100 Historical Stories That Unlock Teenage Wisdom

Chapter 67

Chapter 74 Mr. Mengchang: The Cunning Rabbit Digs Three Caves
——Leave a way out for yourself. It is extremely important to leave room for everything. People who are desperate are not worth following.Others who don't think about anything can often only face failure and feel sad alone.So in everything, leave a way out for yourself.

Lord Mengchang was an aristocrat in the Qi State during the Warring States Period, one of the four famous princes of the Warring States Period, and Lord Mengchang was his title.There are thousands of diners in his home.Feng Xuan was a poor man who had nothing but a sword that he carried with him.He asked someone to entrust Mr. Mengchang, and wanted to send food under his door.Meng Changjun asked him: "What hobbies does this person have?" The servant replied that he had no hobbies.I asked him what ability he had, and he replied that he had no ability.Meng Changjun smiled, but still agreed.

Because Feng Chen didn't have any skills, he was looked down upon by the left and right, and he was listed as the lowest class of disciples, and he was given a poor diet.Feng Chen was not convinced, and complained repeatedly playing the piano and singing.Lord Mengchang promoted him from a low-level customer to a middle-level customer, and from a medium customer to a high-level customer.Feng Chen was highly valued and was very moved, ready to serve Lord Meng Chang.

Once, Feng Xuan volunteered to collect debts for Meng Changjun in the fief Xuecheng.Before leaving, he asked Mr. Mengchang: "What can I buy after collecting the debt?" Mr. Mengchang said casually, "You can buy whatever is lacking in my house!" In the name of Mr. Mengchang, all the bonds he brought were burned.The common people shouted long live.Feng Xuan came back empty-handed, and asked to see Lord Mengchang early in the morning.Meng Changjun was surprised to see him come back so soon.When he asked, he burned the bond and was very angry.He replied: "You said to 'buy what is missing in my house', I think your house is not missing anything else, the only thing missing is 'yi', so I bought 'yi' for you." Out of face, it's hard to say anything.A year later, King Min of Qi listened to the slander and dismissed Lord Mengchang from his position as Prime Minister, so Lord Mengchang had to return to Xuecheng, his fiefdom.Unexpectedly, the people of Xuecheng, supporting the old and the young, came halfway to welcome him.It was only then that Mr. Mengchang realized it, and said to Feng Xuan, "I really saw the 'righteousness' that Mr. bought for me today."

Feng Xuan said at this time: "The cunning rabbit has three caves, and you only have this one cave. You can't sit back and relax. I have to prepare two more caves for you." All the heroes in the world are eager for talents to belong to them.Feng Chen took fifty cars and five hundred gold to Daliang, the capital of Wei (now Kaifeng, Henan) to lobby Wei Huiwang, saying that the Qi State exiled the minister Meng Changjun to the vassal states, and whoever gets him first will make the country rich and powerful. Dominate the world.King Wei Hui immediately transferred the original prime minister to serve as a general, and sent envoys with thousands of gold and hundreds of cars to hire Meng Changjun as prime minister.Feng Xuan came back before Huiwang's envoy and told Meng Changjun that Wei Huiwang's gift was valuable enough.The envoys are noble enough, King Qi Min must know.The envoy of King Wei Hui ran back and forth three times, but Lord Mengchang resolutely refused according to Feng Chen's plan.Sure enough, King Min of Qi heard that he was afraid that it would be bad for him if Lord Mengchang was used by others, so he hurriedly appointed Lord Mengchang with a lot of money.

Feng Chen also suggested to him that King Qi Min should build an ancestral temple in Xuecheng with the sacrificial vessels handed down by the previous kings, which would further consolidate the political status of Lord Mengchang.After the ancestral temple was completed, Feng Xuan told Mr. Mengchang that the three caves had been built, and you could sit back and relax.Not long ago, Mr. Mengchang, who had been down and out, was in a more stable political position because of Feng Xuan's plan.

Wisdom Interpretation:

The world is impermanent, and everything is to leave a way out for yourself, just to deal with those unexpected situations.If there is space in the cup, it will not overflow due to the addition of other liquids; if there is space for the balloon, it will not explode; Drifting, so that you can turn around and face it calmly, cold rain and wind.Like three hideouts for the crafty rabbit.

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