Chapter 59: The Sixth Policy
All the temple people serving in the main bedroom had retreated outside the bed, only Chang Jiang and his few of his confidants were guarding the steps. Anyone who came to him would send him "The King has been sleeping." In the Yan Dynasty, the Sanlu doctor Qu Sui, who had listened to the plan of the Empress Dowager Huayang, was overjoyed. This was the sixth strategy for saving Chu: to have the legitimate son born to the princess of Chu be the King of Qin, and if there were Chu ministers like Xiong Qi to assist him, the Chu State would survive.
"No, it's too late!" Xiong Jing shook his head. He knew history. King Zhao Zheng of Qin was Qin Shihuang. The world had been unified for many years when he died.
"Why is the king saying it's too late? When Princess Chi gave birth to a legitimate son, Qin, after the death of Qin, he had a legitimate son ascended the throne, Qin State had a son Qi to control the government, our country and Qin State..." Qu Sui stuttered, not understanding Xiong Jing's intention.
"When the Qin King died, the six kingdoms were destroyed and the world was unified." Xiong Jing didn't know how to explain the history that happened. This was definitely not something that "being born to know" could explain clearly. He said certainly: "The State of Chu can't wait for that time."
"Ruru..." Yang Wenjun and Xiong Qi looked at each other and said in a deep voice: "If the King of Qin was assassinated before Qin destroyed Zhao, and then his son Qi helped the princess' legitimate son ascend the throne, would the king think it is okay?"
Qu Sui was a nobleman after all. He was shocked by Yang Wenjun's assassination strategy and opened his mouth wide. Xiong Qize looked bitter. He and the Qin King were together day and night, and there was always some friendship. However, the least valuable thing in the Qin Palace was friendship. He immediately said seriously: "If it is too late as the king said, Xiong Qi would like to implement this strategy."
"No!" Xiong Jing continued to shake his head.
"How can't it be done?" Yang Wenjun was surprised. "Since the king claims to be a barbarian, why should he be confined to the benevolence of a woman? I heard that in ancient times, he competed for morality, and in the Middle Ages, and now he competed for strength; between success and failure, all lies in wisdom and means..."
Yang Wenjun's cheeks were thin and his skin was a little sallow. More than 20 years ago, he knew that he had used a strategy to seize the throne. More than 20 years later, he could naturally assassinate Qin. Xiong Jing suddenly felt a little disgusted as he looked at him trying his best to convince him.
"Even if the King of Qin is assassinated, it will not have any connection with his brother!" Xiong Jing interrupted him, and Xiong Qi felt warm in his heart. "Besides, marrying a mother to the King of Qin is a weak move of Chu State. In the case of a fight, the Chu army will definitely win. What reason does Chu State marry the princess to the Qin State? If the Qin army is defeated, will the brother summon the King of Qin to blame?"
"When I go back to Xianyang to report my life, I can say that this battle will be defeated. The Qin people are warlike and have to go upstream, so I will condemn Zhou Shi to enter Chu. Marriage is not a weak move for Chu. The former king Xiang of the former king married Qin daughters, but was not a strong force, but a weak force. The Chu army won, and the King of Qin was afraid that Chu should value the marriage between Qin and Chu, and only then can he regard Princess Chi as his eldest son."
After Xiong Qi finished speaking, he was worried that his younger brother would be too pedantic and said again: "Brother Wang, please know: Qin people do not value faith and righteousness but only value utilitarianism, only fear the strong and not caring about the weak. The stronger the Chu army, the more sensible the common brother can be in the Qin court. Although the strategy of Yang Wenjun is unrighteous, it is the most feasible. Please ask Brother Wang to do it."
"It won't be so easy!" Xiong Jing still shook his head. There was a saying in later generations called "Son of the Face" who was born to kill people and Gods. In this era, the son of the Face is obviously Zhao Zheng, the King of Qin, not Xiong Jing, the King of Chu. If the assassination can solve the problem, what else would he have to do with war? But when he thought that the Chu State might take decades to do this strategy, he had to agree.
