Zou Ji was a relatively special figure during the Warring States Period. To say that he is special is mainly reflected in two aspects. On the one hand, he was good at sarcasm, and was appreciated by King Qi Wei, who helped Qi State enter the ranks of powerful countries; on the other hand, he had a dark psychology. In order to preserve his position, he designed to force away another legendary figure, Qi Guoliang general Tian Ji.
Zou Ji (385 BC - 319 BC), also known as "Zou Ji" and respectfully called "Zou Zi", was a native of the Qi State during the Warring States Period, and was also named "Zou Ji" in "Historical Records". He served successively in the three dynasties of Tian Duke Huan of Qi , King Wei of Qi, and King Xuan of Qi . He can be called the elder of the three dynasties. At the beginning, he was a minister when he was Duke Huan of Qi Tian Wu , but he didn't perform much. After Duke Huan of Qi passed away, King Wei of Qi Tian Yinqi came to the throne. King Wei of Qi, who had just ascended the throne, indulged in pleasure, drinking and sex, and ignored the government affairs. Zou Ji used the drum and harp to persuade King Qi Wei, and was appreciated by King Qi Wei. He was appointed as the prime minister, making Qi gradually stronger. Therefore, he was granted the title of Chenghou by King Qi Wei in Xiapi County, Xiapi County (now Pizhou City, Jiangsu Province). After the death of King Qi Wei, he served King Qi Xuan Tian Pijiang and died soon after. Zou Ji is a virtuous prime minister. After King Wei of Qi succeeded to the throne, he did not manage the affairs of the court, but appointed ministers and officials as ministers, and the princes attacked him. Once, King Wei of Qi was playing the harp, and Zou Ji used it to teach King Wei of Qi about the principles of qin. He said: "Playing the piano is the same as governing a country. You must concentrate and govern wholeheartedly. The seven strings are like the way of a monarch and his ministers. The big string is like the mighty spring breeze, like a monarch; the small string is like a mountain stream, like a minister. Play the string you should play seriously, and don't touch the string that shouldn't be played. This is just like the national decree. Only when the seven strings cooperate with each other can the piano strings produce a very beautiful sound. Just like the king and his ministers, they should do whatever they hold. Each performs his duties and fulfills his responsibilities. Only then can the country be prosperous and the people can live and work in peace and contentment. King Qi Wei said: "Sir, these are good words." I heard that you are good at playing the piano. Please play a song. "
Zou Ji nodded in agreement. He sat down on the piano and gently danced the strings with both hands, pretending to play but not actually playing. King Qi Wei was very angry when he saw Zou Ji like this. He accused Zou Ji very dissatisfiedly and said: "Why do you just show off and don't really play the piano? Do you dare to deceive me?" Zou Ji replied: "I take playing the piano as a career, so of course I must study the techniques of playing the piano seriously. The king regards governing the country as the most important thing, why? Why not study the plan of governing the country? This is the same as me playing the piano and not playing the piano. If you don't play the piano, you can't feel happy. If you don't manage the country, you can't satisfy the people. The king should think twice about this. From then on, he re-appointed Zou Ji as prime minister, carried out reforms, rectified the administration of officials, made clear rewards and punishments, and selected talents, which gave Qi a new look.
After that, Zou Ji once again used "comparing his beauty with Xu Gong in the north of the city". Because his wife loved him, his concubine was afraid of him, and his guests asked him for help, he deceived him into "being more beautiful than Xu Gong".
King Qi Wei was originally a promising king, but Zou Ji made two sarcastic remarks, prompting King Qi Wei to start to govern hard. If you don't sing, it will be a blockbuster. King Wei of Qi ordered his ministers and people to reward those who were able to point out the king's faults to the public, receive medium rewards, and those who could write remonstrances to the king's ears, and those who could slander the king's opinions in the city and court and hear them receive low rewards. Soon, the government and the public in Qi State became clear and clear, and the administration of officials was renewed.
At the same time, Zou Ji, with the support of King Qi Wei, began to revise the law, strictly enforce rewards and punishments, supervise the elimination of traitors, reuse wise and capable officials, and select and recommend capable ministers to guard the four borders. These reform measures made Qi's national power increasingly powerful, showing Zou Ji's talent, ability, generosity, and gentlemanly demeanor.
However, even such a wise prime minister also has an extremely dark side in his psychology. In order to protect his power, he designed to force away a generation of good general Tian Ji.
What is going on? First, let us take a closer look at Zou Ji, a legendary figure who is always difficult to figure out.
Zuoji was originally a disciple of the famous luthier Shi Kuang. He was proficient in music and played the piano well. Later, he entered the palace and became a musician for King Qi Wei. He often taught music theory and music to King Qi Wei. King Qi Wei was surprised by the hidden secrets of governing the country in Zouji's music theory and music, and taught him to become a music master who served as a doctor in Tongzhong. Unexpectedly, Zouji did everything right, managing the hundreds of musicians and singers in an orderly manner, and constantly introduced elegant new songs, dances and music. King Wei of Qi cherished this talented man who had nothing to do with the royal family and made him a senior official. A few years later, he became prime minister. In terms of talent, Zuo Ji was neither a famous scholar of state affairs nor a famous military general who knew battle formations. He was mediocre in all aspects. But Zouji was good at maneuvering, and the city was very deep. He was often surprisingly accurate in figuring out his superiors' intentions. He won the trust of King Qi Wei, and was made a Marquis. His fiefdom was only twenty miles smaller than that of a monarch. In this way, Zou Ji became an equal minister with General Tian Ji. Tian Ji was a minister of the royal family, and he always looked down upon Zuo Ji, the prime minister who was a musician. Tian Ji worked with Sun Bin and gained great prestige after defeating Wei Guo twice. He even strongly recommended Sun Bin to be the prime minister to replace Zuo Ji. Zuo Ji fell in love with Tian Ji and came up with an incredible method to bring down this famous royal general.
