Qingji's bookcase was full of all kinds of information from the southern and western fronts.
Gou Jian committed suicide after ascending the throne as Wang Sanyue, and the clan of the Yue royal family supported his son Ji Ji and knelt to accept the title of King Wu, and obtained the title of hereditary Huiji Jun who was passed down from generation to generation, and the Yue Kingdom was removed from then on.
Qingji made another decree to divide the entire Yue country into four counties, and sent the county guards to manage them, and Shaozai Fan Li and General Jing Lin temporarily stayed in the four counties of Nanyue, and Wu Zhen Wenzhi to appease Yue.
Promote the leader of the Sanyi tribe as an official, and at the same time appease and retain the local pastoral officials of the original Yue country, and check and balance each other with the Baiyue and Sanyi tribes.
Select learned people from the Wu Guozong family, go to the Huijijun Mansion to serve as the teacher and head of the Huijijun Mansion, and take care of everything in the Huijijun Mansion.
Gou Jian's original marriage to the Yue Crown Princess Yayu, and the biological mother of Ji Jihe's concubine Liu's concubines all moved to Gusu City to live in the mansion and were supported by the Wu court After drafting the edicts, Qingji let out a long sigh, pinched his brows, and picked up the information about the war on the southern front.
After the news of Li Han's defection came, his morale was even more depressed, so he had to give up Baiju, climb over the Dabie Mountain, and retreat to the eastern region where the Chu State had always been weakly controlled.
Here, there are large and small Bo countries and tribes, Anhui country, Zongguo, Tong country, Shu country, Chao country, Zhongli country, Jiao country, Zhoulai country, etc., some countries are small and pitiful, but a city land, also known as a country.
Originally, the state of Chu was out of reach of this area, so it has always adopted the principle of both grace and power, and when the countries were disobedient, they sent troops to suppress it, and then gave some sweetness after the suppression, and so on, barely maintaining the rule and control of the Chu state over this region.
But now Fei Wuji is a lost dog, where is he willing to have all the scruples like when he was the commander of the Chu State, he lacks soldiers, food, and money, so he extorts and extorts these countries, and does everything he can.
This is really scared of being stunned, stunned and afraid of dying, in the past, the arrogant and untamed countries became more tame than sheep under Fei Wuji's butcher's knife, in order to survive obediently sent him troops and food, and was forced to fight with the Wu people under Fei Wuji's Yinwei.
Wu people are also unambiguous, people block killing, Buddha blocks killing Buddha, no matter whether you are willing or forced.
The four-way army of Wu State, Liang Huzi, Chizhong, Pingbu, and Lü Qian, the four tiger generals, are like four iron plows, ploughing back and forth on the land of eastern Anhui, plowing people on their backs and turning over and bleeding like rivers.
Fei Wuji's army was exhausted, and fled everywhere under the siege of the four-way army, coercing the new Boguo everywhere, tying them to their chariots.
So far, Fei Wuji's own strength has been limited, but the various countries that originally belonged to the local area have been wiped out in the war, the local regime has collapsed, and it is no longer possible to implement effective rule.
"It's almost, Fei Wuji's use value has been exhausted, and it's time to close it."
Qingji thought about it, picked up his pen, and signed another order to Liang Huzi, who was fighting on the southern front, to annihilate Fei Wuji's army as soon as possible.
"Minister Cai Yi asks to see the king" Suddenly, there was a message at the door, Qingji waved like a fly, and said without raising his head: "Come in." ” Cai Yi, a big pedestrian, hurriedly walked in with a letter in his hand.
At this time, the scrolls and documents were mostly written in bamboo and wooden slips, and only secret letters or important documents of a considerable level were written on expensive silk.
Qingji glanced up at him, hurriedly finished writing the last sentence, picked up the bamboo slip and blew it gently, and then asked, "What's the matter?"
"The envoy of Qi sent a message."
"Oh" Qingji frowned slightly: "Qi Guo" "Yes" "Show me."
