Chapter 33: Zhao Chenghou
The first monarch was the younger brother of King Wu of Zhou, Zhao Gongxi, who lasted for more than 600 years without losing power.
In addition, the six countries, the state of Chu is a barbarian tribe established itself as a vassal state, and the third generation of the Western Zhou Dynasty, King Zhou Kang, was officially canonized, with a history of 500 years. The state of Qin was canonized by King Zhou Ping after he moved east to Luoyang, and it has been more than 300 years so far.
The current Qi State is not the old Qi State divided by King Wu of Zhou, the monarch of the Qi State is surnamed Jiang, and the first monarch is the famous Jiang Shang, known as "Jiang Qi" in the world.
At present, this Qi country is the minister surnamed Tian of the old Qi country, Tian Qi, who killed the monarch surnamed Jiang when his power was big, and Tian Qi established himself as the monarch, which has been passed down for six generations, and the world is called "Tian Qi", and it is now more than 100 years.
The three kingdoms of Wei, Zhao and Han were originally the three ministers of the old princes of the Jin Kingdom, and after the power became large, the three families jointly divided the Jin Kingdom. King Weilie of Zhou had to officially canonize the three families of Wei, Zhao and Han as vassal states in the 43rd year of the Marquis of Wei, and it has only been more than 40 years.
That is to say, four of the seven warring states were established by seizing power - Qi, Wei, Zhao and Han; One is the mountain and the water are far away, first self-reliant, and then recognized by the royal family - Chu; Only Yan and Qin were officially canonized vassal states.
Yan was the founding prince of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Qin was the founding prince of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and the Yan State was exactly a whole era older than the Qin State.
"It deserves to be the most established vassal state. This appearance is very magnificent. Qin Feng looked at Yan Wengong, who was standing in the car like a god like a god with a bronze cart and a horse, a gold-roofed car cover, a black jade balance crown, a golden sheath sword in his hand, and a long beard fluttering like a god. At least today's Qin State Army patrol definitely does not have this kind of style.
However, although Qin Feng secretly admired Yan Wengong's might in his heart, Pang Juan was quite disdainful of it.
"The princes of one side have been quietly doing nothing for more than 600 years, and they are still living between heaven and earth with peace of mind, which is really hopeless." Pang Juan thought secretly in his heart. You can't blame Pang Juan for thinking so, in fact, it is. It has been 600 years since the founding of the Yan Kingdom. There has never been an era that has reached the point of dominating the world, and there has not even been any major reform or change. You can see what kind of king he is...... Don't want to forge ahead. However, at this time, the incomparably mighty Yan Wencheng was arrogantly waiting for the grand welcome of Pang Juan and the others, where would he have the heart to think about that.
When the drums beat loudly and the trombone sounded in unison, Pang Juan had already recovered from his reverie, and he was neither humble nor arrogant to sign up on the chariot, waiting for the only old aristocratic monarch with the blood of the Western Zhou royal family.
Yan Wengong had already seen the honor guard of the armor and Pang Juan's chariot outside the Xingyuan area, and he was quite satisfied with such a grand greeting. The Ji royal family, who respects the Zhou Gong etiquette system, is very particular about everything, and the more details they are, the more they pay attention to it. Yan Wengong is no exception, at this time, he has already begun to study the flaws in Pang Juan's honor guard.
"This Pang Juan. On the surface, it looks infinitely majestic and majestic, but in fact it is just an uneducated chief horn child, and this honor guard does not conform to etiquette everywhere. Gradually, he had discovered more than a dozen flaws in the etiquette of the greeting guard, the most conspicuous being that there was no band in the suburbs, but only trombone drums. Pang Juan, as the envoy of the alliance leader, went out of the car to greet him, but he only waited in place. Wei is known as the strongest country in the world, how can it be so desecrated and unelegant? But what then? Duke Yan Wen sighed, just as he had despised all the deceit and transgression for many years, and once again despised the ignorance and ignorance of the Wei State.
"This Yan State is really hopeless, what is the situation of his own country, but he still follows the etiquette everywhere in this world of the Warring States Period, and because of this illusory Zhou Li, he despises Wei, the first power in the world. is an old powerhouse at the end of the year, but the monarchs are all such pedantic and incompetent. Yan country is pitiful, Yan country is pathetic. Qin Feng looked at Yan Wengong's eyes, how could he not understand what Yan Wengong was thinking.
In fact, Qin Feng came out this time, in addition to finding out what the content of the six national alliances was, he also had a purpose in his heart, that is, to see the demeanor of the monarchs of the most powerful warring states today. In this way, we can judge which countries Qin can make friends with and which countries cannot be friends.
"General Wei and special envoy of the Six National Alliances, Pang Juan, welcome Yan to drive in a car." Pang Juan was respectful. Although he was disdainful in his heart, he still greeted him respectfully on the surface. Because Yan is a direct vassal state of the Zhou Dynasty, it is the blood of the Son of Heaven, if you don't respect the Yan Dynasty, you don't respect the Zhou Dynasty, and if you don't respect the Zhou Dynasty, the Wei State will be laughed at by the people of the world. Even if it is the world of the Warring States Period, the etiquette collapses, and the Zhou family declines. But nominally, the Zhou Dynasty is still the orthodox ruler of this vast Central Plains.
Yan Wengong's reserved elongated tone: "General, where is King Wei?" Yan Wengong tried his best to maintain his royal bloodline for Pang Juan's sense of superiority, compared to dress, Pang Juan is no less than him, compared to the momentum, his own Fengze is the territory of Wei. Therefore, he can only give himself a sense of superiority in the way he speaks.
