Qin Gui Wang Shi's Cow Dung Gold tells the story that the Duke of Shu was destroyed by Qin because he coveted the golden bull of Qin. This story inspires people not to covet small interests and lose big interests.

Revelation: Don't covet small interests and lose big interests.

Time: Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period

original text

In the past, the marquis of Shu was insatiable. When King Hui of Qin heard about it, he wanted to cut it. The mountain stream is steep and the road is impassable. That is, the stone is cut into the shape of a cow, and gold and silk are often placed behind the cow, which is called the gold of cow dung. Bequeathed to the marquis of Shu. The marquis of Shu was insatiable, but he cut mountains and filled valleys, which made five Ding Lishi meet, and later he was a Qin man, who died in his country and was laughed at by the world. Greedy for small profits and lose their big profits.

The specific story is:

Qin sent a golden bull.

During the Warring States period, Qin became one of the seven heroes of the Warring States through Shang Yang's reform. In order to compete with the six countries, King Hui of Qin kept nibbling at other small countries. After retaking Hexi, we stepped up our attack on Shu (now central and western Sichuan).

"The road is difficult to pass, and it is difficult to go to the sky." In terms of strength, Shu is far inferior to Qin, but in terms of terrain, it is really "one person defends it, and ten thousand people can't force it." Even if the enemy attacks, it's a last resort. We're trying to catch turtles in a jar. Therefore, Qin has repeatedly attacked and lost, and the defeat is like a mountain. It is still sad for Qinling.

Qin Huiwang felt uneasy about this. He personally inspected the terrain for many times and inquired about the reality of Shu in many ways. Finally, he was enlightened.

The next day, Qin Jun stopped attacking the Shu army. Afraid of a sneak attack, the Shu army did not dare to neglect, but still strictly adhered to the danger pass. Half a month later, the whole Shu army was talking about a strange thing: it was said that there was a golden bull in a dangerous section not far from the Shu army pass, and it was all gold. The news soon reached the king of Shu, who was suspicious and sent his confidant to check it out.

The confidant went to see it, and sure enough, there was a big stone cow standing by the road, with broken gold under his ass. The confidant took the gold and flew back to the palace to present it to the king.

The monarch of Shu is worried about the emptiness of the treasury. He can't help but be elated at the good news. In order to prevent other countries from preempting, he immediately sent troops to protect him. At the same time, he used a lot of manpower and material resources to clear the way in the mountains and bridge the water, making the natural moat a thoroughfare and a major traffic artery leading to the capital. Jinniu was finally successfully transported to Shu Palace.

King Shu can't wait to see Taurus and gold. But after waiting for a long time, no gold fell from the cow's ass. He was puzzled and walked around Taurus several times. He asked his confidant angrily, "Why can't this Taurus win gold?"

My heart trembled and said, "I really don't know your majesty."

The monarch was furious: "You lied about the military situation and teased me. Someone came to drag him down and behead him!" " "

When the voice fell, a tiger army entered the newspaper: "Qin Jun has been in Enemy at the Gates." The monarch was surprised and the palace was in chaos.

It turned out that after examining the terrain, King Hui of Qin felt that the storm was no good and had to use wisdom. When he found that the serenade in Shu was weak and the monarch was eager to get rich, he sent someone to secretly chisel this huge Shi Niu, quietly transported it to the most dangerous place leading to Shu, and secretly scattered a few piles of broken gold behind Shi Niu's ass. Then let his men spread lies everywhere and cheat the king of Shu. In this way, Shu opened the way to transport "cattle" and quietly followed. Jinniu was transported to Shudu, and naturally it arrived.