Zhou Tianzi divided the princes, and the ninth son of King Wen of Zhou, Kang Shu, was crowned king and founded the country. Forty-one generations of kings, more than 900 years of national glory. Passed to the thirty-seventh generation, the name of Wei Shengong. He died in 383 BC. The royal family is prosperous, there is a son, surnamed Gongsun, named Marting, good Li Kui, Wu Qi Legalist skills, and studied in the three Jin Dynasty celebrities corpses, rational political country talents, but also has the ability to assist the king to dominate.

Although Gongsun Ying was a patriotic nobleman, a weak patriotic monarch obviously could not realize his concept of governing the country. In 453 BC, the powerful Jin Kingdom, which had once dominated the Spring and Autumn Period, collapsed under the continuous action of various forces and various factors. The representatives of the domestic aristocratic forces Zhao Xiangzi, Wei Huanzi, and Han Kangzi each set up their own courts, and became the three kingdoms of Zhao, Wei, and Han, which is known as the "Three Families of Jin" in history.

Wei is located, is a hundred battles of the land, danger lurking, the heroes are around, so since 403 B.C. Zhou Tianzi canonized the princes of Wei, Wei Wenhou made great efforts, vigorously reformed, Fang in the troubled times to get the cone of the land, the successive generations of Wei kings, there are many virtuous monarchs, conscientious, diligent political country. During this period, Cui Huang recommended Wu Qi, Li Kui changed the law, Leyang destroyed Zhongshan, and Ximen Leopard ruled Yecheng. There is a soaring sky, looking at the crowd.

Wei passed on three generations, to King Hui of Wei, moved the capital to Liang, King Xuzhou, repaired the ancient Bianhe, passed the chasm, defeated Qin, broke Handan, and subdued Zhao and Han. However, it is difficult to fight hard for a long time, and if you are not self-cultivation, you will decline. In 354 BC, the Battle of Guiling broke out, and the Qi army in the Wei army besieged Wei to save Zhao, and suffered heavy casualties. In 341 B.C., the battle of Maling resurged, and Sun Bin, the military division of the Qi State, was full of wisdom, and he could not show it, and he did not use it. Again set up a suspicious array, and finally besieged Pang Juan, the main general of the Wei army, and committed suicide with a sword. The commander of the Wei army, Prince Shen, was exhausted and was captured by the Qi army.

The state of Wei has a prime minister, a famous grandson, a name for knowledge, and wisdom for governing the country. However, although this person has a good name, he is trapped in authority and is quite narrow-minded. Gongsun Ying's travels to Gongsun Acne's family, and his reputation spreads, but Gongsun Acne has never officially recommended him to King Wei Hui. Until he was critically ill, when King Wei Hui came to visit, he recommended Gongsun Martingale to King Wei Hui, and asked King Wei Hui to reuse him, if he really didn't want to reuse, then he must be killed, in case this person fled to the enemy country and was used by others.

King Wei Hui was a little hesitant, after all, the old man who had spent his life assisting him looked terminally ill. His dying instructions should not be untargeted, however, when he found out that Gongsun Yan recommended Gongsun Martingale seriously, he suddenly felt very strange. Since this talent is so outstanding, why didn't he recommend it to himself earlier?

In a trance, Wu Qi was squeezed out by Gongsun Acne and went away from home was recalled by King Wei Hui. He was a little disgusted with Gongsun Acne's behavior of being jealous of the virtuous in order to preserve his power. The old minister, who was originally conscientious and diligent for the country, seemed to have changed a little in his eyes. Especially when Gongsun Acne told himself very seriously that if he didn't reuse this person, then he would definitely kill him to prevent him from escaping to other countries, this somewhat conceited King Wei was even more disdainful in his heart, and even felt that the old man should be seriously ill and a little confused!

After Gongsun Yan strongly recommended this young man and asked King Wei Hui to put forward his request for a heavy task, King Wei Hui was even a little cold, he felt that a person who was reluctant to give up his position and constantly excluded the virtuous, how much of his deathbed entrustment was really the selflessness and meritocracy of the country?

So, King Wei Hui dropped a sentence with some impatience: "Pathetic! The old Xiangguo was confused, and he actually asked me to go to the Wei Kingdom, and then listen to a young man! ”

"The prince and grandson of the throne, although he is young, has a genius, may the king listen to the whole country. But if the king does not listen to the martingale, he will be killed, and he will leave the country without order. ”

- "Historical Records"

Wang Fuying came out and said: "Isn't it sad! With the sage of the uncle, it is said that the widow will listen to the martingale with state affairs, which is not also contradictory! ”

- "Warring States Policy"

After King Wei Hui left, Gongsun Yan immediately summoned Gongsun Ying and advised him that if King Wei Hui failed to follow the advice to activate him, then leave as soon as possible, in case King Wei Hui killed people. As a result, Gongsun Ying replied disapprerovingly: "Since you have seen the attitude of the king and will not follow your advice to reuse me, then, naturally, the king will not listen to your advice and kill me." With that, he left calmly. Soon after, Gongsun died of acne, while Gongsun Ying continued to stay in Wei with confidence and boldness, waiting for an opportunity.

