But this situation can also be changed.
Between the four kingdoms, reconciliation is not impossible.
The prerequisite for change is for Liang to lose its current absolute advantage, to lose its position of dominance over Qingzhou.
If Wei, Zhao, and Xu successfully enter Central State and are willing to share the future "cake" equally with another country, all sides would be on the same footing.
Qingzhou has sixteen prefectures; add to that the two prefectures of Henan and Nanyang in Yong State, and just looking at the nearby region, the chessboard already has half of Central State, with a total of eighteen prefectures' worth of "cake."
Out of these eighteen prefectures, Wei Country managed to eat two, barely acquiring a ticket to the game.
Liang ate sixteen, almost monopolizing all the benefits.
Zhao and Xu, on the other hand, are kept on the outside, typical of those who wish to join the feast but are blocked at the door by Liang, the holder of vested interests.
