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[It is no exaggeration to say that the success of an emperor in ancient my country was absolutely inseparable from counselors. They devoted their wisdom to their emperors, and some of them have talents that we as future generations admire. 】

[Fan Li was from the pre-Qin period. According to the current words, Fan Li is simply a genius through the ages. Whether it is a major event in the world or doing business, Fan Li is very handy. At the beginning, he always accompanied the king as if he was in the midst of wolves. Later, he saw through The political situation chose to retire. 】

[Wu Qi, a well-known counselor who is familiar to everyone, is familiar with the thoughts of military, law, and Confucianism, so he has made great achievements in both internal affairs and military politics. Later, he presided over the reform known as "Wu Qi Reform" in history. He served King Chu Mourning, and later King Chu Mourning died, and he was killed because of envy for his talent. 】

[The person Zhang Liang served was Liu Bang, who is often said to be extremely suspicious in later generations, but Zhang Liang has been with Liu Bang for many years. He is really wise. He is better at planning big plans. , and also made Xiang Yu's army mess up, which can be said to have made great contributions to Liu Bang. 】

[Li Micong was talented and intelligent, and later he was appreciated by Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty and served as an official of the Eastern Palace. After the Anshi Rebellion, he was very far-sighted, fully grasped the overall situation, and then avoided all disasters, and contributed to the stability and development of the Tang Dynasty at that time Made a considerable strategic contribution. 】

[Wu Zixu, a native of Chu State in the Spring and Autumn Period, later defected to Wu State for some reasons, and was favored by Wu Wang Helu. During this period, he advised him and achieved many great things. Dissatisfied with the strategy proposed by Wu Zixu, and then bewitched by others, he was eventually given to death. 】

[In the ranking of the top ten counselors in Chinese history, Zhuge Liang, as a very influential counselor in ancient and modern China and abroad, can be said to have strategized in military affairs and won thousands of miles. Various widely circulated stories have shown Zhuge Liang's extraordinary wisdom. 】

[Xiao He is the prime minister of Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty. He summed up Xiao He's life and later generations with "Success is also Xiao He's failure is also Xiao He". The art of "bad things" is also very skillful. 】

[Yi Yin is also a counselor who can be called a genius. He was the prime minister in the early years of the Shang Dynasty, and he was also one of the earliest Taoist figures. He was also the ancestor of the Chinese chef. The administration of officials made the economy in the early years of the Shang Dynasty unprecedentedly prosperous. 】

[Guan Zhong was a very important statesman, military strategist and thinker in ancient my country. Guan Zhong had very specific theories in terms of internal affairs, diplomacy, and armaments, and achieved very good results after implementation. 】

[Jiang Ziya's talent and wisdom in the ranking of the top ten counselors in Chinese history are beyond the reach of ordinary people. Jiang Ziya lived in a situation where his talents were underappreciated for the first half of his life. Later, when he was 70 years old, he showed great ambitions and made plans to defeat Shang and destroy Zhou, etc. , Later generations will also call it Wu Sheng. 】

Wu Qi was smart and studious since he was a child, and he was deeply loved by his family, who regarded him as the apple of his eye.

When Wu Qi was a child, his father passed away, and he practiced literature and martial arts under the tutelage of his mother.

Wu's mother was an enlightened and open-minded aristocratic lady from a scholarly family, who had a profound influence on Wu Qi's growth.

Wu Qi had lofty ideals in his youth. He was especially fond of military affairs. He used guns and clubs every day. He often dreamed that one day he would be able to command thousands of troops, gallop across the battlefield, and make meritorious deeds.

In order to realize his lofty aspirations, he spared no effort to spend thousands of dollars and traveled all over the world, hoping to be reused by the princes and make a career.

However, he hit a wall everywhere and made his family dilapidated.

At this time, some idlers in his hometown laughed at him as a man of no ability.He didn't have Han Xin's good temper. In a fit of rage, he killed more than thirty people who had laughed at him, and planned to escape from Weiguo.

