Qingji has received letters from Liang Huzi and Cheng Bi, and is also deeply worried about the situation in Dongyi, this kind of thing that is really a struggle for power and profit, once the national flag is raised, it has always been very tricky, because those careerists can indeed confuse many ordinary people, and Dongyi has not yet established a country, nor has he signed the letter of state to become a vassal state of Wu, if Wu is blatantly conquered by force, it is bound to be in vain Chengbi's current efforts.

Fan Li made Qin not come back, Zhu Yong felt bored since he was squeezed out of the core of power, and took the opportunity of extorting and blackmailing Yue Guo, and ran to Yue Guo to show off his might, and he was not in Gusu, and the other ministers participated in the court discussion, and they were at a loss for Dongyi's situation of not being able to achieve literature and martial arts, and they couldn't come up with a solution.

At this moment, the messenger of Gongshan Bufu arrived, and the messenger of Gongshan Bufu knew that Qingji had an intricate relationship with Lu Guo, and was worried that he would refuse to see him on the spot, so he begged Xiangguo Sun Wufu to ask for help. Sun Wu was originally from Qi, and he had never had much contact with Lu Guosanhuan and Yang Hu, so he would not think too much about Lu Guo's feelings. And he is the most important person in Qingji, if you can convince him, things can be successful.

This is the difference between the people who are not ruthless in Gongshan and the people who show their feet, the people who show their feet are all thieves and robbers, all of them are good at force, and the people who are not ruthless in Gongshan are all retainers of Sanhuan and slaves, among them, most of them have been for Sanhuan to run, and have done many things for them, such as officialdom, business, management and even fighting with soldiers, all aspects are involved, although they are not proficient, but they are better in all, and they know how to mediate.

Sun Wu received the envoy of Gongshan Bufu, listened to him explain his intentions, and felt that his force was of little use to Wu State, Zhan Zhi is now less than 20,000 soldiers and horses, Gongshan Bufu can pull out less than half, Qingji is not now committed to the stage of destroying Wu and recovering the country, the role of 10,000 soldiers is far less than the results achieved by several messengers with other vassal states. It is impossible for Qingji to be desperate for Gongshan, which makes the Lu people and Dongyi people dissatisfied.

However, Sun Wu is the kind of surname who is cautious in dealing with things, although he is now a Xiangguo, under one person and above ten thousand, he has never acted arbitrarily and has made up his mind. Although he knew that it was impossible, he did not express his opinion in front of the envoy of Gongshan, and after calmly listening to his intentions, he asked someone to take him down to be entertained, and Sun Wu got up and entered the palace to play the matter and celebrate the jealousy.

At this time, it is the season of early February of the new year, and Jiangnan began to prepare for spring ploughing. Cast iron farm tools, ploughing cattle, the distribution of high-quality grain varieties from various countries, and the arrangement and deployment of peasant households to pioneer and reclaim fields, although all kinds of things are cumbersome, but they are related to the livelihood of a year, Wu Guo's grain shortage was solved by commercial transportation last year, and this year it is destined that the whole world will have a food shortage, Wu Guo has to make plans early, such a major event is related to the stability and future development of Wu State, so Qingji did not dare to be negligent, and several officials in charge of agricultural affairs such as cover Yu and Wen Chong were found and carefully discussed.

Fortunately, Wen Chong is indeed a first-class talent in this area, and among the scholars who rushed to Wu from various countries to serve him, many of them are from the Central Plains with developed agricultural civilization, and they are good at managing farming, and they have a lot of experience and knowledge in this area.

After the agricultural affairs were discussed, several important ministers couldn't help but talk about Dongyi again, thinking that they could smoothly receive the territory of Dongyi, expand rapidly in territory and population, and enhance the strength of Wu, but now the difficulties encountered in Dongyi have been postponed and the process of bringing Dongyi into Wu's sphere of influence has become far away. After some discussion, he covered his hatred and said: "These Dongyi people are really ungrateful, I think that when they were almost wiped out by the Qi people, they rushed to attach themselves to my Wu country, and now that the Qi people have withdrawn, they immediately turned their faces, and we still have to put on the appearance of the Wang Shi Righteous Army, and we can't meet them in battle." ”

