When Wei Ziheng heard this, he immediately sighed a lot: "I feel that I have an empty stomach of knowledge, but I don't know how to use it." Obviously, this world is full of countless crises, but I still feel a little comfortable. ”

"So you have made up your mind to do things for your Wei family. Right. Mo Zhai picked up a cup of herbal tea and drank it slowly.

Looking at Wei Ziheng with a somewhat complicated expression, Mo Zhai said: "To tell you the truth, compared to your friend Wang Xu. His goals and practices are much simpler, I don't know, have you ever had an in-depth communication with him? Wang Xu told me some of his thoughts.

I think you and him can be better friends, he has a very peculiar mind, and there are some concepts that I can't even think of.

What he told me, I can summarize it myself, is to use his words and deeds to influence a small number of people, and then let this small group of people influence the whole world.

He felt that the current Confucian-Taoist preaching methods were too cumbersome, and that really good ideas should be unique to that group of people. He's looking for someone to talk to.

I'm sure he'll tell you all, at least I'm the Mo family's giant now, and my communication with him is more like a conversation between peers. ”

"I know, I've never underestimated Wang Xu. When he told me that he had a mind of his own, I knew that he was not destined to be an ordinary person. Wei Ziheng picked up the herbal tea again and drank it all, as if he was enjoying the brain stimulation brought by this slightly cold tea.

Mo Zhai said slowly: "There are many things that don't have to be forced, sometimes it goes along with nature, and it can also achieve good results." You have to believe in yourself. ”

Wei Ziheng nodded heavily, looked at Mo Zhai with wide eyes, and said, "I don't know if Mr. Mo Zhai can continue to tell about Jiang Ziya's deeds." Listening to your story feels much more useful than reading those ancient books. I would like to take this opportunity to ask you again today. ”

"No problem." Mo Zhai also seemed to like the young man in front of him, and after a pause, he began his narration:

After King Wu destroyed the Shang, he discussed with Jiang Ziya, Zhou Gongdan and others to divide the country into a number of marquis, and Zhou Tianzi divided the feudal family surnamed Ji and meritorious ministers who contributed to the great cause of destroying the Shang Dynasty to build a capital and establish a state, acting as a barrier for the ruling center of the Zhou Dynasty, that is, the so-called "feudal relatives, to screen Zhou". Because Jiang Ziya made outstanding contributions in the Xingzhou Dynasty and the destruction of the Shang Dynasty, he was the first to establish the Qi State in Qidi Yingqiu to stabilize the East.

After that, Jiang Ziya led the people of the headquarters to Yingqiu. Because of the exhaustion of the long journey, the group marched slowly. One evening they came to camp not far from the camp hill, and prepared to arrive at the camp hill the next day. Someone said, "There is a way, but there is a rare opportunity." These people sleep sweetly and peacefully, which looks like a person who has gone to the country to build a capital." Jiang Ziya was completely sleepy after hearing this, and hurriedly ordered the people to rush to the camp in a starry and moonless cloth. When they arrived at the west bank of the Zihe River at dawn, they saw that the Lai army was wading through the water and rushing to the camp hill, and the situation was critical. It turned out that Laiguo was very close to Yingqiu, and it was a vassal state of the king of Shang, and Laihou wanted to seize Yingqiu while Jiang Ziya's foothold was not stable. The two armies faced off on the west bank of the Zihe River, Jiang Ziya's command was calm, the soldiers fought bravely and tenaciously, and the Lai army was killed to the point that they lost their armor and returned in a huff. In this way, the state of Qi was officially established.

After Jiang Ziya established the Qi State, he first ruled the country by law and stabilized the people's hearts. Si Kou Ying Tang Yang disobeyed the yin, took bribes and harmed the people, and bewitched the public, declaring that he would rule Qi with the so-called "benevolence and righteousness", and Jiang Taigong asked the camp soup to be beheaded and ordered by the government; In the East China Sea, there were the mad and Huashi brothers who were called "sages" by the people of the time, who did not claim to the Son of Heaven or do things for the princes, and peacefully confronted the nascent Qi State with a non-cooperative attitude. For a while, there was no more disobedience to orders and regulations in the Qi Kingdom, and the chaos was quickly calmed down. In just five months, Jiang Ziya went to "report to Zhou Gong", that is, to report to Zhou Gong his achievements in stabilizing the country.

