Chapter 50 The East-West Dispute Ends for the Time Being
The cold weather came very early, after a few winter snowfalls, the Spring Festival is approaching in a blink of an eye, and all families, busy for a year, without a few days off, began to get busy again, preparing the ingredients and items needed for the New Year.
The battles between the vassal states came to an end one after another, and when they entered the winter season, a team of carriages drove out of the capital of the Western Zhou Dynasty, all the way north to the Wei State, the high black banner of the Qin State was waving in the wind, the mighty soldiers sat on the tall horses, and a gorgeous carriage followed closely around the cavalry.
Since leaving the Wei State, Zhang Yi has not returned to his hometown for the New Year for many years, and this year he has left the Qin State, away from the temple of the power struggle, and can finally return to his homeland in his lifetime, and spend the New Year with his parents, wife and children.
The emperor of the Western Zhou Dynasty did not listen to dissuasion and insisted on using force against the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. Relying on force to solve the problem, Zhang Yi and Western Zhou Jun actually didn't know, the Eastern Zhou Dynasty had already dug a trap and waited for the Western Zhou Jun to throw himself into the net, since the Korean army came to the Western Zhou Dynasty, not only did not conquer the Eastern Zhou Dynasty decently, but also extorted the money and food of the Western Zhou Dynasty from time to time, antique treasures.
Zhang Yi is such a shrewd person, when he sees this situation, he naturally understands that this is a trick laid by the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and the Eastern Zhou must have reached a tacit understanding with South Korea to a certain extent, otherwise the Korean soldiers drove to the city of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, just waving their flags and shouting, and the drums shook the sky, but they did not launch a substantive attack. The city head of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty only symbolically sent a few more soldiers to shoot arrows in the sky, and this arrow could not fall into the Korean military formation at all.
But every day the soldiers killed in South Korea are countless, and the generals of South Korea keep coming to ask the Western Zhou Jun for the death compensation, although the Western Zhou Jun is old and faint, but the money is spent like flowing seawater, and this distressed is like sprinkling salt.
Zhang Yi hurriedly quietly reported what he saw and heard on the front line to the Western Zhou Jun, and at the same time explained his judgment and inventory, this Western Zhou Jun suddenly understood, was calculated by the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and looked at Zhang Yi helplessly and said:
"Zhang Yi, how is this good? Instead of being able to destroy the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the widows were blackmailed by Korea, and my treasury of the Western Zhou Dynasty will be emptied in a few days. Hurry up and think of a way for the widow. ”
Zhang Yi thought about countermeasures, analyzed the situation in front of him, hoping to plan a suitable escape plan for the Western Zhou, pondered for a moment Zhang Yi said:
"Qi Qi Son of Heaven, today's plan, it is better to reconcile with the Eastern Zhou, this South Korea was originally invited by us to deal with the Eastern Zhou, this Eastern Zhou and the Western Zhou have released the previous suspicions, what reason does South Korea have to stay here, I think it is better to send an envoy to repair the Eastern Zhou!"
"But what about the money and food that the widow spends?" The old Western Zhou Jun is still worried about his money.
"Qi Qi Son of Heaven, this gold and silver thing, life does not bring, death does not bring it, if this Korea and the Eastern Zhou Dynasty hold each other for several years, in terms of today's expenses, can I cope with the Western Zhou Dynasty? When our treasury is empty, if South Korea takes the opportunity to occupy our Western Zhou, our Western Zhou will be in danger of losing the country!
The Son of Heaven must not miss the major national affairs because of a small profit for a while! Zhang Yi said.
The old Zhou Jun fell into deep thought, thinking, 'Yes! If this country is gone, what is the use of more money! Besides, the whole thing started because of his own greed, hey! Thinking of this, the elderly Zhou Jun said helplessly to Zhang Yi:
"Hey! Forget it! Trouble Zhang Zi to run for me again! ”
Zhang Yi came to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty to the young son of heaven in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, knowing the benefits, Zhang Yi said to the Eastern Zhou Jun:
"The Eastern Zhou Dynasty and the Western Zhou Dynasty are in the same vein, and the two countries are even more dependent on each other, if the Eastern Zhou Dynasty insists on conspiring with South Korea to kill the Western Zhou Dynasty, it is tantamount to seeking the skin of the tiger, and when South Korea's appetite grows bigger and bigger, not only the Western Zhou Dynasty suffers, but I think the Eastern Zhou Dynasty will not escape the difficulties!
Now I, the Western Zhou Dynasty, understand the righteousness, and resolve to release the past suspicion with the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and the two countries will turn the war into a jade silk, and they will be repaired from now on and will never be violated!
I don't know what the Eastern Zhou Dynasty thinks? ”
The emperor of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty saw the situation at this time, the Western Zhou Dynasty could not bear it, he and the Western Zhou Dynasty as neighbors, the damage to each other was still smaller, if it was changed to South Korea, it was estimated that he would not be so lucky, the Eastern Zhou Jun saw that the Western Zhou Dynasty took the initiative to negotiate peace, so he also made a favor to Zhang Yi, so he said:
"This Western Zhou Dynasty united with South Korea to invade my Eastern Zhou, and my Eastern Zhou army and people rose up to resist, working the people and losing money, not in the decimal number, but whether the rice can be planted smoothly next year, I don't know if the Western Zhou Jun has any arrangements?"
When Zhang Yi heard this, this kid would really find a time to reach out, but he made a request at this moment, fortunately, before he came, Xi Zhoujun had already given Zhang Yi the right to act cheaply. At this moment, the biggest enemy of the Western Zhou Dynasty is its ally South Korea, not the Eastern Zhou, and the Western Zhou has to unite with the Eastern Zhou to drive away South Korea in order to protect itself, otherwise this South Korea will not withdraw its troops for a day, and the money in the treasury of the Western Zhou Dynasty will not be able to live in peace for a day.
