Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 323
"Your Majesty, what Ting Wei said is great!"

Kong Qiu said with a dark face: "The people of Qi gathered Chu, Song, Lu, and Wei, a total of fourteen princes, on the grounds that our state of Wu abolished the well field system, opened fields and sealed off borders, and allowed land to be bought and sold freely, intending to attack Wu."

"If my state of Wu agrees to restore the well field system and prohibits refugees from other countries from entering Wu to settle down. How can the princes have no excuses to send troops to attack Wu?"

"In this way, isn't it a big joke to slip the world, and defeat Wu with an unkind and unrighteous teacher, and he will definitely lose!"

Upon hearing this, all the ministers couldn't help whispering to each other.

Bo Tong, who was so retorted by Kong Qiu, couldn't bear it anymore, and said with a sneer, "Confucius, what you said is wrong."

"The reason why Marquis Qi listened to the instigation of the Chu people this time and called on the princes of other countries to attack Wu, is it to restore the hegemony of the ancestors!"

"For Qi, this is a golden opportunity. How could the Marquis of Qi miss such a golden opportunity?"

"I dare say that after the people of Qi force Wu to restore the well field system and prohibit refugees from other countries to settle in Wu, they will further ask Wu to abolish the new law. All the efforts made by the king and everyone before will be in vain. flow!"

Hearing this, Kong Qiu stared at him immediately, his expression changed suddenly, and he said, "Dianke! How dare you instigate the king to resist the coalition forces?"

"The Allied Forces of the Fourteen Nations may have no less than [-] soldiers, at least more than [-] soldiers. How can I, the State of Wu, stop it?"

"Confucius, you are wrong again!"

Bo Tong sneered and said, "Your Majesty once said that there are not many soldiers, they are brave, and the generals are not brave, they are planning!"

"My country of Wu has a strong army and a strong horse. I have repeatedly defeated the Chu army with fewer troops. This is a clear proof! And the coalition forces of other countries are just a group of mobs with different hearts, and it is still difficult to become a great weapon!"

What Bo Tong and Confucius said were not without reason.

At this moment, the ministers and officials in the court all hesitated, who should they support?

Qing Ji squinted his eyes, thought for a moment, then turned his eyes on Grand Sima Sun Ping, and asked, "Grand Sima, what do you think?"

Sun Ping used to be the Minister of State of Qi, and his family moved to the State of Wu to settle down because of avoiding the war.

Now, he is already an official of Da Sima, under the three princes, and has a great position of power.

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

At this time, seeing Qingji asking himself, Sun Ping did not hide it, and came out and said: "My lord, please forgive me for speaking bluntly. Since he took the throne, he has made great efforts to govern and reform to strengthen the country, and the results have been remarkable. However, the state of Wu In terms of national power, it still cannot be compared with Qi."

"When Qi State was Duke Huan of Qi, he once ruled hegemony and became the uncle of the princes. Then Qi State fell into civil strife, and there was no peace for several generations."

"There was even the incident of Cui Zhu murdering his emperor, which is ridiculous. However, today's Marquis of Qi, Chujiu, can be called the master of the previous generation!"

"Marquis Qi reigned for [-] years, appointed Yan Ying, Sima Rangju and other loyal officials to govern the country and stabilize the country, so that Qi's political and religious prosperity was once restored to the grand occasion of Duke Huan of Qi."

"That's why, Marquis Qi's wolfish ambition can no longer be concealed. Qi has a strong national power, coupled with Marquis Qi's ambition, this time he united the princes to defeat Wu, and what he did was the overlord!"

Sun Ping analyzed Qingji well.

Qing Ji nodded slightly, expressing his agreement.

Qingji also knew something about Qihou Chujiu, that is, Qi Jinggong in history.

Qi Jinggong has the surname Jiang, Lu family, and Chujiu name. He is the son of Qi Linggong and the younger brother of Qi Zhuanggong.

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

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

In 552 BC, Duke Ling of Qi passed away, and Cui Zhu supported Duke Ling's eldest son, Guang, as Duke Zhuang of Qi.

After Duke Zhuang came to the throne, he relied heavily on Cui Zhu, and the relationship between the monarch and his ministers was extraordinary.

Zhuang Gong often went to Cui Zhu's house, but soon fell in love with Cui Zhu's wife, Tang Jiang, and had an affair with her.

Later, Cui Zhu learned that the monarch had worn a green hat, and out of self-preservation, in 548 BC, he joined hands with Qingfeng to kill Duke Zhuang to avenge his revenge.

This is the famous "Cui Zhu Killing His King" in history!
In order to protect his family, Cui Zhu supported Chujiu, the younger brother of Duke Zhuang of Qi, as the king, Duke Jing of Qi.

Chujiu was lucky to be the heir of Jiang's surname and became the Marquis of Qi!

Among Chujiu's ministers, the early ministers included Cui Zhu and Qing Feng, and the later ministers included Yan Ying, Sima Rangju, and Liang Qiuju.

Chujiu not only has a strong ambition to govern the country, but also seeks pleasure.

Correspondingly, as a sovereign, he is unwilling to give up any of them.

There must be two different groups of ministers around him, one is the ministers who govern the country, and the other is the ministers who enjoy the body. Chujiu, 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, listened carefully to and adopted the suggestions of Yan Ying, Xian Zhang and others, and let go of good officials to govern the country.

As a result, Qi State has turned from chaos to governance in just a few years, the lives of Qi people have been greatly improved, and the overall national strength has been improved.

Chujiu's literary and martial arts enabled Qi to be strong for a while, and these became the cornerstone of Tian Qi's strength later!
Later, Chujiu was greedy for pleasure, disregarding the life and death of the people, and imposed heavy punishments.

Not only did he live extravagantly, he was greedy for drinking and sex, he loved dogs and horses, and he built a large palace.

"The Analects of Confucius Ji Shi Pian" said: "Qi Jinggong has a thousand horses and four horses. On the day of death, the people have no virtue and call it Yan!"

Therefore, sometimes it is not a good thing for the monarch to be in power for too long.

In history, Qi Jinggong reigned for fifty-eight years, which can be described as a long life.

However, he made a mistake like many emperors would.

Emperors like Han Wudi, Tang Xuanzong, Qianlong and other emperors all made achievements in the early stage, but then became fatuous or cruel in the later stage, and they were self-willed!
"Great Sima, since that's the case, in my opinion, should our country of Wu fight with the allied forces of the princes, or negotiate a peace?"

Qingji frowned and asked.

"Your Majesty, I think that it is a taboo for military strategists to be timid before fighting."

Sun Ping said loudly: "As long as Your Majesty is willing to fight, our Wu army will surely win! However, we don't know whether we will win miserably or completely..."

Sun Ping said a relatively objective fact.

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

However, if this is a careless move, the wealth that Wu Guo has managed to accumulate over the years will be squandered again.

Because Wu has experienced many wars in the past two years, the battle of destroying Vietnam and the war of defeating Chu have made Wu's warehouse empty.

After finally being able to catch his breath, he still had to face the attack of hundreds of thousands of princes' coalition forces before he came back to his senses?

(End of this chapter)