Chapter 66 The struggle
It was already midsummer in Yingdu, thousands of miles away. This ancient city on the north bank of Yangshui was gathered. The princes came to congratulate him. The traffic was full of traffic and finally looked like a capital. In the past two months, the Chu army captured Nanzheng, the county palace of Hanzhong County of Qin, and the Chuyueba coalition forces that attacked Badi, and completed the half-moon siege of Bashu and were fighting with the Qin army on the northern edge of the Hanzhong Basin.
The most direct impact of military victory is financial favorability. The number of people who have repeatedly asked the Four Kingdoms Gold Banks to exchange bonds has decreased in vain. The judgments of King Ting of Zhao, Shaofu of Wei, the important scholars of Linzi, and the Qianfu of Chu have become consistent: in the current situation of victory, the first bond may be directly exchanged for the second bond and postponed, which may not necessarily require assistance to the Ziqian family that has gathered in Yingdu.
This is purely a financial judgment. In fact, behind each Ziqian family, there is a shadow of a local noble, a minister or a powerful minister. Power and money have always been closely colluded. The issue of national debts requires help from the Ziqian family of various countries to give up the financial transactions of the four countries. The essence is an economic and financial veto.
Xiong Jing was cautious about this. After understanding this, he changed his normal behavior and supported the Qian family of various countries to take over the Jinshang of the Four Kingdoms to fight against the political enemies he was increasingly disgusted with. Several Taifu and Zhaoshu, Lan She, and Dongye Gu believed that those Qian family of rich and unkind should not be ignored, and that they should not be able to control the Jinshang of the Four Kingdoms.
In the summer when the cicadas were long, the battlefield thousands of miles away was not turbulent, and the Chu army was advancing steadily towards the Qinling Mountains; the prosperous Yingdu was turbulent, and countless rumors were flying during the music and dance banquet, either related to the Qian family, the national debtor, or the Queen Mi Xuan.
"Mr. Mi is waiting for delivery, and the palace tells the temple's queen that day is about to end. This queen... How much wine is mixed with water?" A cup of date wine poured into Zhou Wen's throat. Without being a disciple of Bing, no one could respond after lobbying. He lived a day when he had finished the meal and had no meal.
"The noble man was joking." The passerby was stunned by Zhou Wen's question. Seeing more drinkers, he smiled even more earnestly. "This wine is what Zhu Fanggang sent. The mud sealing man on the wooden barrel has been checked and there is no damage at all."
"Zhufanggang?" Xiya date wine has a jujube fragrance that other fruit wines do not have. The fragrance of water diluted. Zhou Wen, who poured another mouthful of water, wiped his mouth with his sleeve. "It was the ones who drank water in the sea merchants. The jujube wine I drank in Sinluoka, was so strong that it was comparable to this wine."
"Weiwei. This wine is indeed not as good as the wine of Sinluoka. The noble man drinks slowly, drink slowly." The owner of the shop was relieved when he saw Zhou Wen pushing the blame on the sea merchants. The winery took back his gaze full of blame and continued to speak and drink.
"I dare to ask, sir, what will this queen be like?" Zhou Wen was a guest, and there was also Sima Yongchi, a Sima of Pei County. His confidant Xiao He, and Zheng Rong, who was invited to the host this time, was very concerned about the queen's affairs. When Zhou Wen came back to his senses, he immediately asked.
"The princesses of all countries marry into the Chu Palace in March, and after three months, they should report to the temple. The queen of the temple should be put together. However, the king does not stay in the bedroom. It is still unknown whether Zhao is the queen of Chu." After saying this, Zhou Wen poured another cup of wine. Zheng Rong and Yongchi looked at each other, their eyes wandering, and Xiao He, who was beside him, had some contempt for Zhou Wen.
Zhou Wen was a disciple of Chunshen Jun and later Shouling Jun. He stayed in Xiang Bo's army for a while, and later resigned himself. Two years ago, he was invited by Bing to go overseas and went to Sinluoka. He learned that Xizhou could use money to hire soldiers, Bing refused to listen to his plan, so he abandoned Bing and returned. Unfortunately, he had not been able to lobby anyone since last year to this year, and hiring soldiers to fight gradually became a joke.
This banquet was originally invited by Zheng Rong and Mr. Zheng, but he met this person on the road. Compared with the first time he met, the status of both sides had reversed. Because Zheng Rong claimed to be from Zheng on the bamboo slips, he was just a citizen of other countries living in Chu. Yongchi was the Sima of Pei County, and it was not impossible for him to be in charge of the court in the next day. The upstart of Chu State has changed its status, fortunately, Zheng Rong had been treating each other with courtesy before, so this change did not affect the friendship between the two sides.
"Sir, what should the matter be if the king does not tell the temple to the princesses of all countries?" Zheng Rong asked, looking at each other.
"There are more than 400,000 troops from all countries. If the king does not announce the temple with the princess of all countries..." Zhou Wendao. "If the king and the princess of all countries announce the temple, this is the policy of Chu..."
Zhou Wen was just drinking and said a lot. It was because he stopped, that Zheng Rong and Yong Chi felt itchy.
Zheng Rong's goal was to restore Zheng, but this was the idea that he could not be on the table. Zheng State was destroyed by South Korea, and South Korea was now destroyed by Qin State. The sister of the King of Chu was the Queen of South Korea. Therefore, the Chu State's official court always supported the restoration of South Korea, and the Duke of Zheng State could only stay in restaurants, restaurants, make friends with nobles, and secretly search for opportunities.
Yongchi is a new nobleman in Chu. A cook who wanted to enter the Chu dynasty, couldn't help but feel weak. Yong was not very clear about the rules of the Chu political system, so he also made friends everywhere and asked about rumors. Although his current status is higher than Zheng Rong, his vision and level are still inferior to Zheng Rong.