Uncle Gong summoned Martingale Xie and said: "Today, the king asks those who can be prime ministers, and if I say so, the king will not allow me." Our first king and then the minister, because the king is the king with a martingale, should be killed. The king allowed me. Thou shalt go away, and thou shalt see the fowl. Martingale said: "The king can't use the words of the king to appoint his ministers, and can he use the words of the king to kill the ministers?" ”

- "Historical Records"

In fact, the fact that Gongsun Martingale was not reused in the Wei State was precisely due to the character flaws of King Wei Hui and Gongsun Acne. King Wei Hui is a man, although he has the ambition to dominate the world, but he has no meritocracy. He was stubborn and self-serving, just because he was dissatisfied with the promoter Gongsun Acne, and like a child, he rejected the talent of governing the country that would be of great help to his country. It's not that he completely denies Gongsun Ying's talent, it's just that he feels that as the king of a country, he should be more spontaneous and self-conscious.

However, a person who is spontaneous and self-willing, if he is in the house of ordinary people, may not be able to become a crazy philosopher with a special personality, but he, a person who likes to do things according to his own preferences, was born in a princely family, he hates restraints, rejects all people or things that he subconsciously dislikes, and with his special identity and power, he implements this dislike and willfulness to the greatest extent. When it comes to Mingjun, it should always be the country first and make the best use of it. Obviously, although King Wei Hui hoped that his country would be strong out of identity and status, desires and ideals, he could not completely overcome his own rashness, and only lightly put the dream of dominating the world on his lips, instead of putting it in his heart and forcing himself to change his personality. What's more, he doesn't think that a civilian official with the talent to govern the country can really affect the fate of a country.

And the opportunity for Gongsun Acne to choose to recommend Gongsun Martingale was precisely when he was about to die of illness and no longer needed any authority. In this way, coupled with the previous act of squeezing out Wu Qi and other virtuous talents in the political arena of the Wei State, his recommendation completely played the opposite role. He wanted to leave himself a reputation for recommending talents, but it just made King Wei Hui have an extremely rebellious mentality, and even from this mentality, he didn't intend to really understand what kind of talent Gongsun Ying was. Gongsun Acne is a very typical patriotic politician, but the premise of his patriotism must be based on not touching and harming his own fundamental interests. He advised King Wei Hui to kill Gongsun Ying, and advised Gongsun Ying to flee, this old minister wanted to contribute to the country, but also wanted to leave a good name, and his swaying posture from side to side was vividly displayed. And one thing that Gongsun Yan didn't notice was that his identity and status determined his style and behavior, which would inevitably affect the entire Wei political arena, and the backbone of the country's ruling system was naturally more or less contaminated with this hesitant and swaying political style.

For Gongsun Ying, the most terrible thing was not that his introducer strongly recommended it to the monarch on the one hand, and on the other hand, persuaded the monarch to kill him if he did not use it, and then advised himself to flee and take refuge. Instead, the entire Wei political arena is permeated with a similar style of acting and thinking, but his own monarch is a reckless and careless foolish king. When this corrupt and cloudy political trend collides with a self-righteous monarch who is unable to systematically sort out the deteriorating situation, the only ones who are excluded and blocked from the upward path are always just a group of people like himself, who have no status and are not in the group of vested interests.

The very fact that there is no political upside and a way forward is nothing short of a devastating disaster for those who have a splendid chest or who think they have a splendid chest. If you really want to find opportunities and stand out in the collision between the monarch and the courtiers, the only way to do so is to thoroughly integrate into this chaotic and complex political arena. And this process will be long and the outcome will not be determined. For Gongsun Ying, an ambitious young man, he did not want to spend his time and energy on this kind of consumption because of the pursuit of authority, because his ideals were grand enough and the time was tight enough.

Therefore, King Wei Hui did not seriously reuse Gongsun Marting, and of course he did not intend to kill him. Although Gongsun Acne intends to make some contributions to the country in the end, it is first based on the premise that his own interests will not be harmed. As a result, the chaotic political arena of Wei was also ruthlessly and decisively abandoned by Gongsun Martingale himself.