169. Chapter 169 Showdown! I, Li Si, Just Want to Be a Master
169. Chapter 169 Showdown! I, Li Si, want to be a master!
Author: An Jing l
Chapter 169 Showdown! I, Li Si, want to be a master!
[Hello everyone, welcome to this short video: taking stock of the top ten famous figures in history!]
[Producer: Su Qian]
[No. 1 among the top ten famous figures in history: Talent as high as the heavens, and deep as the sea, Li Si!]
[Li Si, the famous prime minister of the Qin Dynasty with outstanding merits and demerits, has been pursuing utilitarian power without pretense his whole life. There is no doubt that he is a loyal minister, but the objects of his loyalty are only the Qin Dynasty and himself. ]
[Li Si debuted as a young man, studied the art of emperors, and first joined Lu Buwei. The harem officials made suggestions, offered to cut off the princes, destroyed the six kingdoms, and became the emperor's strategy. He won the trust of the first emperor and flew in the capital of Qin.
He published the "Book of Remonstrance and Expulsion of Guests", advocated the system of prefectures and counties, unified currency, weights and measures, and created "Xiaozhuan" to unify writing, and his achievements were unparalleled in the world.
But he also helped Qin Shihuang burn books and harass Confucian scholars, and attached himself to Zhao Gao Shaqiu to plot rebellion. In the end, he was framed by a villain and was cut in half in Xianyang.】
【Li Si’s life was both glorious and miserable.】
[In 254 BC, Li Si was 26 years old.
He was originally a commoner from Shangcai in the Chu State. When he came of age, he only worked as a minor official in the local government county.
By chance, Li Si saw a dirty and smelly rat in the toilet of the official residence. It was sniffing around in the pile of excrement. When he found a little food, he felt like a treasure. Just when he was about to bite it, someone or a dog approached, and he had to give it up.
Fleeing in terror.
And the mice in the government granary have plenty of grain, so they don't have to worry about hunger. They have high corridors and high buildings, and they don't have to worry about wind and rain. They grow fat and big. When they see people coming, they not only don't run away, but stare at them, and they are calm and calm.
The toilet rat and the hamster are both rats, but they have different situations. Li Si couldn't help but sigh: "The virtuous and unworthy people are just like rats, it depends on where they are!"
The implication is: Human beings are like mice, and there is no distinction between virtuous and despicable. If you climb to the top of society, you can enjoy prosperity; if you live below others, you will experience poverty and hardship.
Because of the guidance of this kind of thinking, he achieved career success.
But because of this kind of thinking, he gave up his conscience, lost his justice, became obsessed with power and position, sold his soul, and eventually died and was ridiculed by everyone in the world.]
"A true villain who never hides his needs. This kind of courtier may be more popular with emperors."
"Li Si's goal was originally to 'learn martial arts and sell them to the emperor's family'. Isn't that the same for people nowadays? How funny is that?"
"Everyone takes what they need, no problem. It's better than those who are both responsible and independent, right?"
[It can be seen from the theory of toilet rats and hamsters that Li Si is a very smart person with a very high understanding. He discovered that the situation is very critical to the destiny of life, which triggered a strong desire to control his own destiny and change the current situation.
With this idea, Li Si began his life of struggling to climb higher.】
[When he realized this truth, Li Si was just a granary clerk.
I have a stable job at work, a considerate wife, two children, and a big yellow dog at home. I can be considered a happy and warm well-off family.
But Li Si himself is obviously not satisfied with the status quo. How many people can change their fate against the will of heaven, why can't he Li Si!
The age of 26 is the golden age for a person to make achievements, and Li Si, who has a huge desire hidden in his heart, is naturally not willing to live an ordinary life and die quietly like his fathers!】
[Some people are mediocre and mediocre throughout their lives. It’s not that they lack dreams, it’s that they have never persisted in their dreams.
I am very enthusiastic when things happen, I want to give up when I encounter setbacks, and I have never delved deeply into a certain field.
Constantly trying new goals, and then struggling with constant failures and giving up, until you accept your fate and think that's it, so you stop struggling.
