Chapter 145: What a free and easy spy

Duke Dao smiled and replied: "Wuzi is right, but attacking north. Once the newly occupied land is developed and perfected, it will belong to my Jin State's Birth of the World. The attacking south is just a little money. People only care about immediate interests and stare at the south. Wuzi laid the foundation for me to fight for the dominance of the South. So this time, in addition to rewarding your fiefdom, I will also give you the half set of bands given by the State of Song to reward you for your achievements in opening up the border."

Later, Duke Dao announced that he would place the king of Zhongshan in Huocheng, Zhao Wu strengthened supervision, and allowed the king of Zhongshan to continue to sacrifice to his ancestors with the etiquette and specifications of sacrificing the king of the king - this is also the Spring and Autumn Rule.

After dealing with the king of Zhongshan Kingdom, Duke Dao officially announced: "Next spring I will parade in Mianshang. The official position of the ministers has reached an agreement. Wu Zi has also proved his ability. In the future, you will be my general."

Zhao Wu bowed to thank Duke Dao for his trust, and Duke Dao turned to invite: "Brother Wu is running around for me, and now he finally comes back. I specially set up a banquet..."

Duke Dao didn't talk about the main topic, so Zhao Wu simply went straight: "I heard that Sun Lin's father of Wei was still waiting in the capital, and begged us to admit that he had established a new king... It was about to be the New Year, so I hope to give Sun Lin's father an answer as soon as possible."

Duke Dao frowned and asked, "What does the general mean?"

Zhao Wu replied: "Isn't it a conclusion long ago - next year, will the army defending the country participate?"

Duke Dao's eyes lit up: "This is the best. We do not give Yu Weiguo official recognition, but we can agree that the new king of Weiguo leads the army of the Guard to participate in the Mianshang military parade as the king. In this way, we do not publicly recognize the "below-level victory" of Weiguo, but only respect becomes the fact."

Zhao Wu immediately affirmed: "Yes, we do not respond directly to the incident of Weiguo expelling the monarch, but we can acknowledge that the fact that the new monarch of Weiguo exists--Sun Lin's father is our ally. As the overlord, we must protect him. This is our responsibility. We cannot just let others fulfill their obligations. When others need us to take responsibility, we carry our bodies over."

Duke Dao shook his head: "Brother Wu, you have not seen the essence of this matter clearly! If we respect Sun Lin's father and take on this matter, then no matter how absurd the facts created by allies in the future, we must recognize them later. When the vassal states see this situation, will they think that as long as they are quick and put the facts in front of us, everything will be reasonable? In this case, are there any rules in the world? Who still abides by the order of the world of superiors and inferiors?"

Zhao Wu disagreed: "Do you still remember what Shi Kuang said? Everyone has their own responsibilities, and even the monarch is no exception. Duke Xian of Wei did not fulfill his obligations, and even the people of Wei despised him - if there are really rules in the world, we should openly support Sun Linfu of Wei. We should not believe that the power of the monarch can be expanded infinitely, or even deny other rules."

Duke Dao was silent for a moment and replied: "The general of the army is ultimately a nobleman."

Zhao Wu responded: "Your Majesty is a monarch after all."

In the answer between the monarch and minister just now, Duke Dao had changed his name and used Zhao Wu's official title to refer to the other party. He said that Zhao Wu was a noble after all, which means that Zhao Wu was considering things from the position of the nobles and officials. Zhao Wu's response was: You cannot stand on the position of monarchy and power supremacy and deny the decisions made by the entire feudal nobles and officials.

Duke Dao had lost the interest in entertaining Zhao Wu. He reluctantly stood up and walked into the harem without saying a word.

At the corner of the hall, the historian wrote a quick pen to record the conversation. Zhao Wu ignored the historian's actions. He stood up as if nothing had happened and walked slowly out of the hall.

Duke Dao silently watched Zhao Wu walk out of the palace like nothing happened. Duke Dao's younger brother Yang Gan reminded him: "Wuzi's position has long changed. We can no longer hand over the official position of the Wu Palace Guard to Wuzi."

Duke Dao sneered: "So who should I give it to? Can you give it to you? Can you beat Wu Zi?"

