Qi Xi begged to retire, and Jin Mourning asked about his successor. He recommended Xie Hu, Xie Hu was his rival, Jin Mourning was just ready to let Xie Hu replace Qi Xi, but Xie Hu died.

Mourning Gong asked Qi Xi who could take over his position, and Qi Xi replied: "My son Qi Wu can." ”

At this time, Qi Xi's deputy Yang Tongue died, and Jin Mourning Gong asked Qi Xi: "Who can take over the position of Yang Tongue?" ”

Qi Xi replied: "The son of the sheep tongue is okay with a red sheep tongue." "Jin Mourning Gong let Qi Wu be the lieutenant of the middle army, and let Yang Yuchi be his deputy.

The gentleman commented on Qi Xi: "I can recommend excellent talents in this regard." He did not promote his enemies for the sake of flattery; He did not establish his son as his successor, for the sake of partiality; He was not elected as an assistant for the sake of establishing a party member.

In the book of business, it is said, 'If you don't engage in partiality and form a party, the way of the emperor who rules the world can be boundless', which is exactly what Qi bought to say.

Xie Hu was recommended, Qi Wu got a position, Yang Yuchi got an official position, and three things were achieved by establishing the official position of a military captain, which was the result of Qi Xi's recommendation of outstanding talents. Only if he is good, he can promote his kind. The Book of Songs says, 'Only if you have this kind of virtue, can you find someone similar to yourself', and Qi Xi has this kind of virtue. ”

In the fourth year of Lu Xianggong, Jiafu, the leader of the Wuzhong people, sent Meng Le to the Jin State and used the seven texts given by Wei Jiang to the tigers and leopards of the Jin State to request the language country to establish a peaceful relationship with the Rong people.

Jin Xiegong said: "I don't have a close family to go home and have many dreams, so it's better to conquer them." ”

Wei Yi said: "The princes have just obeyed the Jin State, and the Chen State has come to establish an alliance with us for the first time, and they all have to see our actions. If we have kindness, the princes and nations will come with us; incense, it will turn away from us. If we use troops against our people, and the Chu State wants to attack the Chen State, we must not go to the rescue, that is, we have abandoned the Chen State. The nations of China will also rebel against us. ”

Yin Mourning Gong said: "Then it's better to negotiate peace with the Rong people, right?" ”

Wei replied: "There are five interests in making peace with the Rong people: I live on the grasslands, and we value goods and despise the land, and we can buy their land, which is the first benefit." After Herong, the frontier areas were no longer afraid, and the people became accustomed to living on the land there, and the officials who managed the fields were able to complete agricultural production, which was the second benefit.

Rong Di Du served the Jin State, and the countries around the Jin State were shaken because of this, and the vassal states were even more afraid of the power of the Jin State and were nostalgic for the Jin State, which was the third benefit

Benefit. Use benevolence to appease the Rong people, so that the soldiers will not work hard, and the clothes and weapons will not be damaged, which is the fourth benefit.

Hou Yi used the moral law as a reference, and the people from afar will come, and the people near will be peaceful, which is the fifth interest. Please consider it. ”

Jin Mourning Gong was very happy to hear this, and let Wei make an alliance with the Rong tribes. He also put in order the civil affairs, and hunted when he should have hunted.

In the fourteenth year of Lu Xianggong, Shi Kuang served beside Jin Mourning Gong.

Jin Mourning Gong said: "The patriots sent their monarch friends out, isn't it a bit too much? ”

Shi Kuang said to him: "Or maybe their monarch has actually done a big job." A good ruler is to reward what is good and punish the promiscuous, and to feed the people as his son, to cover them like the heavens, and to contain them as the earth. Can the people cast out their monarch, who love him as their own parents, who look up to him as the sun and the moon, who they revere as gods, who fear that they can offer to thunder? The monarch is the master of God and the hope of the people. If the people's property is impoverished, the gods are poor, the sacrifices are lacking, the people are cut off from hope, and the state has no presiding officer, what will the monarch do? What's the use of asking him if you don't let him go? Heaven gave birth to the people and made a monarch for the people, and let the monarch govern them so that they do not lose their nature. With the monarch, he also has to set up auxiliary students for him, so that the master can protect him and not make him overdo things. Therefore, the Son of Heaven has three princes, the princes have the secretary of state, the secretary of state can set up a side room official, the doctor can set up an official of the second sect, the head of the clan has his own children, and the common people, workers, merchants, and slaves such as soap, subordinate, shepherd, and wei have their own affinities, and use these to assist them. Reward them with the good, correct them for their faults, rescue them when they are in trouble, and remove the people who have lost them. From the highest son of heaven onwards, each has a father, brother, and son to supplement and examine their politics and religion. Taishi recorded his words and deeds, musicians wrote their words and deeds into poems, musicians sang songs to persuade Kuangzheng, doctors entered the kingdom, parents heard the king's mistakes and told the doctors, ordinary people were to warn them with angry words, merchants were discussed in the market, and various craftsmen offered their skills to be satirical.

