Chapter 378: After this year is the Warring States Period
Who would do something that harms others and does not benefit oneself unless they are mentally ill or extremely self-defeating?
Tian Heng felt that he had found the truth behind Zhi's various abnormal behaviors.
After waiting for Zigong to leave, Tian Heng deliberately asked Tian Qi to mention it again to a place where there were no other people.
"Only in this way can we explain Zhi's various actions." Tian Heng really hoped that his old father could trust his judgment.
What's more terrible is that the older people are, not only do they have fixed thinking, but they are also more stubborn than young people.
Tian Qi said: "If the Wei family also has this thought, the Zhi family may make it come true. If only the Zhi family has this thought, they will be enemies both inside and outside!"
In other words, how could Zhi, who was so ambitious, reveal it to outsiders? It was impossible for him to conspire with Wei.
So, if the Zhi family really wants to restore or establish the country, they will face the end of being enemies both internally and externally.
The Zhi family is now the well-deserved first family in the Jin Dynasty, and they can dominate the outside world, right?
Due to the special national conditions of the Jin State, the fiefdom controlled by a family with a high position is larger than that of many vassal states. All the rights under the rule belong to the family and are not owned by the state. In addition to not having the title of king of a country, it has nothing to do with the king of a country.
There isn't much difference.
Under that premise, the Zhi family enjoyed everything and could safely pass on their power. Why should they break the established pattern for the sake of the title of a monarch?
Tian Heng was a little stunned by Tian Qi's words. He couldn't help but wonder if he was wrong, and thought: "That's right! Apart from not being the king of a country, Zhiyao has what he wants, and his authority is no different from that of a king.
, and even has more authority than most monarchs. There is really no need to break the existing pattern and add countless unknown risks for the sake of the title of a monarch."
How do you say this? Nowadays, the world is "family and state", which means that the interests of the family are higher than the interests of the country. Especially in the Jin Dynasty, there is no such thing as "the king wants his ministers to die, but they must not die".
The high-ranking families in the Jin Kingdom had their own fiefdoms, population, resources and the right to legislate and enforce the law. They seemed to be a family, but on the premise that the king was ignored, it was actually no different from a country.
The existing pattern is like that and will continue unless something unexpected happens. As a person with vested interests, why should he change it and bring unforeseen dangers to his family?
Tian Qi said: "The rise of the Wu State may have been frustrated by several defeats? However, it is absolutely impossible to stop moving forward; the Chu State may be weak, but if there is a wise king, it will take advantage of the situation to rise again; there are two powerful enemies outside, Jin
The country can still contend."
So, if the Zhi family really has that kind of ambition, Jin will inevitably be in chaos again. After several high-ranking families fight each other to death, how can they fight against Wu or Chu?
Tian Heng said in a daze: "Or is it like my family, which has been run for several generations and became successful in one fell swoop?"
Tian Qi was a little stunned when he heard this, and thought to himself: "Such a possibility...can't you say it's not possible?"
There is almost no such trend of being "unwilling to be inferior to others". Most people have long been accustomed to the social rules of "princes, generals and prime ministers have their own kind".
Tian's deliberate attempt to usurp the country is unique in the history of the original version, and it is not entirely without reason.
First, Yan Ying reminded Tian Qi, and then the Chen Kingdom was destroyed.
Why did Yan Ying remind Tian? Perhaps Tian Qi initially wanted to increase Tian's voice in Qi by buying off the nobles of Qi and forming cliques. However, Yan Ying said that Tian would be the leader in a hundred years.
Wouldn't replacing the Lu family named Jiang as the master of Qi open up a new way of thinking for Tian Qi and make Tian Qi have the epiphany of "widening your eyes and enlarging your heart"?
The demise of the Chen Kingdom indeed gave the Tian family a reason to restore the country. If they one day replace the Lu family with the surname Jiang, they will complement Sanke's pattern and continue to worship Emperor Shun. The reason is simply too good!
So, why did the three families in history retain a Jin state after they were divided into Jin? The Tian family succeeded the Tian family and replaced the Qi family without leaving a piece of land for the Jiang family and the Lu family. One of the reasons is the one mentioned above; the next one is the Jin state.
The country was divided, and as a result there was really no one left who could do justice.
The two father and son knew very well that what they said was of no use at all. No matter what Zhi wanted to do, Tian did not have the strength to control it, and talking too much would lead to a worse end.
As winter approaches, a piece of news from "Luoyi" means that another era is coming.
Nothing else, Ji Gai passed away after reigning for forty-three years.
Later historians regarded Ji Gai's death as the dividing line between the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The reason is that after that, the wars between the princes became more and more frequent and the scale became larger each time.
When the old Emperor Zhou passed away, no matter how famous the Zhou royal family was, the princes would still send people to attend the funeral and attend the new king's ascension ceremony.
In addition, no matter how much you pretend, the truth is that you should stop fighting, eat, drink, have fun, etc. and do it in secret.
However, the war between Zheng State, Song State, and the Wei family did not stop because of the addition of King Zhou Jing, and many feudal princes who were in conflict continued to fight.
In the original history, the war did not disappear because of Ji Gai's death. Perhaps this is why historians distinguish the dividing line between the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period?
There is an extra King Jing of Zhou, right? It refers to the posthumous title.
As an envoy of the Lu State, Min Zi should have terminated the restoration of the Tian family and quickly packed up and returned to the country. Later, he learned that even if he returned to the country, the Tian family would still hold a restoration ceremony. Min Zi, who was in the stage of hesitation, was arrested by the Lu State.
