Yingji glanced at his great-grandson uneasily, and originally planned to bring it directly here in the culture of Chu State, but the unsteadiness that could not be dispersed in his heart made him decide to talk about it in detail.

"The countries of the Central Plains, including my Qin State, are almost the same in terms of official titles. Only in the state of Chu, the official title is dizzy. Like what Dengtu, Zhuguo, Cifei, Zhigui, Sanlu Dafu and other official names, except for the nobles of Chu State, it is difficult for people from other countries to know their meaning. ”

Ying Cheng's eyes lit up.

"I know what it means."

“……”

What do you remember to do? What do you remember about this? The widow doesn't know everything, who told you to remember!

King Qin Zhaoxiang was even more worried, pretending to wave his hand casually, and said lightly:

"It's all dross, forget about it."

Ying Chengcheng nodded obediently, grabbed it above his head, and threw it out.

"Okay, listen to grandfather, Cheng Chan threw away these memories."

King Qin Zhaoxiang was in a trance.

Sitting on the throne was not a twenty-eight-year-old handsome young man, but a four-year-old child.

More than 20 years ago, a young boy ran and wrestled in Xianyang Palace, his arm was broken and bloody, and he was in pain in the same place.

Qin Wang Yingji, who was following behind, grabbed the child's injured arm and threw it out suddenly.

"The widow has taken out the pain of the cockroach and thrown it away, and now it doesn't hurt."

"Childish."

The four-year-old pouted and whispered.

"Childish."

King Qin Zhaoxiang pursed his lips and said dissatisfied, and continued to talk about the state of Chu that his great-grandson was afraid of.

"The Chu people claim that they are barbarians, but in fact, they have always regarded themselves as descendants of Zhurong, and they have never looked at the people of the Central Plains.

"The state of Chu is located in the Central Plains, but it claims to be independent of the Central Plains, and rarely absorbs the essence of the Central Plains civilization.

"They have never learned the civilized legal system of the Central Plains countries, and they think they are orthodox, and they cling to the bad habits of satisfaction, but they are content with it, saying that the systems of other countries are unorthodox......"

King Qin Zhaoxiang gushed endlessly.

Ying Chengcheng listened carefully, even if his grandfather said this, he understood it.

His understanding of the Chu State is not only from the bamboo slips and the deceased Empress Dowager Huayang, but also from on-site investigation and personal contact.

There are many places in this vassal state, which was self-reliant by the mountain tribes and later recognized by the Zhou Dynasty, that are difficult to understand in the Central Plains culture, and the official title of Yingji is one of them.

This difference seems to be very small, but it can gather sand into a tower, and many small differences are gathered together, which becomes a chasm, which seriously hinders the achievements of famous people in the Central Plains in the Chu State.

It's not that he's desperate, who would want to go to the state of Chu, which is completely different from what they've learned all their lives?

During the reign of Marquis Wu of Wei, Wu Qi, who was a well-rounded man in civil and military affairs, fled to the state of Chu because he was rejected by traitors and was not trusted by the monarch. The king of Chu appointed Wu Qi as Ling Yin, determined to change the law and become strong.

Wu Qi relied on the trust of the king of Chu to delegate power, and forcefully changed the backward and ignorant old system of Chu with an iron fist, but he made himself a lonely minister like Shang Ying.

A lifetime dedicated to the Chu State King Chu died in middle age, and he worked hard to govern the country and make the country strong, but because of the change of the law that violated the interests of the great nobles, he was given the nickname of "mourning" after his death.

Wu Qi's fate was the same as Shang Ying's, and he was immediately killed.

But then, the fate of Chu was different from that of Qin, and the new successor, the son of King Chu Mourning, King Su of Chu, did not absolutely support the new policy like King Huiwen of Qin.

Under the pressure of opposition from the great nobles and the great witches, the New Deal was reduced by seventy percent.

The state of Chu has become a peculiar warring state with three points of new and seven points of old, which has always been sluggish and difficult to do.

Ying Chengcheng studied Wu Qi's reform in depth, and finally concluded that Wu Qi's failure in Chu was not a mistake in the reform itself, but the backwardness, ignorance and closure of this country, and there was still a long distance from the foundation needed for the reform, and it would be difficult for anyone to reverse it in the short term.

The upper-class aristocracy of the Chu State has always been in favor of the closed mountain country, and there is no big game of competition for survival in the world. And the witch culture rooted in the Chu State can't go out, and the glory of the Eastern Emperor Taiyi can only shine on the land of Chu.

As a result, all major events in the Central Plains are inseparable from the participation of the great power of Chu, but none of the countries pinned their hopes for survival on Chu, and the small and medium-sized vassal states rarely took the initiative to seek the protection of Chu.

Among the seven warring states, Chu and Qin had the fewest vassal states.

The Qin State was closed west of Hangu Pass by the Six Kingdoms of Shandong, and it was impossible for it to go east to fight for the vassal states of the Central Plains.

However, in the era of Qin Mugong, the Qin State swallowed and annexed almost all the western Rongdi tribal states, and almost all the grassland tribes that were not incorporated also submitted to the Qin State.

Qin is a country that is actively moving closer to the civilization of the Central Plains, and Qin Xiaogong's recruitment order is issued in the face of the world. No matter how much the great powers of the Central Plains despised the Qin State, the Qin State always regarded itself as the civilization of the Central Plains.

However, the state of Chu was different, and the state of Chu, located in the Central Plains, was disdainful of the barbarian tribes in the south and lacked effective integration.

In the Baiyue of Lingnan, the state of Chu was only satisfied with the loose tribute of vassals, and did not incorporate this thriving and populous tribe into the overall national strength. The big witch didn't want to let the Baiyue goddess and the girl kneel down in front of the Eastern Emperor, the little country girl was not worthy.

The state of Chu nominally has a population of tens of millions, but the troops that can be mobilized are only hundreds of thousands, which is not as good as the troops that the state of Zhao, which has only a population of several million, can mobilize.

The Qin State fought against the Zhao State with great difficulty, and after the arduous Battle of Changping, it was defeated in the Battle of Handan, and was defeated by Li Mulian.

But to fight the Chu State, except for Xiang Yan's surprise in the end, it didn't take much effort.

Through the facts that have happened, Ying Chengcheng also found that the ideology of Chu is very different.

The upper echelons of the Chu State had an inferiority complex and unwillingness to give in to the Central Plains civilization.

There is always a strong demand for the Central Plains civilization to recognize them and accept them, and it is always and everywhere vigilantly keeping a certain distance from the Central Plains civilization.

If they are not taken seriously, they will look for opportunities and reasons to demonstrate to the Central Plains and show their strength.

If the big powers of the Central Plains open their minds, they will automatically retreat, fearing assimilation by the Central Plains.

It's like a sea king, the fish doesn't look for life, and the fish is too sticky and annoying.

Three hundred years ago, when King Zhuang of Chu was king, everyone knew that the power of Chu was far inferior to that of a Jin state in the Central Plains, not to mention the combined strength of many princes.

The king of Chuzhuang wanted to take the opportunity of the joint army to resist the army, and Chen Bing was on the outskirts of Luoyang, and provoked Wang Sunman, the labor envoy of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and asked how important Luoyang Jiuding was.

Jiuding is a symbol of the kingship of the Son of Heaven, and winning the title of the Son of Heaven is equivalent to challenging the kingship of the Son of Heaven.

Wang Sunman replied: "Although Zhou De is declining, the mandate of heaven has not changed. ”

King Chuzhuang returned in a huff, and there was no big move after that.

Ying Chengcheng is speechless when he reads history here, you are not ready to fight the world, what are you pretending to be?

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