The prince gathered around and gave instructions to his troops, who all came in with their eyes open to show that he had no intention of overstepping his bounds. He formally welcomed Feng Duan's daughter with the courtesy of a great official of the country.
Feng Duan, of course, became the father-in-law of Prince Lingyin of Chu.
However, Feng Duan's original conspiracy to end it once and for all failed to succeed due to Li Ran's interference. And Li Ran, as far as the entire Zheng State was concerned, naturally took the greatest credit.
After Wang Ziwei officially left the city, Zichan invited Li Ran to the mansion to thank him face to face.
"Haha, Zi Ming, Zi Ming, it's thanks to you again this time. If you hadn't bought this time for me, how could Zheng Guo have survived this crisis safely?"
This is true. This time, if Wang Ziwei is really allowed to secretly lead troops into the city, and Feng Duan and Si Hei think they are inside, then Zheng Yi will be overthrown in an instant.
danger.
But this time Li Ran was able to act wisely in a hurry, and he used a little plan to defeat Feng Duan's conspiracy. It is not an exaggeration to say that he had the kindness to rebuild Zheng Yi.
"The doctor's words are serious, but as a traveler of the Zheng State, you should take the safety of the Zheng State as your top priority."
Li Ran still spoke very humbly, with a look of respect on his face.
Hearing the sound, Zichan raised his hand to stroke his beard, feeling very happy.
"However, I think that Prince Yin, the Prince of Chu, returned without success this time. I am afraid he is unwilling to do so."
Li Ran changed the topic and suddenly became worried again.
This time the prince surrounded Zheng and brought two thousand elite soldiers from Chu. Whether it was in Chu or Zheng, this movement was not a small one.
But this time he returned without success. According to Wang Ziwei's character, he must not be worried about this.
Therefore, what Li Ran is worried about now is that since Wang Ziwei can no longer covet Zheng Guo's relatives, he will definitely have some tricks in the future. Therefore, Zheng Guo is still unavoidable.
"Well, Zi Ming's words make sense."
"I think that Prince Wei has always been domineering. Although his name is Ling Yin, he really has the power of the Lord of Chu! Now that he has suffered such a big loss in our country of Zheng, his desire for revenge is really unavoidable."
"That being the case, what kind of advice does Zi Mingke have? Why don't you tell me about it?"
Since Li Ran mentioned this matter, Zichan wanted to ask Li Ran's opinion first.
"Sir, the Chu State is now so powerful that we can only rely on its own strength to fight against it."
Li Ran's view is also very simple. Faced with the huge gap in absolute strength, he can only use the power of other countries to contain Chu.
His idea was immediately approved by Zichan. He only heard him echo:
"Well, the dispute between Jin and Chu has been going on for a long time. I don't think Jin will just sit back and let the Chu family dominate."
"If the prince insists on revenge this time, then we can go to Jin to ask for help. However, the internal affairs of Jin are also complicated now. Ever since Zhao Zhongjun suffered a serious illness, the six ministers of Jin have been in disarray. I'm afraid it will be inevitable by then.
It still requires some verbal debate. So, Zi Ming will have to work hard at that time."
The dignified minister of the Zheng State did not want to settle the situation with the Jin State, but asked Li Ran to worry about it as a pedestrian?
Don't you think this logic is a bit strange? It stands to reason that status determines the right to speak. And in terms of status, Li Ran's position as a pedestrian is probably a thousand miles away from that of Zichan's minister in power.
Too much.
Does that mean that one sentence from you, Zichan, can actually contradict me, Li Ran, ten times?
That being the case, why should Li Ran bother so much? Couldn't Zichan go directly to Jin?
Don't tell me, this really doesn't work.
This has to start with the relationship between Jin and Zheng.
When it comes to the relationship between Zheng and Jin, it can be regarded as another history of blood and tears.
From the 13th year of Jin Linggong to the 12th year of Jin Daugong, in one hundred years, Zheng State obeyed Chu State six times and rebelled against Chu State six times and returned to Jin Dynasty. During this period, there were countless wars and wars.
Number. This also made Zheng Guo’s already weak foundation even worse.
It was not until after the Annihilation League that the co-hegemony of Jin and Chu was formed, and the two parties negotiated a peace. This allowed the relationship between Zheng State, Jin State, and Chu State to ease slightly, and Zheng State took this opportunity to completely agree.
Jin State.
Therefore, if there is any movement on the Chu side, then the only country on the Zheng side that can rely on is the Jin country.
However, because Zheng Guo had repeatedly jumped ahead of Jin and Chu in the previous hundred years, Zheng Guo looked like a disobedient younger brother to Jin.
Therefore, it was not easy for Zheng Guo to speak to Jin at his critical moment.
And this is exactly why Zichan entrusted this "important task" to Li Ran.
On the one hand, although Li Ran became an official in Zheng, he was not actually deeply involved with the Zheng state. Secondly, Li Ran himself was already well known to the people of Jin.
