Established a millennium family since King Wu defeated Zhou

Chapter 52
Over the past 400 years, whenever Luo State sent envoys to the southern countries, it proved that Chu State threatened the royal family and the Central Plains again.

Among the kingdoms of Xia, the most powerful countries, such as Jin, Luo, Qi, Wei, and Song, are all big countries divided by King Wu and King Su. The nobles of the former dynasty were all princes and nobles when the country was first founded.

It is normal to be inferior to these people. After all, the resources at the beginning and the relationship with the royal family are different.

But it happened that a Chu country came out!
The first king was only a viscount when he was granted the title.

The gift of soil is only fifty miles away, and it is still in a place like Hanshui where there are savages everywhere. When you are down and down, you even have to go to neighboring countries to steal sacrificial supplies.

As a result, it unexpectedly emerged from such a difficult situation abruptly and became a major country of great importance. This is something admirable.

Since the time of Luosu, the successive kings of the Luo Kingdom have attached great importance to the Kingdom of Chu, and Luoxiu naturally did the same.

Therefore, although the state of Chu has not yet expressed its intention to enter the Central Plains, Luoxiu has already started planning ahead of time to dig a hole for the state of Chu.

Luoxiu jointly sent three waves of envoys to Chu, Ying, and Wu respectively.

The missions of Ying State and Wu State were all official missions, while the mission of Chu State was sent in Luoxiu's private capacity, not as a mission, but simply to visit the elders.

Needless to say, Yingguo is an ally of Luoguo, and he must be indispensable for chasing and intercepting Chuguo, and Wuguo is the prince Luoxiu has recently paid attention to.

Huaiyi lost too much back then and lost too much strength. After that, they were beaten by the Xia kingdoms, among which Chu and Wu benefited the most.

When Luoxiu was about to link up with the princes, he noticed the existence of Wu State, which was like a knife that could directly stab Chu State's heart.

So Luoxiu planned to support the Qi State in the Central Plains, and then contact the princes in the land of Wuyue. If Chu State really planned to attack from Cai State and Chen State, he would join Wu Yue to teach Chu State severely.

This set of combos is really worthy of the 90% power struggle attribute, the level of governance is average, and the combination of vertical and horizontal balance is too slippery.

The person in charge who went to the state of Chu was an elegant middle-aged man, his status was unusual, he was the son of Luohou from the previous generation, and Luoxiu's younger brother, but because he came from a concubine, he couldn't be called the Luo family.

Because his mother was from Chen country, he took Chen as his clan.

Although he is not a direct descendant of the Luo Kingdom, as one of Luo Xiu's most trusted people, Chen Chen holds a pivotal position in the Luo Kingdom.

This time Luoxiu sent him to Chu State, one was to celebrate the elders' birthdays, and the other was to look at the situation in Chu State and find out their reality.

Accompanying him was a descendant of the third generation of the Luo family. The reason why Luo Xi was not sent was mainly because Chu State had a criminal record.

It is thousands of miles from Zhaocheng to Yingdu, and the main reason for crossing such a long distance to celebrate the birthday is because this elder is special.

His family Luo, named Yu, is an undisputed direct descendant of the Luo family!
If a son of the public family in the Luo Kingdom is suddenly taken over by one pot, then this person can inherit the position of the Luo family's head.

At the moment when all the old people in the Luo Kingdom have passed away, this is the person with the highest seniority in the Luo family.

It was Luo Yan who was an official in Chu State back then.

Nearly a hundred years now, only this long-lived old man is left with Luo's surname.

After he passed away, the branch of Chu State could no longer worship King Su.

The Luo family in Chu State was very prosperous. Although they were not in Luo State, they could still provide Ji Zhao with some luck points, so Ji Zhao paid them a certain amount of attention, and even blessed their ancestors with luck points.

Ever since Luo Yan entered Chu, the Luo family of Chu has always been the top wealthy family in Chu.

Facts have proved that both the King of Chu and the Marquis of Chu later had great faith in the Luo family.

In recent years, the land of Chu State has more than doubled, and most of the concubines of Hanyang who blocked Chu State from going north in those years have been attached to Chu State and exist as subordinates.

The two largest Hanyang vassal states, Shen State and Sui State, have been surrounded by Chu State, especially Sui State, which is completely surrounded by Chu State and its affiliated states.

If it weren't for Ying Country's support all along, I'm afraid it wouldn't be able to persist in becoming Chu Country's vassal state.

Currently standing in front of Chu State are Shen State, Sui State, Ying State, Zheng State, and Chen State. Among them, Ying State and Zheng State are truly reliable, and this is what Luoxiu needs to fight for.

Once Chu State integrates these princes, advances into the Central Plains, and walks away from Cai State, Chen State is vulnerable, Song State has been weak, and it must be unstoppable, then Luo State will face Chu State's soldiers.

Yingdu.

Knowing that the State of Luo wanted to send someone over, the old and mature Luo and his mind knew what Luo Xiu wanted to do, so he asked his grandsons to carry him to the Palace of Chu.

Back then, King Xi ceded the Tang Kingdom to the Chu Kingdom, so the Chu Kingdom did not pursue the matter of mourning the prince in the end, and accepted the official statement of the Zhou royal family.

