Chapter 216,217 Chu Cai is used by Jin? Zheng Cai is used by Chu!
The King of Chu's calculations about recruiting Li Ran were clearly exposed.
Therefore, this time in the Zhanghua Palace, Li Ran was given enough face to allow Uncle Zheng, Zichan and others to enter and have a banquet.
Of course, he also made it clear that he deliberately disgusted the kings and ministers of Zheng in order to achieve his goal of "showing off his power".
However, what he didn't know was that as he acted like this, Li Ran's resistance to his solicitation became even stronger.
With the sound of bells and cauldrons falling, the banquet began. For a while, the monarchs and ministers in Zhanghua Palace were enjoying themselves, and the King of Chu and Zheng Bo were once again drinking and greeting each other.
Everyone also came and went with courtesy, and at the same time, it showed a very "harmonious" friendship between host and guest.
Li Ran was arranged to sit next to the King of Chu, and was repeatedly encouraged to drink by the King of Chu. This made Li Ran, who did not like drinking, even more uncomfortable.
After three rounds of drinking, everyone was half drunk, and the King of Chu picked up the cup and came to Li Ran. He raised the cup while facing the ministers, and his face was filled with indescribable admiration.
and respect.
"Haha, I'm afraid you don't know something! In fact, I and Mr. Ziming have already met several times!"
"As early as when I went to Zhengyi to marry Zheng Ji, I had a drink and chat with Mr. Ziming. It was really late to meet each other at that time! Mr. Ziming is knowledgeable about the past and the present, and he has countless strategies, which is rare in the world.
Great talent! I am so lucky to have you here today, and it can be said that this place is full of brilliance!"
The King of Chu was not shy about praising Li Ran, and this "flattering" could be said to have reached an extreme.
If you don't know, after hearing these words, you might really think that he, Li Ran, is really a servant of the King of Chu.
As a result, Zheng Bo and Zichan became a little unhappy. But after all, in this great hall, the Chu ministers were full, so what could they say as guests?
But Li Ran knew very well in his heart that the more the King of Chu put a high hat on himself, the more he would be unable to step down.
The purpose of the King of Chu is also very simple and clear, it is nothing more than to make him finally accept the recruitment of his King of Chu.
But he is Li Ran after all. How can anyone in this world force him to do something he doesn't want to do?
Therefore, Li Ranyun smiled lightly and said:
"Oh, your Majesty is really complimenting you. That day in the outskirts of Zheng Yi, you were just doing your duty as a pedestrian, so the suburbs welcomed your Majesty to come to Zheng Xiapin, that's all. But today Li Ran was able to enter the Zhanghua Palace.
Inside, I was able to appreciate the great rivers and mountains of the Chu Kingdom, and that was just a benefit from the few princes."
Since you want to disgust me, then let’s stop hiding it and just show it off if you have any ability!
If you say that Uncle Zheng got into this chapter because of my reputation, then I just want to say that I took advantage of Uncle Zheng.
There is no way that I, Li Ran, would offend Uncle Zheng because of you, King Chu.
Offending Uncle Zheng is equivalent to offending Zi Chan. Although Zi Chan is a gentleman, he will not care about it.
However, at any rate, these attitudes and positions of his must be made clear. Otherwise, wouldn’t he, Li Ran, become an ungrateful villain?
But offending you, King Chu Xiong Wei, is different. Obviously, offending you, King Chu, is not a once or twice thing. If you really wanted to kill Li Ran, naturally you would not wait until now.
Otherwise, I, Li Ran, might have been stewed in the cauldron outside by now. Therefore, this also proves that you, King Xiong Wei of Chu, will not care about this one more time.
However, even though Li Ran said this, he knew it in his heart, but no one else knew how good the relationship between Li Ran and King Chu was!
Therefore, after hearing Li Ran's words, the noisy people in the hall fell silent in an instant.
After all, Li Ran's words clearly told Chu King Xiong Wei that all his courtesy was in vain in the end.
And who is Chu King Xiong Wei?! Can he still bear this? Are you not afraid that he will pull you down and cook you in a rage?
However, just as the atmosphere in the palace gradually condensed, both Zheng Ren and Chu Chen couldn't help but sweat for Li Ran. Unexpectedly, King Xiong Wei of Chu was not only not angry, but also laughed abnormally.
.
"Hahaha, Mr. Ziming is still as humble as ever!"
"But sir, you know that at this moment, everyone in this Zhanghuatai is my minister!"
The King of Chu stopped beating around the bush. After saying this, all the Chu ministers in the palace stood up and raised their glasses, bowed to the King of Chu, and drank it all in one gulp.
His meaning is very obvious: Those who are lucky enough to enter this chapter of Huatai today are all close followers of my King Chu, and you, Li Ran, are no exception! Even if you are not my minister today, you will always
One day, you will serve me just like them!
