dhibooks Chapter 13 Contains Zhang Jun Mei Hao
Chapter 13 Contains Zhang Jun Mei Hao
Let's talk about the downfall of the country.
King Qingwen reigned for more than [-] years, appointed Jingming, Fengqing and other great sages to make Qingguo a powerful country in the Central Plains that could compete with Xi and Chu.
However, in the 25th year of King Shangyou, the elderly King Qingwen suffered from wind paralysis. Before he died, he told Prince Yan: "The strategy of governing the country is the strategy of employing people. Fengqing is a madman and a wolf with ambition. My son must not entrust it to him." Excessive power, Jingming is a seasoned person, hidden front is not obvious, I want to sweep the six countries, I can't do without Jingming, my son might as well temporarily worship him as a general, and kill him when the general trend of the world is established! Fengqing must be on guard, My son must remember!"
After these words were finished, King Qingcheng passed away with his dream of spring and autumn.
In that year, Prince Yan came to the throne, known as King Qingling in history.
According to historical records: King Qingling is narrow-minded, jealous of virtuous and capable, arrogant and tyrannical, greedy for sensuality, man and god can be punished.In just a few sentences, the criticism of the new king of Qingguo was exhausted.
This morning meeting.King Qingling's eyes slowly swept across the ministers in the court hall, immersed in the dream of Wanchen paying homage, overwhelmed with complacency, he said loudly: "The newly established King of Chu in the south is said to be a young boy? Xiangguo is also a frail scholar?"
The old lady Fu went out to court and said: "My king's words are absurd. In the early days of King Chu's accession to the throne, the domestic military and government were unstable, and internal struggles continued. General Jing Ming led an army of [-] Chen Bing to the north gate of Chu, and internal and external troubles arose. , the new King of Chu who has just reached the weak crown personally led troops to sit at the north gate of Chu Xiangbei, confronted our army across Luoshui, and ordered the general to retreat. , is a disciple of Xiaoyaozi."
"Xiaoyaozi disciple?"
King Qingling looked at Fengqing who was dressed in red. When King Qingling was still the crown prince, he felt that Fengqing was more beautiful than a woman, and he felt dirty in his heart. Because his father had never dared to take any action, now his father was gone. Death, King Qing Ling looked at Feng Qing with greed in his eyes.
"Your Majesty, the current Prime Minister of Chu is Feng Shangqing's fellow apprentice." The old lady Fu continued.
"Oh? Didn't I hear that Xiaoyaozi didn't want to come out of the mountain? Why did his disciple become Prime Minister Chu?" King Qingling's eyes kept on Fengqing.
Jingming frowned. Chen Bing poured his troops into the border of Chu. The purpose was to take advantage of the civil strife in Chu, break the gate of Chu to the north, and strangle Chu to the south of the Luo River. It can quell foreign aggression and internal strife with such thunderous means.
Now that King Qingwen died of illness, the alliance is in jeopardy, the relationship with Chu is deteriorating, and the country is walking on thin ice. His own king doesn't know the urgency of the situation, but he cares about the identity of Prime Minister Chu, what an idiot!
Jingming sighed, arched his hands and said, "Your Majesty, according to reports from the envoys stationed in Chu, after the new King of Chu has settled down, he changed the court of Chu, and issued an edict to seek talents throughout the country. Su Jue sits in command, ready to go."
"Now our top priority is to discuss strategies to restrain the Chu State and get rid of the new king, otherwise the plan to go east will be turned into cannon fodder."
He had a premonition that Chu Yunqi and Su Jue would definitely create an unprecedented wave in the Warring States Period.
King Qingling looked at Jingming, Jingming was invincible in all battles with ghostly hands, and even the two countries of Xi and Chu should be afraid of him, let alone other small countries. When he was the prince, he couldn't understand this taciturn man. General, and now.
King Qingling was silent, and his expression could not be seen clearly under the crown.
Feng Qing bowed his hands and went out to the court and said: "I have a plan."
All the courtiers looked at him one after another, King Qingling nodded and said, "Feng Shangqing, please tell me."
Feng Qing saluted and waved his sleeves, saluted and said: "Going east is a long-term strategy that I should stick to. I have not yet had the power to destroy a country, so this strategy needs to be a long-term plan. The general should not be confused by the new king of Chu. .” He said and looked at Jingming.
After hearing this, Jing Ming was stunned for a while, his deep eyes flashed.