The visitor informed Tian that the restoration of the country needed to be held as scheduled, and he could only stay to preside over it.
There is a big problem here. It is that the State of Lu chose to pretend to be deaf and dumb about what happened to the Zhou royal family before it was officially notified by the Zhou royal family to attend the funeral of King Zhou Jing.
The Lu State, which should show the respect of the Zhou royal family the most, is like this? It is even more conceivable what will happen to other princes!
In fact, the Tian family wanted to respect the Zhou royal family, but the most terrible thing was that they were forced by both the Wu State and the Zhi family. If they did not hold the restoration as scheduled, not only would the Zhi family's army come over on land, but even more seriously, Wu
The country threatened to attack Tian's island stronghold at sea.
Is the state of Wu capable of sending troops from the sea? They have proven by attacking Qi state twice by sea that they are willing to bear the undetermined losses of Hainan Airlines to attack Qi state. Why can't they be ruthless enough to attack Tian's stronghold at sea?
Knowing the dangers of sea navigation, Fu Chai continued to do it a second time after the first time. He was truly the first monarch in the Xia Dynasty who dared to challenge the sea!
Therefore, the State of Wu was not only the participating country in the first large-scale water war in the Zhuxia River, but they were also the first country in the Zhuxia to use sea routes to attack other countries. If the State of Wu had not suddenly perished, there seemed to be many possibilities.
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On a snowy day, Tian's restoration ceremony was held.
In order to resume the sacrifice to Emperor Shun, more princes should actually send people to participate. However, the Tian family sent invitations to other countries, and only some of Wu's younger brothers came. More countries just pretended that this was not the case.
thing.
In addition, although Zigong was an envoy to the Tian family on behalf of the Zhi family, he would not appear at the ceremony openly.
This is because although the Zhi family hopes that the Tian family will return to the country, they will not enhance their sense of existence.
On the other hand, Bo Xi dressed up and showed up that day, especially when he congratulated Fu Cha in a high-profile manner, which really stole the show.
Zigong, who was standing in an inconspicuous corner, watched Min Zi finish reading his congratulatory message expressionlessly and then carry out the rest of his duties. He could understand why this happened.
Even though Minzi didn't have the mental mysophobia of the other sect members who pursued morality, he still felt extremely complicated when he was ordered to do such a thing.
On the one hand, Minzi felt that it was a good thing to resume sacrifices to Emperor Shun.
On the other hand, Minzi felt that it was extremely unethical to do this during the death of Emperor Zhou.
The ceremony was relatively simple. Min Zi, who presided over the ceremony, had a dull face throughout the ceremony. Most of the Tian family members who should be very happy had expressions of constipation on their faces. The envoys and envoys who were watching the ceremony could hardly hide their laughter and rejection, making this ceremony unsettling.
The atmosphere was extremely weird.
Of course, the necessary procedures still had to be carried out until the banquet was over. Envoys from many countries left that night, which made Tian Qi, who was originally very upset, sigh repeatedly.
No, since the state of Chen was restored, Tian Qi should be renamed Chen Junqi.
What seems to be wrong? Judging from the pronunciation of the Spring and Autumn Period, Tian is connected to Chen. It is just that the Tian family used the word "Tian" in writing in Qi State, and it was later preserved as the Tian family in later generations.
Chen Junqi was simply fed up with Bo Xi, who was becoming more and more arrogant, and was confused by the fact that Zigong, who represented the Zhi family, did not make any demands.
Until Zigong said goodbye, it really made the Tian family..., no, changing the name to Chen family, anyway, it only increased their sense of urgency.
Zigong still chose to go with Min Zi, and the two took the opportunity to chat a lot on the road.
During this period, Zigong learned that the senior brothers who stayed in Lu State were not doing well, and that the current head of Sanhuan's family was becoming increasingly dim. He really didn't know what to say.
When passing by the State of Lu, Zigong heard the news that a slave riot had occurred within the State of Lu. He was really shocked.
The person who led the slave riot...or in other words called the uprising was called Liu Xia Zhi, and he was the "Robber Zhi" in "Zhuangzi. Robber Zhi".
Of course, neither Robber Zhi nor Liu Xia Zhi is this person's name.
He was called Liuxia Zhi because he was born in a place called Liuxia, and Zhi is actually the abbreviation of "barefoot slave".
As for being called Robber Zhi, in fact, it can be seen from Zhuangzi's description that it is a form of disapproval.
According to the records in "Zhuangzi. Robber Zhi", Zhuangzi recorded that Robber Zhi once led his people to "die in the sun of Mount Tai". There is also a long description, that is, "Nine thousand soldiers, rampaging across the world, invading the princes, acupuncture points
Room is small
, drive people and cattle and horses, take women, be greedy and forget relatives, ignore parents and brothers, and do not sacrifice ancestors. In the towns they passed, big countries defended the city, small countries took refuge, and all the people suffered." is used to describe lawlessness and cruelty, and atrocities continue.
Zigong knew one thing: the slave uprising in the Lu State became a conflagration and made the nobles of the Lu State howl and scream.
The Lu State, a state of etiquette, actually had the first large-scale slave uprising in the history of Ji Zhou? I don’t know how etiquette was implemented.
However, the etiquette of the Zhou dynasty is all about cannibalism. It is actually quite outrageous that the slave class can tolerate it for so long.
Waiting for Zigong to return home to inform Zhiyao about the slave rebellion.
After hearing this, Zhiyao showed a mysterious expression and thought to herself: "It is said that the Dazexiang Uprising was the first organized and powerful resistance to the feudal dynasty, isn't it?"
