January 1, 258 B.C., Handan.

On this day, Zhao Dan was originally sitting in his Longtai side hall as usual.

A sudden message interrupted it all.

"The king, there is a Yan country named Cai Ze, who claims to be able to solve the king's troubles, so as to ask to see the king."

"Cai Ze?" Zhao Dan, who was struggling to write, stopped his movements suddenly, and after thinking for a moment, a smile appeared on his face: "Call him in." ”

After the Battle of Changping, Zhao Dan issued a recruitment order, hoping to recruit talents from all over the world for the use of Zhao State.

Since Zhao defeated Qin and became one of the overlords, Zhao Dan's recruitment order naturally received the attention of many scholars, and many scholars who were not reused in other countries came to Handan to look for opportunities, and Zhao Dan also met many of them.

But the appearance of this Cai Ze was really a bit unexpected by Zhao Dan.

Zhao Dan recalled the information about Cai Ze in his mind, and thinking about it, the smile on Zhao Dan's face became more and more intense.

If the records in the history books are not wrong, then as long as this Cai Ze is used well, he will definitely be able to become a great help to Zhao Dan and Zhao Guo.

Half an hour later, Cai Ze appeared in front of Zhao Dan.

Although he had already made a certain amount of psychological preparation based on the information in his mind, when Zhao Dan saw Cai Ze, he couldn't help frowning slightly.

In these years, if you want to make a little reputation in the political arena, then there is one thing that can be said to be a must, that is, the handsomeness of appearance, which is the so-called "appearance".

There is a widely recited saying that "each other is born from the heart", so in the eyes of the ancients, once a person is ugly, then the heart must be dirty and dirty, and this person cannot be reused.

During the Three Kingdoms, Wang Cang, one of the seven sons of Jian'an, went to Jingzhou to defect to Liu Biao, before seeing the real person, Liu Biao originally planned to marry his daughter to him and entrust him with a heavy responsibility, but he saw that the real person was too · Well, "his appearance is not good", so he married his daughter to Wang Cang's brother Wang Kai, and then did not reuse Wang Ji.

This is nothing, the Tang Dynasty once clearly stipulated that the scholars had to pass the imperial examination after passing the official audit, these audits are divided into "body, speech, book, judgment", of which the first "body" refers to the review of physical appearance, which can be said to be in the form of laws and regulations to stipulate the truth that "ugly people have no officials".

Zhu Yu also recorded two things related to this.

Cai Qu, the prime minister of the Song Dynasty, recommended a person named Wang Zhen to Song Shenzong to be the supervisor, and when Song Shenzong heard the name of this person, he readily agreed.

This is not because of how much ability Wang Zhen has, on the contrary, Wang Zhen's character is still relatively poor, he has never read any books, and he has gossip and scandals from time to time, and his reputation is very bad.

The reason why Song Shenzong will accept Cai Qu's recommendation is entirely because Wang Zhen is very handsome, according to the description of the ancient book, it is "beautiful and cold, the god is condensed in autumn water, and the posture is very beautiful", and people give him the nickname "Qijun Wang Jialang".

Just because Wang Zhen was handsome enough, Song Shenzong gave him an official position without thinking about it.

This proves that in ancient times, Shuai could not only be used as food, but also as an official......

And when it came to Song Zhezong, it was also this prime minister Cai Qu who recommended another person to Song Zhezong, the son of Song Shenzong, a very famous talent, named Yuan Yingzhong.

But this time the result was the exact opposite of the last time.

Yuan Yingzhong is an absolutely first-class outstanding person in terms of talent, but unfortunately there is a big shortcoming, that is, his appearance is not good.

Yuan Yingzhong's face was covered with pockmarks, his shoulders were high on one side and low on the other, and he walked in a strange posture, which can be said to be an out-and-out ugly man, which made Song Zhezong very unhappy and felt very eyesore.

So Song Zhezong didn't think much about it, and clearly rejected Cai Qu's recommendation.