Cai Yi immediately stepped forward, presented the silk book with both hands, and whispered at the same time: "Come and wait in the front hall now." ” Qingji bowed slightly, took the letter and looked at it, the seal was intact and had not yet been opened, he picked up a knife from the table to pick open the seal, took out a book, and unfolded it to read.
At this time, he was also a little uneasy in his heart, for fear that Qi Guo would take advantage of the fact that he was sending troops to destroy Yue and Tuchu again, and it would be difficult to attack Dongyi again.
According to his and his ministers' original analysis, the two major political groups of Qi Guotian and Yan have always disagreed, because of this, Qi's national strength is seriously attritional, and he may not have the determination to go south to fight Wu.
Because after the founding of Dongyi, although there were certain losses due to the civil war, the integrated force was far more effective than the original scattered sand, and this team was obviously standing with Wu State.
In addition, in order to prevent Qi from going south, Lu has already fought with them, in Lu Guo's view, Wu State does not have the strength to annex Lu State, and Qi State is not, so it is the right choice to join Wu to resist Qi, if Qi State goes south, Lu State will not sit idly by.
The most important thing is that the long-lived monarch of Qi will never forget to make Qi become the overlord of the world again in his lifetime.
At this time, he was planning to convene a meeting of princes to discuss the overlord of the world, which was the most important requirement in the hearts of Qi people.
If he fights with Wu at this time, and unfortunately loses two battles, then he will not have the face to assume the position of overlord in front of the princes of the world.
However, no matter how well-founded, prediction is prediction, people are not machines, and sometimes things may not develop according to the most rational possibilities.
But when he opened the letter and looked at it carefully, Qingji's heart was put down.
The content of this letter was actually that the monarch of Qi invited him to participate in the meeting of Huangchi at the beginning of next year.
Zhou Tianzi had officially recognized the legal status of the five princes of the Jin Dynasty, and also agreed to convene a general meeting of the princes of the world in Huangchi at the beginning of next year, and decided to send envoys to participate.
Wu is now considered a big country in the southeast, if Wu does not participate, then even if Huang Chizhi will elect an overlord, it will not be recognized by the princes of the world, so Qingji knows that he must be among the invitees.
However, he originally thought that this invitation would come from the envoys of Zhou Tianzi, or through a certain Central Plains country that was friendly with Wu, such as Wei and Lu, but he never expected that it would be from the hand of the monarch of Qi.
After thinking carefully for a while, Qingji smiled slightly.
Wu's attitude towards the establishment of the overlord now greatly affects the attitude of the four kingdoms of Chu, Qin, Lu, Dongyi and the small princes who depend on them, although Qi's move seems abrupt, but in fact it is a test of Wu's attitude towards the promotion of the overlord of the world, especially now that the world has begun to rumor that the northern princes will elect the Qi as the overlord of the world, Wu will not accept the invitation of Qi, and in what way will it be accepted, to a certain extent, it will expose the attitude of Wu, Then Qi Guo can respond early.
If it is not bad as expected, this matter should be Yan Ying's handiwork, only this cautious dwarf is so thoughtful.
If he were replaced by Tian Qi, a person who is reckless in order to achieve his goals, he may not consider Wu Guo's attitude now.
In this way, Tian Qi and Yan Ying, the two powerful ministers of Qi State, at least reached a resonance on the point of hegemony, and they were both interested in pushing Qi State to the position of the overlord of the world.
Yes, it has been too long since the glory of the last overlord of the Qi Kingdom, when it was still the time of Duke Huan, the merits of Duke Huan have achieved the great name of Guan Zhong through the ages, even if he is a sage of Yan Ying, he can't help but be tempted by the temptation of being a famous man like Guan Zhong.
There are four walls of wine and wealth, how many sages are in the center, Yan Ying, how can it be an exception Qingji knocked on the table, pondered carefully for a long time, looked up, and saw Cai Yi still standing in front of him, so he smiled and waved his hand: "You go, the envoy of the Qi State said that the widow is busy with state affairs, and he will see him at the right time."
Well, you personally sent him to the pavilion and gave him a grand hospitality, and he must not be rude. ” Cai Yi understood and immediately retreated.
