<h1>Meng Yujun, who raised three thousand soldiers, insulted the name of a gentleman, and was actually a tyrant or even a villain</h1>
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it became common practice to raise soldiers in society, but anyone who "had surplus grain at home" would raise a certain number of disciples according to their economic strength. In "Dream of the Red Chamber", Zhan Guang, Shan Pingren and others who often run around in the Rongguo Mansion and accompany Jia Zheng and other masters to nag and gossip are to some extent the products of the legacy of the Spring and Autumn Period.
This kind of person is a relatively ambiguous social identity, saying that they are staff members, there is no employment or subordination relationship between them and their masters; saying that they are relatives, the eight rods cannot beat the blood relationship between them and their masters; saying that they are friends, they are also looking at the red and destroying the black, seeing the wind and making the rudder, whoever has a high limelight and good treatment will run to whomever they want, and there is no emotion to speak of.
They are neither black nor white, and there is a loose but very special "gray" relationship with their masters. Like Zhan Guang and Shan Renren, it is to talk about flattery and scenes to the master, relieve boredom, and have fun; if you have a little high IQ or a little special ability, you will also give advice or handle a little "extraordinary" matters for the master. Most of these "extraordinary" matters are inconvenient to come forward in the capacity of the owner.
Their standard title should be a doorman or a pilgrim, but in order to look good in the face and listen to the society, they use the positive word "shi" to call it. Later, the "scholars" gradually degenerated into playthings in the family aristocracy and rich merchants, for example, Liang Zhangju of the Qing Dynasty summed up the 10 selection criteria for becoming a Qingke: a good word, second-class talent, three pounds of wine, four seasons of clothes, five sons of Go, six out of Kunqu, seven-character crooked poems, eight horse hangings, nine titles, very harmonious. The 10 standards, also known as the "Ten Principles", have almost no serious skills.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, he was famous for raising soldiers, including Meng Tianwen of the State of Qi, Wei Wujie of the Xinling Jun of the State of Wei, Huang Xie of the Chunshen Jun of the State of Chu, and Zhao Sheng of the Plains of the State of Zhao, who was known as the "Four Princes" at that time. The reason why they have "Jun" in their title is because they also had a beautiful name "Four Gentlemen" at that time.
The Meng Yujun Tian Wen in the "Four Gentlemen" may be due to nature, or it may be rich and powerful, and the atmosphere of large-scale cultivation at that time was led by him. The history books record that he had more than 3,000 customers at the most, and the number was quite large.
The imperial court during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period did not prohibit private arming, and the reason why many people raised soldiers, in addition to decorating the façade and building their own "circle of friends", also had the purpose of gathering and accumulating talents in order to make a difference. Regarding the behavior of raising a soldier, Sima Guang once said in the "Zizhi Tongjian": "The gentleman's adopter thinks that the people are also." In other words, the virtuous people raise their disciples in order to protect and realize the interests of the people.
However, among the "Four Gentlemen" of the Warring States, the most unworthy of the title of "Gentleman" is Meng Tianwen. Moreover, it has nothing to do with the demeanor and style of a gentleman and a gentleman, and even exposes his tyrannical nature and even villainous behavior.
Meng Tianjun's fame at that time was very large among the princes, and King Zhaoxiang of Qin invited Meng Tianjun to serve as a Xiangguo in the Qin State as a high-ranking official Houlu. The arrival of Meng Tianjun made the "local forces" of the Qin state very jealous, and they forced King Zhaoxiang of Qin to depose Meng Tianjun on the grounds that Meng Tianjun was bound to "first Qi and then Qin", that is, it was bound to give priority to the interests of the State of Qi, and the "local forces" who were eyeing the tiger also threatened Meng Tianjun's life.
Thus, the famous allusion in history, the "chicken singing dog thief", happened: a doorman under Meng Tianjun, who was good at theft, stole a fur coat made of white fox skin from the treasury of the Qin Kingdom by digging a dog hole, bribed the concubine of King Zhaoxiang of Qin to intercede, and released Meng Tianjun; another doorman who was good at imitating the sound of animals imitated the sound of chickens at Guan Pass and deceived the city gate. Meng Yujun was able to escape and return to the State of Qi.
The allusion of "chicken singing dog theft" is a derogatory term from its occurrence. Even if it contains a slight praise for special abilities, it is essentially a contempt for the inferiority, inferiority, and dirty deeds. And the occurrence of this allusion also shows from the side that the three thousand disciples raised by Meng Yujun are extremely rare.
If we can't draw conclusions about the overall moral level of Meng Tianjun's three thousand disciples based on special skills alone, then there are two more facts that are very telling. One of them, Meng Tianjun, occasionally passed by Zhao Guo and was strongly watched by the local people.
Now celebrities and Internet celebrities have people watching everywhere they go, which is not only not a bad thing, but even the scene that celebrities and Internet celebrities are looking forward to. However, the people watching Meng Tianjun lost their lives because of this, and really staged a tragedy of "curiosity to kill cats".
