"Some book friends said that the names of characters are too rare, but in fact, the names of that era were just like this. For historical novels, they must be as heavy as historical novels. If you take some modern names, it will feel very inconsistent. Let's do this. When naming the author in the future, try to choose popular ones."

——The following text—

Is Song Wangyan good or bad?

Meng Hu can ask such a childish question, so he knows that he is still a child's nature.

The attacks of various countries are a game between the monarchs of various countries. There is only a dispute over interests. How can there be so many good and bad? Good and evil?

Yes, only interests!

Meng Zhong had no stereotypes about Wang Yan of Song.

In his opinion, the nearly two monarchs, "Dai Xi" and "Dai Yan", can be regarded as qualified monarchs.

The difference is that Dai Xi, that is, when Song Tichengjun ruled the country, Song State was a little humble in diplomacy, but what was received was Qi's support for Song State - Qi State also needed to unite with Song State to suppress the powerful Chu State.

Therefore, although Song Ticheng's king surrendered to Qi, it seemed a bit embarrassing to many people in the Song Dynasty - because Qi was no longer the powerful Qi State when Duke Huan of Qi was in power, in Meng Zhong's view, surrendering to Qi State to promote the situation of "Ji and Song jointly suppressing Chu State", this was not a bad thing for Song State.

As for Dai Yan, that is, King Yan of Song, he was dissatisfied with the situation where Song State surrendered to Qi State and usurped the throne of his brother. He then brazenly launched a war against Qi State, against Chu State and Wei State, and won three consecutive victories, making the countries dare not underestimate Song State again, which is not a bad thing for Song State.

In short, Song Tichengjun gave Song a brief peace through diplomatic means, while Song Wang Yan defeated Qi, Chu and Wei strongly to obtain a brief peace. Although these two achieved different results through different methods, they both achieved similar results.

But it is undeniable that Song Wangyan's approach has great consequences.

Although Song Tichengjun humiliated Song and himself and became a subordinate of Qi, he at least received support from Qi. Even if Qi only regarded Song as a pawn to restrain Chu, he would eventually provide help when Chu attacked Song. Otherwise, if Chu sat on the sidelines of the State of Annex Song, Qi might become the next Song.

As for Wang Yan of Song, although he made Song "independent" and broke free from Qi's control, he also offended Qi because of this.

If the Chu army really attacked Song in the future, it would be impossible to say whether Qi would help Song in time or to add to the wrong side to divide Song with Chu.

What's even more terrible is that in addition to Qi and Chu, the relationship between Song and Wei is also quite bad now.

In other words, although the Song State is now in peace, its neighbors are eyeing each other. The reason why these countries do not attack Song State for the time being is, on the one hand, because they are scared by Song Wangyan's words "Five Thousand Races of Song" and do not want their own country to be the first to be the leader; on the other hand, considering the attitudes of other powerful countries, they do not want to make wedding dresses for others in the end.

Based on these, in fact, the current situation of the Song State is very dangerous.

Of course, this was just Meng Zhong who came to the conclusion based on what he knew. He was not clear about the facts - he couldn't say that there were actually some people behind Song State!

Otherwise, how could Song Wangyan dare to offend Qi, Chu and Wei in one breath?

You should know that the relationship between Song and South Korea is also very poor. The reason why Song moved the capital from Shangqiu to Pengcheng was because of South Korea's relationship.

"The country's fortune is bumpy."

Meng Zhong sighed secretly.

However, he did not dare to tell Meng Yan about the above ideas, because it was really hard to explain how he could consider it so carefully - look at Meng Hu next to him, this guy is still at the "good and bad" stage.

Therefore, he replied vaguely: "Now the people of the country live and work in peace and stability, and the country is stable and peaceful. This shows that the king should be a wise king."

Meng Yun nodded with a smile when he heard this, and was about to comment, but suddenly someone laughed from the side, "This is a good way to be a skill."

Meng Yan frowned, raised her head and took a look, and then her frown brows unfolded.

At the same time, Meng Zhong, Meng Hu and Meng Sui also turned their heads one after another and saw the elder Meng Jian standing not far away.

Immediately, Meng Zhong and the other two quickly stood up and bowed to Meng Jian. Among them, Meng Zhong and Meng Hu respectfully called "elders", while Meng Sui called "Grandfather".

Yes, the elder Meng Jian is Meng Sui's grandfather.

At this time, Meng Feng also stood up with Meng Hu's support, bowed to Meng Jian, and said with a slight joking voice: "Mr. Zong Zhu is interested in coming here to peek at me?"

It turned out that Meng Jian served as the "Zong Zhu" in the clan, that is, he was responsible for presiding over various sacrifices.

In this era, people generally regard sacrifice as the top priority - whether it is sacrifice to gods or ancestors, the rituals of sacrifice were even strictly stipulated.

Because of this, the elder who is generally responsible for clan sacrifice has a very high status within the clan. If the sect leader is not in the clan, he can exercise the sect leader's power and responsibilities on his behalf.

All in all, the status is transcendent.

After hearing Meng Feng's joke, Meng Jian also laughed and scolded: "You are an old man who is disrespectful to the old man and instigated the clan's son to judge the king. Is this a joke next to me? Is it that you will be ridiculed by you?"

After hearing this, Meng Huo also burst into laughter.

Meng Jian and Meng Yan, the former is now serving as Zong Zhu, presided over the sacrifices of all sizes within the clan, while the latter served as the "Sima" of the Montessori for a long time.

