Just when Mencius was on his way to Wei, a war suddenly broke out between Qin and Wei. The battle between Qin and Wei started from the time when Hexi changed hands. Qin had the upper hand, especially when the monarchs of Wei began to pull apart, and the monarchs were not wise. , no matter how strong the minister is, it’s useless.
At the critical moment of the fate of Qin and Wei, God did not favor Wei, and failure followed. In order to avoid Qin's attack, Wei even moved its capital to the east.
The most important thing is that Hangu Pass fell into the hands of the Qin people!
The defense line from the plateau to the Yellow River and then to Hangu Pass envisioned by the Xianyang Palace in the past was finally successfully constructed.
Since Duke Xuan vigorously built this pass, it was then handed over to the Jin State, and finally inherited by the Wei State. For more than 600 years, this pass has always been guarding the gateway to the Guandong kingdoms.
But now this great pass has fallen, and Weihan Zhigu has fallen into the hands of the Qin people for the first time. This incident has attracted the attention of the world.
The death of the King of Qin had little impact on the Qin State. Wei Yang, who created a strong Qin, had no such great effect on the Qin State the moment the reform was completed.
Under the forging of Qin Law, the Qin people have completely transformed into war machines. The farming and warfare system has been implemented in all aspects of the Qin State. Although this system has resulted in almost no available talents among the Qin people, the Qin State has no talents, but the Six Kingdoms have Talented, they recruited the most talented people from the six countries to the Qin State, and then cooperated with the Qin State to squeeze their potential to the extreme. It was an invincible farming and warfare system that could not be competed with in the world.
The most shocking ones were the Chu State and the Zhou royal family. After the fall of the Wei State, the Zhou royal family in Luoyi almost had to face Qin's military front. The royal family had only a small army, so what could they do to stop Qin.
Emperor Zhou yelled at the eunuch in the palace: "Send a letter to Luo State quickly. What should we do? If the Qin people come to seize the tripod, what will I do?"
The state of Chu was even more shocked. Among all the countries in the world, the ones with the deepest ties to Qin were Luo State and Chu State.
The Qin State was enfeoffed by Luo Xuangong, and the original land and power of the Qin State were given by Xuan Gong.
The relationship between Chu and Qin has been a blood alliance for more than a hundred years since Mrs. Xuanmi entered Qin. The good relationship between the two parties is as good as honey.
When the Chu State was conquered by the Wu State, the Qin State personally sent troops to restore the country. In order to fight against the Ji Jiang Alliance, both parties also jointly developed Bashu and intermarried with each other countless times.
Qin Chu's kindness is the only one who can compare with Qi Luo's kindness.
Later, although they seemed to be inseparable, they still worked together to fight against the Ji Jiang Alliance. Unexpectedly, the country on the western border of the past suddenly became strong enough to take away a large area of the Wei Kingdom.
Yingdu.
The political struggle in the Chu Kingdom began to become more and more intense, and the talk of reform began to be mentioned again. There were even nobles with vested interests among them. These nobles who had a long-term vision and were loyal to the country saw the decline of the Chu Kingdom. Reason, want to change.
Then these people left Yingdu and came to the remote land of Wu, the fiefdom of the Xiang family after it was renamed. The scenery here was very beautiful, but everyone's mood was extremely heavy.
Each of these enlightened nobles said to the head of the Xiang family in an excited tone: "Gong Xiang, the Qin State is powerful, and Bashu is in the hands of the Qin State. If the Chu State does not change, I am afraid that the present of the Wei State will be the future of the Chu State.
We are deeply worried but unable to change, so we come to you.
In the Chu State, only the Xiang family is the pillar of strength. If you don't come forward, I don't know how long it will take for the Chu State to become strong. "
The head of the Xiang family sighed: "Of course I know your thoughts, but reform requires the right time, place and people.
Looking at all the kingdoms of Xia, who has not made changes?
So far, who among the nations has always been strong?
The Wei State was strong and prosperous for decades because of the wisdom of the monarch, and then the laws were corrupted. Korea's reforms were strong and strong, but were interrupted by the Wei State. After the death of Han Hou and Shen Buhao, Korea declined.
The same is true for the Yan Kingdom. The King of Yan turned his back on a genius like Le Yi just because of the villain's divisive words.
Have you forgotten the outcome of the Chu State’s political reform in the past? As soon as the previous king died, they immediately attacked and killed each other. If the Xiang family had not been powerful, they would have been exterminated today.
The strength of a country depends on the ruler and not his ministers. If the monarch is weak, no matter how good the laws and ministers are, they will be of no use.
Now that the king hangs around all day long and trusts the flattering villains in the royal family and the public family, the reform is doomed to fail. "
Xiang was very pessimistic and had exactly the same idea as Luo Li.
These enlightened nobles did not expect such a result, and said with some reluctance: "But if we don't try to reform, are we really going to watch the Chu Kingdom decline step by step?
When the country falls, will he have the dignity to meet the late king?
If that day comes, I would like to turn into a mountain ghost and a river god, looking at the mountains and rivers of Chu land day and night. "
The head of the Xiang family muttered: "Reform is like thunder falling from the sky. It must be sudden and unprepared to be effective.
