Of course, the seating arrangement arranged by the Marquis of Jin for Zichan and Li Ran was not arbitrary, and its profound meaning is self-evident.
As the saying goes, if the name is not right, the words will not be right. Of course, the Marquis of Jin knew that if he wanted to use others as the key to deciding this matter, his status must be raised to a considerable level first.
The meeting officially began.
The biggest question in today's court discussion: whether the Jin State should participate in this meeting of Guodi.
Participants: the Marquis of Jin and a group of his civil and military courtiers, and of course Zichan and Li Ran of Zheng.
The initiator of the issue was Zhongjun Zuo Hanqi:
"Chu wants to form an alliance with Guo. It is a matter of great importance. It has been three days since the Chu envoy arrived. I would like to ask your Majesty to tell me how to make a decision."
Han Qi had a typical mentality of not taking offense from both sides. What he said was concise and concise, and his meaning could not be clearer. That is: What should we do about this matter? You are the boss, so you can give me accurate information yourself. .
Naturally, the Marquis of Jin did not like this kind of work attitude.
But this is also the helplessness of Jin Hou. He was obviously unhappy, but he couldn't speak out to accuse or criticize him, let alone change people when he wanted. He could only endure it all silently.
So, he turned his attention to Yang Yangui, who had always been in charge of diplomacy. This was what they had discussed last night.
"Your Majesty, I feel that the Chu people have gone too far to bully me! They actually threatened to meet in Guo for an alliance. This move can be said to be treating our Jin country as nothing!"
"Your Majesty, I think this is absolutely impossible!"
"On that day, the Chu envoy Wu Ju was particularly arrogant and domineering when he was enjoying the gift. If we go by what he said, wouldn't it mean that if we go to the Jin Kingdom, we will directly become the foil of the Chu Kingdom?"
Wu Ju's shameless image is still deeply engraved in the minds of all the officials. At this time, everyone was excited when they heard Yang Tonji's impassioned words.
Don't think about it, just reject it.
It doesn’t matter whether you are a Xiong Chu or a Barbarian Chu, and it doesn’t matter whether your prince Wei is Ling Yin or the King of Chu. If you want us from Jin State to serve as your foil, there is no way!
Of course, the Marquis of Jin agreed with this.
But in order to show his appearance of unity in the Jin Kingdom, he naturally had to ask the opinions of many ministers and officials on this matter.
On the one hand, this also shows the wisdom of the king, and on the other hand, it is also necessary to spread the responsibilities.
"What do you think, sir?"
As his gaze swept across, a mighty wind swept through the heart of Marquis Jin.
Whether he sees through it or not, he still hopes that these ministers can still think of it as "fellow roommates" and work together to maintain the last bit of the glory of Ba Jin.
"Your Majesty, I think what Uncle Xiang said is absolutely true. The Chu State has always been unruly and has many conflicts with our Jin State. This time in the Guohui Alliance, it is obvious that we do not take our Jin State seriously and are actually bullying me. Jin."
"Yes, if I go to join the alliance, I'm afraid I will make a fool of myself and become the laughing stock of the world from now on! I think I am determined not to go!"
"I second the proposal!"
There were indeed many ministers who opposed going, and most of them were ministers of the humerus of the Jin State who had the same ambition as Yang Tongui.
"I object!"
"The alliance between Chu and Guo was named after the Song Alliance. The time and place are favorable. It would be ridiculous if we, the Jin Kingdom, hesitate to move forward!"
"I second the proposal!"
There are quite a few people who agree to go to the meeting, and their reasons for going to the meeting are also very good:
A hegemon should have the spirit of a hegemon. Since the Song Dynasty made an agreement that Jin and Chu would both be the leaders of the alliance, how could there be any reason to go back on it? If this is the case, wouldn't it make our Jin country look too petty?
As a result, both sides held their own opinions and argued fiercely.
This was not the first time Li Ran had seen this famous scene. After all, this scene was very similar to the scenes in his time where small town councils would quarrel over trivial matters.
It's just that this is the first time he has seen such a battle.
There were many officials in the Jin State, and they all had their own families. After the two sides stood on their sides, they began to spar with each other.
But noisy is noisy, but the words are still many levels higher than the keyboard warriors of later generations.
Moreover, each of them quoted from other sources and quoted from classics. At this moment, his knowledge and knowledge were fully revealed.
But here's the problem.
Everyone has similar knowledge, similar skills, and the same principles. Either way, it makes sense no matter how you say it. So, in the end, no one can convince anyone.
Therefore, this "thorny" issue eventually fell back into the hands of the Marquis of Jin.
The decision-making power is still his.
Seeing that the quarrel between the two parties was almost over, the Marquis of Jin naturally turned his attention to Zichan and Li Ran, and said:
"Although I have lived in a deep palace for a long time, I have often heard of Li Ziming's reputation as a genius. It can be said that no one in the world can match him."
"Since I am here today as Zheng's envoy, I think I must have some high-level discussions."
According to the script that had been discussed long ago, it was Li Ran's turn to perform and speak.
Li Ran stood up after hearing the sound, bowed to the Marquis of Jin, and then bowed to the officials of the Jin Kingdom, with a calm expression. He straightened his clothes and said loudly in public:
"I heard that the alliance between Guo and Prince Yin of Chu was directed by Pingqiu! Years ago, the Jin State convened the princes for an alliance in Pingqiu, and the whole world also recommended the Jin State as the leader of the alliance, and informed heaven and earth Let’s use our propaganda to punish Chu’s crimes together! This is a fact known to everyone in the world.”
"Now, Chu has convened an alliance in Guo. If Jin joins the meeting, how will it face the various princes who have "jointly accused Chu of crimes"? Not long after the meeting in Pingqiu, Jin has repeated this. Wouldn't it be a broken promise? To the princes, and to break trust in heaven and earth? I would like to ask, how can the princes in the world dare to trust the Jin State again in the future? How can they dare to follow the leader of the Jin State again? This is one of them."
"Since King Wen, King Cheng, and King Zhuang of Chu, the intention to strengthen Chu in the north has been clearly revealed. The alliance of Annihilation was even promoted to be the leader of the alliance with Jin. There is a saying in the Song alliance that, in addition to Qi and Qin, , all the vassal states must pay tribute to the Chu State. I thought that the Chu State was a barbarian generation, but now they dare to touch the Central Plains. How can they be as ambitious as he wants? If Jin attends the meeting this time, it will definitely encourage its hegemony At that time, they will really become contentious again and wave their arms northward. The war in the Central Plains will start again, and the war will be fierce. The smoke will be like clouds and the people will be devastated. In this way, the world will be in danger! This is the second one."
"The third one is the prince's siege."
"The prince surrounds this man, who is domineering and arrogant, and has always been hated by the people of the world. Now he wants to hold a meeting and invite all the princes to come. If Jin goes, he will be allowing his evil. At that time, Why should we and other small countries not go? Then if we and other small countries also go, wouldn't it be in vain to encourage this person's arrogance? "Shang Shu" says: "Evil is easy, like fire." In the original, the country cannot be far away, but it can still be extinguished?'. If we can't extinguish the evil encirclement of the Chu prince this time, then this person will really bring disaster to the countries in the middle of the country in the future. I wonder if the current Jin country has anything to do with helping Zhou to commit abuses. What are the similarities and differences?”
"Besides, if the prince surrounds this person, he will be a big trouble for Jin in the future! Please think twice about the relationship here, your Majesty and all your ministers."