Therefore, Xia Shu said: The officials who ordered Kuaida shook the bell of the golden tongue and announced politics and religion on the road, and the officials who were responsible for admonishing came.

Yes, the craftsmen are engaged in their own crafts to advise. "At the beginning of the first month of spring, it is for the people and merchants

The mill workers provided an opportunity to advise the monarch on his unorthodox behavior. When Heaven is very fond of the people, where can a man be allowed to do whatever he wants above the people, to indulge in his immorality, and to abandon the normality that heaven and earth have given to the people? He must not be allowed to go on like this. ”

There was a Song man who got a piece of jade and presented it to Zihan, who was in power. Zihan did not accept it.

The jade giver said, "I showed it to the jade worker, and he thought it was a piece of jade, so he dared to come and offer it to you." ”

Zihan said: "I am a treasure not to be greedy, and you are a treasure to jade." If you give it to me, we will both lose our treasures, so it is better for each of us to have our own treasures. ”

After bowing to the jade, the jade offerer said to Zihan: "The villain, I carry the jade wall in my arms, and I don't even dare to go to a foreign country, so I can save myself from death by giving this piece of jade to you." ”

Zihan put this piece of jade in the alley where he lived, and let the jade processors carve it, and the jade donors sold the jade and returned to their hometowns after getting rich.

Cheng Zheng of the Jin Kingdom in the 25th year of Lu Xianggong died, and the ruler of Zheng Guo only learned about the information and wisdom of Zheng Guo's doctor Ran Ming, so he asked Ran Ming for advice on how to administer administrative affairs.

Ran Ming said to him, "Treat the people as if they were your own sons." If you find a person who does not speak of righteousness, you will punish him, and you will catch small birds and finches like eagles and cranes, and do it. ”

Zichan was very happy, told Uncle Zi these words, and said, "In the past, I only saw Ran Ming's face, but now I see his heart." ”

Uncle Yu asked Zi Chuan how to pick up political affairs. He replied, "Government is like agricultural production, and it is to be considered day and night, and to the beginning and the result of its completion, and to be carried out early in the morning and at night." In practice, do not go beyond the scope of consideration, as if there is a border in the farmland, so that mistakes will occur. ”

Zheng Guo's son was in charge of government affairs, and if he wanted Gong Boshi to do things, he would give him a fief. Zi Daquan said: "The country is the country of the masses, why only give him a fief? ”

"It is actually very difficult for a man to do things without the desire to possess property. Let everyone get what they want, use it to motivate each other to do things, and ask for his results. It's not that I want to be successful, it's that others are successful. Why should you cherish the fiefdom, and where else can the fiefdom go? ”

Uncle Zi said: "Then how do the neighboring countries view us? ”

Zichan said, "If I give him a fiefdom and not divide the kings and ministers, but make them obey each other, what will the neighboring countries accuse us?" "Zheng Shu" said: "To stabilize the country, we must first stabilize the great clan." For the time being, let's settle down the great clans, and then see where the great clans go. ”

Soon Boshi was frightened and returned the fief, and finally gave it to him.

After Bo You's death, Zi Chuan asked Taishi to appoint Hebo Shi as the district secretary, and Bo Shi resigned.

After Taishi retired, Boshi asked Taishi to appoint him again. Taishi appointed him as the secretary again, and Bo Shi resigned, and this was repeated three times before accepting Jian Ce's worship and thanks.

Because of this, Zichan hated Boshi's way of dealing with people and let his position be under him.

There is a clear difference between the capital of the country and the doctor's mining and the wilderness, and the upper and lower people have their own responsibilities, and the fields are newly demarcated and ditches are dug, and the fields are taxed. The doctors are loyal and frugal, and listen to them so that they come near; Those who are extravagant and wasteful, punish them and let them go to work.

Toyomaki was about to sacrifice to his ancestors, and asked to fight wild beasts as sacrifices, but Kosan refused to answer him, saying, "Only the king sacrifices with fresh beasts, and everyone else is just rationed." ”

Toyomaki was furious, and after retiring from the court, he recruited apprentices.

