The Dali calendar is about 300 to 400 years, the era of ritual music is over, and the era of turbulence has not yet begun. This hundred years is known as the Age of Hegemon.

Six great and shameless princes emerged in the era of the overlord.

The Zhongshan Kingdom of the Li Dynasty was the Taibao for generations, and the uncle of the Son of Heaven was no matter the generation. Zhongshan's position has always been above the princes.

The so-called overlord is the uncle, the chief of the princes to the subordinates, and the government of the emperor to the top.

The era of etiquette collapsed, the Li room declined, the etiquette collapsed, and the authority was no longer there. The Son of Heaven has been reduced to the nominal co-lord of the world, and the princes of the four seas and eight desolations and Kyushu have begun the road of hegemony, and five great and shameless princes have come to the fore and achieved hegemony, obtaining everything except the throne of the Son of Heaven.

Records of the six Overlords have been lost in the Dark and Turbulent Ages, and only fragments of information have documented their existence.

One said that it was Xiao Muhou, Qi Xiangong, Yan Wenhou, Qiao Zhaobo, Wu Jigong, and Chu Lingwang; The other is that Xiao Muhou, Qi Xiangong, Lu Zhuang Gong, Qiao Zhaobo, Wu Jigong, and Chu Ling Wang are six.

Meng Lan finally chose Xiao Muhou, Qi Xiangong, Lu Zhuang Gong, Qiao Zhaobo, Wu Jigong, and Chu Ling Wang.

Xiao Muhou.

In the era of the hegemon, Laiyi invaded the two countries of Qi and Lu, and Qi and Lu were defeated and asked Xiao for help. Xiao Muhou agreed to the request of Qi and Lu and sent troops to Qingzhou to defeat the invasion of Laiyi. The king of Laiyi asked for help from the thirteen departments of Dongyi, and a war between Dongyi and the Li Dynasty began. Xiao Muhou led the army to conquer Dongyi, destroyed the eight divisions of Dongyi, and rescued the difficulties of Qilu.

The following year, Xiao Muhou invited Qi Jinggong and Lu Yanbo to meet in Taishan, and the two countries of Qi and Lu recognized Xiao Muhou's supremacy, and a huge group across Xuzhou and Qingzhou was formed.

At this time, there were more and more vassal states, there were few big countries, and the Xiao family was the only one. Xiao Muhou entered Luoyi to ask the Son of Heaven to give him the title of state uncle, and the Son of Heaven agreed, and the first overlord was born.

Xiao Muhou was a wise monarch, he did not fight many wars, but dutifully assisted Li Tianzi to govern the princes of the world, and even sent troops to the four barbarians several times.

Xiao Muhou saluted the Son of Heaven and ruled the princes, and it was rumored to be a beautiful talk for a while. In his later years, Xiao Muhou was mediocre and thoughtless, as if he regarded himself as the real Son of Heaven, which caused the dissatisfaction of the princes of the world.

At this time, all the countries in the world began to develop, and the Qi State came from behind, and the mediocre Xiao Muhou was finally defeated by the young Qi Xiangong.

After the death of Xiao Muhou, his eldest son succeeded to the throne and was known as Xiao Zhuanghou in history. Marquis Xiao Zhuang was too cowardly, and he had nothing to do in the face of the growing Qi State, and finally gave up his hegemony.

Qi Xiangong.

Qilu are all descendants of Dongying, and the two countries occupied six points of land in Qingzhou. After the pacification of Dongyi, the two countries of Qi and Lu developed rapidly, and their national strength was much better than that of Xiao.

After the death of Xiao Muhou, his son succeeded to the throne and was known as Xiao Zhuanghou in history. Marquis Xiao Zhuang was too cowardly, and Duke Qi Xiangong took the opportunity to send troops to Xuzhou with Lu State, forcing Marquis Xiao Zhuang to give up his hegemony.

At this time, the Li Dynasty was facing a catastrophe, and the Central Plains countries were constantly divided, but Nanjing could not be divided, and the national strength gradually caught up with the Central Plains countries.

The young Qi Xiangong relied on benevolence and force to gain the support of the Central Plains countries, which also meant that he had to take on more responsibilities.

