Ma Mian continued.

Tian Wen knew his life experience, felt both ridiculous and indignant at his father's behavior, and made up his mind to go home and reason with his father.

With the help of his kind brother, Tian Wen and his mother met Tian Ying.

Tian Ying saw this child and said angrily: "I asked you to throw this child away, you dare to raise him, why is this?"

Before Tian Wen's mother could answer, Tian Wen himself immediately kowtowed, and then asked Tian Ying: "Why don't you let you raise a child born in May?"

Tian Ying said: "The child born in May has grown up, and his body is as tall as the door, which will harm his father and mother." ”

Tian Wendao: "Is a person's destiny granted by God? or is it granted by the portal?"

Tian Ying didn't know how to answer, so he was silent.

Tian Wen continued: "If it is granted by the heavens, why should you worry? If it is granted by the portal, then as long as the portal is raised, who can grow that tall?"

Tian Ying was speechless, so he scolded, "Don't say it." ”

Once, Tian Wen asked his father, "What is the son's son's name?"

Tian Ying said: "Call grandson." ”

Tian Wen then asked, "What is the name of the grandson's grandson?"

Tian Ying replied, "It's called Xuansun." ”

Tian Wen asked again, "What is the name of the great-grandson's grandson?"

Tian Ying said: "I don't know. ”

Tian Wendao: "You are in power, as the prime minister of Qi has been three generations of kings now, but the territory of Qi has not expanded, your private family has accumulated a wealth of ten thousand gold, and you can't see a virtuous person under your door, I heard that the general's court will produce a general, and the prime minister's court will have a prime minister." Now your concubines can trample on silk and satin, and the Magi cannot wear coarse cloth and short clothes, and your male servants and slaves have leftover food and soup, while the Magi do not have enough to eat. Now you are still accumulating more and more reserves, wanting to leave them to those who cannot even be called, but forgetting that the state is losing power among the princes day by day. I'm very strange in private. ”

Since then, Tian Ying has changed her attitude towards Tian Wen, and began to value Tian Wen and let Tian Wen preside over the housekeeping and receive guests.

The number of guests continued to increase, and Tian Wen's reputation spread to the vassal states.

All the vassal states sent people to ask Tian Ying to establish Tian Wen as the son, and Tian Ying finally agreed.

Because Tian Wen is particularly bold and righteous, he is called Meng Weijun.

Meng Yanjun also attached himself to Meng Yanjun by soliciting guests from various vassal states and even those who had fled from crime.

Meng Weijun gave generous treatment to the doormen, so the wise men of the world all yearn for it, and his diners have thousands of people, and the treatment is the same as Tian Wen.

Whenever Meng Yanjun sat and talked with guests, he always arranged for his subordinates to record the conversation with the guests behind the screen, and recorded the residences of the guests' relatives.

As soon as the guests left, Meng Weijun had already sent envoys to the homes of the guests' relatives to offer condolences and gifts.

Once, when Meng Weijun was entertaining guests for dinner, a person was very annoyed that the food was covered by the light, thinking that the quality of the food must not be equal, and he put down the dishes and chopsticks angrily and was about to say goodbye

Go.

Meng Yanjun immediately stood up and personally served his own food compared to his, and when the guest saw that the food he ate was the same as Meng Yanjun's, he was so ashamed that he was ashamed of himself, and he wanted to commit suicide by slashing his neck to apologize.

When this matter spread, many of the Magi were willing to join Meng Weijun.

Meng Yanjun warmly accepts the guests who come to the door, does not pick, has no relatives, and gives preferential treatment, so everyone thinks that Meng Yanjun is close to him.

When King Qin Zhao heard that Meng Weijun was virtuous, he first sent Jingyang Jun to Qi as a hostage and asked to see Meng Weijun.

Meng Weijun was about to go to Qin, but the guests did not approve of his trip, and advised him not to listen to him.

At this time, one of the guests, Sudai, said to him: "I came from outside this morning to see a puppeteer talking to a clay puppet. The puppeteer said, 'When it rains, you're going to collapse.' The clay puppet said, 'I was born out of clay, and even if I collapse, I will return to the dirt.' If it really rains, the water will run at you, but I don't know where it will wash you. "Today's Qin State is a country like a tiger and a wolf, and you insist on going, if you can't come back, aren't you like that puppeteer being ridiculed by the puppeteer?"

After hearing this, Meng Weijun realized the truth and dispelled the idea of going to Qin.

Later, the king of Qi still sent Meng Weijun to the Qin state, and the king of Qin Zhao immediately made Meng Yanjun the prime minister of the Qin state.

There was a minister of the Qin State who was very jealous and persuaded the King of Qin: "Meng Weijun is indeed virtuous, but he is the same sect of the King of Qi, and now if he is the prime minister of the Qin State, he must plan things for the Qi State first, and then consider the Qin State, so the Qin State will be in danger."

So King Qin Zhao dismissed Meng Yanjun from his position as prime minister, and he imprisoned Meng Shanjun in an attempt to murder Meng Yanjun.

Meng Weijun knew that the situation was critical, so he sent someone to see King Zhao's favorite concubine and ask for rescue.

The favorite concubine put forward the condition: "I want to get Meng Weijun's white fox fur fur." ”

When Meng Weijun came, he brought a white fox fur fur, which was worth a thousand gold, and there was no second one in the world, and after arriving in the Qin Kingdom, he gave it to King Zhao, and there was no other fur fur.

Meng Weijun was worried about this matter, and asked all the guests and no one could think of a way.

At this time, a doorman with a thin figure and an unattractive appearance said, "Master, I can get back the white fox fur fur." ”

So the doorman went from the dog hole into the warehouse in the Qin palace that night, took out the fox white fur dedicated to King Zhao, and took it back and dedicated it to King Zhao's favorite concubine.

