Chapter 287: The Hidden Worries of the Chu State

After sending Wu Shi away, Yingbu asked Kui Che: "Prime Minister, Xiang Zhuang is in big trouble?" ”

Kui Che nodded and said: "All in all, Xiang Zhuang, the king of Chu, is too anxious, although Bai Lixian, who presided over the change of the law, has the ability but does not have much prestige, Fan Zeng has the ability to be more prestigious, but it is a pity that he is too old to bow down to everything, so the Jiangdong Shi clan dares to rebel against the new law, which is also expected." ”

Yingbu sighed and asked, "So, shall we help this favor or not?" ”

Kuaiche pondered for a moment and said, "The minister thinks that we must help with this favor, but can't we help all of them?" ”

"You have to help, but you can't help them all?" Yingbu was confused and said, "What does this mean?" ”

Kui Che explained: "Your Majesty, you think, now that Huainan and Chu are allies, and Chu is in trouble now, if we stand by and watch, won't we make our allies feel cold?" Furthermore, if the State of Chu falls into great chaos and the national strength fades, it is not in the interests of our Huainan State, and when resisting the State of Qi in the future, we still need to rely on the support of the State of Chu. ”

"What's more, sending some of the Huainan Shi clans who fiercely oppose the change to Jiangdong is also conducive to the implementation of the new law of our Huainan country, which can not only help the allies, but also benefit the change of our Huainan country, so why not do it?" Kui Che said this, and said, "However, after all, the scholar clan is the elite of the country, and if the scholar clan who opposes the change of law is sent to Jiangdong, it will inevitably cause the loss of talent in my Huainan country, which is contrary to the purpose of the minister's reform of the law to become strong!" ”

"Well, the widow understands." Yingbu nodded, and said thoughtfully, "The minister means that only the small number of scholars who oppose the change most fiercely will be sent to Jiangdong, right?" ”

"Yes, no more than fifty scholars!" Kui Che nodded, and said, "As for whether the Chu State can use these fifty scholars to solve domestic problems, it depends on their own ability, anyway, as an ally, our Huainan Kingdom Yijing has done its best, what do you say, the king?" ”

"Well, just do what you say!"

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Wuzhong, the palace of the king of Chu.

Qu Bucai finally had news, after Qu Bucai entered the customs, he quickly set up an intelligence line from Xianyang to Dingtao, and these messages were first sent to Dingtao through this route, and then transmitted back to Wuzhong from Dingtao, so it took two more days, but unfortunately, this is not good news.

In the upper study, Xiang Zhuang, Fan Zeng, Xiang He, Xiang Tuo, and Bai Lixian sat opposite each other, all with solemn expressions, Xiang Zhuang picked up two secret letters from the table and handed them to Xiang He, and said, "Ziyi, you read it to your father." ”

Although Bi Shu is Yijing Shichu, it is naturally impossible to enter the decision-making level in a short period of time.

"Whoa." Xiang He took the secret letter and unfolded it, and read it aloud, "King Junjian: I have already arrived in Xianyang, and I was surprised to learn that Bai Mo, the prince of the Kanto region, has already been appointed as the left minister by the Han King, and he will follow the example of the pre-Qin Dynasty to change the law to be strong, and the Han King is extremely protective of Bai Mo, and there are dead soldiers guarding him in and out. ”

"Huh? Bai Mo actually yijing Shihan?! Xiang Tuo said in a speech, "It's troublesome now, Bi Shu once said to the minister in person, in terms of talent alone, his senior brother Bai Mo is a hundred times better than him!" ”

Baili Xian also said: "Xu Cheng also said that this white ink is a once-in-a-century literary and opera star. ”

"Whoa." Fan Zeng waved his hand and said indifferently, "Bi Shu said that Bai Mo is a hundred times better than him, but he is just humble, but the old man doesn't believe it, does this Bai Mo really have the ability to penetrate the world?" As for Xu Cheng's Wenqu Xing, Jiangxing, and Emperor Xingzhi, let's listen to it and believe it, but we don't have to be too serious. ”

Xiang Zhuang also didn't believe that Bai Mo's talent could really be a hundred times better than Bi Shu, but the article created by Bai Mo that Bi Shu copied on the law examination paper made Xiang Zhuang deeply impressed, Xiang Zhuang wanted to discuss the content of that article with Bai Mo in person, but now Bai Mo Yijing Shihan, I am afraid that there will be no such opportunity in the future. ..., when Xiang Zhuang nodded, Xiang He continued to read: "Liu Bang took Lu Tai as the hussar general, led 20,000 cavalry to defeat 100,000 Huns in the Guzang Plain in Hexi, and even forced the two tribes of Xiu Tu and Hun Evil, with tens of thousands of Hu cavalry, and the Yue people survived because of the support of the Han army, and they were also close to the Han State. ”

"Huh? Defeat 100,000 Huns?! Xiang Tuo was shocked when he heard this.

Bai Lixian's face was also full of disbelief, how is this possible?!

Xiang Zhuang also looked solemn, when he first opened the secret letter, he couldn't believe that Lu Tai defeated 100,000 Hun cavalry with only 20,000 cavalry, how could this be possible? You must know that the Huns' soldiers are not comparable to Lou Furen, Aries or Linhu people, that is the real overlord of the grassland, when did the Han cavalry become so powerful?

You must know that in history, the Han Empire accumulated nearly a hundred years of financial and material resources to finally train a powerful cavalry, and then with this cavalry to drive the Xiongnu away to Europe, now Liu Bang only spent two years to train the cavalry, can the Xiongnu army in Maodun be defeated? How is this possible?!

