Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 216

Zide Hall.

Qingji was sitting across the table with Fan Li, Sun Wu, Ji Ran, Bo Tong and other three lords and nine ministers, discussing state affairs.

Fan Li, the internal history of Zhisu, first presented a bamboo slip and said, "Your Majesty, according to your Majesty's order, I will count the property obtained from selling military supplies and supplies in the past year in Wu Kingdom."

"Mainly there are two items, one is the bandits in the Central Plains, and the other is the Sanyi people in the south."

"Rogue Zhi traded with Wu State, more than [-] bolts of silk, more than [-] bolts of cloth, more than [-] yi of gold, and about [-] slaves!"

"The Sanyi people traded with our country of Wu, ivory, rhinoceros horn, rhinoceros hide, jade, pearl, agate and other precious things, which are hard to count. After selling, they are worth about [-] yi of gold, and there are also [-] slaves!"

"This is not counting the property that the two volunteered to donate to the king."

"hiss!"

Hearing the data summarized by Fan Li, the ministers present couldn't help but gasped, feeling extremely shocked.

Just the weapons and equipment sold to the outside world, this year's income is already worth Wu's financial income for the past five years!
Really so profitable?

The ministers are really unbelievable.

Regarding this, Qingji seemed exceptionally calm.

In this world of great strife, things like weapons and armor and military supplies are naturally in short supply.

Of course, the Spring and Autumn Period was no more than modern times, and the consumption of wars was not so great.

After all, even arrow clusters can be recycled, let alone such cold weapons as daggers, spears, swords, and halberds?

Therefore, it is obviously not feasible for Wu Guo to rely on Robber Zhi and the Sanyi people to make a fortune all the time.

Qingji had already made such mental preparations.

"Your Majesty, the old minister has something to say. I don't know if I should say it or not?"

Dazai Jizha asked slowly.

"please say."

"Your Majesty, sell weapons to the Sanyi people, and help them form an army, let the Sanyi people fight fiercely with the Vietnamese army, so as to drag down the Yue country. The veterans agree."

Ji Zha changed the subject and said again: "Of course, the old minister thinks that the king really shouldn't help the bandit Zhi to bring disaster to the countries in the Central Plains. After all, Qi, Lu, Wei, and Song countries also assisted the king to return to the country to seize the throne. Zhi is a thief, a great thief in the world!"

"Because of emotion and reason, Your Majesty shouldn't help thieves to abuse you."

Ji Zha is the kind of gentleman who is unmoved by fame and fortune and regards money as dung. It is not surprising that he has such thoughts.

Therefore, Qing Ji was not annoyed, but just smiled lightly and said: "What the Dazai said is not unreasonable. However, I think that the princes of the world fight without righteousness, and their reputation is mere vain, so what can I do to you?"

"As long as you can make great profits for our country of Wu, you will be criticized by thousands of people, so what if you are called an ungrateful person by the world?"

"Your Majesty's words are great!"

Ji Zha said sternly: "The king, the king, the king is the country. The king should know that it is a big taboo for people to do great things and cherish their lives, and to see small gains and forget righteousness!"

"My country of Wu sells a large amount of weapons and armor, and the military supplies are given to Robber Zhi, which is criticized by the world. The world's stigmatization of the king is also a stigmatization of the Wu country!"

After a pause, Ji Zha said heartbrokenly: "The bandit Zhi is a great thief, causing disasters in all parts of the Central Plains, such as Qi, Lu, Wei, Song and other countries. I must be held accountable by our country Wu. If there is a danger of the coalition army attacking, then the king will What will I do with myself?"

"..."

Qingji fell into silence.

At this moment, Dianke Botong had no choice but to say: "The Dazai's words are wrong. The prosperity of the world is for profit, and the world's hustle and bustle is for profit!"

"There is only a transaction relationship between my state of Wu and Robber Zhi, not an alliance, or assisting Robber Zhi to cause chaos. The princes are held accountable, where does the responsibility come from?"

