In the Spring and Autumn and Warring States without women

Xia Yu also poured wine for herself, took a sip, and it tasted full-bodied. I am used to drinking high-quality wine in modern times. Naturally, wine in this era without distillation technology is not enjoyable enough, but Xia Yu wanted to get drunk at this time. : "The experience of the early years of being in power is now known all over the world. In the summer of that year, when he was in power, Bo Guo was in power and recommended him. For the first time, he went out to preside over things in Jin as a Shangqing. At that time, Shimi Mou, Song Le Daxin, Lu Uncle Sun Zhaozi, Wei Beigongxi, Uncle Zheng Zi, and representatives from Cao, Zhu, Teng, Xue, and Xiaozhu were in the Huangfu Huimeng of Jin. Although it was the first time that the meeting of the public and ministers was held, in that meeting, Uncle Zhao, you said what you said, you were firm and decisive in dealing with things, and you dared to take action.

At that time, Uncle Zhao strongly urged the princes to send troops to quell the rebellion once and for all, so as to save night and dream. It was calmed down in your hands who were not yet young enough at that time.

At that time, the representatives of the princes in the alliance of you in power asked all the participating countries to provide food and grass to support the king immediately, and to allocate troops to protect the king of Zhou. "

Respecting the king and quelling the chaos was Zhao Zhifu's first act of magnificence on the political stage. Compared with the more stalwart military exploits that followed, that small test of skill may not be so great, but only that time, Zhao Zhifu He is the most proud, because only that time, he did what he thought was right and succeeded. Every time after that, no matter on the battlefield or in the court, he still moved forward firmly and without flinching. He gradually , He no longer knows if what he is doing is right.

At this time, Zhao Zhifu seemed to be confiding to Xia Yu, and he seemed to be just talking to himself, pouring out his life's incomprehensible depression, saying: "After Zunwang put down the chaos, I became famous, and at that time I was a little bit smug. It happened, Han Bo passed away, and Fan Yang took over the throne, I was overjoyed at that time, and it happened that some retainers in the family were disobedient, and Fan Yang encouraged me to cast iron punishment tripods to intimidate the retainers, and I foolishly fell for it."

Zhao Zhifu's casting of the iron punishment tripod shocked the world. You must know that according to the "Zhou Rituals", only the emperor of Zhou is qualified to cast the tripod. Zhao Zhifu just helped the Zhou royal family put down the rebellion, and turned around and did something that only the emperor of Zhou can do. What happened was like a slap in the face of the virtuous person who praised him just now.

Zhao Zhifu poured wine into his mouth in a foolish way, and said: "I don't mean to disrespect the emperor, I am a minister of the state of Jin, and I am a minister of the state of Jin. For more than a hundred years in the state of Jin, it has been my duty to respect the king and fight against barbarians. It is the uncle country which is the head of the princes in the world, how could I have such a usurping mind, I won the battle at that time, the world praised me, my head was dizzy, I fell into Fan Yang's plan, Han Bo went again, and in a blink of an eye I became an uncle. The disobedient guy who everyone shouted and beat was restrained everywhere, and he was forced to kill his teacher." At this point, Zhao Zhifu paused, turned to Xia Yu who was also drinking, and said "But I am better than you. Even if I am suppressed everywhere, after all, my Zhao family has accumulated more than a hundred years, the fief, the people, and the army. Fan Yang or Xun Li after Fan Yang will attack me again. Don’t dare to force me too much, lest I jump over the wall in a hurry, as for you, it’s more miserable, you broke out halfway, your foundation is insufficient, and you fell, and you don’t have the capital to get back up in Qi.”

Xia Yu didn't speak, just drank. He already had a conclusion in his mind about the story of Qi State, and he knew where he did wrong. I am grateful to you in power for plotting and fueling the flames behind the scenes."

Zhao Zhifu didn't show the slightest bit of shame, and said calmly: "Each is the master, Jin and Qi have countless old and new enmities, if you fight for Qi, you should be on guard against my actions from the Jin Congress." Speaking of Qi State, Zhao Zhifu couldn't help getting angry, and said, "Qi State supported the rebellion of the Fan family and the Zhongxing family in the past, that old man Qi Jinggong has no shit skills, he just has a long life. My grandfather died and I died. My father beat Han Bo to death again, and even Fan Yang walked ahead of him. Duke Jing of Qi endured it all his life. For decades, knowing that after Fan Yang left, my conflicts with Fan and Zhonghang broke out, and finally gave him a An opportunity to pull Jin from its hegemony."

