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Chapter 167 Ancient and Modern (Part 2)

What Li Rong said was the same as the situation where Lu State swung its side before, which was the same as the situation where Lu Hou agreed to enter Qi and Prince Fen secretly expressed his support for the Mo family.

But what the Duke of Lu was not worried about was the attitude between the two countries, but about the intention of abdicating the regent to give the Mo family an explanation. Will the current Lu State have a character like Prince Hui? At that time, instigate the father-son relationship. Although the real father-son is no better than Duke Yin and Duke Huan, this kind of thing is hard to say.

Taking history as a guide, the incident of King Wuling of Zhao starving to death to the sand dunes has not yet happened. However, when Duke Huan of Qi died, the fifth prince fought for the throne, so he made maggots crawl out of Duke Huan of Qi and climb out of the window without restraining it. He was afraid that there would be no true love for father and son in front of power.

Li Rong did not directly mention this possible bloody thing, but asked a question that he didn't seem to want to do, saying: "Your Majesty, after Duke Yin, in the second year of Duke Huan, something happened in the Song State. Do you know?"

In the tenth year of Duke Huan, something really happened in the Song State. When the Marquis of Lu heard this, he immediately understood what Li Liu wanted to say.

The second year of Duke Huan, the tenth year of Duke Song, at that time, there were waves of roars full of justice in the capital of the Song Kingdom, and its slogan was just like what the Mohist school now calls "benefit the world".

At that time, someone shouted in the capital: "Your Majesty has succeeded to the throne for ten years, but he has fought eleven times. The people have suffered from wars. In order to calm the people and for the benefit of the people, please follow me to kill Duke Song and the treacherous minister Kong Fujia, who bewitched Duke Song!"

The person who shouted this was the Grand Priest Hua of the Song State. So he incited the people to kill Duke Song and kill Kong Fujia.

In fact, the words Hua Duke said had nothing to do with the people suffering from war. It was because Hua Duke caught a glimpse of Kong Fujia's wife and praised him for being "beautiful and beautiful", so he killed Kong Fujia, occupied Kong Fujia's wife, and then killed Duke Song's king.

But the reason he shouted in the capital at that time was just like the slogans of the Mohist family, and the slogans of the revolution that took place in Fei's country now: to ensure peace and profit for the people.

As for whether to really seek profit for the people or to be a wife who is just for "beautiful" like Hua Du, there is little difference for the king, and the results are all the same.

At that time, the king was abolished and established, and indeed aristocrats needed to be dominated by it, but it would be impossible to succeed if the people in the capital did not support it.

Hua Du was greedy for the beauty of Confucius's wife. Although he had his own ambitions and goals, his words were deafening and won the support of the people, which led to the rebellion of the regicide without large-scale resistance.

To eliminate the purpose of Hua Du's "beautiful and beautiful" woman, what he said on the surface is exactly the same as the current affairs of state and Si. It was the people who could not bear the hardships of labor and harsh government and chose the Mohist righteousness.

Today, when the Hou Lu talked about hidden affairs, this is a metaphor.

He wanted to imitate Yin Gong and build a seclusion regent, but he was worried that someone would learn from the relationship between him and his son Gongzi Fen.

If the son turns against others and kills his father, it is not impossible.

Li Liu obviously understood the metaphor of the Marquis of Lu from the very beginning. Since the Marquis of Lu used the past to describe the present, he also followed the words of Lu Hou to use ancient things to persuade him.

Everything is nothing more than the cycle of reincarnation and reenactment of the past, and this has never changed.

Li Rong talked about what the prince said back then, and also talked about the incident when the governor of Song Guohua killed the monarch in the name of righteousness in the past. He did not want to say how important the reconstruction and attention of etiquette and law were, but was reminding the Marquis of Lu.

What the Duke of Lu is now to be wary of is not that the young master instigated the father and son to fight against each other when Duke Yin was instigating the dispute between father and son, but that the Duke Hua should be wary of the ruthlessness and murdering the monarch.

The Marquis of Lu was silent for a long time and said, "Duke Hua saw the beauty of Kong Fujia's wife back then, so he took these rumors. It was for his wife."

Li Rong said, "A wife is what Hua Du wants, and she thinks it is a treasure, so she can kill the monarch."

"Hua Duke is good at a wife, but others may not be good at a wife. However, Hua Duke is good at a treasure, but others are good at a treasure. But Hua Duke regards his wife as a treasure, but others may use power, wealth, and fiefdom as a treasure. Is there any difference?"

This sentence suddenly touched the heart of the Hou Lu. The essence of the incident that Li Rong analyzed was used for the present, which was to say: "Your Majesty, you are worried that after the Regent lived in seclusion, someone was the young master who instigated your son and the prince to kill you. But, aren't you worried that your son would climb up and shout: "You are not righteous, and the people of Lu have suffered many sufferings, so should they be punished?"

The old stories he talked about when Duke Yin and Duke Huan were compared to the prince Fen to two people.

The prince of Lu is now singing a double act with the prince. The swaying posture between Mo makes the prince feel the same as the prince of the past.

Prince Fen now has frequent contact with the Mo family. Once the Mo family wins, why can't Prince Fen kill the monarch just like the governor of Hua's past and shout for the benefit of the people and the peace of the people?

Seeing that Li Rong had already said so clearly, the Marquis of Lu no longer had to use the past to describe the present, but instead shut up and sighed: "You guys in the court, you can know my thoughts."

"The Mo family has won the battle in the Nanji River. This battle between Qi and Mo is nothing more than the result of the Mo family winning more than the few, but the outcome has been divided on the banks of the Nanji River."

