During the Spring and Autumn Period, Qi Jinggong had three generals: Gong, Tian Kaijiang and Gu Yezi. They are all rare macho men, and they are invincible on the battlefield. Because of this, their contribution is getting bigger and bigger, and gradually they are a little erratic. No one pays attention to them and lacks due respect for the monarch. Qi Jinggong thinks that all three people are so crazy now, but in a few years, it will be better. So he had the idea of eradicating these three people, and Yan Zi came up with a plan of "killing three scholars with two peaches".

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Yan Zi asked Qi Jinggong to call the three of them and gave them two peaches. Naturally, these three people can't share the two peaches equally, so Yan Zi asked them to decide who will eat the peaches according to their credit. Looking up at the sky, Sun sighed, It is brave not to accept peaches. So he told the story of beating wild boar and tiger and took a peach. Tian Kaijiang did not show weakness, counted his achievements in defending Qi, and took a peach. In this way, Tanoko was dumbfounded, thinking that he was protecting the princess from crossing the river and fighting with the giant turtle in the river for a long time. He was brave enough to save the monarch, but he didn't get the monarch's peach, so he drew his sword and accused them of being shameless. When Gong and Tian Kaijiang heard that Gongsun Ye's achievements were indeed higher than their own, two people who thought highly of themselves valued honor more than life. At this time, they felt that they had done such a brazen thing and drew their swords on the spot to commit suicide. Seeing two friends commit suicide in front of their eyes, Gong Sunye felt that he had forced them to death, and he had no face to live, so he drew his sword and killed himself. In this way, Yan Zi easily solved three people with two peaches.

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Mouyanger: Encircling Wei to Save Zhao

In 354 BC, Pang Juan led the Wei army to surround Handan, the capital of Zhao. When Zhao was in danger, he sent an envoy to Qi for help. After some consideration, the King of Qi agreed to Zhao's request and sent general Tian Ji and strategist Sun Bin to save Zhao. Tian Ji, a general, originally planned to directly lead the army to confront Wei Jun and surround Wei Jun with Zhao's internal force to relieve Zhao's danger. At this time, Sun Bin advised Tian Ji to do the opposite, attacked the capital girder of Wei, and forced Pang Juan to withdraw and return to China for rescue. So Tian Ji led the Qi army as the capital of Wei.

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Pang Juan received the news that the Qi army was about to attack the girder. He knew that this was the plan of the Qi army to save Zhao and let him quit Zhao. But it didn't help because he didn't dare to gamble. Once the girder was lost, it would be useless to win again, so Pang Juan had to withdraw. As a result, it was ambushed by the Qi army in Guiling area, Wei Jun was defeated, and Pang Juan became a prisoner.

Mou Yang 3: Promote favorable order

After Liu Bang, the Emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty, established the Great Man, although he also implemented the county system, he did not give up the enfeoffment system and wantonly enfeoffed Liu Descendants as princes. After Liu Bang's death, these princes of Liu were too big to fail, which seriously threatened the central imperial power. During the period of Emperor Jing of Han Dynasty, in order to further strengthen the central imperial power, it began to cut vassals. As a result, Emperor Jing had to kill his trusted minister Chao Cuo, and the famous "Seven Kings Rebellion" broke out in history. During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, although the vassal power was weakened by Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, the vassal still had great strength, which was still a major concern of the central government. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty could not tolerate the threat of these princes, and naturally he would not tolerate it.

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Father Yan Shunshun presented a "favor" to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty: that is, he ordered the governors not only to pass on the fiefs to the eldest son, but also to enfeoffment those sons, and all sons must have fiefs. As soon as this plan came out, all the rulers were shocked, and then there was deep despair. Whether it is implemented or not, the forces of sealing the country will be greatly hit. If implemented, the power of sealing the country will only become smaller and smaller; If it is not implemented, it will definitely lead to infighting and brotherhood, and maybe this pulse will eventually die. Many years after the implementation of the canonization order, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty officially wrote a letter to cut the vassal. At this time, the strength of the vassal state was far less than before, and it was simply unable to confront the central authorities, so it could only choose to obey.