"You and others think what is the current policy of Chu?" After another cup of wine, Zhou Wen continued the previous topic.
"Sir, do you talk about internal affairs or external affairs?" Yong Chi refused to speak, worried about showing his ugliness, so Zheng Rong naturally took over the conversation.
"The State of Chu is the dominant world, and it is stronger inside than outside, so it is naturally internal affairs." Zhou Wenyu blamed him. He looked down on Zheng Rong and Yongchi in his heart. If it were before, how could he accept their banquet? How could he drink in this dirty diner?
"It's still a dispute over the county magistrate's monarch." Zheng Rong's answer was stable, and for Yongchi, it seemed like a layer of paper was broken.
"There is a little bit of teaching." Zhou Wen nodded and expressed his approval. "The county magistrate contracted the county town, and he was rewarded for his military achievements. He was already a big deal. The prince fought with him and wanted to use external forces. Moreover, the prince had no more battles, so he wanted to join the people of Lu to restore Zhou..."
"Yongchi dares to ask sir." Yongchi bowed to Zhou Wen, his face hot. He felt that he had made friends and had dinner hundreds of times, and the addition was not as beneficial as Zhou Wen's words.
"Young Master, don't have to be too polite." Zhou Wen poured a cup of date wine into his throat again.
"I wonder if Mi... Mi's family is a county or a vassal?" Yongchi's throat was dry, and this sentence was squeezed out of his throat.
"If you want to ask Mi, you should ask the king." Zhou Wen said. "Is the king who is sincere to the county magistrate, or the prince who is sincere to the throne?"
"This..." Yong Chi had no political experience, so he would not even use the "class" mentioned in later generations to analyze the political arena. "Class" was not Marx's invention, but a sociological term that gradually became a prototype at that time. The concept of "class" was studied for various "classes" for a long time, but this is often a secret political experience and rarely seen in words.
The Yong family lacks this kind of experience. If they cannot grasp this experience correctly, they will come up with many physically perpetual motion machines. For example, resourceful people are very brave at the same time, and poor people without faith (reverence) are more moral than rich people, and so on. Zhou Wen's question is too profound, and Yongchi cannot answer it, and Zheng Rong cannot answer it either.
Their reaction was long as Zhou Wen expected. He thought that he had been invited by someone else and drank the date wine from him. Zhou Wen coughed and said drunk: "The king's heart is always towards the county magistrate, and the king also wants to make Mi the county magistrate. The dispute between the queen is a dispute between the county magistrate and the prince. The dispute is not elsewhere, but only in the queen. The prince of Mi is pregnant. If Zhao tells the temple to join the bed, it is still unknown who will be the prince in the future."
The date wine mixed with water was also wine. Zhou Wen, who kept drinking without eating vegetables, quickly got drunk. When he was drunk, Xiong Jing, who was in the south of the city, deliberately left the left and right, was watching his wife beneath him putting an ugly coat on Xiao Xiong Jing.
"King..." Her belly became a little bigger after more than four months, and her vomiting from early pregnancy gradually decreased. Mi Xuan smiled. She had never thought that she would have such clothes.
"What's ridiculous?" Xiong Jing looked unhappy, and Mi Xuan's gentleness inevitably aroused his desire. "If Ying Nan is pregnant and gives birth to a prince, you will not even cry."
"Xiong'er knew she was wrong." Mi Xuan restrained her smile. It was a blessing for her husband to only pamper her. Now her husband put on a coat sewn with a sausage to visit another woman. She should have been worried. However, the shape of this sausage clothing was so strange that she couldn't help laughing when she saw it.
"You are still laughing!" Xiong Jing felt a heat in his lower abdomen. He wanted his wife to serve him once, but when he thought of restraint, he tried hard to think about the bloody battlefield and the dark god in the Taimiao, which suppressed the heat.
"Okay." Mi Xuan finally put on her clothes. The little Xiong Jing was wrapped in the sheep intestine clothes and could not see her true face. At first glance, it looked like a big stick left in the skirt. Xiong Jing touched her several times, and was a little worried that it would break during the movement. This was not rubber, but sheep intestine.
"If the king is..." Seeing the man like this, Mi Xuan, who was worried about his suffering, wanted to say that Ying Nan would get pregnant, then she would get pregnant. She really didn't care about fame and status. "If it's uncomfortable, then... the king will favor them."
"It's really a woman who is in charge, and the house collapses." Xiong Jing disdains. "This is a struggle! It's not a treat to dinner."
"Vei." Mi Xuan felt a fever in his heart and stopped talking.
It is impossible to not accept the temple with Yingnan and others, and the ceremony of merging the bed is not allowed. The State of Chu must at least be alliance with the countries in the past few months so that it can completely occupy Bashu and drive the Qin army to the north of the Qinling Mountains. Only by completing this step can the war on the Western Front come to an end. Whether to be happy when merging the bed is a question. Sheep-intestinal contraceptive clothing is just a precaution.
"Try it." Xiong Jing didn't look at his wife's expression. He asked his side, so he felt it was OK. "Where is my concubine?"
A monogamous wife and multiple concubines are a marriage system for Chu people. It is against the husband and wife's righteousness when you are happy with Ying Nanhuan. If you are happy with your concubine, you will not have this problem.
"Report to the king, I have brought it." As soon as Chang Jiang spoke, the two temple men walked in with a slightly dark-skinned young woman. The woman came into the tent and struggled in panic when she saw Xiong Jingxia Shang's big stick, and kept shouting, saying that no one could understand Tamil. This was Queen Pandiya who was captured and sent to Yingdu.
Chapter completed!