I will not be king in the Spring and Autumn Period

Chapter 203 Chapter 216 Chapter 217Zheng Caichu uses it!
The king of Chu's desire to recruit Li Ran was already revealed.

Therefore, this time in this Zhanghua Palace, Li Ran was given enough face on the surface, so that Zheng Bo, Zichan and others were able to enter the banquet.

Of course, he also made it clear that he deliberately disgusted the monarchs and ministers of Zheng State so much, in order to achieve his purpose of "showing off his might".

However, what he didn't know was that after he did this, Li Ran's resistance to his solicitation became stronger and stronger.

With the sound of bells and cauldrons falling, the banquet began. For a while, in Zhanghua Palace, the monarchs and ministers had fun together, while the King of Chu and Zheng Bo greeted each other with toasts and cups.

Everyone is also coming and going, a school of courtesy and reciprocity, and at the same time showing a very "harmonious" friendship between the guest and the host.

Li Ran was arranged to sit next to the King of Chu, and was also frequently persuaded to drink by the King of Chu.This made Li Ran, who didn't like drinking very much, even more uncomfortable.

After drinking for three rounds, everyone was half drunk, and then the King of Chu took up the cup and came to Li Ran, and while raising the cup, he faced the ministers from all walks of life, and his face was full of indescribable admiration with respect.

"Hehe, I'm afraid you don't know something! In fact, the widow and Mr. Ziming have already met several times!"

"As early as when the widow went to Zheng Yi to marry Zheng Ji, the widow had a chat with Mr. Ziming over wine. At that time, it was really too late to meet each other! Mr. Ziming is well-versed in the past and present, and he has exhaustive strategies, which is rare in the world. Great talent! It’s a great honor for Mr. to come here today, and the grandeur of the palace is full of splendor!”

The King of Chu did not hesitate to praise Li Ran, and this "flattery" has reached an extreme.

If you don't know, after hearing this, I'm afraid you really think that Li Ran is really a servant of King Chu.

Ever since, Zheng Bo and Zichan became a little unhappy.But after all, in this hall, Chuchen is full, what can they say as guests?

But Li Ran knew very well in his heart that the more the king of Chu puts a high hat on himself, the more he will be unable to step down.

And the purpose of the King of Chu is also very simple and clear, it is nothing more than to let him finally accept the solicitation of the King of Chu.

But he is Li Ran after all, how can anyone in this world force him to do something he doesn't want to do?
Therefore, Li Ranyun smiled lightly and said:
"Oh, Your Majesty is really absurd. That day in the outskirts of Zhengyi, I just did my duty as a pedestrian, so the suburbs welcomed the King to Zheng Xiapin, that's all. But today Li Ran was able to enter this Zhanghua Palace To be able to appreciate the great rivers and mountains of the Chu Kingdom, that’s just the favor of the widow.”

Since you want to disgust me, then let's stop hiding it and just show it if you have any skills!
You say that Zheng Bo got into Zhanghuatai because of my face, then I would say that I was in Zheng Bo's favor.

It is absolutely impossible for me, Li Ran, to offend Zheng Bo because of King Chu Chu.

Offending Zheng Bo is tantamount to offending Zichan. Although Zichan has the measure of a gentleman, he naturally doesn't care about it.

However, at any rate, these attitudes and positions of his must be made clear.Otherwise, wouldn't Li Ran become an ungrateful villain?
But offending you Chu Wang Xiongwei is different.Obviously, offending you, the King of Chu, is no longer a matter of once or twice. If you really want to kill Li Ran, you will naturally not wait until now.

Otherwise, I, Li Ran, might have been stewing in the cauldron outside by now.Therefore, this also shows that you Chu Wang Xiongwei doesn't care about this one more time at all.

However, despite what he said, Li Ran knew it well, but no one else knew how good the relationship between Li Ran and the King of Chu was!

Therefore, after hearing Li Ran's words, the voices in the hall, which were originally quite noisy, fell silent in an instant.

After all, what Li Ran said was to tell Chu Wang Xiongwei clearly that his courtesy was all in vain in the end.

And who is Chu Wang Xiongwei? !Can you still stand this?Aren't you afraid that he will pull you down and cook you in a fit of anger?

However, just as the atmosphere in the hall gradually gathered, both Zheng Ren and Chu Chen couldn't help but sweat for Li Ran, who knew that Chu Wang Xiongwei was not only not angry, but laughed abnormally .

"Hahaha, Mr. Ziming is as humble as ever!"

"But sir, you know that at this moment, everyone in Zhang Huatai is a servant of the widow!"

The King of Chu didn't beat around the bush anymore. After saying these words, all the Chu ministers in the hall stood up and toasted, bowed to the King of Chu, and drank it all in one gulp.

What he meant could not be more obvious: those who are lucky enough to enter this Zhanghuatai today are all trusted aides of the King of Chu, and you, Li Ran, are no exception!Even if you are not my servant today, one day you will serve me just like them!
The king of Chu, Xiongwei, had just finished speaking, but Zichan suddenly stood up, bowed his body, and said:
"Your Majesty is right! You have long heard that the Chu State is full of talents. For example, Shen Gong and his shamans, in Chu, Chu prospers, and when they enter Wu, they become Chu's enemies. You can definitely see the advantages and disadvantages of Chu talents!"

"Seeing all the ministers today is really well-deserved. Your Majesty is blessed!"

On the road of disgusting others, how can he lose his children?

You have a lot of talents in Chu, right?Then don't forget your "Shen Gong Wuchen"!

Hey, are you angry?When people from your own country go to an enemy country to deal with you, they ask you if you are angry? !

As for the right to speak, Sitting in this Zhanghuatai at this moment, Zheng Bo has not spoken, how can Zi Chan overstep?
But the problem is that it is well known that Li Ran was single-handedly promoted by Zichan, but now the king of Chu is clearly trying to poach the wall?
At this time, if he didn't step forward, transfer the conflict to himself, and smooth things over for Li Ran, who else could solve this crisis?

So, don't care where you are, who you are, if you say something disgusting, you don't really think that there is no one in Zheng Guo, do you? !

Sure enough, when Chu Chen heard Zichan's words, their faces changed slightly.

In fact, the matter of "Chu Cai Jin Yong" is nothing new.And the reason why the current state of Wu can become the number one threat to the east of the state of Chu is, to put it bluntly, that you, the people of the state of Chu, created it yourself.

This kind of thing is spread in the countries of the Central Plains, and it's fine for everyone to talk and laugh, but for Chu people, it must be a great insult.

Wouldn't it be shameful for one's own people to go to Jin State, or even Wu State, to help Jin State turn around and beat him?

Normally, the people of Chu would keep this kind of thing secret and dare not even mention it, but now an outsider exposed their scars in public.

And it seems to be admiration, but in fact it is said in a mocking tone, but how big is the shadow area in their hearts at this moment?

However, even so, Chu Wang Xiongwei still maintained an extremely calm attitude, and did not even refute Zichan's remarks.

After all, he himself knew it. In the face of the facts, any excuse could only be used to cover up the haze in his heart.

Therefore, Chu Wang Xiongwei only smiled slightly, noncommittal, and then replied nonchalantly:

"Hehe, that's natural! Thinking about the prosperity of my Chu talents, it is incomparable among the Xia... But, thinking about the reason why my Chu country is so rich in talents today... Hehe, there is another reason. It makes sense!"

While Chu Wang Xiongwei was talking, he suddenly squinted at Li Ran, wondering what he was trying to sell?
"Today, among the many ministers of Chu in this hall, there must be one who must be known by Dr. Zichan, right?"

After the king of Chu said this sentence, he immediately held the lamp, came to the side of You Yin of Chu State, and raised the lamp to respect him.

"Come on, Zige has been conscientious and hardworking since he was appointed as the right queen of Chu, and I am very pleased. Come, this lamp is to respect Youyin. I don't want to say much, I will do it first to respect you!"

"How dare you dare, Dan is ashamed to accept it..."

Everyone took a closer look at this time, and it turned out that the You Yin of Chu State was none other than Ran Dan, the traitor who fled to Chu State during the Zheng State Gongzi Jia's Rebellion.

Seeing this, Zichan was speechless for a while.

The reason why King Ling of Chu wanted to do this was obvious.

On the one hand, it was in return for Zichan's "disgusting" remarks.On the other hand, he also took the opportunity to express his "employment strategy" of King Xiongwei of Chu--

Regardless of whether you are an exile who committed a crime in another country and fled to our country of Chu, or you are just a person with no status in terms of origin like Wu Ju, as long as you are a talent, I, the king of Chu, Xiongwei, will be the one. If you don't pull one, you will accept everything!
But Randan (zizige) is the best proof now!

As we all know, Chu Wang Xiongwei is quite good at image building projects.

In the past, there were two thousand guards who led two thousand guards to Zhengyi to steal the house, and later there was an alliance meeting held in Guodi in the name of the usurping king.

No matter which one it is, as long as it is done, it will definitely look good.Therefore, for Chu Wang Xiongwei, the "face project" must be the top priority.

Therefore, even in matters such as "selecting talents and promoting talents", he must be unique.

After waiting for Chu Wang Xiongwei to respect the pill, but obviously not satisfied, he immediately poured himself another bottle, and directly raised the wine bottle, and shouted in the hall:
"Come! All the ministers are the ministers of our Chu Kingdom, please drink this wine together!"

But seeing that all the Chu ministers in the hall responded immediately, they all bowed again and raised their lamps in respect.

This situation can be said to be enough to shake people's hearts, but who knows, Li Ran and Zichan gave a hint, and showed a rather treacherous smile on their faces.

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Chapter 217_The magpie has a nest, and the dove lives in it

After King Xiongwei of Chu drank with everyone, he was satisfied, and then he couldn't help laughing three times, and continued:

"Hahaha... It is said that the reason why I want to build this Zhanghua Palace is that everyone just thinks that I want to enjoy myself! Hehe, it is actually a big fallacy!"

After the King of Chu finished speaking, there was another chatter in the hall, but immediately became quiet again, waiting for the King of Chu to continue speaking.

"There is a saying in the Zhou people, which is the so-called 'the magpie has a nest, and the dove lives in it'! And the reason why the widows want to build this Zhanghua Palace is to absorb the capable people in the world! So that the world can see our Chu. The country is strong and prosperous! Only in this way can we recruit all the sages and use them for our Chu country!"

"Now, any capable person who is willing to serve our country of Chu, no matter what he has committed before, and no matter what his background is, as long as he enters the Zhanghua Palace of the widow, he is a distinguished guest of the widow. ! No matter who it is, don't want to harm the distinguished guest of the few!"

It's true, how can we recruit talented people from all over the world if we just "raise talents only"?

This sincerity is obviously not enough.

And anyone who can cause great things in his own country, even if he is a loser, can he be a person with low ability?

obviously not
Therefore, it is his ultimate goal for Chu Wang Xiongwei to make these talented people who come from their origins go to Chu State and be used by Chu State!
Obviously, this was also for Li Ran.

Didn't you, Li Ran, spoil the widow's good deeds in Zhengyi before?It doesn't matter, it's all trivial things.

Didn't you, Li Ran, repeatedly persuade the widows at the Guodi meeting?Yes, as long as you are willing, the widow will let you, Li Ran, become a model for my king of Chu, a wise minister!
Aren't you, Li Ranjin, a little traveler from Zheng Guo?It doesn't matter, what my state of Chu wants is meritocracy!

Also, haven't you, Li Ran, offended many people?It doesn't even matter, as long as you become a minister of my state of Chu, I want to see who dares to touch you in this world? !

The fact that the words have been said to this point shows the sincerity of the king of Chu in wooing Li Ran.

Hearing these words, even Zichan frowned, and couldn't help but start to worry.After all, the promise made by King Chu is really unbearable.

As for the other Chu ministers, they were even more admirable for the "broad" mind of the King of Chu, and even began to feel extremely honored for being able to be in this Zhanghua Palace.

If it were someone else, I'm afraid they would have been overwhelmed with gratitude.

But it was Li Ran who the King of Chu wanted to recruit, and this was what Li Ran disliked the most.

So Li Ran put down the cup in his hand, stood up and said with emotion:

"My lord, Li Ran once heard that the emperor should manage the world, and the princes should govern the frontiers. This is an ancient system."

"Now within your borders, where is it not your king's? King, who is under your current rule is not a subject of the king? Therefore, there is a saying in "Poetry": 'Under the world, is there any king's land. The shore of the land, could it be the king and the minister.' Therefore, the king's ministers, the ministers and the officials, the officials and scholars, the scholars and officials, the officials and officials, the ministers and officials, the ministers and officials, the ministers and servants, and the servants. Ma Youyu, Niu You Mu, in this way, the upper and lower levels are in harmony, and all the affairs of the world can be handled."

I would like to mention here that later generations actually have some misunderstandings about the so-called "Under the world, is it the land of the king, and the shore of the land, is it the minister of the king"?

The so-called "under the whole world" does not actually refer to land, because after all, according to the enfeoffment system of the Zhou royal family, the land of the Zhou Dynasty was already allocated to the princes, and the princes were entrusted to the doctors.

The word "king land" refers to something that is owned in name but not actually owned, and more refers to the people living on this land.

As the so-called "keep the land for the people", although the land does not belong to the "king", the people living on these lands are still the obligations that the "king" must undertake.

Therefore, the true interpretation of the phrase "Under the whole world, is it the land of the king, and the shore of the land, is it the subject of the king" should be: the world is so big, it is actually your responsibility as a "king"!

To put it more bluntly, the subtext of this sentence is: Don't pass your responsibility to others!
Obviously, the subtext of this sentence has not been analyzed until here, but it has not played any role, and even some words are not expressive. I don't know what Li Ran is talking about.Therefore, it also caused this sentence to appear a little abrupt at first glance.

But don't worry, since Li Ran opened his mouth, there must be something in his words.

"But now, if your majesty always uses some exiles who are on the run for their lives, it may be a bit inappropriate."

"Wen Wang once issued a decree saying, 'If there is death, Huangyue' (if there is a fugitive, it must be searched and arrested), so he finally won the world. And the former king of Chu State, King Wen, also made a decree to punish hiding, saying, Concealing weapons is the same crime as stealing' (hiding the stolen goods of thieves is the same crime as thieves), so the territory of Chu State has also become larger and larger."

"But if the king's current practice is followed, won't there be no place to arrest the fugitives? The fugitives will be allowed to flee, and they will be given a place to live. If this is the case, it may be detrimental to the cause of the king. what!"

"In the past, King Wu of the Zhou Dynasty listed Zhou's crimes and informed the princes, saying: 'Zhou is the fugitive of the world, and he is the source of wealth.' You can step down as soon as possible. Now, Your Majesty, you have just started to ask for help from the princes, but on the other hand, you have to repeat the mistakes of King Yin Zhou, I am afraid that it is not possible?!"

According to Li Ran: The state of Chu's acceptance of the deceased is no different from that of King Zhou back then, and King Zhou's final fate is obvious to all.

Therefore, if we contact Li Ran's previous subtext, the ultimate purpose of this remark will be reflected.

Don't you, King Chu, like to take in those fugitives?OK, there's nothing wrong with that.

But once there is a problem because of this, you, the king of Chu, will be responsible in the end!

Moreover, you, as the king of a country, cannot shirk this responsibility, nor can you find any reason!
Yes, who made you the "king"?

After hearing Li Ran's words, everyone in the hall suddenly sweated again.

This is the second time that Li Ran has spoken rudely and offended the King of Chu!
At this time, even if he was as bold and careful as a child, he couldn't help being shocked at this moment, his pupils constricted suddenly, and he looked extremely nervous.

After all, in front of the King of Chu, he was compared to King Zhou of Shang. Isn't this clearly slapping him in the face of the King of Chu?Moreover, he said it so confidently and well-founded.

As for the other ministers of the state of Chu, after being shocked for a while, most of them were naturally only angry.

If you want to say that the king they are serving now, how can it be compared with King Zhou, the subjugated king? !

Furthermore, if you compare King Chu to King Zhou, then what are the people who serve them?

Is it Fei Zhong?Or evil?

No matter who it is, they can't escape the stigma of "treacherous ministers and courtiers", right?

What the hell are you overturning a boat of people with one blow again!
As a result, all the Chu officials naturally cast very angry glances at Li Ran.

"This stick! How dare you do that?!"

"Hmph! You really take yourself seriously!"

Everyone didn't dare to speak out, but in their hearts, they had already started to call their father and mother.

But at this moment, the King of Chu was still as calm and composed as ever, and he didn't even show any dissatisfaction with Li Ran's remarks...

He was still playing with the wine bottle in his hand, and everyone could only see him thinking blankly for a while, but no one knew what he was thinking?
After a while, King Chu just put down the cup in his hand, and suddenly burst out laughing again!
"Ha ha ha ha……"

Chu Wang Xiongwei's wild laughter shocked everyone present!

　original:
　　Shen Wuyu said in a speech: "The Son of Heaven's Jinglue, the feudal lords are enfeoffed, and the ancient system. Within the enfeoffment, what is not the land of the monarch? The hair that eats the soil, who is not the monarch and ministers?" Therefore, the "Poetry" says: "Under the world, is there any land of the king. The shore of the land, could it be the king and his ministers.』There are ten days in the sky, and there are ten classes of people. The lower ones are superior in things, and the upper ones share God. Therefore, kings and ministers, ministers and officials, officials and scholars, scholars and ministers, officials and ministers, and officials Ministers and officials, officials and bureaucrats, bureaucrats and servants, servants and platforms. Horses have Yu, cattle have herds, and they are waiting for everything. Today, there is a secretary saying: "The female Hu holds people in the palace?" Huangyue", so I won the world. My predecessor, King Wen, was the law of the servant area, saying: "Stealing the hidden weapon is the same crime as stealing", so I named you. If you have a secretary, you have nothing to do. Fleeing and abandoning him is nothing to accompany him. Is there nothing wrong with the king? In the past, the king of Wu counted Zhou's crimes to sue the princes, saying: "Zhou is the world's escaped lord, and he is the source of wealth." The old husband died. The king first asked the princes As for Zhou, is there nothing wrong with it? If you use the method of two words to get it, there will be robbers." - "Zuo Zhuan Seven Years of Zhaogong"

　　
　
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