The words of the messenger of Yiqu were still echoing in his ears, but Zhao Wuxi was wandering in the world without realizing it, and he remembered something.

People in later generations can know about Yiqu, mostly from a TV series called "The Legend of Miyue". Although there are many processed inaccuracies in it, one thing is true, that is, Yiqu was once the Qin State. The most serious frontier...

If the history does not change, fifty years later, when the Qin state fell into the "rebellion of the rulers", Yiqu sent a large army to attack Qin, from Jingbei to Weinan, causing erosion along the Weishui River. A hundred years later, the state of Qin, which had been in Yongzhou for a lifetime, finally completed its reforms and rose to prominence. Yiqu was also conquered and became a vassal state of Qin. However, the unruly Rong people rebelled and were uncertain. When King Hui of Qin took advantage of the princes to attack Qin, Yiqu became independent again, causing the Qin people to suffer a lot.

It was not until the Empress Dowager Xuan from Chu State used her own body as bait to win over King Yiqu and hang out with him in Ganquan Palace. In order to fall into the will of King Rong, she gave birth to two sons and then murdered him, which completely destroyed Yiqu. . Since then, Yiqu has become a part of the division of tigers and wolves. Later, many soldiers in the Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses are obviously Yiqu Rong people.

In the future, the strong Qin, which will be feared by the eastern princes like a tiger, will have to spend so much effort to level the canal, not to mention the weak Qin whose national strength has fallen to the lowest point in history.

If according to what the envoy said, Yiqu can gather 20,000 to 30,000 people and send troops to attack Yongdu, and the Zhao clan cooperates with them to attack Weinan, even if Qin is lucky enough to survive, at least the entire area east of Longshan will be lost. ...

Afterwards, Yiqu occupied Qiyang, while the Zhao family occupied Weinan, and everyone was happy.

Faced with this highly feasible suggestion, after being shocked, some Zhao courtiers in the room showed very different expressions on their faces.

Some are dismissive, which is to look down on the power of Yiqu. Some are intentional. For example, Kan Zhi, who has just been appointed as the county governor of Feng Yi, frequently pays attention to Zhao Wuxi, hoping that he will share the request of Yiqu, so that he can finish his work in one battle...

But……

Although Zhao Wuxi has repeatedly broken promises and broken alliances, deceived friends, and deceived enemies, he also has his own bottom line.

Like now.

After deliberation, he answered with a strong voice:

"Yi does not seek Xia, and Yi does not confuse China! I refuse Yiqu's request."

...

"Yi does not seek Xia, and Yi does not confuse China!" This is a sentence that Confucius said when the Marquis of Qi threatened Lu Jun with Lai Yi at the meeting of Qilu Jiagu ten years ago. The original meaning is the edge of the clothes, and it can also refer to the remote places. The meaning of this sentence is that people outside China must not interfere in the affairs of the Central Plains, and the people of Rong, Di and barbarians must not alienate the relationship between the Xia.

This is the historical lesson that Confucius learned from the memory of Marquis Shen lured Quan Rong into the pirates, which led to the disaster of Mount Li and the collapse of Zong Zhou. Although the meeting of Jiaguzhi was disturbed by Zhao Wuxi's horizontal insertion, and Qilu's covenant was not signed, he kept this sentence firmly in his heart.

Even though there are many things he is wrong, there are countless misunderstandings and conflicts with Zhao Wuxi, which still cannot be resolved, but he is the leader of this era after all. .

Although Confucius was reluctant to even admit his relationship with his son-in-law, Zhao Wuxi sometimes said modestly, "I am also a disciple of Confucius."

What he learns is not about his ignorance and ambiguity, but these shining points, which are enough to form the core of Huaxia spirit two thousand years later.

Zhao Wuxi said to the unidentified messenger of Yiqu: "Go back and tell Lord Yiqu that Zhao has kept his promise. Now that Qin and I have reached an agreement, we will stop fighting and restore peace, so we won't break our promises."

The messenger of Yiqu still wanted to talk and fight, but when he was nervous, he uttered some grumbling words, Zhao Wuxi motioned him to shut up, and said: "But Lord Yiqu also saved my children, as long as the righteousness Do not invade the land of Jingyang again, I will remain neutral and ignore the filth between Qin and Yiqu..."

After finishing speaking, Zhao Wuxi asked people to close the door to see off the guests.

After the people from Yiqu left, Kan Zhi came back again, hesitating to say anything.

"Yu Zhizi, what I want to say." Zhao Wuxi already understood, he said: "Do you want to say that Yiqu's invitation is a rare opportunity, as long as the agreement with Qin is torn up, secretly gathering an army to suddenly kill Weinan, It will definitely be able to wipe out the Qin army, and after Qin is destroyed, will Zhao's west face no longer have any worries?"

