Volume 1 The Hatred of the Country and the Family, The End of the Sword Chapter 37 The King of Chu was confused, and Qu Yuan was degraded

Zhang Yi conspired with the King of Qin: "Although the State of Chu is big and not afraid, the King of Chu has a false name but no practical work. Although Chu and Qi have formed an alliance today, the king can take things from it. In the humble opinion of the ministers, the king first deceived the king of Xu Chu in 600 li, so that he could dissolve the alliance with the Qi State and make peace with the king. The king of Chu loves the land and must obey the king, and when the king of Chu breaks with the state of Qi, the king sends an envoy to clear the country of Qi. At that time, although the king of Chu was angry, he was helpless, if he dared to raise troops to attack me, the king could take the opportunity to send troops to fight with Chu, and defeat Chu would be defeated! ”

When King Qin heard this, he praised first: "Sir's plan is really magical!" ”

Later, he asked: "If the king of Chu can listen, the widow can do this." But I don't know how to make the king of Chu obey? ”

Zhang Yi said: "The ministers please send an envoy to the state of Chu for the king and lobby the king of Chu to promote the king's hegemony." ”

King Qin was overjoyed and said: "If Mr. goes out, the King of Chu will listen to Mr. What is the need of the gentleman, the gifts of the children of the golden silk in the Qin State are all selected by the gentleman. ”

Zhang Yi said: "The minister doesn't need anything else for this trip, just a carriage ride." ”

So he received the order of the king of Qin and took a car to bring one from the country of Wangchu.

When King Chu Huai heard that Zhang Yi of the Zongheng family was coming, he was very happy, and he went abroad to wait for Zhang Yi to stay in the middle and upper class pavilions. Zhang Yi went to the capital of Chu State, and King Huai led people to visit Zhang Yi in person and arranged for Zhang Yi to stay.

The next day, King Huai invited Zhang Yi to the court of Chu and held a banquet as a guest of honor, and ordered Yin Zilan, Shangguan Doctor, Sanyan Doctor Qu Ping and Keqing Chen Zhen to accompany him.

During the banquet, the guests and hosts talked very happily, and after three rounds of drinking, King Huai respectfully said to Zhang Yi: "The country of the widow is a remote and ugly country, and now Mr. is far away, may I ask Mr. What do you use to teach the widow?" ”

Zhang Yi lobbied King Chu Huai and said: "In today's situation, Emperor Qin will be the emperor and the king of Chu will be the king." The kingdom of the king is thousands of miles away, with a million armor, it is a powerful country in the world, and it is in alliance with the country of Qi, this is the king's miscalculation, and the country of Qi is better than the country of the king? Forming an alliance with the Qi State is beneficial to the Qi State and disadvantageous to the Chu State, and the king is not worth it. If the king really wants to listen to the advice of his subordinates, he will cut off contact with the state of Qi, break the covenant, and ask the king of Qin to dedicate 600 li of land in the area to the king, and then let the women of the Qin state serve the king as concubines, and marry women between Qin and Chu, and forever become a country of brotherly marriage. If this is the case, not only can the king weaken the Qi state to the north, but the Qin state in the west can also benefit. The alliance between the Chu State and the Qin State is the benefit of both sides, and I think there is no better strategy than this. ”

King Huai was overjoyed when he heard this, and said to Zhang Yi: "Mr. is worthy of being the master of the world!" Now this is exactly what the widow means. The widow has wanted to be happy with the Qin State for a long time. Now only Mr. Listen! ”

Zhang Yi said: "The king is willing to listen to the words of the subordinates, and he is a wise and far-sighted king!" The king of Qin also admired the reputation of the king, and he had long been willing to give up his past suspicions and join hands with the king as brothers. ”

King Chu Huai was very satisfied after hearing this, so he happily agreed to Zhang Yi immediately. Zilan and Shangguan Dafu and other ministers came to congratulate King Chu Huai, but Chen Zhen and Qu Ping were displeased.

