Chapter 75: Honor the King and Get Everything
Luo State.
Luo Yan received a letter from Qingji, "Father, Qingji has ascended the throne of Wu Bo in Wu State and sent a letter of alliance to Luo State."
"May the Lord of Heaven be with you, and may you live forever and be blessed with good health.
Marquis Luo, the prince said, thanks to the loyalty of his officers and men and the support of the people, Qingji has ascended the throne as the king of Wu.
Helü usurped the throne of Wudu and even built a palace that violated regulations. What kind of a rebellious beast was he?
No wonder he committed such evil deeds as regicide, seizing the throne, and oppressing the people.
From that day on, Qingji gave up the title of king imposed on him by the traitor Helu, and continued to guard the southeast with his old title of Wu Bo.
Now that all the concubines in the world are in decline and the royal family is in ruins, is the dynasty established by King Wu and King Su going to lose its mandate from heaven?
So where should the princesses go?
How can the nobles of the Ji clan in Jin, Luo and Wu exist between heaven and earth?
I am often worried and confused, not knowing where the road ahead lies. I can only rely on my courage and strength to fight a bloody battle in Hanyang with the State of Chu, which covets the sacred artifacts of the country. This is all Qingji can do.
After studying in Luoguo Palace for several years, Qingji knew the essence of Luoguo’s state. As a relative of the Ji clan, defending the royal family is what I should do.”
Luo Ci was silent after reading the letter. After a while, he said, "This is a letter of less than a hundred words. I'm afraid the king and his ministers of Wu carefully considered every word before sending it to me."
Luo Yan looked calm and nodded, "I'm afraid so. Qingji doesn't have such political wisdom. It must have been done by a wise man from Wu."
In the letter, Wu Guoxin first strongly condemned Helu's presumptuous behavior, and then expressed his willingness to continue to guard the southeast with the title of Earl of Wu.
This word of defense is used very cleverly.
Who is this guarding for? Of course, the royal family!
The Wu State expanded into the southeast not for its own expansion, but for the royal cause.
Afterwards, he mentioned Jin and Luo, the two most prominent states among the Ji clan princes, and compared Wu with Jin and Luo in order to enhance his own value.
All the Xia countries knew that Luo State was uniting the various countries in an effort to maintain the authority of the Zhou royal family, and that Qi and Jin were its most important allies.
Qi and Jin were reluctant to be allies because they also coveted the Zhou royal family, but Luo attacked them severely.
Before, Wu could only be regarded as a younger brother, but now Wu wants to join this alliance to safeguard the royal family and gain greater benefits from it.
Therefore, the letter specifically mentioned the bloody battle between Wu and Chu in Hanyang, and also mentioned that Chu was powerful and had never respected the royal family, in order to highlight its own importance.
Luo Ci was lying on the couch, looking at the gauze curtains above the bedroom. On them was a pattern of a flying phoenix, which was the totem of Bang Zhou and also the totem of the Luo family.
The black bird sent by heaven descended and gave birth to the Shang Dynasty!
The phoenix sings at Mount Qishan, and King Zhou rules the world!
Does the Phoenix still have a chance to sing again in Mount Qishan?
Luo Ci said softly: “It is good that the Wu Kingdom honors the king, eliminates the old customs of the barbarians, and regains the identity of the Ji surname.
In recent years, the development trend of Qi has gradually followed the footsteps of other countries. The noble families in the country have become stronger. It is time to choose new protectors for the royal family."
Luo Yan shook his head and said, “Wu is naturally deficient. If it wants to defeat Chu, it still has hope if it has elite soldiers and good generals and Chu makes another mistake.
But the State of Chu was a behemoth like a dragon or an elephant, while the State of Wu was a water snake in the river. The territories and populations of the two sides were unequal, and it was extremely difficult to go upstream and annex the State of Chu.
Moreover, behind Chu is the blood alliance of Qin. The great minister of Qin, Yili, pursues the strategy of uniting with Chu to conquer the west. Therefore, Wu is at most the hegemon of the southeast. To protect the royal family, it still has to rely on the power of Qi and Jin. "
If Luo Ci and Luo Yan knew that Qin and Chu had not only begun to pacify the Western Rong and the Southern Man, but were also gradually including the southwestern Bashu countries in their conquest, they would probably be even less convinced that Wu could swallow an elephant.
Luo Ci said helplessly: "How could I not know what you said?
However, Qi State gradually lost its trust. The noble families in the country were fighting with each other. They wanted to make contributions, so they encouraged the Duke of Qi to attack the few remaining countries around Qi State.
The State of Qu was destroyed, but there was still the State of Ju. If the State of Ju was destroyed, where would the State of Qi focus its attention?
In the past, Qi formed an alliance with Luo because Luo could bring benefits to Qi. Now, the countries east of Luo are gradually disappearing. Where can Qi get land from?
There were five major clans fighting for power in the State of Qi. There were clans of senior officials and clans of lower status but strong strength. They consumed each other's military strength.
