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Qu Yuan and Chen Zhen left Yingdu almost at the same time, and since listening to Chen Zhen's words, Qu Yuan, a Chu minister who has taken resisting Qin as his lifelong ambition, knows how grim the situation in Chu is this time. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Chen Zhen is right, no matter what, we must have a good relationship with the Qi State, especially at this critical juncture, and we can't have mutual discord.

just entered the temple of Qi again, but he returned with a feather, not only did he reconcile with Qi as he wished, but he was ridiculed above the Qi court, but Qu Yuan was bitter and unspeakable. The trip of Qi failed to rebuild the alliance between Chu and Qi, so he turned around and turned to defend the country.

Defending the country is a small hegemon today, and its strength cannot be ignored, if it can be helped, it is also a very important anti-Qin force for the Chu State.

On the top of the main hall, Chen Zhen couldn't help but be stunned when he heard Qu Yuan's visit.

Wei Zheng smiled in his heart, Chu Guo really sent someone to come, Qu Yuan's name can be said to be a shock to the past and the present, and people in later generations can eat zongzi and celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival all thanks to Mi Yuan, thinking of standing side by side with such a historical celebrity, I am really full of emotion.

Putting away his thoughts, Wei Zheng waved his hand, and the vocal music in the hall suddenly disappeared, but he said lightly: "Xuan-!" ”

Although Qu Yuan's fame has shocked the past and the present, Wei Zheng has been on the throne for nearly ten years, and he has long been the lord of a country, Qu Yuan is just a Chu minister.

"The envoy of Xuanchu State, Mi Yuan enters the palace-!"

The old attendant in the palace made a long voice, and after a while, Qu Yuan entered the main hall with two entourages, and was unmoved by the atmosphere of singing and dancing in the Weiguo court at the moment, but he still couldn't be indifferent when he saw the two acquaintances of Gongsun Yan and Chen Zhen.

Especially when he saw Chen Zhen, he really came to Weiguo, when he saw the two of them, the rhino head and Chen Zhen all looked at each other, Qu Yuan immediately bowed to Wei Zheng above the main hall and said: "Foreign Minister Mi Yuan pays a visit to Wei Hou!" ”

"Your envoy is exempt!" Wei Zheng smiled, waved his hand, and said, "Come on, look at the seat-!" ”

"Xie Weihou-!" Qu Yuan, who bowed and saluted, stood up straight on the hall.

Several palace attendants moved a table and a mat and placed it in the center of His Royal Highness, Qu Yuan was a foreign minister, and he was a special envoy of Chu State, although the monarchs and ministers of the Wei State were singing about the decline of Chu State just now, but after all, Chu State is one of the three strongest in the world, and Wei Zheng of course can't slack off.

Qu Yuan is not polite, after all, the state of Chu is a strong country, and it is the state of Chu that is represented by the envoy of Chu today, so he should accept it calmly.

As the palace attendant presented him with delicious food and wine, Wei Zheng looked at the other party with a smile and said, "I don't know what your envoy has to teach him on this trip?" ”

"Without him, the foreign minister on behalf of my king sincerely invites the Marquis of Wei to help Chu and Qin!" Qu Yuan's face arched his hand, stared at Wei Zheng motionlessly, and said.

Qu Yuan is really upright by nature, never sparing curves, which is completely different from Zhang Yi's style, Wei Zheng can't help but think about what kind of mentality the king of Chu has to let people like Qu Yuan preside over diplomatic relations.

Diplomatic relations, that is the "starting style" before the two countries start or stop the war, Chu is not without diplomatic experts, there is a vertical and horizontal family like Chen Zhen who does not need to let Qu Yuan lead, the lord of a country, no use of people's ability, let alone people make good use of it, how can his country be safe?

"The state of Chu and Qin are at loggerhead, and the widow has long heard of it." Wei Zheng immediately said with a clear eye: "It's just that the King of Chu invited me to ally troops to attack Qin, I'm afraid the King of Chu is looking up to it, Wei Guo is a small country in the Central Plains, and he has no desire to fight and no ability to dominate the world, the battle between Qin and Chu is like a fight between gods, and the little Wei Guo rashly entered the game, isn't it a gambling country?" ”

"Wei Hou's words are wrong, Wei Guo is not a weak country, but a small hegemon today, Zhao Guo is not as good as you, and a strong country is also." Qu Yuanli said: "Wei Jun's words are unbearable, I'm afraid it's not true." ”

"The envoy of Chu wants to defend the country and help Chu to fight Qin, dare to ask what is the benefit of defending the country?" Su Dai faced Qu Yuan, smiled and bowed, and said.

