Since then, the southern frontier of Chu has been safe and sound, and 500,000 troops have been stationed outside Yuyang Pass of Jin State.

The top and bottom of the Jin dynasty were very shocked, and after the urgent deployment of troops to support, no one dared to raise the matter of troops.

There are millions of troops inside and outside Yuyang Pass, if it starts like this, it is not good to say who will suffer, but at this time, the Jin State does not want to have such a big loss, and the Chu army occupies the five cities of the Jin State outside Yuyang Pass, they can use this advantage to deal with the Jin State, and they will not be able to hurt the Chu State by half a point.

At this time, only the Shang State attacked the west of the Chu State and attracted the troops of the Chu State to solve the embarrassing situation of the Jin State.

The previous actions of the Chu State were indeed unexpected, but I didn't expect Xie Jieyan to be so rigid, and directly transferred troops to seize the five cities of the Jin State and forced them to Yuyang Pass.

Some people think deeper, although Sister Xie seems to be willful, but if she can sit firmly in her current position, she will definitely not be really so reckless, Chu State seems to be a fluke, but in fact, it should be a decision that has been discussed internally, at least from the current attitude of Chu State, the prince of Chu State and a cadre of ministers are on Xie Sister Yan's side.

The prince should have trusted Sister Xie very much.

From this point of view, there is unity within the Chu State, and it is not easy to break through.

Where did such news reach the eldest princess Cai Yunmei, the Jin State had never looked at the Qin State in its eyes, and most of its energy was focused on the Chu State, and now was a good opportunity to get rid of the suppression of the Jin State.

The court of the Qin State discussed for a long time, and many people in the Qin Emperor's faction were a little moved, the territory of the Qin State was not large, and the development was limited, if the opportunity could be taken to bite a piece of meat on the Jin State, then the Qin State would have more opportunities.

However, Emperor Qin always felt that the eldest princess did this to help the Chu State, and she must not agree to send troops.

The eldest princess said, "Your Majesty still thinks that the Chu State needs our help? I'm afraid that they have not counted the so-called alliance power in their own strength for a long time, the Chu State has been based on themselves so far, and the original proposal for the alliance was just to test the position of the Qin State, with the current situation, the Chu State does not need our help at all, from another point of view, it was they who sent the meat of the Jin State to the Qin State." ”

"What the eldest princess said is right, our Qin State has always been high or low, if you don't seize the opportunity to expand your strength, sooner or later you will be devoured by others, Your Majesty don't care about the previous contradictions, anyway, we are not He Chu State united, just using them to contain the Jin State's forces. ”

Most of the people were in favor of attacking the Jin Kingdom.

At that time, when the Chu State proposed an alliance, it was also this group of people who were unwilling to look ahead, and only now that the interests are in front of them, they will have the courage to do things.

Back in the harem, I wanted to go to Concubine De, but I met the queen.

Emperor Qin was angry with the general and the eldest princess with one nostril, and he didn't give him face at all, so he ignored the queen.

The queen stopped him, "Your Majesty, the concubine has a few words to solve your doubts." ”

"Just you, you can know my doubts, as long as you don't make trouble, I don't have so many troubles. ”

The queen is also from a big family, and her knowledge and cultivation are not bad, although she looks down on this unqualified emperor, she also remembers that her father said that she should find a way to mention His Majesty more, and don't let him continue to be so willful, which is too harmful for a country.

Whether it is as a wife or after a country, she has the obligation to persuade him, "Your Majesty, the concubine doesn't know why you turned against the eldest princess. You can be hostile to the eldest princess, but you can't joke about state affairs, which will only become more and more unpopular, especially if there is a virtuous person in front of you, so that everyone will only respect and support the eldest princess, not respect you. ”

"Is the queen here to accuse me? ”

"Your Majesty, the concubine just wants to tell you that if you want to be convinced by everyone, you can only sincerely consider the Qin State and let everyone see that you are a qualified and responsible monarch, if you have been unwilling to grow up like this, everyone will always treat you as a child, not a king who gives orders, you insist on doing the wrong thing, you will only lose people's hearts, if you continue like this, how can you compete with the eldest princess?"

Emperor Qin realized, "You mean, I want to be a good emperor and win people's hearts, so that I can suppress her and take back what belongs to me, right?

Although the queen felt that there were some problems with his understanding, but if he could be allowed to do the right thing, it would be nothing if he was not angry and joked about the Qin State, the eldest princess and His Majesty were opposed, wasn't it also to train His Majesty, but she still said, "The eldest princess is not a person who loves power, she just doesn't want to see Your Majesty do something wrong." ”

"Heh, what kind of person is she, I know better than you can see, she just doesn't want to give up the power in her hands, go back, I know what to do. ”

As he spoke, he instructed his henchmen around him, "Princess Xuanchang and the general are here to discuss the matter." ”

The queen had some unspeakable worries in her heart, and when she saw Emperor Qin go to the imperial study, she suppressed her heart and returned to the palace.

In the evening, news came that His Majesty had agreed to use troops against the Jin Kingdom,

Everyone was still thinking about how to persuade His Majesty, but he didn't expect His Majesty to take the initiative to summon the minister and agree to use troops.

