Chapter 178: Steadfast Lü Buwei
After forking Lü Buwei out, Chu Wangwan's face softened a lot, and he said to Cai Ze gratefully: "If it weren't for Mr. Nuo's reminder, I'm afraid that the widow would have fallen into the hands of the Qin State again." ”
Chu Wangwan actually didn't have a good impression of Zhao Guo, because Zhao Guo, like Qin State, was very unruly and did not abide by etiquette.
In the eyes of the king of Chu, although the world calls the southern barbarians of Chu, in fact, the Zhao and Qin states are the northern barbarians and the western barbarians.
The state of Chu obeyed the law of etiquette much more than Qin Zhao.
But Cai Ze has a sentence that speaks to his heart: Zhao State and Chu State are one south and one north, and the well water does not interfere with the river water, and there is no conflict of interest. And the Qin State invaded a lot of land in the Chu State.
Joining forces with Qin to deal with Zhao, Chu would at most get some enclaves that were difficult to control. However, if they unite with Zhao against Qin, they will have the hope of recovering their homeland.
"The foreign minister came to complete the mission of the envoy, and the other couldn't bear to see the king of Chu being deceived by the Qin State again." Cai Ze arched his hand.
The king of Chu glanced at Huang Xie, Huang Xie suddenly understood what the king of Chu meant, leaned over and said: "The alliance between the two countries is a major event, and it is necessary to sue heaven and earth, and to sue the ancestors, we must choose a good day and an auspicious day, and please wait for two days." ”
Once the Chu State gets on the chariot of the Zhao State, it will not be able to get off for a while, so even if the King of Chu has agreed in his heart, he still has to think about it carefully.
"Before the foreign minister came out, the king of my family told the foreign minister to go back early." Cai Ze said.
"Don't worry, sir, I won't keep me waiting." Huang Xie said.
"Since this is the case, then the foreign minister will wait for the king of Chu." Cai Ze got up and walked outside
Chu Guo and Huang Xie sent Cai Ze out of the palace and returned to the main hall.
"What an eventful season!"
The king of Chu picked up a glass of wine, drank it all, and sighed.
He can see that Qin Guo and Zhao Guo, the two surnamed Ying, do not have any good things, and they both want to kill each other.
"After hearing that King Zhao made the paper, he gave some as gifts to each country, even the two small countries of Wei and Lu, but not to Qin." Huang Xie said.
"Hehe, this pair of surnamed Ying is really a pair of old enemies. However, this King Zhao is really eager to repay him, and this little thing has to be taken care of, even if he gives Qin Guo some paper, why not. King Chu said with a smile.
In his opinion, everyone is a country of etiquette, even if there is great hatred, the surface etiquette still has to be talked about, Zhao Kuo's behavior is too rude.
But he was a little wronged by Zhao Kuo.
Zhao Kuo gave paper to other countries not to make friends, but to promote the paper.
The more people know, the higher the price.
Although the merchants of the Qin State were suppressed to death, Zhao Kuo initially planned to treat them equally and send some paper to the Qin State.
As a result, not long after the recruitment order was issued, the paper mill was attacked by dozens of men in black, if it wasn't for Zhao Kuo's early vigilance and letting the generals in Handan take turns to garrison the paper mill, I am afraid that the assassins would really succeed.
Later, the man in black saw that he could not steal the technology, and even planned to set fire to the paper mill, but fortunately, Zhao Jun reacted quickly and put out the fire in time. Even so, several soldiers and two workers were lost.
After finding out, it was indeed Qin Guo who did it.
Zhao Kuo was suddenly furious, if it wasn't for the conditions, Zhao Kuo even wanted to lead his troops to attack the Qin State, how could he send him paper?
It's almost the same as sending paper money!
"What the king said is, but Zhao Guo has always disrespected the law of etiquette, and it is normal." Huang Xie said with a smile.
"Does Ling Yin think we should form an alliance with Zhao State?" King Chu asked.
In the entire Chu country, the king of Chu trusts Huang Xie the most, and everyone else combined can't compare to Huang Xie alone.
In history, the king of Chu reigned for twenty-five years, during which only Huang Xie served as Ling Yin (prime minister).
Not to mention in the Chu State, it is extremely rare in the entire history of China.
It is conceivable to what extent King Wan of Chu trusts Huang Xie.
What's even more amazing is that two people died on the same day in history, although one died of illness and the other was hacked to death, but there was a companion on Huangquan Road.
"For example, if there are seven points today, the strength of each country is headed by Qin Zhao, followed by my Chu State and Wei State, then Qi State and South Korea, and finally Yan State. With the exception of Qin, the other five states had all formed alliances with Zhao. I, the state of Chu, either rely on the state of Qin or the state of Zhao. The Qin State handed over Wancheng to our country in order to provoke a dispute between our Chu State and Han Wei. ”
Huang Xie's talent is to see the essence through the phenomenon, except for the fact that his understanding of Zhao Guo is a little lagging behind because of his own poor cognition and information, other things are unobstructed under the effect of talent.
Including the purpose of Qin's cession of Wancheng, but even Huang Xie failed to see the strategy behind Qin.
"If the king wants to regain the lost territory, he must rely on the Zhao State. If you want to...... Dominate the world......" Huang Xie paused when he said this, glanced at King Chu, and sighed in his heart.
King Wan of Chu doesn't look like he can dominate the world.
"What if you want to dominate the world?" King Chu sat up straight and asked expectantly.
"If you want to dominate the world, you must reform and change the law, learn from Zhao and Qin, weaken the old aristocracy, and strengthen the centralization of monarchy." Huang Xie said in a deep voice.
He said this with a lot of determination, because once he was reformed, not only the king of Chu, but also him would become a loser.
But if the person dies as a confidant, as long as the king of Chu is willing, he Huang Xie is willing to accompany the king of Chu to go crazy.
King Chu showed a look of struggle on his face, and after a while, he sighed, waved his hand and said, "Let's ally with Zhao State!" ”
"No, the minister will go and summon the minister." After speaking, Huang Xie got up and left.
King Chu looked at Huang Xie's back and said in a low voice: "I'm sorry, the widow can't afford to bear such a heavy burden." ”
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After Lü Buwei was kicked out, he was very anxious.
Why did he scatter all his family wealth, work hard to help Qin Yiren run it, and send Qin Yiren back to Qin, didn't he just hope that one day Qin Yiren would become the king of Qin, and he could follow one person and ten thousand people!
Now through Qin Yiren, he has come to the front of Qin Wangji, as long as he convinces the Chu State to complete the alliance, he will be able to become a marquis, and he may even become the prime minister of the Qin State, but now he is strangled by Cai Ze.
"The Three Jin Dynasty has already formed an alliance, if we add the Chu State, the road to the east of my Qin State will really be completely blocked. No, you can't sit still. ”
Lü Buwei walked back and forth outside the palace, wondering who else could help him.
As long as Chu and Zhao have not formed an alliance, he still has a chance.
"Come with me to visit Jingyang in Shangzhu Country." Lü Buwei strode outside.
Two quarters of an hour later, Lü Buwei returned disappointed.
In the next two days, Lü Buwei visited almost all the nobles in Chen Ying, most of the nobles directly refused, and the only few nobles invited Lü Buwei into the palace, saying that they could not influence the decision of the king of Chu.
Someone secretly told him that only Huang Xie was the only one in the entire Chu State who could change the decision of the King of Chu.
Lü Buwei stayed in front of Chunshenjun's mansion, begging to see Chunshenjun, and finally met Huang Xie before the alliance between the two countries.
"Lu Buwei has seen Chun Shenjun." Lu Buwei hurriedly saluted, raised his head and saw Huang Xie sitting in the frame in a gorgeous service, and couldn't help asking, "Chun Shenjun, is there something urgent to go out?" ”
"I'm going to preside over the alliance ceremony between Zhao and Chu now, if there's nothing to do, please get out of the way of Mr. Buwei." Huang Xie said with a cold face.
Swish!
The armor soldiers on both sides immediately stepped forward and pointed their spears at Lü Buwei.
“…… No, Wei retired. Lü Buwei was stunned for a moment, turned around with difficulty, and walked into the distance.
"Sir, what shall we do now?" One of the attendants said in disappointment.
If the mission fails, all of them will likely be punished if they go back.
Lu Buwei didn't speak, and stood in place watching Chun Shenjun's frame gradually disappear.
After a while, Lü Buwei boarded the carriage and said loudly: "Turn around and go southeast." ”
"Sir, aren't we going back to Qin?" The entourage is very strange, the southeast is not the direction to return to Qin.
"No, let's go to Yueguo." Lu Buwei clenched his hands into fists and said with great firmness.
Even if Zhao and Chu form an alliance, even if he Lu Buwei chisels, he will find a way to carve a hole in the two countries.
Although the Yueguo Sheji was destroyed, there were still many remaining forces, and many people in Yue did not obey the management of the Chu State. In addition, some of the Yue people fled into the mountains and have been fighting against the Chu State.
If there is the support of the Qin State, the Yue State may not be able to restore the State and help the Qin State drag the Chu State in the back.
Supplemented by Yan Qi, although it was much more difficult, Qin still had a chance to complete his strategic plan.