Tai Shi Boyang, the first wise man of the Western Zhou Dynasty: Running to Zheng Guo to avoid disaster? He is good at analyzing the situation in the world

During the zhou you king period, Tai Shi Boyang was the western Zhou Tai shi, was the highest executive officer of the Tai Shi Liao (there were two important institutions in the Western Zhou: Qing Shi Liao and Tai Shi Liao), which can be regarded as a high authority, history remembers him, not his official position, but another identity, the first intelligent person in the era of King Zhou You!

On the street of Hojing (the capital of Western Zhou, northwest of today's Chang'an County, Shaanxi), a horse-drawn carriage was running fast, next to a diners on horseback, and behind it were more than a dozen soldiers, dressed in leather armor and holding long ge, trotting all the way, and inside the carriage was King Zhou You's uncle Ji You.

Ji You opened the curtain of the carriage and asked the big ben on the left horse, "Did you send someone to inform Tai Shi Boyang?" ”

Da Ben clamped his saddle hard with both feet and replied, "Junshang, you have already sent someone to send a letter, and Lord Taishi will definitely arrive on time." ”

"The liquor store by the lake is ready?"

"Junshang, the idlers have been expelled, etc., and the wine and food have been prepared."

Ji You nodded satisfactorily, a lot of things have happened in the capital city recently, there was just an earthquake near the LuoHe River last month, he was ordered to appease, tired for a month, just returned to HoJing, he heard a lot of bad things, he had to talk to Tai Shi Boyang.

Ji You sat on the floor by the window in the liquor store by the lake, through the window, you can see the lake at a glance, at the end of the water is a distant green mountain, the reeds near the water shore are swaying, and the wild ducks are rattling out of the reeds, swinging slowly swimming towards the center of the lake, and a long ripple is dragged out behind the tail.

"What are you thinking? Lord Hime-yo! A man walked in from outside.

Ji You knew that Tai Shi Boyang had arrived, stood up, gave a salute, and said, "Lord Tai Shi, be well!" ”

When both men were sitting on the floor, Da Ben had already asked the servant to place the wine and food on the low table.

Ji You didn't have time to greet me: "Lord Taishi, we have a deep friendship, and today I want to ask Taishi to save me!" ”

"Junshang, why did you say that?"

"You don't know, before the Luohe earthquake, I listened to what the adults said, quite agreed, and did not pay attention to the king, the king said that I was a demon, confused the people, looked at the royal family, did not pursue, sent me to the Luohe."

"Hey, I'm just a little familiar with the five elements of yin and yang, the yin and yang qi of heaven and earth is originally orderly, if the order is destroyed, it is also the work of manpower, the yang qi sinks underground, is oppressed by the yin qi, cannot rise, and eventually leads to an earthquake, the yang qi is out of place, running to the position of the yin qi, the water source will be blocked, the rivers will dry up, the mountains will collapse, and the capital city will inevitably perish, ten years!" No more than ten years! ”

"I can't do the Yin and Yang Five Elements, I'm used to living in this capital city, I'm also one of the royal clans, but I can't do anything!" Recently, the great king has just deposed the prince and the empress dowager, and I don't know what kind of wine that the concubine poured into the king? Speaking of wine, come on, you try this, which I recently brewed, with two new kinds of fruit in particular, and the taste is even more special. You see, my family business is here. ”

"The King won't do anything to you."

"I always feel uneasy, in recent years, the king has acted more decisively, above the court, debating, we courtiers are not the opponents of the king. Taishi, how can he escape death, please give me advice! ”

Ji You saw that TaiShi only cared about drinking, looking at the scenery outside the window, without saying a word, and was a little anxious in his heart. He urged Tai Shi Boyang again: "Lord Tai Shi, I am afraid of the royal family now!" ”

Tai Shi Boyang sighed for a moment and said, "The royal family will decline, and Xi Rong and Bei Di are gradually becoming stronger, and there is no way to avoid it." ”

"Would you please ask Lord Taishi to make it clear further?"