Qingji said: "Everyone, first of all, must consider himself and the interests of his race, this matter is understandable, just like the alliance between my Wu State and Chu State, not out of friendship, but out of their own interests." Those tribes that cause trouble just don't want to be subservient to others and be governed by others. And because of the Viadelon, it was a group of people, that was only possible thousands of years ago when the survival of a tribe was very problematic, since the Xia Shang Dynasty and below, any country has expanded its territory, and there are few people who do not use swords and soldiers and do not conquer by force. ”

Qingji Zhengse said: "Wu is the foundation of the widow, the people of Wu are the foundation of the widow, for the sake of the eternal stability of the Wu country, expansion is inevitable." For foreign races and foreign lands, they must first obey their arrogance and ambition, and then completely integrate into the rule of Wu, do not connive or disdain, and govern them with equal emphasis on grace and power, and they will be completely integrated into the Wu people after a few lifetimes. The widow never thought that he could pretend to be a sage and be able to influence other tribes to submit in good faith, that was the most stupid idea. If you need to, why not move troops? The problem is that now that there are few people and no nameless divisions, the Qi people are holding back their strength to kill Dongyi. Moreover, the Yue people and the Chu people are all the henchmen of the Wu State, and the trouble of the heart has not been eliminated, and we cannot expand the war situation in Dongyi and set up more enemies, which is where the tricky part lies. ”

Qingji just said this, and the temple people stepped forward to report: "King, Xiangguo Sun Wu asks to see." ”

"Changqing is here, please hurry up!"

Sun Wu went to the palace, first saluted Qingji, and then returned the salute to cover Yu and Wen, and then said: "King Chenqi, Dongyi Gongshan does not send a secret envoy to see, because of his identity, he can't directly enter the palace to see the driver, so he finds the minister's house." ”

"Gongshan is not ruthless?" Qingji was surprised and said: "Liang Huzi is encircling and suppressing them in Dongyi, what are they doing when they come to see the widow?" ”

Seeing that several of the palace were important ministers in the court, and Sun Wu did not hide it, he told the intention of the envoy of Gongshan Bu Xuan, Qingji had not yet spoken, and he had already lost his smile and said: "It's really whimsical, my Wu division used troops in Dongyi, and the fight was to destroy their banner, if I accept their surrender, wouldn't my Wu people have to give up Dongyi and return to China?" Besides, if we take them in, the Lu people and the Dongyi people will be dissatisfied with my Wu country, what is Gongshan Bu Wu? Ji's door is a lackey's ear, is it worth my Wu Guo to pay so much for him? ”

Sun Wu looked at Qingji, and Qingji also frowned and said, "If they go to the Qi country, it seems that there are still extenuating circumstances." Coming to the widow? It is also thanks to him that he can figure out that there are useful people in the world, talented people, regardless of their background, and everyone is willing to accept them, but characters like Gongshan Bufu and Zhong Lianghuai have only received a lot of trouble, and the gains outweigh the losses, and Changqing can send his envoy back. ”

Cover Yu rolled his eyes and said: "King, the person who came was sent by Gongshan Buxuan, not Zhan Xuan, it seems that Gongshan Bu Xuan has a different heart for Zhan Xuan, do we want to reveal this news, so that they will be tilted internally and divided?" ”

Sun Wu hurriedly said: "Cover up Doctor Yu, don't do it, although Gongshan is not an enemy of my Wu country, this time it is an envoy to talk secretly." Permission or not is allowed in me, not allowed, fight again, but never reveal the purpose of the envoy, this matter spreads, Zhan Zhi may immediately kill Gongshan Buhuo, clear his internal troubles, and go to me a strong enemy, but for my Wu country, the loss is even more significant. From now on, who else in the world will dare to communicate with my Wu State Secretary and have a plan? This act of great dishonesty and righteousness is absolutely unfeasible. ”

Cover Yu's face flushed, and said with a sneer: "Lord Xiangguo is too worried, I mean, but after the envoy of Gongshan goes back, he will find another opportunity to spread the news within the thief gang......"

