"Some book friends say that the names of the characters are too obscure, but in fact, the names of that era were like this. Historical novels have to have the weight of historical novels, and if you take some modern names, it will feel very inconsistent. In this way, when the author chooses a name in the future, try to pick the popular one."

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Is Song Wangyan good or bad?

Meng Hu can ask such childish questions, which shows that he is still a child.

The attack of the countries is a game between the monarchs of various countries, there is only a conflict of interests, how can there be so much good and bad? Good and evil?

Yes, only interests!

For Song Wangyan, Meng Zhong has no stereotypical prejudice.

In his opinion, the last two monarchs, "Dai Xi" and "Dai Yan", can be called a qualified monarch.

The difference is that when Dai Xi, that is, Song Kuo Chengjun ruled the country, the Song State was somewhat subservient to the Qi State diplomatically, but in exchange for the support of the Song State - the Qi State also needed to unite with the Song State to suppress the powerful Chu State.

Therefore, although Song Juechengjun's submission to Qi was a bit humiliating in the eyes of many Song people - because Qi was no longer the powerful Qi state when Qi Huan Gong was in power, in Meng Zhong's view, submitting to Qi to promote the situation of "Qi and Song jointly suppressing Chu" was not a bad thing for Song State.

As for Dai Yan, that is, the king of Song, he was dissatisfied with the situation of the Song State submitting to the Qi State, usurped his brother's throne, and then brazenly launched wars against the Qi State, the Chu State, and the Wei State, and won three victories in succession, so that the countries did not dare to underestimate the Song State again, which was not a bad thing for the Song State.

All in all, Song Chengjun made a brief peace for the Song state through diplomatic channels, while Song Wangyan won a strong victory over the three kingdoms of Qi, Chu, and Wei to obtain a temporary peace, and although the two methods were different, they both achieved similar results.

But it is undeniable that Song Wangyan's approach has great troubles.

Although Song Chengjun humiliated Song and himself and became a vassal of Qi, he at least received support from Qi, even if Qi only regarded Song as a pawn to contain Chu, but he would eventually help Chu when he attacked Song - otherwise, if he sat back and watched Chu annex Song, Qi might become the next Song.

And Song Wang Yan, although he let the Song State 'become independent' and got rid of the control of the Qi State, he also offended the Qi State because of this.

If the incident of the Chu army attacking the Song State really happens in the future, it is impossible to say whether the Qi State will send charcoal to help the Song State in the snow, or divide the Song State with the Chu State.

What's even worse is that in addition to Qi and Chu, the relationship between Song and Wei is also quite bad.

In other words, although the Song State is now at peace, its neighbors are eyeing each other - the reason why these countries do not do anything to the Song State for the time being may be that they may be frightened by Song Wangyan's sentence "Five Thousand Times Song Song", and they don't want their country to be the first bird; On the other hand, it is also taking into account the attitude of other powerful countries, and I don't want to make wedding dresses for people in the end.

Based on these, in fact, the current situation of the Song Kingdom is very dangerous.

Of course, this is just Meng Zhong's conclusion based on what he knows, and he doesn't know what the truth is—maybe there are people behind Song Guo!

Otherwise, how could Song Wangyan dare to offend the three kingdoms of Qi, Chu, and Wei in one go?

You must know that the relationship between the Song State and Korea was also very poor, and the reason why the Song State moved the national capital from "Shangqiu" to "Pengcheng" was because of the relationship with Korea.

"The fortunes of the country are bumpy."

Meng Zhong sighed secretly.

However, he didn't dare to tell Meng Yi about the above thoughts, because it was really hard to explain how he could think so carefully - look at Meng Hu next to him, this guy is still in the stage of "good and bad".

Therefore, he replied vaguely: "Now that the people of the country live and work in peace and contentment, and the country is stable and peaceful, it can be seen that the king should be a wise king." ”

Meng Yan smiled and nodded when he heard this, and was about to open his mouth to comment on a few words, but suddenly someone from the side laughed and said, "It's a trick to say this." ”

Meng Yan frowned, raised his head and glanced at it, and then his frown relaxed.

At the same time, Meng Zhong, Meng Hu, and Meng Sui also turned their heads one after another, and saw that the elder Meng Jian was standing not far away.

Immediately, Meng Zhong and the three of them hurriedly stood up and bowed to Meng Jian, among them, Meng Zhong and Meng Hu were called "Elders", and Meng Sui was called "Grandfather".

Yes, the elder is the grandfather of Mengsui.

At this time, Meng Yan also stood up with Meng Hu's support, bowed to each other with Meng Xuan, and said with a slight ridicule: "Lord Zongzhu is actually interested in coming here to peep at my old and young?" ”

It turned out that he was recommended to serve as a "Zongzhu" in the clan, that is, to preside over various sacrifices.

In this era, sacrifices were generally regarded as the most important thing - whether it was to worship gods or ancestors, and even the rituals of sacrifice were strictly regulated.

Because of this, the elder who is generally responsible for the clan rituals has a very high status in the clan, and if the suzerain master is not in the clan, he can exercise the power and duties of the suzerain on his behalf.

All in all, status transcendence.

After listening to Meng Jin's ridicule, Meng Jian also laughed and scolded: "You old thing, you are disrespectful to the old, instigating the clan to judge the monarch in vain, and the old man interjects a sentence on the side, do you still want to be ridiculed by you?" ”

Hearing this, Meng Yan also laughed.

Meng Jian and Meng Jin, the former now serves as the Zongzhu and presides over the large and small sacrifices in the clan, while the latter has served as the "family Sima" of the Meng clan for a long time.

