This time, there were two countries holding the alliance. They were the State of Chu, which proposed the alliance first, and the State of Jin, which later invited the kings of the countries to form an alliance.
Because Chu State had sent envoys to invite Jin State, Zhiyao also sent people to "Ying" to invite Chu Junzhang after deciding to hold an alliance.
I believe that after the kings and ministers of the Chu State learned about the purpose of the Jin envoys, they must have been confused at first, and then became furious, right?
After all, the Zhi family and the Chu State had established friendly relations with each other before, and later the Wei family also had contacts with the Chu State. This all shows that the two most powerful families in the Jin State are interested in easing or even improving relations with the Chu State.
It must have been the initiative of the Zhi family and the Wei family against the Chu State, which caused the Chu State to have the idea of excessive measures, and even wanted to take advantage of another civil strife in the Jin State to lead the trend. Who would have expected that the Jin State would still choose to be positive in the state of civil war.
Therefore, Chu State miscalculated the situation of Jin State, and at the same time thought that Jin State was too weak.
The so-called inexplicable anger of the kings and ministers of the Chu State simply means that the Chu State felt that the Jin State had been in chaos for a while and its own internal strife had not yet been completely settled, so it wanted to take advantage of the situation. However, it was met with a direct response from the Jin State and became angry.
Jin and Chu began to confront each other again. It was actually the princes who suffered, but Gou Jian among the princes would definitely feel very happy.
Gou Jian did not abide by the covenant, not only killed Wu Junxi, but also annexed Wu's territory wantonly.
Do you think Gou Jian is crazy? He did not forget to return the territory that Wu had seized from Chu, Song and Lu. He just ignored Ju's sovereignty claims.
However, reason seems to have nothing to do with Gou Jian? He agreed to a series of things in the "Huangchi Alliance", not to mention violating all the covenants, but the biggest problem is the violation of the survival and death that is most related to etiquette.
If someone else had done that, it might have caused a big shock.
When everyone saw that it was Gou Jian who violated the covenant, they probably said with a blank face: Oh, it's him.
There is no other reason. No one should be surprised by what Gou Jian did.
Many princes agreed to go to "Yongqiu" to participate in the alliance.
Later, the Jin State was going to hold an alliance meeting in "Shangqiu". The princes were confused for a while. They knew that Jin State was facing off against Chu State again, and they really didn't want to take sides.
According to past experience, once Jin and Chu confront each other, there will definitely be no winner in three to five years, and it cannot be said that it will be another hundred-year war.
The princes couldn't stand it in the past, and they really don't want to go through it again!
The key issue is that the princes cannot ignore Jin's invitation, especially the countries in the Central Plains. They need to think carefully about what "distant water cannot save a nearby fire".
The Lu State, who thought they were very smart, would not overturn their decision to go to "Yongqiu" to form an alliance. They could send people to "Shangqiu" at the same time to participate in the alliance led by the Jin State.
So, what is Lu doing? If he is not the Riddler, he is riding the wall. He is riding on the wall and waving his arms to say hello to the world.
"Lu Guo..." Zhiyao had just received the news and was immediately amused.
Is the State of Lu willing to commit suicide regardless of whether it is dead or not? First it got so close to the State of Yue who violated the "Huangchi Alliance" oath, and then it couldn't wait to agree to go to "Yongqiu" to form an alliance, and then it came up with the wall-riding people.
Behavior.
It would be fine to say that the Lu State had a firm stance. When it was invaded by the Jin State, the Yue State, which directly bordered the Lu State, should have sent reinforcements even if it was just a pretense. The Chu State could not remain indifferent to the invasion of the Lu State.
After all, in addition to the need to protect face, everyone has to use practical actions to tell the other brothers: I am serious about protecting you!
There are a lot of reasons why Chu, Yue and other allied countries will not support Lu's behavior now.
The feedback Zhiyao received was that all the invited princes from the Central Plains region would rush to "Shangqiu" to participate in the alliance, including Zheng Guo.
As for the south? There are actually quite a few countries there, but the only ones that have contact with other countries in the Central Plains are Chu and Yue. The vassal states of Chu like Cai, Zeng, and Tong have lost their independence. What about Baipu?
, Yang Yue, Min Yue, Yang Yu Kingdom, Yelang... and other countries or tribal alliances have almost no contact with the Central Plains.
Gou Jian of Yue State has accepted the invitation and is willing to send ministers to "Shangqiu" to participate in the alliance, and he himself will go to "Yongqiu" to participate in the alliance held by Chu State.
This time, Lu and Yue became the same country.
From now on, if the monarchs and ministers of the State of Lu call themselves "the country of gentlemen" again... no matter whether others believe it or not, the people of Lu believe it anyway.
The countries in the Central Plains region, except for Lu, seem to be all stupid?
What is more uncomfortable is that in fact, there are not many countries left in the Central Plains. There are only Zheng, Lu, Ju, Qi, Zhu, Xue, Teng, Pi, and Tan, and most of them are made up.
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Qin? They are not a country in the Central Plains region. They are a separate country in the west.
This time, Qin will participate in the "Yongqiu" alliance, and not surprisingly, it will be a part of the anti-Jin alliance.
In addition, Zhiyao found out that Zhao's Daiguo will also participate in the "Yongqiu" alliance.
