In the Yingdu of Chu State, in the mansion of Ling Yin Zhaoyang, there were three people talking in private. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

All but one of the three was a man in his thirties, and the other two were young men in their twenties. However, if anyone in the Chu State dared to despise them because they were young, they would definitely have to pay a huge price.

Because these three people are Yin Zhaoyang, the left Yin Zhaosui, and the right Sima Zhaohua, all three of them are from the Chu State Zhao clan and are cousins. All three of them were well-known figures in the Chu State.

"Brother Hua, what do you think of the king's desire to attack the Qi Kingdom?" Zuo Yin Zhaosui asked the youngest Zhaosui.

"Good!" Zhao Hua first praised it, and then said: "King Wei Qixiang, and divide the sphere of influence without authorization, this is completely out of my Chu State, of course we have to crusade against the Qi State." ”

Zhaoyang said: "Zhao Sui is not asking you about the impact of the matter of the Prime Minister of Xuzhou on my Qi State, but if I start a war between the Chu State and the Qi State, can my Chu State defeat the Qi State?" ”

Zhao Hua then replied: "Two brothers, you know that I am only good at military affairs, and I am not good at internal affairs. I once interacted with Qi general Tian Ji in Jiangnan and talked about the art of war, which I also know a little about the military affairs of Qi. The military system of the Qi State is different from that of our Chu State, and the army of our Chu State is composed of the royal army under the command of the king and the private army under the control of the local feudal monarch, and the two brothers should know it. The State of Qi is different from our Chu State, the army of the State of Qi is composed of the army of the three armies of the country and the army of the five local capitals, and the most famous of the three armies of the country is the skilled fighters of the State of Qi. Everyone in the world knows that Qi people are aggressive, and the skilled fighters are composed of those who are skilled in martial arts in the Qi country. In the Great War of Wei and Qi, the soldiers of Qi defeated Wei Wushu are these fierce and fearless warriors, and if our Chu State wants to defeat Qi State, we must be prepared to face this army. However, from a certain point of view, if the king can hand over the royal division to me as the commander, I will definitely be sure to defeat the Qi country! ”

"Don't be too full of your words." Zhao Sui said. "As a soldier, Brother Hua should know the rules of the military system of my Chu State."

The state of Chu expanded from a small country with a radius of less than 50 miles at the beginning of the founding of the country to a large country with a radius of 5,000 miles, and its territory expanded tens of thousands of times in hundreds of years. The pioneering spirit of the Chu people is of course the most important reason, and the other more important reason is the strictness of the military law of the Chu State. The law of Chu will be killed! That is to say, the general of Chu State, leading the troops into battle, is only allowed to win, not to lose. If defeated, the general will either be killed by the enemy on the battlefield; Or kill yourself to apologize for your sins. Just like the Chu general Ziyu during the Battle of Chengpu in the Spring and Autumn Period, he defeated countless enemies in his life, and the official was the commander of the Chu State, and he was in charge of the national affairs of the entire Chu State. However, even if he was defeated once in Chengpu, all the glory was gone, and in the end he could only commit suicide to apologize. And with such strict military laws, how dare the generals of the Chu State not fight with their lives when they fight? How could the state of Chu not become a powerful country in the world?

Zhaoyang still knows his cousin who is good at fighting in his clan, he has never liked to talk big, since he said that he is sure to defeat the Qi State, then he will definitely be able to do it. So he spoke out to dissuade Zhao Sui from criticizing Zhao Sui's behavior, and then asked Zhao Sui: "Brother Sui thinks that the king sends troops to attack Qi is beneficial to my Zhao clan?" ”

"Most of my Zhao clan's forces are in the north of my Chu country, in the land of Huainan and Huaibei, and a small part is in the south of the Yangtze River. Now that the State of Qi is expanding in the direction of Huaisi, not to mention that the land of Huainan and Huaibei will be directly threatened by the State of Qi, there will be no place for my Chu State to expand its territory in the future. We must dispel the Qi State's attempt to plot against Huaisi, so we must fight this battle, and we must fight it with all our might. This is not only about the interests of the country, but also about the interests of our own family. Zhao Sui replied.

When Zhaoyang heard the words of the two, he had a bottom in his heart. Then he said to the two of them, "Since both of them agree to attack the Qi State, of course I will do my best to facilitate this matter." Now that the monarch is not sleeping well and eating for the affairs of the prime minister of Qi, this is our best opportunity. And Qu has always been loyal to the monarch, and he obeys the king's orders, and the only people who may oppose this matter are Mo Ao Zihua and Sima Jingcui. Jing Cui is so greedy, if I promise to increase the fief of the Jing family, he should not object. And Mo Ao Zihua is now old and frail, and he reprimanded the king in front of the old ministers, although the king is an open-minded attitude, but in my opinion, the king has long been dissatisfied with Zihua in his heart. Of course, he alone will not be able to stop the war between my Chu State and the Qi State. Zhao Sui, you go to visit Jing Cui in private now, and be sure to get Jing Cui to agree to send troops. ”

"No." Zhao Sui agreed, and then immediately got up and set off.

On the second day, in the court of the Chu State, when the King of Chu asked the ministers of the Chu State about their views on the matter of King Wei Qixiang, everyone thought that King Wei Qixiang had seriously challenged the hegemony of the Chu State in the Huai River Valley, and the entire Chu State was a shouting and beating voice against the Qi State. However, why did no one suggest going to fight Wei? This is, of course, related to Wei Xianghuishi's diplomatic strategy against the Chu State. Hui Shi privately contacted the State of Chu and explained that once the State of Chu and the State of Qi were at war, the State of Wei would not interfere! This is a rare soft attitude for Wei, which has always regarded itself as the hegemon of the world.