Xia Yu actually had no resentment towards Zhao Zhifu, just like what Zhao Zhifu said, each is his master, the interests of the state come first, it has nothing to do with personal grievances, and when he heard Zhao Zhifu ridiculing Qi Jinggong, he couldn't help it, saying: "Sometimes you live Growing long is also a victory."

Zhao Zhifu thought about this sentence quietly, nodded for a long time and said: "It makes sense." But after a while, Zhao Zhifu said with a bit of sarcasm, "But that old guy is probably depressed underground now too. Not many years after he left, the Tian clan wiped out the Gao clan and the Guo clan, and expelled the monarch surnamed Jiang. The descendants of that old guy are now fishing in the East Sea. Qi Jinggong endured all his life and wanted to find an opportunity to compete with my Jin country for hegemony , As a result, not only did he not fight us, he even lost his own country."

Father Zhao Zhi was originally mocking Duke Jing of Qi. In the past, Duke Jing of Qi supported the allied forces of the feudal lords to support the rebellion of the Fan family and the Zhongxing family. Zhao Zhi father led the private soldiers of the Zhao family to fight against the world with the strength of a family, but in the end he was beaten After winning the battle of iron, Zhao Zhifu really became famous with less victories and more wins. After that, no one in Jin country dared to challenge his prestige.

As the overlord of the country, he has been proud of being superior since he was a child. Qi Jinggong, who has pretended to be a grandson in front of Jin for decades, united with the princes and almost dismembered Jin and divided the city and land of Jin. I remember that in just one month, When Zhao Zhifu was sweeping up the civil strife, he received the battle report. The cities of Xing, Ren, Luan, Yan, Niyi, Yinren, Yu, and Hukou in Jin State were captured by Qi State one by one, and they fought all the way to Xianyu. Zhao Zhifu will never forget that he can only sit on the land of Jin and massacre the people of Jin, but he can only grit his teeth and endure it.

That period of forbearance made Zhao Zhifu very angry. After so many years, even if Zhao Zhifu quelled the rebellion and assumed power, he personally led the main force of the Jin army to attack Qi and successfully captured Li. Gaotang, the fief of the Tian family, was demolished to pieces, which can be said to have beaten the Qi country terribly, but Zhao Zhifu still did not forget this deep humiliation, so he couldn't help but sneer when talking about Qi Jinggong .

Xia Yu looked at Zhao Zhifu's expression, but thought it was a bit funny, and said, "I've heard people say that people feel dissatisfied with opponents who have nothing to do with them."

Hearing this, Zhao Zhifu frowned, and said: "I can't help that old man, ha, what a joke, I'm just... Qi Guo, Qi Guo let Ah Kui betray me."

Xia Yu couldn't react when he heard the word "Akui", he thought for a while before remembering, and blurted out: "Kuikui!? Duke Wei Zhuang!?"

Zhao Zhifu lowered his head and fiddled with the Jiuzun in his hand, but said nothing.

Xia Yu felt a little dizzy for a while, that Wei Zhuanggong, the Crown Prince of Wei, because he was framed by his stepmother...no...he should be framed by his stepmother. He became a retainer of Zhao Zhifu's house, and fought side by side with Zhao Zhifu for more than ten years.

Kuaikui served as Zhao Zhifu's Cheyou in the Iron War. It is said that in the Iron War, because the Zhao family was outnumbered, in order to boost morale, Zhao Zhifu took the lead and charged upwards against the rain of arrows. The offensive against the allied forces of the princes supported by the Qi State was also very fierce, and they hit Zhao Zhifu several times. In the car, Kuaikui scooped up Zhao Zhifu with a spear, supported Zhao Zhifu to stand up, and continued to lead the army to charge.

It can be said that Kuai Kui and Zhao Zhifu had a life-and-death friendship. Because of this, Zhao Zhifu trusted Kuai Kui very much. However, after Kuai Kui succeeded to the throne, he immediately turned around and defected to the state of Qi, which gave Zhao Zhifu a big "slap in the face".