Zisan fled to the Jin Kingdom, but Zipi stopped him and expelled Fengmaki. Toyomaki fled to the Jin Kingdom.

Zichan begged Zheng Jiangong not to confiscate Fengjuan's fields and residences, and let him come back after three years, so that he would return his fields, residences, and all his income.

In the first year of the reign of the son, all the people in the country cursed him, saying, "Whoever has taken away our clothes and hats and will levy the property and will collect the property and will collect the land tax if he has seized our land." ”

After three years in power, a great crowd sang his praises, saying, "I have sons to teach them; I have a field, and the yield allows it to increase its yield. If Yu Chan dies, who will succeed him? ”

In the spring of the first year of Lu Zhao, the prince of Chu went to Zheng and wanted to marry the bride at the house of Gongsun Duan.

Wu Ju, the doctor of the State of Chu, was his deputy envoy. They were about to live in Zheng Guo's mansion, and Zheng Guo found out that they had a conspiracy and hated them, so he asked Ziyu, who often traveled to foreign countries, to talk to them and let them stay in a hotel outside the national capital.

After Chu Gongziwei and his entourage held a ceremony to Zheng Guo, they prepared to greet their relatives with many people.

Zheng Guo's ruler Zichan was afraid of them, so he asked Ziyu to refuse to greet his relatives, and said to the Chu people: "Because our country is too small to accommodate your retinue, please let us clean a place outside the city as the ancestral temple of Gongsun Duan, and accept your greeting gift." ”

Gongzi Wai asked the Dazai Bozhou plough of the Chu State to say to Ziyu: "Your monarch has been humiliated to give our doctor to Wei family affairs, and let the daughter of Gongsun Duan's family be a wife to Wei. Gongzi arranged a few seats around our country, and came to you after paying tribute in the temples of King Chu Zhuang and King Chu Gong. If you bestow this family business in the wilderness, then put your sovereign's son in the weeds, so that Gongziwei will not be able to rank in the ranks of the princes.

Not only that, but it will also make Gongziwei deceive his dead monarch, and he will not be able to become the secretary of our monarch in the future, so that there will be no way to return to the country and restore his life. The only way to do this is for you, doctor. ”

Ziyu said: "There is no sin in a small country, but it is really its sin to rely on a big country." A small country has to rely on a big country to stabilize itself, and a big country is not harboring a evil heart to plot against him, right?

The loss of support for a small country will cause the punishment of the vassal states, so that the vassal states will not regret and regret it, and they will resist disobeying the orders of your sovereign, and you will be afraid that the orders will not work. If this is not the case, our humble country belongs to the hotel where you sent your envoy to our country, where would you dare to pity the ancestral temple of Gongsun Duan and not let you go there to pay respects? ”

Wu Ju knew that Zheng Guo was already on guard against them, and asked them to enter the capital with empty bags (without weapons), and Zheng Guo agreed to them.

In the third year of Lu Zhaogong, Duke Qi Jing sent Yan Ying, the minister of state, to the Jin Kingdom and asked for the daughter of the Duke of Qi to be a concubine again. ……

was already engaged, Yan Zi accepted the reception of the guests invited to the banquet of the Jin State, and Shu Xiang followed Yan Yan to the banquet.

The two began to talk. Shu Xiang said, "How is the situation in Qi Kingdom? ”

Yan Zi said: "This is the end of the declining world, I don't dare to protect the country of Qi will become the country of the Chen family." Our monarch has rejected his people, and they have all returned to Chen. Originally, there were four kinds of measuring tools in the Qi Kingdom, which were beans, districts, kettles, and bells. Four liters are one ear, and so on are all quaternary, all the way to the sign. Ten cauldrons are one bell. Chen's three measuring instruments, bean, district, and kettle, have all been increased by one unit to become the quintal system, and one clock is larger than the original. He used his own measuring tools to borrow money and recycled them with old measuring tools in his office.

He brought the trees from the mountains to the market, and the price was no higher than the price in the mountains; Fish, salt, large offerings, buckets, and other seafood are sold at the market at a price that is no higher than at the seaside. Of the people's strength, two of the people's strength went into the office, and only one cent was left to keep themselves clothed and fed. The wealth gathered by the monarch was corrupted by moths, and the three elders were frozen and starved. In various markets in the capital, shoes are very cheap, and prosthetic limbs used by people who have cut off their feet are expensive.