Qingji rolled up the several edicts and information that had just been written, and said to the two small temples standing in the corner: "Give these relatives to the secretary of the internal history, register them, and all the edicts will be issued immediately."
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"Yes, the king," Shu Ke and Shen Sheng, the two little eunuchs, hurriedly ran up, one opened his arms, and the other picked up a roll of bamboo slips and put them in his arms.
Qingji played with the brush with his fingers, and said: "Also, immediately summon Xiangguo, Da Situ, and Da Sikong, and summon all the Shangqing who are now in Gusu to enter the palace to discuss matters." ” "Yes" Shu Ke pouted his buttocks, gave a deep salute, and left Shen Sheng, who was full of music in his arms, and ran away.
Qingji looked at Shu Ke, who was looking at him from the gap in the chapter, with an embarrassed face, and couldn't help laughing and scolding: "Muddy boy, you can't transport it at once, you won't go out like this in two batches, be careful of a big heel."
Huangchi was the territory of the Song State and was close to the Wei Kingdom.
It is said that King Mu of Zhou once took nine horses, swam here, and the song said: Huang Zhichi, its horse sprays sand, Huang Zhize, its horse sprays jade.
It is called the Yellow Pond from here on.
Qingji had lived in Weiguo for more than a year, and twice went south to crusade against Helu, both of which had been near Huangchi, and he was very clear about the geography there.
In the previous several times when the princes of the world would join the alliance and compete for hegemony, the location was also in the Song Kingdom.
The Song State was chosen as the location of the alliance, on the one hand, because the Song State had few ambitions among the Spring and Autumn Kingdoms, except for the Wei State, which often relied on each other, to send troops to resist the Jin State.
There are very few wars against other countries.
In addition, only the three kingdoms of Chu, Jin, and Qi have always been qualified to compete for hegemony.
The Song State and the above three countries can directly control the sphere of influence is separated by some countries, so that the princes of the three kingdoms led the army to the Song Dynasty, traveled long distances, and penetrated deep into other countries, and the army supply was absolutely unable to support continuous battles, so it became a recognized balance of power for all parties, and it was the safest for the princes of all parties.
The main reason for choosing Huangchi this time is also for this.
The alliance of princes is a major event for the monarchs of various countries to show their national strength and national image, even if they are not aiming to be the overlord, they all hope that they can impress the countries and pay attention to them.
Therefore, when the princes meet the alliance, it is common to send troops to the country as a guard of honor, and chariots, chariots, soldiers, and armor must choose the best to show their most glamorous side.
After the news of King Wu Qingji gladly accepting the invitation of the monarch of Qi and deciding to go out of the Huangchi meeting, the country was busy, and everyone thought that the king was going to end the surrounding war as soon as possible and led the elite soldiers of Wu to Huangchi.
Nowadays, more and more merchants from various countries who have accumulated in Wu have taken the lead, began to weave and dye a large number of clothes, made a large number of beautiful leather armor, and transported tall and sturdy chariots and majestic horses from the north, waiting for Wu to purchase a large army of decorations, so as to make a great profit.
Unexpectedly, although this King of Wu has recently gained a reputation and shocked the princes, but until the cold wind blows and the departure is imminent, there is no movement of procurement in Wu State, and those merchants dig doors and steal holes to inquire, only to hear that Wu State has been fighting for many years, the treasury is too shabby, and there is not enough financial resources to send a large number of troops and purchase brand new equipment, this trip to Huangchi, King Wu only brought 15,000 people, and wore the clothes used in the army in peacetime.
At this time, the merchants were dumbfounded, and then the things they purchased were shipped elsewhere, and the freight price increased more than a notch, and they missed the best time to sell them, so they had to make a bloody vomiting big sale, and deal with it cheaply on the spot, and then purchased a large number of Wu land specialties, gritted their teeth and prepared to ship them to other countries to earn back the losses.
The news spread through these merchants that Wu was so weak that he could not afford to buy a large amount of equipment or send a large number of troops even to attend the princes' alliance, and the contempt of the Central Plains states who had been wary of Wu because of Wu's recent series of aggressive military expansions.
