Chapter 8 Second decade of the fourth century BC (390-381 BC)

1. Qin State (capital Yong County) and Jin State (capital Xintian) fought in Wucheng (east of Huaxian County, Shaanxi Province). (Since the state of Jin was partitioned, it has had problems with its own survival and has been unable to fight any wars. It may be a war with Wei or South Korea.) 2. Qi State (capital Linzi) attacked Wei State and fell into Xiangling (Suixian County, Henan Province). 3. The State of Lu (the capital of Qufu) defeated the army of the State of Qi in Pinglu (northwest of Wenshang County, Shandong Province). (Pinglu was 50 kilometers away from Qufu, the capital of the State of Lu, and the fact that the army of the State of Qi suffered a defeat there meant that it was an invading force.)

1. Qin State (capital Yong County) attacked Jin State (capital Xintian. Jin State had no place to attack at this time, and it may still be the fault of Wei State or South Korea). 2. Tian He, the state official (doctor) of the Qi State (the capital Linzi), and Wei Si, the monarch of the Wei State (one term), the special envoys of the Chu Kingdom (the capital Yingdu) and the Wei State (the capital Puyang), met in Zhuoze (Henan Province) Southwest of Xinzheng County), a high-level meeting was held, and Tian He asked them to help him obtain the title of monarch in name.Wei Si, the king of the state of Wei, asked Ji Jiao, the king of the Zhou Kingdom (the thirty-ninth king of An), Dai Tianhe, to be knighted, and Ji Jiao readily agreed.In history, Tian He was called the grand prince of Qi State whose surname was Tian.

1. *Tian He, the Grand Duke of Qi State (capital Linzi), died this year (388 B.C.), and was succeeded by his son Tian Shan (second term). (The original record only missed the generation of Tian Shan, so a series of mistakes occurred.) 1. The army of Qin State (capital Yong County) went south, invaded the territory of Shu State (capital Chengdu) and occupied Nanzheng (Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province), an important town in the north. 2. Wei Si, the monarch of the state of Wei (the capital Anyi) (one term as Marquis Wen), passed away, and his son Wei Jian succeeded him (the second term) as Marquis Wu. (This record is incorrect. Refer to 397 years ago.)

Wei Jian rode a royal boat on the Xihe River (the Yellow River north of Tongguan), and went down the river. The treasure of our Wei State!" Wu Qi said: "I don't think the geographical situation is important. The safety of the country lies in the character of the leaders, not in the dangers of the mountains and rivers. In the past, the Sanmiao tribe had Dongting Lake on the left and Poyang Lake on the right. It can be said that there is no risk, but because the leaders were depraved, Si Wenming, the founding king (one emperor) of the Xia Dynasty, wiped them out. Xiaxian County, Shaanxi Province), east of the Yellow River, Jishui (a tributary of the ancient Yellow River, flowing through Henan and Shandong provinces, most of the rivers have been submerged today), west of Huashan (South of Huayin City, Shaanxi Province), and south of Yique (Henan Province In the south of Luoyang City in the province, there is Yangchangban in the north (in Dahang Mountain in the southeast of Pingshun County, Shanxi Province. As the name suggests, the road is like sheep intestines, easy to defend and difficult to attack). However, political corruption, the founding king of the Shang Dynasty (one term) son Tianyi, put He was kicked off the throne and exiled far away. When the last king of the Shang Dynasty (the thirty-first term) son Shou Xin (Zhou), Mengmen (west of Jixian County, Shanxi Province) was on the west, Taihang Mountain was on the east, and Hengshan Mountain (Quyang County, Hebei Province) was on the north. North) and the Yellow River in the south, but he was tyrannical and innocent. Ji Fa, the founding king of the Zhou Dynasty (one term), killed him. From this point of view, the safety of the country lies in the character of the leader, not in the dangers of mountains and rivers. If the main If you don't do your duty for the country, I'm afraid that all the cronies who are on the same boat with the Lord will become enemies." Wei Chi said calmly, "I will remember your words."

