Shi Ying said: "The minister has a way, a few years ago, when Nuqi demarcated the border between Lu and Qi, she deliberately favored the Lu country, which caused constant complaints from the people and damaged the prestige of the prince (if there was still prestige). The minister wanted to go to Lu to correct the wrong practices of the female doctor. ”

Shi Ying was ordered to come to Qufu and issued an order to Ji Wuzi, who was defending the country, asking him to assign another city to Qiguo.

Ji Wuzi felt very annoyed, because every city had its own master, and no matter which one he ceded, he would offend people. After thinking about it, Ji Wuzi decided to assign the Mengsun clan's Yiyi (now northeast of Ningyang, Shandong) to the Qi State, because this city originally belonged to the Qi State, but was later taken away by the Lu State.

However, Xie Xi, the governor of the city, disagreed, saying: "As the saying goes, 'Even if you have a little wisdom that keeps the bottle, you can't give it to others.'" 'When the master goes out with the prince, but his vassals abandon his estates, not only will I be rebuked, but you will also be suspicious. ”

Ji Wuzi said: "The prince has offended the Jin State because of his visit to the Chu State, and if he disobeys the orders of the Jin State again, he will inevitably be attacked by the Jin Division. I don't have the ability to fight against the Jin Kingdom, so I might as well return the Yi to the Qi Kingdom. Qi State did not rely on its own strength to obtain the city, and the Jin Kingdom will eventually decline one day, how long can Qi Kingdom keep it? I will exchange Taoyi with the Meng family, and it will not harm the interests of the master. In the future, our country can take advantage of the Jin State's inability to look eastward and then take it back. Once the Yiyi returned to the Lu Kingdom, who would dare to covet it, and then it would still return to the name of the master, so that the master would get two cities. The country of Lu has been secured, and the master has increased his fiefdom, what else do you have to worry about? ”

Xie Xi saw that Ji Wenzi had changed his previous high-flying and domineering posture and was actually talking to his low-status retainer in a serious manner, and knew in his heart that he had indeed encountered great difficulties, so he decided to take the opportunity to knock on the stroke.

Xie Xi said: "There are mountains near Yuyi, and the master likes to climb mountains, but there are no mountains around Taoyi. ”

Ji Wuzi gritted his teeth and promised to give the Mengsun clan two small cities, and Xie Xi moved the Mengsun clan's clans and property to Taoyi.

In September, Lu Zhaogong and his entourage returned to Qufu. Compared with the chaos caused by Ji Wuzi when Lu Hou left the country a few times before, the result this time has already made the monarch quite satisfied.

Meng Xizi was anxious when he remembered the people he had lost in Zheng and Chu, and he invited a few old masters who were proficient in Zhou etiquette to teach etiquette. A few years later, when he was dying, he summoned his retainers and a pair of twin sons (Meng Yizi and Nangong Jingshu) and said: "Etiquette is the torso of a person, and if you are rude, you cannot stand, you can only walk like an animal." I heard that there was a master named 'Kong Qiu' in China, who was a descendant of the Holy King Shang Tang, but his family perished in the Song Kingdom. Kong Qiu's ancestor Fu Father was able to inherit the throne, but he gave the opportunity to Li Gong. His son is taking the examination to assist his father in Dai, Wu, and Xuan. Zhengkao's father was given three orders, and his status became more and more noble, but his performance became more and more respectful. Therefore, his Ding Wen recorded: 'One life and death, and then life and death, three lives and prostrate.' Don't dare to insult (no one dares to despise it), gluttony, and stubbornness, in order to make a living. He was so humble. Zang Sun Su also said: 'If a saint has a virtuous person, if he is not in the world, there will be a master after him.' This 'master' refers to Kongqiu, right? After I die, I must send Shuo (Meng Yizi) and He Ji (Nangong Jingshu) to the master's door, so that the two brothers can serve the master. ”

After the death of Meng Xizi, the two brothers joined Confucius and followed Confucius to learn rituals.

