In fact, the occasions and etiquette of receiving kings representing other countries are not immutable, it depends on what kind of etiquette and place to choose from Cheng Dù and Cheng Dù, but there are only a few places where Lu Zhe's palace city has been established perfectly, except for the council hall is the trial hall, do you want to rotate the place to the side of the dormitory, so Shusun Tong and Lu Jia, who are familiar with the etiquette specifications, are not there, so they are so-so to receive different envoys on the same occasion.

Of course, the difference between relatives and relatives is to show Xiàn out, so receiving different envoys, the number of courtiers under Lu Zhe's command has also increased and decreased, such as when receiving the defeated generals of his former subordinates, except for Lu Zhe, Xiao He, Yan Bi, Luo Shao, Wu Rui, and Wu Liang stayed in the main hall, and the rest of them temporarily went to the side hall to rest.

Will stay in power Xiao He is still because it is about to become a country of in-laws, as for those military generals who are not so clear to the Chu State, such as Ji Bu and Huan Chu, two people who are constantly at war with the Chu State, Zhou Wen, who has also been active in Lujiang County, is not necessary to be present.

There will be Luo Shao, Wu Rui, and Wu Liang There is a special intention for the three people, and the meaning of Lu Zhe's expression is "There is no shortage of generals under my command", and it is also for the sake of giving Chu a little face for the sake of becoming a country of in-laws, otherwise it is enough to leave only Xiao He.

Xiang Bo and Jing Ju also finished the "diplomatic words" according to the necessary etiquette process, presented the necessary gifts, and waited to sit down before they could get into the main topic.

Chu now only has Huizhang County and Huiji County left, and more than six-tenths of the remaining Chu State's old territory is in the hands of Lu Zhe, and Surabaya County was swallowed by Qi except for lending it to Wei and Han.

"Huh? Qi added a feudal state, established Pei Guo, and had Pei Guo Gong and Pei Guo Xiang? Lu Zhe didn't wait for Uncle Xiang to finish speaking, and then showed a strange expression: "Who was Pei Gong at that time?" ”

Xiang Bo seemed to be surprised by Lu Zhe's interest, and pressed back the excitement in his heart to reply: "Pei Gong is Tian City, and Pei Xiang is an originally unknown villain named Liu Ji. ”

The excitement was because Lu Zhe was interested in the new feudal state of Qi State. The word "villain" is not a curse, it refers to "non-noble" or "unstatused", according to modern parlance, "a guy who suddenly appeared out of nowhere".

After the Qi State annexed part of Surabaya County, it was simply shameless to set up a feudal state to a certain level, and not to directly annex it was to avoid infamy among the nations, and the establishment of the feudal state in addition to wanting to clear the relationship was also to permanently cut the flesh from the Chu State.

However, what Lu Zhe cared about was not the intention of Qi to set up a feudal state, nor was he surprised that Liu Ji appeared in Peiguo and became the prime minister of Peiguo. To be honest, after the State of Qi officially established the feudal state, Lu Zhe may not be the first person to find out the news, but he is not ignorant.

The proper expression of the posture of the Qi State in Surabaya County to cut the land and seal the country, Lu Zhe showed many meanings. First of all, as the protector of Wei and Han, he was wary of the actions of the Qi State, and the secondary purpose was not to show that the Qi State was so insulting to the Chu State that it was really not in line with the identity of a great power.

"If I'm not mistaken......" Lu Zhe's voice was relatively slow: "Since the beginning of Gongsun Yanhezong, the State of Qi and the State of Chu have had an alliance with each other, and the new King of Qi ......"

A cough interrupted Lu Zhe's words, and Yan Bi was constantly signaling with his eyes not to speak. Xiang Bo and Jing Ju below also had strange faces, which made Lu Zhe a little baffled.

Oh my God, when Gongsun Yan was at war, the State of Qi and the State of Chu were constantly at war, where were the allies! It was only after the alliance of the Su and Qin dynasties that the two countries of Qi and Chu stopped fighting, but there were also disputes. At that time, it was the beginning of the "era" of the four sons of the Warring States period.

Lu Zhe didn't know that he had said the wrong history of Hezong's development, he ignored the embarrassment of Xiao He, Yan Bi and others, and didn't care about the strange expressions on Xiang Bo and Jing Ju's faces, and paused for a while to continue: "Anyway. How could the new King of Qi behave like this? ”

What's wrong with remembering history and saying the wrong thing? Lu Zhe, a new force, has not yet existed as the "Taishi Gong", and there are no people who have recorded history at all about this visit to the world, and at most it will be retold after the envoys of the countries return before it will be written into history.

The history of Wei and Han must be to praise Lü Zhe's generosity, and it will also emphasize that Lü Zhe, as a powerful party, has important officials present. This is a manifestation of respect even if Wei and Han are protected countries, and it must be written about Lu Zhe's kindness towards Wei and Han.

Chu? Lu Zhe accounted for six-tenths of the old territory of the Chu State, and the whole of the Chu State must have been very hostile to Lu Zhe. No matter what, he will not speak for Lu Zhe in history, and what if there is a record of "no learning and no skill".

