At this stage, the Jin State does not want to have too much contact with the Chu State at all. Whether it is sending out large armies to fight or engaging in diplomatic relations between the two sides, they simply do not want to play with it.
The real fact is that as long as the Chu State is not destroyed for a day, the Jin people will regard the Chu State as their biggest enemy, and they will not forget the Chu State all of a sudden because of the rapid rise of a certain country.
No matter how busy the people of Jin are, they will always keep one eye on Chu.
Will the Chu people feel proud of this? They should feel a mixture of pain and happiness.
"Such as the Chu State sends troops to attack Zheng or to unite with Zheng." Zhishen asked.
Zhiyao replied: "Or to confuse the state of Wu?"
This is still very possible.
For no other reason than because Wu State suffered a serious loss of troops when it went north last year. This alone was enough for Chu State to dig a hole for Wu State and try to see if the struggle between the two countries could be reversed.
In the past few decades, the Chu State and the Wu State suffered repeated losses in the war. At the worst time, even the capital was captured by the Wu army.
In the past few years, Wu State was planning to go north, and on the other hand, it was repeatedly snatching the fruits of Chu State's victory over Yang Yue. It directly took Chu State's butt and caused Chu State to be spied on by Wu State from three directions.
The State of Chu would like to thank the territories that originally belonged to Yang Yue for being mountainous and densely covered with forests and water systems.
Of course, there are differences between mountains, forests and water. For example, in terms of "lot of water", if the water system can provide boat navigation, it will be a big trouble, especially if it falls into the hands of Wu.
Yang Yue's area now retains a huge original appearance, with an exaggerated number of plants. Even the banks of streams and rivers are covered with various plants, and even in the rainy season, they will be diverted in various ways, or simply form a Zeguo.
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Precisely because the terrain is complex and remains pristine, various environmental changes occur at every turn during the rainy season. Fu Cha, who is extremely adventurous, can only pretend that he has not snatched that piece of land from the Chu State and pay the local taxes if they are willing.
No Wu army would go to attack him even if he wanted to.
In fact, the system of Wu State is different from other countries. They have a class of nobles, and the rights of the nobles are actually pitifully small. Otherwise, if the acquired land is divided and divided, no matter how bad the place is, someone will take the lead in building it. How can it be?
If there is no use for it, just leave it there.
Zhishen didn't understand what Zhiyao meant when he said that Chu State confused Wu State.
Wu State had just lost so many troops, but they did not stop digging the canal, and they did not even intend to give up building the city.
The Wu State, which is carrying out a huge project, has experienced a major defeat. Shouldn't they stop military operations and wait a few years before taking action again?
Zhiyao said: "It is precisely because Wu's army was defeated that it was possible to use troops against Chu."
The Wu people are still pretty good at the moment, especially against the Chu State. They thought they would win even before the fight started. This is the Wu people's confidence built up by the Wu army's repeated victories against the Chu army. Furthermore, the Chu State has never had any internal troubles.
solve.
Zhishen would not dwell too much on things that he did not understand or could not imagine, and asked: "Xia Jun Zuo wants everyone to prepare early, how should they respond?"
In Zhiyao's opinion, just give me an answer.
When the family started a private war, they wanted to protect the country, and the Wei family was not the Qie family.
As the most powerful family in the Jin Kingdom, the Zhi family did not dare to think of such a beautiful thing. How proud was the Wei family to dare to think such a thing?
Zhiyao said: "We can ask the Wei family to inform everyone."
Anyway, right? Zhishi should not take the lead in this matter, just maintain an attitude of neither support nor opposition.
The Zhi family and the Wei family are just allies, not the nannies of the Wei family, let alone the tools of the Wei family. Both parties should understand this.
Wei Ju is currently in "Hulao". It's not that he has no relatives staying in "Xintian", but due to his insufficient status, he will definitely not be able to take the lead.
Therefore, waiting for someone from the Wei family on the "Xintian" side to pass the news to Wei Ju, just to see if Wei Ju will quickly return to "Xintian", it can basically be seen that the Wei family is planning to conquer Zheng.
Is it going well or not?
Zhiyao said: "Now we should pay attention to the fact that Qi, Lu, Song, Zheng and other countries may form an alliance."
This incident may change Wu's national policy, induce Wu to give up recuperation and go north to become the leader of the alliance, and then lead some countries to unite to attack Jin.
Not to mention anything else, once these countries unite, the Zhi family's annexation of the Wei State and the continued weakening of the Qi State will definitely be affected, and even cause dissatisfaction with the Zhi family and the Wei family from other families in the Jin State, and the dissatisfaction with the Zhi family will be even greater.
More.
They will be dissatisfied with the Zhi family, and the civil war will not happen, all because it is not only the Zhi family that is expanding externally in a family private war mode, but also the Wei family.
The two families were boycotted together? The Zhi family and the Wei family together accounted for more than 60% of the power of the Jin State. Who was resisting whom? Believe it or not, Zhi Yao would dare to let the Zhi family join forces with the Wei family to overthrow the Jin Dynasty.
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Since the Zhi family is facing such risks, why not help the Wei family take the lead in dealing with the possible crisis this time? This is actually a matter of attitude, and it also involves the factor of initiative.
