A classical Chinese story that persuaded the monarch not to go to war

1. The story of ancient counselors persuading the king

Yue

During the Warring States Period, the Qi people attacked Linqiu, and the State of Zhao sent Kong Qing to lead the dead soldiers to rescue and resist The Qi people defeated the Qi army, captured 2,000 Qi army chariots, and buried 30,000 Qi army corpses in two large tombs.

Ning Yue said to Kong Qing: "It would be a pity if these vehicles and corpses are not used. It is better to return the corpses of the Qi soldiers to the Qi people and launch another invisible battle in the territory of Qi. The chariot can serve as another kind of transportation, and the treasury of Qi State will be exhausted by burying these corpses." Kong Qing said: "What if Qi people refuse to collect the corpses? ?"

Ning Yue said: "It is the first crime to lead an army to fight and fail to win; it is the second crime to only allow the people to go to war and not allow them to return home; it is the second crime to refuse to accept the people who died on the battlefield. Corpse, this is the third crime. With these three crimes, the people will resent the monarch and have no intention of being loyal to the monarch. The monarch will not be able to drive the people to serve. This is called a second attack."

Ning Yue can be regarded as a man with both civil and military skills. He can win with force through martial arts and with virtue through literary skills.

2 Su Qin

He served King Zhao. On the surface, he advocated unification and united all countries except Qin. In fact, he sowed relations between various countries and Qi, and deceived King Min of Qi for a long time. , instigating the Qi State to destroy the Song Dynasty, consuming the country's power, and ultimately led to the success of Le Yi's coalition forces in conquering Qi, but he was exposed before the attack on Qi and was killed. 36 articles involved in "Warring States Policy".

There are too many stories about him. Take a look at "Historical Records of Su Qin"

3 Du He

There are articles about Du He in "Warring States Policy" 5 articles.

Du He wanted Dong Zhou to reuse Jing Cui, so he said to the king of Dong Zhou: "Your country is very small, and the method of using your treasures to serve the prominent princes is not very suitable. You should reflect on it." For example, if you set up a net to catch birds, you will never catch birds if you set the net in a place with many birds. If the net is set up in a place where there are birds but not many, many birds will be caught. Now you spend your money on famous people, but these people look down on you; spend your money on ordinary people, and you will treat these people. There is nothing to hope for, and money is wasted. The king can only realize his wishes by spending money on people who are temporarily poor and not prominent now, but will definitely become great in the future.

4 Equally famous

A minister of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, he later went to Chu, Qin, and Han to seek development, and was a political advisor.

The 5 most important chapters of Zhou Dynasty.

Zhou Gongzi served King Zhao of Qin. He was very capable, but he was also very selfish and never forgot to seek his own benefit, so he could not achieve great things.

Qi. The state sent Zhou Zui as an envoy to South Korea, forcing South Korea to appoint Han Nuo as prime minister, and dismissed his uncle. Zhou Zui was very distressed about this. He said: "Uncle Gong has a good relationship with Zhou Jun, so he sent me as an envoy to South Korea to abolish South Korea. The uncle made Han Nuo the prime minister. As the saying goes: ‘If a person is angry at home, his anger will definitely show in public. 'If the uncle hates the state of Qi, there is nothing that can be done, but he will definitely break off relations with Lord Zhou and hate me. Shi She advised: "Just go ahead and I will make your uncle respect you." "

When Zhou Zui came to Korea, his uncle was very angry. When Shi She saw his uncle, he said, "Zhou Zui didn't want to go to Korea as an envoy. I forced him to come in private. Zhou doesn’t want to come the most, it’s for your own good; I forced him to come, it’s also for your own good. The uncle said: "Please tell me your reasons." Shi She replied: "A doctor in the state of Qi has a very ferocious dog. He cannot be scolded. If he is scolded, he will bite." One guest wanted to try it. He stared at it carefully and scolded it gently, but the dog did not move. Then he scolded it loudly, and the dog had no intention of biting. Zhou Zuo had the honor to serve you before, but this time he had no choice but to go to Korea. He would slowly state Qi's request according to etiquette. King Han must have thought that King Qi was not in a hurry to do so and would not agree to this request.

If Zhou Zu doesn't come, someone else will definitely come as an envoy. The person who comes has no friendship with you and wants to please Han Chao. He will definitely go on the mission quickly and speak in an urgent tone, so the King of Han will definitely agree to him. The uncle said, "Okay." "So he respected Zhou Zui very much. As expected, the King of Han did not let Han Nuo replace his uncle as prime minister. 2. The story of ancient ministers persuading the king

Three City Tigers:

