In the Spring and Autumn and Warring States without women

Young Master Furen looked at the crude map that was improvised with stones, and listened to Xia Yu's detailed history of the Zhou family's first rise and the conquest of a thousand kingdoms. Curtains of history seem to pass by in front of your eyes.

Xia Yu also looked at the map and said, "Duke Zhou's feudalism, at that time, wasn't it shocking."

The young master took a deep breath and said: "What you said is not bad. In the past, Duke Zhou's feudalism would have shocked everyone at that time. Today, what you said about 'unifying the world' is also something that others dare not say. Dare I ask you, sir, why do you say that the root cause of the turmoil in the world today is that no powerful country can rule the world?"

Xia Yu looked at this "Zhao Tong", and was a little surprised. This person had an ordinary dark face, and his whole appearance was a bit rough, but he seemed to be tolerant. He was very surprised, but he was able to accept it quickly, and then immediately hit the point. He is a strange person, so Xia Yu naturally poured out his thoughts and said: "In the past, the Zhou family sealed off the princes, and there are thousands of states, big and small. I don’t know how many countries were established where the barbarians lived, so I don’t know how many countries worry about the invasion and attack of the barbarians day and night. With enemies, blood relatives and friends are precious. The country is safe and sound, and the princes are close to each other, but when the barbarians gradually become my Huaxia, when these barbarians gradually no longer pose a threat, the enemy disappears, and the internal fighting begins."

Young master Furen remained silent, listening to Xia Yu's explanation.

Xia Yu said: "Furthermore, in the past, the Zhou Dynasty divided many vassals into the various lands of the barbarians, and kept the most fertile and easy-to-cultivate land for themselves. However, the wonder of the world lies in this, and people are always born in sorrow. Died in peace, the same is true for the country. The Zhou family is located in the Central Plains, which has been cultivated for a long time, and the land is fertile and easy to cultivate. In this way, the princes can survive and change, such as Guan Zhongzhi assisting Duke Huan to prosper Qi, such as the expansion of Qin State to the west and destroying dozens of countries in Xirong, while the Zhou Dynasty is becoming increasingly depressed amidst internal strife. The Zhou Dynasty is unable to manage the affairs of the world, and the barbarians on this continent It was also gradually divided and eliminated by the various states that were enfeoffed by the Zhou Dynasty, so the princes began to attack each other."

Having said that, Xia Yu paused for a moment, and said: "In the past, Guan Zhong assisted Duke Huan to strengthen the country for half a generation. Qi State won the Zhou Emperor Zhibo with the title of 'Respecting the King and Fighting Barbarians'. During those decades, Duke Huan managed the princes of the world on behalf of the Zhou family. It is true that the princes attacked each other less than before."

Prince Furen nodded, Guan Zhong assisted Duke Huan in dominating the feudal lords, everyone in the world knew about it, all the princes in the world would not want to have a talent like Guan Zhong who can strengthen the country and prosper the country. He is not good at diction, but he has always been very interested in the history of the princes recorded in the history books, and he has also worked hard to study, saying: "In the past, when Duke Huan met in Kuiqiu, the emperor gave meat. With the support of Guan Zhong, the chaotic officials of the Zhou family were controlled inside, and the nine princes outside were united, so that the princes could not attack each other, and they were able to gather under the command of Duke Huan to fight against the barbarians. Don’t let Duke Huan bow down to receive gifts, but Duke Huan and Guan Zhong all think that the reason for the chaos in the world is because fathers do not have fathers and sons do not have sons, and rulers do not have rulers and ministers do not have ministers, so Duke Huan still bows down to receive gifts, and all the princes of the world will be shocked.”

Speaking of this, Young Master Furen's face remained calm, but he was a little excited inside. As the blood of Ji, as a child of the Central Plains princes who were influenced by ritual and music, how could he not be excited about the old Kuiqiu League.

In the past, after the collapse of the Zhou Dynasty, the princes attacked each other and fought among themselves. At that time, the barbarians invaded each other, and the Central Plains continued like a thread.

