Blue Wings.
This is not a famous city in Qi State, but Lu Xiaobai chose this place because the name has a good meaning. Qi State will soon spread its wings and dominate the nine heavens.
It doesn't matter if you don't have a name now. Qi Yan was also unknown at the beginning, but Duke Luo Wen gathered the Qin kings and princes in Qi Yan and finally achieved great things. Why not leave a name in history?
The State of Qi has built a high loess platform here, which is higher than the regulations of the princes who were ordered by the king to form an alliance, and everything needed for the alliance has been prepared.
This is the first alliance meeting of Qi State, and more than ten princes have been invited. It is not yet known how many princes will come according to the invitation.
Lu Xiaobai's expression was full of anxiety, while Guan Zhong's expression was very calm.
"Azhong, aren't you worried that no princes will come to join the alliance?
Although we have just defeated the Lai Yi Kingdom, which caused a great shock among the Xia, Qi has been in political turmoil for decades and has no prestige among other countries.
If no one comes, wouldn't Qi become a joke?
If Gu has the prestige of his uncle, the princes will definitely follow the situation, so Gu will not worry. "
Guan Zhong naturally understood Lu Xiaobai's concerns. He was a prince of the Luo Kingdom and knew the prestige of the Luo family. He sipped the wine carefully and said comfortingly: "My lord, you don't have to belittle yourself.
Luohou's prestige was not gained by himself, but was accumulated by successive Luohous over the past four hundred years with their unswerving determination.
Moreover, although Luohou's prestige is high, it is not necessarily a good thing.
Luohou in the past generations has fallen into the shackles of reputation, and their every move has countless people paying attention.
He is not an ordinary person, but has become a symbol.
It already has a fixed image in the hearts of people all over the world, even if it goes through thousands of years of vicissitudes and changes in the world.
Luo Hou must be like that, and it can only be like that.
Is this something that humans can achieve? I'm afraid it was God's will that gave Luo Kingdom a mission.
Therefore, although Luo Hou has unparalleled prestige, he is also placed on top. Otherwise, with the strength of Luo State, he would have been able to annex those small countries long ago.
But Luo Guo couldn't do it because it was inappropriate.
Once he breaks that barrier, his four-hundred-year reputation will collapse, and everyone will feel uncomfortable with the unfamiliar Luo Kingdom. "
This is the first time Xiaobai has heard this statement, and he is very curious, "So my uncle has the ability but does not become the overlord, but leaves this matter to Gu?"
Guan Zhong smiled and nodded: "Yes.
Therefore, regardless of other princes, Luohou will definitely send someone.
Moreover, I predict that it should be Prince Xi, and Luohou will not come here to steal the limelight from you, the monarch. "
Lu Xiaobai patted his knees and said, "If uncle comes, it doesn't matter if he gives up his position as leader of the alliance.
If he doesn't come, I will unite the princes for my uncle and help all the Xia. This has been the long-cherished wish of King Su's lineage. "
In fact, Guan Zhong was still confident. Not to mention other countries this time, Han, Xing and Ju would definitely come.
As for the states of Wei, Song, Zheng, and Qu, they will not come if they don't come. They just need some vassal states to demonstrate Qi's military power.
While the two were talking, they heard a guard coming to report that Luo Guo's convoy had arrived. Neither Guan Zhong nor Lu Xiaobai expected that Luo Guo came directly to the place where the alliance would be held without handing over the documents first.
The two looked at each other and smiled. It seemed that Luo Guo was indeed very supportive of Qi's dominance without any hesitation, so Lu Xiaobai quickly took Guan Zhong out to greet him.
When Luo Xi walked into the place where the alliance was held, she saw the magnificent rammed earth platform of the alliance. Water had been poured on the yellow soil, and it was now very compact. There was no dust flying when walking on it.
He couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction. It seemed that Qi State was serious about this alliance. Then he saw Lu Xiaobai and Guan Zhong running towards him.
