It stands to reason that if an envoy of a country really wants to see the king, he has to go through a set of more cumbersome procedures.

Unless there is something important, or the envoy is highly respected, so that the king should not be easily neglected.

However, Qingji attached great importance to Hua Bao, the envoy of the Tang Kingdom.

"Xuan."

"No!"

Soon after the glue slip retreated, a burly man with a heroic face was brought into the temple of Zide.

This is none other than Hua Bao, the envoy of the Tang Kingdom!

Hua Bao doesn't seem to be very suitable for his current identity, and when facing Qingji, he is still a little cramped and uneasy.

However, when Hua Bao came to Jinling, he had received some training in etiquette, so when he saw Qing Ji, he could still bow down and say: "Foreign minister, Tang Guozhong Doctor Hua Bao, see King Wu!" Wan Wan of King Wu! ”

"Huazi doesn't have to be polite. Come, give a seat! ”

"Xie Wu Wang!"

Seeing that Wu Wang Qingji seemed to be approachable, Hua Bao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and after thanking him inexplicably, he slowly leaned over and sat on the futon under the platform.

As for Zhisu Neishi Fan Li, who had just played chess with Qingji, he sat opposite Huabao.

"Wu and Tang have never had any dealings, I don't know what Huazi is doing with Wu this time?"

Qingji asked straight to the point.

A little less polite, but it can make Huabao more comfortable.

"Back to King Wu, the foreign ministers came on the orders of the king this time, wanting to worship Wu as the suzerain, and from then on, the two countries will share weal and woe, and communicate with each other."

As soon as they heard this, Qingji and Fan Li's faces couldn't help but be a little weird.

You must know what kind of country the Tang State is.

In the early Spring and Autumn period, the state of Chu conquered the Tang state by force; In the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period, the Tang State became a vassal of the Chu State.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, there were two Tang Kingdoms, one is widely known, the Tang Kingdom (Jin Kingdom) in the Linfen Basin, and the other is the Tang Kingdom located in the south and belongs to the Nanyang Basin.

The feudal princes of Zhou Tianzi were feudal and built states, often in a group of two countries.

For example, there are two kingdoms of Yu in the east and west, two Liang kingdoms in the east and west, two Wu kingdoms in the east and west, two Shen kingdoms in the north and south, and so on, and the Tang kingdom is also a group of two, one south and one north.

The Tang Kingdom in the north was conferred by King Zhou Cheng, the second son of the Zhou royal family, to his younger uncle Yu.

King Cheng of Zhou destroyed the Tang Kingdom surnamed Qi here, changed its land to Shu Yu, and established the Tang Kingdom surnamed Ji.

The people surnamed Tang were moved to the vicinity of Haojing and established the state of Du.

Shu Yu is therefore called Tang Shu Yu.

The Tang Kingdom in the south is one of the "Hanyang Princesses".

Due to the continuous southern expeditions of King Zhao of Zhou, the territory of the Zhou Kingdom expanded greatly to the south, reaching the Han River.

During the reign of King Zhao of Zhou and King Mu of Zhou, a number of vassal states were established north of Hanshui, called "Hanyang Zhuji", and in the late Western Zhou Dynasty, during the reign of King Xuan of Zhou, the "Hanyang Zhuji" was strengthened.

The mission of Hanyang Zhuji was first to defend against the "Huaiyi Zhuying".

When the "Huaiyi Zhuying" was defeated by King Mu of Zhou, the task became to guard the bronze strategic passage.

When the state of Chu began to rise, the task became to guard against the state of Chu, but at that time it was already the Spring and Autumn period, the Zhou royal family itself was difficult to protect, and the Hanyang princesses lost their support and were annexed by the Chu state one by one.

Tang is a state within a state and a vassal state belonging to the Chu State, one of the original "Hanyang Zhuji", and now the Tang State dares to turn its back on the Chu State and switch to the banner of the Wu State?

What happened between the Tang State and the Chu State?

"Huazi, if the widow is not mistaken, the suzerainty of the Rutang State should be the Chu State, why did he rebel against Chu and join Wu?"

Qingji asked.

"Alas!"

