Chapter 52: Together
For 400 years, whenever the Luo State sent envoys to the southern countries, it proved that the Chu State threatened the royal family and the Central Plains again.
Among the kingdoms of Zhuxia, the most powerful countries, such as Jin, Luo, Qi, Wei, and Song, are all great powers divided by King Wu and King Su, either the clan relatives surnamed Ji, or the in-laws surnamed Jiang, or the nobles of the previous dynasty, who were all dukes and princes when they first opened the country.
It's normal to be able to compare with these people, after all, the resources at the beginning are different from the intimacy of the royal family.
But just a Chu country came out!
When the first monarch was conferred, he was only a viscount.
The land is only fifty miles, and it is still in a place like Hanshui, which is full of savages, and when he is down, he even has to go to neighboring countries to steal sacrificial supplies.
As a result, he was forced to come out of such a difficult situation and become a decisive power, what an admirable thing.
Since the Luosu era, successive Luo monarchs have attached great importance to the Chu State, and Luo Xiu is naturally the same.
Therefore, although the State of Chu has not yet expressed its intention to enter the Central Plains, Luo Xiu has already begun to lay out in advance to dig a pit for the State of Chu.
Luo Xiu jointly sent three waves of envoys to the states of Chu, Ying, and Wu.
The envoys of Ying and Wu were official envoys, while the envoys of Chu were sent in Luo Xiu's personal capacity, not envoys, but simply to visit the elders.
Needless to say, Ying Guo is an ally of Luo State, and he must be indispensable to encircle and intercept Chu State, and Wu State is the prince that Luo Xiu is new concerned about.
Huaiyi was defeated too badly that year, and the loss of strength was too great, and then he was beaten by the Zhuxia countries, among which Chu and Wu benefited the most.
When Luo Xiu was about to connect the princes, he noticed the existence of the Wu State, which was like a knife that could directly stab the heart of the Chu State.
Therefore, Luo Xiu planned to support the Qi State in the Central Plains, and then contact the princes of Wu Yue's land, if the Chu State was really ready to attack from the Cai State and the Chen State, he would unite with Wu Yue to teach the Chu State a hard lesson.
This set of combos is really worthy of the 90 power struggle attributes, the level of governance is average, and the balance of the vertical and horizontal is too slippery.
The person in charge of going to Chu is an elegant middle-aged man, his identity is not ordinary, he is the son of the previous Luohou and the younger brother of Luo Xiu, but because he is a concubine, he cannot be named Luo.
Because his mother was from the country of Chen, he took Chen as his clan.
Although he is not a descendant of the Luoguo Office, as one of Luo Xiu's most trusted people, Chen Chen has a pivotal position in the Luoguo.
This time, Luo Xiu sent him to the Chu State, one was to celebrate the birthday of the elders, and the other was to take a look at the situation in the Chu State and explore their truth.
There was also a descendant of the third generation of the Luo family accompanying him, and the reason why he didn't send Luo Xi was mainly because Chu had a criminal record, and if he was deducted again, he really didn't know what to do.
It is a distance of thousands of miles from Zhaocheng to Yingdu, and it is mainly because of the special nature of this elder to cross such a long distance to celebrate his birthday.
His Luo, whose name is and, is the indisputable descendant of Luo's family!
If the children of the public office in the Luo Kingdom are suddenly served in a pot, then this person will be able to inherit the position of the head of the Luo family.
At the moment when the old people in Luo Guo have all died, this is the highest ranking person in Luo's family.
It was the Luoyan lineage that entered the Chu State back then.
Now, for nearly a hundred years, only this long-lived old man is left.
After he died, the branch of Chu could no longer worship King Su.
The Luo clan of the Chu State is very prosperous, although they are not in the Luo Kingdom, they can still provide Ji Zhao with some luck points, so Ji Zhao gave them a certain amount of attention, and even blessed them with the blessing of the ancestors.
Since Luo Yan entered Chu, the Luo family of Chu has always been the top wealthy family in Chu State.
Facts have proved that the King of Chu back then and the later Marquis of Chu were right in their trust in Luo's family.
Over the years, the land of the Chu State has more than doubled, and most of the Hanyang Zhuji, who blocked the Chu State from going north, have been attached to the Chu State as a subsidiary existence.
The two largest Hanyang vassal states, Shen and Sui, have been surrounded by the Chu state, especially the Sui state, which is completely surrounded by the Chu state and its vassal states.
If it weren't for Ying's long-term support, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to insist on becoming a vassal state of Chu.
Now in front of Chu State, there are Shen Guo, Sui Guo, Ying Guo, Zheng Guo, Chen Guo, among which the real reliable ones are Ying Guo and Zheng Guo, which is also the object that Luo Xiu needs to fight for.
Once the state of Chu integrates these princes, advances into the Central Plains, and goes from the state of Cai, the state of Chen is vulnerable, and the state of Song has always been weak and will definitely not be able to stop, then the state of Luo will have to face the front of the state of Chu.
Yingdu.
Knowing that Luo Guo was going to send someone, the old and refined Luo He knew what Luo Xiu wanted to do, so he asked his grandsons to carry him to the palace of the King of Chu.
At that time, King Xi ceded the Tang State to the Chu State, so the Chu State did not pursue the matter of mourning the prince in the end, and accepted the official statement of the Zhou royal family.