The so-called Sima is the contemporary military officer, and there are also "county Sima", "military Sima", "Little Sima", "Big Sima" and so on.

The duties of the family Sima are responsible for training the clansmen and teaching them to use weapons on weekdays; If there is a war in the country, the family Sima will lead his own people to follow the king's division to fight.

In addition, the "shooting salute" is also in charge of the family Sima.

A few years ago, Meng Yan felt that he was old and frail, so he resigned from the position of family master to the sect master, and at that time, Meng Yan recommended Meng Jin's eldest son "Meng Qing" to take over.

Meng Qing, that is, Meng Hu's biological father, the current Sima of the Meng family, is a very brave and serious man, even a stubborn guy like Meng Hu, he was afraid to see his father, and he behaved in front of his father, and he didn't dare to make a mistake.

After the joke, Meng Yan calmly asked Meng Jian, "Why do you have the leisure to wander around today?" I thought you were busy with the summer festival. ”

It just so happened that Meng Zhong was standing beside Meng Jian at this time, so Meng Zhong reached out and touched the former's head, and said with a smile: "There is an incident in the clan, and it is not a big deal, in short, I will talk to this son about something." ”

"Me?"

Meng Zhong thought that Elder Meng Zhi was looking for Meng Sui, but he suddenly felt Meng Xuan's hand on his head, and when he looked up again, sure enough, the elder Meng Zhi was looking at him with a smile.

“……”

Meng Jin's face showed a little curiosity, but since Meng Jian didn't mean to explain, he didn't want to ask, so he nodded and said, "Ah Zhong, then you can follow." ”

Meng Zhong nodded, and gradually walked away behind Meng Xuan.

Looking at Meng Zhong's departing back, Meng Hu said with some concern: "Isn't it that Ah Zhong has made some mistakes and wants to be questioned by the elders, right?" ”

Meng Yi was happy, knocked Meng Hu's head with the head of his crutches, and scolded with a smile: "You think everyone is as stubborn as your kid!" ”

After that, he stroked his beard, looked at the backs of Meng Jian and Meng Zhong in the distance, and said lightly: "Don't worry about it, Zong Zhu treats Ah Zhong like his own grandson, how can he be willing to criticize him?" ”

"Really?" Meng Hu asked in surprise.

Before Meng Yi could speak, as Meng Jin's true grandson, Meng Sui nodded and said: "It's true, my grandfather has told me more than once to take care of Ah Zhong and be close to Ah Zhong like a brother...... Speaking of this, he asked Meng Yan curiously: "Elder Yi, what is the reason for this?" ”

Hearing this, Meng Yan reached out and touched Meng Sui's head, and explained: "In the civil strife in my Song Kingdom, my Meng clan was implicated and was forced to follow the current king to attack the national capital. ”

"No wonder ......," Meng Sui nodded in realization.

At the same time, Meng Jian had taken Meng Zhong to a secluded place, surrounded by endless fields.

At this time, Meng Jian stopped, turned around and said to Meng Zhong, "Okay, let's be here." ”

Seeing this, Meng Zhong arched his hand towards Meng Jian and asked in confusion, "Elder, I don't know what you are looking for a boy?" ”

I saw Meng Jian ponder for a moment and asked, "Zhong'er, do you know 'Munda'?" ”

Meng Zhong nodded and said, "It's my Meng's grandson." ”

With that, he looked at Meng Jian with an even more confused gaze, not understanding why the latter had suddenly mentioned the clan brother.

After all, they are all from the same family, how can they not know? At most, they are not familiar, and there is no intersection on weekdays.

Not caring about the confusion on Meng Zhong's face, Meng Zhi said to himself: "This son has not been in the clan for nearly two years, just because the sect master asked him to serve a great sage named "Zhuang Zhou", and I hope that one day this son will be fortunate enough to become a disciple of Zhuangzi. However, due to some reason, this son couldn't bear it, and fled back to the clan two days ago, which caused the sect leader to be furious. ”

As he spoke, he told Meng Zhong about the general situation, and then said, "All in all, the old man recommended you in front of the sect master......

"Zhuang Zhou?" Meng Zhong was stunned, and then his eyes showed a little thinking that did not fit his age, and he didn't know whether he was searching for the deeds of Zhuang Zhou in his memory, or whether he was thinking about the pros and cons of this matter.

Seeing this, Meng Jian lowered his voice and said, "Are you willing to serve the great sage named Zhuang Zhou", like this, the old man will not ask you. You have to go, and you have to find a way to become a disciple of Zhuangzi! The old man knows that you have this ability! ”

Speaking of this, his tone softened slightly, patted Meng Zhong's shoulder, and said seriously: "It's not that the old man is persecuting you, but this opportunity is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The old man and your grandfather were like brothers, but he died unfortunately; Your father was raised by an old man; Your two brothers are also old men who grew up. Your brother Meng Bo can be mediocre, or he can only keep the family business. But you're different! The old Mengshu family is bound to be revitalized by you in the future! …… If you can get ahead in the future, even if the old man dies, you will still have the face to see your grandfather. ”

These heartfelt words made Meng Zhong quite moved.

He nodded and said, "The boy obeys." However, let the boy show his mother first. ”

"As it should be."

Meng Zhi laughed heartily and patted Meng Zhong's arm closely.

Among the contemporary juniors of the Mengshi clan, the kid named Meng Zhong in front of him is most valued, on the one hand, because of his friendship with his grandfather Meng Shu, and on the other hand, because of Meng Zhong.

Meng Jian always firmly believes that if there can be any great people in his Montessori junior, then it must be this son!