Chapter 31: Confrontation
The king of Wei asked the king of Qi for treasure in front of the princes and envoys of various countries, and the king of Qi only knew that the king of Wei was going to show off the national strength of Wei to him. So he said to King Wei www.biquge.info "Although my Qi country is rich in the world, there is really no very good treasure in the hands of the widows. ”
So the king of Wei said calmly: "The widow has heard that a big country has a vast land and many people, and the country is rich and strong. How can a country be considered a rich and powerful country? Its country must be strong, and if its country is strong, its country must be rich, and if it is rich, its king will be rich. Now although the king of Qi has thousands of elite soldiers here, in the eyes of the widows, the military vehicles of the Qi country are so shabby, how can they be called the treasures of the Qi country? This king is not talented, but this king has a treasure that Qi does not have, so it seems that Qi is not as good as my Wei country. ”
King Qi countered: "King Wei don't do a battle of words, since the King of Wei dares to call the Wei Kingdom a treasure, there must be an eye-opening treasure for us, why don't the King of Wei show the treasure to everyone." King Qi heard the meaning of the words from the proud tone of King Wei, thinking that King Wei must have a treasure that can deter the Qi country. As the king of a big country, he shows off everywhere when he has a treasure, and he feels from the bottom of his heart that King Wei's strength is too small. However, he was also a little curious, since King Wei was so confident, he must have a treasure that could deter everyone present, so what is this treasure?
King Wei finally waited for what King Qi said, and he ordered the courtiers around him with a proud face: "Bring the treasure out and show it to King Qi." ”
As King Wei's words fell, the attendants came over in three glittering carriages. The bodies of all three chariots are made of gold, surrounded by pearls, and their wheels and axles are made of fine rosewood. Each car is pulled by four horses, which are tall and majestic, and the whole body is snow-white, which is exciting to see. The most striking thing is that each car is located in front of the car and behind the car four night pearls, in Dai Yan's eyes, it can be roughly seen that its diameter is close to an inch, even if it is daytime at this time, the light emitted by these twelve night pearls is still dazzling, almost with the sun to compete with the momentum.
The people in the audience were shocked by the local tyrant of the King of Wei, and the princes and important ministers of various countries all praised the King of Wei that Wei was indeed the treasure of the country, which was quite flattering. Even Han Hou congratulated the king of Wei, saying that Korea's wealth and strength were far inferior to that of Wei.
King Qi was also shocked by this blind treasure at first, but then he laughed directly regardless of the exclamation of the audience.
"Why is King Qi laughing?" King Wei asked. In his opinion, these three treasure cars that he specially brought from Wei are definitely the treasures of Wei, and they must be able to deter everyone in the world, and now the princes and important ministers of all countries have recognized it, but the king of Qi laughed, which he couldn't understand.
"I laugh at how shallow King Wei is." Qi Wang Zhengse said, "The things I am a treasure are different from those of King Wei. I have a minister named Tanzi, and he sent him to the southern city, so that the people of Chu would not dare to invade and plunder to the east, and the twelve princes on the shore of Surabaya came to worship. I have a minister named Panzi, who sent him to guard the Gaotang Dynasty, so that the people of Zhao did not dare to fish in the Yellow River in the east. I have an official named Qianfu, sent him to guard Xuzhou, the Yan people went to the north gate to worship, and the Zhao people went to the west gate to worship, in order to ask the gods to protect themselves from attack, and there were more than 7,000 people who moved to follow him. I had a minister named the head of the plant, and he was put on guard against the thieves, and no one on the road picked up what others had lost. These people can shine for thousands of miles, but the king only has three carriages of the glorious size, how can the king dare to call the treasure of the Wei Kingdom? ”
For a while, everyone present was shocked by King Qi's words. Yes, among the kingdoms of heaven and earth, how can the treasures of the dead be as good as the living talents? Then the audience was full of voices of agreement and friendship with the words of King Qi, especially those who followed the kings of various small countries to participate in the meeting of the kings, and what King Qi said was simply the best encouragement for these depressed people.
