Spring and Autumn I Am King

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Zheng State is located in the world. Since the beginning of the turbulent times in the Spring and Autumn Period, it has been a battlefield for all forces to compete. The three wars between Jin State and Chu State were all fought within the territory of Zheng State, and Qin and Qi also coveted them. Zhengdi, in the Spring and Autumn Period, the princes liked to fight for Zheng the most. Whoever could get the Zheng State would be able to control the actual hegemony of the Central Plains, so the Zheng State also struggled to survive in this kind of competition between you and me, almost every year without fighting.

However, in the past ten years, it has been an exception. Since Zheng Bo surrendered to Zhao and took the initiative to enter into the Zhou Dynasty and asked for Zhao Wuxi to be listed as a prince, Zheng Guo has not suffered a military disaster for ten years. This was a rare peaceful period in the history of Zheng Kingdom, and even in the era of militia, such peace had never been seen before.

Therefore, in the dense townships of Zheng State, the common people can safely grow up with men plowing and women weaving, and the youngsters can grow up safely by singing "The mountains have Fusu, Xi has Hehua", and they don't have to be young to fight with swords. Outside the economic and cultural prosperity of Xinzheng, young men and women can also wear beautiful spring clothes, humming "Qin and Wei, Fang Huanhuan Xi. Men and women, Fang Binghuan Xi" driving out for an outing.

Of course, this kind of peace comes at a price. Zheng Guo has to deliver a lot of money and silk food every year in exchange for Zhao Guo's "protection".

Moreover, people with discerning eyes know that Zhao does not swallow Zheng, just because Zhao Hou wants to use Zheng State as a buffer zone with Chu State. Once the Southern Chu State changes, this balance will be broken...

Sure enough, as Chu fell into a civil war and was unable to look north, the situation became more delicate.

In the autumn and July of the 23rd year of Zheng Bosheng, the border between Zhao and Zheng, which had been silent for a long time and had almost no soldiers to guard, suddenly smoked and some heavily armed Zhao soldiers entered the country of Zheng. At first, the people of Zheng in Bianyi thought it was an ordinary military mobilization of the Zhao army. This has been a common occurrence in the past ten years, until these Zhao soldiers seized the city gate, replaced the Zheng national flag at the head of the city, and raised the Zhao army. The black bird flag of the country turned pale in shock.

"The State of Zhao is fighting against the State of Zheng without declaring it!?" A few days later, the news reached Xinzheng, the capital of the State of Zheng. Zheng Bosheng looked at the urgent report ahead and could only mourn. This day has finally arrived.

At that time, the robbers killed thousands of prisoners in Luoshui, causing heavy losses to Ding Zhuang of the Zheng Kingdom. Ten years ago, the Zhao army went deep into the Zheng Kingdom and occupied many dangerous places. Zheng Guo was originally a flat land, so it was equivalent to being undefended. The current situation is that the Zhao army is divided into four routes. One army goes south from Hulao Pass, the other army goes straight to Xinzheng from Daliang, and the other army joins forces with the Eastern Zhou Jun Liu to bypass Songshan Mountain from Luyuan Pass, and even the Song Dynasty’s army Soldiers also invaded from the gap to the west.

Attacked from all sides, how can Zheng Guo, who was only allowed to keep a minimum of armed forces after the meeting of Huangchi, resist it? Soon, Yingyin, Ping, Yanling, Changge, cities and towns were captured by the Zhao army, and more were surrendered without a fight. In these places, the merchants of Zheng State had lost their patriotic heart. Under the temptation of interests, they scramble to join Zhao.

Even Zheng's army did not dare to resist. While Zheng Bo asked the troops from all over the country to withdraw to Xinzheng, he sent envoys to question Zhao Jun: "Zheng is very diligent in serving the great country. , why are you attacking me?"

However, Zhao Jun's coach, Mu Xia, and his deputy, Zhao Jia, responded like this: "Last year, the emperor died, and Uncle Zheng didn't go to Luoben to be mourned. Today, Uncle sent us to lead the army to apologize!"

