In Xiayi, Song Dynasty, there was a commotion outside the Jiangyin guild hall. In addition to studying, the local scholars of Song Dynasty also liked to play. Occasionally, if they had an excuse to contribute to the family, they would put on a vest and say they were doing business.
"Chu...Chu has fallen?!"
"The Empress Dowager Zhao of Chu State was imprisoned in Zhu Palace for Huaishui Bo, and the King of Chu was nowhere to be found!"
"This Chu State, this Chu State will be in great chaos."
After the quarrel, several young people came in and said, "Chujiu, is this true?!"
Glancing at the people from the Song Dynasty who came in and shook the leaflets in their hands, Mao Chujiu curled his lips and said, "Shogunate Rider, do you think you are joking?"
When people passing by heard them talking, they felt that they had no idea what they were talking about. They clearly understood individual words, but when combined, they had no idea what they were talking about.
Because it was a seller's market, people from the Jiangyin Guild Hall followed Li Jie in their speech and grammar.
Over time, people from the Song Dynasty who came to Jiangyin to hang out with you started to speak and use words like the Wu people, which were rich and interesting, and they no longer regarded Luo Jing's voice as beautiful.
Just understand it and make up more stories.
When the shogunate sent the leaflet over on his front foot, the "novelist" opened his imagination. Empress Dowager Zhao had several postures and created them imaginatively.
It was lively for several days, not to mention Xiayi, but also Shangqiu. Most of those who said that King Wu ordered the strong man Jiangyin to be Huai Shuibo were talking about how he played the Queen Mother Zhao.
Why attack Chu but not Chu? Isn’t that something that only carnivores should think about?
It would be great if these peddlers and lackeys could learn the postures of big men. If they were forced to give Huaishui Bo an evaluation, it would be a good fight and a beautiful fight.
These days, who wouldn’t spray Chu people twice?
"Oh... oh oh oh oh, this is really, this is really amazing!" The scholar looked excited, "When I came from Shangqiu, I thought it was a joke, but I never thought it was true!"
It's not that they didn't know about such a major event as the attack on Chu, but they captured both the Queen Mother and the King of Chu in half a month, which is really hard to believe.
The mentality of young people in the Song Kingdom is very subtle. You must know that when Zi Chu Fei was still in power, it was Li Jie, the dog of the Wu Kingdom, who beat Zi Chu Fei to the point where he was even worse than a dog.
The two forced Yang battles really made the people of Song Dynasty lose all their energy.
But later on, I realized that this "Red Cloud and Purple Sky" was really beautiful, so I had to sort out my emotions very complicatedly before I could face Li Jie calmly.
After getting along for a long time, the face will naturally become thicker; since the skin becomes thicker, the shame will naturally decrease.
If you can make a lot of money by doing business with Mr. Li, then he doesn't care about that much. The interests, dignity and dignity of the Song Dynasty are none of his business.
He is just a small family. At best, he is a scholar-bureaucrat's family. At worst, isn't this a small landowner family that has failed in the struggle?
The person on the stage now is the Prime Minister Daiju. Who is that? Is there a relationship with him? Bah!
"Do you have any business opportunities in mind?"
Mao Chujiu grinned and said, "Everyone, since the King of Chu and the Queen Mother have been captured, I think it is necessary to seek foreign mediation. It is only the State of Qin, the State of Qi, the State of Song, the State of Chen, and if the State of Yue is still there, maybe the State of Yue
It counts as one. This is an opportunity, everyone!"
It seems like a joke, but it's really not a joke.
Among the few scholars of the Song Dynasty, the smart ones had already reflected on it, and the unsmart ones did not show their unsmartness. Instead, they were thinking about waiting for their friends to take a step first before asking Mao Chujiu in detail.
Others asked their companions on the way to find out what they were talking about.
"Second and Third Sons, please clarify my doubts. I am stupid by nature and I don't know the cleverness involved."
"Why do you think the people of Chu chose Qin, Qi, Song, Chen, and Yue when they asked for help and mediation?"
Without answering the question, the doubtful person was immediately stunned. After thinking about it carefully, he also thought about it: "What do you mean by the second and third sons? Could it be that these five countries are not all big countries with the surname Ji?"