Feng Qing was right. At that time, Chen Bing was on the border of Chu and confronted Chu. Although the distance was far away, he saw the young king immediately——
Wearing a black battle armor, a scarlet cloak and a Liehun army flag painted with the word "Chu" complement each other, the king is on his horse with a horizontal sword, and behind him is the red sun that has just risen.
He didn't see Yun Qi's expression clearly, but just that one glance gave him the urge to bow down to him.
There are three religions and nine streams of people in the world, and everyone has an innate temperament that is not similar to others, so they will be divided into different groups consciously or unconsciously. Jing Ming was born to be a general, and he knew that the glimpse gave him What is the impulse-
The young king, the angry horse in fresh clothes, the rising sun, and the ambition to look down on the world, this is the belief of every general!
After returning from the border of Qingchu, Jingming locked himself in his study. The young king of Chu brought him not only impulse and passion, but also worry.
That’s right, as long as Chu Yunqi is in power, the country will be in danger for one day, and the progress of the plan to go east will be slowed down by one day, and one day will be difficult. The general who does not believe in ghosts and gods is afraid, and he is beaten by the king of Chu who is slashing his sword in the morning sun. Out of order.
His delicate expression was captured by Feng Qing's eyes, the corners of his lips were slightly hooked, and his long and narrow eyes were narrowed. Even if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would be able to guess the person who could make his junior brother who was calm and unafraid to enter the court. One or two.
Jing Ming is a rare general in the universe, but for those who are highly talented in the universe, they will find their confidant as the top priority, such as Feng Qing himself.
General Jingming was able to suppress the desire to follow the young King of Chu, and analyzed the situation to King Qingling, who was unable to support the wall with mud, and Feng Qing was surprised by his loyalty.
He paused and continued: "The book of war says: change with the same. It is normal for the new king to take the throne, and toss a few times. What we have to do is to watch from the sidelines. If we don't join in, the onlookers can see more clearly. The alliance of the four countries did not say that it was ruined. According to what I think, Chu will form an alliance with Xi, so that the two powers will unite to fight against our four countries. Therefore, please go to the country of Xi in person, first form an alliance with Xi, and watch Chu's actions. Make plans for the next step."
After hearing this, Jing Ming looked at Feng Qing, his surprise was beyond words. The depression and worries from the class teacher's return to the present were all dispelled by Feng Qing's light words. Originally, in his opinion, there was no clue and messy things, but Feng Qing just said a few words. He hit the nail on the head and pointed him in the right direction.
He bowed to King Qingling and said: "The chief minister, Jing Ming, agrees with Feng Shangqing's strategy."
The people in the court took a look and agreed.
King Qingling turned his eyes to Xiangguo Huiwen, the old man was standing Xiaomei in court clothes, he frowned and raised his voice, "Xiangguo, what do you think?"
Huiwen heard someone calling him, quickly opened his eyes, went out to pay respects and said: "Your Majesty is wise, the old minister has no objection."
"Okay. This matter is according to what Feng Shangqing said." King Qingling stopped looking at Huiwen, turned to Fengqing, "I ordered you to leave immediately and go to Xi Country."
"Promise." Feng Qing fluttered her sleeves and saluted, her robes fluttering in a magnificent manner.
King Qingling's eyes lit up, he couldn't help being in a trance, nodded in a daze and said: "It's very good, very good."
After the morning court, Feng Qing was about to board the car to go back to the residence, but Jing Ming stopped him.
Jing Ming was dressed in a black eagle wing robe, and said with a big salute: "Feng Shangqing has devoted all his energy to me, please accept Jing Ming's respect."
"General, why is this? Feng can't stand it."
Feng Qing turned sideways to avoid Jing Mingxing's great gift, he looked at Jing Ming with an inexplicable meaning, his long and narrow eyes filled with an indescribable meaning.
Jing Ming was overwhelmed by his gaze, he touched his nose in embarrassment and said, "But is there something on the lower face that makes Shang Qing stare intently?"
Feng Qing was amused by his words, how could he say an indecent sentence so seriously, so Feng Shangqing refreshed her understanding of the frightening general in front of her—it turned out to be a piece of wood.
He smiled and waved his hands and left, leaving behind Jing Ming who didn't know why.
It was early in the morning, rubbing cotton and pulling wadding, and it snowed heavily, and the stove in the house was burning.
Su Jue had finished washing, took the white-feathered golden phoenix fur that was hanging on the rack, and put it on her body. Standing by the window, she saw the snow drifting into the mud and felt sorry for the whiteness. He sighed at the window.
There were faint footsteps outside the door, Yao'er knocked on the door and said: "Xiangguo, the car is ready."