Think about it, in the past, after Guan Zhong was in power, Qi State, whose national strength was many times stronger than that of the Zhou Dynasty, led the princes to fight against the barbarians. When Xing State was destroyed by Beidi, Yan State was destroyed by Shanrong, and in When Wei State was almost destroyed by Yidi, it was Duke Huan who led the princes to fight against Beidi and Shanrong, and helped Xing State and Yan State to restore their country. They surrounded Wei State, whose capital was destroyed, and almost all the people in the country were eaten and killed by Beidi. However, such a powerful state of Qi has always treated the Zhou family with courtesy and respected the courtiers. When the emperor of Zhou gave the meat, the old Duke Huan tremblingly worshiped and received the gift in front of the princes. At that moment It is conceivable that the princes of the world were shaken.

Many people in this world only know that the strong can show off their power, but they don't know that some strong people can stand up against powerful enemies, and they can also bend their proud waist under the belief of their sincere obedience.

A strong man who can hold his chest high is feared, and a strong man who can stick to morality and bow before faith is admirable.

Duke Huan's deeds made the princes admire and obey them willingly, which made the princes who were fighting each other live in harmony for a short time in the chaotic situation at that time.

However, Duke Huan went, and then the world saw chaos again, and Duke Wen of Jin continued to "respect the king and fight against barbarians" and supported the Zhou family, but now even the state of Jin is dominated by weak officials and officials.

Xia Yu nodded. He had already studied the history of Duke Huan's bowing down and accepting humiliation that Young Master Furen said in "National War". He didn't feel any difference between "resisting the barbarians" and "holding the emperor to order the princes", but when he understood it, he was concerned about the textbook "respecting the king and rejecting the barbarians" as the princes used the emperor to gain benefits by holding the emperor in order to expand their power. This statement has an objection.

The more I get to know Guan Zhong, the more I feel that he is heavy, because through the outline outlined by those historical records, Xia Yu feels that this person really wants to save the whole world, and he really thinks that the root of the chaos in the world It is because "the king is not the king, the minister is not the minister, the father is not the father, the son is not the son", so he strengthened the Qi State by assisting Duke Huan of Qi Xiaobai, and then let the Qi State come forward to manage the princes, so that the princes stopped attacking each other and gathered strength to fight against Beidi Shanrong. And in the south of Chu, which claims to be king without authorization, Guan Zhong persuaded Huan Gong to "respect the king and fight against barbarians" and respect the Zhou family, in order to let the powerful Qi state set an example, follow the way of monarchs and ministers, and hope to bring order out of chaos and bring peace to the world.

At this time, some politicians are very capable, like Wu Qi, some politicians are very ideal, like Wang Anshi, and some people are both capable and ideal. Guan Zhong is a politician who is both capable and ideal. Powerful, so that Qi has always been in the ranks of first-class powers throughout the Spring and Autumn and Warring States, making all the princes of the country look forward to getting a Guan Zhong to assist a strong country, but perhaps not many people will notice that what Guan Zhong really pursued all his life, he did not have it until his death. It can be realized - to bring the world back to peace.

This is helpless, sad, and inevitable, because Guan Zhong is a person of this era after all, and he has no way to surpass the limitations of this era. In this era, domination can no longer solve the problem. What can really bring the world back to peace is unification of the world.

Xia Yu watched the young master convincing others, and said what was in his heart, "We used to be very small", he pointed to the stone representing the Zhou family, and then Xia Yu expanded his hands, and drew a picture according to the map. Circle, and said, "Now we are so big that we no longer have enemies, and we are so big that we will not stop attacking each other. At this time, the current situation is like Shang Tang destroying Xia Jie, like Zhou Wu destroying Yin Zhou, and hegemony can no longer solve the problem. Just like Guan Zhong Even if the rulers cannot restore order to the world under the hegemony pattern, only by unifying the world can the order be rebuilt and the world will be peaceful again."