After Spring and Autumn

Chapter 314
As soon as Guoxia led the army into action, he immediately got the news that Mengdi personally led the army and moved towards the Qi Great Wall. It was obvious that he wanted to attack Qiguo, which made Guoxia full of worries and opened his mouth to Guoyuan Said.

"The thing we are most worried about has happened. Mengzi must have agreed to Tian's request now, so he will directly lead troops to attack our country of Qi. In this way, we can only speed up the march and try to block Mengzi. Beyond the Great Wall."

After hearing this, Guoyuan also showed a worried look on his face, and after thinking for a while, he spoke.

"Father, why don't you let your son go to see Mengzi at this time, maybe you can make him understand the reason and let the other party withdraw directly. In this way, for our country of Qi, we can also get a respite."

"The Tian family has been in Qi for so many years, and their influence is quite huge. Even if Gao Xiangguo gathers other officials of Qi, it may not be able to directly take down Gao Tang in a short time."

How could Guoxia not understand this truth?Regarding his son's naive thoughts, he sighed helplessly.

"Even if you saw Mengzi, how would you say it? Gao Xiangguo has always been well aware of Han's desire for locality. If Mengzi asks Qi to recognize the Emperor Zhou of Huaicheng, will you agree or not?"

Wen Yan Guoyuan was silent for a moment, then slowly lowered his head, he knew very well in his heart that before this kind of national interest, it was impossible for Mengdi's temper to back down, and he just wanted to give it a try attitude.

Hearing what his father said now, after thinking about it for a moment, Kunihara raised his head and asked seriously.

"Even if the Qi State recognizes the Emperor Zhou of Huai City, is there anything wrong? If the current Emperor Zhou, if not because of the support of the Jin people, how could he gain a foothold in Luoyi? Isn't this something that everyone in the world knows?"

"Nowadays, the rituals of the Zhou Dynasty have disappeared. If you give up the real benefits for the sake of fame, this is the most undesirable thing. Although Meng Di said that supporting the Prince Dynasty in Huai City as the Emperor of Zhou, this is suspected of disorderly government."

"However, the princes are attacking each other, and how many national armies put the emperor in their eyes? Father and Gao Xiangguo both want to follow the Zhou rituals and make Qi become stronger, but the reality now is that Qi has declined. gone."

"The State of Han is also adjacent to the State of Qi. Under such circumstances, what the State of Han wants is a guarantee. The Tian family has seized this point to cooperate with Mengzi in private. Why can't we?"

Hearing his son's words, Guoxia let out a sigh of relief, and said with a look of relief on his face.

"You can say these words, which shows that you have your own views on the situation in the world. This is a good thing, but have you thought about one thing, even though it is said that it is now at a time when rituals are breaking down."

"However, there are still scruples in the situation of each vassal state. This is the meaning of the struggle for hegemony. If Qi State turns to support Zhou Tianzi in Huaicheng at this time, the result will be different."

"In the end, all the vassal states in the world will be divided into two factions. One faction supports the Emperor Zhou of Luoyi, and the other faction supports the Emperor Zhou of Huaicheng. In this way, the long-established order will collapse."

"The whole world will also fall into a melee. This is why Gao Xiangguo and I are unwilling to express our position easily. Even if there are princes who are willing to do so in the future, then it has nothing to do with Qi."

"In the current chaos, the first thing Qi should do is to preserve its own strength, see the situation in the world clearly, and then make plans, instead of taking the initiative to stand up and push Qi to the forefront."

"In this way, the state of Jin will definitely regard our state of Qi as a thorn in the flesh. Once the war starts, it will be a war of destroying the country. As long as the order of the Zhou Dynasty does not completely collapse, it will be able to restrain other vassal states. Do you understand? ?”

It is obvious that Guoxia sees these things very clearly. Prior to this, the feudal lords' hegemony was nothing more than using their respective strengths to expand to the surroundings. When it reached the current situation, it has formed a situation where there are many vassal states.

As far as the north and the south are concerned, the two most powerful vassal states in the north are Jin and Qi, while in the south, they are Chu and Wu. Now there is an extra Han, which happens to be stuck in the middle of the north and the south. The situation is already quite delicate.

If it is said that the north and the south are busy fighting for hegemony, then Han will take advantage of this time to rise, because the reason is very simple. Zhou Tianzi in Huaicheng recognized the titles of King Chu and King Wu, but Mengdi is still a marquis, even the Duke neither.

This is obviously an act of showing weakness, which shows that Mengdi is a person who values ​​practical interests very much, and he doesn't care about these false names, which makes him appear particularly terrifying, powerful and capable, but low-key.

This is in stark contrast to the states of Qi and Jin who are busy fighting for hegemony. If under such circumstances, Qi and Jin will lose both sides, then the rise of Han will be unstoppable, so Guoxia supports Gao Zhang maintained a suppressive attitude towards Han.

After all, Guoyuan was still young, and he didn't think about things so deeply and thoroughly. After hearing these words, he also realized the seriousness of the problem. At the same time, it also reminded him of a possibility, and his voice became a little trembling.

"What my father means is that Mengzi is using this method to provoke the world's princes to confront each other? Then let South Korea profit from it? But Mengzi is so young, how can he have such foresight?"

"If all of this is true, then Mengzi is really awe-inspiring. Compared with Qihou's hegemony, it seems a bit ridiculous. This Mengzi is playing with the princes of the world as pawns. !"

But Guoxia shook his head lightly, with a very complicated look on his face, and said softly.

"This is a Yang conspiracy. Mengzi first found the right time to set up the emperor of Zhou in Huaicheng to test the reaction of the princes of the world, and then took advantage of this opportunity to follow our Qi State to attack Jin State and take the opportunity to weaken Jin State. Strength."

"It's not that Qihou didn't understand it, but at that time Qihou wanted to fight for world domination, so he chose to forbear under such circumstances, but no one thought that Han's actions would be so big, and within a short period of time It's developing too quickly."

"Nowadays, Zhou Li is completely abandoned, and the system of prefectures and counties is implemented, which reduces the power of scholar-bureaucrats to the extreme. It can be said that it is ambitious to strengthen the centralization of power in this way."

(End of this chapter)