E Jun shook his head, and immediately bowed down and excused himself: "King, Guangling City is a matter of destroying Yue, and it is also necessary to guard against Qi and Yue at the same time. Now that there are many great sages in my Chu country, I ask the king to choose another virtuous minister. ”

Xiong Huai never expected that Ejun would refuse...

So he persuaded again: "Xianqing is modest, Qing's loyalty and ability, few people still know, I have so many nobles in Chu State, but the family business can grow to the extent of Xianqing, and there is only Xianqing in my Chu State." ”

E Jun sneered and said, "King, Weichen just knows how to do business." ”

Xiong Huai agreed: "Yes, the widow looks at the ministers, in terms of trading, the ministers probably do not have anyone who can compare with the Xianqing, and this time the heavy responsibility of Guangling City Guard, not only need to be able to guard Guangling City, but also to be able to do business, not only need to be able to do business, but also to let the surrounding countries rest assured, infiltrate the two countries of Qi and Yue, Xianqing's name is known to all countries, if Xianqing is doing business in Guangling City, by the way, he buys wheat from Qi Yue Song and Sishang small countries, and wants to come to King Qi and King Yue, and after a long time, he will relax his vigilance." ”

Ejun bowed again: "Thank you for the king's kindness, but..."

As soon as Xiong Huai heard Ejun's "but" turn, he interrupted: "Xianqing, with Qing's talent, it is enough to enter the prime minister, now the state affairs are difficult, the widow is thirsty for talent, holding the hair and spitting, and the great sage is not coming, Qing is a rare talent in my Chu country, now the widow has something to do, no one is available, is Xianqing not willing to help me?" ”

After Xiong Huai finished speaking, he immediately looked at E Jun expectantly.

It's just that Ejun's head was lower, and he didn't notice King Chu's performance at all.

A big businessman who is responsible for his own profits and losses, a big shopkeeper who strives for profits, a feudal monarch who is only under the jurisdiction of the king of Chu, and a city guard who has many in-laws on his head and is not comfortable doing anything, how to choose?

The city guards this kind of thing, done well, the big head is the king of Chu and the princes of the court, and the small head is not down-to-earth when he takes it, and if he doesn't do it well, maybe even the benefits he has obtained now have to be handed over.

If the king of Chu has something, he beats the drum and cheers on the side, and the benefits are taken together, and there is no need to carry the pot, which is okay, if he is in charge alone, the benefits are taken together, and he can resist by himself if he has something, this is a problem.

And once he becomes Guangling Shou, the profit at the end of the year may not be as high as the income from doing his own trading for a year, this kind of thing, Ejun doesn't want to do it in his heart.

It's just that the king of Chu first made a request, he refused once, and then persuaded again, and he refused again, and now the king of Chu moved people with emotion for the third time, how should he refuse now?

Thinking of this, Ejun burst into tears and cried bitterly: "The king trusts Weichen, this is the honor of Weichen, but Weichen has never taken on the heavy responsibility, once the city is broken and the death is small, if the king's plan to destroy the Yue Kingdom is destroyed, then Weichen will be to blame, so in order to avoid destroying the king's plan, the minister asked the king to use another important minister, and the minister is willing to assist with all his might." ”

Xiong Huai was stunned, Ejun refused the widow again, or did he refuse crying, is the task of Guangling Shou so difficult?

However, the selection of important ministers mentioned by Ejun also reminded Xiong Huai that although Guangling City is important, Guangling Shou is not an important position.

Ling Yin, the head of the hundred officials, can give orders to him, Sima who is in charge of the transfer of troops across the country can also give orders to him, and Zhuguo, who can command the whole army, can also give orders, which is indeed a bit low.

Especially the feudal monarchs, they will not pay attention to a small city guard, and the city guards will not be able to command the feudal monarch.

Tang Mo was able to subdue the feudal monarchs of the Jianghuai region, relying not on the identity of Guangling Shou, but on the position of the defeat.

If there is no important position in the office, those feudal lords will not bird a small Guangling guard, once there is something, at most they will send some old and weak farmers.

Even if Tang Yu, Guangling City and Qi and Yue are at war, then forget it, let's defend the city.

Just like the general Jing Que, who sits in Fangcheng Mountain, the most important part of the Chu State, and only has the soldiers and horses of the Chu State that directly belongs to him, and others, such as Ye Gong Ejun Jin Jun and other feudal monarchs near Fangcheng Mountain, will not obey Jing Que at all, on the contrary, Jing Que has to be polite to these feudal monarchs, and these feudal monarchs only listen to the orders of the King of Chu.

The most outrageous thing happened to the second generation of Ye Gong, when Chu was in turmoil and the situation was critical, Ye Gong directly called the defenders of Fangcheng Mountain and went south to Yingdu to quell the rebellion.

The city guards faced the feudal monarch, and their weakness can be imagined.

Even if the Ejun himself is a feudal monarch, plus he appoints it, if the feudal monarch in the Jianghuai region is ordered to gather his troops in Guangling, and then does not listen to the Ejun, and becomes a mess, I am afraid that the Ejun will not be able to do anything about them.

Thinking of this, Xiong Huai pulled up Ejun and said: "Xianqing, you and I have been friends for more than 20 years, since the widow ascended the throne, the widow has no edict, and the widow is doing his best to help, and now the widow has something to do, this time you can't stand idly by." ”

"The widow also knows that the position of Guangling Shou is indeed a little low compared to Heqing, but the widow can promise Xianqing that as long as Qing is in Guangling City for a day, then he only needs to be responsible for the widow, if there is no widow's edict, Xianqing can ignore other people's orders, whether it is the prince or Ling Yin."

"And the widow is willing to swear an oath with Xianqing, Qing will not live up to me, I will live up to Qing."

As soon as Xiong Huai's words came out, Ejun was stunned, although this is a favor, but it is also a threat, if he refuses, then he can only go back to his hometown to be a feudal monarch, at this time there is no way back, and he has to do it irrelevantly.

Ejun bowed down and said: "The king's kindness, Weichen has nothing to repay, and he is broken but driven by the king." ”

After Xiong Huai saw that Ejun finally agreed to take over the post of Guangling City Guard, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief and said happily: "Okay, well, with Qing sitting in Guangling, the East can be worry-free." ”

After waiting for the king of Chu to finish speaking, he opened his mouth and asked, "Great King, what should the minister do when he arrives in Guangling?" What should be the attitude of the two countries? ”

Xiong Huai smiled when he heard this: "Now that my Chu State is not ready for war, there is no need to fight with Qi and Yue for the time being, what Qing needs to do is to make friends with Yue State." Of course, Guangling City is a sword inserted in the throat of the Yue Kingdom, and the Yue Kingdom always wants to recapture Guangling, and now although Chu Yue is an ally, it will not last long. ”

"Therefore, if Qing can make friends with Yueguo, then make friends with Yueguo, if not, then defend Guangling City. No matter which country of Qi and Yue comes to attack, no matter where they ask for help from Guangling, Xianqing doesn't have to pay attention to it, just guard Guangling City without losing it, Qi and Yue two countries, and the widow will send someone to teach them a lesson. ”

As for the power to command many feudal lords to the Ejun, Xiong Huai naturally didn't dare to think that as long as Guangling was not lost, other places, no matter where they were lost, would not cause strategic failure.