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From this point of view, the envoy sent by the Chinese monarch has a bun on his head, a deep coat with wide sleeves, a colorful pattern on his clothes, and a dazzling array of belt hooks and jade ornaments around his waist.

"Foreign Minister Zhai Li, on behalf of the widow, greets Zhao Shangqing of the Jin Kingdom, Meng Dong is cold, and I hope Shangqing is well."

This Zhongshan Jun's Dazai etiquette can't find fault with it, except for the limited culture, he can't chant the Book of Poetry to respond, which is the standard Zhuxia etiquette.

It is only from the narrow-sleeved leopard fur worn by the several Zhongshan warriors who followed him and the outfit of the left side that it shows that this is a state established by the Di people.

Since the year of the meeting of the Summoning Tomb (506 B.C.), the founding of the country "Zhongshan" officially established the country, Zhongshan has been established for more than ten years, unlike the Dai State, because they were surrounded by Jin, Qi and Yan on three sides, especially the Jin State for 20 years of vassals, so they were deeply influenced by the Central Plains culture, and the upper echelons of the Zhongshan State actively imitated the Central Plains dress and etiquette, political system.

Zhao Wuxian recognized their positive attitude, so he couldn't treat Zhongshan as simply and rudely as he did with the stubborn Daiguo. Not to mention that Zhongshan is still an ally with the Zhao family because of the joint crusade against the Zhongxing clan, and Zhao Wuxian is even a relative of Zhongshan Jun, and the two are called brothers.

Seeing that Zhai Li was polite and courteous, he also greeted Zhongshan Jun for a while, and after the greetings were over, the other party began to express his intentions.

"Hearing that Shangqing broke the dynasty, the widow was overjoyed, and specially sent a foreign minister to congratulate, and presented a pair of silver two-winged beasts and half a bucket of agate.

As he spoke, he asked the strong man behind him to carry the gift up, and those agate unique to Zhongshan had good luster and bright color. A pair of staggered silver two-winged beasts are exquisitely made, the head of the beast is one left and one right, the two ribs have wings, the rear tail is obliquely straight, the limbs are arched, and the silver lines of the moire are staggered all over the body, the design is rigorous, the depiction is delicate, and it can be used as a ballast to press the corners of the mat.

These treasures show the exquisite craftsmanship of the Zhongshan people, this almost completely agricultural people, is by no means comparable to the Dai and Lou Fu and other Saiwai Rong Di.

However, Zhao Wuxian is different from ordinary princes and doctors, he is not keen on treasures, gold and silver, and what he desires more is cities, land, and population......

Wuxian waved his hand and asked people to accept these things, and then smiled at Zhai Li: "As soon as Daicheng was laid down here, Zhongshan sent someone here, your country is really well-informed." ”

Zhai Li laughed with him, but he couldn't say anything about the bitterness in his heart.

Zhao Wuxian's sudden attack on Daiguo really frightened Zhongshan Kingdom, because the Bairen, Handan and other places adjacent to Zhongshan had no movement at all, and at the same time that Zhao attacked Daidi, that area could not be seen to be in a wartime state at all, and the city gate was still wide open and the city was prosperous.

Later, Zhongshan learned that Zhao Wuxian actually used the power of Taiyuan County to conquer the Daiguo, and it only took half a month to lay down the Daicheng and destroy the Dairong who had dominated the north for 50 years. Although the relationship with Daiguo was not good, the rabbit died and the fox was sad, and Zhongshan Jun couldn't sleep at night, so he strengthened the defense of the border, and sent his Dazai Zhai Li to Hanquanyi to find out what Zhao Wuxian meant.

After all, as soon as the country was finished, the Zhao family surrounded Zhongshan from the north, west, and south, and Zhongshan inevitably had a sense of crisis.

However, now it seems that the Zhao family does not seem to covet Zhongshan, Zhao Wuxian was very happy after accepting the gift, and handed it to Zhai Li with the dogs, horses and women of the country, so that he could give back to Zhongshan Jun, and the gifts were still exchanged.

Just when Zhai Li relaxed his vigilance and began to accompany Zhao Wuxian to laugh and drink, someone outside suddenly came to report: "Shangqing, the prince of Yanguo has arrived outside the city!" ”

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The sweet and sour wine in his mouth suddenly became bitter, and the wine cup that Zhai Li raised also stopped, and after a while, he squeezed out a smile and said, "I don't know if Shangqing has other VIPs......"

