In the tenth year (64 BC1), those who were determined to dominate allied themselves with small eastern countries such as Cao, Teng, Yan and Zhi, and plotted to surrender to foreign countries. However, I didn't expect all countries to be shameless. What about Song Xianggong? Overlord? Without face, in a rage, he killed the monarch of the country and sacrificed to God. Although this is an old tradition of Song people who are descendants of Yin Shang, it has been widely criticized by international public opinion. As Su Shi commented on Song Xianggong more than a thousand years later:

Song Xianggong's son was used in the second club. Your son killed a cow too much, but Song Gong, the king of a country, endured it, and there was no ninja in the world!

Ten years ago, Qi Huangong initiated the establishment of the Kwai Chung Alliance? A bundle of animals does not bleed by endorsement? That is to say, just read the book of alliance, and don't kill sacrificed cows to enrich blood, which is very humanized. It is cruel and barbaric for Song Xianggong to kill the king of a country to sacrifice to God, which is a retrogression of history.

However, despite opposition from home and abroad, Song Xianggong made repeated mistakes, trying to save the face of his overlord. In autumn, because Cao refused to give him food when he joined the league, he besieged Cao on a large scale and punished him militarily.

However, this time, things are still not so smooth.

Song Xianggong called for hegemony through benevolence and righteousness, mainly focusing on A? A gift? In truth, his brother was also an important minister in the Song Dynasty, which Mu Yi thought must be paid more attention to? De? Word, this fundamental difference in political ideas will inevitably lead to endless arguments between the two. Sure enough, childe Mu Yi began to play the devil's advocate again. He said: King Wen attacked and worshipped the great army and its city, but he didn't surrender for 30 days, but he retired from teaching and later cut it down because of the base. Is there anything wrong with your virtue today? Hu does not retreat from virtue, move first and then move. ? Mu Yi thinks Song Xianggong? De? Not enough, even some? Wicked? You should go back to the ideological and moral class again, and then come to Cao Guo after completing the credits, so that you can defeat the enemy without fighting like Zhou Wenwang.

Ignore the right words and continue to besiege Cao. However, in the winter of this year, Chen Mugong suddenly stepped forward to pull strings, and Qi, Chu, Lu, Zheng, Chen and Cai joined forces to join forces with Qi, remember? De? Repair Qi Huan's old friendship.

At first glance, Song Xianggong was dumbfounded.

For a long time, whenever there was an alliance meeting between governors, Song Xianggong always attended every meeting and showed the most positive performance. However, this time, the meeting of the six-nation alliance was such an important event that Song Xianggong was turned away. Song Xianggong immediately understand, the union will nominally let Qi Huangong? De? Paying tribute to Qi Huangong is actually criticizing and denying Song Xianggong in another way, asking him to reflect well and retreat!

Song Xianggong is not a fool, nor is he ignorant of all kinds of diplomatic news. Then, a sense of shame and embarrassment came to his mind, and his self-esteem was seriously damaged. He couldn't eat for days and nights. Finally, he sighed and led Song Jun out of Cao.

Small countries don't listen to him and big countries don't care about him. How can an isolated country survive in troubled times? Song Xianggong was crying, stumbling between dream and reality, his head was broken, his eyes were blurred by blood and tears, and he became a counter-current river.

After Song Xianggong returned to Song State, he thought behind closed doors and was busy with state affairs day and night. For a whole year, he didn't participate in any international affairs. Childe Mu Yi thinks he is really in Xiu De, and he is very happy. Song Kingdom is located in the hinterland of Central Plains, with land and water roads extending in all directions. It is a transportation hub, and the Song people have the commercial tradition of Shang Dynasty. Therefore, as long as a little effort is made, the national treasury of Song State will be enriched. Why spend so much money on it?

At the end of the second year (640 BC), Song Xianggong finally jumped out and announced loudly to the world: If you don't take me to the meeting, I will personally invite you to the meeting, and then we will elect me as the leader. What did you say?/Sorry?

His brother fell down on the spot, quickly poured a pot of cold water to wash his feet and shouted: it is a curse for small countries to fight for alliances. Song Qi is dead! ?

Mu Yi see the situation clearly, think small countries to hegemony, basic is to die!

Zang Wenzhong, a famous gentleman of Lu, sighed. If you want to follow someone, you can. Follow people's desires and save money. ?

It means that you can achieve a win-win situation by submitting your wishes to others. Forcing others to obey your wishes probably won't work.

It seems that Zang Wenzhong is also a man of insight, worthy of being a wise man on a par with Shi Shuhang, Jin Xun, Zheng Guoshuzhan and Song at that time, but what he saw was the situation and the people's hearts. Just like Freud in China, he knows how to analyze people's desires.

Bottom line: people should do what they can, and wishful thinking will only get into trouble.

Unfortunately, Song Xianggong has been immersed in the fanaticism of pursuing ideals, and no amount of ice water can put it out. It turned out that he thought of a good way to send people to send gifts to Qi Chu, so that the two bosses could support their hegemony. With these two bosses nodding, can other small countries not bow down? At that time, Qi Xiaogong ascended the throne by sending troops. Now I want something from him. Does he have the courage to refuse? Although Chu is powerful, its status is not high. King Chu Ping claimed to be the throne, but the actual title was just viscount. If he wants to intervene in Central Plains affairs, he has to rely on me as the duke! If he doesn't want to, at worst, give him more money. I have plenty of money, and I'm going to kill him with it!

