The judgments of the Zhibi Division and the Operations Division are contradictory, and there is no way to be cunning as the Yin of the Great Sima Mansion. The former's judgment was supported by sufficient intelligence: after the corn harvest was over, a large amount of corn from Sanchuan County and Yingchuan County was transported to Li Xin's army outside Fangcheng, and after the river froze, corn from Hanoi County and Shangdang County was also transported across the Yellow River.

The former is understandable, Li Xin's 400,000 army needs food, and the latter is difficult to understand. Sanchuan County is a large area south of the Yellow River and north of Bear's Ear Mountain, including the Luoyang Basin, with 22 counties under its jurisdiction; Yeongcheon-gun is the whole of Korea, with 23 counties under its jurisdiction. Although the two counties were mountainous, they produced enough grain to feed the army.

According to the general rule, where the corn is concentrated, the battle will be fought. The two counties of Shangdang and Hanoi north of the river were sent to Xiangcheng, where the Qin army was stationed; At the same time, after the ice of the big river, the four counties suddenly recruited large-scale soldiers, and these soldiers not only lost Su to Xiangcheng, but some of them went directly to Xiangcheng to obey orders. Only an offensive requires so much food and soldiers.

Compared with the evidence provided by Zhibi, the Operations Division still insisted that the Qin State was implementing an indirect strategy, not 'feints to attack Qi and actually attack me', but 'feints to attack me and actually attack Qi'. This winter, it was cold and cold, all the rivers within Fangcheng were frozen, the Qin army attacked at this time, and the Chu army could not pretend to be a boat, which was indeed advantageous, but it must not be forgotten that the big rivers that divided the Zhao and Qi were also all frozen, and the Qin army could attack the Qi country from any place.

There was an endless debate in the Great Sima Mansion, the Operations Department was the decision-making department, and the Zhibi Division provided intelligence, and in the end, it was naturally the opinions of the Operations Division that prevailed. Nao Xin's mention of Zhibisi's opinion inevitably made Xiong Jing have some hidden worries. According to the arrangement of the Operations Division, even if part of the Zhao army is added, the troops in Fang Cheng are only enough to defend the city, in case the Qin army really ignores the Qi State......

"Where are the envoys of the Qi Kingdom?" Xiong Jing asked about the envoy.

"The king wants to summon envoys?" The Qi envoy had watched the crown before, and he should have returned to the post house by now.

"No." Xiong Jing replied. Before summoning the Qi envoy, he wanted to summon Zhu Ao first, and he and the Zheng Dynasty must be in the same caliber. When he summoned Zhu Ao, Qi envoy Tian Ji was in Zhao's mansion. Before summoning into the court, some things must be negotiated in private.

"I think that the Chu army took my fishing boat and killed my Qi people, which is rude, untrustworthy and unrighteous," Tian Ji is a great trip to the Qi country, and under the dustpan crown, his round face is angry, and his anger is abnormal. "The widow made me into Chu to ask for sin."

As soon as Tian Ji spoke, Qu Sui and Zhao Huang felt that they were going to suffer. They invited Tian Ji to the mansion in advance, because they were worried that he would make a big accusation tomorrow and anger those hateful Qi factions. Zhao Huang asked sincerely: "If the end of the Zimo makes Chu only ask about the crime, how can Chu Qi recover?" ”

Tian Ji didn't answer, and Qu Sui's face was a little gloomy, "The end of the son makes Chu, is it absolutely Chu?" ”

"The wicked come only at the command of the king." Tian Ji said, his tone made Qu Sui even more angry, this is not the tone of wanting to negotiate, this is the tone of wanting to talk about collapse.

"And what about the king's command?" Zhao Huang said urgently. "Is the Qi country absolutely pure?"