Yang Gan was speechless, and Duke Dao sighed and said, "When I was a child, Brother Wu was my playmate. Who can I trust in China? Only Wuzi. Sometimes loyal ministers are also loyal ministers. Although Shi Xie's words were very unpleasant at the beginning, if my brother (referring to Duke Li) could hear one or two points, how could he be killed by his own ministers?

Brother Wu can stick to his position and never waver because of whom he has a good relationship with. This is the most trustworthy one. You see, since I ascended the throne, Brother Wu has been running around and running this country for me. Although he has played with me for less time, how could I not understand his love for me? Speaking of which, I owe Brother Wu much, how could I doubt Brother Wu’s loyalty to me at this time? I don’t often infringe on Wu’s vested interests in order to balance the domestic power. Brother Wu can understand me and never blame this issue. How could I not understand him?"

Yang Gan had nothing to say.

Duke Dao was wise, so he became the overlord. Compared with that, King Gong of Chu was far inferior, so his failure was inevitable.

Sun Lin's father was waiting in Jin State for more than a month. He had already used Zhao Wu's mansion as his office place and came to work on time every day and went back at sunset. Today he heard that Zhao Bing had already passed through Jimen and went to the palace to meet the king. He did not set off home as usual. He waited until the lights were held and finally met Zhao Wu.

"Congratulations - the new army will use half of the new army, plus the power of the small country of Xu, to actually defeat Zhongshan. Speaking of which, with Zhongshan, Wu Zi has a great reputation for defeating three countries, and is also a famous general in the Central Plains..."

Zhao Wu quickly corrected: "I am no longer a new general, now I am a general of the army."

Sun Lin's father was overjoyed: "Has it been announced?"

Zhao Wu nodded: "The king announced in person today. In addition, the order for the military parade on Mianshang has been issued. We still have one or two months to prepare, and the time is very tight."

Sun Lin's father happily said: "That's good...we defend the country..."

Zhao Wu replied: "Your monarch will lead the army of the Guardian to participate in the military parade - the monarch of the Guardian I mentioned is the child you made."

Sun Lin's father opened his mouth: "I'll just say that as long as you come back, the problem will be solved... There is still more than a month left, and I will notify the widow immediately."

Zhao Wu continued: "In addition, don't spread my achievements in destroying the country everywhere. Jin State once defeated three countries and Chu State defeated the generals of thirty countries. It is embarrassing to say this little achievement."

Sun Linfu defended: "What age is it for others to achieve such achievements? Wu Zi, you are only in your early twenties and are already a general of the army? In another ten years, you should be the central army? You have the right to lead the army of a country independently in your thirties. Can your achievements be lower than your predecessors?"

Sun Lin’s father said that was right. Although there were small kings and small ministers frequently in the Spring and Autumn Period, Jin, which had been overlord for a century, was an old man’s politics. In this country, there were many "talents" who still served as a doctor in middle age. Zhao Wu was so young that he became the general of the military and ranked third among the Standing Committee of the Politburo. With such qualifications, this "Zhao orphan" was the only one in real history and in current history.

"Low, be low-key, my favorite thing is to hide behind people and beat sticks - if the person who beats sticks is wary of everyone, then I will not be able to use my specialties."

Sun Lin's father nodded: "I understand... I won't go back to China this New Year. Let the children prepare for the New Year military parade - I wonder if you can leave me a bed at your mansion, so I can lend your mansion to entertain guests."

After Sun Lin's father said this, Zhao Wu remembered the reward of the king: "It's great. Let me tell you that during the New Year this year, I am qualified to listen to music. The king rewarded me with half a set of bands - chimes, Hongzhong Dalu, cymbals, gongs and drums. We can have a happy New Year."

Sun Lin's father quickly spoke, "Take Miss Shan back, she has recently gone to her father's place, and with her, we are still qualified to hear the sound of silk and bamboo in the royal family of (Zhou)..."

Zhao Wu was shocked: "Why did she go home?"

Sun Lin's father immediately replied: "It's okay, it's okay. I heard that his father was seriously ill, so he went home to take care of his father, not because of your sweetheart."

Zhao Wu breathed a lightly tone: "Then I will take her back as soon as possible according to your words... I heard that all the princes of the Wei Kingdom fled abroad, and you are now considered to be pure. I have helped you so much, shouldn't you be more in power?"