The king cannot be changed. What can be changed now is that the next king will make the daughter of the Xiang family the queen, and then teach the prince well. Twenty or thirty years later, the reform may be successful. "
Everyone did not expect that Xiang would directly think of what would happen twenty or thirty years later, but after thinking about it, they found that this was the only reliable method.
It is really useless to try to reform now, because the King of Chu does not trust them at all, and only trusts the conservative nobles who can find beautiful women and gold, silver and jade for him.
Not to mention that they can also give it away, it is completely incomparable. The conservative nobles can conquer the Chu people without any bottom line, but they naturally cannot do it. This is the biggest difference between the two sides.
When these people left angrily, the head of the Xiang family frowned slightly, and the retainer asked: "Master, this is a good opportunity for you to return to Yingdu. Many of these people are from big families, even big families such as Qu Jing." Yes, if these people support it, you will at least be Zuolingyin's left disciple."
The official of Zuoling Yin is called Zuo Tu. This kind of high-ranking official can only be held by top nobles such as the Sangong clan and the Xiang family in Chu State. This is why everyone came to find the Xiang family.
Although the three clans had their own conflicts, they acted in unison in opposing reforms. Although the Xiang family scorned many of the reform measures of Qin and Wei, they strongly agreed with the change of the Shiqing Shilu system and the reform of the military system.
He didn't answer the retainer's words, but just looked at the sky with his hands behind his back. He really didn't know what to do, and a sense of powerlessness arose in his heart.
Luo Shi had saved Bang Zhou's fate many times, but now he is basically powerless. This must be God's will.
The Xiang family has made Chu strong and prosperous many times, but now it is becoming more and more powerless. Perhaps this is also the fate of God.
The Chu State believed in ghosts and gods and worshiped shamanic sacrifices. The Xiang family also worshiped their ancestor Su Wang and God very much, believing that everything in this world has a destiny.
"If Heaven were to destroy Chu, where would the Xiang family go?
Select outstanding talents from the Xiang clan and go to the Luo Kingdom to ask Luo Hou what he thinks of the world's situation and whether the Chu Kingdom has no destiny.
The destiny is not in Zhou or Chu, so where will King Su's faith go? "
Since you can't see through the destiny, just find someone who might know and ask.
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The retainer was a little surprised, could this kind of question be asked?
Moreover, even if the Luo family is in charge of the Zhou Dynasty's destiny, how can the Luo Kingdom know where the new destiny is?
King Su belongs to Schrödinger. Even among the Luo Kingdom clan, there are a large number of people who are skeptical, especially since there have been no miracles for so many years, but the direct descendants of the Xiang family firmly believe in it.
Because no one knows better than Xiang how difficult it is to live without a faint king from generation to generation. Since the Luo Kingdom can do it, it must be King Su who is protecting them in the dark.
Luo State, Zhaocheng.
Luo Hong looked at the two letters in his hands in astonishment. One was from the Zhou royal family, and the other was from the Xiang family of Chu. The descendants of the Xiang family were still walking on the road.
"Father, the Qin State defeated the Wei State, seized the Wei State's land, and captured Hangu Pass. It seems to have caused a great response. The Zhou royal family even sent a letter directly.
Even Xiang, who had always wanted to compete with Luo, sent someone to contact him. This was obviously a bad feeling. "
Luo Li sighed: "Qin has just captured the land of Wei. If we can unite the five Guandong kingdoms and attack Qin together, we can still take back the land of Hedong and Hangu Pass.
It's a pity that a joint vertical alliance cannot be formed.
Whenever Qin is weak, weak monarchs will appear in enemy countries; when Qin is strong, all countries are always in a state of weakness.
No matter how you look at it, this looks like it is favored by destiny, and Qin is the only prince who has completely adhered to the reform, and Qin has a favorable geographical location. "
The more Luo Li talked, the more he felt that destiny might really be in Qin!
Luo Hong was silent, he was a little uneasy. This transfer of destiny made Luo Hong feel that the power in his hands was gradually passing away, but regardless of the illusory destiny, Qin's luck was really good.
The two countries of Yan and Qi are now extremely weak and are committed to restoring their national strength. It is impossible to travel thousands of miles to attack the Qin State that does not border them at this time.
South Korea and Wei feared Qin like a tiger, and the Wei State was directly broken. The Wei State Prime Minister did not dare to say a word when he was humiliated by the Qin State. It was simply a dream to expect the Wei State in this state to unite the princes.
Luo Hong nodded and said: "If we want to unite the princes, the only way is for Zhao to come forward.
According to the news from the dark side, Zhao State is currently undergoing military reforms. It is said that it will learn riding and shooting from the barbarians on the grassland, and change the previous tactics of infantry chariots. The innovation of tactics will always bring powerful force. , this may be an opportunity for Zhao to rise.
The outcome between Qin and Zhao is still uncertain. If Zhao has more wise kings than Qin, perhaps destiny may not necessarily be with Qin. "
Although what he said, Luo Hong suddenly became more wary of Qin. Before the next powerful power appeared, he would keep an eye on Qin.
(End of chapter)
