Jiagu Mountain, also known as Zhuqi Mountain, is a valley surrounded by mountains.
This valley is beautiful, and between the borders actually controlled by the two countries, it is the agreed place for the peace talks.
Lu Jun Ji Song's convoy came slowly, the guard of honor in front had already arrived at the mouth of the valley, Ji Song sat on the car, seeing that he was about to enter the valley, and his pale face couldn't help but float a sickly red tide.
As the king of a country, this is the first time he has met the monarch of another country, and his mood is inevitably nervous, and he is a little inexplicably excited.
When Qilu was feudalized, King Zhou Cheng gave the two countries an alliance of "no harm to each other".
During the Western Zhou Dynasty, the two countries of Qi and Lu have always obeyed the order of King Cheng, are good-neighborly and friendly, and are close to each other, and work together to defend Zhou Tianzi.
However, in the Spring and Autumn Period, the royal family declined, gradually lost control over the princes, and the two countries of Qi and Lu also had contradictions due to their respective interests, and then continued to fight, and the relationship between the two countries began to deteriorate.
The two countries have been at war and peace, since the time of Lu Yingong, but in the past two hundred years, Qi invaded Lu fifteen or six times, and Lu Waqi eight or nine times.
But at the same time, the two sides have been in alliance more than 30 times, the Qilu alliance has attacked other countries many times, Qilu has solved the siege of each other many times, and the matter of hiring each other to marry women as in-laws has often happened, and the relationship between them is sometimes friendly and entangled.
Now the state of Qi has formed an alliance with the state of Wu under the proposition of Tian Qi and sent troops south, intending to take the land of Dongyi.
Since the Duke of Qi Huan, the territory of the Dongyi people has been annexed by the Qi State, and the Yi people have been forced to move south repeatedly, and now they have no way to retreat, and they are forced to form a tribal alliance to resist the Qi State, and they have elected Shaohao's descendant Yingchan'er as the queen, and there is a great tendency to form a state to build a state, which is unexpected.
At the same time, Lu was worried that once Qi annexed the Dongyi tribes, it would form a semi-encirclement posture for Lu, and from then on Lu would be completely subject to Qi, so although Lu had no ambition to expand its territory, it decisively sent troops at this critical juncture to prevent the Qi army from moving south.
The Qi army was repeatedly blocked, the spirit gradually lost, coupled with the alliance with the Wu State Lu was killed, the Jin State and Qin Chu were preparing for a truce and peace, and the conditions for forcibly taking Dongyi were no longer available, so the peace faction of the Qi State regained the upper hand, and with the efforts of Yan Xiang, the monarch of the Qi State finally decided to meet with Lu Jun and negotiate a truce.
This is the current situation, Lu Jun Ji Song has just become the king of a country, he presided over the major events of the war with the Qi State, and forced the Qi State to negotiate peace, so that his prestige suddenly rose, although he became the king of the country for only two years, compared to his father's influence in the Lu State is much greater.
Since he ascended the throne and reused Kongqiu, Kongqiu has drawn up for him to rebuild the power of the widow and implement the great plan of the rule of father and son, and the results of the battle have been aligned, so that this plan has seen a ray of light.
However, at the same time, Zhan Nao, Zhong Liang Huai, and Gongshan rebelled, and the imperial court repeatedly encircled and suppressed with little effect, which posed a great threat to his plan to re-establish the authority of the monarch and change the status quo of the strong and weak cadres of the Qi State, which was a serious test of his ability to govern, and made him often unable to sleep and eat.
He had to think about how to resolve the Qilu dispute, how to quell the rebellion, how to integrate the forces of the Three Huans, and how to strengthen the monarchy, these state affairs were beyond his strength.
At the same time, Xiao Ai, whom he has been fond of since childhood, has returned to China, but there is a rumor that he wants to marry Qingji, the lord of Wu State, Ji Song is jealous and hateful about this, and has repeatedly found Ji Sun Yiru to negotiate, but Ji Sun Yi is like an old man and a huge slippery, and his attitude is ambiguous, and now the marriage proposal of Wu State has arrived, but he refuses to express his opinion clearly, Ji Song is in Jiagu at this time, and he is still worried about Xiao Ai in Qufu City.