Yes, the Zhao family would appear under the name of Daiguo. They indeed usurped the state of Daijun and became a part of the princes, but they were not recognized by the Zhou royal family and most of the princes.
Do you think the Chu State will take the lead in recognizing the Zhao family's status as a prince this time? Unsurprisingly, all the princes who went to participate in the "Yongqiu Alliance" will recognize it.
Zhiyao and his party arrived outside the city of "Shangqiu" safely and were greeted by Song Jun Luan and his ministers.
"Lu, Yue, Zheng, Guo, Tan, Zhu, Xue and Teng all went to 'Yongqiu' to meet with each other. Their kings or envoys were also in 'Shangqiu'." Song Jun Luan looked dumbfounded.
That was a good leader from the state of Lu. He was the first to ride on the wall and then became the leader. The rest of the princes would definitely follow suit.
Zhiyao smiled gracefully and said, "Of all the princes in the world, you are the only one who is honest."
If you don't mean to ridicule, it is best not to say that the Song Dynasty was obedient to etiquette.
After all, as the Song State that continued to worship the ancestors of the Yin and Shang Dynasties, their status was quite embarrassing.
To say that they were observing etiquette in front of the kings and ministers of the Song Dynasty was tantamount to reminding them that they were just a bunch of scoundrels, and also implying that they were insulted by everyone.
Song Junluan smiled bitterly and said: "I dare not do it, but I know how powerful you are."
Pay attention to the title!
It seems that the Song Dynasty has received news that the Emperor of Zhou has conferred the title of Marquis on Zhiyao, otherwise he would not be called "Jun".
When it comes to addressing people, the higher their status, the more particular they are, so there won't be any slips of the tongue.
Then things will become more clear.
The Song Dynasty may be happy to see the success of the Zhi family in transforming the family into a country, but it may not care. What they need is to stand with the powerful Zhi family to deal with the threats from Chu and Yue.
Zhiyao's reward was to talk about some business with Song Junluan, and try to keep the series of transactions based on mutual benefit.
The Jin State is not a rich country. It was once the richest country...that is, the Qi State has fallen, and the Song State is now the richest country.
This is because the Zhi family is not the same as the Jin Dynasty, and the Zhi family has not yet turned their family into a country. Furthermore, the Zhi family has invested too much in military and construction, and it is really not enough to enrich the national treasury.
Song Junluan, who had a pleasant chat, did not invite Zhiyao into the city. He was a sensible and restrained person, and he knew very well that Zhiyao could not easily put himself in dangerous places, such as entering the capital of another country.
What if Zhiyao led thousands of people into "Shangqiu", the capital of the Song Dynasty? To be honest, the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty would be the unhappy party.
Everyone knows each other's needs and fears, so why bother making each other unhappy?
"The Song Dynasty can survive." Sima Ranju said.
It sounds like a mockery, but it's actually a compliment.
The Song Dynasty has been the most embarrassing country for a long time. They knew that they would suffer losses many times, but still chose to follow the Zhou rites, so that one king was called "a stupid pig's benevolence".
Those who are scolding, do they know that once the Song Dynasty fails to abide by Zhou etiquette, it is very likely that they will be beaten?
It's night.
The Jin army camp was erected, and Zhiyao sent invitations to the princes and envoys, including Song Jun Luan, asking them to come to the camp for a banquet.
This time, Zhiyao only brought two "divisions" south, because these two "divisions" had sufficient gold content.
The nail penetration rate reaches 100%, the rest of the equipment is sufficient, and the food can last for a year.
Just a 100% nail penetration rate, currently only Zhishi can achieve it!
In addition, the defensive area was only five or six hundred miles away from "Shangqiu", and a "division" and a large number of cavalry were assembled locally on standby.
If it's not safe enough? There is a legion on the southern border of Jin State that is performing military duties. It is necessary to put down the task at hand and go south immediately.
What really happened to Zhiyao? The further back in time, the more troops will go south.
Of course, a series of backup measures are just in case.
Because it was the Jin State that invited the alliance, the platform for the alliance was naturally built by the Jin State.
Speaking of which, there were many Huimeng platforms in many places within the boundaries of the Song Dynasty. Perhaps a certain mound built more than 2,400 years later was one of the former Huimeng platforms.
The other two places with numerous alliance platforms are one at the old site of the Chen State and the other on the territory of the Zheng State. During the Hundred Years War between the Jin State and the Chu State, the main battlefield was within the territory of the Zheng State, and later moved to the south.
It is also the old site of Chen State.
Zhiyao did not deliberately try to embarrass anyone. Even when facing Wenzhong who came to represent Gou Jian, he treated him with courtesy, let alone trying to mess with Ji Sunfei, who was in charge of Lu State.
If it is time to "beep", one day it will be announced to the world why we are beating whom. There is no need to create tension in advance, or even temporarily release wrong signals.
For example, the most important thing for Zhishi now is to turn his family into a country. He doesn't even think about causing trouble for other countries. If everyone doesn't take the initiative to provoke Zhishi, maybe everyone can live in peace in the future?
That's right, the Song Dynasty knew the news that Emperor Zhou was about to confer Zhiyao as a marquis, which meant that all the countries that needed to know knew about it.
Of course they were surprised. Considering the current complicated situation, many people thought it was a good thing.
How should I put it? Once the Zhi family no longer belongs to the Jin State and waits for the Zhi family to establish their own country, will many things in the past be overturned???