Source of the story A conversation between Pang Cong, a minister of the Wei State, and the King of Wei. Because Pang Cong was going to Handan as a hostage with the prince, before leaving, he was worried about being slandered after leaving, so he was smart enough not to express himself directly. Instead of worrying, he asked the King of Wei: "If someone told the king that there was a tiger hurting people in the market, would the king believe it?" King Wei shook his head and said, "I don't believe it!" Pang Cong went on to say, "Those two people said there was a tiger in the market. Did the king believe it?" King Wei hesitated and said, "Then I am a little suspicious!" Pang Cong asked again: "Where are those three people?" King Wei nodded and said, "I believe that!" Seeing that the time was right, Pang Cong began to express his worries: "There were obviously no tigers in the market, but three people said there were tigers, so it seemed as if there really were tigers." Now I am accompanying the prince to leave Daliang for Handan, and Handan is far further than the market, and there are more than three people who slandered me. I hope the king will be able to understand clearly by then. King Wei replied: "I know what to do!" "However, as soon as Pang Cong left the Kingdom of Wei, someone went to slander the King of Wei. When he returned with the prince later, Pang Cong had lost the trust of the King of Wei and could not see the King of Wei.

The fox pretends to be the tiger's power:

During the Warring States Period, when the Chu State was at its most powerful, King Xuan of Chu was surprised that all the northern countries at that time were afraid of his general Zhao Xixie, so he asked the ministers in the court what was going on. Why.

At that time, a minister named Jiang Yi told him the following story: "Once upon a time, there was a tiger in a cave. He ran outside because he was hungry. Looking for food. When he walked into a dense forest, he suddenly saw a fox walking in front of him. He felt that this was a golden opportunity, so he jumped towards him and captured him effortlessly.

But when it opened its mouth and was about to eat the fox into its belly, the cunning fox suddenly spoke: 'Humph! Don't think that you are the king of beasts, so you dare to devour me; you must know that heaven and earth have decreed that I am the king of kings, and whoever eats me will be severely sanctioned and punished by heaven and earth. ’ The tiger was dubious after hearing what the fox said. However, when he turned his head and saw the fox’s arrogant and calm look, he was surprised. The original arrogant arrogance and domineering attitude, unexpectedly, most of it has disappeared. Even so, he was still thinking: Because I am the king of beasts, any beast in the world will be afraid of me. And he actually came to rule us under the orders of the Emperor of Heaven!

At this time, the fox saw that the tiger was hesitant to eat it, and knew that he had somewhat believed what he said, so he puffed up his chest even more proudly, and pointed The tiger's nose said: 'Why, don't you believe what I say? Then come with me now, walk behind me, and see if all the beasts are scared out of their wits when they see me, and run away with their heads in their hands. ’ Tiger thought this was a good idea, so he followed it.

So, the fox boldly opened the way in front, while the tiger followed cautiously. Not long after they walked, they vaguely saw the depths of the forest, where many small animals were vying for food. However, when they found the tiger walking behind the fox, they couldn't help being frightened and ran away. At this time, the fox turned around proudly and looked at the tiger.

When the tiger saw this situation, he couldn't help but feel a little scared, but he didn't know that the beasts were afraid of him, and thought they were really afraid of the fox!

The cunning fox's plan succeeded, but his power was entirely due to the fact that he used the tiger to threaten the beasts in a temporarily favorable situation. The poor tiger was fooled, and he couldn't help himself. I know!

Therefore, the reason why the people in the north fear Zhao Xixie is entirely because the king's soldiers are in his hands. In other words, what they fear is actually the king's power! 3. An ancient article saying that one should not be merciful in war

This is an article in "Zuo Zhuan" called "Ziyu Debate",

The original text is as follows:

In the spring of the 20th year of the twelfth year, the public attacked Zhu and took Xuju. In the summer, Duke Song, Marquis Wei, Xu Nan, and Teng Zi attacked Zheng. In autumn, at the end of August, the Zhu people fought at Shengxing. In winter, on the 11th day of the 11th month, on the first day of the lunar month, Song Gong and the Chu people fought at Hong, and the Song army was defeated.

The Chu people attacked the Song Dynasty to save Zheng. Song Gong will fight. Da Sima Gu admonished: "Heaven has abandoned Shang for a long time, and the emperor is about to revive it, so it's time to forgive him." He didn't listen. On the first day of the eleventh month of winter, Song Gong and the Chu people fought at Hong. The people of Song Dynasty were already in line, but the people of Chu were not ready to help. Sima said: "I have few of them, and they haven't helped yet, so please attack them." The Duke said, "No." Since they have helped but haven't formed a line, they have to report. The duke said: "It's impossible." After Chen Chen attacked him, the Song army was defeated. The generals were injured, and the gate officials wiped them out.

Everyone in the country blames the public. The Duke said: "A gentleman is not seriously injured, nor is he a bird of prey. In ancient times, the army was not to block the passes. Even though I have lost my country, I can't line up if I don't drum." Ziyu said: "You don't know how to fight. If you are an enemy, you can't fight." If you don't line up in a narrow way, God praises me. Isn't it okay to block it and encourage it? Isn't it okay to be afraid of the Qing people now? ? Ming Sha teaches war and wants to kill the enemy. If the injury is not serious, it is like not hurting; if you love the two hairs, it is like obeying. It can be used to block narrow passes; it can be used to promote ambition."