Although Wu is also a prince surnamed Ji, and the princes of the Central Plains are in the same breath, which is considered to be the descendant of the Zhou Dynasty, but the Wu State is located in the southeast, and has had little contact with the princes of the Central Plains for hundreds of years, and the customs and habits have been assimilated by the locals.
Imagine that in the era when the voice of the later generations was so developed, there were still most people who knew little about other countries, let alone that era, Qingji's momentum successfully hid his strength, and hid the edge of the Central Plains princes who attracted the attention of the Central Plains princes through the civil strife in the Jin Dynasty, so as to quickly launch an expansion action in the southeast.
At that time, becoming the overlord of the world was the greatest ideal of the princes.
It is the idea of the monarchs of various countries that they cannot become the overlord of the world, but also rely on their own strength to become a powerful prince who does not have to pay tribute to the overlord, or receive courtesy and respect from the overlord.
Therefore, no one doubted Qingji's intentions, and Qingji's actions instead provoked the indignation of the two people.
One is the queen of Dongyi, Mrs.
Chengbi; The other is Nanzi, the wife of Wei Guojun.
He didn't want his man to be glamorous and become the brightest political star among the princes.
But it's a celebration I don't know that Nanzi privately sent someone to send him a secret letter, in which he was afraid of hurting his self-esteem, he went around in a big circle very tactfully, and finally proposed that Weiguo could help him solve part of the travel expenses, carriage and horse expenses, and clothing expenses, hoping that Qingji could lead a glamorous and powerful army to the Huangchi meeting and fulfill his wish to rejuvenate the Wu Kingdom.
Qingji looked at Nanzi's handwriting secret letter, picked up the pen with a smile, and wrote only eight big characters on a plain silk: "But if you have one person, the rest of your wishes are enough."
Only these eight words, I don't know how happy Nanzi, the first beauty in the Central Plains who has suffered from ups and downs on the road of love, is just eight words, she happily looked at it for half a night, and then sealed the secret letter wax with her own hands, hid it in a hollow hosta, and wore it between the green silk hair, and was no longer willing to throw away half a step.
Cheng Bi also didn't know the true purpose of Qingji, she also thought that Qingji knew that she still didn't have the conditions for hegemony, so she didn't want to spend money on these useless aspects.
In her opinion, it was not a useless move to show a strong national power, and it could quickly expand the influence of Qingji among the princes after this alliance, so she generously proposed a way for the Dongyi State to pay tribute to the suzerain, and she would provide this fee.
The business district laid by Cheng Bi when he was in Lu further expanded after his younger brother became a doctor of Wu State, and he made a lot of war money in the war of the princes, and his financial resources were twice as strong as at the beginning, so it was naturally not difficult to come up with this money.
Cheng Bi is different from Nanzi, Nanzi has no doubts about his emotional Qingji, but if she knows that Qingji has the ambition to annex all the countries of the world and establish a unified world, although Qingji's layout design has been a few generations later, out of her feelings for Song Wei, she will inevitably have some mustard in her heart.
Cheng Bi is different, it is the letter that Qingji replied to her to be much more honest, and Qingji's reply to her was one more word than Nanzi, only nine words: "Build a high wall, accumulate grain, and slowly dominate."
It is easy to understand that the state of Wu has swallowed the state of Yue to the south, the forces to the north have spread all over the Dongyi, the state of Chen to the northwest, and all the land east of Qianshan has been annexed to the west.
You can peek into the Central Plains and manage the world; Retreat can close the key and dominate the southeast.
The geographical conditions have been laid, but swallowing such a large territory in one go, it is by no means possible to completely digest and absorb it, assimilate the inhabitants, and stabilize the rule.
If this matter is not resolved, it is like stepping on a sampan to cross the river, which looks brisk, and it does not take much wind and waves to overturn him.
What's more, although there is a group of virtuous ministers in Wu's internal affairs who carefully manage and reform the law, it will not take a year or two to achieve results.
The so-called "soldiers and horses have not moved, grain and grass go first", the success or failure of the war depends to a large extent on strategic reserves; The wars of Wu have been fought too frequently, the expanded territory has not yet seen benefits, and the original savings have been exhausted, so it is time to recuperate and accumulate national strength.
