Chapter 16 The praying mantis catches the cicada, the oriole follows behind

Now let's talk about another family incident about Cui Zhu. Wu Jiu, this young man, was not originally from the Cui family.His father, Duke Tang, was a doctor in Tangyi, Qi State; his mother, Dong Guojiang, was the elder sister of Dong Guoyan. Because he married Duke Tang, he was also called Tang Jiang.After Duke Tang's death, Cui Zhu married Tang Jiang, Wujiu followed his mother to Cui's house, recognized Cui Zhu as stepfather, and became Cui Zhu's retainer along with his uncle Dong Guoyan. Cui Zhu's original wife died early, leaving him two sons, Cui Cheng and Cui Qiang.After Tang Jiang married Cui Zhu, she gave birth to Cui Ming.According to the principle of the eldest son inheritance system, Cui Chenglai should have been the heir of the family.But Cui Cheng was weak and sick since he was a child, and Tang Jiang was deeply favored by Cui Zhu, so Cui Zhu abolished Cui Cheng's heir status and made Cui Ming his heir.

Cui Cheng didn't have much opinion on this arrangement. After all, his physical condition was already there, so there was no need to hold on.But he made a request to Cui Zhu—to entrust Cui Zhu to him as a place for the elderly. Cui Di is the birthplace of the Cui family.Cui Cheng's request was obviously a little too much, but Cui Zhu still planned to agree to him as compensation for depriving him of his inheritance rights.However, when Wu Jiu and Dong Guoyan, who were in charge of family affairs, got the news, they objected in unison: "How can this be done?" "There is the ancestral temple of the Cui family in Cui land, which can only be owned by the suzerain." Wu Jiu said to Cui Zhu confidently.The so-called suzerain, of course, refers to Cui Ming, the future master of the Cui family.From the point of view of blood relationship, Wu Jiu has nothing to do with Cui Cheng and Cui Qiang, but he and Cui Ming are half-brothers, so of course he has to protect Cui Ming's rights and interests.

Cui Zhu felt that what Wu Jiu said made sense, so he put the matter aside. Brothers Cui Cheng and Cui Qiang were furious. They felt that what their father did was unreasonable.What is Wugui? He doesn't even belong to the Cui family's blood. It's just a oil bottle brought by a widow. The Cui family gave him a bowl of food and let him be a retainer. It is a great care, why should he dictate the internal affairs of the Cui family? There is also that Dong Guoyan, who was originally just a coachman, because he married his sister to Cui Zhu, he washed his feet and went to the fields in a grand manner, and became the chief housekeeper of the Cui family. It is good that he can do his job well. How dare they talk nonsense in front of Cui Zhu and provoke their father-son relationship!

The more the two brothers thought about it, the more they felt wronged, so they ran to Qingfeng to complain, and told Qingfeng all the injustices in the family, saying: "You know how he is (referring to Cui Zhu) What Jin Wujiu and Dong Guoyan said, no one else can talk about it. If this continues, we are worried that those people will harm his old man." Since the death of Duke Zhuang of Qi, the state of Qi has been ruled by Cui and Qing, and Qingfeng's wealth and honor are also bestowed by Cui Zhu.So these years, Qing Feng obeyed Cui Zhu's words and regarded him as his father and brother.It stands to reason that Qing Feng should also be concerned about the affairs of Cui Zhu's family.But since ancient times, it is difficult for an upright official to decide on housework, let alone the housework of the most powerful official in Qi State?Hearing what the Cui brothers said, it was not convenient for Qing Feng to express his opinion on the spot, so he could only comfort them: "You go back first, I will think about it."

After the Cui brothers left, Qing Feng found his retainer Lu Puchi, told him what had happened to the Cui family, and then asked him for his opinion. "Isn't the person you're talking about a regicide?" Lu Puchi said carelessly.Qing Feng was taken aback, and quickly made a "shh" gesture, indicating that the partition wall has ears, and asked Lu Puchi not to talk nonsense. "I'm telling the truth!" Lu Puchi ignored Qing Feng's nervousness, and continued, "He committed the crime of killing the king, he is the enemy of the king, and now there are conflicts at home, it means that heaven is about to abandon him. What do you have to worry about? Besides, the weakening of the Cui family is a sign that the Qing family is about to rise!"

