The current Yuan Kingdom is somewhat incomprehensible to the existing princes.
Not only was the country promulgating new laws again and again, and the country was undergoing rapid changes, but it also showed extremely contradictory duality at the political level.
On the one hand, the Yuan Kingdom is clamoring for "one country", but on the other hand, there are constant lobbyists explaining to the ministers of the various vassal states that this is just a political show.
Some people responsible for diplomatic relations with foreign countries, headed by Zaiyu, said that the reason why Wang Yao repeatedly emphasized that he wanted to achieve the great cause of "one world" was just to rule the original country in a legitimate manner.
What does it mean? It means that the original Wang Yao also knew that it was wrong to usurp the country, so he had no choice but to try his best to beautify himself.
So, did Zhiyao usurp the country? Other people's opinions are one thing, and the princes' opinions are another thing.
In the eyes of the princes, there was no doubt that Zhiyao was trying to usurp the country by using human subjects. It was just that the emperor of Zhou gave the marquis to cause controversy. And that kind of controversy should not exist at all.
The smart princes only look at what the original country is doing and are not swayed by public opinion at all. They believe that the original country is a danger and must be weakened whenever there is an opportunity.
However, the clever princes never waited for the opportunity to give Yuan Guolai such a "hard blow".
It doesn't matter what the less intelligent princes think. Anyway, they are either a small country and a few people, or their power is divided among the ministers, and their own attitudes can hardly influence anything.
"I heard that the Yan State voluntarily surrendered to the original state. Is the land of Yan the prefectures and counties of the original state?" Gou Jian received the envoys of the original state headed by Zai Yu at his villa in Langya.
Zaiyu said: "My king was invited by the people of Yan State to send troops to Yan State to help resist the invasion of foreigners. Afterwards, the king of Yan said he was greatly moved. The king and ministers of Yan State felt that they were unable to control the country, so the whole country surrendered."
This "Langya" originally belonged to the State of Ju and was captured by the Vietnamese army four years ago.
Gou Jian did not want to stay in the southeast corner, and believed that only by going north could the Yue Kingdom have better room for development. He once wanted to move the capital to "Langya", but was opposed by Wen Zhong and other ministers.
It's not that Wen Zhong and other ministers deny that only going north can give Yue a better future. They just think that the risk of moving the capital is too high at the moment and they should wait a little longer.
Although Gou Jian became high-spirited because of the destruction of the Wu State, he indeed became extremely willful for a time, but what he faced was not the weakened Jin State, but the Yuan State that had become both a behemoth and extremely powerful.
The power of the Yuan Kingdom forced Gou Jian to restrain any arrogance. He needed to be more cautious and distinguish between good and bad opinions of ministers.
If the Yue State was still facing the weakening Jin State, Gou Jian would definitely move the capital to "Langya" to facilitate the continued expansion to the north, making the Yue State a country that not only had the territory of the Central Plains, but also firmly controlled the southeastern corner.
It is very realistic that the strength of the Yue State increased five or six times because of the destruction of the Wu State, but its current strength is far inferior to that of the original state. Reason told Gou Jian that he must not become arrogant and that everything still needs to be cautious.
"Why did the envoy come here today?" Gou Jian asked.
Zaiyu saluted and said, "On my king's order, I have come to advise the king of Yue to withdraw his troops and return the land of Ju."
Gou Jian was silent for a moment and then said: "Since I made an alliance with the original king, I have never made an alliance with the original king again."
What does it mean? That is to say, although the Yuan Kingdom is powerful, the Yue Kingdom is not the younger brother of the Yuan Kingdom, so why should it listen to the Yuan Kingdom and act?
In fact, it was the same. The original Wang Yao did not invite the princes to form an alliance to confirm his dominance, and then made a bloody alliance with the princes to formulate a new set of codes of conduct.
The overlords of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were so fond of engaging in alliance activities. It was really not just for fun. They just wanted to use alliances to demonstrate their authority. They emphasized to the world time and time again, "I am the boss."
"Things recognized by the princes", "Whoever does not recognize me as the boss will jump out to challenge", "I brought a group of younger brothers to challenge the unconvinced guy", and so on.
In history, Duke Huan of Qi and several generations of kings of the Jin Kingdom always liked to take a group of young men from the Central Plains to "challenge" the Chu Kingdom.
Although the Yuan Kingdom was powerful, Yuan Wang Yao had never held an alliance except for one "Meeting of Prime Ministers" since then. This was so different from the previous overlords that all the princes felt very uncomfortable.
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Gou Jian now blamed the fact that no alliance had been held to confirm that the original country had no power to control the princes.
Jaeyu seemed to be embarrassed for a moment. After a short while, he smiled bitterly and said: "I have already stated my mission. It is up to the King of Yue to listen or not."