But slow hegemony is very interesting, Wu State does not have the strength to dominate the princes now, Qingji does not say that Cheng Bi also understands.
Therefore, his slow hegemony does not refer to the alliance of the princes this time, so he refers to when there is a time when the Wu State has the ability to dominate, but Qingji still does not want to be the overlord of the world, then what does he want Qingji didn't expect that his letter would make Cheng Bi hesitate and struggle for a thought in his heart, racking his brains so much When the maid of the guard Xuanniao passed by the queen's bedroom, she happened to see her sitting under the lamp, reading a secret letter and being silent for a long time The further north you go, the colder it gets.
As soon as he started in the morning, the snow began again, Qingji put down the curtain, leaned on the soft brocade in the warm king car in the stove, picked up a roll of Guan Zhong's book and read it carefully.
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At noon, the snow stopped, Qingji lifted the sedan curtain, and a refreshing wind blew in his face.
Qingji couldn't help but lift his spirits, got up and walked out of the carriage, stood on the wheels and stretched his body, only to see the snow everywhere, stretching to the sky, the army stepped on the snow, shaking up their spirits, marching on the snowfield.
"Ah Qiu, how far is it from the Yellow Pond?"
Ah Qiu lifted the reins of his horse, drew closer to him, and replied in a loud voice, "My lord, there are still more hours to come." ” "Hmm" Qingji nodded, turned his head slightly, and suddenly saw a black line squirming towards the boundless snowfield, and at the same time, the ranger in charge of the guard was galloping towards this place, waving the black flag in his hand.
Qingji saw the flag and knew that it was also the team of princes who went to the meeting, so he couldn't help but smile curiously: "I don't know which way the princes arrived, and meeting in the snow is also fate." ” After a while, the ranger rushed to the front, hugged his fists and said, "King Qiqi, the team of the monarch of the Qin State has arrived." ” "Oh" Qingji hadn't seen this eldest brother yet, so he hurriedly ordered: "Stop for the time being, wait for Uncle Qin." ” After a while, the team marched in front of them, and the ranger scouts on both sides informed each other of the news, and the Chinese convoy of the other party approached the Chinese army with the banner of the dragon and phoenix of the Wu State.
When the car arrived, the curtain of the car was lifted, and a man in a suit walked out.
As soon as he got out of the car, he stood on the car and laughed: "In front of me is King Wu's car" This man is burly, in his thirties, dressed in a black dress, with a bright red bib at the bottom, and a red face dyed with thatched grass at the waist, although he speaks the official language of Zhou Tianxia, but it still has a bit of a dialect flavor in Guanzhong, which is very similar to Ji Huan's accent.
Qingji was very kind when he heard this, stood in the car and laughed: "This is Uncle Qin, I am fortunate to have a good meeting, and I am Qingji below, I have seen His Excellency Uncle Qin." ” As soon as the man heard this, he jumped out of the car as soon as he lifted his robe, and walked over with a "creak" in the snow, and Qingji jumped out of the car when he saw that he was busy, and the two came closer, and the four big hands were clasped together and laughed.
"It's rare, if it weren't for the Marquis of Qi convening a meeting of princes, you and I wouldn't have had the opportunity to meet this guy."
Uncle Qin laughed and said, lowered his voice and said, "My sister is good."
Qingji smiled: "The queen is fine." ” Qin Bo breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good, that's good."
I'll just say, I'll always be more sensible when I become a woman, when my sister was in the Qin Kingdom, but from time to time I made trouble in my palace, but fortunately I have you, no, hahahaha" He swept his eyes around and said, "It's rare for you and I to meet here, are you willing to go in the same car with Yingxiang?"
"I don't dare to ask for my ears" The two looked at each other and smiled, and boarded Qin Bo's car hand in hand, and the two armies continued to move forward side by side.
Qin Bo smiled and asked, "King Wu thinks that this meeting of the Yellow Pond, who can be called the overlord of the world?"