Waiting for the banquet to disperse, King Huai sent Zhang Yi out, Chen Zhen finally couldn't hold it back, so he advised King Chu Huai: "The minister thinks that Zhang Yi's words should not be trusted. Zhang Yi is a longitudinal family, specializing in scheming, and deceiving the princes by deceitful means. If Zhang Yi deceives the king, the alliance of the Qi State is good and makes friends with the Qin State, Qin, the country of tigers and wolves, has no benevolence and is not credible. ”

King Chu Huai said abruptly: "Chen Zi has great foresight, why is this like this now? Chen Ziyan and Zhang Yi are accustomed to deception, isn't Chen Zi also a Zongheng family? If I trust Chen Zi, why can't I trust Zhang Yi? ”

Chen Zhen said: "Because the minister is from a vertical and horizontal family, he knows the tricky methods. The ministers are loyal to the king, so they advise each other. If the king does not listen to his ministers, he is afraid that once he is deceived, he will regret it and have no land. ”

When King Huai heard this, he was displeased, and said to Chen Zhen: "I hope Chen Zi will shut up, stop talking, and wait for the widow to get the land that is 600 miles away!" ”

Chen Zhen retreated silently.

Qu Ping, the doctor of the third Lu of the state of Chu, that is, Qu Yuan, is good at rhetoric, extremely talented, has a good moral character, advocates American politics, and is deeply trusted by King Huai, who first awarded the position of the left disciple of the state of Chu, and then served as the doctor of Sanyan, in charge of Chu's internal affairs and foreign affairs. But he was hated by Yin Zilan, Shangguan Doctor and other ordinary ministers, Shangguan Doctor was particularly jealous of Qu Yuan and excluded him everywhere, but because of the trust of the King of Chu, he couldn't help Qu Yuan for a while.

Qu Yuan advocated American politics, which means that the monarch and virtuous ministers jointly prosper the Chu country, and the monarch and his subordinates must have good moral character and virtue, and the country will be governed well. This political proposition was hated and dissatisfied by Yin Zilan, Shangguan Dafu and a group of old nobles of the Chu State. And Qu Yuan has high morals, Mu Xiu is in the forest, and he also particularly hates the rhetoric of Zhang Yi like Zhang Yi, and now he sees Zhang Yi bewitching the King of Chu, and the King of Chu actually listened to Zhang Yi's words, Qu Yuan couldn't help but be furious, so he came to persuade the King of Chu to please expel Zhang Yi from the country.

King Chu Huai was puzzled: "Chen Zi just advised the widow not to obey Zhang Yi, why did you want the widow to expel him?" Mr. Zhang Yi is a master in the world, a well-known prince, his words must be true, and now the Chu State is helping the widow. And to negotiate in the land of six hundred miles, it is just to dissolve the alliance with the Qi State, such a good thing, why did the widow refuse? Doctor, step back and see the widow get the land! ”

Qu Yuan couldn't persuade the king of Chu, and he was angry in his heart, so he came to the pavilion where Zhang Yi lived that night, broke into the mansion where Zhang Yi lived, pressed his sword and warned Zhang Yi with a straight color: "I came to Chu from Qin to lobby my king, but I think that the words of my feet are probably a fallacy that will cause trouble to our country." Now step down and return to the country immediately, otherwise, the three-foot sword in Qu Ping's hand can try the first step of the step! ”

Zhang Yi was surprised, but not panicked, pondered for a moment, and then said to Qu Yuan: "Why is the doctor like this? When you come to the country of Chu in the future, you are here for the joy of Qin and Chu, how can you deceive your country? If the doctor doesn't believe it, please behead him and have no complaints! ”

Qu Yuan is a scholar, and he is a scholar, this time he is just scaring and scaring Zhang Yi, and Zhang Yi is scheming, and he has never seen the world on any occasion, Qu Yuan didn't expect that Zhang Yi was not afraid for a while, but was taken by Zhang Yi's army. If Qu Yuan wants to kill Zhang Yi, he naturally can't do it.

Qu Yuan had no choice but to press his sword and say to Zhang Yi: "Since Mr. is trustworthy, Qu Ping will wait and see!" If what he said is not true, Qu Ping will die, and he will try his foot with a sword! With that, he turned around and walked out of the building.