Since then, the Chu State has used the self-proclaimed king to communicate with the Zhuxia countries, and has switched between the two identities quite flexibly.
Luo He has served as the minister of Chu for more than 20 years, his prestige is prosperous, entering the palace is like going home, his face full of old age spots, there is no expression at all, and the majesty is terrifying.
The current Queen Mother of Chu is the daughter of Luo's family, and the current King of Chu is Luo He's nephew, who grew up under Luo He's teaching since he was a child.
"Uncle, you are old and in poor health, so you should rest more."
When the king of Chu saw that his uncle, who had always been a little afraid, had come to the palace in person, he hurriedly asked, "What kind of big deal is this, can I ask you to take a trip?" ”
Luo He is indeed very old, and now he doesn't ask about almost everything, even the war in Chu State was frustrated a few years ago, and the loss of troops and generals couldn't make him say a word.
Luo He lay on the couch and said in a deep voice: "Monarch, do you know that the monarch of Luo sent someone to congratulate the old man on his birthday?" ”
King Chu nodded and said: "A large number of people will naturally be notified when they enter the country, you are the elder of the Luo family, and it is normal for Luohou to send people to congratulate you on your birthday." ”
"Normal?"
A hint of mockery rose at the corner of Luo He's mouth, he was a descendant of the Luo family, didn't he know what kind of people the previous Luo family masters were?
On the surface, it is said that the Chu State is fortunate and has merits, but as long as the Chu State has the slightest intention of daring to go north, it will immediately be surrounded by countless princes!
Fight the barbarians, yes.
It is possible to revitalize Zhuxia.
Want to learn from the first monarch Xiong Dun to win the Central Plains? Yes, step over the corpse of Rocky!
"If it was before, it would indeed be normal, but these days, haven't you heard of the changes of the princes of the Central Plains?"
"Are you talking about Qi Hou holding an alliance in Cangyi?"
The king of Chu thought about it, and probably there was only this one thing that was slightly worth paying attention to, "I heard that there were only eight princes present, which is not as many as the vassal states that came when the widow ascended the throne." ”
When the king of Chu ascended the throne, there were more vassal states than Zhou Tianzi's accession to the throne, which shows the prestige of the Chu state.
"Don't be so contemptuous, monarch!"
Luo He solemnly reminded: "Those princes are almost all surnamed Ji, and they succumb because the royal family and the princes of the Central Plains cannot save their land.
If the Central Plains were strong, they wouldn't be as obedient as they are now.
The Marquis of Qi summoned the princes in the name of the Son of Heaven, and the Luo state supported this behavior, which proves that the princes of the Central Plains have begun to integrate.
In the future, it will definitely be the overlord of the Central Plains, not inferior to the status of the Chu State in the south, and the Chu State will have to face the entire Central Plains if it wants to go north to dominate.
Monarch, do you think Chu can defeat the entire Central Plains? ”
Hearing what Luo He said, the King of Chu was shocked, although he was confident, he knew in his heart that it was impossible for the Chu State to wrestle with the entire Central Plains.
"Uncle, what should we do?" Asking, a cold light has begun to flicker in his eyes, since those Hanyang princesses are unreliable, it is better not to do two things and never suffer in the future!
Once this kind of thought arises, it can't be stopped at all, and Luo He knew what he was thinking when he saw the expression of King Chu.
Said angrily: "What? You want to kill them? Originally, Zhu Ji was still dissatisfied with the Marquis of Qi, as soon as you made a move, everyone was in danger in an instant, and the monarchs and ministers of Qi were afraid that they would laugh at you every day. ”
"Uncle, the widow doesn't dare." Luo He was angry, and the king of Chu knew that what he was thinking was a little simple, so he sneered.
"Come here with your ears."
Hearing Luo He's thoughts, the light in King Chu's eyes became brighter and brighter.
Ji Zhao looked at this scene and couldn't help but sigh, it is really people's hearts are fickle, and Luo's is no exception.
When Luo Yan first entered the Chu State, he could still coordinate the relationship between the Chu State and the Central Plains princes, which was also the honeymoon period between the Central Plains princes and the Chu State.
When it comes to Luo He's generation, they have completely put the Chu State first, and when the next generation arrives, they will completely become the nobles of the Chu State, and there is only a little incense left with the Luo family.
Let's not mention the issue of changing the clan, even if he doesn't change it, as a real descendant, when Luo He saw that there were no red dots on the eyebrows of his three sisters-in-law, he knew that his sons had lost the attention of King Su.
He was a little unacceptable, but he couldn't betray his surname.
can only try to strengthen the state of Chu at the same time, not to hurt the Zhou royal family and the country of Luo, anyway, when the state of Chu has the strength to go north, there is a high probability that he will have died, and the aftermath is not in his hands.
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Chu Qiang, but he can't enter the Central Plains for 400 years, why not?
Mu Gong set up the five countries of Hanshui, Wen Gong set up the four Ji of Hanyang, and the Ming Gong Lianji surnamed the four countries, all of which were weak and strong.
Since then, the Zongheng family has begun. ——"Hanshu Art and Literature Chronicles"
I really like the state of Chu very much, from their Taiyi supreme god culture, especially Chu Ci.
Since you like it so much, let's beat him up a little bit, after all, the Spring and Autumn Overlord will beat the Chu State in his daily life.
(End of chapter)