I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Both Shu and Ba are ancient countries with very long histories.

The Ba Kingdom is also known as the Big Snake Country. They are called countries. In fact, they do not have a complete administrative organization, and there are many tribal alliances in the interior and they are against each other.

The Kingdom of Shu also has another name, and they call themselves the Kingdom of Kwai Silkworm.

If the relevant research of modern archaeologists is reliable, the history of the founding of the Kingdom of Shu is much earlier than Ji Zhou, and even earlier than Yin and Shang.

Among these two countries, the exchanges between the Ba Kingdom and the Central Plains were earlier, and far more frequent than the Shu Kingdom.

The nominal ruler of the current Ba Kingdom is called Bazi, which has no other special meaning, that is, the first king of Ba Kingdom was conferred the title of Viscount by Zhou Tianzi because he sent troops to participate in the crusade against Yin and Shang.In this way, Pakistan can be regarded as one of the many enfeoffment countries.

The communication between Shu Kingdom and the Central Plains is almost non-existent, and at the same time, they have not been canonized by the Jizhou Dynasty. I don't know how many years I have been fighting, but I still haven't completely killed the opponent.

Ba has more exchanges with the Central Plains, but the level of civilization of Ba is actually not higher than that of Shu, not only because of the relatively old relationship between Shu, but also because it is only a nominal country with Ba.

If Zhiyao remembers correctly, Ba Guo has been beaten by neighbors all the time?

In fact, the same is true, Ba's old enemy, Shu, is not counted, and Qin and Chu often invade Ba.

The largest war was when Chu State sent about [-] troops to invade Ba State and captured "Yong (Shangyong)" and other places in Ba State.

After the state of Chu seized the land from the state of Ba, it established many cities successively, the largest of which was the "Yong" city, and built a military city in the east of "Yong"..., no, in the words of the state of Chu It should be called Fangcheng.

Originally, the State Council of Chu would continue to use troops against Ba, but at that time, the Zhi family had already plotted against Chu, which interrupted Chu's military deployment to Ba.

Whether it was the former Jin Kingdom or the current Yuan Kingdom, in fact, there was no official contact with the Ba Kingdom or the Shu Kingdom. The two countries sent envoys to "Puyang" to meet and ask Zhiyao to call the shots. Quite a surprise.

Of course Zhiyao will not immediately summon the envoys of the two countries.

Compared with Ba and Shu, Chu is far more important to Yuan.

"No...the Kingdom of Shu and the Kingdom of Ba are equally important to me!"

Zhiyao remembered one thing. In the historical battle where the Qin army destroyed the Chu state, the Qin army took a boat down the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and this water supply line guaranteed the logistics supply of the Qin army, especially saving the cost of land transportation. Huge consumption.

Zai Yuying had almost finished his report.

Chu State made it clear that he was very willing to marry Yuan State, but there was a big problem in choosing the marriage partner.

Zai Yu gave a clear suggestion that the Lord Weng should not be chosen because he wanted to cause civil strife in Chu, and the only candidate for marriage should be a princess.

Many people don't understand what a "Wengzhu" is, just treat it as the daughter of the prince of later generations, and she is also the princess.

Knowing the importance of Shu and Ba, Zhiyao chose to summon the envoys of the two countries at the same time after Zaiyu reported.

Two people dressed in different clothes from the Central Plains came over. One of them had many tattoos on his exposed skin, while the other had tattoos but not so densely. …

The person with the most tattoos is from Pakistan. His face is full of speckled tattoos, which will make people with intensive phobia get goose bumps all over their bodies. After being disgusted, they just want to scrape off those spots with a sharp knife.

The tattoos on the faces of the envoys of the Kingdom of Shu consisted of horizontal tattoos on the forehead and cheeks. The weirdness still looked extremely weird, and it was always more pleasing to the eye than a face covered with spots.

The language of the two parties must not understand each other, and a translator is needed to know what each other is talking about.

The Yuan Kingdom knew about the existence of the Shu Kingdom and the Ba Kingdom, but they didn't have the extra energy to manage it before. The official certainly didn't have people who knew the language of the Shu Kingdom and the Ba Kingdom, and it was hard for the people to talk about it.

However, even if there are people in the original country who understand the language of Shu or Ba, it is too late to find them temporarily.

There is such a fact, don't think that there is only one language in Shu or Ba, and there must be a scary number of languages ​​among the tribes.

The Kingdom of Shu and the Kingdom of Ba had obviously prepared for it long ago, and what they brought with them were translators who understood their own language and the elegant language of the Zhou royal family.

After the translation, Zhiyao can be considered to understand what is going on when the two countries are envoys to the original country.

To put it bluntly, Shu and Ba continued to fight.