But... wait, although this is a well-known fact, from Zhao Zhifu's tone at this time, it seems that he and Kuai Kui are not just dead brothers. Could it be that they...

Before Xia Yu could think about it further, Zhao Zhifu had already confirmed Xia Yu's conjecture, saying: "I remember me and Ah Kui, at the beginning... At that time, the Fan family and the Zhongxing family accused me of rebellion and encircled and suppressed my Zhao family. While I led the whole family to defend Jinyang, I sent envoys to secretly contact the Han family and the Wei family to ask them to rehabilitate me in front of the monarch. The Fan family is rich and the Zhongxing family is good at fighting. It was demolished, and all the bronze pillars of my Zhao family house were melted into arrowheads. I guarded Jinyang, fearful in my heart, but I still held on in front of my subordinates and could not show weakness. I knew that as long as I wavered a little, my morale would collapse. My Zhao family is finished, just like those families that disappeared in the history of Jin State—Luan family, Xian family, Hu family and so on.”

Zhao Zhifu's face showed a few traces of sweet reminiscence, this kind of expression is really a bit frightening on his usually firm and expressionless face, but Zhao Zhifu seems to be completely immersed in the past. In the memory of "passionate love", I didn't pay attention to Xia Yu's face at all, and said with a smirk: "At that time, Ah Gu accompanied me, comforted me, encouraged me, we fought side by side during the day, and slept in a tent at night Here, Ah Kui and I have been like this from then until so many years later. I told him at that time that when the civil turmoil in Jin is settled, I will see a big and spacious house, and I will use the best craftsmen to make a big house. The most comfortable bed, we no longer need to be in the damp and dark tent between marches..."

Xia Yu looked at the sky speechlessly, her grandson "married", Yan Ying moved, and at this moment Zhao Zhifu told herself that he and Wei Zhuanggong were lovers, this world is too crazy.

Zhao Zhifu was still stuck in memory, and said: "For the sake of Ah Kui, I have never set up a courtroom. I know he is the crown prince of the Wei Kingdom. If it weren't for his father's successor to make things difficult, he would have already been the monarch of the Wei Kingdom. Although he At that time, I was attached to me, but in terms of identity, he is a king and I am a subject, and his status is different, so he cannot be my wife, and I am the overlord Guoshangqing, the head of the Zhao family, it is even more impossible... I Everyone in the Zhao family knew about him, and I wanted to open it at that time, and I will stick to it for the rest of my life, even if I don't have a title, it's fine."

When Xia Yu heard this, his heart moved, and he said cautiously: "Haven't you ever thought that Kuai Kui's relationship with you actually has ulterior motives?"

Zhao Zhifu smiled, with a different kind of arrogance and self-confidence in his smile, and said: "My eyes are not so confused, do I have ulterior motives? Maybe when I first joined me, Ajin had a different mind, but later Fighting side by side for more than ten years, I lived and died together. When I was suppressed by Fan Yang, I was held back in the fief and couldn't move. At that time, the whole world was wrong. Fan, Zhonghang, Han, and Wei, which one was not more powerful than me, and Ah Kui did not leave; The Fan family and the Zhongxing family intended to destroy my Zhao family. I was besieged and defended Jinyang, and I didn’t know whether I would live or die tomorrow. The enemy is numerous, and everyone thinks that they will be defeated, but Ah Kui is with me and goes to the battlefield with me."

On Zhao Zhifu's face appeared the sweet and sad look of being caught in memories again, and said, "Ah, stay with me, always stay with me, no matter how difficult my situation is. We have experienced hundreds of things together, big and small. For thousands of battles, he always protected me with his whole body, and he was not afraid of death. I still remember that when I fought with the Beidi people, Ah Kui was pierced through his left shoulder to block an arrow that was shot at me, but he kept holding back. After the battle, I got off the chariot, and he passed out in my arms. Only then did I realize that the jacket in his battle armor was stained red with blood. He was in a coma for three days. The witch doctor said that he didn’t know if he could be rescued. He prayed to the ghosts and gods, as long as he can wake up, I am willing to exchange my life.

