The Summoning World of the Great Qin Empire

Chapter 887 Lobbying Zhang Jiao
Outside Guozhu's mansion, Xiang He stood with his hands down. It didn't take long before he saw a man with an aggressive aura coming out. This oppressive aura was precisely because this person was in a high position and often exerted influence. Over time, this kind of breath has been developed in the body.

Needless to say, he knew that this person must be Ma Su, the pillar of Zheng Guo, and Situ, one of the three princes, with a prominent status and power that can be said to cover the sky with one hand. Turn your hands into clouds and turn your hands into rain.

"Mr. came from a long way, please come to the humble house, I have prepared a little wine to clean up Mr.." Ma Di identified Xiang He, and said without any expression on his face.

Xiang He smiled slightly and followed Ma Su into the room.

After taking his seat, Ma Di went straight to the topic: "Mr. is a high-ranking official of Chu State. I don't know why he came here. And...seeing Mr.'s appearance, it seems that he came to Zheng State secretly."

"Master Guozhu has sharp eyesight. Although he came here this time, although he acted in secret, he got a letter from my king."

Ma Di did not speak, was silent for a while, and asked in a low voice, "Who is it for?"

"I hope to present it to King Zheng face to face."

Ma Di nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Prepare the horse, I'm going to the palace to ask to see the king."

"Here!"

The house slave answered outside.

Ma Di got up: "It's urgent, sir, follow me to the palace now, but I can't control whether the king will see or not."

"I am so grateful for the help of an adult, how dare I expect extravagant expectations?" Xiang He bowed deeply.

"Let's go, take the car with me and go to the palace."

The two got into the carriage, and there was still some distance from here to the palace. Ma Di asked, "I heard that your country sent troops to attack Shu, but I don't know how the battle is going."

"It depends on what the adults want to hear." Xiang He said with a slight smile.

Ma Su suddenly revealed very emotional words, and then said: "I have not asked you how many things to say."

"There are three kinds of words."

"Oh?" Ma Di snorted, but didn't ask any more questions, because he knew that Xiang himself would tell himself all three of these words without saying a word.

"The first one is for King Lu Bu of Jin. I told King Lu Bu of Jin that our country of Chu lost troops and lost generals in Shangyong, and killed tens of thousands of sons in battle. That's why we won Shangyong. Therefore, the morale of the army was frustrated. Your Majesty only Stand still, stay in Shangyong, and wait until King Jin's army goes south to support our country, then we can continue to attack Shu with the help of King Jin's tiger power."

"In this way, King Jin must be proud in his heart, and he believes that our soldiers in Chu State have suffered setbacks. The next trend of the situation will definitely not be willing to send troops to rescue our country. Maybe there will be some other thoughts."

"The second is that I have told the people of the state of Chu to listen to it. What I think about the front of the Chu army is that the mountains and rivers are cut off, and the whip is cut off. It has the power to overwhelm mountains and sweep the world. World class."

"In this way, the people in the country will be stable. Even if more food and grass taxes are collected, the people will definitely grit their teeth and persevere without complaining. This will be more conducive to our army's battle."

"The third type..." Xiang Ta paused, looked at Ma Su and smiled.

Ma Su said very interestingly: "The third kind is definitely for my king to hear, but I don't know, sir, what is the purpose of talking about the third kind of battle situation?"

"The ancient political strategists lobbied the six countries, pointed out the evils of the times, often frightened people with vicious words, and then stated their own ideas and strategies. Generally speaking, they said, 'You are facing a catastrophe, and you are not far from death'. Such words, Naturally, Xiang He wouldn’t say anything, so let’s be honest.”

"Mr. is a very down-to-earth person." Ma Di couldn't help laughing, and also felt that he was a person who didn't follow common sense in this matter.

"So the third one can only be said after seeing King Zheng, so please forgive me, my lord."

Ma Di said: "What is the crime..." As he said that, the carriage stopped, and the voice of the servant came in from outside: "My lord, the palace has arrived."

The house slave stretched out his hand and lifted the chain of the cart, and moved the horse stool. Ma Di stepped on the horse stool and walked down slowly. He didn't dare to go forward and ask.

Not only does the king trust Lord Situ very much, but the guards in the palace also trust Ma Su very much.

Arriving at the government affairs hall, Zhang Jiao happened to be resting, Huang Men went in and announced, and Ma Su was summoned.

"What is Aiqing coming to the palace at this moment?" Zhang Jiao motioned Ma Di to sit down, Ma Di knelt down and said:
"My lord, if the Chu people send envoys to see you, will you see him or kill you?"

Zhang Jiao said: "The Chu people, like the Jin people, have no good intentions. If it weren't for our 30 troops, they would have killed and snatched away the last piece of fertile land."

After a pause, Zhang Jiao said viciously: "Of course I can't kill him, I can only summon him to hear what the envoy from Chu State has farted."

Ma Di laughed: "Your Majesty has now been promoted to Majesty. It is no longer the time when you were a general. Words are related to the dignity of a country, and you can't just try to please yourself."

"It's just you and me, so there's nothing wrong with it." Zhang Jiao looked like he was being taught, and suddenly seemed to have noticed something, and asked, "Could it be that people from Chu State really came?"