Feng Menglong once commented on this in Zhongzhong: "Yuan Yingzhong, a polymath, has a good name, and he is famous for his appearance, and he dare not recommend it." ”

These people are not the only ones who are discriminated against because of their appearance.

The famous genius Zheng Banqiao also said that he was "ugly, salty and easy... All the ancestors looked sideways, and did not associate with each other. ”

Even talented people are still like this, so those who are neither talented but ugly will be treated even worse.

Therefore, when it comes to appearance, ancient people attached great importance to it.

The higher the appearance and the more handsome, the easier it is to mix, on the contrary, if you have a low appearance, then it is difficult to mix, and the lower the appearance, the more difficult it is to mix.

Cai Ze, who appears in front of Zhao Dan now, is such a guy with a very low appearance.

How low is Cai Ze's appearance?

According to historical records, Cai Ze once invited Tang Ju, a famous scholar of the Wei State, to look at his appearance.

Tang Ju is a very famous Xiangshi, who once looked at the face of the previous generation of Zhao Guoquan's minister Li Dui, who had not yet made a career, and predicted that Li Dui's future prosperity would be famous all over the world, and it can be said that he was a very outstanding Xiangshi at that time.

Tang Ju said to Cai Ze at the time: "Mr. has a nose, huge shoulders, a bad face, a frowning face, and knee spasms. I heard that the saints are not the same, Mr. Death?

This means that Cai Ze has a sky-high nose, broad shoulders, convex forehead, collapsed nose bridge, and looped legs, so many shortcomings are gathered together, and this appearance can be said to be quite low.

Although Tang Ju's words are somewhat joking, if Zhao Dan sees it with his own eyes now, it is true that what Tang Ju said is a little exaggerated......

Cai Ze's appearance is really low.

And this Cai Ze's clothes are also quite plain, Zhao Dan can even see that there are several large and small patches on it, which is enough to prove that Cai Ze is not satisfactory now.

For a while, Zhao Dan couldn't help but look at Cai Ze's gaze a little weird.

Cai Ze seemed to have long been accustomed to others looking at him like this, and the expression on his face was not unusual, but he saluted Zhao Dan very generously: "Yanren Cai Ze has seen the king. ”

Zhao Dan nodded slightly, put away the strange thoughts in his heart, a smile appeared on his face, and his tone of voice was very gentle: "The name of Mr. has been admired for a long time, please take a seat." ”

When Cai Ze heard this, the expression on his face couldn't help but be a little surprised.

Today's Cai Ze is just a poor and dilapidated scholar, and he can be called "long admiration" by Zhao Dan, the king of the world's overlord country, and "please sit"?

Maybe it's just a kind word from Zhao Dan.

But even so, Cai Ze's heart was quite excited, and he thought to himself: "It is said that Corporal Zhao Wang Dan Lixian is polite, and now when I see it, it really deserves its reputation, no wonder I can lead Zhao to rise in the world, break the Qin army in Changping and dominate." ”

You must know that it is because of Cai Ze's dignity that he has hit a wall in both Yan and Wei in a row, and now he has received unprecedented courtesy in Zhao State, which is stronger than Yan and Wei, how can this not make Cai Ze excited?

Cai Ze stepped forward and sat down.

Zhao Dan smiled at Cai Ze and said, "If you don't hear it, Mr. can solve the worries of widows." ”

Cai Ze Zhengse said: "Back to the king, Ze does have this ability." ”

When Cai Ze said this, he looked quite confident.

Zhao Dan glanced at Cai Ze curiously, and said, "In this case, the widow wants to ask Mr., what is the worry of the widow?" ”

Although it is written in the book, it is impossible to believe in the ancient book in everything, and it is always necessary to test Cai Ze's level.

Cai Ze coughed, and said unhurriedly: The person the king is worried about is none other than Qin Xiang Fan Suiye. If the king is willing to give the minister Jin Baiyi, the minister can solve this worry. ”