The last sentence made Qing Feng's heart skip a beat: Yes, if there is internal strife in Cui Zhu's family, the Cui family's power will definitely be weakened. Just let the Cui family mess up, why should I worry about it? A few days later, Cui Cheng and Cui Qiang came to Qingfeng again.This time, Qing Feng simply added fuel to the fire, saying: "As long as it is beneficial to his old man, I will do it. Wujiu and Dong Guoyan are nothing, you just go ahead and do it. If there is any danger, I will take care of it." I will come forward to help you." After saying this, he patted the shoulders of the two brothers, looked at them with almost sincere eyes for a while, and said: "I am deeply favored by the Cui family. Sorry!"

After receiving the empty check from Qing Feng, Cui Cheng and Cui Qiang gained confidence in their hearts.In September 546 BC, the two brothers launched a military coup, publicly assassinated Wu Jiu and Dong Guoyan in the meeting hall of the Cui family, and then led the warriors to attack the inner court, preparing to ask Cui Zhu for an explanation. Who is Cui Zhu?He started his career by playing tricks, and Qi Linggong and Qi Zhuanggong, the two kings of Qi State, died under his hands.How could he not know what "discussing the law" means?He didn't have any unrealistic fantasies, and immediately ordered someone to drive, preparing to escape from the mansion.The incident happened suddenly, everyone in the family was frightened by the turmoil outside, they all panicked and scattered, only one horse breeder was still at his post, he harnessed the carriage for Cui Zhu, and then a eunuch who was close to him drove him. Rush out with the carriage.

"I beseech my ancestors to bless me, if the Cui family is blessed, let this disaster only happen to me!" Cui Zhu prayed secretly. He escaped from his house, turned two streets, and met Qing Feng and his warriors head-on, all of them were fully armed to the teeth, there were a thousand or two thousand people in the dark. "The Cui family and the Qing family are like a family. Who dares to cause trouble? I will attack him for you!" Qing Feng stood majestically on the chariot, and without waiting for Cui Zhu's answer, he shouted, "All soldiers obey the order, and those who dare to attack Cui's rebellious ministers who have committed rebellion will be shot to death!"

Hearing the words "Cui's rebellious minister", an ominous thought immediately flashed in Cui Zhu's mind: How could Qingfeng predict that there was chaos in the Cui family and mobilize people to rescue him so quickly? But it was no longer his turn to think, Lu Puchi waved the sword in his hand, Qing clan soldiers shouted in unison: "No!" Cui Cheng and Cui Qiang never expected that Qing Feng would come to this fight, and hurriedly closed the door to fight, but they were quickly defeated by Lu Pu.Soldiers from the Qing clan broke into Cui's mansion, killing everyone they saw, regardless of indiscriminate injustice.Cui Cheng and Cui Qiang had no time to escape and died in the rebellion. Tang Jiang hanged himself.Only Cui Ming escaped by climbing out of the wall and hiding in the cemetery, and then escaped to the country of Lu.

And those Cui family men, women and children who were not killed were all arrested and taken away by Lu Puhua for the crime of treason, and sent to Qingfeng Mansion to be slaves. After all this was done, Qingfeng sent Lu Puchi to report to Cui Zhu: The rebellious officials and thieves have been punished, and now you can go home with peace of mind. Lu Pukai drove the car himself and sent Cui Zhu back.At this time, there were only broken walls and ruins left in the Cui Mansion, and there was no one there.In this once glorious mansion, many major events that affected the history of Qi State took place.At that time, the eldest son Guang was dispatched to the east of Qi State by Duke Ling of Qi, and then secretly returned to Linzi, hiding here, waiting for an opportunity to launch a coup, and became the king; Tang Jiang had an affair with Duke Zhuang of Qi. Now, they flirted openly without avoiding people's eyes and ears, and gave Cui Zhu time and time again cuckolds here; but Cui Zhu finally couldn't bear it, and ambushed soldiers in this house again, and sent Qi Zhuanggong to death. the road.Now, Cui Cheng and Cui Qiang fell in a pool of blood, Tang Jiang became a lonely ghost, and Cui Ming didn't know where to end. All this seemed to be a big joke for Cui Zhu.