"The monarch is relieved, there are ministers, the monarch can deal with it calmly, the monarch of Qi not only takes the initiative to talk about peace, but also has a reason to talk about peace, although my Lu country is weaker than Qi country, but the strength should not be underestimated, not to mention that the minister has already made arrangements, this time the alliance, the monarch will be able to achieve the mission, and return safely."
Seeing Ji Song's uneasy expression, Kong Qiu comforted him.
After speaking, he glanced inquiringly at a military general next to him, and the general nodded slightly, signaling that everything was ready, and Kong Qiu's face suddenly relaxed.
Kong Qiu is a pedestrian of the Lu State, familiar with the etiquette system, and at the same time he is the most important minister of the Ji Song Dynasty, so he will be the minister of the Lu State this time and arrange the affairs of the alliance.
Kong Qiu said firmly, Ji Song felt a little relieved, nodded and said: "The widow can save it, please leave everything to Kong Qing." ” "No, the minister will do everything he can to ensure the peace and success, to ensure the safety of my lord, and not to cause the prestige of my country to fall in the hands of the king."
Kong Qiu bowed and said, looking at the envoy of Qi who had rushed to meet Lu Jun's car in front of him, and secretly thought in his heart: "At this time, the alliance with Qi is the first time that the monarch and Kong Qiu have met with the monarch of another country, I must be extra careful and try my best to reach a joint talk." is neither arrogant nor humble, argues with reason, and cannot do anything that insults the national body, so as to ensure that the prestige of the monarch does not fall. ” Thinking of this, Kong Qiu clenched the sword at his waist and let out a long breath.
In the valley, Jiang Pestle, the monarch of Qi State, has ordered people to build a high platform according to the mountain, and the officials of Qi State stand on the high platform according to the rank of the doctor.
Kong Qiu saw it, smiled slightly, and signaled to his subordinates, Lu Jun Ji Song's chariot stopped, first made people climb the height and sang, and reported to Jiang Pestle, the monarch of Qi on the high platform, that he knew, and then set up the guard of honor, and the courtiers of Lu also climbed the steps in an orderly manner, and Kong Qiu followed Ji Song behind him, pressing the sword on the stage.
Kong Qiu made people report that Lu Jun had arrived, Jiang Pestle wanted to pretend that he had not heard it and deliberately rubbed it for a while, so he had to get up and descend to greet him, Ji Song according to Kong Qiu's instructions, not in a hurry, his steps were steady, although he saw Jiang Pestle standing on the steps, he was still not in a hurry, and walked calmly in front of him, before he saluted and greeted.
The two monarchs made a noise, and the white-haired Jiang Pestle and Ji Song took the stage side by side, sitting on the left and right.
The two monarchs met this time, the most important political figures in the Lu State, the three Huan of the Lu State, and the two largest political leaders of the Qi State, Yan Zi and Tian Qi, did not appear, in fact, what goal they want to achieve, what is the maximum limit of concessions, long before the alliance negotiations, they have already made a decision, and they do not need to appear on this occasion to argue with the other party.
When something is put on the table, its main function becomes a political show, and it has always been so from ancient times to the present.
The two sides sat down, greeted each other again, and after the polite words were finished, the Qi State Minister Limi took out the peace treaty that had been written long ago, and read it endlessly.
Qi Jun Jiang Pestle smiled and looked calm, Ji Song listened carefully, Kong Qiu knelt beside Ji Song, while listening intently to the plough Mi reciting the treaty, while quietly observing the expressions of Jiang Pestle and the ministers of Qi State.
When he heard that Qilu had negotiated and repaired, and jointly sent troops to attack Dongyi, and the occupied land was divided into their respective territories, Kong Qiu smiled coldly and gently poked Ji Song's back with his fingers.
