It was late, and the king of Qin was staying in the palace with the king of Chu, and the next day was returning.

The lively wedding lasted for nearly a month, and Zi Chu drove to the Chu Palace at dusk on the selected auspicious day to welcome the princess of Chu into the prince's mansion. The two worshipped the prince and Mrs. Huayang, both of them gave rewards, and the other concubines also followed suit. The prince allowed the two to go to Zichu's biological mother, Xia Ji.

The next day, the prince's mansion held a banquet to receive the envoys of Chu. Subsequently, the king of Qin also held a banquet to entertain the Chu envoys. For a time, Qin Chuyong's oath of alliance spread almost all over the world.

After the end of the mission, Chun Shenjun chose to send a letter to the valley and returned to Chencheng via Luoyang. After the Chu envoy left, the king of Qin gave the Chu palace to his son Chu to live in. The crown prince granted Xia Ji permission to move to the Chu Palace with his son.

After Chun Shenjun left the letter valley, he met with the guests who came to greet him on the letter road and drove to Luoyang together.

Chun Shenjun is not a small person, he is the ruler of Chu State, the second strongest country after Qin State at that time, he came to Luoyang, and naturally Zhou's minister and doctor welcomed him into the pavilion. After the ceremony, the others dispersed one by one, only Su Li stayed behind and had a substantive dialogue with Chun Shenjun.

Chun Shenjun said: "Qin Qi has been fighting for many years, and he has a solid plan. However, Zhao was seriously injured, while Qin was less damaged. How? ”

Su Li said: "In the past, the wise men of the world talked about each other, and those who fought with Qin were only Zhao Er." It was to bait Qin and Zhao Zheng. The two strong fought in Changping at the beginning, and then fought in Handan, all as planned. However, in the first battle of Changping, Zhao lost 400,000 and died half out of Handan. Qin is only 100,000, and there are few in Guanzhong. It was Zhao who hurt his henchmen, and Qin hurt his siblings. Last year, Qin Zhao fought Handan again, Qin did not attack the city, but the food was in the suburbs of Handan, Handan was broken, and the elite of Qin soldiers still existed, retreated to Tao, Jun Qi saw it, there was still a power to fight! Although Qin and Zhao competed, and Zhao lost a big one, and Qin lost a small one, it was not a calculation. The minister thought hard and didn't get a plan. ”

Chun Shenjun said: "After the Huayang War, all my wise men wanted Qin and Zhao to compete and were injured, and Wei, Han, Qi, and Chu had to improve themselves. This is the world's great plan. Compared with ten years, Qin and Zhao have been in war for many years, although not all of them are injured, their strength is incomplete. And the princes became self-reliant because of it. Although it is not a plan, it is also a strategy. Today, the Qin army of 100,000 guards Taoyi, the party has been lost, the east of the river will go down, and I am struggling. ”

Su Li said: "What did you do according to the original plan? ”

Chun Shenjun said: "Qin has fought several battles, won Changping at the beginning, and Yidun soldiers have been fighting for many years. The resumption of the war against Handan has also been invincible for many years. Although there is no defeat of the army, the cost of money and food, the loss of manpower, the barren fields, and the withering of the homeland, we must wait. If you take advantage of the time and gather the power of the world to attack it, it will be broken. ”

Su Li said: "Although the minister also has a plan, he may not win." I wish to hear the king's plan. ”

Chun Shenjun said: "Han Zhao has already been able to join the party, take advantage of the situation to the west, and the east of the river can go down." Wei attacked Hanoi, and Nanyang was desirable. Chu Yanqi attacked Hangu, but Qin did not dare to come out. From Luo out of Wanye, Nanyang can go down, and Nanjun is also tied. If it is, then the gains of Qin for decades and the losses of the princes will be recovered in one day. The world is back to peace! ”

Su Li said: "Other countries don't care. Yan is remote and has no benefit, so he has to go to the army. ”

Chun Shenjun said: "With the order of King Zhou, he will come out!" ”