When Hui Shi saw such a scene, of course he didn't want to see King Wei deflated. He stood up and said, "It is amazing that King Qi compares talents to treasures, but the treasures that my king refers to are more about the wealth of the country. Even if the State of Qi can defeat our Wei State on the battlefield, but the territory of the State of Qi is not as good as that of our Wei State, and the wealth of the State of Qi is also inferior to that of our Wei State, so what is the use of using this as a war of words? ”
King Qi was also silent when he heard what Hui Shi said, and when he said it, what Hui Shi said was indeed right. Wei is worthy of being an old big country, and its national strength is still stronger than that of Qi on the whole. But it also didn't want to be suppressed by Wei in such a public place, so he simply kept silent.
At this time, Kuang Zhang, who was standing beside King Qi, was not happy to see Hui Shi speak. He stepped forward and saluted Hui Shi, and then asked, "Hui Xiang, under the Qi State Kuangzhang." I have heard that your doctrine is based on "de-esteem", and yet you now revere the king of Qi as king. As a famous person in the world, why are your words and deeds so contradictory? ”
Everyone present also whispered, in fact, everyone also had questions about this, could it be that as a famous master, he turned out to be a villain who was inconsistent in his words and deeds?
Hui Shi had also heard of Kuang Zhang and knew that he was a student of Mencius. Seeing that he did not answer his question directly, but attacked his character, he was not angry, but calmly replied: "If there is such a person, if he is forced to do so, he must strike the head of his beloved son, and the head of his beloved son can be replaced by a stone."
Kuang Zhang took it and said, "Do you take stones instead, or don't you do it?" Kuang Zhang knew that this was Hui Shi satirizing his life experience. He once contradicted his father, and then was swept away by his father, and he was exiled until recently when he was used by the King of Qi.
Hui Shi said, "I will take a stone in place of the head of my beloved son." The head of the beloved son is important, and the stone is cheap, so why not strike the lowly thing so that the important thing will not be harmed? ”
Kuang Zhang was silent, and randomly he asked again: "The king of Qi has been using troops endlessly, and he has not stopped attacking and fighting, what is the reason?" "Kuang Zhang is saying that the two wars between Qi and Wei were provoked by Wei first, and I want to know how Wei explains this.
Hui Shi said: "Because if you do this, you can be called the king of the world, and the second class can also dominate the princes." Now you can use the method of honoring the king of Qi as the king to make the king of Qi stop the army, so that the people can die and avoid death, which is to replace the head of the son with a stone! Why not do it? Hui Shi did not mention the two attacks of Wei against Zhao and Korea, as if he was simply answering Kuang Zhang's answer about Qi's endless wars.
Kuang Zhang finally knew how sharp the debate of the famous master was. He changed his way of thinking, Hui Shi's eloquence is certainly powerful, but Hui Shi's wealth and wealth are tied to the King of Wei, what will happen if the King of Wei does not trust Hui Shi? He accused Hui Shi in front of the King of Wei and said: "Moth, the farmer will kill it if he catches it, why? Because it damages crops. Nowadays, when you act, you often follow hundreds of cars and hundreds of people on foot, and when you rarely follow dozens of cars and dozens of people on foot. These are people who eat without farming, and they damage the crops too much. ”
The King of Wei didn't have a good taste when he heard this, yes, what Hui Shi wasted was the national strength of my Wei State. So he said, "Your question, presumably Hui Xiang will have a hard time answering you." Despite this, the widow still asked Mei Xiang to talk about his thoughts. ”
Hui Shi calmly replied: "Nowadays, some of those who build the city wall are holding large pestles and pounding on the ruins. Some carry a dustpan on their backs to carry soil to and fro under the city, and some hold signs to carefully observe the oblique direction. People like me are the ones who hold the signs. Let a woman who is good at weaving silk become silk, and she will not be able to weave, and if you let a craftsman become wood, you will not be able to dispose of wood, and if a saint becomes a farmer, she will not be able to manage a farmer. And I'm the one who can manage the farmer. Why do you compare me to a borer? ”
So Kuang Zhang had nothing to say. He knew that his teacher Mencius had had a debate with Xu Xing, a disciple of Shennong who lived in seclusion in Teng, and put forward the famous thesis: those who work hard govern people, and those who work hard govern people. Now that Hui Shi is saying this set of statements here is exactly the same as his teacher, how dare he speak out against it? So he was silent.
At this time, the world was easy to debate, and no one expected that there would be a debate between famous scholars and Confucianism at the meeting of the Prime Minister. However, judging from the results, it is still the famous Hui Shi who is better.