Tai Shi Boyang still did not speak, ji you were anxious: "Lord, you drank this wine today, you look at it!" ”

Tai Shi Bo Yang was happy, and said: "Junshang, don't worry, I will say, Gentleman, it is better for you to leave Hojing!" ”

"Where to go?" The family property I have accumulated over the years is here. So, how about I go to Luoyi (Luoyang City, Henan Province, which was one of the big cities at the time)? ”

Taishi shook his head and said, "The princely states around Luoyi are Yu, Yu, Jin, Kui, Huo, Yang, Wei, and Rui in the west; Qi, Lu, Cao, Song, Teng, Xue, Zou, and Ju in the east; Jingman, Shen, Lü, Ying, Deng, Chen, Cai, Sui, and Tang in the south; Wei, Yan, Di, Xianyu, Lu, Luo, Quan, Xu, and Pu in the north." ”

"Isn't that enough?"

"What's the use, east-west direction, 8 princely states, 9 princely states in the north-south direction, but unfortunately the composition of the princely states is complex, it is not easy to deal with ah, they are all distant blood relatives of the royal family, and some of the princes of the non-royal family, non-relatives are stubborn, can not enter."

"Taishi, where should I go?" Ji You's face gradually dimmed, is it really not allowed Ji You?

"Junshang, don't be impatient, I have given you a good look, east of the Luo River, south of the Yellow River, this place has only two small princely states, one is the State of Dong (present-day Xingyang City, Henan), and the other is the State of Qi (near Zhengzhou, Henan), both are viscounts, not enough to compete with you, these two small princes are particularly greedy, but also very proud, you can resign your sins, you are the official Situ, and you are the uncle of the Great King, you will definitely give up the land to you." When the time comes, the people of these two princes will become your people. ”

"Taishi, in fact, I want to go between the Yangtze River and the Han River, the land is vast and sparsely populated, suitable for building princes."

Boyang shook his head and said, "The State of Chu is there, the Chu people assisted King Wu of Zhou in destroying the Shang in that year, but King Cheng of Zhou was particularly stingy, only 50 kilometers to the land of Danyang to establish princes, you establish princes next to him, after the decline of the royal family, the State of Chu will definitely rise, and the first to annex is you." You can't go there. ”

"Tai Shi, my younger son is married to the daughter of the Shen Hou family, and I want to go to the vicinity of Shen Hou's territory (today's Nanyang, Henan), how about it?"

"No, no, recently Crown Prince Yiusu has just been deposed and is taking refuge in Shen Hou's fiefdom, and in the future, if the great king and Shen Hou fight, what will you do if you are caught in the middle?"

"Thanks to Lord Taishi's guidance, I have a question at the end, if the royal family declines, which princes will rise?"

"Jinguo....."

At this time, Da Ben hurriedly ran in from outside and said to Ji You: "Junshang, it's not good, hurry back, The Lishan Beacon is lit!" ”

"Lishan is on fire at this time?" Ji You was a little confused, and on the way back to Ho Kyo, he didn't see any signs of Xi Rong's invasion. Ji You bid farewell to Bo Yang and hurried away.

Bo Yang sat still, drank the last cup of wine, slowly stood up, and murmured in his mouth: "The Great King and The Concubine finally went to Lishan Mountain, and it was over!" Finished! ”

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Later, Ji You did follow Taishi Boyang's advice and played the role of King You of Zhou, and Ji You moved his property and clan from ZhengYi (present-day Hua County, Shaanxi) to Dongtu (located between the two kingdoms of Yu and Xi in central Henan), which was the later State of Zheng.

King You of Zhou fought a decisive battle with Shen Hou and Xi Rong at Lishan Mountain, and was defeated and killed and destroyed, so Taishi Boyang ran to Zheng Guo to live in seclusion.