I will not be king in the Spring and Autumn Period

Chapter 228 The rogue King Xiongwei of Chu
Faced with the schadenfreude of the whole country, as well as the thoughts of the government and the opposition, who tried to wait for the Chu country to advance northward and compete with the Jin country for hegemony, Yan Ying immediately refuted these officials.

After all, in the Qi and Jin countries, the people who looked down did not see them when they looked up.As for the relationship between Qi and Chu, it is far-fetched to say that they echo each other from afar.

What's more, if we sit back and watch Chu's growing power, this will only increase the variables for Qi's road to hegemony.

And if they, the fraternal states of the Central Plains, are still fighting each other there, how can they stop Qiang Chu from rising again?
Yan Ying is different from them, he truly takes the safety of the world as his own responsibility.

And like Zichan, he also has the people-oriented creed of "nothing more than caring for the people, and nothing more than happy people".Therefore, "Practicing benevolent government and exercising benevolence and righteousness" is his basic governing philosophy.

Unfortunately, the difference between him and Zichan is that Yan Ying is not the ruler of Qi.Therefore, his influence on Qi is mostly reflected in public opinion.However, it is difficult for his ruling philosophy to be implemented.

Because, although Qi Hou was obedient to him, he was in the same situation as Shu Xiang in Jin State. When he faced the increasingly powerful Qing clan in Qi State, he only felt helpless.

In the past, there was "Cui Zhu killing the king and chaotic the country", and now "the field begs to buy people's hearts". Yan Ying's disgust towards this kind of arrogance and indecent behavior has always been consistent.

It is precisely because of his emphasis on "rituals" that he feels ashamed of those doctors Qi Guoqing who are now gloating there.

And this kind of behavior of a gentleman on the surface and a villain behind his back can only be called "low work" in his eyes!
Yan Ying's eyes were cold, he would not be with these people.

"I also ask you to revise a letter and send it to the state of Chu, and give it to the king of Chu."

Yan Ying's attitude towards Zhu Fan's death in battle and Li Ran's conferment was very clear. Li Ran cannot be completely blamed. Chu State must be responsible for this matter!
Of course, the monarch of the state surnamed Ji cannot die like this, he naturally has his own attitude in Qi State!

Of course, Marquis Qi immediately understood what Yan Ying meant, and immediately followed what he said.

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On the other side, Li Ran, who was in the state of Chu, had a hard time these days.

He first received a letter from Zichan.

After all, the state of Zheng is the closest to the state of Chu, and the exchange of news is the fastest.

As he himself expected, Zichan was really furious this time.

The state of Wu and the state of Jin are in a strategic alliance, so they are naturally regarded as allies of the state of Zheng.However, Li Ran, as a doctor of Zheng State, actually helped Chu State, so that King Wu Zhufan died in battle!

What is this if not treason?
Of course, Zichan's words will not be so sharp, his words are relatively tactful, but the meaning is still the same.

In the letter, Zichan severely criticized Li Ran's behavior, and insisted that Li Ran give him an explanation.

And Li Ran could also imagine the predicament that Zichan was facing now.

After all, Zheng Guo's new policy has just started to improve, and everyone in the country is counting on Zichan.Feng Duan and the others have been waiting for something to go wrong on Zichan's side.

As soon as this incident happened, Zichan would definitely be unanimously condemned by the domestic opposition, even if he was in charge of the country, he would not be able to stop it.

In a hurry, Zichan said a few harsh words, on the one hand, it was naturally out of self-preservation.On the other hand, he was really pissed off by this incident.

And when Li Ran was about to reply to Zichan's letter, another letter sent to Chu State arrived at the same time.

Li Ran opened it and saw that it was written to him by Yang Tongue of Jin State.

Similarly, Yang Tongue also criticized Li Ran's assistance to Chu State in extremely severe terms, and also told Li Ran the current wind direction in the court of Jin State.

However, he was not in a hurry to ask Li Ran to give him an explanation.

The difference between Yangtongli and Zichan is that the environment of Yangtongli is not as dangerous as that of Zichan.

Therefore, Yang Tongue only criticized Li Ran in the letter, and at the end gave Li Ran some "Chun Chun teachings", so that Li Ran must remember that the stability of the world should be based on the country with the Ji surname first, and the country with the Ji surname For.If you help the tyrant to do evil, and you go astray, you will be abandoned by the world sooner or later.

In short, Ji's surname should be given priority in everything.

From these two letters, it is not difficult to see the similarities and differences between these two people and Li Ran.

One is a sheep tongue friend who is also a teacher and friend with Li Ran, and the other is a close ally who helps Li Ran in the same boat, prospers and prospers, and loses and hurts.

What they want and what they seek are also very different, and their attitudes towards Li Ran's assistance to Chu State are of course also different.

It's just that although Yang Tong He's letter emphasized his position more, it was not as severe as Zi Chan.But in Li Ran's heart, he still knew clearly.

After all, he was the one who made the mistake first.He originally thought that he could capture Zhu Fan alive and persuade Zhu Fan to stop fighting and return, but who knew that he would directly kill Zhu Fan.

Moreover, he directly created a precedent that the king of a country would die in battle directly!
In this way, the strength of Wu State was greatly damaged, and Chu State no longer had to take Wu State into consideration, but was able to free up its hands to fight for hegemony in the north. This was also the opposite of his original purpose of coming to Chu State.

But the matter has come to this point, he has no other way, he can only bite the bullet and write two reply letters, respectively to Yu Yangtong and Zichan.

Whether he apologized or explained this matter, no matter what, he still needs an explanation.

The next day, when he handed over the two letters to the guards and sent them out of Zhanghuatai, he immediately went to see the King of Chu.

Because he knew that the fact that he was named Ye Gong by the King of Chu must have been publicized by the King of Chu, otherwise, why did the whole world know about it so quickly?

And the reason why King Chu wanted to do this was obviously to force him to submit!

In the matter of forcing Li Ran to become a minister of Chu, the whole Chu State really took great pains!
"Oh? Mr. Ziming asked to see the widow? I don't know what business you want to discuss with the widow today?"

The king of Chu knew that Li Ran had sent Sun Wu to Yeyi to serve as the county magistrate, so he naturally thought that Li Ran had completely recognized the identity of Yeyi county magistrate, so he was very happy about it.Therefore, seeing Li Ran coming now, he immediately smiled.

"My lord, at times like this, we don't need to hide it, do we?"

Li Ran's face darkened, but he directly confronted him very unhappy.

But King Chu still pretended to be ignorant, and a bewildered expression appeared on his face in an instant.

"What do you mean, sir? Why can't I understand this?"

"The minister and the king once said that the three things are completed, and the minister will leave Chu. The king also promised the minister at that time. However, now the king wants to trap the minister in the state of Chu by this means. Isn't it a betrayal of faith? Doing so, the king How can you become a model for the subjects of the Chu State, and what faith do you have, so that the Chu State can become the leader of the all nations in the world?"

Li Ran opened up the chatterbox, regardless of whether it sounded good or not, just shook everything out of his head.

He was also really angry. After all, the current situation is very unfavorable to him, but the King of Chu still pretends to be confused here.
But what he didn't expect was that the King of Chu is really playing a rogue now.

"Oh, so that's what happened... Come on, sir, don't get angry, please sit down quickly, please sit down quickly."

"This matter is indeed threatened by the widow. But who made Mr. make such a marvelous achievement for the widow? Mr.'s contribution to the widow is that Guan Zhongzhi did it to Qi Huan and Zhao Shuaizhi did it to Jin Dynasty. Wen! Since this is the case, how can I not let the world know my love for talent?"

"Besides, why should you be angry? Back then, Guan Zhong wanted to get rid of Qi Huan, but Qi Huan was able to tolerate Guan Zhong in the future. Today, although the husband hates the widow, the door of the widow is always open to the husband. Now, Zhou Bang can't tolerate it. Sir, why don't you just..."

The majestic king of the Chu Kingdom actually played a rogue in front of Li Ran, and what he said was so right that he directly quoted the story of Qi Huan and Jin Wen, and it was still plausible!

Yes, it was indeed me who publicized your achievements, Li Ran.

Not only do I want the people of Chu to know about your achievements, Li Ran, but I also want to let the whole world know about your achievements. Otherwise, how can I show my King Chu's respectful attitude towards those who have meritorious deeds?

Anyway, you are also abandoned by the Central Plains countries now, so why not stay in Chu?
When it comes to the thick skins of today's countries, he is definitely the king of Chu who deserves the number one.

With Li Ran behind his back, he could still come up with such a high-sounding reason to attract him in front of Li Ran.

At this moment, Li Ran couldn't help but immediately thought of Zhuge Kongming's famous saying "Handed down".

(End of this chapter)