Everyone thinks that Confucius Confucius was peace-loving, because the Confucians we are accustomed to knowing are polite and even a little weak, and every day except for Zi Yue Shiyun is to study the four ways of writing the characters. However, according to the historical records, Confucius himself was able to write and fight, driving archery was a good hand, and he was also a mighty and majestic Hercules.
Confucius did not have only a good temper in dough, when Lu Guo was the Grand Sikou (Lu Dinggong period), he killed Shao Zhengdi and killed the actors under Qi Jinggong, but he did not even blink an eye.
According to the "Zuo Biography" and "Historical Records", Confucius was no longer in power, and he was still rolling up his arms and sleeves to fight the State of Qi, and after listening to Confucius's military analysis, Lu Aigong asked him to consult with Ji Sunzi, which made posterity confused: What kind of dumb riddle are these two monarchs and courtiers playing?
Later generations of historians have analyzed that Confucius wanted to fight the State of Qi with two unspeakable purposes, he actually wanted to wake up lu Aigong at the same time, knocking on the mountain and killing the chicken and the monkey, of course, this also showed Confucius's desire to enter politics again. Today, according to the "Zuo Biography", "History", and "Rong Zhai Essays", we will analyze Confucius's suggestion that Duke Ji of Lu Ai cut down the Xingbing army, whether he wants to knock down the mountain and kill the chickens and monkeys, or do he want to overthrow the power and take power himself to the throne?
Confucius's suggestion that the Duke of Lu'ai cut down qi was recorded in the "FourteenTh Year of zuo chuan and the fourteenth year of the Duke of Lai" and the "History of the Lu Zhou Gong Family", and Hong Mai, a scholar of the Southern Song Dynasty Longtuge University, the founding duke of Wei County, and the Guanglu Doctor, also analyzed and explained in the "Rong Zhai Essays". Today, we will combine the records of Zuo Qiuming and Hong Mai to see why Confucius wanted to cut down Qi, and help Lu Aigong and Confucius analyze whether the strength of lu guo can win the qi state.
It is said that it was in the fourteenth year of the Duke of Lu'ai, that is, in 481 BC, that there was a civil unrest in the State of Qi: Tian Chengzi Chen Heng (also known as Tian Heng, Tian Chang, and Chen Chengzi) killed The Duke of Qi Jian Jiang (Lü) Nong, and established Qi Jian Duke's younger brother Xiao as the monarch of the State of Qi. Prior to this, the Qi state doctor Bao Shi was the Duke of Qi Jian who had been established by the Qi mourning, and anyway, whoever became the monarch of the State of Qi was arranged by the doctors to kill and kill blindly.
Readers all know that Confucius's thought is to be loyal to the king and love the people, and that loyalty is to be placed in front of the people, and when he sees that the State of Qi regards the monarchy as a child's play, he cannot help but intervene, and he repeatedly encourages the Lu'ai Gong to send troops. However, Duke Ji of Lu Ai will be afraid of not being able to win the battle: "Our national strength of the State of Lu has always been inferior to that of the State of Qi, and if we rush to raise troops, can we win the war?" Confucius analyzed the comparison of the strength of the two countries for Ji Jiang: "Now that chen huan of the state of Qi has half of the common people opposing him, we will definitely be able to win the war with the strength of the country, plus the support of half of the people of the state of Qi (the crowd of Lu, the half of Jiaqi, and the half of Keke)!" ”
What happened next, the Zuo Zhuan and the Records of History are different, one record is that lu aigong asked Confucius to consult with Ji Sunzi (zi sued Ji sun), and the other record is that Lu Aigong directly refused: "The duke of lai did not listen."
Lu Aigong was not a fool, of course, he knew that Confucius's analysis was unreliable: although the State of Qi was in civil strife, as soon as we started fighting, there was no half of the Qi people who turned against him, and the brothers were insulted outside the wall, and the Qi people also understood. Lu is weak and strong, and the lone army is likely to be wrapped in dumplings.
Lu Aigong was not a fool, Confucius was a wise man, how could he come up with such unreliable suggestions and analysis that was almost like wishful thinking on paper? In fact, Confucius's words are very mysterious, he is not really going to fight the State of Qi, but to remind the Duke of Lu: In fact, the situation in the State of Lu is similar to that of the State of Qi, and the monarchy is on the sidelines, and it is not possible to say that one day you will be destroyed. We pretended to fight the State of Qi, that is, to frighten the scholars and doctors of the State of Lu and let them settle down a little.
Hong Mai analyzed it this way in the "Essays of Rong Zhai": "When the three sons wujun and Chen Shi, confucius wanted to enlighten the prince of mourning, and the third son of the third son, so that the prince of mourning would understand his intentions, and he would observe the good country of the three subjects, think of it, and raise Confucius to pay the government, and it is not difficult to divide the right king and the subjects." "To put it bluntly, even at this time, the State of Lu also has three powerful ministers who are as capable as Tian Chengzi Chen Heng and have the possibility of killing the king, and Confucius uses the reason of Fa Qi as a reason to remind the Duke of Lu Ai: You should clean up these three powerful ministers and let me govern, so that the monarchy can stabilize the country and the people's security."
Confucius's wish was good, and he expected Lu Guo's ministers to realize the crisis in the determination of Lu Aigong to cut down Qi (so that the three sons of the police will surely know): "The State of Lu is smaller than the State of Qi, and the ministers of the State of Qi have killed the monarch, and everyone will go on a crusade; if the three of us go to kill the monarch, like the great powers of Qi and Jin, how can we ignore it?" ”
Lu Aigong directly kicked the ball back to Confucius: Since you have such ideas, I will see if you can use your reasoning to persuade or intimidate these three powerful ministers.
The three powerful ministers of the Lu state are, to be precise, the three major families: the Mengsun clan, the Shusun clan and the Jisun clan. These three major families are all descendants of the Duke of Lu Huan, so they are also called "Three Huans", and the government is not what Lu Ai Gong ji will say, but everything must be nodded by Ji Sunzi and others. In the matter of sending troops to Cut Qi, Ji Ji could not be the master, and Confucius could not persuade Sanhuan, and Vaqi's proposal was unanimously rejected by Sanhuan: "The third son of the three sons sued, can't."
Of course, Sanhuan's rejection of Confucius's suggestion may also have their reasons: you Old Mr. Kong has been talking about benevolence and etiquette, and if the crusade against the State of Qi is to follow the will of the people and take the way of Heaven, then you should go to See Zhou Tianzi, ask Zhou Tianzi to convict Chen Chengzi, and then call on all the princes to join forces to recruit. We Lu Guo did not go to fight by ourselves without the authorization of heaven, whether we can win or not is another matter, that is, morally, it seems that it is untenable, this matter is not reliable...
Another thing that happened this year was the "Western Hunt for Lin", and Confucius lamented that "my way is poor". Two years later, Confucius died of illness, and finally did not help the Duke of Lu to regain military and political power, and Confucius also lost the last opportunity to serve the State of Lu and revitalize the State of Lu, which shows that the Power of the Three Huans at that time was unbreakable. But we can't help but pinch a cold sweat for Confucius: If the Duke of Lu Ai rises up and the Three Huans show weakness, and Confucius rises up after he comes to power, can he win the war? If the war is lost, maybe its harm will be greater than the three huans?