It sounds good to jointly send troops to fight against Dongyi, our Lu country has always forged each other for the country, good neighbors and friendly countries, how can we ruin the name of benevolence and righteousness of our Lu country for hundreds of years, and destroy the long-term national policy of our Lu country to forbear each other as a country.
If the two countries send troops to the east at the same time, the territory occupied belongs to them, and how many troops can be occupied by our Lu country, in order to prevent you from stretching your hands and feet too long, my Lu country will send troops to stop it, if you agree to this article, isn't it a disguised achievement of your goal, then what is the widow trying to do?"
Ji Song immediately said loudly: "Wait, my Lu country has always formed good neighbors, lived in good neighborliness, practiced the way of benevolence and righteousness, forbearance for the country, did not fight unjust wars, and did not come out of the nameless army."
The tribes of Dongyi are harmless to the countries, how can the widow bear to march to harm the Qilu truce and friendship, it is the wish of the widow, but jointly send troops to crusade against Dongyi, what is the charge of Dongyi, and the Qilu Alliance must send troops to crusade against the world, all of them are the land of the Son of Heaven and the people of the Son of Heaven.
Lile's conquest came from the Son of Heaven, and before the king's order, An Neng fought against the world on behalf of the Son of Heaven. ” Jiang Pestle heard that he moved out of Zhou Tianzi, who had already become an ornament, and the boss in his heart disagreed, but Qi has always annexed the princes and expanded the territory under the banner of "respecting the king", so he naturally couldn't deny Zhou Tianzi's absolute authority in public.
Jiang Pestle frowned, and just wanted to answer, Ji Song had already changed his tone and said: "Qi is a big country in the East, to conquer the Quartet with benevolence and righteousness, the prestige is grand, and Weijia is in the sea, according to the opinion of the widow, if you continue to manage it well, sooner or later you will be appointed by the Son of Heaven as the chief of the princes."
If there is a day when the king of Qi becomes the chief of the princes of Fangbo, and he governs the king and crusades against the unrighteous princes, but there is an order, the widow will be attached to the tail. ” When Jiang Pestle was discussing with his confidants in the country, he knew that Lu had no ambition to annex other countries, and he did not want the forces of Qi to go south, so he sent troops to prevent Qi from invading Dongyi in the south, and wanted to carve up Dongyi with them, which may be very small.
But Jiang Pestle did not give up, and still persuaded hard for a while, but Ji Song insisted that he was not ordered by Zhou Tianzi and was not allowed to go out to conquer, and the two sides discussed for a long time, Jiang Pestle and Mortar finally reluctantly signaled to Plough Mi to remove this one.
Reading further, the peace treaty of Qi also mentioned that if Qi went to war with a certain country in the future, Lu must send at least 300 troops and chariots to help the war, otherwise it would be to destroy the alliance.
This article was not thought of in the countermeasures discussed by the monarchs and ministers of the Lu State, and Ji Song, who was originally prepared to respond, couldn't help but be stunned when he heard it, although he knew that it was inappropriate, he didn't know how to refute it.
Kong Qiu gestured to him a few times in the back, and when he saw that he was speechless, he was anxious, so he stood up and retorted for him: "Doctor Limi live, my Lu country is not attached to the Qi country, and it is the independent matter of my Lu country to use troops to send troops."
If the Qi State uses troops abroad, why should our Lu State send troops to help?"
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Qi Jun Jiang said with a smile: "The alliance between Qi and Lu is a state of brothers, and the country of Qi is in trouble, so the brothers should naturally help each other, of course, if the country of Lu wants to use troops abroad, the widow is naturally duty-bound to send troops to help." ” Kong Qiu said: "According to what Qi Jun said, the two countries have a certain covenant, so they are like brothers, and they should help each other and help each other in the same boat."
"That's nature."
Kong Qiu bowed and said: "In this case, please add one more article to Dr.
