King Qi Wei can be said to be the greatest monarch of the Tian Qi Dynasty in the Warring States Period, even if it is the Jiang Qi monarch of the Spring and Autumn Period, only the Duke of Qi Huan, the head of the Spring and Autumn Five, can match it. The Qi Huan and Qi Wei eras were unique golden ages in the 800-year history of the State of Qi.
This praise is not exaggerated, because the King of Qi Wei, like the Duke of Qi Huan, came out of nowhere in the case of taking over a mess and miraculously created a hegemony, which cannot help but be lamented, although it is said that "the number of popular figures still look at the people", but a heroic and heroic hero can sometimes change the fate of a country and dominate the direction of the world.
King Qi Wei was the fourth monarch of the Tian Qi Dynasty. The three monarchs before him were all politicians who could only fight for power and gain little seriousness. Because the Tian Clan Daiqi belonged to the usurpation of the ceremonial system, they were anxious to get political recognition and cautious and cautious and made concessions everywhere, and they were anxious to eliminate the opposition forces and eliminate the crazy suppression of dissidents at home. In particular, in 374 BC, Tian Wu, the prince of the State of Qi, staged a coup d'état and killed his brother Tian Hou (田侯剡) and his nephew Tian Xi (田喜) and established himself as the monarch, which deepened the distrust and contradiction between Qi Jun and the Chen clan (because Tian Wu's grandfather Tian often had more than seventy sons, so the Qi clan had many and huge forces), which made the domestic politics unstable, and the various princely states took the opportunity to attack the State of Qi for many years, beating the State of Qi to a point of utter misery, and a good eastern power became a poor worm that anyone could bully twice.
In the second year of Tian Houwu (373 BC), the State of Lu attacked the State of Qi and invaded Yangguan (阳關, southeast of present-day Tai'an, Shandong), and the State of Yan sent troops and defeated Qi at Lin Ying (一作林孤). Lin Camp is unknown), Wei Vaqi, to Boling (present-day northwest of Pingping, Shandong).
In the third year of Tian Houwu (372 BC), Wei Faqi took Xue Ling (薛陵, northeast of present-day Yanggu, Shandong).
In the fifth year of Tian Houwu (370 BC), Zhao attacked Qi's Zhen (present-day zhencheng north of Shandong).
In the seventh year of Tian Houwu (368 BC), Zhao Faqi went to the Great Wall.
From this record, we can see that the State of Qi has always been in a state of passive beating, and the countries that invaded the State of Qi not only had the powerful Three Jins, but even had small feet such as Yan, Lu, and Wei, which was almost impossible to happen in the Jiang Qi era. When Tian Wu finally died in 356 BC, he finally left this dilapidated mess to his son Tian Yinqi, that is, the King of Qi Wei, of course, Tian Yinqi had not yet been crowned king when he first ascended the throne.
However, when King Qi Wei first ascended the throne, he did not show any great talent and greatness, but instead indulged in eroticism, sang night and night, drunkenly dreamed of death, and did not ask about political affairs, so that the whole mess continued to rot aside! The whole debauchery of the prince brother, where there is a little bit of the appearance of a king of a country, not to mention what to talk about dominating the world.
If King Qi Wei continues to make such nonsense, sooner or later the mess of the State of Qi will collapse, but fortunately, at this time, the four key figures have stepped forward and saved the King of Qi Wei and the national fortunes of the State of Qi. These three people are "Mr. Minoru" Chun Yu Jie and Zou Ji, the famous minister of the clan, Tian Ji, and the owner of the book, Gongsun Zhen.
Here we have to mention the most famous talent gathering center in the Warring States Period - The Minoru Gakuen Palace. The Jixia Xuegong of the State of Qi was similar to the Xihe School of the State of Wei at that time, and it was all a government-run academic teaching and research institution vigorously supported by the government, and its form was a bit like our current "Chinese Academy of Sciences", but the academic atmosphere and organizational form were more active and freer than those of the "Chinese Academy of Sciences"; the customs of the Gaiqi people have always been "lenient and broad, greedy and courageous, intelligent, and good to discuss", which is the best soil for the development of the Jixia Xuegong.
