Chapter 66: Civil Strife in Chu
Shangguan Zilan wandered around the palace, preparing to meet the young prince of Chu State, and to report that King Chu Huai had fallen into the hands of the Qin people, and it happened that at this time, Qu Yuan went out to meet Shangguan Zilan.
"Lord Shangguan, aren't you in Wuguan?"
"Qu Yuan, what's wrong with you?"
"Why did Qu Yuan come back? What about my king? Your 20,000-strong army is hoarding the hinterland of Wuguan, and what about my king? Qu Yuan roared angrily, looking at Shangguan Zilan's eyes wandering, Qu Yuan seemed to know something, and then Qu Yuan looked at the direction of Shangguan Zilan's travel, and said involuntarily: "Where did you go to the young son, right, before my king came back, you started planning the affairs of the young son, right?" Qu Yuan was immediately furious, drew his sword and stabbed Shangguan Zilan, and then Shangguan Zilan drew his sword to block.
"Qu Yuan, you're crazy!"
"Yes, Qu Yuan is crazy, but before he goes crazy, he must kill you, a traitor, look at the sword!" Then the young prince hurried over, and there were guards to protect Shangguan Zilan, and on the other side, Zhaoyang came with his cronies, and the two sides immediately fought against each other.
Zhaoyang was puzzled: "What's wrong?" Why is there such a big move by Mr. Lao?"
Young son Yang Wenjun said: "What happened to Zilan?"
Then Shangguan Zilan replied: "Qu Yuan, he is careful and suspicious, so he attacks Zilan inexplicably."
Zhaoyang asked Qu Yuan: "Did you just come back from the battle, and your heart is not at peace?" Why do you even attack your own people?"
Looking at everyone, Qu Yuan said angrily: "My king rushed to Wuguan of Qin State to ally with the King of Qin, and Zilan was responsible for 20,000 troops to defend my king, and now he has returned to Chu alone, so what will my king do?" ”
"Ahh Suddenly, the young son was surprised, and Zhaoyang also looked at the young son Zilan with a very puzzled expression.
"Father... Oh no, it should be the king who asked me to lead troops to respond, but it was a sudden attack from the Qin people, so ......" Zilan replied, and at this time Yang Wenjun said: "I still remember that my father didn't let you be called a son, it's been so long, and my father won't say anything, Brother Zilan"
Then Shangguan Zilan replied: "My father didn't forgive the riverside dancing girl at that time, and Zilan couldn't feel at ease for a day."
It turned out that before, Shangguan Zilan kindly arranged the dancing Ji riverside dance, when the king of Chu Huai was happy, he didn't know that the dancing girl suddenly wanted to assassinate the king of Chu Huai, and then was killed by the king's personal guards, and this woman was subordinated to the Yue country of Chu and dedicated to the king of Chu, but because it was the indirect recommendation of Gongzi Zilan, so after that, the Yue country was completely destroyed by the Chu state, and the prince Zilan was also asked by the king of Chu to call him a prince and a minister from now on, and he could not be called an heir, of course, as a punishment for his father, in fact, Zilan Gongzi was also very obedient, And on top of the subsequent achievements, there are many that make the old King of Chu happy, and therefore the King of Chu regards Gongzi Zilan as a successor, although he has not recovered his identity, but he is more or less training his second son, otherwise he will not hand over the power of life and death to Shangguan Zilan at this time.
At a glance of the Qin State battlefield, that is, near Wuguan, Gongzi Zilan heard that the Qin people caught King Chu Huai in Wuguan, and then Zilan immediately left, because he discussed it with Qin State in private, because the prince of Chu at this time Xiong Heng was hostage in Yan State, and the young son Yang Wenjun was still young, so Zilan actually conspired with Qin State and wanted to enthrone himself as the new King of Chu, so he came to steal the day for a long time, and therefore all the original retreat of King Chu Huai has been blocked, after reviewing Zilan's behavior, look at the current King of Chu.
