In the five major wars of the Jin and Chu hegemony, although the Jin State defeated the Chu State in the Battle of Chengpu, the Battle of Yingbei, the Battle of Yanling, and the Battle of Zhanban.

And successively attacked the Chu mainland in the battles of Jin and Cai's attack on Chu Poshen, the battle of Jiaoyi and the battle of Zhanban, forcing Chu to retreat continuously.

However, the countries of the Central Plains suffered from the flames of war and were exhausted.

In 546 B.C., the Song State came forward to promote the military conference between Jin and Chu, and the Central Plains countries participated in the meeting, including Jin, Chu, Song, Lu, Wei, Chen, Zheng, Cao, Xu, Cai and other fourteen countries, and the princes took Jin and Chu as the common overlords and divided the hegemony equally.

That is, the original vassal states of Jin and Chu have become common vassal states of Jin and Chu, and they must also fulfill their obligations to Jin and Chu.

"The First Evolution"

Although the two great powers of Jin and Chu sacrificed the interests of small and medium-sized countries and carved up hegemony among each other, forming a superficial balance of power, each country also had to avoid the suffering of years of war.

After the meeting of the soldiers, Jin and Chu generally divided the hegemony equally among the small countries in the Central Plains.

Among the great powers, the state of Qi, which dominated the east, was still in the Jin dynasty, and the state of Qin and Chu, which dominated the west, were still allies, and the state of Jin was generally dominant.

Now, the Chu people dared to detain Cai Hou, which in itself was an act of provoking the Jin State.

Because the state of Cai was not only a vassal state of the Chu state, but also a vassal state of the Jin state.

How could the Jin State allow the Chu people to bully their little brother?

Ji Wu just wanted to agree to come down, but Zhao Ying, who was sitting at the bottom, stood up and said to Ji Wu: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is not appropriate to unite the princes and move troops against the Chu State!" ”

"Jin and Chu are both hegemonic powers, with a radius of thousands of miles and thousands of military vehicles, although my Jin State can uphold justice for the Marquis of Cai, under the banner of respecting the king and destroying the emperor, unite the princes of the world to attack Chu."

"Wouldn't it be a sabotage of the hard-won peace of the past few decades after the meeting of the soldiers?"

"The Chu people's detention of Cai Hou is certainly criticized by the world, but the Chu State has not lost people's hearts. Jin and Chu have been fighting for hegemony for more than 100 years, and they have won and lost each other, although our Jin State has always had the upper hand, but Chu State is not weak but strong, and has the power of a great power! ”

"That's why, this battle will definitely make Jin Chu war, I'm afraid it's hard to be good!"

As soon as he heard this, Ji Wu fell into hesitation again.

Zhong Xingyin, who had accepted a bribe from Bo Yan, once again argued with reason, saying: "Zhao Zi's words are wrong! ”

"Chu, it is a barbarian. Now the detention of Cai Hou for no reason is bound to cause public indignation among the princes, it can be seen that the Chu people have no morality, and the people's hearts have been lost. ”

"In the world, there is only my Jin Kingdom, the overlord power, is it no different?"

Zhao Ying frowned, glanced at Zhong Xingyin, who was full of belly, and a look of disdain flashed in his eyes.

Regarding the matter of Zhongxingyin accepting heavy bribes from Bo Yan, how can Zhao Ying, who is well-informed, not know?

What's more, before Bo Biao met Jin Gong Ji Wu, he had already visited the six secretaries of the Jin State one by one.

Bo Yan tried to bribe Zhao Ying, so that the latter agreed to agree to the Jin State to unite the princes and send troops to attack Chu together, but Zhao Ying sternly refused.

I really don't know, how many of the six Qings have accepted Bo's bribe?

Seeing the hesitant look of the monarch Ji Wu, Zhao Ying said again: "Your Majesty, the war between Jin and Chu must not be taken lightly. ”

"Besides, the minister heard that Wu Jun had led the alliance of Wu, Xu, and Zhongwu with 50,000 people, and successively captured Chu Zhitong, Shu, Chao, and Zhongli, and defeated the Chu army, all the way like a bamboo, presumably if Wu is willing to use the land he occupies as a condition to force Chu to hand over Cai Hou, Chu people will definitely agree!"

