Chapter 56: The little fox is too small, the old fox is old
Zhiyao's news is a bit delayed here.
Zhishi had started to contact Weishi a month ago. After some exploration and discussion in the exchange, the two parties officially entered the final stage of alliance negotiations.
The reason why it is called a negotiation is that some divisions of interests need to be clarified first, including the delineation of the sphere of influence after the end of the civil war, as well as the handling of the "legacy" of the Fan family and the Zhongxing family, and even possible replacement of fiefdoms.
Only after we have discussed the above, we need to have a serious discussion about whether the alliance will be dominated by the Zhi family or the Wei family.
Now the alliance process is stuck on Zhishuo trying to protect the Zhongxing clan.
In other words, Zhisong hopes that Wei Chi can maintain the same position as the Zhi family, strive to remove the Zhonghang family from the rebellious list, and try their best to ensure that the Zhonghang family does not lose their fiefdom.
Does the Zhi family want to keep the Zhong Xing family? Putting aside the issue of whether the Zhong Xing family can be removed from the rebellious list, how can the Wei family give up the meat that falls on the lips and let the Zhong Xing family become Zhi family's loyal follower?
In such a situation, the alliance between the Wei family and the Zhi family, even if the Zhi family is the eldest brother, and the Wei family and the Zhongxing family are the younger brothers, wouldn't the Wei family be crushed to death if there are the Zhi family and the Zhonghang family in the alliance?
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In that case, the alliance will not be stable at all. To put it bluntly, the Wei family cannot trust the Zhi family with the help of the Zhongxing family. There is no need to fight over some interests that the Wei family has to contend with!
So, Wei Chi didn't want to keep the Zhongxing clan, at least he didn't want to keep the Zhongxing clan who still had a complete fiefdom, because he decided that he wouldn't be able to play happily with the Zhi clan.
"Your Majesty does not want the Zhongxing family to survive." Zhizong felt that it was really too difficult for him.
However, Zhiyao knew that Zhizhuang was not so determined to keep the Zhongxing family, it was just because of his face.
In fact, that's the case. No matter how much Zhi's family comes from the same family as Zhongxing's family, no matter how fake Zhizong is, she must show her attitude of trying to protect Zhongxing's family and avoid too many rumors about Zhi's family.
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"Ancestor..., Your Majesty, the Central Military Assistant, the Upper Military Assistant, and the Lower Army General will all oppose it." Zhiyao was talking nonsense, but he changed the topic and said: "The Central Military Assistant, the Upper Military Assistant, and the Lower Army General will all oppose it."
The generals will not agree, but your Majesty may agree."
This self-contradictory statement is a bit roundabout, isn’t it?
What the monarch wants most now is to restore the pattern of twelve ministerial positions, and he does not want to see only four ministerial positions left.
With fewer ministers, there will only be two legions left in the country, which is undoubtedly very detrimental to Jin.
The monarch hopes that there will be more ministers, mainly because having more ministers can help them divide and win over each other, so that once the four ministers reach a consensus, they will immediately change the state of Jin.
It makes so much sense! The fewer people there are, the less disagreements there will be. When there are more people, there will inevitably be more disagreements.
In the same way, as a "Yuanrong", Zhizhuang definitely doesn't want to be left with only four ministerial positions. Otherwise, if the Zhao family, the Wei family and the Han family join forces, even if he is a "Yuanrong", he will be a little bit unable to play.
But Zhizhuo shook his head and said: "Your Majesty will not allow the Fan family to exist again."
So, apart from the Zhi family, the Zhao family, the Wei family and the Han family, is there any other family in Jin that is strong enough to become a high-ranking family?
After thinking about it, Zhiyao found that no one, whether it was the feudal lord or the other middle-class nobles, was qualified to be the "Qing".
"Your Majesty wants to summon the Fox family again." Zhishuo said.
The Hu family? Is that the family that couldn't survive in the Jin Kingdom and turned into a Di family? A certain generation of their family heads did hold the position of "Qing" in the Jin Kingdom. Later, they failed in the internal fighting and fled. It was already time to leave the country.