When saying goodbye to his mother, he bit off a large piece of flesh from his arm and swore: I, Wu Qi, will not be a high-ranking official like a minister, and will never return to the state of Wei.

So he fled to study Confucianism under the disciple of Zeng Zi.

At this time, the power of the "Three Huan" of the State of Lu had been greatly weakened, and the Confucianists such as Gong Yixiu and Kong Zhi were in power, and the State of Lu was struggling to maintain it.

Wu Qi had been in Lu for more than a year, when the news of his mother's death came, his teacher Zeng Zi thought he would rush home to attend the funeral, but Wu Qi came to class the next day as usual, Zeng Zi asked Wu Qi in surprise, Wu Qi replied nonchalantly: " Since my mother is dead, it is useless to rush back, it is better to continue to pursue learning."

As usual, when his mother passed away, Wu Qi, as a son, should go back to observe his filial piety.In ancient times, filial piety was the most important thing, but Wu Qi was deeply ashamed of his promise to himself because he could not achieve anything, so he did not go home for the funeral in the end.

It can be seen that this person is a man who dares to speak and act!Although Wu Qi's spirit is commendable, his teacher Zeng Zi is a great Confucian. Seeing that his students are so unfilial, he really lost his face, so he kicked Wu Qi out.

After Wu Qi was driven away by Zeng Zi, he came to the state of Lu to study the art of war.Jumping from Confucianism to military strategists, one advocates benevolence and love, while the other wants to fight wars. The two ideas are completely opposite.

Wu Qi studied under Zeng Zi for a period of time, which gave him a preliminary understanding of Confucian benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and faith, which had a certain influence on his later political practice.

However, studying under the Confucian school also made Wu Qi aware of the side of Confucianism that is "too broad and far away from things". He felt that this kind of theory could not adapt to the needs of the times, so he turned to study military literature and finally devoted himself to military strategists.

Since then, there has been one less Confucian scholar on the earth, but one more famous general who will become famous all over the world and shake the world.

Qi Xuangong sent General Xiang Ziniu to lead his troops to attack Ju and Anyang in the state of Lu.

In such a situation where the enemy is strong and we are weak, the king and ministers of the State of Lu began to panic.

He looked around the government and the public, and found it difficult to choose a general who would lead the army to defend against the enemy.

Because Wu Qi was immersing himself in the study of military art at this time, and often published some insights on military management and defense, which had a certain influence in the state of Lu.

At this critical juncture, someone recommended Wu Qi to Lu Mugong, and Lu Mugong had no choice but to look to him.

Unexpectedly, someone suggested that Wu Qi's wife was from Qi, and raised objections as to whether he would be loyal to Lu as commander-in-chief.

This matter spread to Wu Qi, causing his thoughts to be ups and downs.Facing the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, he resolutely made a painful choice to gain fame at the cost of his wife's life.

After he brutally killed his wife, the crown of commander-in-chief of the Lu army also fell on his head.

Maybe many people will say that Wu Qi is so inhuman!His mother died, and if he didn't go back to attend the funeral, let alone, for the sake of fame, he actually killed his wife with his own hands.

Anyone who achieves great things must pay a certain price, and the price Wu Qi paid seems a bit too high.

Since then, Wu Qi has been stricter with himself and more lenient than others in governing the army, sharing joys and sorrows with the soldiers, so all the soldiers can obey their orders.Wu Qi led the Lu army to the front line, but did not immediately start a battle with the Qi army. He expressed his willingness to negotiate with the Qi army, and first "showed his weakness" to the other side, and stationed the central army with old and weak soldiers, causing a kind of "weakness" and "weakness" to the other side. The illusion of "cowardice" is used to paralyze the generals of the Qi army, arrogance and slack in their preparations, and then unexpectedly launch a fierce attack on the Qi army with a strong army.

The Qi army hastily responded to the battle, and was defeated at the first touch, with more than half of the casualties, and the Lu army won a complete victory.