Sun Lin's father was confident: "Of course I know that your house was not for nothing. This time I brought thousands of servants and left you with one hundred middle-aged men and three hundred literate servants - these were all left by those male tribes, and they were trained for a long time."

Zhao Wu saluted solemnly: "I have occupied a large piece of land in Zhongshan Country and I need literate staff to help manage it. You have solved my big problem, thank you!"

Sun Lin’s father was not polite. He said it bluntly: “If the Zhao family is prosperous, then my Sun family can also flourish. We are divided into two countries and there is no direct conflict of interest. Helping the Zhao family is helping us. You don’t have to be polite to me.”

Sun Lin’s father was telling the truth. He was in power and there was no dispute between him and Zhao Wu. Now Sun Lin’s father has embarked on the road of regicide. If his family wants to survive in the country safely, they can only win over Jin State more closely. At this time, the support of a general of Jin State was crucial to Sun Lin’s father.

Sun Lin's father was exposed, and Zhao Wu was no longer hypocritical. He laughed and ordered people to set up a band, and even good wine and meat were served, and he was solemnly entertaining Sun Lin's father. Following Zhao Wu's order, the singing and dancing band came to the hall, and Shi Yan led these people to see Zhao Wu. He took advantage of the loophole to report in a low voice: "Zong Zheng Yingsong of Qin is here again, and he has also become a relationship with Zhao Sheng. The master entertains guests. Will you meet Yingsong by the way?"

This Zhao Sheng was not the Pingyuan Jun Zhao Sheng of the Warring States Period. He was the grandson of Zhao Chuan and the son of Zhao Zhan. He belonged to the side branch of the Zhao clan of Jin State. In real history, he was the Handan clan and his fief was Handan.

During the rebellion in the Xia Palace, Zhao Zhan escaped the disaster because he had already left the Zhao clan surname. From then on, he did not regard himself as Zhao clan.

The same as the real history is: this Zhao family branch heard that Zhao Wu was about to take office as a general, and with the Qin Dynasty, it merged with the Zhao family again. The difference from the real history is: this Zhao family branch has not yet obtained the fief of Handan, and their fief is still the "Jia" land rewarded by Li Gong, so it is also called "Jia Sheng".

"Please come up..." Zhao Wu greeted Shi Yan and explained to Sun Lin's father: "My relatives of Qin are here. Are you interested in seeing him?"

Everyone knows that the Jin people are now sharpening their knives and want to deal with the Qin people. However, Zhao Wu, a descendant of the Ying family, can openly meet relatives of Qin, which is in line with feudal rules.

Sun Lin's father pretended not to hear it, pointed at Zhao Wu's band and interrupted, "Your band is really not a good deal. In the past, I wanted to give you some musicians, but the rituals and music are sacred. I dare not give them privately without the permission of the monarch. Besides, even if I give them to you band, you dare not enjoy them privately. Now, your family already has a band, so there is no problem of violation. I will give you a few rituals and music teams to make up for the gap in your band. What do you think?"

The gifts and music team for giving people to others in the Spring and Autumn Period was an extremely grand gift, which was different from the modern luxury houses for gifting people, because you can enjoy BMW houses with money, while enjoying music in the Spring and Autumn Period requires administrative level. If you are not at the level, you can't buy them no matter how rich you are, and no one dares to sell them to you.

Zhao Wu was overjoyed. He waved his hand and asked Shi Yan to retreat, thanking Sun Lin's father: "It's great. I originally had some ideas about music, but unfortunately I couldn't enjoy my level. Now with the monarch's half team, plus some musicians you sent, I can realize my ideas."

Shi Yan slowly retreated, Sun Lin's father widened his eyes and asked, "Bojun (the monarch of Bo, equivalent to the title of "overlord") only gave you half a team? Then you can't add the Jinshi musical instruments. You see, Wei Jiang got half a musical team, did he dare to add anything? Since the monarch only rewarded you half a set of bands, the specifications of your band in the future will be half a set of ritual instruments (黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑黑�

Forget it, I will give you a little more songwriter and add a little more silk and bamboo sounds, and I won’t give you gold utensils…”

The two were chatting, and Shi Yan led Ying Song and others in. Ying Song walked along the way, chatting and laughing softly with the people around him. Two people around him were older and the other in their teens.