Wei Jian appointed Tian Wen as prime minister.Wu Qi was not happy, and said to Tian Wen: "I want to discuss with you your and my contribution to the country, what do you think?" Tian Wen said: "Of course." Wu Qi said: "Commanding the armed forces, the officers and soldiers are willing to sacrifice their lives How are you better than me?" Tian Wen said, "I am not as good as you." Wu Qi said, "Make the government function fully, so that the people of the whole country live and work in peace and contentment, the treasury is full, and the society Wealthy, how are you compared to me?" Tian Wen said: "I am not as good as you." Wu Qi said: "Defend the Xihe (the Yellow River north of Tongguan), Qin State dare not invade eastward. South Korea (capital Pingyang) and Zhao State (Jinyang, the capital city), don’t dare to be obedient to us, how are you better than me?” Tian Wen said, “I’m not as good as you.” Wu Qi said, “You are not as good as me in these three important matters, but your official position is not as good as me. Taller than me, so why?" Tian Wen said: "When the king is still young, powerful and important officials are suspicious of each other, and a coup may be launched at any time, and the people are panicked. At this time, the position of prime minister should belong to you? Or to me?" Wu Qi was silent for a long time, sorry to say: "I admit, it should belong to you."

Bo Yang said: When there is a certain order in the operation of politics, and people are used to and accept this order, there will be no crisis of "the master is less suspicious, the ministers are not attached, and the people do not believe it".Only corrupt regimes have this special phenomenon when they are transferred. Some time later, the uncle of the prime minister of Wei State (Wei State may have more than one prime minister, or Tian Wen may have passed away or died at this time), his wife is the princess of Wei State. He thought that one day, Wu Qi would threaten his position, so he wanted to get rid of Wu Qi, but he couldn't think of a proper way for a while.One of his extremely clever servants suggested: "It's easy to get rid of Wu Qi. His biggest shortcoming is that he is too strong, and he is quite satisfied with his straightforwardness. Therefore, as long as you design a trap, you are not afraid that he will not jump into it. You first report to the monarch: "Wu Qi is a great hero. However, our Wei State is a small country, so I'm afraid we can't keep him. The only way to keep him is to betroth him to a princess and make him Wei State's heir." Son-in-law. If he doesn’t want to be in Wei, he has to go to another big country, and he must refuse this marriage.’ Then, you hold a banquet at home and invite Wu Qi to return home with you at the same time, and discuss with the princess first, so that the princess can make a decision. You are insulting in every possible way, and you are also acting in every possible way to endure this insult. Wu Qi found out that the princess is so fierce, and if she doesn’t treat her husband as a commoner, she must not dare to marry her younger sister. Okay, let’s jump into it. Trap." The uncle was overjoyed and proceeded according to the plan.Wu Qi was really frightened, and told Wei Jian that he was not blessed to accept the golden branches and jade leaves. Wei Jian couldn't believe his ears for a moment.Only then did Wu Qi realize that he had been hit by an arrow in the back, but it was too late and there was no way to save him. He was afraid that Wei Chi would turn his back on him ruthlessly and kill him, so he fled and went to the Kingdom of Chu (the capital Yingdu).

Mi Yi, the king of Chu (the seventeenth mourning king), admired Wu Qi's talents for a long time, so he appointed him as prime minister.After Wu Qi took office, he acted vigorously and vigorously, promoting a wide-ranging reform movement, formulating laws in line with the times, and establishing the dignity of the law, deposing all idle officials who only received salaries but not working, revoking the titles and salaries of some royal families who were alienated by blood, strengthening the Train the army, improve the combat effectiveness of the army, adhere to an independent foreign policy, and oppose reconciliation with Qin.Under Wu Qi's strong innovation movement, the Chu Kingdom became stronger and stronger.In a few years, the territory expanded to Baiyue (Zhejiang Province, Fujian Province and Guangdong Province on the southeast coast), the north prevented the three Jins - Zhao, South Korea, and Wei from invading the south, and the west attacked Qin several times.All countries are very worried about the rapid revival of the Chu Kingdom.However, within the Kingdom of Chu, those nobles and vested interests who lost power due to the reform were very hostile to Wu Qi.

