Chapter 42: Yu messenger Chu (3)
Under the leadership of the Chu diplomatic officials, Yu Xin quickly entered Chencheng.
As Yu Xin sighed when he was outside the city, the scale of this Chen City is not as large as the first-class city in the Warring States Period, even the second-rate city may not be ranked.
The city is not large in size, and there are not many people coming and going in the city. It seems that only tens of thousands of people live in it.
While sitting in the carriage, Yu Xin sighed secretly in his heart. He never thought that the Chu State, which was in a state of great power to annex the world decades ago, became what it is now because of two generations of foolish monarchs.
In this world of man-ruling, a foolish monarch has really hurt the country too much.
Just as Yu Xin sighed, the convoy drove past the Guocheng of Chencheng and began to enter the palace from the north gate.
After entering the palace city, what appeared in front of Yu Xin was a yellow palace group.
Since the ancestors of the Chu people can be traced back to Huangdi, the Chu people naturally regarded themselves as the heir of Huangdi. From the perspective of the five elements, Huangdi belonged to Tude, and the color of Tude was yellow, so yellow naturally became the main color in the Chu palace.
It was not until after entering the palace city that Yu Xin felt the forefront of the Chu State as one of the seven heroes of the Warring States Period and was once one of the overlords in these palace groups full of heavy and majestic feelings.
After a while, Yu Xin's carriage stopped in front of the most magnificent palace.
The diplomatic officials of Chu State appeared again: "Mr. Yu, this is Feng Palace. My king and my ministers are waiting in the hall. Please."
Yu Xin nodded, walked off the carriage, and walked up the steps in front of him towards the Phoenix Palace.
A moment later, Yu Xin entered the Feng Palace Hall. As expected, as the Chu diplomat said, hundreds of Chu kings and ministers gathered together, waiting for his arrival.
Yu Xin subconsciously set his eyes on the top of the hall, where a man wearing a crown and gorgeous clothes, standing at his thirty, with a national face and looking somewhat square. This is the current king of Chu, King Yuan of Chu (King Kaolii of Chu).
Yu Xin did not dare to be negligent and bowed to King Yuan of Chu: "Zhao Chen Yu Xin, I have seen the king."
King Yuan of Chu nodded calmly, and nothing could be heard in his voice: "No need to be polite, please get up."
Yu Xin stood up and sat down in a seat that had been prepared for him.
As soon as Yu Xin sat down, a minister of Chu said, "I don't know what Yu Qing is coming here?"
If the other two envoys of Zhao State, Su Dai and Zhao Sheng, were here, they would definitely think: "I have seen this scene..."
Well, for hundreds of years, the Warring States Period has been a fixed diplomatic routine.
Yu Qing coughed lightly, knowing that it was time for him to speak.
"I believe that this time I came is actually the matter of Zhao and Chu joining forces to fight against the powerful Qin."
"Qin is a disciple of Taotie. He first obtained Guanzhong, then occupied Bashu, and then seized the land of Hexi of Wei. He even used Zhang Yi and Xiaoxiao's disciples to deceive the Chu State, and his desire to covet all countries was almost endless. It was really hateful!"
"Now our Zhao State and the Qin people fought in Changping. It was urgent and difficult to get out of order. If we get help from Chu State, the Qin people will be defeated. In this way, Zhao can get Shangdang and Chu can restore Yingdu, and both sides can gain profits. I wonder what the king thinks?"
After Yu Xin said this, although it was quite ordinary, it basically explained what he wanted to say.
Then Yu Xin turned his attention to the King of Chu Yuan, who was in the upper leader, waiting for the King of Chu's answer.
But before King Yuan of Chu could react, a voice immediately rang out.
"Yu Qing's words are wrong!"
Yu Xin turned his head and found that the person who spoke was a minister of Chu who had a square face, big forehead, beard under his jaw, and gray temples, at least over fifty years old.
It is worth mentioning that the seat of this minister of Chu is closest to King Yuan of Chu, and is also at the head of the ministers of Chu.
Yu Xin took a deep breath and stared at the minister of Chu: "I wonder what Chunshen Jun has to do?"
That's right, the one who jumped out to refute Yu Xin was the number one important official of Chu State and the "Four Gentlemen of the Warring States Period".
Huang Xie is now the prime minister of Chu. Chu does not have a prime minister. The position of prime minister holds the power equivalent to that of other countries. Therefore, this Chunshen Lord Huang Xie can also be regarded as prime minister of Chu.
Since the Spring and Autumn Period, the position of Chu State's imperial court has been monopolized by the three major tribes of Zhao, Jing and Qu. Huang Xie was able to break this monopoly mainly because he made great efforts in the path of King Yuan of Chu and had the merit of supporting him. Therefore, he was extremely trusted by King Yuan of Chu and could be called King Yuan of Chu.
Huang Xie was not too anxious or too busy. He first looked at the King of Chu Yuan Yili, who was the leader, and then said: "In my opinion, Qin State is now in a strong military force, Qin King Ji is very powerful, and has a million powerful soldiers, which is difficult for all countries in the world to take charge."
"In contrast, my great Chu is now in decline, and it is time to rest and recover and regain again. At this time, we must not use rash weapons. We should be close to Qin and be kind to it. How can we help Zhao attack Qin? If we help Zhao, then Bai Qi and others will lead the Qin army to come again. What if it does?"
Obviously, Huang Xie, who had been in Qin for a while, felt that there was no chance of winning the battle with Qin. Don’t attract Bai Qi, the God of Killing, to the time being, let’s rest and recuperate. Don’t mix in Changping’s destruction. Let’s talk about it when we recover our strength.
As the chief of Chu State, Huang Xie naturally had no shortage of vocal insects. So as soon as he finished speaking, many ministers of Chu State agreed. Even King Yuan of Chu, who was sitting at the top, nodded slightly, with great approval.
Yu Xin frowned and was about to refute the situation, but he was not careful that someone on the side would speak first: "Ling Yin's words are a big mistake!"
The voice was high and fast, instantly suppressing all the sounds of Huang Xie's sect.
Everyone turned their heads and found that the person who was speaking was a general. The general was about forty years old, with a long face and an eagle nose, and his eyes were extremely sharp. This was the famous general of Chu State, Jingyang, now the Grand Sima of Chu State.
The position of Grand Sima is equivalent to the deputy commander of the army in later generations. His position in the Chu army was only inferior to that of the imperial court Huang Xie, so Jingyang was also one of the important officials of the Chu State.
Jing Yang glared at Huang Xie and shouted, "Mr. Ling Yin, you have no seeds! When did our great Chu have ever been afraid of other countries? Now that Qin and Zhao are fighting in Shangdang, it is the opportunity to recover lost land from the Qin people. How can we miss it? King, don't listen to Ling Yin's words!"
After all, Jingyang is from a military background and has a straightforward personality, so he speaks the same way.
As soon as Jing Yang said this, it was naturally refuted by Huang Xie's faction.
But Jingyang is not only one person. Behind him are the three major families of Qu, Jing and Zhao. Jingyang is the core figure of the Jing family. These three major families were originally very dissatisfied with Huang Xie, the "outsider" who stole the position of Ling Yin, so they took advantage of the situation. The three ministers rushed forward and attacked Huang Xie's faction.
Huang Xie was naturally not showing any weakness, and he was facing tit for tit, and there was a verbal battle between the two sides.
Although Huang Xie's power is now at its peak, the three major families have been rooted in the Chu State for hundreds of years, and their strength cannot be underestimated. The two sides went back and forth, and they even had a quarrel.
The quarrel lasted for several hours. Because the division of opinions in Chu was too serious, the sun was about to set and there was no result. Even King Yuan of Chu patted the table several times, it was useless.
Seeing that the sun was about to set outside the hall, Yu Xin, the envoy of Zhao State sitting in the hall, was hungry and irritable. Just when he didn't know how to solve this situation, a figure suddenly appeared at the door of the hall, attracting Yu Xin's attention.
Who dared to enter the palace at such an important moment?
Yu Xin subconsciously looked at the man, then let out a scream of surprise.
Why did Mao Sui come?
Chapter completed!