The capital of the Jin Kingdom, Xintian, on the main hall of the Jin Palace.

At this time, the pawn of Wu was lobbying Jin Jun and the Six Secretaries of Jin State.

The current monarch of the Jin State is Ji Wu (Jin Dinggong), and the six Qings are the Zhao family, the Han family, the Wei family, the Zhi family, the Fan family, and the Zhongxing family.

Now, the six Qings are Xun Yin (Zhongxingyin), Zhao Ying, Han Buxin, Wei Luxury, Fan Jiju, and Xun Song (Zhishi).

The Six Secretaries of the Jin State have existed for more than a hundred years.

In that year, after the return of Jin Wengong, three armies were established, each army set up a general, a left, according to the status of the middle army general, the left of the middle army, the upper army general, the left of the upper army, the lower army general, the lower army left, called the three armies and six secretaries.

Jin Wengong once increased the new army and the new army, and the three armies and six secretaries were restored when Jin Xianggong restored.

By the time of Jin Jinggong, it was expanded to the six armies and the twelve secretaries, and the new middle army, the new upper army, and the new lower army were merged into the new army, and the three armies and six secretaries were restored when the Jin mourning public was restored.

After Jin Pinggong, Liuqing was controlled by the Zhi family, the Fan family, the Zhongxing family, the Ying surname Zhao, the Han family, the Wei family, and the six families, and then the six Qing families specifically referred to these six Qing families.

In accordance with the principle of "long death and then supplement", they took turns to govern, assisting the Jin Duke in managing the country's military and politics internally, and "respecting the king and conquering the country" externally, resisting the invasion of Rongdi and Nanban, and defending the Chinese civilization.

The political structure of the Jin State belongs to the monarchy, and the six secretaries take turns to sit in the village and control the national government.

Therefore, if Bo Biao wants to persuade the Jin State to unite with the Central Plains princes to attack Chu, or send troops to attack Chu himself, the first task is to persuade the six secretaries of the Jin State, as for the Jin Duke Ji Wu, he really has little right to speak.

"My minister, Wu Guodian Ke Bo, see Jin Gong!"

After entering the main hall, Bo Yu bowed to Ji Wu, who was sitting on the throne without humility or arrogance.

"Your envoy doesn't have to be polite."

Ji Wu waved his hand, and suddenly asked curiously: "Honorable envoy, who is this pawn?" ”

"Back to the Duke of Jin, my Wu State has changed its official system, which is different from that of the Central Plains. Pawn, in charge of the righteous barbarians, the matter of diplomatic relations! It is one of the three princes and nine kings! ”

Hearing this, Ji Wu smiled and said, "I see." Your envoy is the same as my Jin country's doctor! ”

"I don't know why you are here?"

"Don't hide it from the Duke of Jin, my minister is here to worship the Duke of Jin on behalf of my monarch!"

Okay?

Worship?

This surprised Ji Wu quite a bit.

As we all know, the state of Wu was supported by the state of Jin and specifically dealt with the state of Chu.

The Jin state's plan was very successful, at least with the support of the Jin state, the backward and impoverished state of Wu, which was originally located in the southeast corner, became a military power that could compete with the state of Chu.

However, since the Shoumeng of King Wu, the kings of Wu have rarely sent envoys to communicate with the Jin State, let alone worship?

In the eyes of others, Wu is the younger brother of Jin, but in fact, there is only an alliance between Wu and Jin, and if there is no major event, the two countries have few contacts.

As the saying goes, there is nothing to be done, and it is either a traitor or a thief.

Therefore, Ji Wu knew that this time Qingji sent Bo Ji into Jin, and he must have something to ask for.

"My lord, I am grateful for the kindness of the ancestor of your country, Jing Gong, and I am a Wuchen of Wu State, a gift to the soldiers of the chariot, and teach the law of land warfare, so that the west can break through the strong Chu, and there is a place to stand in the south of the Yangtze River! There is today's Wu Kingdom! ”

"That's why my monarch entrusted my ministers to give back one thousand taels of gold to the Jin Gong, a pair of jade, ten rhinoceros skins, and ten thousand stones of rice! Please Jin Gong laugh! ”

Bo Yan bowed to Ji Wu again.

