"The Eight Hundred Years of the Chu Kingdom" is a documentary that condenses the 800-year history into 8 short and concise episodes, completely telling the story of Chu from birth, awakening, frustration, hegemony, astray, catastrophe, transformation to Nirvana. The whole process has shown people a magnificent historical picture. In the
documentary, one word is mentioned many times: Chucai Jinyong , and other sayings such as Chucai Qinyong and Chucai Wuyong have been extended.
Chucaijin used this word first from "Zuozhuan", which means Chu's talents are used by Jin's , and is a metaphor for the outflow of talents from one's own country to work in other countries.
This idiom allusion happened to the grandfather Wu Ju of the famous historical figure Wu Zixu.
According to legend, when Wu Ju was a doctor in the state of Chu, his father-in-law ran away because he violated the laws of the state of Chu.
There were soon rumors that it was Wu Ju who tipped the news to help his father-in-law escape. Wu Ju knew that he would not be able to clean up if he jumped into the Yellow River. He was afraid that the king of Chu would believe the rumors and punish him, so he hurriedly took his family and fled to Zheng State .
Since Zheng State was next to Chu State, Wu Ju felt unsafe. After living in Zheng State for a while, he decided to go to Jin State.
At this time, Wu Ju's good friend, Cai Guo doctor Shengzi ran into Wu Ju on the way to Jin, curious how this former friend appeared in Zheng. After
Wu Ju told Shengzi the cause and effect, Shengzi felt aggrieved and said: " you can go to Jin to hide for a while, but I will make you return to Chu as soon as possible! "
Shengzi did After finishing his official business, he came to Chu State immediately and met Yin Zimu, the order of Chu State.
Because Chu and Jin were fighting for supremacy at that time, wars often broke out. During the chat between the two, Zimu asked him: " Compared with the doctors of Jin and Chu, which country do you think the doctors are better at?" "
Shengzi replied: "Jin There are not as many talented people as the Chu State. Although the Jin State has many talented doctors, most of them are from the Chu State. These people came to the Jin State because they could not be reused in the Chu State. Some people say that this is called Chu materials are used in the Jin Dynasty!"
Shengzi went on to say: "The Chu State did not cherish talents and let them drain out, so it fought with the Jin State and was defeated by the Jin State several times. This is because many Chu people are working for the Jin State. He gave advice. "
Zimu was shocked after hearing this, "How can the people of Chu be willing to be used by Jin?"
Shengzi said: "The punishments in Chu are too excessive. Talented and wise people often offend innocent people and have to flee to other countries. For example The official Wu Ju was forced to flee. His father-in-law broke the law and escaped. He had nothing to do with him, but someone deliberately framed him. Wu Ju could not defend himself, so he had to flee to Jin. If he helped Jin fight against Chu, Chu would The country could no longer think of peace. "
After hearing this, Zimu was very panicked and immediately asked the King of Chu to pardon Wu Ju, the doctor, and send someone to take him back to Chu.
The predecessor of what we are talking about now is Chu Cai Jin Yong. In the Chu State at that time, there were many famous officials of the generation who successfully changed jobs.
Yue Kingdom Xiangguo Fan Li , he promoted Yue and defeated Wu, retired after success, and became a Shang sage
Fan Li was born in 536 BC in Nanyang, Henan.
At that time, the ruler of Chu State was King Ling of Chu , and the sentence "The king of Chu is so thin, and the palace starved to death" refers to King Ling of Chu.
Because Fan Li was born in a poor and humble background, he was not connected to the aristocratic society of Chu State, so he had no ability and had no room for development in Chu State.
Fan Li came to the Yue Kingdom to seek development, and was not reused at the beginning. However, when the King of Yue was trapped in Kuaiji by the Wu army and almost lost his life and destroyed the country, Yue King Gou Jian adopted Fan Li into Wu as a slave in order to seek revenge. Opportunity suggestions.
From then on, Fan Li became the number one adviser to King Gou Jian of Yue. He accompanied Gou Jian in the Kingdom of Wu and endured humiliation and heavy burdens for three years . This is the story of how he endured hardships while working hard.
