In 341 BC, Wei suffered a heavy defeat from Qi in the Battle of Maling, the 300,000-strong army was almost wiped out, and the main general Pang Juan committed suicide, and Wei's hegemony ceased to exist. (8) (1) (Chinese) (text) (net) | (8).8(8)1(a)Z(中)(文).C O M

And! The state of Wei was always in danger of annihilation.

The powerful Qin State united with the Zhao and Qi states and counterattacked the Wei state. The Qin State took the opportunity to recover all the lost land in Hexi and wanted to get back the title deed in Hexi.

The land west of the river originally belonged to the Qin state, but it was invaded and occupied by the Wei state because the Qin state was weakened before. If the land west of the river is fully recovered by the Qin state, then! The hegemony of the King of Wei was not only completely lost, but also faced the possibility of being invaded by the Qin State at all times.

Once Qin gains the lost territory in Hexi, it is equivalent to opening another gate to Wei, and it can attack on multiple fronts, invade Wei, and enter the Central Plains.

Before that, the Qin State only had a passage to the Central Plains through Hangu Pass.

King Wei Hui, who had just been crowned king for a short time, also frowned and thought about ways to regain his strength.

In the past, he also relied on the general Pang Juan.

Although Pang Juan is jealous and can't tolerate others in his eyes, he is an expert in warfare. With Pang Juan, he is invincible.

Can now? Pang Juan was defeated by Ma Ling and committed suicide.

King Wei Hui did a deep introspection and felt that he was also responsible. In many ways, he did not listen to Pang Juan's advice and insisted on going his own way, which led to today's results. And also! Because of Pang Juan's jealousy, he missed Sun Bin, a military genius.

Pang Juan's defeat of Ma Ling was at the hands of Sun Bin.

King Wei Hui did not resent Sun Bin, on the contrary! also regretted that he didn't notice this person at the beginning, and he believed Pang Juan and became an accomplice to frame Sun Bin.

After learning from the pain, King Wei Hui decided to re-recruit talents and revitalize his strength.

In terms of generals, although the old general Long Jia is not as talented as Pang Juan, he is stable and a great protector of the country. With Long Jia here, Wei's national defense is still guaranteed.

In terms of civil officials, since Hui Shi entered the Wei Dynasty as an official, he has done a lot for the Wei State, and his achievements are commendable. But King Wei Hui didn't like him, and felt that his mouth was a bit unreasonable.

The current Wei State needs a great talent for governing the country the most.

After thinking about it, King Wei Hui finally remembered that thin young man - Zhuang Zhou Zhuangzi.

Oh, yes! Why didn't I remember? Why did I forget Zhuangzi?

Oh, yes! When he first invited Hui Shi to come, he still learned about Hui Shi from Zhuangzi's mouth, so he sent someone to the Song Kingdom to inquire about it, and then invited this person.

Oh, yes! Less than a year after his debut, Zhuangzi was called the "son" Zhuangzi. Visible! This person is not simple! And also! Zhuangzi was not in vain, and the lacquer garden of the Song Kingdom is a good example. It only took Zhuangzi a month to clean up the lacquer garden. Today's Song Kingdom, following the model of the lacquer garden, is already very powerful.

The Song State is only a small country, if it is a big country, the Song State must be very strong if it follows the model of the lacquer garden. Even! It is even stronger than the Qin State.

Under Wei Ying's changes, the Qin State has become strong after more than ten years of changes. That's a great example of that!

Visible! The importance of talent!

When I first met Zhuangzi, I was somewhat of a playful mentality. Furthermore! Pang Juan was present at that time, and he didn't take Zhuangzi seriously at all.

Thinking of the past, King Wei Hui shook his head and smiled bitterly at himself.

Why didn't you take this young man seriously? Alas! The main reason is because of Pang Juan, with Pang Juan, a person who is jealous of other people's talents, present, where will he tolerate you to reuse other people?

At that time, he had a cursory conversation with Zhuangzi, and Zhuangzi's ideas still had an influence on him.

Regarding the news of Zhuangzi, King Wei Hui had already learned something through the intelligence network. Zhuangzi was not reused in the Song Kingdom, on the contrary! It was also oppressed. Today's Zhuangzi is trapped in the Mojia branch of Mengxian County and lives a poor life.

He also heard that Song Kuocheng did not allow Zhuangzi to come out to be an official, and he was not allowed to leave the Song Kingdom, etc.

Can we bring Zhuangzi over?

Thinking of this, King Wei Hui sent someone to invite Hui Shi over to ask for Hui Shi's opinion.

"What do you think of Zhuangzi?"

King Wei Hui leaned on the throne in the palace, looking decadent.

He glanced at Hui Shi and looked away.

But! His ears pricked up, searching for Hui Shi's reaction.

He knew that although this Hui Shi was talented, he could speak well and be very loyal to himself. But as human beings, they are all jealous.

"Zhuangzi is a great talent!"

Hui Shi didn't know what King Wei Hui meant by asking this, so he immediately made an evaluation on the scene.

It's not his flattery or anything, it's the facts! In today's Great Zhou world, most people think that Zhuangzi is a great talent.

This "majority" refers to the people on the scene, to the learned and knowledgeable intellectuals, not to the majority of the total population.

"What a talent?" King Wei Hui asked quietly.

"Less than a year after his debut, Zhuangzi was called Zhuangzi in the Great Zhou Dynasty, this is a great talent. If you don't have great talent, how can you be called a son?

And also! The lacquer garden of the Song Kingdom was originally the most chaotic place in the world of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

There is a traffic blockage, it is a paradise for fugitives in the world, ostensibly it belongs to the Song Kingdom, but in fact, the Song Kingdom could not manage it before, and the Song Kingdom had no way to take the people there except for collecting taxes every year. If there was a drought in any year and the agricultural harvest failed, the Song State would not even be able to collect taxes there.

It was such a chaotic place, and Zhuangzi went to it for less than a day, and he shocked the seven wicked people. In less than 10 days, it has been completely improved. A month later, the lacquer garden changed dramatically.

And also! Qiyuan is just a small town, and after the invasion of 20,000 Korean troops, the whole army was wiped out in one night. Visible! At that time, the lacquer garden, how united the hearts of the people were......"

"Hmm!" After listening to Hui Shi's words, King Wei Hui sat up straight, nodded, and snorted.

"Such talents? ......" King Wei Hui wanted to say something, but he saw that Hui Shi's face had changed, so he paused and looked at Hui Shi's face.

"The grapevine from the Song Kingdom said that Zhuangzi promised 'four eternities' in front of Song Juecheng. It's a pity! Such talents are buried like this! ”

"Four forever? What are the Four Forevers? King Wei Hui pretended not to know and asked.

Zhuangzi promised that he would never leave the Song Kingdom, never preach in public, and never become an official. There is also an eternity: never betray the king of the Song Kingdom, Song Cucheng ......"

"Hehehe! ......" King Wei Hui faintly heard the meaning of Hui Shi's words.

Probably that means: Zhuangzi will not go to other countries to be an official, and he will not leave the Song Kingdom.

On the surface, Hui Shi was telling the truth, but the meaning was not clear: he did not want Zhuangzi to come to Wei as an official.

It is impossible for Hui Shi, as a human spirit, not to know: what does it mean that the king suddenly brought him to ask about Zhuangzi?

It is not clear yet: the king asked him about Zhuangzi's situation, and he deliberately wanted to invite him to come over as an official. Today's Wei State has been hit hard and has lost its general Pang Juan, and Wei is in urgent need of talents.