After hearing this, Su Jue turned around and opened the door, nodded to Yao'er and said, "Let's go."
A heavily covered bronze car came to a stop at Mei Shangqing's mansion, Yao'er jumped out of the car, opened the car door and put down the bench to help Su Jue out.
The housekeeper of the Mei Mansion greeted him with a smile, cupped his hands and said: "My son has been waiting for a long time, and Chu Xiang will come with me." Su Jue nodded, followed the housekeeper into the Mei Mansion, and the cart parked under the steps was pulled away. He arrived at the horse farm of Meifu.
Su Jue followed the housekeeper through a hanging flower gate, and a small rockery cliff stood in front of her.
The housekeeper stepped forward to move an inconspicuous stone on the rockery, only to hear a dull rumbling sound, and the cliff parted from the middle and receded to the two sides.
The long bamboo forest came into view. At this time, the heavy snow was flying, and the bamboo leaves were accumulated in the snow, making the bamboo forest more and more green.
The butler led Su Jue to turn left and right in the bamboo forest. Su Jue noticed that there were gossip in the book of changes in the bamboo forest, and every step had its own reason.
Yao'er didn't understand, and after being circled around by the housekeeper, she yelled annoyedly: "What the hell is this place?!"
Su Jue scolded: "Yao'er! Don't be rude!" Yao'er stuck out her tongue and stopped talking.
The old housekeeper was not annoyed, and continued to lead the two of them through the hexagram formation in the bamboo forest with a slight smile.
After about half a cup of tea, a small building appeared in front of my eyes. The housekeeper cupped his hands at Su Jue and said, "Mr. Chu, this old slave will be sent here."
"Thank you." Su Jue bowed his hands.
Walking out of the bamboo forest, a tree of red plum blossoms quietly blooms in front of the small building.
A young man in green shirt is sitting under the plum tree playing the piano.
Yao'er was about to step forward, but was stopped by Su Jue. Su Jue shook her head at him, and stood quietly by the side without saying a word.
At the end of the song, Su Jue clapped his hands and smiled and said, "What a song "Mountain Clouds". Hanzhang Jun's zither contains thousands of mountains and rivers in the ethereal sound. It's really wonderful!"
The young man in green shirt seemed to be only in his weak years, with a bookish look in his brows and eyes, his elegance was not inferior to that of Su Jue.
Hearing the words, the young man raised his eyes and saw Su Jue. He was stunned for a moment, then stood up and bowed his hands in salute, "I've heard the name of Prime Minister Chu for a long time, and today's meeting is as gentle as jade, unparalleled in the world, my son is good at playing the piano, and I'm playing with an ax at the door after work."
Yu Xi has often heard people say that Su Jue is as clean and gentle as jade for many years, Mei Hao is not convinced, he claims to be beautiful, but now seeing Su Jue himself, he is convinced.
Su Jue cupped his hands and saluted, "Don't dare, the sound of Hanzhangjun's piano is like a fairy song. Su has been in politics for a long time, how can he have the heaven and earth aura of Hanzhangjun?"
He said his eyes fell on the qin, he paused and asked: "Is this the 'Jiaowei' qin held by Jiang Shang?"
"Exactly." Mei Hao nodded, with a trace of complacency in his eyes.
With green bamboos and red plums, Su Jue stood still in white clothes, only smiling slightly, and the warm aura exuding from her body immediately made people feel at peace.
Mei Hao thought that she still wanted to compare her beauty with Su Jue, but now that she saw it, she had lost a lot in terms of mood, so why talk about other things?
Immediately, the complacent look faded away, and he bowed his hands and said: "I am ashamed to see Prime Minister Chu today."
Su Jue said with a smile: "Brother Hanzhang is extremely talented, and his poems and essays are even more impressive by the world. Why are you ashamed to say that?"
Mei Hao smiled and said: "Chu Xiangruo doesn't dislike it, let's go to the small building to talk in detail."
Su Jue said: "It's Su's luck to have a chat with Mr. Hanzhang today."
Burning incense and making tea, the two sat by the window.
Knowing the purpose of Su Jue's visit today, Mei Hao said seriously: "You don't need to say more about the polite words, Prime Minister Chu, in the cold and snowy weather, Prime Minister Chu spared no effort to come to Xiguo to form the alliance of Xichu, but yesterday my king Summoning his servants but ignoring Prime Minister Chu, his attitude is obvious, I am not talented, if Prime Minister Chu can convince my subordinates, I will immediately go to the palace to meet my king and urge the two countries to form an alliance."
