Chapter 367: King of Zhao, King of Chu, King of Qin, and King of Kings(1/2)
Fei Yi's words immediately made Zhao He feel excited and said, "What do you think?"
At this time, Zhao He realized what it means to "a old man in the family is like a treasure". At the critical moment, the old man has an idea!
Fei Yi touched his beard and said slowly: "In fact, the people of Wei are not as interested in it. Anyway, after conquering Wei in the future, they will definitely have to distinguish the local people. Those who are willing to obey and be loyal to the Great Zhao will promote them, suppress them if they are unwilling to do so, and send them to the border to serve. The old ministers can understand the king's idea, but after all, Wei has been in the Central Plains for so many years, and the king's tolerance may only win hundreds of thousands or one million people. Although it sounds quite large, it seems a bit insignificant compared to the tens or even twenty million people of other countries that Great Zhao is about to conquer."
Zhao He: "..."
I thought you had a good idea, but in the end your idea was to stop being defeated by these Wei people, who like to resist or not, would you kill them anyway?
It really has the concepts and ideas that have the characteristics of this era.
Zhao He was silent for a long time and said, "Let me think about it first."
Zhao He still doesn't want to give up.
According to Zhao He's memory, the total population after the unification of the Qin State seemed to have risen to 30 million people in history, so it is true that Fei Yi said that he would conquer 20 million people in other countries. The tens of millions of people he had won seemed a little irrelevant and untrue in the face of the total number of 20 million people.
But, after all, it's all human life.
The numbers are cold, but any life is priceless.
Of course, if you say that these guys dare to resist Zhao State, it is indeed okay if you die.
But don’t there still hope to fight for these, one more is one more.
Fei Yi looked at Zhao He's entangled expression and smiled, but did not continue to say anything more.
For Fei Yi, this kind of small entanglement of his own king is actually harmless and even more humane.
Good.
Chen Ying.
The King of Chu sat on his throne and looked at the palace in front of him. No matter how he looked, how he was not very excited.
Compared with the tall and magnificent Yingdu Palace, although this Chen City also has the name of Yingdu, the gap between the two is simply a world!
In fact, this is normal. Chencheng is used as the military pillar of the northern defense line of Chu, while Yingdu is the capital of the rear country that Chu has operated for hundreds of years. How can this be compared? It cannot be compared at all.
If the Qin Dynasty came to Chen Ying at the beginning because the Qin State's military front was too strong, then now all the Qin people have been suppressed by Zhao State to Guanzhong, and Chu State has recovered the entire Jianghan Plain. The King of Chu inevitably had the intention to move the capital back to Ying.
After all, this broken place in Chencheng is not only broken, but also cold!
The King of Chu looked around several Chu ministers present.
There are still a few people, Ling Yin Xiong Zilan, Shangzhu Guojing Cui, Zuo Yin Qu Yuan.
This made the King of Chu feel a little happy.
The power of Zhao's family in recent decades is really annoying. Now there are fewer people from Zhao's family in the court, which seems to be quite pleasing to them.
The King of Chu slowly spoke, "You are the one who wants to move the capital back to Ying, what do you think?"
After the King of Chu finished speaking, the other three were shocked at the same time.
Xiong Zilan glanced at Jing Cui.
Jing Cui glanced at Qu Yuan.
Qu Yuan hesitated for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Why did the king move the capital back to Ying?"
The King of Chu was dissatisfied when he heard this, and he was obviously dissatisfied when he spoke: "Yingdu is the foundation of the Great Chu for hundreds of years. Isn't it normal for me to move the capital back?"
Qu Yuan sighed and said, "What the king said is indeed true, but this is not the best time to move the capital back to Ying."
The King of Chu lowered his face and said, "Why?"
Qu Yuan said seriously: "Because the treasury of the Great Chu is now empty, I am really unable to undertake the restoration of Yingdu."
Qu Yuan took a deep breath and began to talk endlessly.
Although the Qin people burned the ancestral tombs of the ancestors of Chu, Yingdu, as the capital of Chu, was naturally plundered after being captured.
Bai Qi is not a polite person. Most of the treasures in Yingdu Palace, including, and not limited to, jewelry, large tripods, golden cups, various brocade clothes, good cars, horses, and the most basic gold, silver and money, were all taken away.
According to information from certain channels, after looting Yingdu, the Qin people used more than 3,000 carriages to transport spoils to Xianyang alone!
It is no exaggeration to say that the Yingdu Palace is nothing but an airtight.
After recapturing the two southeastern counties, the Chu State also immediately took over the palace of Yingdu and began counting.
The results of the statistics are shocking. After experiencing the massive plunder of the Qin army and the desolation for more than a year, most of the places in the Yingdu Royal Palace were overgrown with weeds, and more than half of them had damage to varying degrees.
It's simply ruins!
To be honest, if you want to repair this ruins to what they were before, there is no difference between rebuilding a Yingdu Royal Palace, and it may even be easier to rebuild.
As for the renovation or reconstruction of a palace that the Chu State has slowly been run by more than ten generations of kings in hundreds of years, the money needed here...
