Chapter 50: Cai Ze
After listening to the words of the outsider, Su Dai said in his heart: "Who is this?" Dare to say that Fan Ju is so arrogant in the Qin State? ”
Walk out of the room and stand upstairs and look down the hall.
I saw a man of forty or fifty years old with an ugly face shouting loudly at the innkeeper of the courtesy hotel.
Mr. Su Dai recognized this person, it was Cai Ze, a famous man of Yan State.
Cai Ze is a native of Yanguo Gangcheng County (now Wanquan County, Hebei).
During the period of Ji Kang's great-grandfather King Yan Hui, he wrote to King Yan Hui and talked about the country's plans.
King Yan Hui sneered at Cai Ze, a person from a civilian background, and didn't pay attention to him at all.
Seeing this, Cai Ze completely lost confidence in Yan Kingdom, so he traveled around the world and learned from his teacher.
He also sought official positions from many princes, large and small, but unfortunately, he was not appreciated and reused by any king.
When Cai Ze was in the Wei State, he met Tang Ju, the famous physiognomist of the Wei State.
He asked Tang Ju to meet him, and said to Tang Ju:
"I heard that Mr. gave Li Dui a face. Words: In a hundred days, the power of a country will be in control, is there such a thing? ”
Tang Ju replied, "There is such a thing. ”
Cai Ze said to Tang Ju again: "How about a person like me?" ”
After Tang Ju looked at Cai Ze carefully, he said with a smile: "Mr. has a nose facing the sky, shoulders, convex forehead, collapsed nose bridge, and lap legs." I heard that the saint is not in appearance, so I guess I am talking about you, sir, right? ”
Cai Ze knew that Tang Ju was joking with himself, and said: "Mr. Tang Ju, I already have wealth and wealth." What I don't know is the length of my life, and I would like to hear what my husband has to say. ”
Tang Ju calculated and said, "Sir's lifespan is forty-three years old from now on. ”
Cai Ze smiled and thanked him and walked away, and then said to his coachman: "I eat fat meat with rice, drive the carriage to gallop, hold a golden seal in my hand, and wear a purple ribbon around my waist, I am highly respected in front of the master, enjoy the glory and wealth, and I should be satisfied for forty-three years." ”
Seeing that Wei could not get the summons of the King of Wei, he left Wei and came to Zhao, but was driven out by Zhao.
went to South Korea again, and encountered robbers on the way, not only snatched his cooking utensils such as pots and dings, but also snatched the robe he was wearing outside, leaving only Cai Ze's underwear, which made him shiver in the cold wind in the wilderness.
Although unlucky, Cai Ze is very high-profile and has always been very high-profile!
Cai Ze traveled around the world and ran into walls everywhere, but it still did not dispel Cai Ze's self-confidence.
When he came to Qin State the year before last, Qin Xiang Fan Ju, although he was beaten by Wei Qi in Wei State, his leg was lame, his face was crooked, and his face could be described as extremely hideous. But as soon as I saw Cai Ze's face, I was still "shocked".
It is estimated that it is the same kind of relationship, so I have a relationship!
In addition, Cai Ze is also a "celebrity" - a celebrity who runs into walls everywhere. Qin Xiang Fan Ju still gave Cai Ze an errand and asked him to go to Yan as an envoy, and asked him to persuade Ji Ming, the king of Yan, to let Ji Kang, who was still the king of Liaocheng at that time, come to Qin as a hostage.
To put it mildly, it was really "too embarrassing" to see Cai Ze beside him. According to Ji Kang's words, it is: "It affects the cityscape too much, I'm sorry for the people."
Fan Ju gave Cai Ze the identity of an envoy, sent him far away to Yan Kingdom, and left him to fend for himself!
Unexpectedly, after Cai Ze arrived in Yan Kingdom, he saw that Ji Kang was made the crown prince, so he did not stay in Yan Kingdom, and returned to Qin State.
Cai Ze didn't have a house in Xianyang, so he was an official of the Qin State and a celebrity, so he lived in a courtesy hotel.
I lived in the Rite Hotel for more than a year, and I was not summoned again by Qin Xiang Fan Ju.
And the post officer of the Lihe Hotel didn't like to see this ugly-looking person.
Think about what Tang Ju said about Cai Ze's appearance. This is really ugly!
Seeing that Qin Xiang Fan Ju hadn't summoned this person for more than a year, he wanted to drive him away.
This angered Cai Ze, so he shouted loudly in the ceremonial hotel to replace Qin Xiang Fan Ju.
Mr. Su Dai was upstairs, and when he saw that it was Cai Ze, he shouted: "It turned out to be an old man, why don't you come up and talk about it?" ”
Cai Ze traveled around the world and naturally knew his predecessor Su Dai.
Downstairs laughed and bowed down and said, "It turned out to be Mr. Su Dai, Cai Zezheng had this intention." ”
He no longer paid attention to the postman who drove him away, and walked upstairs.
When the post official saw that it was a VIP from Yan Kingdom, he didn't dare to stop Cai Ze anymore.
After Mr. Su Dai invited Cai Ze to his room, he asked his entourage to order another table of wine and food, and narrated it to Cai Ze and the others.
After three rounds of drinking, Su Dai and Cai Ze talked about their respective experiences.