I repeat, Zhishi is not Wei's younger brother, let alone a tool in Wei Ju's hands. How can he send someone over to say something and Zhishi just obeys?
If Wei Ju came in person, it would make more sense. In fact, Zhiyao would not agree to the Zhi family taking the lead. The reason is still related to the initiative, and the covenant needs to be changed. For example, the Wei family gave up the qualification to be equals and submitted to the lower class.
Now that I'm a little brother, let's talk about how a little brother should serve his big brother.
It’s not that Zhiyao is stingy or picky. We are not in that era where there are no consequences if we just sign a covenant and want to tear it up anytime. No matter how strong we are, if we sign a covenant beforehand, we will still be punished if we tear it up later.
Extremely counterproductive.
About a month later, Wei Ju returned to "Xintian", the capital of the Jin Dynasty.
Wei Ju, who had just returned, did not rest much at all. He went home to wash up and change clothes, and then came to visit Zhishi.
Zhi Yao, who was playing with his wife and children, heard the news and came over. What he saw was Zhishen and Wei Ju sitting face to face. After listening for a while, they realized that they were talking about Zheng Guo's shaky business again.
The difference from before is that Zheng State did not swing back and forth between Jin State and Chu State, but instead discussed alliances with Chu State and Wu State at the same time.
Zhiyao understood it after hearing it.
In other words, Wei Ju sensed the possibility of several princes uniting, and believed that this outbreak was entirely caused by Zhi's attempt to annex the Wei Kingdom. Under a series of effects, the blame was Zhi's fault, and it should be Zhi's fault.
Take the initiative to carry the pot and take the lead as you should.
"Ju." Zhiyao interrupted Wei Ju rudely and said, "Let's talk about these matters later. For example, if the princes meet to form an alliance and Wu returns to the north, can he make an alliance with Chu?"
After all, Zhiyao is not like other Jin people. Even if he is wary of Chu, he will not even be willing to cooperate temporarily.
Wei Ju was a little confused by the question, and thought to himself: "I'm not looking for responsibility, I just think that the Zhi family did go a bit too far this time. That was the destruction of the country, or the destruction of the Wei Kingdom, not the Mao Kingdom, Nanyan,
The country of Tao is a pocket-sized country.”
In the past, most people knew that the Zhi family wanted to expand eastward and thought that it would weaken Qi. They really did not expect that the Zhi family would destroy another country, Zuo.
Now? Most people are still not aware of Zhishi... or Zhiyao's ambition. At most, they think Zhishi is a bit scary. It is a bit too much to have personal grudges escalate to the point of destroying people and the country Zuo.
Seeing that Zhiyao was still waiting for an answer, Wei Ju said without thinking: "Wu may be powerful and Chu is the enemy. Alliance with Chu? This is unprecedented."
Zhiyao asked again.
After the second time, Wei Ju began to understand that Zhiyao was not joking. Once the Wu Kingdom brings other countries to the alliance, Zhi Yao plans to form an alliance with the Chu Kingdom.
This time, Wei Ju looked at Zhishen with a rather astonished expression, wondering what Zhishen's attitude was.
Jishen kept his face expressionless.
Zhiyao and Zhishen had discussed the matter of temporarily forming an alliance with the Chu State many times, and they had already mentioned related plans long before the Zhi family expanded eastward.
Zhishen was shocked that such a day actually happened, and he felt more and more that Zhi Yao was right.
By the way, Zhiyao has "predicted" things that will happen more than ten years in advance. Isn't that enough to prove something?
It fully proves that Zhiyao knows what she is thinking and doing, and has a series of plans.
Even if things happened more than ten years later, there was already a plan? Zhishen felt that even if he didn't understand, it would be better not to interfere or interrupt Zhiyao's plan.
Wei Ju was a little confused and said in a daze: "Is it already like this?"
It doesn't have to be necessary, but the Zhi family will not give up on eastward expansion. When the time comes, it will be possible for Jin to carry it alone.
Zhiyao feels that it has not actually reached that point.
It's just a combination of Wu, Qi, Lu, Song, Zheng, and some other small countries. Among them, Qi is worse than half disabled. Wu has just lost 60,000 to 70,000 troops. Lu
The state of Zheng is just a cheerleader. The state of Zheng was invaded several times and its vitality was severely damaged. Only the state of Song can be considered as the master in the best condition.
How much force can these princes unite to draw? According to Zhiyao's judgment, it is considered too much if they can draw an army of 100,000 to go north. How sincerely they can cooperate is still a question.
But don’t forget that Wu has never been a trustworthy country.
Does the Song Dynasty dare to drain the domestic troops? They will definitely not do it. What they are afraid of is that the Wu Kingdom will suddenly come from behind.
Zheng Guo wanted to have more troops, but the problem was that they needed to guard against Chu.
Don't forget that Qi State will send the most troops at that time. They are still unwilling to fight under the command of Wu Army because they want to regain their lost territory.
Zhiyao smiled and said to Wei Ju: "When Wu returns to the north and the princes join forces, it will be to my advantage."
There is no need to explain the truth at all. Those who understand it should understand it.
Zhiyao went on to say: "When there is a battle, regardless of the victory or defeat of both sides, how can Zheng not lose his troops?"
At this moment, Wei Ju's mind started to come alive...