"Although Da Situ's intentions are good, this method is really not feasible!" Qingji said: "Gongshan is just a poor man at the end of the road, but my Wu Guo Xinyi is a priceless thing, this kind of secret will not be good, and the rules must be strictly observed." ”

"Yes!" Cover Yu arched his hand and said: "The minister is just thinking about splitting the bandits, but he hasn't thought about it much, and the minister will never disclose this matter." ”

"Hmm!" Qingji bowed his head and said: "The envoy of Gongshan, it is not appropriate to stay in my Wu country for a long time, Changqing, you will go back, explain the meaning of the widow, and send them away." ”

"Yes!" Sun Wu saluted Qingji, turned around and left, Wen Chong did not say a word on the side, at this time saw Sun Wu retreat, and suddenly saluted Qingji and said: "King, the minister suddenly remembered something, and he wanted to discuss it with Lord Xiangguo......"

"Well, there you go."

"Yes! Retire! Wen Chong hurriedly turned around and chased out, Sun Wu was striding out, Wen Chong chased after him with his robe, and shouted from afar: "Lord Xiangguo stays, Lord Xiangguo ......"

Sun Wu heard the shout, looked back, and stopped in surprise: "Zi Bird, but the king has changed his mind?" ”

Wen Chong caught up and said with a smile: "The king has not changed his mind, Wen Chong has considered it again, but he wants to discuss it with Lord Xiangguo and persuade our king to change his mind." ”

Sun Wu stared at him and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

Wen Chong looked left and right, and saw that there was a side hall not far away where an auxiliary minister was temporarily handling government affairs in the palace, so he solemnly said: "Lord Xiangguo, please, Wen Chong has some ideas, and he needs to discuss it carefully with Lord Xiangguo." ”

In the side hall, Sun Wu listened to Wen Chong's thoughts, and was silent for a while, and Wen Chong couldn't help but say worriedly: "Lord Xiangguo thinks it's inappropriate?" ”

Sun Wu shook his head and said, "Definitely." Driving the tiger and devouring the wolf can solve the matter that it is inconvenient for my Wu State to come forward to solve. But what happens after that? In that way, their hatred with the Dongyi people was even deeper, and the Wu State could not accept them even more. If you don't think of a good solution, how to convince the king? ”

The two of them looked at each other, their eyes flickered for a long time, and suddenly they raised their hands at the same time, and their palms were like knives, slashing downward.

The two smiled, and Wen Chong said worriedly: "Lord Xiangguo, wouldn't it be too ...... to do this?"

Sun Wu said in a deep voice: "Those who regulate small things cannot succeed in fame, and those who are evil and shameful cannot make great contributions." ”

Wen Chong smiled with relief: "Lord Xiangguo, in my opinion, the damned are always going to die, but this time we can live many innocent people, our purpose is still good, the result...... It's also good. ”

The two laughed a few more times, looked at each other twice, and suddenly asked in unison, "Who is going to tell the king?" ”

"Hmm......" Wen Chong touched his nose and muttered: "Lord Situ is the king's closest relative, today's Uncle Wang, Lord Xiangguo, you see...... Wouldn't it be better for Lord Situ to say? ”

Sun Wu breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said: "Young Lord Situ Gao Jian, you are Lord Situ's Jieqing (deputy), why don't you lobby Lord Situ?" ”

Wen Chong said with a bitter face: "This ...... This naturally makes. ”

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"Never!"

The next day, after being persuaded by Wen Chong's rhetoric, Da Situ went to Qingji in a hurry, and Qingji refused: "Conquer Dongyi, now it seems that it can't be done without shedding some blood, the widow knows in his heart, the widow is not the benevolence of women, but either they don't need them, since they are used, but they are reversed, and they are eliminated as a curse after the matter is completed, so how to make it?" Although they are from humble backgrounds and are only slaves of the Ji family, if the widow really wants to kill them, he will only be praised by the corporal doctors of the whole world, but the widow can hide the ghosts and gods of heaven and earth, and he can't hide his conscience, and he can't hide the pen like a rafter on Danqing! It's so shameless that you can't do it. ”

Cover Yu touched his nose and squeaked and couldn't speak.

Qingji remembered the way Wen Chong left in a hurry yesterday, and woke up and said, "This plan was conceived by Changqing and Ziyu, right?" Hey! These two guys also knew that this kind of talk was difficult to say, so they went to Uncle Wang to tell the widow. ”

Cover up Yu laughed dryly, a little annoyed in his heart.

Qingji paced back and forth in the hall for a few steps, and muttered: "Now the situation in Dongyi has become a difficult knot to solve, and it is thanks to them to come up with this method, in addition, the widow really can't think of other ideas, if this plan is used, my Wu people will have a lot less unnecessary sacrifices, just ......"

He suddenly stopped and looked back and said: "Uncle Wang, since they came up with this plan, it will fall on them, and ask Uncle Wang to tell them that they must plan well again, draw up a detailed and feasible step, as long as they can ensure their final way out, the widow will adopt their opinion." In any case, the cunning rabbit dies and the lackeys cook, and the widow decisively does not do it! ”

Cover Yu came out of the palace of King Wu, returned to his mansion, and told Sun Wu and Wen Chong, who were already waiting there, Qingji's opinion, and then pointed at them and scolded them with a smile: "You two guys, you are also shameless, I said why did I go around the bend and let me go to tell the king, it turns out that you are afraid of being scolded, but let me embarrass you." Hum! Now it is all right, the king said, this plan is very good, he uses it. But Gongshan Buwu and Zhong Lianghuai, the two tricky guys, you also have to arrange the provenance, two adults, you have a headache. ”

Sun Wu and Wen Chong looked at each other, and after a while, Sun Wu sighed and said: "The king is a warrior today, but this decisive heart is always not ruthless enough. From the time when Dae Yi was about to leave, to the ...... now, but ...... It's strange that although I don't think so, I would rather my king be such a person. ”

Wen Chong bowed his head silently, 'The cunning rabbit dies and the lackey cooks, and the widow will not do it!' When he repeated Qingji's words, his heart also surged with excitement, although Qingji's words were aimed at Gongshan Bufu and Zhongliang Huai, but as Qingji's subordinates, how could he not feel it.

Qingji despised and contempt the two princes of the world, Gongshan Buwu and Zhong Lianghuai, who were despicable slaves and thieves, but still kept such faith and respect, and Wen Chong only felt that he would serve such a king, even if he did his best, he would die without regrets.

He nodded solemnly and said, "Okay! Since the king has made up his mind, let's plan well, and we must come up with a plan to do a good job of this important thing and fulfill the king's righteousness! ”

Sun Wu's face also became serious, and he nodded as if promised, his eyes shining with two indescribable lights.

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"What did Wu Wang Qingji say?"

As soon as Zhong Lianghuai entered Gongshan's room, he couldn't wait to ask.

Gongshan snorted coldly and said: "It's still the same, we are like a wolf besieged now, every hunter thinks about how to use our flesh and blood, our fur, the only difference is that what they want is different, and the part of the arrow is also different." The Wu people also want to take advantage of us. ”

"How?"

"The Wu people promised to accept us, and promised you and me the identity of a middle doctor."

Zhong Lianghuai almost jumped up with excitement when he heard this, he was originally a domestic slave, although now he has the power of soldiers and horses, many ordinary people and even ministers and doctors can only let him fish and meat, but his humble background is a brand that can never be erased, in the body, he has always been inferior, much more humble than the common people. The official position of the doctor is a doctor, which is enough to make him excited.

In this world, the most difficult thing to change is the class of people's origin, when Qi Guotian agreed to accept them, he finally promised very generously that he would accept them into the Tian family in the future and be the head of his fiefdom. Jumping from a house slave to a secretary class? How easy is it to say, are the princes of the Qi State who have been in the world for hundreds of years willing to accept a lowly house slave who is suddenly on an equal footing with them? And now Wu Guo ......

Zhong Liang steadied himself and said, "Wu Guoken is willing to give us a doctor's identity?" Wu Guo, today, only Wu Guo and only Qingji have such courage and courage. What else are you not satisfied with? ”

Gongshan said unruly: "King Wu, like Tian Qi, also wants us to stay here, not disclose our identities for the time being, and continue to deal with others." ”

Zhong Lianghuai was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise: "Who are you dealing with, what is the purpose?" ”

Gongshan said: "Rotate with the Dongyi people." As soon as the Qi people retreated, some Dongyi tribes wanted to drive the Wu people away, and the Wu people were determined to be in Dongyi, can't you see it? ”

"Qingji wants to ......" Zhong Lianghuai's eyes flashed, and he suddenly said, "I understand." But...... This is also a matter of course, today's Qingji is the king of Wu, and he is no longer the son Qingji who was exiled in Lu at the beginning. You and me, the soldiers, still don't look at him in his eyes, if you don't make great contributions, how can you cheapen the identity of a doctor to you and me? ”

Gongshan said, "Why don't you understand? If Qingji does not keep his word, how can we ensure that his promise to us can be fulfilled? ”

Zhong Liang was stunned for a moment and asked, "Don't you sign a treaty first?" ”

Gongshan sneered: "How to sign?" Qingji wants to drive the tiger and devour the wolf, and it is the Dongyi people who want us to deal with it, his future people, and he will give people the handle to sign a covenant in advance and give it to us? Now it's just a verbal promise, so I'm not reassured. ”

"What did the messenger of the jealousy say?"

Gongshan Bufu told him in detail what the envoy sent by Qingji said: "He wants us to stay in Dongyi, still under the banner of rebellion, and they will provide a list of the tribes that are arrogant and unruly and refuse to belong to Dongyi, and he wants us to use the identity of rebellion to attack these tribes and remove the obstacles to Wu's unification of Dongyi." ”

Zhong Lianghuai pondered for a long time and said slowly: "I think...... Qingji's words are credible. ”

"How?"

"Because he told us all the detailed plans, and the very important one here is that you and I want to get rid of the footfall and help a puppet to take the throne, and this puppet is used to substitute for sin. If Qingji has already made up his mind to use it and get rid of us, there is no need for us to help another person who doesn't know the inside story to take the position, that will only make it more difficult for him to implement the plan, and it will not do him any good. ”

Gongshan Buwu was a little moved when he heard this: "But...... Now he thinks so, what about the future? Once we betray Zhan Zhi again, there is no other way out, and if Qingji refuses to fulfill his promise, we will only have to die. ”

Zhong Lianghuai thought for a long time and said: "Yi Qingji has always been a man of his word and reputation, and now he is the king of Wu, but he will not immediately become a politician who does everything he can. Moreover, if we get rid of Zhan Zhi and directly command this army, it will be more beneficial to his plan, but he instructs us to set up a puppet, so asking for trouble, this is to think of a way out for us. Named a doctor, ...... not ruthless, this opportunity cannot be missed, we rebelled against the Ji family, and we rebelled with the big thief Zhanjiao, isn't it this day? We even risked our lives, and now we finally waited for this opportunity, and we can't miss it anymore, Wu Guo is our last hope. ”

Gongshan frowned, and said distressedly: "I know, it's because I don't want to miss this only opportunity that I hesitate, but without a covenant, I can't rest assured after all, Wu Wang Qingji is now forced by the situation in Dongyi, and he does not hesitate to give you and my doctor's background, but once the situation in Dongyi is in his hands, in case the ministers and doctors of Wu State make slanderous remarks to him, do you think he will succumb to the pressure of those people and change his mind?" ”

Zhong Liang Huai said: "Our situation will not be worse. We are now bandits, bandits who are enemies of the Dongyi people and the Lu people, and we have agreed to the conditions of Qingji, we are still 'bandits', and the 'bandits' who kill the Dongyi people differently, at least at that time, Liang Huzi's army will not attack us from time to time, at least at that time we will have the opportunity to become the ministers of the Wu State, even if we are not completely sure, now we have to gamble. However, just in case, we must also pay more attention to the movements of Wu in the future, and we should send some scouts to keep abreast of Wu Guo's movements. ”

Gongshan spread his hands and said: "You and I are tired here, how can we understand the movements of Wu Kingdom?" Even if you send some people, how can you know about the temple of Wu Guo...... Yikes! I thought of ......"

Zhong Liang hurriedly asked, "What did you think of?" ”

Gongzi said unruly: "Don't forget that there are still our henchmen in the Sanhuan family's mansion, and we didn't let them rebel with them at the beginning, originally to leave some eyes and ears in the Lu country, but now it can come in handy." ”

Zhong Lianghuai was dumbfounded and said, "Sanhuan Mansion is ...... What does that have to do with Wu Guo? How could such a major event be consulted with the Lu people? ”

Gongshan Bufu's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said word for word: "Don't you forget that the Sanhuan family is wantonly doing the matter of marrying a daughter, marrying the maids, house slaves, generals, and stewards of the Wu Kingdom, there are no less than 3,000 people, is it difficult to arrange a few of our people to go in?" ”

(To be continued)