This logic is like the famous story of Smith. Qi Chu is a tiger and Song Xianggong is a cunning fox. As long as everyone tells the truth, Song Xianggong's plan will succeed!

So, in the twelfth year (639 BC), the State of Song invited two superpowers, Qi and Chu, to form an alliance in Yi Song (now southeast of Juye County, Shandong Province), and the three giants sat down together historically.

Since the hegemony of Qi declined, King Chu Cheng took this opportunity to extend his claws to the Central Plains again, and successively brought Cai, Xu, Chen and Zheng, which were originally attached to Qi, into the Chu camp. Now, as long as the Song State settles down again, the situation in the Central Plains is under his control! So he also wants to take this opportunity to meet this Song Xianggong and see what kind of person this young man valued by Qi Huangong Guanzhong is!

As for JiXiaoGong, Song Xianggong supported his superiors and owed him a big favor. Naturally, he is leaving. Moreover, in Qi's view, after experiencing civil strife again and again, it is inevitable that Qi's top priority is to stabilize the political situation, regain its vitality, rashly seek hegemony and provoke disasters. Since Song Xianggong is a bit strong, why not do it? So I went happily, and I was very cautious and low-key at the meeting.

Qi Hong Xiao may not be a great talent, but he is definitely a wise man, and he is a wise man who knows how to assess the situation and has self-knowledge. Guan Zhong and Qi Huangong have a good eye. They won't pick their successors at random.

Song Xianggong didn't expect the two great powers of Qi and Chu to be so embarrassed, so he gritted his teeth and immediately offered to take Qi Huangong as the leader, followed by Qi Hou, Zi Chu and blood relatives as the leader.

In Song Xianggong's view, the monarch of Chu is the viscount. At that time, he was still showing the low fire to the Zhou-Wang alliance, and he was not qualified to join the alliance at all. It's very important to let him join the league now, so it's natural to respect the last seat. so this is it？ A gift? , Song Xianggong, his life worship, would rather die than dare to disobey a little? A gift? .

King Chu Cheng's stomach is going to explode. What is rudeness? I am the king of Chu. Why should I observe the ceremony? Even if the king of Zhou is close to him, I, the king of Chu, may not lose face. You Duke Song are a fart!

But on the surface, the king of Chu put away his spike and put on the sheepskin of Pleasant Goat, posing as a docile non-staple food animal. He thought, after all, this is somebody else's territory, so I'm afraid I'll suffer. It is better to swallow this evil spirit for a while and settle accounts later.

Song Xianggong's vanity was greatly satisfied, and he was very happy. Who said Man Jing was rude? You see Zi Chu is very polite and reasonable! So I'm alone? Ren? Enough to influence all nations and imagine the future, the reputation spread far and wide, starting from now on.

In this way, the three giants met cordially on the deer, reaffirmed the friendship between the three countries of Zhaoling Alliance, proposed to strengthen cooperation among the three countries in the fields of politics, economy, trade and culture, and exchanged views extensively and deeply on the current international and domestic focus topics, reaching a general consensus. Finally, Song proposed at the meeting: In order to promote good-neighborly and friendly relations between China and foreign countries, Song is willing to be the host again and invite all countries in the world to hold a dress-up party. Everyone is frank and friendly without any personnel carriers and unarmed, so as to break the long-standing gap between China people and foreigners, solve contradictions and disputes between countries in one fell swoop and jointly seek world peace.

In this regard, both Qi and Chu agreed, and expressed their appreciation for Song Xianggong's respect for human nature and enthusiasm for international public affairs. Song Xianggong put forward some polite suggestions: Since Qi and Chu have great prestige among governors, the invitations of governors from all countries will be conducted separately by the two countries, and Song will try its best to do all the hospitality work. I hope that the two * * * can unite the governors of different countries and jointly address me as the leader.

Say that finish, Song Xianggong took out the documents already prepared, took the lead in signing his name, and then asked ChuChengWang and JiXiaoGong to sign.

In the face of this hot document, Qi said modestly: I have been displaced for thousands of years, but fortunately my country has not fallen. Can you regain the prestige of your predecessor and gain the weight of a vassal? My heart is willing, but my strength is weak. ?

Qi Hou refused to be strong. Song Xianggong thinks he is really modest, so he doesn't care. He thought it was the same for me to invite these Central Plains governors. The key is the vassal of Chu, so he turned to ask the king of Chu. King Chu Cheng is angry and funny. He thinks you are very capable as a duke. Why don't you ask yourself? Now you beg me for this viscount. What a Smith who lied to me about your IQ!

However, ChuChengWang finally agreed, and signed his name with a stroke of a pen, so frank that even Song Xianggong felt a little surprised.

After the signing ceremony, the three countries watched the theme together? The voice of justice? Large-scale song and dance party, Shang and Zhou music took turns to appear, the atmosphere of the party was friendly and warm, and the details will not be repeated.

At this point, the meeting was a complete success and Song Xianggong's hegemony was perfectly upgraded. It only takes a small step to reach the peak.