Any form of alliance between the two countries requires the princes to come in person or send representatives to observe the ceremony. They also serve as witnesses, which will make the alliance appear more formal.
Jin State and Wei State are about to form an alliance. Although it is a form of alliance under the city, in fact it still needs witnesses.
In the past, princes who wanted to form an alliance would send people to "Luoyi" to report to the Emperor of Zhou, and invite the Emperor of Zhou to send ministers to witness.
Now? Almost no princes report to the Emperor of Zhou when they hold alliances. Some ceremonies require the presence of the Emperor of Zhou's envoys before they send people to "Luoyi" to invite them.
"Qi, Zheng, and Song were all spectators of the ceremony," Expo Road explained.
This thing is a bit messy.
The nobles from Qi, Zheng and Song were all defeated by the Jin army at the hands of the "Iron War". The Qi army surrendered because of the flag-raising and did not end up as prisoners, while the nobles from Zheng and Song became the Jin army.
captive.
By allowing the captives to be the spectators of the alliance, the Jin State was severely humiliating them!
However, whoever allowed them to interfere in the civil strife of Jin State, no matter how great the humiliation, it was the nobles of Qi State, Zheng State and Song State who asked for it themselves.
The Huimeng Platform has been built. It looks like a pyramid from the outside, but it does not have a spire. There is a platform on it and a ladder on the front.
Now, the Huimeng Platform is surrounded by a large army, and a tripod moved from the Weiguo Palace is placed on a raised pedestal in front of the stool and ladder.
The three-legged cauldron was already burning inside, and because of the grease, a stream of black smoke rose into the sky.
Judging from the fluttering flags, the troops surrounding the alliance platform were all troops from the Jin State. They stood with their heads held high and their chests held high as victors. The expressions on their faces were full of pride, and they looked extremely majestic.
Got it!
After all, they conquered the capital of a country, especially when they defeated the coalition forces of four countries. They should indeed be proud.
Today's alliance ceremony does not involve Zhiyao, Zhao Bolu and other juniors. The person who presided over the ceremony was Zhao Yang, and the person who was the representative of Jin was Zhishuo.
On the side of the Wei Kingdom, it is natural that the new king is the representative of the Wei Kingdom, and some of the rituals that need to be performed are performed by Qu Yuan.
Why didn't someone from the Duke of Qi come to perform the ceremony? This is Wei Guo's plan to let the 101-year-old Qu Yuan display his greatest value.
To put it bluntly, no matter how domineering the Jin people are, what can they do to such an old Zang Yuan? Once there is something wrong with Zang Yuan, how will people in the world accuse Jin if word spreads?
Zhiyao looked at the figure leaving the Expo Road and turned her eyes to "Puyang" where the city gate was opened.
There was a Weiguo team leaving the city. It looked like there were about three hundred people in size, so except for the big banners, there were very few flags.
In the past few days, Jin State has negotiated the contents of the alliance with Wei State.
As a victorious country, the Jin State will receive thirteen cities from the Wei State. However, these cities are not connected together. A few of them are in the northwest of the Wei State, and more are in the northeast of the Wei State. This is equivalent to saying that the Jin State
The forward bridgeheads on the south bank of the river were obtained at two locations.
Weiguo still had to hand over a large amount of money and people, but he couldn't pay it all at once, so he had to pay it in installments.
How should the spoils obtained from Wei be distributed? What Zhiyao knew was that the Zhi family got nine of the cities, and the Zhao family got four.
In addition, the four cities acquired by the Zhao family were concentrated in the northeastern part of Weiguo, while the Zhi family acquired cities in both directions.
Zhiyao knew that this was about how to distribute the inheritances of the Fan family and the Zhongxing family, so Zhao decided to focus on running the north side. However, Zhiyao really had too many things to take care of.
He planned to have a good talk with Zhisong when he had the opportunity, and if possible, find other families to exchange fiefdoms. The main negotiation target was the Wei family.
A family cannot and should not spread its fiefdom too thinly, lest there are too many places to defend, and it would take a long time to assemble an army.
The home base of the Zhi family is in the "Zhi" land. What is more embarrassing is that the Zhi family does not have many fiefdoms in the west of the Jin State. The fiefdoms are mainly concentrated in the central part of the Jin State.
"In fact, we can abandon the western fiefdom and negotiate with the Wei family to replace their northwest fiefdom. In this way, the Zhi family's fiefdom can be more concentrated." Zhiyao knew very well that the old Zhi family could not abandon the 'Zhi' land.
The Weiguo team has arrived, and someone from them came to communicate with Zhisong about what kind of posture they need to use to enter.
The reply given by Zhizong was that, except for the frame of the king of a country, no vehicle from the Wei Kingdom could enter.
To put it bluntly, it is another humiliating act.
It's just that the Jin State's humiliation of the Wei State was not thorough enough, otherwise the king of the country should have entered the arena on foot and even put away the flag.
The State of Wei agreed to the request of the State of Jin, and only one vehicle carrying Nanzi and Wei Junzhui entered. They stopped near the alliance platform and waited for further instructions from the Jin people. This is also a set of etiquette for the alliance under the city.
, it’s not that Zhishuang really wants to humiliate Weiguo.
Zhiyao saw Nanzi getting out of the car with Wei Junyu in his arms.
At this stage, the status of women is neither high nor low. Nanzi was wearing a plain formal dress and her face was not covered with a veil.
Because today is an unfortunate day for Weiguo, Nanzi didn't have any hairstyle, and he definitely didn't have any hair accessories. He just looked disheveled.