Qing Ji played with the hanging su on the curtain of the car, and said casually: "Isn't it already rumored in the world that the five princes in the northwest want to elect Qi as the overlord of the world, I don't know what Qin Bo's opinion is, but he intends to compete for the position of the overlord."
Qin Boyingxiang hurriedly shook his hand and said with a smile: "Qin State lives in the west, and has never been valued by the princes of the Central Plains, how dare he win the position of overlord of the world Qi is a big country in the East, since the split of the Jin State, if you talk about strength, only Qi State deserves the title of overlord."
It's just that Qi is the head of the princes in the north and the east, and now it is supported by the princes of the Central Plains.
Recently, the state of Wu has seized the east in the north, destroyed the Yue country in the south, and competed with the state of Chu in the west.
"Haha, Uncle Qin has won the award, Wu is a small country in the southeast, and even if it has some fame now, it is difficult to compete with Qi State.
In fact, among the princes in my south, the Chu State is the most powerful.
It's just that the king of Chu is difficult to be young, and it is difficult to convince the public."
Ying Xiang frowned and said, "Qin Wu has a long way to go, and the date of the meeting of Huangchi is a little urgent.
Therefore, there was no communication between each other beforehand, and I originally planned to discuss it with the king after I arrived in the Yellow Pool, and I hoped that the king would be honest.
The state of Lu would not want the state of Qi to be hegemonic, and when he heard that the state of Song lost the battle for Pengcheng, he was also forced to negotiate an alliance with the state of Wu.
If the king intends to compete with the Qi State for hegemony, the Qin State, the Chu State, and the Dongyi State must agree with it.
Yingxiang is sure to persuade Zheng Guo to also stand on our side, and as long as Lu and Song are both soft and hard, at least they will not oppose it, in that case, Wu may not have the strength to compete with Qi.
Does the king really want to give up such a good opportunity?"
Qingji smiled slightly, and said: "The overlord of the world, the chief of the princes, on behalf of the Son of Heaven, ordered Lile to conquer the princes.
Wu Guoshi has no such power, and Qing Ji really has no such intention.
Don't hide it from Uncle Qin, Wu has fought repeatedly, the national strength has been greatly damaged, this time the Huangchi meeting, the honor guards of the three armies are not together, just imagine such a situation, what is Wu to fight for the hegemony of the world" Qin Bo followed Qingji's gaze pointing out the window, and saw that Wu Jun's clothes were shabby and his armor was gray.
The Wu people are southerners, and they are a little afraid of the cold, so they are dressed more bloated, and they are covered with worn and worn armor outside, which seems to be really majestic.
Looking at the weapons, flags, and chariots used by the Wu people, Qin Bo couldn't help frowning, it is really better to be famous than to meet, it is better to be famous than to meet, and the national strength of Wu is really weak enough.
But although Qin Bo has no ambition to compete for hegemony, he also does not want the Qi State, which has never taken the Qin State in his eyes, to become the overlord of the world.
He thought about it carefully and said: "The princes of various countries are rushing to Huangchi one after another, and there are still three days during the conference, in which the princes of various countries will inevitably contact each other and form an alliance secretly. ” Qing Ji saw that his idea of persuading himself to come out and fight for hegemony was still not dispelled, so he said: "It's okay, Uncle Qin, remember that if the Qin State intends to fight for the position of the overlord, the Wu State will definitely stand on the side of the Qin State and wave the flag and shout and fully support it." ” Qin Bogan laughed twice and was about to shirk it, when a Qin general hurried to the front of the car and reported with a mouth full of white mist: "Qiyu Guojun, there are two princes fighting ahead, and the soldiers and horses are clashing, so that the wheels of both sides are twisted and unable to move, blocking our way. ” "Oh" Yingxiang heard that her eyebrows fluttered, and she immediately said happily: "Is there such a thing, wait for the widow to see."
As soon as he lifted the sedan curtain, he couldn't wait to rush out.
Qingji's face was full of strangeness at first sight, no wonder this eldest brother was so keen to persuade himself to fight for the hegemon, and he liked to watch the excitement To be continued: