Author: Xu Yunhui
(Stills of the Candle Of the Eastern Zhou Dynasties spring and autumn)
In the spring and autumn, outside the capital of Zheng Guoguo, in the middle of the night, the Qin army was handsome. Qin Bo (i.e., Qin Mugong) looked at the candle with a suspicious look: "The old gentleman is more than an old man, and he is willing to risk the strange and dangerous night to go out of the city to ask for a widow, what do you see and teach?" ”
"The minister dared to ask, why did the Great King accompany the Marquis of Jin (Duke Wen of Jin) to besiege the capital of our country?"
"The monarch of your country was rude to the Jin Emperor when he was passing through Guidi in his year, and he sent troops to help Chu during the Battle of Chengpu in Jinchu, and he was a servant and a master. Qin and Jin have the good of intermarriage, so it is reasonable, and the widow should help the Marquis of Jin! ”
However, qin Bo, who occupied the moral commanding height, went so far as to "listen to Xian Le'er's temporary clarity" after listening to the flickering of the candle wu, and resolutely changed his course and signed a pact with the candle zhiwu and announced a strategic partnership with Zheng Guo. Qin Bo turned against him, causing The Marquis of Jin's plot to destroy Zheng Guo in vain and returned in vain.
Qin Bo listened to the candle martial arts which high-level points, just like Daigo empowerment demolished the Jin Marquis's platform?
(Stills of Qin Mugong in "The Kingdoms of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and the Spring and Autumn Chapter")
(1) Be wary of the Qin state becoming a cat that takes chestnuts from the fire
After Qin Bo took the throne, he was ambitious to make the family business bigger and stronger. He exerted great efforts to govern and reused Baili Xi and other sages. In order to win over the powerful Jin state, he lowered his stature to request a political marriage with the Duke of Jin and married his daughter Mu Ji, thus becoming the brother-in-law of Yiwu (Jin Huigong) and Zhong'er (Jin Wengong).
Therefore, when the brother-in-law and son-in-law asked Zheng Guoxingshi about the crime and invited his brother-in-law and father-in-law Qin Bo to help him stand on the platform, Qin Bo was also playing with a small calculation: although the Qin state had risen, its strength was still not enough to infect the East, and it could only gradually sweep away the small country of the Rong people in the west. After he dominated Xi Rong and tasted the sweetness of being appointed by King Xiang of Zhou as the "Uncle of the Western Princes", "the rat don't pistol ---- the mind of beating cats" and began to covet the Eastern Central Plains. Therefore, after the brother-in-law promised to destroy Zheng and divide him a spoon, Qin Bo immediately led his elite troops to cross the Yellow River in the east, trekked a long distance, crossed the Zhou Dynasty's Beijing Division, and formed a joint siege of the capital of the Zheng State with the Jin army.
Candle Zhiwu "came out in the night and saw Qin Bo" and stated his stakes to him: "If Zheng Ru destroys the country, he will definitely be divided equally between Jin and Qin." However, the State of Qin was far west of the Yellow River, so how did it rule and manage the enclave of the State of Zheng? Isn't it a big joke that you want to cross the border between the Jin and Zhou states and treat the Zheng kingdom as the border of the Qin state? Please think deeply, if Zheng Guo becomes a fat meat that will be divided, who will fall into the hands of whom? ”
Qin Bo was extremely frightened and had to fall into contemplation.
Candle NoBu saw the situation and said nonchalantly, "The Great King was able to destroy zheng and divide the land, but in fact, he could not actually own this enclave at all." Zheng Guo will become your dowry for your neighbor Bai! To put it bluntly, you're cutting your own flesh to replenish your neighbor's fat. Your neighbor is already fat, and you still have to go hungry to add to the icing on the cake? Would the king make such a loss-making deal? ”
Although Qin Bo knew that The Words of Candle Wu were intended to save Zheng Guo, he also reminded himself from time to time that he must not become the cat that took the chestnut for the monkey in the fire. After destroying Zheng, he could not get the benefits, but let the brother-in-law monopolize the territory of zhengguo, and such a thing stupid pig could not do! However, I was really reluctant to go back home. As a result, Qin Bo's words turned sharply: "The old man is right! However, the expedition of our army's labor divisions has not returned to any avail, so how can the widows account to the Qin state? ”
Candle Zhiwu spied Qin Bo's true intention of "the thief does not go empty", and immediately sent a ladder to make Qin Bo go down the stairs with great dignity.
