Why didn't Jiang Ziya fish with bait? What is his motive?

What bad ideas can he have? He just wants to attract others' attention to achieve his goal.

First, Jiang Taigong Fishing-At the end of Shang Dynasty, Zhou Wang was fatuous and the people lived in dire straits. However, in the Weishui Valley, there is a promised land-a vassal state called Zhou. Under the governance of Xibe Hou Jichang, Zhou was politically clean and harmonious, and many talents came to Jichang, hoping that Jichang could lead everyone to crusade and save the people in from the mire.

However, Ji Chang has not acted. He knows that to achieve great things, he must have a particularly outstanding person to help him, and this person has not yet appeared.

Coincidentally, at this time, there was a strange thing circulating among the people, saying that an old man came to a tributary of the Weihe River to fish with a fishing rod every day, and sat for most of the day, whether it was windy or rainy.

The old man is about eighty years old, with a fair face, kind eyes and sage like type. The fishing rod is thin and long, but the hook hanging on the fishing line is straight. How to catch fish with such a hook? The villagers are puzzled: without bait, the hook is still straight, and even the hook does not go into the water. Can this be called fishing? A brave villager finally couldn't help asking the old man: How can you catch fish like this? "The old man looked at the villagers and said," Of course. Those who want to take the bait! "

Second, Jiang Taigong succeeded. In this way, the story of "willing to take the bait" and the old man became the talk of everyone after dinner.

Hearing this story, Ji Chang noticed something strange here. He chose an auspicious day, led his civil and military officials, ran to the old man who was fishing and had a talk with him. He was pleasantly surprised to find that this is the outstanding talent who can help him win the world and worship him as his surname on the spot.

Why did Jiang Ziya do this? The answer is that although Jiang Ziya is very talented, he is just an ordinary citizen, and because he is too old, no one can help him go to Ji Chang to say a few words. So, Jiang Ziya came up with such an idea, which successfully attracted Ji Chang's attention and made him find himself on his own initiative.