Zhou Tianzi is more interesting, MingGuoguo is full of buds, but he asked the Chu state to pay tribute to the buds, and even after the Chu state was strong later, he still called the Chu state to pay tribute to the buds, which is more strange, many people can't understand Zhou Tianzi's behavior, and they can't understand the meaning.
In fact, in the very beginning, Zhou Tianzi called the Chu state to pay tribute to Baomao, but later the tribute to Baomao again is not so simple meaning, which includes the interests of the State of Qi and guan Zhong's strategy, as for the specific situation, we will talk about it in detail.
The Chu state was not strong at first
During the Shang Zhou Period, the Chu State was only a small tribe in the south, not as powerful as later, when they lived in the cracks between the Shang zhou, in the special historical background of the shang and zhou cycles, the leader of this tribe saw the opportunity to defect to King Wen of Zhou, and from then on became the younger brother of King Wen of Zhou.
Later, king Wu of Zhou cut down the silk, the tribal leader led everyone to follow the king of Zhou Wu to cut the silk together, the result of this cutting is known to everyone, and finally the king of Zhou Wu achieved a complete victory and established the Zhou Dynasty, although the ancestral tribe of the Chu state was weak, but after all, in the process of cutting the silk was also a meritorious service, so after the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty, the king of Zhou Wu sealed them a chu title, and the tribal leader Xiong Dai at that time became the founding ancestor of the Chu state.
Compared with the rest of the big powers, the Chu State is really not worth mentioning, so Zhou Tianzi did not have too much difficulty in order to take care of them, but just let the Chu State pay tribute to some buds on time every year, after all, the buds are everywhere in the Chu state, which is easier to obtain.
In that historical background at that time, the main role of Baomao was to filter liquor, so the Chu state that paid tribute to Baomao sometimes assisted in filtering liquor, and it was this move that made Xiong Dai, the king of Chu, deeply stimulated, and the rest of the powerful princely states were able to enter and drink, xiong Dai, a small princely state, was not eligible to enter it, and could only filter liquor in the periphery, Xiong Dai vowed that he must develop the Chu state strongly.
After Xiong Dai returned, he began to start a business in the Chu State, leading the people of the Chu State to develop the economy and constantly expand the territory, under his leadership and everyone's efforts, by the time King Zhou Zhao's three conquests of Jingchu, the territory of the Chu State had increased to fifty miles.
The State of Chu, which has fifty miles of land, already has a certain strength, but due to the existence of some powerful princely states around at that time, the State of Chu grew up in the cracks, or somewhat desolate, fortunately, the King of Zhou Zhao's three conquests of Jingchu brought development opportunities to the State of Chu, and after King Zhou Zhao's around the country was cleaned up, the State of Chu lost its restrictions and could develop rapidly.
It can be said that King Zhou Zhao's three expeditions to Jingchu were of great help to the Chu State, but for Zhou Tianzi himself, it was a nightmare, because King Zhou Zhao, on his way back, unfortunately encountered heavy rain, and finally King Zhou Zhao, along with the main army, died in the Han River, which became a tragedy.
Originally, Zhou Tianzi at that time was the most powerful time, with the death of King Zhou Zhao and the main force, the strength of Zhou Tianzi declined rapidly, and the State of Chu was relatively close to the place where the Zhou Zhao King incident occurred, and later many princely states used the excuse that the State of Chu could not be saved when it saw death, so this matter became a past event that neither the State of Chu nor the Zhou Tianzi wanted to mention.
After the countries around the State of Chu were eradicated, the State of Chu quickly developed and became stronger, and later its strength far exceeded that of the rest of the princely states, and it could even be compared with the large countries such as the State of Qi, that is, after the State of Chu developed and became strong, they did not take Zhou Tianzi in their eyes, and did not pay tribute for several consecutive years.
Why did the State of Qi attack the State of Chu
With the continuous development of the princely states, zhou tianzi's real power became smaller and smaller, and the state of Qi became more and more powerful under the reform of Guan Zhong, and by the time of the Duke of Qi Huan, the state of Qi had become the hegemon of the Spring and Autumn Period, and Zhou Tianzi needed to survive under the protection of the state of Qi, not to mention the rest of the princely states.
Logically, the State of Qi is already so powerful that no one should dare to easily offend the State of Qi, but in this special historical background, there is actually a ridiculous thing that happened, which is the love story between Cai Ji and Qi Huangong.
Cai Ji was the sister of Cai Hou, the king of the State of Cai, and the State of Cai was originally relatively powerful, but by the time of the Duke of Qi Huan, the State of Cai had become a small country, and could only survive in the gap between the State of Chu and the State of Qi, in order to continue to survive, they could only hold their thighs, and there was no doubt that the thigh at that time was the State of Qi, so in order to please the Duke of Qi Huan, Cai Hou gave his beautiful and charming sister to the Duke of Qi Huan.
