After solving the matter of Sun Wu's reward, Qingji looked around again, looked at the ministers and doctors sitting on the left and right under His Majesty's platform, and said slowly: "Second and third sons, have you ever heard of the story of Qi Huangyang's recommendation of sages in the past?" ”

The story of Qi Huangyang's recommendation?

How could the ministers of Wu not know about this?

Qi Huangyang is for Qi Xi.

Ji's surname, Qi's, Xi's name, and the word Huangyang.

Because of the food in Qi, it was Qi's.

In the fourteenth year of King Jian of Zhou, that is, in 572 BC, the Duke of Jin Mourning ascended the throne, and Qi Xi was appointed as a lieutenant of the middle army.

After Qi Xi was offered to the prince of the Jin Dynasty, his father was Gao Liangbo.

After the difficulty of going to the palace, Jin Jinggong once gave Qi Xi the land of the Zhao family.

Mourning Gong succeeded to the throne, "the first hundred officials", and established Qi Xi as the lieutenant.

When he was in peace, he was reinstated as a doctor of the public family, and when he went to the drama job, he was an idle official, and basically did not ask about political affairs.

Qi Xi reigned for about 60 years and was a veteran of the Four Dynasties.

He is loyal to the country, anxious for justice and righteousness, and has a good reputation among the government and the opposition, and is deeply loved by the people.

Yu County and Qi County all have Qi Dafu Temple.

He once recommended his father-killing enemy Xie Hu to Jin Pinggong to replace his position.

Ji Biao, the Duke of Jinping, is also known as the generation of heroes of the Jin Kingdom.

In the fifteenth year of Jin Mourning, on November Guihai Day, Jin Mourning Gong died, and Gongzi Biao succeeded to the throne for Jin Pinggong.

After the Duke of Jinping succeeded to the throne, he appointed Yang Tongue as Taifu, Zhang Junchen as the Sima of the Chinese Army, Qi Xi, Han Xiang, Luan Ying, and Shi Ying as the prince's doctors, and Yu Qiushu as the horse rider.

Changed to wear auspicious clothes, selected talents and talents, and held a festival in Quwo.

During the reign of Jin Pinggong, heavy taxes, greed for pleasure, and no political affairs, government affairs fell into the hands of the six secretaries, and the strength of the six secretaries became stronger and stronger, laying the groundwork for the future division of the three Jin......

However, it is undeniable that Jin Pinggong's achievements in military and diplomatic affairs are also remarkable.

In diplomacy, the Duke of Jin Ping, the Duke of Lu Xiang, the Duke of Song Ping, the Duke of Wei Xian, the Duke of Zheng Jian, the Duke of Cao Cheng, Ju Zi, the Duke of Yi, the Xue Bo, the Uncle of Qi, and the Little Duke of Xiao were in Shuliang.

The Duke of Jin Ping ordered the princes to retreat to the fields that had been encroached upon each other.

For sending envoys to and from the Jin State's opponents, the Qi State and the Chu State, he arrested Duke Xuan and Ju Libi Gong.

The Duke of Jin Ping held a banquet in Wendi and agreed with the princes to jointly crusade against the princes who were not loyal to the alliance lord, forming a new military alliance.

Militarily, Jin Ping Gong attacked Xu Zhenyan and defeated Chu at Zhanban.

During the decade from 552 BC to 548 BC, the Jin and Qi states fought a number of battles, first besieging the Qi state of Linzi and then defeating the Qi state at the Gaotang Dynasty.

Jin Ping Gong Ji Biao, as his name suggests, can be described as a fierce monarch.

After Ji Biao buried his father, Jin Mourning Gong, he sent troops to attack the Qi State.

Qi Linggong, the monarch of Qi, fought with the Jin army in Mixia, and the Qi army was defeated and retreated.

The Jin army chased the Qi army, besieged Linzi, the capital of Qi, burned all the houses in the outer city, and killed all the soldiers and civilians in the outer city.

Attacking to the east to Jiaoshui, and attacking to Yishui to the south, the Qi State was based on the city to defend, and did not fight with the Jin army, so the Jin army retreated and returned.

Since then, the kingdom of Qi and the state of Jin have formed a relationship.

After the alliance of Lanyuan, Luan Xiao, the minister of the Jin State, fled to the Qi State for committing a crime.

Duke Qi Zhuang secretly sent Luan Lu to Quwo and followed him with soldiers. Qi soldiers went up to Taihang Mountain, and Luan rebelled in Quwo and attacked Jiangcheng.

