King Willie

Twenty-three years of King Willie.

King Wilie broke with convention and appointed a doctor as a prince for the first time. They were Weiss, the great doctor of the Jin Kingdom. Zhao Ji and Han Qian.

On this matter, Sima Guang commented: I heard that the embodiment of the power of the Son of Heaven is greater than courtesy, and the embodiment of courtesy is greater than fame and division, what is courtesy? Etiquette is the discipline of the country. The monarch and the minister are divided, and the prince and the prince are famous. The reason why the four seas are vast and the people of the trillion people are only subject to one person, although they have the power of the unparalleled and the wisdom of the world, they can only run and serve one person, is this not because of the etiquette as the discipline? Therefore, the Son of Heaven commands the three princes, the three princes lead the princes, the princes control the princes, and the princes govern the scholars, and the nobles are cheap and low, and the subordinates are instructed by the above, just like the henchmen of people use their hands and feet, and the roots of the tree command the branches and leaves, and the subordinates obey the superiors, just like the siblings protect the henchmen, and the branches and leaves protect the roots. Only then can we protect each other, so that the country can maintain long-term peace and stability. Therefore, the Son of Heaven's duty is to observe propriety. King Wen made it easy, headed by Qiankun. The diction written by Confucius said that heaven and earth are humble, and the universe is positioned. The high and low are orderly, and the high and low are naturally self-determined. This is talking about the position of the monarch and the minister, just like heaven and earth, and it is not possible to change positions at will. In the Spring and Autumn Period, the princes were degraded and the royal family was respected, although the royal family was weak, but the order was above the princes, which shows that the sage has always obeyed the way of the monarch and the minister. They always thought that as the Son of Heaven, as long as there was no violence, even if there was no benevolence of Tang Wu, they should strictly abide by the duties of the monarch and the minister, and keep the festival and ambush death. Assuming that the trivino replaces the king of the Xu, the world will not perish. With Ji Za as the monarch of Wu, the descendants of Wu Taibo will not be extinct. The reason why these two people would rather die in the country than be the king is because they think that the great festival of etiquette should not be disordered. Therefore, the most important part of the ritual is a sub-word, the rite is used to distinguish the noble and the low, and the order of the ruling relatives and relatives, and the order of all this is determined by the name and the instrument, the name and the instrument have been determined, then everything in the world is chaotic but not chaotic, each has its own subordination. Now that the name and instrument are dead, how can the rite exist alone? At that time, Uncle Zhong Yu Xi had a great contribution to Wei, and he was unwilling to accept the fief and hoped that Wei Hou would promise him to use the princes' ceremonial guards when worshipping. Wei Jun treats Confucius as a politician, Confucius wants to correct his name first, thinking that his name is not right, and the people will be at a loss. The ceremonial guard of the princes, as a physical object, is insignificant, but the famous instrument of the state, if left unchecked, has no order up and down, so Confucius cherished it. Things in the world often grow from small to big, and the saint's vision is far-sighted, and he can see the consequences of sitting big in the future from the small things. We are usually short-sighted, and we always wait until things are out of control before we think of remedy, and starting small is a small but effective but effective one. If you wait until you sit big and then deal with it, it will have little effect. The Book of Changes says that frost is hard to ice. The book says that if there are tens of thousands of days a day, it will accumulate over time, and the tail will not fall off. That's what I'm talking about. Alas, since the fierce Yade, the decline of the Zhou Dao, the collapse of the discipline, the special levy for the princes in the lower tomb, the doctor is good at governance, and the general etiquette has been very lost, but the foundation created by the civil and military can still continue one after another, because the descendants of the Zhou family can still stick to the name of the ceremony. Why? At the beginning, the Duke of Jin Wen made great contributions to the royal family, and asked King Xiang for the funeral to use the royal system, but King Xiang was not allowed to say: "This is the royal law to distinguish the position of the monarch and the minister, and I believe that my uncle does not want to mess up the order." If not, my uncle has his own fief and can use the royal etiquette by himself, so why should he ask me for advice? Duke Wen was so frightened that he did not dare to disobey the order of the king of Zhou. It is for this reason that the land of Zhou is not greater than Cao Teng. With the people of Zhou, not more than Juju, but can go through hundreds of years of suzerainty in the world, although Jin, Chu, Qi and Qin are strong, they dare not increase troops, this is because the name and weapons still exist. As for the Ji family in the Lu country, Tian Chang in the Qi country, Bai Gong in the Chu country, and Zhibo in the Jin country, their forces are enough to stand on their own feet, but they don't dare, is this because their strength is insufficient or unbearable, they are afraid that the traitor will cause public anger in the world. Now that the Jin doctor Ling despised his monarch and divided the Jin Kingdom, the Son of Heaven could not ask for it, but also used his name to make him listed among the princes, and he couldn't even keep his name and gave it to others. The gift of the first king has been lost at this point. Some people may think that the Zhou room was weak at that time, and the Sanjin was strong, so they couldn't agree if they didn't want to. In fact, it is not true, although the Sanjin Dynasty was strong at that time, if he blatantly ignored the punishment of the world, he would not have to ask the Son of Heaven for instructions and stand on his own. In this way, he was a rebellious minister, and if there was a king of Huanwen in the world at that time, he would be requisitioned against him in the service of courtesy. But now that he invited the Son of Heaven and the Son of Heaven agreed, he was ordered by the Son of Heaven to become a prince, who has any reason to crusade against him? Therefore, the three Jin have to be listed among the princes, not the three Jin bad gifts, but the Son of Heaven is bad, since then the courtesy of the monarch and the ministers is bad, and the people of the world are competing to grow up with intelligence. Then those who became princes after the sages were all destroyed. The people and the like are almost wiped out. It's heartbreaking.

