novelraw Chapter 200
Chapter 200
In the spring of the following year, Duke Tian Yinqi of Qi led his ministers to Mount Tai to claim the throne. The entire ceremony was kept extremely secret. All residents near Mount Tai were forced to move out. Tian Ji led 30,000 soldiers to guard the surrounding area.
Tian Yinqi personally pushed Sun Bin's four-wheeled cart. Tian Yinqi asked, "Military Advisor, what do you think of the significance of my claiming the throne this time?"
Sun Bin smiled and said, "It is good for your majesty to claim the throne this time, but you must be qualified to be a king. A king must be both civil and military. Civil means that the country is rich, the people are healthy, and the wise are respected. I wonder if your majesty has achieved this? Military means defeating powerful enemies, expanding the territory, having sufficient weapons and armor, and having soldiers of the same mind. I wonder if your majesty has achieved this? If you have achieved both, you are qualified to be a king. If you have only achieved one, then you are only qualified to be a king. Can be a vassal. "
Tian Yinqi felt a little heat in his ears, and said embarrassedly: "Military Advisor, it seems that I have only done one thing."
"Oh! It's not that you did a good job, you have done both of these things. The country is rich and the people are well-off. You have done it. In Liangqiu, our Qi army annihilated 60,000 Wei troops and killed the Wei general Gongsun Cuo. You have done it, so you can be king. You should know that Gongsun Cuo, the commander of the Wei army, is the favorite general of the King of Wei. He is also the first general to follow the King of Wei to conquer the world. "Sun Bin explained.
Tian Yinqi straightened his waist involuntarily when he heard it. It turned out that he was still quite powerful. He continued to ask: "Military Advisor, can you tell me how to govern a country?"
Sun Bin smiled and said: "If the king asks me how to manage the army, I know a little bit. If you want to govern a country, I am afraid I am not competent."
"But I have read the military advisor's military strategy, which also says that if an army wants to be strong, the country must be rich, and the way to "enrich the country" is to cherish and accumulate the people's strength, especially emphasizing recuperation and accumulation of people's strength. Isn't this governing a country?" Tian Yinqi asked.
Sun Bin praised with satisfaction: "Your Majesty has understood the purpose of military management, and the rise of Qi is just around the corner."
Sun Bin continued: "If Qi wants to be truly strong, it must strictly follow the laws of Guan Zhong and Zou Ji. Guan Zhong's law is the law of enriching the country and the people, and Zou Ji's law is the law of a wise country and clean officials. A rich country means a strong army, a rich people means a gathering of people's hearts, a wise country means the gathering of talents, and clean officials means the country is safe. As long as Your Majesty strictly follows the laws of Guan Zhong and Zou Ji, it is only a matter of time before Qi becomes strong."
"But I recently heard a rumor in Wei that it seems to say: 'A general is the assistant of a country; if he assists the country, the country will be strong. If he assists the country, the country will be weak.' And the court of Wei agrees with this statement. I wonder what the military advisor thinks?" Tian Yinqi asked.
Sun Bin was shocked after hearing this. Isn't this what Sun Tzu's Art of War says? He nodded and said, "That's right, but not all generals can govern the country. Governing the country still depends on those who are Confucian, Legalist, and famous."
At this time, the ceremonial officer came over and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, the time has come. Please take the stage and be crowned king."
"Okay! Military Advisor, I will go first." Tian Yinqi said to Sun Bin.After paying homage, he went to the high platform to ascend the stage and claim the throne.
The entire high platform has nine floors, and five large tripods are placed on the platform, symbolizing the king's supreme position.
Tian Yinqi wore royal clothes and climbed up the high platform step by step. Then the ceremonial officer swore an oath to offer sacrifices to the heaven. After everything was done, the ceremonial officer took out the crown that only the emperor could wear, took off the crown of the princes on Tian Yinqi's head, and put on the crown of the emperor.
Tian Yinqi enjoyed himself extremely during this period. After all, this was to become a king, which was something that everyone could only dream of. The State of Chu became the king and dominated the princes in the south, and the State of Wei became the king twice and dominated the Central Plains. This time, he wanted to make Qi the hegemon again!
