Luo Cheng sent Jin Zheng Ergong away.

Walking out of the hall, the faces of the Duke of Jin and the Duke of Zheng were full of joy, and they got the right granted by the Son of Heaven to levy the subordinate, which is the right to legally annex a small country, and the Jin State and the Zheng State will usher in a period of crazy expansion of strength next.

The three of them walked along the wide avenue of the palace, flanked by high walls, on which soldiers patrolled, and the footsteps of the three could be heard clearly in the corridor.

Luo Cheng looked at the sky where only a line was exposed, remembered the current situation of Bang Zhou, felt a little depressed, and said in a deep voice: "Duke Jin, Duke Zheng, the royal family is declining, Yidi is changing, who will protect the world?"

The land of Zhuxia was obtained by overcoming obstacles for more than 200 years, and if you lose it like this, will you be willing?

The authority of the princes comes from the Son of Heaven, and the throne of the Son of Heaven is stable, so that our children and grandchildren can enjoy the throne forever.

There are so many nobles in Yin Shang, only the Song Kingdom lineage is still inherited, is it because the other branches are incapable?

Are the hundreds of princes surnamed Ji in the world all virtuous people?

This is all because we are relatives of the royal family, so the surname Ji is noble, and we have today.

But over the years, among many vassal states, Zhou Li has declined.

Between the monarch and the minister, the patriarchal system collapsed, and the rebellious things of the courtiers killing the monarch and the son killing the father emerged one after another.

How strong the Qi country used to be, it changed its monarch three times in 20 years, and the offices slaughtered each other, and now the national strength has gradually declined.

Jin and Zheng are both large countries with a land of several hundred miles, a large population, and a strong military, which can be said to be very strong.

A big country like yours, even if it suffers a few defeats in a row, it is just a loss of one city and one place, and with a little rest, you can make a comeback.

But if there is cannibalism in the office, it must be the decline of the office, and no matter how strong the country is, it will not be a generation.

If you go back this time, you must cheer up your Zhou in the country, choose your heir carefully, and don't rely on your own preferences.

It is necessary to clarify the status of the heir, and not to let some sons have thoughts that they should not have, which is a major matter related to the survival of the country.

If this cannot be done, even if the second prince is brave and wise, the country is strong for a while, and the future generations are not good, and it will eventually decline.

When the national strength is lost and dies at the hands of Yidi or the princes, it is really a smile for the world. ”

When Jin Zheng Ergong heard this, the smile on his face was also put away.

The Marquis of Jin, who has been friendly with Luoguo since the Luosu era, held his hand and said: "The country of Luoguo etiquette, for nine generations, has been inherited in an orderly manner, and Gu should learn from you, and when you return to the country, you will definitely act in accordance with Zhou etiquette." ”

Luo Cheng didn't know how much the two of them listened to in their hearts, if it weren't for the national strength of the two kingdoms of Jin and Zheng, which was too important for the survival of the Zhuxia kingdom and the royal family, he wouldn't have said a heartfelt word to these two.

Luo Cheng sent the second duke of Jin Zheng out of the palace, and said with emotion: "Now that Yidi is prosperous, the war is not far away, and the second duke will go back to rectify the military affairs."

If there is something important, just send a letter to Luoyi, and the orphan club will handle it for the second office.

Bang Zhou has you and me, and it will be as stable as Mount Tai. ”

The second duke of Jin Zheng said yes, so he got into the carriage and returned to China to rectify the soldiers and horses, while Luo Cheng returned to the palace to teach Ji Fu and deal with the affairs of Bang Zhou and Wang Ji by the way.

……

With the passage of time, the abnormal movements that had been heard earlier turned into pieces of military intelligence information, and they swarmed towards the newborn Wang Ji.

"Your Majesty, the Laiyi Kingdom has invaded on a large scale, and the Marquis of Qi has led troops to resist."

