I will not be king in the Spring and Autumn Period

Chapter 246 Chapter 283 Chapter 284 The Maverick King of Chu

Shen Zhihui said it was a league meeting, but in fact it was just a pretense.After all, it is nothing more than drawing on the gourd, so there is nothing new at all.

Its intention is nothing more than to announce to the world:

Our state of Chu is now conquering Zhongli State to seek rebellion for Qi State.With this reason as a shield, I forgive you the Central Plains countries are too embarrassed to intervene anymore, right?

This is obviously Li Ran's strategy, and it is also the international environment that Chu State urgently needs.

So, at this time, can you offend Song Guo, who is closely related to it?
obviously not
But Prince Qiji was still unconvinced, and he kept yelling that even if they were enemies with the entire Central Plains, their Chu State would have no fear.

But what he said, at best, can only be a mouthful.

In fact, everyone knows the actual situation. Why did the Chu army fall into a hard fight in Zhongli?Why did the whole state of Chu have to mobilize again and again?

What is the situation ahead? Could it be that he really has no idea?

"Hehe, if the fourth prince continues to show off his temporary abilities, what will happen in the future is hard to predict."

"Also ask the king to observe clearly."

Li Ran didn't want to continue arguing with Prince Qiji, so he immediately turned his attention to King Chu.

In the final analysis, what to do with this matter still needs to be decided by the king of Chu.

But the King of Chu thought in his heart at this moment: Li Ran's words are indeed not wrong. I invited them to the fraternity party in order to go through the scene in a friendly manner and use the Song League to restrain them.If I don't abide by Song League's friendship first, wouldn't it be a big joke?

No, no, this can't be done like this.

"Hmm... I think what you say is reasonable. Although the people of Song Dynasty seem to be procrastinating and negligent, the state of Chu is a big matter for us. At this time, we should not lose the opportunity because of small things."

"Brother Ji, the matter of punishing Song people depends on my opinion, so let's forget it for now. The widow said this in a moment of impatience before, and it doesn't count. Hehe, it doesn't count!"

The emperor promises that a thousand gold is not easy. This kind of words obviously has no effect on the king of Chu.

After all, in terms of shamelessness, the king of Chu can be said to be quite accomplished.

Prince Qiji heard it, since you, King Chu, have said so, what else can he say?Therefore, he was immediately discouraged, and could only shake his head and sigh:
"Brother Wang, if you pamper them today, I'm afraid they will only get worse in the future..."

Li Ran was on the side, and immediately responded without thinking:

"Since you have followed the etiquette, how can you be helpless?"

"If Your Majesty can forgive them today, they will only be more grateful to His Majesty, and they will only be more obedient to Chu State in the future. The so-called 'sage's example', Chu State's behavior in this way can attract the hearts of the world. The theory of 'increasing the intensity'? This is pure nonsense!"

Hearing this, the King of Chu immediately smiled, and looked at Li Ran with great satisfaction and said:
"Sir, what you said is very true! As long as they don't help Zhongli this time, it will be fine. As for 'increasing the situation', hmph, they don't even have the courage to do so!"

The King of Chu is still the same King of Chu. From this sentence, it is not difficult to see that the so-called Shendi meeting is really just a formality for Chu.

Waiting for Zhongli to win a great victory and capture Qingfeng, what else can the Central Plains countries use to restrain Chu?

At that time, it will be too late for these countries in the Central Plains to ask grandpa to sue grandma, so how can they have time to trip Chu?
Li Ran didn't answer when he heard the sound. He also knew what the King of Chu wanted to do, but this was something for him. As long as he left Chu State, he would have a lot of ways to stop Chu State's northward advance.

As for now, let the king of Chu have his mouthful.

Prince Qiji saw that the matter was a foregone conclusion, so he couldn't say anything more, and he wanted to leave after a brief ceremony.

Li Ran turned his head, looked at the back of Prince Qiji leaving, and fell into deep thought again.

The fact that Xiang Xu gave him a gift today should only be known to the guards in the Xiangyuan, and these guards belong to the King of Chu. If the King of Chu knew that he had accepted the benefits of the people of Song, he would not feel it. strangeness.

But the strange thing is, how did Prince Qiji know about it?
Could it be that the guards around the King of Chu have also planted Prince Qiji's eyeliner?
Thinking of this, he immediately turned his head to look at the king of Chu who was instructing his servants how to host a banquet for the people of Song Dynasty.

The king of Chu is trying his best to remove obstacles for his younger brother, pave the way for him as much as possible, and even give him the huge country.

But this younger brother was so focused on poaching his corners, secretly stoking the flames, and even installed an internal response to the guards around him.

These two brothers really deserve to be biological brothers, and they are surprisingly consistent in the aspect of unscrupulous means to achieve their goals.

