Qianfengli thought for a while and said, "Okay! Since the two brothers want to go to the Zhi family, then I will also borrow the light of the brother to go together! ”

As soon as the three of them agreed, they decided to leave the next day and leave a letter to Mr. Mo Zhai.

This Yique is not very far from the Jin Kingdom Jiangdu, all the way slowly, on the afternoon of the fifth day, the three of them have come to Jiangdu in a bright carriage, looking at the tall city gate, this momentum is not lost in the royal city.

"Great! It is worthy of being a country of a century-old hegemon, even if it is not as majestic as it used to be, this momentum is still there! Qing Yuzhi sighed, "If the eldest husband can't make a name for himself here, it will be in vain!" ”

Enter the city, ask passers-by about the location of Zhifu, and you will know as soon as you ask. Whip up and go northwest of the city. It didn't take long for him to come to the door of Zhifu, pull the knocker, and after a long time, a boy came out, looked at Qing Yuzhi, and asked him who he was looking for.

Qing Yuzhi arched his hand and smiled: "I don't know if Doctor Zhilei is here, Yique Qingyu Zhi came to visit, and I hope to make an announcement." ”

The doorman replied: "Doctor Zhilei hasn't come back yet, but you can wait outside the door." Then he closed the door. Several people looked at each other, and secretly said that they were worthy of the Shangqing Mansion of the Jin Kingdom, and even this doorman was so majestic. Thinking about it, he drove the carriage to the side and gave way to the gate, and the three of them waited on the carriage, looking at the door from time to time.

It was almost dusk when two men walked through the street, and the two men talked in a low voice all the way, and just as they were about to enter the gate, out of the corner of their eyes, they saw a carriage beside them, and turned their heads to look. It just so happened that Qing Yuzhi also looked at the two of them, and at this look, Qing Yuzhi hurriedly got out of the car and said with a smile: "Doctor Zhilei is back, and the younger brother Qing Yuzhi came to visit Doctor Zhi." Qianfengli and Song Feng followed closely behind Qing Yuzhi and got out of the car, and looked at Na Zhilei carefully, but saw that he was eight feet tall, dignified, with a three-inch beard, and his eyes flashed with wisdom. The two have long known from Qing Yuzhi that the blood relationship of the Zhi family is roughly as follows: Zhixiao's father is Zhishen, and his lineage is as follows, Xunshou's son Zhigang, Xunshou and Xun Lin's father are the same grandfather, Zhishuo's son Zhishuo, Zhishuo's son is Zhiying, Zhiying's son is Zhisong, Zhizhen's son is Zhishen, Zhiguo, Zhixuwu, and Zhishen's son is Zhiyao and Zhixiao. And then the son of Zhiyao is Zhikai, and the eldest son of Zhixiao is Zhiguo. This Zhilei is the fourth son of Zhixiao and the nephew of Zhiyao.

"Haha, it turned out to be a doctor, I don't know what gust of wind brought my brother here. How do you sit outside this door, and come in with me. Na Zhilei was very polite, let in all the way, and invited Qing Yuzhi and others in.

It was dinner time, and Zhilei arranged for his subordinates to prepare wine and food for the three of them.

Some words happened to be discussed at the banquet, after five dishes and three rounds of wine, Zhilei asked: "I remember that Brother Xian has been an official in Yique, why do you have the leisure to come to my capital today." Isn't it some kind of errand? ”

"What kind of errand, since borrowing the shadow of my ancestors, I have sought the position of county doctor in Nayique, and I have been peaceful, I wanted to show my ambition to start a career, but I was depressed. At this time, when he met his teacher, he learned the art of governing the country while being an official. After four years of study, after a little success, I rekindled my heart for my career, and after some thought, I decided to come to my brother to see if I could help my three brothers find a way out. Qing Yu Zhigong arched his hand and said to Zhilei.

"Oh, Brother Xian, I know that you have a family background, who is worthy of the word 'teacher', so that Brother Xian is so grateful?" Zhilei said.

"Dissatisfied with my brother, my teacher's name is Mo Zhai, and the school is the Mo Academy." Qing Yu told the truth.

"Mo Zhai? Who are you, forgive me for being lonely and unheard. But who is the descendant of everyone? Zhilei asked.

"As for the root of the teacher, we don't know very well, but we have real talent and real learning." Qing Yu knows.

"Can you show what you've learned and let the foolish brother see it?" Hearing Qing Yuzhi's repeated praise of his teacher, Zhi Lei couldn't help but want to test it, if possible, recruiting under his command can add a boost to the Zhi family.

