What kind of trick did Guan Zhong use to make Lu Guo s vitality hurt?

Guan Zhong, the prime minister of Qi State, ordered that Qi people were not allowed to weave clothes and produce silk in the territory of Qi State, and all Qi State clothes should be purchased from Lu State, and even sent a large number of merchants to Lu State to spread, as long as Lu State clothing products were transported to Qi State for sale, they could get a generous bonus from Qi State. At that time, the most engaged industry of the Lu people was planting, so a large number of farmers no longer cultivated the land, but raised silkworms to make clothes, and within a few years, there was no food to eat in the Lu country, so the vitality was greatly damaged

The merchants of Lu came to sell a thousand horses of silk and got 300 gold; Ten thousand horses get three thousand gold. The price of silk has grown wildly, and the people and peasants of Lu have stopped farming and are desperately weaving "silk". In less than a year, Qi Huan Gong was no longer wearing clothes made of "silk".

However, the grain fields in Lu are barren and there is a shortage of grain. In the same blockade of grain routes and prohibition of trade, Lu Guo had to express his willingness to obey the orders of Duke Qi Huan.

Guan Zhong's control of enemy countries through means such as "currency wars" and "raising prices" is a model of "resolving contradictions by economic means and peacefully seeking hegemony". This is because Guan Zhong understands that food is the basic living conditions of the people, and other goods are resources that can be used. When Qi had a strong economic power and agricultural foundation, economic warfare was nothing more than a sanction for Guan Zhong.

Under the effect of Guan Zhong's economic warfare, all countries in the Spring and Autumn Period obeyed the orders of Qi State. The state of Qi pocketed most of the world's wealth, making the population of Linzi, the capital of Qi, exceed 300,000, while the population of Athens, the largest city in Europe at that time, was only 50,000, which shows its prosperity.

It may also be that Guan Zhong's economic warfare was too strong, which made later Chinese dynasties attach great importance to agriculture and "emphasize agriculture and suppress commerce".

Because Mencius advocated that Bai was mainly the way to govern the country, "the people are noble, the society is secondary, and the monarch is light".

dao "The person who is a thief is called a husband, and he hears that a husband is punished and he does not hear of the murder of the king" and so on. Although Guan Zhong was an excellent statesman, he did actively advocate strong military and diplomatic means, and belonged to the main belligerent, so Mencius did not agree with Guan Zhong's views.

Everyone has their own personal opinions, Kong Zhizi thinks that Guan Zhong is good, bai but Mencius does not think so.

Mencius advocated that the zhi is mainly the dao way of governing the country, "the people are precious, the society is secondary, and the king is light", "the person who is a thief is called a husband, and he has not heard of killing the king" and so on. Although Guan Zhong was an excellent politician, he did actively advocate strong military and diplomatic means, and belonged to the main fighting side, so Mencius did not agree with Guan Zhong's views, and in addition to Guan Zhong's personal handling and experience, Mencius looked down on him more and more