Among the people present, as long as they understood the rules of naming the country, their minds were buzzing.
In their view, the Zhi family should be restored to the "original" state. Even if they choose Yang, Huo, Wen, Gong, Xun or Qi and Wei, it is actually more reasonable than choosing Tang.
During the enfeoffment period of the Zhou royal family, Tang Shuyu, son of King Zhou Wu and brother of King Zhou Cheng, was granted the title of Tang Kingdom. This Tang Kingdom was the predecessor of Jin Kingdom. After Tang Shuyu's son Xie came to the throne, it was changed to Jin Dynasty.
Picking up the former country name of the Jin Kingdom? It's not that you can't do that. The problem is that "Gujiang" is not the territory of the Zhi family, and it has nothing to do with using geographical location to determine the country's name.
Why is it more reasonable to name the country even if it is named Qi or Wei? The reason is that the territories of the old Qi and the old Wei are both in the hands of the Zhi family. Even if the Jiang surname, Lu family and Ji surname Wei are still inherited, the Zhi family It is possible to seize the title of the country by force, just because the control of the land does not belong to the Jiang surnamed Lu family or the Ji surnamed Wei family.
As for Yang, Huo, Wen, Gong, Xun, Tan, Sui, Su, Guo, etc.? These are the vassal states that lost Guo Zuo one after another. The Zhi family’s sphere of influence includes the former territories of those countries.
Why is there still a Xun Kingdom? This actually has nothing to do with the Zhi family. After the Yuan Kingdom was annexed by the Jin Kingdom, Duke Wu of Jin destroyed the Xun Kingdom and gave the "Xun" land to the official Yuan's An, who was named Xun's family.
In addition, there is a country name of "Li" that can be chosen, but I'm just not stupid. People who don't have the Zhuxia system will choose "Li" as the country name.
A long time ago, "Li" was the enemy of the Yellow Emperor. Later, a group of Red Di established a country called "Li", and later this country called "Li" almost destroyed Weiguo.
The Wei State at that time was not the Wei State later. The Wei State was once very powerful, not even a little bit stronger than the Jin State at that time. Before it had its moment of glory, it was invaded by the Li State, so that the Wei State was forced to start from " Chao Ge" moved its capital to "Diqiu (Puyang)".
More later? Didn’t the Jin Kingdom rise?
During the Jin Jinggong era, the Jin State defeated the Li State from a country into a scattered Chidi tribe, and then it was during the Jin Ligong Era that the Chidi tribes in the northeastern part of the Jin State were completely wiped out.
In any case, it seemed unreasonable and unreasonable for the Zhi family to choose Tang Lai as the title of their country. It was really confusing to everyone, and some people were secretly laughing.
What can Zhiyao do? He is also desperate!
Yuan Guo? At first glance, it sounds like a small, no-name country, with almost the same worth as the grass-headed king of later generations.
The rest of the country titles include Yang, Huo, Wen, Gong, Xun, Tan, Sui, Su, Guo, etc. Not many people have heard of them!
People in later generations will be more familiar with the names of Qin, Chu, Wei, Zhao, Qi, Yan, Han, and Jin. The names of kings in all dynasties are also based on these. Which king's title is the most noble in each era is not fixed.
For example, in many dynasties, the King of Qin is the most noble, in some dynasties, the King of Jin is the head of the kings, and in another dynasty, the King of Wei or the King of Chu may have a higher status. What can be determined is that the single-character king title must be higher than the The two-character king titles are more noble. At the same time, the four king titles of Qin, Jin, Wei and Chu have always been the most noble ones.
"This is Zhiyao... Tang Yao must destroy Jin, right?" Of course Chu Junzhang remembered that he had destroyed a country called Tang, but it was hard to take it seriously.
The Tang state destroyed by the Chu state was the one with the surname Qi, a descendant of Yao. The Zhou royal family created another Tang state, which meant that there were actually two Tang states standing side by side at the beginning.
Although it is strange that two countries with the same country name exist side by side, the problem is not an isolated case. There are also two Yan countries existing at the same time, one in the northeast and one in the hinterland of the Central Plains. The historical records are divided into Northern Yan and Southern Yan.
If the Tang State had not changed its name to the Jin State later, the history books would probably have divided them into the Northern Tang Dynasty and the Southern Tang Dynasty. It could also have been the Ji Tang Dynasty and the Qi Tang Dynasty.
Now, the name of the country founded by the Zhi family is Tang. Perhaps historians will record it as "Eastern Tang" or "Zhi Tang"? Let's revise the history books and annotate which one is Ji Tang and which one is Qi Tang.
So there is no such thing as whose son is whose, it is just a prefix added in front of the country name.
For example, in the state of Qi, isn't there a distinction between Jiang Qi and Tian Qi?
As for the option of naming the country "Han"? It's not like Zhiyao has never thought about it. The problem is that the scope of governance is not around the Han River. Even if Liu Bang was the king of Hanzhong at the beginning, the country's name was also Han China, and it was later changed to Han Dynasty.
There are many people who think like Chu Junzhang. They believe that the Tang State will definitely destroy the Jin State next.
Thinking of this, many princes felt relaxed.
Currently, the war between the Zhi family and the Wei family is still going on, and it took the Zhi family twenty years to destroy Qiu You, Zhongshan, Weiguo and Qi. If there is another wave of annihilation of Wei, it will take time.
Digestion, right?
The next Tang State will most likely aim to attack the Jin State and eventually annex it, and the other princes will have more choices.
They can quickly do their own things!
