Lin Xiangru was a famous politician and diplomat of Zhao during the Warring States Period. In the meeting of Michi, due to Lin Xiangru's arguments, from the beginning to the end, Lin Xiangru dealt with it decently, preserving the face of Zhao State, and Qin State never had the upper hand.
After returning to China, Lin Xiangru was named the right secretary by King Zhao Huiwen, ranking above Lian Po. Lian Po, who started by making repeated military exploits, was extremely dissatisfied with this, and he said angrily: "I am the general of Zhao State, and I have great merits in siege and field battles, while Lin Xiangru only made merits by words, but his position is above me." Besides, I was ashamed to be a lowly person, and I was not willing to accept my position below him. If I see him, I must humiliate him. Soon, someone passed Lian Po's words to Lin Xiangru. Lin Xiangru didn't care, he put the overall situation first, and tried to avoid head-on conflict with Lian Po. Whenever he went to court, he often said that he was sick and did not want to compete with Lian Po. When he was traveling, whenever he saw Lian Po's carriage and horses, he immediately ordered the coachman to take a detour to avoid it.
After a long time, Lin Xiangru's doormen couldn't stand it anymore, and they collectively went to see Lin Xiangru and said: We people say goodbye to our relatives and friends to follow you because we admire your noble character. But now Lian Po is so arrogant that even ordinary people are unwilling to endure such humiliation, and you cower and avoid it. If you insist on that, allow us to take our leave. Lin Xiangru smiled after hearing this, and asked, "Who do you think is more difficult to deal with compared to General Lian and King Qin?"The guests all said: "Although General Lian is brave, he is not as good as King Qin." "Lin Xiangru said"I dare to reprimand King Qin to my face and humiliate his courtiers, how can I be afraid of General Lian?But what I think is that the reason why the powerful Qin State did not dare to fight the idea of Zhao State was precisely because he was afraid that Zhao State had me and General Lian. If we start fighting, it will inevitably damage the national body. Now that Qin is strong and Zhao is weak, we must put the country first everywhere and not care too much about personal grievances."
Soon, Lian Po heard Lin Xiangru's words. Knowing that he was wrong to blame Lin Xiangru, he took off his shirt, exposed his upper body, tied the thorn strip on his back, and was guided by the doorman to Lin Xiangru's house to apologize. He said to Lin Xiangru:"I'm a coarse and ignorant person, and I didn't know you were so magnanimous!"Lin Xiangru hurriedly helped him up. Lin Xiangru's spirit of putting the interests of the country first and being kind and humble touched Lian Po, and then the two became friends. After Qin Guo heard about this, he didn't dare to despise Zhao Guo. The story of Lian Po and Lin Xiangru has been passed down by future generations for thousands of years. The "Harmony" in the primary school textbook tells this story.
Lian Po was a famous general of the Zhao state, known for his bravery and good warfare. Together with Bai Qi, Wang Jian and Li Mu, he is known as the "Four Famous Generals of the Warring States". He was brave and good at fighting, and made many military exploits for the Zhao State, and was named Shangqing by King Zhao Huiwen. Later, in the Battle of Changping, Lian Po successfully resisted the Qin ** team in a stubborn way. After the Battle of Changping, he repelled the invasion of the Yan Kingdom and ordered the other party to cut five cities and sue for peace. In 245 BC, after the death of Zhao Dan, the king of Zhao Xiaocheng, his son Zhao Yan ascended the throne for the king of Zhao Mourning Xiang, after the king of Zhao Mourning Xiang ascended the throne, he relieved Lian Po of his military position, which caused Lian Po to be furious, and successively defected to the Great Liang of Wei and the state of Chu, and finally died of illness in Shouchun of Chu State.