Master Kong Zhongni

Chapter 260 Marriage Events
In Zai Yu's view, Ran Qiu's persuasion is not without reason.

Judging from the historical experience of intermarriage between clans in various countries in the Spring and Autumn Period, marriage with a power with a large gap in strength has always had mixed benefits and disadvantages.

Naturally, Li can get strong support from the woman's natal family, and some people can even rely on their wives to soar into the sky.

Leaving aside the fact that in recent years, there has been a person in Chu State who became a doctor because he married a woman from a public office.

At the beginning, the state of Wu attacked Yingdu, the capital of the state of Chu, and the king of Chu fled overnight in a panic.

Because the Wu army was attacking too fiercely, it was too late to prepare vehicles. Most of the king of Chu and his doctors had to flee on foot, and a spring and autumn marathon was staged on the spot.

Fortunately, Wu Jun's thoughts were all on robbing Yingdu's property, so not many people went after King Chu, so they were able to get out of trouble.

In the process of fleeing on foot, King Chu's younger sister, Ji Mi, was too weak to walk for a long time.

Seeing that the Wu people behind him were about to catch up, in a hurry, Zhong Jian, a minister of the state of Chu, picked up Ji Mi on his back and ran away.

In this way, Zhong Jian carried the princess on his back and followed the King of Chu all the way to Yundi, two hundred miles away.

Later, Shen Baoxu, a doctor of Chu, went to Qin State to ask for reinforcements, and helped Chu State repel the offensive of Wu State, and the King of Chu was finally able to return to the capital.

At this time, there was a lot of waste in the state of Chu. In order to stabilize the external environment, the king of Chu planned to marry his younger sister Ji Mi to a nearby state to establish an alliance through in-laws.

But Ji Mi guessed that she had developed feelings for Zhong Jian during the days of fleeing, so she played tricks and said goodbye to her brother.

"According to the etiquette and customs, as a woman, you should stay away from men. Although I really want to obey your orders, Zhong Jian has already recited me."

In the current words, what Ji Mi means is - I am not clean.

When the King of Chu heard this, he was immediately silenced by his sister.

etiquette?

When did our country of Chu start talking about this thing?
Isn't it 'I, barbarians too'?

Sister, did you misremember the teachings of your ancestors, or did I split the pedagogy of Shi Bao?
However, the King of Chu thought about it for a while, and soon understood what his sister was thinking.

So after a brief struggle, the king of Chu still felt sorry for his younger sister, so instead of forcing her to marry, he married her to Zhong Jian.

Because the status of his brother-in-law was too low, the King of Chu simply named him a doctor and asked Zhong Jian to take the post of Yue Yin in charge of music performance.

Now that the advantages of marriage have been discussed, it is time to discuss the disadvantages.

As far as the Lu State is concerned, Ji Si, who caused the internal chaos of the Ji family, is the daughter of the Bao family of Qi State.

Although the Bao family of Qi State is not as prominent as the second family of Guogao, it is also a family of doctors who are firmly in the second echelon of Qi State.

Their ancestor was Bao Shuya, one of the protagonists of the friendship between Guan and Bao.

And Ji Si, as the daughter of Bao Wenzi, married to the Ji family of Lu State.

On the one hand, helping her husband Ji Gongniao improved his status in Lu State and Ji clan.

On the other hand, when Ji Gongniao died, Ji Si had an affair with his servant and slandered Ji Gongruo and others, but after knowing the truth, Ji Pingzi still chose to let Ji Gongruo resist the stigma and unjustly killed Ji Gongniao's retainers Aunt Shen Ye.

Although this is to protect the best interests of the Ji family, it also has to take into account the influence from the Bao family of Qi.

At that time, Ji Pingzi was in the stage of wrestling with the government, his uncles, and the Meng family. In order to successfully complete the plan of "rejuvenating and abolishing the three armies" and realize the great cause of Ji's ruling Lu State, Ji Pingzi of course also needed a relatively stable one. external environment.

And women from the Three Jin Dynasty, like Zhao Wuxie's sister Ji Ying, have a very distinctive feature.

That is, women from the three Jin Dynasties usually have a strong sense of family and country.

When Jin Huigong and Qin Mugong fought in Hanyuan, Jin Huigong was defeated and captured. Because Jin Huigong was angry that Jin Huigong came to attack while Qin was famine, he considered killing him to sacrifice to God.

As for Duke Mu's wife, Duke Hui of Jin's elder sister, Mu Ji, after hearing the news, she also resented her younger brother, Duke Hui of Jin, for messing up her family's family after taking the throne, which made the other younger brothers dare not return to the Kingdom of Jin. .

But from the perspective of the Jin State, the country cannot live without a king, and the Jin State is now in a new defeat. If Jin Huigong dies again, then the Jin State will be in great trouble.

