Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 39
After waving goodbye to all the soldiers, Qingji boarded his royal chariot again and drove the six horses (六御), that is, six black horses with variegated colors.

After all, the state of Wu is not rich in horses. Basically all war horses are imported from Yan, Jin, Zhongshan and other countries.

Ordinary scholar-bureaucrats travel more often by ox carts than horse-drawn carts!

It was not easy for Qingji to gather these six imperial horses that looked similar.

And Ji Zha, sitting in the king's chariot at the moment, felt extremely honored to let Wu Wang Qingji drive for him.

In this era, it is already a very high honor for the monarch and ministers to ride together, let alone the monarch personally driving for the ministers?

Not long after, Qingji followed Jizha into the mansion and took their seats on one side of the side hall.

"Uncle, did the envoy to Chu go well this time?"

"Naturally, the people of Chu didn't make things difficult for me. Whether it was signing a covenant or lobbying the people of Chu to release Jianyu, Zhuyong and his followers, everything went surprisingly smoothly."

Surprisingly smooth?
This made Qingji suspicious.

He knew that Ji Zha had a great reputation and high morals in the current world, and even many Chu people admired Ji Zi's virtue and talent, and would like to treat him as a disciple!

However, this does not mean that Jizha, who is respected by the world, will have such smooth diplomatic relations.

Fame belongs to fame, state affairs belong to state affairs, sometimes they should not be confused!
According to Qingji's knowledge, the current king of Chu is still young, but the ministers and officials of Chu State are not kind.

Even if Wu Guo bribed Ling Yin Nangwa and Chu Guotai's wife Meng Ying at all costs, it would be extremely difficult to achieve such an effect!
However, the matter has come to this point, Qing Ji is naturally happy to hear about Wu Chu's alliance and mutual non-aggression.

Ji Zha suddenly said again: "Your Majesty, I don't know something about this old minister. I wonder if Your Majesty can explain it?"

"Uncle, but it doesn't matter."

"Your Majesty, on the way back, when I entered Wu, I saw His Majesty's Order of Seeking Talents posted in every city. In the Order of Seeking Talents, the sincerity of Your Majesty's words shows that the country of Wu is eager to seek talents!"

After a pause, Ji Zha said again: "But, does Your Majesty know that Wu Guo recruits talents from all over the world in an attempt to enrich the country and strengthen the army? This move will definitely attract the fear of all countries?"

"What are you afraid of?"

Qingji laughed lightly and said, "Uncle, I'm telling you the truth. If I want to carry out a new policy in the Wu Kingdom and implement a benevolent government, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to succeed if I don't have a talented Prime Minister."

"While Great Wu has elite soldiers and simple administration, the ones we fear are Chu and Yue!"

"Exactly."

Ji Zha nodded slightly in agreement.

He originally thought that Qingji's recruitment order was just a sudden whim, but he didn't expect Qingji to be clearly aware of this!
"I don't know how Your Majesty plans to implement the New Deal?"

As the Taizai of Wu, Ji Zha naturally had to understand Qingji's thoughts on the New Deal.

But Qingji had been prepared for a long time, so he took out a bamboo slip from his arms and handed it to Ji Zha to read!

Ji Zha opened the bamboo slip and looked at it carefully, and couldn't help frowning, with a worried look on his face.

"Your Majesty..."

Just as Ji Zha opened his mouth, he was interrupted by Qingji's words.

"Uncle, I know what worries you have in your heart. However, please, uncle, trust me, trust Wu!"

Qing Ji suddenly said seriously: "Today's world is a world of great struggles. Big countries want to dominate and small countries seek to survive. They attack each other. And in the increasingly frequent wars, big countries become bigger and small countries become smaller until they perish!"

"The state of Wu is located in the southeast corner of Kyushu, but the kings of all dynasties have the ambition to defend the land and open up the frontier."

"A few people are not talented, and I would like to inherit the will of the kings of the Great Wu Dynasty, defend the land and open up borders, and reform to strengthen the country!"

"Uncle, are you willing to help the widow?"

Hearing this, Ji Zha looked at Qingji, and then at the bamboo slip in his hand, all his worries turned into a long sigh.

"Your Majesty, since the old minister is the Grand Chancellor of the Wu Kingdom, he should be the leader of the Wu Kingdom. He will do his best and dare not slack off!"

Ji Zha has already agreed.

……

The next day, Qingji held a court meeting in the main hall, and after accepting the kneeling ceremony of all the ministers and officials, he sat high on the Majesty's altar, with his chest straight.

Qingji looked around and looked at the officials sitting on the left and right sides. He did not move out of the new policy immediately, but said in a calm and unhurried manner: "Second and third sons, yesterday, the next doctor who was far away in Kuaiji, sent someone to play."

"As stated in the memorial, the king of Yue intends to marry the widow to make Wu and Yue good. I don't know what the second and third sons think, is this possible?"

Upon hearing this, the ministers and officials couldn't help whispering to each other.

It stands to reason that the marriage between two countries is indeed a major national event!
As a monarch, Qing Ji can decide on his own, or discuss it with his ministers.

However, now Qingji actually took the initiative to bring up the matter of marriage, what's the reason?
Jizha sitting at the front pondered for a moment, then got up and asked, "Your Majesty, I don't know if the daughter married by the King of Yue is a concubine or a queen?"

This is a very important question!

Qingji immediately said slowly, "It's the queen."

"This……"

Ji Zha was taken aback for a moment.

Afterwards, all the ministers and officials couldn't help but look at each other in blank dismay!
The senior doctor Shen Xi came out with his tooth wat in his hand and said: "Your Majesty, I secretly think that the marriage between Wu and Yue is okay. But it is not appropriate for a Yue girl to marry to Wu to be the queen!"

"The latter, who can be my king of Wu, should be a woman of noble birth, beautiful and intelligent, and one in a thousand."

"A mere princess of the Yue Kingdom can be worthy of the title of Empress Wu?"

As soon as Shen Xi took the lead, all the ministers immediately seconded.

"My lord, what the doctor said is absolutely true!"

"Yue people are barbarians."

"Wu Guo married a Yue girl as queen, lest her behavior be vulgar and not very beautiful, and it would be difficult for her to be elegant!"

"If the king wants to become an empress, why not marry Qi Jiang? Qin Ying? Chu Mi? No matter how bad it is, the next best thing is Xu Ying!"

Obviously, all the ministers disagreed with the fact that Wu State was about to marry a princess of Yue State as queen.

What's more, he actually thinks that a majestic princess from the Yue country is not as good as a princess from the weak Xu country!

Qingji couldn't help but ruin his three views.

You must know that although Wu State is located in a remote place, its royal family has the same surname as Zhou Tianzi, so Wu people think they are noble!

This era is very particular about blood inheritance.

Didn't you see that when King Wu of Zhou divided up the feudal lords and states, in addition to entrusting his own meritorious officials and children, he also found the descendants of ancient emperors and celebrities such as Huangdi, Shun, Dayao, Boyi, Xia Qi, etc., and wantonly distributed them?

Of course, it is not ruled out that they have certain strengths themselves.

As for Xu State, the founding king was Boyi's son Ruomu, whose surname was Xu. After Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties, Xu State was one of the vassal states!

But his family is Yue Guo, and in terms of blood origin, he is no worse than Xu Guo, or even better.

At least Xia Dynasty, the ancestor of the Yue Kingdom, was once the ruler of the world!

No matter how bad Yue State is, its comprehensive strength must be much stronger than Xu State, which has become a vassal of Chu State.

Why was he belittled so much by the officials of Wu State?

(End of this chapter)