In the Spring and Autumn and Warring States without women

Looking at Fu Ren's dark face, Gu Zhu Cun'a was filled with emotion in his heart, and with a long sigh, Gu Zhu Cun'a got off the carriage, bowed to Fu Ren's body, and said: "Today, you are the king, and I am a subject , It is no longer just a master and apprentice, the king should not be so humble and salute."

Fu Ren looked at Gu Zhu Cun'a, his eyes were full of thoughts, and he said: "I will always be a student in front of the teacher."

Gu Zhucun shook his head with a smile, and said: "Nowadays, I have nothing to teach you about the way of governing the country. I can't be a teacher like this."

Furen was silent for a long time, and finally said: "Is the teacher blaming me? Blame my handling this time."

Lone Zhucun, sighed, and said: "How could I blame Your Majesty? Your Majesty's handling this time is not appropriate for public or private purposes, but... the two were officials in the court together at the beginning, and now the situation is like this. Although I know that your majesty has tried his best, I can't say anything more, and I can't intercede for them. I just watched and said nothing, if I still lick my face and serve in the court, how will the court and the public treat me?"

Fu Ren looked at Gu Zhu Cun'a, with some sadness in his eyes, and said: "But I need the teacher to stay, so that he can provide me with different views on the court situation."

When Gu Zhucun'a heard this, he felt a little uncomfortable, looked at the convincing person, for a long time, sighed, and said: "Actually, now that I am in the court, one more than me is not too many, and one less than me is quite a lot. I am not like Xia The group of people brought out by Yu are practical and capable officials, and they are not generals who know military affairs. Many people can take my place. My only usefulness may be that it is not too involved in the conflict of interest in the court. Let’s keep the little bystander’s clear political opinions, no matter, even if I ask for it, I will not be uncomfortable with some words.”

Furen heard Gu Zhucun'a's words, and said: "Teacher, you..."

Furen originally wanted to say that the teacher should not underestimate himself, but was interrupted by Gu Zhucun'a's words later, Gu Zhucun'a said: "Your Majesty, you sent away Sun You this time and deposed Situ Ye for the sake of the country. It is a public policy, but, Your Majesty, have you ever thought about it, if this goes on, will this Yan Kingdom still be the Yan Kingdom with the surname Ji?"

Furen seemed to want to know what Gu Zhucun'a was going to say, and there was a slight struggle in his expression, as if he was hesitating whether to listen any more.

Seeing the convincing look, Gu Zhucun seemed a bit unbearable, but he still gritted his teeth and continued, saying: "Your Majesty, in fact, you have always been a person of inner wisdom. Although you don't say anything about some things, you still know them in your heart." I understand."

Furen couldn't help but interrupt Gu Zhucun and said, "Teacher, Ayu...he will never betray me."

Gu Zhu Cun'a smiled, then sighed slightly, and said: "I didn't say that Xia Yu would be betrayed by you, Xia Yu is a person, in terms of talent, world-class talent, and character, but he is somewhat innocent, and his nature is very correct. , he will not betray you, but in the past, the ancestors of the Zhao family Zhao and the ancestors of the Wei family wandered and fled with Duke Wen of Jin in various countries for nearly 20 years in the past. They were never loyal to Duke Wen of Jin in the past, but now the state of Jin has a monarch surnamed Ji Has been reduced to a puppet in the hands of the domestic ministers, how is the current Zhao family and Wei family, can you not see? How long can the current Jin country last?"

Furen stopped talking, closed his eyes, and clenched his fists.

Lone Zhu Cun'a wryly smiled and said, "Why did the state of Jin fall to the state it is in today? The century-old overlord is now at risk! Your Majesty, you don't understand that the clan of a country cannot be too strong, just like the state of Chu, it is also like moving the country!" In the previous Yan State, the power of the monarch was too strong, blocking the way for the promotion of the sages, and the incompetent people controlled the government, so that they were in danger of being destroyed by the Wu State. However, the clan of a country should not be too weak, such as the Jin State, Jin Wugong When he was in power, he came to power by a coup d'etat by a side branch of the clan. Duke Wu killed all the main branches of the clan of Jin. Later, Duke Wu favored the concubine. There was Duke Wen of Jin wandering and fleeing, and after several tosses, the clan of the Jin Kingdom was almost dead. The family clan can use it to check and balance foreign ministers and courtiers to grow bigger, this kind of situation is similar to Yan Guo today!"

