Zheng Chengzi, who had an ugly face, put his hands on the table and said in a serious tone, "Is Wu Jie stationed in Feilin?"
"Exactly!"
"That's okay."
Zheng Chengzi actually looked relieved, and the staff were immediately shocked. There must be some misunderstanding.
Seeing that everyone was puzzled, Zheng Chengzi raised his hand and waved, and the servants on the left and right left, leaving behind his confidants.
Looking around, Zheng Chengzi looked solemn: "Who do you think Wu Jie should turn against when he kidnapped the guests from Pilin?"
"Xuren?"
"Guardian?"
"The Kingdom of Wei will be angry with me, the Kingdom of Zheng!"
"This...is true. Wei Guo will definitely anger Zheng Guo!"
The staff quickly realized that the princess of the Wei Kingdom was snatched away by Li Jie, a dog. Maybe the people of the Wei Kingdom would clamor to show Li Jie some color sooner or later, so that Li Jie would not be able to forgive her in the future.
But in fact, Weiguo's operation was quite embarrassing. To deal with Li Jie, he could only talk and talk, but could not take any actual actions. He could not take any kind of political, economic and military retaliation, and could only stare at him.
But the public opinion in the country will definitely cause waves. The king of Wei Kingdom must be responsible for his sister being kidnapped. He must do something to appease the dissatisfaction and aggrieved people in Wei Kingdom.
In this era, "the emperor humiliates his ministers and dies" often happen. As long as the monarch of the Wei Kingdom is not a coward and occasionally shows favor to one or two grassroots elites, these elites will definitely repay the favor and be willing to cut themselves off and continue to make a living with the monarch for the sake of their family.
Eat or die, it's nothing.
But this is not what the King of Wei wants. If his sister is kidnapped, the King of Wei will not want to offend Li Jie.
The thoughts of the courtiers, or the object of the courtiers' revenge, must be transferred to a role that is weaker, easier to fight, and more in line with the interests of the country.
Zheng Guo is the best candidate.
After all, in the current Zheng State, the king is not at home, and the vassals are all enjoying themselves...
The orders are different, but it seems like the odds of winning are higher in a fight.
In a fight with Li Xie, the Wei State does not have the strength. Even if Zheng, Chen, and Cai open the road and allow the Wei State troops to pass through, it will be a problem whether the Hebei people can gain a foothold in Huaibei when they reach the south.
Therefore, the dog Li Jie took away the princess of Wei State. The way for the king of Wei State to avenge his sister was to attack Zheng State.
Of course, he must be saying that he and Li Jie are not at odds with each other, but he must beat Li Jie's accomplice first... Probably, this is the routine and the meaning.
"Master! Such a dangerous situation..."
"Crisis?!"
Zheng Chengzi's eyes were shining, "Hahahaha, hahahaha..."
Zheng Chengzi, who did not hide his excitement at all, looked up to the sky and laughed. After a while, he brushed his beard and glanced around: "Gentlemen, is this not a God-given opportunity?!"
"Good opportunity?"
One person was stunned, thought for a moment, and immediately stood up and clasped his fists: "Congratulations, Master! Congratulations, Master! This is a God-given opportunity!"
"how you said that?"
"Why is this a good opportunity?!"
The man looked around, bowed and saluted, and then explained with a smile, "Did the second and third sons forget that the country is in chaos at the moment and the orders are inconsistent? The master is in power, and there are constraints from all sides. Only the invasion of powerful enemies can give him the power to govern.
Order Hu Ben!"
"Oh, I see!"
"If the Wei people provoke an invasion, if we, the State of Zheng, had made preparations in advance, we might have been able to invade the borders of Nanhe."
The chain reaction is not difficult to predict for Zheng's elite.
Suddenly, some of the staff were shocked: Could it be that Master and Wu Jie had already communicated with each other?
Whether there was a response or not, both the staff and the retainers can only guess.