At the beginning, Zhixuanzi would establish Zhiyao as the queen, and Zhiguo said: "It's better to establish Zhixiao." Zhiyao has five sages, but one disdains to follow. ”

Xuanzi said, "Tell me about it." ”

Zhiguo said: "The five sages of Zhiyao are: one of them is beautiful, and the other is the strength of the feet. The third skill is given, the fourth is clever and eloquent, and the fifth is resolute and resolute. But there is one thing he is very unkind. A person who dominates others with five sages, but takes unkindness as the criterion for acting, imagine who can bear him? If Zhi Yao is established as the heir, the Zhi clan will be destroyed. ”

Zhi Xuanzi couldn't listen to Zhiguo's persuasion, so he still set up Zhi Yao as the queen. Seeing this, Zhiguo begged Taishi to set up another clan, and Taishi made him an auxiliary clan.

The son of Zhao Jianzi, the eldest son is called Bolu, and the youngest son is called Wuxian. After Jian Zi was put away, he didn't know who to set up, so he wrote down two admonitions in bamboo slips and asked them to memorize them carefully. After three years of asking them, Beru didn't know what to do, and his bamboo slips had long been lost. When asked again without shirts, the answer was like a stream, and when he asked him for bamboo slips, he calmly took them out of his sleeve. So Jianzi took the unsympathetic as a virtuous person, and stood as the queen.

Zhao Jianzi asked Yin Duo to build Jinyang City, and Yin Duo asked for instructions: "Does the lord want to build Jinyang into a gorgeous town, or do you hope that it can become a guarantee for the country in the future?" ”

Zhao Jianzi said: "Of course, I hope that it can become a guarantee for the country in the future." ”

So Yin Duo reduced his household registration and lightly paid for his meager endowment, and the hearts of the people in Jinyang City were turned to him, and everyone was willing to do their best for the Zhao family. Zhao Jianzi said to Wuxian: "He is in trouble with the Zhao family, don't underestimate Yin Duo's credit." Don't go far from Jinyang, you must run there. ”

Zhixuan's son, Zhixiangzi Zhiyao is in power, and Han Kangzi. Wei Huanzi feasted in Lantai, and Zhibo mocked Han Kangzi and insulted his minister Duan Gui. When Zhiguo found out, he went to admonish him, saying, "The lord should take precautions in advance, otherwise a great calamity is coming." ”

Zhibo said disdainfully: "The great calamity will be constructed by me, I am not embarrassed, who dares to do it?" ”

Jikook said, "No. Xia Shu said that one person has three losses, how can the grievances be clear? No one can know what others are up to. A gentleman can restrain himself from the subtleties, so that there will be no catastrophe. Today, the lord humiliated the monarch with a banquet, and he didn't know how to take precautions, but he just said that others didn't dare to make trouble. This is also too much. Ants and bees can harm people, let alone people's appearances. ”

Zhibo couldn't listen.

