PS: There is one more chapter in the evening

In late June, the meeting between the two countries of Qilu came to an end, and the border town of Yunyi, located on the north bank of Wenshui, changed again.

"If Gong Ruo rebelled with Yiyi, the killer was red, and his horse Zhenghou killed Gong Ruo!"

Originally, when he heard the news, Shusun Zhouqiu was ecstatic, although it was a pity for Si Chi's death, but it was good that Yu Yi could return. But when he sent the housekeeper with a small number of soldiers to receive Yunyi, he ate a bowl of closed-door soup! Ma Zhenghou, who controlled the city, refused to open the door, and was unwilling to hand over the city to the ruler of the Shusun clan, but asked to make himself the ruler of the city.

"Rebel!"

Shusun Zhou Qiu was so angry that he trembled when he learned about it, scolded angrily at home, and immediately wanted to send his clan soldiers to besiege him, but his family ruler reminded him of a key thing: the population of Yuyi accounted for a quarter of Shusun's territory, and the strength of the soldiers reached one-third, even if the entire Shusun clan was armed, there was no guarantee that this fortified city could be conquered.

So Shusun Zhouqiu had to turn to the Ji family, who was also a three-haunt, although the two sides had their own contradictions, but their way of getting along has always been "forbearance for the country", and there are small fights, but if they meet other branches of the clan, or outsiders, it will be rare to have a quality to the outside.

After getting the approval of the ruling Ji clan, Shusun Zhouqiu impeached his retainers in public in the court of Lu Palace: "Hou is guilty of rebelling against Lu with Yiyi, please send out the left and right two divisions to kill him!" ”

This is also to blame for the great Zongbo Confucius, he restored many of the old rites, and Sanhuan's determination must be agreed by Lu Hou before it can be counted, which invisibly adds a lot of trouble. On this day, of course, the great uncle Confucius was also present, and when Lu Hou looked at him with inquiring eyes, Kong Qiu spoke and asked: "Has Hou set up an anti-flag in Yunyi?" ”

"Never ......"

"Did the Hou defect to the enemy country?"

"Not ......"

Confucius held the jade gui and said respectfully: "Since this is the case. The marquis was just guarding himself behind closed doors and disobeying the orders of his uncle and grandson, and the colorful silk presented to the king in June by Yunyi also arrived as scheduled, so it can't be said to be a rebellious ......."

Ji Sunsi sneered: "Uncle Zong's words are exactly the same as those of Zhao Xiaosikou who passed through Yunyi in the past, could it be that you believe his words to exonerate Hou from guilt?" ”

Confucius said, "Of course not. Such acts are also guilty of the following offences and cannot be tolerated. But if the name is not right, the words are not good, if the words are not good, the things will not be done, if the things are not successful, the rites and pleasures will not be happy, and if the rites and pleasures are not happy, the punishment will not be successful, and if the punishment is not good, then the people will do nothing wrong. The uncle and grandson can ask the king to send troops for help in the name of courting traitors, but they can't arbitrarily charge Hou with a crime of treason. ”

I am more worried that Kong Qiu has not yet said it, and the matter of Yuyi. Now it seems that he can't be separated from Zhao Wuxian, and this time he looks like he wants to stand up for Hou Gong, which disappoints Kong Qiu, and at the same time prompts him to make up his mind.

So he said to his uncle and grandson: "The combination of river and ice is not a day's cold, and the reason for this is that the scale of the armed forces and the city exceeds the ritual system. Only then did Yi Zai sit big, so he would kill a prince today. There is a Hou prisoner to take his place, even if the Hou prisoner is dead, how long can the uncle and grandson control Yunyi for a long time? ”

He turned his head again and said to Ji Sunsi, who was silent: "The same is true of Ji's Feiyi, not long after the rebellion of Nankuai, Yang Hu controlled Fei Yi again, after Yang Hu. There is also a public mountain that is not ruthless......"

Confucius felt that if he wanted the monarch to take back his power and then implement ritual music in Quanlu, while suppressing the Three Huans, he must first start by solving the secession of these big cities!

Where can Ji Suns not understand this truth. Now it has been two years since Gongshan cut off Feiyi, and it is also a big trouble for him.

"What does the master think should be done?"

So Confucius said to Lu Hou and Ji, Shusun, and said: "The family does not hide armor, there is no city of a hundred pheasants, and the ancient system is also." There are four countries in Lu today that have exceeded the system, please lose them all! ”

"Which four?"

"Ji's Feiyi, Shusun's Yunyi, Meng's Yiyi......"

When he heard the third, Ji Suns's heart was moved.

In his opinion, the loss of Yi Yi is just a replacement of the official conscription of soldiers and pacification of the Hou prisoners by the Lu State with a legal rhetoric of courtesy. The loss of Feiyi means that Kong Qiu is willing to help solve the problem of Feiyi that has plagued the Ji family for many years and does not rebel or obey.

As for the Servant ...... Ji Sunsi almost laughed out loud, Uncle Sun's He, Ji's fee no longer belongs to him, but Yuyi has always been in the hands of the Meng family. In the Yanghu Rebellion, the Meng family was the one who suffered the least losses, and as a result, they are now almost on an equal footing with the Ji family, although Meng Sun He Ji was a student of Confucius, but for his own interests, he has been criticizing Confucius's government recently, and Kong Qiu probably wants to take advantage of the opportunity of the fall of Yu and Fei to weaken the Meng family together!

He and his uncle Zhou have a stake in it, of course he will agree, and he will occupy the name of righteousness and force Meng to agree!

But no, there are only three of them, and the rest of them are not ......