Therefore, on the one hand, the various university factions here give empty talk and sit and talk; on the other hand, they act as the think tank of the government and continuously provide the country with talents in all fields. The "professors" in the Jixia Xue Palace were all awarded the title of "Shang Dafu" by the King of Qi, also known as "Mr. Jixia", including Zou Ji of the Zongheng family, Chun Yu jie of the Miscellaneous Family, and later the Fa Jia Shenzhi, the Huang Lao School's Huan Yuan and Corpse Ling, the Yin and Yang Family's Zou Yan, and even the two giants of Confucianism, Mencius and Xunzi.
Pictured: Minoru Gakuen, which has more than 1,000 bachelors and has been running schools for more than 150 years
In fact, the controversy of a hundred schools in the Warring States period originated from the eclectic and extremely popular Minoru Gakuen. It is precisely their sharp tongue and sword that inadvertently determine the enduring vitality and cohesion of our nation, which is the source of our national philosophy and thought, and at the same time the great peak of our Chinese civilization history.
It seems that the most reliable thing Tian Houwu did in his life was to build a pavilion next to the Jimen Gate in Linzi and build this "Jixia University", which helped his son King Qiwei a lot!
In the same year that Sun Bin arrived in the State of Qi, King Wei of Qi was awakened by Mr. Chun Yu and Zou Ji with whispers, hidden words, and irony (the atmosphere and political tradition initiated by the name of the State of Qi in the Spring and Autumn Period), and finally decided to change his mind and strive to become stronger and revitalize the hegemony of the State of Qi.
I am not afraid of not being able to do it, but I am afraid of not being able to do it. Soon, the King of Qi Wei began to reorganize the bureaucracy and open up the way of speech, and he actually slaughtered more than ten corrupt officials and courtiers in public at one time, such thunderous means, which were unique in the history of the pre-Qin Dynasty, like a super powerful lawyer, where would be inferior to the shang martingale Wu Qi's change method. In addition, King Qi Wei also vigorously followed the "mass line" and restored the system of "advising the drums and slandering wood" in the Yao Shun era: that is, setting up a drum outside the court for the people to beat the drums and give advice, and said: "Those who can stab the widows in the face of the widows will be rewarded; those who write to the widows will be rewarded; those who can slander the city dynasty and hear the ears of the widows will be rewarded." The so-called "slanderous wood" is to erect a wooden pillar next to the drum and hang a wooden sign on it, and anyone can write their opinions on the government and officials on the wooden plate, and the official government regularly collects the wooden sign and sends it directly to the king of Qiwei. At that time, "slandering the wood" became an important means for the monarch to bypass the direct contact between officials and the people. Of course, after King Qi Wei and King Xuan of Qi, the extravagant and comfortable wind of the Qi officialdom suddenly rekindled, and the "slanderous wood" became higher and higher, gradually out of reach, and eventually lost its original meaning, becoming a symbolic conformity, and by the Eastern Han Dynasty, stone pillars were begun to be used, as a Huabiao, and its role had disappeared and become an ornament. The meaning of the word "slander" has also changed from a neutral word such as "opinion" to a derogatory term such as "rumor-mongering and slandering". As for the "drum", it also gradually sank to the door of the county-level government and became a reporting tool similar to "110".
Far away, we went back to the state of Qi. At the same time as reforming the rule of officials, king Qi Wei began to develop the Jixia Xuegong more vigorously, so that famous teachers gathered and elites gathered, which also became an inexhaustible treasure trove of talents in the state of Qi. Unlike the veteran overlord Wei Huiwang at that time, who loved pearls, King Qi Wei was obsessed with talents and had a habit of collecting talents, and he was proud and glorious whenever he mentioned the Minoru Xuegong, which had collected all the world's talents. (Of course, The Tian clan relied on the support of the nobility, and no matter how much it changed, it did not dare to overly encroach on the interests of the nobles, so the famous scholars of Jixia were still only think tanks and failed to impact the status of the major nobles, resulting in their "rule of man" ultimately being inferior to the institutionalized advantages of the Qin state.) ）
In short, in any case, under the vigorous efforts of king Qi Wei, the state of Qi, which already had a strong foundation, became stronger, so King Wei quickly joined the ranks of the central plains hegemony, repeatedly marched into the Central Plains, and forced the small princes of Sishang who had originally paid tribute to the Wei Dynasty to pay tribute to themselves, so that the contradictions between Qi and Wei intensified, and there was bound to be a war!
At that time, king Qi Wei had Xiangguo ZouJi in the reform of official governance, and foreign minister Chun Yu in lobbying and diplomacy, and what he lacked was an outstanding talent in the military field, and as a result, at this time, the heavens sent Sun Zhen, the first soldier in the world, to his hands.
Compared with King Hui of Wei, King Qi Wei's thirst for talents was a hundred times stronger than his. If Dr. Jimo did a good job before, the King of Qi Wei immediately sealed ten thousand households; for example, Zou Ji drum and piano satirical advice, after three months, he worshiped Xiangguo, reused it without doubt, and the reward was never soft.
For Sun Bin, the same is true.
This time, it didn't take three months, and once the palace asked correctly, the king of Qi Wei immediately worshiped Sun Zhen as the national teacher, and a monarch worshiped a prisoner whose legs were cut off and crippled, which was unique in the entire history of China.
The reason why King Qi Wei did this was first, he was forced to fight for hegemony, second, he was eager to love talent, and third, he was deeply touched by Sun Bing's spirit of struggle: a disabled person can face life so strongly; I am a monarch of a big country, what reason do I have to continue to go with the flow, and the will is decadent! Regardless of learning, with this alone, Sun Bin is enough to be my teacher!
In addition, regarding the question of King Qi Wei and Sun Bing this time, Sun Zhi's disciples included them all in the "Art of War of Sun Bing", because they are all very boring military theoretical knowledge, I will not expand on them here. In short, in response to the sixteen super difficult questions raised by King Qi and Tian Ji, Sun Zhen answered them like a stream, and the answers made King Qi's heart blossom. Summarizing Sun Bing's sixteen answers, it mainly includes the following four military ideas:
First, "Victory, then in the fall of the country and the succession of the world." If you can't win the battle, you will cut the ground and endanger the society. Those who are soldiers must not be unaware. Those who are happy to fight are killed, and those who win are humiliated. "War is a major matter of the first rank of the country, and we must be cautious in fighting, we must not easily provoke, we must fight a just war, and we must have a certainty of victory before we can launch a war." There is no good end for a poor soldier like King Hui of Wei to make enemies on all sides.
Second, how to "strengthen the army"? The answer is "rich country". War is actually a contest of the overall national strength. If we want to be invincible forever, we can only strive to develop production and enhance national strength. Rich countries and strong soldiers are invincible!
Third: If we are strong and weak, we will lure the enemy to go deeper; if the enemy is outnumbered, we will avoid the real attack; if the enemy and we are evenly matched, we will disperse the enemy and break through each other; the poor formation is not chaotic, and we must not pursue it rashly; if you want to strike ten with one blow, you must attack him without preparation!
Fourth, "Those who will not be able to attack or defend, and those who are in the hurry of war will also be." "Offense is the best defense. Only when the enemy plane is the first to be able to gain the initiative and strike first, can often receive unexpected results. For example, the State of Qi blindly defended it in the late Warring States period, and as a result, it was easily destroyed by Qin; for example, the Song and Ming dynasties in China fell into the hands of foreign nationalities, and they also suffered the loss of passive defense.
Pictured: The Bamboo Jane Museum of the Han Tomb of Yinque Mountain, which has been lost for more than a thousand years, has been lost for more than a thousand years
The book records that when King Wei listened to Sun Zhen's profound insights, he couldn't help but exclaim, "Good words! Sir on the soldiers, it is really exquisite, can not be exhausted, the widow obeys! ”
However, after Sun Zhen withdrew from the palace, he said to his disciples: "Qi Wang Tian Jizhi asked, he knew a few soldiers, but did not reach Daoye. Qi III is worried! It seems that King Qi and Tian Ji are far from meeting the standards of the "Dao" required by Sun Zhen, and if they are strong for three generations at most, I am afraid that they will go downhill.
Alas, it is worthy of being a soldier's second saint, and what Sun Zhen said is a proverb.