The people suffered, and the Chen family gave it generously. The people love him like their own parents, and the people who follow him are like flowing water, so if Chen wants to get the people, what can he do to escape?

Chen's first rough Ji Bo, Zhi Shan, Yu Sui, and Bo Xi, their ghosts and gods followed Hu Gong and his wife Daji's ghosts and gods in Qi Kingdom. ”

Shu Xiang said: "Yes, although we still have an office in the Jin Kingdom, it is now the end of the world. War horses no longer drive chariots, the emperor has no army, the king's chariot has no royal and chariot right and others, and the ranks of the soldiers cannot find a usable commander. The common people were poor, but the office was even more luxurious. The starving people on the side of the road can be seen everywhere, and the pampered women's home is very wealthy. When the people heard the king's decree, they were fleeing from thieves and enemies. The clans of the Luan clan, the Shao clan, the Xu clan, the Yuan clan, the Hu clan, the Xu clan, the Qing clan, and the Bo clan all descended to the state of slaves, and politics and religion came out of the doctor's family, and the people had nothing to rely on. The monarch does not correct his mistakes every day, but hides his sorrows with entertainment. How many days can there be in the humility of the office?

He said: 'Rise at dawn, work hard, and make a name for yourself, but in the Hereafter you will slack off.' And if you don't think about changing your ways every day, can you last a long time? ”

Yan Ying said, "What are you going to do?" ”

Shu Xiang said: "There are no more princes in the Jin Kingdom. I heard that the office was about to decline, and his clan fell like a leaf, and then the office fell with it. There are eleven clans of my ancestors, and only this one is the Sheeptongue Clan. I have no son, and the office has lost its manners, and if I am fortunate enough to have a good death, where will anyone sacrifice me? ”

At the beginning, Qi Jinggong wanted to change the house for Yan Ying, and said to Yan Ying: "Your house is close to the market, it is wet and narrow, and the sound is noisy and dusty, so you can't live in it, please change it to a bright and dry place for you." ”

Yan Zi excused himself and said:

"The former great son of the monarch is accommodated here, and I am not good enough to inherit his position, and I feel that it is a luxury to live here. And if I get close to the market, sooner or later I will be able to get what I need, this is my interest, where do I dare to manage my home? ”

Qi Jinggong smiled and said: "You are close to the market, do you know the price of goods?" ”

Yan Ying replied: "Since you have the benefit of being close to the market, can you still not know the market price?" ”

Qi Jinggong asked: "What is expensive and what is cheap?" ”

At that time, Qi Jinggong's punishment was heavy, and many people had their legs and feet cut off, so there were people selling prosthetics in the market, so Yan Ying replied: "The prosthetic limbs used by those who cut off their feet are expensive, and the shoes are cheap." ”

Qi Jinggong had already told Qi Jinggong about the situation, so he mentioned it again when he talked to Shu Xiang. Qi Jinggong thus reduced the punishment.

The gentleman said: "The interests of the benevolent man are very extensive. Yan Zi's words, and Qi Jinggong reduced the punishment. The Book of Verses says, 'If a gentleman is happy, the troubles will soon cease.' That's exactly what you're talking about, isn't it? ”

When Yan Zi sent an envoy to the Jin Kingdom, Qi Jinggong built a new residence for him. After he returned to Qi, his new home had been built.

Yan Ying thanked Qi Jinggong, destroyed the new house, and rebuilt the houses that had been demolished because of the new house built for him, and repaired them to their original appearance, so that the people who lived in them still lived back, and said to these people:

"The saying goes, 'Don't choose a house, just choose a neighbor.'" Let's all choose your neighbors first. If the divination is violated, the result will not be auspicious. Gentlemen don't do things that don't follow the etiquette law, and villains don't do those unlucky things, this is the legacy of the ancients. Do I dare to go against it? ”

In the end, his old residence was restored, but Qi Jinggong did not allow it, and Yan Ying asked Qi Jinggong through Mo Huanzi, and Qi Jinggong finally allowed it.

In the first month of the spring of the fourth year of Lu Zhaogong, the monarch of Xu Guoguo arrived in the state of Chu, and the king of Chu Ling kept him, so he left Zheng Jiangong behind and hunted with Zheng Jiangong on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and the monarch of Xu Guoguo also participated.

King Ling of Chu sent Wu Ju to the Jin State to negotiate and ask the princes to participate in the alliance chaired by the Chu State, and the monarch of the State of Xu and the Duke of Fu Jian waited for news in the State of Chu.

