"PS: Some book friends said that it takes hundreds of chapters to defeat Korea, and Qi will die in three chapters. It is too hasty. I admit this, but to be honest, the national power of Qi and Wei is too different.
Now, and with Le Yi here, it is impossible for the Qi State to come back, and there is really nothing to write about. Even for the Chu State, the following will focus on describing the exit of individual characters.』
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In November of the seventh year of Wei Zhaowu, the Wei court sent He Yu, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, and several other people, including Zheng Xi and Fan Ying, to arrive in Linzi by ship. On behalf of Wei Wang Zhao Run, they negotiated with the people of Qi to "downgrade Qi to a prefecture of Wei."
matters.
At this time, King Lu Bai of Qi had died on a hunger strike, and left prime minister Zhao Zhao had also died for his country. Tian Tao, Gao Xi, Guan Zhong, Bao Shu, Lian Chen and other former Qi officials were united and hoped to use non-violent diplomacy.
, strive for the interests of the people of Qi as much as possible-in fact, mainly the nobles of Qi State.
Because of this, Tian Tao, Tian Dan, Tian Wu and others did not "die for their country" like King Lu Bai of Qi and Zhao Zhao, the Prime Minister of the Left, but were forced to choose to surrender to Wei. After all, they had families behind them, and
He does not have the 'willful' power like "Left Prime Minister Zhao Zhao".
Zhao Zhao was a native of Wei. Not only was he a son of Wei, he was also the younger brother of Wei King Zhao Run. Therefore, Zhao Zhao died for Qi. Even though Wei King Zhao Run was very angry from the perspective of brotherhood, in the end
However, Zhao Run decided to bury Zhao Zhao in Qi State, thus maintaining Zhao Zhao's status and reputation in the hearts of the people of Qi.
He even authorized Zhao Liang, the son of Zhao Zhao, to be ennobled as "Dongan Pinghou" and enjoy "Dongan Ping", that is, the county seat facing Linzi across the Zi River tributary was a fief.
But Tian Bao, Tian Dan, Tian Wu and others were different. If they accompanied the Qi State to die, the Wei State would definitely not deliberately take care of their families, and the family would inevitably decline as a result.
Although this sounds very realistic, the fact is: when the monarch is still fighting, as a minister, he should serve the country at all costs, even if he sacrifices himself for it, but if the monarch gives up, then the persistence of the ministers will also change.
It's meaningless. If you consider your own family's affairs at this time, the secular world can basically forgive you.
People like Han Wu, the Marquis of Li, Li Mu, the guardian of Yanmen, and Zhao Zhao, the Prime Minister of Qi, are still in the minority after all. The vast majority of people will make better choices for their families when the situation is over - and this does not deny that they
Previous loyalty to country.
After waiting for Wei's envoy to arrive in Linzi, Tian Tabu and a group of Qi officials negotiated with the former. After a detailed discussion for most of the day, the two sides finally reached an agreement.
This agreement contains many things. For example, Tian Tabu and others hope that the Wei State canonize the eldest son "Ying" of King Lu Bai of Qi as a Marquis of Qi, and grant the eldest son the city of Linzi as a fief.
Wei envoy He Yu happily agreed, because when he came, he had already received the permission from his monarch Zhao Run to allow the Lu family to retain Linzi.
This is due to two considerations:
First, King Lu Bai of Qi did not lose his moral character in the Qi State. Therefore, Wei's move to overthrow the Qi State actually made the Qi people hate the Wei people deeply.
Therefore, if the Wei State wants to govern the land of Qi State in the future, it must treat the Lu family well and resolve the Qi people's hatred of the Wei people as much as possible, so that long-term peace and stability can be achieved.
Secondly, according to the unwritten tacit understanding, Tian Bao, Tian Dan, Tian Wu, Guan Zhong, Bao Shu and others begged the Wei State to confer Qi Gongzi Ying, which was actually the last thing they did for the old Qi monarch. If Wei
Wang Zhaorun wants Tian Bao, Tian Dan, Tian Wu, Guan Zhong, Bao Shu and others to surrender to Wei, so he must agree to their last request.
