Zhao Yang was indifferent to Confucius' accusation and asked: "Is Mr. Zheng coming?"
Now Zheng Guo is timid.
This is no longer an era of respecting etiquette and observance of etiquette. What's the use of talking nonsense.
In the past, the main thing was to respect the monarch's authority. Moreover, the authority of the monarchs of various countries was very strong. Based on the relationship between vassals, as a minister, respecting courtesy and worrying about being liquidated by the monarch of the country, one could not go beyond the basic principles of being a minister.
Non-resident monarchs also need to be treated with courtesy.
Others may not be so straightforward. Zhao Yang directly asked Zheng Junsheng where he was. The meaning was nothing more than that if Zheng Jun won, the Jin army would continue to move south until they surrounded "Xinzheng".
Zi Yue looked at Zhao Yang with a dumbfounded expression for a short while. It was obvious that he couldn't believe what was happening.
Although Zheng Junsheng was the king of Zheng, he was also a prince.
The "Qing" of the Jin State was a relative prince, but not a real prince.
"It seems that the authority of the king of Jin has really been completely lost." Confucius thought to himself.
Jin Junwu's authority had been lost a long time ago. Otherwise, if Zhao Yang hadn't sent someone back to pick him up last time, why wouldn't anyone have said anything?
If it were a serious alliance, even though Zhao Yang was the "Yuan Rong" of the Jin State, he still could not sign the alliance on behalf of the Jin State.
Zhao Yang thought that Zheng Guo could not believe it, and the others agreed, and did not think that it was necessary to let Jin Jun go south at noon. It seemed quite reasonable, but in fact he was doing something that disrespected the monarch's power.
Confucius asked: "Isn't the Marquis of Jin coming?"
Zhao Yang said: "I am ill."
Confucius said, looking at the other "Qings" present in the Jin Kingdom, some of them did not understand whether it was true or not that Jin Junwu was ill and could not go south.
He was from Zheng. Even if he knew that the Jin State did not value the longevity of the alliance and knew in his heart that the Jin State did not trust the Zheng State, he would certainly not be able to say so.
Zheng Junsheng is already in the "Hanling" city. Once Jin Jun does not show up at noon, the person who comes to sign the alliance with Zheng will not be the king of the country anyway. At most, he will be the ruler or the prince.
"Is he irritating Zheng Guo?" Confucius said that he had heard that Zhao Yang did not pay attention to etiquette and law, and that Zhao Yang would always do some shocking things, but he still did not believe that Zhao Yang dared to do something that undermined the authority of the princes in the world.
people.
Finally, Ziyue mentioned that he needed to go back and report.
This time, Ziyue knew very well that even if he mentioned it, he would be humiliating himself, and he did not mention the request that the Jin army should stay where they were.
After Zheng's envoy left, Zhao Yang repeatedly emphasized that Zheng could not be trusted, and then led the army to continue approaching "Hanling".
What Zhao Yang and other Jin people did not expect was that Zheng Guo responded very quickly this time and came again the day after Zi Yue left.
The person who represents Zheng Junsheng and is responsible for all matters is Chu Jun Yi. According to current customs, he can also be called Gongzi Yi.
There were not many people coming from the state of Zheng, only about 200 people including Prince Yi.
"Zheng Guo is really not sincere," Zhao Yang said.
You must know that signing a covenant is not completed by writing a document or something. There are only about 200 people from Zheng State. How should the etiquette be carried out?
Even if it’s playing house, that’s not how it’s played!
"The widower is suddenly seriously ill, and it is not disrespectful to Jin." Confucius said, crying at the same time.
Is Zheng Junsheng sick? Or is it a sudden illness???
Zhao Yang said before that Jin Junwu was ill, and now Master Yi said that Zheng Junsheng was also ill. What a coincidence!
If something like this suddenly happens, even if it is false, it seems that it can be forgiven?
After all, Zheng Guo himself was able to attack the monarch, and if he could hide for a while, the country's credibility would be hit, and what would happen next would inevitably happen, and cheating would seem to be more than worth the gain.
Zhao Yang knew clearly that it was false, but he did not want to expose it at all, and directly proposed the contents of the covenant on Jin's side.
According to the requirements, Zheng Guo needed to compensate for a lot of things, including some cities around "Hulao", as well as related materials and populations.
The covenant that Zhao Yang brought out did not mention how much protection money Zheng should pay to Jin every year. This alone made Master Yi's face change greatly.
"Yi has prepared a meal..." Master Yi saw the coldness in Zhao Yang's eyes.
What is a feast? In fact, it is a banquet that includes etiquette. It is quite meaningful to choose such a word.
The current situation is that Gongzi Yi needs to conduct internal discussions to discuss whether to agree to Jin's request, or if there is anything he needs to add.
Zhao Yang said expressionlessly: "Business matters."
Wei Chi wanted to say something, but he hesitated and kept his mouth shut.
The current situation is obviously that Zhao Yang is pressing harder and harder against Zheng Guo, which is likely to force Zheng Guo to choose to continue to resist despite the humiliation.
"Why is there no courtesy of diplomatic relations?" Young Master Yi could not delay, nor could he discuss internally, so he had to ask cautiously.
Zhao Yang sighed and asked, "General Zheng, will you comply?"
Without waiting for Young Master Yi's reply, Zhao Yang continued: "If I (the Jin State) are strong, Zheng Zi should contribute; if I decline, Zheng Yi should also be sacrificed. I won't mention it here."
At this moment, Young Master Yi felt the domineering force coming towards him.
That's because Zhao Yang firmly believed that under his leadership, Jin would definitely regain its hegemony. By then, Zheng would not only have to pay back what he owed Jin, but he would also have to add interest.
No alliance was made that day.
