"The king, what the court captain said!"

Kong Qiu said with a dark face: "On the grounds that our Wu State abolished the Jingtian system, opened the territory of Qianmo, and allowed the free purchase and sale of land, the Qi people gathered Chu, Song, Lu, and Wei, a total of fourteen princes, intending to destroy Wu. ”

"If I, the state of Wu, promise to restore the system of wells, and prohibit the exiles of other countries from settling in Wu. The princes have no excuses, how can they wave their troops to attack Wu? ”

"In this way, isn't it a big joke in the world, and if you kill Wu with an unkind and unrighteous army, you will definitely be defeated!"

As soon as they heard this, the ministers couldn't help but whisper to each other.

Bo Yu, who was scolded by Kong Qiu like this, couldn't help it, and sneered: "Confucius, your words are wrong. ”

"The reason why the Marquis of Qi listened to the instigation of the Chu people this time and called on the princes of all countries to attack Wu is not to restore the hegemony of the ancestors!"

"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the Qi country. How could Qi Hou miss such a good opportunity? ”

"I dare to assert that after the Qi people force our Wu State to restore the Jingtian system and prohibit the exiles of other countries from settling in Wu, they will further ask our Wu State to abolish the new law, and all the efforts made by the previous king and the rank may be in vain!"

As soon as he heard this, Kong Qiu's eyes suddenly widened, his color changed, and he said, "Pawn! How dare you instigate the king to resist the coalition? ”

"The Fourteen-Nation Alliance, I'm afraid that the strength is not less than 200,000, at least more than 100,000 troops, how can my Wu State stop it?"

"Confucius, you are wrong again!"

Bo Tu sneered: "The king once said that there are not many soldiers, they are brave, they will not be brave, they are plotting!" ”

"My Wu soldiers are strong and strong, and they have repeatedly defeated the Chu division with less. It's proof! And the coalition of the nations is just a rabble, and the people are not aligned, and it is always difficult to become a big weapon! ”

What Bo Biao and Kong Qiu said is not unreasonable.

At this time, the ministers and doctors in the court hesitated, who should they support?

Qingji squinted his eyes, secretly pondered for a moment, and then looked at Da Sima Sun Ping's body and asked, "Da Sima, I don't know what you think?" ”

Sun Ping was once the secretary of the Qi State, and moved his family to settle in the Wu State to escape the war.

Now, he has become an official under the Great Sima, under the three dukes, and his position is extremely powerful.

As a native of Qi, Sun Ping obviously knows some things about Qi very well.

At this time, seeing Qingji asking himself, Sun Ping did not hide it, and said: "King, please forgive the minister, since the king succeeded to the throne, he has worked hard to govern the country and change the law to strengthen the country, and the results have been remarkable, however, the state of Wu still cannot be compared with the state of Qi in terms of national strength. ”

"When the State of Qi was in the reign of Duke Huan of Qi, it was once the hegemon and the uncle of the princes, and then the State of Qi fell into civil strife, and there was no peace for several generations."

"There is even a matter of Cui Zhu killing his king, and he is laughing and generous. However, today's Qihou pestle is worthy of the previous generation and the previous generation of masters! ”

"The Marquis of Qi reigned for 30 years, and appointed loyal ministers such as Yan Ying and Sima Sui Tho to govern the country and secure the country, so that the politics and religion of Qi were prosperous, and the grand occasion of the Duke of Qi Huan was restored for a time."

"Therefore, Qi Hou's wolf ambition can no longer be concealed. The State of Qi has strong national strength, coupled with the ambition of the Marquis of Qi, this time the United Princes will attack Wu, and the one who did it is the position of the overlord! ”

Sun Pingwei's analysis of Qingji is the first way.

Qingji bowed his head slightly and agreed.

About Qi Hou Pestle Mortar, that is, the historical Qi Jinggong, Qingji also has some understanding.

Qi Jinggong is surnamed Jiang, Lu, named Pestle, the son of Qi Linggong, and the younger brother of Qi Zhuang Gong.