Zhibo begged Han Kangzi for land, but Kangzi didn't want to give it to him, Duan Gui said: "Zhibo is good and stubborn for his own use, if he doesn't give it to him, he will raise an army to attack me, so it's better to give it to him." He is happy to get the land, and he will definitely ask for it from others. If others don't give it, she will raise troops against us, and we can wait for the development of the situation and act when the opportunity arises. Yasuko said, "Okay." gave him the city of ten thousand families. Zhibo was very happy, so he asked Wei Huanzi for land, but Huanzi didn't want to sacrifice the land. Xiangguo Renzhang said: "Why don't you give it to him? “

Huan Zi said: "He asked for land for no reason, but he couldn't give it to him." “

Ren Zhang said: "He asks for land for no reason, and the doctors will be afraid." If I give him land, Zhibo will be happy, and he will be arrogant. If he is arrogant, he will underestimate his enemies. And the doctors will hug each other in fear and respect each other. Treat those who underestimate the enemy with the soldiers of blind dates. Zhi's life will not last long, and the book of Zhou says that if you want to be defeated, you will be arrogant. If you want to take it, you will take it. The lord is not as good as the right and gives it to him, so as to be proud of him. Then we can choose to make friends and try to be wise. Why should we use our own strength to fight against Zhibo? “

Huan Zi said, "Very good. "Likewise cede to him ten thousand homes.

Zhibo asked Zhao Xiangzi for the land of the Gao wolf in Cai without mercy, but Zhao Xiangzi refused to give it to him. Zhibo was furious, and the family armor of the handsome Han and Wei families besieged the Zhao family. When he was about to run away, he asked his men, "Where shall I go?" “

The man said, "The city of the firstborn is near, and the walls are strong, so you can go there." “

Xiangzi said: "The people are exhausted to complete the wall, and they hold on to it with their weary bodies, who will do their best for me?" “

Another person said: "Handan's warehouses are full, you can go there." “

Xiangzi said: "Those are all looted people's fat and people's ointment, the people are poor, who is willing to work hard for me?" "We should go to Jinyang. It was a place that the Prophet had repeatedly asked to go to when he was dying. Yin Duo is lenient in government, and he will win the peace of the people. So he led his subordinates out to Jinyang. The three families besieged the city with their countrymen, and decided to flood the city. The walls of the city were about to be flooded, but the people of the city showed no rebellious intentions. Zhibo and Han Wei Erjun inspect in the water. "I now know that water can destroy people's nations," said Zhibo. “

Huan Zi touched Han Kangzi with his elbow, Han Kangzi bowed his head and understood, they knew that Fenshui could irrigate Anyi, and Jiangshui could irrigate Pingyang, these two places were their national capitals. At the moment, they were all terrified.

Xi Pi said to Zhibo: "Han Wei must rebel." “

Zhibo said, "How do you know? "You can see from their performance." The current situation is that Han Wei and I joined forces to attack Zhao, Zhao died, and it was Han Wei's turn to follow. This is their concern. Today, the lord and they will meet to win Zhao and divide the land, Zhao Cheng will be pulled out and the two monarchs will not be happy, isn't it a sign that they are going to rebel? “

Zhibo laughed it off. The next day, he told the two of them what he had said. The two said: "This must be this person who wants to lobby for the Zhao family, deliberately making the lord suspect our two families and relax the siege of the Zhao family." Otherwise, how can we do what is dangerous and unworkable without seeing the benefits that are coming? “

The second gentleman said goodbye and said, "Why did the lord tell the two of you what I said?" “

Zhibo said, "How do you know? “

Xi Pi said: "The minister saw that he saw Wei Chen and looked carefully, and then bowed his head and hurried away. It is because they know that the minister sees through what is in their hearts. “

Zhibo said: "I have sworn with them that I will never have two hearts, so you don't say anything more." “

Xi Pi saw that he was not convinced by Zhibo, and he was afraid of disaster, so he asked Zhibo to send an envoy to the Qi country.

