword and sang, 'Long sword, let's go home, there is no way to feed the family.'" ’”

Meng Weijun was very unhappy when he heard it.

After a whole year, Feng Yu didn't say anything more.

Meng Weijun was the prime minister of Qi at that time, and was awarded the title of ten thousand households in Xueyi.

He had as many as 3,000 diners, and the tax revenue from the food was not enough to feed so many diners, so he sent people to Xue Yi to lend money.

Due to the bad year, most of the people who have borrowed money without the harvest will not be able to pay interest, and the needs of the diners will not be able to be provided.

Meng Weijun was anxious about this situation, so he asked the attendants on the left and right, "Who can be sent to Xue Yi to collect debts?"

The person in charge of the residence said: "Mr. Feng in the residence of the high-class diner is very shrewd in appearance, and he is an elder, he must be stable, and it should be appropriate to send him to collect debts." ”

Meng Weijun said to Feng Yu: "The guests don't know that I am incompetent, there are more than 3,000 people who come to my door, and now the income of the food yi cannot support the guests, so I have put some debts in Xue Yi." However, Xueyi had a bad year, there was no harvest, and most of the people could not pay interest. I'm afraid that it will be a problem for the guests to eat, and I hope that the husband will go and collect the debt for me. ”

Feng Yu said, "Okay." ”

Feng Yu said goodbye to Meng Yanjun, and when he arrived in Xueyi, he gathered all the people who borrowed Meng Yanjun's money and asked for 100,000 yuan in interest on debts.

He did not send it back, but he made a great deal of wine, bought fat oxen, and called the borrowers, who could pay interest, and those who could not, and demanded that all the deed of the money be brought for verification.

Immediately let everyone participate in the banquet together, and the beef stew was slaughtered and the banquet was set up on the same day.

At the banquet, when everyone was drinking and enjoying themselves, Feng Yu took the deed and walked to the table to check it one by one, and set a time limit for those who could pay interest, and those who were too poor to pay interest to take back their deed and burn it in public.

Feng Yu then said to everyone: "The reason why Meng Weijun borrowed money from everyone is to provide funds to people who have no funds to engage in industry production, and the reason why he asks for debts from everyone is because he has no money to support guests. Now that the rich and rich have the agreed date to repay their debts, and the poor who are unable to repay their debts burn the deeds and abolish all the debts, please drink heartily, how can the owner of such a fief turn his back on him in the future"

All the people present stood up and bowed twice in a row.

When Meng Weijun heard the news that Feng Yu had burned the deed, he was very angry and immediately sent someone to recall Feng Yu.

As soon as Feng Yu arrived at Meng Weijun, he asked: "My fiefdom is already small, and the people still don't pay the interest on time, and the guests are afraid that they won't even have enough to eat, so I asked Mr. to collect the debts. What's going on?"

Feng Yu replied: "That's the case, if you don't hold a big banquet of wine and meat, you can't gather all the debtors, and you can't know who is rich and who is poor. The rich give him a set date to repay his debts, and the poor will not pay off their debts even if they are urged to do so for ten years, and the longer the time, the more interest he will pay, and he will use it when it is critical

The way to flee is to pay off the debt. If you urge urgently, not only will you not be able to repay after all, but the king of Qi will think that you are greedy for money and profit, and do not care for the common people, and below you will have a bad reputation for offending the king, which is not a way to encourage the common people and promote your reputation. I burned useless and nameless IOUs and discarded account books in name only, so that the common people of Xueyi would trust you and show off your good reputation for kindness. What do you have to wonder?"

Meng Weijun was helpless after hearing this, so the matter was settled.

The king of Qi was bewitched by the slanderous statements of the Qin and Chu states, believing that Meng Weijun's reputation overwhelmed him, and finally dismissed Meng Shanjun as an official in order to monopolize the power of the Qi state.

When those guests saw Meng Weijun being dismissed, they all left him one by one.

Only Feng Yu planned for him: "Lend me a car that can run to the Qin State, and I will definitely make you more noble in the Qi State and have a wider food estate." Do you think it's okay?"

So Meng Weijun prepared a carriage and gifts for Feng Yu on the road, and he returned to Xueyi by car, and was welcomed by the people from afar, only to know that Feng Yu burned the IOU to buy the people's hearts for him.

Feng Yu drove west to the Qin State to lobby the King of Qin, saying: "The lobbyists of the world drove west to the Qin land, all of them wanted to make the Qin State strong and the Qi State weakened, and the car to the east into the Qi State was not to make the Qi State strong and the Qin State to weaken." These are two countries that will fight each other, and what will never coexist with each other is a strong and powerful male country, and if you become a male country, you will win the world. ”

The King of Qin listened attentively, straightened up and knelt down and asked Feng Yu, "What do you think should be done to prevent the Qin State from becoming a weak and powerless country?"

Feng Yu replied, "The king knows that the Qi State has dismissed Meng Weijun's officials, right?"

King Qin said: "King Gu heard this. ”

Feng Tan said: "The one who makes the Qi State respected by the world is Meng Weijun. Now that the monarch of Qi has listened to the slander and dismissed Meng Weijun, Meng Weijun is extremely resentful in his heart, and he must have turned his back on Qi and entered Qin, then the national conditions of Qi, the situation of the emperor in the court, and the situation of the officials will be mastered by Qin. You will get the land of the entire Qi country, will you just be the champion? You hurry up and send an envoy with gifts to meet Meng Weijun secretly, you can't miss the opportunity. If the King of Qi understands and uses Meng Weijun again, it is still unknown who is the female and who is the male. ”

When the King of Qin heard this, he was very happy and sent ten carriages carrying 100 Yi gold to meet Meng Weijun.

Feng Tan said goodbye to the king of Qin and rushed to the state of Qi in front of the envoys, and when he arrived at the state of Qi, he persuaded the king of Qi: "The people who came to Qi by car to the east all wanted to make the state of Qi strong and weakened the state of Qin, and those who entered the state of Qin by car to the west were all to make the state of Qin strong and the state of Qi to weaken. Qin and Qi are two decisive countries, if Qin is strong, then Qi must be weak, and these two countries are bound to not be able to dominate at the same time. Now I have learned privately that the State of Qin has sent an envoy with ten carriages carrying a hundred Yi gold to meet Meng Weijun. Meng Weijun doesn't go west, if he goes west to serve as the prime minister of Qin, then

The world will be owned by the Qin State, the Qin State is a strong male country, and the Qi State is a weak and powerless female country, and if it is weak and powerless, Linzi and Jimo will be in danger. Why didn't the king quickly restore Meng Weijun's official position and increase his fiefdom to apologize to him before the Qin envoy arrived? If he did, Meng Weijun would be happy and willing to accept it. Although Qin is a powerful country, how can it arbitrarily go to other countries to greet other people's prime ministers? It is necessary to thwart Qin's conspiracy and cut off its plan to become a strong hegemon. ”

After hearing this, King Qi immediately understood and said, "Okay." ”

So he sent people to the border to wait for the envoys of Qin.

As soon as the car of the Qin envoy entered the border of Qi, the envoy of Qi at the border immediately turned around and galloped back to report the situation.

The king of Qi recalled Meng Weijun and restored him to the position of prime minister, and at the same time gave him the land of his original fiefdom and added a thousand households to him.

(End of chapter)