Because Meng Tianjun was very famous, there were many rumors about him among the princes and in the countryside. At that time, there was no audio-visual equipment, and his appearance was naturally the most talked about. People generally position in their hearts that Meng Tianjun must be a great husband and strange man with a dignified appearance, a large physique, and a free demeanor. However, when the people of the Zhao Kingdom saw it with their own eyes, they found that Meng Tianjun was a tall, thin, and even unassuming ordinary man.
The onlookers were immediately disappointed, so they exchanged heads and whispered, pointing at Meng Tianjun, and it was estimated that there were also people who covered their mouths and smiled at that time. However, Meng Tianjun obviously did not have five short statures and an ordinary appearance of Cao Cao, and when facing hundreds of thousands of Western Liang soldiers and horses watching and talking about it, with a sentence of "I am also a Jews, not four eyes and two mouths, but many wisdom ears", not only freely resolved the embarrassment, but also showed extraordinary temperament.
Even if you can't be as calm as Cao Cao, as long as you are a normal person, you will treat it with a normal heart, after all, the appearance is born of your parents, only the virtue and character are your own masters, and you can't make any mistakes for this, not to mention that the Zhao Guo people who are watching have not obviously shown disrespect or attack. However, Meng Tianjun was ashamed and angry, and the doormen who were good at observing the color saw the master's face and immediately "charged" forward, slashing and killing all the innocent onlookers of several hundred meters.
King Qi Had dismissed Meng Tianjun from his post because of his obedience to rumors, and the three thousand disciples under him immediately broke off their righteousness, scattered as birds and beasts, and feared that they would not be able to avoid it; soon, Meng Tianjun's position was restored, and the three thousand disciples quickly smelled the fish like flies, and "gathered" to their side again, and the faces of a group of "soldiers" who sought profits and avoided harm and even were mercenary villains were clearly revealed.
The ancients often said: "By the befriending, you can know his person", meng taste jun's disciples to please the master, slaughter the cold-blooded people; when the master encounters the ups and downs of the eunuch sea and the twists and turns of life, is it not related to the cruelty and widowhood of Meng Tianjun himself? What kind of aura condenses what kind of people, is it possible to reverse the character of Meng Tianjun?
When dealing with the major interests of the country, Meng Yijun unabashedly showed his essence of mercenary intentions. King Qi Had appointed Lü Li as xiangguo, and in order to exclude Lü Li, Meng Yujun actually wrote a letter to the Qin general Wei Ran to attack the state of Qi. Fight for the power of individuals, disregard the security of the country!
Traditional Chinese morality attaches great importance to Zhi'en Tu Bao. Meng Yijun lived in the State of Qi for generations, his body was nurtured by the water and soil of the State of Qi, his position and power were given by the Court of the State of Qi, and even the economic source he used to raise his disciples and achieve his own strength and fame was mainly the Qi Court issued to him.
However, instead of "the grace of dripping water and repaying each other with gushing springs", Meng Tianjun turned against his homeland, betrayed the interests of the country, and even directly organized an alliance to destroy his homeland because of his personal grievances.
According to historical records, in 286 BC, king Qi Tang was very inflated after destroying the Song state, marching west and south respectively, attacking the Three Jin And Chu states, and even planning to destroy Zhou Tianzi and replace them. Multi-faceted troops were bound to be empty internally, so the State of Yan, with Le Yi as its commander, united with the State of Qin, the State of Zhao, the State of Wei, and the State of Korea to besiege the State of Qi.
This was a very dangerous "siege", the coalition forces quickly captured more than 70 cities in the State of Qi, and the capital of the State of Qi, Linzi, was also occupied by the Coalition Forces. King Qi Tang was forced to flee and was killed by Chu soldiers on the way. The State of Qi almost destroyed the country.
Of course, the primary responsibility for the fierce danger encountered by the State of Qi this time is the arrogance and strategic mistake of the King of Qi, but there is also the "credit" of Meng Tianjun behind it. After King Qi Tang destroyed the Song Dynasty, he had plans to eliminate the forces of Meng Yijun, who could not be destroyed. Upon hearing the news, Meng Yijun fled to the State of Wei and was appointed by King Zhao of Wei as the State of Xiang.
When Le Yi of the State of Yan began to raise troops to attack the State of Qi, Meng Yijun seized the great opportunity of this "communiqué of personal vendetta" and ran among the three kingdoms of Qin, Zhao, and Han as an emissary, trying to promote the attack on the Qi Alliance.
Therefore, Sima Guang commented on Meng Tianjun and said: "Meng Tianjun's adopters, who do not sympathize with intellectual education, do not choose Zang or no, go to his junzhilu, establish a private party, zhang false reputation, insult his king from above, and fool his people at the bottom, and is a traitor's male." ”
Sima Guang's criticism was very severe, and in the eyes of this historian, Meng Tianjun was not only not a gentleman, but also a traitor or tyrant who was unfaithful, unkind, and unjust, and only worked hard for his own selfish desires and ambitions. If judged according to Confucius's standard of "a gentleman is righteous, and a villain is profitable", Meng Tianjun is a real villain.
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