In the palace of the King of Chu, Jin Shang said to Xiong Huai, the king of Chu: "King, this is what happened. The Song State privately sent an envoy to our Chu State to find Weichen, intending to pay a huge sum of money to make peace with our Chu State. ”

When the king of Chu heard his words, he asked him with an undecided look: "Jin Aiqing, you have grown up with a widow since you were a child, and you are not an outsider anymore. What do you think about the peace between the Song State and my Chu State? ”

Hearing the words of King Chu so trusting, Jin Shang couldn't help but feel hot in his heart, and said with a hint of emotion: "Thank you for my king's trust!" From the perspective of Weichen, now that the Song State has captured Jinling and taken all the lands south of the Yangtze River and Jiangbei, there is no way for my Chu State to take the Song State in a short period of time. Now that our Chu State is facing the coercion of Qin and Han Wei in the west and north, the situation is already extremely unfavorable, and it is necessary for our Chu State to concentrate its forces to resist. Under such circumstances, it is beneficial for our Chu State to cede the lands south and north of the Yangtze River to the Song State, and exchange them for the materials needed by our Chu State to resist the attack of the Three Kingdoms. ”

The King of Chu asked with a cloudy and uncertain expression in his eyes: "If I hand over the two places to the Song Kingdom, the Zhao clan and the Jing clan will definitely be dissatisfied, how can this be resolved?" ”

Hearing King Chu's question, Jin Shang immediately said in a serious tone: "Your Majesty, this is actually something that is good for you. Now the Zhao clan and the Jing clan are extremely powerful in the land of Jianghuai, which in itself has reduced your prestige. If the power of the Zhao clan and the Jing clan is too strong, it will bury the troubles for my Chu State. Surrendering the two places to the Song Kingdom first will naturally weaken the strength of the Zhao Clan and the Jing Clan, which will also be good for you! ”

Hearing Jin Shang say this, King Chu's face looked a little better, but he immediately asked: "However, I always feel that ceding the two places to the Song State will damage the prestige of the widows. You must know that in the history of our Chu State, there has never been a king who took the initiative to cede land and seek peace! ”

When Jin Shang heard this, he knew that the King of Chu was actually moved and was willing to accept the conditions of the Song State, so he immediately persuaded him: "King, you don't have to worry about such a thing at all. What you are doing now is just a better choice to safeguard the interests of the Chu State, so why should your prestige be damaged? If the king can't let go of Jiangnan and Jiangbei, it doesn't matter at all. My Chu country is 5,000 miles away, with a million, far from being comparable to the small Song country, and now my country is just in a predicament, and has to compromise with the Song country, negotiate peace with it, Jiangnan and Jiangbei, we will temporarily store it in the Song country. When one day, my Chu State gets rid of the current predicament, and we will take these two places back! ”

When the King of Chu heard this, he finally opened his eyebrows and laughed: "Jin Shang, you are right!" The two places in the south and north of the Yangtze River, we temporarily put them in the hands of the Song people. Tomorrow, the widow will officially summon the Song envoy, and as for the next specific peace with the Song State, the widow will be fully responsible for you! ”

Jin Shang immediately thanked him and said, "Thank you for my king's trust!" ”

On the second day, in the court of the state of Chu, the important ministers of the state of Chu officially learned that the state of Song had sent an envoy to negotiate peace with the state of Chu. When Su Li, the envoy of the Song State, proposed that the Song State wanted to spend a large sum of money to buy a place in the north of the Yangtze River in the south of the Yangtze River that had been occupied by the Song State from the Chu State, the ministers of the Chu State were in an uproar.

After all, this matter came too quickly, and they hadn't received any news that the Song State intended to negotiate peace with the Chu State before. Now that the envoy of the Song State suddenly appeared, he immediately caught the ministers of the Chu State by surprise.

However, when Su Li's suggestion was put forward, before the ministers of Chu could digest it, Qu Yuan, a talented man of Chu and Qu Yuan, who was recognized as the most upright in Chu, immediately agreed to such a peace. And the reason he put forward is straightforward: this matter can alleviate the current predicament of the Chu State and prevent the Chu State from falling into a situation of life and death.

Seeing Qu Yuan say this, the ministers of the Chu State all bowed their heads and were silent. They know very well that although Qu Yuan has a weak power in the court of Chu because of his personality, he has a good reputation among the scholars of Chu State, and the significance of such a figure coming out to support it is extraordinary!

