Luo State did not pay much attention to the war between Wu and Chu, thinking that it was just a battle to divide the spheres of influence.
Now Luo Yu's biggest concern is the issue of the Qing clan in Qi State, so after sending Sun Wu away, he came to Linzi without any delay.
The prince of Luo State sent an envoy to Qi State, which was a tradition to maintain the friendly relations between the two countries.
As the two most important allies of Luo State, Qi Jin's problems are completely different.
There is no problem with the Qing family in the Jin State now. Chong'er has enough prestige to intimidate the officials. The current Jin State can be said to be full of vitality, just like the state of Zhou when King Su was just enfeoffed. The current Jin State has even begun to prepare Return to dominance.
Jin's problem is a structural problem, exactly like Bangzhou's problem. External forces cannot interfere at all. What is needed is a strong and excellent monarch.
The problem of Qi is not like that of Jin, which enfeoffed a large amount of land to meritorious officials and then had few people in the office.
Until now, the power of Qi State Center is still very strong.
Just that the central power is strong does not mean that the monarch is strong. Qi State's Otsukazai is in charge of the state affairs of Qi State, and the ministers and clans are fiercely competing for the position of Otsukazai.
As long as the Duke of Qi can get the power of the center, this is what Luo Guo can intervene. As long as the Duke of Qi cooperates, Luo Yu is still very sure.
Qi and Song are the most prosperous countries among the Xia states, especially Qi, which has the advantage of fish and salt. It has been the richest among the states since the time of Taigong Wang.
There are a lot of Chinese people in Linzi City, and most of them live a very good life. It really feels like they can become a cloud with their sleeves, and Luo Yu can't help but sigh that the land of Qi State is really good.
For five hundred years, any prince of the Luo Kingdom has been a distinguished guest of the Qi Kingdom, not to mention Luo Yu, the prince who is famous for his beauty. Qi Gong Lu Jing held a grand banquet to entertain him.
"Tai Tzuyu, your appearance is like a god in the sky!"
"The sages said that people with good appearance are favored by God. The noble mark between your eyebrows complements your appearance so well. You have the double favor of God and King Su. What an honor it is!"
Everyone praised him from the bottom of their hearts.
But Luo Yu is such a careful person. He soon discovered that although the king of Qi, Lu Jing, was full of affection for him, his attitude towards Luo was a bit ambiguous, and he did not have the normal closeness of the blood alliance that lasted for five hundred years. .
Alarm bells rang in his heart, and he understood that something must have happened in the political arena of Qi!
The time has to be pushed back to before he came to Qi State. At that time, several high officials of Qi State discussed with Lu Jing the strategy of strengthening Qi State. Qi State High Minister Tian Chang gave advice to Qi Gong Lu Jing.
"Your Majesty, I have the courage to remonstrate with you. Today's Qi State can no longer do what it did in the past five hundred years. Everything advances and retreats with Luo State. This is not in the interest of Qi State.
In fact, Luo State has become Qi State's biggest enemy! "
Lu Jing was shocked on the spot. The Qiluo Alliance had been unbreakable for five hundred years, and now his own country wanted to break it?
Hearing this, he was surprised and said: "Tian Qing, the State of Qi and the State of Luo are the only two states among the Zhou Dynasties that were entrusted by King Wu.
For five hundred years, the two countries have always maintained a marriage and blood alliance. The ancestor Huan Gong was able to dominate, not only because of the virtuous Prime Minister Zhong, but also with the strong support of the Luo Kingdom.
When the hegemony declines and the Qi State declines, the Luo State will still support it so that the Qi State can make a smooth transition. Does the importance of the Luo State to the Qi State need to be explained one by one?
Now Jin wants to fight for hegemony again. If it is alienated from Luo now, it may even start a war.
Once Luo and Jin unite, how can Qi resist?
You are always wise, how could you say such irrational words? It’s better not to say any more. "
But Tian Chang didn't care what Lu Jing said. He knew this king too well and was very soft-spoken.
So he continued: "Your Majesty, the water in the river will definitely flow to the sea. When you stand on the shore, can what you see at this moment and what you see the next moment still be the same piece of water?
The more intense the change of water, the more vital it is.
If the water is like this, won't people change?
To the east of the Taihang Mountains, there were not only Luo and Qi, but also Qi, Ju and Qu.
Many vassal states are on this land, and there are far more Dongyi people than those in the Xia states.
Therefore, there was no problem with the alliance of the Xia states at that time. It would be difficult for Qi and Luo to survive without mutual support.
Even when the Qi State wiped out the Lai Yi State, the Luo State also supported a large number of weapons and armors, which is worth remembering.
But your Majesty, you have to look at the current situation. Both King Su and Lao Tzu once said - only things that are easy are not easy!
Only change is constant!
To the east of the Taihang Mountains, apart from Luo and Qi, there are only a few small countries. Don't you know that once Qi annexes these small countries, Qi will all border Luo?
In the past five hundred years, where have bordering countries that have not gone to war?
