The story of a thousand dollars.
At the end of the Warring States Period, there was a big businessman named Lv Buwei in the State of Qin. When he was doing business in Zhao State, he helped Prince Chu of Qin Zhuang (a proton of Zhao State at that time) betrothed his concubine Evonne to Zi Chu as his wife. After Zi Chu acceded to the throne, he was named Wen Xin Hou and lived in the Prime Minister's Office. King Zhuang Xiang died of illness after only three years in office. His 13-year-old son Zheng (born to Zhao Ji) succeeded to the throne, the famous Qin Shihuang in history, who was honored as Guanzhong, and all administrative power was in his hands.
It was very popular at that time to train scholars. The famous Four Childes of the Warring States have thousands of followers, and Lv Buwei also has three thousand followers. As his think tank, he came up with various ways to consolidate his regime. These men and women have everything, and everyone has their own views and experiences; Write all this down. Together, it became a masterpiece of more than 200,000 words and was nominated as Lv Chunqiu. Lv Buwei thinks this book is a classic of Qin's unification of the world. At that time, Lu announced a book in Xianyang, Qin Dou, saying that anyone who could add or subtract a word in the book would be rewarded with 1000 yuan (a catty of gold).
For this record, see Historical Records: Biography of Lv Buwei. Later people derived the idiom "in a word" from this story to describe the high value of an article, or to praise the excellent rhetoric and rare words used in an article. For example, we read a famous scholar's new work, and he proposed a new teaching method, which can not only improve students' academic level and quality, but also increase teachers' own further study accordingly. For such a valuable article, it can be said that "a word is gold". In modern society, everything has become a commodity, and articles are not included, so we say that the high price of an article by a writer is equivalent to "a word is gold". However, we usually use it to describe the value or rhetorical beauty of an article.
The story of Lv Buwei.
Lv Buwei's life in just a few decades is quite wonderful. At first, he was a businessman, but he didn't think his business was prosperous. He became a famous and successful entrepreneur. Later, he tried water policy like a bet, but he didn't expect that this high-risk investment was in exchange for power and status under one person and above ten thousand people. Whether in politics or business, Lv Buwei can feel at home. He is brave, clever and clever. He has the qualities of a successful politician and businessman.
Lv Buwei, surnamed Jiang, surnamed Lu, whose name is fearless, is from Puyang, Weiguo. At the end of the Warring States period, a famous businessman, politician and thinker was the prime minister of Qin. His life is full of legends and life is like a play. Isn't Lv Buwei's life drama wonderful?
It turned out that he was a businessman who defended his country during the Warring States period. Although in the Warring States period, the commerce was not very developed at that time, due to social economy, transportation, communication and other reasons, it was impossible to form a large-scale commercial circle. In the feudal society that emphasized agriculture and suppressed commerce, commerce was suppressed. People without permanent property have no perseverance, and businessmen with great mobility are also rejected by all countries. In business, Qin is not as good as Qi and Chu, both of which cook the sea to get salt. In addition, the currencies and weights and measures of various countries were not a standard at that time, and the barter trade mode greatly restricted the development of commerce. Therefore, Qin's strength did not come from economic development, but from Shang Yang's political reform, and Qin's national strength gradually became stronger.
As a successful businessman at that time, Lv Buwei hoarded wealth in many ways. Yangzhai is a city with great achievements in Lv Buwei and Lv Buwei. Even in the Warring States period, when the whole era despised commercial development, Lv Buwei still relied on his own intelligence to buy at a low price and sell at a high price, and accumulated a lot of wealth. He has a good way of doing business and became a famous businessman in Qin State. In 258 BC, Lv Buwei came to Zhao State and met a stranger in Handan, the capital of Zhao State. At that time, when he was doing business in Zhao, he saw a stranger on the road and thought he was extraordinary. You know, the envoy was sent to Zhao as a hostage, abandoned in Qin, and left out in Zhao. The situation and status of makes can be seen. Others think the brand is nothing special, but Lv Buwei is a treasure in his eyes. He thinks that this make can be used as an investment from the perspective of doing business, and that strange goods can live, which is the origin of strange goods.
When the stranger sat on the throne, it was surprising, and at the same time he lamented Lv Buwei's unique vision of knowing people. In 257 BC, Lv Buwei ascended the throne, was appointed Prime Minister, and was named Wen Xinhou, eating 65,438+households in Luoyang, Henan. Later, Lv Buwei's status and identity became higher and higher, which once threatened the status of strangers. Although Lv Buwei has the heart of usurping the throne, he dare not act rashly. He tried to restrain the light and avoid being talked about. Lv Buwei was troubled by this matter, and the public gave him a lot of ideas. One of them suggested that Lv Buwei should follow the example of the ancients, such as compiling books. For example, Confucius does the work of sorting out ancient books, and Sun Wu's success as a general of Wu depends on his Sun Tzu's art of war. Why can't he write a book and make himself famous? Lv Buwei felt very reasonable after hearing this, so he organized the public to start writing, and soon wrote 26 volumes 160 articles. After writing this book, Lv Buwei was very proud. He ordered the full text to be copied and posted on the city gate, and issued a notice: "Anyone who can change the word of this book will be rewarded with 200 yuan." After the announcement was posted, everyone was afraid of Lv Buwei's influence and didn't dare to change it, but a story about money was handed down.
Regarding the merits and demerits of historical figures, it can be said that different people have different opinions. As a historical figure, Lv Buwei naturally has different views. Some people say that he is a successful businessman and an excellent politician, while others say that he is a profiteer and fiddles with the political situation. In short, we can't neglect one of them and only listen to one person. What are the advantages of Lv Buwei? He wrote Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals.
However, it not only adopted the words of one family, but also collected hundreds of ideas, which was great at that time and still has certain reference value today. Where did Lv Buwei fail? "You want me to die, you have to die." He forgot that although he was Ying Zheng's father to some extent, Ying Zheng didn't want to be manipulated by this arrogant Lv Gong. Who's Ying Zheng? He is an emperor through the ages. Naturally, he will not be subject to, especially those who have mastered the power of Qin, especially Ying Zheng. Lv Buwei, born to die.