The state of Nanjing became stronger and stronger, and sent troops to invade Meng and Jiao several times. Meng and Jiao turned to Qi Xiangong for help.

Qi Xiangong dispatched Qi, Lu, Xiao, Dongying, Song, Yingguo and other Central Plains countries to resist the attack from Nanjing. In the end, he defeated the Nanjing Kingdom in the Battle of Chengpu and lifted the threat from the remnants of the previous dynasty.

Nanjing is a relic of the previous dynasty and is not looked down upon by the countries of the Central Plains. The strength of Nanjing was finally intolerable to the princes, Qi Xiangong crusaded against Nanjing, and also became the overlord of the land, he convened the princes in Qidu, and a total of eighty-seven princes were invited.

Compared with Xiao Muhou, Qi Xiangong's hegemony is more popular, he does not rely on strong national strength to bully small countries, and even regards himself as a fair person who mediates the contradictions of the princes. It's a pity that this benevolent Qi Xiangong died too early, otherwise maybe another era of etiquette and music would be opened.

Lu Zhuang Gong

Qingzhou Qi State is not a monopoly, and the national strength of Lu State is not lost compared to Qi State, but the prestige of Qi Xiangong to defeat Chu State is too high, and Lu State has always been subordinate.

The hegemony of Qi collapsed after the death of Qi Xiangong, and after Lu Zhuang Gong succeeded to the throne, he sent troops to neighboring countries and assisted the Son of Heaven several times to resist the invasion from Beidi and Guzhu, but it was still not enough to dominate.

It's just that Qi Xiangong's prestige was too high at the beginning, and it was too high for the threshold for hegemony later. Otherwise, assisting the Son of Heaven several times to resist foreign invasions from Beidi and Guzhu is enough to dominate.

In order to dominate, Duke Lu Zhuang brazenly sent troops to Jizhou and forced more than a dozen small countries in Jizhou to submit. Jizhou is a small country, Yuzhou is different, at this time there are already several big countries that have become famous, and Luzhuang still can't dominate after all his efforts.

At this time, Qiao Zhaobo said: "I heard that the Houthis in the west are strong, if you can conquer the Houthis, our Yuzhou princes will submit to your virtue."

The Houthis were former courtiers, and their history was too old. The Houthis merged with the Central Plains countries, Xiqiang, Inurong and other ethnic groups, and finally formed the Houthis with fierce folk customs.

The Houthis are brave and good at fighting, especially good at archery and horse riding, and the Yuzhou countries have suffered a lot.

Lu was too far away from the Houthi and did not know much about the Houthis, thinking that it was still a poor and backward country, so the ambitious Lu Zhuang Gong sent troops to the Houthi through Yuzhou in order to dominate. Lu Zhuang was careless, he underestimated the strength of the Houthis, or overestimated the national strength of the Lu State, and finally returned with a miserable defeat.

Originally, it was only one step away from hegemony, but this time the prestige of Lu Zhuang Gong plummeted, so the ambitious Lu Zhuang Gong set his sights on Nanjing.

Nanjing finally took advantage of the fact that the princes did not intrude to recuperate, and was crushed by the army led by Lu Zhuanggong, and finally achieved the hegemony of Lu Zhuanggong.

This Duke of Lu Zhuang was hegemonic in the shadow of Qi Xiangong, and his hegemony was very unstable, so he desperately wanted to consolidate his hegemony.

The greatest threat to the hegemony of the Duke of Luzhuang was the Yuzhou States. Yuzhou has unique geographical conditions, rich land, prosperous people, among which Song, Qiao, Wei and Yang are the most rich and powerful.

The Duke of Lu Zhuang gathered a large army to invade Yuzhou, but was unanimously resisted by the princes of Yuzhou. The allied forces of Song, Qiao, Wei, and Yang repelled the state of Lu, and Duke Lu Zhuang was unfortunately killed by an arrow.

Qiao Zhaobo.

After the death of Duke Lu Zhuang, the princes began to fall into a situation of strife, and the states of Yuzhou were the strongest. Qiao Guo took the opportunity to rise and became the richest and most powerful country in Yuzhou in one fell swoop.

Qiao Zhaobo pretended to crusade against Xiao Guo and paraded troops on the outskirts of Luoyi. The gongs and drums of the three armies shook the sky, and Li Tianzi asked the king of Zhongshan to come out to express his greetings.