It's just that compared with the prince Qiji, the king of Chu is obviously more upright and more daring.Thinking back at the Guozhi meeting, when he appeared wearing the service of the king of Chu, he was telling the world that he had an arrogant heart, and he had never been hypocritical.

If the king of Chu is a real villain, then Prince Qiji, a hypocrite, seems to know a lot of "Zhou etiquette" at first glance, but in his heart, he is particularly black-bellied and hateful.

It's a pity that the king of Chu is still thinking about how to hand over the great cause of Chu country to Prince Qiji in a hundred years. If he knows what his younger brother is thinking, he will probably vomit blood directly, right?
"Oh? What else is there, sir?"

After the king of Chu gave his orders, seeing that Li Ran was still there, he immediately asked in surprise.

Li Ran thought for a while, and seeing that there was no one else in the hall, he finally asked tentatively:
"Has Your Majesty ever thought about passing on the legacy of the Chu Kingdom to his descendants? Not..."

"Why did you bring this up again, sir? Didn't the widow tell you about it?"

The King of Chu interrupted Li Ran slightly displeased.

In private, the King of Chu might be able to discuss this matter calmly with Li Ran.

But above this hall, after all, it is not a place to discuss this matter.

Apparently the King of Chu himself knew very well that there were actually the eyes and ears of Prince Qiji everywhere around him.

"Since your majesty knows, why do you still..."

Li Ran didn't quite understand.

Prince Qiji's ambition is clearly revealed, and it is not a sincere assistance.Then why does he insist on sticking his hot face to Prince Qiji's cold ass?Isn't this...a bitch?

"Come on, since sir is fine, let me take a walk outside the hall with the widow. The widow has not moved for a long time, and I am quite upset."

King Chu frowned, and got up to go out.

So, the two of them came to the golf course under Zhang Huatai again.

Li Ran followed King Chu with a cue, and after two strokes in silence, King Chu finally sighed:

"Why do you need to ask so many questions, sir? It doesn't seem to have much to do with sir, does it?"

He looked a little confused, but also a little helpless.

Li Ran couldn't help shaking his head, and replied:
"Now that I am assisting the king, the agreement has not yet been completed, so I should take care of Chu's affairs."

"Of course, if Your Majesty really intends to do so, then you should obey it, but you are still very puzzled, please ask Your Majesty to clarify."

From Li Ran's point of view, he assisted the King of Chu in three things. These three things must be beneficial to the Chu State and will bring huge benefits to the Chu State.

But once such a benefit finally made the prince get rid of his illness, this naturally made Li Ran feel a little unhappy.

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Chapter 284_The Ambition of Chu King Xiongwei

The point where Li Ran feels uncomfortable can be regarded as raising a daughter and marrying a daughter.

You said that you have worked so hard to bring up your own daughter, that you will be provided with delicious food and drink every day, that you will dress up beautifully, and that you will look slim, delicate and charming.

But in the end, you were married by someone you didn't like at all. Can you feel comfortable?

Li Ran is in this state of mind now.

Although he was helpless, he helped Chu win the battle of Qunshu and Chaoyi.Now he offers a plan to conquer Zhongli.

If the state of Chu can win, then the state of Wu will be left alone, and will only be passively beaten.And Chu State is south of the Yellow River, so it has no other rivals.

In such a good situation, in the end the king of Chu wanted to pick the peaches for the hypocrite prince Qiji who made this duplicity.

It's no wonder that Li Ran feels comfortable.

Well, fortunately, I have worked so hard to do so much, but you are lucky, and you gave away the fruits of victory with your backhand.

Can this be done willingly?

"Brother Ji has suspicions and doesn't understand the difficulties of the widow. This is also a matter of course. Why do you make such a fuss?"

"Let's not talk about just a few eyeliners, even if all the high officials in the court are looking towards Jidi, so what's the matter? If this is true, wouldn't it be easier for Jidi to ascend the throne in the future?"

As soon as the king of Chu said this, even Li Ran was convinced.

To be so generous as a human being, and to be so generous as a king of a country, Li Ran is really numb.

But he still couldn't help it, and continued to frown and asked:
"Your Majesty, the Fourth Prince is still your servant after all!"

"How does this make it?"

Since ancient times, the most taboo of kings is that their courtiers form cliques, and the most taboo is that their subordinates will eventually form a party.

After all, if the courtiers stand on their own and restrain each other, then it may be easier for a king to use checks and balances.

But if all the courtiers form a party, it will be quite difficult.

However, for King Chu, this doesn't seem to be a problem at all!Not only is he not worried about this, but he also agrees with it!Even willingly let all the courtiers attach themselves to Prince Qiji as much as possible.

Even Li Ran couldn't help being frightened with this kind of mind and courage.

"For the widow, what is this for the great cause of our Chu country?"

"Besides, the widow once told my husband that Jidi is above the widow no matter his character, talent, learning or ability. It is normal for all the relatives to look towards Jidi."

