The story comes from - Qi Ce's "Chenghou Zou Ji is the Prime Minister of Qi"
Zou Ji and Tian Ji are the right-hand men of King Wei of Qi , civil servants and generals.
Zou Ji is a minister who worships the prime minister. He is resourceful and has a good way of governing the country. He is a civil servant who specializes in giving ideas to the Qi Dynasty and making money;
Tian Ji is a general and a member of the royal family. He is a veteran in the battlefield when he leads troops in war. He is a general who specializes in fighting people and grabbing territory for Qi Da.
It stands to reason that Zou Ji and Tian Ji were obviously Qi Da's right-hand men, virtuous ministers and good generals, and they should have worked together to repay the kindness of the King of Qi. But the two of them refused to deal with each other, and started to fight each other when they met. Maybe they were enemies hundreds of years ago.
Seeing the generals at odds with each other made Qi Da very troubled. He was so worried that he couldn't sit still all day long, but the palms and backs of his hands were all broken. It's hard to part with the meat.
As the saying goes, you are not afraid of thieves stealing, but you are afraid of being missed. Zou Ji did two things every day, one was to run errands for King Qi, and the other was to deal with Tian Ji.
Zou Ji was lying in bed that day, thinking about how to deal with Tian Ji, a thorn in his side. The retainer Gongsun Yue came to see Zou Ji:
Tian Ji defeated Wei in three battles
Hearing that there was some trouble in Wei, he borrowed the help of Boss Wei It's a great opportunity to take care of Tian Ji. He suggested to Boss Qi that Tian Ji lead troops to attack Wei. The victory was due to the prime minister's good planning and he was the first to achieve the goal. The defeat was due to Tian Ji's improper command. Even if he did not die on the battlefield, he would still be blamed when he came back...
Who would have expected that Tian Ji would do this? The general is really not a vegetarian, he has three victories in three battles. He quickly returned to Beijing to report his victory, and the King of Qi was overjoyed.
When Zou Ji saw that something was wrong, the plot took a turn. Instead of becoming a revolutionary martyr, Tian Ji became a fighting hero. He became a big celebrity in front of Boss Qi.
Gongsun Yue came again and offered a series of tricks:
He sent people to pretend to be Tian Ji's confidants and divine things.
There was a fortune teller named "Zhang Banxian" in the south of Linzi City, the capital of the king. As soon as it opened in the morning, a man came to tell fortunes with "ten small yellow croakers ". I ask Zhang Banxian to do the math. His master Tian Ji has three victories in three battles and is powerful in the Qi Kingdom. If he takes the opportunity to rebel and seize the throne, will it be bad or good? ...
After the visitor left, the Yamen's spies immediately arrested Zhang Banxian and interrogated him severely. Zhang Banxian, with a frank and lenient attitude, reported Tian Ji's conspiracy to rebel.
King Qi Wei was furious when he heard that Tian Ji wanted to seize his throne and occupy his women. He immediately issued a Class A arrest warrant and Tian Ji was wanted throughout the country.
Tian Ji knew that it was Zou Ji who was setting him up behind his back, but now he could not argue. After weighing the situation, he decided on thirty-six strategies. It was important to save his life, and he fled to Chu Kingdom overnight.
Tian Ji had no way to go and fled to the Kingdom of Chu
This is a story about a series of defeats of opponents, leading to the preconceived plan of killing two birds with one stone, creating something out of nothing. Under the banner of being dedicated to the public good,
asked his opponent to do something whose outcome was unpredictable. Success is due to one's own planning, failure is due to the opponent's failure in doing things. At the same time, plans must be prepared in case things go beyond expectations. After the plot is reversed, the heinous crime of conspiracy is created, leaving the opponent unable to defend himself.
