Later generations believed that Zheng State, Jin State, Qin State and so on were all dukes canonized by the Zhou royal family.

In fact, their titles are either marquis or earl, but their monarch is called "duke" after the death.

"Zixu, in your opinion, Uncle Zheng may leak secrets?"

"Not bad."

Wu Zixu frowned and said: "Great King, although Wu Guo and Zheng Guo are of the same sect and come from the lineage of the ancient father, they have long been estranged. ”

"Therefore, Zheng Guo, who is also a country with the surname Ji, may not be able to recognize my Wu State and deal with the Chu people with Wu State."

Wu Zixu's worries are not unreasonable.

Zheng Huan, the founding monarch of Zheng State, was the youngest son of King Zhou Li and the younger brother of King Xuan of Zhou.

In that year, Ji You was enclosed to Zheng Di, and the kings of Yu and Yi contributed ten cities to him, and he finally established Zheng State.

Therefore, Zheng Guo is also a lineage of Zhou Tianzi, and he is a relative of Wu Guo's ancestors, and he was a family five hundred years ago.

It's just that this relationship has been very estranged, Zheng Guo was once developed, and he didn't want to recognize Wu Guo, a poor relative in the ravine.

Even if Wu is now a big country, its rise is unstoppable, and it is even strong enough to overwhelm Chu and wrestle with Jin.

I'm afraid that Zheng Guo only thinks that Wu Guo is a "nouveau riche" and can't last long.

And the Zheng people and the Chu people made an alliance under the city, in fact, they had to take a big risk.

Because in the form of a letter of state, if all the more than ten cities captured by the Chu army before were ceded to the Chu state, it would be unsubstantiated for the Zheng people to ask for them back.

Zheng Guo will not actually be afraid of Wu Guo either.

Because there is more than a thousand miles between Wu and Zheng.

Zheng was surrounded by Lu and Song to the east, Cheng Zhou, Wei and Jin to the northwest, Chen, Cai, Xu and Chu to the southwest.

As the "Chinese Zheng Yu" said: "If it is not the king's branch, the mother, the brother, the nephew, and the uncle, are all barbarian Jing Rongdi." ”

Zheng Guo, who could not be directly threatened by Wu Guo, naturally could not be afraid of Wu Guo.

Of course, Wu Guo could choose to send troops from Cai State and take advantage of the road to attack Zheng.

After all, Cai Guo is a vassal state of Wu State, a hardcore junior brother.

"Zixu, in your opinion, how should the widow force the Zheng people to temporarily negotiate peace with the Chu people?"

Qingji asked.

"If so, my lord. The minister thought that the king could salute first and then the soldiers, and write to Zheng Bo first, if he did not allow it, and then coerce Zheng Guo, it happened that my Wu State was strong at this time, and Zheng people must be afraid. ”

"And even if the State of Chu knows that our Wu State has the intention of sending troops, I am afraid that the target of my Wu State's army is Zheng State, not Chu Di."

"Good!"

Qingji nodded in agreement.

Just writing a handwritten letter to Zheng Bo, threatening to cooperate with Wu to deal with Chu State, there is no loss for Qingji.

Then, Qingji looked at Wu Zixu with a smile and said, "Zixu, the position of the Imperial Historian has been vacant for a long time, and the widow wants you to serve as the Imperial Historian, I don't know what you think?" ”

"Thank you, Lord Ron!"

Wu Zixu has never been a hypocritical person, so he immediately agreed.

The official system of Wu is the system of three princes and nine secretaries, and the imperial historian, Dazai, and Dasima are listed as the three dukes.

Wu Zixu's previous "guard captain" was one of the nine qing, second to the three dukes.

Now Qingji has promoted Wu Zixu to the imperial doctor, which can be said to have been carefully considered.

The art of the emperor is the most important thing to check and balance.

Now the three dukes of Wu State, one is Sun Wu, one is Ji Ran, and the other is Wu Zixu.

Sun Wu is a native of Qi, Wu Zixu is a native of Chu, and Ji Ran is a native of Song.

Not to mention, Sun Wu and Wu Zixu both represent different factions.

At this time, in the huge Wu court, and even between the localities, the two largest factions were none other than the Qi faction and the Chu faction.

The faction of the State of Qi was headed by Sun Wu, Tian Sui Tho, Yan Ying and others, and the faction of the State of Chu was headed by Wu Zixu, Fan Li, Wen Chong, Bo Que and others, and they did not give in to each other.

However, they just don't deal with each other in private, and they don't dare to be sloppy in the slightest bit in their cooperation in official affairs.

Such as Sun Wu, Wu Zixu, Fan Li and Bo Biao are not interested in this kind of party struggle, but only wholeheartedly make suggestions for Qingji, and truly achieve "the food of the king, the worry of the king".

Regarding the occurrence of party disputes between the DPRK and China, Qingji turned a blind eye.

The party has been fighting against differences since ancient times, and Qingji, as the monarch, can't stop it, and he doesn't want to stop it.

After all, for the superiors, the subordinates who are completely amiable are the most terrifying.

……

The next day, the car of Qingji and Queen Ji Qi came to the camp of Ba Shang on the edge of the Qinhuai River outside Jinling City under the opening of the mighty patrol team.

The people stationed here are basically the standing army and the forbidden army of the state of Wu.

If the state of Wu wants to start a war against the state of Chu, it is indispensable to have a strong army.

It is worth mentioning that the military service system of Wu is different from that of other countries.

For example, the military service system of the Jin, Song, Lu, Wei and other vassal states was all based on the soldiers.

The so-called use of soldiers in agriculture is to use agricultural tools as weapons.

The weapons are hidden in the public house, and they are only issued when they are in battle, that is, the so-called armor and soldiers.

Weapons can only be used by the regular army, and soldiers such as the Rural Defense Regiment cannot be given.

However, when the enemy fights, you can't just take a farm tool and defend yourself, so it is said in "Liutao" that the people will use a certain agricultural tool as a certain weapon.

The military service system practiced by the state of Wu was a conscription system.

In other words, when Wu chooses soldiers, he will give priority to men with strong physique, and will not easily let men from every family go to the battlefield.

It is not that the conscription system is more advanced than that of the peasants, in fact, the conscription system of Wu is similar to that of the whole people.

The men of Wu are like the men of other countries, and they will be gathered in various counties for training during the slack time.

It's just that the weapons and armor of the Wu State are basically borne by the state government, and it is not necessary for the soldiers to take out their own weapons and armor or chariots, horses, dry food, etc.

At this time, in this extremely large camp of Bashang, 50,000 sharp soldiers have been gathered.

They practiced day and night and ran in so that they could better display their strength on the battlefield.

These 50,000 warriors are all carefully selected soldiers by the Great Sima Sun Wu.

Some of them are from Wu country, some are from the land of Yue, some are from Huaibei, and some are from Lingnan, which can be said to be from all over the world, and Wu people with different accents are all gathered together.

The reason why Qingji asked Sun Wu to build such a strong army was all to deal with the Chu State.

Because of the vast territory of the Chu State, not to mention the long strategic depth, there are also mountains and rivers blocked, as well as a variety of complex terrain.

The Baiyue people, who are good at mountain warfare, are undoubtedly a great weapon against the Chu army.

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