Only Mo Ao Zihua was very dissatisfied with the unauthorized use of troops by the king of Chu, and he objected: "The king, the minister has heard: although the country is big, it will die if it is warlike. My Chu State has a place of 5,000 miles now, and we should stabilize our internal affairs and benefit the people of our Chu State, so how can we provoke a big country without authorization? The country of Qi and the country of Chu are far apart, and they are not compatible. Your Majesty had heard that horses were very strong, and they were right; If the power of a horse can carry a thousand pounds, that is not right, why? Because Qianjun is not something that a horse can afford. Now, although our Chu State is strong, if we want to cross thousands of miles to attack the Eastern Power Qi State, how can the Chu State withstand it? ”

Ling Yin Zhaoyang stood up and said, "Mo Ao's words are wrong. The rise and fall of a kingdom has its own number of days, and how can it be related to belligerence? At the beginning of our Chu state, the radius was only fifty miles, and all of them were barren land; If it weren't for the warlike people of Chu, would my Chu Guoan be able to enjoy the five thousand miles of rivers and mountains now? Now the State of Qi relies on its prestige to destroy the Huaisi Xue State and brazenly claim the king; If my Chu State allows Qi to do this, I am afraid it will not be long before my Chu State and Huai Land belong to Qi State. Although the Qi State is a powerful country in the East, which country has I encountered since the Chu State is not a strong country? If we are so afraid of things, afraid, we just blindly stick to the inheritance left by our ancestors. Others deceived me and didn't react, how will the countries of the world view my Chu State in the future? ”

His last sentence was extremely heavy, implying a strong sense of reproach.

The king of Chu clapped his hands and said to the ministers of the Chu State: "Ling Yin's words are very good!" The rise of our Chu State to become a great power in the world is due to its belligerent and pioneering spirit. Now the Qi Guotian clan is just the remnants of the Chen State, the rebels and thieves, so they dare not to put my Chu State in their eyes, this is really a great shame for my Chu State! This king has decided that my Chu State must send troops and teach Qi a good lesson! ”

"The king is wise!" The ministers of the Chu State all echoed loudly.

Seeing such a scene, Mo Ao Zihua took off his official uniform in the court and handed it over to the guards. Then he bowed to the king of Chu and said: "Great king, now the whole country wants to fight in the state of Qi, but the subordinates are opposed, and the ministers are already old and weak, and they do not want to do disobedient things, so they resign from the position of Mo Ao of the Chu State, and ask the king for permission." ”

Seeing this important minister of the Chu State, second only to Ling Yin, behaving like this, the King of Chu was also a little unbearable in his heart.

He remembered the past when he first ascended the throne and he consulted this sage of the Chu State. He asked how Mo Ao Zihua could get loyal and virtuous people who did not pursue titles and were worried about the safety of the country? He told the king of Chu about the history of the loyal and virtuous ministers of the Chu State who were worried about the safety of the country: Ling Yin Ziwen, who was law-abiding and lived a simple life, under his rule the state of Chu quickly became strong and soon went north, this is the person who is content with poverty and worries about the safety of the country; Ye Gongzi Gao pacified the Baigong Rebellion of Chu and stabilized Chu State, and Ye Gongzi Gao also got a fief of 600 miles of Fangcheng, this is the person who worries about the safety of the country for the sake of Yulu; Mo Ao was big-hearted, and at the critical moment when the Chu State was facing the collapse of the Wu army, he personally took the hands of the soldiers and commanded the army to attack the Wu army in depth, this is the person who disregards his personal interests and worries about the safety of the country; Shen Baoxu, when the state of Chu was broken by the state of Wu, he rationally thought that it was meaningless for his son to fight with the state of Wu alone, so he personally ran to the state of Qin, asking the state of Qin to send troops to save Chu, he cried outside the court of the state of Qin for seven days and seven nights, his eyes were bleeding, and finally moved the king of Qin, the state of Qin repelled the army of Wu, so that the state of Chu could be restored, this is the person who works his muscles and bones, suffers his mind and worries about the country; Menggu, when the state of Wu broke through the capital of the state of Chu and the people were fleeing everywhere, he did not flee, but took up the law of the state of Chu and ran to the south to hide, when the state of Chu was re-established and the country fell back into chaos without law, he moved out of the law canon, stabilized the order of the state of Chu, and successfully saved the state of Chu.

Through the history of these historical figures, Zihua told the king of Chu that it is actually very simple for a country to govern well. King Chu Ling has a thin waist, and the women in the Chu palace don't eat to make their waists thinner. From this, it is clear that as long as a king can truly like loyal and virtuous men, and has the above five types of loyal ministers and virtuous ministers and auxiliary states, the country will definitely be able to become strong and avoid decay.

Virtuous ministers, loyal ministers, the king of Chu thought in his heart. He thinks that in the past few years since he took the throne, he has definitely not slackened, but has accepted many young heroes. Like Ling Yin Zhaoyang and Da Sima Jingcui, these people are all nobles of the Chu State, and they are just young and have sharp energy. And if they want to attack the Qi State, these people also support themselves regardless of their selfish interests, aren't they virtuous and loyal ministers?

made a decision in his heart, and he said to Mo Ao Zihua: "Since Mo Ao is old and weak, let's go back to the fiefdom to recuperate." You can rest assured, the state of Chu will not fall in the hands of the widow, and the widow will definitely always take it to heart what the widow said about accepting the opinions of virtuous ministers and loyal ministers. ”