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The handling of Qi State is like that for the time being. If Sima Ranju handles it properly, Qi State Zhengshuo will still be entangled with the rebel forces. How to prevent Wu State from destroying the balance will be more difficult.
In this wave, the Zhi family invaded the left and right sides of Jishui River in Qi State, especially in a bloodless way, they obtained dozens of cities and thousands of villages in the upper reaches of Jishui River. Of course, about 70% of the nobles of Qi State moved away.
, the remaining 30% no longer have the ability to subvert.
Zhiyao knew that there would be some troubles among the remaining 30%, but the trouble was really not that big. It was just a matter of raising the butcher's knife.
If trouble cannot be solved, the most direct solution is to solve the people who caused the trouble. Violence is the best way to solve political enemies, but violence cannot be used internally.
"The ownership of 'Linzi' does not have to be decided at a moment's notice. The soldiers guarding the city can still be my family. If the merchants return, let it be as usual." Zhiyao explained.
Sima Ranju will work in "Linzi" from now on.
The strength of the Zhi family's defenders left in "Linzi" will not be less than one "division", and they will be rotated at the end of autumn every year.
What the monarchs and ministers of Qi State wanted now was to gain more support from the Zhi family. Even though they knew they would be scolded, they did not return to "Linzi" and instead went to "Qi". While keeping company with Qi State, they could also take care of Donglai.
and further south.
Qi State? One of the three members of the Zhou royal family. His own strength has always been quite weak, but because he is responsible for the sacrifice, some people may bully him. He can be easily destroyed, but few people have the courage to do it.
Of course, the immortality of the Three Kes was a thing of the past. Not long ago, the State of Chen, which was also one of the Three Kes, was destroyed by the State of Chu.
The Zhou royal family knew very well what their strength was. They had long pretended not to know about Chen's demise at the hands of Chu, and relied on pretending to be deaf and dumb to protect their own face that no longer existed.
If the Jin State is still recognized by the Emperor of Zhou, and the princes still recognize the Jin State as the overlord, it is reasonable to say that it is just because the Chu State destroyed Chen State, one of the three kingdoms, the Jin State can gather the princes to form a crusade coalition again, and go south together to find
The state of Chu is desperate.
Even if the Jin State is no longer the overlord, if it wants to invade the Chu State, it can still issue a call to the princes, and there will definitely be many princes who will respond. The key is that the Jin State does not have that spare time now.
What exactly is Sanke? In fact, the Zhou family with the surname Ji was newly established, and the descendants of the previous three dynasties were given the title of prince and called Sanke to show respect.
There are two theories about the three dynasties of Zhou Dynasty. One is that after Yu, Xia, and Shang were granted, they were followed by Chen, Qi, and Song; the other is that after Huangdi, Yao, and Shun were granted, they were granted by Ji, Zhu, and Chen. Later emperors also mostly inherited the three-ke system.
Therefore, the demise of the Chen Kingdom is actually one of the evidences of the collapse of the Zhou royal family's rule, especially the princes did not show any sign at all, which further shows that the princes really do not like the Emperor of Zhou.
Why mention Qi State? Zhiyao found some signs, that is, the monarchs and ministers of Qi State planned to swallow Qi State to replenish a wave of blood!
On this point, Zhiyao did not share the information with the left-behind governor Sima Ranju. It was not for any other reason, but because the Qi State wanted to annex the Qi State.
Of course, Zhiyao will not do anything to add fuel to the flames. It is just a matter of breaking the rules. Anyone who participates in it will be pissed off.
When Zhiyao was passing near Mount Tai, Ji Sunfei, the ruler of the Lu State, came, along with Zilu, Zigong and other vassals of the Zhi clan.
"I wonder what brings Lu Qing here?" Zhiyao just glanced at Zilu and the others and asked Ji Sunfei directly.
Ji Sunfei smiled without saying a word, saluted again and then said: "I learned that Jin Qing was passing through here. Feiqia is in Mount Tai, so he came here to visit."
Who are you lying to?
He must have been inquiring about Zhiyao for a long time.
Zhiyao is in Qidi, and there won't be a large group of people guarding him wherever he goes. Moreover, the troops who have come for rotation are already in place. Troops that have served for such a long time should be brought back and disbanded.
A large team was brought back to the country, and unless they were traveling deep into the mountains and forests, it would not be difficult to find out the news.
If Ji Sunfei really came to visit Zhiyao after finding out by chance, Zilu and others should not have shown up.
There are some things that you don't want to tell if you see through them. Whether you want to act with them or not is another matter.
Zhiyao still said the same thing, come here to see if you have any business.
Ji Sunfei, who saw Zhi Yao's perfunctory attitude, still stayed with him carefully, but did not dare to ramble on.
Ji Sunfei said: "The previous alliance with the Kingdom of Wu was just to bewitched by villains, and the same is true for sending troops to relieve the flood. I have no intention of hating my uncle."
Zhiyao asked with a smile: "In this case, has the villain ever dealt with it?"
This made Ji Sunfei look shocked.
Even if there are villains, they are villains from the state of Lu.
Besides, it’s just a way to admit your mistakes. What’s more true?
We shouldn't go through the process. The State of Lu obediently admitted its mistake. Many people in the State of Jin have read this article. The two countries just pretended that nothing unpleasant happened and calmly discussed how to jointly build a better future.
Let’s use an analogy, that’s an analogy.
The combat effectiveness of the Jin State is tens of thousands, while the combat effectiveness of the Lu State is only two thousand.
Here comes the problem!
Why should the State of Jin, which has tens of thousands of combat effectiveness, build a better future together with the State of Lu, which has only two thousand combat effectiveness?