And Shangguan Doctor and others all came to welcome the King of Chu, and saw that the King of Chu liked Zhang Yi very much, so he also flattered Zhang Yi, and heard that Qu Yuan broke into Zhang Yi's guest official at night with a sword, and threatened him with words, Shangguan Doctor hurriedly came to the pavilion to visit Zhang Yi, and apologized, but Zhang Yi smiled and said: "The monarchs and ministers of Chu State, there are those who love below, and naturally there are those who do not love below, this is a common thing." Dr. Qu hated it, but he didn't take it to heart. Don't mind. ”

Doctor Shangguan said: "This person not only doesn't love Mr., but if we are the same courtiers, we are also regarded as enemies, and now I am disturbing Mr. Please be lenient, Mr., tomorrow will definitely play the King of Chu and let the King of Chu punish the crime. ”

Zhang Yi said: "And there is no need, if this matter is used to punish the crime of Qu Doctor, how can I stay in Chu with peace of mind?" ”

Doctor Shangguan said: "Sir, rest in peace, if you want to make my king and the Qin State a country of brotherly marriage, this person must be removed." So he took his leave.

Doctor Shangguan also informed Ling Yin Zilan of this matter, and Doctor Le Shang and other ordinary party members said that Qu Yuan broke into the residence of Zhang Yi, the envoy of Qin, and wanted to assassinate the Qin envoy and harm the king of Chu, so he impeached Qu Yuan on this charge and let the king of Chu punish him.

The next day, the king of Chu set up a dynasty, and Yin Zilan sent out the three Yan doctors Qu Yuan to assassinate the Qin envoy Zhang Yi and ask the king to punish the crime. King Huai summoned Qu Yuan to ask, and Qu Yuan knelt on the ground and played: "The minister can't bear the king's words of being bewitched by this person!" That's why I defy the law and want to get rid of this thief for the king! ”

Before King Huai could speak, Doctor Shangguan immediately came out of the class and said: "Doctor Sanyan, as an important minister of the state, disregards the king, rebels against the king's will, and wants to harm the king's affairs. This sin is unforgivable! The minister thought that the king wanted to make peace with the Qin State, but Qu Ping obstructed him everywhere. Orchid grew in the middle gate and had to hoe it. If the king does not get rid of Qu Yuan, it may be difficult to achieve the matter of marrying the Qin State. ”

Qu Yuan has always been close to Doctor Shangguan, and when he heard Doctor Shangguan's slander, he couldn't help but be furious and said: "You are even more hateful than Zhang Yi!" If Zhang Yi is a thief, you are a thief! He kowtowed and wept to the king of Chu and said, "The ministers act like this, all because of the loyal king." The ministers do not avoid the punishment of the axe, but also to support the Chu State and be loyal to the king! ”

Although King Huai was unhappy with Qu Yuan's threat to Zhang Yi, he still believed that Qu Yuan was a loyal person to him, but in today's situation, if he did not depose Qu Yuan, I am afraid that the alliance with Qin would be hindered. King Huai was silent, and Shangguan Doctor, Le Shang and others went out to play in unison to kill Qu Yuan to set the record straight.

After all, King Huai wants to believe Zhang Yi's words and wants to negotiate on six hundred miles of land, seeing that the ministers also have the same opinion, only Chen Zhen and Qu Yuan disagree, Chen Zhen has almost stopped speaking, and Qu Yuan actually broke into Zhang Yiguan at night, threatening the Qin envoy, if he does not show punishment today, I am afraid that the ministers will not be satisfied, King Huai pondered for a long time, and then said: "Although Doctor Sanyan has this sin, but his loyalty and virtue, the widow knows it. Now Qu Yuan will be demoted from his official position and exiled to the north of the Han River as a punishment. ”

Doctor Shangguan also wanted to ask the king of Chu to kill Qu Ping and set the record straight, and King Huai said: "Isn't it enough to appease you and wait for you to be stripped of Qu Ping's official position and exiled to Hanbei?" Doctor Shangguan didn't dare to say anything more.

King Huai listened to Zhang Yi's words, the alliance of the Qi country, treated Zhang Yi with great courtesy, gave gold, silver, jewelry and property to him, and handed over the seal of Chu Xiang to Zhang Yi, Zhang Yi said to King Huai: "Please order the king to follow his ministers to see the land of Qin!" "King Huai was overjoyed, so he ordered General Chu to follow Zhang Yi to look at Qin to receive the land.