(2) Zheng Guo was willing to form an alliance to become the host of the Qin state
Candle Zhiwu proposed the best of both worlds: as long as the Qin State withdrew from the war against Zheng, the Zheng State was willing to form a military alliance with the Qin State, and promised to become the master of the Qin State on the eastern road, providing various material guarantees for the emissaries sent by the Qin State to the Eastern countries.
Qin Bo knew that this siege of Zheng Guo with his brother-in-law was only a fire reconnaissance attempt in the Eastern Central Plains. Zheng Guo's willingness to provide material support for the emissaries of the Qin state is not big, but forming a military alliance with the Qin state is the most cost-effective and real big deal. Because this means that Zheng Guo will become a springboard and logistics support base for the Qin State to plot against the East, it is equivalent to placing the Supply Departure Position of the Qin Army directly in front of the Zheng State.
For Candle Zhiwu, if the State of Qin accepted the condition that Zheng Guo act as the host, it would mean that zheng Guo could be saved. And being able to form a military alliance with Qiang Qin is even more a profitable business. However, the Qin-Jin alliance had a deep foundation, and the relationship between Qin Bo and the Marquis of Jin was intricate. How to make Qin Bo make up his mind to ally with Zheng Guo? Candle Wu used the most vicious and extremely effective tricks: revealing the old bottom, turning over old accounts, and cursing the monarchs of the Jin Dynasty to the point of bloodshed. Qin Bo's new hatred and old hatred were provoked, and the past came to mind.
(3) The image of Jinjun has always been poor and has zero praise
Duke Xiangong of Jin was deceived by his favored concubine Li Ji , and the ghost was obsessed with deposing Crown Prince Shensheng and replacing him with Xi Qi , the son born to Li Ji. He first forced Crown Prince Shensheng to commit suicide, and then forced Yiwu and Zhong'er to exile the princely states.
At the funeral of the Jin Dynasty, the powerful minister Rick killed Li Ji's mother and son and sent someone to meet Yi Wu, who had fled to Liang for refuge. Yiwu gladly accepted this big pie that fell from heaven, and sent his henchmen to "bribe Qin", promising: "If Qiang Qin can support Yiwu to return to china to succeed to the throne, the Jin state is willing to cede the land west of the Yellow River to the Qin state to express its gratitude." Qin Bo was thrilled, "Nai sent troops to send Yi Wu to Jin." Yiwu was escorted back to the Jin state by the Qin forces, and after becoming the Duke of Jin, he clearly informed Qin Bo that his previous promise to cede the land of Hexi was void.
Candle Zhiwu was well aware of this matter, and deliberately repeated the old saying: "You once gave the Jin Juntian great favor, and the Jin Jun was grateful to Shu Zero, and vowed to cede the Jiao and Flawed Lands in Hexi to the Qin State." The result? Jin Jun crossed the Yellow River in the morning to return to China, and in the evening he built a city wall to defend you! You've experienced this first-hand! ”
Recalling this incident, Qin Bo tickled his teeth with hatred:
There was a famine in the Jin Dynasty, and the Duke Hui of Jin actually asked the Qin State for grain with a shy old face. Although Qin Bo deeply hated that his brother-in-law was not a thing, he pitied the people of the Jin state for innocence, "so he lost to the Jin", and used the strength of the whole country to help the Jin state survive the famine year; the following year, the qin state also suffered a famine and asked the Jin state to buy grain. Jin Huigong not only refused to sell grain, but instead fell into the well and sent troops to attack Qin. "Qin was furious and also sent troops to cut down Jin", and captured Jin Huigong alive. Qin Bo hated his ungrateful brother-in-law to the bone and decided to slaughter him "to worship God." ”
Qin Bo's wife cried and cried for her brother to intercede repeatedly with her husband, and after Qin Bo considered the pros and cons of killing Jin Huigong, "Return to Jin Jun Yiwu." The Duke Hui of Jin finally found out in his conscience, endured the pain of ceding the land of Hexi to the Qin State, and took the initiative to send the crown prince to the Qin State as a hostage. Qin Bo repaid Li with peach, returned the land of Hedong to the Jin state, and married the daughter of the clan, HuaiYi, to the crown prince. Unexpectedly, this boy was not a thing like his father, and when he learned that his father was seriously ill, he left his wife to abscond back to the Jin kingdom in order to seize the position, and succeeded him as the Duke of Jinhuai.