Jiang Ziya politically pursued a policy of respecting merit and meritocracy. It is to select talented people to be officials, and absorb a large number of talents from the local Dongyi indigenous people to join the ruling class of Qi State, so that they can play their due role in national construction. For those who meet the selection criteria through the assessment, they will use their strengths regardless of relatives and sparseness, and give full play to their positive creativity. This line of employment broke the orthodox ideological shackles of "respecting relatives and relatives" based on blood relations in the Western Zhou Dynasty. Jiang Taigong also raised the employment of personnel to a height related to the rise and fall of the country, and put forward the talent theory of "six guards", "eight levies", and "six non-uses". Practice has proved that his idea of employing people not only created a precedent for appointing people on the basis of merit and meritocracy, but also laid the foundation for Qi to dominate the world.

Culturally, we have pursued an enlightened policy of "being simple and polite because of our customs". Taigong believes that if the Zhou rites are vigorously implemented in Qidi, it is easy to produce contradictions, which is not conducive to governing the country and securing the country. After careful consideration, he decided to proceed from the reality of Qi and the place, to follow the customs and simple etiquette, not to interfere with compulsory interference, and to pragmatically create a new system that was not only acceptable to the people of Qi, but also not too contrary to the Zhou etiquette.

In the face of extremely harsh natural conditions, Jiang Taigong has adapted measures to local conditions since the early establishment of the Qi Kingdom, while focusing on the development of millet and rice production, and taking advantage of the characteristics of rich mineral deposits and rich fish and salt resources in the territory to vigorously develop handicraft industries such as smelting, silk and linen textiles, and fishery and salt industry; It also took advantage of the country's convenient transportation and the people's tradition of valuing commerce to vigorously develop commerce and promote a foreign trade policy of currency with other countries. Under the guidance of the macro strategy of "agriculture, industry and commerce", the crown and belt clothes and shoes made by Qi sell well all over the world, fish and salt circulate all over the world, and the princes come to worship one after another, and Qi gradually develops from a remote and desolate small and poor country to a large and rich country living in the east.

After Jiang Ziya sealed the founding of Qi, he spent a lot of time as the "Taishi" of the central power of the Zhou Dynasty in Haojing, assisting his grandson Zhou Cheng Wang Jiyu and his great-grandson Zhou Kang Wang Jizhao. His eldest son, Jiang Ling, Duke of Qi Ding, did not go to Linzi to govern the Qi State, but has been serving as a tiger in Haojing, commanding the palace garrison. For more than 30 years after the founding of the Qi State, Yingqiu was basically guarded by Qiu Mugong, the third son of Jiang Taigong. During the Chengwang period, Uncle Guan, Uncle Cai, and Uncle Huo "rebelled against the three eunuchs", Huaiyi, Xu Yi, and the "Five Marquis of Yindong" rose up against Zhou, and Jiang Taigong's father and son assisted Zhou Gongdan, or sat in Kyoto and strategized; or lead troops to the east, charging into battle; or echoed left and right, attacked from east to west, quickly quelled this rebellion, and made great achievements for the second An Zhou. Later, King Cheng of Zhou died, and Jiang Ziya's father and son accepted the will of King Cheng Tuogu, assumed the important task of assisting the prince, and later supported the crown prince Ji Zhao to ascend the throne with the ministers, which was later King Kang of Zhou.

In the sixth year of King Kang of Zhou, Jiang Ziya died in Haojing, the capital of Zhou, at the age of 139, and was succeeded by his son Ding Gong Lu Ling. Lu Ling, Duke of Qiding, continued to assist King Kang of Zhou, becoming the second assistant second only to Shoufu Zhao Gongxi, and was in charge of the elite troops of the Zhou Dynasty, 3,000 Tigers, to defend Feng Hao.

At this point, Jiang Ziyabei officially withdrew from the stage of history.

But the legendary experience of his life and his wisdom, thoughts and spirit are still alive in the world. His way of governing the country, the law of employing people, and the law of war. They are all highly respected by later generations.

In this era when Zhou Tianzi is still the son of Zhou, Jiang Ziya is undoubtedly a legendary figure. Many people use it as a comparison and discussion of things, and they usually quote his words to illustrate the views of some things, and they often use Jiang Ziya as a criterion for doing things.

