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Chapter 228 Lu Buwei

My charming and short-lived ancestor: I’ll go! This one is really awesome

Who in the clouds sent me a brocade letter: Agree! Moreover, this man was also very kind to the farmers, not as disgusting as the later businessmen.
Kick the lame man's good leg wildly: Yes, and his name is Bai Gui. This name is really poetic!
Wuduyi: Gui is a kind of precious jade, which really has a very beautiful meaning!

I can't sleep at night (Guan): Yes, I have a classmate whose name is Zhu Qing'an. Every time I call her, I feel like it is a blessing to her!
Fuling (Guan): Hahahaha, to be honest, her name is very nice, but I often call her Xiaozhu ((∞))
He kicked the lame man's good leg wildly: Hahahaha, no matter how you call it, it will sound good!
My charming but short-lived ancestor: And this kind of name is really good, meaningful without being cheesy!

I send my thoughts to the bright moon: Yes! I don’t even know what my mother was thinking when she named me. Sometimes I really don’t want to tell anyone!
Wudu doesn’t agree: Touch it! But no matter what, it is much better than recruiting Dipandi!

I send my longing to the bright moon: This is true!
Su Yue looked at the comment area and said: "Okay, the next businessman, many people will scold him, but you can call him bad, but you can't call him bad! He is the famous businessman of the Warring States Period - Lu Buwei!"

Lu Buwei (292 BC to 235 BC), whose surname was Jiang, was Lu, and whose given name was Buwei. He was a native of Puyang (now Hua County, AY City, HEN Province) of the Wei State.

One is said to be from Yangzhai (now Yuzhou, Henan).

The twenty-third generation grandson of Jiang Ziya.

In the late Warring States period, he was a businessman, politician, thinker, and prime minister of Qin.

In his early years, Lu Buwei bought at low prices and sold at high prices, accumulating a fortune of thousands of gold.

Later, he met Zi Chu in Handan and helped him ascend the throne of Qin with a thousand gold coins. He also offered Zhao Ji to give birth to King Qin Yingzheng.

In the first year of King Zhuang Xiang (249 BC), Lu Buwei was worshiped as prime minister, granted the title of Marquis Wenxin, and fed households in Luoyang, Henan.

After Lu Buwei ascended the throne, he imitated the four princes of the Warring States Period and attracted people with lofty ideals from all over the world. There were as many as 3,000 diners. He ordered the diners to write down what they had learned and heard in a book, which was compiled into "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals".

In the twelfth year of King Qin (235 BC), King Qin Yingzheng was afraid that he would rebel, so Lu Buwei drank poison and committed suicide.

"Lü Shi Chun Qiu" written by Lu Buwei includes philosophy, history, politics, morality, astronomy, geography, agriculture and other social sciences and natural sciences. It especially makes a relatively systematic discussion of agricultural production technology since Houji. It is a masterpiece of the Warring States Period. The influential and representative works of the Qin and Han Dynasties summarized the historical lessons and experiences of the past and present, and ideologically provided a complete governing theory and basis for the unification of the Qin State.

This book is a very important work in the history of Chinese thought, a precious cultural heritage, and the earliest, largest, and most rigorous academic work in Chinese history.

My charming but short-lived ancestor: (⊙﹏⊙) That means my brother Zheng, who has been hacked for many years
I can’t sleep at night (Guan): Agreed! It was obviously Lu Buwei who controlled Brother Zheng first and then asked Brother Zheng to call him Father Zhong. I am speechless!

I send my thoughts to Mingyue: Yes, oh, there is also a bastard Lao Ai who asked Brother Zheng to call him his fake father. Why, everyone wants to be my brother Zheng’s father? Outrageous!

Kick the lame man's good leg wildly: It's okay, this kind of person who doesn't defeat you will only make you stronger!

I didn’t think about using this online name first: Agreed! Look at me, Brother Zheng, who has left a name forever, and look at these people, their reputations are so pitiful!
Su Yue looked at the comment area and said, "Okay, now let's take a look at his deeds!"

Strange goods to live in
Lu Buwei was a big businessman in Yangzhai (now Yuzhou City, Henan). He traveled around, buying at low prices and selling at high prices, and accumulated a fortune worth thousands of gold.

In 267 BC (the th year of King Zhao of Qin), the Qin State mourned the death of the prince in the State of Wei and brought him back to the country for burial in Zhiyang.

In 265 BC (the nd year of King Zhao), his second son An Guojun was established as the prince.

Lord An Guo had more than twenty sons. Lord An Guo had a concubine whom he loved very much. He named her his wife and called her Mrs. Huayang.

Mrs. Huayang had no sons, and Lord An Guo had a middle-ranking son named Yiren. Yiren's mother was named Xia Ji, who was not favored.

The foreigner was sent to Zhao as a hostage of Qin.

Because of the feud between Qin and Zhao, Qin attacked Zhao many times, but Zhao did not treat strangers politely.

As the grandson of the concubine of the King of Qin, he was not taken seriously and was sent to the State of Zhao as a hostage. He was not rich in carriages, horses and daily necessities, and his life was in embarrassment.

Lu Buwei went to Handan to do business. He was overjoyed when he saw the stranger and said: "The stranger is like a rare item, which can be hoarded and waited for to be sold at a high price." (Origin of the idiom "A strange item can be lived in").

Lu Buwei then returned home and asked his father, "How many times can we profit from farming?" His father said, "Ten times."

Lu Buwei asked again: "How many times the profit can be made from selling pearls and jade?"

His father said: "A hundred times." Lu Buwei asked again: "How many times can you make a profit by establishing a monarch of a country?"

His father said: "Countless." Lu Buwei said: "Now that I work hard in the fields, I still can't have enough food and clothing. If I support the emperor and build the country, it will benefit future generations. I decided to do this deal."

Convince strangers
So he went to visit the stranger and said, "I can make your family great."

The foreigner smiled and said, "Let's expand your own family first, and then come and expand mine!"

Lu Buwei responded accordingly: "My family has to wait for your family to grow before it can grow."

The foreigner immediately understood what Lu Buwei meant and sat down with him to have a deep conversation.

Lu Buwei said: "The King of Qin is old, and your father An Guojun has been appointed as the crown prince. Now An Guojun wants to belong to your brother Zixi, and Zixi has a mother in the harem to take care of you, and you are in the middle, and your mother is not favored. King Qin After his death, An Guojun succeeded to the throne, and you should not expect to compete with your eldest brother and other brothers who are by King Qin's side sooner or later for the position of prince.

You yourself are in an enemy country with unpredictable fortunes and misfortunes. Once Qin and Zhao start a war, your life will be difficult to save, sir. "

The stranger sighed: "That's true, but what should we do?"

Lu Buwei said: "If you listen to me, I will have a way for you to return to the country and inherit the throne.

I heard privately that Lord An Guo dotes on Mrs. Huayang very much. Mrs. Huayang has no children, but she can participate in the selection of the prince, so we can only start with her.

You are poor and embarrassed, and you are living here as a guest. You have nothing to offer to your parents or to make friends with the guests.

Although I, Lu Buwei, am not rich, I am willing to spend a large sum of money to lobby the Qin State for you to go west, serve Lord An Guo and Mrs. Huayang, and let them make you the crown prince. "

The foreigner then kowtowed and said thanks: "If your plan comes true, I am willing to share the land of Qin with you."

Lu Buwei then gave five hundred gold to the foreigner for his daily life in Zhao and for making friends with guests.