Chapter 821: The Reply Letter from King Chu of Chu Civil War '12/33'
On June 23, when the news that "Southern Liang King Zhao Yuanzuo led his army back to Daliang" was spreading throughout Daliang City, Zhao Hongrun was paying attention to a letter.
A letter written to him by Xiong Xu, King of Chu.
To be precise, this letter was not sent directly to Zhao Hongrun's Prince Su's Mansion by the Chu envoy, but passed through the Chui Gong Hall - King Xiong Xu of Chu wrote a letter to Emperor Wei, but Emperor Wei was reading it.
After reading the letter, he said, "This is not for me, please send it to my son's house."
So, the imperial guards sent this letter to Zhao Hongrun.
"Xiling Lord Qu Ping...will be defeated in the end."
Looking at the contents of the letter in his hand, Zhao Hongrun felt a little solemn.
A few days ago, Qu Yang, the second son of the Qu family of Chu State, returned to Chu State with a disappointed mood.
Because he ultimately failed to persuade the State of Wei to intervene in the civil war between the "Qu family" and the "Xiong family" of Chu State, some court officials in Daliang were very unkind and accepted the generous gifts from the second prince, but they did not help persuade the Emperor of Wei at all.
meaning.
Especially Zhao Hongrun’s third emperor brother Xiang Wang Hongjing.
As far as Zhao Hongrun knew, Qu Yang gave Prince Xiang Hongjing a number of extremely valuable gifts in order to seek an audience with the Emperor of Wei. However, the Third Emperor's brother was so kind that he did not spit out the gifts at all after the Emperor of Wei refused to meet Qu Yang.
He didn't mean to return Qu Yang, but he poured out his bitterness in front of the latter, telling him how he was kicked out of Chui Gong Palace by his father, and what kind of crimes he had suffered, which made Qu Yang embarrassed to speak again.
Did Zhao Hongjing suffer in Chui Gong Hall?
Just kidding, this guy just went to Chui Gong Hall and said to Emperor Wei: Father, then Qu Yang wants to see you.
At that time, Emperor Wei said: "No."
Zhao Hongjing nodded, said "Oh", then turned around and left.
That he pulled Emperor Wei's robe and knelt on the ground crying, or that he was kicked several times by the angry Emperor Wei, are completely untrue.
I have to say that when Zhao Hongrun heard about this incident, he almost spit out the tea in his mouth: This Zhao Hongjing is too shameless, right?
But it is undeniable that Zhao Hongjing made a lot of money and made it extremely easily, which made Zhao Hongrun a little jealous.
After all, Zhao Hongrun couldn't do such a shameless thing. He had already ordered the clan guards to return all the things that Qu Yang had sent to the palace. Because of this, a certain retainer of Prince Su's palace was often raped by the green men in the palace.
The housekeeper tugged his ears to express his anger.
“Ding-deng-deng.”
Following the sound of brisk footsteps, a thin guard wearing brocade armor ran into the study from outside the house.
"Hongrun... why are you still here? Didn't you agree to go to the Smelting Bureau today?" The thin Jinjia guard said angrily, maybe because she had been waiting in the front hall for a long time.
I didn’t wait for Zhao Hongrun’s relationship.
There is no doubt that this Jinjia guard is Princess Yulong, who said a few days ago that she would follow Zhao Hongrun to see the Smelting Bureau.
Zhao Hongrun thought that Princess Yulong's freshness would be gone in just two days. Unexpectedly, after Princess Yulong saw the latest war weapons developed by the Smelting Bureau at the Smelting Bureau's shooting range, she became obsessed with it.
War weapons such as "repeating crossbow" and "sniper crossbow" are treated as toys, and they are a joy to play with on the shooting range.
The officials of the Smelting Bureau didn't care. After all, they were testing these war weapons at the shooting range just to test certain data so that they could further improve these war weapons. Since a certain princess was having fun, let her do it.
Anyway, they only need to record the data.
As a result, Princess Yulong took a job in the Smelting Bureau and suddenly became a sampling tester for testing the weapons and war weapons of the Smelting Bureau.
It's no wonder, after all, although the current Smelting Bureau has not yet become the standard for Wei's craftsmanship, it can be said to be unique in terms of military equipment. The once glorious Ordnance Casting Bureau has been completely reduced to the representative of the Smelting Bureau.
Factory-like role.
It is undeniable that the weapons used by the Sixth Prince Zhao Yuanli and his clan guards when hunting were actually military-made weapons. However, Princess Yulong once exclaimed with her eyes wide open that such powerful weapons were placed here in the Smelting Bureau.
It's just something that has been eliminated over and over again.
The Smelting Bureau has become the representative of the highest craftsmanship in Wei's military-made weapons and equipment and war weapons.
"What are you looking at?"
Seeing Zhao Hongrun sitting behind the desk looking at a piece of silk, Princess Yulong curiously turned her head and took a look, and then realized that this was not a simple piece of silk, but a letter.
What surprised her even more was that there were two kinds of writing on this letter, one was Wei Zhuan that she recognized, and the other was that she didn't recognize.
"This is... the certificate of credence?" Princess Yulong asked in surprise.
"Yes, the letter of credence sent by the State of Chu." Zhao Hongrun nodded and said.
"Why is it in your hand?" Princess Yulong asked in surprise, because in her opinion, shouldn't this kind of credential be sent to Chui Gong Hall?
Zhao Hongrun blinked when he heard this and said with a smile: "Because this is a letter written by King Chu to me."
Princess Yulong looked at Zhao Hongrun doubtfully.