"Back to the Duke of Yan, the leader of the alliance, King Wei, will arrive tomorrow, and today this envoy will greet the king on behalf of my king." Pang Juan was obviously prepared, and he was not at all annoyed by Yan Wengong's attitude, and responded without humility or arrogance.
"I'm afraid something will happen if I answer like this." Qin Feng's eyelids jumped when he heard Pang Juan's answer, and he already had a premonition of Yan Wengong's reaction in his heart......
"Alliance leader? has not yet been promoted by the alliance, how can the alliance leader? Sure enough, as soon as Pang Juan's words fell, Yan Wengong smiled coldly.
"Hui Yangong, this meeting is a great matter of the alliance, and all countries have replied in advance to support our king as the leader of the alliance. How forgetful is Yan Gong? "Pang Juan will not be vain and circumstantial. This Yan Wengong made it clear that he would not give face to King Wei. Dealing with this kind of person, I am afraid that the unruly Yan Gong in front of him will really return to Yan Country directly with his thousand knights, in that case, Pang Juan's Six Nations Alliance will become a joke, and Pang Juan's future will also come to naught. Pang Juan, how could he let this happen?
"Since it is a ceremony of the alliance, why is it so unruly? Yan Guo is not Han Zhao, this prince dissolves the alliance. With a wave of the long sword in his hand, "Hui Yan!" "This Yan Wengong is really unruly.
Pang Juan didn't look anxious, and said in a loud voice: "Yan Gong's six-hundred-year-old noble body actually ignored some trivial matters of etiquette and etiquette, how narrow is his strength? King Wei was late, not because he did not respect Yan Gong, but because he planned a heavy gift for Yan Guo. ”
"What does the Admiral mean?" Yan Wengong turned back to the car, his tone obviously gentle.
"This Yan Wengong, how small his qi is, he shouted to go back before, but now he won't leave when he hears this." Qin Feng shook his head silently.
Pang Juan smiled slightly, "Zhongshan Country is a piece of meat." ”
"Zhongshan Country?" Qin Feng was also stunned, this Wei State wanted the alliance to be held smoothly, and the price was too great. Directly use a country as a bait, or rather, a prize.
"The Marquis of Zhongshan went to the Wei State?" Yan Wengong was obviously taken aback.
Pang Juan nodded, "At this moment, King Wei is only afraid that he is washing the dust for the Marquis of Zhongshan." ”
Yan Wengong was silent for a moment, and laughed heartily: "Okay! Let's take a look at the methods of King Wei. ”
Qin Feng can understand Yan Wengong, Zhongshan and Yan are close neighbors, this Yan country has wanted to annex Zhongshan for generations, if it can annex Zhongshan country without spending a single soldier this time. Yan Wengong is naturally not happy.
At this time, the smoke and dust on Fengze Avenue were like thunder. Tanma Feibao: Zhao Chenghou, the monarch of Zhao State, led two thousand elite soldiers to the alliance!
Pang Juan smiled and said, "How about daring to invite Yan Gong to greet Zhao Hou together?" ”
"Zhao Guo and Yan Guo are feuding, and you want Yan Wengong to greet Zhao Hou? I'm afraid it's a deliberate slap in the face. Qin Feng smiled. This Pang Juan is also insidious, but Yan Wengong has no way to directly put the hatred between the two countries on the surface.
"It is enough to have a general to greet Zhao Chong. This father does not work to accompany the general. Yan Wengong looked at the banner of the word "Zhao" coming from afar, and sneered contemptuously. Just kidding, Yan and Zhao are feuding. This Pang Juan asked him to greet Zhao Hou, and in Yan Wengong's opinion, he was slapping him in the face.
Pang Juan naturally understood Yan Wengong's thoughts, and he was not obsessed at the moment, and ordered loudly: "Guide officer, lead Yan Gong into the industry to rest." ”
The guide of the red-clothed horse held high the red and blue banner of "Yan", and walked forward in front of the Yanwen bus, and the Yanwen bus entered the Xingyuan area.
Pang Juan naturally knew that Yan and Zhao were fighting for Zhongshan in the Taihang Mountains region of Hedong, and if it weren't for Wei's mediation, the two countries would have met each other a long time ago.
Between Yan and Zhao, Pang Juan likes Zhao Guo. It's not because Zhao and Wei belong to the same "Three Jins", Pang Juan is not from Wei in the first place, and he doesn't have the vulgar thoughts of the old Wei people. Pang Juan took a fancy to the heroic style of the Zhao State, which had been established for less than 50 years, and despised the aging spirit of the 600-year-old Yan State.
In terms of strength, it is entirely possible for Zhao to swallow Zhongshan and defeat Yan. But Wei could not support Zhao. Because in that way, Zhao would become a first-class power comparable to Wei.
In order to maintain the status quo of the strength of the other six major warring states and always maintain a large gap with the strong strength of Wei, Pang Juan proposed to the king of Wei the strategy of "supporting Yan and suppressing Zhao", and set the basis of Wei's mediation of the dispute between Yan and Zhao to prevent Zhao from becoming strong.
Although this is contrary to Pang Juan's emotional tendencies, this is the spirit of loyalty and national seeking that Pang Juan must have as a general of Wei, otherwise, how could he Pang Juan be called the first disciple of Mr. Guiguzi?
"General, don't come unharmed, huh?" Zhao Chenghou laughed arrogantly, and pointed the sheathed long sword in his hand at Pang Juan.
Pang Juan suddenly woke up, laughed and jumped off the car, and bowed deeply: "Zhao Hou is here, Pang Juan is actually distracted, and he is extremely ashamed, please forgive me." ”
"Simu? Ahh Zhao Chong's long sword was on the chariot, and a pair of eyes shot towards Pang Juan like electricity, "Set a trap for Zhao Chong again, ah?" ”