Spring and Autumn I Am King

PS: The second chapter is dedicated

"Weak countries have no diplomacy", that was what Wu Xie had mentioned to Zigong before. Zhang Mengtan thought it summed up incisively, so he firmly remembered it.

Whether in the Spring and Autumn Period or in later generations, the diplomacy between countries is nothing more than putting the armour on the battlefield into a contest, and whoever has the bigger fist has the right to speak.

If the Lu country is too weak this time, this diplomatic battle will spit out the land and interests that have been eaten before.

But the great uncle Confucius who presided over the peace talks, is he a weak person?

When the thief was besieging the city, he dared to put on armor and hold a bow and arrow, and stand at the head of the city to debate with the thief.

He dared to bike into Philadelphia, occupied by the rebels, and persuaded Gong Shan to give up his resistance.

He dared to disobey the Ji clan and let the unpopular emperor Lu Zhao's tomb return to its place...

In history, he dared to use his old body to ask for a crusade against the monarch-killing Chen clan, frightening the cowardly monarchs and ministers of Lu State.

According to what Zhao Wuchen had seen and heard, the Confucians of this era were not cowardly, but rather were the backbone of Zou Lu. During the Warring States period, Meng Ke was too mighty and could not be subdued, and Lu Zhong was not the emperor of Qin. Later, Liu Bang swept the world and all counties surrendered. Only the Confucian scholars in Ludi stubbornly regarded Xiang Yu as the orthodox and fought against the Han Dynasty.

What's more, if Zhao Wuxi remembered correctly, Confucius' famous work on the original historical line was Jiaguhuimeng.

Zhang Meng talked about that Zhao Wuxi had clearly seen the benefits and countermeasures of the whole thing, so he covered his sleeves and smiled: "Just now, the messenger sent by Uncle Da Zong has arrived. Guess who is Si Kou?"

"Is it Yan Hui? Or is it Zilu?"

"It's Yan Hui, Yan Ziyuan!"

In Zhao Wuxi's mind, the man with straight eyebrows and wide eyes, with a simple and amiable expression, although his body was worn and dusty, it made people feel that from his body to his heart, a very clean young figure suddenly appeared.

"I'm going out to see him."

Zhao Wuxi tidied up his clothes, got up and let someone change his clothes, and said to Zhang Mengtan: "Yan Hui has no duty. He has no title, he is just a poor man who works under the name of Zong Bo's office. His coming is a kind of contempt and humiliation to me. But I understand that Confucius asked the eldest disciple who entered the room to come in person, and this treatment is really not low."

Zhang Mengtan said: "Of course, I haven't seen him before, but I have long been famous. When I see his face today, I know that there are such people in the world. Compared with the two, I seem to be vulgar."

There are not many people in this world who can be called state scholars, but among the disciples of Confucius, Zi Lu is one person, Zi Gong is one person, and Yan Hui is one person. If Ran Qiu, Fan Xu and others are not talented enough, they can only be counted as half, and it depends on how they develop in the future.

The ten philosophers of Confucius. There was no idle generation.

Zhang Mengtan shook his head helplessly and said, "But this person is sincere and unintelligible, and he made it clear in a few words."

Wu Xie stopped: "Did you invite me to Jiagu?"

"Exactly! I wonder if Si Kou will go?"

"Of course I'm going!"

Zhao Wuxi's sluggish spirit due to a minor illness was swept away immediately, he turned aside the cicada robe he was wearing, and turned around, wearing a graceful deep-clothed court dress, with a mysterious top, and Le's "Jade of Non-greed". Suspended on a cowhide belt.

"The Marquis of Qi wants to provoke Sanhuan to fight with me, and Sanhuan wants to use the Marquis of Qi to weaken me. Why don't the Marquis of Lu and Confucius want to see our snipe and mussels compete to strengthen the monarchy... But weak countries have no diplomacy, so this peace talks If they don't want the interests of the Lu Kingdom to suffer too much, they need a strong help..."

His aura suddenly became contemptuous.

