Chapter 63: Xia Yingchun and Xia Ji
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After the battle of Xuzhou between Qi and Chu, the war did not end quickly; On the contrary, the defeat of Qi triggered more countries to participate in the war, and the scale of the war was unprecedentedly expanded.
The expansion of the scale of the war caused a food shortage throughout the world. After a massive food shortage, food prices continued to rise. Soon, some Taoqiu merchants realized that there was a huge wealth behind the food boom, so a large number of merchants also began to hoard food!
By July, in the early stage of grain receipt, the price of grain in Taoqiu had risen to the sky-high price of one gold and one stone of grain! In this year, the harvest of grain in the whole world was not ideal, and in September and October, after all the grain was harvested, the grain price in Taoqiu was still hovering in the world of one gold and one and a half stones.
And such a high grain price is only the price of a small grain in Taoqiu, if there is really a large amount of grain, someone will soon take it down. In particular, the two countries of Zhao and Qi are grabbing grain almost at all costs.
It was rare for Zhao State to grab the land of Qi State and Jixi, so that there was a truly fertile agricultural area. In order to get rid of the defect that most areas of the Zhao State were not suitable for farming, the Zhao State desperately wanted to take the land of Jixi; In order to regain the origin of his family, the Qi State put on a posture of fighting to the death with the Zhao State.
And behind this strong will to war, the wealth in the treasury of Qi and Zhao began to flow out in a steady stream.
These two countries are really red-eyed! And once the war is carried out, no matter what the cost, they will sustain it. It was during this period of time that Dai Yan supplied grain and grass to the Chu army, and at the same time sent a batch of grain to the agents of Zhao and Qi from time to time.
In just a few months, Dai Yan relied on the principal of 50,000 gold taken out of the treasury at the beginning, and obtained a wealth of more than 500,000 gold for Song Guobo! In this short period of less than half a year, relying on the war between the kingdoms of the heavens, Dai Yan earned five years of financial income for the entire Song Kingdom!
This astonishing rate of return surprised the Song high-level officials, who never thought that war could be so profitable. Of course, Dai Yan also did not forget his own interests when he served the country. In the process of hoarding, he himself invested thousands of gold into it, and he easily earned tens of thousands of gold with a 10 times rate of return, thus becoming the "son of ten thousand gold".
When Dai Yan was happily counting the money in Fengyi again, the guards reported to him that Puyangxing, a merchant from Taoqiu, had asked to see him.
"Brother Puyang, you came to me this time to buy grain, right? I told you clearly, I have really sold all the food in my hands now, and there is no extra food to give you! As soon as Dai Yan saw Pu Yangxing, he first blocked his mouth.
This is really Dai Yan was scared of this Puyang Xing. Pu Yangxing himself is a big businessman in the north, and two years ago, he could casually take out 300,000 stone of grain to hand over to Dai Yan, and at that time he was afraid that he would not be able to sell the grain in his hand. Now he is desperately buying grain in various places, which shows how much food is lacking in Zhao, a big country in the north.
"Childe, look at what you said." Puyang Xing was born with familiarity, and he was not the slightest dissatisfied with Dai Yan's diaphragm. Then he said: "The villain came to Fengyi this time just to visit Gongzi and give Gongzi the same gift. ”
"Oh, what gift?" Dai Yan also asked curiously.
Pu Yangxing gave his entourage a color, and soon, under the leadership of the entourage, a charming beauty came in.
This beauty was born with moth eyebrows and phoenix eyes, apricot face and peach cheeks, hair like clouds and misty sideburns, and was dressed in a luxurious brocade dress, and her slightly exposed skin was as pure as snow. The posture that walks in is swaying and vivid!
After entering the main hall, she timidly stood there, and immediately made people feel infinite love.
It's not like Dai Yan hasn't seen beautiful women. In his previous life, he also saw the so-called "once-in-a-millennium beauty" on the Internet, but if it is compared with the woman in front of him, those so-called beauties may have to find tofu and kill themselves.
Under Pu Yangxing's signal, this beauty raised her head slightly, she glanced at Dai Yan directly, Dai Yan felt that her heartbeat was suddenly accelerated, and even her soul was about to be hooked away!
Seeing Dai Yan staring directly at this beauty, Pu Yangxing couldn't help but feel slightly proud. He then said to the beauty: "From today on, Gongziyan is your new master, don't hurry up and say hello to your new master!" ”
The beauty sighed slightly, then bowed to Dai Yanyingying, stared at Dai Yan with her eyes, and said lightly: "The slave family is in the spring in summer, and I have seen the son." "His voice is also tactful and melodious, and it is very beautiful.