If they refuse, then Tian Ba, Tian Dan, Tian Wu and others will have no choice but to commit suicide to preserve their loyalty - because they cannot even settle the heirs of the old monarch.
And if Tian Tao, Tian Dan, Tian Wu and others really committed suicide because of this, then the blame must be placed on Wei King Zhao Run, because this is equivalent to Zhao Run forcing them to death.
On the other hand, as long as they agree to the last request of Tian Tabu and others, these Qi officials will have fulfilled their benevolence and righteousness towards the Lu family, and it will be possible for Jie Cai to truly serve the Wei State.
To put it simply, Wei used a Linzi city in exchange for the possibility of Tian Ba, Tian Dan, Tian Wu and other Qi generals and Qi officials to be loyal to Wei. How could Zhao Run not agree to such a lucrative thing?
In addition to granting the city of Linzi to Qi Marquis Lu Ying as a fiefdom, the Wei State also promised to retain the fiefdoms of the former officials of Qi State, such as Tianbao, Tiandan, and Tianwu's "Pingyuan" fiefdoms of the Linzi Tian family.
The country was still returned to the Tian family to win over the talents of the Tian family.
All in all, in terms of treatment, Wei Guo, Tian Tao and other Qi people did not discuss too much. After all, Wei King Zhao Run was very generous in this regard.
The disputes between the two sides are on several other matters, such as how to arrange the army of Qi State, who will control the territory of Qi State in the future, etc. - Tian Tao and others are not worried that Wei King Zhao Run will treat the Qi people badly. The problem is Wei State's.
There are also some black sheep among the nobles. Just look at what happened in Song County.
Therefore, Tian Tao still hopes that local nobles of Qi can serve as county governors and other official positions.
Of course, in view of the current situation, Tian Bao and others were just pleading nicely and did not dare to do anything rude.
In the end, the two sides reached an agreement, and Le Yi—who was then the king of Wei, Zhao Run, wanted Le Yi to be the commander-in-chief of the Wei army—temporarily served as the defender of Beihai, reorganizing and reorganizing Qi's remnant army, including Tian Dan, Tian Wu, Tian Tian, Zhongsun Sheng, Dongguo Pleiades, and others.
A series of Qi generals such as Lu Qiutai temporarily surrendered their military power and then restored it depending on the situation.
In fact, it mainly depends on the attitude of Wei Wang Zhao Run.
However, although Le Yi temporarily serves as the governor of Beihai, he is only in charge of the "military" aspect. As for Qi's economy and people's livelihood, it is temporarily handled by Tian Bao, Gao Xi, Guan Zhong, Bao Shu and other old Qi officials.
At the end of that year, Wei envoy He Yu returned to the royal capital Luoyang and reported the agreement reached with the Qi people to Zhao Run, the monarch of Wei.
Zhao Run glanced at the agreement memorial presented by He Yu and nodded.
First of all, there is nothing wrong with Le Yi being the guardian of Beihai.
After all, Le Yi is a Korean, and he also stepped in to stop Wei general Zhao Jiang from massacring the Qi people. Using him as the guard of Beihai can greatly alleviate the Qi people's hatred of the Wei people and avoid causing any trouble.
Furthermore, Le Yi himself has an indifferent personality and doesn't care much about fame and fortune, nor would he do anything to exclude others.
The only thing worthy of deep thought by the Wei court is the issue of Le Yi's loyalty.
After all, after Zhao Jiang was ordered to return to Luoyang by King Zhao Run of Wei for ordering the massacre of Qi civilians, Le Yi had the greatest power over Qi, not to mention that Le Yi was also responsible for rectifying Qi's army. If Le Yi also
Someone like Li Mu, who has a deep desire to restore Korea, has great hidden dangers in the future.
