Chapter 83: Luo Yu makes Qi
Luo Guo did not pay much attention to the war between Wu and Chu, believing that it was just a battle to divide the sphere of influence.
Now Luo Yu's most concerned thing is the Qing clan in the Qi Kingdom, so after sending Sun Wu away, he came to Linzi without the slightest delay.
The envoy of the crown prince of Luoguo to the state of Qi is a tradition of maintaining diplomatic relations and friendship between the two countries.
As the two most important allies of the Luo Kingdom, Qi Jin's problems were completely different.
The Jin State now has no Qing clan problems, Chong'er has enough prestige to deter the Qing doctor, and the current Jin State can be said to be full of vitality, just like the Bang Zhou when King Su had just divided the feud, and the current Jin State has even begun to prepare for the resumption of hegemony.
The problem of the Jin State is a structural problem, exactly the same as the problem of Bangzhou, external forces cannot interfere at all, and what is needed is a strong and excellent monarch.
The problem of the Qi State is not like the Jin State giving a large amount of land to the meritorious heroes, and then the number of people in the office is scarce.
Until now, the power of the center of the Qi State is still very strong.
It's just that the central power is strong does not mean that the monarch is strong, Otsuka Zai of Qi State is in charge of the national affairs of Qi State, and the Qing clan is fiercely competing for the position of Otsuka Zai.
As long as the Qi State Office can get the power of the center, this is what Luo Guo can intervene, as long as the Qi State cooperates, Luo Yu is still very sure.
Qi and Song are the countries with the most prosperous style of doing business among the countries of Zhuxia, especially the Qi State has the benefit of fish and salt, and it has been the richest among the countries since the era of Taigongwang.
In Linzi City, there are a lot of Chinese people, and most of them live very well, there is really a feeling of raising their sleeves into clouds, so Luo Yu also has to sigh that the land of Qi is really good.
For five hundred years, any of the children of the Luo Kingdom have been honored guests of the Qi Kingdom, not to mention Luo Yu, the prince who is famous for his beauty, and Lu Jing, the Duke of Qi, held a grand banquet to entertain him.
"Tai Ziyu, your appearance is like a god in the sky!"
"The sages said that those who have a good posture are favored by the heavens, and the noble stigma on your eyebrows and your posture are so complementary, and you have the double favor of the heavens and the king, what a glory this is!"
Everyone praised him from the bottom of their hearts.
But Luo Yu is such a meticulous person, he soon discovered that although Lu Jing, the monarch of Qi State, was full of good feelings towards him, his attitude towards Luo Guo was a little ambiguous, and he did not have the closeness of the blood alliance that lasted for five hundred years.
The alarm bell sounded in his heart, and he understood that something must have happened in the political arena of Qi State!
Time has to be pushed back to before he did not come to Qi State, when several secretaries of Qi State discussed with Lu Jing the strategy of strengthening Qi State, and Tian Chang, Secretary of Qi State, gave advice to Lu Jing, the Duke of Qi.
"The monarch, the ministers have the courage to admonish, the current Qi country can no longer be like the past five hundred years, everything is advancing and retreating with the Luo country, this is not in the interests of the Qi country.
Even, Luo Guo has become the biggest enemy of Qi State! β
Lu Jing was directly shocked on the spot, the Qiluo Alliance has been unbreakable for five hundred years, and now his own prime minister is actually going to break it?
When he heard this, he was shocked and said: "Tian Qing, Qi and Luo are the only two kingdoms in Bang Zhou that are divided by King Wu.
For five hundred years, the two countries have always maintained a marriage and blood alliance, and the ancestor Huan Gong was able to dominate, although he was a virtuous minister, but he also had the full support of the Luo State.
When the hegemony declines and Qi declines, it is still the support of Luo State that Qi can make a smooth transition, and the importance of Luo State to Qi State still needs to be explained one by one?
Now the Jin State wants to regain hegemony, and if it is estranged from the Luo State now, it will even provoke a war.
Once the Luo State and the Jin State are united, how can the Qi State resist it?
You have always been wise, how can you say such irrational words? Don't say anything more. β
But Tian Chang didn't care what Lu Jing said, he was too clear about this monarch, and his ears were very soft.
So he continued: "Monarch, the water in the great river will definitely flow to the sea, and if you stand on the shore, can what you see one moment be the same as what you see the next?
The more drastic the change in water, the more energetic it becomes.
If water is still like this, won't people change?
In the east of Taihang Mountain, there were not only Luo and Qi, but also Qi, Ju and Qu.
Many vassal states were located in this land, and there were far more Dongyi people than the Zhuxia kingdoms.
Therefore, at that time, there was no problem with the union of the Zhuxia countries, and it was difficult for the Qi State and the Luo Kingdom to survive without supporting each other.
Even when the Qi State exterminated the Laiyi State, the Luo State also supported a large number of weapons and armor, which is worth remembering.
But the monarch, you have to look at the current situation, King Su and Lao Tzu have said - only easy is not easy!
Only change is forever!
Now east of the Taihang Mountain, in addition to the Luo State and the Qi State, there are only a few small countries, don't you know that once the Qi State annexes these small countries, the Qi State will border all the Luo States?
Where has there been a bordering country that has not been at war for 500 years?
