Zichu added: "But you have repeatedly taught you after admitting your mistakes. ”

Zhu Xiang said: "I think Zheng'er is similar. ”

Cai Ze took a deep breath: "Zhu Xiang, don't speculate on Zheng'er!" ”

What's the matter with you! Why speak ill of the crown prince in front of King Qin! What kind of courtier are you!

Zhu Xiang said: "Don't you say? ”

Cai Ze: "......" although it is.

Ying Xiaozheng admitted his mistake again: "I was wrong, and I will never change it repeatedly." ”

Zhu Xiang was so angry that he couldn't stop laughing.

Zi Chu also laughed so hard that he couldn't straighten his waist: "Okay, okay, the widow believes it, you can sit down." But I can only sit on the cushion. ”

Ying Xiaozheng took a deep breath and breathed hard.

You two are just going to bully me for fun, aren't you?! Is it for you to play with me?!!

Ying Xiaozheng suddenly remembered a sentence from his uncle when he was a child, raising a nephew is not for play, it is meaningless.

At that time, he would only stupidly give his uncle a small punch.

I didn't expect that even now, my uncle is still like this! I'm so angry!

Cai Ze once again gave Ying Xiaozheng a helpless look.

What can I do when I encounter such a father and uncle? It's up to them to mess around.

Cai Ze never expected that Xia Tong did not become Prince Chu of Qin in front of Zhu Xiang. But Xia Tong, don't be your Xia Tong all the time, can you be Zichu once?

Fortunately, Lin Zhen was already relatively restrained, otherwise these three people would get together, and without the suppression of King Qin Zhaoxiang and King Qin Renwen, they didn't know what kind of thing they would do.

Thinking that what these three people did would be to clean up the mess by themselves in the future, Cai Ze wanted to resign.

He was an official just to protect his friends, and he didn't want to work hard.

Cai Ze still remembered in his heart that he just wanted to be rich and leisurely.

Now that Zhu Xiang no longer needs his protection, can he resign?

Cai Ze was thinking so, and saw Ying Xiaozheng looking at him very aggrieved.

Cai Ze sighed in his heart and said, "If you bully Zheng'er again, I will tell Xunzi." ”

Zi Chu said indifferently: "Xunzi will also be on my side." ”

Zhu Xiang said: "I was wrong, I'll go and get a chair for Zheng'er to sit on." ”

Zichu: "...... Zhu Xiang, why did you defect halfway? ”

Zhu Xiang got up and went to get a chair: "You don't know how much Xunzi spoils Zheng'er." He won't do anything to you, but he'll beat me with a cane. In the past, Xunzi only took a ring ruler, but this time when I came back, he became a crutch. You don't know how much it hurts to pump people with that crutch. ”

Zichu asked Cai Zedao: "Did Xunzi beat Zhu Xiang with a cane?" Why? ”

Cai Ze said: "This should be asked to Zhu Xiang himself." ”

Zichu smiled: "I'd better go ask Xunzi." ”

Zhu Xiang brought the chair, Zi Chu waved his hand casually, and asked Ying Xiaozheng to sit down.

Then several people continued to deal with government affairs.

Ying Xiaozheng kicked away the cushion on which he was kneeling at an angle that the elders could not see.

Angry!

But unexpectedly, Cai Ze, who was paying attention to him, saw it.

Cai Ze was very worried about Ying Xiaozheng's violent temper.

In the past, Ying Xiaozheng was protected by his father and father, and Zi Chu was not the king of Qin, so Ying Xiaozheng could be arrogant in front of Zi Chu.

Now that Zichu is already the king of Qin, Ying Xiaozheng, as the crown prince, should become deferential and humble, so as not to arouse the jealousy of the king of Qin.

The relationship between the monarch and the crown prince is different from that of ordinary fathers and sons, and he needs to pay attention to more things. But Ying Xiaozheng seems to be used to being spoiled by his elders, and now he has no consciousness of being a prince at all.

If Ying Xiaozheng will not be cautious, Zhu Xiang is a fool, and he may not be able to detect the wrongness between the King of Qin and the crown prince. If the king of Qin and the crown prince are not on good terms, what should Zhu Xiang do?

Cai Ze thought about it and gave up his plan to resign.

Zhu Xiang is unreliable, and Lin Zhen likes to run out. He still had to stay in Xianyang Palace, for the sake of Ying Xiaozheng.

Zi Chu never expected that as soon as he succeeded to the throne, one of his friends actually wanted to resign.

……

Chu.

The king of Chu knelt on the cushion with a bloodless face, his mouth opened and closed, and he couldn't say a word for a long time.

Chun Shenjun sat opposite the King of Chu with a blank expression, without saying a word.

The other doctors also lowered their heads to their chests and did not dare to speak.

After a while, the king of Chu said angrily: "Why is this king sorry for them?" Why did they rebel? Even when Wu Qi was Ling Yin, they didn't rebel! ”

The crowd was silent.

The king of Chu looked at the noisy ministers on weekdays, and finally turned his attention to Chun Shenjun.

When he was most helpless, only Chun Shenjun was by his side. Therefore, after he succeeded to the throne, he attached great importance to Chun Shenjun.

It's just that after being the king of Chu for a long time, more people appeared around him, and Chun Shenjun did a lot of things wrong, so he gradually snubbed Chun Shenjun.

Now that he is helpless again, he habitually looks at Chun Shenjun, hoping that Chun Shenjun will rescue him again.

Chun Shenjun noticed King Chu's eyes, and his heart had mixed feelings.

The king of Chu finally began to rely on him again. But each time, the king of Chu would only rely on trusting him when he was in trouble.

But he and the King of Chu are both prosperous, and Chun Shenjun can only give advice to the King of Chu. Even if he now thinks that the King of Chu is self-inflicted.

"Maybe they've been ambitious for a long time." Chun Shenjun said, "They are originally from the Chu State clan, and it is normal for them to be ambitious. What's more, after the Tian family was divided into Qi, I don't know how many feudal monarchs wanted to establish themselves as kings, but they didn't get their wish. Since they are clansmen, they must also want to establish themselves as kings when they have the opportunity. ”

Chun Shenjun sneered: "I'm afraid they think that they also deserve this King of Chu." ”

The king of Chu said angrily: "Zhuzier dare! ”

Chun Shenjun said: "They have already done it. ”

The King of Chu looked depressed again.

Looking at the unambitious appearance of King Chu, Chun Shenjun's heart was a little blocked.

He has served since the king of Chu was the crown prince, so he has always known that his master father really has no ambitions.

He originally thought that this would be good, so that the king of Chu could let him carry out his ambitions.

But now that Chu is in turmoil, the king of Chu doesn't want to put down the chaos immediately, but keeps worrying why these people are rebelling......

Alas.

Chun Shenjun said: "Your Majesty, why did they rebel, wait until the rebellion is put down and ask them in person." The chaos should be quelled now. ”

The King of Chu sighed and said, "Yes." But they are all members of this king's people, and this king can't bear it. ”

Chun Shenjun knew that the King of Chu was just pretending to be benevolent and righteous, and he did not expose it, so he continued: "They rebelled first, and it is natural for the king to quell the chaos, how can he not bear it?" The king really couldn't bear it, and after the rebellion was quelled, he didn't kill them all, but just demoted them to ordinary people and exiled them, which was worthy of their ancestors. ”

After listening to Chun Shenjun's words, King Chu nodded and said, "That's true. Chun Shenjun, are you leading? ”

Chun Shenjun said: "They are making trouble everywhere, and I can only lead one army." Your Majesty, you should send at least four soldiers to attack. Moreover, the Qin State was eyeing the tiger, and other countries were also watching. I think we also need to prepare for foreign enemies. ”

The King of Chu immediately looked annoyed again: "How can that be good?" This king doesn't have so many soldiers? ”

Chun Shenjun stopped talking.

He knew what to do, and so did the King of Chu. But the king of Chu didn't want to say it himself, he wanted to let himself say it.

But he can't say.

If he said it, even if the counterinsurgency was successful, he would probably be regarded as an outcast by the king of Chu.

The way to do this was to recognize a few of the most powerful feudal lords as kings, and then form an alliance with them to attack the smaller feudal monarchs in order to keep most of the Chu land.

The king of Chu kept signaling Chun Shenjun with his eyes, but Chun Shenjun kept his mouth shut, and he didn't see it.

The king of Chu was annoyed, so he looked at the others.

When Qin Bu was popular in the Chu State, the king of Chu, like other feudal lords, also accumulated a lot of money and food, and thought that his strength had improved a lot.

When the people were in turmoil everywhere, there was Chun Shenjun watching the place directly under the jurisdiction of King Chu, and there was not much to change grain to cotton, so it was quite stable.

Seeing the rebellion among the other feudal lords, Pulsatilla lobbied the king of Chu to take this opportunity to clean up the feudal monarchs who did not obey the orders of the king of Chu. Although the king of Chu expelled the pulsatilla from the Chu capital, he had already moved.

Later, Pulsatilla was chased and killed by an unknown feudal monarch and fell into the water, and his bones were gone. The hearts of the people of Chu are even more chaotic, and the voices of severely punishing the murderers are increasing day by day.

Some people with lofty ideals gathered around the King of Chu, willing to follow the example of Wu Qi and Qu Yuan and help the King of Chu change the law again.

In particular, the emerging nobles of the Chu State who were knighted for their military merits all patted their chests and assured the King of Chu that those old feudal lords were not to be feared, and they would definitely be able to sweep them. Among them, Xiang, who is a generational general, is the most active.

Among the old feudal monarchs, there are also people who support the King of Chu's reform, and that is the Qu family.

Even Zhu Xiang didn't think of this. It was after Lin Zhen went to the state of Chu for a field trip that he found out that Qu was more suitable than Chun Shenjun, who had no foundation, and was more suitable as the spokesperson of the "direct subordinate to the king of Chu".

Chapter 160: Stir-fried pumpkin seeds

Although the king of Chu called himself a barbarian, in terms of political system, he was the most vassal state that followed the Zhou system. Each generation of Chu kings will give their sons a feud. After the partition, the children of the clan took the fief as their clan.

There are a total of hundreds of clans with the surname Mi. These hundreds of clans laid the foundation of the noble feudal system of the Chu State. The huge Chu State is really the smaller Eastern Zhou.

Because most of the feudal lords were descendants of the surname Mi, it was very difficult for the Chu State to weaken the old aristocracy. Therefore, the kings of Chu in the past dynasties have supported several leaders among the descendants of the surname Mi, and pulled one faction to fight another, so as to maintain their position as "leaders", otherwise the land of Chu is not enough to be sealed.

In the early Western Zhou Dynasty, the leaders of the feudal monarchs of Chu were the four tribes of Dou, Qu, Cheng, and Ping; In order to consolidate his power, King Chuzhuang, one of the five hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period, wiped out the Dou clan and the Cheng clan, and the Qu and Ping families went hand in hand; King Chu Ling hit the Ying clan hard, and his successor supported the upstart Xue clan to fight against the Qu clan, the Xue clan declined, and the Qu clan was also greatly damaged.

Until the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, the Jing and Zhao clans took advantage of the Qu family's vitality to rise. When entering the Warring States Period, the State of Chu became the "Three Households of the State of Chu", and the three legs of Jing, Zhao, and Qu were divided.

When the king of Chu convened his ministers to discuss the feudal monarch's countermeasures, Lin Yi also stomped his legs, knocked on fried pumpkin seeds, and talked about his use of Qu's family.

"Originally, like Zhu Xiang, I thought that if the Jing, Zhao, and Qu clans had the opportunity, they would probably have the heart to be self-reliant. After going to the Chu State to study carefully, I found that the Qu clan did not have the strength to stand on their own now. ”