Qi State, outside Linzi City, Liu Chengcheng, the secretary of the King of Zhou, rushed to the palace city of Qi with an angry face. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Why is this Liu Gong so angry? But this is going to start with the long term. At the beginning of this year, the old King of Zhou unfortunately passed away, Yan, Qin, Zhao, Han, Wei, Song and other countries all sent secretaries to mourn, but the Qi State, which has always been the most respectful to the Zhou royal family, finally came to send envoys, and it was not a secretary, but the youngest son of the current Qi Hou Tian Yinqi. Qi used to respect the Son of Heaven so much, but now it is so snubbing the Son of Heaven, what does this mean? Yes, the envoys of various countries figured it out after a little analysis of the current international situation: Qi first besieged Wei to save Zhao more than ten years ago, and defeated the Wei army at Guiling; Later, five years ago, he repeated the old plan, besieged Wei to save Han, defeated the Wei army in the Battle of Maling, broke the Wei army of 100,000 people, beheaded the general Pang Juan, and captured the Wei prince Shen. As a result, the two wars of Qi completely broke the century-old hegemony established by Wei since Wei Wenhou's reform, and it seemed to have the potential to become the first warring state in the Central Plains. Now that all countries have seen that Qi has such an attitude towards the Son of Heaven, all the secretaries and scholars have also returned to China, and hurriedly asked all countries to lower their specifications to mourn.

This made the new king of Zhou extremely angry. In the eyes of King Zhou, whether it is the old vassal states Yan, Qin, Song, etc., or the new vassal states Zhao, Wei, Han, Qi (Tian Qi), etc., which have begun to rise in recent years, are these countries not divided by my Zhou royal family? I, King Zhou, am the Son of Heaven, with a heavenly constitution in my mouth, how dare you be so lazy? It's just tolerable, it's unbearable. So he immediately sent Shangqing Liu Gong to Qi to rebuke Qi Hou Tian Yinqi. In the eyes of King Zhou, Qi is currently the most victorious, but the Son of Heaven died, and Qi Hou, as a courtier, dared to be so lazy, which in itself is a great disrespect and a loss of courtesy. The Son of Heaven came and rebuked him, and it was right.

In the palace of Qi Guo, Qi Hou's youngest son Tian Ying was reporting to Qi Hou Tian Yinqi about the recent events. "If you want to say the biggest thing that has happened recently, it is that the Taiqiu Society of the Song Kingdom collapsed, and Xu Ding sank into Surabaya." Tian Ying reported to Qi Hou.

"It's a big deal." Tian Yinqi muttered. Speaking of this Qi Hou today, all countries today recognize that this is a rare male master. In the early years of the throne, the three Jin took advantage of the death of the state of Qi to send troops to attack the Lingqiu of the state of Qi, and Qi Hou had no choice but to meet with Zhao Hou privately in Pinglu under the mediation of the Song State, and promised to give Zhao State benefits, so that the three Jin retreated. Qi Hou was deeply ashamed of this, and vowed to make the Qi country strong so that it would no longer suffer such humiliation. In the second year of his ascension, a beautiful man named Zou Ji recommended himself on the drummer, which coincided with Qi Hou, who was determined to reform. So Tian Yinqi appointed Zou Ji as the prime minister, let Zou Ji carry out reforms, Zou Ji carefully revised the law and supervised the traitors, and the Qi country gradually became stronger. Later, Zou Ji showed up to Qi Hou with the fact that he was not as beautiful as Xu Gong in the north of the city: the wife of the minister is a private minister, the concubine of the minister is afraid of the minister, and the guest of the minister wants to ask for the minister, all of which are beautiful to the Duke of Xu. Today, the place of Qi is thousands of miles, one hundred and twenty cities, the palace women are not private kings, the ministers of the court are not afraid of the king, and there are no requests for the king in the four realms. Thus pointing out his conclusion: the king's concealment is very much. Qi Hou quickly realized his mistake, and he spoke out, issued the famous edict of admonition, and founded the world-famous Jixia Academy. As a result, Qi gathered talents for a time, and the country's strength increased greatly. Then, with the assistance of the general Tian Ji, the military advisor Sun Bin and Zou Ji, Qi Hou defeated Qiang Wei in two battles, and the princes of the Central Plains were all looking forward to the horse.