Will the territory of Qi never expand again? β
Qi Gong Lu Jing shook his head and said, "Of course the Qi Kingdom wants to expand!" β
Seeing Lu Jing's set, a hint of joy flashed in Tian Chang's eyes, and he still said in a deep voice: "Since it is going to expand, if the Qi State does not ask for land from Luo State, where can it go to ask for land?"
If you don't cut it now, do you think that the Luo Kingdom will take the initiative to dedicate their land to the Qi State?
There was a time when Luoguo was weak, they took the initiative to withdraw some cities, and Wei and Han occupied these places, and then what?
The cities that had been running very well were still back in the hands of the country of Luo.
In the past 500 years, when has the country lost an inch of land?
Do you think that the monarch of Luo will take the initiative to hand over the land that their ancestors have beaten down to the hands of Qi State? β
This series of questions directly stunned Lu Jing, he ate and waited for death every day, where did he think about this.
In fact, half of what Tian Chang said was correct, there was indeed an essential contradiction between the Luo State and the Qi State.
The state of Chu was able to expand to the south, and the state of Qin was able to expand to the west, but the state of Qi could not expand to the sea in this era.
If he wanted to expand his territory, he had to go west, north, and south.
Except for a few small countries, his north is the Yan Kingdom, and the lands of the Yan Kingdom are some of the more rotten lands of this era.
Not only is it not fertile, but it's also cold.
The land of Qi was originally a very fertile plain, so there was not much interest in the land of Yan.
In the entire east of the Taihang Mountains, the most fertile land is in the hands of the Luo and Qi countries.
Now the Luo State is blocking the path opened up by the Qi State to the West, so if the Qi State wants to annex the world, it will definitely fight with the Luo State.
There was no such thought before, because now the nations have no idea of changing the day.
Once the Warring States period is reached, all countries begin to have the intention of unifying the world, and the Qi State at that time will definitely start a war with the Luo State.
But Tian Chang is still fooling Lu Jing, because being an enemy in the future does not mean that he is an enemy now.
Being an enemy of Luo State now is completely inconsistent with the current interests of Qi State, or more precisely, it is not in the interests of Qi State's office.
But Lu Jing, who had a little problem with his brain, had been fooled by Tian Chang, after all, Tian Chang's words were really reasonable.
Especially the ministers present at the time unanimously agreed with Tian Chang, and even Otsuka Zai agreed, which made Lu Jing have to convince that the blood alliance between Qi and Luo was about to end.
This is the reason why LΓΌ Jing alienated Luo Guo.
After leaving the banquet, through a short period of information gathering, Luo Yu guessed that it must be the high-level of Qi State, and even Tian Chang, who was the target of his trip, said in front of Lu Jing that Qi and Luo were destined to be enemies.
"Interesting, there will be no psychological burden on you to kill you this time!"
A chilling light flashed in Luo Yu's eyes, he didn't care about Tian Chang's slander, he had the sophistry attribute of 96, and the charm attribute of 99, in terms of the ability to fool, Luo Yu recognized the second, and no one could recognize the first.
If he couldn't fool Lu Jing into a cripple, then God would have really given him such good conditions for nothing.
Although Lu Jing's attitude towards Luo Guo is more ambiguous now, at least Qi and Luo Guo are still blood alliances, and the contradictions between the two sides have not yet begun to break out, so it is very simple for Luo Yu to see Lu Jing.
So Luo Yu soon saw Lu Jing, the Duke of Qi, again, and Lu Jing still had a good impression of Luo Yu, and asked with a smile: "The crown prince is envoy to the Qi country, is there anything important?" β
Luo Yu swore uncontrollably, and said directly: "Duke Qi, I am from the Kingdom of Luo, and I am here to help the Office of the Kingdom of Qi to get rid of the predicament of destruction.
As your ally, can you sit back and ignore you? β
Gong Qi was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then laughed indifferently: "Prince, you are really joking."
The State of Qi has thousands of miles of fertile land, and the territory among the nations is probably only the State of Chu that is larger than the State of Qi.
There are millions of people, who can be ranked from the country of Qi to the country of Luo, among the nations, is there any country that can compare?
You have seen the prosperity of Linzi City, and the population of Linzi City and the surrounding farmers alone can make up an army of 100,000.
Such a strong country, even if it wants to regain hegemony, the State of Qi is not afraid, why does the prince say that the State of Qi is in crisis?
I'm afraid this is a lie, please be careful! β
Looking at Lu Jing, who was smiling happily, Luo Yu said faintly: "What you just said Gong Qi is naturally good.
The State of Qi has a vast territory, a powerful armor, and is one of the largest countries in the Zhuxia.
But is the strength of the Qi State and the strength of the office equal?
Have you forgotten about Jeongkook? It was also a big country among the summers.
Hundreds of miles of land are all plains suitable for farming, there are millions of people in the country, and the military is even stronger, with the strength of three armies, but what about the office?
Yu remembers that a few years ago, Zheng Guo's office had to ask Luo Guo and you for help because the meat used in the sacrifice was not enough! β
As soon as Luo Yu said this, Qi Gong Lu Jingzheng's laughing smile instantly froze on his face.
And also~
(End of chapter)