After Duanmu received his life, he left Qufu and went to Zhengyi.
At the same time, Yang Hu was indeed fooled by Fan Yang and Shu Niu.
He thought that since he had received the imperial edict from the Jin State, it was equivalent to his identity being recognized by the Jin State.
Yang Hu was overjoyed to be able to get the promise of Fan Yang, the ruling minister of Jin, so easily.
What's more, if he can use troops abroad with the approval of the uncle of the world, it will also be of great benefit to him in unifying the minds of the people.
Therefore, he prepared to coerce the "Three Huans" and attack the Zheng State, which was in chaos.
Luhou Song was still hesitant at first, but Yang Hu analyzed the pros and cons for him and made it clear that this was the request of the Jin State. Jin is the master of the world. If he doesn't obey, he will definitely suffer the consequences.
Moreover, no one in the country could remember exactly which year the last large-scale foreign expedition of the Lu Kingdom took place.
Therefore, being ordered to conquer the State of Zheng this time will undoubtedly restore the prestige of the Duke of Lu!
When Lu Housong heard that he was young after all, he couldn't help but be moved, so he agreed to the proposal of personal expedition.
On the other side, after Li Ran sent Duanmu Ci away, he learned that Yang Hu actually proposed to Lu Hou Yujia to conquer personally in the court hall.
I couldn't help but feel anxious and hurriedly found Yang Hu.
When Yang Hu saw Li Ran arriving, he stood up quietly and respectfully and said:
"Oh, it's sir here! Mr. Yang learned that Zheng Yi is now in chaos, and the people of the country want to harm Mr.'s sacrifice, so he is preparing to follow the uncle's wishes and attack the state of Zheng. Sir, there is no need to worry..."
Li Ran cupped his hands and said:
"Brother Yang, if you do this, not only will you not be able to save our Ji clan, but you will actually harm them!"
Yang Hu said:
"Mr. Ziming, those Zheng people don't know what's going on, and Si Zhen doesn't know why, but they stand by and watch. Since Yang has received the uncle's order, he can take care of your worries for you! Furthermore, this is the uncle of the Jin Kingdom. The request, Mr. Yang... is really hard to object to!"
When Li Ran heard this, he couldn't help but said in a deep voice:
"Brother Yang must never do this Hutu thing! This is clearly Fan Yang's plan of 'driving the tiger to devour the wolf'! Although the Zheng State was in chaos, it was not at fault. As for the so-called 'disaster of the princely dynasty', Zheng The country is adjacent to the Zhou royal family, so how can it not be affected? Therefore, this is just an attempt to inflict a crime!"
"Fan Yang wanted to attack Zheng in order to defeat Brother Yang! If Lu and Zheng are at odds with each other, the people of Zheng will surely resent the Ji clan. By then, not only will Brother Yang be defeated, but the Li Ran family will also be in danger! Brother Yang is extremely intelligent, how could he not see it? This move will do a lot of harm to the State of Lu but no benefit at all! You must not make enemies from all directions!"
When Yang Hu heard this, he couldn't help but look embarrassed, but since he had given the order, how could he not follow it? Therefore, he could only say hypocritically:
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"It's not that Yang Hu insists on fighting, it's actually the Jin State who has issued this order, and the emperor has also decided on this matter. The edict for conscription has been issued, and it will be difficult to change it now!"
"Let's do this. Yang will promise Mr. Ziming here that when Yang leads his troops to capture Kuang, he will immediately withdraw his troops and turn around... Is this okay?"
After hearing this, Li Ran became more and more angry:
"Brother Yang, do you really have to attack Zheng Guo?"
"This matter has been decided, and it is difficult to change it. Besides, if our country, Lu, does not listen to the country of Jin, how should we respond once the country of Jin is held accountable?"
When Li Ran heard this, he couldn't help but said angrily:
"The attack on the State of Zheng is obviously Fan Yang's plan to alienate people. If Brother Yang really insists on attacking the State of Zheng, he will undoubtedly destroy himself in the world!"
Yang Hu saw that Li Ran was indeed angry, and he didn't want to offend him now, so he could only comfort him and said:
"Please rest assured, Mr. Ziming, Yang knows what's going on!"
Yang Hu insisted on going to Zheng, and Li Ran had already said so. Seeing that he still had no intention of changing his mind, Li Ran had no choice but to say:
"Hmph! Short-sighted people! You will be tired of it in the end!"
After Li Ran finished speaking, he walked away.
In fact, Yang Hu felt a little worried after listening to Li Ran's words.
However, he was more worried about Fan Yang of Jin and his own future.
He thinks that if he can get close to such a person now, he will naturally be able to stand more firmly in the future.
Although, he also knew that Fan Yang was originally in alliance with the family leader Ji Sun Yiru. But in his view, there is no eternal "friendship" in so-called "politics".
Since the head of the family, Ji Sun Yiru, was able to get close to Fan Yang back then, why couldn't he?
Therefore, in his mind, he has already placed himself in the position of "Three Huans" to consider these issues.
And how could he know that all this was just his own "smartness"?
…
Li Ran returned to Xinglin and became increasingly angry as he thought about it.
Ji Le saw the anger on Li Ran's face, so he couldn't help but ask:
"Husband, what happened?"
