Emperor Zhou's queen had an affair with his younger brother Zidai, and then successfully rebelled, which directly made Emperor Zhou a joke. If the Marquis of Jin hadn't helped him return to his country and beheaded Zi Dai, Zhou Tianzi would have become a complete joke.
But it's not much better now. The affair between Queen Zhou Tianzi and her brother-in-law has become a joke among the princes.
Of course, the historians of the vassal states still left some face for the Emperor of Zhou and did not have any fornication, but the historians of the Huai Kingdom did not save the face of the Emperor of Zhou. They directly wrote that "the son took the stolen sister-in-law to stand on his own, and the emperor Zheng ran away."
After the Emperor of Zhou returned to Chengzhou, in order to thank the Marquis of Jin for his great kindness, he gave the four cities of Yangfan, Wen, Yuan and Zanmao to the Marquis of Jin. Wang Ji, who had not much in the first place, now lost another piece. Not only was he given land, but the Emperor of Zhou also made the Marquis of Jin Fang Bo and gave the Emperor a guard of honor.
The Marquis of Jin was very happy to get the position of Fang Bo and was very respectful to the Emperor of Zhou. At that time, Marquis Zheng heard about the emperor's escape and laughed at him. When the Marquis of Jin heard this, he was furious and attacked Zheng with a large army. The Marquis of Zheng was defeated, so he had to sue for peace and sent the prince to Jin as a hostage.
Seeing the example of Marquis Zheng, the other princes became much more honest and did not dare to ridicule the emperor anymore.
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Huaiguo, Huai'an.
After Wang Yue learned that Jin was blessed by Bang Zhou's destiny, he adjusted his intelligence network and sent secret guards to Jin to collect information.
Sure enough, the news that came back showed that the strength of Jin State has increased rapidly and has surpassed Qi State and Chu State. Seeing this situation, Wang Yue decisively began to win over the vassal states of the Central Plains.
The people he chose to win over were Wei and Song. Although Wei was a vassal state with the surname Ji, the Wei people liked to do business and the king was greedy for profit. As for Song, it was because he was also a survivor of the Yin Shang Dynasty.
Although the Song Dynasty was a duchy, it had always been guarded and suppressed among the countries in the Central Plains of Zhou Dynasty. The Song State was originally enfeoffed in the Song Dynasty by King Wu because it surrendered to Zhou Dynasty. However, the other vassal states around the Song State have been restricting the Song State.
From the beginning to the end, Bang Zhou never felt at ease with the Yin Shang survivors, even if the Song Dynasty tried hard to please and integrate into them.
After Wang Yue sent people to win over Song and Wei, both countries were hesitant. Huai was now so powerful that the world was looking at them, and they refused to accept them directly. They were also afraid that Huai would send troops to attack, and there were many benefits to following Huai, but If he agrees and recognizes him as the leader of the alliance, Jin will be unhappy.
Therefore, both Song and Wei were in a dilemma.
Duke Song asked the officials, who said to Yue: "Why don't you, your Majesty, secretly report the news about Huai to Jin and let Jin and Huai fight? If Huai wins, we will attach ourselves to Huai. If If the Jin State wins, then it will depend on the Jin State."
Although Xiang Yue's approach is to be a mere wallflower, they are sandwiched between two big countries and this is the only way they can survive.
Soon after the Jin State got the news, it was very angry. The Wei State and the Song State were both Kingdoms in the Central Plains. Huai State's move was to get involved in the Central Plains. From the Jin State's perspective, the Huai State just wanted to enter the Central Plains. This was unacceptable to the Jin State. of.
Jin State, Jiangcheng.
Chong'er, the Marquis of Jin, was watching the singing and dancing performances of the maids in the palace. He was very relaxed and content. After all, Chong'er, the Marquis of Jin, had been on the run for nineteen years, wandering around and sometimes not even having enough to eat. Now the Jin Kingdom is governed in an orderly manner by him, and Being given the gift of Uncle Fang by the Emperor can be said to have reached the pinnacle of life.
It took Duke Huan of Qi more than ten years to achieve his achievements, but it only took him a few years to be proud of himself. Look what happened to the song and dance performance?
Just as Jin Hou Chong'er was enjoying a rare leisure time, Zhao Qing, one of the six ministers, hurriedly came up and said: "Your Majesty, I just got news that the Huai Kingdom is wooing the Wei Kingdom and the Song Kingdom, and wants to use this to enter the Central Plains."