That night, Cui Zhu found a rope and hung himself and Tang Jiang under the same beam, ending his life full of intrigue and adventure. Cui Zhu's death was undoubtedly the result Qing Feng had hoped for.However, if we look at the cause and effect of the whole incident, the conflict between the Cui brothers and Wu Jiu was the initial incentive, and Lu Puchi's advice to Qing Feng was the key driving force.As for Qing Feng himself, it seems that he didn't play too obvious a role.To put it another way, although Qing Feng squeezed Cui Zhu down through conspiracy and tricks, it was mainly due to Lu Pu's contribution and had nothing to do with his own political skills. In the summer of 545 BC, the princes of Qi, Chen, Cai, Beiyan, Qi, Hu and others went to the state of Jin to pay homage to Duke Ping of Jin.Before Qi Jinggong went out, Qing Feng clearly expressed his objection, saying: "We have not formally participated in the Song League (that is, the League of Soldiers), why should we go to the Jin Kingdom for pilgrimage?" Hearing what Qing Feng said, all the officials of Qi State looked at each other in blank dismay, and Qi Jinggong was also speechless, not knowing what to say.Maybe everyone is thinking in their hearts, is this Qingfeng a visitor from outside the sky, ignorant of worldly affairs?But no one dared to express any objection, because after Cui Zhu's death, Qingfeng's family was the only one with all the power, and even Qi Jinggong had to act according to his face, so who would want to touch his tiger's whiskers? In the end, it was Chen Xuwu who stood up and said: "First consider how to deal with the big country, and then consider the goods. This is in accordance with etiquette. A small country serves a big country. Even if it does not participate in the activities organized by the big country, it must obey the intention of the big country. It is in line with the etiquette. With our current situation, do we dare to betray the Jin State? Even if we did not participate in the Song Alliance, the Chongqiu Alliance must not be forgotten, please let the monarch go out!" "Is that so..." Unexpectedly, Qing Feng was also reasonable, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Just do as you want." Only then did everyone come to their senses, Ganqing Qingfeng doesn't understand politics at all, he's just messing around there! Not long after, Qingfeng handed over state affairs to his son Qingshe, and ran to Lu Puhui's house with his wife, concubine and property, drinking and hunting all day long, and lived a life in the residence. Since it is an apartment, it is very comfortable to stay in your own home, so why do you have to go to Lu Puchi's house?It’s an anecdote—it turns out that Qing Feng has a very special and avant-garde hobby. He likes to exchange wives and concubines with others for fun, which is the so-called wife swap.This hobby has too much taste, only Lu Puchi shares his taste, and the two of them have a great time playing.Qing Feng thought it was too troublesome to go back and forth, so he simply moved to Lu Puchai's house and lived together as a wife. Although the state affairs were handed over to Qing She, Qing Feng was still the chief minister of Qi State.Within a few days, the doctor of the imperial court came to Lu Puchi's house to report to him. Qing Feng issued an order at Lu Puhui's house: Those Qi people who have been exiled for political reasons, if they get news from Cui Zhu's remaining party and come to report, they can make up for their crimes and return to Qi. Naturally, this order was to buy people's hearts, and it was very likely that it came from Lu Pu's suggestion.Soon after, Lu Pugui (gui), who had fled because of the Cui Zhu Rebellion, returned to Qi State. Lu Pugui was a fellow of Lu Puchai, and through Lu Puchai's introduction, he served as Qingshe's retainer.Qingshe admired Lu Pugui very much and married her daughter to him.Someone said to Lu Pugui: "Men and women have to distinguish whether they have the same surname when they get married, but you don't avoid the same clan. I'm afraid this is not good?" The Qing family has the Jiang surname, and the Lu Pu family also has the Jiang surname. According to the principle of non-marriage with the same surname, they were not allowed to marry.But Lu Pugui said disapprovingly: "The same clan doesn't avoid me, why should I avoid the same clan? It's like taking poems out of context, I just understand according to my own needs, no matter