Ten years ago, when Qi attacked Ju, the An family's soldiers were annihilated due to the betrayal of several other noble families. War became a tool for the struggle for power and profit within the country, and we can see how dangerous it is. "
Several kings of Qi died early in succession, which resulted in the royal family being unable to control the powerful noble families. However, it was impossible for the Luo family to bypass the king and contact the ministers who had undermined the monarch.
Although the Luo family has a flexible bottom line, the bottom line of etiquette cannot be crossed.
Seeing that Luo Yan understood, Luo Ci said: "Qi is unstable, and the reckoning of the royal family in Jin is still ongoing, so Wu is needed now.
If Wu can annex Yue and spend several years integrating it, it should be able to hold Chu in the south. Now is the time to make a big move.
He wrote back to Qingji, asking the State of Wu to pay tribute to the emperor in the name of the small clan of the Ji clan, and that the quality and quantity of the tribute should be higher.
Send someone to Luoyi to ask the emperor to grant him the right to conquer the area south of the Huai River."
Luo State was the pillar of the Zhou royal family. Although the Zhou emperor often did some outrageous things, he would never refuse Luo State's requests.
Luo Ci thought for a while and said, "There are not many princes with the surname Ji now. Even Zheng and Yan are marquises. We should let Wu be promoted to marquis. Ask the emperor to confer the title on him and send a grand team to Wu so that all Wu people know about this."
Luo Yan's eyes lit up, and he said happily: "Father, you are still the most experienced!"
Just like his father once looked at him with disappointment, Luo Ci looked at Luo Yan with some disdain, "The children of the royal family are becoming more and more mediocre.
There are many talented people in the academy now, and there are saints like Confucius who have opened private schools and have many disciples. When wisdom explodes, what will the Luo family do?
What can we use to defend Bang Zhou’s rule!
Our ancestors said that there were shackles on Luo's body, but how could these shackles be removed?
Do you have any idea?"
Luo Yan was speechless. How could an ordinary person like him understand the wisdom of his ancestor? It would be almost the same if Lord Luo Wen was resurrected.
Luo Yan left his father's dormitory with some shame and began to arrange people to do what his father had asked him to do.
After receiving Luo Yan's letter, the king and his ministers of Wu laughed, and Qingji even took Sun Wu's hand and said with a smile: "Changqing.
If the war with Chu and Yue did not require you, with your talent, you could not only be a general, but also the prime minister of Wu!"
Sun Wu waved his hand and said, "Your Majesty, you are too kind. This is just a coincidence."
In Wu, the king and his ministers flattered each other in an atmosphere of great joy. Nearly a thousand envoys from Wu left the capital, bringing with them a large number of treasures from Wu and the world-famous beauties and swords from Wu and Yue, and went to Luoyi to pay tribute to the Emperor of Zhou.
While the State of Wu was still on the way, the envoys from the State of Luo had already arrived in Luoyi.
"The Son of Heaven, may the King of Heaven protect you and Bangzhou. May you and Bangzhou live in peace and health forever!"
Luo Qingyi brought the news to the Zhou emperor that the State of Wu would soon pay tribute, and at the same time told him the title and power that Luo Ci hoped the Zhou emperor would grant him.
The King of Zhou also understood and said with a smile: "Lord Luo is in charge of the country, and I will definitely agree!"
The State of Wu paid tribute to the Emperor of Zhou. The Emperor of Zhou, on the grounds that the state was a noble vassal of the Ji clan, conferred the title of marquis on Wu, stationed him in the southeast, and granted him the power of conquest.
This is almost a recognition of Wu's status as the overlord of the southeast. You can do whatever you want with Yue, and the royal family and the princes of the Central Plains will not care about it.
This caused quite a stir in the world. In the eyes of many people, the Zhou royal family and the State of Luo promoted an earl to a marquis and gave him the power of a regional governor on the grounds of his blood relationship with the Ji clan.
This was a declaration to the world that the princes of the Ji clan were still protecting the royal family and that the Mandate of Zhou was still intact.
For a while, the noble families in various countries also restrained themselves a little.
…
Emperor Gaozu held a banquet in the East Palace in Luoyang.
Emperor Gaozu said: During the Spring and Autumn Period, Qin and Chu were powerful countries with tens of thousands of chariots, thousands of miles of fertile land, and millions of soldiers. The Zhou Dynasty was in decline, with a territory of only three hundred miles and a population of less than one hundred thousand. How come Zhou was the king of the world, while Qin and Chu were vassal states?
The ministers replied: The Mandate of Heaven is with Zhou!
Emperor Gaozu said: No!
The King of Zhou ruled the world over Jin, Luo, Wu and Qi. All of them were relatives of the Ji clan and noble relatives for generations.
By the time Jin was divided, Luo was in decline, Wu was destroyed, and Qi changed, the Zhou Dynasty was in panic and perished!
The ministers looked at each other, speechless. - "Records of the Grand Historian: Annals of Emperor Gaozu"
There is also in the afternoon~
(End of this chapter)
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