Yesterday it was mentioned that the Qin State moved the Jiuding of the Zhou Dynasty to Xianyang and asked the other countries to come to worship, but only the Wei State did not send an envoy. Today we move on.
The king of Qin ordered Wang Ji, the defender of Hedong County, to lead his troops to attack Wei, and Wang Ji had always been friendly with Wei and accepted money privately, so he leaked the matter to Wei.
The king of Wei was afraid, sent a messenger to apologize, and asked the prince to be a hostage in Qin and obey Qin's orders.
Since then, the princes and six kingdoms have all submitted to the Qin state.
The King of Qin tracked down the matter of Tong Wei and killed Wang Ji, and Fan Sui was even more uneasy.
One day, the king of Qin sighed in the court, and Fan Suijin said: "The minister heard that 'if the lord is worried, the minister will be humiliated, and if the lord is humiliated, the minister will die'." Now the king sighs in the court, because of the incompetence of his courtiers, he cannot share your sorrows, and I ask you to punish you. ”
King Qin said: "Now that Wu Anjun is dead, and Zheng Anping has betrayed, there are strong enemies outside, and there are no good generals inside, so the widow is worried about this!."“
Fan Sui was ashamed and scared, and didn't dare to answer and left.
At that time, there was a man named Cai Ze in Yan State, who was erudite and eloquent, and his conceit was very high, and he lobbied the princes, but he didn't encounter a chance.
Cai Ze went west to Xianyang. went to meet Fan Ju and said that he would replace Fan Ju's title.
Fan Sui smiled and said, "What skills do you have to replace my title?"”
Cai Ze said: "The four seasons have a rotation order, successful exit, future progress." You're ready to retire now!”
Fan Sui said: "If I don't retreat myself, who can let me retreat?"”
Cai Ze said: "You have forgotten the Shang Ying of the Qin State, the Wu Qi of the Chu State, and the doctor of the Yue State, and you will not die well after your success, are you willing to do this?"”
Cai Ze said again: "For the sake of virtuous ministers, who does not want to assist a virtuous monarch?"Bigan was loyal to Yin Shang, but he was killed, why?for kings are not wise.
Shang Ying, Wu Qi, and Wen Chong are all dead, do they want to die to win the name of future generations?
Bigan is killed, but Micro survives.
Therefore, the husband is in the world, and his body and name are complete, which is the best policy;Those who die by fame are the middle policy;Those whose reputation is tarnished and survives are the next step. ”
Fan Sui listened to Cai Ze's advice and wanted to retire successfully, so he worshiped as a guest and set up wine to entertain him.
The next day, he entered the court and invited the king of Qin and said: "There is Cai Ze from the Yan Kingdom, who is outstanding in talent, enough to govern the Qin State well, and my talent cannot be compared with it, so I would like to recommend this person to the king." ”
The King of Qin summoned Cai Ze to see him in the palace and asked about the plan to annex the Six Kingdoms, Cai Ze replied unhurriedly one by one, and the King of Qin was deeply satisfied, and he worshiped as a guest on the same day.
Fan Sui said that he was sick, please return the seal, King Qin was not accurate, so Fan Sui said that he couldn't afford to be sick.
The king of Qin then worshiped Cai Ze as prime minister, replaced Fan Sui, and was named Gangchengjun.
A few years later, Fan Ju died in his fiefdom and was able to die a good death.
That's the end of Fan Ju's story.