After the favored concubine got the fox white fur, she interceded with King Zhao, and King Zhao released Meng Weijun.

Immediately after his release, Meng Weijun fled by express train, changed his exit documents, changed his name and escaped from the city.

King Qin Zhao regretted letting Meng Shanjun go, and when he looked for him again, Meng Shanjun had already fled.

So King Qin Zhao immediately sent people to drive and rush to hunt him down.

Meng Weijun and his entourage arrived at Hangu Pass in the middle of the night, Hangu Pass in accordance with the provisions of the customs law, when the chicken crows can the guests go out of the customs, when Meng Weijun is very anxious, suddenly there is a rooster crow, it turns out that there is a person who is not capable of doing anything among the guests, will learn to crow, he learns to crow, and the nearby chickens follow a

Qi shouted, and Hangu Pass finally opened the gate, so Meng Weijun immediately showed his documents and escaped from Hangu Pass.

Usually those high-minded, arrogant doormen, in Meng Yanjun at a critical moment but there is no way, and finally relied on two chickens and dogs to escape from the ascension, now they are all disgraced, and finally understand why Meng Yanjun treats every guest equally, since then the guests have admired Meng Yanjun's practice of recruiting guests regardless of people.

Meng Weijun passed through the Zhao State, and the Pingyuan Jun of the Zhao State treated him as a distinguished guest.

When the people of Zhao heard that Meng Weijun was virtuous, they all came out to watch and wanted to see the style, and when they saw it, they all laughed and said: "I thought Meng Yanjun was a burly husband, but now I see that he is a thin man." ”

Meng Weijun was very annoyed when he heard these words that ridiculed him, and the people accompanying him jumped out of the car with him, slashed and killed hundreds of people, ruined a county before leaving, and made a name for himself, and from then on, no one dared to underestimate him.

The king of Qi felt guilty for sending Meng Yanjun to the Qin State and almost lost his life, and after Meng Shanjun returned to the Qi State, the King of Qi made him the prime minister of the Qi State to take charge of the state affairs.

Meng Weijun resented the Qin state and prepared to unite Korea and Wei to attack the Qin state on the grounds that the Qi state had helped Korea and Wei to attack the Chu state, and borrowed weapons and military rations from the Western Zhou for this purpose.

Su imitated the tone of the Western Zhou and said to Meng Weijun: "You used the troops of the Qi State to help the Han and Wei States attack the Chu State for nine years, and obtained the places north of Wan and Ye, which made the Han and Wei countries stronger, and now if you attack the Qin State, you will strengthen the strength of Han and Wei even more." If there is no worry of Chu in the south of Korea and Wei, and there is no disaster of Qin in the north, then Qi will be in danger. When Han and Wei become strong, they will despise Qi and fear Qin, and I am really disturbed by this situation for you. You might as well let the Western Zhou have a deep friendship with the Qin State, you don't attack the Qin State, and don't borrow weapons and food. You send your army to Hangu Pass, but do not attack, and let the Western Zhou tell the king of Qin Zhao your mood and say, 'Duke Xue will definitely not attack the state of Qin to strengthen the power of Han and Wei, he wants to attack the state of Qin, but he wants the king to instruct the state of Chu to cede the eastern land to the state of Qi, and ask you to release the king of Chu Huai to make peace.' 'If you let Dongdi use this method to benefit the Qin State, the Qin State will not be attacked, and the Chu State will protect itself with the territory of the Chu State, and the Qin State will definitely be willing to do so. The king of Chu must be grateful to the state of Qi for being released. The Qi State will naturally become stronger and stronger when it gets the Eastern Land, and Xue Yi will be free of worries for generations. The Qin State is not very weak, it has a certain strength, and it is located in the western neighbors of Korea and Wei, and the two countries of Han and Wei must rely on the Qi State. ”

After hearing this, Meng Weijun even claimed that it was good.

So let Han and Wei congratulate Qin, avoiding a military disaster, so that Qi, Han, and Wei would no longer send troops to attack, and would no longer borrow weapons and military rations from Western Zhou.

At this time, King Chu Huai had already arrived in the Qin State, and the Qin State detained him, and Meng Weijun asked the Qin State to release the King of Chu Huai.

But the Qin State did not do this, so Qin and Chu became hostile from then on, and wars continued to occur, and the Qi State reaped the benefits.

When Meng Weijun was the prime minister of Qi, once his attendant Wei Zi went to collect the feudal yi for him

The tax was not returned once after three round-trips.

Meng Weijun asked him what the reason was, and Wei Zi replied, "There is a virtuous man, I gave him the tax in your name without permission, so I did not take it back." ”

Meng Weijun became angry after hearing this, and dismissed Wei Zi in a fit of anger.

A few years later, someone made a rumor to the king of Qi that Meng Weijun said: "Meng Wanjun is about to launch a rebellion." ”

When Tian Junjia kidnapped the king of Qi, the king of Qi suspected that Meng Yanjun planned it, and in order to avoid disaster, Meng Yanjun fled.

When the sage who had received food from Wei Zi heard about this, he wrote to the king of Qi, stating that Meng Weijun would not cause trouble, and asked for his own life as a guarantee, so the man committed suicide by slashing his neck at the gate of the palace to prove Meng Weijun's innocence.

The king of Qi was shocked, so he asked about the actual situation of the investigation, and Meng Yanjun really did not have a rebellion plot, so he recalled Meng Yanjun.

Only then did Meng Weijun understand the painstaking efforts of the doorman Wei Zi, so he personally went to invite Wei Zi back.

(End of chapter)