I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

The Xiangwang League was not held grandly, but it was destined to have a far-reaching impact.

After the end of the alliance, there were four countries in the world that could be declared as kings in an open and aboveboard manner. They were Yuan, Chu, Yue, and Song.

Among them, Chu State and Yue State have long claimed to be kings.

In fact, many princes are willing to admit that the kingship of Chu State is not a set of destiny or something, it is purely created by Chu State itself.

As for the extinct Wu and Yue kingdoms, the time interval between the two countries becoming kings is not long, but no princes have ever been willing to admit their self-proclaimed kings.

After today, it is different. Goujian of the Vietnamese army can put on the full-size crown uniform in a fair manner, and it is no longer the old game of playing house behind closed doors.

In addition, the State of Song never imagined that it would one day become king. The monarchs and ministers have been discussing whether or not they should be called kings. Most of them think that they should not be called kings, but someone reminded them that "Yuan, Chu, and Yue are all kings. Song is not a king." To be king is to make them weaker." Only then did the controversy come to an end.

Now is still the era of paying attention to status, and status is far more useful than imagined. If you want to play the game of pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, there is a high probability that you will really become a pig.

The reason is too simple. Pretending to be weak based on the characteristics of the times is tantamount to making people really weak. They will not be able to attract talents to join them, and the morale of the country's military and civilians will be frustrated. The disadvantages far outweigh the benefits.

In the era when fame is not so important, it is only possible to play the trick of pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger.History has also given the answer. The broken mountains and rivers caused faults in many aspects of Zhuxia, and people's ideas began to change. It was Zhu Yuanzhang who could play pig and eat tiger well.

Before Zhu Yuanzhang, which person who competed in the world used the method of pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger?Basically, they express their ambitions directly or implicitly, laying the foundation for powerful centripetal force and at the same time attracting talents to come to join them.

After the alliance is over, if they continue to stay, it is very likely that nothing will turn into something, and all parties involved in the alliance will leave immediately.

Naturally, Zhiyao brought his troops back to the temporary capital of "Puyang". Before arriving at "Puyang", he issued an order to appoint Bank of China Yin as "general" and Zhong Wu as "assistant". Weidi set off to the Jingshui line, and this year will start the crusade against the Qin State.

Therefore, after much deliberation and deliberation by the monarch and ministers of the Yuan Kingdom, Qin should give priority to cutting off the corners and corners.

This is not because Zhiyao thinks that the threat of Qin State is far greater than that of Yan State. Of course, there are factors in it, and the more important thing is that Qin State is currently at war with Yiqu.

The Yuan Country will not form an alliance with Yi Qu, and taking advantage of the war between Qin and Yi Qu to take advantage of it is nothing more than an option to use troops.

From Weidi to the Jingshui line, the normal marching speed will take about a month?

Before that, there will be envoys from the original country to go to the Qin capital "Yong" to submit a declaration of war.

This is an era when the relics of the Spring and Autumn Period still exist. It is not wrong for the Yuan country to want to take advantage of the Qin country. Some procedures still need to be followed.

"What happened to the land of Sanshui?" Zhiyao asked about the occupation of the Zhou royal family's territory.

The territory of the royal family of Zhou has many water systems, Dahe is the largest water system, Yishui and Luoshui are the two relatively large water systems, and there are more smaller water systems.

It is inappropriate to directly call him Zhou Di or Wang Ji, so Zhiyao can only call him whatever he wants.

The last time Han Geng intercepted Jiuding from the Chu army, he took the route of Zheng Di, that is, he did not go to the territory of the Zhou royal family. Naturally, there was no operation to capture the territory of the Zhou royal family along the way.

Zhiyao didn't give Han Geng relevant orders. In fact, Han Geng missed the biggest guarantee of being able to settle down in the original country, which cast a shadow on the Han family.

Han probably didn't know what he missed?
This year, the Han family received an order from Zhiyao to assemble an "army" and three "divisions" and send them to the front line of Jingshui. There will be a total of three "army"-sized Western Expeditionary Corps, but the choice of the leader is not from the Han family. In fact, this is already a bad signal for the Han family.

Because the Han family did not attack the Zhou royal family, Cheng Xiao visited the Zhong family and the Zhang family successively on behalf of Zhiyao, and the two families then sent troops to the Zhou royal family. If there is no big accident, it should be that the territory is almost controlled?
Sure enough, Zhiyao heard Sun Wu say: "Except for 'Luoyi', the 'Yuan' flag is flying everywhere."

The combined forces dispatched by the Zhong family and the Zhang family were about [-]. Not only did they have to face the remnants of the Zhou royal family, but they also had nearly [-] Chu troops.

At this stage, [-] Chu troops have occupied "Luoyi", while Zhong and Zhang have surrounded "Luoyi".