The Marquis of Jin, who had been immersed in the singing and dancing, instantly sat up straight: "Huai Guo wants to march into the Central Plains?"
"Yes, Your Majesty. Since the Huai State defeated the coalition of princes summoned by the Qi State, it has become more and more arrogant. It attacked the Xi and Fan States, enfeoffed the Zhong State, and conquered the Chu State in the west. It has become invincible. Now it is extremely difficult to control. If it is allowed to If it enters the Central Plains, the state, Zhou, and Ji will be in danger. How can you, your Majesty, have the dignity to assume the position of overlord?"
"Your Majesty, this time the Huai Kingdom goes north, it must be blocked back."
"Your Majesty, Duke Huan of Qi was defeated that year.
In the Huai Kingdom, if your Majesty can subdue the Huai Kingdom, it will naturally prove that your skills are as great as those of Qi Huan and that you are the number one overlord! "
Chong'er, the Marquis of Jin, immediately said: "All the ministers think it's time to fight, so then we must recruit a large army and prepare to go out!"
"It's just that the Huai Kingdom has not yet gone north to the Central Plains. What reason do you use to conquer the Huai Kingdom?"
Zhao Qing immediately said: "The Huai State does not pay tribute to thatch, and the emperor cannot filter the wine residue, which makes it difficult to offer sacrifices. The Jin State comes here to ask for tribute!"
After what he said, several other ministers around him were very surprised, and immediately said: "If Baomao is not admitted, and the king does not offer sacrifices, there is no way to reduce the wine. The important affairs of the country are in the army and sacrifices, and it is a grave sin not to pay tribute to Baomao." ! Ask the king to cut down the Huai River!"
The Jin State immediately sent troops to attack the Huai State on the pretext that the Huai State could not enter the country, did not offer sacrifices to the king, and could not drink wine. In order to promote the power of the Jin State, the Jin princes met with the princes in the city of Pu.
Zheng State, Chen State, Qi State, Yan State, Ying State, Dai State, Cao State, Xing State, Bei State, Zeng State, etc. came to respond, and the Marquis of Jin also sent people to contact Chu State, so that Chu State could attack Huaihe at the same time. country.
When the Chu State received the envoy from the Jin State, they originally did not want to participate. After all, they had been beaten too many times by the Huai State and were already psychologically affected. However, the official of the Chu State, Qu Gong, said: "Your Majesty, you can contact the Yue State to attack Huai State together. This time Jin and Qi are from the north, our Chu Palace is from the east, and Yue is from the south. If the three sides are combined, how can the Huai State be undefeated?"
"Not only can your Majesty avenge the previous humiliation, but you can also take the opportunity to attack Zhongguo and force Cai, Jiang, and Huang to surrender!"
After hearing Qu Cong's advice, Xiong Yun, the Marquis of Chu, felt that it was very reasonable and immediately said: "In this case, Nagu will agree to the Jin State to send troops to attack Huaihe River. At the same time, he will send envoys to contact the Yue State and invite the Yue State to attack together. Huai Kingdom, when the time comes, Wu, Chu and Yue will be divided equally between the two countries!"
The Chu State was a thorn in the side of Zhong, Cai, Huang, and Jiang, and wanted to destroy them. After Xiong Yun returned to China and ascended the throne, he tried to conquer Zhong State several times, but was dissuaded by other officials and officials.
After the continuous turmoil of the Chu State, a large number of people were recruited before the crisis. It can be said that the entire country built Zhanghuatai, and the national power declined. In the past few years, he had been recuperating and recuperating, trying to dissuade the Marquis of Chu from launching an army.
Now that the national strength has been restored, and with the help of Jin State, it is natural to take this opportunity to attack Zhong State.
The Marquis of Chu immediately sent an envoy to the State of Yue, inviting the State of Yue to send troops together. Since Chu State supported Yue State, Yue State's strength has been steadily improving, and its strength is now different from what it used to be. The Huai Kingdom was so powerful that the Yue Kingdom did not dare to cross it. Now that they learned that the Central Plains countries were joining forces to conquer the Huai Kingdom, they immediately expressed their willingness to participate.
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When the Marquis of Jin attacked Huai, Huai said: I live in the southeast and am innocent, so why attack?
The Marquis of Jin said, "If you can't get in, and you can't offer sacrifices to the king, you can't reduce the wine!" ——"Guoyu·Jinyu"
