I will not be king in the Spring and Autumn Period

Chapter 137 Uncle Qi's Eloquence
Originally, Li Ran's brilliant exposition had already led to a consensus on the alliance between Jin and Jin.

But he never expected that the sudden appearance of the female uncle Qi, one of the top ten husbands of the state of Jin, made this incident happen again.

Following his words of "the meeting in Guodi must not be refused", there was a murmur in Lingtai Palace.

"Master Sima, what is the meaning of this?!"

"I don't know. Could it be that Lord Sima is really old and confused? How can I, a member of Jin, go to such an alliance?"

Because Uncle Qi was the Sima of the three armies of the Jin State, although his status is not as high as the Six Ministers, but as one of the top ten husbands, his seniority is very long, so his personal prestige is extremely high.Even if the Marquis of Jin saw him in person, he should be polite.Naturally, let alone these doctors.

Although they were all puzzled by his remarks, they could only whisper among themselves and dare not speak out in front of the audience.

And Zichan and Li Ran looked at each other again, and shook their heads, both of them were puzzled by what Uncle Qi said.

"My lady, what do you mean by that? Please tell me clearly."

Marquis Jin was also a little displeased, and his tone became low.

Uncle Qi cupped her hands at the sound, and once again glanced at all the senior officials present.

"My lord, since the early rise of Duke Wu of Chu, there have been eight generations of Chu. The national strength has been increasing day by day, and the number of soldiers and chariots has reached [-]. Its tendency to expand northward and eastward is becoming more and more evident."

"The minister heard that, 'Heaven wants to take it, it must first give it'. Now that the prince is besieging his desire to form an alliance in Guo, it may be that God wants to make him proud of this, or it is to aggravate his evil deeds. The things here are all unknown! And whether the envoy he sent to lobby our Jin country will have a good death in the future? This is also unknown. Therefore, our Jin country and Chu country can only see the will of heaven We must never argue with him when dealing with affairs. Why don’t you directly agree to his request? And wait for the fate of their Chu State by constantly cultivating ourselves?”

"If his prince encircles the benevolent government he longs for, then maybe we will have to obey them in the future? What's more, what about other princely states? If God wants to indulge them and make their country absurd to the point of tyranny, Then Chu will naturally be abandoned by the princes, who can compete with us for hegemony?"

The words of female uncle Qi are not unimpressive.

However, the core idea is one: in order to truly become a hegemon, only the virtue of a country is the most critical. In this regard, it is true for the Jin country, and even more so for the Chu country.

If the state of Chu wants to be overbearing now, let him be overbearing.As long as we can do what we should do well, if he is overbearing to the end, he will suffer a big loss after all.Why should we worry about him here?

Marquis Jin frowned upon hearing the sound, and the gloomy expression on his face gradually became heavier.

"There is some truth in what the female marquis said."

He had to admit it.

"However, if we do this, our country of Jin will lose face after all."

"Besides, the widow thinks that our state of Jin has three conditions that can resist its threat. If the widow rejects him, what will the state of Chu do to my state of Jin? First, the terrain of our state of Jin is dangerous. Second, our state of Jin It is not surprising that there are a large number of domestically produced horses and tens of thousands of soldiers and chariots. Three, now that Qi and Chu are in trouble, the widow has now rejected Chu's invitation to form an alliance, and he dare not be here Make a fool of yourself?"

What the Marquis of Jin said is not bad. After all, the mountains and rivers inside and outside the state of Jin are the greatest confidence of the state of Jin.

The virtues of a country are indeed very important, but so what?

If I don't go, I won't go. Is it possible that Wang Ziwei dared to imagine leading the army to come, and then come out of the Yellow River to drink horses?
Hearing these words from the side, Li Ran's expression gradually darkened, and his brows were furrowed.

"Not good! Marquis Jin's words are untenable. Now I really fell into the trap of Uncle Qi."

He is here to advise you to cultivate virtue to wait for the sun, but you actually want to be tough with him?
The female uncle heard the sound together, but let out another burst of old, hoarse, but extremely deep laughter.And bowed again towards the Marquis of Jin, and then continued:
"My lord, if my country of Jin wants to rely on the dangerous terrain and the large number of horses, but also gloats about the civil strife in neighboring countries, this is not the three benefits of our country, but it is precisely the three most dangerous places in our country. Your Majesty, please think about it carefully, Siyue, Sandu, Yangcheng, Dashi, Jingshan, Zhongnan and other famous mountains are all dangerous places in Kyushu, but these places have never been ruled continuously by one surname Yes. And there are indeed a lot of good horses in the north of our state of Jin, but there was no decent country in that area before our rule by the state of Jin. Therefore, it can be seen that the dangerous terrain and the geographical advantages of many horses are two This condition cannot serve as the foundation of a country, as it has been since ancient times!"

"Therefore, the monarchs of all countries must cultivate benevolence and virtue to worship the gods and appease the people. Hou has never heard that the foundation of a country depends on difficult terrain and a large number of horses!"

