Zhao Wuxian knew that only five years had passed since the Battle of Wu Chu Baiju, and this time the tragic experience of almost losing the country had awakened the Chu people who had been immersed in intoxication, and all the drawbacks that had been accumulated for many years were exposed, which caused a great shock in their hearts.

Fortunately, the traitor of Chu State ordered Yin Zichang to be dead, so the previous evil politics were counted on him, and Xiong Zhen, the king of Chu, was regarded as a deceived innocent. During the war, the people of Chu "will die and not obey Wu", and their father and brother followed the king of Chu to escape from Yingdu with the young and the old. The people of the border also took the lead as brave divisions, helping the Chu army to expel Wu Kou, and they all fought for it with their arms.

At this time, the county lords were decayed and fled, but the people died in the case of "no generals to rank", and they survived until the arrival of the Qin army.

Zhao Wuxian remembered that three hundred years later, the Qin Dynasty still had a headache for the stubbornness of the Chu people, "although Chu has three households, the death of Qin will be Chu", not to mention the pride and wildness in the blood of the Chu people now? The monarchs and ministers of Wu deeply felt the difficulty of the Chu people and understood that the destruction of Chu was not an overnight thing.

After the tumor was cleared, the kings and ministers of Chu also took this as a warning, and took Zixi and Ziqi as the second sons of Zixi as the commanders Yin and Sima, and rewarded the heroes who helped the king of Chu escape and resist the Wu people. Zixi also took "not long-lasting old grievances" as the governing program, did not blame the past, forgave Dou Huai who wanted to kill the king of Chu, and Lan Yin, who did not let the king of Chu cross the river, etc., and worked hard to alleviate domestic contradictions, and at the same time admonished the people not to forget the previous defeat.

Three years ago, the Zhou division of Chu was defeated by Wu again, seven doctors were captured, and Sima Zi's army was also defeated when he tried to state Cai. The state of Chu was afraid of death, so it moved its capital to Yu, and changed its discipline to stabilize the state of Chu.

The purpose of Wu Wanglu's war was originally to seize Qunshu and "get his name", but Wu Zixu and Bo Yao were to avenge their families.

In the battle of Chu, the state of Chu lost half of the country. Although Wu Guo robbed a lot of money, money, silk and land, he also suffered a lot of losses. First, it was successively resisted by the Chu people, then attacked by the Qin army, and Yue Wang Yunchang also crossed Zhejiang to attack him. The fatal blow was the younger brother of Helu, the general of Vachu, who rebelled and established himself as the king. After being defeated by King Wu Huishi, he voted for Chu and was named Tangxi clan.

King Wu regretted it too late and began to reappoint Sun Wu. According to him, "If you don't move, you don't have to use it, you don't have to fight; Now as long as the Chu State does not take the initiative to attack, they will not harass it, but are trying their best to digest the newly seized territories in the past ten years, such as Zhongwu, Xu State, Qunshu, etc. Wu Zixu also calmed down. It is believed that after a few years of recuperation, he will first eat the Yue country that is "connected to the soil and neighbors, the soil channel is belonging, the customs are the same, and the language is compatible".

But the state of Chu was doing something that worried the Wu people, and the king of Chu, Xiong Zhen, changed his diplomatic strategy of only making friends with Qin in the past, and first married the state of Qi and married the daughter of the marquis of Qi. began to make good friends with Yue again. On the one hand, he sent Chu scholars and craftsmen into Vietnam, and it was rumored that he would marry the daughter of the king of Yue as his wife.

In that year, the Jin State supported the Wu State and weakened the rear of the Chu State. Now the Chu people painted the scoop according to the gourd and began to support the Yue Kingdom, and the purpose of it, the strategic master Sun Wu naturally saw through it at a glance.

Needless to say, Yue and Wu have become enemy countries with you and me, and without you, King Wu has the ambition to go north. For example, the Tan State north of Huaisi has been included in the sphere of influence, and his hand is still stretched out towards the State of Di and the State of Ju, but these places are regarded as forbidden by the Marquis of Qi.

As a result, the pattern of the world has undergone interesting changes.

