Chapter Seventy-Three: The Star of the Future

The capital of Yanguo, Jicheng. In the west of the city, there is a small, low thatched hut.

A middle-aged man, tall and fresh, but his clothes were extremely old, and his robe was full of patches, and the pulp was white.

"A bunch of shafts who only know how to eat, drink and have fun!" The middle-aged man gritted his teeth, scolded in a low voice, and plunged into the hut.

"Husband, are you going to lobby King Yan, can you succeed?" There is a middle-aged woman with a good figure in the house, although she is not young, are half-old, but she still has charm, and at a glance, she knew that she was a beauty when she was young.

"Cheng?" The middle-aged man looked up to the sky and sighed, with tears in his eyes, and said: "I miss me Cai Ze, a dignified and famous man, and I am dedicated to doing things for my parents' state, but I have repeatedly asked to see King Yan and I can't fulfill my wish." Either you can't see it, or you can't see it. ”

This middle-aged man is the famous Ji Ran celebrity in Chinese history, who has just become Jun Cai Ze.

Ji Ran Xue is a school of thought in the Warring States Period, which studies how to govern the country and how to generate wealth, which is unique in the Warring States Period. In today's terms, it is economics, but the study of Ji Ran is not as in-depth as modern economics.

A valuable point is that Ji Ran has formed a system and laid the foundation of economics, and if future generations continue to study it in depth, perhaps the discipline of "political economy" was born as early as ancient China.

Consider that the founder of modern economics, the British economist Adam Smith, did not create economics until the eighteenth century and wrote his masterpiece The Wealth of Nations, a full 2,000 years apart from the study of Calanology.

Ji Ran was a hermit master in the Spring and Autumn Period, although his talent was extraordinary, he didn't want to be an official, he loved mountains and rivers, and he played around. Later, when he met Fan Li, Fan Li worshipped him as a teacher and gave him the "Seven Strategies". Fan Li Zuoyue Wang Jujian, only five strategies to destroy the state of Wu. Later, Fan Li compiled Ji Ran's academic thoughts into a book, which gave birth to "Ji Ran Xue".

After the birth of Ji Ranxue, there were successors in all dynasties, and later passed to Cai Ze, and Cai Ze became a famous person.

Cai Zeben is a native of Yanguo, and he has the heart to do things for his mother's state, and has asked to see King Yan several times. At this time, the Yan Kingdom was already gloomy, far from the grand occasion when Le Yi was in the Yan Kingdom, the King of Yan was indulging in pleasure and had no intention of governing the country, Cai Ze either couldn't see the King of Yan, or the King of Yan ignored him, which made Cai Ze extremely unhappy.

Who doesn't love the state of their parents? If so, who would want to go away from another country?

The successive prime ministers of the Qin State since the beginning of the Shang Dynasty, except for Wang Xuan, are all from the six countries of Shandong, not that they do not want to do things for the state of their parents, but they cannot be appointed, they cannot apply for talents, and they cannot succeed in their ambitions.

"Father, you have a heart for Yan, but King Yan has no heart, why should you be distressed?" Cai's wife persuaded and said: "I want to think of Su Qin, after I finish my studies and go down the mountain, although I have the heart to enter Qin and go out, I will talk about Zhou Tianzi first, and I want to strengthen the Zhou room." Zhou didn't accept it, and Su Qin entered Qin to lobby. The husband has now done his best for the Yan country, even if he abandons Yan and goes away to other countries, who can say a word? ”

Su Qin's fame has been moved through the ages, and the lobbying for the west into the Qin State has failed, making people not human, ghosts and ghosts, which makes countless descendants sigh.

In fact, Su Qin went to see Zhou Tianzi before entering Qin, and persuaded Zhou Tianzi to make a career in Luoyang. Because he is from Luoyang, who doesn't want to do things for the state of his parents? Zhou Tianzi didn't need him, so he left the Qin State.