what the same clan is different?" Lu Pugui became Qingshe's son-in-law, and the relationship between the two became close.He also told Qing She about Wang He who fled with him back then, and Qing She asked Wang He to return to Qi State, and let Lu Pugui and Wang He be his personal bodyguards. If Qingfeng and his son were a little bit politically sensitive, they should have sensed that something was wrong: both Lu Pugui and Wang He were close friends of Duke Qi Zhuang, and they went into exile because Duke Qi Zhuang was killed.After the death of Duke Zhuang of Qi, Cui and Qing were monopolizing the power, and the old officials of Duke Zhuang of Qi hated them all. How could they suddenly change their stance and become the running dogs of the Qing family willingly? There are various indications that a storm is brewing against the Qing family, and the man behind the scenes is none other than Lu Puchai, who plays wife-swapping games with Qing Feng all day long. According to the regulations of the state of Qi, when a senior official works in the court, the government provides food, and the standard is two chickens per person per day.When Qi Jinggong was in power, the political situation was controlled successively by the Cui family and the Qing family. The public politics were abandoned. Even the people in charge of the food dared to embezzle and corrupt, and secretly exchanged two chickens for two ducks.When the person passing the dishes knew about it, he simply swallowed the duck meat and served only the broth.Poor those ministers, they spent half a day in the court and only drank a little soup. Most of them still dared to be angry but did not dare to speak out. Only Ziya and Ziwei stood up to express their anger and complained. When Qingfeng heard about it, he told Lu Puchi.According to Qing Feng's own opinion, the logistics work in the palace really should be taken care of, even dare to steal Doctor Qing's chicken, what's the point?Lu Puchi heard this, but he had a different opinion. He said to Qing Feng, "If you compare these people to animals, I will sleep on their skins." The ancients killed wild animals, ate their flesh and slept on their skins.Lu Pu's meaning is obvious: these people don't know the heights of the sky and the earth, and they talk all day long, so it's better to kill Qing Jing! Qing Feng didn't realize that Lu Puchi was pushing him into the fire pit.Under Lu Puhui's suggestion, he ordered Xigui's father to find Yan Ying, and told Yan Ying clearly: "Ziya and Ziwei rely on themselves as grandsons (both grandsons of Duke Hui of Qi), arrogant and conceited, and have no respect for elders. We plan to attack them, please join us." Yan Ying shook his head again and again, and said: "You have found the wrong person! The people under me are neither valuable nor useful, and my wisdom is not worthy of conspiring with you. You should find someone else! But I will not If this matter is leaked, if you don’t believe it, you can take an oath to prove it.” Xigui's father went back and told Qingfeng what Yan Ying had said.Qingfeng said: "He has said so, do we still need the oath?" So he sent someone to find the doctor Bei Guoziche, but Bei Guoziche also politely refused, saying: "Everyone is loyal to the emperor and serves the country in different ways. It's not something I can do." Within a few days, the whole of Linzi knew that Qingfeng was going to attack Ziya and Ziwei.When the mountain rain was about to come and the wind filled the building, one family seemed particularly calm, that is Chen Xuwu and Chen Wuyu father and son. The Chen family thinks differently.According to ordinary people's thinking, when chaos is approaching, the first question to consider is: "How can we avoid disaster?" However, according to "Zuo Zhuan", the question Chen Xuwu asked Chen Wuyu at that time was: "When chaos is approaching, how can we get rid of it?" what?" Chen Wuyu replied: "We can get 100 carts of wood from the Qing family on Zhuang Street." Zhuang Street is the main street in Linzi City, and wood is the main material for building houses.This is a political lingo, which means: The Qing family will be defeated, and we can take advantage of the chaos to rise and gain power. Chen Xuwu said: "If that's the case, we must guard them well!" Since Prince Wan fled to Qi State in 672 BC to seek political asylum, the Chen family has a history of more than 100 years in Qi State. The vicissitudes of Qi State's political situation gave