The situation in Ba is a bit more complicated. First, I would like to thank Yuan Guo for rescuing Ba, and then ask Yuan Guo to help stop the invasion from Shu.

Regarding the rescue of Ba by Yuan State, it was the event that Zhishi forced Chu State to withdraw its troops from Ba State before turning his family into a state. This incident was not recorded in the history books of Yuan State.

Zhiyao's associative power is sufficient, and her memory is not bad, so she was able to contact Yuanguo when he saved Baguo.

Because Ba Guo thought that Yuan Guo had saved Ba Guo once, so he simply fabricated the fact that he had a boss to scare Shu, and wanted to confirm the fact that he had a boss.

On the other side of the Kingdom of Shu, Ba Guo repeatedly boasted about how powerful its boss is. I don’t know if he was intimidated. He wanted to know how powerful Ba Guo’s boss is, so he chose to send an envoy.

It is a bit strange that the envoys of the Shu State went out of the mountain together with the envoys of the Ba State, and went to "Xintian" before they knew that Jin Jun had become the lord of a city, and that there was a Yuan State ruled by the Zhi family that replaced the Jin State. .

The same is that Shu and Ba have clearly realized the strength of the original country.

In other words, since entering the territory of the original country, I have been walking for nearly four months to see so many cities, and I have made inquiries with the willingness to learn more. I learned how big the territory of the Jin country is, and how many troops have been dispatched. I don't understand, they are not blind, it should be said that they are blind or have a hole in their brains.

"So, the Kwai Cang Kingdom is willing to pay tribute every year in exchange for Dayuan not sending troops to attack?" Zhiyao still doesn't know that she has a younger brother named Ba Guo, but only knows that Ba Guo asks Yuan Country for asylum.

The translator, Jiliwala, spoke a series of syllables to the envoys of Shu.

The envoy of the Kingdom of Shu talked a lot again.

The exchange time between the two parties was a bit long, and they actually talked a lot.

Later, the translator of Shu State told Zhiyao, "Exactly."

"..." Zhiyao was a little confused, it was just a two-word answer, as for such a long list?
This is a reminder to Zhiyao that the translated dialogue may not be correct, and maybe the translation will get in the way, so you can't make any promises easily. …

The meeting continued, and we continued to talk about what should be discussed, but it was only a preliminary contact.

"You wait and learn the language of the original country first, and then have an audience." When Zhiyao said this, her face became old and kind.

The envoys of Shu and Ba were invited out in a daze.

Zhiyao looked at Taihu and ordered: "Find someone who understands the Shu and Ba languages, and you will personally lead them to contact the envoys of the two countries."

Taihu also knew that today's interview was too hasty, so he quickly responded: "No!"

In fact, this is also the first time I have encountered such a situation, and it is caused by inexperience.

After all, the envoys from countries that have had exchanges with their original countries at least know how to speak "elegant language", and there is no trouble with language barriers.

Now that the Zhou royal family is gone, naturally there is no need for the "elegant language" of the Zhou family, and it should be replaced with the language of the original country.

And Zhiyao has already popularized the unified pronunciation in the original country.No matter what era it is in, it will be a very huge project.

Although it will take a long time, doing it is better than not doing it well, isn't it?
The first emperor achieved the same text of books, the same track of cars, and unified weights and measures.

Zhiyao not only wanted to follow in the footsteps of the First Emperor, but she knew it was difficult and wanted to add homonyms. If one generation fails to complete it, the next generation will continue to do it until the goal is achieved.

To tell the truth, Zhiyao destroyed the Qin State, and she knew that the concept of "Great Unification" must not be lost, otherwise even if the Yuan State was once extremely powerful, there would still be endless disasters!

Looking at the history of the world, you will know that there have been many powerful empires, and the unique China that can be passed down forever.This is because there is no concept of "Great Unification" outside the region, and Zhu Xia's concept of "Great Unification" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Regarding the concept of "Great Unification", the first emperor was actually the executor, and the person who put forward the relevant concept was Qin Huiwen Wang Yingsi, who gradually perfected it with a large group of outstanding people.

There are still three people who allowed the "Great Unification" to take root in Zhuxia. The first is Liu Bang who founded the Han Empire, the second is Liu Che who completed the ideological unification, and the third is that after the end of the Sima regime (two Jins), the Han people were reinstated. Yang Jian turned over.

It is an honor to be able to participate in such a great cause, and there is no need to distinguish the level of personal contribution.

Zhiyao was lucky enough to be "born" earlier than those great men. At first, she only wanted to gain power, and later she devoted herself to building a strong country. A loftier ideal.

In the ninth year after Zhiyao's ascension to the throne (457 BC), which was also the first year of Ju State's demise, an urgent news spread from Qidi to "Zhongjing".