Everyone has heard of the story behind it. King Wu Fu Cha was paralyzed by the superficial behavior of Gou Jian and others, so he pardoned the country of Yue and let them return home.
With the help of Fan Li's , Gou Jian spent twenty years sharpening his sword. In 476 BC, the conditions for conquering Wu were finally mature. At this time, King Wu Fu Chai devoted all his power to the Central Plains to fight for hegemony, which seriously depleted the country's power and left the rear empty. , only the old and the weak and the prince stayed behind, and the Yue State took the opportunity to attack Wu.
In 473 BC, the Wu army collapsed across the board, and King Wu Fucha committed suicide. He left behind a good story of "a hard-working man, but God will not let him down, and he will suffer hardships, and three thousand Yuejia can swallow Wu."
What is even more commendable is that Fan Li knew how to retreat bravely after becoming famous. He knew that Gou Jian, the king of Yue, was a king who could only share adversity but not wealth. He voluntarily resigned from his official position and traveled among the seventy-two peaks.
After leaving the officialdom, Fan Li went into business three times, became extremely rich three times, and lost his wealth three times, leaving a good story for the world. Later settled in Song Taoqiu, and called himself " Tao Zhugong ".
People around the world praised him as: "Be loyal to the country, be wise to protect yourself, do business to get rich, and become famous all over the world."
Wen Zhong, a senior official in the Yue State, held state affairs on his behalf, and the rabbit died and the dog was cooked.
Wen Zhong's year of birth is unknown, and his birthplace is Jiangling, Hubei. .
Wen Zhong and Fan Li met in the state of Chu. Wen Zhong was a magistrate in Wanling of Chu State at that time.
Fan Li's words and deeds were very weird at that time, and the officials all said that he was suffering from madness and was a madman.
This caught the attention of the language , and decided to drive to visit in person. Unexpectedly, Fan Li avoided seeing him, and Wen Zhong was not discouraged by hitting a wall, so he went to visit again and again.
Fan Li saw that Wen Zhong was indeed sincere and expected that Wen Zhong would definitely come again, so he said to his brother and sister-in-law, "We have guests coming today. Please lend me some clothes and hats." After a while, Wen Zhong came as expected. The two hit it off right away, agreed, and their relationship has deepened since then.
Later, when Fan Li defected to the Yue Kingdom, he did not forget this magistrate who liked him very much, and invited Wen Zhong to accompany him, and Wen Zhong happily accompanied him.
When Gou Jian, the king of Yue, was defeated in Kuaiji, it was Wen Zhong who went to Wu to negotiate peace, and obtained the consent of Wu King Fu Cha . Gou Jian was able to enter Wu with doctor Fan Li as hostages in exchange for the preservation of the country of Yue and his own life.
When Goujian was a slave in Wu State, Wenzhong presided over the state affairs of Yue State , which shows Goujian's trust and respect for Wenzhong.
It was Fan Li and Wen Zhong, two Chu people, who accompanied Goujian in Wu and replaced Goujian in Yue, which led to the prosperity of Yue.
The difference from Fan Li is that the language obviously didn't understand the reason to retire after success. When Fan Li resigned from office, he couldn't forget his old friend, and specially wrote a book: , Running dog cooks . The king of Yue is a man with a long neck and a bird's beak. He can share adversity with him, but he can't share joy with him. Why don't you go?"
Wen Zhong didn't make up his mind to leave, but just said he was sick and refused to go to court, and was finally given to death by Goujian.
Wu Zixu, Prime Minister of the State of Wu, turned white all night, and whipped the corpse of the King of Chu.
Wu Zixu was born in 559 BC.
During Chu Pingwang 's reign, Wu Zixu's father Wu She was Prince Jian's master, and Prince Jian respected him a lot.
At that time, King Ping of Chu also arranged another master for the prince, Fei Wuji. Fei Wuji was King Ping's favorite, but his talent was average, so he was not valued by the prince.
Fei Wuji was jealous of Wu She's talents and knew that there was no way out for him to follow the prince, so he tried every means to please King Chu Ping.