However, if you think about it carefully, the Wei court does not believe that Le Yi will betray Wei. After all, if Le Yi betrays, firstly, his reputation will be affected, and secondly, Wei can also use Zhuang Gong Han Geng's heir as a blackmail - as long as
Zhuang Gong Han Geng's heirs are still alive, so there is basically no possibility of Le Yi betraying Wei.
Of course, this is the court's consideration. As for Wei Wang Zhao Run, he has always been very particular about employing people without doubting others, so how could he doubt Le Yi?
He also hoped that Le Yi would lead his army to conquer Chu in the future!
As for the candidates to manage Qi County, Zhao Run finally decided to follow the requirements of the Qi people, with former Qi State High Minister Gao Xi as the county magistrate, and former Qi State Right Prime Minister Tian Bao as his deputy.
In fact, the real county magistrate should be Tian Tao, but Gao Xi's status in the minds of the Qi people was higher than that of Tian Tao, so the Qi people recommended Gao Xi.
However, Gao Xiu was already very old. In addition, he witnessed the fall of Qi State with his own eyes. According to reports, he was mentally traumatized and did not have much time left. Therefore, the post of Qi County's Prime Minister had to be held by Tian Bao in the end.
To be honest, this makes Zhao Run a little bit regretful. After all, he has known Tian Bao for many years and knows that this Duke of Qi is both civil and military. Originally, he wanted to place Tian Bao in Tiance Mansion and work with Zhai Huang to formulate a plan against Chu.
strategy, but considering that the current problems on Qi's side were more urgent, Zhao Run finally decided to leave Tian Tao in Qi.
It is worth mentioning that although Zhao Run did not recruit Tian Bao as an official in Luoyang, the Qi people seemed to be worried about being squeezed out by "Luoyang", the power center of Wei State, in the future. Therefore, Tian Bao recommended Guan Zhong
, Uncle Bao, and Feng Chen came to Luoyang to serve, hoping that these two talents could squeeze into Luoyang, the power center of the Wei State, and seek some benefits for the people of Qi.
This was quite an unexpected surprise for Zhao Run.
After all, as far as he knew, Guan Zhong was a talented person who was no less talented than Jie Zhi, especially in improving the domestic economy. Zhao Run believed that Guan Zhong could assist Jie Zhi very well.
As for Uncle Bao, this wise man's moral character is actually higher than his ability.
After careful consideration, Zhao Run decided to let Guan Zhong serve in the Ministry of Household Affairs first, and then recruit him to the Inner Dynasty according to the situation a few years later. Uncle Bao was placed in the Ministry of Personnel by Zhao Run. Zhao Run believed that the Ministry of Personnel was
This is the most suitable government office to house Uncle Bao, because Uncle Bao's moral character determines that he will never show favoritism in official affairs, and his conscientious attitude is enough to cope with the heavy government affairs of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
As for Feng Chen, the lobbyist, it was even simpler. He could just be thrown into the Ministry of Rites. He, Fan Ying, and Tang Ju were colleagues, and they were jointly responsible for sending envoys to other countries.
In February of the eighth year of Wei Zhaowu, King Zhao Run of Wei sent Tang Ju to Linzi again, and formally appointed Le Yi as the governor of Beihai. He immediately began to rectify the remaining troops of Qi to prepare for the future attack on Chu. He also ordered the establishment of "Linzi Prefecture".
Gao Xi, the former Qi State Minister, served as the governor and governed the entire Qi territory.
But what he didn't expect was that when Wei envoy Tang Ju arrived in Linzi, he suddenly learned that Gao Xi had died of illness last winter, so he changed his appointment to Tian Bao as the governor of Linzi Mansion - after all, Wei King Zhao Run clearly stated in the document
Ming Dynasty, if something unexpected happened to Gao Xiu, Tian Bao would succeed him.
After receiving the official appointment from King Zhao Run of Wei, the Qi people headed by Tian Tao finally breathed a sigh of relief.
