In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, when many once famous vassal states were wiped out one after another, Wei Guo miraculously escaped countless disasters and survived until the Qin State unified the world, and only perished during the second reign of Qin.

The reason for this is that later generations believe that this is because there are many virtuous people who defend the country, just like "Yan Zhao Gulai is a man of many sorrowful songs", "there are many gentlemen in Weidi since ancient times".

Historically, Confucius traveled around the world for 14 years, including 10 years in the country, that is, because there were many "gentlemen" who had the same temperament as him.

Qingji's uncle Ji Za, who had traveled all over the world and was known for his foresight, came to the conclusion that "the country is safe if there are many gentlemen in Wei......

Can Qingji agree with this conclusion?

Yes!

Because the historical Weiguo has become one of the longest-surviving vassal states, a total of 838 years before and after the founding of the country, and 35 generations of monarchs.

From the time of Uncle Kang's founding of the country, the capital of Chaoge, to the time when Wei Cheng moved the capital to Diqiu, divination said that the country could be established here for 300 years, and later Diqiu (Wei moved to Diqiu, that is, changed its name to Puyang) really became the blessed land of Weiguo......

"Duke Song, the gentleman of Wei Duo may not be able to strengthen the country, but he may not be able to survive the country."

Qing Ji said with a surging smile: "From the perspective of widows, the Central Plains people are outstanding and heroic, but the monarch does not have the ability to know how to make good use of people, so he can't make the best use of his talents." ”

"Wei Duo gentleman, why is Song not a lot of talent?"

“……”

Qingji's words made Ziluan's heart quite uncomfortable, and the look on his face was a little complicated.

Why?

Because what Qingji said is true.

Since ancient times, the Song Dynasty, Wei and other countries located in the Central Plains have never lacked talents, many gentlemen, and cultural and academic prosperity.

There are not a few talented people in governing the country.

Not to mention the later Shang Ying and Lü Buwei, the most famous ones now are Ji Ran, Kong Qiu, Lao Tzu and others.

Kong Qiu is now the right prime minister of Wu State, and Lao Tzu is also the Taifu of Wu State, ranking as the third duke.

Ji Ran is the Dazai of the Wu State, with a prominent reputation and a reputation among the princes.

Kongqiu's ancestral home is the Song Dynasty, and his hometown is the Lu Kingdom, not to mention, Ji Ran is a real Song Dynasty Kuiqiu Pu Shangren, Lao Tzu is the same.

Wei Duo gentleman, why not Song Guo?

The Song Kingdom is the center of transportation and water transportation, known as the "Eight Rivers through the Song Dynasty".

The unique geographical environment, cultural environment, and profound cultural heritage of Yin Shang made the Song Kingdom a central country with hundreds of schools of thought and thinkers in the Spring and Autumn Period!

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Lao Tzu is a native of Qurenli, Ku County, Chen (has been occupied by the Song State), and this place is less than 200 miles away from Shangqiu, and the two places are geographically connected, and belong to the scope of "Zhong Hua Sage Cultural Circle".

There are also Mozi, Zhuangzi, Huizi, Yu Huali, Ni Shuo, Song Yu and others, all from the Song Kingdom!

It is conceivable how prosperous the culture of the Central Plains is.

This is a unique condition, not artificially created by Qingji like the Wu Kingdom.

"The Divine Destiny Xuanniao, descended to give birth to business, and the house is full of earth. The ancient emperor ordered martial arts, and the four sides of the domain were in the right domain. ”

"After Fang Ming, there are nine deaths. Shang Zhi successively, ordered not to die, in Wu Ding's grandson. Wu Ding's grandson, the king of Wu is invincible......"

At this moment, a melodious and beautiful singing sound sounded on the stage again.

Accompanied by the sound of various musical instruments such as chimes, drums, harps, and sermons, the beautiful singers hum ancient poems there.

"Song of Shang"?

Qingji couldn't help but squint his eyes, thoughtful.

If he is not mistaken, this poem should be the widely circulated "Shang Song Xuanniao"!