Hearing this, the smile on Ji Wu's face became stronger and stronger, he looked around, looked at Liuqing who was sitting under His Majesty's platform, and said, "Wu Guo is really rich!" As soon as Wu Jun made a move, it was a thousand taels of gold, such a generous gift, but the widow was disrespectful. ”

"Your honor, please say hello to Wu Jun on behalf of the widow!"

"My minister will definitely convey it."

In front of the princes of the Central Plains, especially in front of the monarchs and ministers of the Jin State, Qingji, who called himself "King Wu", can only be called "Jun Wu".

Because Wu Guo is the Wu Ziguo canonized by Zhou Tianzi, it belongs to the viscount, while the Jin State is the reason why Ji's surname is Genzheng Miaohong, and he is a duke.

The difference in this title is very great.

Therefore, in order to avoid rudeness, Bo Ji cannot call Qingji "my king", but "my king".

Tell the Duke of Jin that this is what Qingji had explained to Bo Ji before.

The clans of Wu and Jin are all in the same lineage as the ancient fathers, and they can be said to be of the same origin.

It's just that the Jin Kingdom was inherited from Ji Fa, King Wu of Zhou, and its founding monarch was the younger brother of King Cheng of Zhou.

The state of Wu was inherited from Taibo, and the relationship with the Zhou royal family at that time had become estranged.

However, this did not prevent Wu and Jin from renewing their friendships, talking about the great achievements of their ancestors, and exchanging feelings.

The reason why Jin Jinggong chose to support the State of Wu back then, in addition to the fact that the State of Wu was indeed rising, and it was close to the State of Chu, which could pose a threat, was nothing more than that there was such a relationship between Jin and Wu!

You must know that in the past, Jin Jinggong gave Wuchen thirty chariots (about 2,000 people), and Wuchen personally went to Wu to teach Wu people to drive chariots.

This became the prelude to the decline of the Chu State and the rise of the Wu State.

Therefore, the Wu people should indeed be grateful to the Jin State.

"Duke of Jin, I can't hide it, in addition to the reconciliation between Jin and Wu, my ministers are here by the order of my king, and I want to unite the princes of the world with the Jin State and go out to attack Chu!"

Sure enough, there is no advantage in vain.

Ji Wu looked like I knew.

I saw Bo Yu say straight to the point: "Presumably Jin Gong must have heard of it." Last year, Cai Hou made a court to Chu Zi, who had a jade leather coat, and asked for it for Chu Ling Yin Zichang (Nangwa), but Cai Hou did not allow it, so he was detained by the Chu people in Yingdu and has not returned so far. ”

"When my lord heard about this, he was very indignant, so he united the soldiers of Xu and Zhongwu to seek justice for Cai Hou and fight Chu!"

"However, my Wu State is inferior to the Chu people in terms of national strength after all. Jin, as the chief of the princes, should respect the king! ”

"Please call on the princes of Jin to work with Wu to seek justice for the Marquis of Cai!"

As soon as he heard this, Ji Wu couldn't help but bow his head slightly, and the blood in his heart that had not been completely extinguished was once again boiled by Bo Yan.

A history of the Spring and Autumn Period, half of the book of the Jin Kingdom!

Since the Duke of Wen of the Jin Dynasty, the pattern of the Jin and Chu hegemony has always remained the same, but the influence of the Jin State is greater, and the overlord recognized by the princes of the world is also the Jin State.

Although the Duke of Jin has lost his power, and the national politics are controlled by the Six Secretaries, why doesn't Ji Wu want to rise up once, leave a name in history, and be a princely overlord like the ancestors Jin Wengong and Jin Jinggong?

"Second and third sons, what do you think?"

Ji Wu set his eyes on Liuqing's body again.

Hearing this, Zhong Xingyin, Zhao Ying, Han Buxin, Wei Luxury, Fan Jiji, and Zhizhen all looked at each other.

Zhong Xingyin, who had already received a bribe from Bo Yu, got up and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the princes of the world will unite the princes of the world to respect the king and destroy Chu, but it's okay!" ”

"After the Battle of Zhanban, the two countries of Jin and Chu fought against each other, and there has been no war for nearly forty years. I am afraid that the Chu people have forgotten the pain of the past and will make a comeback! ”

"The fact that the Chu people dared to defy the condemnation of the world and detain Cai Hou is proof of this!"