In contrast, Le Yi, who was appointed as the "Beihai Shou", was more moved.
After all, Beihai County was the most fertile county in Qi State before. Le Yi thought that he would only serve as temporary county guard and that the monarch Zhao Run would send other generals or ministers in the future. Unexpectedly, Wei King Zhao Run directly appointed him.
He even handed over the matter of rectifying Qi's remaining army to him.
Even though Le Yi was indifferent by nature, at this moment he could not help but feel that "a scholar will die if he is a confidant."
In the spring, Tian Dan, Tian Wu, Tian Tian, Zhongsun Sheng, Dongguo Pleiades, Zou Ji, Lu Qiutai, Ji Mi and other former Qi generals who temporarily surrendered their military power went to the capital of Wei together after settling in with their families.
Luoyang, to meet the new monarch, King Zhao Run of Wei.
In early March, Tian Dan and his party arrived in Luoyang and were summoned by Wei King Zhao Run.
Among all these people, the one Zhao Run is most familiar with is Tian Dan.
In the battle of "Four Kingdoms Conquering Chu", both of them were deputy generals appointed by Lu Xi, the king of Qi at that time, and they secretly competed with each other. In the end, Zhao Run won the bet with Tian Dan because he was the first to lead an army to attack the capital of Chu State, Shouying.
He made an appointment and got Tian Dan's general flag - this general flag is still placed in Zhao Run's personal collection.
But apart from this cooperation, the two of them often appeared in a hostile position, such as the confrontation in "Ningyang", and another example when "the countries attacked Wei".
But compared to Zhao Run's emotion, I believe Tian Dan is the more emotional one.
Because when he first met Zhao Run, Zhao Run was just a newly-minted Wei Gongzi Run. Fast forward to his twenties, and the rivals who once competed with each other have become kings and ministers, which makes Tian Dan quite embarrassed.
"I heard that you are trying to escape to Chu State...do you really not want to join my army?"
Seeing Tian Dan's embarrassed expression, Zhao Run smiled and teased Tian Dan.
Tian Dan was about to speak but stopped, not knowing what to say.
It is undeniable that in the bottom of his heart, he did have some resistance to surrendering to Wei and surrendering to Wei King Zhao Run. On the one hand, he and Zhao Run were both deputy generals of Qi King Lu Xi, and they had a good relationship, which made him not want to
He served under Zhao Run; secondly, he suffered several defeats at the hands of Zhao Run, so he naturally lost face.
Especially during the confrontation in Ningyang, Zhao Run completely fooled Tian Dan, causing Tian Dan to lose face greatly.
As if he guessed Tian Dan's thoughts, Zhao Run said with a smile: "Are you still upset that I 'left without saying goodbye' in Ningyang?"
It may be that Zhao Run's continuous jokes and teasing alleviated Tian Dan's embarrassment, so that Tian Dan finally plucked up the courage to say "Your Majesty" to express his willingness to submit to the Wei monarch.
Zhao Run was not surprised by Tian Dan's surrender. After all, Tian Dan was not as die-hardly loyal as Han General Li Mu. He was still a person who was very persistent in fame and fortune. Knowing that the situation was over, he would naturally do something
A wise choice.
Besides Tian Dan, what Zhao Run values the most is of course Tian Wu, Tian Tian and his son.
To Zhao Run's regret, Tian Wu's father, Tian Ao, a veteran Qi general, was injured in the battle of Lu against Chu generals Xiang Mo and Xiang Pei a few years ago. He passed away shortly after the Qi-Chu war.
It's really a pity.
Of course Tian Wu is also very brave, well, but it is just brave. In terms of strategy, he is still not as good as Tian Ao and Tian Dan. To put it bluntly, they are brave generals like Zhao Jiang, Wu Ji, Jiang Bi, and Cai Qinhu.
As a general, it is more than enough to lead the army to fight in front of the battle, but if you ask them to formulate a strategy, it is far from enough.