Hearing this, as a pawn of Wu State, Bo Yan remained silent, his face was still smiling, but in fact, he had already squirted the blood of Zhao Ying's scolding in his heart.

As the so-called bustling world, it is all for profit. The world is all for the sake of profit!

Who doesn't know that although Wu sent troops to attack Chu under the banner of justice for Cai Hou, the real purpose was only to tear off a piece of meat from Chu.

Let Qingji give up the more than ten cities he has captured in exchange for Cai Hou?

It's impossible to kill Qingji!

I'm afraid that even Song Xianggong, who claims to be the "overlord of benevolence and righteousness", can't do such a stupid thing.

For the fierce war between Wu and Chu, the Jin State is happy to see it.

However, once the Jin State is involved in it and helps the Wu State to fight Chu, how can the Jin people be willing?

Such as Zhao Ying, Han Buxin, Zhong Xingyin and other six secretaries of the Jin State, their hearts are like mirrors.

The purpose of Wu attacking Chu on such a large scale and wanting to pull in the Jin State and a group of Central Plains princes was to reduce the pressure on the Wu army of Chu and force the Chu State to submit to the enemy.

But, how could Liuqing let Qingji get his wish?

No one is stupid!

Although Wu was the younger brother of the Jin State, once the Chu State was weakened too much, the Wu State replaced the Chu State and became the hegemonic power in the south, and had the strength to compete with the Jin State.

Isn't the Jin Kingdom lifting a stone to shoot itself in the foot?

Such a thing to drive away the wolf and devour the tiger is really worthy of deep thought by the six secretaries of the Jin Kingdom.

At this time, Bo Yan saw that Zhong Xingyin was silent, and no longer refuted Zhao Ying's proposition, and couldn't help but curse in his heart.

Wine bag rice bag!

Zhong Xingyin received a bribe of no less than 1,000 taels of gold, plus all kinds of rare treasures, which are worth a fortune, but he didn't do practical things?

It is the so-called taking people's money and eliminating disasters for others.

Zhong Xingyin, this guy is really a shame for us greedy ministers!

It seems that at the moment, I can only go out in person.

Bo Yu's eyes were firm, and he immediately stepped forward and said loudly to Ji Wu, the Duke of Jin on the platform: "Duke of Jin, if the Jin Kingdom is unwilling to call on the princes of the world, respect the king, and fight Chu together, so as to maintain the dignity of the princes, so as to maintain the dignity of the princes, so good!" ”

"My monarch's intentions, if the Jin State stands by and does not want to take on the burden of respecting the king, my Wu State should send envoys to the Central Plains princes such as Qi, Lu, Song, and Wei to convene an alliance, and ask the Marquis of Qi to be the uncle, and the same is true for Chu!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.

Does Wu Guo really want to do this?

You must know that although the State of Qi often sends envoys to the Jin Dynasty to worship and respects the Duke of Jin as the uncle, the national strength of the State of Qi is also strong and dominates the East.

The reputation of the Qi State among the princes should not be underestimated, second only to the Jin State.

If the state of Wu is vying to leave, leaving the state of Jin, making the Marquis of Qi as the uncle, and uniting the princes of the world to fight Chu, it can also be the same.

This is precisely what the Jin people are most worried about.

As for the Qi State, it must be a joy to see, after all, leading an alliance of princes can greatly increase the influence of the Qi State, and maybe it can also be used to compete with the Jin State.

"Your envoy is at ease, don't worry."

Ji Wu said a word of relief with a pleasant face, and then looked around, focusing on Zhong Xingyin, Zhao Ying, Han Buxin, Wei Lu, Fan Ji, and Zhisong, the six secretaries of the Jin State, and asked: "The second and third sons think that Jin is the uncle of Fang and unites the princes to fight Chu, is it okay?" ”

Ji Wu's words were for the six secretaries of the Jin State to vote.