Ying Song still looked familiar to each other. After introducing each other, he pulled Zhao Wu to introduce the people around him: "Ying Wu, this is also a member of the Ying clan. He is the grandson of Zhao Chuan and the son of Zhao Zhan. You both are in Jin State, but this is the first time we have met? The young man next to him is your nephew Zhao Huo."

Zhao Wu opened his mouth in shock: "His name is Zhao Huo? Why don't I, the Lord of Zhao, know?"

In the Spring and Autumn Period, it was not a random thing to add the title of fief before the name. Ying Song randomly led two people to call their surname Zhao... Even if Zhao Wu allowed them to recognize their ancestors, they would not be allowed to have their surname Zhao!

Zhao Sheng looked embarrassed, and he coughed and replied: "My Jia family's surname is Ying, and his ancestor Zhao Zhan has also served as the eighth-pinqing. During the rebellion in the palace, his ancestor Zhao Zhan happened to be seriously ill and could not stop the conspiracy. After the Zhao family revived, I happened to be young and did not have the good retainer like Zhao family, so I didn't have time to come to Zhao family to recognize his ancestors and return to his hometown. Please forgive me.

Some time ago, the Ying clan of Qin State came to tell me that they had already recognized the Zhao clan as the leader of the Ying clan of Jin State, and we are also surnamed Ying. How dare you stay away from the family? Please allow us to recognize our ancestors and return to our ancestors."

Ying Song smiled and said, "It is a good thing that the orphan of Zhao's family is alone. The Ying clan surname can be densely populated in Jin. I heard that the Zhao clan is now a vassal. There is no reason why the Zhao clan is willing to accept foreign surnames, but even the original clan is turned away. In that case, the foreign clan may laugh at us."

Sun Lin's father held the wine glass and focused all his attention on the band, as if he hadn't heard the conversation here. Shi Yan lowered his head and looked expressionless, as if he was letting Zhao Wu make the decision. Zhao Wu's eyes turned around and could not find someone who had an idea. At this moment, Tian Su finished taking a bath and followed Qi Ce together - the latter, who was left behind in the Han family, stayed in the capital to handle some official duties for Han Qi.

The new guests came, and they were delayed for a while. After everyone sat back, Qi Ce immediately nodded and took over the topic: "My Zhao clan has weak power. It is the luck of the Zhao clan to be able to return to the Zhao clan. I just don't know how many lords and armed forces there are in the Jia clan?"

When Qi Ce asked this, Zhao Sheng had a bitter face and didn't want to answer. Ying Song immediately rescued: "You said 'I Zhao' just now, I remember that Qi Ce had already exchanged with Han?"

Tian Su responded: "I have exchanged with each other, and the deadline is approaching. After the Lord takes office as the General of the Army next year, we will go back to our respective houses."

Ying Song immediately replied: "Okay, in the political environment of Jin State's nobles, the Han family and Zhao family are as close as a family, which is also an exception. The friendship between Zhao and Han families really makes me admire."

Qi Ce explained with a smile—his words were actually a threat: "The Marshal Han Jue was raised by his ancestors, and the Zhao-Han friendship lasted for seventy years. We also plan to continue this friendship for seventy years."

After saying that, Qi Ce turned to Zhao Wu and said unfairly: "The Deputy Marshal (Fan Yi) recently proposed a new plan for reorganization of the army. He accepted the suggestion of the lords and planned to establish a standing army composed of 600 military vehicles. At the same time, he planned to count the lords from all over the country, and to find out the small lords who did not meet the number of troops sent in the past years, or reduce the seal, or simply take back the fief..."

Fan Yi took action. In real history, Fan Yi took action at this time. His strategy was that the first standing army appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period, which infinitely expanded the scale of the war in the late Spring and Autumn Period. Before his death, Fan Yi believed that his contribution could make him an "immortal" politician, and the word "immortal" also came from Fan Yi.

Now that Zhao Wu is present, Fan Yi has a more urgent desire to take action - because he punishes small and medium-sized lords, he can carry out mergers and expand his vassal team. This move has also led to the fact that there will be no small lords in Jin State since then.

Zhao Wu understood that Jia Sheng, or Zhao Sheng, was about to lose territory and had to re-enter the Zhao family. In real history, Zhao Sheng later made great contributions to the Zhao family, and was rewarded by Zhao Wu's descendants to Handan City, and since then he became the "Handan Family".

