Chapter 203: The Gospel of the nations 1

The young child paid sternly to the ruler according to the etiquette of the nobles, and then said childishly: "I don't know how to write many words, but I happen to write six words: Cui Zhu killed the king's light."

Cui Zhu shook his mind and couldn't hold the sword in his hand. He said in a daze: "There is such a person, such a family. You... If you modify the history, will you die? Don't you know, if you write down that I killed the king, that's what I have deviled me, Cui Zhu."

The child did not answer Cui Zhu's words. He picked up the bamboo slips from the pool of blood and rewrite the words: Cui Zhu killed the king's light.

The samurai leader swung his sword and compared the current Shi Ling's neck. He raised his sword and asked Cui Zhu: "Master, can you still kill me?"

Cui Zhu cried aggrievedly: "How can this be done? How can he keep silent... Forget it, this is my fault. There are so many people who can write in the world. Let him go."

Cui Zhu understood: It turns out that if the domestic housing prices rise, the people have no place to live, he cannot rely on the people below to speculate in the housing market. As a ruler, he cannot say that it is all the people below to be responsible for it. He is in power, but his responsibility; if domestic food safety cannot be guaranteed, it is not the people below to make trouble, but the people below to be responsible; if domestic people live without dignity, it is all the people who are in power...

In Jin State, Zhao Wu received a request from Qi envoy Xiong. In addition to Chaoge's land, Qi also gave sacrificial instruments and bells and musical instruments to bribe Jin Ping Duke. At the same time, Qi also bribed Jin's vassal states, causing doctors from all over Jin State to "listen to (listen to the work plan for the coming year)" to plead for Qi State. In the midst of the noise, Zhao Wu smiled slightly and asked Qi State's envoy Xiong: "Sure enough, all those who have mistresses are corrupt elements - from the Spring and Autumn Period! Well, the king of Qi State Jiang Guang died because of mistresses. The unexpected ending... I wonder what you posthumous title to this monarch?"

The envoy of Qi State replied: "Yan Zi advocated the posthumous title of Zhuang."

The posthumous title of Zhuang means "repeated conquests and killings", which is a posthumous title of the Bank of China.

Although Duke Zhuang of Qi was not good, under his leadership, Qi State re-putted the east, and the small ones "dominated" the east again, and began to revive. Although he was the first cuckold and the ruling Cui Zhu did his job, the honor belonged to the king. Therefore, this "first adulterer of Qi State" actually won a neutral posthumous title.

Sure enough, those who have mistresses are "glorious" - since the Spring and Autumn Period.

Zhao Wu nodded and continued, "The Grand Historian of Qi is good. Cui Zhu always said that he had 'the subordinates killed the monarch'. So whose subordinates were? How could he escape responsibility for what Cui Zhu did? The Grand Historian's record is correct."

The envoy of Qi State could not understand Zhao Wu's words, so he went straight to the point: "So, does Jin State allow us to seek peace?"

Zhao Wu smiled and replied: "With Chaoge, how could I, Jin State, not allow Qi State to seek peace... Look at you, I have also sent a bunch of musical instruments. Our king likes music, and he must like these gifts."

The envoy of Qi State thanked him for a big holiday.

When the envoys of Qi State left the hall, the ministers of Jin State and the envoys of the vassal state clapped together to celebrate: "It's peace, finally peace, we won't have to go to war next year."

Zheng's envoy Zichan immediately left the list and asked, "Now that Jin has been pacified in the east and west of the world, our Zheng State has some small matters. Once Chu led the overlord to invade our Zheng State. At that time, our Zheng State army was cooperating with Jin to attack Qi, allowing the Chu army to run rampant in Zheng State. Afterwards, the Chu army retreated, and we found that only Chen State among the coalition forces did the most. The wheat fields on the land they walked through were destroyed, the wells were all filled, the rivers were blocked, and the city walls were stripped away.

Chen State is a small country. Our Zheng State dare not work with the princes, so that the overlord state will worry, and only asks Jin State to allow us to attack Chen State in order to retaliate against Chen State's destruction."

Zhao Wu turned his eyes to the justice Shi Xia, who frowned and asked, "The Chu State invaded Zheng State, probably because of the past few years. Why didn't Zheng State say it sooner or later? It just said at this time that there is a severe drought in the world and all countries are dealing with famine. How can they have the strength to fight?"

Shi Xia was unwilling to let Zheng State go to war because he was not worried that Zheng State's national strength would be lost due to the war. He was not so kind to care about Zheng State. However, if Zheng State went to war, then they would not have to pay taxes to Jin State or reduce their share of payment. People are launching foreign wars in China, so you are embarrassed to continue extorting Zheng State, right?