"Brother!" Lu Xiaobai hadn't seen Luo Xi for many years and felt quite friendly. For a moment, he felt like he was back in the Luo Kingdom. He was about to bow down and salute Luo Xi, but was directly supported by Luo Xi.
"No, Marquis of Qi!" Luo Xi said sternly: "You are the Marquis of Qi conferred by the emperor, and I am just the prince of Luo Kingdom. How can there be any reason for the superior to bow to the inferior first?
At that time, King Su was appointed as regent to assist King Kang, but he only dared to pay homage to King Kang once and then three times.
You bow to me first. This is against etiquette. Marquis of Qi, Prince Xi of Luo Kingdom is here to greet you! "
After saying that, he bowed down to Lu Xiaobai. Everyone who saw this scene couldn't help but feel good about Luo Xi. She was worthy of being Queen Su.
Naturally, Luo Xi's move was not only because of etiquette, but also because he wanted to send a signal to everyone that Luo State's support for Qi State was very strong.
Luo family is an important part of the sanctity of Bangzhou, which is what Qi needs.
Lu Xiaobai originally didn't want to accept this bow, but Guan Zhong pulled his sleeve from behind, and Lu Xiaobai, who always obeyed Guan Zhong's words, accepted Luo Xi's bow.
Then he immediately turned around to say thank you, and the two of them walked in holding hands.
After entering the meeting place, Lu Xiaobai said happily: "Brother can come, I am very happy and don't panic anymore.
Before, various countries had not submitted documents, so I don’t know how many countries could come, but with Luo Guo here, it would be worth tens of millions. "
Luo Xi smiled and said: "Qi has always been a powerful country in the east, especially after it just defeated Lai Yi and expanded its territory thousands of miles, which shocked the Xia. In the past fifty years, I have visited all the Xia countries several times. Is there any other princes who can have such power? ?"
With the arrival of Luo Xi, replies from other princes gradually arrived. Han, Xing, Ju, Cai, and Chen all agreed to come to join the alliance.
Song State was in civil strife, so no one came. Yan State was fighting Shanrong. Qu State did not come because of the previous war with Qi State. There were also some small vassal countries attached to Qu State and Song State who also did not come.
As for the slightly larger countries such as Wei and Zheng, they are still waiting and watching. They are all princes with the surname Ji. They were once considered big countries and are not willing to succumb to Qi like this.
This is why Qi has a special status among princes with different surnames. If Chu and Qin dare to invite them to form an alliance, they may be directly humiliated.
The scale of this alliance cannot be said to be large, and it is not even as big as the Qiyan Alliance organized by Luo Wengong and others two hundred years ago. Faced with this situation, Lu Xiaobai felt a little embarrassed and wanted to retreat.
"Brother, Azhong, there are so few countries participating in the alliance. The leader of the alliance might as well serve the king and accept orders from the princes. What's the point of this alliance?
Should we change the opportunity to hold an alliance again? "
Luo Xi persuaded sternly: "Xiao Bai, a few days ago you said that you would respect the king and repel the barbarians, but now it's just that a few countries that don't understand the actual situation have not yet arrived.
As the saying goes, three people make a crowd, and five countries are already willing to come. If you change the time of the alliance now, you will lose credibility among the countries that are willing to come to the alliance.
Maybe they won't come when the next alliance meeting is held, which will have a great impact on your prestige.
You cannot rush to accumulate prestige. You have only been a king for five years and you have defeated Laiyi. Then Han, Xing, Ju, Cai, and Chen will be willing to listen to you.
This is already a very good result.
Since the establishment of Zhou Dynasty, except for King Qin, all the princes have been allied with the emperor.
If you can ally with other countries as a prince this time, it will be a deed worthy of being written down in the history books.
In the future, when you respect the king and fight against the barbarians, and become more powerful, I am afraid that all the princes in the world will follow you.
