readx;? As the king who recreated Chu Xia, Chu Mengxiong's position among the kings of Chu Xia is one of the best, and even the founding king of Chu Xia is not as good as him, and it is not an exaggeration to call him the first emperor of Chu Xia. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info has such an excellent father, which is extremely stressful for today's Chu Emperor. From the beginning of his accession to the throne, he found something very annoying to him, and he found that whatever decisions he made received a mediocre response.

Chu Mengxiong laid a good foundation for him, if he wants talents, money, and food, even if he, the emperor, doesn't do anything, and blindly eats, drinks and has fun, Chu Xia's huge state machine will also run on its own, and it will move forward step by step, and gradually become stronger: because when Chu Mengxiong was in power, he had already planned a blueprint for the development of the next few decades with the good ministers under his command. Chu Xia's operation is slowly advancing according to the blueprint, Chu Mengxiong died before he finished the blueprint, but the Wenchen generals he left behind will also act according to the blueprint.

What's more, after the chaos, the people will be at peace, there will be no internal hidden dangers, and there will be great governance.

But because the capital is too good, the new emperor who took over the country feels pressure, especially the successor is still a person with great ambitions, but who has lived under his father's glory since he was a child and wants to surpass his father.

If he followed Chu Mengxiong's plan blueprint, even if the country was strong, he would not be able to get praise beyond his father. For the sake of ambition, he changed the development blueprint without authorization, turned on the acceleration mode, and he wanted to do something great to surpass his father in a limited time. Let future generations mention him, not to say Chu Mengxiong's son, but the most outstanding emperor of Chu Xia.

In order to achieve this goal, Emperor Chu also paid a lot, this just retired from the dynasty, he came to the emperor's daily handling of political affairs in the Deqian Palace, reviewing the latest sent chapters. Especially about the war in the south, he was a little haggard. According to the war reports from the south, for some reason, it was originally just a sneak attack with a small fight, but suddenly the situation took an unpredictable turn. There seem to be signs of an orc army gathering in the southern jungle, and it is not small.

The garrison in the south is no better than that of the northern plains, which are strong in combat and can fight against foreign enemies on their own. The southern garrison was weak and relatively weak in combat effectiveness. In the event of a war of a certain scale, Chu Xia will inevitably send the central soldiers south to support, otherwise the situation will be worrying. Half a year ago, he sent the Huwei general Qin Yutao south to support. It seems that instead of making the other side retreat, this move has intensified and gathered more troops.

Just now he received the news that the commander of the south asked for reinforcements, and he was shocked to realize that the military rations stored in the local warehouses were about to bottom out, and Chu Mengxiong had hoarded the military rations in order to cope with the war, so that he could use them to dredge the canals three years ago. Now that war is coming, there is a danger of running out of food. If a large army were to be sent to support, the treasury would have to spend more than three times as much on transporting grain and grass. Chu Xia, who is known as the most powerful country, couldn't get so much military salary, money and food for a while, and fell into a predicament.

"Bastard!" Emperor Chu couldn't help but punch the case, "Damn livestock, you won't give me time to recuperate." ”

At this time, Emperor Chu got the news that Du Yu asked to see him.

Emperor Chu looked very uneasy, Du Yu was sick at home, he came here with illness, there must be something big. Now he really can't stand the toss of big things.

"Hurry up, please!"

Invited Du Yu in, seeing that he looked a little flustered, Emperor Chu forced a smile and said, "Du Xiang is sick, why don't you have a good rest in the mansion?"

Du Yu said solemnly: "How dare the old minister rest, I just got the news that Western Qin sent Sima An to lead 50,000 troops to station in Liantang on the grounds ......of military training."

Emperor Huo Ran of Chu got up and shouted: "What do you want to do in Western Qin? They have already arranged for the general Cao Hui to lead 100,000 tiger guards to practice day and night in Wudu, and now they have sent 50,000 troops to Liantang, wanting to go south again to seek my Sichuan Shu?"

Luo Chuliang knew that Chu Xia was tired of fighting the country for many years, and it was difficult to win a decisive battle with a big country like Western Qin, which was not conducive to the development of the country, so he stuck to the fortress to avoid the war, and planned to solve the war with diplomacy. Chu Mengxiong sent lobbyists to lobby in Western Qin, saying that he had moved Western Qin to retreat. Now that the Western Qin Dynasty has paid Chen Bingwudu and Liantang, it is obvious what he wants.

Du Yu said in a deep voice: "Western Qin has coveted my heart of Sichuan and Shu for a long time, my Chu Xia has no surplus grain in the country now, and there is no aftermath in the treasury, and some soldiers and horses in the central part are controlled by the southern beast clan, and the northern Mengyuan is also frequently moved, which is the weakest time." They took advantage of the situation, and it made sense. ”

Emperor Chu's expression stiffened, Du Yu said the truth, and he didn't mean to blame, but he was still full of discomfort: of course he knew that the reason for all this was him, but he didn't expect that Western Qin really had the courage to start a war with them, and he chose this embarrassing time.

"Then what about now?" Emperor Chu gritted his teeth and said, with a crazy thought in his mind, if he really couldn't do it, he would force a tax increase and go to war directly.

Du Yu said with a smile: "Western Qin is just that Chen Bing did not send troops, so it can be seen that there are also some worries about starting a war. It is better to send an envoy to the Western Qin to lobby as it was in the past, as long as it is delayed for a year or two, the 100,000 hectares of fertile land cultivated by His Majesty in the south will make our country not worry about grain and grass. Hu Yong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, is the best candidate......"

Emperor Chu was overjoyed, when Du Yu interfered with his reclamation of paddy fields, and now talking about this matter, it is tantamount to admitting his wise decision, he was about to order the Ministry of Rites to go to Western Qin to discuss the edict of friendship between the two countries, and suddenly thought of Hu Yong, the head of the Ministry of Rites of the Imperial Court today, suddenly relapsed and recuperated at home: this matter is very important, and no one can take it, Hu Yong is in charge of national diplomacy, has status and strength, and is the best choice, but now he is sick in bed, and he can't let a sick number go to battle, and then he smiled bitterly:" Du Xiang didn't know that Hu Qing's qi disease had relapsed and he was recuperating at home. ”

Du Yu was dumbfounded, sighed and said, "Brother Hu is sick, there is nothing to do." The matter of the messenger is very important, and all kinds of soft and hard must be handled steadily. At present, only Hu Yong can be the burden of the Ministry of Rites, and the rest can be deputies to learn from experience, but it is not appropriate to be in charge. Apart from Hu Yong, who else has this experience?"

Emperor Chu suddenly remembered someone and said with a smile: "Just let Qin Xiang go...... At that time, he was in charge of the Ministry of Rites, and with an incorruptible tongue, he handled our country's diplomacy in an orderly manner. He had entered the Western Qin three times and had good relations with the Western Qin State. Hu Yong was his deputy back then, and he was more suitable than Hu Yong. I have faith in Qin Xiang, and he has never let me down. ”

Du Yu was deeply stunned and said, "Your Majesty Shengming!"

Life is like a play, it all depends on acting skills.

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