"When the widow has survived these days, and when my country of Chu destroys Wu's great achievements, then it will be the time for Jidi to show his strength! At that time, even if the widow has already buried his head in the loess, he will be able to smile at Jiuquan .”

"As for what Mr. Ji said, Brother Ji has a different heart... Hehe, is it okay? If I don't have such ambitions, how can I have today? If he wants to make troubles, he can make troubles. Young people always have to make more troubles." .As a prince, if you don't even have the desire to covet the throne, what's the point?"

The words of the King of Chu are extremely explicit and true, and it is impossible to refute them.

Even if Li Ran heard this, he could only secretly admire King Chu's "knowledge of people".

He even began to have some doubts. He began to wonder why the king of Chu, Xiongwei, was described as a "tyrant" in the history books?

But at this moment, he thought about it again, maybe this is very similar to the origin of the historical image of "King Zhou of Shang".

History has always been written by the winners, and the losers are destined to be used as negative teaching materials.

"Let's not talk about abandoning illness. By the way, I dare to ask you a question, will you definitely leave Chu State in the future?"

Seeing that Li Ran hadn't spoken for a while, King Chu immediately changed the subject.

But when it came to this topic, King Chu's face was full of dignity.

"Yes, did the king forget the agreement with his minister?"

"Hehe, how could it be? How dare the widow forget it?"

King Chu put down the club in his hand and raised his hand to signal Li Ran to sit down.

The two sat on the ground like this, looking at the setting sun gradually going west in the distance, and the mountain breeze was blowing slightly.

"In the battle of Chaoyi, thanks to Mr.'s strategy, Zhu Fan was killed."

"In the battle of Zhongli, I had to offer my advice to promote the marriage between the widow and the state of Jin. Now the day of the alliance is imminent, and breaking Zhongli is just around the corner."

"Three things will become two in a blink of an eye. If the master leaves, what should we do in the future of our country of Chu?"

In fact, what Xiongwei, the King of Chu, really meant, was to ask whether Li Ran would turn around and help the Central Plains countries deal with Chu after he left Chu.

After all, Li Ran has always been concerned about the safety of the Central Plains, and Li Ran's attitude is probably clear to all courts in the Chu Kingdom.

"Hehe, what's so difficult about this? It's still the same sentence. If the king can achieve the 'self-denial and return to ritual' like today, and then implement a virtuous government, the Chu country will prosper, and the princes will look forward to the day when the hearts of the princes will be attached. "

"But if your majesty only knows how to look north and strive for supremacy, but doesn't know how to guard the land and educate the people. Even if the humble minister stays in Chu, it may not help."

Li Ran did not directly answer whether the king of Chu would help the countries of the Central Plains to deal with Chu.

Instead, King Chu was given a multiple-choice question.

If the king of Chu can restrain himself and return to the courtesy, and treat himself with great virtue, then Li Ran will naturally not turn his head to deal with the state of Chu.

But if the King of Chu is still as domineering and ruthless as in the past, working hard all day long, then Li Ran will naturally not sit idly by.

In this case, there is no third option.

After hearing this, the king of Chu pretended to be nonchalant and nodded, and responded directly:
"Hehe, what the master said, I should remember it."

"However, sir, have you ever thought that the general trend of the world is to divide and unite. In the future, even if few people don't think about going north, the northern countries will conquer each other in the future, and in the end, they will also suffer the same loss of life."

Yes, even if Chu State does not intervene in the affairs of the Central Plains countries, the Central Plains countries will eventually evolve into a situation where "dog bites dog's hair on its mouth", and, judging from the later historical facts, this is almost certain.

In a sense, it is precisely because of the existence of the number one enemy of Chu State that on the contrary, it contributed to the situation that the Central Plains countries were able to share the same hatred and unite to resist Chu State.

What is even more commendable is that precisely because of the existence of the Chu State, it was able to suppress the struggle between the monarchy and the ministerial power that the countries of the Central Plains were facing at the same time.

Therefore, if you want to say that these small states in the Central Plains have been able to survive for such a long time, you really have to thank the State of Chu.

Therefore, if it is true that one day, the whole world will lose their imaginary enemy Chu.When that day comes, even if it is him, Li Ran, can he maintain the order in this world?
Even if it can be maintained for a while, is it possible that you can still help them from generation to generation?
Thinking of this, even Li Ran couldn't help but find it ridiculous.

Things in the world are so funny, right and wrong are so mixed up in black and white that it is impossible to tell the difference.

"Sir, let's think about it again. If you stay in our country of Chu, you may not be able to compare with Duke Huan of Qi's Guan Zhong in the future."

"Nine vassals, one governing the world? Hehe, what the widow is plotting is far more than Duke Huan of Qi's ambition."

After the king of Chu spoke, he stood up.

Under the setting sun, the King of Chu looked unusually tall and straight.

(End of this chapter)