In this way, life is like a pendulum. It seems that you have been working hard all your life, but you don't know that your whole life is just swinging back and forth from the original point.】
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"Why do I feel like you are talking about me?"
"Did you feel it too?"
"But the question is, is it necessary to persist in a dream that cannot be pursued?"
"Perhaps this is the gap between us and Li Si?"
[The great thing about Li Si is that he can persevere for a dream for ten years without changing his original intention. This long-term persistence is extremely rare in any era!]
[During the turbulent Warring States Period, learning martial arts, martial arts, and goods was undoubtedly the fastest way to build a successful career.
But now Li Si has no talent, no talent, no reputation, no parents and family to fight for, so he is useless.
If you want to climb higher in such a situation? That is undoubtedly just wishful thinking!
Li Si is a self-aware person, so his first step is to "charge" and "gild" himself!】
[Li Si resolutely resigned from his iron job, said goodbye to his wife and children, and went to seek apprenticeship with a contemporary saint in Lanling, Mr. Xunqing Xun!
Xunzi is a true master. He is proficient in Confucianism, Mohism, Legalism, Yin and Yang and other doctrines. He combines the strengths of various schools, and the admission requirements are not high. Anyone can study under him regardless of their birth status.
Li Si successfully became a disciple of Xunzi and gained Xunzi's attention through hard work.
Here, Li Si felt as if he had stepped into an ocean of knowledge. He was like a seed that had experienced drought for a long time, greedily absorbing nutrients, nourishing and enriching himself.
Time flies by like a fleeting breath, and ten years have passed in the blink of an eye!
In this era when the average person is only about fifty years old, those who are willing to spend another ten years polishing themselves at the age of twenty-six, such a character proves, and such tenacity, how can they not make a breakthrough?】
[When Li Si learned how to govern the world with the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, he left Xunzi.
On the day he left the army, Xunzi asked him: "Why don't you serve your mother country Chu and go to Qin instead?"
Li Si replied: "The State of Chu doesn't even reuse you as a teacher, let alone me as your student! It can be seen that Chu cannot know people well and is not a good place to go.
When a hero spreads his wings, there is no need to stick to the mother country. A gentleman should conform to the general trend and contribute to the unification of the world!"
He would rather be a phoenix tail than a chicken head. This may be the main reason why Li Si went to Qin. Among the six countries, Qin is undoubtedly the strongest and has many talents, so it has the best hope of completing the unification.
In fact, this is what we often say now, the importance of choice. Sometimes it’s not that you are not strong enough, it’s just that the path you choose is not suitable for you.】
[When Li Si first arrived in Qin, he happened to hear that Qin Prime Minister Lu Buwei was vigorously recruiting talents, so he came to seek refuge with him.
After some exchanges with Li Si, Lu Buwei felt that the man in front of him was quite talented and was Xunzi's favorite disciple, so he recruited him as a disciple.
Sheren refers to retainers. During the Warring States and Qin and Han Dynasties, becoming a powerful person was a way for many people to express their ambitions.】
[Li Si stayed in the Prime Minister's Mansion for a while and gained a deep understanding of the Qin government.
He knew very well that the wind was strong when the mountains were high, and the water was cold when the pond was deep. Although Lu Buwei was at the height of his power, he was still a minister. He had such a high status in the Qin State, which made Li Si start to worry.
It should be noted that if you don’t plan for the eternity, you can’t plan for a moment; if you don’t plan for the overall situation, you can’t plan for a region.
Li Si, who had a long-term vision, saw that Lu Buwei might be in danger, so he was unwilling to continue to serve Lu Buwei.
Lu Buwei was able to rise from the position of businessman to prime minister, so he certainly had extraordinary abilities.
He has already seen that Li Si will act in both ways whenever something big happens, and he doesn't want to be used by himself.
But Li Si was indeed a man of great talent. Letting him go would probably make him a political enemy. Killing him directly would be inappropriate, as it would affect his reputation and be detrimental to his recruitment of talented people.
So Lu Buwei came up with a good plan to borrow a knife to kill people - let Li Si go and become a lieutenant under Cai Ze, his enemy in the court!】