Volume 1 The Hidden Movement of the World Chapter 62
On the occasion of the wedding of Zhao Yong and Wu Wa, a love story also occurred in the king of Qi, a powerful country in the east, compared with Zhao Yong's love story, this story is more widely circulated and talked about by future generations.
Qi Xuan Wang Tian Bijiang and Zhao Wuling Wang Zhao Yong are two completely different people, Zhao Yong at this time is young and handsome, wise and martial, but Tian Bijiang is a big-bellied and confused middle-aged man. The well-known story of Mr. Nan Guo's "indiscriminate filling" happened to him. Tian Bijiang seems to be confused, but in fact, many times he knows a lot of things, and deliberately pretends to be confused, in the words of modern people, it is "pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger"!
Tian Ying was the prime minister of the two dynasties, and was named Jingguo Jun by King Qi Wei, with countless wealth, a group of wives and concubines, and more than 40 sons alone, more than King Qi Xuan, and was a well-deserved "big tiger" in Qi State. After King Qi Xuan ascended the throne, he gradually reused Confucianism and advocated Confucianism to govern the country. All this seems to be an unintentional move by King Qi Xuan to respect Confucianism, but in fact he deliberately weakened Tian Ying's power.
At the beginning of King Qi Xuan's ascension to the throne, he also worked hard and did a lot of practical things for the Qi country, but three years later, he began to indulge in arrogance and indulgence, greedy for pleasure. At this time, Mencius was the number one celebrity in the Qi State, followed by Chun Yuji, Su Qin and others, and Tian Wen began to emerge and became more and more famous.
One day, when King Qi Xuan was talking to his sons, he asked them:
"Everyone in the world says that the widow is confused, and the widow is lustful, what do you think?"
"The king is confused to govern the country, but it has the meaning of Lao Tzu's "great wisdom is like foolishness, and goodness is like water", I don't think the king is really confused! As for the king being lustful, I think he is really lustful!" Mencius was the first to say.
"Your ancestor also said, 'The nature of a lust-eater is also!' Is it a shame to love beauty?" Tian Pijiang pointed at Mencius and laughed.
Mencius was choked by him and didn't know how to answer, so Chun Yuyu saw this and said:
"There are four things that the ancient kings loved, and there are only three things for the kings, one less than them!"
"What do you mean by that?" King Qi Xuan felt that there was something in his words, and couldn't help asking.
"Ancient kings loved good horses, kings loved good horses, ancient kings loved delicious food, kings loved delicious food, ancient kings loved beautiful women, and kings also loved beautiful women. But the ancient kings admired talented and virtuous people, but the kings did not love them!" Chun Yu Dao.
King Qi Xuan disagreed, shook his head and said:
"Aren't you just people of talent and virtue? In addition to the people in front of you, where are there other people of talent and virtue in the country? If there are really any capable people with both ability and political integrity, I will respect them and like them! How can I say that I don't respect people with talent and virtue?"
After hearing this, Chun Yuyu retorted:
"In ancient times, there were thousands of horses, but now there are none, and the king never hesitates to spend a lot of money to choose good horses from all the horses, which shows that the king really likes horses. In ancient times, there were leopards, elephants and other animals as a delicacy, but now there is none, so the king ordered his subordinates to go to all parts of the world to choose delicious food, which shows that the king really loves deliciousness. In ancient times, there were beauties like Mao Yan and Xi Shi, but now there are none, and the king chooses from many beauties in the world, which shows that the king really loves beauties. As for the talented and virtuous people, must the king wait for the appearance of virtuous and virtuous people like the Taigong and the Duke of Zhou, and then respect them? If so, they will also feel that the king does not really love talents, and will not follow the king!"
King Qi Xuan was silent after hearing this, and he didn't know how to answer him, and Song Yu said after hearing this:
"Let's make the 'lustful' thing clear first, and then let's talk about the love of talents, okay?"
"Yes! Just said 'lustful'! Just said lustful!" King Qi Xuan immediately interrupted.
"Today is a discussion with the king, why do you keep mentioning lustful things?" Mencius said to Song Yu.
"Now it's not the last dynasty, why can't you 'talk about color'? Your master and ancestor can all talk about color, can't we talk about color?" Song Yu said.
"Yes, yes, yes, then let's talk about color, you come first!" Mencius said.
"The lustful thing that the king mentioned first, or the king comes first!" Song Yu said.
"Just now Mencius said that the widow is really lustful, but the widow does not agree, and the widow is not lustful at all!" King Qi Xuan said with his eyes half-closed, as if he was talking nonsense with his eyes open.