"Fortunately, Zilan has an army of 20,000, and now the widow is only waiting for his rescue, of course, even if Zilan is defeated, this king will never cut the land, because such a humiliating thing, this king will never do it, you King Qin will have a good dream of the Spring and Autumn Festival" King Chu Huai said to himself, and when King Qin heard it, he looked at Sima Cuo with a smile: "Did you hear?" It seems that there is only one way to take the army."
Sima Cuo hurriedly bowed: "Sima Cuo is willing to go, I hope that my king will be approved"
Then Wang Di just arrived: "King, everything is ready"
"All killed? Didn't leave one? ”
"Yes!"
"The old King of Chu doesn't plan to go back, let him stay in this Wuguan well, oh yes, the guard next to me has no effect, you can get rid of it" In fact, the guard that King Zhaoxiang is referring to at the moment is actually the spy who sent a message to the Chu State before, but at this time, Fan Ju disagreed: "My king, this person will be kept for the time being, and it will be useful in the future."
"What's the use? Now that Zilan Gongzi is our best internal response in the Chu Kingdom, what could be better than this? King Zhaoxiang asked.
But then Fan Ju looked at King Qin: "At present, I don't know if Zilan Gongzi can succeed to the throne, such as today, it is difficult to distinguish between right and wrong anyway, enemies can become friends, friends can also become enemies, and there is no right or wrong in the ever-changing world, but there is one point, since we know the enemy's fine work, so that our Qin State can give the wrong information to the Chu State for a long time, in this way, the Chu State can play in the palm of the Qin State, of course, if we get rid of this fine work now, it is inevitable that there will be new fine works to come, at that time, We have to regain the information, which is not good for the Qin State."
After Fan Ju's analysis, King Qin felt that this was indeed the case, so he decided not to kill this fine work of the Chu State, and at the same time, it was a counter-plot, which was more beneficial to the Qin State.
In the state of Chu, the dragons have no leader, the ministers are arguing, but then everyone agrees that the fine work in the Qin State must be kept low-key, at this time if there is no information from the Qin State at all, then it is the biggest disadvantage to the Chu State, so in order to keep the fine work, the upper echelons of the Chu State decided to take a leave of absence, so that the fine work next to the king must remain low-key at this time, the Qin State has the king of the tiger and wolf For Yingji, the people of Chu understand the habits, and they must not hurt Yingji, otherwise there will be another king of the tiger and wolf of the Qin State, It's not easy to do, and the state of Chu is currently learning that the crown prince An Guojun Yingzhu's wrist is tougher, so what is needed at the moment is the intelligence of the Qin state, not the overall situation of the situation.
"Zilan Gongzi, what do you think now?"
"What about Lord Qu Yuan? If there is anything to say, don't insinuate"
"Qu Yuan thought that he should send troops to the Qin State right now and preemptively rescue my king," Qu Yuan said.
Ke Zilan encouraged and opposed: "Now in direct conflict with the Qin State, and the dragons are leaderless, are you crazy Qu Yuan?" ”
"My king was arrested, it was a great shame, and the soldiers of the whole country also wanted to denounce the Qin State, how could he be safe, then the faces of the previous kings of my Chu State would not be lost" Qu Yuan angrily reprimanded.
Then Su Qian said: "What Lord Qu Yuan said is extremely true."
But then he was squeezed out by the group of people who followed Zilan Gongzi, in fact, Qu Yuan knew very well that Shangguan Zilan was against himself at all, and then Shangguan Doctor was also the son of Zilan, seeing that Chu was about to fall into an internal and external trouble, and finally Chun Shenjun spoke, at this time in Chu State, Huang Xie has become the last person to speak, for Huang Xie, what is most needed at this time is to let the prince return from Qi State, because the analysis between Zilan and Qu Yuan is likely to give Chu State immeasurable internal troubles, only Prince Mi Heng returned to the country, to be able to calm down all the problems at hand.
