Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

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

The story of Qi Huangyang recommending talents?

How could the officials of Wu state not know about this?
Qi Huangyang is Qi Xi.

The surname is Ji, the family name is Qi, the first name is Xi, and the style name is Huangyang.

Because the food town was in Qi, it became the Qi family.

In the 14th year of King Jian of Zhou, that is, in 572 BC, Duke Dao of Jin came to the throne, and Qi Xi was appointed as a lieutenant in the army.

Qi Xi was born as Marquis Xian of the Duke of Jin, and his father was Uncle Gao Liang.

After the disaster in the palace, Jin Jinggong once gave Qi Xi the land of the Zhao family.

Gong Gong succeeded to the throne, "beginning to order hundreds of officials", and made Qi Xi a lieutenant of the Chinese army.

During the time of Pinggong, he was restored to be a doctor of the public clan, and when he went to the theater, he was an idle official, and basically did not care about political affairs.

Qi Xi reigned for about 60 years and was the elder of the four dynasties.

He is loyal to the public and the country, eager to serve the public and love righteousness. He is well-known in the government and the public, and is deeply loved by the people.

There are Dafu Temples in Yu County and Qi County.

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

Jin Ping Gong Ji Biao is also a generation of heroes who can be called Jin.

In the 15th year of Jin Gonggong, on the day of Guihai in November, Jin Gonggong passed away, and his son Biao succeeded to the throne as Jin Pinggong.

After Jin Pinggong succeeded to the throne, he appointed Yang Tongji as Taifu, Zhang Junchen as Sima of the Chinese Army, Qi Xi, Han Xiang, Luan Ying, and Shi Yang as officials of the public family, and Yu Qiushu as Chengma Yu.

Change to auspicious clothes, select talents and appoint talents, and hold a steaming ceremony in Quwo.

During Jin Pinggong's reign, he was heavily taxed, he was greedy for pleasure, and ignored political affairs. Government affairs fell into the hands of the six ministers.

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

In terms of diplomacy, Jin Pinggong and Lu Xianggong, Song Pinggong, Wei Xiangong, Zheng Jiangong, Cao Chenggong, Juzi, Zhuzi, Xue Bo, Qi Bo, and Xiaoluzi met in Huangliang.

Duke Ping of Jin ordered the princes to return the fields they had invaded each other.

Because of sending envoys to and from Jin's opponents, Qi and Chu, they arrested Duke Xuan of Xuan and Duke Bi of Juli.

Jin Pinggong held a banquet in Wendi and agreed with the princes to jointly attack the princes who were not loyal to the leader, forming a new military alliance.

In terms of military affairs, Jin Pinggong attacked Xu Shiyan and defeated Chu State in Zhanban.

During the ten years from 552 BC to 548 BC, Jin and Qi fought many battles, first encircling Linzi of Qi, and then defeating Qi in Gaotang.

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

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

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

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.

Attack eastward to Jiaoshui and southward to Yishui, Qi State defends the city and does not want to fight with the Jin army, so the Jin army retreats and returns.

Since then, Qi State and Jin State have formed Liangzi.

After the Chanyuan alliance, Luan Cheng, a minister of the state of Jin, fled to the state of Qi for committing a crime.

Duke Zhuang of Qi secretly sent Luan Cheng to Quwo, followed by soldiers.Qi soldiers went to Taihang Mountain, and Luan Cheng rebelled in Quwo and attacked Jiangcheng.

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

The people of Quwo attacked Luan Cheng, who died in battle, and the people of Quwo destroyed Luan's family.

When Duke Zhuang of Qi heard that Luan had failed, he left when he returned to Qi to attack the Chaoge of Jin, in order to avenge the great enemy of Linzi.

However, when will the grievances be repaid?
After Duke Zhuang of Qi was killed by his minister Cui Zhu, the State of Jin took advantage of the internal turmoil in Qi to defeat the Qi army in Gaotang to avenge the great enemy of the Taihang World War I.

In other words, there are two Duke Zhuang in Qi State, one is "Qiqian Duke Zhuang" and the other is "Qihou Duke Zhuang".

Duke Zhuang of Qi Qian was Lv Buy, who reigned for 60 years and was the longest reigning monarch in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods.

Long standby!

Because of his long reign, Qi, which had just experienced 70 years of civil strife, was able to recover its vitality under long-term stability.

In his later years, Lu Buy basically put Qi in the position of a small bully, laying the political and economic foundation for Princess Qi Xi to join the princes, Duke Xiang of Qi to avenge Duke Ai for being cooked, and Duke Huan of Qi to join the princes.

There are many interpretations of the posthumous name "Zhuang", the main ones are: Bingjia urgently called Zhuang; ...

There are about twenty or thirty kinds of posthumous posthumous methods for "Zhuang".

In the same period as Duke Ping of Jin, it was Lv Guang, Duke Zhuang of Empress Qi.

This guy was killed by Cui Zhu and others because he had an affair with Cui Zhu's wife Dong Guojiang.

However, Duke Zhuang of Empress Qi himself, like Duke Ping of Jin, had character flaws, but he was quite accomplished.

It's just that Qi Empress Zhuang Gong was killed because of an affair, which is too shameful...

As for Jin Pinggong, he can be said to be the last hero of Jin.

After him, the Marquis of Jin fell from power.

So much so that Ji Zha asserted in his early years that the regime of Jin would sooner or later belong to the three families of Zhao, Wei, and Han...

It can be described as foresight!
"Father, my son heard that in the past, Duke Ping of Jin asked Qi Huangyang twice to recommend his enemy Xiehu, and later recommended his son Qi Wu."

Young Master Heng came out and said: "You don't avoid relatives when you raise talents, and you don't avoid suspicion when you raise relatives."

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

"good."

Seeing that Young Master Heng had such an opinion, Qingji couldn't help nodding his head slightly to express his agreement.

Qingji looked at Young Master Heng, and said meaningfully: "To achieve 'do not avoid relatives when raising internally, and do not avoid enemies when raising externally', justice is the most important quality."

"Only by justice can we be selfless and have the open-mindedness of 'selflessness and world wide'."

"Only with the quality of justice can we be able to objectively select, recommend, and use talents without being confused and swayed by various illusory appearances, and adhere to the principle of 'only use talents'."

"In the past, Duke Huan of Qi appointed Guan Zhong as his chancellor, so that the state of Qi was governed, and the nine lords united, and the world was ruled by one, because Duke Huan of Qi had such qualities..."

Hearing this, Young Master Heng bowed and said, "Father, my son is taught."

What Qingji said was not only telling the ministers and officials of the state of Wu, but the principle of meritocracy is the consistent principle that the state of Wu abides by.

It is also teaching Young Master Heng that the quality of fairness and justice is invaluable.

Don't avoid enemies when promoting externally, don't avoid sons when promoting internally, and choose talents and don't choose students (unfamiliar people).

This is the way of choosing and employing people in the prosperous age of Mingjun.

The appointment of Wei Zheng by Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty and the appointment of Guan Zhong by Duke Huan of Qi are both acclaimed examples of employing people in history.

To achieve this, firstly, those who choose people should be mindful of the country and have a public heart, and secondly, they must have a broad mind.

Talents prosper the country, and people prosper the country, which is also an important reason for the rule of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty and the hegemony of Qi.