If you want to ask Lu who has the hardest fist, who can make the people of Qi fear...

"Let me go!"

...

At the Qilu border at the end of May, the millet pinellia sprouts in the fields. The hibiscus bloomed with reddish flowers, chirped incessantly, and the deer running in the mountains began to shed their antlers.

Standing in the car, Zhao Wuxi took the antlers that Yu Xi had picked up in the forest to show off his riding skills, and said to the elder in the car: "There are two white deer, one big and one small, in my family. The big deer is the male. It's time for the fall season."

The elder had a broad forehead, dark clothes and wide sleeves, and a smile appeared in his tendrils: "The first time I heard the name of Zitai, it was precisely when Zigong was hunting for deer in winter, when Zigong was still a trader among the Jinwei, but if there is anything strange Everything will be written in short writing and sent to Qufu. If there is paper at that time, these stories about Zitai will surely be more exciting.”

The old man who was in the same car with Zhao Wuxi was Confucius.

When the princes meet, the two princes meet each other, and they have to have an assistant who is skilled in etiquette, called "xiangli", and the prince of Lu decided to let the great uncle Confucius take this post. After answering Yan Hui's invitation, Zhao Wuxi also traveled east with him and arrived at the border of Qilu at the end of May to welcome Luhou and his party.

Seeing that Zhao Wuxi was summoned, he also treated Lu Hou with courtesy, which surprised Lu Hou, and Confucius was very relieved. Only Sanhuan asserted that Zhao Wuxi would definitely refuse to reconcile with Qi, and the prophecy of refusing to come came to nothing, and his face was a little ugly.

But there is only one thing, Zhao Wuxi seems to have too many soldiers, there are half a division!

When Grand Sima Uncle Sun Zhouqiu was a little trembling and asked what Zhao Wuxi wanted to do with so many people, Zhao Wuxi replied with a clear conscience: "I heard that if there is a clerical matter, you must have military equipment, and if there is a military matter, you must be armed. There are written preparations. In ancient times, when princes crossed their borders, they must be equipped with civil and military officials as entourage. Although the people of Qi ask for peace, but I don’t know how sincere they are, please provide left and right Sima to prevent accidents, and the ministers are willing to recommend them. Qi people dare not humiliate Lu State lightly."

The Marquis of Lu looked at Confucius, and saw that he nodded slightly, so he agreed to the matter, and equipped the left and right Sima for the temporary peace talks. The left Sima was Ran Qiu recommended by Zhao Wuxi, and the right Sima was Zilu recommended by Confucius.

The left and right Sima were all disciples of Confucius, which made him feel a lot more relieved, and his doubts about Zhao Wuxi were also reduced a bit. After all, the two were good friends, and Zhao Xiaosikou also solved the employment problem of many of his disciples. Many changes in the past year have made the relationship a bit stiff. There have also been serious incidents in which Zai Yu advocated the rule of the Zhao family and belittled the Fu Zhou ritual, and Zhao Wuxi and Confucius even argued at the meeting at Linqiu.

I hope this peace talks can resolve Qilu's grievances, and maybe make the two reconciled as before.

So Confucius invited Zhao Wuxi to join him in the car dealership and in front of Luhou's bicycle frame to go to Jiagu, the agreed venue. Only then did Wu Xie see the details of how Confucius incorporated ritual into his daily life: when he got into the car, he must first Stand upright, then pull on the handrail to get into the car. In the car, don't look back, don't speak loudly, even if you see what you see on the road, you don't need to point your fingers.

Therefore, when talking with Zhao Wuxi, Confucius did not go beyond the line, but just looked straight ahead, looked at the deer running in the forest, and sang with his palms:

"Yo yo Lu Ming, the qin of the wild. I have guests, playing the drum and the qin.

Drums, drums and qin, and music and Zhan.

I have the purpose of wine, with the heart of Yanle guests. "

No shirt and eyes closed to enjoy, this song is melodious and high-pitched, without losing the beauty .