"In addition, your Majesty's so-called 'neighboring country's tribulation' is also unreliable. Some countries suffer a lot, but they can strengthen the country, and in the future, they can expand the territory and increase the number of people. And some countries are always In a situation where there is no adversity, but most of them lost their country in the end. Things like this can be found everywhere since King Wu divided the world. Therefore, why should you be happy because of the adversity of your neighbors?"

"I think at the beginning, Gongsun Wuzhi of Qi State wanted to seize power, and Qi State had civil strife because of this, but it was also because of this, that there was the rise of Duke Huan of Qi later, so that Qi State is still relying on Duke Huan. Hegemony. Let’s look at our state of Jin again. In the past, Rick and Pizheng were in chaos, but in the end, our state of Jin finally got the hegemony of the former king Wengong, so that our state of Jin is still the leader of the world today. .So the suffering of others is not worthy of our joy.”

"If your majesty only wants to rely on these three, but doesn't want to cultivate political, religious and benevolent virtues, how can we restore the hegemony of our Jin country?"

"So, I ask you to agree to Prince Chu's request to encircle the alliance. If you still can't figure it out, you might as well think about why King Zhou of Shang was so desolate and chaotic, but King Wen of Zhou wanted to be kind and friendly with him instead? Therefore, the perish, the reason why Ji Zhou prospered, if you think about these things, you should understand that the ruler of the world, how can there be any need to fight for the princes?"

Uncle Qi refuted Jinhou's three points one by one, and it could be said that every word made sense.Even Li Ran couldn't help but admire when he heard the sound.

Although Confucius has not yet "successfully practiced", he is still on the road of studying Deren.However, the words of Nv Shuqi can be regarded as a model of Confucianism in governing the country.Observe chaos with benevolent government, do not fight or grab, raise the people with benevolent government, do not get angry or happy, this is the way of a great country, and the foundation of a thousand-year hegemony.

Jinhou's face was extremely bad, but he didn't have any rebuttal words.

All the dignitaries in Lingtai Palace were also silent one after another, their faces were so heavy that they could only sigh and nod afterward.

"Yes, Master Sima's words are right. Since the Song League is the first, and I have advanced to a great country, how can I not cultivate Mingde?"

"Cultivating Mingde is the foundation of a country."

"Your Majesty, please think twice!"

For a while, the ministers who were originally opposed to participating in the alliance all bowed down to the Marquis of Jin, begging him to agree to participate in the alliance. In an instant, the situation changed abruptly.

Zichan looked at Li Ran again, and both of them shook their heads slightly.

It's not that Li Ran has nothing to refute female uncle Qi, but from the perspective of moral supremacy, he can no longer refute with words.

If you want a country with a deep foundation, the cultivation of morality is obviously the first priority. If he refute at this time, he will be suspected of harming the Jin country. If he doesn't do it well, he will eventually be hated by the Jin country.

"After one thing, I gained a wisdom, and I learned it again."

Li Ran couldn't help admiring this female uncle Qi Xin, after all, in the current state of Jin, he is probably the only one who can say such words.

The Marquis of Jin was silent for a long time, faced with the reversal of the situation above the court, thought over and over again, and finally agreed.

The Marquis of Jin also knows the importance of depth, he is not the king of Chu, so naturally he will not be too self-willed.

Therefore, whether it is due to the situation or from the perspective of the long-term development of Jin, the words of the female uncle Qi are extremely reasonable and cannot be refuted.

　Original text: Marquis of Jin wants not to allow it.Sima Hou said: "Impossible. The king of Chu is extravagant. Heaven may want to fulfill his will and use his poison to punish him. It is unknown. It is also unknown whether his mission will end. Jin and Chu are only the phases of heaven. You can’t compete with it. The king promises it, and cultivates virtue to wait for it to return. If it belongs to virtue, I will still do it, how about the princes? If it is appropriate, Chu will abandon it, and who will I fight with?” Said: "There are three dangers in Jin, so what is the enemy? The country is dangerous and there are many horses, and Qi and Chu are difficult. If there are three, where is it not good?" Three dangers. Siyue, Sandu, Yangcheng, Dashi, Jingshan, Zhongnan, and the dangers of Kyushu have different surnames. The northern land of Hebei is born of horses, and there is no way to prosper the country. Relying on danger and horses, It can't be fixed, it's been like this since ancient times. It is because the former kings cultivated virtue and music to prosper the gods and people, and they didn't hear about their dangers and horses. The difficulties of neighboring countries should not be feared. It may be difficult to consolidate their countries and open up their territories. ;Or it is not difficult to lose its country and lose its shouyu. What is the difficulty? Qi has the difficulty of Zhongsun and won Duke Huan, and he still relies on him. The enemy is also lost. The difficulties of the enemy cannot be feared. Relying on these three, if you don’t cultivate political virtues, and die in a hurry, how can you help? The king promised it! Fade, Zhou Yixing, how can you compete with the princes?" Nai Xu Chu envoy. ——"The Four Years of Zhao Gong"

　　PS: This passage is discussed in history, and it was originally a famous scene of the "Shen Zhihui" in the fourth year of Zhao Gong.However, due to the needs of the plot of the novel, it is advanced here.And because in the fourth year of Zhaogong, Wang Ziwei had killed the king and usurped the throne, so he was called "King of Chu".

　　
　
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