The most important thing in today's Cangguo is talent, right?

The Ministry of Education has been deeply cultivated for more than ten years, and has established a very complete talent training system in the whole Cangguo, and only the talents of the Cangguo have been favored by the emperors of foreign countries, and they have offered favorable conditions to invite them to other countries to be high-ranking officials, and they have never heard that the emperor of Cangguo needs to dig foreign talents.

Qu Dan's heart, although a little proud, but also know that he is not an earth-shattering person, at least so far, he has not made any very bright achievements, more than ten years ago, Emperor Cangguo issued this kind of invitation, he still believes it very much, but now......

The emperor of Cangguo must have a plan!

"Your Majesty, the foreign minister is shallow, and he has wives and children at home, so he really can't bear to leave his hometown." Qu Dan cautiously refused.

Yang Mu smiled, of course he knew what Qu Dan meant.

Isn't the so-called uprooting of his homeland a common thing for Qu Dan?

Over the years, I'm afraid that most of the time, I've been out on an embassy, right?

However, Qu Dan didn't know that his purpose was not to let Qu Dan really come to Cangguo at all.

Qu Dan in the Chu State is only useful to the Cang State.

At the beginning, the reason why this dark chess was buried was actually this purpose.

Now, Qu Danguan is Zhengqing, as long as he goes one step further, he will be the prime minister of Chu State.

Such a position that is neither high nor low is the most suitable for internal response.

"Since you are unwilling to leave your hometown, then continue to be an official in the Chu State, and at the same time, you can also hold a position in my Dacang." Yang Mu said lightly.

"This ......"

Qu Dan was startled, and his heart chuckled, if he couldn't even understand this sentence, then he would have lived in vain all these years.

What does the Emperor of Cangguo mean, let me be a spy?

Do the cang's domestic response?

"Your Majesty, Foreign Minister......"

"Needless to say, I will naturally not treat you badly if I do things, as long as you want to come to my Cangguo in the future, the prime ministers will have your place, and it is not a problem to be crowned a duke." Yang Mu locked up, paused, and said: "However, I think that even if you don't have a title, it is an extremely advantageous way for you to retreat, protecting your whole family from being slaughtered." ”

"Retreat...... Qu Dan muttered, and asked respectfully: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, what is the ...... here?"

Yang Mu glanced at it for a moment and asked: "I tell you that in my lifetime, the Chu State will be destroyed, and none of those moths in the Chu State will be able to escape. ”

Destroy the state of Chu?

Nothing to worry about?

Qu Dan's heart has already set off turbulent waves.

In the heart of the Emperor of Cangguo, there is such ambition?

Chu State, how huge?

In the eyes of the Emperor of Cangguo, is it so vulnerable? If the wind is light and the clouds are light, you can destroy the Chu State?

But why do you want to talk to one of my ministers?

"Guess what, after you walk out of my Dacang Emperor's Palace today, if I have any news that is unfavorable to you, what will the Emperor of Chu State think of you? What will the Manchu civil and military of the Chu State think of you? What will happen to your wife and children? ”

"Your Majesty is eloquent and strategic, supreme and holy, why bother the ministers." Qu Dan smiled bitterly.

"No, it's not embarrassing. The so-called giving, there is giving, over the years, you have received too many benefits from my country, don't you want to think about how to repay the kindness? I am the emperor of the great firmament, and even if I cherish my talents, I will not cherish a foreign talent. ”

Qu Dan was tormented in his heart, and after a few breaths, he suddenly bowed: "Minister, Qu Dan, obey Your Majesty's will." ”

Yang Mu nodded and said, "Do you know why I want the Chu State to dig a canal?" ”

"Taking advantage of water conservancy, the two countries can communicate with each other." Qu Dan thought for a moment and said.

"No, for other countries, it may be. But for the Chu State, I don't plan to make much money. ”

"That ......"

"Sooner or later, this matter will have to be handed over to you, so it is better to make it clear to you now." Yang Mu paused and said: "Digging the canal, the sin is in the present generation, and the merit is in the future." Emperor Chu can also see that if the canal is dug up, it will play an important role in the irrigation of farmland and trade transportation in the Chu State, and even for the newly conquered land. ”

Qu Dan nodded, it is true that as Yang Mu said, in the long run, digging a canal is a good thing for the country and the people, otherwise when he negotiated peace with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jia Yi would have accepted it gladly.

But how can sin be explained in contemporary times?

Yang Mu saw his doubts and said: "The State of Chu, although it is one of the three major countries, but since the founding of the country, there has never been such a huge project, and the people to be recruited must be countless, the forced labor is heavy, and the taxes must be increased for digging, how can the people not be resentful?" Besides, the current state of Chu has suffered defeats under my Dacang, so it will definitely increase its investment in military affairs in the future......"

Qu Dan understood.

Cangguo is using a routine again.

At the beginning, Cangguo used this method to overwhelm Shengguo, the people's grievances boiled, and finally easily annexed Shengguo, and the people of Shengguo also welcomed Cangguo's army into the city.

Today's Cangguo wants to reproduce this scene in Chu State!

"These things, Your Majesty and the ministers ......"

"I don't worry about you telling the Emperor of Chu, but I also need the Emperor of Chu to believe you. You listen to me, after returning to the state of Chu, you must persuade the emperor of the state of Chu to dig as many canals as possible, and to instill a concept in the emperor of the state of Chu, this is a great thing for the benefit of the country and the people, as short as three or five years, and as much as ten or twenty years, the state of Chu will definitely be able to benefit from it and its national strength will be greatly increased. ”

"Besides, what else do you have to do?"

"You don't have to do anything, when it's time to use you, I will naturally send someone to inform you, about this envoy, you can boast about yourself in front of the emperor of Chu, and I will not expose you. However, if the state of Chu did not vigorously dig the canal, don't blame me for being ruthless. ”

Qu Dan trembled, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister will definitely live up to his mission!"

……

After Qu Dan retreated, Yang Mu asked people to bring a map.

This is a map of the entire Dali dynasty.

It's just that, unlike ordinary maps, red lines are shown on it.

The red line represents the waterway river.

As you can see, the red line on it is intermittent, like earthworms crawling around.

Yang Mu lifted a vermilion brush and drew a red dotted line between Cangguo and Chu.

This is the future, the canal to be dug.

From the outskirts of Cangcheng, it leads directly to Chucheng.

Then, he drew a dotted line between Cangcheng and Yuncheng.

Cangcheng and Nguyen Thanh ......

Cangcheng and Jincheng......

Cangcheng and Nguyen Thanh ......

Cangcheng and Mangcheng......

Cangcheng and Weicheng......

"It's time to use some means to get the Grand Canal built!" Yang Mu picked up the pen, stared at the map, and muttered.