The convincing person didn't speak, and once he didn't speak, but Gu Zhucun'a didn't stop talking because of the convincing person's silence, but seemed to give up, and then said: "Xia Yu is capable, and he can teach others. Those who were trained here are also capable, but how many of these capable officials are loyal to you, Ji Furen? It was Qi Qiu who made all the weapons and equipment, and Qi Xun was about to be transferred to Donghu to serve as the county guard. Qi Lu and Wu Bao had permanent military positions. Obedience to you is based on Xia Yu's loyalty to you!"

Gu Zhucun'a was a little excited, and his voice was a little ups and downs, he said: "The clan of the Yan Kingdom is empty! Except for the branch of Gongbohou, most of them are folded in Chidi's hands, and in the branch of Gongbohou, only Sun You is considered You are the only one who got into trouble this time; although young master Qi belongs to the clan, he is gentle, and both his father and brother died in Jidu. As for you, you have been married to Xia Yu for seven or eight years, and Xia Yu has nothing to do, let alone a concubine, you don’t even have a concubine, just the blood of Young Master Qian, counting from the next 20 years, Yan Guogong He is almost useless! The foreign ministers here, Situ Ye has been deposed, Qin Bi, Qin Kai and his son have always been well-rounded, and they didn't know anything about it with Young Master Bai back then."

In the end, Gu Zhu Cun'a pursed his lips to calm down his emotions, and said, "Convincing people, in another 20 years, are there still a few people in this court who you can command? Wait until you are gone." , when your son succeeds to the throne, what he faces is an empty imperial court controlled by eunuchs, and by that time, the Yan Kingdom will still be named Ji!"

Speaking of this, Gu Zhucun looked at Furen standing there, sighed without saying a word, bowed and saluted, and said to Furen: "Teacher and apprentice, that's all for now. I'm retiring and returning home. The last word, sheji and beauty, you can’t have both.”

After finishing his speech, he stopped talking to Furen, Gu Zhucun'a turned around and got into the carriage to leave, leaving only Furen standing in the wilderness, looking at the carriage that raised a wisp of dust from a distance.

Guzhu Cun'a was not stopped, he stood there for a long time in the howling autumn wind, and finally drove back.

When the king leaves the city and returns to the city, the general guarding the city will naturally come out to greet him. Sun You has almost been dismissed in disguise. At this time, it is Wu Bao who is in charge of the city defense. Wu Bao, who was greeted with a military salute, unconsciously glanced at the several officers behind Wu Bao, all of whom were very strange.

Among Xia Yu's cronies, Qi Xun is the most familiar with Furen, because he has a peaceful temperament, and even with Sun You, he can work with him relatively smoothly. It was Qi Lu, but it was because he was always mature and prudent, and Xia Yu asked him more about the delivery of food and grass, but Wu Bao and Wu Bao's subordinates were really not familiar with him at all.

Seeing the city gate guards who seemed to have become a little stranger overnight, Furen didn't say anything, but let Wu Bao get up according to the etiquette, and then drove back to Yan Palace.

Back in the palace, walked into the main hall of the monarch, stood there, looked at the throne of the emperor, and did not speak.

Turning around and looking around the entire hall, his eyes slowly swept across the main hall of the monarch, which is much smaller and simpler than Jidu, and suddenly felt very cold. It is often said that the person who created this set of etiquette knew that if he had been in this position for a long time, he could only be a lonely person.

Standing there, motionless like a stone, looking at the throne behind the table that he used to sit on when he was in court, he just stood like this, as if it had turned into a piece of dead wood, a piece of rock.

At this time, the eunuch She hurried forward from outside, and asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, it's time for dinner, are you going to Guo Chu's place tonight, or are you staying at Yan's bed?"

Furen's expression was like a stone, he didn't see any joy or anger, and he didn't have any mood swings, he said: "In Yan's bedroom."

The so-called Yan’s bedroom is the dormitory where the monarch usually lives according to the etiquette. The main hall is used to go up to court, and it is generally very large. Hemen, keeping warm is a big problem, so the sleeping hall behind the main hall is actually not suitable for people to live in, so the etiquette stipulates that there will be a swallow bedroom where the monarch usually lives. Category.

It is convincing people to say that in Yan's bed, you are eating at your own place, and it is now dinner time, which to some extent means that you will sleep in Yan's bed at night.