"If you do this strategy, you will also be alone and have nothing to do with your brother." He said. "From today on, your brother will only contact me, and you must not contact other marquises of Chu, nor do you have to pass on the news from Qin. Qu Qing, Yang Wenjun, is this matter only three of us and others aware of it in Chu?"
"Since there are only three of us, if my brother is guilty..." Xiong Jing, who received the affirmative reply, said again, his meaning was self-evident.
"I must keep this secret. Those who violate it will ask the king to kill the clan!" Qu Sui and Yang Wenjun said solemnly without waiting for Xiong Jing to speak. However, after saying this, Yang Wenjun said again: "I have something to do, please allow the king."
"You said." Xiong Jing didn't know what he asked for.
"Since I entered Ying, I have said that I have been in harmony with Qin. Since this is the case, I have been in harmony with Qin and asked the king to refer to me as the chief minister, so that I can confuse Qin."
Yang Wenjun asked to discuss with Qu Sui and Xiong Qi first. After he proposed this request, Xiong Qi also said: "Aunt Su Chongyang Wenjun, please refer to it."
Qu Suize looked at him with his eyes wide open, and his meaning was obvious. Xiong Jing was surprised, but looked at Xiong Qi with great sincerity: "If the King of Qin stabbed him and did not die? I would not want to and dare not. Seeing that my brother, I had discussed with the ministers before that Chu refused Qin, and was not outside but inside..."
"Inside?" Xiong Qi also looked at Xiong Jing. He could feel the sincerity behind the black eyes.
"This matter is hard to describe." Xiong Jing didn't know how to start. "It is impossible to attack Qin, and the State of Chu can only make great changes and strengthen. If we only maintain the current situation, it is natural to use Yang Wenjun as the commander. However, the major changes have begun. Suddenly, Yang Wenjun as the commander, and the other court officials will have a grudge and are not good at doing things. Why not, use Yang Wenjun as the prefect?"
"Tazai?" The Taizai of Chu was the Minister of Foreign Affairs, responsible for missions, reception and other matters. This naturally cannot be compared with the Lingyin. When Huang Xie was appointed as the Lingyin, the people of the country only knew that there was the Lingyin but not the King of Chu.
"The ruler is either Zhaoshu or Naojiu," Xiong Jing said bluntly. "However, Zhaoshu is a civil servant, and Chu State has many wars in the future, so he may use Naojiu as Naojiu. Although this matter is not clearly stated, the ministers know my intentions and it is inappropriate to change it."
"If so," Xiong Jing said bluntly that point, Xiong Qi could only look at Yang Wenjun. "Can you surrender?"
"Since that's the case, I'm willing to be the Prime Minister." Yang Wenjun worshipped. Xiong Jing couldn't see his face, but could feel his disappointment.
"Is there something to ask for my brother?" Xiong Jing also remembered something. "The great craftsman Ou Chou was captured by the Qin Hou. Although he jumped into the ship and was rescued by the envoy Zhao, his family was said to have been sent to Xianyang..."
"This is indeed the case." As the right prime minister, Xiong Qi could naturally see the report of the Marquis. "Does Wang brother want to return to Ou Chou's family?"
"That's right. This is also one of the conditions for cultivation." Xiong Jing said. He had met Ou Chou and promised him to ask for his family from the Qin envoy.
"This matter is not difficult, but please do not openly up the matter, and Zhang Yang is difficult to deal with." Ou Chou ran away, and it is useless to keep his family, but Qin would never admit that such a thing had happened. Xiong Qi also remembered one thing: "My brother Wang, can the converter steelmaking be successful? The Shaofu is also trying..."
"The Shaofu is also in the trial?" Xiong Jing widened his eyes. The Shaofu was the Shaofu of Qin, which was in Xianyang.
"That's right." Xiong Qi sold Qin State in an understatement. "There are many marquises in Qin State. Yan Wuyi, a master of the Mo family, was a great craftsman in Qin Shaofu, who took charge of all the troops of Qin State. Among the craftsmen of the six Kanto countries, there are many Mos. Before the converter of Chu State has been tried, the Shaofu has received the news. The profit of the great iron is not blocked in the world, and the brother is worried..."
