Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 352

"Taizai, Prime Minister You, do you think that Wu Kingdom should participate in the Pingqiu meeting initiated by Jin Kingdom?"

Qing Ji put his eyes on Ji Zha and Ji Ran, and asked slowly.

Ji Zha pondered for a moment, and said, "Your Majesty, in the opinion of the veteran, the State of Wu should participate in the Pingqiu meeting."

"Since Duke Wen of Jin ruled the hegemony, Jin's hegemony has lasted for more than a hundred years and has never declined. This is incomparable to Chu and Qi!"

"My country of Wu was supported by Jin people back then, and now it is able to rule the roost in the southeast and occupy a place. In terms of emotion and reason, the king must pay attention to maintaining the alliance between Wu and Jin!"

Hearing this, Qing Ji nodded slightly, noncommittal.

Ji Ran lowered his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I think what the Taizai said is not unreasonable. However, now our country Wu and Qi are married countries, and Xue Di's alliance respects Marquis Qi as Fang Bo, so how can you betray Qi?" country?"

"The people of Jin initiated this meeting in Pingqiu, and what they did was to warn all the countries in the world, strengthen their own hegemony, and at the same time oppose Qi."

"If the king attends the meeting, the Xue Di alliance will be invalidated. I am afraid that the Marquis of Qi will not have the courage to face the powerful and popular Jin State alone."

Ji Zha's and Ji Ran's opinions are completely different, but they are both reasonable.

You must know that the Jin State is an old hegemony, and it has always existed as a behemoth.

Beginning with the defeat of Chu State in the Battle of Chengpu in 632 BC, during the hegemony of the Jin State, Ji Chonger, Duke Xiang, Ji Yigao, Duke Xiang, Heiyu, Duke Cheng, Ji Ru, Duke Li, Shouman, Duke Li, and Ji Zhou , Ping Gong Ji Biao, Zhao Gong Ji Yi, Qing Gong Ji Quji, Ding Gong Ji Wu.

A total of eleven monarchs, more than one hundred years before and after.

Back then, Duke Huan of Qi respected the king and fought against the barbarians, and he was the first to seek hegemony.

The purpose of celebrating the taboo is to make Jin and Qi fight against each other, so that the Jin people cannot interfere in the fierce battle or game between Wu and Chu in the south!

After so many years of confrontation, the state of Wu, supported by the state of Jin, has been able to firmly hold down the state of Chu.

It is conceivable that under Qingji's rule, Wu's national power is bound to flourish, and Chu cannot stop it.

The people of Jin also never want to see Wu replace Chu and become another great southern hegemon!

The last coalition of princes to attack Wu was obviously acquiesced by Jin.

Otherwise, Qi State really has such a great reputation?
You know, if Xu Guo, Chen Guo, Cao Guo and other vassal states border on the Jin State, they dare to openly follow the call of the Marquis of Qi, so they are not afraid of being crusaded by the Jin State?

There are various indications that Jin people have realized the threat of Wu State, so they are trying every means to contain Wu State's development.

Qingji also saw this point, so he initiated the Xue Di alliance and lobbied the princes to respect Qi as the overlord.

"I wish to send envoys to the state of Jin to not participate in the meeting in Pingqiu on the grounds that the widows are sick. At the same time, I send envoys to Linzi to tell the Marquis of Qi that our country of Wu should advance and retreat with the state of Qi. Please don't worry about it! "

"Your Majesty Yingming!"

Wu Guo's verbal support is naturally a shot in the arm, which can more or less increase Qihou's confidence in confronting Jin.

Of course, Qingji was not willing to provoke Jin.

The distance between Wu and Jin is very far, and it is beyond the reach of the whip. Even if Wu has an attitude of disrespecting Jin, the people of Jin can't help it!

Once the war between Qi and Jin really broke out, the most Qingji would do is to condemn and verbally support Qi.

send troops?

Impossible!

What Wu State has to do now is to take advantage of the melee in the Central Plains to develop itself as soon as possible and digest the previously occupied cities and lands and their people.

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The event of the Jin State initiating the Pingqiu Conference also caused a huge sensation among all the countries in the world.

After all, anyone with a discerning eye can see what Jin people's intentions are.

A small country with few people is naturally a grass on the wall, swaying with the wind.

However, Xu, Cai, and Zhongwu are Wu's loyal vassals, and they have to ask Qingji's opinion on this matter.

Even the five states of Teng, Xue, Zhu, Ju, and Tan, that is, the small states that straddle the borders of Wu and Qi, all sent envoys to Jinling to find out.

Xu, Cai, Zhongwu, Teng, Xue, Zhu, Ju, and Tan, these eight countries, Wu has garrisons, and the ruling ministers in the country are also people sent by Qingji.

This master-slave relationship is very deep.

However, Qingji's attitude was very cryptic, basically allowing his vassal states to participate in the Pingqiu meeting, and respecting the state of Jin as the leader of the princes.

However, once a war broke out between Jin and Qi, Wu would not send troops, but would let the vassal states below him send troops.

At this time, Qingji was enjoying flowers with Nanzi leisurely in the imperial garden of King Wu Palace.

Nanzi suddenly said: "Your Majesty, my concubine went out of the palace yesterday and met a woman in Buzhuang. It's very interesting."

"Oh, isn't it that the woman has a strange appearance?"

Qingji asked with a light smile.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, the folk customs were more open, and the concept of the world was not as feudal as it was later.

Therefore, even as the concubine of Wu Wang Qingji, Nanzi can go out of the palace to play in his spare time.

Of course, you must inform the queen Ji Kui to know, which is similar to "asking for leave".

Moreover, beside the concubine who leaves the palace, there will definitely be palace maids and guards accompanying her both openly and secretly.

At this moment, Nanzi, who was holding Qingji's arm, shook his head, with a calm expression on his face, and said with a smile: "No."

"Your Majesty, what interests the courtiers and concubines is not the woman's appearance, but her background."

When Qingji heard the words, he became interested for a while.

"What kind of background can a mere woman have?"

"Your Majesty doesn't know something, it's a lady in distress!"

Mrs. Guo?
You must know that in this era, the title of "Mrs." is not something everyone can have.

After the Qin and Han Dynasties, the titles of Mrs. and Young Master have basically become rotten, and the wives and children of wealthy businessmen can be dubbed "Madame" and "Young Master".

However, in the pre-Qin period, only the concubines of the monarch could be called wives, and only the descendants of the monarch could be called sons or grandsons.

"Which country is the lady from?"

"Chu country."

"really?"

Qingji asked incredulously, "Nanzi, don't you want to deceive me. How could the wife of the king of Chu end up in Wu country?"

"Your Majesty, if a concubine lies to you, it is a crime of deceiving the emperor! How dare a concubine?"

Nanzi smiled playfully, then leaned into Qingji's ear, and said slowly: "At that time, the concubine and the woman met by chance in Buzhuang, and they hit it off right away. After chatting, I realized that her name was Mu Ji, and she came from a declining family. A noble family whose ancestors can be traced back to Xuanyuan Huangdi."

"Mu Ji's husband is Wei Sheng, Xiong Sheng, who is said to be the son of the late Prince Jian of Chu."

"If Prince Jian hadn't escaped back then, and Meng Ying hadn't suffered any misfortune, and Prince Jian had succeeded to the throne, how could this Mu Ji not be the wife of Chu State?"

(End of this chapter)