"The return of Jia's family - of course it is not a problem. I am worried that the Zhao family's clan surname is weak, the situation is too big, and the lack of management talents under his command. If Zhao's family can return, you and me are connected after all, so I will temporarily set a piece of land for you in Zhongshan Country. Please let Jia move to Zhongshan temporarily and assist me in managing Zhongshan Country."

Zhao Sheng showed a look of disappointment in his eyes. Tian Su noticed it and explained slowly: "We can't interfere with Fan Yi's intervention. Besides, the Jia family has just returned to the throne and our lord has not yet taken office as the general of the army, so it is not convenient to speak at this time. So we can't help the Jia family this time.

However, since the Jia family has returned to the clan and our lord has set up a new territory for the Jia family, then once the Jia family is deprived of its old fiefdom, there is no place to live. It is just right to throw away the pots and jars and settle in Zhongshan Kingdom with confidence..."

Ying Song interrupted: "Yes, after Jia returns to Zhao, it will be a matter of time before it rises. If Jia sincerely recognizes his ancestors and returns to his hometown, why should he care about the old fiefs in the past?"

Ying Song's opening means that the dust of this matter has fallen. Zhao Wu raised his wine glass: "Come on, play music, drink - I, Zhao Wu, enjoyed the music of gold and stone for the first time today, and I was so happy that I didn't know what to say."

The music sounded, and Zhao Wu took advantage of the noise of the music and approached Sun Lin's father with a smile: "Government, you just said to send me some singers... I have a group of dancers from various countries in my hand, but there is a tiger in my home, and I dare not bring them home. Can you incorporate these dancers into the people you sent? If anyone asks, just say that they are all given by you."

Sun Lin's father raised his wine glass: "I agree to a small thing."

Zhao Wu's words were heard by Zhao Sheng beside him. At the end of the song, Zhao Sheng raised his glass and begged: "Sect Master, since Zhao allows us to return to the clan, please allow me to pay homage to my wife."

Zhao Wu nodded slightly, and Ying Song immediately added: "As long as I am here, let's take advantage of the fact that I am here and open the ancestral temple and the ancestral hall in three days to officially hold the return ceremony."

Zhao Sheng stood up and thanked him a lot. Later, Shi Yan stepped forward and led Zhao Sheng and Zhao Huo to retreat.

In the backyard, Zhiji was leading her sisters to do handicrafts with Zhao Qiaoren. The children were reading and writing on the table in the room.

There was no handicraft in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the entertainment methods were monotonous. However, because the Zhao family began to develop the wool-twisting industry, sweaters became the only pastime for aristocratic women. Among them, the Zhao family's women had the most innovations in sweaters and enjoyed a high reputation in the country.

In addition to Zhao Wu's two children and one daughter, there is also Zhiying, the only descendant of Zhi's family. Although it was early winter, the house looked warm under the baking of several large charcoal stoves. Three women in the Zhi family were chattering while wearing sweaters, and Zhao Qiaoren was serving her behind. She was the busiest and kept taking care of Lan'er who was running around.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, the education of women was not important. Although Lan sat with her brothers, she was not focused on studying and the women present were not restricted. So Lan wrote a few strokes and threw the pen and ran around. Soon she was coaxed back to the table by Zhao Qiaoren, but this situation didn't last long. She ran away again.

Shi Yan led Zhao Sheng to the backyard and first introduced the situation to the eldest son Zhao Cheng. Zhao Sheng stepped forward to pay homage to Zhao Cheng, and then saluted Zhiji.

The winter is lonely, and several women are idle, so they quickly greet Zhao Sheng and sit down. Zhiji greeted him: "Although I grew up in Xintian, I rarely meet Jia. Your child has grown up so old, so cute... Since Jia no longer serves as a doctor, you rarely go to Guodu, right?"

Zhao Sheng bowed: "After my father passed away, we didn't even become a doctor. Of course, I was still young at that time and returned to my fiefdom. Unfortunately, my retainers are not as good as my younger brother. They are not good at managing. The Jia family has become increasingly poor in recent years."

Zhiji asked curiously: "My husband has been the Zhengqing for more than ten years. Since Jia is connected to our bloodline, why don't you go to my man if you have any difficulties?"
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