warring states careerist

Chapter 509 Take refuge
Time also, potential also.

In terms of debate, the people sent by these nobles were unable to argue and win; in terms of numbers, people who were not human became human under the aspiration of equality; On the contrary, Li satirizes that those who seek profit are villains; in terms of planning, the Mohist school itself is to split the world into nobles and common people, and the more troubles there are, the more obvious the rift will be.

Under Wei Rang's pretext, the initiative of the scene has been completely controlled by those hidden Mohists, and the public's grievances began to brew and vent, and finally the general trend has come into being.

Everyone decided to slightly modify the thunderous declarations that Wei Rang said, and made them a constitutional outline.

And it was decided that all the nobles in the country of Fei must go to the capital within one month, and swear to approve the constitution, and then the people in the capital took a step back: as long as the nobles come to the capital to recognize the constitution, the specific laws and regulations will only be Under the constitutional principles of good and evil, it can be discussed slowly.

In fact, this is to seal off all the escape routes of the nobles. Once the constitution is recognized, things such as granting land and distributing land and canceling feudal obligations are inevitable. Otherwise, everyone can rule that those laws do not conform to the constitution and are invalid.

After the day's debate ended, the news quickly spread throughout the streets and alleys of the capital city of Feiguo.

The aristocrats of the Fei Kingdom who were detained and placed under house arrest in the capital immediately started colluding and conspiring. After the aristocrats used their own means to gather together in small groups, they first routinely cursed the untouchables for their chaotic activities of seeking profit. Then began to discuss how to do it.

"The tree will wither without roots, and the water will dry up without a source. We cannot agree to this constitution anyway. The one-month period will not be delayed any longer. How is the situation outside?"

These nobles have connections with the outside world, but they cannot escape the capital, because if they fail to escape, they will face death, so they cannot escape unless it is absolutely necessary.

Now is the time of last resort.

One person said: "Young Master Fang is still in Wucheng, what if we push Young Master Fang to be the king, denounce the capital as a rebel, raise troops to punish Young Master Luan for righteousness, and invite soldiers from Qi and Wei to help?"

The nobleman who asked about the situation outside immediately shook his head and objected: "The matter has come to this point, we can't push the young master to be the king. The common people have risen, and there are soldiers who are good at ruling them...I'm afraid we won't be able to win."

"Besides, what is the price for Qi and Wei to send troops to help? How are they willing to send troops? At that time, whose fief will be cut as a bribe?"

When it came to the specific benefits, those nobles who wanted to push the palace children and sons out were immediately speechless.

The person who vetoed said in a low voice: "It's better to follow the example of Qi's Gongsunhui and Chu's Qu Yijue!"

The nobles were stunned, Xuanji understood the key point, and applauded one after another.

Gongsun Hui of Qi State rebelled, knowing that he could not succeed, attached his fiefdom to Zhao State, and announced that Linqiu would join Zhao State, so as to send troops from the Three Jin Dynasties.

After the Three Jins dispatched troops, Qu Yijiu was still the lord of Linqiu, but changed to a monarch who fulfilled feudal obligations.

Qu Yijiu of the state of Chu, because he opposed the series of centralization reforms being carried out by the King of Chu, surrendered his fiefdom to South Korea. As a doctor of South Korea, his own interests did not move at all.

Under the enfeoffment system, if you don't stay here, you will bring land to the enemy country. This is a common thing, and no one thinks there is anything wrong with it.

Instead, they all figured out the benefits of doing so.

If you just push the son to be the king, it is just a civil strife in the country of Fei. Even if Qi and Wei send troops, they will only help. : Everyone is working hard on this matter, why should I cede it to me?
Moreover, Qi and Wei may not bother, they may also worry about encountering resistance, and they may not send troops after weighing their interests.

But if you follow the example of Gongsun Hui's vote to Jin and Qu Yijiu's vote to South Korea, Gong Zifang will naturally not be able to be a king, but these nobles with fiefs are still nobles.

There is no difference between being an aristocrat in Qi State and being an aristocrat in Fei State, only the king cares about the difference.

In this way, it is equivalent to adding land to Qi and Wei, and Qi and Wei's interference is justified.

Originally, as a vassal state of Lu State, Fei State should consider Lu State at the first time, but Lu State is too weak, and they feel that they may not be able to succeed if they seek refuge with a weak country, not weak once and for all.

Furthermore, because of the Qi State's conquest a few years ago, the State of Lu was also a country of Sishang's non-aggressive alliance. They might arouse the dissatisfaction of the Mo family if they took refuge in the State of Lu, and the king of the State of Lu may not be willing to take this hot land.

The relationship between the Chu State and the Mohist School. The nobles of these small countries did not read much, so they could not understand the situation at all. They could only subconsciously think that the Chu State and the Mohist School were in an alliance.

However, the State of Yue completely lost its hegemony over Sishang, Huaibei after the Battle of Lushui, and it would be unwise to seek refuge with the State of Yue.
Only Qi and Wei are left to rely on.

At this time, a nobleman said: "It's just that the son is in Wucheng at this time, I'm afraid he won't agree with us to invest in Qi and Wei with the land. Now he is reprimanding the son for committing chaos, and he wants to call for justice. "

The man who proposed to join Qi Wei stretched out his hand, made a beheading gesture and said: "The matter has come to this point, you should die if you let the young master die. You can put the blame on the young master. If the young master is righteous, how can we vote for Qi Wei? If we don't vote for Qi Wei, sacrificial offerings are hard to protect."