Zhao Xiangzi asked Zhang Mengtan to sneak out of the city to see Han Wei Erjun, and said: "When the minister hears that his lips are dead, his teeth are cold, and now Zhibo Shuai Han Wei besieges the Zhao family, and the Zhao family is dead, and the next thing is Han Wei." “

Erjun said: "We also understand this truth. But if you try to leak it out first, disaster will happen soon. “

Zhang Mengtan said: "The plan comes from the mouth of the two monarchs, and enters the ears of the ministers. No one else knows. And what hurts? “

So the second gentleman talked to Zhang Meng about the date of the event and sent Zhang Mengtan back to the city. Zhao Xiangzi took advantage of the night to send people to kill the soldiers guarding the embankment, and broke the water to irrigate the Zhibo army. The Zhibo army rescued the water and was in chaos, the two armies of Han and Wei attacked on two wings, and the Zhao army attacked head-on. Zhibo was defeated. Then he killed Zhibo and wiped out the Zhi clan. Only Zhiguo was spared because he changed his surname to a supplement.

Regarding the defeat of the Zhi family, Sima Guang commented: "The reason why Zhibo perished was because of the victory over virtue. Talent and virtue are two different concepts. Worldly people are often indistinguishable. Collectively referred to as human meritocracy. This is the reason why they can't properly perceive talent. Intelligence, diligence and perseverance are called talents, and integrity and neutrality are virtues. Talent is the foundation of morality. Morality, but also the conductor of talent. Born in Yunmeng, bamboo is a famous weapon all over the world. However, without some processing, it will not be invincible. The metal produced in Tangxi is the raw material for making sharp weapons, but it cannot become a sharp weapon if it is not melted and sharpened. Therefore, only those who have both talent and virtue can be called saints. If you are virtuous, you are a fool. A person whose virtue trumps his talent can be called a gentleman. Those whose talents are higher than their moral qualities are called villains. If you can't get a saint and a gentleman, you'd rather get a fool than a villain. Why is that? Only when a gentleman is good can he be evil, and only when a villain is he is evil. Coercion is good, and good is everywhere. Coercion thinks it is evil, and evil is everywhere. Although the fool is not good at what he wants, his intellect is not competent, just like a milk dog beating a man, and everyone can control it. The wisdom of the villain is enough to commit adultery, and the courage is enough to become violent, and it is used to add wings to the tiger, and its harm is great. Virtue is admired by people, and talent is loved by people. Love is easy to get close, admiration is easy to walk away. Therefore, most of the people who observe people are inferior to their talents and ignore virtue. Since ancient times, the rebellion of the country and the defeat of the family are all because of the surplus of talent and the lack of virtue, which led to the destruction of the country and the destruction of the family. Is Zhibo the only one? Therefore, if those who govern the country and the family can accurately distinguish the difference between talent and morality, and make selective use of it, how can there be a situation where the country has no virtuous ministers?

The three families divide the fields of the Zhi clan. Zhao Xiangzi's head of Qi Zhibo thought it was a toilet. Zhibo's minister Yu Rang wanted to avenge Zhibo, so he deceived him as a prisoner, took a dagger privately, and went to the toilet in Xiang*. When Xiangzi went to the toilet, he was moved, so that people searched and gave way. The left and right wanted to kill him, but Xiangzi said: "Zhibo has no queen, and this person wants to avenge him, he is really a righteous man." Let him go, I'll just be careful. ”

So they let him go. Yu Rang painted himself as a leprosy, swallowed charcoal as a dumb, and begged in the market. His wife no longer recognized him. But his friends recognized him when they saw him, and said to him with tears in their eyes: "With the talent of a king, you can serve the Zhao family first, and then take the opportunity to do it, why bother to harm yourself like this." ”

Yu Rang said: "If you have been appointed as a minister and want to assassinate him, you have two hearts. It's hard for me to do that. But that's what I'm going to do, so as to warn future generations of people who are vassals and have two hearts. Make them feel ashamed. ”

Xiangzi traveled, and Yu Rang hid under the bridge in advance. When the Xiangzi crossed the bridge, he was frightened and suspicious, so that he searched for him, and when he was allowed to give in, he did not forgive him anymore, and killed him at that time.