Hearing this, Qu Yuan suddenly said generously: "Qin is the country of tigers and wolves, known as the heart of the whale swallowing the world, and weak Qin is beneficial to all the countries under the sky, only by locking the Qin of the tiger and wolf in the Han Valley of the Mountains, can the kingdom under the heavens be spared." ”

"The Central Plains, why did the Chu envoy want to defend the country and help the Chu State to attack Qin? Why don't Qi countries help? Qi Guo is more than one grade stronger than Wei Guo. Su Dai smiled, but asked knowingly.

Not to mention that it's okay to say that Qi State, this is a pain in Qu Yuan's heart, all know that Chu Ting's ministers, Qu Yuan is the one who advocates the alliance against Qin, so he has gone to Linzi many times, and now because Gongzi Zilan scolded him in the temple of Qi and made him ally with Chu from then on.

He sighed sadly and indignantly in his heart, turned to Su Dai and said: "It's not a secret, Mi Yuan went to Linzi before entering the guard, but he had no choice but to return, and all the worshippers of Lan Yuchen hurt Qi, and the Chu State couldn't complain about Qi, so it was really a cocoon and self-restraint." ”

Immediately said to Wei Zheng: "Wei Jun Rongyu, Qin not only has the heart of Chu, but also has the heart of defending, there is a precedent of instigating the alliance of Wei Qi before, although it has not succeeded, but it also exposes its wolf ambitions, if you turn a blind eye to it, sooner or later the world will be Qin food!" ”

"What the gentleman said is true!" Wei Zheng nodded thoughtfully, Qu Yuan was slightly happy in his heart, but when he saw Wei Zheng's words, he suddenly changed his words, and said in embarrassment: "Sir knows that Wei has an alliance with Qi State, and he advances and retreats with Qi State, if Qi State is willing to send troops to help Chu, Wei Guo will naturally send troops to force the situation, and he will not hesitate." It's just that at the moment, Qi and Chu are at odds with each other, and if the widow helps the Chu State, he will definitely offend the Qi State. ”

Qu Yuan was stunned, but saw that Wei Zheng said eloquently: "Qin is the country of tigers and wolves, and the public enemy of the world, and the intention of the outnumbered man to attack Qin has not wavered. Presumably, Mr. must have known that the rhino head persuaded me to attack Qin when he was in charge, when did the widow refuse? He tried his best to aid Han Wei to resist Qin, but he wanted to send troops, but Qi was unwilling, so he had to give up. ”

"Chu Envoy!" Su Dai then said: "My lord's wish to destroy Qin can be seen from its sincerity. Ran Wei and Qi Alliance, Your Excellency's Chu State and Qi Alliance broke off diplomatic relations, if Wei Guo and Chu Alliance soldiers at this moment, offended Qi State, before helping Han Wei to fight Qin with grain and grass army, has offended Qin State, my lord is not afraid of Qin, Qin State and Wei do not border each other, the sky is high and far away, even if you offend Qiang Qin, you can have no fear, but Qi is different, Qiang Qi is in the east of the Wei Kingdom, close at hand, in the early years to show the sincerity of the alliance Qi, then Guan Ze, Gangping all dedicated to Qi State, if Wei Guo and Qi have a discord, the King of Qi is furious and wants to kill Wei, Qi's skill attack can go all the way to Maling Road, Guanze, Gangping line through our land, how can a horse Pingchuan in the territory of the country take the risk to gamble on the country? ”

"This ......" Qu Yuan didn't know how to respond.

The dispute over diplomatic relations, the benefit of tongues, this is the strength of the Zongheng family, and in the face of Su Dai's questioning, Qu Yuan was speechless and reasonable.

Qu Yuan really couldn't answer, why should Wei Guo do such a thankless thing? For your Chu State and offend the Qi State and put yourself in danger? I can't say anything. In his heart, Gongzi Zilan's resentment could only intensify, if it weren't for his insults in Linzi Qiting, why would Chu State fall into such a passive situation, and there was no way to maneuver?

With this posture, it seems that it is more difficult to ask the country to send troops than to ascend to the sky.

Anxious in his heart, when he saw Chen Zhen, he couldn't help but think of what he said when he was in Yingdu before: ...... Or think it is an ally, or think it is rushing, or think it is contained, or think it is a bystander.

Qu Yuan has different intentions for the Central Plains countries to resist Qin, although he is indignant and dissatisfied, but he is helpless, judging from the current situation, Wei Hou is afraid that he has no intention of sending troops, since he does not send troops, then he can't let him help Qin, no one dares to guarantee that the King of Qin will give Wei Zheng a heavy courtesy, Qu Yuan is not unreasonable to worry about this, the reason why he wants to come to Wei Guo, there is also an important reason is that Wei Guo is in Jiangdong County, the eastern hinterland of Chu State, Wu Anjun sits in Jiangdong.

If the Qin State wants to start from the Wei State, it is undoubtedly a disaster in the Chu State, and it is very likely that as predicted by Chen Zhen, all the way to the Jiangdong by Bai Qi led the soldiers and horses to the west to harass the hinterland of the Chu State, and the Central Plains Wei Guo can also go from the north to the south, and even the Qi State took the opportunity to seek Huaisi, and if it accidentally became a war against Chu, it had to be guarded against.

"The difficulty of defending the country, Mi Yuan understands, so I implore Wei Hou not to interfere in the dispute between Chu and Qin, but also please stand by." Qu Yuan bowed again and said. Once you figure it out, you retreat to the next best.

"Definitely!" Wei Zheng shook his head slowly, looked at Qu Yuan who was puzzled, and said with a smile: "Qin Zhi's ambition, if you know it, it is really helpless for the widow to not be able to send troops, but although he can't send troops to help Chu, he can also support Chu with an army." ”

"Please advise the Marquis of Wei!" Qu Yuan hurriedly said, as long as you don't help Qin, it's the best result.

Wei Zheng smiled and said: "It just so happens that there is a considerable number of weapons and blades under the Widow Treasury, if the Chu State starts a war with Qin, there must be an urgent shortage of ready-made sophisticated weapons, if the Chu State is interested, the Widow can make a deal with your country." ”

The world's armor and equipment are all from Han Wei, and Wei Guo is even more backward, Chu and Qin are bound to consume a huge amount of war, if Wei Guo can provide a batch of sophisticated weapons and equipment Chu Army at this moment is also very good, Qu Yuan is the following monarch handed over: "The foreign minister on behalf of my king and the soldiers of the Chu army first thanked Wei Jun for his kindness, but I don't know what Wei Hou wants to get here in Chu State?" ”

Since it is a sale, of course, it is necessary to exchange goods.

"The widow only needs one thing!" Wei Zheng said succinctly: "People-! ”

"People?" Qu Yuan was puzzled, "The foreign minister doesn't notice, I implore Wei Hou to make it clear!" ”

Wei Zheng couldn't help laughing and said: "The State of Chu has always continued to expand its territory to the south, sweeping away the three razes, leveling the South Vietnam, capturing a lot of Nanban slaves, and letting them go will undoubtedly let the tiger return to the mountain." At present, the defense of the country is building a large number of buildings, expanding the city, building straight roads, all of which require a large number of people to serve in the conscription, but the children of the widow need to work diligently, can not miss the agricultural time, the expansion of the city, the construction of the straight road can not be delayed, the proper plan is to buy slaves for servitude. ”

The implication is that if you want to get military funding for the defense of the country, you have to trade the population, whether you are a barbarian slave or a native of Chu, as long as you are a human.

Wei Zheng of course can not let the people of the country impose heavy labor, agriculture is the foundation of the country, of course, we can not sacrifice the original to seek the end, fortunately in this chaotic world, not only the seven heroes fight against each other, the four barbarians are also attacking, the Central Plains has gradually gone to the slave culture, but the four barbarians and the prisoners of each other are the largest source of slave resources.

On the other hand, the "infrastructure" of the Patriotic Nation was largely built on the blood and tears of slaves.

Wei Zheng is a wise man and loves the people like a son in the eyes of his own people, but foreigners and slaves are not among them, and these can make the people of Wei Guo have a strong sense of the country.

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