The eunuch shot down at his command, but just as he was about to retreat, he was stopped by the servant, who only heard him ask: "The one that...Ayu sent is called Fang...Fang or something, is it still there?"

The eunuch was taken aback for a moment, and it took a while to realize that what the convincing person asked was Fang Mu, who was sent by Xia Yu to serve as an internal follower, and said very carefully: "Fang Mu is still there, and he has been working in the kitchen for the past few days. Come help."

Fang Mu had only been sent here for a few days, and Furen seemed to dislike seeing him very much, and he was impatient to see him, and Xia Yu didn't say that he would take him back. There was no other way. At ordinary times, you can be less intrusive in front of others.

After a long time, he said convincingly, "Let me clean up and come over tonight."

The eunuch blinked his eyes, and it took him a long time to figure out the meaning of the monarch's embarrassing sentence "Come here tonight".

After being dazed for a long time, the eunuch Shecai reluctantly saluted and said, "No."

As the eunuch shot away, Furen was left alone in the hall again.

The servant sat down slowly, on the cold ground of the main hall, just like how he sat in the countryside when he was a child, it was a very rude way of sitting, there was no expression on his hard face, and there was only loneliness in his empty heart. The words Zhu Cun'a said just now are constantly echoing "Yan Guo's clan is empty!", "In the next 20 years, there will be almost no people who can use Yan Guo's royal family!", "In another 20 years, the entire court will Are there any other people you can command?" "When your son succeeds to the throne, what he faces is an empty imperial court controlled by the inner court. By that time, the Yan Kingdom will still be surnamed Not Ji!"

On the prairie, winter always comes very early. When the vassal states of the Central Plains are still harvesting in the autumn, the grassland is already snowing, and the goose feathers and snowflakes are flying.

In Lu's camp, in the big tent, the Hualashu, who was warming himself by the brazier, quietly listened to Ama's report. In a low tone, he said: "When this kind of trouble is about to start, the people of Yan have not punished the people of Donghu. It seems that the people in charge of the country of Yan are sensible and smart people."

Hua Lashu's fourth brother couldn't bear it anymore and said, "Second brother, it's impossible to go on like this! This year, the heavy snow came early, and it was so cold that many herdsmen in the tribe froze to death. The Donghu people who were tenants in Yan State said that they could eat and drink well in the planted land in Yan State, so they all ran away, and the number of fleeing people has increased since the beginning of winter.

Hua Lashu picked up a piece of horse dung with pliers and threw it into the fire. Seeing the more vigorous flames, he said, "What can we do? We have spread so many rumors in Yan State, but this time the Yan State Mansion made it public. The trial and disposition, rich burials and bestowals, the rumors that we were immediately allowed to go for a walk were shattered, and the herdsmen saw the fair treatment of the Hu people by the Yan State, and I am afraid that more people will flee to the Yan land."

The third younger brother of Hualashu said angrily: "Are you just watching the tribe go on like this?"

Hua Lashu was silent for a moment, and then said to the merchant Ama, "You, next time you come to Yandi, ask me about their military merit system."

Amma responded by covering her chest with her hands and then exited the tent.

The smarter fifth younger brother came to understand, and said to Hua Lashu: "Brother, you want to learn Yan Guo's tricks, can this be done? And... even if it can be done, it will be a matter of the future. How will you live this winter now?" ah?"

Hua Lashu fiddled with the charcoal fire in the brazier with the tongs in his hand, and said for a while, "That Zhongshan man... What do you think of the incident that the envoy told you two days ago?"

The eldest brother of Hualashu who had been silent all this time sneered at this moment, and said: "Zhongshan people... hmph, in fact, they are not just Di people. After a few years in the Central Plains, they feel great. You say we are barbarians, and we don’t even look at ourselves, and we learn Chinese clothes, but in the eyes of the princes of the Central Plains, we are still barbarians! Now seeing the people of Jin coming to fight, we have no choice but to come back and ask us for help, hum!"

Hua Lashu looked at his calm elder brother, and saw that although he made sarcasm, he didn't say that he would reject the Zhongshan people, he sighed inwardly, and said: "The Zhongshan people...we don't need to pay attention to them, but this time they invited us The amount of money they have helped out is really not a lot, if this amount is swallowed up, it should be enough for us to survive this winter."

Neither Hua Lashu's elder brother nor his younger brothers said a word, and this silence, Hua Lashu knew, actually represented some kind of acquiescence.