Many of the nobles of the Wei Kingdom did not tie their hair today, and they all had disheveled hairstyles. Why is this happening? To put it bluntly, the Wei Kingdom was defeated!
Wei Junzhu, who was only four years old, obviously didn't understand what was going on today. Even when being held by Nanzi, he still seemed very active, and from time to time he would play with his childish and crisp voice.
As long as the etiquette is not disrupted, the Jin side will certainly not care about a monarch who is only four years old. Even when the congratulations are recited later, the Wei people had better ask Wei Junyu to keep quiet.
"She is really fair, and her facial features are beautiful. Why do I think of Zhou Xun when I look at Nanzi?" Zhiyao admitted that even based on modern people's aesthetics, Nanzi is quite attractive.
And this is under the premise that Nanzi has not been carefully dressed up. What if she is dressed up?
There were many famous women in the Spring and Autumn Period, and their status generally needed to be higher, but their reputations were not very good in later generations.
Do you know that beacon fire plays on the princes? Zhiyao inquired about it again and again, and was puzzled that people in the Spring and Autumn Period did not know that such an incident had happened.
Therefore, people in the Spring and Autumn Period did not know that such a thing had happened. From which book did Sima Qian, who was born in the Western Han Dynasty, read and record it in "Historical Records"?
According to rumors, King You of Zhou lit up the beacon tower and teased the princes in order to smile in favor of Baosi. He did so many times, which led to the invasion of foreign enemies and the princes did not save the emperor of Zhou.
Relevant historical data show that Quan Rong really broke through Haojing and killed King Zhou You, and no princes really sent troops to rescue him during this period. In the end, it was the princes themselves who were unwilling to rescue King Zhou You. Is there any factor of praise in it? Let me guess.
The warning of the allusion is very correct. It is the same as "Wolf Crying". If you haven't witnessed it with your own eyes, just remember the lesson and don't need to delve into whether it really happened.
The version of the Quan Rong's attack on Haojing that Zhiyao read tells the story of the continuous internal strife in the Zhou royal family. The princes repeatedly stood in the wrong team and many were wiped out. In addition, the princes on their own teams fought fiercely, so reinforcements were not sent out in time.
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In the eyes of later generations, Nanzi, Baosi, and Xia Ji are considered to be of the same level. Whether some jokes are hand-processed or not, you still need to judge by yourself.
The ceremony of the alliance under the city was ongoing. Zhiyao, Zhao Bolu, Wei Ju and Han Geng could only stand under the alliance platform and listen to what was going on. They had no chance to witness the whole process of the ceremony with their own eyes.
About two-quarters of an hour later, Zhizhuang walked down from the top platform of the alliance platform with the alliance letter in hand.
The ceremony has reached the stage where the book is thrown into the cauldron and burned to heaven, and then Zhi Shuang will read a congratulatory message to everyone.
At this stage, Zhiyao found the opportunity to come to Nanzi, who was holding Wei Junjue in his arms.
"I've met Marquis Wei, madam." Zhiyao saluted and greeted.
Nanzi had already noticed when Zhiyao was approaching. Even if he had not met Zhiyao beforehand, he knew who was coming immediately.
"Gongsun Yao is fine." Nanzi responded.
Zhiyao and Nanzi looked at each other and said: "In troubled times, Jin and Wei are not in control of themselves. With the current situation like this, I wonder what the future of Wei will be like?"
With a smile on his face, Nanzi said: "The capital of Qi was captured, and the ritual vessels were obtained by Gongsun. I wonder what Gongsun will do with them?"
Zhiyao was also smiling, smiling gracefully, and said, "I should return it myself."
"That's it?" Nanzi reached out and grabbed Wei Junjue, who was about to reach out to Zhiyao, and said softly: "If Jin is still an uncle, how can I dare to be disrespectful?"
Therefore, Wei Guo was forced to rebel against Jin. It was purely because Jin State could not do it. Then Qi State forced Wei Guo, right?
Zhiyao was dissatisfied with Nanzi's statement and said: "Wei is a small country and cannot help itself. This is the difficulty of defending the country. If Cao serves me, he will survive; if Cao does not serve me, Cao will not survive."
Now the Song State wants to annex the Cao State, but the Jin State has not made any statement. The reason why the Cao State is in danger of extinction is actually because it does not receive protection from the Jin State.
"Wei and Jin must be sincere." Nanzi gave a formal reply, then paused and said, "I just hope that if Wei is in trouble, Jin can help me."
This still does not believe that the civil strife in Jin can end soon, or even that the four remaining families with high positions in Jin can live in peace.
Nanzi looked at Zhiyao with sharp eyes, lowered his voice and said, "If Zhi is in charge of the guard, the guard will not rebel."
Separate the country from the family?
In the past, every family in the Jin Kingdom had a corresponding diplomatic state, and the protection fee was set by the responsible family.
Now that the structure of the Jin State has changed, for example, the Fan family and the Zhonghang family are almost gone, the foreign diplomatic structure must be re-established.
The Wei Kingdom used to listen to the Fan family, but now Nanzi hopes that the Jin family responsible for the Wei Kingdom's diplomatic relations is the Zhi family, and they have agreed not to betray the Zhi family even if they disrespect the Jin State.
It sounds a bit complicated. To put it bluntly, it's just that family interests are higher than national interests.
Zhiyao could not reply to Nanzi immediately and needed to communicate with Zhisong...