Will Qi's territory never expand again? "
Qi Gong Lu Jing shook his head and said: "Of course Qi will expand!"
Seeing Lu Jing take the bait, Tian Chang's eyes flashed with joy, and he still said in a deep voice: "Since it wants to expand, if Qi State doesn't ask for land from Luo State, where can it ask for land from?
If the cutting is not carried out now, do you think that the Luo people will take the initiative to dedicate their land to Qi?
There was a time when the Luo Kingdom was weak, and they took the initiative to withdraw from some cities. The Wei Kingdom and the Han Kingdom occupied these places, and then what?
Those well-run cities were returned to the hands of the Luo Kingdom.
In the past five hundred years, when had the Luo Kingdom lost an inch of its land?
Lord, do you think that the king of Luo State will take the initiative to hand over the land conquered by their ancestors to the hands of Qi State? "
This series of questions directly confused Lu Jingwen. He ate and waited for death every day, how could he have thought about this.
In fact, half of what Tian Chang said is correct. There is indeed an essential contradiction between Luo State and Qi State.
Chu State can expand to the south and Qin State can expand to the west, but Qi State can never expand towards the sea in this era.
If he wants to expand his territory, he can only go west, north, and south.
Except for a few small countries, his north is the State of Yan, and the lands of the State of Yan are all relatively poor lands in this era.
Not only is it not fertile enough, it is also colder.
The land of Qi State was originally a very fertile plain, so there was not much interest in the land of Yan State.
The most fertile land east of the Taihang Mountains is in the hands of Luo and Qi.
Now Luo State blocks Qi State's path to the west, so Qi State will definitely fight Luo State if it wants to annex the world.
There was no such idea before because no country in the world has the idea of changing the world.
Once after the Warring States Period, all countries began to have the idea of unifying the world. At that time, Qi State would definitely go to war with Luo State.
But Tian Chang is still fooling Lu Jing, because being an enemy in the future does not mean that he is an enemy now.
Being an enemy of Luo State now is completely inconsistent with Qi State's current interests, or more precisely, it is not in line with the interests of Qi State's official office.
But Lu Jing, who had some mental problems, had been deceived by Tian Chang. After all, Tian Chang's words were really reasonable.
Especially the ministers present at the time unanimously agreed with Tian Chang, and even Otsuka Zai agreed. This convinced Lu Jing that the blood alliance between Qi and Luo was about to end.
This is the reason why Lu Jing alienated Luo Guo.
After leaving the banquet, through a short period of information collection, Luo Yu guessed that it must be the senior officials of Qi State, even Tian Chang, who was the target of his trip, who said in front of Lu Jing that Qi and Luo were destined to be enemies.
"Interesting, I won't have any psychological burden if I kill you now!"
A cold light flashed in Luo Yu's eyes. He didn't care about Tian Chang's slander. He had 96 cunning attributes and 99 charm attributes. In terms of deception ability, Luo Yu was second to none. Recognize number one.
If Lu Jing could not be fooled into lameness, then God would have given him such good conditions in vain.
Although Lu Jing's attitude towards Luo State is relatively ambiguous now, at least Qi State and Luo State are still a blood alliance, and the conflicts between the two sides have not yet begun to break out, so it is very simple for Luo Yu to see Lu Jing.
So Luo Yu soon met Qi Gong Lu Jing again. Lu Jing still had a good impression of Luo Yu and asked with a smile: "The prince is on a mission to Qi State. Is there anything important?"
Luo Yu's words were not shocking and she said directly: "Qi Gong, I came from the Luo Kingdom to help the Qi Kingdom to get out of the predicament of destruction.
As your ally, can we sit back and watch you fall into danger and ignore it? "
Duke Qi was stunned when he heard this, then he laughed nonchalantly and said, "Prince, you are really joking.
Qi State has thousands of miles of fertile land. Among other countries, only Chu State has a larger territory than Qi State.
There are millions of people who can be ranked from Qi State to Luo State. Among other countries, is there any country that can compare?
You have seen the prosperity of Linzi City. The population of Linzi City and the surrounding farmers alone can form an army of one hundred thousand.
For such a powerful country, Qi is not afraid of Jin who wants to regain hegemony. Why does the prince say that Qi is in crisis?
I'm afraid this is a lie, so please be careful what you say! "
Looking at Lu Jing who was smiling happily, Luo Yu said quietly: "What you just said, Mr. Qi, is certainly true.
The state of Qi has a vast territory and powerful soldiers. It is one of the largest states among the Xia.
But are the power of the state of Qi and the power of the government equal?
Have you forgotten Zheng Guo? It was also a big country among the Xia.
Hundreds of miles of land are all plains suitable for farming. There are millions of people in the country, and the military is even stronger, with the strength of the three armies. But what about the official offices?
Yu remembers that a few years ago, Zheng Guogong's office had to ask Luo Guo and you for help because there was not enough meat for sacrifices! "
As soon as Luo Yu said this, Qi Gong Lu Jingzheng's hearty smile suddenly froze on his face.
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