In 527 BC, when Prince Jian reached the age of getting married, King Chu Ping arranged for Fei Wuji to go to Qin State to marry Qin Princess Meng Ying , and planned to make Meng Ying the crown prince.
This Meng Ying was as beautiful as a fairy. Fei Wuji knew that King Chu Ping was lustful, so he suggested that King Chu Ping take Meng Ying as his beloved concubine and replace him with someone else as the crown prince's concubine. Only then did King Ping of Chu get the name of "Father accepts son's wife" which later generations are not ashamed of.
As the prince's power gradually increased, King Chu Ping and Fei Wuji worried that it would be detrimental to them after succeeding to the throne, so they transferred the prince outside the city.
Later, Fei Wuji took the opportunity to falsely accuse the prince and Wu She of intending to rebel. King Chu Ping believed the slander and wanted to kill the prince and Wu She's family.
Since Wu Zixu and his brother Wu Shang were not in the city at that time, King Chu Ping sent a message to them: " If you come, I will let your father live; if you don't come, Wu She will be killed immediately. "
In fact This was a trick used by King Chu Ping to trick the two of them into returning to the city, because Fei Wuji once reminded King Chu Ping: " Wu She has two sons, both of whom are talented. If they are not killed, they will become a disaster for the Chu State. Their sons can be killed. My father summoned them as hostages, otherwise they will become a scourge to the Chu State."
The honest and honest Wu Shang thought that he might die if he went back to see his father, but if he escaped, he would face the king of a country, and there would be the possibility of revenge in the future. If you have little sex, you will be ridiculed by the world, and you might as well die.
However, Wu Zixu refused to accept his fate and embarked on the road of escape and revenge alone. After traveling to Song and Zheng countries, he came to Wu and took refuge in Wu's young master Guang.
In the process of escaping, in order to cross the heavily guarded Zhaoguan on the Chu-Wu border, Wu Zixu was so worried that he couldn't sleep for several nights in a row, and his hair turned white from worry.
In the Kingdom of Wu, Wu Zixu arranged for assassins to murder King Liao of Wu, , and helped Prince Guang win the throne, that is, King Wu Helv .
Wu Zixu became King Wu's confidant, offered King Wu a plan to tire Chu.. He suggested dividing Wu's army into three divisions, and attacking Chu with one division at a time, frequently harassing Chu, thereby consuming Chu's national power, creating a situation where "there is no Wu division at all times" .
The state of Wu frequently went to war, attacking in the east and attacking in the west, harassing the Chu army on both land and water. Over time, the Chu State's national power was consumed a lot.
In 506 BC, seeing that the time was right, Wu Zixu planned a surprise attack for the state of Wu. He mobilized the entire army of Wu to attack Chu, drove thousands of miles deep into Chu territory, won five battles in five, and broke into the capital city of Chu Ying .
At this time, King Chu Ping had been buried for many years, and the ruler was King Chu Ping and Meng Ying's son King Chu Zhao. By the time Wu soldiers invaded Yingdu, King Chu Zhao had already escaped from Yingdu.
Since Wu Zixu could not find King Chu Zhao and could not vent his resentment, he dug up King Chu Ping's tomb, dug out the body, and whipped him three hundred times before giving up.
After Wu Zixu helped King Helu of Wu to severely injure the Chu State, he also helped Helu's son Fucha to defeat the Yue State and achieve Wu's hegemony.
Prime Minister of Qin Li Si , assisted by Ying Zheng, unified the world
Li Si's birth year is unknown, and his birthplace was Shangcai County, Zhumadian, Henan.
Li Si was originally from the Chu state. When he was young, he worked as a minor official in charge of documents. During the Warring States Period, when everyone was striving for fame and fortune, Li Si wanted to make a career. In order to achieve the goal of becoming a prosperous person, Li Si resigned from his position as a petty official and went to Qi State to study as a teacher.
After Li Si completed his studies, after analyzing and comparing the situations of various countries, he decided to go to the Qin State and seek refuge under the Qin Prime Minister Lu Buwei . At that time, King Zhuangxiang of Qin passed away, and the thirteen-year-old Ying Zheng became the new monarch.