The so-called "Zhongjing" is the new capital city that Yuanguo is building.

The news is that King Goujian of Yue sent people to investigate again and again, confirming that Yuanguo did not station troops around Juguo or Donglai.
"Your Majesty, Gou Jian personally led an army of [-] out of Judi, and another [-] Vietnamese army led by Wen Zhong invaded Qi State westward."

"At the time when the Yue Kingdom and Dayuan were marrying, the King of Yue suddenly sent troops? He thought that Dayuan was focusing on the prince's marriage at this time and would not send troops."

"The spies reported that the country of Yue is also mobilizing, with [-] soldiers heading north via the canal."…

Zhiyao listened to the reports one by one, without any fluctuation in the expression on her face.

Originally, the original country set a trap and waited for the Yue country to take advantage of it. The relevant countermeasures had been prepared long ago, so it would be strange if there would be too much mood swings.

Zhikai asked softly: "The Vietnamese army has mobilized 11 troops, and General Rangju has only two legions under his command. Do you want to add more troops to support?"

The two legions of the original country are 11 soldiers armed to the teeth, not to mention Sima Rangju's familiarity with the mountains and rivers of Qidi, and the quality of the [-] Vietnamese army is absolutely mixed. The strength of the troops prepared by the original country How could it not be enough?

If Zhiyao had any doubts, only Sima Rangju could annihilate the Vietnamese army going north and Goujian himself, and how much more troops would be needed to invade the mainland of Yue.

"Prince." Zhiyao called out first, signaling Zhikai to concentrate and listen carefully, and then continued: "Goujian annexed Wu, and the people of Wu have never returned. If you win again, you will have no worries. If you lose, you will be sure." One defeat after another, until there is nothing left in the country. This is what Goujian has decided to do."

How long did it take for Yue to annex Wu?Not to mention that Gou Jian's method and process of destroying Wu State were so disgraceful, it's strange that the people of Wu State can be convinced.

It was never uncommon for Wu people to shout for revenge for Fu Chai. They were just wiped out time and time again by the Yue State with extremely bloody means, but the blood still did not completely frighten the Wu people.

What Zhiyao said to Zhikai is mainly to remind that doing things by all means is the last option. As the king of a country, you can be upright and not always rely on conspiracy and tricks to accomplish something.

So, is it not a conspiracy for the Yuan country to seduce the Yue country to invade the East?In terms of calculation, it must be.But in real calculations, the proportion of the conspiracy is larger.

Zhikai knew that Zhiyao's talk about the Yue Kingdom was only incidental, and there must be related matters that had nothing to do with the Yue Kingdom to explain.

Sure enough, Zhiyao was talking about Chu State next, and Chu State was just mentioned in passing.

There was a new commotion in the state of Chu.

Chu State sent a team to escort the married princess. They entered Zhengdi to join the original army to meet them. Later, Chu State Chu Wangyan joined forces with his ministers to try to expel Gongsun Ning, but it failed.

It's a failure, not a failure.The former is a plan that has been implemented, but it was disintegrated without real action; the latter is an action that has not been successful.

As a result of Chu Wangyan's defeat, a large number of ministers loyal to him were killed. I heard that the river outside the capital of "Ying" was full of floating corpses that day.

The reason why there are floating corpses in the river is not complicated. The state of Chu always chooses to execute prisoners by the river, and whether the head will be chopped off depends on the mood of the winner.

The head of the person who was defeated and killed was not chopped off, mainly because Gongsun Ning won too easily.

Gongsun Ning just cleaned up a group of ministers and their family members and confidantes, but did not abolish King Yan of Chu, and at the same time did not let the situation expand further.

When those news reached "Zhongjing", the monarch and ministers of the Yuan Kingdom were speechless when they learned what had happened.

Because the ministers who supported King Yan of Chu were almost completely wiped out, the chances of the original country instigating internal turmoil in Chu and then sending troops to destroy the country are getting smaller, and it is more difficult to dispatch a large army to march from Huainan. For the problems Wu encountered, Yuan had no choice but to find another way to destroy Chu.

"Ba is willing to be my subordinate. I have proposed to the envoy of Pakistan to send troops to ensure the safety of Pakistan." Zhiyao said.

Zhikai had a bad feeling.

Seeing the mood swings on her son's face, Zhiyao began to feel happy.

The relationship between father and son is very complicated and very simple.

Being a dad playing tricks on his son is entertainment, no matter what age.

"The widow has decided to send three 'divisions' into the Ba Kingdom. The Ba people need to open up a path before. After the prince gets married and makes his wife pregnant, let's go with the Dou family."

Zhikai knew he was going to be unlucky!