Kan Zhi knew that his thoughts were a bit inauthentic, but he still insisted: "However, as for the agreement to share Qin land with Yiqu, it can be repeated after the event. After Yiqu is expelled, the entire Qin land will belong to Shangqing. Under, as long as the land of Yongzhou is developed a little, it will not be under Jizhou. With Yong, Yan, and Ji in hand, the world has two thirds! Shangqing can sweep the Central Plains!"

The excitement he said was probably because he saw the opportunity was close at hand, and he regretted Zhao Wuxi's categorical refusal.

Wu Xie waited for Kan Zhi to calm down a little before saying: "The Zhao family and the Rong Di have jointly destroyed the reputation of the state of the Xia and the same surname, which is not good."

"Isn't King Wu of Zhou also united with the eight Western countries to attack the merchants! Pu, Qiang and others are also the state of the barbarians, Rong and Di, why should those who achieve great things be afraid of fame?"

"This time and that time." Zhao Wuxi said: "At that time, China had not yet formed. The merchants regarded the Zhou people as aliens, and the Zhou people called themselves 'My Xia', and they also regarded the merchants as aliens. Now the states of the Xia and the barbarians of the Rong and Di are clearly distinguished. , Doing this again will not only make people in the world feel disgusted, but also make Qin people angry. It is not difficult to destroy Qin, but it is not easy to govern Qin land..."

Hexi and Jingyang are the beginnings of the Zhao clan's encroachment on Qin's land. If even these two places are unstable, they will rush to destroy Qin's land. Maybe it will be cheaper. Yiqu. Those who are not of our race must have different hearts. If Yiqu were to sit in the northwest, the danger to the Zhao family might be even greater than that of Qin. In later generations, the Song Dynasty acted wisely and united Jin to destroy Liao, and Mongolia to destroy Jin. What was the result? Zhao Wuxi would rather deal with the more civilized Qin people than support the army.

Of course, if you want Zhao Wuxi to say from the bottom of his heart, according to the standard of this era, "China has great etiquette, so it is called Xia; has the beauty of clothes and regulations, it is called Hua", culture is the main, blood is the second, Chu, Wu and Zhongshan were both counted as members of the Zhu Xia, especially Chu State, the level of civilization and enlightenment made the Jin people ashamed. Those who later called them barbarians, such as Mencius, are no longer an ethnicity issue, but a regional and national discrimination issue...

What's more, Zhao Wuxi is confident that he can solve Qin's problems in ten or twenty years. It may take a long time, but he can moisten things silently, and he is upright and convincing.

He said earnestly to Kan Zhi, Zhao Jia and the others: "If the Zhao clan only wants to occupy a few states, use the strong against the weak, and succeed for a while, you can do so, but my ambition is more profound than this... …”

Wu Xie stood up and paced: "To open up the land, rule the Xia, come to China and open up the four barbarians, this is my ambition. If you want to do this, the Zhao family must think about the means, like the prince belt. Conspiracy the royal family, follow the Di people to invade the Xia like the Xing Kingdom, the descendants will not seek the Xia, the Yi will not disturb the Chinese, I will not take it!"

To conquer the world, we cannot blindly use domineering, nor do we blindly use the kingly way, but we must mix the kingly and domineering.

This time Kan Zhi was speechless, and Zhao Jia worshipped his cousin even more.

But then again, there must be a lot of people in Qin who want the shame of Xueweishui. If Yiqu's threat can make them sober, Zhao Wuxi is also welcome, which is why he adopted "neutrality".

Since Zhao's strength in Yongzhou, they can't control the Yiqu people for a while, then let them threaten the Qin state nakedly, and let the Qin people go to Zhao to avoid being invaded by Rong Di when they are weak. Move closer and be the Xiaozong of the Zhao family obediently~lightnovelpub.net~Zhao Wuxi hopes to unify the Xia and open up the surrounding areas of the Rong, Di and barbarians. The premise is that the Xiabins obey him and are willing to be his puppets. be his kingdom...

What's more, Zhao Wuxi could no longer be consumed in Qin land. The domestic autumn harvest was approaching. The soldiers who were voluntary recruited from the people urgently needed to return to their hometown to harvest grain. Need to rest, before the end of the autumn harvest, Zhao must truce.

As for the autumn harvest, he has to think about things in the East, and Qi State needs to be punished, Zheng State needs to be conquered, and he has to support Song State...

This year, too many things have happened, which are confusing and ridiculous, but now, the turmoil in the Song Kingdom has been clearly presented in front of Zhao Wuxi's case.

He was helpless and annoyed about those things, and in the end, it turned into worry and anxiety about someone's fate...

Things have to start from four months ago.

At the beginning of February, in the middle of the night on Ji Chou day, on the altar of the Hao Society in Shangqiu, the Song Dynasty, where the city was full of storms, Nanzi gave birth soon... (To be continued.)