The vassal states of the Western Zhou Dynasty were like big waves washing sand, and what could be left after the sand was washed little by little was mixed quite well at that time.

Now these countries that Xu Hou analyzed for himself are all the best among the princes in the Zhou royal family, if he can get the help of these countries, the smooth succession of the crown prince Ji Yijiu is almost done.

After hearing this, Shenhou seriously analyzed the current situation, "It's hard to say about Rui, after all, this country has always been close to the big river, and it has a very good relationship with the Jin State in the east. If the attitude of the Jin Kingdom is unclear, the situation of the Rui Kingdom will not be easy to say. I think so, the attitude towards Rui Guo is the same as that of Jin Guo, send a letter to the past first, if you can get support, it's best to get support, you really can't get support, don't let them mess up, just follow Gongzi Yuchen. ”

The matter of Rui Guo was solved in this way first, and then Zheng Guo was due east.

The Zheng Guo of the Western Zhou Dynasty was not the Zheng Guo of the Spring and Autumn Period, and the Zheng Guo was still in Guanzhong at this time.

Shenhou thought for a while and said: "Zheng Guonai is in charge of the uncle of the crown prince Ji Yijiu, and he has always admired the crown prince very much, I think it should not be a problem to ask him to stand up and support the crown prince Ji Yijiu at this time." ”

For Zheng Guo, Shenhou is still quite confident. After all, Zheng Guo's ancestor Zheng Huan Gong is a famous virtuous minister, has been advising the Heavenly Palace to implement benevolent government, and later when the dog Rong led the troops into the pass, Zheng Huan Gong also led troops to reinforce the Son of Heaven in Ho Jing, but the enemy's attack speed was extremely fast, and before he came over with his troops, Dog Rong had already killed Zhou Tianzi Ji Gongyan and destroyed the Ho Jing.

In the end, when Zheng Huan led his troops to pursue the remnants of the dog Rong, he was attacked by the dog Rong and died on the battlefield.

It can be regarded as completing the due mission of a virtuous minister in a belt.

After the death of Zheng Huan Gong in battle, his eldest son Di Tu succeeded to the throne as the monarch of Zheng Guoguo, known as Zheng Wugong in history.

This Zheng Wugong is not an ordinary person, but an ambitious person, and the relationship with the Zhou royal family is not bad, if Zheng Guo is also asked to support the crown prince Ji Yijiu to succeed to the throne as the Son of Heaven, he must not object.

As for Yakuni in the south, this country always has such an indescribable momentum, its strength is not good, and its ambition is not small.

Shenhou was thinking, "If you want Yakuni to help us at this critical moment, I think we must have to pay some blood." ”

Yaguo is indeed a lord who does not see rabbits and does not scatter eagles, and Shenhou knows that if Yaguo comes forward to help the crown prince Ji Yijiu, it will definitely cost money. As for what people want, he doesn't know for the time being.

Finally, Shenhou talked about the Qin people.

When he mentioned the Qin people, he hesitated, not knowing what to say, "As for the Qin people in the west?" Ben Hou is really hard to say. In terms of strength, the strength of the Qin people at the moment is really not bad, but after all, they are a newly canonized country, and the degree of integration with the princes of Guanzhong is not high, and they have not been recognized by the princes of Guanzhong. It's hard to say what you say! ”

Marquis Shen spoke, "Shenhou, in fact, this Qin person, who is the most difficult to say, may be the key person for the crown prince to succeed to the throne in the future, you should also know that since this Qin person entered Guanzhong, the strength has risen vigorously, if you can get the support of the Qin people, why worry about this matter, you should think about it more." ”

This one?

Of course, Shenhou knew the strength of the Qin people at this time, but it was precisely for this reason that he didn't want to ask the Qin people to come forward to help him.

It's like looking for a helper, if the strength of this helper is a little worse or weaker, it must be easy to control, but if the helper's strength is stronger than yourself, then it will be a little difficult to control.

