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Chapter 87 Chen Guo: Don't Come Over, I Have a Father

When Tian Chang was put to death, all the vassals and private soldiers who followed him would die. Only those outsiders and the most ordinary peasants could survive.

Thousands of soldiers who could bear armor died in the internal strife. Although the losses of the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces were far less than the defeated Tian's Army, the casualties were still quite a lot.

And this is just the beginning. After Lu Jingzhu killed Tian Chang, he said in high spirits: "Yan Hou, the crown prince, Tian Chang Fuzhu, his accomplices are still alive, and those rebellious officials who cooperated with him. Only by killing them as soon as possible will we be able to fight." Go back to the country to deal with the funeral."

Deal with the funeral?It's just to go back to the country and kill again.

After this battle, the strength of the Qi State must have been greatly damaged. This is still an ambush in the Yan State, and the field battle is to kill. If there is a real civil war in the Qi State, it may be protracted and the Qi State will be turned into a wasteland.

Now it is the way to minimize the loss of national power.

This matter is so big that it is impossible to hide it, and it quickly spread throughout the Xia kingdoms.

Now is the period of fierce competition between the monarchy and ministers, not only in Qi, but also in other countries.

Nothing in this world has ever happened in isolation, and any small incident may eventually have an incomparably huge impact in another place.

The reaction caused by this incident was so great that it completely exceeded the scope of the monarch killing powerful officials. After it was passed to Zheng Guo, the Zheng Guoqing family was extremely panicked.

Minister Zheng Guoguo summoned all the leaders of the Qing clan and mourned: "The situation of the Qi State's office is not that bad. If you want to kill the Qing family, the Zheng State's office has been reduced to the point where you can't even get the meat for sacrifices. country of surnames.

If Zheng Hou cried and complained that he was bullied by the Qing clan, would Luo Guo still not take action?

Seeing Tian's fate, what should I do now? "

But in fact, they really worried too much. Since the time of King Xi, the state of Zheng has never been close to the state of Luo.

Moreover, Zheng Guogong's family is too lazy, helping Zheng Guogong's family will cause Luo Guo to bleed, if it is bleeding for the royal family, it's fine, Zheng Guo is not worthy.

But they didn't know, and in the end the Prime Minister said harshly: "The monarch has always been in poor health. After a while, let's take the monarch to hunt and exercise. This is what loyal ministers should do."

Only half a month after the killing of the Qing clan, Zheng Hou accidentally fell off his horse and died while hunting. A son who was only one year old took the position of Zheng Hou.

The loyal officials of Zheng Guo cried bitterly, pleaded guilty, resigned from the position, and let their sons inherit it.

These are complicated and complicated, and the impact on Zheng Guo is not the greatest. After all, Zheng Guo is still relatively strong, the monarch is dead, and the Qing family is still defending the country.

After Zheng Guo, several other monarchs died after falling off their horses, having excessive intercourse and dying when their feet were stepped on the ground. Luo Yu remained silent.

But Chen Guo was in a real panic. The Tian family of Qi State was Chen Guo's former office. Tian's contacted Qi Guo.

Now that Tian's rebellion is even said to be a vain attempt to replace Lu's Qi State, how could Chen Guo not be afraid?

The Kingdom of Chen was not considered strong from the very beginning of the founding of the country. The strongest period was when Luosu was in charge. When Luosu passed away, the Kingdom of Chen also began to decline. Up to now, with the territory and population of the Kingdom of Chen, it is a typical third-rate country. .

In Chen Guogong, Chen Hou and the officials looked at each other in blank dismay.

"Your Majesty, the Chen Kingdom may be in for a catastrophe.

The Tian family of Qi State is the same clan of Chen State, and the Tian family was also assisted by Chen State in the process of starting up. How could Luo State and Qi State let us go?

After the decline of the royal family, the princes with different surnames became the thorn in Luo's eyes. What if Luo and Qi used this excuse to attack our Chen country? "

Mr. Chen Guoguo was worried, because Chen Guo really gave Tian a lot of support. Although this kind of behavior of supporting Xiaozong was a bit unsightly, it was actually very common.

But Chen Guo just hoped that Tian's status in Qi State could be higher, and then give back some benefits to Chen Guo,
For example, Qi State and Chen State can join forces to attack Song State and cut off the fertile land of Song State during the war.

As a result, everything has been ruined now, and it has also attracted the inevitable hostility of Qi State.

Chen Hou sighed and said: "If Qi State comes to attack, Chen State must be hard to resist.

If they are defeated at that time, Qi State will definitely ask Chen State to cede their land to them, but Chen State's territory is already very small.

If it is ceded to Qi State again, Song State will definitely not miss the opportunity of Chen State's weakness. I am afraid that it is only a matter of time before Song State annexes Chen State.

Both Chen Guo and Song Guo were two kings and three kings established by King Su.

The state of Luo has stricter supervision over us descendants of the former king. If the state of Chen perishes, the state of Luo will not restore the state of Chen as it did for those countries surnamed Ji. Is the 500-year-old society going to be destroyed like this? "

Chen Hou was really aggrieved, just like Tian Chang before his death, in the land of Bangzhou, if his surname was not Ji Jiang, even his breathing was wrong.