In this way, Wu Qi cleverly commanded the Lu army to fight a beautiful battle of defeating the many with the few and defeating the strong with the weak, which not only saved the country of Lu from danger, but also made himself one of the famous generals and famous all over the world.

Wu Qi killed his wife just for fame?

We cannot deny the existence of this factor, but, in addition to this, he is also serving the country.

Although the State of Lu was not his homeland, in the turbulent era of the Spring and Autumn and the Warring States, the princes' territory was changing and growing, which was very unstable, and the people's sense of the motherland was not deep. There were many guests, and so did Shang Yang.

In order to avoid suspicion, he killed his wife, thereby relieving the danger of Lu's extinction.

What good does it do Wu Qi to kill his wife, in order to marry a new one?
No, there are only two reasons: serving the country and seeking fame.As a man, shouldn't he serve the country and seek fame?But what about his final result?
Wu Qi made military exploits for the state of Lu, but not only was not commended, but was suspected and rejected by the old aristocratic forces of the state of Lu.

At that time, the state of Lu's government was dark and corrupt, filling the court.When the enemy's army came down, they kept silent, and no one dared to command troops to defend against the enemy. Once the crisis was over, they were like a group of rats coming out of their holes, chattering.

Before Wu Qi returned to the court, they had already destroyed the trust of the confused monarch Lu Mugong in Wu Qi with vicious slanders, saying that Wu Qi was a cruel and ruthless person.

When he was a child, his family was well-off. He wanted to be an official, but his lobbying activities were unsuccessful, so that his family went bankrupt.

The neighbors laughed at him, so Wu Qi killed more than 30 people who slandered him.He escaped from Weiguo and went east.

When he said goodbye to his mother, he bit his arm and swore: "If you don't be a minister, you won't be guarded again."After that, he studied under Zeng Shen.Not long after, his mother died, and he didn't come home.

For this reason, Zeng Shen despised him very much and broke off relations with him.

Only then did Wu Qi go to other countries to learn the art of war and serve Lu Jun.

Lu Jun had doubts about him, so he killed his wife in order to become a general.The State of Lu is a small country, and once it gains a reputation of being victorious, all countries will come to conspire against the State of Lu.

Moreover, the state of Lu and Wei are brother countries, and the king of Lu used Wu Qi to abandon the state of Wei.

This is obviously a silly and ridiculous nonsense.According to the logic of these cunning villains, Lu Shengzhan turned out to be a bad thing, so why did he ask Wu Qi for help in the first place?

If you can be safe if you lose the battle, why not wait for the Qi army to put on the armor as soon as it arrives, and make a humiliating alliance with it under the city?
If reusing Wu Qi is to make life difficult for the country of Wei, the country of brothers, then why should he be the commander-in-chief of the Lu army in the first place?

It can be clearly seen that as long as Lu Mugong still has ordinary people's reason at this time, he will not be confused by the nonsense of these gangsters.

However, it turns out that Lu Mugong is just a confused monarch who has lost the reason of ordinary people.

In his view, as long as the Lu State is still at peace for a while, there is no need to cheer up; as long as the crisis has not yet come to the head, there is no need to take precautions before it happens.

Although talents can help people in need at critical moments, they are not as handy as courtiers.

Believe but be suspicious, be loyal but be slandered.Living in such a gloomy state of Lu, Wu Qi's heart was completely hopeless in the face of the incorrigible monarch and ministers.

Wu Qi broke Qi, showing his excellent strategy ability.

But in the end, due to the alienation of the villain, Lu Mugong lifted his military power.Afterwards, Wu Qi heard that Marquis Wei Si loves talent as much as his life, so he left the state of Lu and went to the state of Wei to find a way out.

During the five years in Lu State, although Wu Qi received extremely unfair treatment, it was still a glorious starting point in his life.

Because it was here that he studied a lot of Confucian classics assiduously and studied all the works of military strategists that he could see at that time. In particular, he proved his excellent military ability by commanding a battle where the weak defeated the strong, which greatly improved his military ability. The popularity has made the countries look at each other with admiration.