This is really what he wants to add to his guilt. The opposite is unreasonable, and Uncle Zheng has nothing to say. He wants to ask for help, but he finds that there is no one who can save him in the huge Kyushu: Song Guo and Zheng are enemies, Nan Zi is even more It is a vine attached to Zhao State; Qin State and Zheng State are separated by thousands of miles, and there are many mountains; the powerful Chu State in the south is even more plunged into civil strife, and it is difficult to protect itself...

As a result, the land and cities of Zheng State fell under the continuous encroachment of the Zhao army. Only one month later, on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, three Zhao forces had arrived at the city of Xinzheng, and another army bypassed Xinzheng and continued to go. Raider Xudi in the south.

On this day, the moon was sparse, and Zheng Bosheng, accompanied by Liu Qing, climbed the city and looked at it from afar, but seeing the overwhelming presence of Zhao's army, the campfire was able to surround the huge Xinzheng City for several circles, which was more prosperous than the siege of the city ten years ago.

"Zhao's army is strong, Xinzheng is afraid of losing..."

When this army was under pressure, Zheng Guo, who was alone in a corner of the Central Plains, was naturally terrified and feared. In battle, most of them are defeated; in peace, the Duke of Zhao will definitely not allow it; in surrender, it can save life from being ruined, but it may be difficult to preserve the state of Zheng.

For a time, Zheng Bosheng was full of hesitation, swaying from side to side between descending and not descending.

And the remaining six Musi clan, Guo clan, Liang clan, Yin clan, You clan, and Feng clan who remained after the Han clan's demise were all calculating with difficulty in their hearts.

The business of Zheng State is prosperous, the merchants of Zhao State can communicate freely, and there are naturally a lot of spies. Since the beginning of the autumn, spies of Zhao Hou have been in contact with Liumu. After the donation of land by Dan and Liu Ershi, they were able to become the Eastern Zhou Jun and the Western Zhou Jun. Taking the division of the land of the Zhou family as an example, he urged Liu Mu to surrender the city. It is also said that Zhao Hou can ensure the continuity of their clan, and each can get a big city, and as a county ruler of Zhao State one level lower than Fengjun, he will enjoy wealth forever.

So the six Mus persuaded Zheng Bosheng to open the city and surrender to Zhao.

Zheng Bosheng was still very hesitant, and after prevarication, he walked in his flowerbed that night thinking about the pros and cons of war.

On the other hand, a young official who was guarding the flower garden for Zheng Bo, named Lie Yukou, said to him: "The little minister knows what your Majesty is troubled about. Now all the six Mus have surrendered to Zhao, but the Majesty cannot. Because the Liu Mu surrendered, only If you need another monarch to serve, you can keep the territory, your salary will not be reduced, and the lord will descend to Zhao, who knows where Zhao Hou will place you."

Uncle Zheng was shocked, as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw, and asked, "What should the widow do?"

Lie Yukou smiled and said, "Although I am named Yukou, I don't advocate fighting. In my opinion, your Majesty still has to surrender."

"Didn't you say that the widow will be slaughtered by the Marquis of Zhao, and I don't know where they will be placed?" Uncle Zheng stomped his feet in a hurry.

"Since Your Majesty succeeded to the throne, all you have relied on are the high officials. Since the high officials have all colluded with the state of Zhao, the people are addicted to peace and have no heart to fight to the death. Lonely and widowed. Surrender without a fight. Although the future is uncertain, at least you can save your life. If you are lucky, Zhao Hou can give you a small town, keep the village of Zheng Guo, and let the emperor enjoy his old age. If you resist stubbornly, don’t say that Zhao Jun will attack The equipment in the city is terrifying, and they will break into the city at any time, just say Liu Mu, who dared to kill the ruling Han clan in those days, and today they can kill the king and offer the city for their own wealth!"