Although the current Xiongnu is far less powerful than the Xiongnu a hundred years later (a hundred years later, the Xiongnu captured a large number of craftsmen from the Central Plains, and the level of science and technology, especially iron-smelting technology, Yijing has made great progress, thus greatly improving the weapons and equipment of the Huns), and the cavalry of Lutai does not need to go thousands of miles deep into Mobei to go on an expedition like Wei Qing and Huo Quzhi, but in any case, the Huns are the overlords of the grassland, and they are by no means so easy to defeat.

Fan Zeng waved his hand, but said: "This is mostly just a rumor in the market, Liu Bang Xiaoer in order to inspire the people of Guanzhong and the morale of the Han army, so he deliberately exaggerated the results, if the old man did not guess wrong, the battle of Hexi is afraid that there are other twists and turns, if the Han cavalry is not in a hurry, don't want to win, it is impossible to have as many as 100,000 Huns defeated by it!" ”

The old man is powerful, although he did not come to Hexi in person, but he can deduce the battle situation in Hexi with a clue of one scale and a half claw, in fact, the battle of Hexi Lutai is indeed very lucky, if it is not for the Han army to hide its whereabouts well, if it is not for the appearance of the Han army, the Huns and the Yueshi Yijing fell into a struggle, the Han army not to mention winning, I am afraid that it will be difficult to retreat.

It is an obvious fact that once Mao Dun discovers the Han cavalry, he will definitely solve the 20,000 Han troops first, and then try to deal with the Yueshi people, besieging 20,000 Han cavalry with 100,000 Huns.

Xiang Zhuang nodded, and said: "However, it should be a fact that the two Hu tribes of Xiu Tu and Hun Evil have surrendered to the Han Dynasty, and this time Liu Bang Lao'er will no longer have to consume a large amount of iron, grain, silk and other materials to buy horses from Xiqiang and Yue, and the two departments of Xiu Tu and Hun Evil will be able to directly transport a large number of cheap war horses to the Han army." ”

"And Li Bi and Luo Jia." Baili Xian also said, "In the pre-Qin period, these two people were famous cavalry generals in Guanzhong, who could not only lead troops but also train soldiers, and now there are a large number of war horses in Guan, and over time, Liu Bang Lao'er will definitely be able to train a large and powerful cavalry army, which is not good news for our Dachu." ”

Xiang Zhuang thought that Li Bi and Luo Jia were just unknown people in history, but now they are like generals of the Han army!

As the so-called times create heroes, due to Xiang Zhuang's crossing, the general trend of the world has been reversed, and it has also led to the change of the fate of a large number of Chu and Han characters, such as Lu Tai, from a nameless son to a famous hussar general, as well as Li Bi and Luo Jia, the two of them have become the left arm and right arm of the hussar general from the unknown generation, and the 20,000 Han cavalry of the Changle Camp and the Longxi Battalion are actually trained by Li Bi and Luo Jia in the final analysis. ..., now, Xiang Zhuang's only xiwang is that Ge Sheng can train as a sailor as soon as possible.

As long as the sailors are trained, and then sell back Arabian horses from the Middle East, the cavalry of the Chu army can defeat the cavalry of the Han army, although the Han army can also introduce Dawan horses from the Western Regions through the Yueshi to improve their own horse breeds, but the genetic improvement effect of Dawan horses on Mongolian bantam horses is far inferior to that of Arab horses, which Yijing has been confirmed in history.

Of course, with the current conditions, there is no sea ship like the nine-masted treasure ship, and there is no compass and compass, so it is naturally difficult and dangerous to engage in any great voyage, but sending a fleet of ships along the coastline all the way west, through Malacca, the Indian Ocean, to Arabia to buy hundreds of Arab horses, it is not all without Xiwang.

After all, there are many indigenous people living in Southeast Asia now, and as for India, it is one of the four ancient civilizations on a par with China, so as long as the fleet walks along the coastline, it will definitely be able to get fresh water, vegetables and fruits, and eventually it will be able to reach the Middle East.

Sometimes, miracles are possible.

Xiang Zhuang watched a TV show in his previous life, according to the program, the indigenous people living on an island in the South Pacific have the same genes as the indigenous people of a certain country in South America, and it is speculated that the indigenous people on this island arrived on this island by raft across the Pacific Ocean thousands of years ago!

Thousands of years ago, the indigenous people of South America could cross the Pacific Ocean on rafts, but couldn't the sailors of the Chu State go to the Middle East? You must know that the Chu ship designed and supervised by the craftsman master Gong Chuan is not the kind of building ship with an unstable center of gravity that was popular during the Qin and Han dynasties, but a real sea ship with a center of gravity hidden below the center of buoyancy, as long as the hull is not cracked, there is no worry about capsizing!

But these things are in a hurry, and now I have to write back to Qu Bucai and tell him what to do next?

As soon as Xiang Zhuang waved his hand, an ebony dead man walked out of the shadows and said, "What does the king command?" ”

Xiang Zhuang said: "Tell Qu Bucai that you have to wait for the opportunity to assassinate Bai Mo, if you can kill, you will kill, and if you can't kill, you will never be reluctant, and the assassination target does not have to be limited to Bai Mo alone, the rest of Xiao He, Zhang Liang, Chen Ping and other important ministers should also be included in the assassination list, as well as Liu Bang, if you can kill Liu Bang, it would be great." ”

"Whoa!" The ebony dead man suddenly responded, and was about to retreat into the darkness when he was called by Xiang Zhuang again.

Xiang Zhuang thought for a while, and then advised: "If Bai Mo implements the new law in Guanzhong, he will get the provisions of the new law at all costs!" What Bai Mo really interested Xiang Zhuang was the article he wrote, which faintly mentioned the factors restricting population growth, and if he could get this article, the change of Chu State would be more thorough.

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PS: This is the chapter that makes up for noon, and there is another chapter in the evening.

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