Su Qin said that although Zhou Tianzi was unsuccessful, he became famous and became a famous man in Luoyang in one fell swoop. Later generations commented on this incident and said, "Su Qin tried the sword and became famous, but he was unsuccessful." ”

"Husband, it's not that you are ashamed of Yan, it's that Yan is ashamed of you, why don't you leave Yan Country and go to another country to try?" Cai's wife explained.

Cai Ze has done his best, if he leaves Yan Kingdom, no one will accuse him, he can only sigh that King Yan has no eyes and does not know talents, so he will make talents go away from other countries.

"Liyan?" Cai Ze was ambitious, but he didn't think about it.

"yes." Cai's wife continued: "The son of the Qin king, Sun Yiren, is in Handan to run the ceremony of picking materials, and the seven warring states are all participating. ”

"Recruiting talent? Ha ha! Cai Ze raised his head to the sky, laughed wildly, and tears rolled down his eyes: "How many people can really have the heart to recruit talents?" Qin Guo is definitely it! Qi will too! Zhao Guo will also. The rest of them just have to come, they are here to make a reputation. ”

Cai Ze is worthy of being a celebrity, and his words are to the point. The Seven Warring States participated in the ceremony, and the three kingdoms of Qin, Zhao, and Qi were really interested in recruiting talents.

Qin has always attached great importance to talents, and then Changping has won the victory, the general trend has been achieved, to achieve the great cause of unification, it is necessary to have a large number of talents, and it is sincerely recruited. Qi State, since the restoration of the country, has always wanted to recruit talents, but there is no opportunity, no recruitment, although King Qi Xiang found Fan Sui, sincerely recruited, but did not succeed, this opportunity will not be missed. Because of the Changping War, Zhao Guo's national strength is no longer what it used to be, and he needs talents too much to revive his strength, and he is also sincerely recruiting.

The other four countries are just going through the motions, lest anyone say it.

"Husband, although my woman does not understand the general trend of the world, she also knows that after the Changping War, the general trend of the Qin State has been achieved, and the King of Qin sent the national captain to Handan to recruit talents this time. And the Qin State has consumed a lot of money due to the Changping War, and it is very necessary to restore the national strength, your Ji Ranxue is exactly the disease of Qin, why not go to Handan to meet Sima Terrier? "Although Cai's wife is a woman, she is extraordinary.

"Haha! My Cai Ze has a wife like this, what a regret does my husband have! Just according to your word. Cai Ze hugged his wife and laughed, very cheerful: "Good wife, husband is leaving, I don't know when I will return?" Are we supposed to be that or that. ”

"Can't you be serious?" Cai's wife blushed and said shyly.

Cai's wife packed her bags for Cai Ze, and Cai Ze left Jicheng and went straight to Handan.

Before leaving Jicheng, Cai Ze turned around, looked at Jicheng, hugged his fists, and his eyes flashed with tears: "It's not me Cai Ze who abandoned Yan, it's really Yan who abandoned Cai Ze!" ”

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The capital of Wei, Daliang, and the Pang clan in the mansion.

Pang Xuan packed up and went to Handan to participate in the ceremony.

Pang Xuan's origin is no longer verifiable, and there is a theory that he came from the Pang clan, a large family of the Wei State, and this book adopts this theory.

At this time, Pang Xuan is no longer young, he is more than sixty years old, but he is full of strength. In his early years, he defected to King Wuling of Zhao, but he was not allowed to reuse, and finally lived in seclusion. It wasn't until the news of this ceremony came that Pang Xuan's already dead heart came alive again, regained his ambition, and wanted to go out of the mountain.

In the Warring States Period, when famous generals were like clouds and soldiers were like rain, many famous generals emerged through the ages. However, Pang Xuan is a special case, he is not only a soldier, a famous general, but also a vertical and horizontal family, proficient in the study of vertical and horizontal, and can be said to be an all-round character.

Even in the Warring States Period, where there were many heroes, there were still very few talents.

With his vision, it can naturally be seen that after the Battle of Changping, Qin Sheng and Zhao were defeated, and the general trend of the world was already in Qin's hands. He sent a national lieutenant to Handan to recruit talents, which was the embodiment of his fierce ambition. If he misses this opportunity again, he will be truly unknown for the rest of his life.