Wu Ju sent an order to the king of Chu Ling to the Jin state, saying: "In the past, the king of the Jin state was kind to us, and gave us the alliance in the Song state, and once said: 'Obedience to the Jin state or obedience to the Chu state is alternate. ”

Because of the difficulties of recent years, our monarch is willing to form a friendship with the monarchs of various countries, and let Wu Ju me ask for the opening of the examination and take time to listen to the confession. Sovereign, if the Jin monarch does not have any worries about the border defense on all sides for the time being, then we are willing to use your glory to invite all the princes to participate. ”

Jin Zigong wanted not to agree to this request. Sima Hou said, "No. King Chu Ling is asserting his power, and the heavens may want to make him proud, use it to aggravate his sins, and punish him. This cannot be known. It is also unknown that the messenger he sent will die well. The Jin State and the Chu State only look at the blessing of God, and they cannot compete with the Chu State for hegemony. You agree to his request, and cultivate morality to wait to see his tendency. If he is inclined to virtue, we must obey them, let alone the princely states. If God puts them in a state of desolation, the state of Chu will give up the princes, and who can we fight for hegemony? ”

Jin Pinggong said: "The Jin State has three conditions that will not cause danger, what enemies will there be? The terrain of the country is dangerous and there are many horses, and the country of Qi and Chu has many disasters and difficulties, with these three, where will we not be able to reach it? ”

Sima Hou replied: "Relying on the dangerous terrain and the abundance of horses, and being happy with the internal difficulties of neighboring countries, are three kinds of crises. The mountains of Siyue, Santu, Yangpo, Omuro, Jingshan, and Jungnan are dangerous points in Kyushu, so that the location of each dangerous place is always ruled by one surname. The northern part of Siju is a place where horses are produced, but there is no prosperous country. Relying on danger and horses cannot be used as a basis for strengthening the state, as has been the case since ancient times. Therefore, the emperors of the previous generation must cultivate benevolence and virtue to sacrifice to the gods and people, and I have not heard that they must rely on the terrain to risk babies and horses. The afflictions of our neighbours do not make us happy. Some afflictions have strengthened the country and developed the territory; There are those who have lost their country and the land they guard. Why rejoice in the afflictions of our neighbors?

The state of Qi had an internal difficulty in Gongsun ignorant to seize power, so he obtained the Duke of Qi Huan, and the state of Qi still relies on the hegemony of Duke Huan.

The Jin State had a rebellion by Rick and Bu Zheng, and got the Duke of Wen, so the Jin State developed into the leader of the alliance.

Neither Wei Guo nor Xing Guo had any internal troubles, and the enemy also killed them. Therefore it is not for others to be glad in their afflictions.

If Nong relies on the three conditions mentioned by Hugh and does not cultivate the benevolence of the Christians, I am afraid that he will not even have the time to save the world, so how can he achieve his goal? You still promise Chu State.

King Shang Xian was in chaos, King Wen of Zhou was kind and friendly, the stock merchants perished, and the Zhou Dynasty prospered, where is the use of competing for princes? ”

Jin Pinggong agreed to the request of the envoy of Chu State, and conceded that Quan Xiang said to Wu Ju:

"We can't meet your monarch because you have domestic affairs, and the princes of all countries, your monarch actually got them, where do you still use your monarch to give orders?"

Wu Ju then asked the Jin State to marry the Chu State, and the Jin Pinggong agreed to the matter.

King Chu Ling asked Zheng Guo's sons, "Will the Jin Kingdom allow me to gather the princes?" ”

He replied: "What the Duke of Jin Ping thinks about is small peace, not to dominate the princes. His physicians had many desires, and none of them could help their monarch.

At the alliance meeting of the Song State, it was said that the Jin State and the Chu State were the same country. If I don't promise you, what's the point...... What about the Covenant? ”

King Chu Ling said, "Will the princes come?" ”

He replied, "It will definitely come." Obey the covenant in Mein, take advantage of your favor for them, and not be afraid of the great Jin Kingdom, why should you not come? If you don't come, you may have Lu. Wei, Cao, and short monarchs.

Cao was afraid of Song, Du was afraid of Lu, and Lu and Wei were invaded by Qi

Near Jin Wai, because this will not come. The rest of the princes, all you are involved in, who dares not to arrive? ”

King Chu Ling said: Then there is nothing that I ask for that cannot be done? ”

He replied, "It is not possible to make others happy with themselves; Be consistent with the wishes of others, and everything will be done. ”