Su Jue said with a faint smile: "Nowadays, Xi, Chu, and the three powers stand side by side, and all the countries in the Central Plains are united. You and I know their intentions. Now, if the two countries of Xi and Chu are against each other, isn't it in the heart of the country? Su Mou It is for Chu to come to Xiang Lianheng, but it is not harmful to Xi. It is better to attack with a pack of wolves than a trapped tiger alone, and the reason for this is for Hanzhang Lord to consider."
Mei Hao pondered, paused and said: "My Xi country can also form an alliance with Qing to attack your Chu country, isn't it the only way to go by alliance with Chu?"
Su Jue smiled lightly, and said calmly, "Frequent wars between countries are nothing more than profit. The countries in the Central Plains have been at odds with each other for a long time, and now they are united. The kings of various countries sit down to form alliances on the surface, but in fact they have their own thoughts. The He Zong will be slightly separated, and I am afraid that when the time comes, all countries will only care about their own families, and the He Zong will disappear. If I remember correctly, last year, Chen Guo also fought against your country for the Daxing swordsmanship in the land of Liyang. Xi Guo joined the He Zong, including Does Mr. Zhang really think that King Chen will settle his suspicions?"
Mei Hao frowned and said nothing for a long time, then sighed and said, "Chu Xiangzhen is a great talent in governing the world, and Ziyu is convinced." He said and bowed deeply to Su Jue.
Su Jue quickly got up and supported her, "Su can't bear it."
Mei Hao got up and said seriously: "I will immediately get up and go to the palace to state the interests and benefits for the king. However, there must be a battle between the two powers of Xi and Chu, and I will ask Prime Minister Chu for advice at that time!"
"In a world of great struggle, wouldn't it be lonely for Chu to have no opponent, so Su Mou is waiting for Lord Hanzhang in Chu Kingdom." Su Jue laughed.
Mei Hao kept her promise and went to Xi Palace, while Su Jue and Yao'er went back to the post house to rest.
"It's not uncommon for a woman to be graceful and graceful, and it's not uncommon to value beauty, but this Hanzhang Jun is a magi with three thousand disciples, but he wants to compare his beauty with Xiangguo. How can such a heart be worthy of such a heavy responsibility?"
Yao'er looked down on Mei Ziyu, he admired two people the most in his life, one was the current King of Chu, but the Prime Minister of Chu in front of him.
Su Jue smiled, and neither refuted nor agreed with Yao'er's judgment.
After about a meal, a bronze cart rolled up to the gate of the post house, and an official in red got out of the bronze cart, saw Su Jue cupped his hands and saluted and said, "By the king's order, I invite Prime Minister Chu to enter the palace. "
Su Jue had already changed into white clothes and golden phoenix uniforms, carefully put the letter of credence into the sleeves, bowed his hands to the officials and said, "Thank you." Then he got into the car and went to the palace.
In King Xi's palace, the civil and military ministers of Manchu Dynasty lined up solemnly on both sides. King Xi wore a crown and sat on the throne. Su Jue walked into the palace, waved his sleeves and cupped his hands and said, "The ministers pay homage to King Xi."
"Prince Chu, you don't need to be too polite," King Xi said with a supportive hand, "A few days ago, Qingguo Shangqing Fengqing met this king face to face. I heard that you are disciples of Xiaoyaozi's sect. Why are you turning against each other now?"
Su Jue's eyes flashed, it seemed that today he had to make some moves.
He clasped his hands and smiled and said: "Prince Xi's words are too much, Feng Qing and my fellow disciples are masters of their own, he is loyal to King Qing, Su is not talented, but he has no second thoughts about my king, it is an exaggeration to say that enemies become enemies."
"I heard that the Prime Minister of Chu is noble and he doesn't want to be a government official, so why did he become the Prime Minister of Chu?" the minister teased.
After hearing this, Su Jue sighed and said: "It's cold and snowy, the foreign ministers came here without hesitation, because the Xi Kingdom was in danger, and the foreign ministers couldn't bear the fact that the Xi Kingdom was destroyed by the king and came to major in the alliance. But you want to ask the foreign minister about this trivial matter, the foreign minister came here to cultivate the alliance, but now he is a judge, the foreign minister has the heart to save Xi, but he has no energy."
"Then please tell me, Prime Minister Chu, what is the law of our country's destruction?"
King Xi sneered, this person is exaggerating, but he wants to see how the great eastern country of Xi State can be destroyed in his hands.