As soon as King Chu Xiongwei finished speaking, Zichan suddenly stood up, bowed forward, and said:
"Your Majesty, what you said is absolutely true! Overseas Chinese have long heard that Chu is full of talented people. For example, the sorcerer and minister Shen Gong will thrive in Chu, and will become Chu's enemy when he enters Wu. We can definitely see the advantages and disadvantages of Chu's talents!"
"Today I saw all my ministers, and they are truly worthy of their reputation. Your Majesty, you are truly blessed!"
On the road of disgusting others, how can we avoid having children from others?
Your Chu country has many talents, right? Then don’t forget your “Shen Gong Wu Chen”!
Hey, are you angry? People from your own country came to the enemy's country to deal with you, so you are asked if you are angry?!
As for the right to speak, Uncle Zheng didn't even say anything while sitting in this Zhanghua Terrace. How could he, Zi Chan, overstep his authority?
But the problem is that it is well known that Li Ran was promoted by his son, but now the King of Chu is clearly trying to poach him?
At this time, if he doesn't step forward, shift the conflict to himself, and smooth things over for Li Ran, who else can solve this crisis?
So, no matter where you are, no matter who you are, if I don’t say something disgusting to you, you don’t really think that there is no one in my country, do you?!
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Sure enough, when Chu Chen heard what Zichan said, their faces changed slightly.
In fact, the matter of "Chu talents being promoted to Jin Dynasties" is nothing new. And the reason why Wu State can now become the number one threat to the east of Chu State is, to be honest, it was created by you Chu people yourself.
ahzww
This kind of thing spreads in various countries in the Central Plains, and everyone just laughs about it, but for the Chu people, it must be a huge insult.
Isn't it shameful for one of our own people to go to the Jin State, or even the Wu State, to help the Jin State turn its back on you?
Normally, the people of Chu would be very secretive about this kind of thing and would not dare to mention it. Now, an outsider actually exposed the scars in public.
And it seemed to be in admiration, but in fact it was said in a mocking tone. Can you imagine how big the shadow is in their hearts at this moment?
However, even so, King Xiong Wei of Chu still maintained an extremely calm attitude and did not even refute Zichan's remarks.
After all, he himself knew that in the face of the facts, any excuse could only be a way to cover up the haze in his heart.
Therefore, Chu King Xiong Wei only smiled slightly, without commenting, and then replied nonchalantly:
"Haha, that's natural! Thinking about the prosperity of Chu's talent, it is incomparable to other Xia... However, thinking about the reason why our Chu country is able to have such a large number of talents today... Haha, there is also another reason
It makes perfect sense!”
While King Chu Xiongwei was talking, he suddenly glanced sideways at Li Ran, not knowing what he was trying to sell?
"Today, among the many Chu ministers in this hall, one of them must be known to Dr. Zichan, right?"
After the King of Chu said this, he immediately came to the side of You Yin of Chu State, holding the cup in his hand, and raised his cup in respect.
"Come, Zige has been working diligently since he was appointed as the Right Yin of Chu, and I am very pleased. Come, this cup is dedicated to You Yin. I won't say much, so I will do it first out of respect!"
"How dare you, how dare you, Dan deserves it..."
Everyone took a closer look at this moment and found out that the right Yin of the Chu State was none other than Ran Dan, the traitor who fled to the Chu State during the Zheng Guo Gongzijia Rebellion.
Seeing this, Zichan was speechless for a moment.
The reason why King Chu Ling wanted to do this was obvious.
On the one hand, it was to retaliate against Zichan's "disgusting" remarks. On the other hand, it was also an opportunity to express his "employment strategy" of King Xiong Wei of Chu - meritocracy.
Regardless of whether you are an exile who committed a crime in another country and fled to my country of Chu, or like Wu Ju, who was just a person with no identity in terms of origin, as long as you are a talent, I, King Xiong Wei of Chu, will be yours.
Don’t take any of them, just take them all as ordered!
And Ran Dan (zi Ge) is the best proof now!
As we all know, King Xiong Wei of Chu is quite good at image-building projects.
In the past, he personally led two thousand guards to steal homes in Zhengyi. Later, he usurped the name of the king and held an alliance meeting in Guo.
No matter which one it is, as long as it is completed, it will definitely have a long face. Therefore, for King Xiong Wei of Chu, "face project" must be the top priority.
Therefore, even in matters such as "selecting talents and promoting talents", he must be unique.
When Chu King Xiong Wei paid homage to Randan, it was obvious that he was not satisfied with it. He immediately poured himself another bottle, raised the wine bottle, and shouted loudly in the palace:
"Come! All you ministers are our loyal ministers of the Chu Kingdom. Please drink this wine together!"
