What Chun Shenjun could not bring to Chu State, Li Yuan did.
Since Li Yuan came to power and governed the Chu State, the Qin State and the Chu State, the barbarians from the west and south who had been fighting each other for hundreds of years, began a sweet period. The King of Qin married the clan daughter of the Chu State and took the initiative.
After evacuating the soldiers stationed on the border of Chu State, Chu State naturally evacuated its soldiers in a hurry, and the two sides adopted a posture of non-aggression. This can be said to be a win-win situation.
The people of Chu got peace, the nobles began to expand their power, Li Yuan got the status he longed for, and Qin was able to get rid of Chu's harassment and focus all its energy on the three Jin areas, Korea and Wei
Many of the reasons for the country's demise were actually Li Yuan. If Chun Shenjun was in power, he would never watch Qin annex Han and Wei so easily. Even if it meant fighting to the death, he would definitely support it.
It's a pity that Li Yuan is not Huang Xie. He won't spend time protecting other countries, such as South Korea and Wei. If they die, they will die. What does this have to do with Chu? Of course, Chu has no shortage of smart people.
Some retainers once suggested that Li Yuan send troops to support the Three Jins, but unfortunately, these people were driven away by Li Yuan. It was not that Li Yuan was unaware of Qin's intentions, nor was he ignorant of the disaster that would befall the Three Jins after their demise.
On the head of Chu State.
It’s just that he doesn’t care about these things... He may feel that he will not survive the day when the Chu Kingdom is destroyed. As long as he can spend every day happily, what will happen to the Chu Kingdom after his death? What will happen to him?
What's the relationship? After Li Yuan came to power, the first thing he did was to look for beauties from all over the country. He found hundreds of beauties for himself, and asked different beauties to serve him every day.
There are women and men among them.
In addition to looking for beauties for himself, Li Yuan also built a very luxurious courtyard, and his daily life was in accordance with the standards of the King of Chu. But don't think that these actions of Li Yuan will make the Chu people hate him. The nobles of Chu State do not hate him at all, because
Li Yuan is not like King Yan. He doesn't kill people, he doesn't impose corvees, and he doesn't care about taxes. He builds courtyards or looks for beauties, and he uses his own money.
There was no coercion. Li Yuan used money to make these people serve him openly.
He barely pays attention to state affairs. He can do whatever the ministers like. He is a complete hedonist. He will not let those chores affect his mood. Of course, he will not let the ministers easily.
Elevate yourself, if the actions of the ministers touch his power and affect his happy life, he will not be merciful... He is much better than Chun Shenjun when it comes to local nobles.
He doesn't care what the nobles want to do. As long as they don't want to rebel, then it's up to you.
The ridiculous thing is that in the hands of such a careless prime minister, the Chu State began to recover... The people lived and worked in peace and contentment, the cultivated land continued to increase, and the long-empty treasury began to restock with food and grass, and had to
Said, this is really an ironic scene. King Chu Kaolie spent his whole life unable to revitalize the Chu country, but Li Yuan did it.
His governing philosophy is to do nothing and let the people do what they want.
For the people of Chu who have been involved in the war in the Central Plains for a long time, and have been engaged in various corvee labors, and the war has never stopped, the current life is simply unimaginable. Of course, the people have to cherish such a period of self-cultivation and rejuvenation.
.As for the nobles of Chu State, without those rules and regulations to restrain themselves, they vigorously deployed their own confidants and trained their private armies.
The problem of the lack of officials in the Chu Kingdom was solved. The noble children served as officials in various places. No one can say how loyal they were to the King of Chu, but they were indeed capable. After all, they had received a good education.
...And the private soldiers of the nobles instantly increased the strength of the Chu State to 300,000... Li Yuan did not care how many soldiers the nobles recruited, nor did he care whether these people had selfish motives.
It's up to you to decide where you want it, just don't bother me.
As a result, the nobles began to carefully manage their own food towns, including leading the people to cultivate farmland and increase their own food output. This also increased the tax revenue of Chu State... Chu State's industry and commerce were already very developed.
During this period of peace, merchants frequently traded with Qi, and soldiers from both sides started doing business. Qi's Hou Sheng was very happy with Chu's changes, and he personally arranged trade with Chu.
place.
He gave several counties bordering the Chu State to the Chu State and turned them into a common trade area for both parties, without sending soldiers to garrison them.
Li Yuan himself was also very depressed. Why was the tax rate of Chu State getting higher year by year? All kinds of ordnance and materials produced were piled up... It seemed that it was not difficult to govern the country. He was much stronger than Huang Xie!
