I will not be king in the Spring and Autumn Period

Chapter 291 The Monarch’s Self-Cultivation

The battle of Laiguo, King Xiongwei of Chu did not cost a single soldier, and it ended before it even started.The King of Chu readily accepted Lai Hou's surrender and took over all of Lai's territory.

As a result, the territory of Chu State was once again expanded, and the self-confidence of the King of Chu was further expanded.

But to say that this satisfied the King of Chu, in fact it was the exact opposite.

Still the metaphor from the previous article, you start the game with Fu Tianhu, the four tyrants, and the opponent directly votes, can you be happy in your heart?

It was originally a match that allowed you to show off your skills, but the opponent directly retreated without giving you a chance to cool off. How do you feel?
Regardless of whether you are satisfied or not, the King of Chu is definitely not satisfied anyway.

Therefore, the king of Chu now has 1 unhappiness in his heart.But why do other people vote so "righteously and confidently", you don't necessarily have to go up and slap someone again, right?
Therefore, the king of Chu could only bear with this kind of unhappiness for the time being.

Just when King Xiongwei of Chu arranged to take over Lai Guo in an all-round way, Prince Qiji stepped out again and suggested to King Chu:
"Your Majesty, from what I have seen, Lai's new surrender was initiated by Lai Zi, but the subjects of Lai's country do not necessarily think so."

"In order to keep this place peaceful, my brother suggested that the Lai people be moved to Yanling, the hinterland of our Chu, to prevent the Jin people from attacking our Chu. The Lai people are Ji's surname, and so are the Jin people. If the Jin people want to plunder my Yanling, it is no different from Brothers and sisters will inevitably look forward and backward."

"In addition, my brother thought that Xu Ren, who had been subject to us for a long time, could be moved here again, and took his hostage, ordering him to build a new city here to keep Wu people away."

On the surface, Prince Qiji's suggestion seems to be fine. In order to facilitate Chu State's management of Lai State, and to better resist Jin State's harassment, his suggestion is actually the best policy.

It's just that the people of the two countries have to migrate at once to exchange their homes, and the two places are still thousands of miles apart.Behind this behavior is obviously to incur great resentment from the people of the two countries.

But King Xiongwei of Chu didn't seem to have considered this aspect.At least when facing Prince Qiji, what he showed was indeed not paying much attention.

Soon, he readily agreed, not without comforting words:
"Hehe, the widow knows that the widow will hand over the construction of the new capital in Qianxi to Shen Wuyu, and Jidi probably feels a little unhappy in his heart, right? But, Jidi also needs to think more about the widow."

"Then Shen Wuyu is after all Zhongliang, and he is upright, and he was recommended by Li Ziming. There is no reason for me not to use him."

"These things, you will understand in the future."

"Since we are going to build a new city here today, I will entrust this matter to you, and let Dou Weigui work with you? What do you think, Brother Ji?"

From these words, it is not difficult to hear that the king of Chu is actually like a mirror in his heart. How could he not know the things that Prince Qiji secretly participated in the construction of the new capital?
In fact, he knows all this.

Seeing it through did not say it through, probably to leave a step for the prince to abandon his illness.

It can be seen from this that the king of Chu is not really heartless, but often pretends to be heartless on purpose.

Especially when dealing with his own younger brother, the side shown by Chu Wang Xiongwei is completely different from other people.

I don't know why, but he will only show his kindness and generosity to his younger brother.As for the other younger brothers, it seems that they are not so lucky.

When Prince Qiji heard the sound, he immediately thanked him and said:
"Your brother, remember the teachings of Brother Wang!"

Of course Wang Ziqiji is not a fool, so how could he not hear the beating meaning in and out of the words of the King of Chu?

So, the matter was settled.

However, on the second day after the news came out, Shen Wuyu immediately found Li Ran again, and the two came to the Chinese army camp together.

As soon as Shen Wuyu came in, he sprayed directly after seeing the ceremony:
"Your Majesty, the construction of the new capital of Qianxi has not yet been completed, and the Majesty wants to make Xu Ren and Lai Ren relocate and exchange, and even build a new city here. Such an expense can be described as abusing the people! Besides, Lai's country is newly established, why should it be accepted? what?!"

"Our country of Chu has been fighting for years, and we can't make ends meet. The people's livelihood is dying, and the people are full of complaints. The king doesn't think about recuperating, and he just thinks about fighting. If things go on like this, our people in Chu will definitely not survive! If the people don't survive, how can the country survive? ?! Your Majesty, please think again!"

This time, Shen Wuyu was really so angry that he was speechless.

When the king of Chu ordered to be stationed in Zhufang City, he could still remember what Li Ran said, endured the calm for a while, and kept his useful body to contribute to the great cause of Chu.

But when he heard the edict issued by King Chu today, he really couldn't help it.

What is this all about?
But you have nothing to do with what Ming Jun does!

You could just drag the whole country down and be buried with you!

What Shen Wuyu couldn't think of was why his master, the King of Chu, would become such a foolish monarch?

Is this still the Ming Lord he served back then?

Faced with Shen Wuyu's direct spraying, King Chu was taken aback for a moment, but then his face turned from white to black, and suddenly became gloomy.

"Shen Wuyu! You are scaremongering here again!"

"It's just asking someone to build a new city, so why worry?"

The king of Chu still doesn't believe it. He just built a city. Could it be possible that it will collapse today?

At this time, Li Ran also came to the foreword and said:
"Your Majesty, if you refuse to listen to Doctor Shen's advice, then Chu's calamity will start from here."

"What do you mean sir?"

Although the King of Chu was very unhappy, he did not directly reprimand Shen Wuyu as he did to Shen Wuyu, but looked at Li Ran with doubts.

After all, it is an indisputable fact that every time Li Ran says something, there must be some reason for him.

Li Ran cupped his hands and said:
"Your Majesty will make an alliance with the princes, and the princes will come when they are summoned. The Majesty leads the army to go out. The Lai country surrenders without attacking, and builds the city on the border with great fanfare. The princes of all countries have no disputes. The wishes of the Majesty can be fulfilled. What the Majesty wants Everything can be obtained naturally, whether it is a new capital, a new city, or a new territory."

"But in this way, does Your Majesty really think it can last for a long time?"

"Relocate people from one place to another place, and relocate the aborigines from another place to such a strange place. Such a large-scale relocation, and the labor of building the city, why do the people complain?"

"The monarchs from ancient times to the present, who put selfish desires above public opinion, which one can last long? Xia Jie, Shang Zhou, which one of them didn't disregard people's livelihood and was eventually overthrown?"

"Common people can't live and work in peace, so why will they be ordered by the emperor in the future? If the people are forced to go into exile, or Yi Zhi resists, won't this become the source of disaster?"

Li Ran's point of view has always been consistent with his point of view when he was a fledgling.

The country must put the people first.

On this point, no matter how many ups and downs and setbacks he experienced, Li Ran never changed his opinion.

And the reason why he came together with Shen Wuyu to persuade the King of Chu today is precisely because the behavior of the King of Chu has completely violated the basic common sense that a Ming monarch of all dynasties should know:
To secure and support the people is the foundation of serving the people.If the common people live in uneasiness all the time, such a country will come to an end sooner or later.

(End of this chapter)