In 334 BC, in the 35th year of King Xian of Zhou, in the 1st year of Queen Hui of Wei, Zhuangzi was 36 years old.
In this year, Zhuangzi was invited by King Hui of Wei to go to Wei again.
At this time, Zhuangzi completely transformed into a common man, and he was even more timid and afraid, for fear of provoking the disaster of death.
His own death is small, and his family is big.
But sometimes, if you don't come out and show your hand, you shout and shout, and others don't think you exist.
This is also not conducive to survival.
When usefulness is conducive to survival, we become a useful person.
When uselessness is conducive to our survival, we become useless people.
At this time, Zhuangzi also needs to come out to make a sum of money.
Just like the stars of modern society, it would be stupid not to catch gold if they had it.
Zhuangzi accepted the invitation of King Wei Hui, the purpose was obvious, it was for King Wei Hui's reward.
After all these years of silence, there is still a lot of gold and silver in Zhuangzi's house, which cannot be revealed.
If you can't get a piece of gold all at once, it will inevitably arouse the suspicion of the people around you.
So Zhuangzi had to come out to make money.
Let others know that he has just earned a fortune.
So that the gold can be taken out and spent.
First the gold, then the silver.
Because gold is too valuable, if you don't spend it first, you won't be able to spend it later when you pretend to be poor.
At this time, King Wei Hui was not living well.
The former Wei State was the hegemon at that time.
But since the Battle of Maling, Wei has fought with Qin and has been defeated again.
Coupled with the alliance of Qin with Chu, Korea, Zhao and other states to suppress Wei, Wei declined more and more.
Military defeat has made you lose the foundation of defending your home and country.
A country is at war, and the living conditions are conceivable.
Since the defeat and suicide of the great general Pang Juan, the Wei state has relied on the old general Long Jia in military terms.
But Longjia's ability is also limited, and the lack of national strength and insufficient military resources is also a big problem.
After all these years of continuous warfare, Wei was unable to replenish new soldiers and well-trained and combat-ready new troops.
Most of those who remain in the army to serve are old, weak, sick and disabled, and new recruits.
So the combat effectiveness is getting lower and lower.
No matter how talented Long Jia is in military affairs, he will not be able to lead this army to victory.
Besides, Long Jia's military talent is far less strong than Pang Juan back then.
He's the kind of conservative guy who can defend and take the initiative poorly.
There is also a fatal weakness of the Wei army, that is: the army has suffered defeats one after another and suffered serious casualties.
So the leadership leaders in the army are often changed.
As a result, new leaders often lose control of their men.
This will inevitably affect the unified command of the armed forces.
In diplomacy, it is not enough to rely on Hui Shi's mouth.
Moreover, although Hui Shi has diplomatic talents, Hui Shi has a fatal flaw.
That is, he likes to debate with others.
To put it mildly, he likes to be "dogmatic" with others.
He said that he was reasoning with others, and in the eyes of others, he was dogmatic.
Often, the situation is that he won't give up until he argues against you.
As a result, he offended others, and he didn't know it.
You must know that sometimes, face is more important than reason.
You win the debate, but others feel that you have lost face.
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So Hui Shi's diplomacy often fails.
After several years of suppression by the surrounding vassal states, the decline of the Wei state was accelerated.
Today's King Wei Hui does not have the domineering spirit of the past.
Although he was not convinced in his heart, he had to bow his head in the face of reality.
So at Hui Shi's request, King Wei Hui decided to ask Zhuangzi to come over and give him some guidance.
The current King Hui of Wei is using "asking for advice" and "guidance" to ask Zhuangzi.
At this time, Hui Shi, after all these years of efforts in domestic and foreign affairs, he also saw that he had a few catties and a few taels, and how much ability he had.
In all respects, he had to admit from the bottom of his heart that he was inferior to Zhuangzi.
In any case, Zhuangzi was able to manage the lacquer garden of the Song Kingdom in about a month and change its appearance, which was beyond his reach.