Limi, the covenant will be certain, and the Qi State will return the Yun, Ningyang, Guiyin, Wenyang and other places that it previously occupied the Lu State, with the friendship of all brothers." ” "This" Li Mi was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously looked at Jiang Pestle, Jiang Pestle was annoyed and ashamed, and said: "How can this be true, the widow is sincere, and has the heart to reconcile with Lu."
But you Lu people have no sincerity, tease the widow for no reason, Qi the dignity of the country, how can you be insulted" As soon as Jiang Pestle slapped the case, a group of armored warriors suddenly poured out of the audience, holding sharp blades and crossbows, and surrounded Ji Song and others.
These people are all Laiyi warriors, and they also belong to the Dongyi ethnic group, because their territory has been annexed by the Qi State many years ago, and they are now serving the Qi State.
However, the Laiyi warriors still maintained some of the characteristics of their people, with the feathers of the brocade rooster on their heads, the faces painted with earth-colored marks, and the wild surnames in their might.
Kong Qiu was not afraid, he waved his hand, and the warriors under him also rushed up, protecting the frightened and white-faced Ji Song in the middle, and confronted the Laiyi warriors.
Kong Qiu stepped forward alone with his sword, strode to the front of Qi Jun Jiang Pestle, and shouted awe-inspiringly: "Since the two monarchs will be reconciled, why use Laiyi's people to coerce by force This is the way for Qi to order the princes of Qi to not seek Xia, raze not to chaos China, not to capture the alliance, and not to force the soldiers."
If you do this, you are disrespectful to God, righteous to virtue, and disrespectful to people, and to be a disrespectful country, and a dignified king, and you are not afraid that the princes of the world will laugh at you in broad daylight?"
Kong Qiu is tall and burly, with a sharp sword in his hand, his beard is like a thorn, his thick eyebrows are twisted, and his momentum is terrifying.
When Kong Qiu defected to the Qi State, he was also summoned by him, and at that time, Kong Qiu's performance was a learned and polite manner, Jiang Pestle only knew that Kong Qiu was still virtuous and courteous, but he did not know that he was so brave and brave, and he had a great momentum when he was angry.
Seeing Kong Qiu leaning over with his sword and glaring angrily, Jiang Pestle was really afraid that he would draw his sword and rush forward desperately.
He is now old, and if he wants to escape, his legs and feet are not dexterous, although there are samurai guards next to him, but looking at Kong Qiu's appearance, the samurai around him may not be able to stop him.
Jiang Pestle hurriedly said: "Laiyi savages don't know etiquette, whoever asked you to rush up and retreat, all retreat."
The Laiyi warriors in front of the stage were drunk by him, and they retreated like a tide, and Jiang Pestle said stupidly: "Doctor Kong, please take a seat, since the Lu State is unwilling to establish an offensive and defensive mutual assistance alliance with the Qi State, this article is erased."
Ahem, Rimi, you keep reading. ” A conflict disappeared invisibly, Kong Qiu retreated behind Ji Song, Li Mi continued to read the lengthy treaty, Jiang Pestle was secretly hated, and said in his heart: "Lu State is unwilling to share the land of Dongyi with the widows, and refuses to be vassals of Qi to establish an offensive and defensive alliance, is it possible that this time the peace alliance has nothing to gain, so it will stop, and send them away in a friendly way Since Wen is not good, why don't the widows find an opportunity to call out the ambush soldiers, and forcibly leave Ji Song as a hostage by force, forcing him to sign an alliance with the widows under the city."
Jiang Pestle thought about it, a trace of ruthlessness gradually flashed in his eyes, and at this moment, a military general quietly approached his side and whispered a few words in his ear, Jiang Pestle was startled, and looked at Ji Song opposite in surprise, and the murderous aura on his face suddenly disappeared.
It turned out that what the military general said was: "Monarch, in the dense forests on both sides of the valley on the side of the Lu country, a large number of Lu troops were found in ambush. ” Knowing that the Lu State was prepared, Jiang Pestle had no certainty of using force, so he had to dispel the idea of using force, and when the war proposal and treaty were redrawn according to the opinions of both sides, and the two sides reviewed each other, the two kings stamped their seals, and the covenant was concluded.