Qin and Chu have been in alliance for generations. The Jin and Wu alliances confronted it, and now the Qi State is pulling Zheng, Di, Ju and others to start a new business, and Kyushu is suddenly divided into a three-legged posture.

The proximity of Chu and Qi made Wu nervous, and if Qi moved south along Langya with the east of Laizhou's division, or crossed Ju to attack Wu, they could attack the newly captured Zhongwu coast of Wu. That's why they sent envoys to see if they could get the Jin State to exert some pressure on the Chu State and the Qi State in the north.

However, Wuxian felt that there was not much difference between them coming and not coming. The six generals of the Jin State are separated, and the interior is a mess, so how can there be leisure to manage the Chu State. In particular, the son of Shen Yinrong, the great martyr who resisted Wu, Zigao became Ye Gong and garrisoned the northern border for the Chu people, and it is said that this young man is also a generation of talents.

As for the Qi State, the Wu people don't have to worry, the fierce battle of Jin and Qi is evenly matched, and there is no one who can't tell the winner for more than ten years, Zhu Qing has been guessing whether the Qi people will attack before the autumn harvest or after the autumn harvest this year? Maybe they will also ask Wu to attack Qi and share the pressure for Jin, I don't know what Qu Wuji's expression will be when the time comes......

"He probably thinks in his heart, dead friends, don't die poor." ”

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Qu Wuji can naturally use Yayan freely, but the diet and daily life of the other Wu people in the envoy group have to be guided by Yanyan, so he also accompanies him as a "retranslator". Before leaving, he stood on the boat and asked Zhao Wuxian at the ferry a question.

"Doctor Zhao must be in contact with the Wu people for the first time."

"Yes."

"Yan has a question that I have always wanted to ask, I once watched the history of the Lu State in Yanling Jizi, which was recorded in the seventh year of Chenggong, 'Wu Shi entered the Tan Kingdom'. At that time, Ji Wenzi of the Lu State said, 'China is not reviving the brigade, and the barbarians are attacking'...... Wu, a descendant of Zhou, was also abandoned on the seashore and did not communicate with Ji, so he was vulgar, cut off his tattoos, and arrogated to be the king, and the sentence (gou) Wu was also regarded as a barbarian by China. ”

What Yan said is indeed the truth, although because of the Jin-Wu Alliance, the attitude of the Central Plains princes towards Wu has changed a lot, but most of them are because they want to rely on or are afraid of it. Culturally speaking, although they admit that Ji Za is a gentleman, that is only an example. Most people still do not agree with the entire Wu State, and often call it a barbarian beast, and the Wu people are also outside the Central Plains culture, and there is a barbarian faction that is anti-assimilated by Zhuan Boyu.

Yan Yan sighed and said: "The king and the crown prince are also tattooed, and the nobles surnamed Ji of the royal family are still like this, not to mention the natives who have lived in Huze for generations. I have also heard a saying that it is called China Rongyi, the people of the five directions, all have sex, and they cannot be changed. I was moved by this trip to the north, and I saw that everyone regarded us as barbarians, like rare birds and beasts, I don't know how the doctor saw it? Is it true that no matter how hard we Wu people try, they will not be recognized by the gentlemen of the Central Plains and regarded as Chinese people? Ji Zi praised the doctor for his young age, but he was quite able to think about the unthinkable. I have never seen anything before, and please ask the doctor to teach me! ”

Wuxian groaned, this is a big proposition about Huayi's debate!

It troubled Ji Zha, troubled Yan Yan, and also troubled countless Rongdi barbarians who naturalized China or entered the Central Plains in later generations. Xiongnu, Xianbei, Khitan, Jurchen, Mongol...... After arguing for more than 2,000 years, nothing came of it.

But Zhao Wuxian's view of Huayi is very clear.

So he replied: "The difference between Yixia and Xia, bloodline is indeed a premise, but it is not necessary. Taigong Qi is from Rongjiang, and he is the same as Jiang's Rong after the four mountains, but can it be said that Qi is Rong now? Xianyu Baidi and Zhou are both surnamed Ji, but they have gradually become vulgar, can they be called Huaxia now? Therefore, the summer rite is summer, and the summer is used to redeem the rite. The initial difference between Huaxia and Rongdi Barbarians was that they chose a different way of life. The Xia people, Shang people, Zhou people and Dongyi have long been integrated, and the former Huaiyi Xu State, because of the use of crown belts and etiquette, has been regarded as a member of the Chinese alliance by the Qi people! ”

If it is like the extreme emperor and Han ists, anyone who has a trace of foreign blood will be humanely destroyed, it will come from Dongyi. Ying Qin, who has intermarried with Shen Rong and Kui surnamed Rong countless times, and the ancestors of the old Zhao family, as well as Zhao Wuxian's body, have to hang themselves on the southeast branch first......

"As long as the state of Wu pursues the indoctrination of Yanling Jizi. Presumably, within a few generations, it will definitely become the country of the crown belt, and be recognized by Zhuxia, Ziyou is a gentleman of the southern country, inheriting the ambition of Ji Zi, and should be encouraged! ”

There is a basis for Zhao Wuxian's statement. The current Wuyue barbarian land, a thousand years later, the water town in the south of the Yangtze River, has just become the place with the strongest Chinese culture......

Cohesion, integration, in this era. The centripetal force of culture must always be maintained on the Chinese side. The surrounding four descendants, as long as it is a place suitable for agricultural civilization, must accept this integration, otherwise they will be extinct like the once prosperous Laiyi, Chidi, and Changdi!

From ethnicity to culture! I can't leave a trace!

The ancient times of ignorance and famine have passed, in this proud and high-spirited era of China, but those who have heard of the summer have not heard of the changes in the Yi!

Yan Yan pondered for a while and sighed, although Zhao Wuxian's Huayi view was not unique in this era, it still took root in his mind.

After he boarded the boat, he said to Qu Wuji: "When the kid went north, he talked to Ji Zi that he wanted to find a famous teacher to study, and now he has found it. ”

"Who is it?"

"Naturally, it is Dr. Zhao, I think he can not only teach me the great truth of Huayi, but also teach me how to govern and how to educate the true skills of the people!"

Yan Yan decided that after following the envoys to complete the king's order, he would apply to stay in Zhao Wuxian's territory, either as a subordinate or as a retainer. As for Confucius and Shao Zhengmao, the two "virtuous people", they were listed as the second and third choices.

Regarding Yan Yan's decision, Zhao Wuxian and Qu Wuji naturally couldn't ask for it, Xing Ao will go to Wu State, and Yan Yan, who knows Wu Guo well and still admires Huaxia, will stay, and the transactions they plan can also be much more convenient, at least the language problem of the handover personnel on both sides does not have to worry.

Zhao Wuxian also has a different kind of thought: "In the future, if the Wu Kingdom is gradually dyed with Chinese customs and becomes a real Chinese territory from a cultural perspective, it may have to rely on Ziyou." ”

This is also his idle hand in the corner of the chessboard, which is inconspicuous now, but maybe decades, thousands of years later, future generations will look at it and praise it as a clever kill......

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The ships laden with envoys from Wu were dragged by slender men and oxen and horses along the slowly flowing Jishui River, and did not turn overland until they entered Zheng State, and after saying goodbye to them, they would return to the territory after a few days.

Before that, he still has something to do, one is to clean up the aftermath of the assassination, get an angry voice in the international community, expand its influence, and win sympathy for himself. The second is to eliminate the adverse impact of this incident on the arena in Taoqiu, refine and improve the rules of some events, and recast the security work.

He said to Zigong and Kan Zhi earnestly: "This is the so-called three-fold shares and being a good doctor, not afraid of making mistakes, afraid of not knowing how to make up for mistakes after making mistakes!" ”

Zigong solemnly agreed, as his career became bigger and bigger, he now completely regarded himself as a subordinate of Zhao Wuxian's family, and this mistake made him ashamed.

Kan Zhi gloated a little, and afterwards he joked and said: "Si Kou is the same age as his subordinates, younger than Zigong, but he usually talks and acts like a father and brother in his thirties and forties. ”

Wuxian groaned and said meaningfully: "However, in the words of Confucius, I am already the year of establishment......"

Finally, it is to open a unique "trade fair" before leaving, so that the new products brought by the territory will make a name!

This has also become the most lively event in Taoqiu after the completion of the arena...... (To be continued......)