Too long, too long.
The monarch recalled the Fox clan who became one of the Di people? Considering that the Fox clan is the descendant of Tang Shuyu, there seems to be some reason.
Who is Tang Shuyu? He was the first king of the Jin Dynasty, and he was named "Tang". "Tang" is actually the predecessor of the Jin Dynasty, that is, it was changed to "Jin" after Tang Shuyu's son Xie came to the throne.
"It's so ridiculous..." Zhiyao looked incredulous.
As early as 70 or 80 years ago, the Hu family was still a member of the Zhuxia clan. Later, they fled and turned into barbarians again and again, and now they are completely aliens. The only difference is that they have not been expelled from the Zhuxia "household registration".
The king was completely crazy when he came up with this trick!
Don't forget one thing, any foreign race in the current era, their fighting power is truly inferior to that of the other Xia kingdoms. Don't be too shocked by the extent of their defeat.
To put it bluntly, a Jin "brigade" can easily defeat more than 5,000 foreigners, and a Jin "army" can defeat the coalition forces of all surrounding foreigners without logistical troubles.
Therefore, even if the Hu family is willing to return to the Jin Kingdom, the Hu family, which has basically become a barbarian, can pull out an "army" of troops. It may not be difficult to form an army, but how much actual combat effectiveness can they have?
Zhiyao asked his retainers and servants to step back.
Considering that Zhizong had already stated that Zhiyao's orders at home were his orders, the retainers and servants did not forget this and all retreated as ordered.
"Ancestral Guo wants to protect the Zhongxing clan?" Zhiyao asked.
When Zhizong saw Zhiyao asking everyone to retreat, he knew what he was going to ask. He replied: "If you can protect it, you must protect it. If you don't protect it, you can't let Zhongxing's city fall into the hands of others."
Okay, it's really realistic, and it also seems extremely greedy.
But, who knows that Zhisong is Zhiyao's grandfather? Zhiyao will definitely support Zhisong's decision 100%.
"The Wei family has no such intention, and is also deeply afraid of the Xun family coming back." Zhishuo is talking about the alliance between the Zhi family and the Zhongxing family.
Zhiyao thought to herself: "It would be strange if you are not afraid. Everyone would be afraid. Therefore, my grandfather is using this to test the Wei family's bottom line so that he can clearly distinguish what kind of gameplay he should play with the Wei family."
Zhizhuo said: "If the Chinese army defeats 'Mo', I will talk to the generals again and no longer try to ensure the survival of the Zhongxing family. Ally with the Wei family, and send troops to attack the Wei together. If we win, we will attack Zheng."
Just say it!
The thing is that after Zhiyao started to show off, Zhizhuo acted as if he was too old and too intelligent to do anything. In fact, it was just to give Zhiyao a chance to perform, and she had already thought about what to do.
Zhiyao knew that he would definitely attack the Wei Kingdom and take the opportunity to win over the Song Kingdom.
The reason why we went to attack Zheng State after conquering Wei State instead of marching into Qi State is that it was most likely to teach Lu State a big lesson first, and then it would be more beneficial to the Zhi family to attack Zheng State.
To put it bluntly, Zhizhuo just wants to use power for personal gain.
Seeing that Zhi Yao was about to speak, Zhi Suo asked first, "Has Yao been staying in 'Xin Tian' for a long time or going to 'Huang Fu'?"
What's the meaning?
This means that Zhiyao's performance has been impressive enough, and it's her turn to "cool down" and reduce her sense of presence.
Next is Zhi Yao's performance time. He still hopes that Zhi Yao can watch more and learn more, and not think that she is smart and can do whatever she wants.
The reason why Zhisong gave Zhiyao two options was because Zhiyao had come up with a lot of new things at "Huang's Father", otherwise Zhiyao would have just stayed in "Xintian".
After understanding the situation, Zhiyao did not feel any sense of loss and decided to stay at "Huangfu" first and return to "Xintian" to participate in activities if necessary.
