In the sixth year of King Qingji of Wu, that is, in October 508 BC, the State of Wu officially moved its capital to Jinling.

All the countries in the world sent envoys to congratulate them, but the more remote Qin and Yan did not pay any attention to it. In addition to the fact that the road was far away, Wu did not have that kind of influence.

Even so, Jin, Qi, Lu, Song, Wei and other Central Plains countries also sent some ministers above the level to congratulate Wu on moving their capital to Jinling.

All the tribes and princes under the rule of Wu State also came to Jinling in person to congratulate him.

It is worth mentioning that the kings of the three vassal states of Zhongwu, Xu and Cai all came to Jinling in person to congratulate Qingji in order to show their respect.

Outside the Fengtian Hall of the Wu Palace, Qingji, wearing a crown and smiling, is accepting congratulations from envoys and princes from various countries.

Standing on one side was CRRC Fu Ling Jiao Hua, holding a silk book in his hand, which was a gift list.

Jiao Hua read aloud according to the quota on the gift list: "...To celebrate the arrival of my king's house in the new capital, the State of Jin sent 200 yi of gold, a pair of jade biscuits, 800 bolts of silk, and 100,000 shi of corn! Congratulations to the State of Wu!"

"The State of Qi, in celebration of my king's new capital, has sent two hundred yi of gold, one thousand bolts of silk, a pair of jade pendants, and one hundred thousand stones of corn!"

"In order to celebrate the new capital of our king's house, the Wei Kingdom has sent a gift of 120 yi of gold, 500 pieces of silk, a pair of jade biscuits, and 50,000 shi of corn!"

The gifts offered by all the nations were very generous.

Big countries like Jin and Qi offered two hundred yi of gold and one hundred thousand shi of corn. Some medium-sized countries like Song, Wei, and Lu also showed their appreciation and gave generous gifts.

As the saying goes, it is rude to come and not reciprocate.

They presented so many congratulatory gifts, so Wu Guo naturally wanted to send some gifts in return.

Like Lord Zhongli, Lord Chao, Lord Zhenshu, etc., the feudal lords under the rule of Wu also sent generous gifts, including gold, jade, cloth, silk, and local specialties.

Afterwards, Qingji sat on the throne, raised the wine cup in his hand, and offered a toast to everyone under the throne.

In view of the fact that there were too many envoys who came to congratulate the emperor, about five hundred of them, Qing Ji specially held a banquet outside the Fengtian Palace to show his friendship to the landlord.

"Congratulations to your Majesty!"

"Congratulations to Wu Guo!"

"Second and third sons, please drink to your heart's content!"

Qing Ji was so arrogant that even after drinking a lot of wine, his expression did not change.

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"Dance-"

With the sound of the rubber horn, the dancers and musicians who had been prepared all stood on the square stage and began to play music and dance.

What they played was the classical elegant music - Da Shao.

Rather than ordinary pleasant music and dance.

There is a trinity of poetry, music, and dance music, and there are bells, chimes, harps, harps, pipes, shengs, Xiaos, harps, drums, harps, harps, yongs and other musical instruments singing in unison.

Some sang the words, while others danced as birds, beasts, and phoenixes.

Moving the capital is a very solemn matter, so Qingji naturally has to follow ancient rules in everything he does.

A true gentleman and wise man will feel intoxicated when he hears "Da Shao", as if he can comprehend some kind of truth from it.

However, "common people" like Qing Ji, Bo Xi, and Sun Wu are not exempt from vulgarity.

It is difficult for them to understand the obscure elegant music, but when they see so many people pretending to be obsessed with it, they are all arty and look very intoxicated.

After receiving the envoys, princes, and tribal leaders, Qing Ji put on the large fur hat specially used for sacrifice, and led the ministers and officials of the Wu Kingdom to the Ancestral Temple to offer sacrifices to their ancestors and to the previous kings of the Wu Kingdom.

Then, Qingji went non-stop to the altar on the outskirts of Jinling and offered three animals to the sky to sacrifice to the Taiyi God believed in by the Wu people.

Finally, Qingji returned to Wu Palace and held a banquet for all the ministers.

After completing this set of procedures, Qingji felt completely exhausted both physically and mentally.

Even though he is physically strong, he can't stand it!

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The next day, Qing Ji met with Marquis Cai in Zide Hall.

The Marquis of Cai is Cai Shen, the Marquis of Cai Zhao in history.

At this time, Cai Hou was very grateful to Wu Wang Qingji.