Zhiyao thought for a while, and said, "Guowei can visit the ruler in private."

Sun Wu understood in seconds, saluted and agreed.

It is impossible for Yuan Guo to treat the group of Chu troops who wiped out the Zhou royal family in a way of persuading them to surrender, and the treatment after the defeat is even more brutal, so as not to give the world any excuses.

And this is also an opportunity that Zhiyao deliberately gave to the Han family. It depends on whether the Han family is willing to go downhill.

After all, after such a long time, Mrs. Han didn't react at first, and later some wise people would reveal something to Mrs. Han overtly and secretly.

Mrs. Han figured out what opportunity she had missed, and seeing that there was a chance to make up for it, she had to take action no matter how stupid or unwilling she was. Otherwise, what Zhiyao would do to Mrs. Han in the future was not because Zhiyao didn't care about love or credit. , it's completely Han's own ignorance of flattery.

Not long after Sun Wu visited Han Geng, Han Geng came to meet Zhiyao.

"Your Majesty, the food, fodder, armaments, clothes, etc., have been prepared and ordered to be transported to the west." Han Geng was talking about all the materials that the Han family participated in the Western Expedition.

Now that "the king is not up", it is obviously inappropriate to call him "the king".

The current situation in the original country is a bit special. There are various families such as the Han family. When the national war broke out, each family carried out a gift.That is to say, when each family sends troops, they are responsible for the logistics supply.

At the same time, after the Zhi clan broke up the family and became the country, the fiefdom was divided into counties and counties, and the troops gathered by the counties and counties were supplied by the state. In doing one's duty, the rule of substituting taxes for taxes disappears.

In that way, it means that the original country had two forms of conscription co-existing.

Of course Zhiyao wants to break this pattern, but the problem he is facing is extremely realistic. Externally is different from internally. Externally, force can be used. Internally, it is best not to use force violently.

"That's good." Zhiyao only pretended to be Han Geng to report on the Western Expedition.

Not surprisingly, Yuan Country's largest military operation this year is in the west, but Qin's loyal ally, Dai Country, will not be missed.

On behalf of the country?It is the generation country after Zhao's stealing the country.

The problem now is that the Zhao family has succeeded in stealing the country, but its status has not been recognized by most countries.

There are only two countries in the world today that recognize the Zhao family as the lord of the country. One is Zhao's loyal ally Qin, and the other is Yuan, which no one would expect to recognize.

Those who don't know the situation will think that Zhiyao is willing to recognize Zhao's legal status because of his wife Fenying.

The truth of the matter is that Zhiyao wants to put the name of being the first to steal the country in the Spring and Autumn Period on Zhao's head.

There's nothing complicated about it, it's just that Zhiyao wants to avoid becoming the "instigator".

Under that need, Zhiyao also admitted that the surname Chen replaced Jiang's Lu.

In conclusion, the fate of the surnamed Chen will be better than that of the Zhao surname Ying. Anyway, Zhiyao really will not deliberately target the Chen surname who migrated to the Korean Peninsula, and will even give some help to the Chen surname. The Zhao family with the surname Ying is based on the idea of ​​​​completely exterminating them in their lifetime.

Why does Zhiyao give special preferential treatment to the surname Chen?It's really not that the surname Chen is acquainted and moved away.But the surname Chen is voluntary or forced. They are the first countries to go out to expand the territory and spread the light of Zhuxia civilization after the founding of Ji Zhou.

Therefore, if Zhiyao cannot expand to the Korean peninsula in his lifetime, he will leave a sentence for future generations: Merge the country, and treat the descendants of the surnames Zi and Gui surnamed kindly.

Sub name?The Jizi Dynasty was established by Jizi, a descendant of the Yin and Shang Dynasties.They were the first group of people with flexible minds, they couldn't continue to play in the Central Plains, and at worst they went out to expand the territory, even if they escaped, they would all be credited to Zhu Xiali.

In fact, what Zhishi did was to turn the family into a country, not simply replace it.

If it is replaced, the territory of the original state is limited to that part of the original Jin state.

However, the scope of the Zhi family's rule was not limited to the original Jin State. At the beginning, it included Qiu You, Zhongshan State, and half of the Qi State, and also ate one-third of the territory of the Qin State.

Later, Yuan State annexed Qi State, and then destroyed Wei State and Zheng State.

Since Zhiyao was not the "initiator", she never wiped out the Jin family again. There will definitely be a bad reputation, but it's really not to the point where everyone calls for beating.

Is this because Zhiyao cares about her reputation?There are some, more of them want to ensure the longevity of the country.

Many dynasties in later generations could not survive for a long time. Except for those who were in power themselves, they were actually related to "born in injustice and died in disgrace".