Gou Jian laughed a few times before he stopped laughing and said, "I will consider this matter myself. Does your envoy have anything else to do?"
Jaeyu saluted and said goodbye.
The hall became quiet. After about a hundred breaths, a burst of footsteps came from the corridor beside the throne.
A group of Yue ministers headed by Feng Tong appeared and came to stand around the throne.
"Can you please listen to the details now?" Gou Jian asked.
All the ministers responded in unison: "Details."
Gou Jian asked: "So, do you have any suggestions for me?"
When they came out together, they said: "Your Majesty, is this the original king deliberately showing weakness?"
Gou Jian raised his eyebrows and said, "Let me tell you in detail."
From a country's perspective, who wants to see other countries expand wantonly? It's just a question of whether it can be stopped.
The Yue State did not have the ability to stop the expansion of the Yuan State. Only when it learned that the Yuan State was using troops abroad, the Yue State seized the opportunity and quickly followed suit to expand.
Therefore, after Gou Jian learned that the Yuan Kingdom sent troops to march north, he decisively used troops against the Ju Kingdom again, still pursuing the goal of destroying the Ju Kingdom.
In the discussion between Gou Jian and several ministers of the Yue State, they believed that it would take more than three years for the original army to conquer the Yan State to produce results, and they might not be able to destroy the Yan State. How could they imagine that the results would come out in less than one year?
, and the result was that the monarchs and ministers of Yan State took the initiative to return to the original country.
Afterwards, Gou Jian summoned several ministers again and discussed again and again. He speculated that the Yan State was too weak and invincible. The whole country surrendered after being frightened by the original army.
As for the original army going north and wiping out more than 200,000 alien troops? The victorious original army did bring back more than 100,000 prisoners, but at the current time point, no prince really paid much attention to the aliens and said
The king's countries felt that they could do it themselves, so they would not be surprised when the original army defeated more than 200,000 foreigners.
Feng Tong's opinion is: "I believe that it was the aliens who invaded the Yan State, and the Yan State was already unable to resist it. The original army defeated the foreigners to rescue the Yan State, and the monarchs and ministers of the Yan State were coerced again, so there was no such thing as annexation."
Everyone agreed, and some even said that Yuan Guo took advantage.
Feng Tong added: "Now, the original state is in the Qin state, the Yan state is using troops, the nobles of the Zheng state are planning to restore the country, which involves the original army's strength, the original state is building a new capital, and I heard that there are also changes in the Dai state, it is difficult to have any spare power to interfere with us.
, I will send an envoy to tell you something."
Look, the original country seems to have a vast territory, but it also has a lot of troubles.
This shows that under blind and rapid expansion, if the market is too big, the power will be dispersed and contained, resulting in the inability to interfere with what other powerful countries want to do.
Is Yue a powerful country? With the current strength of various countries, Yue is undoubtedly one of the powerful countries.
Precisely because the Yue State was a powerful country, how could the Yuan State, which was unable to concentrate its power, dare to use force against the Yue State so easily?
Shi Yuyue left the team and suggested: "Maybe my king can pretend to send troops eastward to test the original country?"
When Feng Tong wanted to speak, Gou Jian on the throne spoke first.
"Coming from the east? Pretending to send troops?" Gou Jian seemed quite interested.
Shi Yuyue said: "The origins from the east are the reason for all the things, and the principles are the reason for the integration, and they are returned to the original. The original has not accepted it, so it is temporarily a land without an owner."
In theory, the sovereignty of Donglai lies with the Qi State. After the Yuan State annexed the Qi State, it took over all sovereignty, which means that everyone in the international community recognizes that the Yuan State has the first right to occupy Donglai.
Similar "conventions" were still followed more than 2,000 years later. Not only did a certain country perish, but neighboring countries could seize land at will. If they wanted to seize it, they would have to be strong enough or get the permission or acquiescence of the victorious country.
Gou Jian touched his chin and said: "That is to say, if we send troops to the east, if the original army comes in large numbers, we can state that we have no intention of conquering the east, thus eliminating the possibility of war. We also know that the original country still has the strength to fight with us; if
I sent troops to the east, but the original country did not take any action. It is precisely because the original Wang Yao was unable to interfere."
Shi Yuyue said loudly: "Exactly!"
Is it that simple? If the Yuan Kingdom refuses to withdraw its troops and really goes to war with the Yue Kingdom, wouldn't it really start a war?
However, things don't look that way.
The Yue Kingdom now wants to eat the Ju Kingdom. No matter whether the original country sends troops or not, they want to eat it.
If the Yue Kingdom really went to war with the Yuan Kingdom, Gou Jian would not want to start the war in the old land of the Ju Kingdom. He would make the old nobles of the Ju Kingdom side with the Yuan Kingdom, giving the Yuan Army the advantage of "humanity".