Later, I won the Iron War and took the ruling position of the state of Jin. I know that Ah Kui has always been worried about the state of Wei, and I have not given up on the position of the king of Wei, so even though I know that it is impossible to send Ah Kui back to the state of Wei I stayed with you day and night like before, but I still sent him back to the country and seized the throne with the support of my Jin country. At that time, I never thought that he would betray me. "

Zhao Zhifu's eyes were red. Looking at the fragility of this overlord with gray temples as hard as a stone in power, Xia Yu couldn't bear it, and comforted him: "Wei State is mixed between Jin State and Qi State. In terms of terrain, it is easier for Qi to attack Wei than Jin, so it is inevitable that Wei will fall to Qi."

Zhao Zhifu said: "I know, just like the state of Jin and the state of Chu have struggled for hegemony for a hundred years, and the state of Zheng has always been vacillating from side to side. Ah Kui just put Wei Guo's society as the most important thing, and he took refuge in Qi State and chose a path against Wei State. Talk about the best way, but Ah Kui should also understand that it is a way to betray me."

Xia Yu recalled that Duke Wei Zhuang seemed to have died at the hands of the Rong people recorded in history, and said, "He died at the hands of the Rong people, so it doesn't make you an open enemy..."

However, before Xia Yu finished speaking, Zhao Zhifu interrupted: "I killed him, I killed Ah Kui."

Xia Yu froze for a moment, her head was a little overwhelmed. Just now Zhao Zhifu, a political strongman, recalled his love affair with a sweet and sour face like a fool, almost scaring people to death, but in an instant, he said that he killed himself Xia Yu, who had captured his thoughts, said in surprise, "I heard that he died at the hands of the Rong people."

The look in Zhao Zhifu's eyes became hard again, as if the sweet and stupid expression had never appeared in the reddish eye sockets just now, and the cold and hard look covered his face again, and said: "Ah, rebellion, it's like hitting me. Slap in the face, I had just secured my position in power at that time, so of course I couldn’t tolerate it. At that time, I led the army to attack and avenge the state of Qi, and made great strides all the way. Later, I led the army to personally attack the state of Wei. Ah, it’s good to fight, but it’s not as good as I, besides, the power of Wei State and Jin State is far apart by a hundred and eight thousand miles. Ah Kui was defeated and fled to Qi State. I appointed Gongsun Shiban as the king of Wei State. I know that Gongsun Shipan is incompetent and far inferior to Ah Kui. But an incompetent king of the state of Wei is more beneficial to the state of Jin than a talented king of the state of Wei like Ah Kui. Taking ten thousand steps back, even if the master betrayed the state of Jin, an incompetent traitor is better than a capable traitor Much stronger."

Xia Yu somewhat guessed what happened next, but she didn't say anything, she just quietly listened to Zhao Zhifu's narration of the past, and what Zhao Zhifu said later also confirmed Xia Yu's guess—Zhao Zhifu told herself again. After taking a sip of wine, he said: "Ah Kui is not a person who gives up easily. If he was a person who was easily defeated, he would not have fought with me for so many years. Not long after I became a teacher, Chu State Then there was a change, I dispatched troops to guard against the state of Chu, and Ah Kui took the opportunity to borrow troops from Qi State to fight back to the state of Wei. The kingdom of Wu rises and dominates, and Chu recovers from the catastrophe of being destroyed by Wu, and there are also changes. I can't separate my hands to send troops to attack Wei, so I paid a lot of money to buy the soldiers in Wei. While on patrol, he killed Ah Kui."

Although he guessed a little bit, but Zhao Zhi's father confirmed it, which still made Xia Yu's heart tremble. ,

Zhao Zhifu's eyes were as cold as ice, and he took another sip of wine and said, "I, like Ah Kui, are people who put the country's interests first, and I can't let him survive to become an enemy of Jin."

Xia Yu didn't speak, but Zhao Zhifu laughed, and said, "I've seen Prince Yan submissive, well, even if it's such a big thing as his concubine running away and fainting, that kid was a little flustered at first, but later on he really did. Neither humble nor overbearing, he is a good young man, seeing you travel thousands of miles to Jin to save him, your relationship is not bad, um, like me and Ah Kui when we were young."

Hearing Zhao Zhifu talk about convincing people, Xia Yu's heart immediately rose to the top of her voice, and when Zhao Zhifu said that she was convincing people like him and Kuai Kui when she was young, Xia Yu blurted out: "We are not like that!"