But I heard Confucius say lightly: "There is another family, which is Xilu controlled by Xiao Sikou Zhao Wuxian, Yuncheng!" ”

Ji Sunsi and Shusun Zhou Qiu glanced at each other, ecstatic, Kong Qiu, who had always been very close to Zhao Wuxian, finally decided to do something to this foreign Jin countryman? In order to weaken Xilu, who was close to him, the Meng clan was likely to agree to join this conspiracy at the cost of falling into the city, and with the help of Kong Qiu and his disciples, even the people of Qi could come to help, and it should be possible to achieve it.

So he said, "This policy is reasonable, and we are willing to follow it, so I will send someone to persuade Da Sikong." ”

Confucius is conditional: "The matter of falling into the four capitals needs to be carefully planned, and I hope that the two ministers will keep it secret, and please take Gongliang as the head of the uncle and grandson, and Zhong You as the head of the Ji family. After the autumn harvest, recruit soldiers, and prepare to fall into Yunyi, Feiyi, and then Yunyi and Yuncheng, what is it? ”

Kong Qiu has realized that this is not a personal moral problem of the Yi Zai, but the accumulation of the Lu state vassal system, and it is also the collapse of the power within the three huans that will cause the situation of the three huans and the three huans.

Changing the hereditary lineage of retainers and appointing their outstanding disciples as the ones who can replace the removed family rulers and yi zai, this is the way to revive the Lu country.

In this way, it can be considered justified!

……

At the end of June, when the weather is not so hot, the warm wind begins to blow, the crickets move under the walls, the feathered eagles begin to learn to fly and fight, and the rotting grass begins to flutter and flicker at night.

In Yuncheng, where Confucius said that "transcending the etiquette system", in the hall near the lake, Zhao Wuxian, who had just returned, sat opposite Meng Tan.

Zhang Mengtan was pouring wine for himself and the lord, pouring the clear wine into the cup, his expression was focused and meticulous, but he said slowly: "Just one Yiyi accounts for one-third of the army of the Shusun clan, and Fei is a big city of 10,000 households, guarding the east of the Lu country, Gongshan is not ruthless, and he is quite popular with the people...... Now that the Hou is taking refuge in Si Kou with Yi Yi, as long as he strengthens contacts with Gongshan Bu Xuan, at least we will no longer be alone in the Lu country, but this strategy is in collusion with the rebels of Sanhuan, and it is not good for Si Kou's reputation to spread out. ”

Zhao Wuxian disagreed: "The prince who is a prince, and the thief who is a loser has been since ancient times." Weizi Qi, the first monarch of the Song Kingdom, was originally a traitor to Yin Shang and led the Zhou people into Wangji, but he was later touted as a virtuous prince and inherited the bloodline and temple of Shang Tang. Duke Wen of Jin did not obey his father's orders, resisted according to the city, and then seized the position of his nephew, occupied the wife and concubine of his nephew, and did not respect the Son of Heaven. In my opinion, the process is not important, the important thing is the result, and Meng Tan only has to make suggestions and don't have to think about it. ”

So Zhang Mengtan continued: "Our original intention is to use Yunyi as a target to attract Sanhuan's attention, and then take advantage of the chaos to benefit Xilu. Now that the Shusun clan is unable to capture Yunyi, he turned to the Ji clan for help. In the absence of internal response, a fortified city like Yuyi must first recruit soldiers, repair armaments, and equip equipment, and then complete it in three months. By then, it will be winter, and the energy of the entire Lu country will be concentrated there, where is there still Kung Fu Guan Sikou. As long as it can be dragged to the Jin State Zhongjun Zuo punishes the Wei Guo and opens up the road between Jin and Lu, Si Kou's position in the Lu State will naturally be as safe as a rock, and he can even make further progress. ”

Zhao Wuxian bowed his head and said: "What I'm worried about is that when the uncle and grandson clan have no hope of attacking, they will ask for help from Qi people, which will be a little difficult...... By the way, during the few days I was in Yunyi, what happened to Qi Hou and the Chen clan recently?"

"After the Marquis of Qi returned to the country, he trumpeted the reconciliation of Qilu and did not need to fight again, and the people of the country were jubilant, it is worth noting that the Marquis of Qi asked Chen Heng to go to defend the country and dedicate land."

Zhao Wuxian frowned slightly: "Dedication? ”

"The State of Qi attacked Yiyi last winter, and now it has divided Yiyi into two, the Chen family controls the main city, and the Thousand Room Yi of Lamb, Mei, and Xing were transferred to the Wei Kingdom by the Marquis of Qi to the Chen family as compensation for the loss of Punan by the Wei Kingdom."

"Clever." Zhao Wuxian only had a two-word evaluation of this strategy.

On the one hand, they suppressed the Chen family, who had eaten a lot of fat in the war, and on the other hand, they gave the Wei Guo sweetness and let them continue to stay in the Qi allies as the first line of defense against the Jin people.

Zhao Wuxian was a little happy in his heart, thinking that Chen Heng's heart must be bleeding!

With the peace of Qilu, the fierce cargo war also came to an end, at least on the surface, the merchant ships of Qi began to pass through Jishui and Pushui again, but the tax was still high, and the sea salt of Qi was still unwilling to be transported directly to this side.

Zhao Wuxian was not worried about this, some of the things he needed would be sold to him by the Chen family, and he would have to pay the price of porcelain, and of course, the two sides could also share certain information.

But there is still something wrong, after the meeting of the valley, Zhao Wuxian has been very vigilant against the people of Qi Guo, this land dedication, is it just an isolated incident? Or, is there a backhand?

Zhang Mengtan said: "Si Kou's expectations are not bad, Chen Heng directly sent a handwritten letter from Puyang a few days ago. ”

He presented the paper letter in his arms, and after Zhao Wuxian opened it, there were only four words inside.

"Beware of Song Guo......" (To be continued.) )