Therefore, at this time, Li Ran's voice had indeed surpassed that of Zi Chan, who was the ruler of Zheng State.
"How dare you bear the word 'trouble', but you will do it with justice. Besides, since you are a traveler of Zheng State, if the doctor has any assignment, you should do your best."
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On the other side, outside Zhengyi City.
It should have been a happy event for Wang Ziwei to marry his bride. But how could he put his mind on such a thing now?
This time he failed to achieve any success, and he lost face in front of his own tribe. He didn't want to know that once the news got back to the Chu State, the whole Chu State would inevitably ridicule him secretly.
As for Wang Ziwei, he was used to being arrogant and domineering, and he had offended a lot of people in the past. What if he was given such an opportunity by this group of people?
Therefore, after several days passed in a row, Wang Ziwei was not in a hurry to break out of the camp and return the enemy. Instead, he spent the whole day indulging in wine and sex in the camp, singing, singing, and fluting to cover up his inner aggrievedness.
But this kind of cover-up can deceive ordinary people's eyes, but it cannot deceive Wu Ju.
Wu Ju's name may not be well-known to future generations, but his grandson is definitely a household name. His good grandson is none other than the famous Wu member in the future, Wu Zixu!
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Wu Ju's father, Wu Shen, was originally a junior officer. Later, because he opposed Sun Shuao's intention to withdraw his troops, he tried his best to provide advice to King Zhuang of Chu to fight with the Jin State in Bi.
A decisive battle was fought and a complete victory was achieved! King Zhuang of Chu was able to drink from the Yellow River, which shocked the Central Plains.
Wu Shen also achieved military merit because of this. However, the Wu family was still unknown at that time. And his son Wu Ju almost fled to Jin because he was almost involved in a civil strife in Chu.
But now, such a minister of the Chu State who once had a humble status and had the intention of defecting was so highly appreciated by Prince Wei that he was actually allowed to serve as a deputy envoy.
On the one hand, this is enough to show that Wu Ju is indeed outstanding in ability. On the other hand, it is also clear that the prince around this person has always been eclectic in selecting talents.
And right now, Wu Ju is indeed a good talent of Chu. Those eyes that are as penetrating as fire have clearly figured out the prince's thoughts.
Seeing that Wang Ziwei had been drinking to drown his sorrows in the past few days, Wu Ju thought of a trick early. So during the banquet, he took the opportunity to get up and go out among the crowd.
"Lord Lingyin, there is a good thing happening right now. I wonder if Lord Lingyin is interested in it?"
Wu Ju was not polite and went straight to the point. Even when facing a fierce person like Wang Ziwei, his words were neither humble nor overbearing, and seemed very sonorous.
"Oh? What's so good about it?"
Knowing that Wu Ju had an idea, Wang Ziwei immediately sobered up and asked with great interest.
"I heard that not long ago, the State of Jin used the name of our State of Chu as the 'Prince Bi Ben Jin' and called on all the princes to hold an alliance meeting in Pingqiu. The army ruled thousands of vehicles and showed off its power. The proclamation read at the alliance meeting was also correct. There are many disadvantages to the Chu State!"
"Now that we have come out, why not also call the princes of the world to come to the alliance meeting in the name of the Jin people not abiding by the Song Alliance? By then our country of Chu will regain control of the Central Plains, and we will order the Central Plains in the name of the leader of the world alliance. Isn't this the case? Happy!"
"Furthermore, if this alliance meeting can be used to demonstrate the strength of Chu Xiong, how can the princes from all walks of life dare to show disrespect again in the future?"
At the Pingqiu meeting, Jin's dying performance is still vivid in my mind. But what Wu Ju is proposing now is to establish another alliance initiated by Chu, which is completely different from the Pingqiu meeting.
The Jin State showed off its power and used 200,000 soldiers and armor, but we, Chu, only had 2,000. The Jin State took advantage of the enemy's danger, but we, the Chu State, only grew stronger when encountering a strong enemy!
Of course, Wu Ju's words deliberately concealed one of the most important purposes. That is, if Wang Ziwei can initiate this alliance, then he, Wang Ziwei, will become even more difficult to conceal in the Chu State in the future. The sun is as bright as the sun.
"Hahaha, what you said is exactly what I meant!"
As soon as Wang Ziwei, who had been feeling aggrieved for several days, heard this suggestion, he immediately left the singer in his arms, and excitedly stood up and stepped forward, lifting Wu up.
"This is very good! If we use the name of Song Alliance, no prince in the world will dare not to obey! If we can use this to promote the power of Chu, who in the world dares to underestimate Chu? And who still dares to look down on me? Are you looking down on me again?"
Wang Ziwei suffered a setback in Zhengyi this time, but how could he, who had always been conceited, suffer such a big loss without any reaction?
Well, since your Jin Kingdom can organize an alliance to show off its power, can't I, Prince Wei, do the same?