In the Battle of Lai State, Chu King Xiong Wei did not waste a single soldier and ended before it even started. The Chu King happily accepted Lai Hou's surrender and took over all of Lai State's territory.
As a result, Chu's territory expanded again, and the King of Chu's self-confidence further expanded.
But if you say this satisfied the King of Chu, in fact it was just the opposite.
It's still the metaphor mentioned above. You, the four tyrant Fu Tianhu, start the game and the opponent directly throws it. Are you happy in your heart?
It was originally a game for you to show off your skills, but your opponent just quit without giving you a chance to enjoy yourself. How do you feel?
Regardless of whether you are satisfied or not, King Chu is definitely not satisfied anyway.
Therefore, King Chu is very unhappy now. But since others are so "righteous", you don't necessarily want to go up and slap them again, right?
Therefore, King Chu could only endure this discomfort for the time being.
Just when King Xiong Wei of Chu was making arrangements to fully take over Lai Guo, Prince Qiji stepped out of the line again and suggested to the King of Chu:
"Your Majesty, from what I can see, Lai's new surrender was made by Lai's son. Although it was Lai's son who took the initiative, the subjects of Lai's country may not necessarily have such thoughts."
"In order to protect the tranquility of this place, my younger brother suggested that the Lai people be moved to Yanling, the hinterland of Chu, to prevent the Jin people from sneaking into Chu. The Lai people have the surname of Ji, and so do the Jin people. If the Jin people want to plunder our Yanling, it will be tantamount to
Siblings who kill each other will inevitably look forward and backward."
"In addition, my brother thought that we could move many people who had surrendered to us for a long time to this place, hold their hostages, and order them to build a new city here to ward off the Wu people."
On the surface, there seems to be nothing wrong with Prince Qiji's suggestion. In order to facilitate the Chu State to manage Lai State, and to better resist the Jin State's harassment, his suggestion is considered to be the best policy.
However, the people of the two countries have to move to exchange homes all at once, and the two places are thousands of miles apart. Behind this behavior, it is obvious that it will cause great resentment from the people of the two countries.
The King of Chu, Xiong Wei, did not seem to have considered this aspect. At least when facing Prince Qiji, he showed that he did not pay much attention to it.
Soon, he readily agreed and said comfortingly:
"Haha, I know that I will leave the construction of the new capital in Qianxi to Shen Wuyu. I guess Brother Ji is a little unhappy, right? However, Brother Ji also needs to think more about me."
"After all, Shen Wuyu is a loyal and upright person, and he was recommended by Li Ziming. There is no reason why I should not use him."
"You will understand these things later."
"Since we are going to build a new city here today, I will leave this matter to you, and let Dou Weigui work with you? What do you think, Brother Ji?"
From these words, it is not difficult to tell that King Chu actually had a clear mind in his heart. How could he not know that Prince Qiji was secretly involved in building a new capital?
In fact, he knows all this.
The reason why he saw through it but didn't reveal it was probably to leave a way for Prince Qiji.
It can be seen from this that the King of Chu was not really heartless, but often deliberately pretended to be heartless.
Especially when it comes to treating his own younger brother, the side shown by Chu King Xiong Wei is completely different from others.
I don't know why, but he would only show this kindness and generosity to his younger brother. As for the other younger brothers, it seems that he is not so lucky.
When Prince Qiji heard this, he immediately thanked him and said:
"My brother, please remember Brother Wang's teachings!"
Of course Prince Qiji was not a fool, so why couldn't he hear the underlying meaning of King Chu's words?
So, the matter was settled.
However, the next day after the news came out, Shen Wuyu immediately found Li Ran again, and the two came to the Chinese army camp together.
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As soon as Shen Wuyu came in, after the ceremony, he started to spray:
"Your Majesty, now that the new capital of Qianxi has not yet been built, your Majesty has to move the Xu people and the Lai people to move and exchange, and even build a new city here. Such expenses can be described as cruelty to the people! And Lai's new country, why should we accept it?
ah?!"
"Our country of Chu has been fighting for years, and we are already unable to make ends meet. The people's livelihood is in decline, and the people are complaining. The king does not think about recuperation, but only thinks about war. If this continues, our people in Chu will definitely not survive! If the people do not survive, how can the country survive?
?!Please, Your Majesty, think twice!”
This time, Shen Wuyu was really angry and speechless.
When the King of Chu ordered to garrison Zhufang City, he could still remember Li Ran's words, endure the calm for a while, and remain useful to contribute to the great cause of Chu.
But when he heard the edict issued by King Chu today, he really couldn't help it.
What is this thing called?
But you have nothing to do with anything Mingjun does!
You might as well bring the whole country down and bury it with you!
What Shen Wuyu didn't expect was why his master, the King of Chu, would become such a dim-witted king.
Is this still the Ming Lord he served back then?
Faced with Shen Wuyu's direct attack, King Chu was stunned at first, but then his color turned from white to black, and he suddenly became gloomy.
"Shen Wuyu! You are alarmist here again!"
"It's just asking people to build a new city, so what's there to worry about?"
The King of Chu still didn't believe it. He was just building a city. Could it be that the sky would collapse?
At this time, Li Ran also stepped forward and said:
"Your Majesty, if you are unwilling to listen to Doctor Shen's advice, then the disaster of Chu State will begin from here."
"Sir, what do you mean?"
Although King Chu was very unhappy, he did not directly reprimand him like he did to Shen Wuyu. Instead, he looked at Li Ran with confusion.
After all, it is an indisputable fact that every time Li Ran said something, there must be some truth to it.
Li Ran cupped his hands and said:
"The king gathered the princes, and the princes summoned them. The king led the troops to go out, and Lai's country surrendered without attacking. He built cities on the border with great fanfare. Most of the princes of the countries did not have any disputes. The king's wishes were all fulfilled. What the king wanted
Everything can be obtained naturally, whether it is a new capital, a new city, or a new territory."
"But does this, Your Majesty, really think it can last forever?"
"Moving people from one place to another, and then moving the aboriginal people from another place to such a strange place. Such a large-scale move requires the labor of building a city. Why should the people complain?"
"Of all the monarchs from ancient times to the present who put their selfish desires above public opinion, which one can last for a long time? Which of them, Xia Jie and Shang Zhou, did not disregard the people's livelihood and was eventually overthrown?"
"If the common people cannot live and work in peace and contentment, how can they accept the emperor's order in the future? If the people are forced to go into exile, or if Yi Zhi resists, won't this become the source of trouble?"
Li Ran's views have always remained consistent with those when he first started out.
A country must put its people first.
On this point, no matter how many ups and downs he experienced and how many years of setbacks he experienced, Li Ran never changed his view.
The reason why he and Shen Wuyu came to admonish the King of Chu today is precisely because the behavior of the King of Chu completely violated the basic common sense that a wise king of all ages should know:
Peace and nourishment for the people are the basis for serving the people. If the common people always live in unrest, such a country will be finished sooner or later.