However, seeing all the Chu ministers in the hall respond immediately, they all bowed to worship again and raised their lamps in respect.
This situation can be said to be enough to shake people's hearts, but who knows, Li Ran and Zichan glanced at each other, and showed a rather strange smile.
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Chapter 217_Wei magpie has a nest, and Wei dove lives in it
After King Chu Xiongwei drank with everyone, he was satisfied. Then he couldn't help laughing three times and continued:
"Hahaha... As for the reason why I want to build this Zhanghua Palace, everyone just thinks that I am greedy for pleasure! Haha, in fact, it is really a big fallacy!"
As King Chu finished speaking, there was another murmur in the hall, but it immediately became quiet again, waiting for King Chu to continue speaking.
"There is a saying among the Zhou people, as the saying goes, 'Wei magpie has a nest, and Wei dove lives in it'! And the reason why I want to build this Zhanghua Palace is to attract the talented people from the world! So that the world can see me."
The country is strong and prosperous! Only in this way can we recruit many talented people to be used by our country of Chu!"
"Now, any able man who is willing to serve our country of Chu, regardless of what he has committed before, or what his background is, as long as he enters my palace, he will be my honored guest.
! No matter who you are, don’t think of doing anything bad to our distinguished guests!”
That's quite true. How can we recruit talented people from all over the world if we only rely on meritocracy?
This sincerity is obviously not enough.
And as long as those who can achieve great things in their own country, even if they are losers, can they be people of low ability?
Obviously not
Therefore, to enable all these talented people to defect to the Chu State and be used by the Chu State, this is the ultimate goal of King Xiong Wei of Chu!
Obviously, this was also meant for Li Ran.
Didn't you, Li Ran, ruin the good deeds of others in Zhengyi before? It's not important, they are all trivial things.
Didn't you, Li Ran, repeatedly admonish me at the meeting in Guodi? Yes, as long as you are willing, I will let you, Li Ran, become a model for our Chu country to be a wise king and a wise minister!
Aren't you, Li Ran, just a little passerby of Zheng State? It doesn't matter, what Chu State wants is meritocracy!
Also, haven't you, Li Ran, offended many people? That doesn't matter anymore. As long as you become a minister of our Chu Kingdom, I will see who in the world dares to touch you?!
Having spoken to this extent also shows the sincerity of King Chu in wooing Li Ran.
Hearing these words, even Zichan frowned and couldn't help but start to worry. After all, the promise given by the King of Chu was really a bit unbearable.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! As for the other Chu ministers, they were extremely impressed by King Chu's "broad" mind, and even began to feel proud that they could be in this chapter.
I felt extremely honored in the palace.
If it had been anyone else, I'm afraid they would have burst into tears of gratitude and become prostrate.
But it was Li Ran who the King of Chu wanted to recruit, and this was what he, Li Ran, hated the most.
So Li Ran put down the cup in his hand, stood up and said with emotion:
"Your Majesty, Li Ran once heard that the emperor should manage the world, and the princes should manage the feudal territories. This is an ancient system."
"Now within your territory, there is nothing that does not belong to you, the king. Who among the people under your rule now, my king, is not the king's subject? Therefore, there is a saying in "Poetry": 'Everything in the world is not the land of the king.'
On the shore of the land, could it be the king's ministers.' Therefore, the king's ministers, the public ministers and officials, the ministers and ministers, the ministers and ministers, the ministers and ministers, the ministers and ministers, the ministers and servants, the ministers and servants, the servants' platform. The horse has a trap, the cow has
Mu, in this way, with harmony between the top and the bottom, all matters in the world can be handled."
One thing to mention here is that later generations actually had some misunderstandings about the so-called saying "In the whole world, is it the land of the king, and on the shore of the land, is it the ministers of the king".
The so-called "all under the world" does not actually refer to land, because after all, according to the feudal system of the Zhou royal family, the land of the Zhou Dynasty had long been distributed to the princes, and the princes were in turn allocated to the officials.
The word "king land" refers to things that are owned in name but not actually owned. More importantly, it refers to the people living on this land.
As the saying goes, "Keeping the land for the people" means that although the land is not owned by the "king", the people who live on these lands are still the obligations that the "king" must bear.
Therefore, the real explanation of the sentence "In the whole world, is it the land of the king, and on the shore of the land, is it the ministers of the king" should be: Given that the world is so big, it is actually your responsibility as the "king"!
To put it more bluntly, the subtext of this sentence is: Don’t shirk your responsibilities to others!
Obviously, the subtext of this sentence has not had any effect up to this point, and it even fails to express its meaning. I don’t know what Li Ran is talking about. Therefore, at first glance, this sentence seems a little bit strange.
unexpected.