"Exactly!"
"Now that the country of Yue has been destroyed, only the four countries can serve as ambassadors. Among them, the country of Qin will definitely not be able to help the country of Chu."
"Why?"
"Don't you hear that Princess Yeyue of the Qin Kingdom has become the goddess of the Huai River?"
"Well……"
For a moment, everyone fell silent in unison.
Because it was suddenly discovered that Qin State might not only not help, but would take this opportunity to plunder Chu State's land in the northwest region.
Some people who have traveled far away know that the Qin State also urgently needs a passage to and from the east at this time.
No matter how bad the land of Shang Yu is in the eyes of other countries, in the eyes of Qin, it is the most fertile land.
It doesn’t matter whether it produces food or not, and it doesn’t matter what special products it has. It’s a good place if it allows Qin to travel smoothly to and from the east!
As a result, these Song scholars directly gave Qin a cross in their hearts.
"Chen Guo?"
Someone cautiously said, "The two peach blossoms under Marquis Chen's knees are both in Huaizhong City. If Marquis Chen comes to mediate, Wu Jie may not refuse to listen."
"Chen Guo, it is possible. However, I am afraid that Chen Hou would not dare."
"Chen Hou is old and has lost his courage."
In an ordinary family struggle, if the father-in-law acts as a middleman for a cheap son-in-law, it is not a big problem.
But when it comes to the life and death of a country, or even a hegemonic power, it is really not a joke. Even if Chen Hou had this intention, he would not dare to do so. Even if the big and small bureaucrats in the Chen country wanted to promote this agenda, so would Chen Hou. Try your best to clear the relationship.
Because the ministers in the Chen Kingdom are definitely not as clear as him, the old gentleman, his two daughters fell into the hands of Li Jie, a "hungry ghost in lust". In the end, the treatment was quite good. He pinched his nose and accepted the blame. It's over.
And his daughters are not bad either, and they often pass on some opportunities. Chen Guo has been living a pretty good life in the past two years.
It's just that in addition to giving opportunities to their biological fathers, daughters will also tell their biological fathers what kind of bird their husbands are.
Therefore, Chen Hou didn't believe that Li Jie was the kind of person who would give up after hearing the mediation. How far he wanted to go and how badly he wanted to be beaten all depended on his own needs.
As for other people's words, they are useless.
All the bullshit princes and princes with their dignity and dignity will be trampled on, trampled on the soles of their feet, and trampled in the mud.
Precisely because he understood clearly, Chen Hou never intervened in Li Jie's foreign wars, and even over-involved Li Jie's internal politics. He only tried his best to arrange some promising young people from Chen Guo to learn advanced technology and adapt to the situation. The working rhythm of the shogunate.
There is no way, old Chen Hou is very scared, can he not be afraid? He is very scared.
The daughter born to the daughter "Peach Blossom Fairy" Guiyao has the nickname "Wanqiu". What does this mean?
No matter what it means, old Chen Hou is not thinking in a good direction anyway.
He now even feels that after his son comes to power, he doesn't know whether his cheap son-in-law Li Jie will kill his son, but his daughter "Peach Blossom Princess" Guiyao will definitely want to make his brother step down!
Regardless of life or death, only if Guiyao's brother no longer becomes the king, will this "Wanqiu" have a chance to fall into the hands of her daughter.
Therefore, in the eyes of the outside world, old Chen Hou obviously lacked courage and was getting old. Anyway, it was impossible for him to stand up and speak in front of Li Jie.
The people of the Song Dynasty did not know the details, so the scholars of the Song Dynasty did not think that the old Chen Hou, who lacked courage, would intervene in the dispute between Huai and Han.
"In this way, only Qi and our country have a chance."
"Not bad! Wei Qi and Song!"
"No wonder Mao Chujiu said, this is an opportunity!"
After thinking about it, several scholars from the Song Dynasty immediately brightened their eyes and made up their minds immediately. After returning home, they told their elders about this judgment.
When the court meets tomorrow, Prime Minister Dai Ju will definitely make a prediction on this matter.
They even calculated the time when Li Jie would conquer Yingdu, and several Song scholars even felt that the Chu State's envoy might already be on the way.