If a fight is necessary, set the battlefield on the Donglai side. Then the side with "harmony" might become the Vietnamese army, right?
After all, the Yuan Kingdom was able to rule Donglai but kept letting it go. The families in Donglai went from being mentally prepared to become part of the Yuan Kingdom to being left aside all the time, and evolved into each family attacking and killing on their own. They couldn't help but worry about the arrival of the Yuan Army.
If they are going to be liquidated and they must be ruled by which country, the Yue Congress, which has "no grievances and no enmities", would be more appropriate.
Feng Tong originally wanted to object, but after hearing this, he felt like he could give it a try?
However, Feng Tong believed from the bottom of his heart that the Yue State was not the opponent of the Yuan State. After thinking about it, he suggested: "Your Majesty, can you order me to send an envoy to Chu and Song?"
Gou Jian immediately knew what Feng Tong wanted to do.
The countries that claim the title of king regard the original country as the most powerful and dangerous country. Each country is afraid of the original country, but does not want to offend the original country. The mentality is completely complicated.
One thing is the same. If there is a chance to weaken the original country, no country will be willing to give up.
Now that the Yue State has the opportunity to test the strength of the Yuan State, it means that everyone should have a share in this kind of thing, and they definitely want to win over the Chu and Song States.
Gou Jian responded briefly: "Yes!"
Later, Gou Jian chuckled a few times and said: "There was civil strife in Chu, and he also used troops in the south. Even if he sent troops, he must be prevarication. There was no civil strife in the Song Dynasty, so Zheng Di was grateful to the original Wang Yao and was very afraid of him."
Original country."
This means that even if Feng Tong persuades the Chu State, it will be of little use, but it will be very difficult to persuade the Song State.
Of course Feng Tong knew that it was extremely important to have the participation of Chu and Song. At least for Yue, the consistent attitudes of Chu and Song could make Yuan more cautious and prevent Yuan from wanting to attack Yue.
Play a wave.
The Chu State was indeed in civil strife again. The reason was that Chu Junyan tried to take back the power that belonged to the king of a country from Gongsun Ning. On the other hand, Gongsun Ning wanted to take back the power that Bai Gongsheng had given to the prince. How could the princes of various places agree?
Under the strong pressure of the Yuan Kingdom, the Chu State did not fight against each other in the civil strife. It was all because they knew that if a civil war really started, the Chu State might be destroyed if the Yuan Army arrived in the next second.
They kept their best sense and gathered together to discuss a solution. The Mi surname and the feudal lords from various places relied on their own abilities and unanimously attacked Yang Yue. Once the agreed armistice time came, whoever got the most results from Yang Yue would have to do what the other side did.
Make a compromise.
This is an attempt to resolve internal conflicts through external war, which can avoid the loss of power in internal friction and at the same time enable the country to expand externally.
As for whether Chu State will lose to Yang Yue? What a joke!
Chu State is a hegemonic country that cannot defeat the Central Plains. Taking over the countries in the southwest is just like playing. The only difference lies in the amount of harvest.
The reality is that, for countries that are qualified to compete for hegemony, whether they are in the north or the south, attacking their neighbors is like an adult bullying a child.
In the past, the Jin State was limited to etiquette or thinking. It only dealt with foreign forces such as Chi Di, Bai Zhai, and Dali, and showed mercy to princes with the same culture and race. Otherwise, it is unknown how far the territory could expand.
Chu State, which shouted "I am a barbarian", did not have so many taboos. Which country it targeted was just a matter of time and effort to annex it.
The layout of Zhuxia became that there were many small and medium-sized countries in the north, but there were few countries left in the south.
Feng Tong set off with his team. They would go to Song State first and then to Chu State.
During this period, Gou Jian once again mobilized troops from the south and accelerated the annexation of Ju.
At one point, the seemingly powerful Yuan Kingdom, apart from sending an envoy to advise Gou Jian, only strengthened the defense forces on the border with Ju State, without any sign of recruiting a large army to move eastward.
Shi Yuyue, who proposed to use troops from the east to test the Yuan Kingdom, suddenly came into Goujian's sight. He was invited to banquets by Goujian several times. It seemed that another minister trusted by the king was about to appear in the Yue Kingdom.
"I'm so scared!" Shi Yuyue took the opportunity of his mission to meet with Jaeyu, and said something that would sound puzzling to the uninformed.
Zaiyu said with a smile: "My clan members can go to Dayuan at any time, and so can I."
What are you doing?
It is very obvious that although Shi Yuyue was a minister of the Yue State, he seemed to have some entanglements with the Yuan State. He suggested that Gou Jian use the east to test the Yuan State. There is a background story in it...
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