Tian Ji didn't answer again. Qu Sui finally became angry, and he said: "The Qi State is absolutely Chu, and the Qin State will attack Qi again, what will happen to the Qi State?" In the past, the king of Huai was a land of six hundred miles and was absolutely unmatched, and the car had already learned from it. ”

Qu Sui's expression changed when he said Tian Ji, but he still didn't let go, and he didn't say anything until the confessor summoned Zhaoxiao into the court. The king was summoned, but Tian Ji didn't want to negotiate privately at all, Zhao Huang could only send off the guests with a disappointed face, and after Tian Ji left, he succumbed and said: "Qi people want to kill me." ”

"What should I do?" The summons held by the confessor are not urgent, and they can still talk to each other in the interval between the preparations of the Zhaomi.

"Qi people want to destroy me, what can I do? I only hope that tomorrow is towards ......" Qu Sui furrowed his brows, he was worried that things would go in the worst direction, but things were not under the control of Qu, Jing, and Zhaosan, so he had to shake his head again. Zhao Huang was not as far-reaching as he thought, and at this time the servant said that the carriage and horses were ready, so he stopped talking to Qu Sui and hurried to the palace to sleep.

The relocation of the capital to Yu Jiying was only a matter of the past few days, and the gathering of all Ao, including Su Kai, was also the first time since the start of the war in May. When Zhao Huang arrived, the rest of Zhu Ao also arrived one after another. Xiong Jing opened his mouth and said: "Today's call is for the sake of Qi. Although I already have the heart of Qi, the meaning of Qi people is unknown. Do you care about me? Do you care about all the people? ”

Since the Battle of Zhifu, the two countries have been in a state of hostility. Before Chu made a sound, the previous Wanli was sent back by Qi State, this time it was no longer sent to Yingdu, only to Muling Pass, which was closed on the same day, except for the envoys of the two countries, businessmen and pedestrians did not pass. Of course, it was mainly the Chu envoy who went to Linzi, and the Qi State only sent Tian Ji to Ji Ying to watch the ceremony this time.

What exactly does Qi mean, everyone is guessing. But before summoning the Qi envoy to the court tomorrow, no one knows what decision the Qi Congress will make. The queen's undecided decision is also related to this, and some of the doctors in the Zheng Dynasty mean: If the Qi State can ignore the matter of Zhifu, the big wedding can be postponed until next spring, and the Chu State will only set up the princess of the Qi State as the queen.

Xiong Jing was against this, but it was useless for him to oppose it. The king's marriage was originally a political marriage, and the pro-Qin people were no longer able to gain a foothold in the Chu State, and the ministers would rather be pro-Qi, pro-Zhao, pro-Wei, and pro-Yue, rather than pro-Qin.

The king asked, and Zhao Huang immediately spoke: "The minister thinks that he should ask for the guilt of Qi, or he can restore Chu Qi." ”

"Please?" Higashino Gu was not happy when he heard this. "Why did I, the State of Chu, ask the State of Qi for its guilt! King, the matter has come to this, the country of Qi is willing to reunite with me, but also; Qi doesn't want to reunite with me, but it can be. After King Xuan, the Qi army could no longer fight. Alliance, but the silk and hemp step ears, now the sea pawn defeated the Pandia country, captive its queen, since then my Chu country cloth is also worry-free. ”

"What do you mean by your words? For the Chu country, Yang for the Lu land? "Dongye Gu is a Lu person, and the Lu people have not dealt with the Qi people since ancient times - since the founding of the Lu State, they have strictly implemented the Zhou rites, and they are the Zhou clan and the princes of the country; Qi is different, Qi is 'because of its customs', and it is ruled by customs, almost like barbarians.

Facing Zhao Huang's questioning, Dong Yegu smiled and said, "The minister has no intention. Chen Nai said: Qi is poor and lowly, centrifugal up and down, can no longer fight, and is not as good as Lu Shi; The Qi people are more deceitful and send envoys to Chu, and Tai Ban is not here for the reunion, but for the absolute Chu. ”

"Really?" Xiong Jing did not doubt the loyalty of the Lu people. Looking at the world, only the state of Chu and the state of Lu have the same ideology, and only the state of Chu can prevent the state of Qin from annexing the world.

