warring states careerist

Chapter 579

What Li Biao said was all the old technique of Lu State's swaying and standing in line before, just like the situation in which Luhou agreed to Qi State's entry and Young Master Fen secretly informed the Mohists to express their support for the Mohists.

But what Lu Hou was worried about was not the attitude between the two countries, but his own desire to abdicate as regent in order to give an explanation to the Mo family. Will the current Lu Congress send out such a person as a prince?When the time comes to instigate the relationship between father and son, although the real father and son are no better than Duke Yin and Duke Huan back then, this kind of thing is hard to say.

Taking history as a mirror, King Zhao Wuling died of starvation in the sand dunes has not yet happened, but when Duke Huan of Qi died, the five princes fought for the throne, but the maggots crawled out of Duke Huan of Qi and climbed out of the window without restraint. I am afraid that there is no truth in the face of power Father and son.

Li Biao did not directly mention the possible bloodshed, but instead asked a question that he didn't seem to want to do, and said: "Your Majesty, after Duke Yin, in the second year of Duke Huan, something happened in Song State, Your Majesty Do you know?"

In the tenth year of Duke Huan, something really happened in the state of Song. When the Marquis of Lu heard the words, he immediately understood what Li Jia wanted to say.

In the second year of Duke Huan, it was the tenth year of Duke Song. At that time, there were bursts of righteous roars from the capital of Song State. The slogan was just like the current Mohists say "benefit the world".

At that time, a man shouted in the capital: "Your Majesty has been on the throne for ten years, but he has fought eleven times. The people have suffered from wars and chaos. For the sake of the people and the interests of the people, please follow me to kill Song Gong and the treacherous officials who bewitched Song Gong." Kong Fujia!"

The person who yelled these words was Huadu, the great minister of the Song Dynasty.So they incited the people, killed Song Gong, and hacked Kong Fujia to death.

In fact, Hua Du's yelling of these words had nothing to do with the people suffering from the war. It was because Hua Du caught a glimpse of Kong Fujia's wife and praised it as "beautiful and beautiful", so he killed Kong Fu. Jia usurped Confucius' father Jia's wife, and hacked to death the Duke of Song by the way.

But the reason he shouted in the capital at that time was the same as the slogan of the Mohist school and the revolution in Fei now: for the peace of the people, for the benefit of the people.

As for whether it is really for the benefit of the people, or just for a "beautiful and beautiful" wife like Hua Du, it is not much different for the monarch, and the result is the same.

At that time, the abolition of the monarchy really required the leadership of the nobles, but if the people in the capital did not support it, it would not be possible to succeed.

Hua Du was greedy for the beauty of Kong Fujia's wife, although he had his own ambitions and goals, but his words were deafening and won the support of the people, which led to the fact that this regicide was not met with large-scale rebellion. resist.

Excluding Hua Du's purpose of being a "beautiful and glamorous" woman, what he said on the surface is exactly the same as the current Feiguo affairs and Sishang affairs. It is because the people can't bear the suffering of hard labor and tyranny that they chose the Mohist school. righteous.

Today Lu Hou talked about hidden official affairs, which is a metaphor.

He himself wants to follow the example of Duke Yin, build Tuqiu and live in seclusion as a regency, but he is very worried that someone will follow the example of Prince Hui back then and instigate the relationship between him and his son Gongzi Fen.

In case the son turns his back on him and kills his father, it is not impossible.

Li Biao obviously understood Lu Hou's metaphor from the very beginning. Since Lu Hou used the past to describe the present, he followed Lu Hou's words and used ancient things to persuade him.

Everything is just the past reincarnated and repeated, and that has never changed.

Li Biao talked about the incident of the son of the prince, and the incident of Song Guohua's murder of the king in the name of righteousness in the past, not to say how important it is to rebuild and pay attention to etiquette, but to remind Lu Hou.

What Marquis Lu should be wary of now is not the matter of inciting father and son to fight each other when Yin Gong was in the past, but the matter of Hua Du's upholding righteousness and killing the king.

Lu Hou was silent for a long time, and said: "The Governor Hua saw the beauty of Kong Fujia's wife back then, so he spread these rumors. It was for the sake of the wife."

Li Bian said: "Wife, what Hua Du wants is also a treasure, so he can kill the king."

"Huadu is good at wives, but others may not be good at wives. Huadu is good at treasures, but others are also good at treasures. It's just that Huadu regards wives as treasures, but others may regard power, wealth, and land as treasures. Is there any difference?" ?"

This sentence touched Lu Hou's heart at once. The essence of the incident that Li Yu analyzed back then is used now, saying: "Your Majesty, you are worried that after the regent lives in seclusion, someone will be a son-in-law and instigate your son, the crown prince. Fen killed you. But don't you worry, your son climbed up and shouted: You are not righteous, Lu people suffer so much, you should be punished?"

When he talked about the old events of Duke Yin and Duke Huan, he compared Prince Fen to two people.

Now Lu Hou and Prince Fen are singing double reeds swinging between Qi and Mo, making Prince Fen play like the young master back then.

Prince Fen is now in frequent contact with the Mohist family. Once the Mohist family wins, why can't Prince Fen kill the king for the sake of power but for the benefit of the people and peace of the people?

Seeing that Li Biao had made his words so clear, Lu Hou no longer insisted on borrowing the past to explain the present, but turned away from the left and right, and sighed: "You are the only one who can know my thoughts."

"The Mohists have already won the battle at Nanji River. This time, the battle between Qi and Mo is nothing more than the result of the Mohists winning more than the Mohists. But the victory and defeat have already been decided on the banks of the Nanji River."

