A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 201 The Undercurrent of Chu Kingdom
Zhao Sheng fled all the way, and Zhao Hou ordered him to be killed. Unfortunately, although the nobles who opposed him failed, Zhao Hou couldn't do it if he wanted to kill them all.

The aristocrats of the Zhao Kingdom are also powerful. The previous two Zhaohous were implementing reforms, but due to excessive resistance, the implementation was not smooth.After the current Marquis Zhao ascended the throne, the reforms became more intensive.

So those nobles decided to push Zhao Sheng to fight Zhao Hou. It can be said that Zhao Sheng's rebellion was jointly promoted by the noble forces of Zhao State and Wei Hou.

However, among these people, there was not a military master like Wu Qi, which led to the dominant Zhaohou defeating Zhao Sheng.

"Bang, the corpse is a vegetarian, how dare they!" Zhao Hou angrily threw the bronze wine baron to the ground.

Not long ago, he ordered the blockade of the main roads in the middle of the country, and hunted Zhao Sheng with all his strength. As a result, before the ink on the bamboo slips of the edict was dry, Zhao Sheng had already swaggered through those checkpoints and fled. It was clear that those nobles handwriting.

Although Zhao Sheng failed, as long as he continued to forcefully implement the reform, these people would dare to invite Zhao Sheng back again.

These people let Zhao Sheng go to leave behind, and at the same time, Wei Guo accepted Zhao Sheng to keep an excuse to interfere in Zhao Guo's politics.

Because of Zhao Sheng's rebellion, Zhao State was unable to fight against Wei State again, so it had to temporarily agree to negotiate a peace. On the other hand, Chu State captured many cities and defeated Wei Wuzu. Chu State's confidence flourished.

The monarch of Chu State is very powerful. This time, the reform of Chu State can be carried out entirely because Chu State lost successively to Huai State and Wei State.A large area of ​​land was taken away, and the country was almost destroyed. This forced the King of Chu, the Qu family, and Jing Mu to forcibly push forward the reform.

Then, when he was defeated by the Wei State, he weakened the strength of the lord, and then forcibly pushed forward the reform.

This time Chu State defeated Wei State, Chu State and Jing Mu breathed a sigh of relief.Defeating the state of Wei showed that the reform was feasible.

After the king of Chu heard the news that the Chu State had defeated Wei Wuzu, he jumped up happily in the palace. Over the years, he has been under too much pressure.The strength of the Huai country made them anxious, and it was also after the two recent battles that they had some confidence in their hearts.

Most of the pressure in my heart dissipated, and the king of Chu immediately held a banquet for all the officials.The officials of Chu State were also very happy after knowing the victory of the Chu army, and the banquet was extremely lively.

Since he came to the throne, the King of Chu has been cautious, hard-working, and diligent. This time, after letting go of the big stone in his heart, he also let loose for a while and had fun with the ministers.

The banquet in Chu State was held until dawn, and then the ministers left drunk, and the King of Chu was even more drunk and unconscious.

The servant eunuch carried King Chu back to his bedroom to rest, but at sunset, King Chu didn't show any signs of waking up, so he panicked all over the palace, and quickly sent someone to invite the imperial physician to come for diagnosis and treatment.

Several imperial physicians tried their best to wake up the king of Chu, but even though he was woken up, he couldn't move half of his body.

Tian Hou asked, "What's wrong with your Majesty?"

"Your Majesty suffered from 'sudden stroke'." The imperial physician said: "Your Majesty is old, and he has been exhausted all these years, resulting in poor health. The banquet the day before yesterday, excessive drinking, and violent mood swings caused wind evil to enter the body."

"What!" Tian Hou turned pale with fright, only felt his eyes go dark, and almost fainted, and the maid beside him hurriedly supported him.

"Do you have a cure?" Tian Hou looked at several people expectantly.Several imperial doctors lowered their heads one after another.

Seeing this scene, Tian Hou completely gave up his chances, and quickly sent someone to invite Qu Qing and other important officials in the country, and at the same time sent an envoy to the front to inform Jing Mu.

The news of King Chu's illness spread quickly in Yingdu, and the princes of the country who were originally suppressed by King Chu, Qu Hu, and Jing Mu also got the news.

These lords have not had a good time in the past ten years.The Chu State carried out reforms, and their fiefs were included. These fiefdoms were taken back, and all private soldiers were collected. At the same time, the inheritance of titles is no longer permanent.

In addition to these lords, a large number of nobles and officials in Chu State also suffered heavy losses due to the reform.These lords and nobles were originally suppressed and unable to resist. If it takes another few decades, these lords and nobles will completely weaken and no longer pose a threat.

But at this time, the king of Chu was seriously ill, which made the princes and nobles of Chu see hope all of a sudden.

Immediately when King Chu was seriously ill, there was an undercurrent surging in Yingdu of Chu State.The princes and nobles of Chu State began to conduct various series of connections in private.

At the same time, the news that the king of Chu was seriously ill was also known by the hidden guards of Huai State, who immediately passed the news back to Huai State.

After Wang Pu heard the news that King Chu was seriously ill, he immediately realized that this was an opportunity, and immediately called Wu Qi and several other important officials.

"The king of Chu is seriously ill and unable to deal with the affairs of state. If he takes the opportunity to attack Chu, what do you think?" Wang Pu said directly.

"Your Majesty, this is a great time to send troops to attack Chu!" Xu Qing said directly. "The death of the king of Chu will surely cause chaos in the country for a while. If we take the opportunity to attack, how can the Chu army stop it?"

"What does Xiangguo think?" Wang Pu asked Wu Qi.

"Your Majesty thinks it is inappropriate to attack Chu State at this time." Wu Qi thought for a while and said.

"Why?" Wang Pu looked at Wu Qi in surprise.

Wu Qi said: "The death of the King of Chu will indeed cause chaos in the center of the Chu Kingdom, but everyone in the Chu Kingdom knows that Huai Kingdom is on our side, so they must be prepared."

"Furthermore, the king of Chu has reformed the law in recent years, and the people and soldiers have benefited. The king of Chu has a high prestige among the people and soldiers. If he attacks Chu while he is dead, the soldiers of the king of Chu will feel sad, and they will definitely form a state of mourning. The Huai army will attack, even if they win, they will suffer heavy losses."

"This..." Wang Pu wanted to take the opportunity to attack Chu, but he hesitated for a while, unwilling to lose too much.

Wu Qi continued to read the information sent by the hidden guards. After reading a few slips, Wu Qi suddenly said: "Your Majesty, if you want to send troops to attack Chu, I suggest you wait a little longer, maybe things will turn around."

Wang Pu was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked: "Does Xiangguo have a good plan to teach orphans?"

Wu Qi opened the bamboo slips and pointed to the above report: "Your Majesty, please take a look, the reform of the Chu State has caused great losses to the lords and nobles. Although the reform of the Chu State has been going on for more than ten years, these lords and nobles still have a lot of power. .”

"The king of Chu is seriously ill now, and Jing Mu is not in the country. Qu Hu alone can't suppress these nobles. According to the intelligence of the secret guards, these people are likely to oppose the reform." Wu Qi keenly I found clues in these intelligences, and boldly guessed.

"At that time, Chu State will definitely be in chaos. You can take this opportunity to attack Chu, and you will definitely win!"

"Good!" Wang Pu laughed loudly, "God helped me!"

(End of this chapter)