Chapter Eighty-Six: Cooking Wine and Fighting the Piano (I)
King Zhao said: "If you have more questions about Yan Gong's strategy to rebuild the Zhao Palace, you can discuss it separately. The policy of Qiao Gong of the Song Kingdom is also a self-contained concept of the world, and everyone may wish to listen to it with this king. ”
King Zhao interrupted the interrogation of Shu'er by the ministers and merchants, and Shu'er gratefully saluted King Zhao. Lin Ying saw that Shu'er was a little tired, so she hurriedly jumped up and brought her a cup of tea. She took the teacup, drank it all, and gave Lin Ying a look, asking him to go back to the table first, don't be rude.
Qiao Jing is not as eloquent as Shu'er, so he only said succinctly: "The strategy presented below actually coincides with Brother Yan's policy. Brother Yan's advice is meticulous, and the advice under him is nothing more than eight words: 'A big country governs a small country, and a small country governs a big country'. In the next opinion, to govern a large country, we should be good at management and unify all ministries, so that we can be more handy, such as governing a small country. And 'a small country governing a big country', the so-called big, is not the size of the territory, but the prestige of the far. A small country is famous, but it has endless guests and wealth. Gold and silver in hand, can raise soldiers, can build cities, no need to be false and committed to the country, self-impartial, long standing in Kyushu. Brother Yan said that rebuilding the Zhao Palace and recruiting Kyushu celebrities and businessmen to gather in Pingliang is the so-called 'small country governing the big'. ”
Prime Minister Lu Xin asked: "Although 'a small country governs a big country', it is inevitable that money and celebrities will gather in Zhao State, and under the fame, it will inevitably cause right and wrong." If the Zhao State is rich, if the Chen and Song countries raise an army to seize it. When the time comes, what will be the existence of small countries? ”
Qiao Jing asked arrogantly without anger: "Prime Minister, Chen and Song have not taken Zhao for a hundred years, don't you know the reason?" ”
Lu Xin was fur erected by the cold eyes of the man of the Song Kingdom, smiled embarrassedly, and said: "A hundred years ago, when King Zhao Zhuang, King Zhao Xiang, and King Zhao Wen, the Zhao State was strong, and the land was much larger than that of the Song State today. At that time, the two kingdoms of Chen and Song were still weak, and only with the support of Zhao could they gradually stabilize the livelihood of the society. Once the Rong people outside the Guanwai rebellion, has invaded Chen Guojiu County, if there is no Zhao State to help the whole country, Chen Guo Fanjing has already stepped under the Rong iron horse. At that time, Bashu was not unified, the Song State was resting, Chu and Yue were in turmoil, and only Zhao was the only one in the world. Whenever Zhao sent troops to help various countries, he sent envoys to sign a covenant with the kings of Kyushu that 'Zhao and the countries will never fight each other'. Although Zhao lost its territory under the coercion of the rise of Chen and Song, and even in the Battle of Chen and Song more than 20 years ago, the battle with the heaviest casualties of the Chen and Song armies was the Battle of Pingliang, which turned Zhao into a purgatory full of corpses, and the national capital Pingliang was almost razed to the ground. General Li under the command of King Chen, who is now Li Chen, the king of Chen, personally attacked the palace of Ninghe, and the first king was still there at that time, and took out the contract between Chen and Zhao that would never fight each other, and said to General Li: "The talent of the general is not to support the army, but to govern the country." If the general can take the throne of King Chen, he must be justified and convincing the world. Between Chen and Zhao, the contract is still there, if you kill my Zhao Dugu clan, you are a treacherous person, what kind of king's etiquette? ’”
Qiao Jing said: "Since the Prime Minister knows the contract that will never be broken, why do you need to say more? The state of Zhao is not strong now, and it can still be independent of the world without quarrel with the world, just because the countries of Kyushu are unwilling to do things that violate faith and are spurned. Zhao Guo is here, and the Kyushu Convention is here. In the future, Zhao will be strong and the people will be rich, and the countries will only be more willing to make friends with Zhao for generations and show the country's courtesy. ”
Shu'er said with a smile: "To say a vulgar and shallow remark, since ancient times, I have only heard that the rich are afraid of the poor, and I have not heard the truth that the poor are afraid of the rich. Zhao Guo is simple and can have no dispute with the world, and Zhao Guo is rich and can also have no dispute with the world. As long as you don't forget your heart, whether you are rich or not, it is all a passing cloud. ”
After another Q&A discussion, King Zhao interrupted: "Thank you all the distinguished guests and guests, lunch has been prepared in the garden. If you have free time, you can linger in the Ninghe Palace for a few days. Lone is willing to carefully discuss with everyone the strategy of rebuilding the Zhao Palace. As for the business strategy, I thought that Chen Guoyan Gong and Song Guoqiao Gong were both clever and listed first, each rewarded 50 taels of silver, and rewarded Zhao Guo with 10 acres of good land. ”
Shu'er and Qiao Jing glanced at each other and exchanged a salute.
