Cong Si, a woman deeply loved by Zhou Youwang, is beautiful, but she doesn't like to laugh. Zhou Youwang thought: What a pity to praise such a beautiful woman who doesn't like to laugh! So Zhou Youwang sent someone to post: Whoever can make a compliment laugh will get 200 gold (actually copper). Many people tried, but none of them succeeded.

Suddenly one day, a priest named Guo Shifu came up with an idea. Zhou Youwang felt good after hearing this, so he sent someone to light the beacon tower. All the princes led their troops to rescue them in a hurry, but there were no enemies in the end. I smiled happily when I saw this situation. So he gave Uncle Guo 1,200 gold.

2. Guan Bao's friendship

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Guan Zhong and Bao had cooperative relations. Guan Zhong was frustrated. Bao always trusts him in business or work and gives him all possible care. In the end, Guan Zhong sealed Hou Xiang.

Guan Zhong told people around him that it was my parents who gave birth to me and Bao Shu Ya who got to know me. This is my good friend! People use this idiom to describe the friendship between two people and also to describe their trust in their friends.

3. Yan Zi made a fortune.

At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, Yan Zi, a doctor of the State of Qi, sent a mission to Chu. The king of Chu insulted Yan Zi three times, trying to show the prestige of Chu State. Yan Zi fought back cleverly and defended the dignity of himself and the country. This story praised Yan Zi's patriotism, wit and courage, as well as his good diction.

Flexible and eloquent diplomatic skills and the spirit of struggle without fear of great powers and violence. Satire arrogant, arrogant and conceited people.

4. Eat your bread and taste your courage

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Fu Cha, the king of Wu, led troops to attack Yue. As a result, the State of Yue was defeated, and Gou Jian, the king of Yue, was caught in the State of Wu. In order to humiliate the King of Yue, the King of Wu sent him to look after the tomb and feed the horses, all of which were the work of slaves. Although the King of Yue was not convinced, he tried to pretend to be obedient.

When the prince of Wu went out, he walked ahead and led the horse; When the king of Wu was ill, he tried his best to take care of him at his bed. Seeing that he was so devoted, the prince of Wu felt that he was very loyal to himself and finally allowed him to return to China. ?

After the King of Yue returned to China, he was determined to wash away the shame of being a prisoner in the State of Wu. In order to warn himself not to forget revenge, he sleeps on hard firewood every day and hangs a gallbladder on the door. He should try it before eating and sleeping to remind himself to learn a lesson. In addition, he often goes to the people to inspect their feelings, solve problems for them, let them live and work in peace and contentment, and at the same time strengthen the training of the army. ?

After ten years of hard work, Yue became rich and powerful, so the King of Yue personally led an army to attack Wu and won. Fu Cha, the king of Wu, committed suicide in shame after the defeat. Later, Yue successfully entered the Central Plains and became a big country at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period.

5. Shang Yang Reform

During the Warring States Period, Qin Xiaogong, king of Qin, was determined to reform and recruit talents. Shang Yang entered Qin State from defending the country, and put forward a set of reform and innovation development strategies, such as abandoning ore fields, emphasizing agriculture and mulberry, rewarding military exploits, implementing unified quantity and establishing county system, which won deep trust.

As a rule, in 356 BC and 350 BC, two reforms were carried out with the main contents of "abandoning mining fields, opening buildings, implementing the county system, rewarding farmers and fighting, and implementing the sitting method". ?

After Shang Yang's political reform, Qin's economy developed, and the fighting capacity of the army continued to strengthen, and it developed into the most powerful centralized country in the late Warring States period.