Under normal circumstances, a country that can mediate or even send troops to intervene must also be a big and powerful country.
Comparing Song State with Qi State, Qi State is obviously stronger.
However, the scholars of Song State who returned to their respective homes felt that the possibility of Qi State was unlikely.
First of all, the Marquis of Qi had a grudge against Li Jie. An article called "The Story of Love of the Lotus" is still sung by people in Zishui. Li Jie robbed Cai Fu, the princess of Cai State. This is true; and Cai Fu, the princess of Cai State, had been
Marquis promised to marry the old Marquis of Qi, which is also true.
Regardless of whether the old man of Qi State is still a good man or not, anyway, his wife was robbed. This is known to all countries in the world. It is not uncommon for princes to rob each other's women, but it is rare to say nothing after the robbery.
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It is even rarer for a big and powerful country to remain silent after being robbed.
After the robbery, the great and powerful country kept silent, and the whole country happily negotiated business with the enemy who stole his wife, that was the only one in the Qi family.
In the eyes of the scholars of the Song Dynasty, at this time, the Marquis of Qi would not mediate, but directly started fighting, stealing Huai Shuibo's escape route, grabbing everything he could, and settling old and new grudges together. Wouldn't it be beautiful?
Secondly, Qi State also focused on the territories of Ju State, Lu State, Wei State and Yan State.
Especially in the Kingdom of Ju, the sons of the old turtle Yi Yang and Jun Jixuan have taken root here. One person has one city and two cities, which is quite a bit like the grand occasion when the Zhou Dynasty first conquered the world.
It's just that this "world" is a bit small and barren.
But for the State of Qi, this is a great thing. In the name of doing good for the State of Ju, you can take advantage of all the benefits of the State of Ju.
The people of Wu State should take the blame. Regardless of whether Yiyang Jun Jixuan and King Wu Wei did not deal with them, this does not change the fact that Wu people "occupied the magpie's nest".
And by passing through the State of Ju, the southern route was opened, so that we could bypass the mountains at any time and outflank the State of Lu.
Although Qi and Lu are adjacent to each other, in the past, Qi and Lu fought against each other, and fighting a battle was really time-consuming and laborious. But it is different now. If Ju State is destroyed, the southeast of Lu State will be exposed.
Qi State could completely use boats to move its troops to the southern front, and then attack Lu State from a flank.
As the saying goes, new and old grudges are settled together, and the State of Lu must die!
At such a moment, with such an opportunity, and no one has interfered with the Qi State, how could an old man like the Marquis of Qi miss this God-given opportunity?
Finally, based on the national interests of Qi State, what should we mediate? Mediation is nothing but mediation. It is best for Li Jie to spend all his energy on quelling the rebellion in Chu.
Based on these three points, the scholars of the Song Dynasty felt that this was indeed an opportunity for the Song Dynasty.
It can be said that there has never been such a pattern in hundreds of years.
The Jin State was proclaimed king at home and was being sorted out internally. The noble families began to merge, and they had no time to take into account the changes abroad.
The Qin State continued to explore the route to the east, but the Jin State had no way to go, so it had to go to the Chu State, and the Chu State would not give it in vain, so it would naturally resort to force and violence.
The Kingdom of Wu was in chaos, the officials from the five lakes were attacking each other, and the Yue remnants frequently rebelled. Even if they wanted to suppress Li Jie, they had the intention but not the power.
And what about Xiaoqiang in the Central Plains? Wei and Zheng were fighting. The Song State was just secretly trying to lead the way. Anyway, they were messing around on foreign territory. The Song State was as stable as an old dog.
No matter how you look at the current international situation and national environment of the Song Dynasty, it couldn't be better. Of course, it would be better if the monarch's death was more thorough.
"Master, the capital of Chu has fallen, and the Chu country is about to be in chaos. Wu Jie's surprise attack is certainly admirable, but once the Chu land is in chaos, it will be a waste of money to restore it."
In the fiefdom of the Xia family in the Song Dynasty, the clan leader brushed his beard and nodded. After a long while, he said, "Do you want to be an envoy?"
"If the Chu State's envoy comes to Shangqiu, we will be able to send envoys to Yingdu and Huaizhong."
