Chapter 60: Seeing evil will not stop, it will be ten times more evil
The story begins before Li Ran left Qufu.
In fact, Li Ran already knew about the drought in Weiguo before he left Qufu.
Shusun Bao told him the news that Jin was preparing to go to provide disaster relief.
According to the meaning of Yang Shiji, before the meeting in Pingqiu, the Marquis of Qi initially did not respect the orders of the Marquis of Jin and refused to come to attend the meeting. Although he was threatened by him later, he finally came, but this also made the Jin State have a problem with Qi State.
Suspicious.
Now, the Jin State is confronting the Qin Army in the west, so he naturally hopes that his east side can be peaceful.
Therefore, he planned to advise the Marquis of Jin to ask the Marquis of Qi to take the initiative to provide food relief to defend the country. In this way, he could also try again what the attitude of the Qi State was.
If Qi really agrees, on the one hand, it means that they can live in peace in the east. On the other hand, they can also deal with the crisis from Qin in the west with peace of mind.
The Marquis of Jin felt that there was really no big problem, so he sent Yang Yangui as an envoy to the State of Qi to lobby.
But here’s the problem.
Before the meeting in Pingqiu, you, Yang Tongue, have already threatened us once in the name of the King of Zhou and the Marquis of Jin. Now that the Wei Kingdom is suffering from drought and you, the Jin Kingdom, are unable to relieve it, do you want to repeat your old tricks? Threaten me again?<
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Do you really think that our Qi country is a soft persimmon?
After all, the Marquis of Qi is also a man with a temper, and of course he knows that this matter is not as simple as it seems. After all, if he agrees to the Jin State to provide food relief to defend the country, he is actually acknowledging the Jin State's status as the hegemon in practical actions.
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So, the Marquis of Qi tried his best to make excuses. Anyway, there is only one sentence: your Jin country is the overlord, and you are the boss. Now if something happens to the younger brothers below, it will naturally be you.
Is it none of my business that this boss is in charge?
This diplomatic setback gradually turned into a diplomatic crisis. Yang Yangui was also helpless. He did not expect that the Marquis of Qi had become so "unreasonable".
Moreover, he did not even show any intention of easing relations with Jin.
Yang Tongue was deeply disturbed, and at the same time helpless, he also lamented that the intelligence of this Marquis of Qi was really too shallow. This kind of opportunity for you, the Qi State, to show your face, you are actually being pretentious with me?
"It's all for your own good! You actually came here with me? It's really a dog biting Lu Dongbin! You don't know a good heart!"
This is probably the psychological activity of Sheeptongue at that time.
But having said that, this matter still had to be resolved. After thinking about it, considering that Qi State and Lu State were not far apart, Yang Tongueji simply sent a message to Li Ran and tried to ask Li Ran's opinion. p>
Li Ran thought that Yang Yangui and Han Qi had finally helped him during the meeting in Pingqiu, so he gave him an idea and taught him how to persuade Qi Hou through subtle means.
Speaking of which, the method is also very simple. Li Ran only taught Shuxiang not to pay attention to the Marquis of Qi anymore, and just go to Yan Zi, that is, Yan Ying, to talk to him about the matter. Entrust him to talk to the Marquis of Qi about this matter, and it will definitely be done.
Yanzi, Yan's family name, Ying, courtesy name Zhong. He was a virtuous prime minister of the Qi State who was praised by later generations.
After that, Sheep Tongue found Yan Ying and explained his purpose. As Li Ran expected, Yan Ying persuaded the Marquis of Qi and soon he would be able to transport grain to Weiguo for disaster relief.
When it comes to how Yan Ying persuaded him, the explanation is actually very simple.
Obviously, if Qi State can assist Wei State this time, wouldn't this be a good thing that can win the hearts and minds of the princes of the Central Plains?
Moreover, the Jin State will definitely become more unrest in the future. If the Xia states have other matters, they entrust us to the Qi State to deal with them. Over and over again, won’t the position of hegemony in people’s minds change? Real hegemony is expressed through actions, not by force, let alone an oath.
Speaking of these big principles, anyone who knows a little bit about things can actually understand them. This is also the fundamental reason why Yang Yangui is confident that this trip will succeed.
But the reason why this matter is stuck here is simply because of his status as Jin Qing.
The words are the same, but the people who speak are different, the time is different, and the effect is different.
And Li Ran's role in this matter was nothing more than that.
Later, Li Ran was already on his way to Zheng Guo.
Originally, this was just a small matter to him. But after he arrived in Zheng State, he heard that the Ji clan actually planned to transport a batch of grain to Wei State.
So he immediately reacted. If the food from Qi State was transported to Wei State first, would the food from Jishi still be sold?
