Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 240 Big Fish Eat Small Fish

Fan Li, Bo Tong, Xiong Zidan and other ministers had different opinions on whether to accept the Yue State's peace proposal and stop fighting.

Anyway, in Qing Ji's ears, it's the public who says the public is right, and the mother-in-law says the woman is right.

So Qingji could only give up for the time being and shelve the matter.

But Dian Ke Bo Tong stayed alone, admonishing Qing Ji: "Your Majesty, I believe that accepting Yue's request for peace will actually do more good than harm."

"The land of the barbarians has a complex and harsh environment, poor mountains and bad waters, and it is not suitable for farming. It is useless for my country Wu to want it. Moreover, the Yue people are rebellious and difficult to tame. It will take hundreds of years for several generations to make them return to their hearts!"

"If there is Yunchang's teachings, and the Yue people rule the Yue people, it will be very different."

After a pause, Bo Teng said loudly: "Your Majesty, the State of Yue has been established for more than a thousand years since the generation of Wuyu, and the people in the State of Yue are very popular. Although our State of Wu tried our best to educate, it may not be effective."

"Now Yunchang only asks for a land without a single sentence, plus the barren land of Sanyi, the country is only three hundred miles away, and its people are only tens of thousands. It is barren, how can it resist Wang Shi?"

"That being the case, why doesn't Your Majesty take advantage of the trend to subdue the Yue people, take the Yue country as a vassal, and surrender Wang Yunchang to be the prince of the Wu country?"

What Bo Tong said was not unreasonable.

However, as a superior person, Qing Ji, who manages a lot of things every day and can read people's hearts, how could he not know the tricks in it?
Qingji glanced at Bo Tong lightly, and said, "Bo Tong, you have received a lot of benefits from the Yue people, right?"

"Your Majesty!"

Bo Tong hurriedly "plopped", knelt on the ground, and said with a pale face: "Your Majesty, although I have accepted a mere gift from the Yue people, what I have said and said is really for the sake of the King and the country of Wu!"

The fact that Bo Tong accepted bribes from the Yue people cannot stand verification.

Therefore, Bo Tong admitted very cleanly.

"The items sent by the Yue people are still placed with the minister. The minister will ask people to offer them to the king later!"

"No need."

Seeing Bo Tong trembling like walking on thin ice, Qing Ji shook his head.

As the saying goes, when the water is clear, there will be no fish, and when people observe it, there will be no disciples!

The reason why Qingji told this story was just to beat Bo Tong.

Qing Ji is naturally somewhat disgusted with ministers accepting bribes and corruption.

But as long as it doesn't go too far, Qing Ji will just turn a blind eye and let it pass.

……

In the harem, in the imperial garden.

Qingji, who has nothing to do, is wandering around.

While standing in the corridor, from a long distance away, Qingji saw younger sister Jiang and Yiguang mother and daughter standing by the edge of the pond, quietly watching the fish and shrimp in the water.

At a very young age, Yiguang already had a sad and mournful expression, which was lovable.

This kind of temperament of hers seems to be natural, it is not comparable to the pretentiousness of ordinary women, see Dong Shi's imitation for details.

The younger sister Jiang who was standing beside Yiguang had an unconcealable sadness on her face.

After all, her husband had just died not long ago, and her younger sister, Jiang, who was overwhelmed with grief, how could she calm down for a while?

Of course, there are celebrations and taboos, which can ensure that the mother and daughter will have a good life, food and clothing, and food and clothing.

But material satisfaction obviously cannot fill the emptiness in their hearts.

"Your Majesty!"

"Jiang, a civilian woman, see Your Majesty!"

Seeing Qingji approaching, sister Jiang hurriedly gave a blessing.

"Sister-in-law Shi doesn't need to be too polite."

Qingji smiled and waved his hands.

"Yi Guang has seen the great... the king."

Xiao Yiguang next to sister Jiang saluted in a dignified manner.

Seeing this, Qingji couldn't laugh or cry, bent down and hugged Yi Guang, with a doting look on his face, and said: "Yi Guang, I still like you to call me uncle."

"Your Majesty, you can't do it!"

Before Yi Guang could speak, his younger sister Jiang hurriedly said: "The king is the king, and the people are the people. There are differences between the king and the people, and the order of respect and inferiority. How can Yi Guang call the king uncle?"

"What's wrong with that?"

Qingji glanced at his younger sister Jiang who was quite nervous, and said slowly: "Brother Shi entrusted you mother and daughter to the widow, and the widow will take good care of you."

"Being entrusted by others, the matter of loyalty is nothing more than this. This is the promise of the widow, and the widow should practice it."

My husband also asked you to adopt Yi Guang as a righteous daughter, why didn't you do so?
Sister Jiang secretly slandered in her heart.

She only thought that Qingji had a habit of loving young girls, and his affection for Yiguang was a bit unusual.

It really should be my sister Jiang!

"Yi Guang, what were you looking at just now? So fascinated."

"Well, uncle, my mother and I are looking at the fish and shrimp in the pond."

"Fish and shrimp? What's there to see? Zhuluo Village can also be called a land of fish and rice. Fish and shrimp should be common. What's so strange?"

"Not the same, not the same."

Yiguang blinked his big eyes, shook his head and said, "The fish and shrimp raised here are different from the fish and shrimp in the creek and river in our Zhuluo Village."

"The fish here are so fierce. The big fish can eat small fish and dried shrimps. The small shrimps eat mud. If you don't believe me, uncle, you can see for yourself."

Hearing this, Qingji set his eyes on the pond again.

I saw one or two koi fish on the pebbles in the crystal-clear pool water, devouring other small fish or dried shrimps.

Small fish and shrimps are reduced to food for big fish, and small shrimps can only eat some dirt to survive.

As the fish raised in the imperial garden, there are naturally many varieties, and they are quite ornamental. They are very different from wild fish. At least it is difficult to see Yiguang coming out of the valley.

Big fish eat small fish, small fish eat dried shrimps, do dried shrimps eat mud?

Natural selection, survival of the fittest.

This is really an eternal law-the jungle preys on the strong!
Qing Ji realized some truths from it, and a flash of inspiration came to his mind, and he had a solution to the war between Wu and Yue.

"Yi Guang, you have helped the widow a lot."

Qingji pampered Yiguang's little head.

"Help? But Yiguang didn't do anything."

Yi Guang opened his innocent eyes, very puzzled.

"You reminded the uncle and helped the uncle make a decision. Isn't it a help? Hahahaha, Yiguang, you have made meritorious service for the widow. Say, what reward do you want?"

"Reward? Whatever Yi Guang wants, can uncle give it?"

"As long as uncle can do it."

"Then, Yi Guang now wants to meet A'Dan and play with A'Dan!"

"This……"

It's really hard to celebrate!
It seems that Mei Jiang did not tell Yiguang what happened in Zhuluo Village.

Yun Chang pursued the scorched earth policy, and cruelly burned all the cities and villages in the southern part of the Yue Kingdom, including houses and fields, and set them on fire one by one.

The Yue people who originally lived there were also migrated to the Sanyi Mountains, where they were displaced and disappeared.

Rao Qingji wanted to find Zheng Dan, but it was like finding a needle in a haystack. How could he satisfy Yi Guang's wish?

"Yi Guang, don't mess around!"

The younger sister Jiang who was on the side suddenly put on a straight face, staring at the aggrieved Yi Guang.

(End of this chapter)