Chapter 287: Friend and Foe
After listening to Zhao Boyu's boasting, Yingkang said to everyone: "You also heard just now that we went to Hojing this time, although the road is tortuous, but the result is quite passable. I personally have two understandings, one is that our trip to Hojing has allowed the new Son of Heaven to understand and know our Qin people, as for whether the Son of Heaven can finally affirm our Qin people, it depends on our own efforts in the future. ”
"Well---, Doctor is right, I also think that this trip to Hojing is at least for the new Son of Heaven to know our Qin people, not like before, we Qin people worked hard to fight with Rong Di in Xitui, and finally arrived at the Son of Heaven, and people didn't even know who we were. That's a bit of a stretch. Si Nong Yingzhao followed.
"This second is that, to a certain extent, let the princes have a new understanding of our Qin people, and to a certain extent, make them gradually accept our Qin people. Take the Jin Kingdom in the East as an example, it is an absolute first-class power. If we don't take Hojing this time, how can we recognize a great prince like the Marquis of Jin? What's more, this Jin State, like our Qin people, also suffered deeply from Rong Di, so since then, we have a common topic with the Jin State, and the communication is much smoother. ”
Ying Kang told you about a few feelings about his trip to Hojing.
Liu Tong quietly listened to Yingkang and Zhao Boyu's narration without saying a word.
After everyone finished speaking, he said slowly: "Doctor, Sima, didn't you encounter anything unpleasant when you went to Hojing this time?" ”
This one?
Zhao Boyu was stunned when he heard this, and after thinking about it, "Do you say this is not going well?" Of course, there is, that is, the eastern countries do not know us Qin people very well, and Cai Guo and several other countries are also very arrogant to us Qin people. However, after a few simple words from our doctor, all the contempt and confusion were resolved, and in the end we drank a lot of wine together, and everyone was very happy! ”
Liu Tong listened to it and nodded slightly, "It's actually normal for people to despise us, after all, those principalities, marquis, bo, and so on have been established for so long, and every monarch is a monarch with a title, how many years have it been hard to wait for an opportunity to participate in the enthronement ceremony of the Son of Heaven, can you show off?" Thinking about it again, we Qin people haven't even established a country, have we received an invitation, so we rushed there, can their psychology be balanced? Don't you take the opportunity to embarrass the Qin people in front of everyone? ”
In the end, it's an old Jianghu!
After going through so many countries and being an official for so long, Liu Tong has long understood the thoughts of these princes and monarchs.
Before Ying Kang and Zhao Boyu went to Haojing, he knew that this errand would definitely not have any good results, and the princes would definitely embarrass Ying Kang and the others.
However, what he didn't expect was that although those princes embarrassed Yingkang and Zhao Boyu, they were finally resolved by Yingkang one by one.
"Lord Liu is right, when we first arrived in Hojing, we did encounter a lot of situations, first the soldiers guarding the city asked us for an invitation, because we did not receive an invitation from the royal family, it was difficult to enter the city. Later, after entering the city, because the post house in Hokyo had already been arranged, we had to stay in the people's quarters. We were not invited to the banquet in the evening, and we were mocked by the princes as a result of our unauthorized visit. finally saw the Son of Heaven, and was humiliated by others. You are all your own people, and I will not be vague to tell the truth, although we Qin people have a foothold in Guanzhong at the moment, and also have their own land and official positions, there is still a long way to go before we can truly integrate into the ranks of the princes of Guanzhong. Yingkang is willing to work with you to continue to work hard for the Qin people to achieve greater achievements. ”
Liu Tong understood that this was the real situation of Yingkang and Zhao Boyu going to Haojing, and it was not as exaggerated as Zhao Boyu said.
"The doctor is right, I have lived in Guanzhong for many years, and I still have some understanding of these Guanzhong countries, don't look at our Qin people have already established themselves in Guanzhong, but for those Guanzhong countries, they are still unwilling to accept us for a while. We do have a long way to go before we can be accepted. Liu Tong said.
"Doctor Zhong's words have given me a clearer understanding of our Qin people, many times, status is not something that can be obtained by fighting alone, and there are still a lot of things to do. Everyone talks about what we Qin people need to do after the new Son of Heaven ascends the throne, or what else do we need to work on? Ying Kang said to everyone.
The Son of Heaven has died, and the new Son of Heaven has also ascended the throne as king.
The old page of the world of the Zhou Dynasty has been turned over, and a new page is about to open.
As a Qin person who has just entered Guanzhong, he needs to take a good look at the current situation and readjust his development ideas.
"Doctor, since today's words are here, I think we should move around with the surrounding countries more, although we won't get along with others, at least we can't make the relationship too stiff!" Commander Zhang Mao said.
"Well---, after so many years of hard work, we should fully understand who our enemies are and who are our friends, since we want to gain a foothold in Guanzhong, we should have a good relationship with the surrounding royal vassals, at least we can't treat them as enemies!" Si Nong Yingzhao said.
"For the --, new emperor to succeed to the throne, we have also officially obtained the land of Longchuan, and we should indeed have a good relationship with the surrounding scattered countries, the state of Yu, the state of Cheng and the country of Ya, although I don't see any benefit at the moment, but I think it will definitely be useful to our Qin people in the future." Ying Kang said, "I think this matter will be handled by Si Nongling, and he will use his spare time to go to these countries." ”
"Nuo ---," Si Nong Ling Yingzhao replied.
After arranging this matter, Ying Kang continued: "Just now, we talked about our future friends, now let's talk about who will be our enemy?" It's also good to prepare in advance for future enemies. ”
"After Feng Rong leaves, in my opinion, our future enemy is very likely to be Bo Rong north of Yanchi. For many years, Bo Rong has been competing with Feng Rong, and Bo Rong has always been difficult to win. Now that Bo Rong is going east, Bo Rong is very likely to make a comeback to Longshan again, and if nothing else, Bo Rong may come to the vicinity of Longshan this winter. I think it's better for us to make all kinds of preparations in advance. "Fighting a war was originally a matter for Sima to take care of, so when Yingkang mentioned the enemy, Zhao Boyu immediately came up with his own opinion.
"What do you think about Master Sima's proposal?" As for whether Bo Rong will become the next target of the Qin people after Feng Rong, Ying Kang is not able to say for the time being.
"It's hard to say whether Bo Rong will become our next enemy after Fengrong, but I think we should make all kinds of preparations in advance, we must not relax our vigilance, and we should always be ready for a big battle." Liu Tong said.
"Well---, Sima Boyu, although it is spring now, the training of the team can never be relaxed; As soon as there is a slack in farming, the adult people will be organized to train, and once the war begins, both the army and the common people may have to use it on the battlefield. Yingkang said to Zhao Boyu
"No---" Zhao Boyu replied.
(End of chapter)