In 357 BC, Tian Qihuan Gong Tian Wu died, and was succeeded by King Qi Wei, the fourth king of the Tian family. He was the most accomplished monarch in the history of the Tian Qi Kingdom. He was determined to reform and was eager to think of virtue. Zou Ji recommended himself as a drum and piano, and was appointed as Xiangguo and became King Qi Wei's right-hand man. Zou Ji was known for his sarcasm and advice, and often advised King Qi Wei to speak widely. In the end, Qi defeated other countries politically. The middle school text "Zou Ji Satire on Qi Wang's Admonition" tells the story of Zou Ji's satire and good admonition to Qi Wei Wangde.
Zou Ji is very handsome, more than eight feet tall, and his body is described as handsome. He saw himself in the mirror with a crown on his dress, and suddenly thought that Xu Gong was his enemy, so he asked his wife: "Who is beautiful between me and Xu Gong?"The wife replied, "Of course Xu Gong is not as good as you." Xu Gong in the north of the city is a beautiful man in the country of Qi. Zou Ji was not very confident, and asked his concubine again: "Who is beautiful between me and Duke Xu?"The concubine replied: "How can Duke Xu be able to match you!."The next day, Qi Guo** came to visit, the two sat and talked together, and Zou Ji asked the guest again: "Who is beautiful between me and Xu Gong?"The guest said, "Xu Gong is not as beautiful as you." ”
The next day, Xu Gong came to visit. Zou Ji looked at him carefully, thinking that he was inferior;When I look at myself in the mirror again, I feel even worse. Lying in bed at night, I kept thinking about it: "My wife says that I am beautiful, but she favors me;The concubine said that I was beautiful, but she was afraid of me;The guest said that I am beautiful, and I have something to ask for!”
So Zou Ji went up to the court to meet King Qi Wei. Zou Ji took his own experience as an example and told King Qi Wei: "The courtiers do know that they are not as good as Xu Gongmei, the courtiers' wives prefer the courtiers, the courtiers' concubines are afraid of the courtiers, and the courtiers' guests want to ask for the courtiers, and they all say that I am more beautiful than Xu Gongmei." Now the land of Qi is thousands of miles round, there are 120 cities, and the king's harem concubines are left and right, and none of them do not favor the king;There are no Manchu ministers who are not afraid of the king;There is not a single nation that does not ask for the king. From this point of view, the king has been deceived too much!When King Wei heard this, he said, "Well spoken." So he issued an order: Those who are officials, errand boys, and ordinary people, and those who can accuse the king of our country of being wrong in person, will be given a prize;Whoever submits a letter of exhortation to our king shall be awarded a medium prize;Those who can speak ill of our country in public and reach the ears of the king of our country will receive the lowest prize.
As soon as the order was issued, the courtiers went up to the court to admonish them, and from the palace gate to the palace hall it was like a bazaar. A few months later, there were still intermittent admonitions. A year later, even if I wanted to, there was nothing left to lift up. When Yan, Zhao, Han, and Wei heard this, they all came to worship King Wei. This is the so-called victory over the enemy country within the imperial court.
During the reign of King Tian Qiwei, Zou Ji was appointed as the prime minister to carry out reforms, and Tian Ji was the general, Sun Bin was the military advisor, and the Wei army was defeated in the two battles of Guiling and Maling, and the Qi State once dominated the princes. No one is perfect, and Zou Ji in his later years also had a very disgraceful history, he and Gongsun designed to frame the general Tian Ji, causing the generals of Qi to be at odds with each other, and even to meet each other. Hou Tian Ji was forced to flee to the state of Chu. After Tian Ji fled, Sun Bin was also missing. After the death of King Qi Wei, King Xuan of Qi succeeded to the throne, and after he learned the truth that Tian Ji was framed, he immediately recalled Tian Ji, and then reinstated the official.