"Yi Cheng ......"

One of the two officials beside Xiang Yu whispered a few words to the former.

It turned out that although Xiang Yu had never heard of the name of "Qu Yuan", the two small officials on his side were local people, and even, if they went back a few years, they were still Chu people under Chu Ying's control, so they naturally knew Qu Yuan's origin, so they immediately reported to Xiang Yu softly.

"It's actually an important minister of the Chu State......

After listening to the little official's words, Xiang Yu looked at Qu Yuan in surprise.

Yes, Xiang Yi has followed Meng Zhong to the north and south over the years, and has been there to many big names in the world today, but he will not be shocked because he saw Qu Yuan, the former important minister of the Chu State, after all, like Hui'an, Feiyi, Tian Wen, Gongsun Xi, Storm Kite, etc., who is famous under this Qu Yuan?

What surprised him was Qu Yuan's self-proclaimed "abandoned minister of the Chu State".

According to the little official just now, Qu Yuan is an important minister who helped King Chu Huai preside over the reform of the law, what does this mean? This means that Qu Yuan's status at that time was equivalent to Li Kui of Wei, Feiyi of Zhao, Zou Ji of Qi, and Wei Ying of Qin.

However, such talents are now reduced to the abandoned vassals of the Chu State, is this person selling fame and reputation, or is it because the temples of the Chu State are dim, and the monarch is dim and can't see the pearl?

Thinking of this, Xiang Yi suddenly had a plan in his heart.

I remember some time ago, when Ju Xin wrote to Meng Zhong, saying that he was in Yan Guo and was busy every day, Xiang Yi didn't care about it at that time, until now he served as Ye Yi Yicheng, he realized what difficulties there were in governing a city, and at the same time understood why Ju Xin would graciously invite Meng Zhong, Le Yi and others to Yan Guo to help him.

It's too busy!

You have to bow down to it, you can't be busy, you can let others do it, Xiang Yi is afraid that others will mess up - after all, Ye Yi is the most important source of money and food for his "Mengjia Army" in the future, how dare he pretend to be a man?

However, what he didn't expect was that God sent a great sage who had presided over the reform of the law in the Chu State to Yeyi......

Heaven and Buddha take it, but suffer from it!

Xiang Yi decided to try to keep this talent in Yeyi.

Of course, the premise is that the Mr. Qu and Dr. Qu in front of him do have real talent and learning, if they are just fame-seekers, then where do you love them.

Thinking of this, Xiang Yu bowed to Qu Yuan and said, "Mr. Qu ......"

Qu Yuan saw that the two little officials beside Xiang Yu changed slightly after hearing his self-introduction, and then hurriedly whispered to Xiang Yu, and he guessed that Xiang Yu had probably learned his details.

While speculating, he couldn't help but laugh at himself in his heart.

Thinking that he Qu Yuan was determined to support the country, he once presided over the reform of the law despite all obstacles, but in the end, he only received some praise from the Chu people.

The old aristocratic forces of Chu led by Ling Yin Zilan cursed him day by day to die on the way to exile, and what made him even more chilling was that his reform seemed to be just a small pebble thrown into the pool.

After sighing secretly, Qu Yuan once again bowed his hand to Xiang Yu and said, "Xiang Yicheng, can you introduce Fang Cheng Ling on your behalf?" I have something important to ask Fang Chengling for verification. ”

Hearing this, Xiang Yi's eyes rolled slightly, and he asked calmly, "Mr. wants to see Fang Cheng Ling?" How much do you want to? ”

"How much do you want?"

Qu Yuan was stunned, and then he arched his hand and said, "Before coming down to Yeyi, I came to see Fang Chengling. ”

"That's ......"

Xiang Yu nodded suddenly, and then showed a little regret on his face, shook his head and said: "That gentleman is not coincidental, Fang Chengling has unfortunately contracted the wind cold in recent days, and is recuperating in Wuyangyi......"

Qu Yuan frowned slightly, and was about to speak, but saw Xiang Yu and said: "Wuyang Yi is a city where we and other people from the close clan live, and outsiders are not allowed to trespass......

Indeed, in order to cooperate with Meng Zhong and others to continue to abduct Chu people in the early spring of the new year, Yeyi's side must re-plan the streets and dwellings before the year, and step up the construction of houses to provide accommodation for the foreign Chu people who fled here before and after.

But at this time, Xiang Yu was just luring Qu Yuan to jump into the pit by himself.

