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Warring States period, the birth of a lot of able people and strangers, but also accompanied by a lot of strange things, today we are talking about the story of Qi General Tian Ji and Qi Wang horse racing, a simple "three-game two-win system" horse racing but contains a lot of benefits from the wisdom of life, shocking the world, this time the horse race finally to Tian Ji defeated the King of Qi and won a thousand gold bets, the ending was called "Tian Ji Horse Race" by later generations.
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The world only knows the story of TianJi's horse racing, but has never heard of what happened after Tianji's horse racing.
Tian Ji, surnamed Concubine, was born in an aristocratic family, received a very good education when he was a child, and made countless military achievements for the State of Qi, it can be said that the State of Qi is one of the Seven Heroes, and Tian Ji has immeasurable merits, so The status of Tian Ji in the State of Qi is rising day by day.
Tian Ji's credit is indeed indispensable, but Tian Ji also has the help of nobles, so that it can become more and more smooth. Once, the emissaries of the State of Qi went to the capital of the State of Wei, Daliang, met "Sun Yuan", found that this person was very well educated and very familiar with the art of war, so he brought him back to the State of Qi, and Tian Ji appreciated him very much after a conversation with him and worshiped him as a guest. The horses of the State of Qi are excellent in breeding and often have miraculous effects on the battlefield, and natural horses have also become a tool for competition and entertainment. One day, the King of Qi and many of his sons agreed to race horses, Tian Ji also participated in it, and quietly brought Sun Ji, at the beginning it was always Tian Ji who lost, the King of Qi won, the Horse of the King of Qi was extremely strong and powerful, but the foot strength was almost the same, so Sun Ji gave Tian Ji a wonderful skill.
Turning to Face Tian Ji, he said, "Although you bet, I have the skill of victory." Tian Ji knew Sun Ji's ability, and he could guarantee that there must be a good plan, so he threw thousands of dollars and began the game, and Sun Ji pit Tian Ji's first-class horse against Qi Wang's second-class horse, second-class horse against Qi Wang's third-class horse, and third-class horse against Qi Wang's first-class horse, and finally won the three-game game with two wins and one loss. This is where the story of the Taji horse racing comes from.
Tian Ji, who won the game, was naturally very happy, and it seemed good that the days passed like this, but after a few years, it was a turning point in his life.
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Sun Bin met the King of Qi at the recommendation of Tian Ji, who was very interested in Sun Zhi's strategy and insight, believing that he was a great talent, and that proper use could make the State of Qi look new, so he entrusted him with a heavy responsibility. In the subsequent strategies of encircling Wei and saving Zhao, the King of Qi worshiped Tian Ji as a general and Sun Zhi as a military division to jointly cooperate with the military war, sun Bing also lived up to the high expectations of the King of Qi, did his best, fulfilled his duties, and laid a huge foundation for the later position of "eastern hegemon" of the State of Qi.
Behind the victories one after another, it violated the interests of the Qi state xiangguo "Zou Jie". This person should be the well-known Zou Ji in the "Zou Ji Satirizing Qi Wang Na Zhi" in high school. Zou Ji was able to sit in the position of Xiangguo, and his learning was naturally very good, but this person was narrow-minded. Tian Ji was a good general, and Zou Ji was a good minister, which was originally a great fortune for the country, but each expressed his own opinions and had deep prejudices.
Tian Ji's exploits successfully attracted the attention of the King of Qi, but Zou Ji next to him was not successful, and his heart was very anxious, and at the same time, he was worried that his position was not secure, and his talent would not be able to be displayed, so he secretly used a plot to force Tian Ji to lose everything.
Zou Ji sent his own doormen to the stall to count the gua, and loudly said: "My master, General Tian Ji, has worked tirelessly for the country and the people, and now he wants to make friends with the world and plot big things. "When the fortune teller saw the money, he began to do the math. It doesn't matter what the fortune teller said, what matters is that when Zou Ji's doorman left, he sent someone else to catch the fortune teller.
At this time, Zou Ji went to the palace to tell the King of Qi about the "reckoning" of the matter, the King of Qi looked for someone to confront, Zou Ji then took the fortune teller to the palace, the fortune teller could only give an account of 1510, the King of Qi was furious when he heard about it, and immediately ordered the arrest of Tian Ji. Tian Ji thought hard and was very afraid when he was in danger, although he knew that Zou Ji had framed him, but he had no choice but to flee to the Chu state and wander in a foreign country, and the King of Qi began a bloody massacre in the Qi country at this moment, facing the heroes who had made military achievements.
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How could a King of Qi, who loved the sages like a son and made good use of talents, do this?
Behind things there are often unspeakable hidden feelings. The merits of the King of Qi in the face of Tian Ji were both love and fear, and throughout the ages, many generals who had made great contributions to the lord plotted to usurp the throne. From the story of Tian Ji's horse racing alone, it can be seen that he even dared to win the emperor, which proves that he is already under one person in the State of Qi, above ten thousand people, and the blessing of battle merit can only let the world know only Tian Ji and not know the King of Qi, in such a context, the King of Qi can't help but find an excuse to remove Tian Ji's confidant, just when Xiang Guo found an excuse, which can also understand why the King of Qi gave complete trust to a person in the city.
Zou Ji only hastened tian ji's decline, even without Zou Ji's conspiracy and trickery, Tian Ji was doomed.
The ancients said, "Pifu is innocent, Huai Bi is guilty." ”
It doesn't matter whether you have the intention of rebellion or not, what matters is that you have this ability, then you should not exist, all the preparation is just the emperor's means of defending his rights.
epilogue
After Tian Ji fled to the Chu kingdom, he acted in a low-key manner, spent the second half of his life safely, and the king of Qi died in the middle of the way, and the successor king of Qi rehabilitated Tian Ji and re-recruited him as a general, but Tian Ji no longer had the momentum of his youth, did not want to enter the official field again, and only wanted to spend his old age in peace, so he refused the request of the new king of Qi.
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