Su Jue cupped his hands and said with a smile: "I heard that there is an unwritten rule in Xifang that the rich and the rich make friends, and the poor and the poor make friends. You can help each other, so that the wealth will accumulate more and more, and if the rich make friends with the poor, the poor will not only be unable to help, but also need to be supplemented by the rich one by one for food and clothing. This is like a leech attached to a person. If you feed on fresh blood every day, over time, the rich will be destitute. Now Xi, a powerful country in the east, does not want to form an alliance with Chu, but is willing to form an alliance with a small country in the Central Plains. Isn’t it true that the rich and the poor are making friends and looking for their own death?”
After saying these words, King Xi's face changed drastically. Nine out of ten people in Xi are engaged in business, and King Xi Jiang Xiong——
His ancestor was originally a wealthy businessman of the Xi State, but later became powerful and abolished the Xi State of the Tian family and changed it to the Xi State of the Jiang family. Others might not take Su Jue's words seriously, but the subjects of the Xi State knew the truth, so they whispered Xi Ting suddenly became quiet.
Su Jue continued with a faint smile: "King Xi thinks about it carefully, the lands of Xi and Chu are connected, but in the past hundred years, we, Chu, have never sent troops to the border, and the two countries have never faced each other with swords, but Chen, Ji and other small countries have repeatedly committed crimes." Now, King Xi wants to form an alliance with him. Isn’t that why he smiles and apologizes after being beaten? My king sincerely wishes to make a good alliance with Xi, and is willing to donate Jiaocheng, Shangcheng and Quwo on the Huaisi line. Xiguo, as a gift of alliance."
As Su Jue said, she took out the sheepskin map of the Three Cities from her sleeve and handed it over with both hands.
King Xi was greedy, hearing Chu's land cede alliance, his triangular eyes gleamed, he walked down from the throne with a smile, and kindly took Su Jue's hand and said: "Chu is so sincere, how can I, Xi, refuse. "Speaking, he quickly put the sheepskin map in Su Jue's hand into his arms.
Su Jue showed a look of hesitation, King Xi looked at it and said with a smile, "Why is Prime Minister Chu showing embarrassment when the two powers form an alliance?"
Su Jue arched his hands, frowned and said worriedly: "Your Majesty, the ministers heard that King Xi had signed an alliance with Qingguo before meeting the ministers..."
"What's the matter with me?" King Xi waved his hand and interrupted without waiting for Su Jue to finish speaking: "This king issued an edict to tie up the envoys of the Kingdom of Xi and tear up the covenant."
Su Jue was stunned for a moment. He originally wanted to tell King Xi that Chu didn't mind the alliance between Xi and Qing, and hoped that if Qingchu had to fight each other in the future, King Xi would intervene. grave.
After hearing this, Mei Hao's eyes froze, and he went out to the court and said solemnly: "How can my king not keep his word? How can the covenant between the two countries be torn up? What's the face of my great country when it is spread out?" King Xi's face was red, his face was sullen and he didn't say a word.
Su Jue breathed a sigh of relief, and cupped his hands: "My original intention was to hope that the three powers of Qing, Xi, and Chu would live in harmony. Now that rituals and music have collapsed and the people are suffering, if our three kingdoms are not at peace, where will the people of the world go? Prince Xi and Qing, Chu Isn't it true that the two countries form an alliance, 'not only kissing one's relatives, not only one's son?'”
Mei Hao, who has always been known for his euphemistic advice, refuted bluntly because of King Xi's gaffe, and the atmosphere in the court was tense to the limit.
Su Jue acted accordingly and reorganized what King Xi had just interrupted, and Mei Hao learned from the great virtuous Long Nanzi.
Long Nanzi's academic proposition is "the journey of the great way, the world is for the public", he emphasizes the great harmony of the world that "people are not alone in loving their relatives, not only in their sons". It is necessary to echo at the right time, although Su Jue never agrees Guo Longnanzi's thoughts.
Saying this, he gave King Xi enough face, and quietly agreed with Long Nanzi's political philosophy, and the atmosphere immediately relaxed.
King Xi readily took it, walked up to the throne, stamped the national seal neatly, took it off and handed it to Su Jue.
After bowing his hands and saluting, Su Jue took the letter of credence with both hands, put it away carefully, and bowed to King Xi, saying, "Foreign ministers have been bothering Xi State for a long time, so they turned back and returned to the country, and then registered Jiaocheng, Shangcheng, and Quwo three cities. The population is delivered, and King Xi will hand it over."
"Very good, very good." King Xi couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear with a smile. How could it not be a pleasure to win three cities without bloodshed?
Su Jue gave a faint smile, bowed his hands and said "The foreign minister will leave" before leaving the Xi Palace.