The three brothers of Qingyu Zhishi looked at each other and nodded: "Please ask my brother to ask the question!" ”

"Good!" Zhi Lei thought for a while and said, "Today's Jin Kingdom, there is Qiang Qin in the west, Chu Ba in the south, Qi in the east, and Badi in the north. ”

This question is not a big question, according to Zhilei's meaning, it is to respect the Jin Kingdom all over the world, but there is also a meaning that is to represent Zhou Zhiding.

Qing Yuzhi, Qian Fengli, and Song Feng secretly felt a little excited in their hearts, although this question was a bit too big, but no matter which one could come true, those three people were a generation of heroes, and they were famous in the annals of history.

Qing Yu cleared his throat and arched his hand: "Little brother has a little insight, say it and share it with everyone." Let's talk about the north first, Beidi, since ancient times, good at riding and shooting, living in no fixed place, although it is stubborn, but not to worry. Isn't Beidi good at riding and shooting, but he ordered some soldiers to learn from Beidi, train equestrianism, practice bows and arrows on horses, and fight immediately. After all, Beidi is vast and sparsely populated, and it is not as rich as my Central Plains, so it can be overcome. ”

Zhilei said, "But my Jin people are not good at riding and shooting, how can I practice?" ”

"In the past, there was a father, the son of heaven, to drive away Xirong, why not? Day and night with the horses, not and no. Another example is that Qin Feizi, the same is true, so that the territory has been expanded, so that Siyi is far away. This riding and shooting, without him, is only skilled! Qing Yu replied.

"Good!" Zhilei was overjoyed, "This insight is unique and feasible!" Beidi has a solution, but what about the other three sides? ”

"Western Qin is the same clan of the Zhao family of the Jin Kingdom, and the descendants of Qin Feizi are also. The Qin people were fierce and fearless of life and death, but it also created their lack of resourcefulness, if they united with the land of Yiqu and Bashu, and promised benefits to make them constantly harass the rear of the Qin State, then the Qin State would not have the energy to pay attention to the East. ”

"Well, this method is feasible, so that our country will have the energy to deal with other forces." Zhi Lei nodded and said, "What about Nanchu and Dongqi?" ”

"Ask my two senior brothers to answer these two places." After Qing Yuzhi finished speaking, he signaled to Qianfengli and Song Feng, since he wanted to win the opportunity, he wanted to show it.

Seeing this, Qianfeng clasped his fists and said, "In this way, I will talk about the Chu State." In the state of Chu, my opinion is that by signing a treaty with it, the Jin and Chu countries will jointly defend the hegemony, but during this period, the method of managing the middle can be adopted to strengthen the strength of the Jin state and weaken the national strength of the Chu state.

Borrow a few examples for analysis and puzzles:

First, Qi Su Lu Min, this is an economic strategy carefully planned by Guan Zhong to surrender without a fight.

At that time, Qi and Shandong bordered each other. At that time, Xiaobai, the prince of Qi State, ascended the throne not long ago, and he was the Duke of Qi Huan. Duke Qi Huan reused Guan Zhong and Bao Shuya, and worked hard to make the country of Qi quickly turn from chaos to governance, from weak to strong. With the deepening of continuous reforms, the powerful state of Qi began to show signs of hegemony in the Spring and Autumn Period. However, it was not all smooth sailing for Qi on the road to hegemony, and the neighboring Lu State was the first opponent that was difficult to defeat. At that time, the development of the Lu State was relatively fast, and its strength should not be underestimated, and Qi Huan Gong was worried about the threat from neighboring countries and had to take precautions in order to become a hegemon, so he asked Guan Zhong around him for advice.

At that time, Qi and Lu each produced silk, the production of Qi was called Qi Su, and the production of Lu was called Lu Min, these two kinds of silk were well-known commodities at that time, and nobles from all countries also liked to wear them. In order to weaken the strength of the Lu State, Guan Zhong gave a very simple solution: he ordered the Qi State to put away all the clothes that had been made of Qi Su fabrics, and no longer wear them, and only wear clothes made of Lu State fabrics. Such a strange decree, so that the unknown Lu country saw a huge business opportunity, Lu businessmen began to buy a large number of Lu Min, Lu people also have a lot of people to give up growing grain, actively join the textile industry, a large number of fields barren. As a result, this year, the grain output of Lu decreased sharply.

A year later, Guan Zhong made another surprise move, ordering the people of Qi to no longer buy cloth from Lu to make clothes, and then greatly raised the price of grain. At this time, Lu Guo panicked, and the Lu Min cloth that many people had hoarded before began to be unsalable, and the domestic grain fell into a shortage of predicament, so he had to take out a large amount of money to buy grain from Qi at a high price. After such a toss, Lu's economy almost collapsed, and he was no longer Qi's opponent.