The flowers bloom at both ends, one on each side. Heavy Ear fled to zhai kingdom during the Rebellion of Li Ji. After Rick kills Li Ji and Xi Qi, he invites Zhong'er to return to China. The cake on the rat clip was resigned by the heavy ear, so that his younger brother Yiwu could return to China to succeed to the throne. However, after Yiwu transformed into Jin Huigong, because he was worried that his brother's high morality and respect would threaten his position, he actually "nibbled on pig's trotters with eight precepts---- killed each other" and sent people to hunt down and kill his brother. Hearing the news again, he was forced to take his followers to Wei, Qi, Cao, Song, Zheng (here zheng Wengong was treated slowly, laying the foundation for the united Qin state to fight Zheng Fubi), and the Chu states. Qin Bo bid farewell to his nephew Prince Yuan, and specially invited him to the Qin State.
After the heavy ear arrived in the Qin Kingdom, it became a fragrant feast. Qin Bo married five women of the same sect to him in one fell swoop (including his wife Huaiyi, who was abandoned by the crown prince), endured humiliation and took over his nephew's daughter-in-law, and returned to the Jin state under the support of his brother-in-law and father-in-law Qin Bozhong, killing his nephew Duke Huai of Jin and transforming into duke Wen of Jin.
Will Jin Wengong turn into a white-eyed wolf like Yiwu's father and son? It is not yet known. Therefore, the Martial Of Candles cleverly reminded Qin Bo that the past should not forget the teacher of the future. Since the kings of the Jin Dynasty were not good birds, it is estimated that the Jin Wengong was not much better! In order to make Qin Bo make up his mind, Candle Wu threw a bombshell.
(4) The Jin state is bound to plot against the Qin state if it is difficult to fill the gap
Candle Zhiwu said bluntly, "Fu Jin, why bother?" ”
He explained in detail: "If the Zheng kingdom is destroyed, it will immediately become the de facto border of the Jin state. With the current comprehensive strength of the Jin State, it was not yet able to encroach on the eastern countries, so it could only turn around and attack the city to the west. West of the Yellow River is your country's sphere of influence. If the Jin Dynasty expands westward, it is bound to encroach on your territory and harm your country's interests! Did you help the Marquis of Jin to destroy Zheng, but eventually incurred a fire and burned himself, was it not worth the loss? ”
Qin Bo was satisfied and sincere, treated the candle martial arts with courtesy, and immediately signed a military alliance with him. He left three generals to assist Zheng Guo in defending the city, instructing them to assist Zheng Guo in repelling the invaders who dared to attack, while he did not bother to say hello to his brother-in-law and son-in-law and directly led his troops back to the west. Jin Hou saw that it was difficult to sound the lone palm, so he had to go down the slope of the donkey and return without success.
This history was included in the textbook of high school Chinese, known as "Candle Martial Retreat Qin Division", which aims to praise the wisdom and courage of Candle Wu when the country was in trouble. However, if the rebound pipa is considered from another angle, the protagonist is still Qin Bo. Because, if it were not for Qin Bo's far-reaching thoughts, his immediate decision-making, and his emphasis on national interests, then even if the mouth of the candle spit out lotus flowers and the sky was scattered, he would not want to say that the Qin army had retired one soldier and one pawn.
Therefore, Qin Bo changed from following the Jin Marquis to playing soy sauce, only because he always understood one truth: national interests are supreme!
【About the author】Xu Yunhui, male, graduated from the Department of Chinese of Yunnan Normal University in 1984 and is now a senior lecturer at Baoshan No.1 Middle School Education Group in Yunnan Province. He has published two monographs and published more than 600,000 words in literary journals at or above the provincial level.
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