Xiong Qi initially hoped that Qin would refine a huge iron. After knowing the fact of the Battle of Qingshui, he was worried that the Qin army equipped with giant soldiers would destroy the Chu State - the Chu army was indeed too weak.
"Maybe you can try to make the Shaofu converter bigger, but no, our Chu State will build a bigger one first." Xiong Jing thought.
"Make a big deal?" Xiong Qi was puzzled. He felt that the cradle-like converter was already huge.
"King, I will retreat first." Qu Sui saw that the two had something to talk about, so he wanted to avoid Yang Wenjun.
"Then let's retreat to the side room." Xiong Jing wanted to call Chang Jiang, but then he found that there was no one in Yan Chao.
"Why did Brother Wang make a big deal?" After the two retreated, Xiong Qi continued to ask.
"The converter makes steel and is made with air. Although hundreds of people blow the wind, the wind is not enough. The converter creates strong wind and does not have enough, and it will explode when it shakes the furnace." Xiong Jing could imagine the scene of the converter explosion, with 1,600-degree molten iron flying everywhere. Perhaps the Mo family's master died. "When blowing, my brother invited people to watch it, but when shakeing the furnace, you must go to the toilet to avoid it."
"Explosion?" Xiong Qi certainly didn't know what the explosion of the rocker was.
"It's like thunder and lightning explodes, red hot iron splashes everywhere, and people will die if they touch it." Xiong Jing explained the explosion, and suddenly felt that the two of them would be hard to meet again after meeting this time. They were speechless in an instant, and they were reluctant to leave when they looked at Xiong Qi. As soon as his father left, a brother fell from the sky, and he was still the right prime minister of Qin, who was one person below ten thousand people. Is this a dream?
"Brother Wang?" Xiong Qi couldn't help asking when he saw that he didn't speak.
"When will we meet again this time?" Xiong Jing sighed.
"If the mother country exists, we will naturally meet again. If the mother country dies, I will die for the country." Xiong Qi was free and easy. He took out a stack of brocade and silk from his arms, "This is all the secrets of Qin, the division of courts, ministers, concubines, generals, annual entry, Dingkou, cows and horses, equipment... all the situation in Qin is on silk." Xiong Qi smiled, and he suddenly thought of Mi Xuan, "This is copied by the girl Xuan. If it weren't for her, I wouldn't dare to give it to others."
The handwriting on the brocade is small and beautiful, and it is still full of Chu characters. Xiong Jing was so moved that he couldn't himself, but he was an adult after all, so he just held back his excitement and asked, "Girl Xuan?"
"It is the granddaughter of Mi Rong, the king of Huayang. He is very smart and his aunt is always loved by her aunt." When talking about Mi Xuan, Xiong Qi smiled even more. "My aunt is worried that you are confused by Miss Zhao, and she wants to send her back to her motherland to accompany you."
"Nird Zhao?" Xiong Jing thought of her mother, and then the regent she expressed that day. Could it be that Zhao State...
"You are still young and cannot marry a wife. My aunt originally wanted you to marry a princess of Qin to suppress the Zhao Nu in the bedroom." After Xiong Qi said that, he didn't want to talk about these family affairs anymore. He asked, "What does Brother Wang want? The commoner will definitely live up to his entrustedness."
"What do you want?" When Xiong Jing got the brocade, something happened in his mind: counterattack. At this time, Xiong Qixiang asked, and he no longer hesitated: "I want Nanyang County and Nanjun city defense soldiers to prepare maps, and I also want to know the city, warehouse, treasury, and transportation, and I also want to go to Nanjun in the next few years..." He said that Xiong Jing took out a piece of paper, "... spread this thing in the village of Nanjun."
"This thing?" I have never seen the yellow paper Xiongqi, and the words on it are clearly visible.
Chapter completed!