The sudden appearance of Wu and Yue was fatal to Xu State. Their main army's plan to escape failed and they had to start a bloody battle with the coalition forces.
The final result was naturally no miracle. The strength of both sides was no longer on the same level. Of course, the princes' army suffered huge casualties, which made all the princes bleed in their hearts, but the soldiers brought by King Xu could escape. Hardly one out of ten.
Although in the end they failed to kill Xu State like they killed King Huaiyi, Xu State, whose strength was greatly damaged, would probably not have a good life when facing Chen State, Song State, and Wu State in the future.
As the battle between Song and Xu came to an end, like a signal, good news came one after another.
The allied forces of Jin and Wei defeated the Di people in Li, causing the entire Di people to migrate northward.
Qi State defeated Laiyi State, which caused Laiyi State to continue to move eastward and greatly expand its territory.
This war, which did not last long but was extremely intense, was something that all the Xia kingdoms could not forget.
Yi Di's power is actually so powerful!
The Xia kingdoms were almost overthrown. Even if the war was finally won, many princes still had lingering fears.
Just when the princes were cleaning up the mess.
In Luoyi, Luo Cheng, in the name of the emperor, sent a message to the princes of the world to hold an alliance in Luoyi to arrange the post-war order and prevent these barbarians from coming back.
All the princes in the world responded. Almost as soon as the edict was issued, most of them immediately got up and headed to Luoyi.
Ji Zhao was even more busy harvesting countless luck points.
[Your descendant Luo Cheng went beyond the limit and successfully organized Zhu Xia's major counterattack. Your family's status in history has once again increased, and your family's reputation has increased again.
You gain luck points. 】
Although Luo Cheng was not the one who personally directed the battle, so no props were given to him, but how many luck points were given to him?
All the luck points that Ji Zhao spent on the ancestral blessings he had exerted on his family's children over the years were recovered in one wave.
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The Chu State's mission was the grandest and the standard was extremely high.
The Prince of Chu came to congratulate the new emperor on behalf of the King of Chu, demonstrating the friendship of the Zhou-Chu alliance.
The eldest princess of Chu, Yi Xuan, who had already settled down to marry the emperor Ji Fu, was also among the delegation and came to marry Ji Fu.
As a large country on the Han River, Chu's bride-to-be team was naturally quite large.
The one thousand armored soldiers escorting the mission were the most elite soldiers in the Chu State. With just these armored soldiers, if coupled with chariots and five thousand auxiliary troops, those small countries no more than fifty miles away would be completely unable to resist.
The Chu State sent this elite army, one of the meanings was to show off its military force to the princes of the Central Plains.
According to the arrangements of the King of Chu, two hundred people from this powerful army will be selected as Yi Xuan's dowry and will stay with her in Wang Ji.
These two hundred people are not just two hundred people, but nobles. These nobles will be stationed in Luoyi with Yi Xuan.
If Jifu has the ability, he can definitely borrow this power. This is the benefit that a powerful wife clan can bring.
Although Luo Yan was from the Luo Kingdom, he was already a Chu minister, so he followed the Chu Kingdom's envoy back to Luoyi and brought his fiancée Yiguang with him.
The fiancée always has to meet his father. There is also a covenant relationship between the Luo State and the Chu State. Moreover, he joined the Chu State and received a fiefdom from the King of Chu. I don't know if this is considered a family separation.
Prince Xiong Dan of Chu State, Luo Yan, Princess Yi Xuan, and Princess Yi Guang were traveling together.
Looking at the city in front of him that was far taller than Yingdu, Xiong Dan asked with some shock: "Luo Qing, this Luoyi is so tall, how did King Su build it back then?"
"Prince, Luoyi lives between Yiluo. This is a paradise gifted by God to the people of Zhou. With God's blessing, even taller cities than this can be built."
Luo Yan's words were full of pride. The history of the Luo family and the ancestors of the Luo family are worthy of every descendant being proud of.
If it were not for his identity as the young master of the Luo Kingdom, even if the King of Chu admired him, how could he give his favorite princess to her?
The two princesses Yi Xuan and Yi Guang were both a little curious. This was the first time for them to leave the Chu Kingdom, especially Princess Yi Xuan. She knew that this was where she would live her whole life.
Now she is still very satisfied.
Ji Fu met the Prince of Chu and others in the palace.
This was the first time that Yi Xuan saw her future husband. Not to mention Ji Fu's talent and ability, no one could fault her appearance.
So Yi Xuan was very satisfied, and there was even a slight blush on his pretty face.
"I heard Luo Gong tell the story of the ancestors of the Chu State who cut their way through the mountains and forests to open up the mountains and forests. What a great achievement is this?
All princes should learn from Chu.