But Mu Ji also knew that his younger brother Jin Huigong had offended her husband too much, just blowing the pillow wind might not be enough to change Qin Mugong's mind.

After much deliberation, she finally decided to give her husband Qin Mugong a hard job.

She ordered her men to pile up firewood on the high platform in the palace, and then stood on it with her two sons, Prince Fu, Gongzi Hong, and daughter Jian Bi, and sent a message to her husband who had not yet returned to the capital.

"If the king of Jin enters at court, the servant girl will die at night. If he enters at night, he will die at court."

The meaning of this passage is also very simple.

If Jin Jun came during the day, then the concubines would burn themselves to death at night.If he came at night, the concubines would burn themselves to death during the day.

Qin Mugong had no choice but to ask Jin Huigong to make an alliance with Qin State after hearing the news that his wife brought his children to hold Barbie Q in the palace, and let him go back.

The mother of Dr. Jin Guoxian's uncle Xiang is also a powerful person.

At first, Shu Xiang wanted to marry Shen Gong Wuchen's daughter as his wife, but his mother wanted him to marry his natal family.

Uncle Xiang knows that his mother has always been strong, and he is afraid that the housekeeping of the Yangtong family will be controlled by the mother's family.

So he declined and said: "I have many concubine mothers, but few concubine brothers. It is not easy for my uncle's daughter to conceive and have children. I take this as a warning."

Uncle told his mother that his son didn't listen to her, so he said.

"Xia Ji, the wife of Lord Shen and Wu Chen, has married four times, and the first three husbands were all involved in disasters because of her.

In her whole life, she killed a monarch, entrapped one of her sons, destroyed a country, and made two ministers flee to other countries.

Can this not be used as a warning?
I heard: 'What is beautiful must be evil'.

An extremely beautiful event must have an extremely ugly side.

That person is the daughter of Yao Zi, the young concubine of Zheng Mugong, and the younger sister of Zi Rai. Zi Rai died early and had no offspring. Therefore, God concentrated her beauty on her, and must use her to greatly corrupt morality and world affairs.

Once upon a time, there was still a daughter who had thick and black hair and was very beautiful. The luster of her hair could be seen in people's shadows. She was named Xuan Wife.

Later Kui married her and gave birth to Bofeng. Bofeng's temperament was like that of a pig, greedy, unsatisfied, irritable and surly, without limits. People nicknamed him "Feng Hog".

Youqiong and Houyi destroyed his clan, and Hou Kui could not receive sacrifices because of this.

Moreover, the calamities of the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties, and the abolition of our son Shen Sheng, were all caused by beauty.

Xia had Concubine Xi, Shang had Daji, Zhou had Baosi, and son Shen was born because of Li Ji.

With them as a reference, why do you marry Xia Ji's daughter?

With a woman like a stunner, the husband's disposition can be completely changed.If someone who is not very moral and righteous marries her, there must be disaster. "

Uncle Xiang was afraid of being told by his mother, so he didn't dare to marry.

But in the end Jin Pinggong still forced Uncle Xiang to marry her and gave birth to a sheep tongue eat me.

As soon as I was born, my uncle ran to his younger brother Zirong's wife and told her mother-in-law, "My uncle's daughter-in-law gave birth to a boy."

After the old lady knew about it, she planned to have a look, but as soon as she got to the front of the hall, when she heard the cry of the child, she turned back and said, "This is the sound of a jackal. A man like a jackal must have ambitions. Destroy Yang Tongshi Yes, it must be this person!"

So I stopped seeing my grandson.

Although from a rational point of view, Uncle Xiang's mother refused to visit her grandson and said such cruel words, mostly because she was dissatisfied with her son's failure to marry her natal daughter.

But it's hard to die, and later the Yang Tong Shi really died in my generation of Yang Tong Shi.

Therefore, historians of all dynasties have written a lot about this matter, criticizing Shu Xiang for not listening to his mother's words, which led to the demise of the Yang Tong family, and by the way, praising Shu Xiang's mother for her wisdom and foresight.

But a discerning person like Zai Yu understands that the reason why the Yang Tong family perished was not because of marrying a daughter of any family, but because the Yang Tong family was loyal to the Jin government and blocked the way of Liu Qing.

The reason why the historians want to remember this is that except for a small part who are really not clear-headed, most of the rest are thinking in their stomachs.

To put it bluntly, through this incident, I will make use of the topic to promote the so-called 'filial piety'!

Extending from 'filial piety', the concept of absolute loyalty can be established.

So, in fact, what everyone compiles is not a history book, but a doctrine in their hearts.

But having said that, through the actions of Shu Xiang's mother and Mu Ji, we can also see some characteristics of the women of the San Jin Dynasty. Their clan and country concept is quite important.

Even Zhao Wuxie's older sister Ji Ying, in her original destiny, married the Dai Wang for the Zhao family's plan to replace the country.

