Zhiyao did not fight for the Han family at the beginning, not because the Han family was not worth fighting for, but because the Han family was far larger than the Hu family and the Zhong family, and secondly, once the Han family was absorbed, there would be a country more powerful than the Jin State.
country, all that is left is to create doubts among the princes.
In fact, excluding the Han family, the new Tang State is still stronger than the original Jin State.
What is said is that Zhishi annexed Qi, Wei and Qiuyou. The Jin State before Zhongshan and the Jin State after Zhiyao started to exert his power will definitely become more powerful.
The Han family was not included in the Tang State. The so-called suspicion formation included taking the name of the country as Tang, and then making the princes think that there would be a war between the Tang State and the Jin State.
Otherwise, Zhiyao knew that the country's name Tang was not legal, so he almost chose such a country name forcefully.
As for the popularity? What Zhiyao cares more about is the name of the country "Han". However, the territory is not close to the Han River, and it is even further away from Hanzhong.
In addition, there is currently no place called Hanzhong at all. The place name "Hanzhong" did not exist until the middle and late Warring States Period.
"In this case, it is destined that the princes will attack the Tang Dynasty." Zhiyao thought to himself.
Now that Han Geng took the initiative to enter the Tang Dynasty, the situation has been 100% confirmed, and at the same time, some of Zhiyao's plans have become a joke.
Of course, after Zhiyao calculated against the Wei family, she became a little arrogant and began to develop a trend of self-righteousness.
Do you know what Chu Junzhang and Qin Junci are talking about? They are discussing how to win the support of other countries and take advantage of the outbreak of war between Tang and Jin to besiege Tang again.
So, no one is a fool, what is shown may not be true, what is done behind the scenes is the most important.
"To tell you the truth, the princes will definitely attack the Tang Dynasty. So, the Han family is still willing to enter the Tang Dynasty?" Zhiyao asked.
Han Geng seemed to have no surprise and said, "I know."
There are some things that Han Geng has understood clearly and is thinking about them again and again.
Regardless of whether Wei Ju's death was strange or not, there was a high possibility that he died due to the plot of the Zhi family. It is a fact that the Zhi family transformed the family into a country.
Do you think that after the Tang Dynasty was destroyed, there would still be a Jin Kingdom? Impossible!
Han Geng was certain that once the Tang Kingdom was destroyed, it would definitely be the Jin Kingdom’s turn.
This does not depend on whether the Han family will stay in the Jin State, or whether the Han family will join forces with the princes to attack the Tang State. If the Chu State or other ambitious princes find an opportunity, they will not allow an overly powerful country to exist in the Central Plains.
, if given the opportunity, everything in the Jin Kingdom will be wiped out.
"Your Majesty, it is a fallacy to name the country Tang!" Han Geng changed his title and expressed his sincerity.
Zhiyao was silent for a moment and said, "I am Dai Jin."
Does that make sense?
Han Geng still didn't have any surprises, but he was thinking in his heart: "After the demise of the Zhao family, it is inevitable that the Zhi family will replace the Jin Dynasty. How did the Wei family disappear and be buried deep in the long river of history?"
The two chatted a lot, including the fact that the news of the Han family's annexation to the Tang State should not be leaked before returning to the country.
At the same time, Zhiyao invited Hu Jie and Zhong Quan over, and the four of them discussed Jin Junzhe's treatment.
Now that Zhiyao has announced that the name of the country is Tang, it is obvious that the Jinjun family can no longer be the masters of a country. Of course, such a thing cannot be done to death, and "Xintian" and "Gujiang" cannot be left to the Jinjun family.
Therefore, the result of their discussion was to relocate the Jin king to the "Quliang" side and eliminate the fact that he was the king.
To put it simply, the throne established by the Jin monarch was not really removed. It was treated as if such a monarch did not exist, and then a very high living treatment was given.
Later, Zhiyao took the opportunity to propose his own system, appointing Hu Jie as the general, Zhong Quan as the governor, and Han Geng as the Situ.
The three of them had some objections to Zhiyao no longer retaining the position of minister, but they clearly understood that this was expected.
After the emergence of the ministerial position in the Jin Kingdom, it became stronger and stronger, but the line of monarchs declined.
Without the Zhi family to succeed the Jin Dynasty, the fate of the Jin Dynasty has already been determined. The difference lies in which family will replace the Jin Dynasty, or which families will divide the Jin Dynasty.
What they care most about is whether the fiefdom can be retained, and they hope to get Zhiyao's commitment and guarantee it in the form of a document.
Of course Zhiyao does not want the three families to continue to retain their fiefdoms, but the situation is like that.
She was under implicit persecution just after becoming the king of a country. Zhiyao tried her best to hide her anger and wrote the relevant documents with a smile.
"Obviously we can't do it forcefully. If we don't give guarantees, God knows if they will rebel during the war. I should comfort and win them over now!" This is the reason why Zhiyao doesn't want to accept a large family.
After sending the three people away, Zhiyao looked at their backs and thought: "If you don't use force, you can just play the 'favor order'."
The solution by force is relatively straightforward and can solve the consequences to a large extent.
As for the "Tweet Order"? History has proven its power and usefulness.
Before embarking on his return journey, Wen Zhong came to see him.
"Tang Hou, I have something to tell you." Wen Zhong asked Zhiyao to retreat.
Realizing that there was a new change in the situation, Zhiyao, who had been a little restless, regained his true nature and did not retreat. He thought about it and said, "Mr. Chu contacted the princes and wanted to join forces to attack me?"