"What a VIP, just an uninvited villain."

Zhao Wuxian waved his sleeves a little irritably, as if to drive away a fly that he hated.

Zhai Li couldn't help but be overjoyed, couldn't it be that Yan Guo offended the Zhao family? He asked tentatively, and Zhao Wuxian sighed: "A few years ago, if it weren't for Zhongshan, it would not be so easy for the Zhao clan to destroy the Zhongxing clan, so I and Zhongshan Jun are about brothers, and the two families live together in Jizhou, so it is good neighborliness and friendliness." But after laying down the land and bordering the Yan Kingdom, the envoys of the Yan Kingdom came to meet me three times and twice, hoping to make friends with the Zhao family, and even more to separate my relationship with the Zhongshan Kingdom! ”

"What!?" Zhai Li was shocked, the establishment and expansion of Zhongshan, will inevitably clash with the Yan State located in the northeast, before Yan belonged to the Qi camp, Zhongshan belonged to the Zhao camp, the two sides had several battles on the border of the Kucheng Yi, each other won and lost, and the relationship is still very tense. Now that the Yan Kingdom actually sent their crown prince to see Zhao Wuxian in person, and planned to separate the relationship between Zhao and Zhongshan?

This is a matter of life and death!

Zhao Wuxian is still telling the rhetoric of Yan State: "The people of Yan State said that Zhongshan invaded the border towns like the mountains of the year and poisoned the people, since Zhao is the secretary of the Jin State and the lord of the Zhuxia Alliance, I also hope that I can send troops to fight and return Yan to a fair ......"

Thinking of Zhao Yan's attack on Zhongshan, Zhai Li suddenly sweated from head to toe, and hurriedly came out to defend: "Yan people are lying!" Zhongshan has never encroached on a border town in Yan State, but each has obtained an ownerless land. On the contrary, it is the Yan State, which used to rely on the protection of the Qi State, regarded Xianyu as a miscellaneous Di, and sent troops to attack the people on the border many times, and the widow repeatedly refused to listen, and they still said that 'I am just asking for Rong Di in the territory', and they do not regard Zhongshan as a state at all, and now they are still beating a rake in front of Shangqing......"

"These, of course, I know, I have rejected the excessive demands of the Yan people, you and the two sides should secure their own borders, how can you covet the cities of other countries? Not only Zhongshan and Yanguo, but even Zhongshan and my Zhao family should be like this! ”

Zhao Wuxian clapped his hands and asked people to bring the map up.

"Since Zhongshan has become a state, not a Zadi who migrates everywhere, there must be a border, I don't want to ask much about the border between Zhongshan and Yan, you will decide it yourself, but the boundary between Daidi and Zhongshan is also very vague, why don't you take this time to finalize?"

couldn't help but say by Zhai Li, Zhao Wuxian hooked his red pen: "The north of the Juma River belongs to Zhao, and the south of the Juma River returns to Zhongshan, what is it!?" ”

Zhai Li hurriedly got up and took a look, in this way, the Poor Fish Hill was completely rowed to the Zhao family's side, and the Poor Fish Hill was connected to Puyin, which was very important to Zhongshan, and said...... In this way, it is completely at a loss for one's own side, and in this way, the north gate of Zhongshan Kingdom is almost equivalent to opening the Zhao Cave.

But he also knew that if he didn't agree, maybe the Zhao clan would unite with Yan Guo and attack Zhongshan, and Zhao Wuxian's previous words were obviously full of threat.

He reluctantly said: "The foreign minister can't be the master of this matter, and he has to go back and ask the widow for advice." ”

"It's okay, the major affairs of the country, you must not be cautious......"

Zhongshan is not like the Daiguo, you can hit it down, they are already a city farming state, but also located in the mountainous area, there are many border passes, it is difficult for the army to march, can only find a way to slowly map it.