However, in the Spring and Autumn Period, people compose poems never for the purpose of composing new words and expressing their sorrows, but for expressing their will and things, and being able to hear the meaning contained in them. This is the most basic ability of being a nobleman, so there is a saying called "If you don't learn poetry, you have nothing to say."

Zhao Wuxi heard that Confucius was borrowing a metaphor from poetry, and sincerely hoped that the Qilu peace talks could be successfully completed.

Since the two were in the same car, Confucius was on the left, Zhao Wuxi was on the right as a junior, playing with the antlers in his hand and smiling slightly: "The deer is a good deer, Qin is a tender Qin, and all those who play and drum are An excellent musician from the Lu Palace, the wine is also fragrant and mellow, but Master, the only one who knocked on the door is probably not a good guest!"

...

The singing stopped, and Confucius was silent.

Half a month ago, he sent a musician to overhaul the huqing drum, adjust the qin, the flute, and the flute, hold the dry Qi Geyu, reconcile the rod Sheng Ni spring, and tune the Zhong Xin Zhu knocking. He also ordered relevant officials to sacrifice to the source of famous mountains, rivers and various rivers in the territory of Lu, and to sacrifice to those former kings and ministers who made great contributions to the people.

Confucius worked hard for this peace talks, and Lu really needed peace.

But once there is peace, it will inevitably damage Zhao Wuxi and the interests of the Zhao clan behind him.

This is an inextricable knot.

Since their respective positions are already very different, some things may be difficult to restore to the way they were before...

After a while, he stroked his tendrils, looked at Zhao Wuxi and said with a smile: "Even if Qi people are evil guests, but the use of etiquette, harmony is the most precious, I hope Xiao Sikou can understand a thing or two."

Confucius only hoped that Zhao Wuxi would give in a little bit, forge a sword into a plow, and melt a sword into a cauldron. He was so young, so young, so enviable, like a millet stalk that sprouts in Pinellia, and a young deer that sheds its horns in May. Stop the war and start with managing the territory in your hand. Why not? It is also impossible to become the minister of Lu in a few decades.

Zhao Wuxi also did not argue with Confucius in the car, because Confucius had a temper like an ox and was usually docile, but if his mind was determined, he would not hit the southern wall and would not give up.

He also kept thinking about the words Zhang Mengtan said when he left.

"Si Kou think about it, Qilu has been at war for 200 years, during which they have had countless peace talks, and when has there been no problem?"

Duke Huan of Lu personally went to the Qi Guomenghui~www.wuxiahere.com~ because the affair between his wife Wen Jiang and his uncle, Duke Xiang of Qi, happened to the public, and he was murdered by Duke Xiang of Qi, who was passionate about adultery.

Duke Xiang of Qi died. Originally, the state of Lu had the opportunity to send the son Jiu back to the country to succeed the throne and restore the relationship between the two countries. Who would have thought that the son Xiaobai would take the lead and pretend to be Duke Huan of Qi.

Duke Huan of Qi hated the state of Lu for helping his brother return to the country, and he attacked and attacked many times and seized a lot of land in the state of Lu. When the State of Lu sought peace, Duke Huan of Qi agreed to meet with Duke Zhuang of Lu in Kedi and signed a covenant, but was robbed of the alliance by Cao Mo, a warrior of the State of Lu, who took a dagger in his hand and reclaimed all the lost land, which made a bad start for the prevalence of assassins in the world... …

Zhao Wuxi thought about it, this is really true, there are too many moths during the Qilu Peace Conference.

Now that the sincerity of Qi State is not enough, Qi Chen is determined to find the place where he has been defeated continuously for his lord, but he does not have a wise enough minister to preside over the overall situation. On the Lu country side, San Huan had his own thoughts, while Confucius wanted Luhou to regain his diplomatic power. Coupled with the intervention of Zhao Wuxi, the dynamite barrel between Qi and Lu, the entire Jiagu meeting would be too unexpected. Too much.

The two of them were thinking about each other. After a long silence, Zhao Wuxi suddenly pointed to the opposite valley and said, "Jiagu is here!" (To be continued.)