As soon as the military order was given, the soldiers of the Qin State were on the border of the Jin State, and this time the Qin State was determined to bite off a large piece of meat of the Jin State, so the speed of the transfer of troops was very fast, and it was rare to be single-minded.

The Jin State divided its troops to deal with the Qin State, but the Chu State still held its troops, and the news of the Shang State had not yet come back, and the Jin State was obviously panicked.

After Lian Jin received the news that the Jin State invited the Shang State to send troops to deal with the Chu State together, he did not think so, but prevaricated in the past, the center of gravity of the Chu State was obviously still on the side of the Shang State, and the troops of the vassal king were also stationed in the original city, which could be transferred to the west at any time.

With the Jin Kingdom as a good target, it is natural to attract as many troops as possible, since they are greedy and want to occupy more Chu land, so they rushed to strike first, but they just kicked the iron plate.

The Qin State itself is still in a mess, even if it makes a move, it is not very powerful, and the Jin State can still cope with it.

And recently, I found that the people of Chu are not honest, they remember to sell some goods on the surface, but they are secretly buying grain from the Shang country, and now they have sent away at least 200,000 stone (dan) grain.

They also have at least 200,000 stone of grain in their hands, and these people are so tricky.

When the time comes, grain is the top priority, and if the grain reserves of the merchant country are insufficient, it will be a great weakness, and it will be difficult to make up for it for a while.

Lian Jin handed over the matter to Cui Yue, telling her to curb this matter and not let the grain flow out again.

Chu State has already opened up the fastest trade route, so it is still very fast to transport grain out, although Cui Yue is powerful, but she also has limited energy alone, there are many people involved in this matter, and a check will also find the black market, the black market involves too many things, and Cui Yue is inconvenient to deal with.

Xie Yuan and the others have already had a countermeasure, and they have already explained to their henchmen, as long as Shang Guo finds out, they will send the food away as soon as possible, and they will have to open up the joints with more money.

Lian Jin sent people to Cui Yuejia again, and even gave her the privilege to dispose of those people on the spot, and even the people from the Criminal Department of the Military Department were at her disposal.

The people of Chu have long used various methods to involve many Shang people, including some powerful people, after this incident broke out, in order to cover up each other, these people obstructed each other in every way, which can be regarded as buying time for Chu State.

Sister Yan had already ordered that some of the people in the Shang capital should assist the merchants of the Chu State, and these people harassed them many times, which also made Cui Yue very annoyed.

It's just that this also exposed some of the forces of the Emperor's Mansion in the Shang Capital, and Lian Jin took the opportunity to destroy several strongholds of the Chu State, and the Chu State had already prepared, and the losses were not very large.

This open and secret battle lasted for a long time, and Lian Jin had to think about it, there were too many things to control, and everything was only in his own hands, which led to his lack of energy and difficulty in taking care of it, Cui Yue was still inexperienced in the face of these old and cunning people.

Therefore, the grain was still transported to the Chu State through various channels.

Lian Jin had no choice but to use local governments to control this matter, and the grain outflow of the Shang State and the lack of reserves could not be concealed.

The people of Chu are even more ruthless, as long as they are found, they will burn the grain on the spot, and they are not willing to be checked by the Shang government.

Ning Ming accompanied Cui Yue to investigate the case until midnight, and just returned to the room, before he could light the light, he saw a dark shadow in front of the window, "Who?"

The man lowered his voice, but he could still hear it, his voice was a little shrill and thin, "It's me." ”

Ning Ming listened, his heart tightened, and he lit the candle, "It turned out to be my father-in-law, what's the matter?"

"I heard that there has been a lot of noise among the people of Chu recently, and His Majesty asked me to ask for clarification. ”

"So that's the case, the people of Chu have openly disrupted the market of the Shang Kingdom, secretly purchased grain, and at least 300,000 stone of grain have been sent into the Chu State, and these people have not stopped now, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been thinking of a way, and it should be able to curb it soon. ”

"Well, I know, you do your thing, and we'll come to you if there's something. ”

Ning Ming bowed, and the man jumped out of the window and disappeared into the night.

This person's visit made him completely sleepless.

On the second day, news came from the palace that His Majesty accidentally suffered from the cold, and the six princes Lianyu entered the palace early in the morning to serve the sick, and the prince was busy with affairs, and he waited until the afternoon, and he didn't have time to have lunch, so he hurriedly went to ask for peace, and the emperor sympathized with him and let the prince come back after a few words.

Cui Yue knew about it, and disdainfully said that Lianyu had no ability, so he would pretend to be clever.

Ning Ming knew that something was about to change.

In the afternoon of the same day, there was a sudden breakthrough in the case, but he was going to a city outside the Shang capital, which was said to be a major stronghold of the Chu State.

Cui Yue immediately asked for an order to investigate in person, the prince agreed, and Ning Ming stayed in Jingzhong to take charge of Jingzhong's affairs.

April 17 is a bright and sunny spring day, the old lady of Cui Mansion has a big birthday, and it is very lively.