Second, buying deer to control Chu is a trick repeated by Guan Zhong when dealing with the more powerful Chu State.

Back then, Duke Qi Huan wanted to attack Chu but was afraid that Chu would be strong and could not succeed, so he asked Guan Zhong for advice. Guan Zhong asked Huan Gong to buy the live deer of the Chu State at a high price, and told the merchants of the Chu State that they could make a fortune selling the deer to the Qi State. As a result, the men and women of the Chu State were almost mobilized throughout the country, and all of them were busy catching raw deer and gave up food production. And the state of Qi has already 'hidden six out of ten'. When the people of Chu had no food to eat, Guan Zhong closed the border and ended the trade in live deer and grain. As a result, the Chu people descended to Qi, four out of ten. The vitality of the state of Chu was greatly damaged, and three years later it succumbed to the state of Qi.

Guan Zhong's strategy was to buy deer at a high price as bait, so that the people of Chu were busy catching deer when they were in agriculture.

Third, buying a fox to descend to the next generation is another repetition of the old tricks and reproducing the means of economic warfare.

Daiguo is a small country in the north of Qi, and its relationship with Qi has been good and bad. During the reign of Duke Huan of Qi, the Dai State gradually became stronger and began to confront the Qi State. Duke Qi Huan very much wanted to weaken the Daiguo and make it submit to him, but he never found a good plan. After asking Guan Zhong, Guan Zhong thought for a while and said: "Daiguo has a certain amount of power, and now we can't use force against it, we can only use tactics to weaken it." So Guan Zhong began the scheme of turning his hands into clouds and turning his hands into rain again.

The country produced fox skins in that generation, and Guan Zhong persuaded Huan Gong to go to the country to buy them at a high price, causing the generation to give up agricultural production and catch foxes in the mountains and forests all day long, but the foxes were pitiful, and there was no one in twenty-four months. As a result, there were not many fox skins, but agricultural production was delayed, and the Daiguo had no food to eat, which led to the invasion of the Lizhi country in the north. Under these circumstances, the king of Daiguo had no choice but to surrender to Qi. The state of Qi conquered the country without moving. This is the power of the food war.

This kind of miraculous means, without using a single soldier, but successively subjugating Lu, Chu, Dai, Hengshan and other countries, are all to overwhelm the opponent's economy with a policy of severity and seriousness. At its root, it is to see through the profit-seeking nature of businessmen and the greed of human nature. To this day, there are still many people who focus only on the immediate interest, like fish caught ashore, who see only the bait and not the hook at all, even if the hook is obvious enough.

After that, this method was used by Yue Guo Gou Jian again, but it was a different method, and the economy of Wu State, which was once strong, was dragged down, thus being ashamed.

The use of this method, as long as it is used well, can still be effective. ”

After speaking, Qianfengli looked at Zhi Lei and gestured with his hand: "This strategy is actually a panacea, as long as it is used well, it can show its might everywhere." ”

"Good! These theories and allusions have no certain basis, and they can't be said! Zhilei praised.

The rest of the Qi Kingdom is only Song Feng.

"Qi State, whose surname is Tian, is in power, and he is governed by Tian Cuckold, has become a laughing stock in the world, and the people's hearts are not condensed, and the national strength is not prosperous. If there is no great opportunity, I am afraid that it will become a second-rate country, and there is no need to be afraid. Song Feng's words were concise and to the point, and he directly pointed to the death hole of Qi State.

"If the country of Qi wants to prosper, what do you need to do?" Zhilei asked.

"Ida Daiqi!"

As soon as these four words came out, everyone present was immediately shocked. This is a big rebellious remark, and the princes have always been able to attack with the same surname and the same clan, and they must be approved by the Son of Heaven and other princes. This one with a different surname replaces the princes, it is no less than a thunderclap in the boundless clear sky, will the Son of Heaven approve of it? Is it approved by the Princes' Congress? Will they join forces to fight against them?

After a long while, Zhilei said slowly: "I will not mention this statement in the future, and I don't have to say anything about today." If it spreads, it will be bad for everyone! "Although it is not the Jin State, but the state of the Jin State is similar to that of the Qi State, if any of the remarks are made, there will be good things to expand their thinking and expand to the four secretaries of the Jin State, and then it will be troublesome.

Song Feng may also know that his remarks are too shocking, so he also closed his mouth tightly, closed his eyes slightly, took a breath to calm his mind, and watched the reactions of other people through the gaps in his eyes, especially Zhilei. Na Zhilei seemed to be also closing his eyes and meditating, but judging from his facial expression, it seemed that he was thinking about something in his heart, and occasionally the muscles on his face trembled a little. That Qing Yuzhi was calm and did not react too much. Qianfengli frowned deeply.