Pang Xuan packed up, said goodbye to his family, and went straight to Handan.

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In the girder of the capital of Wei, in the hut next to the city gate, a young man was packing his bags, he was Yao Jia, the prison gatekeeper.

After packing up, Yao Jia bowed to his father and kowtowed: "The child travels far away, and he can't fulfill his filial piety, and I ask my father to forgive the child for the crime of unfilial piety." ”

Yao's father helped Yao Jia up, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "My son has great ambitions and wants to do great things. Son, go in peace. Whether our Yao family can bare the lintel or not is all up to you. ”

"Thank you, Dad." With tears in his eyes, Yao Jia turned around and looked back three times in one step, extremely reluctant.

Yao Jia, the son of the gate official of the Wei State, was from a humble background, but he was eloquent, eloquent, and good at the way of intersection. Qin Shi Huang adopted the plan of Wei Yi to buy off the powerful ministers of the world, and Yao Jia and Dun Liang were responsible for the implementation, and achieved extraordinary achievements. Under the money offensive of the Qin State, most of the powerful ministers of the countries were attached to the Qin State, and the most famous were the two people: Guo Kai of the Zhao State and Hou Sheng of the Qi State, both of which were bought by the Qin State.

Of course, later generations had a bad impression of him, and scolded him for being jealous of his abilities and killing Han Fei.

This is just slander, Han Fei's death has nothing to do with Yao Jia and Li Si, Han Fei is asking for death by himself, and Qin Shi Huang killing him is fulfilling his will to die

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Qi State, Linzi, Jixia School Palace.

The Jixia School Palace was very famous in the Warring States Period, and it was an academic mecca at that time, and many famous people in the world had debated here, and there were many famous people here.

After Le Yi attacked Qi, the Jixia School Palace was destroyed in the war, and after the restoration of the Qi State, the finances of the Qi State were very tight, and the King of Qi Xiang still allocated a part of the money to rebuild the Jixia School Palace. Even so, the Jixia School Palace is no longer the grand occasion of the past.

There are two main reasons why the Jixia School Palace is no longer in full swing: one is that the Qi State is in decline, and it is no longer the political and economic center of Shandong when it is no longer the grand occasion of King Qi Wei, although Linzi was the largest city in China at that time, it was also the largest city in the world at that time, and it could not recover this decline.

The rise of Zhao replaced Qi as the political and economic center of Shandong, and Handan's status was greatly improved, eventually replacing Linzi.

The second is that Le Yi attacked Qi, and the Jixia School Palace was destroyed in the war, although it was rebuilt, it was already in name only.

It is precisely because the Jixia School Palace is no longer prosperous and decaying, Xunzi, the "sacrificial wine" of the Jixia School Palace, left the Jixia School Palace, and at the invitation of Chun Shenjun, went to the Lanling of Chu State to run a school, which became a good story.

In the school hall, the cloth cloth scholar was packing up.

"Where are you going?" Some scholars are puzzled.

"I'll go to Handan to participate in the ceremony." He replied without replying.

"All the academics in the world are out of the school palace, why do you want to go far and near?" Shi Zida was disdainful: "People are weak in words and have many foolish words and foolish deeds, and the results are true." ”

"Foolish words and foolish deeds, there are fools who know!" Weak but not annoyed, take care of yourself.

"Come and see, come and see, I'm going to leave the Jixia School Palace and go to Handan to participate in the material ceremony, is there anyone more stupid than this?" The gentleman raised his voice and yelled.

Immediately, more than a dozen scholars were attracted to blame Dun Weak, and said that Tonqiao was worthless.

"Ten years later, who is stupid and who is clear, will know." He didn't reply, pushed the scholar away, and strode away.

Dun Weak, one of the two great diplomatic talents under Qin Shi Huang, and Yao Jia were jointly responsible for the espionage activities of bribing the powerful ministers of the world, achieving great success and being trusted by Qin Shi Huang.