them an insight into the rules of survival, and also opened up their desire for power.Later people generally believed that through this dialogue between Chen Xuwu and his son, the ambition of the Chen family to usurp Jiang's regime had sprouted. In September 545 BC, Lu Pugui and Wang He decided to kill Qingfeng and his son to avenge Duke Zhuang of Qi.Beforehand, the two of them performed divination, and then showed Qingshe the tortoise shell for divination, and asked Qingshe in a serious manner: "Someone divination for the purpose of attacking the enemy, please see the result?" Count your own life?He carefully observed the cracks in the tortoise shell, and said: "Things can be done, I saw blood." In October of the same year, Qing Feng left Linzi to go hunting in Lai, and ordered Chen Wuyu and a group of doctors to follow him.A few days later, Chen Xuwu sent an envoy to Laidi to ask Qingfeng for instructions: "Wuyu's mother is seriously ill, please let him go back to die." When Qing Feng heard this, he also attached great importance to it, and sent the fortune-teller at home to divination for Chen Wuyu's mother, and showed Chen Wuyu the tortoise shell.When Chen Wuyu saw it, he held the tortoise shell and burst into tears, saying, "This is a sign of death!" Seeing Chen Wuyu's sad look, Qingfeng was convinced of it, and he didn't ask to inspect the tortoise shell himself, so he granted Chen Wuyu's leave and asked him to go back to die for his mother.However, Qing Feng's cousin Qing Si saw it from the side, and faintly felt that something was wrong.He carefully sorted out what happened during this period, and decided that Chen Wuyu's request for leave was not accidental, but for another reason. "Could it be that the Qing family will be in great trouble?" Thinking of this, Qing Si shuddered, and hurried to find Qing Feng: "Please stop hunting and return to Linzi as soon as possible, otherwise there will be a catastrophe!" Qing Feng laughed, the entire Qi State is in his hands, and Linzi has Qingshe in charge, what trouble can happen?He didn't listen to Qing Si's advice, and continued to drink and hunt in Laidi, without any worry at all.After Qing Si retired, he said to his cronies: "I'm afraid my brother will be displaced. It would be a blessing if I could escape to remote places like Wu and Yue." Chen Wuyu crossed the Jishui River, and destroyed the bridges on the Jishui River, and all the ferries were scuttled.In Linzi City, Lu Pugui and Wang He are also preparing for a coup.For several days in a row, Lu Pugui left early and returned late, traveling in a hurry, and the security at home was obviously strengthened, with armed men constantly coming in and out. All this aroused the suspicion of Lu Pogui's wife, Lu Pujiang.She said to Lu Pugui: "If you have something to do, don't hide it from me, otherwise you will definitely not succeed." Lu Pugui didn't say it at first, but Lu Pujiang is Qingshe's daughter, so it's okay to tell her about it?But unable to withstand the woman's entanglement, Lu Pugui is not a master who can lie, so he even told her about the attack on Qingshe, and told her that he would only wait until the day of "Taste Sacrifice" (that is, the Autumn Festival) , Qingshe came out of the mansion and started to do it. Things have developed to this point, it should be said, almost no drama.When Zheng Ligong wanted to use Yongjiao to kill Jizhong, it was because Yongjiu leaked the news to his wife, and Jizhong took the opportunity instead. As a result, Yongjiao was killed and Zheng Ligong fled.Now Lu Pugui has repeated the mistakes of Yongjiu and told his wife such an important matter. It can be seen that it is impossible for a person not to learn some history. However, when Lu Pujiang heard about this, she took an intriguing stance. She said to Lu Pugui: "My father is stubborn and likes to fight against others. If no one dissuades him, he doesn't want to go out. Please let me go." dissuade him." Lu Pugui said, "Okay." On November 7th of the same year, the state of Qi held a sacrificial offering in the ancestral temple, and Qing She would be there to preside over it.That morning, Lu Pujiang ran to her mother's house and said to Qing She: "Someone wants to assassinate you in the ancestral temple, please don't go out." Qingshe said impatiently: "Who dares to assassinate me?" He ignored Lu Pujiang's dissuasion and went out as planned. Since ancient times, there may not have been a more dramatic scene than this: the