Dai Yan was stared at by Xia Yingchun's hooked eyes, her face was slightly hot, and she hurriedly beckoned her to get up and let people take her down. Then he asked Pu Yangxing: "Dare to ask sir, this woman has a name and a surname, but does she have a background?" ”
Pu Yangxing showed a mysterious look and said to Dai Yan: "Son, you are really a knowledgeable person!" This woman's origin is not ordinary, she is the noble uncle of the Jin Kingdom back then! ”
"Uncle Xiang, isn't it?" Dai Yan thought of a possibility, and then asked.
"Haha, Childe is really an understanding person. The princess of Zheng Guo back then, Xia Ji, was a peerless enchantress, but she was born ominous. The people of the time said that she "killed three husbands, one gentleman and one son, and died one country and two secretaries", but who in the world can resist Xia Ji's peerless charm? Xia Ji finally went to the Jin Kingdom and gave birth to a daughter, who married the sage Shu Xiang of the later Jin Kingdom. Now this Xia Yingchun is the descendant of Shu Xiang and Xia Ji's daughter. ”
I see! Dai Yan finally knew it in his heart.
For Xia Ji, he is no stranger to the history of Spring and Autumn Period.
There was a famous "Trojan War" in Western history, which said that a famous war was triggered because of a beautiful Helen. In the Spring and Autumn Period of China at the same time, there was also such a beautiful and world-famous beauty who caused the situation in the world, and this beauty was Xia Ji.
Xia Ji was originally the daughter of Zheng Mugong, and her mother was Mugong's young concubine Peach. This beautiful woman was born with a wizard who judged her to be an ominous person, and sure enough, when she was still a minor, she had an affair with her cousin Gongziman, and in less than three years, Gongziman died, the first person to die because of her.
Because she had a scandal of fornication with her brother-in-law in China, Mu Gong had to marry the princess of Zheng Guo to Uncle Xia Yu, the doctor of Chen Guo at that time, and the name of Xia Ji also came from this. Xia Ji married Uncle Xia Yu in less than nine months, and gave birth to a son, Xia Zhengshu. Uncle Yu also had doubts about whether he liked to be a father, but after all, he was reluctant to have such a beautiful wife, so he didn't pursue it.
When Xia Zhengshu was twelve years old, Uncle Xia Yu fell ill and died in the prime of life. Xia Ji, who has since become a widow, keeps an empty boudoir alone and lives in seclusion in the forest. However, after becoming a widow, although Xia Ji was over thirty years old, her charm did not diminish at all, and Kong Ning, the minister of the Chen State, and Yixing's father became her guests one after another. Doctor Kong Ning saw that Xia Ji had a closer relationship with Yixing's father than with himself, and he was jealous, so he introduced Xia Ji to Chen Linggong, the monarch of Chen State.
As soon as Chen Linggong saw Xia Ji, he was fascinated by Xia Ji's beauty, and since then he has been obedient to Xia Ji. Xia Ji's son, Xia Zhengshu, had just turned fifteen years old when Linggong asked him to attack his father Sima's official title. And after Chen Guo, the monarch and the two ministers, were called the ministers under Xia Ji's skirt, they became more and more presumptuous, they openly wore Xia Ji's clothes and played in the court, competing with each other to see who could get Xia Ji's love more. And the scene of them taking a large group of guards to Zhulin was extremely lively.
At that time, Chen Guomin made a famous poem "Zhulin" to satirize this phenomenon:
Hu Weilin? From Xia Nan! Bandit suitable forest, from Xia Nan!
Drive me on a horse, said Yu Zhuye. Take me on the horse, and eat in the plant!
And there is always a time when such a ridiculous scene of Chen Guo erupts, once when the three of Linggong were drinking with each other in Zhulin, the three of them were there and hinted to each other that the other party was Xia Zhengshu's biological father, and they were happy to do it. The young and vigorous Xia Zhengshu couldn't tolerate it anymore, he took advantage of the drunkenness of these three people to raise troops and shoot Linggong to death with one arrow! Kong Ning and Yi Xing's father fled to Chu in a hurry.
Xia Zhengshu killed the monarch and established himself as the monarch. This incident made the protectorate of the state of Chen at that time Chu State furious, so the king of Chu Zhuang used this as an excuse to raise troops to attack the capital of the state of Chen, kill Xia Zhengshu, and destroy the state of Chen. Later, under the strong persuasion of Qu Wu, the minister of the king of Chuzhuang, the king of Chuzhuang restored the state of Chen.