"With the power of the Song Dynasty, I'm afraid Wu Jie will ignore it."
The old man looked at the young man calmly, "If Wu Jie cannot be persuaded, Xia's envoy will only be ridiculed by others."
"If you are an envoy, you must make a big promise and bring a big profit. There is a saying that 'do what they like', why not follow Cai Mei's example?"
"oh?"
The old man was stunned for a moment, then recalled Master Cai's operations, and immediately said: "Who among the most beautiful women in the country can go to Huaizhong to be a concubine?"
"From the princess to the slave, anyone with the most stunning beauty in the world can go!"
"Shan." The old man nodded and said, "Prepare the car. I will enter the city now to pay homage to the Prime Minister."
"Hi!"
Regarding this opportunity, each family in the Song Kingdom has its own way of playing, but it is rare for people like the Xia family to set their sights on women.
It's not that no one thought that the most beautiful women in the world would fall for Li Jie, but some of the most beautiful women would not be able to open their mouths to many clan members.
The Song family has not yet died, and the country and the country have not been ruined. Who could be so evil?
Xia said this was not a problem at all.
At the residence of the Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty, the Dai family's children saw that the old patriarch of the Xia family was coming in person, and immediately went out to greet him.
"Old Master, if something happens, just send someone to report it. How dare you bother me?"
"How can I dare to control myself when I am nagging the Prime Minister?"
After smiling, Mr. Xia added, "Please excuse me."
"How dare you tell me, Master?"
"please."
Master Xia held a bamboo stick in his hand. His steps were not big or fast, but he was steady.
People in their seventies or eighties have a transcendent status after all.
Originally, Dai Ju did not sleep either. Instead, he asked his confidants to hold a meeting in the palace to discuss Li Jie's attack on Chu.
Song Dynasty's "Jincao" expected that Li Jie would make some cool moves, but they didn't expect that they defeated Yingdu in half a month.
Not only were they defeated, but the King and Queen Mother of Chu State were all captured together, and now they don’t even know how to play with it.
In the early stages of the Huai-Chu War, just looking at the Huai Shui Bo Mansion's comprehensive preparations and mobilization, they thought it would be a protracted war, and it would be protracted.
The scene was so vast that it was a bit astonishing. Who would have thought that a protracted war would be nothing more than a "blitzkrieg".
The Huai River army on the northern line has hundreds of miles of mighty camps. It has countless grains, men and horses, and countless materials and equipment. It is just a day for people to eat horses and chews. There are countless civilians and thousands of boats.
Operation.
However, the Huai River Army on the northern front didn't even show off its glory, while the Yangtze River Army on the southern front secretly achieved brilliant results.
This incident made Dai Ju's plan very passive and disrupted the rhythm.
According to Dai Ju's expectations, he first wants to take advantage of the battle between Wei and Zheng this time, especially the land of Zheng and Zheng. It must have eaten up several cities, and I dare not say more than hundreds of thousands of acres of cultivated land.
, it must be obtained.
Now all this seems a bit useless.
Of course, it's really useless, and that's a bit too much. But in Dai Ju's opinion, if he had known that Chu State was so useless, he might as well have boldly formed an alliance with the Huaishui House and exchanged interests with Chu State. There is nothing wrong with that.
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He secretly formed an alliance with the Chu State and pretended to promise to stab Huai River in the back when the Huai Chu war broke out. In fact, it was verbally smooth and made the Chu people happy.
This is the benefit of picking it up for free.
But obviously these benefits can only be thought about in the mind. After all, there is no actual actual operation. Li Jie pressed Chu Guo to the ground and rubbed it. The whole process was a one-on-one fight. No one expected to resolve the battle so quickly.
In the follow-up development, we can only wait for the Chu State to ask for help before we can carry out various follow-up attacks, extortion, and extortion.
"Grand Prime Minister."
"Master please!"
"How dare you..."
"Please take a seat!"
Dai Ju took the old patriarch of the Xia clan to his seat, and then said, "I already know the master's intention."
"What does the Prime Minister think?"
"Since Nanzi is the princess of the Song family, she should serve the country."
"What the Prime Minister said is very true, what he said is extremely true."