son-in-law wanted to kill his father-in-law, and while the daughter was helping her husband to make a plan, she ran to her father to tell him the conspiracy, which objectively made the father more determined to go out.People say that loyalty and filial piety cannot have both, but this woman still maintained her loyalty to her husband and filial piety to her father despite the irreconcilable contradictions.As a person of later generations, it is difficult to evaluate whether this is a kind of wisdom, a kind of shamelessness, or a kind of helplessness? The ancestral temple is in the palace.Qing sacrificed his life for the guards to surround the palace, and Lu Pugui and Wang He followed him with long daggers in their hands.Judging from this arrangement, Qing She was prepared.However, when the most trusted person has betrayed, no amount of precautions will be in vain.The strongest defense is people's hearts, not warriors. This is a truth that many rulers find difficult to understand. After the sacrifice that day, Qi Jinggong also arranged many entertainment programs to entertain the ministers. Everyone drank and carnivaled, and flocked to Yuli (a place name in Linzi) to watch a play.Under such an atmosphere of universal celebration, the guards of Qingshe unknowingly relaxed their vigilance. They took off their armor, put down their weapons, unloaded their horses from their chariots, and gathered in twos and threes to drink and watch the theater. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ziya, Ziwei, Chen Xuwu, and Bao Guo's subordinates secretly took away the weapons of Qingshe's guards.Ziwei pulled out a drumstick from his sleeve and knocked on the door three times. Qing She was almost drunk, and didn't pay attention to Ziwei's movement at all.He raised the wine glass, suddenly felt a chill on his back, and then a sharp pain in his abdomen. Looking back, he saw Lu Pugui grinning, holding the long spear with both hands, and Ge Feng had already penetrated into his body.He didn't have time to scream, Wang He swept over again, cutting off his left arm abruptly. All of a sudden, flesh and blood flew across the stage, turning into a killing field.As a politician, Qingshe is undoubtedly unqualified; but as a warrior, his bravery is impressive.In the case of being seriously injured, he still fought hard and hit the pillar of the house, even the beam of the house was shaken.Even the bronze utensils on the table became his weapons, smashing several people to death in a row.In the end, due to excessive blood loss, Qing She fell into a pool of blood.His confidants Qing Sheng and Ma Ying were also killed. Qi Jinggong was terrified by the scene in front of him. He sat on his seat, his face was pale and sweaty, and he couldn't speak a word.Bao Guo ran to him and said: "The ministers are here to eradicate disobedient ministers for the king, please don't worry." Chen Xuwu helped him up, changed his clothes, and quickly retreated into the palace. Qingfeng, who was far away in Laidi, got the news and rushed back to Linzi all night long. Because Chen Wuyu destroyed the bridge and ferry on Jishui River, it was already November 19 when he returned to Linzi city.He organized clan soldiers to attack the west gate of Linzi, failed to capture it, and then attacked the north gate, entered Linzi from the north gate, and attacked the palace.Chen, Bao and other families fought desperately in the palace and repelled Qingfeng's attack.Seeing more and more troops coming to "King Qin" from all over the country, Qing Feng didn't dare to fight, so he fled to Lu State with a few cronies. As a meeting gift, Qing Feng gave the carriage he was riding in to Ji Sunsu, a powerful minister of Lu State.According to "Zuo Zhuan", this car is exquisite in workmanship, gorgeous in decoration and radiant in appearance. It can be called the Rolls-Royce of horse-drawn carriages. Ji Sunsu was very happy and placed the carriage in his yard, and all the courtiers who came and went were full of praise for it.When the doctor Zhan Zhuang saw it, he stroked the shiny car body with his hands and said, "The car is so beautiful that people will be exhausted!" (The car is so beautiful, its owner must be very haggard). To be so beautiful, Qing Feng must have amassed a lot of money, and I'm afraid it is inevitable that he will be exhausted physically and mentally for it. One year ago, in the spring of 546 B.C., Qing Feng visited the State of Lu on behalf of the State of