Pestle is not the eldest son of Duke Qi Ling, and he was able to ascend the throne and become the monarch of Qi State, thanks to his elder brother who cuckolded his subordinates - Duke Qi Zhuang.

Cui Wuzi Cui Shu was the minister of Qi State, with many political achievements and many military exploits, won the trust of Qi Linggong, and often participated in diplomatic affairs with Prince Guang.

In 552 BC, Duke Qi Ling died, and Cui Zhu supported the eldest son of Duke Ling, Guang, as Duke Qi Zhuang.

After Duke Zhuang ascended the throne, he relied on Cui Shu even more, and the relationship between the monarch and the minister was extraordinary.

Zhuang Gong often went in and out of Cui Zhu's house, but soon became infatuated with Cui Zhu's wife Tang Jiang and had an affair with her.

Later, Cui Zhu learned that he was cuckolded by the monarch, and out of self-preservation, in 548 BC, he united with Qingfeng to kill Zhuang Gong to avenge this.

This is the famous "Cui Zhu kills his king" in history!

In order to protect the family, Cui Zhu supported Qi Zhuanggong's younger brother Pestle as the monarch and was for Qi Jinggong.

The heir of the lucky continuation of the surname Jiang became the Marquis of Qi!

Among the ministers of Pestle, the early Xiangguo were Cui Zhu and Qingfeng, and later there were Xiangguo Yanying, Sima Sui Tho and Liang Qiu.

The pestle is both fierce and greedy for pleasure.

As a monarch, he is reluctant to give up any of them, and accordingly.

There must be two different groups of ministers around him, one is the minister who governs the country, and the other is the minister who is happy, and Pestle, like many monarchs in history, uses such a way of governing the country and employing people.

At the beginning of his pro-government, he was able to accept advice with an open mind, carefully listen to and adopt the suggestions of Yan Ying, Xian Zhang and others, and let go of the virtuous ministers to govern the country.

As a result, in just a few years, the Qi country has gone from chaos to order, the lives of the Qi people have been greatly improved, and the comprehensive national strength has been improved.

Pestle's martial arts made the Qi State strong for a while, and these became the cornerstone of Tian Qi's strength later!

Later, the pestle was greedy for pleasure, regardless of the life and death of the people, and was heavily punished.

Not only did he live a luxurious life, be greedy for cups and lust, be good dogs and horses, and build a large palace, but even provided two-thirds of the people's income for his own enjoyment, causing the people to have a poor life and complaining, but he was not sympathetic to the people's feelings and insisted on competing with the Jin State for the false name of the hegemon.

In the "Analects of Ji's Chapter", it is said: "Qijing Gong has a thousand horses, and on the day of death, the people are praised for having no virtue!" ”

So, sometimes, it's not a good thing for a king to reign too long.

The historical Qi Jinggong reigned for 58 years, which can be described as a long life.

However, he made the same mistakes that many emperors make.

It seems that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Qianlong and other emperors all made achievements in the early stage, but they began to be mediocre or brutal in the later stage, and they were stubborn and self-serving!

"Da Sima, in this case, in your opinion, should my Wu State fight with the princes' alliance, or negotiate peace?"

Qingji frowned and asked.

"The king, the minister thinks that cowardice before fighting is really a taboo for soldiers."

Sun Pinglang said: "As long as the king is willing to fight, my Wu army will definitely win!" It's just that it is unknown whether it will be a miserable victory or a complete victory......"

Sun Ping said a relatively objective fact.

With the current strong military strength and high morale of the Wu State, it is indeed not difficult to defeat the coalition army of hundreds of thousands of princes.

However, if this is not careful, the family funds that Wu Guo has accumulated with great difficulty in the past few years will be squandered again.

Because in the past two years, Wu has experienced a lot of wars, the battle to destroy Yue, and the battle to attack Chu, which made Wu's warehouse empty.

I was finally able to take a breath, and before I came to my senses, I had to face the blow of a coalition of more than 100,000 princes?

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