"This ...... Isn't there a suspicion of substantiating "rumors"? ”

After thinking for a moment, Zhao Hongrun said thoughtfully.

In all fairness, although Wei Gongziyu is his cousin in terms of kinship, the two cousins have not had any contact in the past, but I heard Shen Shufei once mention that Zhao Hongrun's biological mother Wei Ji used to have a good relationship with her sister, and the sisters were quite close, so for the sake of this relationship, Zhao Hongrun didn't want Wei Gongziyu to fall into a disadvantageous situation because of a few complaints - such as losing the qualification to inherit King Wei.

Although the relationship between Wei and Wei was claimed to be an ally, in fact, the relationship between the two countries was like that between a suzerainty and a vassal.

Generally speaking, Wei Guo was defeated by South Korea and lost many lands north of the big rivers such as Moyi and Qi County, hoping to block the South Korean army with the danger of the big river.

But in addition to Korea in the north, the Wei State also had the strong enemy of the Song State at that time, and the relationship between the Wei and Song countries was extremely bad at that time.

Speaking of "Song Wei Friendship", we have to mention a preference of a certain Song king.

Probably more than 100 years ago, when the Wei State had not yet annexed the Zheng State and the Liang State, the Qi State had not yet risen in the east, and the Korean State in the north had not yet annexed the Northern Yan and other small countries.

But at that time, the king of the Song Kingdom, he had a very bad habit, that is, he liked to do some thankless things, such as interfering in the foreign affairs and internal affairs of other countries.

For example, when there was a conflict between Liang and Zheng, and the armies of the two countries faced off at the border, if the king of Song heard the news, he would quickly send an envoy to mediate, putting on a shelf like the overlord of the Central Plains, and brushing a wave of presence.

Another example is that if the monarch of a country is immoral, if there is a war within his country, the king of Song at that time will also gather allies, send troops to conscript, or quell the chaos.

It's not to take advantage of the fire to rob and rob anything, after all, the reputation of the Song Kingdom in the outside world has always been very good, even in today's Song County, the reputation of the Song people will never be inferior to the guards.

It can only be said that the current King of Song may have a preference in this regard.

But the problem is that other countries can tolerate such things as interfering in other countries' foreign affairs and internal strife once or twice, but if you do it three times or twice, how can other countries keep buying it? After all, the Song State at that time was not strong enough to bring all its neighbors into submission by force.

As a result, dissatisfied with the Song monarch's several times of mediation and pointing fingers in the internal affairs of various countries, Zheng Guo soon became eye-to-eye with Chu Guo, and Wei Guo gradually became unharmonious with Song State.

Subsequently, because of the "hegemonic status", the contradictions between the Song and Chu states became more and more intense, and the armies of the two countries often fought on the border.

But unfortunately, although the Song ** team was also elite at that time, it was unable to withstand the huge number of regular troops of Chu State after all, and there were fewer victories and more defeats.

As a result, the then king of Song had no choice but to ask Chu for a truce, and the Song-Chu war ended.

But defeat was defeated, but King Song couldn't swallow this anger, so in the following year, King Song raised troops to recruit Zheng Guo, after all, Zheng Guo had secretly taken refuge in Chu at that time.

Zheng Guo was far less powerful than the Song State, and could not resist the army of the Song State, so he asked the Chu State for help, and the king of Chu at that time received the news of the request for help, and resolutely ordered to participate in the war and crusade against the Song State, so the war broke out between the Song and Chu countries again.

In this war, because the Song king pedanticly refused to attack the Chu army in Bandu, believing that it was an "immoral" act, he was finally defeated by the Chu army like a flood.

Because of this war, the deterrent power of the Song State in the Central Plains also plummeted.

After that, Wei Guo, who had long been dissatisfied with the Song King's repeated interference in the internal affairs of other countries, took the lead in withdrawing from the alliance, and under the drive of Wei Guo, they dissolved the alliance with the Song State one after another, making the Song King's dream of "Central Plains Overlord" shattered.

So at that time, Song Wei and the two countries formed a grudge from then on.

Some people may wonder, according to this, the first object of hatred of the Song State should be the Chu State, how can it be the Wei State?

The reason is very simple, because the Song State is not an opponent of the Chu State at all.

After the Battle of Song and Chu, Chu seemed to have become the most powerful country in the Central Plains, as if it was already the overlord of the Central Plains.

Therefore, under the threat of Chu, the grandfather of Lü Xu, the king of Qi, won over the Lu State and formed the "Qilu Alliance", and the father of Lü Xi, the king of Qi, won over the Song State to form the "Qilu Song Three Kingdoms Alliance" to jointly fight against the Chu State in the south.

Later, Wei entered the Central Plains strongly, first annexing Zheng and then Liang allied with Wei, Song saw that Wei had lost Liang as an ally, and had a bad relationship with Wei, although he took the opportunity to lead an army to attack Wei in an attempt to avenge the grievances of that year.

At that time, King Wei had no choice, seeing that after Wei annexed Zheng and Liang, he could not digest it for the time being, and he should not take action against him in a short period of time, so he took the initiative to contact Wei and seek protection from Wei.

And then, as the Wei king guessed, after careful consideration, the Wei State agreed to the Wei State's request for help, and sent the powerful first Wei Wu Army to defeat the Song army.

This war led to bad relations between Wei and Song, and further promoted the hostile relationship between Wei and Song.