Su Li was shocked: "Why did King Zhou order it? ”

Chun Shenjun said: "What you say is okay. ”

Su Li said: "The king is on the throne for sixty years, and there are no soldiers and dogs. The circumference is only 100 miles, and the households are only 100,000, so they have to fight! ”

Chun Shenjun said: "This is expected to be Su Junye!" ”

Su Li thought for a while and said, "The king of Zhou is rich, and the Duke of Western Zhou is good." If the Duke of the Western Zhou is the general, and the King of Zhou is ...... with wealth"

Chun Shenjun interrupted: "As long as you need, Su Jun will let it go, rest but take the command!" I don't dare to live long. Today, there are Cai Ze, Yan people also, not to reach the princes, no one knows, willing to stay in Zuojun. Whoever does what he plans will obey his fate! ”

Let people invite Cai Ze and salute Su Li. Su Li saw Cai Ze's respectful face and said, "Sir, it's sick!" What is the evil? ”

Cai Ze squeezed out a smile that was more ugly than crying and said: "Judge people by words, and kill them if they lose; Judging people by their appearance, losing their sons! Although the minister's face is evil, his body is unharmed, and he has an article in his belly! ”

Su Li immediately changed his appearance and saluted: "What the minister has lost, only Mr. can correct it!" ”

After Su Li left, Chun Shenjun said to Cai Ze: "The plan is to be indulgent, but this is the only thing that Mr. knows." The trend of the world, Mr. sees the palm of his fingers, and he dares to speak falsely. Mr. has nothing to hear, and he has made friends with the princes, thinking that it is soaring! ”

Cai Ze said: "It's time for this minister to report it! May you keep a few henchmen, thinking that they are ditches. ”

Chun Shenjun said: "Luoyang Bai Clan, Jujia also, the world of business firms, all of them." Sir, if you have a need, you can ask for it, and you will be able to get it! Cai Ze responded.

The next day, Chun Shenjun and his entourage went on the road to Chu State, and Cai Ze, who was secretly left, also went out of the city with Chun Shenjun.

Within a few days, a member of the Bai family, a giant merchant in Luoyang, was entrusted by the Bai family to liaise with various businessmen and officials. It's just that this sheren looks shabby, and he doesn't look like a talented diplomat at all. However, everyone was quickly convinced: this gentleman was invited to the mansion by Su Li, the most powerful man in Luoyang. Being able to enter the Su family is enough to be proud of you!

Among the princes and kings, the King of Qin is considered to be the oldest, and the current King of Han, King Wei, King of Qi, King of Chu, and King Yan are all his juniors, and King Zhao can even be regarded as his grandchildren. But compared with King Zhou, King Qin can only be regarded as a younger brother! Zhou Wang Yan was not only older than King Qin, but also older than King Qin. It's a pity that when he ascended the throne, the princes of the world had already begun to claim their own kings.

When Zhou Wang Yan was two years old, Wei Guo, who was the strongest military at that time, took a group of his younger brothers to visit the Qi State that had defeated him in succession, and recognized each other as kings, namely King Wei Hui and King Qi Wei. Ten years later, the state of Qin became strong and proclaimed himself king, that is, King Qin Huiwen, the father of the current king of Qin. In the same year, the King of Wei also recognized Korea as king, that is, King Xuanhui of Han. After another two years, in order to fight against the first-class powers of Qin, Chu, and Qi at that time, the five medium-sized powers Wei, Han, Zhao, Yan, and Zhongshan recognized each other as kings under the mediation of Sun Yan, the prince of the Zongheng family, and the king of Zhao was King Wuling of Zhao. Later, the weak Song Kingdom also became king. Among the vassal states that still existed at that time, the only ones that did not claim the title of king are the Lu State and the Wei State. By the time Zhou Wang Yan ascended the throne, there were already nine other kings in the world, plus his own ten kings, which was comparable to ten days in the sky! And King Zhou, needless to say, is the youngest king!