"Di Ren is also in the Kou, the Duke of Jin, the Marquis of Wei, the Marquis of Hand, the Marquis of Xing, the Marquis of Zhang, and the princes of Bozi have led their troops to the north, and the momentum is not small, I am afraid that there is no energy to pay attention to Wang Ji."

"The monarch of Xu Guoguo usurped the throne, Song Gong and Chen Hou have coordinated to lead their troops to the front line, Xu Jun is brave and strong, and the two countries are losing and retreating."

Xirong's attack on Hokyung seemed to give Siyi a signal, and Bang Zhou's weakness was exposed to everyone, and these enemies from all sides took advantage of this opportunity to attack it en masse.

The first to stir up chaos was the country of Laiyi.

Since the time of King Su's Eastern Crusade, Dongyi has always been the focus of Bang Zhou.

Under the repeated blows of Qi and Luo, the power gradually shrank, but on the peninsula in the east of Qi, there was still a big country named Laiyi.

This is the undying enemy of the Qi State, and this time the Lord of the Laiyi State gathered almost all the tribes of the entire Dongyi to wage war against the Qi State.

The State of Qi also took the opportunity of the decentralization of the Son of Heaven to mobilize the forces of the Eastern vassal states such as the State of Ji to deal with the State of Laiyi.

The State of Qi also poured out the country, and even the assistance that had been given to the Yan State was stopped, leaving the Yan State to deal with those Di and Hu people alone.

With the delivery of military information, Luo Cheng explained the situation in the world to Ji Fu in Wang Ji.

"Your Majesty, the more urgent the military situation is, the more we must calmly analyze the flaws, for example, in the situation of the Quartet, the Qi side is the least need to worry.

Although the Laiyi country is strong, the Qi country occupies a favorable terrain, and can strike condescendingly, and can also slowly drag the Laiyi country.

The real danger is the Yan Kingdom, without the assistance of the Qi Kingdom, the Yan Kingdom is located in a remote area and has a small population, this time it depends on how much strength the Yan Kingdom has.

If the Yan State cannot resist the Hu people, then the Qi State will have to suffer from the enemy on its back, and at that time, the Qi State will fall into a bitter battle. ”

The Jin State, the Wei State, the Han State, and the Xing State faced the Di people who went south from the north, especially the Jin State, and were the main force to protect Wang Ji.

The enemies in these two directions are already old men, and after so many years, they have won and lost each other, and they can fight step by step in the Jin Kingdom.

Ji Fu looked at the map in front of him and asked, "Duke Luo, can the Marquis of Western Zhou fight against Yiluo Zhirong?" Will they follow Yishui and Luoshui to raid Wangji directly?

Shen Guo and Ying Guo are both next to the land of Yiluo, and Zheng Guo can also go directly by big ship, can they be allowed to go on the expedition? ”

Luo Cheng shook his head and said: "The three countries can't move, the Xu State rebels, according to the news that comes, the monarch of the Xu State is a natural commander, and the army of the Song State is defeated, and he still relies on the reinforcements of the Chen State to barely hold it."

Once the combined forces of the two countries are defeated, the southeast of Wanggi will be wide open, which is not allowed, and only by controlling the war outside Wanggi can all unexpected situations be avoided.

Therefore, it is necessary to immediately let Zheng Gong lead a large army to support the Song State.

Zheng Gong is brave and martial, presumably the rebellion of Xu State will not affect Wang Ji for the time being. ”

"What about Shen Guo and Ying Guo?"

Luo Cheng sighed: "When Bang Zhou was the weakest, the Chu State had always been dissatisfied with Zhou and had enmity with Bang Zhou, how could he be indifferent.

Counting the days, Shen should be about to bring the news of Chu's invasion.

Chen's strange thing is that why there is no movement on Huaiyi's side?

Didn't I already hear them preparing for war some time ago, why didn't there be any news from Xiguo?

Could it be that he is preparing to use troops against Wu Yue?

It doesn't make sense. ”

Ji Fu naturally didn't understand these things, and asked, "Luo Gong, is Huaiyi very strong?" ”

Luo Cheng pointed to the place south of Wangji and painted: "The north of Wu Yue, the east and south of Xu, all the way to Xidi, thousands of miles of land are Huaiyi's sphere of influence. ”

Ji Fu was taken aback, a land of a thousand miles!

His Wangji is only 600 miles, and this Huaiyi actually has a land of thousands of miles.

Luo Cheng said with some solemnity: "The Huaiyi people are good at bows and arrows, the people are strong, they are good soldiers, and they and Xirong have always been the confidants of Bang Zhou.

There were dozens of vassal states surnamed Ji between Wangji and Huaiyi, but some of them have been gradually annexed over the years.

As Huaiyi grew larger, the ministers were worried that these fragmentary Hanyang princesses would not be able to bear the burden of defending against the enemy.

Therefore, it was decided to imitate the strategy of the Jin State to resist the north and the Qi State to resist the East, and to establish a great power between the Shen State and the Chen State across both sides of the Yingshui River, specifically to contain the Huaiyi north. ”

On the one hand, Luo Cheng explained the current situation in Bangzhou for Ji Fu, and on the other hand, he was teaching Ji Fu how to deal with state affairs.

"Your Majesty, hurry up the military report!"

The eunuch hurriedly walked in from outside the hall, holding two bamboo slips in his hands.

"The King of Heavenly Command:

The Marquis of Chenshen bowed.

The minister was not guilty, but Chu Zi raised an army to fight against the minister.

The state of Chu is the country of Fang in the wilderness, and the minister is the clan of the surname Ji, and he crusades without authorization, which is not to put Zhou Li and you in his heart.

Shouldn't such a courtier punish him?

The minister asked Wang Ji to send troops to let the Chu army know that the sky is unpredictable. ”

The Son of Heaven Ji Fu and Luo Cheng read it one by one, and after Ji Fu read it, he said: "Luo Gong, what you expected is indeed not wrong.

The state of Chu raised troops on the grounds that Sui Guo and Shen State were rude to him, claiming to be an army of 100,000 people, and marched in three directions.

Shen has already conscripted the troops available to the whole country to block the Chu state above the Han River, and the Sui state has also begun to clear the wilderness, and sent a letter of help to Wang Ji. ”

Because Luo Cheng had already told him that the Chu State would definitely raise troops, Ji Fu was not very panicked now.

Shen is still very powerful, the terrain is very advantageous, and many times he has successfully repelled the attacks of Chu, and asking for help is just to ask Wang Ji for some benefits.

Regarding the invasion of Chu, Luo Cheng was not very worried.

Because he knew that the main purpose of these moves of the Chu State was to contain the military strength of Shen Sui and other countries and drag the Ji surnamed State on the Han River Plain.

The nobles of Chu just want to see the Zhou royal family and the Central Plains princes unlucky, so no matter who attacks the Central Plains princes, he will help the field.

There is a high probability that he will not really start a war with Bang Zhou, especially since he is in charge of Wangji, and the nobles of Chu State already have a psychological shadow on Luo's family.

Some time ago, when the snow flew in June in Hojing, Laiyi, Huaiyi, and Xu may not believe it, but Chu must be suspicious.

Xiong Dun's status in the state of Chu is comparable to the status of King Su in the hearts of the Zhou people.

This is a monarch who single-handedly made the State of Chu a great power, and he actually suffered such a big loss, who can not doubt this?

"Report!

The king, Luo Gong, the military situation is reported from the country! ”

A bloodied soldier rushed into the hall, Luo Cheng's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly took the letter and opened it to take a look.

"Your Majesty, Huaiyi invades!

It wasn't that they didn't make a move, but they broke through the defense line of Hanyang Zhuji in an instant.

Xiguo didn't get the news out at all, and it wasn't until the countrymen and nobles who fled from the vassal states went north that the news came from Ying and Xu.

This is terrible, there are a lot of Huaiyi warships, they go up the Yingshui, once Yingguo and Xu Guo fall, they can directly attack the land of Yiluo.