"The dragon flag is ten times, and the big gluten is the inheritance. Banggi is thousands of miles, the people of Weimin stop, and the territory is all over the world. ”

"The four seas are fake, and Qi Qi is fake. Jingyuan Wei River. Yin was ordered to be Xianyi, what is Bailu! ”

Xuanniao belongs to the national totem of the Song State (Yin Shang), just like the Wu State advocating dragons and phoenixes.

The Xuanyao is a mythical mythical bird, from the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", the initial image of the Xuanyao resembles a swallow.

There is a mountain in the North Sea, which is called the mountain of the secluded capital.

The black water comes out of the Yan, and there are birds, snakes, leopards, tigers, and fox fluffy tails.

According to legend, Qi's mother, Jian Di, was the second concubine of Emperor Yu, and Qi was born to Jian Di, so Emperor Yu was naturally Qi's father and the ancestor of Shang.

It is said that Jian Di was in the suburbs, and because she was pregnant with the egg of the swallowing bird, she was born and took a business deed.

This became the basis for the legend that the so-called Xuanniao was the ancestor of the Shang dynasty.

Yin's surname is Zizi, and his ancestor is Xuanniaozi.

Shangqiu, the capital of the Song Kingdom, was originally a city with far-reaching implications.

This is one of the birthplaces of the ancient culture of the Central Plains.

"Shang" was first named after the clan, then the name of the place, and "Qiu" was pretended to mean ruins.

Therefore, it was the Shang clan who lived here for a long time and later migrated, and the descendants called the ruined place where the Shang clan lived as Shangqiu.

The ancestor of the merchant was sealed in Shang because he helped Dayu control the water, and his clan was a businessman.

After the establishment of the Xia Dynasty, the Shang clan was a vassal of the Xia.

With the strength of the Shang tribe, they gradually developed the desire to win the throne, although they were superficially subservient to Xia, but secretly developed power around Xia......

Of course, the Xuanniao is not necessarily a swallow, but may also have evolved from a phoenix or a peacock.

However, Qingji looked at the current Song people's banner costumes, which basically belonged to the totem of the swallow......

"Woo-woo-woo-woo-"

With a sound of horns full of murderous atmosphere, the sky was brightened, and thousands of Song soldiers were displayed on the banks of the Jushui River, waiting for Qingji and Song Gongziluan's review.

After the banquet, Ziluan invited Qingji to review the three armies with him.

Of course, Ziluan's move is not to give Qingji a disadvantage.

After all, since Qingji succeeded to the throne, Wu's army has been fighting for many years, swallowing Chu and destroying Yue, surveying the southwest, and opening up a vast territory of thousands of miles for Wu......

In terms of combat power, Ziluan thinks that the Song army, which has been in peace for a long time, cannot be compared with the Wu army.

Born in troubled times, Ziluan can be regarded as a monarch with achievements.

It's just that so far, Ziluan, who has been in power for more than 20 years, has made no achievements in military and diplomacy......

Not long ago, the Song army suffered a defeat in Laoqiu.

"Zuo Biography" records that in the fifteenth year of Dinggong, Zheng Handa defeated the Song division in Laoqiu!

Why?

Because the national policy that the Song State has always adhered to is to take the Jin State as the suzerainty and pay tribute to the Jin people.

Since the outbreak of civil strife in the Jin Dynasty, the Qi State, the Zheng State, the Wei State, and even the Zhou royal family have all participated in the Central Plains War to help the Fan clan and the Zhongxing clan fight against the Jin army together.

The Song State, which still did not change its diplomatic strategy, was naturally going to be attacked by the Zheng people.

However, it is also conceivable that the current Song army is not strong in combat.

Ziluan (Song Jinggong) can also be called a person who is good at forbearance.

So far, Song Guo has been repeatedly insulted by the Jin people, and Ziluan can still swallow his anger.

As far as Qingji knows, in the past 20 years, the Song Kingdom has experienced two wars.

One was the Battle of Laoqiu in Zheng Song, which broke out not long ago, and the other was the Battle of Xiao that took place four years ago.