The Chu State returned to the ranks of the Xia Dynasties, and when I met King Su in person, I had something to say. "
Although Ji Fu is neither a man nor a martial artist, he has a temperament about him that makes people feel good about him.
What he said made people feel very sincere, and Xiong Dan was now full of affection for his future brother-in-law.
"Your Majesty, the Kingdom of Chu will always be on your side and will be your loyal subject."
On such an occasion, Xiong Dan made a statement to the world, and his words represented the political commitment of Chu State.
When he leaves here, it will soon spread throughout the countries. With the strong support of Chu State, the royal family has the ability to move among the great countries of the Central Plains.
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As the princes from various countries arrived in Luoyi, the city fell into unprecedented prosperity.
The princes brought their guards with them. Most of these people were nobles and had enough financial resources to spend.
In addition to the tributes to the emperor, the alliance was also a place for the display of goods. Usually the princes would bring a large number of local specialties.
With so many princes gathered together, there has not been such a grand event for many years since the time of King Huang.
Especially the appearance of the three princes, Prince of Chu, Uncle Wu, and Uncle Yue, made all the princes feel that things had really changed.
These three vassal states, all of which had not been courting the emperor for hundreds of years, now appeared in the royal territory.
They didn't know the strength of Wu Yue, but the Chu State was a big country in Hanyang, and it was no less generous than the Jin State.
Now he is still married to the royal family. Some time ago, Crown Prince Dan of Chu and the Emperor made an oath to fully support the royal family. With the assistance of Jin, Luo, Qi, and Zheng, it is not impossible to return to Haojing City.
Xiong Dan discovered the biggest disadvantage of Chu's absence from Zhou Dynasty for a hundred years, that is, he basically didn't know these Central Plains princes.
The princes married each other and formed a complicated network of relationships, but Chu State was outside this system.
Even if the royal family marries the Chu State, the Chu State will still be rejected by them.
Because these Central Plains princes were all related to each other, the Chu State was really an outsider to them.
The King of Chu was an outstanding monarch. He recognized this keenly, so he wanted to keep Luo Yan in the Chu Kingdom and marry his favorite daughter to him.
The effect is now reflected. Luo Yan's mother is Luo Jiang, the legitimate daughter of Qi State. Qi State and Luo State are representatives of the surnames Ji and Jiang.
I'm afraid I can't tell you how big the marriage network between the two countries is, but almost all the princes present can talk about it.
As Luo Yan invited the princes one by one, and almost every one of them had relatives, Xiong Dan was almost numb.
He deeply felt the key position of the Luo family in the Central Plains. If Chu wanted to enter the Central Plains, the marriage with the royal family was not the most critical, but the marriage with the Luo family was the most important.
The best thing is that Luo Yan is the first young master of the Luo Kingdom to serve as a minister in another country, which is a golden sign for the Chu Kingdom.
No one knows better than Queen Su who is the barbarian and who is the Xia.
Under Luo Yan's introduction, the prince of Chu finally gradually integrated into the circle of the princes of the Central Plains on the surface, but in his heart the princes of the Central Plains were still wary of the prince of Chu.
This is normal behavior. How can a feeling of strangeness that has lasted for more than a hundred years be eliminated in a short period of time?
At least it was much better than the Yue Kingdom. The Wu Kingdom was a country formed by princes with the surname Ji. It was a country formed by the descendants of the royal family at that time. Although it had not been at the Zhou Dynasty for many years, the relationship with the same clan could still be found.
The Yue Kingdom, an exiled vassal state with the Si surname, was in dire straits. His largest sibling was the Si surnamed Qi Kingdom. However, although the Qi Kingdom was a principality, it was weak in power. The entire Si surnamed vassal states were in the system of the Xia kingdoms. There is no sense of existence.
Not to mention comparing with the Jiang surname, even comparing with the Zi surname, the Gui surname and even the Ying surname which was far inferior to them at first, they are all far inferior.
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As the bells in the city rang, the princes began to walk towards the palace according to their titles and positions in the royal family.
This is a big change from the almost complete determination of rank based on blood more than two hundred years ago. It cannot be said that blood is not important, but it is the consensus of this era that title is more important than blood.
In the Royal Palace of Luoyi, Luo Cheng was arranging the emperor's crown for Ji Fu. This scene was a bit like Ji Zhao arranging Ji Yun's robes more than two hundred years ago.
"Sir, do you know that there are three kinds of kings?"
"There are three kinds of kings?" Ji Fu shook his head in confusion and said, "I don't know, so I would like to ask Mr. Luo to clarify his doubts."
“This is what King Su said.
The king followed an upright path. He used ideals to unite the hearts of his ministers and regulated his country with morality. In this way, even if he died, his ministers would loyally assist his heirs.