I saw him glance at Qu Yuan, and said with an exaggerated expression: "If someone can help me share one or two, and help me complete the things at hand as soon as possible, I can immediately report on behalf of Mr. ...... Where are the talents who can help to share the burden? ”

『……』

Looking at Xiang Yi's treacherous smile on his face, Qu Yuan couldn't understand it, and he couldn't cry or laugh for a while.

The young man in front of him is called Xiang Yi, and he is clearly arresting him.

However, in view of the fact that the other party spoke very slowly and was quite gentle, Qu Yuan was not annoyed in his heart, at most he muttered in his heart: cunning!

What to do?

Fang Cheng Ling Meng Zhong, you still have to meet each other, right? From his mouth to test the attitude of Wei towards Chu, it is best to directly inquire about the purpose of this person's deployment of heavy troops in Fangcheng.

It can assist the officials of Wei to govern Wei City, which ......

I have to say that Qu Yuan has never encountered such a thing.

And just when Qu Yuan showed hesitation, Xiang Yu smiled slyly: "Mr. will not refuse, and he will be treated as Mr. acquiescing." ”

As he spoke, he bowed to Qu Yuan.

Before Qu Yuan could react, he bowed to him, and his expression became even more ugly: After accepting this worship, he couldn't refuse.

However, considering that it was already November, Qu Yuan did not want to brave the wind and snow to be exiled to Jiangnan, so after pondering for a while, he acquiesced.

In this way, Xiang Yi successfully deceived Qu Yuan, the former "left disciple" of the Chu State, into his adjutant for the time being, and assisted him in replanning the entire Yeyi.

When it came to replanning Yeyi, Qu Yuan also felt very strange and couldn't help asking, "Why did Xiang Yicheng replan Yeyi?" ”

Xiang Yi did not hide this, and told the truth: "Yeyi, we are not going to govern it into an ordinary city, we hope that it will become a big city like Handan and Linzi......"

Hearing this, Qu Yuan didn't come to his senses.

It's no wonder he was dumbfounded, after all, Handan and Linzi are one of the few big cities in the world today, not only have tens of thousands of households, but also trade is extremely circulating, Zhao people and Qi people, without leaving Handan and Linzi, you can buy special products from other places in the world, which can be described as very prosperous.

However, the young man in front of him boasted that he wanted to govern Yeyi like a big city like Handan and Linzi?

Except that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, Qu Yuan really doesn't know what to evaluate.

Probably noticing Qu Yuan's strange expression, Xiang Yi smiled and asked, "Sir, don't you think that Ye Yi will not be able to compare with Handan and Linzi in the future?" ”

Qu Yuan is a very strict person, and when he heard this, he shook his head and said, "I don't make an evaluation under it." ”

Seeing this, Xiang Yi didn't care, and said with a smile: "Maybe Mr. is not optimistic, but in our opinion, Yeyi has a lot of potential, first of all, it is the main road connecting Wandi and Wei and Han, if a market is set up here, it can attract merchants from Wei, Han and Chu; In addition, the Yeyi area is spacious and vast, and there is a large amount of land that can be cultivated; What's more, there are mountains on the north and south sides of this place that can be used as natural shelter, as long as you hold both ends, you can not be afraid of foreign enemies and thieves......"

『…… Attract the merchants of my Chu Kingdom?'

In fact, Qu Yuan didn't care about most of the things he said, but he was the only one who took it to heart.

According to his feelings, people like Fang Cheng and Ye Yi did not have any ill feelings towards him in the Chu State.

At this time, Xiang Yi had already finished his beautiful prediction of Ye Yi, licked his lips and said unfinished: "But that is also a matter of the future, for the future, I need to work harder today and step up the governance of this city." ”

Qu Yuan didn't speak, just nodded casually and agreed.

When following Xiang Yi to replan the streets and houses in Yeyi City, Qu Yuan discovered a very strange thing.

That is the system of planning the households in Yeyi City to Xiang Yi, which is similar to the system of his Chu State, such as five families as a family, ten families as a li, and so on.

It's not that this kind of compilation of household registration is still unique to his Chu State, but it is undeniable that this system was invented by his Chu State, and then learned and imitated by Qin State and other countries.

You must know that this kind of household system in one country, like the decrees of one country, will not be written in a book, unless someone deliberately collects a snare.

And this Xiang Yicheng in front of him looks no more than twenty years old at most, where did the other party learn the household system of his Chu State?

After thinking about it, Qu Yuan still couldn't figure it out, so he couldn't help but ask: "Xiang Yicheng, does your family have ancestors who serve in my Chu State?" ”

Xiang Yiwenyan smiled and asked, "No!" …… Why did Mr. Qu ask? ”

"I see Xiang Yicheng in the next place, and I am quite familiar with the household system of my Chu State......"