Just after Tian Ji won another battle, Zuo Ji sent a close disciple named Gongsun Yue to bring ten large gold cakes . He found a wizard who was famous for his tortoise shell divination and said, "I am a disciple of the general. I have won three battles with the general." Three wins, the prestige is all over the world, and now we are planning to do something big, please ask the master to predict good or bad luck for him, and don't tell others about it." After the divination was completed, Gongsun Yue just left, Taishi ordered officials sent to inspect the fortune teller arrived, arrested the wizard, and took the tortoise shell inscriptions that had just been divined into the palace. King Qi Wei had always been on guard against royal ministers. After interrogating the wizard, he became suspicious of Tian Ji and sent a special envoy to collect Tian Ji's military talisman. Tian Ji was very angry when he got the news. He immediately sent troops to surround Linzi, and asked King Wei of Qi to kill Zuo Ji immediately. Unexpectedly, King Wei of Qi and Zuo Ji were already prepared and would not fight. Tian Ji had no food in his camp for a long time, and his army was demoralized, so he had to flee to Chu State. It was not until King Xuan of Qi succeeded to the throne that he returned to Qi State and resumed his official post. According to " Zi Zhi Tong Jian " Volume 2 and Zhou Ji 2 records: In the 28th year of King Zhou Xian's reign, Chenghou Zou Ji hated Tian Ji, so he sent someone to predict Tian Ji's fortune with ten gold coins in the market, and said: "I am a member of Tian Ji. I am a general who has won three battles in three battles. I want to do something big, okay?" Tian Ji couldn't figure it out, so he led his followers to attack Linzi in order to become a marquis; but when he failed, he fled to Chu.
I have to say that Zou Ji's move was indeed very sinister and damaging. No matter how smart Tian Ji is, he cannot prove his innocence.
What kind of person is Tian Ji? He was a famous general of the Qi State during the Warring States Period. He was born into a noble family. His surname was Gui, Tian, his given name was Ji, and he was given the courtesy name Ziqi. He was from Chen County (now Huaiyang County, Henan). His fiefdom was in Xuzhou (now Tengzhou City, Shandong), also known as Xuzhou Ziqi. He often raced horses with the princes of Qi State, placing large sums of money as bets. His disciple Sun Bin found that the horses in the competition were all about the same foot power and could be divided into three grades: upper, middle and lower. So he suggested that Tian Ji increase the bet and assured him that he would win. Tian Ji then set up a thousand gold bets with King Wei of Qi and other princes to compete in horse racing.
Sun Bin asked Tian Ji to replace the high-grade horse with a low-grade horse, and competed with King Qi Wei's high-grade horse. He was defeated in the first game. Then Sun Bin asked Tian Ji to replace the medium-grade horse with a high-grade horse, and the medium horse to replace the low-grade horse. They competed with King Qi Wei's medium horse and low-grade horse respectively. As a result, Tian Ji won two games and lost one, and finally won King Qi Wei's thousand gold bet. Sun Bin became famous, and Tian Ji recommended Sun Bin to King Wei of Qi. King Wei of Qi asked him for advice on the art of war and asked him to be his teacher of the art of war. The famous allusion " Tian Ji horse racing " in history is due to this.
is such a character who had to accept Zou Ji's plot. After Tian Ji fled Qi to avoid trouble in Chu, Zou Ji gained greater power in Qi.However, at this time, Zou Ji did not get much joy from this. On the contrary, he was worried every day, fearing that one day Tian Ji would return to power in Qi with the help of Chu's power.
Seeing this, Zou Ji's vassal Du He said to him, "I can help you find a way for Tian Ji to stay in Chu." Du He then went to Chu State and said to King Xuan of Chu : "The reason why Qi Prime Minister Zou Ji is unwilling to have good relations with Chu is just because he is worried that the deceased minister Tian Ji will use Chu State to return to Qi. Why doesn't the king grant Tian Ji a title in Jiangnan, so as to show Zou Ji that Tian Ji will not return to Qi State. Zou Ji is grateful to the king and will definitely let him. Qi State treats Chu State well. Furthermore, Tian Ji is a fugitive, and it is an unexpected blessing to get the fiefdom. He will definitely be grateful to the king. If he can return to Qi State in the future, he will also try his best to promote good relations between the two countries. "The king of Chu adopted Du He's advice and sealed Tian Ji in Jiangnan.
The mechanism was exhausted and Qingqing's life was lost. After Tian Ji fled Chu, his military power was taken back by the King of Qi. At this time, the only person in the Qi Kingdom who could pose a threat to King Qi was Zou Ji, who held the prime minister. In this situation, Zou Ji, who knew full well, could only pretend to be crazy and act stupid to evade King Qi's guard against him.
In the second year after Tian Ji fled Chu, King Qi Wei died and King Qi Xuan succeeded to the throne. King Xuan of Qi knew that Zou Ji had plotted against Tian Ji, so he recalled Tian Ji in the second year after he succeeded to the throne and appointed Tian Ji as a general. "The king of Huiwei will die, the king will be declared the king, and when he knows that the marquis sells Tian Ji, he will call Tian Ji back as a general."
As the saying goes, The heart of a prime minister can hold a boat . As the prime minister of a country, Zou Ji should be open-minded and use it to recruit talents from all over the world for the country. However, because of his jealousy, he adopted a series of conspiracies and tricks against Tian Ji, which left a very disgraceful stain in the second half of his originally famous life, which made people sigh with regret.
please pay attention! Stay tuned!
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