However, not everyone likes Li Yuan. The descendants of the royal family of Chu State hate him very much, mainly because Li Yuan uses the standards of the King of Chu, which is regarded as a humiliation by the royal family members.
In Shouchun, the capital of Chu, a group of strong men were sitting in a courtyard. Most of these men had their chests bare, holding mutton in their hands, and began to bite them. Sitting among them was a young and
A tall man, this young man is called Fu Chu. Fu Chu is the son of King Chu Kaolie. He inherited his father's tall physique and irascible personality. At a very young age, he showed his extraordinary ability.
Courage.
Among the many sons of King Kaolie of Chu, Fu Chu was definitely the one who was most like him. Unfortunately, Fu Chu's mother was of low origin and was not loved by the King of Chu. In addition, Fu Chu, like the King of Chu, had a very irritable personality.
It is always unpleasant to meet people. King Kaolie of Chu had many sons. The first son was Qi who was in Qin. After he returned to Chu, he gave birth to three more sons, Fuchu, Han, and You.
Now Xiong Han is the king of Chu, but Fu Chu, who is older than him, is just a prince, not even a lord.
Sitting on the ground with his cud in his hands, he ate and drank without caring about the dignity of the prince. He bit into the leg of mutton, looked at the guests around him with fierce eyes, and then said with a smile: "I heard that Prince Dan of the State of Yan
He killed his father and sat on the throne of the Yan Kingdom!" Hearing what Fu Chu said, several of the disciples were suddenly frightened, and they hurriedly said: "Yes, we also heard about it, because of this incident, the Yan Kingdom was in chaos, and Dan was also
It’s hard to calm these things down.”
Xiang Chu laughed loudly. He looked at the person who spoke and asked, "Why are you so afraid? Are you afraid that I will imitate him? I am not a prince!"
The few people smiled and did not dare to reply. Then Fu Chu said: "There is a fatuous king in Yan State, a lackey of Qin State. Isn't that the case in Chu State?" Not all the guests were afraid, some of them were afraid.
Someone sat over and whispered: "If you are willing to do Yandan, we are willing to do Juwu!" Fuchu laughed again, did not say anything, and just continued to eat the leg of lamb.
After eating and drinking enough, he finally breathed out a sigh of relief.
"Even a young master like Yan Dan who lives under someone else's roof has such courage. How can I not be as good as him?" Ning Chu said to himself. The retainer on the side shook his head and whispered: "You don't have to.
So... the King of Chu is strong, weak and sick... The last time you visited him, he couldn't stand up without anyone to help him... The young master is still weak and incompetent. If the King of Chu dies, then you can justifiably sit down.
Why take the risk if you want to be on the throne?"
"Of course, if you can't wait, we are willing to die for you. I am willing to assassinate Li Yuan for you."
Xiang Chu lowered his head, pondered for a moment, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I'm still young and have patience..."
In fact, many people complained to Li Yuan in these days, most of them were Li Yuan's confidants. They told Li Yuan that Fu Chu had made friends with famous heroes in Chu country, and there were hundreds of people willing to follow him, so he could not relax.
Be vigilant, either kill him or exile him. However, Li Yuan did not take Cu Cu in his eyes. He is just a child. Let alone hundreds of people, even thousands of people follow him. What can he do?
Woolen cloth?
Seeing how stubborn Li Yuan was, those who persuaded him stopped mentioning the matter.
...
It was not only Li Yuan of Chu who died in a dream, but also the king of Qi... Since the return of Qin, King Qi completely relaxed his vigilance towards Qin. After obtaining a small part of Wei's territory, he even
He was so excited that he thought that he had completed his mother's instructions and successfully opened up the territory of Qi State. Immediately, he would start giving birth to children with peace of mind and indulge in the harem all day long. Domestic affairs were completely handled by Hou Sheng.
Hou Sheng really has some talent in making money, but unfortunately, he still thinks more about his own pocket rather than the pockets of Qi State. Hou Sheng has become the richest man in Qi State, with countless farmland and real estate.
, every county in Qi State has an industry for Hou Sheng, and in the granaries he set up in various places, there are mountains of food. Even like this, he can't be fed. His appetite is getting bigger and bigger, and he can't do much.
Even more outrageous.