Hua Bao couldn't help but sigh and said, "King Wu, don't hide it, the Chu State deceives people too much!" ”

"Three years ago, the monarch of my Tang Kingdom entered Yingdu to meet the King of Chu, but unexpectedly made Yin Zichang greedy and privately asked for the two horses that my monarch was riding, which was the heirloom of my Tang Kingdom, how could I give it to others?"

"So the monarch of our country sternly refused, so the quilt often detained Yingdu for three years."

"Later, it was the foreign minister who drunk the king's entourage and stole the horse-wrenching horse to Zichang, so that the monarch was able to release it and return to China......"

After explaining the ins and outs of the matter to Qingji, Huabao sighed for a while.

At this time, Qingji remembered that there was indeed such a thing in history.

Now, the monarch of the Tang State is Tang Chenggong, because of this matter, he has formed a bond with the Chu State.

In 506 BC, the Tang State united with the Wu State and the Cai State to send troops to conquer the Chu State and captured the Yingdu of the Chu State, and the King of Chu Zhao fled to the Sui State for refuge.

In July of the following year, the Chu army and the Qin army sent troops to the Tang State to surround the Tang capital, and the Tang State was destroyed by the Chu State due to being outnumbered, and Tang Chenggong and Hua Bao were killed in battle......

Hu Zeng of the Tang Dynasty wrote a poem:

Traveling west to a desert, because of the laughter of Tang Gong did not know the opportunity.

Don't hesitate to lose Ling Yin, and return when the Handong Palace is flea.

Chu Jiaheng, a Jinshi of the Qing Dynasty, also wrote in a poem:

Since ancient times, it has been called a famous horse, and it is refreshing to chase the wind.

Looking down at the herd of horses, there are 10,000 empty horses.

Cheng Gong is like Chu, and the son often loves Junyi.

Staying in the flood for three years is inevitable.

The Tang people stole the offering, and they had to go home.

It can be seen that between the Tang State and the Chu State, there has been an undying hatred.

Just like Cai Houshen before, because the treasures on his body were coveted by the bag tile and did not give it, he was detained by the latter in Yingdu.

I have to say that Chu Guo has a greedy person like Nangwa to serve as Ling Yin, which is really eight lifetimes of mold.

Cai and Tang, the two long-standing vassal states of Chu, were forced to turn against each other by Nangwa!

Qingji pondered for a moment, and then said slowly: "Huazi, the meaning of your coming, the widow already knows. ”

"Please go back on behalf of the widow and tell Tang Jun that the widow accepts the goodwill of Tang Guo. However, the state of Chu is powerful, and in the battle of Wu and Chu, if Wu does not destroy Chu, it will be destroyed! ”

"The foreign minister represents my monarch, thank you King Wu!"

Hua Bao knelt on the ground gratefully and kowtowed.

Qingji is a kind person.

He can't be like the historical King Wu, who just throws people aside when he runs out of use, and doesn't care.

You must know that Tang is a country within a country of Chu, and it is thousands of miles away from Wu, and it is beyond the reach of the whip.

Tang State can take such a big risk and send an envoy to negotiate with Wu State and oppose Chu State, it is conceivable that once it is discovered by the Chu people, the danger of Tang State's demise is imminent!

When Hua Bao left, Qingji set his eyes on Fan Li again.

"Young uncle, what do you think of this matter?"

"The rebellion of the Tang State against Chu and Wu is the desire of the people."

Fan Liwan smiled and said: "Today, the court of Chu State is dim, and there is a minister like Nangwa who has brought disaster to the country and the people as Ling Yin, and he is in charge of Chu State, isn't he a black sheep?" ”

"If we can have the Tang State as an internal response, and attack the Chu State together with my Wu army that attacked Chu, we will definitely get twice the result with half the effort. However, when sending troops to attack Chu, it is necessary to think in the long run, and you must not be in a hurry! ”

"Good."

Qingji also thinks deeply about this.

After so many years of weakening of the Wu State, the Chu State is no longer the Chu State of the past, and the national strength is declining day by day, and it is in a slump.

Xiong Zhen, the king of Chu, is known as the "King of Zhongxing" in history, but in fact there is no cultural and martial arts, and the only thing he is commendable about is the restoration of the Chu state......

As for the black sheep like Nangwa, there are not a few in the Chu State.

Qingji believes that it is necessary for Wu Guo to strengthen his private ties with Tang Guo.

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