Zhiyao pointed to his own army passing by and asked, "Is this army majestic?"
Ji Sunfei accompanied Xing Xing and replied: "Majestic, of course it is majestic."
Zhiyao looked away and asked: "Since the State of Lu knows that I will send troops to relieve the flood, how dare it lead Wu soldiers to invade?"
Come on, ignore the Lu army again and only pursue the matter of Lu’s seduction of Wu.
Ji Sunfei was a little overwhelmed.
To be honest, the State of Lu is no longer the younger brother of the State of Jin, so it does not need the permission of the State of Jin to do anything.
The truth is that the key is that the Jin State did not completely fall, and the strength of the Lu State was not enough to compete with the Jin State.
No, because the strength is inferior to others, the Lu State is really afraid that the Jin State will retaliate next. Just a Lu State allying with the Wu State is enough reason for the Jin State to send troops to attack, not to mention the Lu State wants to steal the Zhi family's flesh, especially
Wu Jun was attracted.
If the Wu-Lu coalition wins this battle, it will actually be a turnaround. Talking to someone from the Jin Kingdom from the perspective of the winner will definitely be a different story.
The reality is that the Lu army ended in a disastrous defeat against the disastrous Qi State, and even the Wu army fled back with less than three thousand soldiers left.
There is another very important point for the Lu State. They can now see the composition of the army. The Jin Army and the Chu Army can actually march together!
That is because Ziqi has not left yet, and they cannot pass through the territory of Wu or Song. They will follow Zhiyao to the "Hulao" side, and then return to Zheng's territory.
Therefore, Zhiyao is not going anywhere, he will take a "division" with him to "Hulao", and the rest of the troops will be brought back to "Handan" by others in the Wei area and then disbanded.
Jisun Feirun, who couldn't talk to him, was confused.
Maybe it's not that Ji Sunfei couldn't answer the question, but that he knew that no matter how he answered it, he might as well keep it for a while to recover, and then look for opportunities to change things later.
Zhiyao glanced at Zilu and others who were left behind.
Zilu and others immediately came forward to pay their respects.
To be honest, Zhiyao really doesn't have any objections to them. It falls into the category of doing whatever they like without harming the interests of the Zhi family.
This time, Zilu and others led an army to attack Qi State, Jishui Neng, which could be regarded as endangering the interests of the Zhi family. As a result, the Lu army was too useless and did not cause any actual losses to the Zhi family. I don't know whether to be depressed or happy.
"How is Master Kong?" Zhiyao asked proactively.
Zaiyu was rather thick-skinned, and when he noticed that Zhiyao showed no signs of anger, he walked up to her with a smile and said, "My master is well. My master also said that the eldest son Ren Qing, there should be a new atmosphere in the world."
"Don't..." Ran You was about to scold him, but he closed his mouth in response.
Calling it nonsense? It directly offended Zhiyao.
Zhiyao asked Zaiyu to ride with her and asked the others to disperse.
"Zongzi." Zaiyu said with a smile on his face, "My master really said this."
Zhiyao believed it for the time being, but she knew very well that even if Confucius really said that, there must be a part that Jaeyu didn't say.
Is that right? Nowadays, except for a group of disciples, disciples, and Zhiyao who was influenced by the "prophet", no one cares about Confucius at all.
No, there is also Sanhuan who can take advantage of his disciples and disciples from time to time. They will also take care of Confucius when needed.
In the following days, Ji Sunfei would hang out in front of Zhiyao intentionally or unintentionally, but he was too timid and did not dare to come forward and chat without being greeted.
"When did the Zhi family conquer Lu?" Ziqi asked.
Zhiyao's expression didn't change at all, and he said, "If I had not destroyed Lu, if Lu had perished, he would have perished by himself."
Isn't it just to destroy the country? Chu people are very familiar with it.
On the contrary, after the Jin people became wealthy, they played the role of maintaining order for a long time. In Zhiyao's hands, the Jin people showed their formidable side again. In less than ten years, they destroyed Qiu You, Xianyu, Zhongshan and Weiguo.
Furthermore, other princes may not be able to see that, but the Chu State has basically seen that the Wei family is eyeing the Zheng State, and at the same time the Han family is also targeting the Qin State.
It doesn’t matter whether the several high-ranking families in the Jin State can get things done. Anyway, the Chu State feels that the Jin State is so down-to-earth that it can try to get along with them.
Zhiyao asked in reply: "When will Chu fall to Zheng?"
Ziqi remained silent.
At present, the state of Chu is destroying the state of Chen. It would take a lot of effort for the Man clan or the state of Cai to evade it if someone intervenes.
The current state of Chu wants to destroy the state of Zheng? First of all, the state of Wu will not allow it.
It took them nearly a month to arrive near "Hulao", and they were greeted by Wei Ju, who was thirty miles away.
"Yao, how late is it?" Wei Ju seemed to be in good spirits.
Zhiyao introduced Ziqi to Wei Ju, and Ji Sunfei was hanging around all the way. Later, he told Wei Ju that a group of Chu troops needed to use the "Hulao" to cross the border.
Wei Ju glanced at Zhiyao and Ziqi back and forth with a scrutinizing gaze. He ignored Ji Sunfei's thoughts and said with a hearty smile: "It's okay."
Next, Wei Ju invited Zhiyao to go back to "Xintian" with him, which was equivalent to saying that he didn't want Zhiyao to arrive at "Hulao".
In this regard, Zhiyao could not say anything, she could only wish Ziqi a smooth journey.
"Our army was defeated by the Qin army." Wei Ju suddenly said this midway.