The high prestige of the Luo Kingdom was gained by respecting the king for three hundred years. If the Qi Kingdom could respect the king for a hundred years, maybe it would be another Luo Kingdom? "
What Luo Xi said made Lu Xiaobai's heart surge, so he gave up the idea of changing the time for the alliance. When the kings of the five countries came, the alliance would officially begin.
The Luo State did not participate in the alliance, but only served as a witness to announce to the world that the Luo State supported Qi State's behavior of respecting the king and repelling the barbarians.
This can be regarded as a show of goodwill towards the royal family and a warning to the other kingdoms. Although the Luo Kingdom is no longer serving as the emperor's minister, it is still very concerned about the survival of the royal family. It is still necessary to pay attention to the royal family's affairs, otherwise the Luo Kingdom will not Will be lenient.
Guan Zhong echoed: "My lord, if the Yan Kingdom does not come, the war cannot be avoided. The Marquis of Yan has handed over a document to express his apology to our country and expressed his willingness to accept you as the leader of the alliance. This is understandable.
As for the Qu State, Zheng State, Wei State, and Song State, if they don't come, when the alliance is over, they will attack Qu State first and attack him in the name of disrespecting the royal family. They can also avenge you for the Nagano incident three years ago. "
The princes of the six countries gathered in Blue Wing.
Lu Xiaobai, the Marquis of Qi, was sitting on the main seat, Luo Xi was sitting on his right, and Guan Zhong was sitting on his left. He said to the kings of the five countries: "Gu Yu inherited the throne five years ago. The day before yesterday, he conquered the Laiyi people, swept away the three hundred years of troubles in Qi, and brought in half a million barbarians. Yu Qi.
King Su once said that if the king of Xia barbarizes the people and turns the barbarians into Xia, this will be the great cause of the king's rule. This must be it.
I can't bear to see the Xia kingdoms being invaded by the Yi and Di, and I am willing to lend a helping hand, so today I will make an alliance with the princes here to respect the emperor's order and save the kingdoms from survival.
During the time of King Yi and Duke Xuan of Luo, the barbarians from all over the world invaded, and all the kingdoms of Xia in the world raised armies together, so the state of Sheji was preserved.
Now that the royal family is in decline, they elect the leader of the princes and alliance, reunite the Xia, and command the world with the leader as the leader! "
Lu Xiaobai's words were already expected by the kings of the five countries when they came. They also saw Prince Luo Xi sitting on the right side of the Marquis of Qi, with his eyes slightly closed and silent, which was already the default posture.
After several people looked at each other, Marquis Han said: "The State of Qi was created during the reign of King Wu.
In the world, only the Luo Kingdom and the Qi Kingdom are as ancient as each other. Although a certain person is also a marquis, there are also highs and lows among the marquises.
The state of Qi is high and the state of Han is low.
In the past three hundred years, the number of marriages between Qi's official family and the royal family has been unrecordable, and their bloodlines are extremely noble.
A few days ago, the Qi State exterminated the Lai Yi State, which was the strongest Yi Di force in the eastern land, which was enough to see the strength of the Qi State.
Regardless of title, bloodline, or strength, Qi is the strongest. If you, the Marquis of Qi, were not the leader of this alliance, others would not be able to convince the public.
At least I won't accept it. "
Marquis Xing and Marquis Han always wore the same pair of trousers, and they immediately followed up and said, "What Marquis Han said is absolutely true. You, Marquis Qi, should be the leader of this alliance."
The other princes of the three countries naturally agreed. Seeing that the time was right, Luo Xi opened her eyes and said, "Today is really a grand event.
If the Marquis of Qi can be praised unanimously by many princes, he must be a virtuous person. The Xia Dynasties need people like you to keep moving forward.
When I came, my father once said that if there were wise princes in the alliance, the Luo Kingdom would definitely participate in the alliance.
Now I am very happy. Since King Xi, the Xia Dynasty has been in decline, and a great sage finally appeared among the princes of the various countries.