When the civil and military forces on both sides met, they both let out a long sigh, and the tension eased.
Qi is the main ally this time, and should be responsible for the reception, so Li Mi stepped forward and said, "Serve the meal and play the music of the Quartet." ” The banquet was presented, and the banquet was also set up on the long steps under the stage, and the ministers of the two sides took their seats, and the cups were staggered, and the atmosphere suddenly eased down, and the officials who knew each other from the two sides also toasted each other with wine glasses.
A group of musicians and maiko were summoned to the stage, and the sheng flute and wind music were played in unison, and the delicate girls and girls danced in unison, drinking and cheering for the kings and ministers of both sides.
Those Maiko are young and pretty, dressed in colorful clothes, and they look very attractive.
Ji Song is young in the end, and Lu Guo is the most observant, how can the dancers and dances he usually watches be dressed so revealingly, how can there be such a seductive power, when Ji Song saw these dancers full of alien feelings, those greedy eyes suddenly stared at their breasts and thighs full of youthful tension.
These dancers are pretty, smiling, charming and self-born, they are wearing short feather dance skirts, their round and slender thighs are completely exposed, their upper bodies are wearing colorful silk clothes, Xiaoman's waist shows a snow-white abdominal muscle, two pink jade arms are bare, and a string of copper bells is tied to the wrist, dancing and dancing, very sultry, hooking Ji Song is intoxicated, sitting on the seat a little distracted, even Jiang Pestle and He sometimes can't react, Jiang Pestle and the ministers of Qi State can't help but laugh secretly.
When Kong Qiu saw the anger, he immediately got up and stepped forward, shouting loudly: "It is a solemn and sacred event for the two countries of Qi and Lu to stop the war and negotiate peace and conclude an alliance here.
Why do you want to play such Yidi music and dance such Yidi dance, I believe this will not be the idea of the widow of the Qi country, is this the arrangement of Dr.
Limi, is this the arrangement of the ceremony you made as the minister of the Qi country?"
Jiang Pestle has never liked the kind of court music that makes people drowsy, but he likes vaudeville drama and barbarian dance music.
This kind of Yi dance has a unique flavor, and it is the favorite of Jiang Pestle, the monarch of Qi State, but he doesn't want to be so degraded by Kong Qiu.
But the words of Confucius were enough to follow Zhou Li, Jiang Pestle couldn't refute it, and he had to wave his hand to order the dancers to retreat, but he secretly hated in his heart: "Fortunately, the widow never really used this foolish person at the beginning, although Yan Xiang often admonished the widow, but he was not as old-fashioned and boring as him." ” How could there be no singing and dancing at the banquet, Rimi stepped forward with the black pot on his back and suggested: "Monarch, since you can't play Yidi Ge music, can you make the advocates in my Qi Palace dance to entertain the guests?"
Jiang Pestle was embarrassed, and he didn't have a good face, so he snorted heavily and said, "You go and arrange it." ” After a while, on the rostrum of the alliance between the monarchs of the two countries, another group of clowns and dwarfs came.
Qi is rich and powerful, and there is no shortage of decent singing and dancing in the palace, but the monarch Jiang Pestle has never liked that kind of formal dance music, and what he brought around him to relieve boredom was either Yidi song and dance, or vaudeville drama, this class of clown dwarfs wore all kinds of clothes and went to the stage, which really opened the eyes of the Lu people who have always been serious and restrained on formal occasions, and the Lu ministers in the audience immediately turned their heads and talked about it.
As soon as the clowns and gnomes stood on the stage, they began to perform hard.
Their show only lasted for a moment, and Kong Qiu's face became very ugly.
The vaudeville drama performed by those clown dwarfs is only to make people laugh, the movements are funny, and the language is vulgar, which is simply unsightly in Kong Qiu's opinion, and it is simply a humiliation for the king of Lu to enjoy this kind of program, once it is spread, the so-called Zhou etiquette is all out of Lu, and it will not become a big joke for the princes of the world.