"As for the coalition of princes to attack Wu, it is even more so. Not to mention whether the princes of the Central Plains can unite as one, is it easy for Wu to bully me?"

Hearing this, Ji Zha's expression darkened immediately, and he said, "Bo Tong, you are talking nonsense! You are talking nonsense!"

"My state of Wu is helping the bandit Zhi at the moment, and I really cut myself off from the princes!"

"If the princes abandon Wu, what should Wu do with itself? Could it be that they call themselves barbarians like Chu?"

"What about barbarians?"

Bo Tong blew his beard and stared: "Ji Zi, although my royal family of Wu has the blood of Ji Zhou, why don't the princes of the world regard Wu as a barbarian like Chu?"

"Since that's the case, why should my country of Wu have to beg for nothing to curry favor with the princes of the Central Plains?"

"you!"

Ji Zha's face was flushed red by Bo Tong's words, but he didn't know where to refute.

Because Ji Zha knew it all in his heart.

Although Tai Bo, the ancestor of the Wu Kingdom, was the eldest son of King Tai of Zhou and was in the same line as the Zhou Dynasty established by Ji Chang and Ji Fa, his family lived in Wu for a long time and had already merged with the local Jingman and Shanyue people.

Therefore, the princes of the Central Plains admitted that Wu State belonged to the Chinese cultural circle on the surface, but they were very different from the culture of the Central Plains. The culture of Wu State was quite similar to that of Chu and Yue.

Ji Zha practiced the way of sages and sages since he was a child, in order to break the gap between Wu and the Central Plains, but it was not known to outsiders.

Qingji smiled slightly, and said, "If the princes of the Central Plains send envoys to investigate, let them come. Wu does not provoke trouble, but it will never tolerate other countries' recklessness!"

"Your Majesty Yingming!"

The ministers complimented immediately.

Qingji's attitude towards foreign affairs has always been extremely tough, and this time is no exception!
"Your Majesty, the Yue Kingdom is still invading the Sanyi people. With the aid of our Wu Kingdom's weapons and the training of the Sanyi warriors by the military officials, the Sanyi people's combat power has been greatly improved, but if they confront them head-on, Still unable to defeat the Viet Cong.”

Sun Wu, the official censor, bowed and said: "In the past year, King Yunchang of Yue led a large army, and nearly conquered the Sanyi people with all his troops. Although there were heavy casualties, he could not shake his ambition!"

"Now, the Sanyi people have turned to guerrilla warfare, constantly attacking the Vietnamese army among the mountains and dense forests, and the war has fallen into a seesaw."

"However, I speculate that if there is no accident, the Yue people will basically be able to attack the land of Sanbari within a year at most, and their power will increase greatly!"

Hearing this, Qingji glanced at Sun Wu, and said, "Changqing, do you want the widow to send troops to conquer Yue, so as to relieve the pressure on the Sanyi people?"

"No."

Sun Wu shook his head and said: "My country of Wu must not go to war now. Now the Yue people are attacking the Sanyi people with all their strength. Although the country is empty, it is really not easy for the country of Wu to annex the country of Yue!"

"The Sanyi people have repeatedly asked me to send troops from Wu to attack Yue."

Qingji waved his hand and said, "Let the Sanyi people fight the Yue army to death. It doesn't matter if it's a year or half a year. With the unruly personality of the Sanyi people, the Yue people really want the Sanyi people to be used by them. Easier said than done?"

As the king of a country, Qingji is very aware of the current situation of Wu.

Fighting at every turn, Qing Ji is not afraid, lest the war will fall into a tug-of-war.

And once the State of Wu aggressively attacked Yue, it would not be able to complete its achievements in one battle and destroy the State of Yue in one go. Once the State of Chu stepped in, the State of Wu would inevitably fall into the quagmire of war from which it could not extricate itself.

(End of this chapter)