3. Duke Hui (unknown name), the king of Qin (twenty-second term), passed away, and his son Chugong (unknown name) succeeded him (twenty-third term). 4. Zhao Guoguo's (second term) Marquis Wu (unknown name) passed away, and the nobles supported the next term (Marquis Lie) Zhao Ji's son Zhao Zhang (third term) to succeed him to the throne. 5. Han Qu, the monarch of South Korea (second marquis), passed away, and Zi Wenhou (name unknown) succeeded to the throne (third term). 1. Ji Jiao, the king of Zhou Kingdom (capital Luoyang) (the thirty-ninth king of An), ordered to promote Tian He, the state official (doctor) of Qi State (capital Linzi), to be the king of Qi State. (As early as 389 BC, he had been ordered to be promoted, and Tian He died this year. This record is wrong.)

2. The aristocrats (princes) of Zhao State (capital Jinyang) caused rebellion in the Zhao Dynasty and defected to Wei State (capital Anyi). With the assistance of Wei State, they attacked Handan (Handan City, Hebei Province), the newly moved capital of Zhao State, but failed. (This year, the capital of the State of Zhao was moved from Jinyang to Handan, and the Zhao Dynasty took advantage of the move to launch a coup.) 1. Qin State (Yong County, the capital) Shu Chang (10th and 11th rank of Qin officials) changed (surname unknown), launched a coup, arrested the monarch (23rd term) as a public official (name unknown) and his mother, Sink into the river and drown.To welcome Ying Shixi, an aristocrat in exile in Hexi (central Gansu Province), to return to the country to succeed him (twenty-fourth term), it is to dedicate himself to the Duke. (This is a case of revenge. Twenty-nine years ago, in the first 415 years, Ying Su, the 20th king of the country, died. He is Duke Jian. Ying Su’s son, Ying Shi Xi, was threatened with his life and fled to Hexi. In 400 BC, Ying Mourning’s son died, and his son Huigong succeeded to the throne. In 387 BC, Huigong died, and his son Chugong succeeded bits until this year.)

2. Qi State (capital Linzi) with the surname of Tian attacked Lu State (capital Qufu). 3. South Korea (capital Pingyang) attacked Zheng State (capital Xinzheng), occupied Yangcheng (Gaocheng Town, Dengfeng County, Henan Province), and then attacked Song State (capital Suiyang), and captured Song State Monarch (32nd Hugong) Song Tian. 4. The surname of Tian was Qi State (capital Linzi). Tian He passed away, and his son Tian Wu succeeded to the throne (third term) as Duke Huan. (Tian Wu is not Tian Hezi, but Tian Hesun. Tian He gave birth to Tian Shan, Tian Shan succeeded to the throne in 388 BC, died in 378 BC, and Zi Tian Wu succeeded to the throne. This record is incorrect.)

No record this year 1. Wei State (capital Anyi) attacked Zhao State (capital Jinyang) and defeated Zhao Jun in Tutai (unknown today). 1. Total solar eclipse. 1. The king of the Kingdom of Chu (capital Yingdu) (the seventeenth mourning king) died suspiciously. The relatives and relatives of the royal family who lost their vested interests because of Wu Qi's implementation of political reforms took advantage of the funeral riots to chase and kill Wu Qi.Wu Qi fled to the mourning hall and lay beside Mi Sui's corpse.The thugs fired arrows at random, shooting Wu Qi to death, but at the same time they also shot Mi Sui's body.After the burial was completed, Zi Mizang came to the throne (eighteenth term) as King Su, and ordered the prime minister (Ling Yin) to arrest the rioters and massacre more than 70 families. Bo Yang said: Why did Wu Qi lose to the State of Lu?Suspected of fleeing.Why lose to Wei Guo?Suspected of fleeing again.Why lose to the Kingdom of Chu?He was even more murdered.What happened to Wu Qi was just the tragedy of a capable and upright intellectual in a feudal society who was outspoken but without a strong heart.Killing his wife and begging the general, no one has caught this little pigtail since later, it can be proved that it is just a tactic used by politicians to fight stink.In his hands, the State of Lu will no longer be invaded, the State of Wei will be strong in his hands, and the aging Kingdom of Chu will be reborn in his hands.Loyalty and talent are so high that it is difficult to find a match in history, but they are not tolerated in the present world. I can't help but feel sad for Wu Qi, and also for those countries.Fell beside the dead body of the king, and was able to avenge after death, this kind of resourcefulness was unmatched by anyone.If there is a country that can always reuse him, history may be rewritten.