The birth of a dynasty still has less stains, and it can make more people miss it, and play a role in stopping careerists.

Of course, when it was Guozuo's turn to perish, would he perish anyway, just to keep more good reputations, maybe he could keep some descendants of the royal family?
Telling the truth also has another factor that Zhiyao is afraid of. Ambition and aspirations are the essential qualities of every successful person. Trying to cherish the reputation is not to be like the Qin Empire and die in a second generation.

Zhiyao can do what she can, but whether it works or not, she can only say that she will do her best to obey the destiny.

Han Geng didn't know that just mentioning a congress made Zhiyao think so much. Seeing Zhiyao's expression of thinking, he endured for a long time before asking: "Wang Ji, how many troops do you need to send troops?"

Zhiyao replied: "You can decide by yourself."

How to hold the final funeral for the Zhou royal family?Zhiyao's opinion from the beginning was not to make any big disturbances.

The process of Ji Zhou replacing Yin Shang lacked openness and was full of all kinds of conspiracies, not to mention the definition of a stealing house.

Ji Zhou, who became the co-lord of the world, actually didn't have much real power at the beginning, otherwise he wouldn't have to play so many tricks against the descendants of the Yin and Shang Dynasties and other princes with different surnames.

It was through the efforts of Zhou Gongdan that Ji Zhou really started to have the status of governing the world, that is, to set up the next week to restrain the princes of the world.This is the reason why history gave Zhou Gongdan such a high status. It is really not because Zhou Gongdan can usurp the throne and it is not so simple.

It cannot be said that Ji Zhou was born in injustice and died in shame, which is a conclusive fact.

Speaking of which, Zhiyao is also Ji's surname, not Ying's surname and Qin's element, so there is no need to insult Ji Zhou too much.

Han Geng understood Zhiyao's thoughts, and felt a lot of uneasiness in his heart. He couldn't help but think, "There are not many countries that can threaten the original country from the outside. Does the monarch have any idea to destroy the Han family?"

Han must be afraid!
Especially in this wave, the Han family was first conscripted with an "army" and three "divisions" of troops, and they had to send troops to participate in the attack on the Chu army entrenched in "Luoyi", not to mention exhausting all available soldiers of the Han family. It is a fact that about [-]% of the troops go out to fight.

So, will Zhiyao take the opportunity to destroy the Han family who is empty inside?

Zhiyao saw Han Geng's worry, and said: "I want to go to 'Qufu', Qing will accompany you."

Regardless of what Zhiyao wanted to do in "Qufu", inviting Han Geng to accompany her was sending a signal that she would not do anything to the Han family.

After Han Geng agreed, he wanted to say something.

Zhiyao said again: "If Qin can be destroyed this time, I want to welcome Bolu back and reestablish the Zhao family."

Zhao Bolu is a doctor in Qin State, I heard that he still has a lot of real power in his hands?

What Zhiyao expressed was just one meaning, as long as there is not too much stake, he actually misses the old relationship very much, comforting Han Geng from the side is also a warning, Han is safe and sound, so there is no need to worry too much.

About a month later, the ready patrol team set off.

The patrol team did not go directly to "Qufu". They left "Puyang", crossed the river from "Baimajin", entered the central part of the original country, and first went to several places such as "Gong", "Fan", and "Yong". After swimming around, I went to "Xintian" to stay for a few days, and then went all the way to the west, without stepping on the land of Hexi, and went to "Wangye" to enter Zhengdi.

This kind of route is very targeted, and it is almost a stroll around the sites of some families such as the Fan family, the Wei family, and the current Fan family, the Han family, the Zhong family, and the Zhang family.

During the inspection, Zhiyao mentioned the concept of the county system more than once. Naturally, the intention was to beat those few families. The previous rules are no longer suitable for the needs of the current era. , don't get to the point where drastic measures are used in the end.

"The widow is now a king, and he can be a marquis with the system of etiquette." Zhiyao summoned Han Geng, Hu You, Cheng Xiao, Zhi Xuwu, Shi Yangsheng, Fan Gao, Zhongxing Qi and others, and said such a sentence .

Between the state of mind of understanding and not understanding, they stared wide-eyed and waited for Zhiyao to continue talking.

Zhi Yao said with a smile: "Wei and Lu are my vassals and enjoy the treatment of marquis. I have never treated you badly. Among Qing and others, there are close relatives and friends of the widow. How can the widow treat you badly?"

They understood it completely, and guessed that Zhiyao would definitely have something to say next.

Sure enough, Zhiyao's face turned serious, and said: "It is a national policy to reward those who have made meritorious deeds. I hope you will encourage them."

Everyone added a sentence in their hearts: The guilty must be punished is also a national policy.

When they were adding in their hearts, their eyes were looking at Han Geng, with a bit of amusement in their eyes.

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