He openly bought and sold official positions, resold weapons and food, and even went so far as to sell the city... The people of Qi hated him so much that they wanted to kill him. Hou Sheng also cherished his life very much. After Dan's father-killing incident appeared,
After the incident, it became even more like this. When traveling, there were always samurai accompanying them. When eating, there were people trying the food. Even when having sex, the samurai had to wait outside the room.
Perhaps it was the years of war that made God look down upon it. At this time, all countries were ruled by villains and their kings were mediocre. Compared with the Qin State, which was full of talented people, it was really powerless. Maybe there was no shortage of talents in all countries, but these people
Either he died in the war against Qin, or he died under Qin's conspiracy. God was so blessed by Qin, and Qin also wanted to let go of such a good opportunity.
In February of the thirteenth year of King Qin.
Qin Guo looked at Zhao Guo and showed his fierce fangs.
Ying Zheng summoned the ministers in the palace, Lu Buwei, Li Si, Han Fei, Wang Jian, Zhao Kuo, Zhao Kang, Xiong Qi, Meng Wu, Yang Duanhe, Li Mu, Sima Shang, Huan Jue, Liao, Qiang Yu, Feng
Qu Ji, Wang Wan... There are talents and stars twinkling. Ying Zheng looked at these people and said calmly: "I heard that before Zhao Wang Yan passed away, he ordered that Gongzi Jia should be king."
"In order to support her son, the prostitute murdered Prince Jia, exiled him to Dai, and made her mediocre and cruel son Qian the king... I want to attack the Kingdom of Zhao. What do you think?" Ying Zheng said
While looking at Zhao Kuo, his eyes couldn't help but look at Zhao Kuo. To be fair, Zhao Kuo is the most suitable commander for the expedition. He is familiar with the terrain of Zhao State and understands the customs and customs of Zhao State. He can minimize unnecessary casualties and even play a role.
The role of appeasing Zhao Di.
However, this seemed a bit cruel to Zhao Kuo. Zhao Kuo was born in the Kingdom of Zhao and was a son of the royal family. Let him lead troops to destroy his country... Ying Zheng did not want to force Zhao Kuo. If Zhao Kuo did not
If he is willing, he can send Wang Jian or others to attack Zhao State. Qin State has no shortage of generals. Sure enough, when the King of Qin said that he would attack Zhao State, Zhao Kuo was speechless for a long time.
Including Li Mu and Sima Shang on the side.
After all, this is their motherland, the place where they were born, grew up, and protected their entire lives.
For Zhao Kuo, the significance of the State of Zhao is also extraordinary. The people of the State of Zhao, the friends in the State of Zhao... Ying Zheng understood what Zhao Kuo was thinking. He looked at Wang Jian and was about to speak when Zhao Kuo
Standing up, he said calmly: "Please let me go to conquer the Kingdom of Zhao." The ministers were a little silent, they did not dare to speak. Li Mu's face was gray and he didn't know what he was thinking. Ying Zheng hesitated for a moment.
Said: "Okay."
"Then please invite General Wang Jian, General Meng Wu, and General Zhao Kang to assist you."
"Huh?" Zhao Kang, who was dozing off, suddenly raised his head. He looked around blankly, recalling what Ying Zheng had just said. He stood up hurriedly and said: "Your Majesty, I can't be a deputy general!"
"Fighting with Marquis Wu Cheng, you can learn a lot. This attack on Zhao State is to destroy Zhao State. This is different from the attack on Yunzhong. You cannot be the commander-in-chief!"
"And...you also need to see your hometown...Mafu."
Ying Zheng didn't give Zhao Kang any chance to defend himself. He looked at Zhao Kuo and asked, "How many troops do you need?"
"One hundred and fifty thousand is enough."
"Okay, then I will ask you to take charge of attacking the State of Zhao." King Qin handed the amulet to Zhao Kuo. Next, naturally, Zhao Kuo was the leader to discuss ways to attack the State of Zhao. Zhao Kuo said without thinking:
"General Meng Wu leads 50,000 soldiers and sets out from Hanoi to attack Zhongmou and other cities...General Wang Jian leads an army of 100,000 soldiers and can set out from Shangdang to attack Lucheng..."
"I took 50,000 soldiers and took a detour from the clouds to attack Yanmen Daijun."
"Do the generals have any objections?"
"Yes." Wei Liao stood up and said: "Instead of dividing the troops and advancing, it is better to unite the troops and attack Handan with all our strength. If Handan falls, the Zhao Kingdom will completely lose its resistance, and the remaining counties should watch the wind and surrender."
Zhao Kuo looked solemn, shook his head and said seriously: "Other countries may be like this."