1, Sun Shuai 'ao's story: Gospel of barren hills
Sun Bin was a famous minister of Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period. When he was seriously ill, he warned his son, "Your Majesty has given me fiefs many times, but I won't accept them. This is because after I ascend to heaven, your majesty will give you a fief. In that case, you can never accept fertile land!
There is a barren hill between Yue State and Chu State, where the dead are buried. That place has a bad reputation and the land is not fat. Because Chu people believe in ghosts and gods, and Vietnamese people take praying for ghosts and gods to protect them from disasters as a common thing, they will not fight for this "ominous land." You can rely on this land to achieve your career. "
After Sun Shuai died, the king of Chu wanted to give his son some rich land. His son refused to accept it, but only asked to seal the wasteland of Sleeping Mountain for himself, and the King of Chu readily agreed to his request. Therefore, until the Han Dynasty, the Sun Shi family had been thriving there.
2. Qi Huangong generously used Guan Zhong.
Qi Xianggong is a heartless and bad king. At that time, there were two far-sighted talents in Qi State, one was Guan Zhong and the other was Bao. The two men discussed and said, "If the monarch continues to be in such a daze, he will inevitably lose his political power. Among the sons of Qi, only Miyako Jiuhe is worthy of assistance. We each serve one person, and the person who succeeds first will attract another person. "
It is said that Gong Zijiu is the eldest son, born to a woman from Lu. Childe Xiaobai is the second son born to a woman in Juguo. So Bao followed to Juan, and Guan Zhong followed Gong Zijiu to Lu.
Qi Xianggong's fatuity finally aroused the anger of ministers, launched a mutiny, killed Qi Xianggong, and made the ignorant Sun a monarch. Subsequently, Sun Ignorance was stabbed to death. The ministers sent people to Lu to welcome Gong Zijiu as the king, and Gong Zijiu took Guan Zhong to Qi under the escort of Lu Jun. ..
When I heard that Qi had no monarch in Ju 'an, I consulted Bao, borrowed a hundred chariots from Ju 'an, and returned to Qi as a monarch. In this way, a fierce battle took place between the two brothers. In the battle, Guan Zhong personally shot an arrow at his son Xiaobai, and he was injured. But in the end, Xiao Bai killed Miyako for a long time and became the monarch of Qi. This is Qi Huangong.
Bao is a hero, deeply trusted and respected by Huan Gong, and was appointed as a general. He didn't forget Guan Zhong, looking for opportunities to recommend Guan Zhong to Huan Gong. At first, Huan Gong refused to appoint Guan Zhong because he had been an enemy of himself and almost killed himself. Bao Shu Ya explained to him: Guan Zhong and I were both masters at the beginning, and there is nothing wrong; If you want to do great things, you must be open-minded
So, despite the past, Duke Huan accepted Bao's suggestion and appointed Guan Zhong as the prime minister, finally achieving a generation of hegemony.
3. Ma Huanghou admonished and investigated misjudged cases in Ming Dynasty.
Ma Huanghou was the wife of Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty. She is one of the few female politicians in the history of China. Zhu Yuanzhang was impatient by nature. After becoming emperor, he became harsh, more capricious and moody.
Whenever Zhu Yuanzhang came to the DPRK to break into a furious rage, Ma Huanghou intervened, and many innocent people saved their lives or mitigated their punishment because of her secret protection and rescue. Guo Jingxiang's son, who joined the army in Hezhou, was accused of disobedience and unfilial, and once killed Guo Jingxiang with a spear. Upon hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang flew into a rage and immediately ordered the murder.
Ma Huanghou remonstrated, saying, "Guo Jingxiang is an only child. How could he kill his father? Rumors may be slander. To say the least, even if the son is unfilial, there is no consequence of killing his father. If you kill this son because of this, it will not only be inconsistent with the law, but also make Guo Jingxiang lose his home in his later years and his fate will be even more tragic. "
Zhu Yuanzhang felt justified, so he withdrew the imperial edict and ordered an investigation. Later, it was discovered that Guo Zi had killed his father, which was indeed a wrong message.
Ban Chao joined the army.
Ban Chao is ambitious and doesn't care about trifles. But filial piety and diligence at home often lead a hard life, and labor is not shameful. He is eloquent and has read a lot of historical classics. In 62 AD (the fifth year of Yongping), my brother Ban Gu was recruited as a school bookboy, and Ban Chao and his mother also took their classmates to Luoyang.
Because his family was poor, Ban Chaochang copied books for the government to earn money to support his family. He copied for a long time and worked hard. On one occasion, he stopped his work, threw a pen and sighed: "If a gentleman doesn't have better ambition and strategy, he should make great achievements in a foreign land like Fu Jiezi in Zhao Di and Zhang Qian in Liang Wudi, so as to get a seal. How can he be busy between pens and inkstones for a long time? "
People around him laughed at him. Ban Chao said: "How can a teenager understand the ambition of a strong man!"
5. The painter Zhao Guang is indomitable.
Hefei people were originally Li Shuxiang's family. Li is around as his painter. After a long time, he began to be good at painting, especially horses, almost like Li. Jian Yan years, fell into the hands of the nomads from the army. Jinbing heard that he was good at drawing, so he asked him to draw captured women.
Zhao Guang resolutely refused to paint, threatened the nomads from the army with a knife, and cut off his right thumb without success. Zhao Guang actually draws with his left hand. After the situation calmed down, Zhao Guang only painted Guanyin tuas. A few years later, he died, and most of Li's Guanyin paintings were written.