"Oh." Xiang Yi suddenly realized, and immediately explained with a smile: "Mr. Qu misunderstood, this is not the household system of the Chu State, but the 'Tianqu Sun Technique' of the Crane Guanzi. ”

"Quaycland?" Qu Yuan was taken aback.

Don't look at the time when Meng Zhong first arrived in Zhao State, he didn't know the fame of Crane Guanzi, but in fact, Crane Guanzi was quite famous in Chu State, just like Zhuang Zhou of Song State, and was a "wild sage" admired by everyone in Chu.

When Qu Yuan presided over the reform of the law for King Huai of Chu, he also heard that there was a great sage in the opposition in Chu land, who was known as the Crane Crown because he was good at wearing a Crane Crown, so he personally went to meet him and begged this wild sage to help.

Regrettably, however, Qu Guanzi politely rejected Qu Yuan, because he pointed out at the time that the state of Chu did not have the conditions for reform of the law—that is, the king's control over the state was too low, and the strength of the local nobility was too great.

However, the biggest problem is because Que Guanzi feels that King Chu Huai is indecisive and forgetful of profit, and he is not the appearance of a Ming monarch.

At that time, Qu Yuan naturally would not dispel his thoughts of reform because of these few words, and seeing that the other party was unwilling to go out of the mountain to help, he had a long talk with him to make up for some of Qu Yuan's omissions in the New Deal.

But unfortunately, the reform of the law still failed as Que Guanzi said, and the reason for the failure was precisely because of the obstruction of the old aristocratic forces in China.

After the failure of the reform, Qu Yuan was demoted from Zuo to Sanlu Doctor, and when he was low-willed, he may have heard that Qu Guanzi had gone far away from Zhao and went to find the Ming Jun in his mind.

This farewell is more than ten years, Qu Yuan was very surprised to hear the name of the crane crown again from Xiang Yu's mouth.

He couldn't help but ask, "Xiang Yicheng, have you seen the crane crown?" ”

Xiang Yi didn't hide it, nodded and said, "Yes, I met a few times when I was in Zhao Guo, and he and Ah Zhong ...... That is, the Fang Cheng Order called by Mr., at first sight, he gave the "Tianqu Sun Technique", and after Ah Zhong read it, he asked me to wait to read it, keep it in my heart, and show it when I have the opportunity in the future......"

The more Qu Yuan listened, the more strange he became, and he couldn't help but ask again: "Xiang Yicheng and Fang Chengling, are they actually Zhao people?" ”

Xiang Yuyan glanced at Qu Yuan, and seeing that the latter's face was full of curiosity, he secretly laughed evilly, and said: "There are a lot of things that have happened, and I can't finish talking about them for a while, so let's finish the business at hand first......

Qu Yuan was aroused by the curiosity in his heart, and he felt depressed when he heard the words, but he couldn't say anything, so he could only nod.

In this way, Qu Yuan helped Xiang Yu plan the streets and houses in the city, and at the same time tested Xiang Yu's tone.

However, he knew that this young man actually knew very well that he was waiting for an opportunity to tempt, so he always said half a sentence and hid half a sentence about some things, even if it was Qu Yuan, he was also hooked by this kid, and he only got along for half a day, and he secretly cursed in his heart, cursing this kid is too treacherous.

That night, Qu Yuan followed Xiang Yi to live in the county capital of Yeyi.

Before going to bed at night, he also felt incredible, he was obviously an abandoned minister of the Chu State, and this time he was just trying to figure out whether "Fang Cheng was a threat to his Chu State", but how could he somehow become an official under Ye Yi Yi Cheng Xiangyu?

"No, tomorrow I have to bring up the matter of asking for a meeting again, and find out the purpose of Fang Cheng's reorganization of the army as soon as possible."

Lying on the bed, Qu Yuan thought secretly.

In the early morning of the next day, when Qu Yuan saw Xiang Yi, he really mentioned it again: "Xiang Yicheng, I beg to see Fang Cheng's order." ”

Unexpectedly, Xiang Yu said: "It's not that I don't want to report on my behalf, it's just that Fang Chengling is seriously ill and recuperating in Wuyangyi, so it's inconvenient to see guests...... In this way, Mr. will stay with me for a few days, and after a few days, Fang Cheng's condition will improve, and he will personally introduce him on his behalf. ”

In this regard, Qu Yuan did not have much to do.

In fact, he guessed that Xiang Yi was deliberately delaying, but he didn't understand why the latter did it - after all, the other party treated him very politely, and there was no sign of deliberately making things difficult for him.