For example, if the Chu State quickly quells the civil strife and then takes back the territory occupied by the Wu State, it will definitely take several years to stabilize the internal affairs, accumulate national strength, etc.
Another Yue country that wanted to cause trouble, Gou Jian had to do much more than Chu Junzhang. One of them was to seize more territory. He also had to cut off those who were dissatisfied, and it would take no less time than anyone else.
The ones who have the ability to stir up troubles and stir up troubles are Song and Zheng. Song needs to re-govern the territory it took back from Wu and Zheng. Zheng also needs time to lick its wounds.
Looking at it this way, it seems that there will be a short period of cessation?
What's more terrible for those small countries is that even if the powerful countries don't want to cause trouble, their lives will still be very difficult.
Don’t forget about the slave uprising! Currently, the bandits are doing whatever they want in places where there are many small countries, and they have even caused Dazhu and Xiaozhu to merge again.
There was an incident where the Zhu State was not big, but it was once divided into three countries. The line that was still called the Zhu State was the first to perish, leaving only Dazhu and Xiaozhu. Now they have reunited.
Those small countries, even if they were not destroyed in the slave uprising, actually did not have many years to live.
It’s not that Zhiyao changed history to make the small country unable to survive..., it’s actually not wrong to say that. The key is that history has not been changed. In the future, they will also be in the era of big fish eating small fish and small fish eating shrimps one after another.
Continuous destruction.
After the ceremony of canonization and founding of the country, Zhiyao, as the host... should actually be called Tang Yao, but Zhiyao has no intention of changing his surname.
Generally speaking, Zhiyao needs to hold a banquet to entertain the princes and many officials.
A large banquet where one person sits alone is not a very good place for socializing. Everyone eats and drinks well, and then listens to music and watches beautiful women dancing. Many people’s minds are not on eating, drinking and watching beautiful women dancing at all.
The one who is most preoccupied is Han Geng.
Others can see that Zhiyao chose Tang as the name of the country, and what is most likely to happen next, there is no reason why Han Geng cannot see it.
No, when Qin Junci was able to talk to Zhiyao, he looked very enthusiastic. He obviously wanted to do something with the newly born Tang State.
Jin State..., or does the Han family seem to be turning into a piece of fat? Qin Junqi is not the only one who has ideas. Don't forget that Chu State can also send troops to Hexi.
Chu Junzhang was also thinking about the pros and cons of getting involved, and after much thought he decided that he must participate, even if it was to help his younger brother Qin Guo, it would be a good thing.
"What's a bit troublesome now is that the Tang State also has cities in Qin." Many people at the same time thought of this.
What? The newly born Tang State had territory in Qin? That was when Zhiyao was still a minister of Jin State, the land that Jin State snatched from Qin State directly reached the west of Jingshui River.
Now, the Zhi family founded the country, and the Hu family and the Zhong family followed, giving the newly born Tang state a large enclave near Jishui.
It is a large area of land including "Houli", "Jingyang", "Matun" and "Culin", as well as "Feng", "Hao" and "Xi" on the south bank of the Weishui River.
If we had to cover an area, it would be about 30,000 to 40,000 square kilometers?
To a certain extent, the Tang State's enclave to the west of Hexi blocked the Qin State's eastward march route. If the Qin State wanted to go eastward, it would either have to directly become an enemy of the Tang State, or it could only go through the area near Yiqu.
The sphere of influence is detoured.
What Qin Junci wants to do most now is to regain the lost land from Tang State through negotiation and at an acceptable price.
Of course, if the Tang State is willing to form an alliance with the Qin State to attack the Jin State, Qin Junci can accept not to take back those lands for the time being, provided that the Chu State must be in that alliance.
After the banquet is over, it is the best time for diplomatic relations.
Of course, Zhiyao's banquet was not arranged in the evening, but in the afternoon.
This is also a restriction of the current era. Very few people hold banquets in the evening, and banquets are usually held in the afternoon or towards dusk.
As a result, the banquet ended in the evening, and then the princes who wanted to talk about something were invited individually.
As expected, Chu Junzhang and Qin Junqi came together.
What is more confusing is that Lu Junning, Ji Sunfei and Gou Jian got involved.
Zhiyao looked at Han Geng and Zheng Guojun and his ministers who had not left, and knew that both groups of people had important matters that needed to be discussed with her.
It is not difficult to guess what Zheng Guo wants to talk about.
The Zhi family captured the Wei family's fiefdom in the southern border of the Jin State, and at the same time controlled the two important areas of "Hulao", "Ji", and "Hua" across the river, which meant that the Zheng State was still in a landless state, and the most dangerous
The place of "sacrifice" is the gateway of "Xinzheng".
Let's put it this way, the existence of "Hulao" was to block the strategic location and control the traffic lines. The kings and ministers of Zheng State did not have the extravagant hope of taking it back. They really hoped to redeem the "sacrificial" land from the new Tang State.
"I didn't take it from the Zheng State, but from the Wei family." The "I" Zhiyao said refers to the country.
Therefore, Zhiyao chose to talk to the king of Zheng first and asked Han Geng to make an appointment at another time.
It can be seen that Zhi Yao thinks that the conversation with Han Geng will take a long time and it is necessary to make another appointment; it can also be seen that Zhi Yao is perfunctory with Han Geng. Everything depends on what Han Geng thinks and what he does.
Handa didn't want to argue with Zhiyao about this, so he said, "Can I redeem it?"
This depends on Tang Guo's next choice of strategic goals, doesn't it?