Since then, Wei Guo has maintained good relations with Wei State, especially in the fight against Korea in the north, Wei Wei and Wei have advanced and retreated together, and defended each other, which is also the reason why Wei and Wei have never had an army stationed on the border, and the citizens of the two countries can enter and leave each other's borders at will.

But now, because of some of the behaviors of Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, as well as the behavior of Wei nobles such as Humu Marquis Sun Mu and Yuanling Marquis Uncle Yu "just shouting slogans to support the defense of the country", many people in Wei Guo are very disappointed in Wei.

For example, Zhao Hongrun's cousin, Wei Gongziyu.

After hearing Zhao Hongrun tactfully express what he thought, Du You, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, immediately explained, saying that he did not advocate immediately coercing King Wei and asking Wei Gongzi Yu to go to Daliang as a proton, otherwise, he did not need to add a sentence "if necessary".

As early as a few days ago, when the imperial court noticed this sign, the Ministry of Rites had already sent someone to take the initiative to visit Wei Gongzi Yu, probably hoping that this Wei Gongzi would not say something that would affect the relationship between Wei and Wei because of impulse, and Wei would also give an explanation.

But the problem is that the Ministry of Rites actually can't give Wei Gongziyu the explanation he wants.

How to explain? Could it be that the imperial court wants to admit that "the Han general Sima An attacked the country", which is really the strategy of Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, to lead the water to the east? How can this kind of pit of allies be spread to the outside world?

Or is it a heavy punishment for Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang?

However, the Ministry of Rites could not agree to this matter, after all, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, was the "first-class meritorious" minister of this war, although some of his actions were indeed criticized, but it was undeniable that he did repel the powerful Korean army for Wei.

What's more important is that Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, is the core figure of the Qingwang Party, and Qingwang Hongxin's side alone will categorically not accept the proposition of the Ministry of Rites.

So, the Ministry of Rites could only appease Wei Gongziyu with kind words in private and make some promises, but unexpectedly, Wei Gongziyu did not give up, and he was determined to give an explanation to Wei State, and when the Ministry of Rites could not give the explanation he wanted, he angrily criticized Wei State.

Of course, the imperial court would not tolerate Wei Gongziyu's behavior, so the Ministry of Rites decided to send someone to hint at King Wei and put pressure on King Wei to discipline his son well, and not to talk nonsense.

And in this matter, Du You, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, thought to himself that he had to say hello to King Su Zhao Run, after all, Wei Gongzi Yu was the cousin of His Royal Highness King Su.

"What's the response from King Wei?"

After pondering for a moment, Zhao Hongrun asked Du Youdao.

Du You smiled bitterly and said, "King Wei's side is very good, and he immediately said that he would restrain his son, but ...... Du was worried that King Wei would not be able to restrain Wei Gongziyu. ”

Zhao Hongrun nodded thoughtfully.

As far as he knows, the contemporary King Wei is not a Ming monarch, and the clues can be seen from the last war alone: when the Han general Sima Shang led the army to attack the country, King Wei actually acquiesced to abandon the east and northeast of the country, and let the elite troops in the country, such as the "Puyang Army" and the "Tanyuan Army", protect the royal capital, and finally Wei Gongziyu recruited tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians to personally lead the troops to meet the Han general Sima Shang.

Because of this incident, Wei Ren was very disappointed with the performance of the contemporary Wei Wang, but more and more people supported Wei Gongzi Yu, sincerely hoping that the latter would become the king of Wei Guo in the future.

But it was this Wei Gongzi Yu, who had a high reputation among the Wei people, who was dissatisfied with Wei this time, and this matter was really difficult to handle.

"Your Royal Highness King Su, look...... Can you come forward and talk to that Wei Gongziyu, after all, you two ......" Du You looked at Zhao Hongrun and said without saying anything.

Zhao Hongrun nodded and agreed: "This matter...... Let's give it a try. ”

In all fairness, this is not that Du You, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, asked Zhao Hongrun to help, on the contrary, Zhao Hongrun has to read the former for this, after all, Du You, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, is looking at Zhao Hongrun's face, so he will inform the latter in private and let the latter see if he can reconcile it.

Otherwise, with the current prestige of the Wei State, the Ministry of Rites does not need to pay too much attention to this matter at all, and directly imply that King Wei has put Wei Gongzi Yu under house arrest, anyway, King Wei has many sons, which one cannot inherit the throne in the future? - For the Wei state, it doesn't matter whether the new monarch who inherits the throne of Wei is virtuous or ignorant.

To put it mildly, at this time, Wei had faintly qualified to become the overlord of the Central Plains, and there was no longer any need for the ally of Wei Guo to jointly fight against Korea.

After returning to King Su's mansion, Zhao Hongrun took out the invitation that was ready to be sent to Wei Gongziyu from the mountain of invitations, stared at it for a long time, put it aside, and then wrote a letter to Wei Gongziyu's cousin.

"Wei Jiao, immediately send someone to send this letter to Wei Guo."

"Yes."

About two days later, Zhao Hongrun's handwritten letter was sent to Wei Guo's "No Salt" - after the retreat led by the Han general Sima Shang, Wei Gongziyu led his army to garrison here, like Zhao Hongrun did in Yangxia and other places, encouraging the local Chinese to settle the fields and resume farming.

After receiving Zhao Hongrun's letter, Wei Gongziyu read the letter word by word.

Looking at his expression, he didn't seem surprised to receive the cousin's letter.