However, because Lu Zhe is blaming the King of Qi for his "immorality" with a biased attitude, the above dialogue will definitely have some tendencies, and in such a period of history, Lu Zhe will definitely blame the King of Qi to highlight that the State of Qi is indeed offended and oppressed by the State of Chu. Perhaps, just maybe, the "Taishi Gong" of the Chu State will automatically replace the name "Gongsun Yan" with "Su Qin" when writing?

Xiang Bo's biggest purpose here was to use the relationship of becoming a country of in-laws to relieve the state of war between the two sides, and when he saw Lu Zhe taking the initiative to talk about Surabaya County, he immediately changed his sad expression, criticized the unreasonable and arrogant Qi State, and talked about the poverty and weakness within the Chu State, and finally pointed out that since it was about to become the country of Weng's son-in-law, could the war be ended.

The in-laws were just an excuse, and it was impossible for the two sides to have a permanent truce, after all, the place occupied by Lu Zhe was the old territory of the Chu State. Now that the state of Chu is unable to regain the lost land, it needs to get time to breathe and recover, so it naturally desperately wants a truce.

In fact, whether it is Lu Zhe or the civil and military forces under his command, they all understand very well that the so-called truce is just an opportunity for Chu to lick its wounds, so it is absolutely impossible to stop the attack if they can not stop.

Even if it is not counted as the many targeted conspiracies of the Chu State, as long as Lu Zhe does not return the territory belonging to the Chu State for a moment, the Chu State must be the natural enemy of Lu Zhe's side.

However, is it possible for Lu Zhe to spit out the land he swallowed again? There is no possibility. Whether it is Nan County, Lujiang County, Jiujiang County, and Changsha County, which have been the land of Chu since ancient times, or Cangwu County, which is disputed by Chu and Qin, or Hengshan County, which is also disputed with Wei and Korea, it is impossible for Lu Zhe to return even an inch of land to Chu.

Xiang Bo was also very aware of this, so he did not talk about the ownership of the territory, and avoided the important and borrowed the reason of his in-laws to want to stop the state of war between the two sides, even if the time to stop was only two or three years, it was very important for the state of Chu.

In history, it is common for the country of in-laws to continue to fight, and there is no saying that after becoming a relative, he can't fight, so that Xiang Bo still has to use a pitiful expression as a foil, and his words are full of longing for Lu Zhe to be stingy.

The strategic focus of Lu Zhe's side is to completely solve the threat of Baiyue first, and then it is impossible to stop the use of troops in the south for at least five years or more. In the first year or two, most of the troops would be involved in the invasion of Lingnan's territory, and the garrisons of Minnan County and Nanhai County could not relax their efforts to clean up Baiyue's participation. So in this way, under the premise of not expanding the army, it seems that there are really not enough troops to guard against the Chu State being bullied and suddenly breaking out?

It is conceivable that the request for an armistice was not allowed, and the state of Chu would definitely resist under the endless attacks, and it was not ruled out that the state of Chu had the courage to break the net.

"An indefinite truce, or a temporary truce?" If Lu Zhe's words are in accordance with the norms of formally receiving envoys from various countries, the classical Chinese is: Yonghu? Stop fighting?

The monarch said that "wu" represents the army, and talked about what the army can be in addition to sending a large army.

Xiang Bo seemed a little overwhelmed by Lu Zhe's thorough questioning, if he answered that there would be an eternal truce, as an envoy representing the king, it would be tantamount to speaking on behalf of the king of Chu, and the state of Chu would forever give up its will to regain the lost territory. The reply said that there was a temporary truce, didn't that clearly mean "we just want to take a breather, and when we get better, we will definitely not finish with you"?

There is no such thing, everyone knows it, how can the "unspeakable" words be brought out and talked about on such a formal occasion. But Lu Zhecai didn't want to go around and around, he just wanted Xiang Bo to make his words clear, so as not to make senseless tussles between the two sides in the end.

"After the princess comes to Nanling, what will Lu Hou do to the princess of Chu State, is it possible for the boy born to be the crown prince?" Of course, Xiang Bo's words were not so straightforward, but he asked the topic that Chu State was most concerned about.

Well, even if it is an in-law, even if it represents the heart of the king of Chu, Xiang Bo asked Lu Zhe about the topic of the heir, which is quite rude behavior, which is to interfere with the continuation of the inheritance of one party's forces. To put it bluntly, it is a stricter thing than interfering in internal affairs, after all, although Lu Zhe's current identity is a marquis, the territory under his rule is very large, and it seems that unless something unbelievable happens, this force will probably survive forever. Then Xiang Bo interfered with Lu Zhe in how to choose an heir, and the strictness of the matter was even greater.

"Is it the King of Chu who wants to ask, or the Xiang family who wants to ask, or the people of Chu who want to ask." Yan Bi, as a retainer, immediately jumped out.

Xiang Bo's forehead was already full of sweat, he glanced at Lu Zhe with a blue face, and then at Lu Zhe's courtiers with an angry face, and gritted his teeth: "It's all." ”

Yan Bihuo stood up, pointed at Xiang Bo and Jing Ju, and said sharply at Lu Zhe: "Lord, Zhijian yì immediately drive away the envoys of the Chu State!" ”

Xiang Bo looked at Lu Zhe without saying a word, and Jing Ju next to him was trembling all over.

What is the situation? Lu Zhe couldn't understand how Xiang Bo had the courage to bring up this topic. (To be continued......)