Lu Buwei soon discovered Li Si's agility and talent, and recommended him to King Qin's court as a good man. Although Lang's official position was not high, he was in the political center and had the opportunity to get close to the King of Qin.
The strength of the Qin State has far exceeded that of the Six Kingdoms of Kanto, and the situation of unifying the six countries has basically taken shape.Li Si, like many wise people at the time, saw this very clearly.
But his brilliance is that he can further consider the timing, strategy and steps of unification for the King of Qin in detail, and offer advice to the King of Qin in a timely manner.
Li Si advocated separating the monarchs and ministers of countries, and also proposed the annexation order of "destroying South Korea first to fear other countries". King Qin recognized Li Si's proposition very much, and promoted him to be a guest minister.
Li Si became a guest minister, responsible for implementing 's strategic plan to unify the six countries and , and was highly regarded.
Qin Wangzheng followed his strategy and secretly dispatched counselors and assassins to lobby the princes; for ministers and celebrities from all over the world, whoever could be bought with gold coins and silks would be bribed with heavy bribes;
At the same time, they sent a powerful army of famous generals to follow behind and forced each other by force.
During the fifteen years from 236 BC to 221 BC, Qin's army annexed the six countries of Han, Zhao, Wei, Yan, Chu, and Qi like the autumn wind, and ended China's Spring and Autumn Period Hundreds of years of separatism since the Warring States period.
Due to his outstanding achievements, Li Si became a court official and ranked among the nine ministers.
In fact, for Li Si's achievements, the most important thing about is not to assist King Qin in the process of unifying the six kingdoms, but after the unification of the world, Li Si insisted on abolishing the enfeoffment system and changing it to county system .
This whole set of centralized system has fundamentally eradicated the bane of the separation of princes and kingdoms, and played a positive role in consolidating national unity and promoting social development. Therefore, this system has been used for nearly two thousand years in the imperial society after the Qin Dynasty.
In addition, Li Si also promoted a series of reform measures such as unified text, unified weights and measures , unified currency, and unified train tracks .
Why are these famous officials not staying in Chu, but willing to leave their hometowns and go to other countries?
This is related to the political structure of Chu State at that time. Not only Chu State, but also many countries in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period were aristocratic officialdoms, and being an official was hereditary. That is to say, whether you can be an official depends not on your ability, but on you of origin.
You must know that the ancient imperial examination system did not appear until the Sui Dynasty , and it was only through mechanism construction that ordinary people were given the opportunity to become officials.
Under the social situation at that time, there were generally two types of people who left Chu to find jobs in other countries:
were those who were originally officials in Chu, but had to leave because they were excluded from Chu. Among these people, Wu Zixu is the representative.
There is another kind of people who come from ordinary backgrounds and are talented and talented, but they don't have the opportunity to display them in Chu State. Among these people, Fan Li is the representative. The Fan Li, Wenzhong, Wu Zixu, and Li Si listed above in
are just representatives of famous ministers who jumped to other countries.
Looking at the present, it is not uncommon for Chu talents to be promoted. When personal talents have not yet been revealed, what other countries look at is actually the personal platform background.
On the current job hunting road, people with a background in a major industry company often have more opportunities in the process of job-hopping.
Just like those talents from Chu State, the aura of a big factory is also a bonus item for job seekers.
Small businesses look at the job seekers' work experience in large factories. On the one hand, those who have worked in large factories often have the same overall quality, which increases the probability of recruiting suitable talents.
On the other hand, sometimes it seems that they are recruiting people, but in fact they hope that they will introduce the management methods and professional technologies of big factories.
In those big factories, the competition is fierce, and the channel for upward development is often relatively narrow.
The pyramid-like organizational structure determines that many people must cross the single-plank bridge, and only a few people reach the other side of the bridge.
And you have to wait for the people on the other side of the bridge to vacate their seats before the people lined up on the bridge can move forward.
Well, at this time, some people in the team can't wait any longer, and they will choose to change to a bridge that has just been built, or a small remote bridge. Come take a seat.
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