Zheng Bosheng sat in the garden with a long sigh: "Is it about to end the nearly four hundred years of Guozuo from Zheng Xuangong to now? So far, I just hate that there are no loyal ministers like Zhu Zhiwu around me!"

Lie Yukou laughed out loud: "The situation has changed. Back then, when Qin, Jin, Chu and Qi were the top four, Zheng Guo can still let Zhu Zhiwu retreat from the Qin division, please everyone, and continue the country. But now the situation has changed, and Zhao Guo is independent. Great, the internal chaos in Chu, the current situation, even if you have a hundred candlesticks by your side, your Majesty, it will not help you!"

He suddenly became serious and murmured: "In this world, there is a thing called destiny, which seems to be impermanent, but it is closely related to everyone's destiny. Let us decide. Your Majesty, your destiny is already predestined. This is the way of "Li Ming". In this case, pointless resistance is useless. …”

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Perhaps it was the persuasion of Lie Yukou, just like ten years ago, Zheng Bosheng led the sheep in late August and surrendered. The Zhao army took Xinzheng without a fight, and the army entered the city. At the same time, the six Mus were settled in their positions and assisted the Zhao army in controlling the cities and towns of Zheng. The land of Zheng was divided into two, the east was divided into Daliang County, and the west became Yingchuan County.

As for Uncle Zheng, he was taken by Zhao Jun and brought back to the palace of the Marquis of Zhao in Wen County to meet Zhao Wuxi...

"Does my uncle want to kill my Sheji?" As soon as he saw Zhao Wuxi, Zheng Bosheng cried and hugged his thigh, "I'm not guilty, why did you kill me?" There is no need to ask, he cares now. The question is whether Zhao Hou wants to completely destroy the Zheng Kingdom.

"how come?"

Zhao Wuxi's face was full of innocence, so he asked Uncle Zheng to get up and give his seat, and then he said: "Uncle Zheng, think about it, since the establishment of the country, in addition to the state, Zhongshan, and Ju of the Rong, Di and barbarians, who else's society has been destroyed? ?"

This is indeed the truth. The State of Zhao replaced the State of Jin, and the Marquis of Jin was moved to his hometown of Quwo. The State of Zhao broke Qi, and the surname Jiang did not perish. The two small states of Zichuan and Jiaoxi continued. The descendants are the kings, although their political power is in the hands of the country, and the title of the second minister of the high school has also been reduced to the uncle. After that, Zhao Wuxi annexed Wei, Lu, and Sanzhu, moved the Marquis of Wei to Chuqiu, and moved the Marquis of Lu to Kanyi to guard the tomb of Duke Lu, and even Sanzhu each had a small town dedicated to it. The monarch without actual territory would have to turn to meet him on Zhao Wuxi's birthday. He didn't dare to call himself a marquis or uncle, and he only dared to call himself the king of Zhao...

But in this way, Zhao Wuxi did not ruthlessly kill people, but left a trace of incense.

Zheng Bosheng was relieved~www.readwn.com~ It seems that although Zhao Wuxi wants to annex Zheng, he should save his life. He immediately asked with concern, "Where does the uncle want to move me?"

Zhao Wuxi took a sip of tea and said, "Of course it's Zheng."

Zheng Bosheng was both surprised and delighted. Zhao Wuxi was a conscience, and should he continue to stay in Xinzheng as the king? Even a lonely city is better than any small town. He wept with joy, and quickly bowed down to thank him.

Zhao Wuxi smiled and told him not to be too polite, and then said, "It's not Xinzheng."

Zheng Bosheng's expression froze: "It's not Xinzheng, where is that?"

"What do you say?"

Uncle Zheng's face suddenly turned pale, and he had two possible answers in his heart. He asked, "South Zhengyan? Xi Zhengyan?"

Zhao Wuxi didn't say anything, but said mysteriously: "When the time comes, Uncle Zheng will naturally know, don't worry, as the saying goes, fallen leaves return to their roots, no matter what, the widow will let Uncle Zheng return to his ancestral land!"