In the court of the Chu State, in addition to the King of Chu, it is naturally the Zhao clan that has the greatest power. The Zhao clan not only has strong power in various parts of the Chu State, but also has a two-dynasty Ling Yin like Zhaoyang, which is deeply rooted in the court of the Chu State!

Before Zhaoyang could make a move, the courtiers of the Zhao faction immediately stood up against it: "Great King, in the more than 700 years of my Chu country, there has never been a king who ceded land and sued for peace. In this way, I am afraid that the king's reputation will be damaged, and I dare to ask my king to take back his life! ”

Seeing the people of the Zhao clan coming out, Jin Shang immediately stood up and said: "Now that my Chu State is under siege by the four countries, it is in danger in the east, west, and north. If our country can't quickly keep the enemy out of the country, our Chu country will definitely be in danger of perishing! And where will you put the king? And now, even if my country does not recognize that Jiangnan and Jiangbei belong to the Song State, will my country be able to keep these two pieces of land? ”

Seeing Jin Shang speak out, the ministers of Chu State who were present immediately stopped talking. For a talented man like Qu Yuan, the ministers present would not care too much. Qu is due to personality reasons, he doesn't like the court of Chu very much, even if his words have a certain impact on the people of Chu Guoshi, they can't really change the balance of power in the court at all!

However, for Jin Shang's statement, this is very different. Most of the ministers of the Chu State present were the nobles of the Chu State who had accumulated over the years, and they had a contempt in their hearts for a guy like Jin Shang who relied on the favor of the King of Chu to ascend to the throne. However, they can't really underestimate Jin Shang, after all, he is the henchman of the King of Chu, which represents the will of the king!

Sure enough, after seeing Jin Shang's statement, before the Zhao clan could fight back again, the King of Chu immediately blocked their mouths and said: "Qu Aiqing and Jin Aiqing are right, now that my Chu State is at war with the Four Kingdoms at the same time, it is indeed too stressful. Now that the Song State is willing to reach peace with our Chu State, then we can talk to them first. Even if you can't talk about it, at least you can drag the Song State and win time for our country to transfer troops! ”

Seeing King Chu say this, not only the important ministers present, but even Jin Shang was a little surprised. In Jin Shang's opinion, as a confidant of the king of Chu, it is best for him to make a statement, the king of Chu only needs to maintain neutrality on the surface, and he can completely check and balance the courtiers, why would he make such a clear statement?

What Jin Shang didn't know was that when the king of Chu finished discussing with him and returned to the harem. His favorite concubine Zheng Sleeve whistled to the king of Chu from time to time, asking the king of Chu to maintain peace between Chu and Song. As a person who loves beauty, how can the king of Chu live up to the hearts of beauties so much? Therefore, he also had to personally come forward to express his position to promote the peace between Chu and Song.

Under the personal statement of the king of Chu, even if the Zhao clan and the Jing clan opposed it at the same time, it would no longer be able to stop the peace between the Chu and Song states.

Subsequently, under the joint negotiation between Su Li and Jin Shang, the state of Chu finally reached a peace with the state of Song and formally signed an armistice agreement.

In these agreements, the general content is as follows: the state of Chu and the state of Song are officially at peace, and recognize that the areas currently occupied by the Song state, such as Jiangnan and Jiangbei, belong to the Song state; In order to compensate the victims of the previous war, the Song State paid 30 million yuan to the Chu State; The Song State officially liberalized trade controls on the Chu State and allowed the Chu State to purchase some Song weapons.

In this agreement, the money for the purchase of land that should be paid by the Song State to the Chu State was not much less. Originally, the budget given by the Song State was 50 million yuan, but under Jin Shang's "guidance", the remaining 20 million money was aided by Su Li to the current neutral ministers of the Chu State, so that they could support this matter.

For Su Li, there is naturally no problem with such a thing. After all, after coming to the Chu State, he also had some understanding of the current situation of the Chu State, and if the Chu State court did not have money to open the way, it would be very difficult to do something. However, once you have money, you can simply be able to communicate in the state of Chu!

Such a major matter as negotiating peace with the State of Chu was completely resolved in just seven days! This is simply a miracle for the always inefficient Chu State!