After so many years as an official in the Wei State, he was also familiar with the officials in the Wei court.
He knows what those people are.
The relationship with these people, Hui Shi has a number in his heart, and he can't cooperate.
So he thought of Zhuangzi and wanted to invite Zhuangzi to come over again, come to Wei as an official, and work with him to make Wei strong again.
In the past, Zhuangzi said that he swore in front of Song Kuicheng, "never be an official", "never leave the Song Kingdom", "never betray Song Kuicheng" and other four eternities.
But in today's Song Kingdom, Song Juecheng is becoming more and more declining.
According to the grapevine, Song Kucheng has been set aside.
Because Song Jiacheng reused his younger brother Song Yan and did not listen to the dissuasion of Song Rongzi and others, Song Rongzi and others resigned one after another, and the court was gradually occupied by the people arranged by Song Yan and the people who befriended Song Yan.
So Song Cucheng was gradually set aside.
Just like Si Chengzihan set up his king back then, Song Yan is about to stage a repeat of "Brother takes Song".
Therefore, at this time, it is completely possible to invite Zhuangzi to come to Wei to be an official.
Zhuangzi could also ignore his oath and come to Wei to become an official.
The oath of the year was made to Song Quecheng, and now that Song Quecheng is in decline, it is naturally invalid.
What's more, Zhuangzi's oath was forced by Song Quecheng and had to be made.
Moreover, since Song Yan gained power, he was very rude to Zhuangzi.
It is not a deliberate suppression of Zhuangzi.
Song Yan holds grudges If it weren't for Zhuangzi and their intervention back then, at the same time as Dai Daguan's rebellion, he Song Yan would also take the opportunity to rebel.
Although even if there was a real rebellion, he would have failed, but he was not convinced.
So I remembered Zhuangzi.
Another reason why King Wei Hui invited Zhuangzi again was to hear from the spies that King Chu Wei had secretly sent someone to invite Zhuangzi.
But Zhuangzi did not go to Chu to be an official.
However, the state of Chu got Zhuangzi's strategy.
Therefore, King Chu Wei did not go to war with Qin over the land of Shangzhou.
On the contrary, it also reconciled with the Qin State.
Based on this article, King Wei Hui wanted to know what Zhuangzi said to the envoys of the Chu State back then, and he did not go to the Chu State himself, but only made a king give up his idea and not go to war with the Qin State through the words of the envoys King Wei Hui is a great talent of Zhuangzi who knows, and the idea he gave to King Chu Wei is absolutely first-class.
Otherwise, King Chu Wei would not have listened.
Moreover, King Chu Wei has just taken over as the king of Chu State, and in the face of the loss of Shangzhou, he wants to regain face.
I gave up.
It can be seen that the idea given to him by Zhuangzi will definitely be able to save face.
In fact, back then, King Wei Hui hoped that King Chu Wei would be a fool and start a war with Qin in the land of Shangzhou.
In this way, the comprehensive national strength of Qin and Chu was consumed, which was very beneficial to Wei.
But he was disappointed.
In the end, I learned that it was Zhuangzi who gave King Chu Wei an idea, which changed King Chu Wei's mind. is as talented as Zhuangzi, and it is stupid not to use it Therefore, King Wei Hui did everything he could to invite Zhuangzi into Wei.
Regardless of whether Zhuangzi can come to Wei to be an official or not, at least he can ask for advice or two.
Think about it: With Zhuangzi's talent, saving the Wei State should be a matter of catching chickens under the crotch and catching them with your hands.
Seeing that King Wei Hui really came to invite him, and seeing that Hui Shi personally ran back to the Song Kingdom to find him, Zhuangzi just didn't want to go, and he wanted to give Hui Shi this face.
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It's a big man, the foreign minister of Wei Although the Wei state was in decline, Ke Huishi had always been the foreign minister of the Wei state.
It was and still is.
So the face is huge. aa2705221: