In the Spring and Autumn and Warring States without women

Xia Yu walked slowly into the main hall of the Grand Court Meeting of the Yan State Temple, slowly scanned the crowd, and said, "Why, have you all figured out whether it is peace or war?"

Seeing Xia Yu walk into the main hall, Gong Bohou frowned. His words were the most polite and virtuous. Just now he objected to sending Xia Yu back to Qi as a way to seek peace. At this time, he also couldn't understand Xia Yu's behavior Nei Zuo blatantly entered the hall and talked loudly, but before he could reprimand Xia Yu for being impolite, someone had already spoken.

Ji Fou snorted coldly, and said: "Above the court, where is it the turn of a nephew to speak nonsense?"

Xia Yu was not angry when she heard Ji Fou's words, she straightened her sleeves indifferently, and said, "On the court, is it the turn of the common son and the common man to speak nonsense?"

Ji Fou's face immediately turned red. As a concubine, he should not have been granted titles and fiefdoms. It is only because of the soft heart of the elder brother Ji Fan, who is the king, that he can be as official and noble as a son. The clan's heart ached, and at this time Xia Yu blatantly punctured it in the court hall, and they were extremely resentful, but before Ji Fou could get angry, Xia Yu's next words almost scared Ji Fou's heart out of his chest.

Xia Yu said: "What does my uncle say about Zhongshan?"

These words were somewhat inexplicable, and no one could understand the meaning. Only a few knew that the king's concubine brother who had an accident at the Zhongshan border was a guilty conscience, and they all trembled immediately.

Xia Yu looked at Ji Fou, with calm but insightful eyes, which made Ji Fou tremble involuntarily. Then Xia Yu turned her head and said to the Yan Guoguo Di, who was sitting on the lower steps of the monarch and facing the courtier's second seat. : "Qi State has not yet invaded our Yan State. First, Zhongshan State, a barbarian from Xianyu who has lived peacefully with our country for decades, suddenly invaded the country. Then, our Yan State Shi Jin's concubine fled to faint. Now people are already in Qi State. As a result, the crown prince of Yan State was detained in Jin State, the central army had no commander to dispatch, and then there was another change from the Shanrong people in the north, and after all this, it was the army of Qi State who went north to invade our border."

Yan Guoguo's complexion was not very good, there were a few traces of green and black in the paleness, but during this period of time, the state affairs were turbulent, and the complexions of all the officials in the court were not very good, even the uncle Hou was short The time also seems to be decades old, and the gray hair before is now gone.

At this time, Yan Guoguo frowned with a slight bluish black brow, and said to Xia Yu: "What do you mean by this, the owner Qi Guo did everything intentionally? Is there any evidence for this?"

Xia Yu's expression was a bit restrained and indifferent, and said: "What if there is clear evidence? What if there is no clear evidence? In any case, we must find a way to deal with the enemy on three sides."

At this moment, only a cold snort was heard, and Situ of Yan State sneered, and said, "Prince Neizuo is good at talking, what's the difference between saying this and not saying it!?"

Xia Yu glanced at Situ of the Yan State, his expression changed from his indifference just now to a rather peaceful one, and said: "The way to use troops is to put the whole country first, followed by breaking the country; the whole army is the first, followed by breaking the army; The whole brigade is the top, followed by the broken brigade; the whole pawn is the top, followed by the broken pawn; the whole army is the top, followed by the broken army.

That's why winning a hundred battles is not goodness; defeating the enemy's soldiers without fighting is the goodness of goodness.Therefore, the upper army attacked the plan, the next was the attack on the cross, the second was the attack on the soldiers, and the second was to attack the city. (Note: This is quoted from "Sun Tzu's Art of War: Conspiracy")"

Xia Yu paused for a moment, glanced at the courtiers, and finally fell on Situ of Yan State, and said: "This time Qi State invaded Yan State, and before the war, they stirred up chaos on the border between Zhongshan State and our Yan State, and created a situation between Yan State and Jin State. The rift between the allies, before the war, our country of Yan is already in a lot of trouble, and half of the battle has already been lost."

Xia Yu smiled, with a hint of nostalgia and self-deprecation in his smile, and said: "This kind of strategy of defeating others without fighting, planning by the temple, and treating the world as a pawn in the palm of your hand is very familiar. The United Kingdom and the Yan State crossed the feeling of wanting to destroy the fields.

Other people's temples have already been laid out like this, attacking from three sides intends to destroy Yan, but the temple of Yan Kingdom is still discussing whether it is war or peace, isn't it a small world! "

Qin Bi, who had been silent since Xia Yu entered the main hall of the court, finally spoke, saying: "As Neizuo said, there is chaos on the border between Zhongshan and our country of Yan, and the prince is detained by the country of Qi. Instigating behind the scenes, then I am afraid that we should be more cautious in dealing with the Qi State, Nezuo, what do you think of the strategy of dealing with the Qi State that the people in the court said?"

Just now, everyone in the main hall was discussing sending Xia Yu back to Qi State as a bargaining chip for peace. At this moment, Qin Bi asked Xia Yu in a disguised form to ask Xia Yu what opinion he had on sending him back to Qi State. up.

Xia Yu raised her eyebrows slightly, then smiled, and said, "I have no opinion, as long as you are not afraid, I have no opinion whatsoever."

These words made Qin Bi startled.

Xia Yu glanced at the courtiers, and said: "I have been in Yan State for more than two years, two years ago... no... Actually, it should be almost three years ago. On the battlefield, I lost to Yan State and the crown prince. Convinced, no complaints.

Today the crown prince is in Jin, and the princes want to send me back to Qi, well, let me tell you frankly, if I go back to Qi, I will be a subject of Qi, and a subject should be loyal to the country. At that time, I should be loyal to Qi. This official of Qi who has stayed in Yan for more than two years and has a clear and thorough understanding of Yan, turned his head to attack Yan. You are not afraid, so send me back to Qi. "

Qin Bi choked for a moment, Xia Yu's words were clear, it was Prince Furen who defeated him last time in Yan State, and Prince Furen was detained in Jin State at this time, if he was sent to Qi State, he would turn around and fight Yan State , then whether it is good or bad for Yan State is up to you to judge.

Everyone looked good, and Gong Bohou was also a little angry, pointing at Xia Yu and said: "You are the crown prince's inner assistant, such words are tantamount to treason!"

Xia Yu's face turned indifferent, and said lightly: "The salary of eating the king and the matter of being loyal to the king, although Yu is humble, this truth is still understandable, but it has always been that Fei Yu has betrayed the master, and the master does not use Yu. Today I am the prince's assistant. A subject of Yan, I should be frank, but I will not be a subject of Yan in the future, do the officials of the public family still expect me to be loyal to Yan? Just look at the world today. !"

Gong Bozu was so angry that the fingers he pointed at Xia Yu kept trembling, and he said in a trembling voice, "You...you..."

Gong Bozu has a high reputation, and Xia Yu is the first one who dares to talk to him like this in the court.

During the stalemate, Yan Guoguo spoke up and said, "Okay, stop arguing. When the state is in danger, why are you arguing? Xia Yu, don't keep talking nonsense here, since you think Qi Guo He is the mastermind behind everything, so let’s talk about it, how should we deal with it?”

Xia Yu looked up at Yan Guoguo, and said: "There are three ways to deal with it, one is to immediately send someone to Zhongshan to ask for peace."

Situ of Yan Kingdom immediately objected, saying: "No way! The barbarians of Zhongshan Kingdom don't understand etiquette. They killed one of our envoys last time. Shall we send another envoy to be massacred by the barbarians?"

Yan Guoguo frowned, he felt that Situ's words made some sense, so he hesitated.

Xia Yu heard the reasons for Situ's objection, and immediately nodded and said, "I agree with Situ's words, don't send envoys, and let Zhongshan be the enemy of Yan, and invade the border of Yan when Qi's army goes north. The country is fighting on two fronts. Given the current state of the treasury of the Yan State, it is impossible to support the two-front war. Then our Yan State will be destroyed by the Qi State and Zhongshan. After the Yan State is destroyed, there is no need to send envoys from the Yan State to Zhongshan. The country is over, the whole world celebrates, the world celebrates together."

These words were obviously contradictory, and Situ was so angry that his face turned blue, but he couldn't refute.

Seeing this, Qin Bi opened his mouth to break the siege, and said, "Neizuo believes that if our school sends envoys to Zhongshan, they will not kill our envoys again. Crazy, kill my envoy again, what will this do to my country of Yan? How will the princes of the world treat my country of Yan?"

Xia Yu said: "The National Assembly of Zhongshan agreed with us to seek peace. In fact, I think that the Zhongshan Kingdom also wants to make peace with us at this time. There are two reasons. First, there are sages in Zhongshan, and the new king of Zhongshan Kingdom is not Even if they are confused, they understand that Zhongshan and Jin are mortal enemies. Zhongshan is sandwiched between Yan and Jin, and they cannot fall out with Yan. The country is fighting on two fronts, they know that."

A courtier of the Yan Kingdom couldn't bear it, and said: "But it is also a fact that the Zhongshan Kingdom invaded the border of our Yan Kingdom. If they did not intend to offend our Yan Kingdom, why would they invade our border and slaughter our Yan Kingdom's clan?"

As soon as these words came out, Ji Miao, who bowed her head in silence, trembled. Xia Yu glanced at Ji Miao intentionally or unintentionally, and then turned to the courtier of the Yan Kingdom who asked the question: "That's a good question, why did the Zhongshan Kingdom offend our Yan Kingdom?" Border? I think everyone was confused when they were young. The new king of Zhongshan came to the throne. Before he succeeded, he was the prince because the previous king of Zhongshan had been seriously ill and had supervised the administration of the country for a while. Young people Well, impulsive, prone to making mistakes, if Qi State sends people to join forces to instigate them to deal with Yan State together, it is possible that the prince of Zhongshan, the king of Zhongshan, will make a mess of his head."

Qin Bidao: "Neizuo said that Zhongshan would agree to our peace request for two reasons, why dare to be the second reason? Neizuo has not answered yet, if we send envoys to seek peace again, and Zhongshan kills our envoys again, what should we do?"

Xia Yu said: "The answers to Gongzheng's questions are too long. I will answer them one by one. I said there are two reasons. The second is that we won the first battle with Zhongshan Kingdom a few months ago, and we swallowed Zhongshan Kingdom's [-] yuan. Yuren, Zhongshan country is small and weak, and the army composed of [-] young and strong is wiped out. It is a big blow to Zhongshan country. Anyone who seeks peace must base himself on the war. And, otherwise, there is no point in seeking peace, just like a robber can steal all your wealth, and you kneel down and beg for mercy and only want to offer a small part to preserve the rest. How kind is the robber, who can steal everything or not? Save enough wealth for others? People who think so, except for a stupid word, I am afraid there are no other words to describe it."

This remark meant something, and satirized all the courtiers who vowed to seek peace with Qi just now, making everyone turn red, and some people turned blue with resentment.

Xia Yu ignored everyone's expressions, and said bluntly: "The former king of Zhongshan is newly mourned, and he sent an envoy to Zhongshan Kingdom to express his condolences. First, he went to Zhongshan's chief assistant, Gongsun Qi. Find him first and then meet with the King of Zhongshan. The peace talks will be smoother. If you take [-] steps back, even if the peace talks fail, as long as you can hinder the cooperation between Qi and Zhongshan, don’t let Zhongshan send troops at the same time when Qi’s army goes north. For my country of Yan, it is a good thing."

Di Shi of Yan Guoguo nodded slightly, and was about to ask who would like to go to Zhongshan, when Xia Yu spoke again, saying: "Choose the envoy carefully, last time the envoy was from Gongzi Bai."

Dishi shivered.

Xia Yu didn't look at Di Shi's expression again, and continued, "If Zhongshan can be appeased, then what we need to do next is to re-conclude the alliance with Jin and rescue the crown prince."

Hearing the mention of convincing others, Gong Bohou, who had been irritated by Xia Yu just now, suppressed his anger and said: "It is good to be able to save the prince, but the grand master, Gu Zhucun, has already gone to the state of Jin. Even if you show your kindness to those who are close to Yan in the state of Jin, but you still can't save the crown prince, if you have the means, speak up quickly, don't talk nonsense!"

Gong Bohou’s so-called goodwill is actually bribery. In this era, many small countries rely on bribing the nobles and nobles of the big countries to protect themselves. What Gong Bohou said means that the Yan Kingdom has already stuffed a lot of money into the Jin country’s ministers. , but it doesn't work.

Hearing Gongbohou's words, Xia Yu was silent, then suddenly bowed to Gongbohou solemnly and said, "Yu is thanking uncle Gongbo."

Uncle Hou was taken aback by such a big gift. After all, Xia Yu, as the crown prince's inner assistant, if it is fair to say, his position is still higher than that of the official family official, and he just said something rude to him. How could Gong Bohou not be surprised.

Xia Yu saluted and bowed, and said: "I don't know how many people in the temple of the Yan Kingdom really care about Furen's life and death, and really want to save Furen. You, Gongbozu...you are so kind and merciful. Shi Nai is so anxious to save the prince and the others, Yu is very grateful."

Gong Bohou snorted coldly, shook his sleeves and said nothing, he would not deliberately explain that he forced the servant to go to the Jin Kingdom, so he felt extremely guilty at this moment.

Xia Yu said: "In the state of Jin, there have always been fierce internal struggles between the princes and ministers. In the past twenty years, Zhao Zhifu has suppressed the ministers with a strong posture, making the Jin country barely healed. It can be said that the ruler is suitable for ministers, and the etiquette is not harmonious, but the clan of Jin is weak, and the monarch of Jin has become a puppet of Jin's ministers. All countries know that if they are in trouble with Jin, it is probably not just with the clan of Jin."

When Xia Yu said this, Ji Fou couldn't help interjecting, "We all know that."

Xia Yu glanced at Ji Fou, and Ji Fou was startled, regretting that he had rushed to talk, but Xia Yu ignored her.

Xia Yu still said to Guogu Di Shi: "Father Zhao Zhi is old, if he went back to ten years ago, he wouldn't fall in love with a guy like Tian who bullied the king. Father Zhao Zhi is old and compromised, but The things in the heart will never change. The state of Jin fears the state of Qi not only because the Tian family deceived the king, but also because the state of Qi has strong strength under the reform of Guan Zhong in the past. Among the countries, the state of Chu Has not yet recovered from the weakness of Wu State's destruction of Chu, Wu State's destruction of the country, and the domestic competition for reserves has become increasingly fierce since Goujian became seriously ill. Now only Qi State has the strength to compete with Jin State, let alone Qi Jinggong supported Jin State when he was in power. The rebellion of the Xing family and the Fan family in the middle of the country almost dismembered the old enemies of the Jin country."

Xia Yu paused, and said: "Zhao Zhifu knows in his heart that Qi State is the confidant of Jin State, and Yan State is Jin State's best ally against Qi State, and he will not sit back and watch Yan State be destroyed by Qi State. "

Furen was detained in the state of Jin, and Di Shi, the state leader, was anxious day and night. Hearing Xia Yu's analysis at this time, he couldn't care less about pretending to be calm, and said anxiously: "But Taifu Gu Zhucun'a has been active in the state of Jin for a long time. The country still refuses to let people go."

Xia Yu said: "The reason why the state of Jin doesn't let people go is nothing more than two points. First, father Zhao Zhi couldn't get over his face. After all, this time, our state of Yan didn't act properly and slapped Mrs. Zhao in front of the princes of the world. Second, the state of Jin's domestic officials are not monolithic, and not everyone is happy to see the Zhao family and the Yan State united."

Speaking of this, Xia Yu suddenly bowed down to the Di family of the state, and said: "Yu begs to go to Jin to rescue the crown prince."

Di Shi was startled, and said, "What?"

Xia Yu looked up at Di Shi, and said, "Yu begs you to go to the Kingdom of Jin to rescue the crown prince." After a pause, Xia Yu looked at Di Shi, not as a courtier, but as the assistant of Di Shi's son, Said, "I will rescue Fu Ren, and I will bring Fu Ren back safely."

Di's eyes hesitated, and he remained silent for a while.