Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 293 Moving the Capital
In the sixth year of King Qingji of Wu, that is, in October 508 BC, the state of Wu officially moved its capital to Jinling.

All the countries in the world sent envoys to congratulate them, but the more remote Qin and Yan countries did not pay attention. Apart from the fact that the road was far away, the Wu country did not have that kind of influence.

Even so, Jin, Qi, Lu, Song, Wei and other countries in the Central Plains also sent some ministers above middle-aged and senior officials to congratulate the move of the capital of the State of Wu, and they lived in Jinling.

All the tribes and lords under Wu's rule also came to Jinling in person to congratulate them.

It is worth mentioning that the monarchs of Zhongwu, Xu and Cai, the three vassal states, all came to Jinling in person to show their respect and congratulate Qingji.

In the Wu Palace, outside the Fengtian Hall, Qingji, dressed in a crown and smiling, is accepting congratulations from envoys and lords from all over the world.

Standing on one side was the CRRC Fu Lingjiao, holding a silk script in his hand, which was the gift list.

Jiao Hua read aloud according to the number of places on the gift list: "...The Kingdom of Jin is presenting two hundred yi of gold, a pair of jade discs, eight hundred pieces of silk, and one hundred thousand stones of corn to celebrate the new capital of my king's residence! Congratulations to the state of Wu!"

"To celebrate the new capital of my king's house, Qi State will send two hundred yi of gold, one thousand bolts of silk, a pair of jade pendants, and one hundred thousand shi of corn!"

"To celebrate the new capital of my king's residence, the Kingdom of Wei will give you [-] yi of gold, [-] bolts of silk, a pair of jade discs, and [-] shi of corn!"

The congratulatory gifts offered by the nations were very generous.

Big countries like Jin and Qi donated [-] yi of gold and [-] shi of corn. Some medium-sized countries like Song, Wei, and Lu also expressed their hearts and gave generous gifts.

It is the so-called coming and not going indecent.

They offered so many congratulatory gifts, and Wu Guo naturally wanted to send some gifts in return.

Like Lord Zhongli, Lord Chao, Lord Zhenshu, etc., the lords under the rule of Wu also gave rich gifts, such as gold and jade, or cloth and silk, or local specialties, and so on.

Afterwards, Qingji sat on the throne, raised the cup of wine in his hand, and made a toast to everyone under the altar.

In view of the fact that there were too many envoys and princes who came to congratulate him, about [-] people, Qingji specially held a banquet outside Fengtian Hall to show the friendship of the landlord.

"Congratulations to the king (junshang)!"

"Congratulations to Wu Guo!"

"Second and third sons, please drink up to the full!"

Qingji's arrogance was dry, and his expression did not change for a while after a drink.

"play music!"

"Dancing—"

With the announcement of the glue, the dancers and musicians who had been prepared for a long time all stood on the square stage and began to play and dance.

What they played was the classical gala music - Dashao.

Rather than the usual melodious music and dance.

There are music of the trinity of poetry, music and dance, and there are bells, chimes, qin, se, pipes, sheng, xiao, gongs, drums, ji, yi, yong and other musical instruments.

Some people sang their rhetoric, while others danced as birds, beasts and phoenixes.

Moving the capital is a very solemn matter, so Qingji naturally has to follow the ancient rules in everything.

True gentlemen and sages will feel intoxicated when they hear "Da Shao", as if they can perceive some kind of truth from it.

However, "ordinary people" like Qingji, Bo Tong, and Sun Wu cannot be exempted from the vulgarity.

It is difficult for them to understand the obscure gag music, but seeing so many people pretending to be fascinated by it, they are all arty and elegant, and they are very intoxicated.

After receiving a group of envoys, lords, and tribal leaders, Qingji put on the sacrificial fur hat again, and led the ministers and officials of the state of Wu to the Taimiao to offer sacrifices to the ancestors and the kings of the past dynasties of the state of Wu.

Then, Qingji went to the altar on the outskirts of Jinling non-stop, and sacrificed three animals to the sky, offering sacrifices to the One God believed by the Wu people.

In the end, Qingji returned to the Wu Palace and had a grand banquet for all the ministers.

After going through this set of procedures, Qingji was exhausted physically and mentally.

Even though he is physically strong, he couldn't bear it!

……

The next day, Qingji received Marquis Cai in Zide Hall.

Caihou is Cai Shen, Cai Zhaohou in history.

At this time, Cai Hou was very grateful to Wu Wang Qingji.