Since then, Chu has used the title of king within the country, and exchanged with the other kingdoms of Xia, and switched between the two identities quite flexibly.

Luo Yu had served as the Prime Minister of the Chu State for more than 20 years, and his prestige was prosperous. Entering the palace was like coming home. His face full of age spots showed no expression, and his majesty and tranquility made people afraid.

The current King and Queen Mother of Chu is the daughter of the Luo family, and the current King of Chu is Luo Yu's nephew, who grew up under Luo Yu's teaching since childhood.

"Uncle, you are getting old and in poor health, you should rest more."

When the King of Chu saw that his uncle, who had always been a bit afraid, came to the palace in person, he quickly asked, "What is this important, can I trouble you to go?"

Luo Yu is indeed very old, and now he doesn't ask about almost everything, even the setbacks in Chu's war in the past few years, the loss of soldiers and generals didn't make him say a word.

Luo Yu lay on the couch, and said in a deep voice: "My lord, do you know that the Lord of Luo sent someone to celebrate my birthday?"

The King of Chu nodded and said, "Of course a large number of people will be notified when they enter the country. You are an elder of the Luo family. It is normal for Luohou to send someone to congratulate you on your birthday."

"normal?"

A trace of sarcasm rose from the corner of Luo Yu's mouth. He is a descendant of the Luo family. Don't he know what kind of people the previous Luo family owners were like?
On the surface, it is said that the Chu State has made great achievements, but as long as the Chu State dares to go north, countless princes will immediately surround it!

Fight barbarians, yes.

Revitalize Zhuxia, yes.

Want to learn from the former emperor Xiong Dun to win the Central Plains?Yes, step over Luo's corpse!
"If it was before, it is indeed normal, but these days, haven't you heard about the changes of the princes of the Central Plains?"

"You're talking about Qihou holding an alliance at Cangyi?"

The King of Chu thought for a while, and there was probably only this one thing worth paying attention to, "I heard that there were only eight princes present, which is not as many as the princes who came when the widow came to the throne."

When the King of Chu came to the throne, there were more vassal states than the Emperor Zhou came to the throne, which shows the power of Chu.

"My lord, don't be so contemptuous!"

Luo Yu solemnly reminded: "These princes are almost all surnamed Ji, and they surrendered because the royal family and the princes of the Central Plains could not preserve their land.

If the Central Plains were strong, they would not be as obedient as they are now.

Qihou summoned the princes in the name of the Son of Heaven, and Luo Guo 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 Chu State in the south. If Chu State wants to go north to dominate the Central Plains, it will have to face the entire Central Plains.

Monarch, do you think Chu State can defeat the entire Central Plains? "

Hearing what Luo Yu said, King Chu was startled. Although he was confident, he knew in his heart that it was absolutely impossible for Chu to compete with the entire Central Plains.

"Uncle, what should we do?" He asked, his eyes had already started to flicker coldly, since those concubines of Hanyang are unreliable, why don't they do one thing and keep going, so as to avoid future troubles forever!

Once this kind of thought arises, it can't be stopped at all. Luo Yu knew what he was thinking just by looking at King Chu's expression.

He said angrily, "What? You want to kill them? Originally, the concubines were still disobedient to Marquis Qi, but once you do it, everyone will be in danger in an instant, and the king and ministers of Qi will probably laugh at you every day."

"Uncle, I don't dare." When Luo Yu got angry, the King of Chu knew that his thinking was a bit simple, and said embarrassingly.

"Come with ears."

Hearing Luo Yu's thoughts, the light in King Chu's eyes became brighter and brighter.

Looking at this scene, Ji Zhao couldn't help feeling that people's hearts are really changeable, and Luo Shi is no exception.

When Luo Yan first became an official in the Chu State, he was able to coordinate the relationship between the Chu State and the princes of the Central Plains, which was also the honeymoon period between the princes of the Central Plains and the Chu State.

By Luo Yu's generation, Chu State has been completely taken first, and by the next generation, they have completely become the nobles of Chu State, and there is only a little love for Luo's.

Leaving aside the issue of changing the clan, even if not changing, as the true direct descendants, when Luo Yu saw that there were no red spots on the eyebrows of his three direct descendants, he would know that his sons had lost the Su Wang's authority. focus on.

He couldn't accept it, but it was impossible for him to betray his surname.

We can only try our best not to hurt the royal family of Zhou and Luo State while strengthening Chu State. Anyway, when Chu State has the strength to go northward, he will most likely die, and the affairs behind him will not be his business.

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Chu Qiang, but he is not allowed to enter the Central Plains for 400 years, why?
Duke Mu set up five kingdoms in Hanshui, Duke Wen set up four concubines in Hanyang, and Duke Ming united the four kingdoms with Ji surnames, all of which used the weak to control the strong.

Strategists and his like began here. ——"Hanshu·Yiwenzhi"

　I really like Chu State, from their Taiyi to Gaoshen culture, especially Chuci.

　　Since you like it so much, let's beat him up a little bit, after all, the overlord of Spring and Autumn Period will fight against the barbarians and beat Chu State every day.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)