In fact, Wu Qi, who was only thirty, left the country of Lu, which was shrouded in filth and corruption, like a dragon jumping into the sea.

If we lose our horses, we can't know what a blessing is.

The day when the country of Lu suffered setbacks was the time when fate turned for the better.What awaits him ahead is the glorious years of riding the long wind and breaking thousands of miles.

Wu Qi rode his horse and galloped on the road leading to the state of Wei. Looking at the vast plain, he suddenly felt that the sky was high and the earth was wide, and all the losses, troubles, and sorrows were gone with the wind.

In this way, Wu Qi came to the state of Wei.

Wei Wenhou had heard of Wu Qi's name a long time ago, and knew that he was a very capable person, so he worshiped him as a general.

He fought 76 times with the princes, won 64 times, opened up the land on all sides, expanded the land for thousands of miles, attacked Qin, and captured five cities.It can be described as a great achievement!
Wu Qi is so good at fighting, why?Natural military talent?Or are there other advantages?
"Historical Records" records: "When he rises up as a general, he shares food and clothing with the lowest soldiers, sleeps without a mat, travels without riding, wraps up food for himself, and shares the labor with the soldiers."

In layman's terms: Wu Qi became a general, and he was able to endure hardships. He wore the same clothes and food as the most inferior soldiers, slept without laying bedding, and marched without riding horses.

It can be seen from this that General Wu Qi does have something extraordinary, that is, he loves soldiers.

With such a general, will there be soldiers who don't work hard!
Once, a soldier who had just joined the army was wounded in the war. Due to the lack of medical treatment on the battlefield, when he returned to the rear after the battle, the wound of the soldier had already festered and gangrene.

Wu Qi found out when he was patrolling the camp. Without saying a word, he immediately squatted down and sucked the soldier's wound with his mouth to reduce inflammation and heal the injury.

Seeing that the general treated him like this, the little soldier was so moved that tears filled his eyes, and he couldn't say a word.

The other soldiers were also deeply moved when they saw it.

When the soldier's mother heard about it, she burst into tears.Everyone thought she was moved and wept, but she said: "I am worried about my son's fate! You don't know that General Wu also sucked the wound for his father back then, and his father was grateful for Wu Da. For the general's kindness, he risked his life to fight the enemy bravely, and finally died on the battlefield.

My son will follow his father's back way too! "

People are not grass, so how can they be ruthless? With such a humane boss, can his subordinates not do their best to serve the battlefield?

It is precisely because Wu Qi treats the soldiers so kindly that the soldiers are all brave and good at fighting.

Marquis Wen of Wei saw that Wu Qi was good at using troops, was honest and not greedy, treated people fairly, and was supported by all soldiers, so he appointed him as the guard of Xihe to resist Qin and South Korea.

Although Wu Qi is highly regarded by Wei Wenhou, and his achievements are also outstanding.

However, in 396 BC, Wei Wenhou died and Wei Wuhou succeeded to the throne.

Around 390 BC, Wu Qi was squeezed out by some ministers and forced to go to Chu.

Due to Wu Qi's outstanding achievements in the state of Wei and his great military achievements, he was highly valued by the King of Chu Mourning as soon as he arrived in the state of Chu.

The first post was Wanshou, defending Han and Wei.

A year later, he was promoted to Jin Yin and presided over the reform.

Wu Qi reformed, starting with attacking the big nobles.

[-]. Reduce the rank and salary, and then abolish the aristocratic Shiqing Shilu system.

Juelu in the Chu State belongs to the hereditary system, which means that if the ancestors received the Juelu for meritorious service, the descendants can inherit the Juelu even though they have no merit;

Later, some people who made great contributions in the war did not have titles, which hurt the enthusiasm of soldiers.

Under such circumstances, Wu Qi was "equalizing the nobles of the Chu state, and equalizing his salary, harming his excesses, and following his insufficiencies, and fighting for the world with time."

