I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 332

The matter about the assassination of Zhi's father and son was brought up again. Anyway, Zhi's will not suffer any loss. Any statement he is willing to admit can be used as a sharp sword to stab the suspect, and he can even adopt an ambiguous approach. Attitudes come and go.

How did Wei Guo die?They just couldn't come up with evidence to prove that they didn't take part in the assassination of Zhishi and his son, because Zhishi was stronger than Weiguo, and then Weiguo died.

At that moment, the real culprit who carried out the assassination must have had a suspicious and uncertain attitude. He wondered if Weiguo was really involved in the assassination of Zhi’s father and son. He was nervous about whether his assassination behavior had been exposed. While becoming cautious, how could he dare to treat Zhi’s There are objections to destroying Wei.

Another point, even if there is no family or country that sends assassins, they are afraid of Zhishi's strength and dare not speak out, and more because they don't want to get burned, so they can only be a member of the silent majority.

The envoy of Chu State who came to participate in the grand event was Ziqi. When he learned that Tian Qi was also in "Tan", he saw Zhiyao and said, "Since the rebellion is here, why not punish him?"

Not to mention, the people of Chu can really do this matter of killing envoys, and they have done it more than once, but in the past, they only killed envoys from the southern princes, and they have never done it to the countries of the Central Plains for the time being.

Chu's differential treatment is not without its connotations. If they want to fight for hegemony, they can't use the same method in the south to the countries in the Central Plains, or they will cut off the channels of diplomatic relations by themselves.

When Zhiyao heard Ziqi say that, she thought to herself: "Could it be that Chu State really sent someone to assassinate me?"

Don't blame Zhiyao for thinking this way, Tian Qi is Qi's rebellion, and Chu secretly communicated with Qi during the struggle for hegemony, so the friendship should not go to the point where Qi rebelled and Chu shouted for murder.

So, did Chu State hate Tian Qi for not dying sooner because of the rumors that they participated in the assassination of Zhi's father and son?
However, Ziqi is the Sima of Chu State anyway, one of the top officials, it is unreasonable not to know what it means to be self-reported, and it is not possible to do this kind of self-exposure because of Tian's public remarks that Chu State participated in the assassination of Zhi's father and son thing?
"At that time, Jinqing and I were negotiating a good alliance, and I was too late to protect Jinqing, so how could I assassinate him?" Seeing Zhiyao's suspicious expression, Ziqi talked about Zhiyao's high status in the Jin Kingdom at that time. Among the people, he was the only one who proposed to repair with Chu State.

In common sense, Zhiyao's proposal to repair Jin and Chu is indeed beneficial to Chu, which is under great pressure from Wu. They should give a positive response and shouldn't assassinate Zhiyao at that time?

However, considering that Zhiyao once led the army to destroy Chu State's annexation of Chen State, and also led the army into Chu State to wreak havoc, it can be regarded as a deep hatred, and it seems normal for Chu people to assassinate Zhiyao.

Under the background of the current era, assassinations are prevalent in the southern countries, and the country with the most assassinations is in Wu.

Then, Wu State brought the assassination trend to surrounding countries, and Chu State was "infected" to some extent.

Zhiyao smiled noncommittally, and asked, "When will the Chu army go north?"

Ziqi came, but he brought more than 500 people, most of them were servants who took care of food and daily life, and there were less than [-] warriors.

If I remember correctly, it was only the year before last, when the Jin army wiped out [-] Chu troops on the south bank of the Weishui River, but the two of them didn't mention that matter for the time being.

As a winner, Zhiyao's not mentioning it can be seen as humility, but in fact it is just one thing at a time.

Ziqi might mention it, but as the defeated party, it would be embarrassing for Chu to bring it up, and it would also affect Chu's right to interfere with Qi.

If it hadn't been for the defeat of the Chu army on the south bank of the Wei River last year, and the fact that Yi Zixi was eager to cultivate Bai Gongsheng, the person who came to "Tan" would definitely be Bai Gongsheng.

Did you mention the idiom "Join the grand event together" before?In fact, it was the same. Before Qi Jun Renxie passed away, he brought Qi State to the table together with the fugitive princes, and fools would not come over to eat a big piece. What is it if it is not a feast for them.

Ziqi's face became a little ugly, and he said, "Come soon."

Zhiyao asked with confusion: "But Wu and Song don't want to let go?"

The state of Chu and the state of Qi do not directly border each other. If their army wanted to go north, they had to borrow a way from the state of Song.

Song State and Chu State are old enemies, and the two sides have fought on and off for more than 100 years, which really allowed Jin State to take advantage of it.

It is precisely because of the existence of Chu, the great enemy, that Song is Jin's most loyal ally.

No, the state of Chu showed signs of falling, and the state of Song didn't reject the state of Jin so much immediately. Taking advantage of the opportunity that the state of Jin was powerless to interfere, the state of Song swallowed up the state of Cao in one fell swoop.

In the past ten years, Chu State has annexed a country and several forces in a row, and even has the ability to expand to the south and southwest, which proves that Chu State may be suppressed when facing Jin or Wu. It is no problem for Chu to teach other princes a lesson.

Under this current situation, especially since it was only a few years before the Song State annexed the Cao State, the monarchs and ministers of the Song State should think about whether the Chu army going north will help liberate the Cao State by the way.

Even if the State of Song was willing to lend the way to the Chu army to go north, wouldn't there still be a State of Wu blocking it?
Song State was sandwiched between Chu State and Wu State, and gave the Chu army an excuse.