However, after the two defeats of the Wei State by the Qi State, Qi Hou had a strong uneasiness in his heart, and the source of the uneasiness was the general Tian Ji. Tian Ji was originally a member of the Qi clan, and now he led the Qi army to defeat the Wei army, and he was in the limelight in the Qi country for a while, if Tian Ji wanted to seize the throne, what should he do? Fortunately, Zou Ji deserved to be a good Xiangguo, and he drove Tian Ji abroad with a little means, and Sun Bin also returned to the mountains and forests, and his throne was finally stable.

Although it is easy to drive away Tian Ji, cleaning up the influence of Tian Ji remaining in the Qi army is a more long-term matter, and this matter is related to the safety of Qi State. In order to deal with this matter, Qi Hou had to spend four or five years slowly mobilizing the generals in the army, and at the same time promoting a group of new people. At this time, his youngest son Tian Ying said to him: "The books of the five senses must be checked and inspected many times a day. Qi Hou said: "If you check the affairs of an official every day, you will get bored in five days." So he handed over those less important things to Tian Ying to deal with, as long as he reported to him a little.

"Is there anything else that matters?" Qi Hou asked Tian Ying again.

"The monarch of Xue passed away not long ago, and the prince of Xue asked the king to crown him as Xue Jun." Tian Ying replied again.

"The Xue Kingdom has been occupied by my Qi State for decades, and now it's time to digest it thoroughly. Tell Prince Xue that his request is refused. From now on, Xue Kingdom will become the Xue Yi of my Qi Kingdom. Qi Hou said lightly, and the fate of this small country with a history of thousands of years was decided in a flash.

"Report, Zhou Wang Zhengqing and Liu Gong ask to see." At that moment, the guards came to report.

Zhou Wang Zhengqing is here, but he has to see it, Qi Hou thought in his heart. "Gather all the ministers and receive them in the main hall with the gift of the Son of Heaven." Qi Hou commanded.

"No." The guards hurried out to set up.

Outside the main hall of the Qi Palace, Qi Hou personally greeted the Son of Heaven Zhengqing Liu Gong into the main hall with courtesy.

The anger in Liu Gong's heart decreased slightly, but thinking of his mission to the Qi State this time, his expression immediately became angry again. After Qi Hou and all the ministers of Qi State sat down, Liu Gong stood up, and reprimanded Qi Hou with anger on his face: "The death of the Son of Heaven is a major event in which the heavens and the earth are broken. However, Qi Houtian, a small minister in the Eastern Domain, dared to arrive late, and only sent a doctor to condole, and he should be beheaded for the crime! ”

For a while, the hall was shocked, and Qi Hou was even more angry. Qi Hou was thinking that when the Son of Heaven died before, in order to thank Zou Ji for his contribution to the Qi State, he sealed Zou Ji in Xiapi, and it happened that Zou Ji went to his fiefdom to inspect at that time. As a last resort, he personally sent his son to mourn the Son of Heaven, and he admitted that he was absolutely at fault in this matter. And today, the son dares to send someone to rebuke me? Now this world is a world that pays attention to strength, how much strength does your Zhou royal family still have? Nima, do you know that Lao Tzu just destroyed a country of descendants of the Yellow Emperor who is about the same strength as the Zhou royal family?

So Qi Hou was furious, and scolded Liu Gong when he took the case: "Er's mother and maid! Without saying a word, Qi Hou directly ordered the guards to escort Liu Gong down and ordered him to be driven out of Qi State. Then Qi Hou angrily returned to the inner room, leaving behind the ministers of Qi who were at a loss.