Because Caihou was detained in Yingdu for a year because Yin Nangwa coveted beautiful jade and leather clothes when he was paying homage to Xiong Zhen, king of Chu.

It was Qingji who, under the banner of justice for Caihou, sent troops to attack Chu, which forced the people of Chu to release Caihou.

How could Marquis Cai not be grateful to Qing Ji and Wu Guo for such kindness?

"King Wu, if King Wu does not abandon you, I would like to regard King Wu as suzerain, and Cai Guo will pay tribute to the court every year!"

Marquis Cai offered to recognize Wu as the suzerain and pay tribute to him.

How could Qingji refuse?
Cai Hou understood it!

These days, neither Jin nor Chu can be relied upon!
The only thing Cai Guo can rely on is Wu Guo!
The state of Wu is currently in the stage of rising, and needs the full support of many small countries.

At this time, Cai Guo took the initiative to recognize Wu Guo as the suzerain state. It is conceivable that Wu Guo will definitely repay Cai Guo in the future.

Caihou was so knowledgeable, which surprised Qingji a little bit.

"Hahahaha, Marquis Cai, if my country of Wu can get help from you, Cai Guo, why worry about not being able to gain a foothold in the world? Very good!"

Qingji naturally thinks highly of Cai Guo.

Speaking of which, Qingji and Caihou are still distant relatives. They are all descendants of Zhou Taiwang, but the relationship between Caihou and Zhou royal family is relatively close.

Cai Guo is a country with the surname of Ji, and it is of the same clan as the Zhou royal family.Its founder was Cai Shudu.

Cai Shudu, the son of King Wen and the same mother and younger brother of King Wu, had a very high status in the early Zhou Dynasty due to blood relationship.

Cai was assigned to Shang Wangji as the third supervisor. The so-called "supervisor" means to supervise the adherents of the Yin and Shang Dynasties to prevent them from rebelling.

Later, because Cai Shudu rebelled with Wu Geng, he was exiled to Guo Lin by Duke Zhou.

After Cai Shudu's death, Zhou Gongdan entrusted his son Cai Zhong to Cai and rebuilt the Cai state.

The actual boundary of the original fiefdom of Cai State extends to Dun State and Shen State in the east, Xi State and Jiang State to the south, Fang State, Dao State, and Bai State to the west, and Chen State and Xu State to the north.

It straddles the Ruhe River and the Huaihe River, and it was a vassal state with a large territory at that time.

It's a pity that the successive monarchs of the Cai Kingdom did not live up to their expectations!
In history, Cai Guo was destroyed twice and forced to move the capital twice.

Cai Guo's most recent extermination of the country was more than [-] years ago.

In the past, the prince of Chu besieged and killed the king Jia Ao, and made himself king of Chu, that is, King Ling of Chu.

Because Cai Jinghou had married a daughter-in-law from Chu State to the prince, and Cai Jinghou had intercourse with his daughter-in-law. The prince killed Cai Jinghou and made himself king, Cai Linghou.

It can be seen from this that a monarch with the posthumous title of "Ling" is generally not a good thing.

In 531 BC, King Ling of Chu lured Cai Linghou to go to Shendi on the pretext that Cai Linghou killed his father, ambushed Jiabing in advance, and entertained Cai Linghou with a banquet.

Cai Linghou was killed by the Chu people after he was drunk, and seventy soldiers who followed Cai Linghou were also tortured and killed.

King Ling of Chu ordered Qiji, the prince of Chu, to surround Cai Guo.In the eleventh month, Chu destroyed the state of Cai and appointed Qiji as the Duke of Cai.

Three years after Chu destroyed Cai, Qiji, the prince of Chu, killed King Ling of Chu and replaced him as king, King Ping of Chu, the father of Xiong Zhen, king of Chu now.

King Ping found Lu, the youngest son of Cai Jinghou, and made him the king of Cai Guo. This is Cai Pinghou.

But Cai Guo's chaos has not stopped.

After Cai Pinghou's death, Cai Linghou's grandson, Dongguo, beat Pinghou's son away and established himself as the king. This is Cai Yuhou.

And Cai Yuhou's father was Prince Yin You.You was originally Prince Cai Linghou, and after Cai Pinghou succeeded to the throne, he killed Prince You Yin.Therefore, as soon as Cai Pinghou died, Prince Yin's son Dongguo attacked Pinghou's son and made himself king!
Cai Houshen is the younger brother of Cai Yuhou.

Therefore, Cai Guo has gone through these rounds of tossing and turning, and his national strength has long since declined, and he has become a weak country like Xu Guo and Zhong Wu.

(End of this chapter)