Master Kong Zhongni

Chapter 137
In the field outside Tuqiu City, a carriage was driving.

Sitting in the car is Qin Shang, a student of Confucianism.

Qin Shang is holding a book of "36 Strategies", which he has been studying carefully since he bought it.

Confucian students have now become officials one after another, and Qin Shang also followed in the footsteps of his father, Qin Jin, and became a retainer of the Meng family.

His father Qin Jin's father can be said to be a big figure who is well known to everyone in the Lu country.

During the time of Duke Xiang, the State of Lu participated in the [-]-nation coalition led by the State of Jin, and participated in the battle to destroy the State of Yang.

But what people didn't expect was that the coalition forces with a large number of people had nothing to do with the strong walls of the city.

Seeing that the battle was unfavorable, Qin Jin's father climbed the city wall of Yanyang three times with his bare hands. Although he was blocked by the defenders three times and failed, Qin Jin's father fell from the city wall three times and was unscathed.

Later, the Biyang people took the initiative to go out of the city to snatch the food and grass of the coalition army, and it was Qin Jin's father who stepped forward. He and Di Jumi joined hands to kill the enemy army, and led his soldiers into the city of Biyang.

But unexpectedly, they were ambushed by the Yangren, and the two fell into a hard fight. Seeing that the situation was not good, Di Yumi cut off the chariot wheel and waved it as a shield.

The Yanyang people wanted to annihilate this small army that had gone deep alone, so they ordered the gates in the city to be lowered, completely cutting off their retreat.

At this time, the master's father, Shu Lianghe, had quick eyes and quick hands, and even supported the city gate with both hands, allowing the Lu army to withdraw smoothly.

After this battle, Qin Jin's father, Di Yumi, and Confucius' father Shu Lianghe were called the Three Tigers of Lu.

With such a tiger father like Qin Jin's father in front, how could Qin Shang be willing to be a dog?
Therefore, since entering the Meng family, Qin Shang has been studying the art of war day and night.

After learning the art of war handed down from the family, I naturally had to find some other books to fill in. Unexpectedly, when I looked at the market, the best art of war sold in Qufu was "36 Strategies" created by my junior Zaiyu.

I don't know if I don't see it, I'm startled when I see it.

Qin Shang didn't expect that his junior brother would have such profound attainments in the art of war.

But what makes Qin Shang ashamed is that he can only understand a small part of "36 Strategies".

Because "36 Strategies" is divided into three parts: "Ji Ming", "Jie Yu" and "Yu Yu".

Among them, "Jie Yu" is an explanation of strategies, while "Notes" is a textual research on strategies.

"Jie Yu" is available for every plan, but "Notes" is not written for every plan.

With the story of "Inscriptions", this strategy is naturally easy to understand, but without "Inscriptions", Qin Shang feels a little bit blind.

So, taking advantage of the fact that he was not busy recently, he simply took "36 Strategies" and made a special trip to Tuqiu to ask Jai Yu to answer his questions.

Qin Shang's carriage drove into Tuqiu City, and as soon as he came to the front of the mansion, he saw several gorgeously decorated carriages parked here.

Which high-ranking official's car is this?
Qin Shang walked into the government office with doubts, and before he approached the inner hall, he heard voices coming from inside.

"Zaizi, now that the Song Dynasty mission is imprisoned, can you have a good plan to save me from the fire and water?"

Zaiyu was in the main position, looking at the anxious Zhao family envoy below and the bewildered Zhao Wuxie next to him, he couldn't help but feel a little tricky.

According to his memory, most of the envoys from the state of song would not be able to return home alive when they went to the state of jin.

Fan Yang was extremely annoyed by Le's overtures to Zhao. Although he had no way to target Zhao in the open, as the ruling secretary of the Jin state, he had no problem handling the Song state.

Zhao Yang was able to send people to me to ask for advice, it seems that he must have tried his best, and in addition, the shock I brought to him was too great, so he made such an inconsistency reasonable behavior.