Presumably Ancestor Su Wang would be pleased to see Zhu Xia's grand occasion. "
In just a few words, Luo Xi promoted Lu Xiaobai to a very high position. This was a huge investment, and she must let Lu Xiaobai dominate.
Lu Xiaobai himself was a little embarrassed, but Guan Zhong was very excited, even though he didn't expect Luo Hou to exert such great effort.
It seems that Luo Hou has been planning this matter since he sent Xiaobai back to his country.
He hurriedly tugged on Lu Xiaobai's sleeves, and Lu Xiaobai woke up from a dream and said quickly: "Xiaobai is just a fledgling, he has only made some achievements, and he cannot deserve such high praise.
Now that the alliance has been established, all the Xia kingdoms are about to see what the king and loyal ministers have done, and they are going to attack the unruly ministers and get rid of the barbarians and Di. "
So a few people stood on the rammed earth platform, dripped the cow's blood into the altar, and together they made a blood alliance with Haotian and King Su.
“The supreme and noble Haotian, the most holy and noble King Su.
The descendants of Zhu Xia pray to you and look forward to your blessing.
We make an oath in front of you to jointly respect the emperor's orders and safeguard the orthodoxy of the Xia. "
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Then Ji Zhao was a little silent when he saw the effect. This card made him speechless. The number of 200,000 was wonderful.
The results of the Alliance of Blue Wings will be notified to all countries as usual.
An alliance of eight countries, including the Qi State, which had just defeated the Lai Yi State, and the prestigious Luo State.
This was a considerable gathering of forces, which quickly aroused reactions from many countries.
Especially the king of Qu State, who had offended Qi State three years ago, was in panic all day long.
However, although Lu Xiaobai wanted to deal with him immediately, the banner of respecting the king and resisting the barbarians was not easy to carry. Han, Xing, and Yan had been invaded by the Di people for a long time. Now was the time for him to show his value as the leader of the alliance.
Luo Xi returned to the country and explained the process and results of the alliance to Luo Xiu in detail. After speaking, he commented: "Father, the princes did not have a particularly big reaction to Xiaobai's move to dominate. On the contrary, they were more concerned about him. Can he fulfill his promise to get rid of the barbarians and uphold justice?"
These are things that others would not pay attention to, but Luo Guo has always paid attention to this information.
After hearing this, Luo Xiu sighed and said: "This proves that our judgment is correct. The princes have gradually begun to subconsciously ignore the emperor, and they care more about the construction of a new order.
If something happens again that completely destroys the patriarchal system and the ritual and music system, the royal family may not even be able to sit on the throne. At that time, the building will collapse as our ancestors said. "
Luo Xi paused and said, "Father, wouldn't it be bad if Jin didn't come to join the alliance?
After all, our goal is to transfer the position of overlord between Qi and Jin. If these two princes do not surrender to each other, wouldn't the Central Plains princes have two centers? "
If Luo Xi's words spread, I'm afraid it will immediately cause an uproar. On the surface, Luo Guo is trying to manipulate the position of overlord.
In fact, they don't know Luo Xiu's helplessness. Among all the Xia, there are only three superpowers, Qi, Jin and Chu. The Qin State in the west has potential and is gaining momentum, but it is still in the second-rate stage.
The Luo State does not discriminate against the Chu State, but the fundamental interests of the Chu State and the royal family are different. Can the Chu State be satisfied with just being an overlord?
Several times in history, there was only a brief twenty-year honeymoon period during the reign of Duke Xuan. That was because the situation at that time was special and he was able to control Chu.
Now times have changed, and all the political capital Xuan Gong accumulated for the royal family has been wiped out. Financial resources are incomparable, let alone military. How can we have a strong army without money?
Now Chu and Qin are integrating their internal affairs, and they will definitely enter the Central Plains in the future.
Among the countries, only Qi and Jin had the ability to control them, so Luo had no choice but to choose these two countries, even at the expense of the royal family's authority.