Tian Yinqi stood up and faced the ministers and tens of thousands of soldiers under the stage. Tian Yinqi looked as if the world was in his hands.
"Long live the king, long live Qi."
"Long live the king, long live Qi."
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After Tian Yinqi became king, he led his ministers to Mount Tai to worship the God of Mount Tai.
Tian Yinqi talked and laughed with everyone along the way. Tian Yang, Tian Yinqi's favorite minister, kept saying flattering words. Tian Yang praised: "Your Majesty, today you are king and Qi will surely prosper. I heard that there is a hermit in Mount Tai who is very good at divination. Why don't you ask this person to predict the fate of the country? I just know where this person lives. How about asking for a good fortune?"
"Okay, Tian Yang, you are responsible for leading the way." Tian Yinqi said happily.
Everyone went around and came to a bamboo forest. In the depths of the bamboo forest, there was a thatched cottage and a vegetable field next to the thatched cottage. Tian Yinqi couldn't help but sigh: "There are scholars in the mountains who are as secluded as pearls, and are not affected by the turmoil of the world. Their minds are as calm as water, and they are free and unrestrained from the confusion of the world." Shuikou's ability to meditate surprised everyone. Tian Yang immediately flattered him, saying: "Your Majesty, you have great literary talent! This literary talent is beyond the reach of Confucius."
Although Tian Yinqi knew that Tian Yang was flattering him, he couldn't resist his enthusiasm. His face was full of smiles, as if he had obtained some world-famous treasure. If you want to say that his favorite minister in the whole court is Zou Ji, it is Tian Yang. Zou Ji is beautiful and good at playing the piano, and Tian Yang is smart and good at speaking.
Tian Yinqi ordered: "You guys stay here, Tian Ji, Zou Ji, Tian Yang, the three of you come in with me."
In the thatched cottage, an old man in white was reading books leisurely. The bamboo slips in the cottage were piled up like a mountain, and there were all kinds of books such as "The Analects of Confucius", "The Book of History", and "The Book of Changes".
The old man in white seemed to sense something and said with a smile: "It's a pleasure to have friends coming from afar!"
Tian Yinqi was still at the gate of the courtyard, and heard Confucius' words. He sighed in his heart: "What a hermit!"
Then he walked into the thatched cottage and saw a man who looked like a mountain immortal. He bowed respectfully and said: "I am Tian Yinqi, sir."
"Duke Qi! I wonder what you are doing here?" The old man in white asked with a smile.
Tian Yinqi said: "I heard that the old gentleman is good at divination, so I specially asked the old gentleman to help Qi with divination this time."
"Oh! Since the Duke Qi has spared no effort to come to my humble home, how can I not help?"The old man in white stood in a corner, opened a black lacquer box, took out a tortoise shell from the box, and then led the four people to the yard.
The old man picked up a branch from the ground and drew the Yin-Yang fish and the Eight Diagrams on the ground. Then he drilled wood to make fire and carved the things he wanted to divination on the prepared tortoise shell. After carving, he put it on the fire to roast. After roasting for about half an hour, the tortoise shell made a crackling sound. The old man immediately extinguished the fire and took out the tortoise shell to observe carefully.
After watching for a while, he said to Tian Yinqi: "Victory in the east and defeat in the south is the beginning of the kingly way."
Tian Yinqi asked puzzledly: "Old sir, what does this mean?"
"The secret of heaven cannot be revealed." The old man stopped talking.
Tian Yinqi couldn't guess what it meant and had to leave happily.
After returning to the palace
Tian Yinqi told Sun Bin this sentence. Sun Bin thought for a while and said: "The meaning of this sentence is that the king's army will defeat the enemy in the east, and then be defeated by the enemy in the south, and finally achieve the kingship."
"Achieve the kingship!" Tian Yinqi was instantly excited, but unfortunately the kingship he understood was not the kingship he understood. Tian Yinqi thought it was the achievement of the King of Wu.
Tian Yinqi immediately held a banquet to entertain civil and military officials to celebrate the success of this kingship.
A year later, the three-year peace alliance was dissolved, and Wei State only discussed one thing in this spring court.
And Zhao Yu suddenly caught a cold for some reason, always feeling that something bad was going to happen.
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