When Jiang Ziya was in the Qi State, he cultivated political affairs, followed its customs, simplified etiquette, opened up the industrial and commercial industries, and developed the advantages of the fishery and salt industry, so the people mostly attached themselves to the Qi State, and Qi became a big country. When King Cheng of Zhou ascended the throne at a young age, Guan Cai rebelled, Huaiyi also betrayed the Zhou Dynasty, King Cheng sent Zhao Kang Gong to order Taigong to say: "East to the sea, west to the Yellow River, south to Muling, north to Wudi, here the fifth-class princes, officials from all over the country, if you are guilty, order you to crusade." "Qi can therefore conquer all countries and form a great power and a capital camp.

This also laid a solid foundation for the later strength of the Qi State.

Jiang Ziya was a wise man and an extraordinary political, military, and thinker.

Wei Ziheng couldn't help but praise here and said: "Jiang Taigong has been cold for half his life, he doesn't meet the master, and he is uncertain, but he can be moved and forbearing, observe the wind and clouds, wait for the opportunity, and finally meet the Ming Lord, assist Ji Chang, cultivate virtue and Zhenwu, and seek prosperity in Zhou." King Wu of Zhou fell, Taigong was the military advisor, Muye fought the war, destroyed Shang Sheng Zhou, and made the first contribution. At the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty, Jiang Ziya was named the monarch of Qi State, he governed the country in a good way, created a great country, the legacy still exists, and it has been passed down from generation to generation, laying the foundation for the later Duke of Qi Huan "Jiuhe princes, one Kuang world to become the head of the five hegemons".

After hearing this, Mozi also smiled slightly, and said, "In the words of a sage. In the past, Taigong looked forward to seventy years old, slaughtered cattle in Chaoge City, eighty for the Son of Heaven, ninety and sealed in Qi, from the view, old can be old and evil? Fu Yiyin, there is the concubine of the Xin family, Tang Li thinks that the three dukes, the rule of the world is peaceful, from the view, cheap can be cheap? Gaozi was born at the age of five and praised Yu, from the view, less can be less evil? He was born for seven days and surpassed his mother, and from the point of view, weak or weak? ”

Wei Ziheng immediately smiled after hearing this, although the words are like this, old but old evil? Cheap or evil? Weak or weak? Less or less evil? But the truth is not shallow, and the short four questions highlight the essence of the problem.

Wei Ziheng stood up slowly, it seemed that he had come to find Mo Zhai to talk about these things this time, and the purpose was achieved.

Whether it is Jiang Ziya's life deeds, or some of the statements of his grandson halfway. In fact, he has already shown that he has a lot to do.

In the distance, there is a large family waiting for its return.

The ten-year covenant is coming in a flash.

At that time, he was still an innocent child, and although he was called a prodigy, he was still very ignorant.

Now that I'm an adult, it's time to think about some things.

The road to the future is at your feet, that is, to see how you go about it?

The dispute between the six secretaries of the Jin State is still continuing, and the scene of the Zhi family's dominance is still above the three kingdoms of Han, Zhao and Wei.

Wei Ziheng said goodbye to Mo Zhai, and Mo Zhai watched Wei Ziheng's departure and said that he was welcome to come again next time.

This part of the way back to the city seemed to be a bit long, and Wei Ziheng had been a little stunned, but his brain was still clear.

Wang Xu first saw Wei Ziheng's appearance, felt a little strange, and then stepped forward and was about to speak.

Wei Ziheng took a step ahead and said, "I'm fine, but there are some things I have figured out." Wang Xu, if you have time, tell me what you think! I'm happy to listen to it now. ”

Wang Xu was suddenly a little surprised: "Don't you think I can't think of anything at my age?" What's going on? You've changed your mind, well, see if I'm in the mood for the day, I'll tell you slowly. ”

"Good! Tomorrow's game, you have to do your best. Don't let me down in the subsequent debate between the princes. After all, you're the first thought master I've ever known. Wei Ziheng raised his thumb and said.

Wang Xu's suddenly ordinary face suddenly showed an excited look: "Really? Well, just by your word. I won't let you down, in this era of a hundred schools of thought, I can't be left behind. ”

"Definitely. Certain. ”