"Mr. Qi Tianqing slaughtered Wucheng in the afternoon. According to the rules of the Mohist school, it is unforgivable. This matter must not be let go. At that time, tens of thousands of volunteers will come to Qufu and ask me about the crime of envoy to the border of Qi. What will I do?"

Lu Hou looked worried, cursing secretly in his heart, thinking: "If a country is weak, there is no diplomacy. Regardless of the old etiquette and new righteousness, they are all the same overbearing. What is the crime of the widow? It is nothing more than being caught between Qi and Mo. If you don't waver, So what? Qi State is not a good bird. It has been annexing and warring for more than half of the land of Lu State these years. The righteousness of the Mohists is not a good thing. The change of Fei State will definitely affect Lu State. Without a king or a father, people’s minds change, and there is great chaos.”

But now that the defeat of the Qi State has been decided, Lu Hou did not talk about the pressure of the Qi State, but talked about the possible prosecution of the Mo family. To give the Mohists an important factor to explain.

The Mo family doesn't care about the young master's rise to the top, but the Mo family must have a famous teacher when doing things. The Mo family has been well-known for doing things over the years, and it has not yet reached the point of "I force you, if I annex you, what does it have to do with you".

He was worried that he would be killed by his son after he became a regency.

Now that Li Biao said, there is another possibility: if he does not abdicate, his son will kill him in the name of righteousness, and the people of the country may not object.

This is just a possibility, and this possibility does exist, but Lu Hou is not like the king of Yue, who wants to kill all his sons for this possibility, he is not crazy to this extent.

Li Biao is also a sage, who was able to say "a distant water does not save a nearby fire", and now of course he can understand the situation between Qi, Mo and Lu.

So he said: "Your Majesty's words are very true. In the battle of Nanjishui, the people of Qi were defeated. Linzi's army may not be the opponent of Manzhishi, and Manzhishi's battle across Luyang, Lushui, and Jishui has never been defeated. Tian Qing It’s possible, but it’s not possible.”

"The people of Qi are undefeated, so what? After the great battle, how can the people of Qi enter Surabaya again? Besides, even if they invade Surabaya, how many cities can they capture under exhaustion with the ability of the Mohists on Sishang to defend the city? "

"Now that Pingyin has been destroyed and Linzi's gates are wide open, Qi's defeat is irreparable. The Mohists have sent envoys to interrogate them three times. If we still want to borrow food from the people of Qi, after the Mohist victory, Zou, Fei, Fang Yu, and Zong How can volunteer teachers from other places come to ask for crimes?"

"The road to Linzi is thousands of miles away, and the Mohists can't last long. However, it is only a few days' journey from Wucheng to Qufu. Lu and Mo are at war, and the Qi people are not powerless to rescue them. Is time faster?"

This is the same as when Lu Hou sent his sons to Jin and Chu to serve as officials in order to resist Qi's aggression, it would be too late.

Zhou Gong system rituals, Lu State, as the feudal state of Duke Zhou's descendants, is superficially very respectful of etiquette, but since the time of Yin Gong, there have been six bad rituals: that six is ​​the ritual of the three princes, the three princes are the three princes, and Boqin After that, he only inherited the fiefdom of Lu State, but did not inherit the post of Sangong, so he could only use the rites of princes.

Afterwards, the three Huan regimes were chaotic and the state of Lu was weak. Even if they wanted to protect the rituals, they had no strength.

Kuang Yu Mo's family is near the state of Lu, Wucheng is connected to Qufu all the way, so the state of Lu will not be so stupid as to carry the banner of protecting rituals and anti-Mexican alliance.

Li Jia said again: "Last year when the Qi people borrowed the road, the people of the country complained. The righteous teacher of the Mohist thought that Lu was innocent, and let Liang's father and doctor pass through Lu and enter Wucheng. The people of Lu all praised the Mohist for being a gentleman. The righteousness of the Mohist , mostly spread in Lu State, because of the matter of saving Xiang Ziniu and attacking Lu, Your Majesty also allowed Mo Di to run schools in Lu State at will... The people of Lu themselves have a heart for Mohism."

"The people of Qi attacked Lu many times, and since the time of Guan Zhong, the people of the state of Lu were forced to pay double the taxes for the land that the people of Qi invaded. This made the people of Lu dislike the people of Qi. , Qi Lu is even more hostile, and he doesn't mention the matter of Wen Jiang Huan back then."

"Now that the Mohists have won, the people of Qi still want us to transport food and grass. Since the techniques of farming such as wheat, ox plowing, and ridge farming were introduced to Lu, the midsummer moon is the busy season for farming. At this time, the people are recruited to transport food for the people of Qi. ..."

Li Biao paused, and suddenly said: "What if someone raises his arms in Qufu and shouts: the king is unrighteous, causing the people of Lu to suffer a lot, if they don't, what will happen?"

"Some people say: Young Master Fen is more virtuous, and he has a good relationship with the Mohists, and Young Master Fen will be the king... so what will happen?"

"Even if Young Master Fen has no intentions, will he follow Taibo's example and run away instead of taking the throne? Besides, in the spirit of the Mohists, don't you know how Mo Zhai commented on the fact that Prince Lu refused to take the throne during the chaos caused by Duke Bai of Chu?" ?"

Lu Hou clapped his hands and said, "That's why I talked about Tuqiu and watching fish. Aren't I worried about this? But what happened to Yin Gong who wanted to grow old Tuqiu and watch fish in Tang in the past? What? I can't decide."

"Everyone in the court, only you know my heart, so what should I do?"

(End of this chapter)