"The young master of Qi Tianqing's son Wu was slaughtered by Wucheng. He was unforgivable in the Mo family's rules. This matter would not be stopped. At that time, tens of thousands of righteous troops came to Qufu and asked me what I would do about the crime of envoy Qi's borders?"

The Duke of Lu cursed in his heart, thinking: "If the country is weak, there will be no diplomacy. No matter the old etiquette and new righteousness, it is the same domineering. What is my fault? It's just that it's stuck between Qi and Mo. If it doesn't sway, what can it be? Qi is not a good bird. It has been constantly annexing and wars over the years, eroding most of the land of Lu. The Mo family's righteousness is not a good thing. The changes in Fei's country will be affected. At that time, there will be no monarch or father, and people's minds will change, and it will be a big chaos."

But now that Qi's defeat has been decided, the Duke of Lu did not talk about the pressure of Qi, but talked about the possible offenses of the Mo family. This is the top priority at present, and it is also an important factor in his desire to use the regent to support the prince to rise to the throne to give the Mo family an explanation.

The Mo family doesn't care about the young master's pursuit of power, but the Mo family's lecture notes should have a famous teacher. The Mo family has been well-known in doing things over the years, and has not yet reached the domineering level of "If I force you, what do you have to do with you?"

He was worried that he would be killed by his son after he was regent.

Now if Li Luo, there is another possibility: if he does not abdicate, his son will kill him in the name of righteousness, and the Chinese people may not object.

This is just a possibility, and this possibility does exist, but the Marquis of Lu did not want to kill all his sons for this possibility, just like the King of Yue. He has not been so crazy yet.

Li Rong is also a wise man. He was able to say "far water does not save the nearby fire" back then, but now of course we can understand the situation between Qi, Mo and Lu.

So he said, "What the emperor said is very true. In the battle of the Southern Ji River, the people of Qi were defeated. The Linzi army may not be the enemy of Dazhishi. Dazhishi was across Luyang and the Hanshui River. The Jishui River was not defeated. Although Tian Qing could do it, he could not reach it."

"What if Qi people are not defeated? After the war, how can Qi people enter Sishui again? Besides, even if they attack Sishui, with the ability of the Mo family on Sishui to defend the city, how many cities can be captured when they are tired?"

"Now Pingyin is broken, Linzi's gates are open, and the defeat of Qi is irreversible. The Mo family has sent envoys to question the crime three times. If we still have to borrow grain from the Qi people, after the Mo family wins, the righteous teachers from Zou, Fei, Fang, and Liu enter the country to question the crime, how can they be compensated?"

"The journey of Linzi is thousands of miles long, and the Mo family cannot last long. However, it takes only a few days to enter Qufu. When Lu and Mo were fighting, the Qi people were unable to rescue him. Even if the rescue time was faster than the time when the Mo family entered Qufu from Linzi?"

This was like when the Duke of Lu sent his princes to Jin and Chu to serve as an official in order to resist the invasion of Qi, it was too late at that time.

Duke Zhou made rituals. As a descendant of Duke Zhou, Lu State valued rituals on the surface, but since the time of Duke Yin, there were six rituals that were bad rituals: the six rituals were the rituals of the three rituals, and the three rituals were the three rituals. Bo Qin later only inherited the fief of Lu State, but did not inherit the responsibilities of the three rituals, and could only use the rituals of the princes.

After that, the Three Huans rebelled and the Lu State was weak, even if they had the heart to protect their qualities, they still had no strength.

Moreover, the Mo family is near Lu State, and the road from Wucheng to Qufu is open, so Lu State will naturally not be so stupid that it will carry the banner of protecting the rituals and anti-Mo Alliance.

Li Rong said again: "Last year, when the Qi people borrowed the road, the people of the country complained. The Mohist righteous teacher said that Lu was innocent and allowed Liang's father to pass Lu and enter Wucheng. The people of Lu praised the Mohist style as a gentleman. The Mohist righteousness was mostly spread in Lu. When the time came to save Xiang Ziniu and attack Lu, the emperor also allowed Mo Di to run schools at will in Lu... The Lu people themselves were interested in the Mohist."

"The Qi people attacked Lu many times, and since the time of Guan Zhong, the land occupied by the Qi people had caused the people of Lu to pay double taxes, which made the Lu people have no good feelings for the Qi people. A few years ago, the Qi and Lu had even more hatred, and they did not mention the affairs of Duke Wen and Jiang Huan of that year."

"Now that the Mohist family has won, the people of Qi still want us to transport grain and grass. The techniques of cropping on wheat, ox plowing, ridges and other methods of cropping were introduced to Lu. The midsummer month is the busy farming season. At this time, people will be recruited to transport grain to the people of Qi..."

Li Ji paused and suddenly said, "If someone raises his arms and shouts in Qufu: The emperor has no righteousness and causes the people of Lu to suffer a lot, it is better to punish him... what else will he do?"

"Someone said: Young Master Fen Duoxian, and he is good at Mohist family. Young Master Fen should be the king...what will he do?"

"Even if the young master Fen is unintentional, will he learn from Taibo to escape and not take office? Besides, with the meaning of the Mo family, don't you know how Mo Di evaluated the fact that Prince Lu refused to succeed the throne in the rebellion of Chu Bai Gongsheng?"

The Duke of Lu clapped his hands and said, "This is why I talk about the fish watching. Am I not worried about these things? But what will happen to Yin Gong, who wanted to be old and fish watching Yu Tang in the past? I can't make a decision."

"What should I do if you know my heart in the court?"
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