"Voting to Qi Wei, we can still be a doctor. If the young master raises an upright army, once we are defeated, we will be killed by the mob in the capital. As for the pledge to recognize the constitution, it is even more impossible."

"Ke Yin sent people to Qi and Wei. After one month, Young Master Fangdang was assassinated by mobs. We will vote for Qi Wei to avenge Young Master Fang."

Everyone said good, and the man said again: "We are trapped in the capital now. At this time, it is time to pretend to be willing to swear to the constitution. When the time is right, we can escape. Gather the soldiers of the fief and gather in Wucheng to vote for Qi Wei."

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Qi State, Linzi.

At this time, four years have passed since Tian He Shi became a Marquis, but if counting from the farce on the streets of Linzi, when Qi Hou was exiled to protect the people, the time would be longer.

Tian He is already old, and he knows that he may not be able to survive for a few years. Fortunately, he seems to be able to survive his elder brother to death.

Counting from Tian Chengzi, the source of the idiom "thief of the country", the Tian family relied on family reproduction, accepting concubines and concubines, and couldn't help guests to only have sons in name to seek the state of Qi.

Probably Tian Chengzi was too busy on his own.

This method, combined with the enfeoffment system, laid the foundation for the Tian family to succeed Qi. In the early years, nine tenths of the fiefdoms and cities in Qi State belonged to the Tian family's heirs.

But this also kept Tian's internal struggles going on.In the rebellion between Gongsunsun, Gongsunhui and Xiangziniu, brothers Tian and Tianhao joined forces and finally won the final victory.

The result of this victory is that the conflict between the two brothers is increasing day by day. It's just that Jiang Qi has just replaced Jiang Qi, and he can't turn his face at this time.

Tian He already had a very intelligent son named Tian Wu.

Naturally, Tian Hao also had a son named Tian Shan.

Tian Hao's power is huge, no less than Tian He. When Chu State came to ask Qi State to send troops to rescue Daliang Yuguan, the envoy was looking for Tian Hao instead of Tian He.

Although Tian He is the Marquis of Qi now, it is just a balance of power between the two brothers. The next Marquis of Qi should be Tian Shan's turn. This is what was agreed.

In the history of later generations, there is no record of Tian Hao and Tian Yan in "Historical Records", because Tian He and Tian Wu father and son completely obliterated the reality of the pair of father and son, as if these two people did not exist in Qi State.

However, in the records of Chu State and the bamboo books of Wei State, the father and son cannot be avoided. Based on mutual verification, it is conceivable how Tian Wutianhe obtained the power.

It is precisely for this reason that the five kingdoms attacked Qi after Tian Wu's regicide, because it involved internal disputes in Qi, so that the state of Qi after Tian Wu's regicide might not be inferior to his father's grandsons and grandsons. Xiangzi's weakness during the Niu Rebellion allowed even a small country like Wei to participate in the attack.

Tian Wu, who was called Huan Gong in later generations, left behind allusions about avoiding diseases and avoiding doctors, founded Jixia Academy, and sought the legitimacy of Qi Dynasty with the theory of five virtues, is 15 years old this year.

Now, as a conspirator, he is still young and not strong enough.

The influence left by Uncle Qi Tian Hao is still strong enough.

At this time, Tian He, as the Marquis of Qi, has already accumulated enough advantages, because his elder brother Tian Hao commanded the battle of cutting the most a few years ago. It is a big defeat, and Tian He still has to thank the Mo family in his heart. bashing.

Although apart from the defeat in the battle of cutting the most, the state of Qi has been stable for the past few years. Jiang Qi was abolished, because the wings loyal to Jiang Qi had already been cut, so there was no disturbance at all. The contempt of blood and blood is also the reason why there is no large-scale unrest.

But Qi is still not a powerful country at this time.

In terms of size, it can also be ranked among the princes of the world.

Compared with Han, Zhao and Wei, which were separated from Jinzhong, and Qin, which has begun to reform, Tian's Qi can only be regarded as a weak country now.

Originally, Tian Qi became strong until the time of Tian Wu's son, King Qi Wei.

In terms of jurisprudence, Jixia Academy explained the legitimacy of Dai Qi with the theory of five virtues, the internal centralization reform killed some doctors, and Sun Bin led the army to reform the military system and replace the archers with crossbows, etc., so Xuzhou Xiangwang became the king A powerful country in the world.

But now, the family flow that relied on blood ties in those days occupied most of the land in Qi State.

When the Tian family, who was originally a "subject", became a "jun", the aftermath of this kind of family enfeoffment also emerged.

If Tian Chengzi did not support the enfeoffment system and had many heirs, it would be impossible for him to seek success; but when Tian himself became a monarch, he would inevitably oppose the enfeoffment system and the separation of powers among the nobility.

Looking at the Qi State, they are all relatives; looking around, they are all enfeoffed.

Obtaining the position of Marquis of Qi by relying on the extensive entrustment of the family will have to bear the backlash of the inability of the family to centralize power.

At this moment, Tian He needs a victory, a victory that accumulates enough prestige, so that he can pave the way for his son to reform, centralize power, and kill his nephew and brother's remnant forces.

Under the feudal system, there is no monarch of a big country who does not want to centralize power. There is only a difference between being able to do it and not doing it.

The Tian family was able to conquer the Qi State in a hundred years, and Tian He was naturally willing to spend a longer time paving the way for his son, completely defeating his elder brother, completing the centralization of power, and making the Qi State a great country in the world.

With this mentality, when the secret envoy of the nobles of the Fei Kingdom came to Linzi, Tian He was convinced that his chance had come, and he could do a great thing for his son before he died.

(End of this chapter)