"The king is not lustful, should I wait to be lustful?" Mencius laughed when he heard this, and the rest of the people also laughed.
"I'll just say that widows are not lustful! Is it that if I choose a few beautiful women, I will be lustful? Which of you is not a man with three wives and four concubines? That Tian Ying's wives and concubines are not much less than those of widows! Oh, he is the prime minister, and I am the king, can my women be less than him?" Qi Xuan Wang argued.
When the princes heard King Qi say this, it was really difficult to refute him for a while, and there was silence below, and King Qi Xuan said proudly:
"Don't you have anything to say, are you?
When Song Yu heard this, his eyes rolled and he said:
"Since it comes to being lustful and loving, why don't we talk about it together today!
"Oh, can this be tried?" Mencius laughed.
"Is there such a way, I don't believe it!" Chun Yuyu said with a smile.
"There must be a way, but I'm afraid the king won't dare to try!" Song Yu deliberately excited.
"Try it, you must try! Real gold is not afraid of fire refining, I am afraid that I will not succeed in trying!" King Qi Xuan said loudly, thinking that you think I am really confused, how can this be tried!
"Wuyan has a talented girl named Zhong Lichun, have you heard of it?" Song Yu asked.
"I haven't heard of it!" replied a few people.
"I heard that Wuyan has a talented woman, who is very ugly, but she is very talented, and she is strong in martial arts, and she can write and martial arts, is it Zhong Lichun?" Mencius said.
"It's her! Speaking of Wen, who is stronger than Mr. in my Qi country at the moment?" Song Yu pointed to Mencius and asked King Qi.
"No!" replied King Qi.
"If you want to talk about martial arts, is there anyone in my Qi country who is more powerful than Kuang Zhang at the moment?" Song Yu asked King Qi again.
"No!" replied King Qi.
"Her talent is not as good as her in the sum of our talents!" Song Yu said.
"Impossible! How talented can an ugly girl be? Look at what you say and what you really say!" King Qi said disapprovingly.
"The king only knows that she is an ugly girl without salt, but if he knows who her master is, he will not doubt it!" Song Yu said.
"Oh?" King Qi asked.
"Interesting, you can tell me about it!" said Chun Yu.
"Guiguzi Wang Chan is her master!" Song Yu said.
"That might be really capable!" Chun Yu nodded.
"So, she's Sun Bin's little sister?" Mencius said.
"Yes, but I heard that her master is not only Mr. Guiguzi, but even Lishan's mother is her master!" Song Yu said.
"Mother Lishan, that's just a legendary character, how can it be true?" said Chun Yuji.
"Who is Old Mother Lishan?" asked King Qi.
"Chang Fang's daughter, Lao Tzu's younger sister, is said to have ascended to immortality with Lao Tzu, but it's just a legend!" Mencius replied.
"Since she is Lao Tzu's junior sister, it has been at least two hundred years ago, how can she be the master of an ugly girl!
"So she has ascended to immortal! How can she live to this age if she is not an immortal!" Song Yu said.
"An ugly girl, she said to you like a fairy, don't believe it, don't believe it!" King Qi shook his head and said.
"Don't underestimate this ugly girl! This ugly girl also swore that she would not marry if she was not a prince or noble, so now that she is over 30 years old, she is stunned that she has not married! You think, no matter how ugly a woman is, if she wants to marry, she can always find someone to marry, but if she is ugly and wants to marry a prince or nobleman, how is it possible!" Song Yu said.
"Naturally, no prince or nobleman is willing to marry her!"
"That's why gentlemen love looks, not talents!" Song Yu said. Song Yu is a Taoist, and these words also attacked Confucianism.
"Are you going around the corner and saying that the king loves to be lustful and doesn't love talents?" said Chun Yuyu deliberately.
"I didn't say that! Wang Aicai is still lustful, it depends on his own choice!" Song Yu said.
The two sang and harmonized, and when it came to this, everyone also understood in their hearts, and they all looked at King Qi in unison. Qi Wangtian pretended to close his eyes, but he understood in his heart, and said unhurriedly:
If there is really someone in this world who can beat Meng Ke and Kuang Zhang at the same time, no matter how ugly she is, I will definitely marry her!"
"Is this true?" Song Yu hurriedly asked.
If there really is such a talented woman in the world, the widow will not only marry her, but also make her his queen!" Tian Pijiang said loudly, thinking to himself, who are you to be?
"Is the king willing to summon Zhong Lichun in the court and let her compete with the princes and generals?" Song Yu said.
"I'll be summoned tomorrow!" Tian Bijiang said briskly.