Qi Huangong was very fond of seeing the charming Cai Ji, and accepted Cai Guo's gift on the spot, and said that he would shelter Cai Guo in the future, but no one thought that Cai Ji, a little girl, was some wayward and playful, Qi Huan Gong obviously could not swim, and was quite afraid of the water, but Cai Ji insisted on calling Qi Huangong and himself to go rafting on the water, Qi Huangong could not resist Cai Ji's repeated requests, and finally agreed to reluctantly go to the water with her.
At the beginning, Qi Huangong was still relatively happy, and then Cai Ji actually played away, shaking left and right on the boat, frightening Qi Huangong to immediately lie on the boat, Qi Huangong sternly asked Cai Ji to stop playing, Cai Ji continued to play as if he did not hear it, or Qi Huangong's men heard Qi Huangong calling for help, and then rushed in to save Qi Huangong.
The terrified Duke Of Qi Huan asked someone to send Cai Ji back to Cai Guo for reflection on the spot. This matter itself is not too big, Qi Huangong was just angry at that time, for cai Ji, who is white and beautiful, Qi Huangong is of course reluctant to want her, as long as she reflects on her mother's home, Qi Huangong will naturally send someone to take her home.
As a result, Cai Ji was willful, and within a few days of returning to Cai Guo, the more she thought about it, the more angry she became, she felt that Qi Huan Gong definitely did not want her, and began to encourage her brother to marry her to the rest of the princes, everyone joined forces against the State of Qi, there should always be no risk, the simple-minded Cai Hou was moved by his sister, and he remarried Cai Ji to someone else.
When the Duke of Qi Huan remembered Cai Ji and asked someone to take Cai Ji home, he heard that Cai Ji had remarried, and as the overlord of Qi Huan at that time, how could he endure such humiliation, and immediately found Guan Zhong to discuss the matter of attacking Cai Guo, Guan Zhong thought carefully, and felt that Cai Guo could fight, so Qi Huan Gong sent a large army to directly attack Cai Guo, Cai Guo itself was weak and small, and was quickly destroyed by the State of Qi.
After defeating the State of Cai, the army of the State of Qi suddenly felt that it was not worth it to simply fight a State of Cai, so they planned to continue to attack the State of Chu, and the State of Chu was very surprised to hear that the State of Qi was going to attack itself, and immediately gathered the troops they sent out to attack the State of Zheng and prepared for a great war with the State of Qi.
On the eve of the war, the two sides sent representatives to negotiate, and when the emissaries of the State of Chu asked why the State of Qi attacked him, Guan Zhong gave two reasons, the first was that the State of Chu did not respect Zhou Tianzi and had not paid tribute to Zhou Tianzi for a long time; the second was to mention the pain of the State of Chu, saying that when King Zhou Zhao died, the State of Chu did not come to the rescue.
Guan Zhong's two reasons made the Chu state particularly embarrassed, after careful consideration, the Chu state could only agree to continue to pay tribute to Baomao, so that the two sides could temporarily stop the war, as for why the State of Qi wanted to cease the war, in fact, the main reason was that they had already achieved the expected purpose through this negotiation.
At that time, the State of Chu was attacking the State of Zheng, and after the State of Qi wanted to attack the State of Chu, the State of Chu had no choice but to withdraw the army attacking the State of Zheng, so that the State of Qi saved the State of Zheng, which was the first purpose of the State of Qi, and the second purpose was to let the State of Chu continue to pay tribute to Baomao, which was of great interest to the State of Qi.
After the State of Chu paid tribute to Baomao, the rest of the princely states that had not paid tribute to Zhou Tianzi for many years also began to be forced to pay tribute, and at the request of the State of Qi, they also needed to pay tribute to Baomao, but the Baomao they paid tribute needed to be purchased from the State of Qi, so that the State of Qi would become a person who directly profited, and the money of the rest of the country would be earned with the Baomao of the State of Chu, and the key was that these money were still earned in the name of Zhou Tianzi, and finally they took possession of zhou Tianzi in the name of custody, how clever the means were, and it was jaw-dropping.
epilogue
To say that the Chu state in the first stage of tribute to Baomao, in fact, the main reason is that they are too weak and poor, Zhou Tianzi can not bear them to pay tribute to the rest of the things, as for the later under the persecution of the State of Qi to pay tribute to Zhou Tianzi again, the reason is not so simple, this tribute not only shows the status of the State of Qi, but also prompts the State of Qi to become the biggest beneficiary, Guan Zhong's means are so high, have to be admired!
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