In addition, "The descendants of the emperor will receive the title and salary for the third generation, exterminate the salary rank of hundreds of officials, and damage the branch officials who are not in a hurry, so as to serve the selected and trained scholars."

Wu Qi abolished the hereditary titles and titles, and used the titles obtained from the titles to support selected meritorious soldiers to show justice.

[-]. Abolish the title of nobility and rectify the administration of officials.

Abolish useless and incompetent official positions, and deprive the royal family and nobles of their authority, so that they cannot abolish public affairs for personal reasons. "

Abolish those who are alienated by the public and clan, and raise the fighters."

"The people who prohibit tourists, the fighters who work intensively." Cut useless expenditures to reward fighters who really contribute to the country.

[-]. Migrate the nobles to the frontier to realize the vast and empty land.

From the Spring and Autumn Period to the Warring States Period, the Chu State used force to destroy many countries, opened up Pudi, defeated Yangyue, etc., and gained vast territories, but none of them were developed.

Therefore, Wu Qi ordered some nobles in the state of Chu who were estranged from the royal family to develop in remote places.

Wu Qi said to King Mourning of Chu: "Those who have surplus in Jing are the land, and those who are short of it are the people. Today, the king takes what he has not enough to benefit from all the surplus." This is a new form of land colonization.

Wu Qi's reform dealt a heavy blow to the old aristocrats of Chu State, accelerated the process of feudalization of Chu State, and made its national power grow rapidly.

In 381 BC, the state of Zhao was attacked by the state of Wei and asked for help from Chu.The state of Chu sent troops to attack Wei to save Zhao and defeated the Wei army.

As everyone knows, Wu Qi's reform also hit the vested political and economic interests of the great aristocracy of the Chu state, and was strongly opposed by the great aristocracy.

Wu Qi "made it very difficult for the nobles to go to the real, vast and empty lands", and all the nobles of Chu wanted to harm Wu Qi.

Officials of the state of Chu are all members of the royal family of Chu, and no one with a different surname is allowed to intervene.

As a person with a different surname from a foreign vassal state, Wu Qi joined the upper-class nobles of Chu. Relying on the trust of King Mourning of Chu, Wu Qi encountered great resistance in attacking the privileges and interests of the great nobles.

In the year when the war against Wei was won, King Mourning of Chu died of illness.

The old aristocrats of the state of Chu took the opportunity to create chaos and besieged Wu Qi. Wu Qi fled beside the corpse of King Mourning of Chu.The law of the Chu State: "Whoever kills the king's corpse with beautiful soldiers will be charged with a serious crime, and the three clans will be arrested."

The officials who shot the king's corpse deserved their crimes, so more than 70 families were exiled.But the reform was also frustrated by the death of King Chu Mourning and Wu Qi.

Although Wu Qi's reform failed, the reform aroused huge waves in Chu's aristocratic politics.

The various measures adopted by Wu Qi's reform left a profound impact on the political life of Chu State.

For example, "Han Feizi Yulao" says: "The law of the state of Chu is that the land will be taken over by the reborn minister"; "Huainanzi Human Training" says: "The custom of the state of Chu is that the meritorious officials will be extinct after the second generation."

These phenomena are consistent with the provisions in Wu Qi's reform that "the third king of the feudal dynasty will accept his rank and salary", and it should be said that it appeared after Wu Qi's reform.It is undeniable that Wu Qi's reform promoted the transformation of Chu's aristocratic politics into bureaucratic politics.

Although Wu Qi was killed, his reforms, like Li Kui, gave profound inspiration to Shang Yang who later implemented reforms.

Sima Qian said: "Wu Qi's "Art of War" has many existences in the world, so I can't talk about it, and talk about what it does."

It can be seen that later generations not only regard Wu Qi as a military strategist, but also as a statesman and reformer.

He served the Three Kingdoms all his life, in Lu Lusheng, suitable for Wei Weiqiang, entered Chu Chuchang, reformed and strived for strength, violated the old rules, suffered hardships and adventures, and died famously.