"If the king doesn't believe it, he will know tomorrow." Dongye Gudao, after saying that, he looked at Zhao Huang again, and what he wanted to say didn't say after all. Xiong Jing didn't notice his gaze, and Zhao Huang was glanced at by him, and his heart couldn't help but tighten.

"Tomorrow?" Xiong Jing couldn't help but nod. The state of Chu never officially stated that it wanted to break off diplomatic relations with the state of Qi, and the decisive decision of the Zheng dynasty only indicated that the state of Chu was willing to bear the price of severing diplomatic relations with the state of Qi in order to save Zhao.

The original view of the dynasty is a formality, and after the implementation of the Ao system, the view of the dynasty is more of a formality. State affairs are basically discussed by the ministers, and Zhu Ao decides, at most, he will report to the Yan Dynasty where Xiong Jing is located: if something happens in a certain place, the ministers discuss how to deal with Yunyun. Xiong Jing has never looked at this kind of report, first, he has no time to look at it, and second, he doesn't want to see it.

For the monarch, decision-making is the most important, especially directional decision-making. In the future, if it is a company, the choice of industry and timing is the most important, the jargon is called 'as long as you stand in the wind, pigs can fly to the sky'; if it is an individual, in addition to the industry and timing, the network is the most important. Opportunities are never given to those who are always prepared, opportunities are only given to those who are closest to them.

The second important thing is internal collaboration. We all know that those who want to be the same win, but how can we achieve the same desire from top to bottom?

The implementation of the Ao system in the state of Chu is to make the interests of the monarch, the clans, and the honorable scholars agree. But the Ao system is only a coordinating body, and the premise of coordination is the balance of forces, only balance needs coordination, and the master and the servant do not need to coordinate, only command.

Balance is a consistent practice in the politics of the Chu State. In the Spring and Autumn Period, the county Yin was used to balance the nobility, and during the Warring States Period, the county Yin was balanced by the feudal monarch. Under the Ao system, the clans were balanced with honors. But beyond the balance of power, economic interests must also coincide.

Zhao's civil strife and even the collapse of the country can be regarded as a discord between the nomadic commercial economy of the north and the pure agricultural economic interests of the south; The origin of the Civil War was the economic contradiction between the farmers in the South and the factory owners in the North; The First World War took place because of the 'dual structure' formed by the Junker landlords and the factory owners, what Bismarck called the 'steel and rye alliance'.

When the state of Chu was restored, the power of the monarchy, the clans, and the honorable scholars must be maintained in the balance of the Dongdi period; At the same time, between the east and the west, the economic interests must be consistent, especially the sea trade will have a violent impact on the economic industry of Chu and even the world. How to achieve 'balance and consistency' is a more difficult question than decision-making.

Only grasp the big things, not the small sections. Xiong Jing is how to govern the country, and the court is also dispersed after the ceremony. The Qi envoy Tian Ji's meeting made the Qi envoy postpone, and the ministers looked at the Qi envoy who slowly entered the court, wondering what kind of decision he had brought to the Qi people.

"Qi Chu marriage alliance, the king betrays the alliance!" There was no courtesy, and Tian Ji began to perform his duties as an envoy. "The king often says that courage and faith are precious, but this is just a fraud, which shows that the king is really a small person!"

"Rude! Daring! Dare to insult the king...... "Tian Ji is openly insulting, the ministers in the court were furious when they heard this, and several of them had already drawn their swords out of their sheaths.

"Presumptuous!" Xiong Jing on the throne drank violently, and he drank not Tian Ji, but the ministers. After drinking, the ministers all looked at Xiong Jing, and Xiong Jing didn't wait for them to argue and said, "Say goodbye to the envoy!" ”

"My Qi country does not want to be allied with the king of villains, nor do I want to marry someone who kills his brother and takes his wife." The ministers glared, and Xiong Jing's eyes were about to burst into flames, but although Tian Ji's eyes flickered, his face was still unstoppable. "Unkind, unjust, rude and immoral, barbarian land, a country of villains, such a country, also worthy of alliance?! From today onwards, my Qi country and Chu country will be extinct! ”