When Li Ran saw that Ji Le was also resting in the forest, he couldn't help but suddenly put away his anger, and smiled at her and said:
"No...it's okay"
Ji Le sighed.
"I don't know what happened to Zheng Yi. I don't know why Guang'er and Fan Li haven't arrived yet?"
"Don't worry Le'er, they should be on the way already, and they should arrive soon. After all, Guang'er is still young, and traveling long distances will be inconvenient after all, so it's normal to be slower..."
After listening to Ji Le, he couldn't help but nodded, feeling relieved and thinking thoughtfully:
"That's true, hey... Now I just hope that Guang'er can come soon. A few days ago, Le'er dreamed of his father, his two brothers, and Ah Chou... Le'er always felt that... Le'er might There really isn’t much time left…”
Ji Le couldn't help but cry after she finished speaking. When Li Ran saw this, he couldn't help but hold her little hand and said:
"Madam, please don't think wildly. As long as she takes good care of herself, she will be fine..."
Ji Le nodded obediently and said "hmm".
Li Ran did not dare to tell Ji Le that Guang'er and Fan Li might be trapped in Zheng Yi.
Seeing Ji Le lose weight day by day, and what Yi He said made Li Ran worried.
Now, he only hopes that Guang'er can come to Qufu smoothly. When Jile sees his daughter, it may be helpful to her condition.
…
Duanmuci traveled lightly, and when he arrived at Zhengyi, he found that a large number of soldiers had been posted at the city gate, especially those who left the city, who were carefully interrogated and guarded tightly.
Fortunately, Duanmuci was from the Wei State and could speak with a Wei accent. Weiguo and Zhengguo were friendly countries, so Duanmuci could easily enter the city.
When Duanmu Ci arrived at the outskirts of the Sacrifice Mansion, he saw many Chinese people surrounding the Sacrifice Mansion.
There were also some soldiers mixed in, and the inner circle were some private soldiers from the Ji Mansion. Although these people were still loyal to their duties, they had to try their best to protect the mansion from being breached.
Duanmu Ci saw that he had little chance of entering the Sacrifice Mansion, so he had no choice but to walk around the Sacrifice Mansion for the time being.
Then he moved into the post house as a merchant from Weiguo.
Due to the mercantilism that Zheng Yi had previously pursued, Zheng was in the midst of the world. Therefore, Zheng Guo's posthouses were filled with businessmen from all over the world, and it could be described as a mixed bag.
When Duanmu Ci was eating in the front hall of the post house, he asked the waiter next to him:
"Little brother, I wonder what's going on with the Ji clan's mansion?"
The waiter saw that Duanmu Ci was a stranger, so he smiled and said to him:
"You have just arrived in Zheng Yi, right? The Ji clan was originally the largest merchant family in Zheng Yi. It was good in the past. It was quite famous in Zheng Yi and did a lot of good things for the people! But recently Some time ago, I don’t know where the news came from, saying that the Ji clan has been entrenched in Zheng Yi for several generations and has taken away all the property of Zheng State.”
"Also, in recent years, everyone in Zhengyi has been short of money, so the people in Zhengyi have vented all their grievances on the Ji family. Now it is getting even more out of control. These people actually The priests were confined in the mansion, and the mansion was surrounded, and no one was allowed to enter or leave."
Duanmuci frowned:
"Don't the officials care about it? As a powerful family in the Zheng State, the Ji clan has a very important position in the Zheng State. Could it be that the officials would allow these people to behave like this?"
When the waiter heard what Duanmuci said, he couldn't help but sneered:
"Pfft, if the officials weren't in charge, where would these people have the courage? Fortunately, it's Master Deng and the man named Fan Li in the temple, otherwise I'm afraid these people would have already rushed into the temple in the past few days!"
When Duanmuci heard this, he couldn't help but ask:
"Oh? What exactly is going on? Come and tell me in detail."
As Duanmu Ci said this, he casually took out a few sword coins and put them into the man's hand.
When the guy got the knife coin, he also grinned and said:
"I don't know much, so I'll just tell you."
It turned out that after You Ji passed away, Si Min became the ruling minister of Zheng State.
Not long after he took office, the Ji clan business group was suppressed by him. Later, when the people of Zhengyi saw that the Ji clan was suppressed, they would inevitably attract a large number of people who would add insult to injury and try to take advantage of the situation.
As a result, a group of people surrounded the Ji family's residence. As for the Ji clan's mansion, they had to rely on their own private soldiers to temporarily keep the bad guys out of the mansion.
At that time, Deng Xi, who was a military commander, learned of this and personally stepped in to stop the people.
Fan Li also personally found Si Zhen and argued with him. He said that the Zheng State was founded on commerce. If the mob was allowed to harass the Ji family and the Ji family collapsed, the Zheng State would lose its credibility. All merchants will flee in despair, which will be harmful to Zheng Guo but not beneficial at all.
Moreover, not only will the commercial and trade system that Zheng Guo relies on for a living collapse. If things go on like this, it will inevitably affect the people's livelihood of Zheng State. Once the people's livelihood of Zheng is affected, it will be disaster.
At that time, how will he prepare to be the home of Zheng Guo?