In fact, Xiang Yi is just testing whether this Mr. Qu has real talent and learning.

Today, their task is still the same as yesterday, that is, to demolish the houses facing the street, reorganize the scattered houses, and divide the streets and alleys.

Qu Yuan followed Xiang Yu yesterday, although he was a little absent-minded, but he generally understood the purpose of Xiang Yu and the others.

But what he never expected was that today Xiang Yu gave him a trick to get rid of the golden cicada: probably around the time of the year, Xiang Yi deliberately lied about abdominal pain and entrusted the affairs to Qu Yuan, but he did not return for a long time.

Seeing a large group of servants and craftsmen around him, Qu Yuan was also at a loss, so he had to command on his behalf.

He didn't know that in fact, Xiang Yu was watching him from a distance and secretly commenting on him.

Through Xiang Yi's careful observation, he found that Qu Yuan was very familiar with this kind of thing, and commanded several teams at the same time without chaos, and what was even more commendable was that while the other party was commanding, he could also record the name of "Lilu (similar community)" on the bamboo book, which was much more familiar than Xiang Yu.

When it was close to noon, Xiang Yu, who had disappeared for nearly two hours, returned, and made an excuse at will, and Qu Yuan had no way to take him.

During lunch at noon, Xiang Yi deliberately chatted with Qu Yuan about Ye Yi's new policy.

Yeyi's new policy has only been promulgated with a few articles now.

For example, according to the standard of "one household of eight", the dwellings in the eup, those with less than eight people are counted as eight, and those with more than eight people are given land for two households according to the standard.

"Are the local families willing to accept it?" Qu Yuan asked indifferently.

"If you don't want to, move away, this city has a surname, and those who refuse to obey it should leave early, so as not to cause more trouble in the future."

"I'm afraid that those people are not willing to take advantage of the land and refuse to move away, but they are also unwilling to accept your new policy, so what can I do?"

Hearing this, Xiang Yu raised his two hands and said indifferently: "I have sweet dates in my left hand, which can be divided into Shunmin; I have a great club in my right hand, but I can't drive it out. ”

"Envy and ......"

Qu Yuan nodded thoughtfully, and then asked, "So, has Ye Yi's family ever succumbed?" ”

Xiang Yi smiled and said, "Didn't those people come to test the bottom line of our waiting a few days ago?" …… Oh, and at that time the gentleman was back in Yeeup. ”

Qu Yuan nodded and said, "Although I haven't been to Yeyi at that time, I have heard a little, it seems that the local people of Yi have a dispute with the foreign Chu people?" ”

"What's the dispute, it's just that some people want to see if our wrists are tough. …… At that time, I transferred 500 Wei soldiers from Fangcheng, caught the perpetrators and whipped them dozens of times, and the rest of them broke up one after another. ”

Looking at the smug look on Xiang Yi's face, Qu Yuan shook his head and said, "Controlling chaos with violence is not a good strategy. ”

"But it's a quick move!"

Xiang Yi said with his own opinion: "Only by killing chickens and monkeys and deterring the rest of the people can we roll out the situation with the momentum of thunder...... To kill one person is to cure the remnant. ”

Hearing these words, Qu Yuan fell into a long contemplation.

He could see that the generals and officials in Fangcheng and Yeyi such as Xiang Yi were very young, young and vigorous, and quite sharp, not inferior to him who was ordered by King Chu Huai to preside over the reform of the law.

However, the obstacles in Chu were too great, and his change completely damaged the interests of the old aristocratic forces, so he was strongly resisted, so that in the end, even King Chu Huai could not resist it, so he could only order to give up the change.

Thinking about it, Qu Yuan thought of what Qu Guanzi said to him back then, pointing out that King Chu Huai was indecisive, forgot his righteousness, and was not a person with eternal foresight.

At that time, Qu Yuan didn't believe it, but it turned out that in what Qu Guanzi said: King Chu Huai is indeed not a strong monarch who can bear the consequences of the reform of the law.

This is the biggest reason why Qu Yuan's reform failed at that time: the monarch behind him no longer supports him.

At this point, King Chu Huai is indeed far inferior to Wei Wenhou, Qin Xiaogong, King Qi Wei and other kings, after all, these kings are stubbornly resisting the pressure of the old nobles of the whole country and implementing reform reforms.

And now Xiong Heng, the king of Chu State, is not as good as his father King Chu Huai: King Chu Huai at least has the mind to change the law and try to be strong, but Xiong Heng is a faint monarch who only knows how to covet wine and get drunk and dream of death.

Every time he thought of this, Qu Yuan felt very desperate.