"Your Majesty Shengming, Xiang Ta, the envoy of the State of Chu, is outside the main hall, waiting to see you." Ma Su smiled, got up and cupped his hands.

Zhang Jiao pursed his lips: "Bring it up, it's just that they want to plot some tricks again."

"Here!" Ma Di withdrew and saw Xiang Ta was standing with his hands down, and said, "Your Majesty agrees to summon you, sir, please follow me."

Xiang Tayi had an audience with King Zheng, and after he became a subordinate, he was divided into two sides.

Zhang Jiao said: "I have heard that the state of Chu is one of the most powerful countries in the world, but I don't know why Mr. Zheng is so sneaky when he is an envoy to the state of Zheng. Is it possible that the state of Zheng is too small to be valued by others, even if he is an envoy, he is so careless?"

"Your Majesty doesn't know something, please allow me to make a statement." Xiang He got up and saluted, then straightened up and said, "This time I came to Chen Liu secretly, but the situation is compelling and I can't do it."

"Right now, everyone in the world knows that Chu State almost mobilized the whole country's strength to attack Shu State. Now we pretend to be defeated and ask for help from Jin State. Jin's court is full of ghosts. This request for help is tantamount to drinking poison to quench thirst."

"Since he knew that he was drinking poison to quench his thirst, why did King Xiang ask for help? As far as I know, King Xiang has a great talent and strategy, and he has a lot of counselors under his command. Naturally, he would not do such a thing. The words of the gentleman may not be true. .” Ma Su laughed.

"Actually, that's what happened." Xiang He admitted: "When I attack the Shu Kingdom, the Jin Kingdom will definitely take the opportunity to lead the army to capture our land. As for when to make a move, it is unknown. It is better to use a trick to lure the snake out of the hole. , Deliberately revealing one's own disadvantages, and attracting all the wildness of the Jin country, the things that can be seen on the bright side are naturally the easiest to deal with, and one is afraid of doing bad things behind the scenes, which is indeed impossible to stop and predict. "

"Then why did you come to me here, sir?" Zhang Jiao said quietly: "My country is now less than one-third of the kingdom of heaven, and the national strength is extremely weak, and I have even defeated Jin as the suzerain. Is it possible that Mr. wants me Can Zheng Guo depend on Chu State?"

"Of course not." Xiang Ta would not make fun of himself, now that Chu State could not spare Zheng State to deal with it, naturally he would not turn against him.

"I came here this time just to express my intention to the king. Our state of Chu will never do anything offensive to the state of Zheng. If the state of Jin really moves with all its strength and goes south along Xinye to attack Yingdu, can your king send troops to attack Luoyang?" ?”

"Sir thinks highly of my country of Zheng." Zhang Jiao said deliberately showing weakness: "The country of Jin is a big country. Even if we attack Yingdu with all our strength, it is not something that my country of Zheng can easily offend."

"Then...if I, Chu State, send troops to join Zheng State in Luoyang, what do you think, Your Majesty?" Xiang He said with a slight smile.

"There are still soldiers in Chu?" Ma Su exclaimed in shock.

Xiang He nodded, but didn't speak, which was a tacit consent.

"Then if Luoyang is captured by chance, how should the results be distributed?" Zhang Jiao's eyes turned cold, and he stared at Xiang He.

Xiang He reached out and took out a letter from his sleeve, left his seat, bowed and presented the letter with his hands high, and said in his mouth: "I have nothing to prove, here is my king's handwritten letter, please read it to Prince Zheng." .”

Ma Di got up immediately, took the letter from Xiang Ta, and presented it to Zhang Jiao himself. Zhang Jiao opened it and read it, with mixed joy and sorrow in his eyes. Instead of showing the letter to Ma Di directly, he put it on the side and thought for a while. Yes, then said:

"I'll give you an answer tomorrow. The master has come from a long way, so he will stay in the palace."

Xiang He knew that Zhang Jiao and his ministers wanted to have a good discussion, so he withdrew immediately, and a palace lady was already waiting to receive him.

Only then did Zhang Jiao show Ma Su the attributes.

Xiang Yu promised in the letter that if a bloody battle broke out between Chu State and Jin State, Fan Zeng and others who were stationed at [-]% of the time would be on their backs, join forces with Zheng Guobing, and go straight to Luoyang.

The captured city and the land of Chu State don't want an inch of land, and all of them are given to Zheng State. This arm is a bit too much.

Xiang Yu explained in his letter that Chu State took Shu and Zheng State replaced Jin State.

Ma Di couldn't help being surprised and said, "Chu State can make such a big deal."

"It's really big." Zhang Jiao pondered, whether to agree to it or not, was very decisive for a while.

Ma Su then said: "Your Majesty, I feel that the credibility of this letter is still very high. Chu State is now mobilizing many soldiers and horses to attack Shu State. It is certain that the country is empty, so at this time, Chu State is more vulnerable than ever. I hope to have an ally, just think about it, is it a good thing or a bad thing for Chu State to destroy the powerful Jin State and support a relatively weak Zheng State?"

(End of this chapter)