Pingyuan Jun has thousands of visitors, and only 19 people were selected at the critical moment
During the Warring States period, there were many talents.
Generals and ministers were no longer subject to the old aristocracy, and in turbulent times, more and more ordinary people began to write their own chapters or change the pages of history.
Every era has its own imprint, and Sengoku is no exception.
In addition to the frequent battles, there is another group of people worth mentioning, and that is the guards.
What is a Guardian?
To put it bluntly, it is a group of scholars cultivated by some powerful dignitaries and nobles with their own wealth, and they usually don't have to do anything, as long as they give advice when the master needs it, or help the master turn the crisis around.
Of course, not all goalkeepers have such skills, and many switch to powerful clans just to make a living.
During the Spring and Autumn period, the number of customers began to increase, and the Warring States period was the most popular, especially the Four Gentlemen of the Warring States Period (Chu Guochun Shenjun, Wei Guoxin Lingjun, Qi State Meng Weijun, and Zhao State Pingyuan Jun), who had about 1 000 customers.
The four dukes of the Warring States period all took pride in the quality of their students, but the Duke of the Low Ground, Chao Cuo, was the least picky about the quality of his students.
Pingyuanjun also has thousands of **, but only nineteen people were selected at the critical moment, and only one person was really useful.
Handan was besieged, and the nest was almost destroyed.
After the Battle of Changping, Bai Qi led the Qin army to besiege Handan. At the moment when Zhao was in danger, Qin Xiang Fan Ju used the fatigue of soldiers as an excuse to let King Qin Zhaoxiang order Bai Qi to withdraw his troops, which solved the current crisis of Zhao State. However, the withdrawal of the Qin army would have been cost-effective, and Zhao promised to send troops from the six cities to solve the drought in the country.
After Bai Qi withdrew his troops, Zhao changed course and began to actively seek the help of the Six Kingdoms of Shandong to resist the Qin State. This angered King Qin Zhaoxiang, who returned to besiege Handan, known as the Battle of Handan.
However, due to the lack of Bai Qi, although the Qin army could not capture the Zhao State for a long time, Handan was besieged for a long time, and the food and medicinal materials in the city could not feed the Zhao people, so the phenomenon of cannibalism began to appear in the city (recorded in the historical books"Columns"Handan is once again in danger of being breached.
Wei and Chu were the two vassal states that were most able to help Zhao relieve the siege at that time. Wei received a distress letter from Zhao and asked Jin Yi to lead an army of 100,000 to save Zhao. However, he was afraid of the words of the king of Qin and did not dare to act rashly (according to historical records, the king of Wei was afraid of the Qin state and ordered Jin Yi to stop his army at Ye (southwest of present-day Linzhang County, Hebei Province), build a wall to block it, and not to advance), so Zhao could only point the finger at Chu.
Pick and choose, all are indispensable.
At that time, only Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains, could carry the banner of diplomacy. In order to achieve vertical and horizontal unification and save Handan from danger, Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains, decided to go to Chu to seek support. Zhao Sheng said to King Zhao:"I plan to take some brave and resourceful people to the state of Chu. If he doesn't agree, I'm going to blackmail him into signing the agreement. The king doesn't have to worry about this person, just pick twenty people from my **.
After all, the danger of the loss of the country cannot be delayed, and as a result, the king of the plains made only nineteen people in the army of the thousand guards ("Historical Records" records: the king of the plains made nineteen people, and the rest could not take twenty people).
There were thousands of guests, and not even twenty could be chosen;Guests are stopped in this straight line by buckets of straw bags, often boasting that they can eat, drink and keep warm, but when the time comes, the characteristics of the wine bags are undoubtedly revealed.
A doorman saw that there were not enough twenty people selected by Pingyuanjun, so he couldn't stand it anymore, and said to Pingyuanjun:"Boss, you're still one person missing, so let me make up the numbers.
Disgusting, striking.
This ** is called Mao Sui, and he has worked under Pingyuanjun for more than three years, but Pingyuanjun never knew that there was such a person. Pingyuan Jun looked at the mediocre Mao Sui, and thought to himself how such a person could be useful, so he dismissed Mao Sui and said:"What I'm looking for is someone who is brave and strategic, so don't go ("Historical Records-Mao Sui's Self-Recommended Biography").
Looking at Mao Sui's eager eyes, Ping Yuanjun slapped Mao Sui hard and said:"There are talented people in the country, like an awl in a cloth bag, the edge will be exposed, sir, you have been under us for three years, but I have never heard of you, you are really not suitable to go.
Mao Sui said:"My sharpness doesn't come out because it wasn't put into a sack, if I was put into a sack, not only the sharpness would come out, but the whole Yingtuo (Yingtuo is the handle of the old awl) would also come out"(Historical Records),"Today I want to be put into a sack"(Fleas are put into sacks, and Yingtuo will come out, not just sharp).
Pingyuan Jun saw that Mao Sui was so willing, so he let Mao Sui follow him, anyway, there was one less person to travel, there were not many things, things were urgent, and there was no time to find talents, this story was the idiom of Mao Sui's self-recommendation, and the source of the story was removed.
Mao Sui bravely encouraged the state of Chu to unite.
After Zhao Sheng arrived in the state of Chu, he wanted to tell the king of Chu about the situation and interests of the Warring States and win the support of the king of Chu, but the king of Chu was really afraid of Qin at that time, and it was too late to be glad that the Qin state did not come to him, so it was difficult to convince the king of Chu, how could he join the joint column during this period and touch the tiger's buttocks?
In this way, Zhao Sheng and the King of Chu chatted from morning to noon, and before they could sit down, the doorman waiting outside asked Mao Sui to help the prince in the mountain, and Mao Sui went in with a sword without saying a word.
He came to Mao Sui above the court, and without waiting for the king of Chu and Zhao Sheng to react, he shouted loudly, whether it is right or wrong to talk about reunification, you have been grinding all morning and said that it has not been decided, what is the truth, the king of Chu is very angry, he said, I am talking to your master, who are you going to intervene in, get down.
Mao then resigned, stepped forward and said:"You King Chu dare to yell at me, it is also in vain, because there are many people in Chu, now you and I are only ten steps apart, there is no point in squeezing around, believe it or not, I will give you a sword now, the people of Chu beat you Qin people to the ground, and even the temple of your ancestors was burned, don't you feel ashamed?
Under pressure from Mao Sui, the king of Chu agreed to join the column and immediately formed a blood alliance. Subsequently, the king of Chu sent 10,000 Chu generals to join the column to help Zhao fight against Qin. Xinlingjun also led the Wei army to join the column, and with Xinlingjun's help, Handan was finally out of danger.
The four sons of the Warring States period are all proud of cultivating **, but Zhao Sheng's quality requirements for ** are the lowest. Among the thousands of ** of Pingyuan Jun, only nineteen were selected at the decisive moment, and only one person was really reused, but this person was not chosen by Zhao Sheng, but appointed by himself.
The nineteen people selected by Zhao Sheng did not play any role in encouraging Chu to save Zhao. I have to say that most of Pingyuanjun's disciples are drunkards, which shows the difference between Zhao Sheng's candidates.
Mao's self-restraint is still applicable in society. If you feel that your ability is not being brought into play, if you feel that your ability can match your ambitions, you can learn from Mao Sui, of course, the premise of self-limitation is basically that you must have the right ability, otherwise you will only laugh and be generous.
What are your thoughts on this?