Zhang Yi heard Dong Zhoujun's description, knowing that this matter is reliable, there is already an eighty or ninety percent chance of winning, the negotiation is not afraid of the other party's request, just afraid that the other party does not ask, the person on the other side is stunned, he doesn't know his true thoughts at all, how to negotiate? Relying entirely on guessing, not only can you not accurately understand the true intentions of the opponent, but will make your hole cards completely exposed in front of the opponent.
Zhang Yi couldn't help but sigh in her heart, 'This Tianzi of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty is so young, he has such a strategy, and he knows that he doesn't want to expand the incident, and the requirements he put forward are not too much, just right. So he smiled and said:
"Before leaving, the Western Zhou Jun has specially explained to Wei Chen, the conflict between the East and the West Zhou is completely a misunderstanding, this Luoshui Dongliu is to feed the people of the world, how can I monopolize the Western Zhou, but the water consumption of our people is large, so that when Luoshui flows to the Eastern Capital, the amount of water becomes smaller. It was only then that the Eastern Zhou Dynasty mistakenly thought that we had cut off the water source, and the conflict began.
I, the son of heaven in the Western Zhou Dynasty, was benevolent, and remembered that he was in the same vein as the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and specially asked Weichen to come to inform the people of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty this time, and when the coming year comes, let the Eastern Zhou Dynasty finish planting rice, and then I will plant it in the Western Zhou Dynasty. I don't know what the Son of Heaven wants? ”
When the emperor of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty heard this, he felt awkward in his heart! I thought, 'The conflict of feelings is still a shadowless thing, since you are so generous in the Western Zhou Dynasty, why do you still contact South Korea to attack me, it's really shameless,' but after thinking about it, forget it, what Zhang Yi said is right, although people in the world have many misunderstandings about Zhang Yi, but the emperor of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty still understands that this major event in the world will be divided for a long time, and it will be divided for a long time. Zhang Yi is just a product of the times, this era needs such a person, so there is a stage for Zhang Yi, Zhang Yi is not wrong, he is just a slave kneeling at the feet of the powerful forces.
The slaves in the fields can be liberated, but how can the slaves who kneel before the right be liberated? Zhang Yi is a pathetic person, poor this person, full of wealth, able to govern the world, I don't want to enter the court by mistake and become a slave of the powerful, sad!
There is no need to blame Zhang Yi when he sees that it is good, thinking of this, the Eastern Zhou Tianzi said:
"Zhang Yi, people all over the world say that you, a one-word argument is better than a million male masters, and it is really extraordinary for few people to see it today!
Terrible! Terrible! Good! The widow agrees to make peace with you, turn hostility into peace, and reconcile the two countries! ”
When Zhang Yi heard this, he hurriedly said:
"The Son of Heaven praises falsely, how can I Zhang Yi be virtuous, I can enjoy such the highest praise of the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven is the emperor of the world.
I, Zhang Yi, am just an eagle dog chasing prey in front, the Son of Heaven is the core of the strategy, and even my eagle dog is not the opponent of the Son of Heaven! After Zhang Yi finished speaking, he looked up at Zhou Tianzi, hoping to meet the young confidant who drank and talked happily again.
It's just that this Zhang Yi doesn't know, so far, the Son of Heaven of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty has only received a letter brought back by the messenger, and as for the content of the book, others naturally don't know. This Zhang Yi thought that they had returned to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, so there was a questioning from Fang Cai.
The speaker is unintentional, the listener is intentional, although this word is not heavy, but it is like a pebble, thrown into the originally calm lake, the ripples provoked, wave after wave, the original calm heart of the Eastern Zhou Jun is difficult to calm down for a long time.
Things in the world are often helpless, even if you are the son of heaven, you are not able to do everything as you wish. Not to mention you and me among all living beings, there are times when love can be met but not sought, and someone in later generations has said it
'There are times in life when you have to have it, and there are times in life when you don't force it.
The Taoist Academy welcomes cyclamen,
The study hall is secluded.
Bamboo planted in the garden,
Pond rearing Arowana.
Friendship must overcome oneself,
It seems that I am better than nothing.
But look at three or five days,
It's not as good as the first time to see each other.
Human affection is like moisture,
The world is like a cloud.
will talk about all,
It will not be unreasonable.
Sharpening the knife hates the disadvantage,
The knife is sharp and hurts. ’
Zhang Yi saw that Dong Zhoujun did not react, and naturally understood in his heart, it seemed that there was something unspeakable, so he didn't ask any more, and quickly found a specific topic to prevaricate, and then said:
"The Son of Heaven is above, Weichen has the burden of repairing the two countries, and he does not dare to stay longer, since the Son of Heaven has decided to stop the war and repair, I will immediately return to the Western Zhou Jun, and the two countries should also choose a good day and an auspicious day, worship the heavens and worship the ancestors and then make peace gifts."
The Emperor of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty broke free from his contemplation, and quickly replied, so as not to lose his courtesy, so he spoke:
"In this case, I will not force the envoy to stay, and after worshipping the heavens and worshipping the ancestors, I will make a big salute, you go back, report to your master, and order this coalition army to evacuate my Eastern Zhou capital and return the peace of my Eastern Zhou people."
"No!" Zhang Yi bowed, and then left the court of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, returned to the Western Zhou Dynasty, and put forward the requirements of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty one by one.
Zhang Yi waited until everything was calm before driving away, and the Western Zhou Jun took all the officials to send out of the north gate for ten miles, before he was reluctant to give up and thanked Zhang Yi for his contributions.
The words are divided into two ends. Meng Shuo and the others had already quietly sneaked into Xianyang and settled in the ancient style restaurant.