On the first day of the fourth month of summer, a rare total solar eclipse occurred in China, and Jin Pinggong asked Shi Wenbo: "Who will suffer from this solar eclipse?" ”

Shi Wenbo replied: "Lu and Wei. ”

Jin Pinggong asked what the reason was. Svenber said, "The eclipse begins at the beginning and ends at the beginning of the eclipse; Lou Zi is the division of the country, and Lou is the division of the Lu country; So the two countries will suffer disaster. But the solar eclipse is long and short; Therefore, the defense of the country is a great disaster, and it should be in Weihou; Lu Guo's disaster is small, and it should be in Shangqing. ”

Jin Pinggong asked again: "The poem says, 'The sun is eclipsed, why not Zang.'" What does 'it mean?' ”

That poem is from "The Turn of October", which was written by the Zhou people to serve the king of Zhou You. Shi Wenbo rolled his eyes, and decided to use this to knock Jin Pinggong: "What I said is the meaning of the faint monarch and the chaos of the government." The decrees of the state are chaotic, and the monarch does not use good people, so he will suffer calamity from the eclipse of the sun and the moon; Therefore, we must not be careless in managing national affairs. ”

Jin Pinggong asked: "How to govern?" ”

Shi Wen Boxin said: "You have been on the throne for twenty-three years, and only now do you remember to ask this question?" Is it too late? But he still replied respectfully: "It's very simple, you only need to do three things well: first, choose good people as officials; the second is to do what the people want; The third is the order of administrative obedience to the four times. ”

But Jin Pinggong still couldn't understand the sound outside the strings, he only cared about Shi Wenbo's language was not effective; As a result, Wei Xianggong died in August, and Ji Wuzi died in November (Ji Mourning Zi succeeded to the throne), and Jin Pinggong couldn't help shouting "Magic!" ”

After the death of Duke Wei Xiang, Prince Yuan ascended the throne as Duke Wei Ling. Ever since Sun Lin's father occupied Qiyi and betrayed the Wei Kingdom, Qiyi has been placed under the protection of the Jin State. There was hatred in the hearts of the patriots, but they did not dare to attack.

When Wei Xianggong was dying, he said to Prince Yuan: "The widow has no talent, and he has not been able to recover his relatives until he dies." I heard that before his death, the Duke of Qi ordered the Duke of Qi Xiang to destroy the discipline, otherwise the god would not be included in the temple, so the Duke of Qi Xiang destroyed the Kingdom of Ji. I won't be so strict with you, but I also want to say to you, if you can't take back Qiyi, you can put the god and your wives and concubines together! ”

Later, someone reported this incident to Shi Ying, and said: "There is nothing disagreeable with our country in serving the Jin state, but our country has no corresponding return: the traitor who shelters the defense of the country and occupies the land of the country." Therefore, the defense of the country has a second heart. The poem says: 'The wagtail is in the plain, and the brother is in trouble. And he said, 'The place of death, brother Konghuai.' 'Brothers are not in harmony with each other, so they hate each other. Besides, if you are estranged from your brothers, who can belong to the Jin Kingdom? The monarch of the patriotic country looked forward to recovering the land of Qi day and night, and if he couldn't, he would inevitably betray the Jin state. To this day, our country still refuses to return the Wei Land, which is to force the Wei Guo and other princes into the Jedi. ”

Shi Ying reported this passage to Han Qi, and Han Qi decided to return Qi to Wei Guo, and he exchanged a piece of land in the Jin State with Sun Kuai's Qi Yi, and then sent Shi Ying to Wei Guo to mourn Wei Xianggong, and handed over Qi Yi's map and household registration to Wei Linggong.

In the winter of November, Ji Wuzi died.

Jin Pinggong admired Shi Wenbo's "ability" so much that he threw himself to the ground, and he asked: "According to what the master said, can we use solar eclipses to divinate the evil fortune of the nations in the future?" ”

Svenber said, "No. How can it be regarded as a general law that the six things are different, the people's hearts are different, the order of affairs is different, the official positions are different, and the beginning is different? "Poetry" says: "Or Yanyan dwells and rests, or does his best to serve the country." It's about different outcomes. ”

Jin Pinggong asked: "What do the six things refer to?" ”

Svenbo said, "It refers to the year (Jupiter), the hour, the sun, the moon, the stars, and the chen." ”

Jin Pinggong asked: "Many people say that the Chen of the widow is not the same, some say it is the North Star, and some say that it is the Great Mars. So what exactly does Tatsu mean? ”

Shi Wenbo said: "The meeting of the sun and the moon is called Chen, that is, the twelve earthly branches; Heaven and earth cannot exist alone, so the earthly branch is used in conjunction with the ten heavenly stems. ”