Qu Yuan happened to be responsible for the current finances of Chu State. According to the figures obtained by Qu Yuan, based on the income from the treasury in Chu State last year, just the initial repairs can be barely accepted and moved in will require Chu State to spend a full five years of treasury income!
The treasury income from the past five years is just a rough house, and the super fine decoration that really costs money is still behind!
With so much money, you can use it to develop the Chu army, develop the Chu economy, and appease the turbulent people's livelihood of Chu due to many failures. Isn't it good?
It’s not that Chen Ying can’t live!
After saying that, Qu Yuan ignored the King of Chu, whose face was already extremely ugly, bowed to the King of Chu, and said seriously: "King, Zhao is now in great power, and his intention to swallow the world is obvious. Da Chu should use the money from the treasury on the blade at this moment, and it is really not suitable to repair Yingdu, otherwise it would probably make the king bear the name of a fool."
On the other hand, Xiong Zilan and Jing Cui did not speak, but not speaking at this time actually means that they have made a default.
Since Zhao Ju died and Zhao Qi was forced to go to Daliang, Wei State to be the deputy leader of the investigation team, the Zhao clan's power in Chu State was a group of headless dragons, and was crazily divided by Xiong Zilan and Jingcui and Qu Yuan present.
In this big share, Qu Yuan, who received the greatest support from the King of Chu, was definitely the big winner, but Xiong Zilan and Jing Cui also gained a lot of benefits.
Although the three of them are not allies, they all have a tacit understanding of political allies in this matter.
Because of this incident, Qu Yuan became the most popular person in the Chu political arena today. Xiong Zilan and Jing Cui are both tactful people, so naturally they would not touch Qu Yuan's bad luck at this time.
However, Qu Yuan's words immediately made King Chu very upset.
In the eyes of the King of Chu, I clearly support you, Qu Yuan, and defeated a great enemy like Zhao. You drank Zhao's blood and drank it full, but before you even finished digesting it, you started to show your face to me?
I just want to return to my old capital and return to the foundation of the Great Chu for hundreds of years, so that I can live a more comfortable life?
Just a little personal enjoyment, you Qu Yuan must object to it, and you still use this name as a foolish monarch to suppress me?
When the King of Chu thought of this, his heart was blocked.
The King of Chu understood the truth that Qu Yuan said, but he was not a fool, so how could he not understand it?
But the King of Chu was still unhappy, very unhappy.
I just want to live like a normal king, but I am a fool?
When the King of Chu thought of this, he was so angry that he shook his sleeves and stopped discussing matters.
"After meeting!"
The King of Chu left with his sleeves.
The remaining Xiong Zilan and Jing Cui looked at each other, and at the same time, they looked at Qu Yuan with great meaning.
Qu Yuan's face was as normal, and he slowly stood up and left the palace.
Of course, Qu Yuan knew the thoughts of Xiong Zilan and Jing Cui. Didn’t these two sleek things just want to be the first to be the ones?
Qu Yuan himself actually knew that such words were not likable and would even arouse the disgust of the king.
In his past life, Qu Yuan has said too many such words.
But even if you want to change now and want to eliminate the three major families step by step, it does not mean that Qu Yuan will obey the King of Chu.
A real man does what he does, but he does not do what he does!
Facing the wind and snow outside the hall, Qu Yuan took great strides down the steps.
There are still many things waiting for him to do.
Chengdu, Qin King's Palace.
Looking at the secret letter in front of him that had just been sent from Daliang City, the King of Qin could already feel how much hardship the secret letter had been through to reach his own hands.
The King of Qin raised his head, raised his hand to Wei Ran in front of him, and said, "Marquis Rang should also read this letter."
Since retreating to Chengdu, the relationship between King Qin and Wei Ran has been much eased. Now the two are no longer in a scheming relationship, but instead have a sense of unity of the king and his subjects.
Wei Ran took the letter from the King of Qin and started reading it. After a while, he showed a look of surprise on his face: "I didn't expect that Hou could actually achieve this point. It's really... worthy of praise."
Wei Ran and Hou had no friendship, and even had a conflict in the Battle of Shangjun, but this did not affect Wei Ran's high evaluation of Hou this time.
With almost no support, Hou was able to silently murder two Wei officials (one of whom was a core official of Wei), and almost died of death by the Grand Secretary of Zhao State Su Dai, almost completely broke down the relationship between Zhao and Wei by himself.
It is no exaggeration to say that this is really a one-man who can match a million soldiers!
Wei Ran's praise made the King of Qin look a little better. As for the current situation in Qin, any bad news about Zhao is encouraging.
The King of Qin said, "Mr. Rang, what do you think about the actions Hou planned to take in Xueyi?"
Wei Ran was silent for a moment and said, "In fact, the possibility of success is not high."
The King of Qin sighed and said, "Yes. But now, I have no choice, right?"
Wei Ran took a deep breath, looked at King Qin, and said firmly: "Please rest assured, we will definitely win."
To be continued...