The middle king takes the path of being domineering and oppressive. Such a monarch believes that he does not need to trust his ministers. As long as he exerts force to persuade, everything will act according to his will. This is not wrong, but this type of monarch usually kills Those ministers who have made great contributions, because he himself understands that there is no trust between the monarch and his ministers.
The king believes in conspiracy, regards power as truth, and does not care about the development of the country and plays with balance. The country ruled by this kind of monarch cannot be strong. It is like a pool of stagnant water, gradually rotting and becoming smelly, and eventually the building collapses and is completely defeated.
As for a monarch who is worse than the king, he is no longer worthy of being called a monarch. "
Ji Fu heard this theory for the first time, and his little eyes were full of shock. He couldn't help but ask: "Duke Luo, what should I do if I want to become the king?"
Luo Cheng smoothed a wrinkle and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I will teach you slowly, starting with "The Way of the King" written by King Su.
The princes have arrived. Your Majesty, the alliance of the princes is the royal way. This is the first step in the revitalization of the state. You should take a good look at it today. "
Of course, a true king should be kingly, tyrannical, and supplemented by deceitful ways.
However, Ji Fu's talent is not enough to learn domineering and deceitful ways. He is kind-hearted by nature and is only suitable for taking the road of kingship. After all, people in this era are relatively simple, and there are many loyal ministers and righteous people.
"The king has arrived!" Luo Cheng and Ji Fu arrived hand in hand.
All the princes returned to their positions, straightened their backs, knelt down, bowed their heads, and tied their hands. The previously noisy hall fell silent in a very short period of time.
Groups of palace maids passed by and replaced all the princes with barons. The musicians began to play the emperor's music and dance, and the loud sound resounded in the palace.
The princes were restricted by Zhou rites and could not use many musical instruments. Many pieces of music throughout the Zhou Dynasty could only be played in full by the emperor.
“Everyone.
Since King Su's Eastern Expedition, Bangzhou had never experienced such a large-scale war. From the west of Haojing to the coast of the East China Sea, from the north of Yanshan Mountain to the south of the Yangtze River, wars were everywhere in Bangzhou's vast land.
Jin and Wei defeated the Di people, Yan defeated Shanhu, Qi defeated Laiyi, Song, Chen, Wu Yueshen and Tang strangled Xu, Luo and Chu defeated the powerful Huai in Ying and Xu. Yi.
What a glorious victory! The kingdom of Zhuxia is still blessed by heaven, and our descendants will not have to worry about the invasion of these border barbarians for fifty years. "
Luo Cheng excitedly raised the wine baron high and said loudly: "Congratulations!"
All the princes raised their wine princes high and said in unison: "Congratulations!"
After three shouts, Luo Cheng said again: "As long as we gather around the emperor's throne, observe the Zhou rites, develop the country, and hold regular alliances, can those barbarians shake the state of Zhou?"
"no!"
The princes naturally saw the power of unity and responded in groups.
Luo Cheng said loudly again: "Masters, more than two hundred years ago, the first generation of princes swore an oath in front of King Kang and King Su, and thus the prosperity of King Kang's period began.
More than a hundred years ago, the princes made the same oath in front of King Zhao and Duke Luo Wen, which led to the prosperity of King Zhao.
Today, in front of the King, let us once again make a bloody alliance, never betray, work together to protect the country, Zhou Sheji, assist the emperor, and create a prosperous age! "
"Congratulations! Congratulations! Congratulations!"
All the princes raised their wine lords high again, and everyone stood up and shouted loudly, and the echoes circled in the hall.
Ji Fu, who was shocked by this scene, was directly pulled up by Luo Cheng. His arms were raised high, and all the musicians raised the sound of the music again, like the roar of war drums.
How long has it been since the emperor had no such authority?
No one knows, but now everyone knows that if the Luo Kingdom spends everything, the royal family will prosper.
A young emperor, a regent of the Luo family, Bang Zhou's destiny seemed to be flowing through them forever.
This is a new era, the era of Luo Cheng and Ji Fu.
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The alliance of princes during the period of King Yi was the last alliance action initiated by the Emperor of Zhou. All the princes prostrated under the throne. The Zhou royal family, which had experienced the Haojing-Shenrong Rebellion, seemed to have returned to its position as the common ruler of the world.
In the following twenty years, the Zhou royal family vigorously safeguarded the Zhou rites and patriarchal system, and especially vigorously attacked the Jin Quwo Xiaozong's attempt to replace the Dazong, making the pair of kings Yi Wang and Luo Xuangong more prominent among the princes. reputation reached its peak. ——"The Rise and Fall of the Zhou Dynasty"