It's also his fault that he has been too much in the limelight recently, trying to overwhelm Fan Yang in every way, which angered the not-so-sighted minister in charge, resulting in such an unsettling ending.

After thinking about it, Zai Yu didn't directly answer the envoy's question, but asked Zhao Wuxie who was beside him.

"Wu Shi. Have you memorized the 32 words I asked you to write down?"

Zhao Wuji heard the words, and stood out respectfully: "How dare you forget the teachings of Master."

Jae Yu smiled and asked: "Then tell me, what are the 32 characters?"

Zhao Wuji heard the words and recited them word by word.

"A country that can be soft or strong will be brighter. A country that can be weak or strong will be brighter. If it is pure and soft and weak, its country will be destroyed. If it is pure and strong, its country will surely perish."

When the Zhao family's envoy at the side heard this, he couldn't help but tremble.

He turned his head to look at the little bastard next to him, who had never been seen by Zhao's retainers, his eyes were full of surprise.

Zaiyu got up and said: "If you are pure and strong, your country will surely perish. This is the truth I taught Wuji, but the truth of the world is the same!
I have heard that the more powerful the ruler, the more fearful he is, and the stronger his prestige, the more fearful he is.

The expansion of power is mostly due to seizing the interests of the enemy.

The stronger the prestige, it is mostly the result of defeating the enemy.

Victory over the enemy invites resentment.

If you expand your power, you will attract hatred.

There are fewer people who are willing to help you, but more people hate you. Although the power is powerful, how can you feel fear from time to time?
Therefore a wise ruler thinks of danger when he is safe, embarrassment when he is prominent, and loss when he is gaining. "

Zhao's envoy heard this and regretted saying: "Zaizi, since the matter has already happened, even saying these words to the lord will not help the matter!"

Jae Yu just shook his head when he heard this: "I didn't say this to your master."

"That is?"

Zai Yu said, "This is for the Marquis of Jin."

"To the king?"

Zaiyu saw that he still didn't understand, so he could only mention something from the sidelines: "At the beginning when the barbarians invaded Zhuxia, Duke Huan of Qi respected the king and fought against the barbarians.

He helped the State of Lu repel Huaiyi, rebuild the two states of Xingwei that were destroyed by Chidi, and assisted the State of Yan in resisting the invasion of Shan Rong, quelled the civil strife in the State of Song, and ordered the State of Chu, which did not obey the etiquette and righteousness, to pay tribute to the emperor.

Duke Huan ruled for dozens of years, his virtue influenced all directions, his benevolence and righteousness prevailed all over the world, so the kingly way was re-enforced, and all Xias obeyed his leadership.

During the time of King Zhou, Marquis Jiu had a beautiful daughter, and he dedicated her to King Zhou.

However, he was killed because he didn't agree with King Zhou's wishes, and Jiuhou was chopped into meat sauce for this reason.

Later, King Zhou appointed Fei Zhong to manage the country's political affairs, but Fei Zhong was good at flattery and greedy for profit.

Seeing the end of Jiuhou's devotion to loyalty, all countries in the world could not bear Fei Zhong's greed, so they gradually stopped coming to worship, but went to worship King Wen, who practiced benevolence and righteousness. This was the beginning of the downfall of the Shang Dynasty!

Today, among the countries in the world, only Lu and Song are left to serve Jin with all their heart.

Previously, the State of Lu requested the State of Jin to send troops to attack the State of Qi, but was ruthlessly rejected.

Now the missions sent by the Song Dynasty were imprisoned because they did not meet the wishes of the monarch of your country.

And I saw that the Marquis of Qi in the east was gearing up to buy Wei, Zheng and other countries. These small countries belonged to Qi, just like flowing water flowing into a big river.

I really don't understand, what is the king of your country planning to do by doing this? "

　When you like recommendation tickets, you will care about them, so all requests for tickets have meaning.

　　——Excerpt from "Zaiyu's Diary"

　　


(End of this chapter)