I gave you status before to make you obedient, but now that you are disobedient, you will take away everything that was given to you. How overbearing!
When Chen Guojun and his subjects looked at each other and were helpless, Chen Pi, a doctor from the Chen Guogong family, knew that his chance had come!

Chen Pi stepped out and said loudly: "My lord, you don't need to worry so much. I have a plan to relieve your worries."

When everyone saw it, it turned out to be Chen Pi, a well-known cunning man in Chen Guozhong. He used to study in Luo Guoxue Palace, and he was good at ingenious changes. Confucius commented on him: eloquent, cunning, and evil, that is This is a man with crooked talent, and his mind is not right, so he can't become a Taoist.

But Chen Pi is still talented. Seeing that he was full of confidence, Chen Hou immediately asked happily: "Does the doctor have any solution?"

Chen Pi looked around for a week, his eyes were full of arrogance, all the nobles in the hall were useless people: "My lord, decades ago, Jin, Chu, and Qin signed an alliance to eliminate soldiers. The country also participated in the covenant as an ally of the Jin country."

Everyone in Zhu Xia knew about this matter, but what does it have to do with Chen Guo?

Chen Guo did not participate, so it is reasonable for Qi Guo and Luo Guo to fight.

Chen Pi started his own thoughts: "Although the alliance of eliminating soldiers was signed by the four countries and witnessed by Luo, it clearly stated in the agreement that the subordinate countries of each country should belong to the signatories' sphere of influence.

Therefore, as long as Chen Guo is willing to submit to Chu State, pay tribute to Chu State, and regard himself as a vassal state, the current situation can be directly resolved.

Luo Guo will never betray the alliance, Qi Guo and Luo Guo will swallow this breath even if they want to attack Chen Guo again. "

"hiss!"

Chen Guojun and his subjects gasped at the same time, their scalps tingling from being manipulated by Chen Pi.

I want to open my mouth to say something to object, but although Dr. Chen Pi's idea is crooked, there is nothing wrong with it in theory, but the price paid is a bit high.

After all, a vassal state is completely different from an ally. Simply put, a vassal state does not have complete sovereignty!
In particular, Chen Guo is a Marquis, and Chu is also a Marquis. Generally, the lower nobles are the vassals of the high nobles. Now it is too shameful for Chen Guo to be the vassal of Chu.

Seeing Chen Hou struggling not to speak, Doctor Chen Pi certainly understood what he was worried about. As a caring and loyal minister, at this time, he would give the monarch a step down.

So Chen Pi rolled his eyes, and began to flicker: "My lord.

I heard that in the state of Song, a farmer got a very beautiful flower in the wild, and he sold it in the market.

People in the Song Dynasty liked it very much, so they bid one after another. Someone was willing to pay the price of a chicken in exchange for the flowers in his hand, and he was very tempted.

But I thought in my heart: "I just came to the market, and someone spent a chicken in exchange for the flowers in his hand, so wait a little longer, there must be more people coming." '

Seeing that he was unwilling to exchange, everyone dispersed one after another.

As a result, he waited from morning to night, and the flowers in his hands withered, and no one came to exchange for the flowers in his hands. At this time, he said regretfully: "It would be nice if I changed to that chicken earlier." '

Monarch, now the suzerainty of Chen Guo is that flower, and the country of Chen is that chicken.

If the suzerainty is exchanged for the asylum of the Chu State, the land of the Chen State is preserved, and that is the chicken.

If you are not willing to submit to Chu State now, will suzerainty still exist after losing the state of Chen?

You don't want to be a vassal of Chu now, but when the army of Qi and Song come, you will have no chance to be a vassal at that time.

Moreover, the so-called vassal policy is only temporary.

After the world is in chaos, which small country does not submit to one country today and another country the next day?

Yingdu of Chu State is thousands of miles away from Chen State. With such a long distance, can they directly govern us? "

These words completely moved Chen Hou, and he already wanted to agree, but the Prime Minister came out first and asked: "Doctor Chen Pi, what you said is indeed correct, but now the state of Chu is fighting against the state of Wu." , we have become vassals of Chu, do we want to participate in this war?"

Chen Pi laughed and said: "The war between Wu and Chu is exactly Chen Guo's opportunity.

Ying State participated in this war, so Wu State gained a solid rear.

If you talk to Chu State at this time, and Chen State is willing to attack Ying State from behind, will the Chu State's monarch and ministers impose harsh conditions on Chen State?

Do not fight against Wu State, only fight with Ying State, Chen State is not afraid.

This is the best time for Chen Guo to take refuge in Chu State. "

Chen Pi was very thoughtful from the beginning to the end, so after discussing with each other, Chen Pi's monarch and ministers decided to follow Chen Pi's method and directly invest in Chu State.

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The Luo Kingdom’s strict stance on maintaining the Ji-Jiang Alliance, which has not changed for hundreds of years, has ensured that Qi and Jin will always defend the Zhou royal family. The alliance is still stripping off the princes with different surnames one by one, this is the inevitable ending. ——"The History of the Rise and Fall of the Zhou Dynasty"

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