Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 392 Wu Zixu's Poison Scheme

What Bo Tong said is not unreasonable.

People like Yan Ying cannot be moved by fame and fortune.

Because Yan Ying has always been known for his frugal life and his humility.

When he served as Prime Minister of the Qi State, he was impartial and selfless. When his relatives, friends and bureaucrats asked him to do things, the legal ones did it, and the illegal ones refused.

He never accepts gifts, but he refuses everything from rewards and houses to cars, horses and clothes.

Not only that, but Yanzi often gave his own salary to relatives, friends and hardworking people.

It is difficult for Yan Ying to die, and he abandons his personal righteousness to pursue the great "benefits" of the country and the people.

He takes the country's prosperity and the people's strength as his own responsibility, attaches great importance to the material foundation, benefits the people, and strengthens the country's behavior, which is righteous in name but beneficial to reality...

Thinking of this, Qingji couldn't help being a little envious of Marquis Qi.

The talents in Qi State are virtuous and talented, especially in the period of Qi Hou Chujiu (Qi Jinggong).

Although there are treacherous ministers like Cui Zhu and Qing Feng, and rebellious youngsters like Tian Qi, who is not a minister who governs the country, such as Yan Ying, Sima Rangju, and Liang Qiuju?
They are all Qi people!
It's not like Qing Ji, who started with a Ji Zha, and it was hard work, and Fan Li, Wu Zixu, Sun Wu, Wen Zhong and others after that were not from Wu...

"Your Majesty, what Ting Wei said is absolutely true."

The Wei Wei Wu Zixu who was on the side followed with praise: "With Yan Ying as a person, it is absolutely impossible to be moved by interests. In the past, when Qing Feng fled, Qi Hou planned to grant Yan Ying Beidian and [-] cities along its borders. Yan Ying didn't accept it."

"What kind of noble character is this? If you were an ordinary person, let alone an ordinary person, how many people in the world can be as serious as Yan Ying?"

"Furthermore, Yan Ying is indeed old, just like Ji Zi, and cannot bear the great responsibility. What's the use of your majesty wanting this dying man?"

Like Bo Tong, Wu Zixu didn't understand why Qing Ji wanted the old man Yan Ying to be under his command.

It is not difficult to understand that Yan Ying, who is already in his rare years, will not live long.

Maybe he could die anytime, anywhere.

Qing Ji vaguely remembered that the historical Yan Ying would die of illness in 500 BC!
But, that's not the point!

I saw Qingji said meaningfully: "Bo Tong and Zi Xu, don't you hear about their hero and my enemy Kouye?"

Hearing this, Bo Tong and Wu Zixu under the majesty's platform couldn't help but look at each other and nodded slightly.

With their ingenuity, they can naturally comprehend the mystery of Qing Ji's words.

Qingji's ambition is in the world, so while developing Wu's own national strength, he is also sparing no effort to weaken other countries.

How to weaken?

It is of great benefit to the state of Wu to cause internal strife and even division in the country.

For example, in the current state of Qi, Qingji secretly supports Tian Qi, trying to fulfill the motto of "Tian's family replaces Qi".

If Yan Ying could be dug over, or even conspired to get rid of him, it would be fine.

"Your Majesty Yingming."

Wu Zixu praised: "The state of Qi is full of talents, and among them there is no shortage of talents for governing the country."

"And Qi Hou uses it to make the country prosperous and prosperous. However, although Qi Hou has the knowledge of people, he has no ability to use people!"

"The Marquis of Qi is good at playing power tricks. Both virtuous and charming ministers use them. It seems to be in line with the way of an emperor, but in fact it falls behind."

Wu Zixu's evaluation of Marquis Qi is extremely pertinent.

After the national conditions of Qi State improved, the Marquis of Qi stopped admonishing him, but used loyal and treacherous ministers for "dual use".

He not only needs loyal officials such as Yan Ying and Sima Rangju to govern the country for him, but also cannot leave the flattery of treacherous officials such as Liang Qiuju and Yi Qian.

So that in history, Qihou, that is, Qi Jinggong, died before he died.

As a result, shortly after Duke Jing's death, Tian Qi launched a coup d'état and seized the political power of the Qi State, which opened the prelude to "Tian's Replacing Qi".

Playing with birds and losing one's morale, valuing birds over talents!

This is Yan Ying's evaluation of Marquis Qi before.

Qing Ji smiled slightly and said: "Yan Ying is very popular in Qi State, and the Yan family has long been favored by Qi State. If you want to make Marquis Qi and Yan Ying separate from each other, what can you do?"

"My lord, it's not difficult."

Wu Zixu sneered and said, "Yan Ying is an outspoken and admonishing minister of the Qi State. Although he is not in the court, the Marquis of Qi still has a lot of trust in Yan Ying, and he can follow good advice from Yan Ying."

"However, Yan Ying's envoy to Wu is now in Jinling, and the monarch and his ministers are separated by more than a thousand miles. If so, why doesn't your majesty send someone or order Tian Qi to spread rumors in Linzi, saying that Yan Ying has the intention of betraying Qi and defecting to Wu?"

Hearing this, Qing Ji shook his head and said: "That's not possible. Lord Yan Ying is loyal to the country, and his character is obvious to all in the whole country. How can he do such unsafe things when he is very old? "

"Your Majesty may keep Yan Ying in Wu for a long time, and then forge Yan Ying's handwriting, pass the letter to his son, and order his family to move to Wu to be the guest of honor."

"Then use threats and lures to make Yan Ying's followers report Yan Ying's liaison with the state of Wu. Or use a lot of money to make Tian Qi, Liang Qiuju and other important officials of the Qi state impeach Yan Ying!"

"If this is the case, the three of them will become tigers. With Qihou's suspicious personality, how can he not reject Yan Ying and Yan Shi?"

Hearing this, Qingji immediately smiled and said, "Zixu, you are worthy of it. You can come up with such schemes."

"Your Majesty's praise."

Wu Zixu quickly bowed and said.

The strategy he proposed is not a good idea, but a "poisonous strategy"!
First, Yan Ying was secretly detained in Jinling, and then someone imitated Yan Ying's handwriting to forge a family letter, so that Yan Ying's son, who was far away in Linzi in Qi State, moved his family to Wu State.

Then, he threatened and lured Yan Ying's entourage to report that his Yan Ying was about to betray Qi to Wu, and then asked Tian Qi and Liang Qiu to impeach Yan Ying according to these Qi ministers...

This poisonous plan can be said to be seamless.

Only a ruthless person like Wu Zixu who has a heart like a snake and a scorpion and will do anything to achieve his goals can figure it out!
"Report!"

At this time, a guard hurriedly entered Zide Hall.

"What's the matter?"

Su Wei hurriedly handed over a bamboo slip, knelt down on one knee and said, "Linzi urgent report! Urgent report at [-] Li!"

The so-called "eight hundred li expedited" can be said to be unique to the state of Wu.

Wu Guo now has a relatively complete post station system.

The file transfer relies on post stations, generally there is a post station every 20 miles, and once the official document needs to be delivered, the words "delivery immediately" are marked on it.

According to regulations, 300 miles per day is required. In case of emergency, 400 miles, 600 miles per day, and 800 miles at the fastest.

When passing urgent documents, every post station uses fast horses, and it is not responsible for killing people!

At this time, there were 405 post stations in the state of Wu, and more than [-] people specialized in post services, including about [-] post soldiers.

Post stations are divided into three types: land stations, water stations, and waterway mergers. Each post station has post houses equipped with post horses, post donkeys, post boats and post fields.

(End of this chapter)