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Later, he and Dr. Dai Ying's argument on abolishing the "levy of closing the city" and the tithing tax was blocked.

Mencius and Dai Busheng lamented that there were too few "virtuous ministers" around King Kang of Song. Teng Wengong met Mencius in the Song Dynasty, and Mencius talked with him about "being good in nature, and his words must be called Yao Shun", and discussing the way of lobbying with Song Goujian.

This year! Mencius accepted a gift of seventy gold from King Kang of Song and left the Song Dynasty for the Wei Kingdom.

Zhuangzi was reluctant to be an official, and King Wei Hui felt very sorry. Anxious to save the country, King Wei Hui has been looking for great talents in the world. So! Mencius also became the object of invitation from King Hui of Wei.

At that time, the situation in the Great Zhou world was already very clear, Qin and Chu became the largest vassal states, and Wei's status as the hegemon had become history. Coupled with the alliance of the two major powers of Qin and Chu, the general trend is that the Wei State has gone into decline, and no one can turn the tide.

Although the state of Chu was strong, it was a pity that the new king, King Chu Huai, was incompetent and barely protected himself. Due to the geographical location, the state of Chu can maintain the current situation as long as it remains at war with the state of Qin for the time being.

As for the Qin State, he has already seen the overall situation of the Great Zhou Dynasty and knows the strength of the Chu State. Although King Chu Huai, the new king of Chu, was incompetent, his emaciated camel was bigger than a horse. So! The Qin side would never dare to clash head-on with Chu Guosheng.

The monarchs and ministers of the Qin State saw this very wisely and clearly.

If the Qin State maintains an alliance with the Chu State, it will be able to let go of its hands and feet to send a letter to Guguan. When Qin sent a letter to Guguan, he first faced Wei and Korea, as well as the last bit of territory of the Great Zhou, and finally Zhao and other small vassal states.

The powerful Qin State now ignores those small princes at all, and the main target of attack is the Wei State. Heads-up? Korea was also no match for Qin. And the state of Wei! Although it was defeated, it was not easy to take it down.

Although Wei was defeated, King Wei Hui listened to Zhuangzi's strategy and stopped taking the initiative to fight. If you can't fight, you won't fight, and if you can make peace, you can make peace, drag it out as much as possible, and take advantage of this opportunity to recuperate.

Qin saw that the bone of Wei was so difficult to gnaw, so he attributed the reason to Hui Shi, the foreign minister of Wei.

The Qin State did not know that the reason why the Wei State was able to survive until now was because Zhuangzi had a strategy behind it.

They knew that King Hui of Wei sent someone to invite Zhuangzi to Wei as his minister, but Hui Shi, out of jealousy, searched the city for three days and stopped Zhuangzi. In addition, Zhuangzi was a Taoist and did not want to become a scholar, so he did not become Wei Xiang.

If Zhuangzi had become the prime minister of Wei, with Zhuangzi managing domestic affairs and Hui Shi managing foreign affairs, the bone of Wei might have been even more difficult to gnaw.

It is precisely because of the legend that Hui Shi was jealous of Zhuangzi's talent and prevented Zhuangzi from coming to Wei as an official. So! The people of Qin had no idea about Zhuangzi's relationship with Wei, as well as Zhuangzi's relationship with Hui Shi.

So! The people of Qin only know resentment and resentment.

Hui Shi didn't leave, with him as the foreign minister, lobbying among the vassal states, I don't know how long Wei could hold out. So! Zhang Yi secretly agreed on a plan with King Qin Hui.

This year! Zhang Yi was found a reason by King Qin Hui to remove his phase and no longer reuse him. Zhang Yi took this opportunity to return to Wei. Wei! It is Zhang Yi's hometown and home country.

King Wei Hui didn't know that this was a ploy of the Qin State, and when he learned that Zhang Yi had been demoted, he thought he had picked up a treasure, so he sent someone to invite him. Zhang Yi came to the Wei Palace to help King Wei Hui come up with ideas.

Zhang Yi's purpose in coming to Wei was obvious, that is, to run on Hui Shi and run Hui Shi away. As soon as Hui Shi left, the Wei State would only accelerate the degree of decay.

Because it is a stratagem, Zhang Yi has the cooperation of the Qin State, and the Qin State is in an alliance with other vassal states, so! Zhang Yi's ideas are all in favor of Wei, and they are all right. And Hui Shi's idea must be wrong, and it is not conducive to the Wei State.

So! Under Zhang Yi's deliberate run, Hui Shi gradually lost the trust of King Wei Hui.

Wei Hui Wang believed it and thought that Zhang Yi was a talent. No wonder, Zhang Yi once got the important task of King Qin Hui. Zhang Yi was demoted because Zhang Yi's mouth was too good at talking, which offended many people. Second! It was because those hereditary aristocratic officials of the Qin State were jealous of his talent and power. Third! Zhang Yi is notorious, he is greedy for money.

In a word! King Wei Hui thinks that Zhang Yi is a talent, and he is stronger than Hui Shi.

Afterward! Zhang Yi was officially named Wei Xiang by King Wei Hui. After having real power, Zhang Yi deliberately squeezed Hui Shi, and often sent him on business trips to lobby, and the diplomatic tasks sent to him were not only dangerous, but also impossible to complete.

Because! With Zhang Yi behind the scenes, you can't finish it at all.

Under this absolute suppression, Hui Shi could no longer mix in the Wei State, so he had to resign from the official position of foreign minister and return to the Song State.

Later generations concluded that the time of life was to believe in their own philosophy or Confucianism. When life is frustrated, he begins to believe in Taoism.

At this time, Hui Shi returned from the frustration of Wei and better understood the Taoist doctrine instilled in him by Zhuangzi.

After Zhang Yi squeezed Hui Shi away, he gradually revealed his true colors, and made some suggestions to King Wei Hui that were beneficial to Qin and not to Wei, forcing King Wei Hui's bottom line. When King Wei Hui could not accept it, Zhang Yili should cooperate with the Qin State to put pressure on King Wei Hui.

King Wei Hui refused to accept Zhang Yi's suggestion, and King Qin Hui immediately sent troops to conquer Quwo, Pingzhou and other places in Wei.

Afterward! Zhang Yi found an opportunity and secretly ran away from the Wei State.

The run on Hui Shi made Wei lose its diplomatic reputation, so it accelerated the degree of decay.

Hui Shi returned to the Song Kingdom and fell seriously ill. From now on! More and more disappointed in officialdom.

Zhuangzi learned that Hui Shi had resigned and returned home, and he was seriously ill, so he went to visit this old friend. Under his persuasion, Hui Shi's illness gradually improved.

Thereafter! The two often get together, either Zhuangzi goes to him, or he comes to Zhuangzi. Sometimes! Drinking and debating. Sometimes! While enjoying the mountains and rivers, while debating.

Although Hui Shi accepted Taoist doctrine under the guidance of Zhuangzi, he did not accept it all. And also! He loves to debate. So! When he was with Zhuangzi, debates were common.

Zhuangzi also liked this feeling! For some things, for verbal expressions, under Hui Shi's quibbles, he had to get serious.

If you make a mistake in front of Hui Shi, Hui Shi will argue with you. Your logical concepts change a little faster, and Hui Shi will debate with you again.

And also! The truth becomes clearer the more it is argued!

So! Zhuangzi likes to debate with Hui Shi.

And what about Hui Shi! Whenever Zhuangzi is stumped, he is very proud. When Zhuangzi turned defeat into victory, he had to admire Zhuangzi's talent.

(End of chapter)