Qiao Zhaobo asked: "Taibao, in the past, Dayu traveled all over Kyushu and drew the "Yugong Kyushu Map", but he is still in Luoyi?"

Zhongshan Wang Zhengse replied: "The Map of Yugong Kyushu is at your feet."

King Zhongshan is very loyal, and his answer is also very ingenious, "Yugong Kyushu Map" is the Kyushu of the world, and it also implies that Qiao Zhaobo cannot covet Kyushu.

How could Qiao Zhaobo's hegemonic heart be extinguished by a word from the King of Zhongshan? He asked again: "I heard that in the past, King Wen followed Dayu's example and cast Jiuding with Kyushu tribute copper and placed it in Taimiao, Jiuding can weigh a thousand pounds?"

The king of Zhongshan replied: "Jiuding inherits the will of heaven and covers all the people. How heavy the world is, how heavy Jiuding is. ”

Qiao Zhaobo no longer asked Jiuding, and sent troops to attack Xiao on the grounds that Xiao Guo did not pay tribute to the Li Dynasty.

At this time, in addition to Qiao, the strength of Song, Wei, Yang and other princes in Yuzhou was not weak, and Qiao Zhaobo's road to hegemony was extremely difficult.

This Qiao Zhaobo's perseverance is amazing, he has been fighting horses for half his life, crusading against the Song State today, and defending the country tomorrow, and he will not stop for a moment.

In the end, the Yuzhou states were really tired of Qiao's harassment, and agreed that if Qiaoguo could conquer Housthis,

This Qiao Zhaobo finally became the hegemon in his old age, but unfortunately he died soon after.

After Qiao Zhaobo's death, his son Qiao Xiangbo wanted to follow his example and ask the Li family Jiuding, and was summoned by the king of Zhongshan to attack Meng, Jiao, Song, Xiao, and Lu, and almost lost the country.

Wu Jigong.

Most of the hegemonic princes were the princes of the Central Plains, and the princes of the Central Plains coveted the position of the overlord, and there were many wars. At this time, the remote state of Wu quietly developed.

At this time in the Central Plains, the princes of Song, Xiao, Qi, Lu, Wei and other princes all had the intention of hegemony, but no one could obey the public, so it was agreed that whoever could conquer Nanjing would be elected as the overlord.

Several countries took turns to send troops to Nanjing, and the poor Nanjing Kingdom was trampled by the princes for the third time. Although no single country can conquer Nanjing, the endless conquests have made Nanjing bitter.

The princes could not conquer Nanjing, and Wu Jigong of Wu State brazenly sent troops, and Nanjing State was powerless to resist for a long time, so he had to surrender.

The countries of the Central Plains did not want to see Nanjing, nor did they want to see the Wu State, which had many contacts with Baiyue, and refused to recognize the hegemony of Wu Jigong.

With the support of these small states, the angry Wu Jigong united with Xiao and Qi to crusade first against Lu, and then against Wei and Song, and finally made the Central Plains princes recognize his supremacy. Wu Jigong was an arrogant overlord who was desperate to consolidate his supremacy. But whether it is Qi, Lu, Xiao, Song, and Qiao, they are all great powers, and these Central Plains powers have always coveted the position of hegemon and challenged the authority of Wu countless times.

Wu Jigong used iron-blooded means to suppress the Central Plains countries, and for a time neglected to guard against the descendants of Nanjing.

King Chu Ling.

At the end of the hegemonic era, after Nanjing was divided into more than a dozen small states, the original prince of Nanjing inherited orthodoxy and established the country as Chu.

The history of Chu can be traced back to the distant former crown prince Gao Xin, and then to the ancestor of the Yu Dynasty, Yu Zhi.

The prince of Nanjing founded the country for Chu and believed in Xuanniao, adhering to the spirit of tenacity to expand the territory, as tenacious as their ancestors, and continued to struggle in Jingzhou, where tigers and leopards are rampant, poisonous miasma is everywhere, and thorns are overgrown.

The fifth overlord, Wu Jigong and Li Tianzi, refused to recognize the legitimacy of the Chu State, and the angry Chu State annexed a dozen or so small states around it in a fit of rage, claiming to be the king of Chu Ling.