But don't worry, since Li Ran has spoken, there must be something in his words.
"But now, if your Majesty always uses people who are in exile and running for their lives, there may be something wrong with this."
"King Wen once issued a decree saying, 'Those who are fleeing must be hunted down and hunted down.' So, he finally conquered the world. King Wen, the ancestor of Chu State, also made a decree to punish harboring, saying, 'Thieves will be hunted down.
Hiding a thief's stolen goods is the same crime as a thief' (hiding a thief's stolen goods is the same crime as a thief), so the territory of the Chu State became larger and larger."
"But if you follow the king's current approach, won't there be no place to arrest the fugitives? The fugitives will be allowed to flee, and they will be given a place to live. If this is the case, it will probably be detrimental to the king's career.
ah!"
"In the past, King Wu of Zhou listed Zhou's crimes and informed the princes: 'Zhou is the lord of fugitives in the world, and he is the source of refuge.'
You can step down as soon as possible. Now, Your Majesty, you have just begun to ask for help from the princes, but on the other hand, you want to repeat the mistakes of King Zhou of Yin. I’m afraid it’s not allowed?!”
According to Li Ran: The state of Chu's ability to absorb the dead and retain them was actually the same as King Zhou's, and King Zhou's final fate was obvious to all.
Therefore, when combined with Li Ran's previous subtext, the ultimate purpose of this statement can be reflected.
Don’t you, King Chu, like to take in those who have escaped? Yes, there is no problem with that.
But once problems arise due to this, you, the King of Chu, will ultimately be responsible!
Moreover, this is a responsibility that you, as the king of a country, cannot shirk, nor can you find any excuse!
Yes, who makes you the "king"?
After hearing what Li Ran said, everyone in the hall suddenly started to sweat again.
This is the second time that Li Ran has spoken rudely and bluntly offended the King of Chu!
At this time, even though he was as bold and as careful as Zi Chan, he couldn't help but be severely shocked at this moment, his pupils suddenly tightened, and his whole person looked extremely nervous.
After all, in front of King Chu, he compared him to King Zhou of Shang. Isn't this a clear slap in King Chu's face? Moreover, he said it so confidently and well-founded.
As for the other ministers and workers of the Chu State, after being shocked for a while, most of them naturally became angry.
You want to say that the king they serve now, how can it be compared to King Zhou who lost his country?
Furthermore, if you compare King Chu to King Zhou, then what have become of those who serve you?
Is it Fei Zhong? Or is it Evil?
No matter who he is, he can't escape the stigma of being a "treacherous minister", right?
What the hell are you trying to do to overturn a whole boat of people with one stroke!
Therefore, all the Chu ministers naturally cast very angry looks at Li Ran.
"What a fool! How dare you do this?!"
"Humph! You really take yourself seriously!"
Everyone dared not say a word, but in their hearts they had already begun to call their fathers and mothers.
But at this time, the King of Chu was still as calm and composed as ever, and did not even show a trace of dissatisfaction with Li Ran's remarks...
He was still playing with the wine bottle in his hand, and everyone could only see him thinking expressionlessly for a while, but no one knew what he was thinking about?
After a while, King Chu put down the cup in his hand and suddenly laughed again!
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Chu King Xiong Wei laughed wildly, but everyone present was shocked!
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original:
Shen Wuyu's poem said: "The emperor's administration and the official enfeoffment of princes are the ancient system. Within the envoys, what is not the king's land? Who can eat the hair of the soil but not the emperor's ministers? Therefore, "Poetry" said: "In the whole world, there is nothing but the king's land.
There are ten days in the sky, and there are ten classes of people. The people below do things above, and the gods above share the same gods. Therefore, kings and ministers are public, ministers are ministers, ministers are ministers, ministers are ministers, ministers are ministers, ministers are ministers, ministers are ministers, and ministers are ministers.
Ministers and subordinates, subordinate ministers, ministers and servants, servants' platform. The horses are guarded, the cattle are grazed, and they are ready for everything. Now there is a minister who says: "Nv Hu is in charge of people in the palace?" How will she be held? King Wen of Zhou's law said: "If there is death,
"Huang Yue", so you have conquered the world. My ancestor King Wen, who was in charge of the servant area, said: "Stealing a hidden weapon is the same crime as stealing", so I grant you the title. If there is a minister, then you are a fugitive minister with nothing to hold on to.
If you run away and abandon him, you have no companion. Is there no way for the king to do anything? In the past, King Wu counted Zhou's crimes and told the princes: "Zhou is the leader of the fugitives in the world, Cui Yuansou", why did my old husband die? The king began to seek help from the princes.
So, is there nothing wrong with Zhou? If we take it with the method of two texts, there is something wrong with it." - "Zuo Zhuan: The Seventh Year of Duke Zhao"
