The meaning of this passage in "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals" is: "In order to stabilize yourself, the country, and the world, you must rely on virtuous people."
"In ancient times, there were seventy-one sage kings who governed the world. From the Spring and Autumn Annals, there were twelve generations from Lu Yin Gong to Lu Ai Gong. During this period, the princes gained and lost the throne. The reason is the same: If you gain a wise man, the country will not be unstable, and the reputation will not be without honor; if you lose the wise man, the country will not be in danger, and the reputation will not be shameful."
Looking at it this way, Ji Ci is a bit vague.
One moment the country is stable and united, and the other moment the country is in danger.
So what exactly is stability and unity?
Or is it in danger?
Lu Xixing said: "Your Majesty, this sentence should be read in conjunction with the following..."
"oh?"
"Yu Yonggong's wonder, Wu Yong's Wu Zixu's words, these two countries can still survive today." Lu Xixing said the following.
The meaning of this passage is: "If the State of Yu adopted Gong Zhiqi's opinions and the State of Wu adopted Wu Zixu's opinions, it would be possible for these two countries to exist to this day."
Do you still remember the story about the fake Taoist conquest of Guo?
Gong Zhiqi is the character in this story.
He knew what was going on, was farsighted, and loyally assisted Yu Jun. He also recommended Baili Xi to participate in the government affairs. He adopted an external strategy of uniting with Guo to resist Jin, making the country small but strong.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, various countries continued to attack. The Jin State was neighboring the Yu State and had long wanted to annex the Yu State. However, because the Yu State and the Guo State were good allies and there was no gap to take advantage of, they never dared to act rashly.
Gong Zhiqi saw this clearly and firmly advocated the Yu-Guo alliance. The Jin State asked the Yu State to attack the Guo State and bribed the Duke of Yu. Gong Zhiqi refused to listen and led his wife's tribe to flee to the Cao State.
The Jin army used the road to destroy the Guo State and drive away the Duke of Guo. On the way back, they used an excuse to station in the Yu State and took the opportunity to attack the Yu State and destroy it.
The story of Wu Zixu is even more familiar to the world.
After Lu Xixing finished speaking, he would understand the matter in conjunction with the following and would not elaborate further.
When Emperor Zhizheng heard this, he already had a rough idea in his mind.
Gong Zhiqi and Wu Zixu are both outstanding figures of their generation.
If the king listens to their words, then the country will be safe and the name will be glorious!
If you don't listen, your country will be in danger and your reputation will be dishonored!
That's not the crux of the matter.
But...why did God give these two wise ministers?
There are so many virtuous ministers in history, why do you only cite these two examples?
This is worth studying.
Gong Zhiqi, the king of Yu State did not accept his words, so he ran away with his tribe.
Wu Zixu, the King of Wu listened to his words, but he took revenge on the public and dug out King Huai of Chu to whip his corpse!
These two people may be sages in the eyes of ordinary people.
But in the eyes of an emperor, although these two people are virtuous, they both have problems.
The first one is a matter of attitude. The emperor will not look for problems in himself, he will only ask, why don't you remonstrate? Why did you run away with your family?
The second question is the question of intentions. Is Wu Zixu really serving the country?
No, the most important thing in his heart was not the State of Wu, but the whole family of Wu Zixu, who was plundered by the State of Chu.
Thinking of this, Emperor Zhizheng frowned.
Before setting up the Qi, the question he was thinking about was whether he would be talented enough to test.
Or to put it directly, he was asking Xu He about his talent.
Now the results are out...
The result made him even more confused.
Think about this guy Xu He.
Could it be that he is really a person like Gong Zhiqi and Wu Zixu?
In his heart, the Xu family is more important than the imperial court?
In other words, if something goes wrong with my country one day, this kid will have to run away too, right?
However, to have talents like Gong Zhiqi and Wu Zixu...
It's a shame not to have to.
"Ma'am, what's the explanation for the last one?"
Emperor Zhizheng did not express the problem in his mind.