In fact, Zhao Hongrun really did not deceive Princess Yulong, because this letter of credence was indeed written to him by King Xiong Xu of Chu, because in early June, he wrote a letter to King Xiong Xu of Chu.
A malicious letter.
——Time goes back to mid-June——
In mid-June, a case of "the murder of Zhou Yan, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment" occurred in Daliang, the capital of the King of Wei. On the Chu side, the Xiong family named Mi and the Qu family named Mi were still fighting fiercely.
In fact, the civil war in the Chu State was not a simple civil war between the Xiong family and the Qu family to seize power, but a civil war caused by the intensification of the contradiction between the "royal party" and the "opposition nobles".
The so-called "royal party" refers to the faction that supports Xiong Xu, King of Chu.
After the four kingdoms of Qi, Lu, Wei, and Yue conquered Chu, when they learned that Wei's Su Wang Ji Run had gained the hearts and minds of not only hundreds of thousands but millions of Chu people without much effort, King Xiong of Chu
Xu finally realized that the proposition put forward by his brother Runan Jun Xiong Hao was correct.
The State of Chu is weakening, and the reason for this phenomenon is not because of Qi or Wei, but because of the aristocratic power within Chu.
Therefore, King Xiong Xu of Chu finally made up his mind to kill some greedy and oppressive aristocratic forces in the country.
He transferred the panic and hatred of the people of Chu caused by the defeat of the country in the war and the fall of the royal capital Shouying to the nobles, hoping to eradicate some of the country's burdens or moths.
Of course, in order to avoid making too many enemies, King Xiong Xu of Chu did not deal harshly with the great nobles who were related to his Xiong clan. For example, his Xiong clan himself only killed one Juyang Lord Xiong Li.
Supporting his view, in addition to his sons, there are also several ancient clans such as the Ji Lian clan, the Xiang clan, and the Jing clan.
The "opposition nobles" refer to the alliance of nobles who were deprived of their rights by King Xiong Xu of Chu and therefore angrily turned to the Qu family in an attempt to unite to make the King of Chu compromise.
In fact, the opinions of the opposition are not consistent. For example, the Qu family actually wants to take this opportunity to replace the Xiong family as the king of Chu. However, many of the opposition nobles who are allied with the Qu family just want Xiong, the king of Chu, to
Xu took back the king's orders and restored their original rights.
Better to make up for their losses.
There was only one exception, and that was Qu Ping, Lord of Xiling. The reason why he turned to the opposition was because he had clearly learned that King Xiong Xu of Chu wanted to eradicate the entire Qu family in one fell swoop, but he could not sit back and watch this happen.
, watched helplessly as his family was uprooted by King Xiong Xu of Chu.
Just when the two forces were fighting each other fiercely, King Xiong Xu of Chu received a letter from Zhao Hongrun.
At that time, King Xiong Xu of Chu only called two people to discuss with him, one was Xiang Yan, and the other was Chu Shuijun who had sent a witch to assassinate Zhao Hongrun.
"Is it possible that the Wei State wants to intervene in the civil war in Chu?"
The person who said this was none other than Chu Shuijun, a man with long hair shawl and a very handsome appearance.
There was a bit of ridicule in his tone, as if he was not worried at all that Wei Guo would do that.
The reason is very simple, because this matter involves the issue of the orthodoxy of royal power. It is impossible for any king in the Central Plains countries to support Qu's "downcoming the superior". After all, once this matter sets a precedent, the stability of the orthodox royal power of each country will also be affected.
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"No, that boy is very cunning..."
King Xiong Xu of Chu handed the letter to King Shui of Chu.
"That boy?" Chu Shuijun glanced at the letter, and then a look of understanding appeared on his face. He nodded and said, "Prince Su Ji Run... ha! These words are really high-sounding..."
"Hehehe." Chu King Xiong Xu couldn't help but laugh.
Why?
Because Zhao Hongrun was extremely passionate in his heart calling on the Xiong family and the Qu family to restrain each other and not cause turmoil in the country due to the civil war. He looked like he was considering the state of Chu. If he was unaware, he would think that he was a Chu person.
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"You're a boy who harbors evil intentions!" Chu Shuijun snorted coldly.
Think about it, you have to know that the royal party and the opposition in Chu State have been fighting to the point where they are irreconcilable with each other. Now we ask them to restrain each other?
How to restrain yourself?
Let Qu go? Hey, if we don’t eradicate the root cause at this time, wouldn’t there be endless troubles in the future?
But the embarrassing thing is that the Su King of Wei, Ji Run, not only wrote a high-sounding poem, but also put forward a suggestion that caused Chu King Xiong Xu and Chu Shuijun a headache: Wei is willing to return Gu Ling and others
Several counties were used as prisons for the Chu State to exile the Qu family.
This is really treacherous.
You must know that those pieces of land were originally the fiefdoms of Guling Lord Xiong Wu. After the Four Kingdoms' campaign to conquer Chu, they were ceded by the Chu State to the Wei State. But everyone knows that those pieces of land had already been washed away by the cavalry of Su Wang Ji Run.
It was so turbulent that even the local Chu people were swept away. It was just an open space.
Now, Wei has offered to return these useless lands, and Su Wang Ji Run has called on "Xiong and Qu to restrain each other for the sake of the country." This has almost reversed the image of the country as a hostile country to Chu.
Transformed into a good neighbor who wishes the best for Chu.
What's even worse is that it's really hard for the royal party to kill all the Qu family.
Otherwise, the people of Chu would mutter: Even the people of Wei are calling on us not to have a civil war, so why do we (the royal party) not love our compatriots as much as the people of Wei?
"Treacherous boy!"
Because of this incident, many people in the factions of the Chu Kingdom were in a dilemma.