In the Zizhi Tongjian, there are many stories, after all, this book is about power plots, that is, teaching materials for the emperor, and there is a story of the Warring States period, the protagonist is the character we all learned when we were in school, they are Tian Ji, Zou Ji and Qi Wei Wang. Although Zou Ji and Tian Ji were subjects in the same country, their relationship was not good. One day Zou Ji sent people to take gold coins to the market for divination, and when he saw a divinator, he said that he was Tian Ji's courtier, "Now the general has repeatedly won battles and become famous in the world, and now he wants to do a big vote, and he wants to ask you to divinate." ”
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As a result, as soon as this person left, Zou Ji sent someone to arrest this Bu Gua and then bring it to the King of Qi for verification, Tian Ji knew that there was no way to explain, so he led people to attack the capital and demanded that the King of Qi hand over Zou Ji to confront him. Of course, Tian Ji did not attack the capital in the end, but ran to the Chu state to take refuge. These few people must have known each other, and the latest junior high school textbooks were also exposed, this story seems simple, but many places can not stand up to scrutiny.
First of all, the way of framing is really very naïve, no one who wants to rebel will find someone on the street to calculate it, and in history, this matter has been a while since Tian Ji led his troops to carry out the Battle of Maling, why didn't he rebel when the military power was not handed over? Moreover, Tian Ji was a general of the clan room, and he could explain this matter clearly with a few words, why did he attack the capital with his own people? And in the end, after Tian Ji returned to China after rehabilitation, Zou Ji did not have anything to do, but lived well.
As a subordinate, he actually dared to win his own leadership in the competition, and after Sun Zhen was victimized in the State of Wei, it was the envoys of the State of Qi who brought him back, but the envoys did not see him hand over to the King of Qi, but gave it to Tian Ji, the so-called Tian Clan Qi State, this Tian Ji is likely to be a figure elected from among the nobles to take power.
The leader of the clan, a strong general in the army, also has Sun Zhen, three battles and three victories in the Central Plains, and most importantly, he is not afraid of the King of Qi, such a person has obvious ability to rebel, whether he has thought about this or not, the King of Qi has thought about it, so he must disappear. Piaf is innocent, but he is guilty. So it was king Qi Wei who wanted Tian Ji to disappear, not Zou Ji, he was actually an executor, and obviously Tian Ji was also aware of this, Tian Ji had no way to explain it in the record, it was obvious that he had tried it in the air, and King Qi said that he did not know, did not know, did not listen or listen.
And if he entered the palace to explain, the result could only be the result of the three thousand swords and axemen who had been ambushed by the palace, he knew this, so he simply brought his own courtiers into the palace, and then under the name of the Qing Emperor's side, let the King of Qi hand over. In fact, this point also has his political considerations, he himself is obviously unable to defeat the defense of the capital city, he actually gave the country he was going to go to a name. Although the State of Chu is not an enemy, it is also not a friend, and a political prisoner like Tian Ji is the most valuable person.
Moreover, Tian Ji's banner was to hand over Zou Ji and did not oppose the King of Chu, which also paved the way for him to return to the State of Qi in the future, and after King Xuan of Qi succeeded to the throne, he knew that Tian Ji was wronged, so he took him back to the State of Qi for reuse. And the reason why Zou Ji was not punished was because he was a pawn from the beginning, the purpose was to maintain the king's power, as a loyal pawn, how could he be punished?