Su Dai said to Cai Ze: "Mr. Cai Ze, you are from the Yan country." The old man knows that your Yan Kingdom has been wronged, but now that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is in power, he is eager to recruit talents, and he will definitely reuse Mr. Why don't you go back to your homeland with your husband and serve your homeland? ”
Cai Ze shook his head and said to Su Dai:
"Mr. Sudai, as the saying goes: people do not stand without faith. In the next week, I will travel to the world, but the Qin State has given me an official position, and as a minister of Qin, I should serve the Qin State. In the next plan, I will write to King Qin again, if I don't need it, it will not be too late for me to go back to my homeland. ”
After Su Dai listened to Cai Ze's words, he sighed again and again, and it was not good to say anything more.
In the end, he could only give Cai Ze a little money, and told him to return to Yan if he could not be reused in the Qin State.
The next day, Mr. Su Dai left Xianyang, the capital of Qin, ended his envoy trip, and began to return to Jidu.
Cai Ze wrote hard and wrote to King Yingji of Qin, explaining his views on Qin and other countries.
I hope that with this, I can get the appreciation of King Qin and reuse myself.
And in the book, he was unceremoniously and unashamedly said: "I am a talent for the country, and it is because of my ugly appearance that I was rejected by the kings of various countries." The king is the king of the world, I don't think he will underestimate the talented people in the world because of this. ”
After Fan Ju came out of the banquet for Su Dai, Wang Ji, his confidant, stepped forward and said to Fan Ju: "Xiangguo, you know that Su Dai is a person who can speak well, why do you still do this at the banquet?" This...... Isn't this a self-inflicted disgrace that displeased the king? ”
Hedong County had already been recovered by the Qin State last year.
Wang Ji will go to Hedong County next month and continue to be his county guard, and now he is still staying in the capital Xianyang.
Fan Ju laughed and said to Wang Ji:
"Wang Ji! You know, my king knows that the defeat of Handan is all because of the dispute between the old man and Wu Anjun. But why is Wu Anjun's merit so high, but he was ordered by my king to judge himself? And even if the old man had Zheng Anping to join the enemy, why was he gently let go by my king? ”
Wang Ji thought for a while and said to Fan Ju:
"Xiangguo, according to his humble position, my king does not have ordinary trust in Xiangguo! Because of the country, my king was able to abandon the three nobles and hold the royal power; In the first battle of Changping, it was the strategy of Xiangguo to attack people, which caused great losses to Zhao State. ”
"Now that my Qin State can become the only powerful country in the world, it is all due to the country. Xiangguo is the hero of my king and the confidant of my king. Now that my king is old, if he cures the sins of Xiangguo, my king will want to talk about his heart in the future, but there is no one! ”
"Besides, Wu Anjun doesn't want to think about how guilty Empress Dowager Xuan, Marquis Xuan, and Huayang Jun can be? My king has even cured them of their crimes, let alone Wu Anjun. The more meritorious and capable you are, the more you have to hide and collect the points. ”
"Who wants to face someone smarter than themselves every day? My king asked Wu Anjun to fight with Zhao Guo, then Wu Anjun should have to go no matter whether he wins the fight or not! But Wu Anjun not only didn't go, but also asked my king to invite him again and again. ”
"That's it, he still suffers from illness and refuses to accept my king's edict. If then, if my king does not punish his sins, who shall he punish them? Which is the king? Which one is the minister? ”
"It was precisely because Wu Anjun refused to go to war that my king had no choice but to listen to Xiangguo's advice and sent Zheng Anping. But Zheng Anping's surrender to the enemy was also calculated by the generals under Wu Anjun's account, and he was forced to surrender to the enemy in desperation, and my king knew it in his heart! ”
"Can my king not blame Wu Anjun for these things? Also, he said that our Qin army could not capture Handan, but as a result, our Qin State just couldn't capture Handan, but was defeated. In this way, it can be said that the sin is added to the first degree, and my king must have to punish his sin! ”
Fan Ju nodded, looked at his benefactor Wang Ji and said:
"Wang Ji! These sophistications, you can see them quite clearly! ”
Wang Ji was stunned, he didn't expect Xiangguo Fan Ju to say such a thing, so he said to Fan Ju: "Xiangguo, my subordinates have been by Xiangguo's side for so many years, and their humble positions have grown a little bit. ”
Fan Ju sighed and said to Wang Ji: "Wang Ji, in my king's life, there is only one thing he can't let go, that is, to go east out of Guanzhong, destroy his six countries, and unify the world." As for other people and things, they can all be put down! ”
"It can be seen from the matter of Wu Anjun that in my king's life, there is no one who cannot give up, and there is nothing that can make the king remember it forever. There are only two key words for this: affection. ”
"But you must remember that the day moves in the middle of the day, the moon is full and the moon is lost, and the prosperity of things is declining, this is the way of heaven and earth, and it cannot be reversed by human beings. Now my king's kindness to Fan Ju is beyond limit, and it will naturally decline in the future. ”
"Wang Ji, you have to remember what the old man said to you today! Otherwise, you will be doomed to the future. The old man said that at this point, you have to remember, remember! ”
After that, Fan Ju turned around and rode away, ignoring Wang Ji again.
Wang Ji stood stupidly in place, not knowing what Qin Xiang Fan Ju meant by what he said just now?