Chapter 80: The Alliance of Qin and Chu
Zhao Dun killed his monarch, and this news spread instantly among the countries of Bangzhou. The strength of the Jin State can be said to be the first among the countries of Bang Zhou, but now there is a matter of ministers killing kings.
However, thinking of Zhao Dun's strength, they didn't dare to do anything, after all, Zhao Dun led the Jin army to teach many states, and even Qi Chuqin was beaten by him.
Others didn't dare to say anything, but Dong Hu, the historian of the Jin Kingdom, was a man with an iron head. He wrote directly in the history books, 'Zhao Dun killed Qijun with five words.
And appealed to the court to say the reason, Zhao Dun was speechless by what he said, so he had to let it record.
After all, Jin Linggong's death was indeed killed by his brother, and he didn't kill his brother because of this incident...
Although Zhao Dun killed Jin Linggong, the impact did not end. After the death of Duke Ling of Jin, another son of Duke Wen of Jin returned to China to inherit the position of Marquis of Jin.
This Marquis of Jin is much smarter than Jin Linggong, and the first thing he did when he ascended the throne was to announce that Jin Linggong was not killed by Zhao Dun, and defended Zhao Dun and eased the relationship between the office and Zhao Dun.
Then the second thing is to restore the official position of the clan and expand the power of the clan.
After this incident of Zhao Dun killing his monarch, the Marquis of Jin realized that the Marquis of Jin, who was not guarded by the princes, could no longer restrain the Liuqing, so he could only restore the official position of the Jin princes decades ago, and wanted to use the power of the office to fight against the increasingly powerful Liuqing.
It's a pity that the power of Liuqing has been established, even if the clan is the wing, it is very difficult to get rid of Liuqing.
However, a balance was also found between the Jin princes and the scholars, and the infighting in the Jin Kingdom was limited to a certain range.
In comparison, the situation of Qi is not much better. The reason why the last time Qi and Jin went to war was that the Marquis of Qi laughed at the commander of the Jin State for being lame, just laugh at it, he didn't laugh at it in person at first.
The Jin State's Xun Ke was a lame, and when he came to join the alliance with Qi Hou, Qi Hou wanted to laugh out loud, but fortunately, he was also professionally trained, so he couldn't help but laugh.
But when Xun Ke left, he immediately couldn't help it and laughed. Of course, this is not a loss, after all, there is no face-to-face laugh. But his laughter aroused his mother's curiosity.
His mother asked what was so funny, and the Marquis of Qi said that the commander of the Jin Kingdom was a cripple. Qi Hou's mother also felt funny when she heard it, but because she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she didn't feel like it was enjoyable. Qi Hou said, this matter is easy to do, tomorrow I invite him to the banquet, my mother is hiding behind the curtain and watching it, don't you know?
So the next day, Qi Hou really sent someone to invite Xun Ke to the banquet, and asked his mother to hide behind the curtain to observe. Sure enough, when I saw that Xun Ke really limped over, I felt very funny. Qi Hou has received professional training and can endure it, but Qi Hou's mother has not been trained, so she immediately laughed out loud.
Xun Ke is the sixth secretary of the Jin Kingdom, where can he stand such humiliation, he immediately brushed his sleeves away, and after he went back, he began to look for opportunities to do Qi Guo. The Jin State and the Qi State fought several times, and almost captured the Qi Hou alive, but his ministers saw that the situation was not good, and changed clothes with the Qi Hou, allowing the Qi Hou to escape.
This incident made the Marquis of Qi a joke among the princes.
The state of Qi and the state of Jin were at loggerheads, and Wang Jin no longer worried about the north, so he began to continue to deal with the state of Chu according to the strategy.
The frontier position against the Chu State is the Chao State, and Jinling is also very important because of the choke of the Yangtze River waterway, and because after the Shu State was annexed by the Chu State, Jinling is also close to the border of the Chu State.
So Wang Jin began to use Jinling as an important base for advancing into the Chu State.
Since the annexation of the Yue State, the Chu State has felt tremendous pressure, especially the slitty relationship between the Chu State and the Jin State, which has led to the need for the Chu State to face the two-sided threat of the Jin State and the Huai State, one north and one east. Therefore, in order to alleviate the pressure, the state of Chu sent an envoy to the state of Qin, an old rival of the state of Jin.
In the war between Qin and Inurong, it gradually became stronger, and it was no longer satisfied with the west, and also wanted to enter the Central Plains, but the passage of Qin to the east was mastered by the Jin State.
How could the Jin State agree to the Qin State going east and competing with them for the position of overlord? directly blocked the Qin State to the west of the confusing letter.
Both Qin and Chu had friction with Jin, so after a simple communication, Qin and Chu immediately hit it off and began to marry.
Chu Mu Hou died, and his son Brigade ascended the throne. As soon as the Marquis of Chu ascended the throne, the Yue Kingdom perished, and the Marquis of Chu married his sister to the Marquis of Qin in order to relieve the pressure.
Chu State, Yingdu.
"Brother." A young girl hurried in.
"Li, you're here." Chu Hou raised his head and smiled as a slender young woman walked in.
This woman is dignified and magnificent, beautiful in appearance, and is a rare beauty.
"Li, your marriage has been decided, Qin Hou is a very good person, after arriving in Qin State, you must get along with Qin Hou well, don't play with children's temper!" Chu Hou said with some reluctance.
Li Qi Bingxue was smart and knew that her brother was for the Chu State, so she married him to the Qin State, which was also the fate of the children of the public office, and immediately said: "Brother rest assured, after my sister arrives in the Qin State, she will help maintain the friendship between the two countries."
"Hey, thank you!" Chu Hou sighed and said.
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Yongdu.
This is the capital of the Qin State, since King Xuan divided the Qin State, after more than 200 years of hard work, the Qin State has become a big country.
Because the Qin people lived in a place full of Yidi, they fought wars all year round, so the Qin marquis of all dynasties were able to fight well.
This generation of Qin Hou is a commander who can fight well. After all, if you can't fight well, maybe one day the Qin State will be destroyed by Yidi.
You must know that Dog Rong and Xirong are both powerful Rongdi tribes, and these two tribes are not much different from Bang Zhou except for some different habits.
Otherwise, there would be no disaster for King Li, King Ping moved eastward, forcing the Zhou family to abandon the land of Bang Zhou Longxing.
Qin Hou's younger brother led a large army to welcome back the princess of Chu, and then married Qin Hou.
The states of Qin and Chu began to form an alliance, and after the alliance of the two countries, they began to deal with the Jin state together. Although Qin and Huai are both from Yin Shang, there is still a difference, Qin completely surrendered to Bang Zhou, but Huai is not.
Of course, Qin and Chu dealt with the Jin State, and the Chu State just wanted the Qin State to drag the Jin State, and the Chu State to deal with the Huai State. With the help of the Qin State, the pressure on the Chu State to deal with the Jin State was suddenly much lower. This also gave the state of Chu more strength to deal with the state of Huai.
Wang Jin recruited the people to start expanding Jinling City, and for a long time in the future, Jinling will be an important node for Huai to attack Chu. At the same time, it is also the state of Chu that is eager to pull out a nail.