Prince Yi returned to his station and said to his surroundings: "It is my misfortune that Zhao Meng's dictatorship is like this."
In fact, the Zheng State was not willing to cause the current situation. Who made the Jin State internally divided before, and it was the Fan family and the Zhongxing family that were targeted by the Zhao family.
In the eyes of other countries, the Fan family and the Zhongxing family were equally powerful in the Jin State. They got the invitation from the Fan family and participated because of the profit.
The development of the situation is very unexpected. Even though the civil strife in Jin has come to an end, they still feel unbelievable about the failure of Fan and Zhongxing.
One thing to say is that the Fan family and the Zhongxing family seem to be really powerful. Based on the data on paper, the Fan family alone can beat the Zhao family and the Han family. There is no way that the Zhongxing family can be as good as the Wei family. As for the wisdom.
Doesn’t the Clan still have ties to the Zhonghang Clan?
At the beginning of the development of the situation, the Fan family and Zhongxing family gathered much more troops than the Zhao family, Han family and Wei family combined, and the Zhi family also adopted neutrality as expected.
What I never expected was that the Fan family and the Zhongxing family, who looked so powerful, could take advantage of the Han family, but they were defeated again and again against the Zhao family and the Wei family.
What's going on!?
It turns out that the Fan family and the Zhongxing family are so strong on the outside, but the Zhao family and the Wei family are so good at fighting, they are just a loser, okay?
Zheng Guo was now forced into a corner and wished he could go back in time before interfering in Jin's internal affairs and kill the envoy sent by Shi Jishe.
"The only thing I'm lucky about now is that Chu is powerless." Ziyue said with a stern look on his face.
Right? Zheng Guo was caught in the middle and suffered a mixed doubles attack from Jin and Chu. He really had no choice but to keep jumping left and right, but he also got the nickname of an old surrendering country because of his repeated jumps.
In just over ten years, it has fallen from a first-rate power to a second-rate country.
After Zichan's operation, Zheng Guo finally regained his strength. Now is he going to return to the previous miserable situation?
Many people who hold high positions in the Zheng Kingdom are mediocre at first glance, but there is no one like Zichan who can replace them, not even someone inferior to Zichan.
Why did Zheng Guo become like this? It can only be said that Zichan made Zheng Guo strong for a while, but the reforms he carried out made Zheng Guo destined to decline rapidly in the future.
In summary, Zichan's reform was to use nobles with different surnames to feed the Zheng family, strengthen the strength of the Zheng family, and then let a large number of nobles with different surnames disappear.
Based on the background of the times, it cannot be said that Zichan did something wrong. He was just strengthening the clan according to the mainstream needs. In the process, the Si family, the Du family, the Hou family, the Zishi family, and the Wei family rebelled, causing some losses to their interests.
The Zheng nobles also rebelled, and Zichan and the other nobles seemed to be just eradicating pests.
A large number of nobles with different surnames could not survive in the Zheng State, so they had no choice but to flee. It was the Zheng State that happened in the Spring and Autumn Period that provided talents to other countries.
After that, the Zheng State eliminated the threat from nobles with different surnames, avoiding the risk of "Qing clan chaos" like the Jin State, and suddenly a large number of public clans were raised like pigs.
"No way, no way..." Even if Prince Yi knew that the reform had produced harmful results, he would definitely not admit it. He was worried about how to get Jin to give up the idea of revenge.
Confucius asked: "Why don't you imitate Zi Kong?"
Young Master Yi's face changed when he heard this.
Who is that Zi Kong? He was the ruler of Zheng State, and he was also a good player in the "Seven Injury Boxing". In order to convince Jin State of Zheng State's sincerity in surrendering, he sent troops to let the Jin army beat him violently, thus weakening Zheng State.
strength.
Why did Zi Kong do that? The main reason is that Zheng is neither strong nor weak and is embarrassed. Standing on the side of Jin can threaten Chu, and standing on Chu's side can threaten Jin. So he simply chose to fight with the Jin army.
A drama in which they lost most of their existing strength and then surrendered to the Jin Kingdom.
To be more transparent, Zheng Guo's weakness will reduce the threat to everyone. Whether he sincerely surrenders to anyone is no longer important. Zheng Guo himself will firmly embrace the thigh of Jin.
This time Zheng Guo intervened in the civil strife of Jin. In fact, after Zheng surrendered to Jin, Jin was responsible for establishing diplomatic relations with Zheng. It was Fan's fault.
To put it simply, Zheng Guo was completely led into the tiankeng by Shi Jishe.
Young Master Yi's expression kept changing, indicating that he was at war with heaven and man in his heart. Finally, he shook his head and said, "If you try the same old trick again, there may be a pause, and Cai will be in danger!"
The state of Dun was swallowed up by the state of Chu not long ago.
Cai Guo was simply moved away by the Chu people. Not surprisingly, he was also a dish in Chu State's bowl and would be eaten sooner or later.
Zheng Guo lost a lot of troops when he intervened in the civil strife in Jin. It is hard to say whether he can protect himself from another wave of losses.
"So..." Ziyue smiled bitterly for a while and said: "Join Chu in the south, unite with Song in the east, and seek Wei in the north. How is wisdom?"
Young Master Yi shook his head again.
Do you really want to collude with other countries because you don't like being beaten hard enough by Jin?
Young Master Yi thought for a moment and said, "Perhaps we can contact the Wei family and the Zhi family?"
You have to be stupid to believe that the Jin clan can truly be united, right?
At present, the Wei family and the Zhi family are allies. They are united to fight against the Zhao family and the Han family. Moreover, Jin Junwu supports the Hu family. The chaos in the Jin Kingdom may give Zheng Guo room to maneuver in diplomatic relations?