Because when Cai Hou went to worship Xiong Zhen, the king of Chu, he was ordered to covet jade and leather clothes by Yin Nangwa, so he was detained in the capital of Ying for a year.

It was Qing Ji who sent troops to attack Chu under the banner of upholding justice for Cai Hou, which forced the Chu people to release Cai Hou.

How could Marquis Cai not be grateful to Qingji and the state of Wu for such kindness?

"King Wu, if I can get the King of Wu not to give up, I would like to take the King of Wu as my suzerain, and Cai Guo will come to the court to pay tribute every year!"

Marquis Cai took the initiative to recognize Wu as the suzerain state and pay tribute as a vassal.

How could Qingji refuse?

Cai Hou finally understood!

These days, neither Jin nor Chu can be trusted!

The only person Cai Guo can rely on is Wu Guo!

Wu State is now in the stage of rising and needs the full support of many small countries. As the saying goes, it is easy to add icing on the cake, but it is difficult to provide help when the time is right.

At this time, Cai Guo took the initiative to recognize Wu Guo as the suzerain state. It is conceivable that Wu Guo would definitely repay Cai Guo in the future.

Qingji was a little surprised that Cai Hou was so knowledgeable.

"Hahahaha, Marquis Cai, if our country of Wu can get help from you, Cai Guoxiang, why worry about not being able to gain a foothold in the world? Very good!"

Qing Ji naturally looked up to Cai Guo very much.

Speaking of which, Qingji and Caihou are still distant relatives. They are all descendants of Zhou Taiwang, but Caihou has a closer relationship with the Zhou royal family.

The Cai Kingdom is a country with the surname Ji, and is of the same clan as the Zhou royal family. The first person to be granted the title was Cai Shudu.

As the legitimate son of King Wen and the half-brother of King Wu, Cai Shudu's status in the early Zhou Dynasty could be said to be quite high due to his blood relationship.

Cai was assigned to the Shang Wangji as three supervisors. The so-called "supervisors" were to supervise the Yin and Shang remnants to prevent them from rebelling.

Later, because Cai Shudu followed Wu Geng in rebellion, he was exiled to Guo Neighbor by Zhou Gong.

After the death of Cai Shudu, Zhou Gongdan granted his son Cai Zhong to Cai and rebuilt the Cai State.

The actual territory of the original territory of Cai State extended to Dun State and Shen State in the east, Xi State and Jiang State in the south, Fang State, Dao State, and Bai State in the west, and Chen State and Xu State in the north.

Spanning the Ru River and Huai River basins, it was a vassal state with a relatively large territory at that time.

It's a pity that the previous kings of Cai State failed to live up to expectations!

In history, Cai State was destroyed twice and was forced to move its capital twice.

The last time Cai Guo was destroyed was more than twenty years ago.

In the past, the prince of Chu surrounded and killed the king Jia Ao and made himself king of Chu, namely King Ling of Chu.

Because Cai Jinghou had previously married a daughter-in-law from the state of Chu for the prince, and Cai Jinghou had an affair with his daughter-in-law. The prince killed Cai Jinghou and established himself as king, named Cai Linghou.

It can be seen from this that monarchs with the posthumous title of "Ling" are generally not good people.

In 531 BC, King Chu Ling used the excuse that Cai Linghou had killed his father, and lured Cai Linghou to Shendi, where he ambush soldiers and entertained Cai Linghou with a banquet.

Cai Linghou was killed by the Chu people after he was drunk, and the seventy soldiers who followed Cai Linghou were also tortured and killed.

King Ling of Chu also ordered Chu Gongzi Qiji to surround Cai Guo. In November, Chu destroyed Cai Guo and appointed Qiji as Cai Gong.

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Three years after Chu conquered Cai, Chu's son Qi Ji killed King Ling of Chu and replaced him as king, King Ping of Chu, the father of Xiong Zhen, the current King of Chu.

King Ping found Cai Jinghou's youngest son, Lu, and established him as the king of Cai. This was Cai Pinghou.

But Cai Guo's chaos has not stopped yet.

After the death of Cai Pinghou, Dongguo, the grandson of Cai Linghou, defeated Pinghou's son and established himself as the king. This is Cai Miaohou.

The father of Cai Maohou was Prince Yin You. You were originally the crown prince of Cai Linghou. After Cai Pinghou succeeded to the throne, he killed Prince Yin. Therefore, as soon as Cai Pinghou died, Prince Yin's son Dongguo attacked Pinghou's son and established himself as king!

Cai Houshen is the younger brother of Cai Daohou.
Chapter completed!