Wu Guo also asked for an excuse, Song Guo dare not agree?

So, Zhiyao just asked a question, which made Ziqi feel sad.

Ziqi said: "Fu Chai is ambitious and plots to dominate the Central Plains. I don't know what Jin Qing thinks?"

Use your kneecaps to think, okay?

Zhiyao is waiting for the next sentence.

Sure enough, Ziqi continued to say: "I fought for hegemony with Jin, and fought bloody battles for hundreds of years. Both of us won and lost. Our hegemony was weakened, but Wu Man took advantage of the situation. If the hegemony was easily obtained by Wu Man, how could our ancestors be able to do so?" Settle down underground?"

Zhiyao made a silent move.

So, what does Ziqi... or Chu State mean?
"The Zhi family has more than [-] of our army, and I am willing to redeem it; I hunted with Wu in the Song Dynasty, and the redeemed soldiers came to 'Tan' with Jin blades. .” Ziqi said.

Playing the spring and autumn version of mercenaries?
In fact, Ziqi's proposal seems pretty good?They were able to redeem the captured Chu army in the "Battle of Weishui", which solved the problem of Chu's inability to send troops north.

What are the words of deeper intent?Maybe Chu State wants to use that kind of behavior to send a signal that Chu State is willing to repair with Jin State. Once Zhiyao agrees, it will not only break the public opinion that participated in the assassination of Zhi's father and son, but also treat it as a formal reconciliation with Zhi's The starting point will further affect the rest of the Jin family.

If it is only from the perspective of Jin, Zhiyao should not agree to Ziqi's proposal. The problem is that Zhiyao will stand on the side of Jin, and will make trade-offs based on her own needs.

The matter of agreeing to allow Chu State to redeem the captured soldiers can be big or small, even if Zhiyao has already made a decision in his heart, he still won't give Ziqi an answer immediately.

Of course Ziqi knew how things were going to go, and he didn't expect to get an immediate answer. As long as Zhiyao didn't refuse immediately, things were going in a good direction.

Later, Wei Ju, Han Geng, Zhong Quan, and Hu Jie, who had come to "Tan" a long time ago, learned about Ziqi's proposal through their own channels, and met Zhiyao to get the answer.

Among them, Han Geng clearly expressed the opinion that Chu State is still a strong enemy of Jin State, and believed that even if Chu State was not further weakened, it should not do anything to boost Chu State's strength.

Zhong's attitude must be the same. Due to their weak strength, they deliberately hugged Zhi's thigh and dared not express their opinions at will.

On the contrary, once Mrs. Zhi made it clear that she agreed with Chu State's proposal, Mrs. Zhong would not only stand on Mrs. Zhi's side, but also try her best to find reasons for Mrs. Zhi.

The Fox family has been separated from the Jin State for too long, and has long forgotten the history of the hegemony between the Jin State and the Chu State. Lacking a clear understanding of the Chu State, they can only follow the trend.

One thing, like Zhong, Hu wants to hug Zhi's thick thigh, and Zhi will sing praises no matter what he chooses.

"Chu is going west to ally with Qin," Wei Ju said.He just said what he said, but he said it while looking at Han Geng.

what happened?

Isn't the Wei family targeting Zheng Guo?It seems that they have formulated a strategy of southward expansion, and Chu has become an object that the Wei family can fight for.

In terms of Wei's strategic needs, the normalization of the relationship between Jin and Chu is very beneficial to Wei, and can even determine the fate of Zheng.

So the butt can decide the head. Before the Wei family had formulated the strategy of expanding south, they also opposed the repair of the Jin and Chu countries. On the contrary, the Han family showed a relatively indifferent attitude.

Now, the Han family wants to expand westward, but Chu and Qin are mixed together, which means that Chu has become the resistance of Han's westward expansion, and the Han family will definitely not be happy for Jin to make any concessions to Chu.

Everyone is not stupid, why can't they see that Wei Ju and Han Geng are vaguely opposing each other?
Zhiyao opened her mouth and said, "Water is impermanent, soldiers are impermanent, people are impermanent, and things are irregular. The same is true for countries."

Didn't people in the Spring and Autumn Period pay attention to one thing and one thing?
The Wei family can communicate with Chu.

The Han family can also go shopping with Chu State when it helps Qin State.

The Zhi family is able to maintain a good relationship with the Chu State, and needs support from the Chu State when one day turns the family into a country, and the two parties will conduct transactions at a certain level.

How other families want to play with Chu is up to them.

Those who have tasted Zhiyao's words are all brightened. They can really play their own way, and it is the turn of the country to unify their voices.

In the past, the high-ranking families of the Jin Kingdom were responsible for their diplomatic relations. In fact, it was such a game. How come everyone will forget it after more than 20 years?
Of course, in the past, each noble family was solely responsible for the diplomatic relations of a country, and there has never been a country that has been blended by more than one family, so that I really didn't expect to be able to do this before.

They chatted about other things, and when it was their turn to talk about how to deal with Qi, Zhiyao had to make a clear statement.

"Let's go back to 'Xintian', and the matter of alignment can be done at my house."

It's not a matter of eating or not eating alone, Zhi Shi managed to get Qi Guo well-versed, but the rest of the people want to share a piece of the pie?

Then, can the Zhi family also intervene in the affairs of other families at any time?

(End of this chapter)