You can contact Yiluo Zhirong on the top, and you can guard the grain route of the Hanyang princesses.

Even the state of Shen has to face the attack of the state of Chu and Huaiyi and Yiluo Zhirong, and Wang Ji will be directly exposed in front of Huaiyi.

At death's door. ”

During the reign of King Su, there were princes of the four towns who were ordered by the king, who were responsible for regularly convening the princes of the other quarters to conduct military training and deal with the attacks of Yidi.

As a result, with the expansion of Zhuxia's power, Yidi no longer waged large-scale wars with the princes.

The Son of Heaven was also dissatisfied with the princes who held great power in the field, so gradually this kind of great princes were no longer set up.

The princesses of Hanyang are all small countries, and they do not advance and retreat together with each other, and in the face of a behemoth like Huaiyi, there is this bleak situation.

As soon as he heard that Wang Ji would be in danger, Ji Fu couldn't sit still for a moment, he didn't forget that his father was attacked by the Rong people and Wang Ji, and hurriedly asked, "Luo Gong, do you have any plans?" ”

"At present, we can only transfer Wang Ji's troops to Yingguo and Xuguo, as long as this place is guarded, and Huaiyi, Yiluozhirong, and Chu are not linked, the situation is under control.

After the Haojing Incident, the minister was worried about the lack of military strength of Wang Ji, so he brought the soldiers of Luo State to Wang Ji, who were the elite of the world, and sent them to Ying and Xu first.

The king must issue a conscription order to the whole state and Zhou, and all the princes and vassals must be mobilized, and whoever does not act according to the edict will be liquidated when the matter is over. ”

"Duke Luo, the widow has just ascended the throne and is not familiar with military affairs, so I will give you full authority in this matter, but whatever the edict is, it is up to you to do it."

Ji Fu is very different from his father Ji Ni, he is very self-aware, he never interferes in what he is not good at, and he adheres to the way of being a king, is upright, and benevolent by nature, can understand his subordinates, never easily suspicious, and is very courageous when it is critical, and can hand over power to those he believes in.

Such a monarch can become a Ming monarch when he meets a virtuous minister, and he will be mediocre when he encounters a traitorous minister, for Luo Cheng, he is too satisfied.

The matter of Huaiyi is not trivial, Luo Cheng did not delay for a moment, and immediately issued the highest level of conscription order, requiring the Wang Jiqing clan to send troops.

In the early stage, the order to transfer the elite troops of the Luo State to Ying and Xu was also issued.

When this edict was issued, Luo Cheng felt that his heart was dripping blood, this time the army that brought Luoyi was the real elite, and the leaders were the essence of the Luoguo's office and clan members.

His eldest son and younger brother were among them.

Many of these soldiers are the small sect of the Luo clan, which is an army composed of old Luo people, and their loyalty and combat effectiveness are extremely high.

Now that he has transferred them to the frontline of the battlefield to face the surging Huaiyi, he is really worried that something will happen, which will be a catastrophe for the Luo country.

But if he didn't transfer these people over, he didn't worry about the others at all, in case he really let Huaiyi connect with Yiluo Zhirong and Chu State.

Bang broke the national capital on Tuesday, Zhuxia overturned, he couldn't escape the blame for his death, and he had no face to face King Su after his death.

……

In the early years of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the Zhou Dynasty encountered the greatest crisis since its establishment, with enemies from all sides, and at the same time launched a fatal blow to the dynasty that had just suffered heavy losses.

In the face of the crisis, the feudal system showed strong vitality, and these princes, who had a high degree of autonomy, showed tenacious vitality.

Faced with the end of defeat and the removal of the country, almost all the princes chose to resist desperately, which greatly delayed the pace of the attack of the barbarians from all directions.

It has to be said that it is a pity that there is perseverance among those who have constant production, and this sense of resistance can only be seen in a small number of spiritually strong loyal ministers after the large-scale implementation of the county system. ——"On the Advantages and Disadvantages of Feudalism and County System"