Why did Jin State suffer so badly
A few years ago, Jin was still very powerful, and its people walked with their nostrils pointed up to the sky. However, since the rise of the Shang Dynasty and the defeat of Jin, the situation has taken a sharp turn for the worse.
Once a country or a nation loses its pride, it will not only decline, but at least it will not make much progress. Not to mention, in the late Jin Dynasty, the economy of the Shang Dynasty was infiltrated. The country seemed to be prosperous, but many, many fields were almost controlled by the Shang Dynasty.
Such scenes gradually exhausted the wealth of the State of Jin.
Later, after the fall of Qi, Jin was surrounded by the Shang, Lü, and Liu kingdoms; the East China Sea of Jin was also the sphere of influence of the Shang. In other words, since the fall of Qi, Jin has been a bird in a cage.
Now, the states of Lu and Liu jointly attacked the state of Jin, and Jin finally couldn't hold on.
Not only could the State of Jin not bear it any longer, it had only one source of help: the Kingdom of Shang, which was filled with deep hatred and resentment!
But there is a possibility that the State of Jin did not want to ask the Shang Kingdom for help. However, reality was unavoidable after all. If the State of Jin did not ask the Shang Kingdom for help, it would have no way to survive.
The envoy from Jin was Li Xian's old acquaintance, Prime Minister Sima Xuan; the envoy from Chen was also a semi-old acquaintance, Prime Minister Yuan Shouzhi. Basically, it can be said that Li Xian had met the prime ministers and other heavyweights of the surrounding countries.
Sima Xuan and Yuan Shouzhi arrived at Anyang City Lord's Mansion almost one after the other.
Without Xu Ren, Li Xian lacked a think tank; although the Shang Kingdom had many think tanks, Li Xian was most used to Xu Ren. The main reason was that Xu Ren had watched the Shang Kingdom grow up, so Xu Ren's suggestions were often the most appropriate for the needs of the Shang Kingdom.
However, without Butcher Zhang, we still can't eat hairy pigs. Li Xian turned to Yan Ze'an, Li Yuanming and others for advice.
Naturally, while Li Xian and others were discussing, Sima Xuan and Yuan Shouzhi could only wait anxiously.
As time passed, Yuan Shouzhi, Sima Xuan and others became anxious, and Li Xian was in a dilemma.
First of all, no matter which think tank it is, one principle is very clear: the affairs of Chen and Jin cannot be viewed simply. The situation of these two countries actually involves the development and changes of the entire Yingzhou East.
But then, the think tanks had different opinions, and each had its own reasons.
Yan Ze'an's main idea was to preserve Jin, and then make Jin, Lu and Liu into a tripartite, mutually involved state. In this way, the Shang Kingdom could legitimately intervene in the affairs between the three countries as an "arbitrator".
As for the affairs of Chen and Cai, Cai should be involved appropriately to achieve a balance between Cai and Chen. Only in this way can the Shang Kingdom profit from it.
But Li Yuanming’s opinion is more radical: stand by and watch!
Regardless of the fate of Jin or Chen, the Shang Kingdom had enough ability to cope with any possible changes.
Today, the Shang Kingdom has a great advantage - aerospace. Li Xian's idea of using a flying vehicle to send people directly to the fairyland gave many cultivators new hope after the second rocket test.