Due to historical reasons, both Nanjing and the Chu State that inherited the orthodoxy of Nanjing are the remnants of the previous dynasty, and they are not treated well by the countries of the Central Plains, let alone the encroachment of King Chu Ling.

Only the Son of Heaven has always been the king, how dare the rest of the princes trespass? But King Chu Ling set a precedent and had a good time.

The princes couldn't stand it anymore, and Li Tianzi was even more furious, and asked the King of Zhongshan and Duke Wu Ji to lead the army to attack the Chu State.

This is a war between the Yu clan and the descendants of the Li clan, and the encroachment of the Chu State has caused the dissatisfaction of the descendants of the Li clan, and the princes spontaneously sent troops to the Chu State without the request of Li Tianzi.

The remnants of the Yu clan have been trampled on by the princes repeatedly, and Guozuo has never been recognized, and they have long hated these princes to gnash their teeth. They kept in mind the teachings of their ancestors, and even the rest of the descendants of Nanjing joined the army of Chu. Under the leadership of King Chu Ling, everyone in the people of Chu was a soldier, and they even repelled the alliance of princes twice, showing the tenacity of the descendants of the Yu clan.

The Youyu clan is too tenacious, Nanjing perfectly inherited the tenacity of the Youyu clan, and Chu Min perfectly inherited the tenacity of Nanjing.

After the death of Duke Wu Ji, the princes fell into hegemony again, and no one cared about the state of Chu. King Chu Ling led the people of Chu to expand their territory, plant grains, and develop agriculture. After five years of recuperation, King Chu Ling led a large army to the north of the Central Plains, conquering more than a dozen small countries in a row, and finally Chen soldiers outside Luoyi.

The cowardly Li Tianzi finally recognized the legitimacy of the Chu State, and did not withdraw the title of King Chu Ling, which can be regarded as acquiescence.

King Chu Ling did not ask for a Bozi title, but he was given a more noble king, and he used force to establish his hegemony.

With King Chu Ling setting a precedent, for a while, all the princes of the world followed suit, and they all went to Luoyi to ask for the word "king", and the cowardly Li Tianzi allowed them one by one.

In the 395th year of the Great Li calendar, King Chu Ling invited Li Tianzi to tour the south, Li Tianzi was reluctant, and King Chu Ling sent a large army to meet him in person outside Luoyi, and Li Tianzi had to go. Li Tianzi returned to Luoyi with only one corpse, and King Chu Ling shirked that Li Tianzi's boat Daze was killed by a dragon.

Li Tianzi was killed by King Chu Ling, and for a time, the princes of the world, led by the King of Zhongshan, fought against King Chu Ling. The king of Zhongshan gathered the army of the eighteen countries to suppress the border, and the king of Chu Ling asked for peace to no avail, so he had to face the battle.

The authority of the King of Zhongshan at this time was revealed, as a solid pillar of the Li Dynasty, the King of Zhongshan supported the new king to ascend the throne on the one hand, and crusaded against the Chu State with a heart of disobedience.

This battle expanded from 19 countries such as Zhongshan and Chu to more than 100 countries, from the 18 countries to conquer Chu to the battle for hegemony, and from Jingzhou to Kyushu under heaven.

The kingdom of Chu is strong, but it is still not enough in front of the eighteen countries, the state of Chu has been defeated again and again, and suffered the most in this war, and finally gave up the position of overlord, and also ceded the land to seek peace, and retreated from the chess game of this world hegemony.

The defeated state of Chu not only lost its position as overlord, but also returned most of the land that King Chu Ling had worked hard for all his life, giving up the fertile Jianghan valley and being forced to migrate south. But it is already the best result to be able to retreat with all your body, otherwise the Chu State, which was already carrying the legacy of the previous dynasty, would probably be trampled into a rag by these angry princes.

The retreat of the Chu State does not mean that the rest of the princes will be willing to give up the position of overlord.

This battle for hegemony in which the princes of the world participated was fought until the end of the 400th year of the Great Li calendar, and with the destruction of the Yang State by the Song Dynasty, the nature of the war changed, from fighting for hegemony to annexing.

The era of hegemony is over, an even greater catastrophe appears, and turmoil becomes the theme of Kyushu's chessboard.