Lu Xixing also tacitly agreed not to mention it.
He just said in a short tone: "This poem is ominous..."
Xiao Xiao mourns the wind passing away, and a faint cold wave arises.
These two lines come from "Ode to Jing Ke" written by Tao Yuanming. The whole poem is very long. These are the two lines in the poem.
There is no need to explain too much about what Jing Ke does.
Emperor Zhizheng's face was as dark as water and he said: "Master, is there any way to solve this problem?"
After Lu Xixing was silent for a while, he said to Emperor Zhizheng: "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry about this matter. These two sentences refer to the fact that before Dan Shui, he was still in the Yan Kingdom. In other words, this matter has not reached a critical moment of life or death!"
Emperor Zhizheng nodded and said, "I know!"
Lu Xixing said: "Your Majesty, I, an outsider, don't understand these things, and I don't know where they are, so I can't comment on them. But people with yellow crowns will burn incense and pray, praying for health, peace and auspiciousness from heaven to protect your majesty and the Wei Dynasty." !”
After hearing this, Emperor Zhizheng finally smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Master."
"Your Majesty is the reincarnation of Tianzun, and everything can be turned into good fortune. Huang Guan is just doing something cheap!" Lu Xixing said politely with a sign.
"Well, let's send the real person out of the palace. Wang Ji, please do it yourself. Don't let too many people know about it!"
Wang Ji was surrounded by clouds and mist as he listened. Hearing the words, he quickly bowed and said, "Yes, Your Majesty!"
At this moment, there was a rush of footsteps outside the hall, and then someone seemed to be suppressing their excitement and saying something.
Emperor Zhizheng frowned and said, "Who is outside the palace?"
At this time, Chen Hong entered the hall and knelt on the ground. He held up a notebook with both hands and said: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, Congratulations to Your Majesty. Hefei has been recovered. After Shengbudang of the Nanjing Ministry of War led his troops to recover Compound Fertilizer, he turned south and crossed the river at night to capture it. Guichi and Chizhou were also taken back by the imperial court."
"What?"
Emperor Zhizheng looked at Chen Hong in disbelief.
Wang Ji quickly stepped forward, took the notebook from Chen Hong and handed it to Emperor Zhizheng.
When Emperor Zhizheng opened it, he found that it was a memorial written by Zhang Jingxian, the commander of the Imperial Army in Huiningchi.
It turned out that a few days ago, the Huaiyang Coastal Defense Regiment practiced a coastal defense camp, laid an ambush at night, and burned the anti-thief fleet from Tuqiaohe Town to Lengshuiguan. Then, they burned most of the anti-thief troops in Tuqiaohe.
Sheng Zhengqi took advantage of the Tuqiaohe bandits to be destroyed, and took three Nanjing guards and Xuzhou guards to rush to Lujiang and Songyang overnight.
God helped the Wei Dynasty, and it happened that the rebels went south, broke through Lengshuiguan, and chased Xin'anwei all the way to Songyang.
Zhang Jingxian led the first section of the coastal defense battalion, Longhu Guards and Yingzhou remnant soldiers to directly cooperate with Sheng Zhengqi in the front and surrounded the thieves under Songyang City.
The thieves were defeated and escaped, but Zhang Jingxian led his troops to chase him all the way to Hefei. Then Sheng Zhengqi led most of his troops to arrive. The thieves were heartbroken and started killing each other in the city.
After collecting the compound fertilizer, Sheng Zhengqi personally led the first unit of the coastal defense battalion and the Longhu Guard southward overnight, and secretly crossed the river on the second day, catching the Guichi rebels off guard.
Chizhou was recovered.
Seeing this, Emperor Zhizheng thought of the first ji word he had just spoken.
"Wen Guanjun took over Henan and Hebei".
It turns out that God had already given a divine message.
This time it's not a big river, but the Yangtze River.
The officers and soldiers took over Jiangnan and Jiangbei!
Hai Phong Camp, Hai Phong Camp, so good...