The so-called Sima means contemporary military officials. Similar to this are "county Sima", "military Sima", "little Sima", "grand Sima", etc.

The duties of Sima of the family are responsible for training the tribesmen and teaching the tribesmen to use weapons on weekdays. If a war breaks out in the country, Sima will lead the tribesmen to follow the royal army to fight.

In addition, "She Li" is also under the responsibility of Sima.

A few years ago, Meng Wei felt that he was old and weak, so he resigned from his position as Sima from the sect leader. At that time, Meng Jie recommended Meng Wei's eldest son "Meng Qing" to take over.

Meng Qing, the biological father of Meng Hu, and Sima, the current family of the Meng family, is a very brave and serious man. Even a naughty guy like Meng Hu, he was also afraid to see his father and behaved in front of his father and dared not act rashly.

After the joke, Meng Feng asked Meng Jian calmly: "Why are you having the time to wander around today? I thought you were busy with summer festivals."

It happened that Meng Zhong was standing beside Meng Jian at this time, so Meng Jian reached out and touched the former's head, and said with a smile: "A thing happened in the clan, it's not a big deal. In short, I'll talk about something to this guy."

"I?"

Meng Zhong thought that the elder Meng Jian was looking for Meng Sui, but suddenly felt Meng Jian's hand on his head. He looked up again and finally, the elder Meng Jian was looking at him with a smile.

“…”

Meng Yan showed a little curious look on her face, but since Meng Jian had no intention of explaining, he didn't have a good idea to ask, so he nodded and said, "A Zhong, then you can go with him."

Meng Zhong nodded and walked away gradually after Meng Jian.

Looking at Meng Zhong's departure, Meng Hu said with some concern: "Isn't A Zhong making some mistakes and he'll be questioned by the elders?"

Meng Feng was so happy that he knocked Meng Hu's head with the head of the crutch, and scolded: "Do you think everyone is as naughty as you boy!"

After saying that, he stroked his beard, looked at Meng Jian in the distance, Meng Zhong and the other two, and said lightly: "Don't worry, Zong Zhu treats A Zhong like a relative and grandson, how can he bear to question him?"

"Take it seriously?" Meng Hu asked in surprise.

Before Meng Wei could speak, as Meng Jian's real grandson, Meng Sui nodded and said, "It's true. My grandfather has told me to take care of A Zhong more than once and be as close as a brother to A Zhong..." Speaking of this, he asked Meng Wei curiously and said, "Old Mr. Wang, is it because of the reason?"

Hearing this, Meng Hu stretched out his hand and touched Meng Sui's head and explained: "In the civil strife in my Song Dynasty, my Meng family was implicated and forced to follow the current king to attack the capital. At that time, it was A Zhong's grandfather Meng Shu on the battlefield, who saved your grandfather."

"No wonder..." Meng Sui nodded suddenly.

At the same time, Meng Jian had already taken Meng Zhong to a secluded place, surrounded by endless fields.

At this time, Meng Jian stopped, turned around and said to Meng Zhong, "Okay, let's be here."

Seeing this, Meng Zhong bowed to Meng Jian and asked in confusion: "Elder, I wonder what you are doing with you to find a kid?"

Meng Jian pondered for a moment and asked, "Zhong'er, do you know "Mengda"?"

Meng Zhong nodded and said, "It is my Meng family's legitimate grandson."

After saying that, he looked at Meng Jian with even more confused eyes, not understanding why the latter suddenly mentioned the clan brother.

After all, they are all from the same family, how could they not know? At most, they are unfamiliar with each other and have no intersection on weekdays.

Without caring about Meng Zhong's confusion, Meng Jian said to himself: "This son has not been in the clan for the past two years, just because the sect leader called him a great sage called "Zhuang Zhou". He hopes that one day this son will be lucky enough to become a disciple of Zhuangzi. However, for some reason, this son could not stand his temper and fled to the Hui clan privately two days ago, which made the sect leader furious."

As he said that, he told Meng Zhong about the general situation and then said, "In short, I have recommended you to the sect leader..."

"Zhuang Zhou?" Meng Zhong was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes showed a look of thought that was not age-appropriate. I wonder if he was searching for the deeds about Zhuang Zhou in his memory, or was he was considering the pros and cons of this matter.

Seeing this, Meng Jian lowered his voice and said, "You are willing to serve the great sage named Zhuang Zhou." If you say this, I will not ask you. You must go, and you must find a way to become a disciple of Zhuangzi! I know that you have this ability!"

Speaking of this, his tone slightly slowed down, patted Meng Zhong's shoulder, and said earnestly: "It's not that I force you, but this opportunity is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I have the same brothers as your grandfather, but he unfortunately died. Your father was the one I watched him grow up; your brother was also the one I watched him grow up. Your brother Meng Bo is mediocre, or can only keep his family business. But you are different! The old Mengshu family will definitely be revitalized in the future!... If you can make a name for yourself in the future, even if you die, you will still have a face to see your grandfather."

These heart-to-heart words touched Meng Zhong quite a lot.

He nodded and said, "Boy obeys the order. But, let me report to my mother first."

"It should be like this."

Meng Jian laughed happily and patted Meng Zhong's arm intimately.

Among the young people of the Meng family, what he values ​​most is the boy named Meng Zhong in front of him. On the one hand, it is because of his friendship with his grandfather Meng Shu, and on the other hand, it is because of Meng Zhong.
Chapter completed!