Although the state of Chu quelled the rebellion of the state of Chen, Xia Ji, who caused the chaos of the state of Chen, was difficult to deal with. From the king of Chu to Sima, generals and other important ministers, everyone wants to get Xia Ji. And for the handling of this glamorous enchantress and the story that happened later, it is really bloody.
First of all, the king of Chuzhuang wanted to take Xia Ji as his concubine, Qu Wu objected, and the reason he gave to the monarch was: There was a rebellion in Chen State, and we came to help him quell the chaos, which is justified and justified; However, after the end of the war, the king accepted a woman from Dr. Chen as a concubine, and those who knew the situation might say that the king took pity on the woman's situation and gave her a home, and those who did not know the situation would say that the king attacked and destroyed a country because of a woman, which had a great impact on the king's reputation!
King Chuzhuang paid attention to fame, so he gave up Xia Ji. Then Sima Zi, the great master of Chu State, jumped out again to get Xia Ji, and at this time Qu Wu jumped out again and said: This Xia Ji is an ominous person! Dude, do you think about how many people died because of those who were next to Xia Ji? Ziman, Uncle Xia Yu, Chen Linggong and his son Xia Nan. Kong Ning and Yixing's father had to die because of her, and Chen Guo perished because of her! Do you dare to marry such an ominous person? Brother, I really admire you!
When Zi Yan heard Qu Wu's words so serious, he thought about it, he was in a high position and power, and he couldn't take such a big risk for a woman, so he also gave up. However, after hearing what Wu Chen said about Xia Ji's ominousness, there were still people in Chu who were not afraid! This is the general of the Chu State, Lian Yin Xianglao, who has been fighting on the battlefield for many years, and does not believe in the evil of Xia Ji; And because his wife died not long ago, he married Xia Ji back home.
Soon after, Xiang Lao died in Xia Ji's home country Zheng Guo because of the battle (there may be Qu Wu's plot behind it). As soon as Xiang Lao died, his son Hei didn't even clean up his father's body, so he openly "steamed his mother" and got involved with his little mother.
However, in this famous drama of competing for beauty, Xiang Lao and his son are just a supporting role, and the real protagonist appears at this time! This person is the important minister of the Chu State who persuaded King Zhuang and persuaded Zi to rebel! After the death of Xiang Lao, this sanctimonious nobleman finally revealed the true face of Lushan! He also wants to get Natsuhime! So he walked directly to Xia Ji and said to her, "Come with me, I'll marry you!" ”
Although Qu Wu is extremely hypocritical, he is indeed sincere to Xia Ji, and his sincerity touched Xia Ji. So he used his wits to play a game of chess: he explicitly asked Xia Ji, the princess of Zheng Guo, to return to her home country to retrieve Xiang Lao's body, and secretly asked Zheng Guo to keep Xia Ji in the country. The corpse of the general of Chu has been in Zheng State, and the entire Chu State has no light, so King Chu Zhuang agreed.
However, as soon as Xia Ji returned to Zheng Guo, Qu Wu ran to Zheng Guo with his family's treasures. With Zheng Jun's permission, he was able to marry Xia Ji as his wife. At this time, the king of Chu Zhuang died, so Qu Wu returned the body of Xiang Lao to the state of Chu, and he ran to the state of Jin.
The matter should have ended here, Qu Wu gave up his privileged position in the Chu State because of love and ran to a foreign land, and Xia Ji also got someone who really loved her, which should be regarded as a relatively perfect ending. However, the glamorous Natsuhime is like a peach, and everyone wants to come up and take a bite. And an unlucky guy who didn't even lick this peach got angry, he was the great Sima Zi of Chu State! In Zi Yan's opinion, this Xia Ji should have belonged to him, and it was Qu Wu who was the obstruction! He felt that his IQ had been deeply insulted by Qu Wu! So Zi countered and killed Qu Wu's clansmen who stayed in Chu State, and he was still angry! Then he killed Xiang Lao's son Hei Yao and wiped out Xiang Lao's family!
Qu Wu saw that Zi Anti was so crazy, so he wrote back directly to Zi Anti: You guy serves the king with slander and greed, and you kill such innocent people in vain, I will definitely let you die a good death! So Qu Wu proposed to the Jin State and suggested supporting the Wu State in the south to balance the Chu State. So he personally went to Wu to teach the advanced civilization and military system of the Central Plains, which made Wu rise and become powerful rapidly, and Zi Rebellion also died in the endless war between Wu and Chu!
The rise of Wu also ended the pattern of the two great powers competing for hegemony in the Spring and Autumn Period, Jin and Chu, and finally changed the situation of the entire world.