Chapter 229 [The Judgment of Decline]

After the king of Chu Zhuang attacked Chen, the Chu people made two large-scale repairs to Chencheng, the first was to widen the city wall of Chencheng during the period of King Hui of Chu, half a zhang to increase the height and half a zhang of rammed earth, the thickness of the rammed earth was up to three inches, the second repair was the Chu State in order to avoid the Qin State's troops, moved the capital of Chencheng, Xiong Wan's father, Xiong Heng, on the original basis, the outer city wall was widened by one zhang and five zhang high, and the rammed earth reached one foot, which finally made Chen Cheng look like the momentum of the capital of Chu. Chinese I'll go

The king of Chu strengthened Chencheng is also a helpless move, because the geographical location of Chencheng is very important, first it is close to the border of Wei and Chu, it is a strategic place, although there are several strong cities of Chu and several large rivers as natural barriers, but the big river is also the enemy can take advantage of the geographical advantage, from the water and the water down, and even from the small chasm river, the army can be directly transported outside of Chencheng, for his own safety considerations, the king of Chu unless he does not move the capital to Chencheng, otherwise he must build Chencheng into a solid city.

According to historical records, after Lian Po defected to the Chu State, he often sighed that the Chu people were not as strong as the Zhao people's body, so that he could not fight, and after Zhao Kuo entered Chen Cheng, he felt that Lian Po's assertion was very accurate, and at a glance, the wind of weakness was very prevalent, and even the faces of the men in their prime were mostly powdered, and those women regarded their faces as a major project, which made Zhao Kuo shake his head.

Under the guidance of Huang Xie, Zhao Kuo and others came to a small inn, and as soon as everyone arrived at the store, a small servant came to greet him, and Zhao Kuo repeatedly told him to feed the mount, and finally walked into the rented courtyard. I'll go

"Wenda, I have a few ingots of gold here, you can exchange them for the ant nose money of the Chu State, which is not only convenient to use, but also not afraid of being coveted by others." Zhao Kuo thought very thoughtfully.

Huang Xie asked people to wait for Xiong Wan to rest, and then came to Zhao Kuo and said, "Third brother, we don't leak the hidden treasure, but it's to see the reality of Chen Cheng?" ”

Zhao Kuo nodded and said: "What the second brother said is good, you two have not come back for a long time, and you must not see the situation of Chu clearly, what we need to do now is to find out the situation and know it in our hearts, and then go to meet the King of Chu, as Sun Tzu said, knowing yourself and knowing your opponent can not be defeated in a hundred battles!" ”

Huang Xie thought deeply and said: "Speaking of the situation in the Chu State, the four Qu clans of Xiong, Jing, Zhao, and Qu have declined, and it is precisely because of the support of the Jing and Zhao clans that Yang Wenjun has become more and more arrogant, and has faintly overshadowed the Xiong clan. ”

As soon as Zhao Kuo heard the chaotic and complicated royal family of the Chu State, he asked bitterly: "Since the King of Chu is a great king, it is impossible not to have a little foundation, is there a trustworthy Wenchen general?" ”

Huang Xie sighed and said: "When it comes to the civil ministers and military generals who are loyal to the king of Chu, I am afraid that they are not sincere, Huang Xie said a big rebellious word, since the king moved the capital to Chencheng, he has built a lot of construction and construction, and he is extremely hungry and desperate, causing the people to lose his money, resulting in the exhaustion of the country and the poverty of the people, which has caused great harm to the state of Chu, although the king of mourning first appointed Wu Qi to change the law and become strong for a while, and then there is a powerful king to expand the territory, but the wind of greed for pleasure has ......been formed in the Chu country."

Huang Xie's words are on point, the Chu State was once the largest country in the Warring States, but unfortunately, since the King of Chu Ping and the King of Chu Huai, the successive monarchs have been arrogant and lascivious, and they do not care about national politics, resulting in the weakening of the country and the discouragement of the people, so they have suffered heavy losses under the repeated blows of the Qin State.

Although the king is useless, as long as there are good ministers who play the role, the natural state is safe, but the traitorous ministers of Chu are also popular, although there is no shortage of Sun Shuao, Shen Baoxu, Qu Yuan and other loyal ministers and virtuous ministers, but they are good at selfish plots, there are more traitorous ministers who harm the country and the people, and these people have been in power for a long time, and no matter how good the country is, the traitors will inevitably sink, and the traitors are jealous and jealous, and they can do their best to flatter, resulting in a chaotic internal and foreign affairs of Chu, coupled with corruption and bribery, there are a lot of moths who are greedy for money and betraying the country, and the Chu State was beaten by the Qin people, and it is natural to give up the national capital Yingcheng, which has been operating for hundreds of years. "Please support genuine reading, support the author's creation, and warm my entire code word life with a light click."

Huang Xie saw that Zhao Kuo still had the intention of letting himself continue: " There are also reasons for the intensification of the corruption in the internal affairs of the Chu State, one is that the aristocracy holds the authority, the system is rigid and conservative, since the Zhuang Wang, the Chu State has formed a powerful class dominated by the King of Chu and his children, and the power is concentrated in the hands of the royal family with the King of Chu as the core, although this move strengthens the power of the Chu king, avoids the royal power like the Qi State, and changes the surname, but it also brings endless troubles, the magnates do everything possible to protect their interests, arbitrarily and arbitrarily, and do not allow foreign talents to intervene in power, which makes it difficult for the Chu State to push through the old and bring forth the new, open up the situation, and the national strength has been far past the Qin people since the Shang Dynasty changed the law……”

The second is the focus of Zhao Kuo's concern, the factional struggle in the Chu State is very fierce, resulting in serious internal friction, because the Chu State is the dictatorship of the Gongzi clan, the result is inevitably that the various factions control the government and hate each other in order to please the King of Chu, resulting in internal power struggles one after another, there is no Wu Zixu, who fled to Wu in the Spring and Autumn Period, once pointed out sharply that the intrigue between the courtiers of the Chu State was very strong.

Huang Xie smiled bitterly: "Third brother, do you know what Bai Qi said to others when he attacked Chu back then? He said that the king of Chu was jealous of his country, and his ministers were jealous of each other, flattering with merit, and good ministers reprimanded the people, centrifuged the city, and did not repair the city, and there were no good ministers and no garrisons, so he could go down to Yingdu in a battle. ”

Zhao Kuo nodded and said: "Bai Qi is not a loss, he is a strategist and tactician, and he got to the point in one sentence!" Zhao Kuo from Huang Xie's words in the Spring and Autumn Period, the Warring States Period can only stand out if they are bent on change, take Chu as an example, the rigid political system of Chu is an important reason why it is difficult to change the law, and in turn it promotes the corruption of Chu's internal affairs, and the chaos of the government.

In fact, there is another point that Huang Xie did not mention, that is, the national style of Chu State, the monarchs and ministers of Chu State in the early and middle periods paid more attention to self-discipline and frugality, and were very concerned about the suffering of the people, especially the King of Chu Zhuang was able to personally observe the people's feelings, benefit the people with virtue, care about the people's well-being, and help the poor.

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