But he didn't know that Jishi would have this idea before. Isn't this a mistake?
Li Ran's so-called "miscalculation" actually means that he did not expect that the old patriarch would want to be greedy for such wealth.
He also had a relationship with Ji Xian in Jiangnei, Jin State. Although he does not advocate judging people by their appearance, sometimes it can at least play a role in assisting judgment.
At that time, he felt that although Ji Xian was a businessman, he was at least a relatively upright and noble businessman.
So how could he have thought that Ji Xian would take advantage of the drought in Weiguo to make such a fortune? This was something he never expected.
When he came to the State of Zheng this time, he also passed by the State of Wei. He saw with his own eyes that the State of Wei was now starving and dying everywhere, and it was too miserable to see. If the ancestor of the sacrifice is really broad-minded, benevolent and righteous, he is a person who is good at business and reasoning.
, then the food to help the country should definitely not be transported and sold.
Isn't this kind of behavior abandoning the life and death of the people of Weiguo? The people of Zheng are human beings, and the people of Weiguo are also human beings, why do they do this!
"I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it! The leader of the Ji clan seems to be upright, but secretly he is such a person! He is really a hypocrite!"
After listening to what Li Ran said, Sun Wu understood what was going on. At that moment, his attitude towards Ji Xian changed 180 degrees, and he had no good impressions at all.
Li Ran hurriedly waved his hand to signal him not to talk nonsense, and said:
"We still don't know whose idea it was for Ji to transport grain to Weiguo for sale. If it wasn't the old sect leader's intention, wouldn't we be blaming the wrong good person?"
But who would have thought that Sun Wu said:
"No matter who comes up with the idea, if he has agreed to it first, then it is confirmed! If you see evil and do not stop it, but go along with it, it is ten times more evil! ... Well, in the end, it is not you who suffers.
The hungry people of Weiguo?!"
As he finished speaking, his face was filled with indignation.
When Li Ran heard this, he was a little stunned and looked him up and down.
"Sir, this is..."
"I didn't expect that Chang Qing would now have such a heart for the world."
"Nowadays, the princes are at odds with each other, and the people are competing with each other. It is really commendable that someone like Chang Qing can consider the life and death of the people of other countries.
Li Ran's admiration comes from the bottom of his heart, and there is no falsehood.
It stands to reason that the world should be one family. When King Wu of Zhou divided the princes into feudal lords, wasn’t it just so that all countries could help each other and the world should be one family?
But in this day and age, people from Jin look down on people from Qi, people from Chu look down from Jin, and people from Wu look down upon Chu people. This kind of thinking of comparing each other is really normal.
Therefore, when most people face a disaster similar to that of the Patriotic people, at the public level, most of them laugh at the joke, and there are very few people who can really cry out for the misfortune of the Patriotic people.
Therefore, it is naturally very surprising that this high-level talk is coming from the mouth of a commoner with Sun Wu's status.
"Changqing is so elegant, Li Ran is ashamed of himself!"
Li Ran couldn't help but feel ashamed when he thought of this. He stood up and bowed deeply to Sun Wu. At the same time, he was in awe of Sun Wu.
"Sir! How can this be done!"
"Wu's nonsense, without knowing the seriousness of it, has disturbed the gentleman, please don't blame him."
Sun Wu also followed him and bowed.
Unexpectedly, after Li Ran helped him up, he said seriously:
"Today, Chang Qing's words woke up the dreamer, like an enlightenment, so wonderful!"
"Yes, what Chang Qing said is absolutely true! "Shang Shu" says: "The spread of evil is like a fire igniting a prairie fire, and it cannot spread far away." (Translation: The spread of evil is like a spark of fire igniting a prairie fire.
Once activated, you won’t be able to face it anymore.)
Having said this, Li Ran suddenly realized another extremely serious problem!
"Oops! Not good!"
"Sir?"
Seeing the sudden look of horror on Li Ran's face, Sun Wu couldn't help but ask.
But when he saw Li Ran put his hand on his forehead, he said thoughtfully:
"If...we all thought it was evil, then the sensible people in the world would definitely think so too! If we let this matter go unnoticed, in the future, if the priest realizes the bad impact of this matter when he comes back to his senses, then it will be terrible
It’s really too late!”
"So, regardless of whether it was Ji Xian's idea to transport grain to the Kingdom of Wei for sale, even if it is for the lives of tens of millions of people in the Kingdom of Wei, it is also for the sake of the Lord's help. We should do this
Reach out and take a tube!"
Li Ran made up his mind, and a look of doubt appeared on his face.
Li Ran is best at conspiracy, but now, for such a great cause, he is absolutely bound to do it!