Kong Qiu immediately hurried to the stage and shouted: "These puppet villains, who laugh at the princes with their ugly appearance, deserve to be punished for their crimes, please be dealt with by the division."
Jiang Pestle was looking at it with a smile, and when he saw Kong Qiu running out to stir up the situation again, he couldn't help but be a little angry, he said disapprehantly: "Why is Dr.
Kong so fussed, these excellent dwarfs are just acting in some vaudeville dramas to make people laugh, how can they insult the princes' crimes?"
Kong Qiu Zhengse said: "The monarchs of the two countries will be allied, and the ministers and doctors are gathered, all of them are figures in the temple, such a solemn place, but a group of villains come to pretend to be ugly and funny, is it not to insult the princes and the widow of our country to come at the appointment, but to be a distinguished guest of the Qi country, if the king connived at such a villain, wouldn't he despise the widow of my Lu country" Jiang Pestle was greatly displeased, waved his hand and said: "Doctor Kong's words are serious, his words are serious, but he is just calling them to go on stage to juggle for everyone's entertainment."
Kong Qiu arched his hand, interrupted his words, and said sharply: "According to Zhou Li, the villain, and those who bewitch the princes should be punished."
If he is not punished for capital crimes, how can the majesty of the monarch be humiliated in our country, as a courtier, Kong Qiu feels the same and is furious.
If Qi Jun can't bear to slaughter and poke, Kong Qiu is willing to serve and come."
The Lu State side suddenly rushed out a group of soldiers, Kong Qiu pointed his hand, and shouted: "These excellent advocates of dwarfs and bewitching the princes, their crimes should be punished, and they will be quickly enforced and sent out of the door."
"The first foot came out of the door" is the punishment of the waist beheading, Kong Qiu went to the meeting this time, he had already made preparations, these people around Ji Song were loyal warriors who only knew and obeyed orders, as soon as he heard the order, a military general immediately led a group of wolf-like warriors of the Lu State to arrest those clown dwarfs.
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These clown dwarfs have no other survival skills, they can only juggle some shows, and it just so happens that Jiang Pestle is good at this, and they can only make a living in Qi State.
How do you know that acting in some juggling entertainment dramas can also be linked to such a serious crime as insulting the princes, and it actually invites the disaster of killing, they immediately knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, kowtowed one after another, and said in a gossipy manner: "The king spares his life, the doctor spares his life, I and other lowly villains, I don't know the value of etiquette, but I just do my best to entertain the nobles, the king, the doctor, please spare the villains from dying." ” Kong Qiu was determined to kill them Liwei, save the face of the good gift for the Lu State, and win the prestige of the Lu monarch, listened to their pleading, and was not moved at all, he sneered and shouted: "Execution" Those warriors sincerely wanted to show the brave side of the Lu people in front of the Qi people, lest the Qi country look down on the Lu country, and thought that the Lu people only knew humility and courtesy, and had no blood surname bravery, so they immediately arrested these clowns and took them off the stage, and they were ruthlessly punished in public with the punishment of beheading, and for a while the blood was smeared all over the ground, and the liver flowed, and its shape shocked many Qi ministers with colorless faces and almost wanted to vomit.
Jiang Pestle sat on the stage with a pale face, his hands on the table trembled slightly, and he was already speechless with anger.
But he has ambush soldiers, and Lu also has ambush soldiers, although he is extremely hateful, he can't act rashly, and his resentment is accumulated in his heart.
The alliance has ended, the monarchs of the two countries of Qi and Lu arched goodbye, each boarded the car and returned, the car turned around, and as soon as he got out of the valley, Ji Song laughed happily: "Kong Qing is brave and strategic, decisive in killing, and full of majesty, so that my Lu country is proud of it, and the alliance of the valley, the prestige of the Lu country is stable above the Qi country, hahaha, Kong Qing, after you go back, the widow wants to promote you to the great secretary, among the six Qings, only the three Huan of Shiqing are above you."
To be continued: