Age of mythical princes

Chapter 318 Cat as bridesmaid for mouse?
Baijia 53 years, winter.

On this day, the Marquis of Chu summoned his confidants, frowning.

"My lord, the Xiang family has lost again. However, this is good news. Please continue to promote Xiang Yan." The head of the Qu family said directly.

The head of the Jing family also nodded: "Yes, the Xiang family is a model, a model of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. During the Battle of Yingdu, the Xiang family was the first to send reinforcements. Later, when you were hunting west, the lord, the Xiang family He was also the first to respond to the order of the lord. He has been in the south, resisting the army of Wu."

"After that traitor Wu Zixu committed a great treasonous thing, he unraveled his knots and directly broke through to become a real person. If Mrs. Xiang had not persisted in resisting in the south, I am afraid that the whole south would really fall into Wu's hands."

Hearing this, Chu Hou was very unhappy: "Yancheng thief! Yancheng thief!"

Chu Hou looked around and found that they were indeed true confidantes.Qu's, Zhao's and Jing's, the heads of the three families, are all Chu Hou's playmates since he was a child. They exist like brothers, and there are no outsiders at all.Shen Baoxu is also a loyal minister who has gone through tests. Qin's reinforcements are the result of Shen Baoxu crying and Qin Ting crying.

After thinking about it, Marquis Chu also said some heartfelt words: "To be honest, no matter how lonely Wu is, he would not hate Wu because of this, because Wu and Chu are hostile countries in the first place. It's understandable, the big deal is to double the revenge afterwards and come back."

"The traitor Wu Zixu, although he whipped his father's corpse and made Gu feel like he would have cramps, but he and his father already have a life-and-death enmity, so Gu will not resent him any more because of this, anyway, after he is captured, he will definitely not Let him end well, there is nothing to say."

It was originally a life-and-death relationship, and it was originally a sworn enemy, who could understand anything.

"But this Yancheng, on the surface, has always pretended to be a good person, remained neutral, and impartial, but in fact it was selling arms on both sides and always making troubles."

"If there were not so many Qi practitioners in Yancheng to help, with just a few nobles in Wu, how many counties would they be able to move to in a year if they were exhausted?"

However, with the help of Yancheng qi practitioners, a large number of counties, land veins, water veins were pumped away, minerals were exploited frantically, and the population was all removed, and loyal officials were treated as slaves. Sold.

Wu Guo sells the loyal ministers of the Chu State. If the price is one, then Yancheng will resell it to the Chu State after buying it in Yancheng: Chu Guo Zhongchen, Wu Guo certified, do you want it?What you want is not expensive, just give ten times the price.

"If there were no Yancheng thieves, the state of Wu would not be able to dismantle several counties in a year, and it would be impossible to plunder everything!"

But now, Wu Guo is addicted to searching!
"In less than two years, fifteen counties in Chu State have been completely abandoned. It will take at least hundreds or even thousands of years to recover slowly."

This was all done by the Qi trainers in Yancheng.

The point is, there are still many people whitewashing Yancheng: this is not the original intention of Qi practitioners, Qi practitioners are also hired to perform the tasks of their employers.

It's all because Wu Guo was too greedy. Wu Guo contracted these counties to one warmonger after another who didn't want to disclose his name, behind the scenes.

In this way, the state of Wu raised a huge amount of military expenditure.For so many years, I have never worried about Lingmi, Lingquan, Xuanjia, Blue Bird, and Battleship.

As for Yingdu, after so many years, it has almost been hollowed out.

Valuable things were almost gone, so much so that Wu Jun planned to retreat.At that time, the Chu army will also be able to report a fierce battle to the outside world, defeating the Wu army and regaining Yingdu.

"I originally planned to spend 100 years first, but now it seems that if it really takes 100 years, Chu State will be evacuated by Wu State!"

"No, it should be said that they were evacuated by Yancheng!"

"The state of Wu directly robbed our state of Chu, and most of the products went to Yancheng to sell the stolen goods. We ourselves are also constantly selling our ancestral property in exchange for money, and finally exchanged it in Yancheng for various war-related materials, and Yancheng is still harvesting The accumulation of the entire Chu Kingdom over the past ten thousand years."

Speaking of this, Chu Hou gritted his teeth in hatred!

This Yancheng is so hateful!

Hearing this, the patriarch of the Zhao clan nodded his head: "Yancheng is indeed hateful, but now is not the time to discuss whether Yancheng is hateful or not. The focus now is to defeat the state of Wu. Although I don't want to say something depressing, I have to say, Today's Wu State has three grand masters, the grandson, the traitor Wu Zixu, and the Marquis of Wu, and it is not so easy to deal with."

However, the Marquis of Chu smiled and said: "Now, the reinforcements of the Qin State are led by Shang Yang himself. This Shang Yang is a strange man. Thirty years ago, he was invited by the Marquis of Qin several times before he came out of the mountain. As soon as he came out of the mountain, he served as the ruler of the Qin State to carry out reforms. It has been decades now, the Qin State is under great rule, and even Shang Yang has become a real person."

"With Shang Yang and the Qin army trained by him, they can resist Wu Zixu and his navy."

Speaking of this, although Chu Hou didn't say anything on the surface, he made up his mind to reform in his heart.

After this battle, we must reform!

Without reform, we will fall behind!
If you fall behind, you will be beaten!

Moreover, after Wu Guo reformed and captured Yingdu, Wu Zixu became a real person.

After Qin's reform, after the reform was successful, Shang Yang, who presided over the reform, directly became a real person.

Although the reforms of the Han family, the Zhao family, and the Wei family have just begun, Li Si, Li Kui and others all made breakthroughs after practicing their personal ideas in the [-] counties of Yancheng.

The rise of the younger generation is too fast, too fast, to the point where it cannot react.

Yancheng has been reforming, and the younger generation has more real people than two hands. These young people seem to be more capable and talented than the other.How many real people will be born in the next few decades or hundreds of years?

Thinking of this, Marquis Chu felt regretful.

It feels like the whole world has changed overnight.If you don't reach the real person, you are a weak chicken?
However, after thinking about the current strength of the Chu State, the Marquis of Chu immediately said: "The Chu State also needs to reform. In order to win this battle, it must be reformed alone!"

Without reforms, the state of Chu would not be able to give full play to its strength.

If you don't give full play to your strength, it will be very difficult to deal with the three big real people with your current strength.

Back then, at the time of Jin Wengong, King Wen himself was a real person, and he was carrying at least one nine tripods in his hand. Coupled with the national power of Jin, Wen Gong could display the strength of the three saints today, and at that time, Wen Gong was united. Did Duke Wen dare to underestimate Chu at that time?
Even Duke Wen of Jin at that time, facing the united Chu State, had to back away and then defeat Chu State.

Thinking of the splendor of the state of Chu in the days of his ancestors, of the power of Zhuang Gong when he aspired to the Central Plains, and now that even the capital of Ying has been breached by the enemy, and even the tombs of the ancestors of the past generations have been dug uprightly, the Marquis of Chu felt that he could not bear this. Wronged!
"The state of Chu must reform!" the Marquis of Chu said firmly.

This reform will at least give birth to a real person!

So, who will reform?

What is the direction of reform?
Will reform succeed?

Will the reform further intensify domestic conflicts?

These are the questions!

Only when the reform is successful can the real person be born, but what if it fails?
The Patriarch of the Qu Clan thought for a while and asked directly: "My lord, I also know that reform is necessary. Now that various countries have reformed one after another, and their national strength is constantly becoming stronger, but how to reform?"

Today's politics in Chu State is dark!
Not an aristocrat, unless you become a real person, the first generation, otherwise, it will be difficult to stand out.

Therefore, talents like Wen Zhong and Fan Li, although they had been in Chu State all along, ended up running away with buckets.

Today, Wenzhong has gone to Yue State and has been reused by Gou Jian. Over the years, he has been cooperating with Gou Jian and presiding over the reform of Yue State, and his strength has greatly improved.

Fan Li went to Yancheng, and now he presides over the country and governs the county together, with a bright future.

"This time, Gu invited Mr. Jujun and his two juniors to come over to reform together."

"Mr. Jujun? Could it be Wang Jujun?"

"I have also heard about this man. He is from Li County in Yancheng. Although he has been defeated repeatedly, ordinary people only think he is a failure, but insiders know that he is firm-willed and strong. Pai, a revival of the kingly way, came to our Chu country to reform, is there something wrong?" At the end, the Patriarch of Jing's words were quite confused.

Is Wang Jujun famous?

Famous!
At a young age, he is already a serious real person.

His personal philosophy is even more famous all over the world.

I am a real person, and the two juniors are also real people.

Over the past 50 years, Li County has accumulated a group of talents, all of whom recognize Wang Jujun's philosophy and are willing to run with him.

If Wang Jujun came to the Chu State to reform, with the talents accumulated in Li County, he would be able to spread the reform on a large scale as soon as he came up. There would be no problem of insufficient talents, and the reform would be able to start as soon as he came up.

If Wang Jujun came to preside over the reform, plus his two juniors, this would be three real people.If the three real people who opened the way had the support of Chu Hou, such strength would not be considered weak.

For the rest, it depends on the direction of the content of the reform.

Leaving aside the content of the reform, the Patriarch of the Jing family discovered that Wang Jujun and his two juniors really had the possibility of reforming the state of Chu.

But how to think about this makes people speechless.

The reform of the state of Chu was finally presided over by a group of Zhou Li faction?
Zhou Li, isn't this the essence of Da Zhou?

Is it inappropriate for Zhou Li to preside over Chu, a country that I am a barbarian?
Can this reform really last?A cat as a bridesmaid for a mouse?
Looking at the puzzled expressions of several people, Chu Hou said directly: "Reform, there must be a huge change."

"The status quo of the Chu State is that there is no power but it cannot be used."

"The background of Chuhou's lineage is all guarding against Fengjun. The masters of Fengjun are also guarding against Chuhou."

"The local area is wary of the central government, and the central government regards the local area as a bandit."

"If it weren't for the call from Wu State, Chu State would still be in conflict."

"But even if Wu State called, Chu State only temporarily let go of the internal friction, and the internal friction has not disappeared."

"Whoever comes to reform has to change this status quo."

"And Mr. Jujun's younger brother provided Gu with a way of thinking, that is, to truly rule the world with the nobles, and to rule the country of Chu with the nobles."

(End of this chapter)