After Spring and Autumn

Chapter 319 Battle of Ideas
Guo Xia was stunned for a moment when he got the news, but he immediately realized that Meng Di sent someone here with only one purpose at this time, and that was to come here to persuade him to surrender, which made him a little hesitant.

Judging from the current situation, the Han Kingdom is indeed a good choice, but the problem is that it conflicts with what Guoxia insists on. Although the Chu Kingdom in the south and the Wu Kingdom are said to be very powerful vassal states now.

But they ignored the rules of the Central Plains, and even made themselves kings. Therefore, the princes of the Central Plains saw that Wu and Chu were not much different from barbarians. This is why Chu and Jin fought for so many years. Reasons for not being recognized.

Later, King Zhuang of Chu couldn't figure out this problem. No matter how you look at it, the Chu State was strong enough at that time. Why didn't the northern vassal states recognize the status of Chu State?

So King Zhuang of Chu continued to expand the territory, thinking that as long as the strength of Chu State is strong enough, then the princes in the north will be afraid. congratulate.

Only Uncle Shen, a senior official of the Chu State, watched this coldly. King Zhuang of Chu found it very strange, so he said, now that our Chu State has destroyed the Chen State, and the local nobles have come to congratulate them, why are you like this?
After thinking for a while, Uncle Shen told a story, saying that there was such a person who was careless in doing things. Because he was good at gambling, he went to gamble without taking care of his cattle. In the neighbor's farmland.

The neighbor found that the food he had worked so hard was taken by the cow as food. Naturally, the atmosphere was endless, so he killed the cow with a knife, and said that Uncle Shen asked the king of Chu Zhuang, what did the neighbor do? how?

As soon as King Zhuang of Chu heard that what this neighbor had done was a bit too much, Uncle Shen took the opportunity to say, that's the reason. Xia Zhengshu of Chen State was indeed guilty of killing his own king and making himself king.

But now the king has not only conquered Xia Zhengshu, but also destroyed Chen Guo. Isn't this similar to that neighbor?I don't think there is anything to celebrate about this matter. Only by prospering and destroying the country, inheriting the peerless world, and elevating the Yimin, can other vassal states be convinced.

After hearing this, King Zhuang of Chu agreed greatly, so he found the descendants of Lord Chen and re-established Chen. Because of this, the behavior of Chu gradually conformed to the values ​​of the northern princes, so many The vassal states took refuge in Chu State.

From then on, King Zhuang of Chu dominated the world, allowing Chu to be gradually accepted. Now Mengdi established Han through the Prince Dynasty, and first destroyed Ju through various methods, and then turned around and destroyed Song. This made Guoxia quite disapproved from the heart.

However, Guoyuan was obviously moved by this matter. He saw that his father hadn't spoken for a long time, so he said.

"Father, since Mengzi has sent an envoy, no matter what, father should meet with him to see what Mengzi wants to say. Now that things have come to this point, at least he must know what he wants to say. "

After hearing this, Guoxia sighed leisurely, and said with a hint of despondency in his tone.

"Although the rituals of the Zhou Dynasty are now broken, there are still basic rules. To be able to prosper and destroy the country, to inherit the peerless world, and to raise the people, this is a vassal state that should have some moral character, but Mengzi only managed to raise the people and let the virtuous so as not to waste time."

"As for the other two, they didn't do it at all. In this case, the Han State will not be recognized by other vassal states in the future, although for a while, many vassal states have colluded with the Han State in order to protect themselves."

"However, as time goes by, I'm afraid that the Han will cause the princes of the world to join forces to attack. You must know that the princes have been passed down for hundreds of years. Now Han is only trying to strengthen its own strength and destroy other princes. How can it be convincing? "

"Even the once mighty state of Chu was able to dominate the world in the end because it obeyed such rules. As a father, I dare not agree with what Mengzi is doing now."

On the other hand, Guoyuan's face showed a contemplative look. After a while, he raised his head and spoke slowly.

"Father, the world has changed now. At the beginning, Xia Zhengshu was conspiring to seize the position of the monarch, so he was punished. But in today's world, among more and more vassal states, it has become the norm for senior officials to control the government."

"If you follow what my father said, then many of the vassal states in the world will be punished, but now Qi's hegemony has declined, and Chu's capital has been broken by Wu, and now Wu is ambitious."

"Constantly annexing the small neighboring countries, the strength can be strengthened. Under such circumstances, all the vassal states have begun to protect themselves, and even some vassal states have taken the initiative to show favor with Wu State. This shows that the current situation has changed."

"Although what my father said is reasonable, I'm afraid it's hard to adapt to the current situation. At least there is no overlord to maintain this order. Maybe Han will encounter this situation in the future."

"But the most important thing right now is, what should we do? Even if we rushed to the country of Yan according to what my father said, the power of the country of Qi will still fall into the hands of the Tian family. Could it be that the Tian family will be punished for this? "

Guoxia was stunned for a moment, and finally heaved a long sigh. The current situation is completely different from the era he imagined. Jin, Qi and Chu have all declined one after another.

And the aggressive Wu State has now become the most powerful southern vassal state. It can be said that the current situation is based on strength. Chen State, which was once restored by Chu State, has already taken refuge in Wu State.

So it was difficult for him to make a decision for a while, and after a moment of silence, he spoke.

"Forget it, just meet the envoy sent by Mengzi and see what he will say. Once the order of the world is lost, they will attack each other and strengthen their own strength. This is the time to take advantage of the trend.”

"I'm afraid that all of this is planned by Mengzi. The old man is also a little curious. Mengzi is also a man of vision. Why did he do such an unwise thing? Isn't this a burial for the future of the Han Kingdom?" Is it the root of disaster?"

After hearing this, Guoyuan didn't think so. He had been in contact with Mengdi for a long time and knew a lot, so he felt that Mengdi should have a more ambitious ideal. Otherwise, Han Guo would not Make this kind of reform.

(End of this chapter)