Pingliang Chamber of Commerce is famous all over the world. Since then, Chen Guoyan's tree is known to passers-by in Kyushu.
The lunch in the Zhaogong Garden was very lively, and businessmen from all over the world came to the four-person table of the businessmen of Chen and Song to toast Shu'er, Lin Ying, Qiao Jing, and Qiao Ling.
The merchants secretly felt that King Zhao did not want to offend either side of Chen Song, so they let Boss Yan and Gongzi Qiao take the tie for the first place. It stands to reason that Chen and Song have been fighting each other for a long time, and there are many grudges between the people, Boss Yan and Gongzi Qiao should be tired of each other, how can it be that after a few days, the false etiquette when they first met turned into sympathy?
Those jealous merchants felt that if a toast could get them drunk, if it would make them show their true colors, it would be a good show. Unexpectedly, when Boss Yan was poured red-faced, the cold-faced son of the Qiao family actually took the initiative to block the wine for him and drank himself red-faced.
Shu'er looked at the cold Qiao Jing, and his face was so ruddy, which could be described as gold and tin, and Gui was like bi, and he couldn't help but want to get acquainted with him, and said to him with a smile: "The good wine that King Zhao has privately hidden, if it is paired with the sound of Brother Qiao's mountain and flowing water, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?" ”
Lin Ying rushed to control Ning and Gongtu, she was so tired that day that she fell asleep, and she didn't go to Zhao Palace with Shu'er, and naturally she didn't hear Qiao Jing caressing the qin, so she was puzzled at the moment, and said to Shu'er: "Do you want to listen to the qin?" So why bother to find someone else to play? Secretly, I felt more and more that Qiao Jing was unpleasant to look at. Those people respect Sister Shu'er's wine, do they need to stop it with the surname Qiao?
Qiao Ling said with a smile: "I have long heard that Mr. Chen Guo Su Ying's piano painting is unique, and Mr. Su has seen Mr. Su's ghost painting skills in the Chengyu Palace, I don't know that today, King Zhao has wine, we have a piano, Mr. Su is willing to teach piano skills?" ”
Lin Ying thought that Qiao Ling was helping his cousin block the request to stroke the qin in public like a geisha, and couldn't help but feel that this brother of the Qiao family was really a golden man, a dignified man, for Bo Hongyan smiled, what about stroking the piano in public? As everyone knows, in fact, Shu'er had already boasted to the Qiao brothers that day, saying that his cousin was very good at the piano, and since he had overheard Qiao Jing playing the piano, he would ask his cousin to give him a song in return.
The corners of Lin Ying's mouth lifted and said, "Why not?" ”
Shu'er looked at Lin Ying, and faintly felt that after he drank a few glasses of wine, he was not as kind as usual. It was the cold Qiao Jing, who looked warm and warm after drinking.
Qiao Ling immediately instructed the servants of the Qiao family to fetch the piano.
The merchants finally got what they wanted, thinking that it would be very boring not to see the open and secret battles between the merchants of Chen and Song, but they didn't expect that after the feast, they could also watch Qiao and Su fight the piano for fun. If you want to chat about "The Ups and Downs of the Nations" with more like-minded people, follow "Hot Network or rd444" on WeChat to chat about your favorite books with more book friends