This major incident of Qi Hou driving Zhou envoys immediately shocked the spies of various countries who remained in Qi State, and the envoys of various countries also felt that this matter was not trivial when they laughed at the incompetence of King Zhou, so they sent people to report the matter to the country.

Among the many strategists who stayed in the Qi State at this time, a man named Zhang Chou immediately laughed when he heard this: "The time has come for my generation to get rich and rich. "None of his companions understood why Qi Hou drove the Zhou envoys to make them rich. So they asked questions. Zhang Chou laughed and said, "You'll find out soon." ”

So he came to Tian Ying's mansion and asked to see Tian Ying. Tian Ying, as the son of the clan of Qi State, also has many travelers asking for a meeting every day, Tian Ying is not very disturbed, so he instructed the concierge to report to him only when there is a major event or a celebrity to vote. The porter then asked Zhang Chou: "Sir, please see my son-in-law, do you have something important?" Zhang Chou replied: "I have a word that can make your son-in-law have the power of splitting the earth." "The work of splitting the ground? This is indeed a very big deal, so the porter let him in to meet Tian Ying.

Tian Ying asked Zhang Chou: "Mr. said that there is a word that can make me have the power of splitting the earth, I don't know what he said?" ”

Zhang Chou replied: "I heard that the king of Zhou was not self-sufficient, and even sent an envoy to the country of Qi to reprimand Qi Hou. And now the Zhou envoy was scolded by Qi Hou and went back, and the Zhou royal family will soon be laughed at by the world. However, I have heard a saying: If the name is not right, the word will not be good, and if the word is not good, the word will not be done. Qi defeated Qiang Wei in two battles, as if it was the largest country in the world, and should be the overlord of the world, driving the princes of the world, but why did the king of Zhou dare to rebuke Qi Hou with all his might? This is because Qi has no name. Now that Qi Hou has been extinct, and the national strength of Qi is the crown of the princes, the prince should respect Qi Hou as the king of Qi. In this way, the country of Qi has the name of the kingdom, and the reality of the kingdom, and the world is justified, which country in the world dares to disobey it? ”

Persuade your father to be king? This is a meritorious achievement! How could I not have thought of it! Tian Ying shouted in his heart. So he immediately bowed down to Zhang Chou and said: "Mr.'s words are really Daigo's words, and the kid will be rewarded." So he immediately invited Zhang Chou to sit down and discuss the matter with him in detail.

On the morning of the second day, Qi Houtian sat upright in the upper seat, and his face was still very ugly. When the internal officials asked the ministers if they had something to start and retreated from the court, the ministers looked at Qi Hou's ugly face and didn't dare to say anything even if they had something, and the scene was extremely embarrassing.

Only Tian Ying stood up and said: "The minister has something to report to the king." ”

Seeing that it was his son, Qi Hou's face was slightly better, but the stiff words "speaking" that came out of his mouth proved that Qi Hou was still in a very bad mood at this time.

"The son told the king that the envoys of the king of Zhou were disrespectful to my king, which was really Zhou's fault. Since the king of Zhou moved east, his prestige has fallen, and the king of Zhou is the son of heaven, and the picture is famous but not real. Since the beginning of our country, the country of Qi has been widely opened, and the country has greatly increased its national strength. Then he rescued Zhao Han and defeated Wei, which was actually the first power among the Central Plains countries. King Zhou collapsed, and when I arrived after the Qi Kingdom, all the countries immediately lowered the condolence specifications. It can be seen from this that our Qi country has the reality of driving the princes of the world. However, the boy once heard: If the name is not right, the words are not good, and the sons dare to ask the king to be the king to tell the nations, so that my Qi country has the name of the king, and there is also the truth of the king, so as to dominate the world, and drive the princes of the countries to drive the princes like pigs and dogs, please check it. ”