With Shenhou's extremely strong desire to control, how could he tolerate the Qin people to become bigger?

But if you don't ask the Qin people to come forward to support you, it will be really difficult for this Ji Yijiu to be the son of heaven of the royal family last week.

"The Qin people were not originally the princes of Guanzhong, if they were invited to support the crown prince to succeed to the throne as the Son of Heaven, would it arouse the opposition of the other princes?" Shenhou thought for a while and said.

Xu Hou shook his head, "Shenhou is wrong, the current Qin people have been canonized as Sanbo by the first king, which is equivalent to recognizing the status of the Qin people as princes in Guanzhong, as for whether it is counted as the princes of Jin, this is not a matter at all, Jinai is not Jinei, that is because of the place where the country is located, and the current Qin people's scattered country is within Guanzhong, how can it not be regarded as the princes of Jinnei?" Moreover, at the moment, the strength of the Qin people has risen greatly, and their words will definitely be influential. More importantly, if we don't invite the Qin people to help us, and then Gongzi Yuchen invites the Qin people, will we be passive? ”

This is the core of the problem, after all, the strength of the Qin people at this time can not be ignored, if you Shenhou does not invite the Qin people to help you, Gongzi Yuchen will come forward to talk about this matter.

Once the Qin people fell to the side of Gongzi Yuchen, things were really complicated.

Xu Hou's words made Shen Hou break out in a layer of cold sweat on his back, and his words were good, if he was unwilling to invite the Qin people to come forward, this Qin people would fall to the side of Yu Chen.

What should I do?

Do you want to send troops to fight the Qin people?

At this time, Shenhou had already realized a serious problem, that is, if Gongzi Yuchen also wanted to be the son of heaven, things would inevitably lead to war in the end.

War seems to be the final bottom line for solving all problems.

What's more, it's for a big event like the Son of Heaven.

"Well--, what you said is right, the strength of the Qin people at the moment is indeed good, we should go all out. Even if the Qin people are unwilling to help us in the future, it cannot be a stumbling block for us. Shenhou said, "In that case, what about the two of you saying that Ben Hou personally went to these countries and talked to them directly?" Or do you send an envoy to tell them? ”

The matter has been decided, and the way to solve this problem is also important. It's like today not only requires that your content comply with the rules, but also that the procedures take care of the rules, otherwise it is also incorrect.

"What I mean is the same as what Shenhou said just now, I still send envoys to talk to these countries first, and if there is any intention, we will further talk about their conditions. I think that no matter which country it is, as long as it helps the royal family, it will ask for some benefits. The Marquis said.

This is actually interesting, as long as it helps the royal family, the country that contributes to the matter of supporting the succession of the crown prince must have some benefits.

Of course, it must also include Xu Guo and Zhangguo, otherwise wouldn't our soldiers and horses be in vain? The subtext is that neither I, Shen Guo nor Xu Guo, came to help you Shen Guo in vain, and when you Shen Hou is considering the interests of other countries, it is best to consider the two of us as well.

Shenhou is not stupid, he naturally understands the meaning of this, so he said with a smile: "In this matter, the two of them have made great efforts, and when the crown prince succeeds to the throne of the Son of Heaven in the future, Benhou will definitely make suggestions for the two in front of the Son of Heaven." Naturally, your benefits are indispensable. ”

The benefits of ordinary people are nothing more than giving money and things, but the benefits of the Son of Heaven are more, not only can he give you money and things, but also can give you land and population, and there are more tempting titles.

This is what it means.

After hearing this, Xu Hou said with a smile: "Shen Hou's words are outside, you and I are all people on the same road, advancing and retreating together, and we are even more preferential to Shen Hou." Marquis, do you think that's right? ”

The Marquis hurriedly said: "That's the reason, we have to advance and retreat with the Marquis of Shen." ”

"Hahaha, hahaha, we'll advance and retreat together, advance and retreat together." With that, all three of them laughed happily.

(End of chapter)