Therefore, Zhao Wuxian did not force the persecution, but said: "But then again, Zhongshan changed the name of the country more than ten years ago, but there are very few princes who can regard you as equal states. Confucius of Lu State once said that if the name is not right, the word is not good, and if the word is not good, it will not be done, Zhongshan wants to continue, and wants to fight against the Yan State, but I am afraid that it will be recognized by the Son of Heaven and give the land to the knight. Regardless of talent, he is the secretary of the Jin State, the main alliance of Zhuxia authorized by the Son of Heaven, and is willing to introduce Zhongshan Jun to the Zhou Dynasty to make the Hajj of Heaven, so that Zhongshan can officially establish a feudal state and be listed as a prince! ”

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The feudal state was founded, listed as a prince, Zhongshan!?

"That's true!" Zhai Li was surprised and delighted for a while.

With the deepening of the Chineseization, the Zhongshan people tried their best to emulate the Central Plains at the same time, a cultural inferiority complex was also deepened in their hearts, and the pretending to be "after the surname of Yin Shangzi" is an example. Because of the rigor of the patriarchal system itself, the Zhou family recorded very detailed records of when the princes were divided and which branch they belonged to, and it was difficult for Xibei goods to be identified.

Therefore, Zhongshan can only climb on the scattered surnames, so that he is not so despised by the princes, but the Yan State with a strip of water still looks down on them, although they can't get any advantage in terms of force, but as a feudal country that summons the princess, one of the most important states in Ji Zhou, the people of the Yan State who are not as good as the previous ones can still scold them proudly "Yidi"!

Therefore, the thing that Zhongshan Zi has been striving for is that like the State of Yi and the State of Ju, although it is not the first feudal country of the Zhou Dynasty, although it is a Yiren, but it can still add the name of a prince, so that he can integrate into the big family of Zhuxia, and he can also have normal diplomatic relations with other countries and exchange with the court. It's just that the Jin State, which has always regarded Zhongshan as its own slave vassal, will never tolerate this situation......

But now, Zhao Wuxian claims that he is willing to introduce Zhongshanzi to meet Zhou Tianzi, so that Tianzi can officially agree to Zhongshan's feudal state?

Zhai Li was overjoyed, and his unhappiness with Zhao Wuxian's request for Zhongshan to cede dozens of miles of land north of the Juma River was also swept away.

In Zhao Wuxian, it is indeed impossible to see that he is hostile to the Zhongshan State, if he exchanges a few tens of miles of land for an official title of prince, it is definitely worth it!

"If this matter can be done, don't say that it is only dozens of miles of borderland, Zhongshan is willing to offer the enemy as Shangqing's support!"

After promising to go back and explain the matter to Zhongshan Zi, Zhai Li walked out briskly, and after leaving this slightly humble hall, he saw at a glance the young nobleman standing at the door, dressed in a beautiful mink fur, and flicking the snowflakes on the crown.

High-sounding, ring-ringing, and the specifications are close to the secretary of the Jin Kingdom, this person is by no means an ordinary scholar!

"Is it the prince of Yan Kingdom?" Zhai Li walked over and asked tentatively.

"Yes, it's Yu."

The tall prince of Yanguo glanced at Zhai Li suspiciously, he didn't know, could this be Zhao Shangqing's personal entourage?

"Humph!" Unexpectedly, after Zhai Li confirmed his identity, he raised his chin and glanced at the prince of Yan Kingdom.

"Yanren, wait and see!"

He then walked away, leaving only Prince Ke with a confused face......

ps: Reading the unearthed "Zhongshan Sanqi" inscription, the first feeling is that the state established by Bai Di is very Chinese, such as the quotation of poetry classics is very frequent and appropriate, and there is also a set of traditional ceremonial instruments, which shows that the Zhongshan people's imitation of the Central Plains is all-round, in the "Spring and Autumn Period, the respect for the ceremony and faith, and the Seven Kingdoms will never say anything about etiquette and faith; In the Spring and Autumn Period, Juzong was the king of Zhou, and the Seven Kingdoms never said that they were kings; In the Spring and Autumn Period, it was still strictly sacrificed and re-employed, and the Seven Kingdoms had nothing to do" in the middle of the Warring States Period, which seemed to be an outlier, more than Huaxia and Huaxia. "Marquis of Zhongshan in the Warring States Period? The inscription of "Tong Yue" even says: "The Son of Heaven Jianbang, the Marquis of Zhongshan?", it can be seen that Zhongshan people attach great importance to being recognized by Zhou Tianzi, and it is also something they are extremely eager for in this era.

(To be continued.) )