Wen Zhong was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said: "The sage is no better than the Marquis of Tang."
There is still a "Yongqiu Alliance" in Chu State that has not been held. It seems that it is normal to have frequent contacts with various princes recently. In fact, the things to be discussed have not changed. They have changed from wanting to fight for hegemony again to joining forces to attack the Tang Dynasty.
Regarding the Chu State's desire to fight for hegemony again, Zhiyao only reacted after regaining her sense.
Therefore, one should not be too arrogant in life. When accomplishing a big goal, perhaps a crisis has already arrived. But the result is that people are too arrogant, self-righteous in everything, and do not realize the danger is coming. Not only do they fail, but their entire family is buried.
Zhiyao smiled and said: "I am not a sage, but..."
Wen Zhong thought to himself: "Have other princes sent people to inform me, or is Tang Yao trying to mislead me?"
It was true that some princes sent people to tell Zhiyao the relevant news, and it was not just one or two princes. The first person to send people was Zheng Junyi, which really surprised Zhiyao.
Later, Song Junluan sent someone to Zhiyao to tell him about the ongoing alliance between Chu State.
Zhiyao originally thought that the Song State would be the first to send someone to inform him about any conspiracy, but he really didn't expect that it would be the Zheng State.
At this time, the Yue State also had Wen Zhong, which meant that among the several powerful countries, the only one missing was the State of Qin, or else they would all sell out to the State of Chu.
By the way, is the Lu State a country with some strength? Maybe it is. After all, they can recruit two "armies", that is, 25,000 combat troops. But the combat effectiveness of the Lu Army is really not that good.
Zhiyao said to Wenzhong: "Please inform Yuejun that the Tang State has no intention of interfering with the Yue State."
What's the meaning?
It was during the time when Zhiyao was the "Qing" of the Jin State that he restrained the Yue State in the "Huangchi Alliance".
That was the restraint of a "Qing" from the Jin State to the Yue State. What does it have to do with the king of the Tang State, right?
Wen Zhong saluted and thanked him, and then said: "If our troops are present at that time, it will definitely not be my intention."
The Chu State wants to form an alliance with the Yue State, which is also a country to the south. Unless they want to go to war with the Chu State, they should deal with it.
Zhiyao did not respond, but instead asked: "Does Yue have the will to resume canal excavation?"
Wen Zhong replied: "There is absolutely no such thing."
Fu Chai of the State of Wu dug the canal to facilitate his journey northward. Now that the State of Wu is gone, the continued digging of the canal by the State of Yue means that he also has the intention of traveling northward.
So, regardless of whether the Vietnam National Congress will complete the follow-up project of the canal, Wen Zhong will only have one answer for Zhiyao.
Zhiyao did not believe it, but knew that the Yue Kingdom would not resume excavation of the canal in the short term, and the cities along the way probably would not be able to continue construction.
Wen Zhong seemed to have come simply to inform Zhiyao about the news that the Chu State was persuading the princes to form a coalition. After saying this, he left without stopping.
Could it be that Wen Zhong came here, or that Zhi Yao recognized Wen Zhong's face, and it would be a bit troublesome for someone else to come and get the letter.
On the way back home, Zhiyao told him what Gou Jian sent Wen Zhong to tell him when he was stationed for a rest.
"The Yue State does not have good intentions, but is deeply afraid that we will not have a vigorous war with the Chu State." Sima Rangju said.
Other people also expressed the same idea. It was simply that the Yue State wanted the war between the Tang State and the Chu State to be more fierce, so that the Yue State could take the opportunity to recuperate.
The rest of the princes? They probably also hope that a war will break out between Chu and Tang. It is best to fight directly to the death.
Sima Ranju said: "If Chu Ruo goes north, it will be about three to five years later?"
Should it take at least two years?
After all, the Chu State was still in civil strife, and they also needed to regain the land occupied by the Wu State.
Then it becomes a race between Tang and Chu. Whoever solves the internal troubles first will have a greater advantage.
Zhiyao glanced at everyone and said, "When I return home this time, do you know why I took this route?"
They were traveling through the old territory of Cao State and then entered the Wei territory.
Maybe someone knows, maybe no one knows.
Those who know are pretending to be stupid, and those who don’t know just don’t know.
Zhiyao went straight down and said: "Destroy Lu!"
The kings and ministers of the state of Lu were still participating in the alliance held by the state of Chu in "Yongqiu", and there were 7,500 Lu troops also in the south.
Most people who heard the answer showed surprised expressions.
Sima Ranju was the first to speak out, saying: "Song, Zheng, and Yue all love me, but Lu is the only one who knows about it but refuses to tell me. He really wants to destroy me, so he should destroy Lu Zuo."
It seems that there is nothing wrong in saying so, and it is a valid reason.
The real fact is that Zhiyao wanted to continue playing retro games with the princes, but Chu State took the lead in joining forces to attack the Tang Dynasty.
The war is inevitable. Why can't the war be fought within the territory of Lu?
To put it bluntly, the "Yongqiu Alliance" led by the Chu State should have come to an end, and the joint attack on the Tang Dynasty has become an established fact. Zhiyao is not willing to passively wait for the coalition forces. What the Tang State should do most is to force the coalition forces that have little preparation to rush northward.
, entering the battlefield preset by Tang State.
As for why they didn't take action in the Song Dynasty? Do you know the truth that the more forces involved, the more delayed it will be to do something?
"Historically, wars started when three families were divided into promotions? This time, it's up to me to start a new era!"