However, Jin did need to blackmail the vassal states to support itself in the famine, so Zheng wanted to use foreign wars to avoid the obligations it deserved to the hegemonic state, and Shi Xia could not tolerate it.

Zichan replied with a smile: "I won't say it sooner: because our Zheng State has served Bo State for a short time, and I dare not want to get the care of the overlord State; as for the later period, the Chu State is stronger day by day. If we miss the opportunity this time, we may never have the chance in the future and punish the Chen State under the protection of Chu State."

What Zichan said was that Zheng State has been tortured in recent years, and its national strength has been swinging and surrendering, and it is forced to pay tribute to Chu and Jin State at the same time, so that the country has declined to the brink of destruction. In the same years, the firm ally of Jin State, Song State, received a gift from Jin State, and Lu State was also conquering Qi State, and also obtained a large area of ​​land.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, the pattern of various countries was: the first-class power was Qi and Qin. The first of the second-class power was Zheng. It was the turn of Song and Lu Wei. Now Qi was dismembered, and the national strength of the State of Lu jumped above Qi. Wei lost three-quarters of the territory and became a fourth-class country. The old second-class power Zheng also fell to the tail of the second-class country, and its national strength was neither as strong as Song nor Lu. If this continues, when Chu recovers its strength, Zheng, which is located on the front line of the confrontation between Jin and Chu, its national strength will continue to decline until its destruction.

A famous minister, Chan, did not allow this phenomenon. He could not even wait for Jin to send troops to help Zheng, but also independently assumed the task of attacking Chen. Although Zhao Wu was not as greedy as Fan Yi, if he wanted to intervene in this war, Zheng would not even be the turn of the remaining pieces. In this way, how could Zheng expand his territory? How could he catch up with the Song and Lu?

That's why Zichan had to attack Chen State in this subtle moment, when Qi State had just surrendered and Zheng State was exempted from the obligation to conquer, but Jin State was unable to fight due to famine, so as to enjoy the fruits of the war independently.

Shi Xia shook his head and continued to refuse: "Our covenant is 'big and not invade small'. This year, there is a major famine, which makes all countries have no military rations; in addition, we are also starting to establish various regulations - the covenant generally says 'big and not invade small', but there are no specific measurement standards and implementation rules. We are preparing to establish this rules to regulate the relationship between the various countries."

Zichan shook his head and said proudly: "In the past, Yu Yan's father was Tao Zheng of Zhou and served our ancestors (King Wu of Zhou). Our ancestors praised him for his ability to make utensils, which was conducive to daily use. At the same time, considering that he was a descendant of the saint (Yu Shun), he betrothed his eldest daughter, Da Ji, and his son Hu Gong, and he was granted to Chen, making him one of the "San Ke" (Ke: Jing. The Zhou people named Huangdi, Yao and Shun as princes, called San Ke). Therefore, the king of Chen was born to our daughter of Ji surname, and still relies on the kindness of the Zhou family.

After Duke Huan died (in 707 BC), the Chen people were in chaos. The Cai people wanted to establish the son of the daughter of Cai. Our ancestor Duke Zhuang supported the five fathers and made him king, but was killed by the Cai people. We also supported Duke Li with the Cai people, and we supported Duke Zhuang, Duke Xuan, and the kings of Chen.

During the Xia family rebellion (Xia Zhengshu killed Duke Ling of Chen in 598 BC), Duke Cheng was displaced, and it was our Zheng State who helped him return to the country to ascend the throne - the above facts are all known to the king of your country.

Now Chen State forgot that the great virtue of King Zhou surrendered to the barbarian Chu State, abandoned our great kindness, abandoned our relatives, and relied on the Chu State to bully our country. They were "unable to fill their desires". How can we not punish such people? If we can tolerate such a thing, who will respect Zheng State in the future?

Moreover, the approach of Chen State to our country means that Chen State is close to the royal land. If the country cannot be blocked, Chen State can directly attack Wang Ye. My country is very afraid that the Great Master (the great king Ji surname, referring to the King of Zhou) will be humiliated because of its weak country - please allow us to attack Chen State!"

Zichan brought out all the King of Zhou, which shows Zheng's firm determination to expand.

In this era of change, countries will retreat if they do not advance. If Zheng State wants to maintain its second-class power, it must continue to expand. If Zheng State misses this opportunity and waits for Jin to recover, Zheng State will become an eternal follower. He can only follow Jin State to pick up some leftovers of Jin State. Zichan will never want Zheng State to fall to that level.

However, Jin must not allow Zheng to attack Chen.
Chapter completed!