"The Jin Kingdom has been busy with internal fighting these years, so they probably don't have time to take care of this. Moreover, Xiaobai is the first overlord. There is no precedent for this matter. Let's go with the trend first and see where Xiaobai can go. The road of overlord will eventually You have to rely on yourself.
The Luo Kingdom has assisted many emperors in the past three hundred years, but not many have achieved anything. If a monarch is ineffective, it will be useless no matter how much help you give him.
The ancestor Wen Gong had the ability to navigate the world, but he did nothing under King Li, and he could only gain momentum under King Zhao. "
What Luo Xiu said was really helpless. Unless the monarch completely let go, no matter how talented the ministers were, they would not be able to offset the harm caused by a weak monarch.
Not long after, Lu Xiaobai sent the first transfer order to the alliance princes, asking all countries to jointly send troops to help the Yan Kingdom and resist the Shanrong and Donghu.
Yan State is one of the big countries with the surname Ji, and it was granted the title earlier.
However, the geographical location is not good and the population has not always been large, so its presence is not high and its strength is not strong. It relies on the assistance of Qi State and Luo State to live a relatively prosperous life.
When Lu Wujiu was the Marquis of Qi, he stopped aiding the Yan State. This was one of the reasons why Luo Xiu was dissatisfied with him.
Now that the State of Qi is becoming strong again, if you want to choose a vassal state to show the strength of the State of Qi, then the State of Yan is the best target. It happens that the State of Yan is fighting against the Shanrong and Donghu.
So Lu Xiaobai summoned all the countries to send troops as the leader of the princes alliance, "The Yan Kingdom is a kingdom with the surname Ji that was entrusted by King Su. In the past three hundred years, it has resisted the Shanrong and Donghu in the north and made great achievements in martial arts.
We in the Blue Wing Covenant must advance and retreat together to protect the Xia Daotong. Now our allies are in danger. If we don't go to the rescue, wouldn't this be a breach of trust in the world?
Both Haotian and King Su have witnessed our oath. If we violate our oath, won't King Su punish us?
All countries should immediately mobilize their troops to rescue the Yan State. This is only morally justified. "
After receiving the order, various countries responded quickly. The seven-nation coalition forces headed by Qi State marched into Yan State in a mighty manner.
The king of Yan State received these princes and kings who came from afar with high standards, and said with tears: "I have been the king for twenty years, and today I know that King Su's words about the great righteousness of the Xia Dynasty are not empty words.
There is a clear distinction between Xia and Yi.
The princes have helped the State of Yan with great justice today. I am so grateful that I am filled with words. I don’t know how to express it to you. "
Although he was in the Yan Kingdom, Lu Xiaobai was the leader of the alliance of princes. He still sat in the main seat, looking at the tearful Marquis of Yan, and said loudly: "Marquis Yan, although you have not come to Cangyi to form an alliance, you are still in the alliance. Faithfulness is the foundation for the existence of the various kingdoms of Xia.
Helping the Yan State is fulfilling the promise made when we formed an alliance. These are what we should do. After the Shanrong and Donghu are defeated, Marquis of Yan, please reward the soldiers of the princes. "
When the countries here gathered together and prepared to jointly attack the Shanrong, Luo State sent three waves of envoys to the three countries in the south.
…
The Alliance of Blue Wings is the most representative event in the Spring and Autumn Period. It proves that the decline of the Zhou royal family has reached a very serious level.
After decades of chaos, the Xia kingdoms urgently needed a new order to appear on this land. The Luo family, who no longer assisted the Zhou royal family, was keenly aware of this situation and began to call it " Hegemony" method to maintain the state of Zhou Zhou.
The monarch of the Luo Kingdom consistently implemented this set of balancing policies, and the Emperor of Zhou was gradually pushed to the altar and became a symbol. It was not until the development of productivity and changes in the international environment that broke the operating logic of this political behavior that the Luo Kingdom This system that had been maintained for hundreds of years had to be abandoned. ——"The Operational Logic of Hegemonic Politics"
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