Qi, and the beauty of his driving had already attracted the attention of the officials of the State of Lu.Zhongsunjie said to Shusunbao: "Qingfeng's carriage is so beautiful!" Shusunbao said: "If a person's clothes, carriages, and decorations are not commensurate with his status, he will suffer bad results. What's the use?" At that time, Shusun Bao invited Qing Feng to have a simple meal, Qing Feng was careless, and showed a lot of disrespect during the banquet, which aroused Shusun Bao's disgust, so he sang a poem "Xiangshu" Advise it: Mice still have skin, but people don't know etiquette, so what are you waiting for if you don't die?Shusun Bao's words were already very serious, but Qing Feng couldn't understand the meaning, thought it was a compliment to him, and kept drinking until he was very drunk. After a year, Shusun Bao invited Qing Feng to have a light meal again.Qing Feng thought to himself: Today is different from the past, a year ago I was an official of the Qi State, and everyone respected me; now I am in exile, so I must restrain myself.Qing Feng's idea was correct, but what he did was not flattering. Before the meal, Qing Feng raised his wine glass in a serious manner and offered sacrifices to the gods.According to the rules of Zhou rituals, if there is food and drink, sacrifices must be made first. This is true, but sacrifices are the exclusive property of the master, so it is very inappropriate for guests to come to Yuezu to do it for them, and there is suspicion of entrusting them. Uncle Sunbao was very upset and ordered the musicians to sing a song "Mao Chi" to ridicule Qingfeng for disrespecting his master.Same as last time, Qing Feng still didn't know that he was criticizing him, so he quickly picked up his wine glass to express his gratitude to Shusun Bao. Soon after, the state of Qi sent people to the state of Lu to blame the state of Lu for taking in Qingfeng.Qingfeng couldn't stay in the state of Lu, so he had to go south and defect to the state of Wu.Yu Ji, king of Wu, took Qing Feng in and let him live in Zhufang (place name), and married his daughter to him. The strange thing is that although Qing Feng is ignorant of politics and does not read poetry and books, he is a good hand in economics.He gathered the tribesmen in Zhu Fang, speculated to make a profit, and soon accumulated a large amount of money, which was even richer than when he was in Qi State.When the news spread to the state of Lu, someone said to Shusunbao, "This is really a wicked man's life, and Qingfeng has become an upstart again!" Shusunbao said, "Don't say that, a good man's fortune is called a reward, and a bad man's fortune is a reward." Disaster, I think God wants to bring disaster to him, so gather them together and wipe them all out." In November of the same year, the state of Qi implemented the order to bring order out of chaos, and all the people of the public clan who had fled to other countries during the Cui Zhu rebellion were recalled to Qi state.Sixty villages and towns near Yan Ying's Bei (bei) Hall (a place name in Qi State) were rewarded, but Yan Ying refused to accept.Ziwei said to Yan Ying: "Wealth and honor are the desires of all people. Why don't you accept it?" Yan Ying said: "The Qing family owns a lot of land and fulfilled their desires, so they fled. It is true that the land I own now cannot To satisfy my desire, if I can be rewarded with the land of Beidian, it will be satisfied. But after the desire is satisfied? It is not far from fleeing. People who are fleeing can’t even rule a city, so it’s so boring I don't accept the land of Beidian. It's not that I hate wealth, but I like it, and I'm afraid of losing it! Moreover, wealth must have a certain length limit, just like cloth, so that it cannot grow without limit. To govern the people, We should take into account that they always want to live a rich life and have a rich life, so we should use correct morals to restrict their wealth, so that their wealth is just right. I don’t want to be greedy, this is the restriction on myself.” Confucianism The doctrine of the mean has been fully reflected in this passage of Yan Ying. Qi Jinggong also rewarded Beiguoziche with sixty townships, and Beiguoziche accepted; Ziya was rewarded with land, but Ziya refused more than accepted; Ziwei was rewarded with land, and Ziwei returned it all; as for Qingfeng Lu Puchi, his close confidant, was only exiled to the northern border, which was an anomaly at the time.