The king is ignorant, the traitorous ministers are in charge, the loyal are not reused, and the people of the whole country are in dire straits, what hope is there for this country?

In the days that followed, Qu Yuan stayed by Xiang Yu's side to assist the latter.

As a reward, Xiang Yi would also deliberately tell Qu Yuan some from time to time, for example, Wei and Han had just defeated Qin's army at Yique a few months ago and recaptured the two cities of Xincheng and Yiyang, and Meng Zhong was also awarded the Fang City Order for this military exploit.

These news shocked Qu Yuan: that young Fang Cheng Ling had actually defeated the army of the Qin State?

But at the same time, Qu Yuan became more and more worried.

Because according to his estimates, the Qin State had just been defeated by Wei and Han, and it was impossible for him to raise troops to attack the two countries again, so the only one who would be attacked by the Qin State was the Chu State.

But even if Qu Yuan could guess Qin's actions? He simply could not participate in state affairs.

Thinking of this, Qu Yuan couldn't help but be disheartened.

Seeing this, Xiang Yi took the opportunity to persuade him and wanted to keep this great sage in Yeyi, but unfortunately Qu Yuan politely refused-he temporarily assisted Xiang Yi, just to hear the information he wanted to know from Xiang Yi, but he never thought of serving in Yeyi.

Life is a native of Chu, death is the soul of Chu, he never thought of being a man in other countries.

And just when Xiang Yi was thinking about how to convince this stubborn sage, an accident unfortunately happened - Fang Chengling, who was "seriously ill" in Xiang Yi's mouth, rode a horse to Yeyi to inspect.

When he met him in person, it was naturally difficult to avoid it, so Xiang Yu could only introduce Qu Yuan to Meng Zhong.

Knowing that it was Qu Yuan, the former leftist disciple of the Chu State, Meng Zhong was very surprised in his heart, and immediately treated Qu Yuan as a guest of honor and entertained him.

Unexpectedly, during the conversation with each other, Qu Yuan's first sentence to Meng Zhong was to ask about the latter's condition: "Listening to Xiang Yicheng's words, Fang Chengling was unfortunately infected with wind and cold some time ago, and he was sick on the bed, I don't know if he has recovered now?" ”

"Unfortunately infected with wind chill? Sick on the bed? ”

Meng Zhong was stunned, turned his head to look at Xiang Yi with an embarrassed face, and then said with a smile: "Ah, I did have a disease a few days ago, and the disease is called 'Xiang Yi Cheng concluded that I had a wind cold', right, Xiang Yi?" ”

Xiang Yi's face was pale.

At this time, Meng Zhong apologized to Qu Yuan and said, "Doctor Qu, if my brother has neglected anything in the past few days, I will make amends to you here." ”

"Fang Cheng's words are serious." Qu Yuan hurriedly returned the salute.

In all fairness, he has no ill feelings towards Xiang Yi, but is quite grateful to Xiang Yi for his attention, after all, in Chu Ying, he has not been valued by the King of Chu for many years, although he has the official position of a "Sanlu doctor", but in fact this is purely an idle official, so when he is free on weekdays, Qu Yuan will open an altar in Lilu to teach, teaching Zhao, Jing, Qu and the rest of the family children who come to study.

He deliberately mentioned Meng Zhong's "illness", just to tease Xiang Yi, after all, Xiang Yi always revealed to him the information he wanted to know without saying a word during this time, which also tortured him a lot.

That night, before the banquet for Qu Yuan, Xiang Yu whispered to Meng Zhong: "This doctor Qu is indeed a talented minister of state, if he can stay in Yeyi, it will be of great benefit to my Yeyi...... Ah Zhong, you must not let Mingzhu go. ”

Of course, Meng Zhong knew that Qu Yuan was a great talent, and now he was being abandoned and exiled by the Chu State, if he could take the opportunity to recruit him to Yeyi, it would definitely be beneficial to the development of Yeyi.

After all, this is a great talent who has presided over the reform of the Chu State, although Meng Zhong and his group have accumulated a lot of experience in leading troops to fight wars over the years, but how to govern the Yidi, to be honest, has no experience.

If Qu Yuan was there to guide them, they would be able to avoid detours.

The question is, how to convince this great talent who is loyal to the state of Chu?

After only thinking about it for two breaths, Meng Zhong had an idea.

"Mencius" said: A gentleman can be deceived in a way, and it is difficult to do it in a wrong way.

As long as he convinces Qu Yuan with reasonable reasoning, so that he understands that staying in Yeyi is beneficial to the Chu State, he can convince this great sage who was abandoned by the Chu State.

Yes, as long as you get to the point, it's not that hard.