The time entered the nineteenth year of King Qingji of Wu, that is, in 495 BC, the ninth lunar month.

Qingji became a Zhou in the land of Wangji of the Zhou royal family, and the princes of the General Assembly.

There are twenty-three vassal states that came to participate, namely:

Wu, Jin, Qi, Cai, Xu, Zhongwu, Tang, Xue, Teng, Ju, Di, Tan, Song, Lu, Wei, Zheng, Dun, Xu, Chen, Cao, Qin, Yan, Zhongshan.

This is all the countries of Kyushu in China, and the kingdom of the princes canonized by Zhou Tianzi (except for the Zhongshan Kingdom).

Those who came to participate in this alliance were all the kings of the countries or the doctors.

It is worth mentioning that except for the Marquis of Qi and the Marquis of Wei, the kings of all countries have already rushed to participate in the alliance meeting.

Even Qin Bo Yingning and Yan Hou Ji Zai were not far away, and they rushed to Chengzhou through mountains and rivers......

Why?

It's simple!

Qingji divided the six families into Jin, and he did not discuss it with the princes in advance, and even the nominal "Uncle Fang" of the Marquis of Qi did not know about it.

The division of the six families has become a fait accompli, and Qingji can ensure the basic interests of the three kingdoms of Wu, Qin, and Zheng, as well as the Zhou royal family, but it has already touched the interests of Qi, Wei, and Zhongshan.

Before the meeting of Chengzhou, Qingji had already sent Daxing Lingyang Hu as an envoy to Chaoge to invite the Marquis of Qi and let the latter preside over the alliance meeting in Chengzhou.

It's just that Qi Hou, who feels that he was "played" by Qingji, where will Cheng Zhou bring humiliation on himself?

In the final analysis, Qi Hou's position as Uncle Fang was still given to him by Qingji.

Qingji is a veritable overlord of the princes!

With the division of the six families of Han, Zhao, Wei, Fan, Zhi, and Zhongxing, among the princes, the three kingdoms of Wu, Qin, and Zheng, as well as the Zhou royal family, got the most cheap.

As for the Qi Wei coalition army, which was originally defeated by the Jin army in the Battle of Iron, except for a few cities in the northeast of the Jin Kingdom that they originally occupied, they couldn't get any benefits, and they also lost their troops and lost a large amount of grain and grass!

This makes Qi Hou and Wei Hou, how can they not be angry?

Therefore, in a fit of anger, they simply did not come to participate in this Chengzhou meeting, and only sent Tian Qi, the minister of state, and Kuai Chen, the prince of Wei, to attend the meeting......

"Wu Hou!"

At this time, at the gate of Chengzhou, Tian Qi and Kuai Yushi got out of the carriage, and it was Qingji who was waiting here, as well as Gongzi Fan and Gongzi Xi.

Wu Wang Qingji personally greeted him, which made Tian Qi and Kuai Yu feel flattered, and hurriedly bowed to Qingji.

"Tian Xiang, I haven't seen you for many years, Tian Xiang has always been good?"

Qingji looked at Tian Qi with a smile.

Tian Qi hurriedly lowered his eyebrows and replied, "Thank you Wu Hou for your concern." Our ministers live in the temple high, for the country's governance, do not dare to have the slightest slack, thanks to the monarch's love, to let Tian Qi show his strengths. ”

What Tian Qi said was all about the scene.

Who is this beggar?

He is the son of Tian Huanzi Tian Wuyu, the suzerain of the Tian clan of Qi State, Tian Qi lent it in his early years, and the method of collecting it from the small bucket won the hearts of the people, and the Tian clan became stronger and stronger.

In the past Huaishui War, Tian Qi and Qi Hou Jiujiu, as well as many ministers of Qi State, were captured by the Wu army together.

At that time, Qingji had already realized that this was an opportunity for Wu to defeat Qi State, so he laid out the layout in advance.

Tian Qi is the Tian Lizi in history.

If it was in the original history, after the death of Qi Jinggong, Tian Qi and Bao Mu attacked and killed the country and Gao Erqing, and set up Gongzi Yangsheng as the king, which was to mourn the Duke of Qi.

After the Duke of Qi Miangong succeeded to the throne, Tian Qi served as the minister of state and was good at the government of Qi.

Tian Qi can be said to have laid a solid foundation for the Tian family.

It can be said that Tian Qi can be regarded as a generation of heroes.

However, Qingji thought that he could take advantage of Tian Qi's ambition and make him use it for himself.

Therefore, after the first battle of Huaishui, Qingji deliberately let Tian beg "cut the meat and serve the king", and won the favor of the Marquis of Qi.

So Tian Qi relied on his own ability and the favor of the pestle, and finally got his wish and ascended to the position of the prime minister of Qi and presided over the government.

Under the eyes of the pestle, Tian Qi did not dare to really rebel and showed his ambitions.

It's just that Tian Qi has been secretly cultivating the power of the Tian clan for more than ten years, and at the same time, when collecting Li Shu's taxes, he used small buckets to collect them, and when he lent Li Shu's grain, he used big buckets to lend them, and he practiced yin virtue on the people......

This situation was particularly serious during Tian Qi's tenure as state minister.

Qi Hou didn't take it to heart at all.

In the early years, Yan Ying repeatedly advised Qi Hou that Tian's behavior should be restrained, but Qi Hou did not listen.

What's more, now there are almost all traitors and villains around him, or Qi Hou who is good at protecting himself?

In Qingji's view, the open and secret battles of the Qi State are treacherous, and they are no less than the Jin Kingdom......

However, all this is under the rule of Qi Hou Jiujiu, and the ministers are still whitewashing the peace.

Once the mortar dies, the consequences will be unimaginable.

And this is exactly what Qingji wants to see!

Because the old overlord Jin State collapsed violently, after being divided into six, the great enemy of Wu State was left with only one Qi State.

At such a time, how could Qingji not take the opportunity to win over Tian Qi and let him use it for himself?

Tian Qi is also a person who understands the times and is very up-to-date.

Over the years, Tian Qi has been encouraging the State of Qi and the State of Wu to communicate with each other in business, giving convenience to the Wu merchants, in order to repay Qingji's grace of not killing back then, as well as the grace of secretly carrying out.

Of course, Tian Qi did not do this to repay Qingji's kindness.

Tian Qi is more planning to use Wu Guo to build momentum for himself and the Tian family, so as to complete the great cause of "Tian Dai Qi"!

"This must be the Prince of Weiguo?"

Qingji set his eyes on Kuai Chen's body again.

Kuai Yu is still a young man, already in the year of crowning, wearing a dark robe, tall, extraordinary, with a short beard, and full of energy.

"Kuai Shen has seen Wu Hou!"

Kuai Yu hurriedly bowed to Qingji.

"Wei Hou has a good son."

Qingji looked at Kuai Yu with emotion and said, "Prince, looking at you, the widow remembered his former spirit. ”

"I think back then, the widow and his uncle covered up the remains, and the candle Yong waved his army to attack Chu, but unexpectedly, the prince of the country usurped the throne, killed the widow's father, and cut off the way for Master Wu to return to the country."

"The widow had no choice but to take the remnants of the defeated army and flee to defend the country, fortunately the Wei Hou took him in, gave the widow a place to live, and also had to be funded by the countries, and the soldiers and horses were strong, so that the widow could lead the king to kill back to Wudu and avenge the shame!"

After a pause, Qingji seemed to be very grateful, stepped forward and grabbed Kuai's hand, and said: "Prince, the widow thinks that the grace of a drop of water should be reciprocated by a spring." ”

"Over the years, the widow has never found a chance to repay the kindness of the country."

"Now that it has become an alliance of Zhou, why is Wei Hou close at a time, and he is unwilling to come to the alliance?"