As for the rest of the generals such as Zhongsun Sheng, Dongguo Pleiades, Zou Ji, Lu Qiutai, and Ji Mi, to be honest, there are few whose names Zhao Run can remember. It’s not that these generals are unqualified. In the final analysis, they are just defeated by Tian.
Dan, Tian Wu and a few others just competed.
But no matter what, these generals are still excellent generals. Zhao Run believes that these generals will definitely achieve excellent results in the future wars between Wei and Chu.
After appeasing the generals one by one and praising them, Zhao Run ordered a banquet to be prepared in the palace, not only to welcome these generals, but also to welcome them to join the Wei Kingdom.
In view of the attention they received from King Zhao Run of Wei, Tian Dan, Tian Wu, Zhongsun Sheng and other former Qi generals were generally very happy.
A few days later, Zhao Run appointed Tian Dan as the "Langya Shou" and Tian Wu as Tian Dan's deputy general and one of the vanguards to attack Chu in the future.
In fact, to be honest, after defeating Qi, Wei did not care whether to attack Chu or Qin next, but Zhao Run personally still preferred to attack Chu.
There are three reasons:
First, the Chu State has lost its ally Qi State, and has yet to capture Bashu from Qin. Once Wei and Chu start a war, the Chu State army will have absolutely insufficient food and grass.
Secondly, after the Chu State lost a series of commanders and generals such as Shouling Lord Jingshe, Diyang Lord Xiong Shang, Xiling Lord Qu Ping, General Xiang Mo, Xiang Kuan, etc., the country could no longer find anyone capable of commanding "Wei Chu"
The commander of war.
You don’t need to think about it to know that when Wei and Chu go to war in the future, the Chu army’s commander will most likely be Xinyang Lord Xiang Pei, the Xinyang Lord Xiang Pei who was once defeated by Huan Hu.
However, in today's Wei State, although Huan Hu is an excellent general, he is definitely not among the top three in terms of ability. After all, there are Le Yi, Tian Dan, Sima Shang, Xu Li, Yan Kui, etc.
As for the third one, it is the national conditions of the Chu State, which results in the Chu people in the country not being so loyal to the country.
Especially in the past two years, due to Chu Shuijun's military training strategy, arrests of young men have occurred frequently in the Chu Kingdom, and the resentment of the civilians has accumulated to an immeasurable level.
At this time, the Wei State was sending troops to the Chu State, and the civilians of the Chu State might crowd in to welcome the Wei army's arrival.
In comparison, Qin State is much better than Chu State in this aspect. First of all, Qin State has many talented generals, Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi, Changxin Hou Wang Jian, Yangquan Jun Ying Bo, Weiyang Jun Ying Hua,
There are also Wang Ling, Wang Lu, Wang Ben and other outstanding generals.
What's more important is that the people of Qin are fierce and fierce, and King Hui of Qin, who is Zhao Run's father-in-law, is also a hero who will conquer the country personally if he disagrees with him, and will not be afraid of Wei at all.
Coupled with Qin's military merit system, Qin people are generally eager to obtain military merit in wars to improve their social status. This means that once Wei starts a war with Qin, it may not be able to gain any advantage.
It is no exaggeration to say that apart from being inferior to the Wei army in terms of food, grass and armaments, the Qin army was not inferior to the Wei army in terms of fighting spirit, morale, or persistence in victory.
It is for these reasons and based on the idea of "picking the weak persimmon" that Zhao Run finally decided to attack Chu next.
In April of the eighth year of Wei Zhaowu, Tian Dan, Tian Wu and other generals who defected to Wei returned to Qi one after another to prepare for the next war against Chu.
The Wei court seized the time to digest the annexed land of Qi, try their best to resolve the Qi people's hatred of the Wei people, and bundled the Qi people into Wei's chariots to prevent Wei from going to war with Chu.
At that time, some civil strife broke out in Qi State, disrupting Wei State's deployment and plans.