But for Wei and Zheng, the direction of development of things is generally unmistakable.
From the perspective of Zheng Guo's senior officials, no matter how outrageous things this dog Li Jie did, the princes of other countries would not be surprised.
Wu is a beast, born with a sarcastic face.
What was originally a humiliating incident for Zheng Guo, but after the cocoon was peeled off, the opportunities hidden in it made Zheng Chengzi's retainers and staff very excited.
It can even be said that Zheng's strategic opportunities are closely related to someone's lust.
The negotiation between Wei Cao and Li Jie, the high minister of Jin State, also gave Jin State's senior officials time to digest it domestically. In the short term, they will not interfere as an overlord.
Everyone's "Han Ji" is about the same, and the most they can do is send envoys to mediate.
When Jin's envoy arrives at Wei and Zheng, if the two countries don't even know how to fool people, then there is no need to fight. After fooling Jin's mediator, they can fight as they should.
After the victory is decided on the battlefield, if the Jin envoys intervene again, then the outcome of the war will have to be acknowledged.
Apart from the fait accompli, there is no need for extraneous matters for the Jin State.
As for whether Zheng Guo or Wei Guo lost and who gained blood, it has nothing to do with Jin Guo. After that, don't forget Jin's "hard work expenses" and "carriage and horse expenses".
After Zheng Chengzi outlined the strategy for the coming period, all work was centered around how to deal with the challenge of defending the country.
As for whether a certain dog from Wu State had a good time in Feilin, I have no interest in asking.
"If we can occupy the land of Nanhe, our country of Zheng will expand its territory and we will have an explanation in the country!"
Zheng Chengzi is under great pressure now. He has been able to survive this period of time by relying on bribery, but it is not enough. Coercion and inducement are two major projects. It cannot only be inducement, but also coercion.
The most solid and convincing way to establish authority is, of course, only reason.
Fists, spears, armor... that's the best principle!
The morale of Zheng's army is now very low. Zheng Chengzi wants to restore the morale of Zheng's army. The most direct way is to continue to throw money. But throwing money is just to inject chicken blood. Long-term confidence is still the victory of foreign wars.
Of course, it would be even better if the war could also be packaged with "justice."
The invasion of Weiguo will naturally lead to a defensive war, a defensive war of Zhengguo.
This kind of natural justice would allow Zheng Chengzi to join the army very conveniently. He could even directly organize and train new troops when recruiting civilians, bypassing the control of the established armed families.
With the power to govern, political correctness, and a steady stream of foreign capital, a veteran like Zheng Chengzi could clean up the Zheng Kingdom without any difficulty.
"Master, if we defeat the Wei State, we can even follow Wu Jie's method and redeem the Wei State's land on the north bank of the Nanhe River. You can have as much or as little as you want. Hundreds of troops will be sent out to set up camp..."
The confidants are very excited. If Zheng Chengzi succeeds in purging Zheng State this time, then the entire power structure of Zheng State will undergo major changes.
Maybe, the old aristocratic families will be disintegrated, and local officials may choose to join Zheng Chengzi.
In such a great situation, and the monarch is not at home, it is unknown whether Zheng will belong to the monarch Zheng Shuang's family in the future.
Zheng Chengzi did not think so long-term, but with the God-given opportunity, Zheng Chengzi's confidants thought much more than Zheng Chengzi did.
If Zheng Chengzi could go further, as Zheng Chengzi's confidants, could they just be rural scholars and be dismissed by the rural officials?
Look at the ministers and ministers of the Jin Dynasty, the world's top ministers and ministers, how enviable they are!
"Everything went wrong when we went south in the old year. If we can devour the counties and counties of Weiguo and manage it for a few years, we will be able to gain a foothold in the Central Plains and fight against the great powers."
Zheng Chengzi could guess what his close aides were thinking, but at the moment, he didn't think so much, he just wanted to strengthen Zheng Guo first!