And after Zhao Wuji killed her husband, although Ji Ying cherished her husband, he could only say, "It's not righteous to slow down your husband with your younger brother."It is not benevolent to blame your husband against your younger brother.I don't dare to complain, but I won't return' sighed, and then committed suicide by stabbing the temple with the sharp point.

It would have been fine if Zai Yu and the Zhao family had no conflict of interest, but once a conflict occurred, with Ji Ying's stubborn personality, he would probably neither help Zhao nor Zai, and die with his eyes closed.

Zaiyu is swearing that his master is preparing to go to war. There is news from his family that his wife is dead. Who can bear it?

After he figured it out, cold sweat broke out on Zaiyu's head.

I have to persuade Kuizi in time, otherwise I would be so impulsive and agree to the marriage, and when Ji Ying becomes an adult, it won't matter whether he will marry or not.

Facing Huhui's questioning with a smile on his face, Zaiyu could only pretend to be serious and said.

"Continuing the ancestral worship and prospering the family business are major events in life. But now that the Yanghu Rebellion has subsided, the domestic political situation is still unstable, and Yangguan and other places are still controlled by the rebellious party. Change.

At a time when the country is in dire straits and the crisis of life and death, even the uncles and grandsons of our country have to postpone their marriages again and again, so what can I do to dare to get married before my uncles and grandsons? "

Jai Yu's words were not too long, but he revealed a lot of information.

He dragged Shusun Zhouchou out as a shield, but when these words fell into the ears of Huhui, it became another meaning.

First, Zaiyu was ordered by the Marquis of Lu to claim Yangguan and other rebellious cities.

It stands to reason that this kind of big job is generally not the turn of Zaiyu.

After all, for things like siege, it is useless to rely on elite soldiers alone, but to rely on human lives to fill it up.

But now Lu Guo actually handed over this errand to Jae Yu, no matter how you look at it, it seems to be suppressing him, it seems that someone is squatting behind and ready to watch his jokes at any time.

Second, Zaiyu also said that Shusun Zhouqiu would not marry, so he dared not marry.

As soon as these words were spoken, it became clear who was suppressing Jae Yu in an instant.

Sanhuan!
Probably because Sanhuan saw that Zaiyu was too popular recently, and worried that he would threaten Sanhuan's status in Lu State, so he used such a sinister trick, intending to let Zayu show his big eyes in front of everyone, so as to weaken him Prestige in the State of Lu.

Tiger Club's deduction, the thinking is tight, the logic is tight, as if it really is the same thing.

After all, he didn't know that Zaiyu was holding the Yangguan Tiger Talisman in his hand, let alone that he had asked Lu Hou for the right to subdue Yangguan.

But no matter what, Huhui finally understood the reason why Zaiyu never married again, and he could go back to Zhao Yang on business.

He bowed his hands and saluted: "Zaizi said so. A soldier is a murder weapon. Now is indeed not the time to discuss marriage. It will not be too late to think about marriage after you conquer Yangguan.

However, although now is not the time to get married, you should pay more attention to this matter.

Once upon a time, King Wu defeated Yin and Shang, and he dominated the world. His brothers had 15 feudal states, and the Ji clan had 40 feudal states.

It is precisely because of the existence of these family members with the Ji surname that the Zhou family's world can be stable, Rong Di and barbarians did not dare to invade the Central Plains, and states with different surnames did not dare to deviate from the emperor's order.

Now, although you have just accepted the fiefdom, you are already a senior doctor.Fiefdoms and official positions are not easy to come by, but it is even more difficult to inherit them for a long time.

The stability of Liuqing's position in Jin State and the prosperity of Sanhuan in Lu State are inseparable from the mutual support among the clansmen.

Although I am a foreign minister with low qualifications, I hope to be able to explain these simple truths to you! "

When Jai Yu heard this, he couldn't help muttering in his heart.

You can rest assured that there are now seven disciples of Confucianism in the state of Lu who hold the positions of governor and other positions, and there are 36 people who hold official positions and three Huan retainers.

These are all my brothers with different surnames. Although they may not be as close as children and relatives, our goals are the same.

But the truth is true, Zai Yu still has to respond humbly.

"Yu, I've been taught."

He was about to propose a banquet for Huhui and his party later, when he suddenly heard the sound of rolling wheels behind him.

Zaiyu turned his head and saw that it was Gao Chai who came.

Just as Gao Chai got out of the carriage, Zaiyu was about to ask him how his mission to send letters to Qi was going, when he found Huhui standing beside him.

Zhao Yang can't let Zhao Yang know about his affair with Qi Guo!
But before he could shut Gao Chai's mouth, Gao Chai spoke first.

"My son, I just saw a big wing parked on the Zishui River. That kid from the Yue Kingdom is here again?"

　I'll take good care of it, so please teach me to protect it!
　　——Excerpt from "Zaiyu's Diary"

　　
　
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