This has never been done before! In the past, no matter how fierce the fight between the princes was, how small Zhou was, everyone still respected Zhou as the king, the Son of Heaven, and the co-lord of the world; is like the old lady in the family, although he is deaf and dazzled, he still has to get by in terms of etiquette. Now it's not the case, everyone is a king, all in one!

Since he was two years old, there have been princes who have been kings, and now King Yan of Zhou is almost eighty years old, and he has been a nominal king for fifty-eight years in this kind of etiquette! Not only did there be no tribute from the princes, but there were not even a few miles of his own territory.

Thanks to Zhou's size, whoever gets it doesn't seem to have much meat to eat, and it's not worth fighting for it. In the past seventy or eighty years, two kingdoms, Zhongshan and Song, have been struck out - they are far more powerful than Zhou - but Zhou is still alive!

Emaciated camels are bigger than horses. No matter how unbearable Zhou is, he is also the king with the longest history; No matter how small Luoyang is, it is also Wangji! Although the national strength is declining, Luoyang is still the center of the world's wealth and goods, the richest place per capita, and the place where the rich, especially the giant businessmen, are most concentrated. This is a vase, if it is seized violently and the war is chaotic, the business will naturally wither, and the vase will be broken, and it will be worthless. The vassal states also knew this, and everyone tacitly maintained a distance from Luoyang.

King Zhou's current situation is like that of a rich man, rich and powerful, with a superior life, but the day is precarious. In this kind of life of living one day at a time, King Zhou added blessings and longevity, and lived to be eighty years old that was unimaginable at that time!

There's an interlude in between. King Qin's eldest brother, King Wu of Qin, who was able to lift the crown, once sent troops into the palace of King Zhou, and he wanted to move away several big tripods, the ancestral treasures of King Zhou! King Zhou, who was still young at the time, naturally disagreed, and sent Zhou Xiang to reprimand King Qin. As a result, this King Wu of Qin was furious and ordered the King of Zhou to move out of the palace immediately! The king of Zhou had to move to his close relative, the Duke of Western Zhou. Later, King Wu of Qin raised the throne, crushed his leg and died, and soon died, so that the current Qin Wangji ascended the throne. The Qin army later withdrew from Luoyang, and the palace of the king of Zhou was probably still intact, and Jiuding was still there. However, whether the king of Zhou moved back to his palace to live, or whether he has been living in the Western Zhou principality, there is no record in the history books. That was half a century ago.

After this incident, the king of Zhou and the Duke of the Western Zhou had friends in trouble. The Duke of Western Zhou and the King of Zhou should be the same age, they are buddies, and they may have been in power for a long time. The two old men are now in their last years, supporting each other to live.

But there are accidents. Su Li quietly came to tell the king of Zhou that the king of Chu was willing to serve the king of Zhou as the lord and lead the army of the world to attack the Qin state! Now, the two brothers fought first. King Zhou thought that there was a conspiracy, which was not credible, and should be rejected. The Western Zhou Gong thinks that since the world is in the heart, why not give it a try! In the end, the two reached an agreement to meet the envoy Chu first.

Cai Ze was led to the palace of King Zhou by Su Li and met King Zhou. King Zhou only brought out an urn of clear water for him, which was regarded as a hospitality.

After seeing the ceremony, King Zhou said to Cai Ze: "Mr. is from Chu, he must teach me!" ”

Cai Ze said: "The former king, since the move to Qizhou. Wu Yi, the king of Shang, was given Qiyi and ordered to be the Duke of Zhou. It is to degrade the custom of Rong Di, and build the city and the house, and the city does not live in it. There is a division of the five senses. King Wu cut the merchants, Chu had and Yan, sealed Chu Zi, and lived in Jing. Although Zhou regarded Chu as Yidi, and Chu finally served Zhou as a great power, there was no shortage of tribute! The times are sighing, and the Son of Heaven is in turmoil, and he was forced by Rong Qin at the beginning, and there are five tyrants in the tomb. Now the rites are broken, and the conquest is not from the Son of Heaven. And all the princes are called kings! Think about it! ”