The Jade Emperor Told Me to Live-stream! Chapter 560: Zigong’s Ability (Part 1)
Because of the unexpected death of Lu Ding's son, he pushed Confucius to the position of Lu Guo.
This is also the influence of Confucius's (including true) imperial spirit.
Meng Yizi, Ji Huanzi, and Shusunzhou Chou Sanhuan were unwilling to do this, but Confucius used spells to suppress them, and they had to lower their heads temporarily.
Especially after Dangzilu led Feiyi people and horses, Sichi led Piaoyi people and horses, and Zigong led Qufu people and horses to Nieyi, the whole Nieyi was terribly quiet.
Even though Meng Yizi, Ji Huanzi, and Shusunzhou Qiu Sanhuan are very powerful, they far surpass Confucius, but at this time, facing three groups of people coming to support Confucius, what can they do?
Meng Yizi, Ji Huanzi, and Shusunzhou Qiu Sanhuan stayed in Yiyi honestly, until Confucius used his disciples to arrange Zigong in Yiyi, so that Confucius quickly took Yiyi into his own hands.
This is also due to the large number of disciples Confucius has collected over the years, and there are all kinds of talents in it.
Confucius has three thousand disciples. Seventy-two virtuous disciples are not a joke. Over the years, he has trained only more disciples than this, not less than this, and they are distributed in all walks of life.
For political affairs, there are Zilu and Ziyou, Zigong and Ziwo in diplomacy, and Ziyuanyanhui, Bo Niu, and Zhonggong are famous for their virtues.
The reason why Confucius arranged Zi Gong here in Yiyi was not because of other reasons, but because he valued his eloquence and ability to predict things.
At this time, Niao Yi was subdued, but after all, he had been under the governance of Meng Yizi and Gong Lian Virfu before, and they had managed very well these years, and people were still very committed.
If you just rely solely on political affairs and cannot appease here in a short time, problems will arise in the future.
Zigong can rely on his talents to turn the people of Yinyi into the subjects of the State of Lu, rather than the subordinates of Sanhuan.
When everything calmed down, Confucius returned to Qufu with Meng Yizi and Gongliu Virgo, comforted Sanhuan, and looked after him back and forth.
Confucius has not been in vain all these years in Lu. He has an insight into many of the relationships, and he naturally handled all kinds of relationships well, gradually evacuating Sanhuan, and gradually returning power to the office. Zhong, which is Confucius (including true) Zhong.
Just as Confucius solved the internal worries, external worries came.
And this foreign trouble comes from Qi State.
In Qi State, there was a doctor named Tian Chang who was in power. He was so passionate that he asked the monarch to increase his fief several times, but he didn't succeed. With a grudge, Tian Chang conspired to launch a rebellion, but he was worried that other noble ministers would object.
Thus, Tian Chang used the excuse of Confucius’ illegal and non-compliant inheritance of Lu Ding’s position, so he mobilized the army to prepare to attack Lu, in an attempt to raise his status in Qi through victory in the foreign war, thereby helping The rebellion succeeded.
At the same time, Emperor Qi was also very jealous of Confucius and agreed with Tian Chang's approach.
Qi Guo set the target for Yiyi, and the army is ready to come to Yiyi at any time.
After receiving the news, Confucius was of course very anxious.
Yiyi is the north gate of Lu Kingdom. Once broken, the consequences will be disastrous.
At the same time, Xiaoyi had just destroyed the parts that exceeded the standard. The city was originally not strong, and coupled with the fluctuation of people's hearts, things were easy to happen.
On the one hand, Confucius sent troops to support Xiao Yi, on the other hand, he was trying to figure out how to break the crisis. Disciples including Zilu asked for orders to fight Qi Guo to the death, but Confucius did not agree.
Later Zi Gong stood up and said, "I'll go!"
Confucius also readily agreed with him to resolve the matter.
Zigong was ordered to defend the Lu Kingdom when he was in danger.
Zigong gave full play to his strengths and did not stay in the Lu State. After arranging the defense of Yi Yi, he ran to Qi State.
After he arrived in Qi State, he asked Tian Changdao: "I heard that your Excellency is going to attack Lu State. This is a big mistake."
Tian Chang asked: "What's wrong?"
Zigong said: "Lu Kingdom is very difficult to defeat, you want to destroy it. It is impossible. Because the walls of Lu Kingdom are short and thin, the moat is narrow and shallow, the monarch is incompetent, and the people are not willing to fight. You can’t defeat him in a country like this. You might as well go to the south to fight Wu. The wall of Wu is high and thick, the moat is wide and deep, the soldiers can fight very well, the ministers are wise and capable, and Wu is easy to defeat. "
"Why do you say that people seem easy to be difficult, and difficult to be easy?" Tian Chang angrily said: "Why do you always teach?"
Zigong said: "I’ve heard that if there are internal worries, you should attack a strong opponent, and if you have external worries, you should fight a weak opponent. Your Excellency, your worries are internal. You have asked for more. Didn’t the fiefdom succeed because the noble ministers opposed it? This is because there are internal worries, so you should attack the mighty Wu State. Of course I know that Lu State is easy to defeat, but have you thought about it, defeated it? Lu Guo, do you have any consequences?"
Tian Chang asked: "What are the consequences?"
Zigong said: "You have defeated the Lu State, and the Qi State Monarch will be proud. When those ministers and nobles see that victory is so easy, they also come to fight for power and profit. In this way, don't say you want to do big things, even The benefits you have received will also be taken away by others."
After hearing this, Tian Chang was silent for a long time before asking Zi Gong: "What are the benefits of beating Wu State?"
Zigong said: "The fight against Wu is doomed to fail, but it doesn’t matter if the country is defeated, but you can do good. The country fails, the power of the noble ministers is weakened, and the monarch becomes more isolated. By then, Who else can Qi country rely on besides you??"
Tian Chang was very happy after hearing this, but he thought again: "The army to attack the Lu State has already set off. At this time, it turned to attack the Wu State. The division was unknown. He went to fight the Wu State for no reason, and he was doomed to fail~ IndoMTL .com~Although the power of those noble ministers will be weakened, the responsibility for defeating the war will be borne by me. Is this risk worth taking?"
Zigong seemed to see through his mind, and said to Tian Chang: "Don't worry, I have a way. You just let the army attacking Lu stay at the border of Qilu, waiting for the opportunity. I will go to Wu to persuade Wu. The king sent troops to fight Qi to save Lu, so that you will be passively defending, and you will not take responsibility even if you are defeated."
Tian Chang was very happy when he heard this, and completely accepted Zi Gong's opinion.
Zigong used reason to appease Tian Chang, and instead went to Wu State without stopping.
After seeing the king of Wu Chai, Zi Gong said: "My lord, I heard that Qi is going to send troops to Lu. Once Qi has destroyed Lu, he will go south to attack Wu and fight for hegemony. The king is worried."
The husband asked: "What should I do?"
Zigong said: "I have a way. You can send troops to fight Qi to save Lu, to save Lu, to be famous. To fight Qi, it is also great. Lu Kingdom was originally very weak, and now it is facing the disaster of destruction. If the king is now Being able to rescue others, but it is a righteous act to help the poor. People all over the world see the king's kindness and righteousness. Who doesn't admire you? Qi Guo looks strong, but in fact, it bullies the weak and is already unpopular. It's very easy to defeat it because it's unjust and helpless.
Zigong then analyzed the situation in the world. He said: "One of the most powerful countries today is Qi, and the other is Jin. If the king defeats Qi, he must beat Jin by victory. Once the people of Jin Convinced, you are the overlord of the world."
Fucha has long had the ambition to dominate the world, and I am very happy to hear Zi Gong say this. But he was also worried, that is, Yue Kingdom, which was close at hand, and he was worried that the King of Yue Goujian would take the opportunity to attack the Kingdom of Wu, causing Wu to suffer from the enemy, and the gain would outweigh the gain.
Faced with Fucha's worries, Zi Gong made another rhetoric, and finally made Fucha determined to attack Jin.