Jiangcheng was defenseless, Jin Pinggong was forced to commit suicide, Fan Xianzi stopped him and led his subordinates to fight back against Luan, Luan was defeated and returned to Quwo.

The Quwo people attacked Luan Luan, Luan died in battle, and the Quwo people destroyed the Luan family.

When the Duke of Qi Zhuang heard that Luan had failed, he left to take revenge on the battle of Linzi when he returned to Qi to capture the Jin Dynasty.

However, when is the time for retribution?

After the Duke of Qi Zhuang was killed by his own minister Cui Zhu, the Jin State took advantage of the civil strife in Qi to defeat the Qi army in Gaotang in revenge for the great revenge of the Taihang War.

It is said that there are two Zhuang Gong in Qi State, one is "Zhuang Gong before Qi" and the other is "Zhuang Gong after Qi".

The former Duke of Zhuang of Qi was Lü Gou, who reigned for 60 years and was the longest reigning monarch during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

Long standby!

Because of his long reign, the state of Qi, which had just experienced 70 years of civil strife, was able to recover under a long period of stability.

In his later years, Lü Gou basically put the Qi State in the position of a small hegemon, laying a political and economic foundation for the princes of the Qi Princess's Alliance, the revenge of the Duke of Qi Xiang's annihilation, and the princes of Qi Huan.

There are many interpretations of the nickname "Zhuang", mainly including: the soldier is eager to say Zhuang, Rui Yu overcomes Zhuang, defeats the enemy Zhiqiang Zhuang, dies in the wilderness Zhuang, repeatedly kills Zhuang, and Wu does not succeed in Zhuang......

There are about twenty or thirty kinds of "Zhuang" methods, and so on.

It was in the same period as the Duke of Jin Ping, and it was Lu Guang, the Duke of Zhuang after Qi.

This guy was killed by Cui Shu and others because of his fornication with Cui Zhu's wife, Dongguo Jiang.

However, Hou Zhuang Gong himself is the same as Jin Pinggong, he has character flaws, but he is quite accomplished.

It's just that Empress Zhuang of Qi was killed because of cheating, which is too embarrassing......

As for Jin Pinggong, he can be said to be the last male lord of the Jin Kingdom.

After him, the Marquis of Jin fell from power.

So much so that Ji Za asserted in his early years: The power of the Jin State will sooner or later belong to the three families of Zhao, Wei, and Han......

It was prescient!

"Father, son-in-law heard that in the past, the Duke of Jin Ping asked Qi Huangyang twice, and recommended his enemy Xie Hu before, and later recommended his son Qi Wu."

Gongzi Heng came out and said: "Raising a virtuous person does not avoid relatives, and raising relatives does not avoid suspicion." ”

"In the matter of recommending talents for the country, Qi Huangyang can be described as selfless!"

"Not bad."

Seeing that Gongzi Heng had such an opinion, Qingji couldn't help but bow his head slightly and agreed.

Qingji looked at Gongzi Heng and said meaningfully: "To achieve 'internal actions without avoiding relatives, external actions without avoiding hatred', justice is the most important quality." ”

"Only justice can be selfless, and only then can there be the open-mindedness of 'selflessness and wide world'."

"Only with the quality of fairness can we objectively select, recommend, and use talents without being confused and swayed by all kinds of illusory illusions, and adhere to the principle of 'only using talents'."

"In the past, the Duke of Qi Huan appointed Guan Zhong as the prime minister, so that the Qi State was governed, the princes of Jiuhe, and the world was one, because the Duke of Qi Huan had such a quality......"

Hearing this, Gongzi Heng bowed and said, "Father, son-in-law is taught." ”

Qingji's words were not just telling Wu Guo's ministers and doctors that meritocracy was a consistent criterion that Wu Guo adhered to.

It is also teaching Gongzi Heng that the quality of fairness and justice is commendable.

The "three noes" are the great wisdom and big mind of the people who choose people, and they have become a classic saying that they have always been able to raise their talents.

This is the way to select and employ people in the prosperous era of Mingjun.

Tang Taizong's appointment of Wei Zheng and Qi Huan's appointment of Guan Zhong are both commendable examples of employment in history.

To achieve this, the first choice of people is to think of the country and to be public-minded, and secondly, to have a broad mind.

Talent rejuvenates the country, people rejuvenate the country, which is also an important reason for the rule of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty and the hegemony of the Qi State.