Let's first analyze the prince Mi Heng, Mi Heng, Mi surname, Xiong, name Heng, born in 329 BC, at this time Mi Heng's age is exactly thirty years old, returned to Chu to ascend the throne is a thirty-one-year-old man in his prime, Mi Heng is said to be a combination of appearance, inner cultivation, cultural strategy and personal martial arts as one of the prince, but also known as the king of Chu Qingxiang in later generations, due to Qu Yuan's death, so that many people mistakenly think that Mi Heng is a faint monarch of Chu, in fact, it is not at all, because in the period of his father Chu Huaiwang, The state of Chu has already consumed a lot of national strength to fight in the east and west, resulting in a sluggish domestic economy of the state of Chu at this time, and not only that, the struggle for power between the upper echelons of the state of Chu is too strong, the battle between Qu Yuan and Shangguan Zilan is undoubtedly a game between the nobility and the royal power, for the most fundamental interests of the royal power, so Mi Heng only deliberately squeezed out many of Qu Yuan's strategies later, and served as Mi Heng also knew that Qu Yuan's idea was for the good of Chu State, but unfortunately, if the royal power was subverted by the big nobles, Then in the future, no one will support the prestige of the King of Chu, and at present, bringing back the crown prince Mi Heng from the Qi State is the first and foremost priority.
Huang Xie contacted Tian Wen, who was also a son of Qi State, and wrote a letter: "Tian Wen's son is reasonable, he has not seen him for many days, and there are few confidants on the topic of Gongzi's poetry and books, and now before the major events of the country, Chu Guochun Shenjun Huang Xie has an important thing to thank his best friend, and the king of Chu needs to sacrifice his ancestors for a very important matter, so please do it for him, and remind the prince of Chu to return to the country, since ancient times, filial piety is the common respect of heaven, earth, man and god, if the prince does not follow, I hope that Brother Tian will urge him to return to China as soon as possible, and wait for the sacrifice hall, Let the prince rush to Qi as a hostage, and be grateful."
Chun Shenjun's meaning is actually very simple, there is no need to tell the prince directly what to do, but to tell the reason for the matter to Tian Wen, the son of the first-class son of benevolence, righteousness and morality, then to buckle the big hat of benevolence and morality is to let you release the people of Qi State, and do not talk about any problems of Chu State at the moment, because all the problems are not worth mentioning, and mentioning the opposite will cause Qi State to worry, looking at this, Tian Wen, the son of Qi State, couldn't help but smile: "It is said that Chu people are shrewd, it seems that Huang Xie Gongzi also has a lot of ideas, Directly told Tian Wen that the king of Chu can't go back, and stay in Qin as a guest, yes, it's in Wuguan, the most important thing in the world today is information, isn't letting the prince go back is to inherit the throne of the king of Chu? Tian Wen is white, but at this time, Tian Wen must have a good discussion with my king, and then make a decision, and the son will not say that my Tian Wen is not righteous enough, because the son himself is in a debt with Tian Wen, and the lie comes first, so I can't help but say something after the son."
Looking at the prince Mi Heng, he has missed his hometown for a long time, but unfortunately he can't return to Chu State, and he has a lot of displeasure in his heart, but now Mi Heng is also very clear that everything needs to be focused on the major affairs of the country, and when he was hostage to Qin State before, he ran away because of his escape, causing Qin State and Chu State to almost go to war, and now if Chu State offends Qi State again, then it will be unfavorable for the future development of Chu State, thinking about it for a while, Mi Heng finally decided to settle down and take responsibility for the future Chu State: "I have failed the Chu State that gave birth to me, and I fled from Qin State last time, Completely ignoring the diplomatic relations between the two countries, causing the king of Qin to be furious, so that now, it is difficult to ride a tiger and enter a dilemma, only to rely on Qi and balance Qin, otherwise offend Qi again, then the two countries are worse than each other, isn't it difficult to be before and after, and the enemy is in all directions? ”
Just when Mi Heng sighed in his heart, a happy event that he didn't know fell from the sky, that is, Mi Heng could return to Chu State, of course, not only that, after returning to Chu State, Mi Heng could also be the king, so he flew from the ground to the sky all of a sudden, but Mi Heng was not ready in his heart.