Chapter five hundred and seventieth Zheng Zhu's lion opened his mouth
The name "Zheng Zhu?" quickly calmed the entire Chu court.
As one of the important officials of Zhao State and a major in charge of diplomacy, the name Zheng Zhu is certainly not unfamiliar with the Chu State.
More importantly, Zheng Zhu's appearance here at this moment can only prove one thing, that is, the people of Zhao also hope to negotiate peace!
In just a moment, the atmosphere in the entire hall suddenly became lively.
At this time, King Yuan of Chu finally completely dissipated, and a rare smile appeared on his face.
"Come here, go and send the order quickly and bring the envoy of Zhao into the city. I must see him immediately!"
An hour later, Zheng Zhu appeared in the hall.
As soon as he appeared, Zheng Zhu gave Chu a powerful force to the emperor and ministers.
After Zheng Zhu paid tribute to King Yuan of Chu, he said directly before King Yuan of Chu said: "As the king of a powerful country like Chu, he can only live in this small mansion less than two miles in radius. I wonder if the king regretted his past actions of defeating the alliance?"
When King Yuan of Chu heard this, his nose was pissed.
The mansion of this city guard is actually quite good by the standards of ordinary people and even ministers. It has all the main halls, side courtyards, pavilions, towers, and lakes. It can be said that it has the style of a wealthy family with an absolute style.
But for a monarch, such a mansion is obviously too small.
The kings live in palace cities. Although this palace city is a relatively small city, no matter how small it is, it is much bigger than a mansion.
When Zheng Zhu mentioned this, he was obviously going to slap King Yuan of Chu in the face.
King Yuan of Chu took a few deep breaths, and finally suppressed the anger that was about to erupt like a volcano in his heart.
That's right, Zheng Zhu's words were indeed very bold and reckless. If a minister of Chu dared to say such words, the head would be at most a quarter of an hour. But the problem is that Zheng Zhu, the envoy of Zhao, really made King Yuan of Chu dare not act rashly.
If you kill Zheng Zhu, then even if King Zhao has a good temper, it will never be able to endure it. The war will inevitably continue. The State of Chu may really only end up with the destruction of the country.
So King Yuan of Chu could only endure it.
Not only King Yuan of Chu, but who was not present at all the Chu ministers who were so angry that their faces turned pale and trembled all over by Zheng Zhu's words? But they could only bear it.
Compared with the ending of Destroy the Kingdom, a mere slap in the face and humiliation seems to be nothing.
King Yuan of Chu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Is the messenger here this time to discuss peace?"
Zheng Zhu was also very happy when he looked at the blue and white face of King Chu of King Yuanzhen.
Just a few months ago, Zheng Zhu also stood in front of King Yuan of Chu and said to King Yuan of Chu, "I hope that when Chen City is destroyed in the future, the king will not regret today's decision."
And today, this statement came true.
So Zheng Zhu felt so happy.
However, Zheng Zhu did not intend to continue the slap in the face. After all, no matter what, King Yuan of Chu was also a king. If he continued to speak up and was angry and prepared to fight against Zhao State, it would not be in the interests of Zhao State.
So Zheng Zhu didn't plan to continue talking nonsense, so he went straight to the point: "Back to the king, the foreign minister brought my king's words this time. As long as Chu State is willing to cede all the land from east to Yishui, west to Sishui, and south to Danshui, then this time the battle between Zhao and Chu will be in a standstill."
As soon as Zheng Zhu said these words, the Chu ruler and ministers in the hall were immediately in an uproar.
Although we knew in advance that the people of Zhao would definitely find a way to speak loudly, the monarchs and ministers of Chu never expected that the people of Zhao would have a little too big appetite!!
The land between these three rivers is extremely vast, including the former land of Lu, as well as the Lanling, Xiangben, Philadelphia, Xueyi and other cities of Chu, which are thousands of miles in a radius.
To use a more vivid metaphor, the people of Zhao are now going to cut off half of the Wei area from Chu!
If the State of Chu really agrees to such a request, then the eastern part of the state of Chu Huaibei will basically belong to the State of Zhao.
King Yuan of Chu finally couldn't bear it anymore and shouted to Zheng Zhu in front of him: "Zheng Zhu, do you really think that I and Chu State can be bullied if you are weak?"
Zheng Zhu couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "Why, does the king feel that there is too much land that needs to be cede?"
King Yuan of Chu punched the table in front of him and shouted at Zheng Zhu: "What, do you think there is not enough land that has been ceded?"
Zheng Zhu nodded with a smile and said, "What the king said is exactly what I am thinking. I would like to ask the king, isn't it worth it to exchange for the Chu State to continue to survive just by using these lands?"
Zheng Zhu paused and continued, "If the king is willing to cede these lands, then our king can immediately make the Han and Wei countries cease to fight, and the countries use the territory currently under actual control as a new national border."
As soon as Zheng Zhu said this, another sound of gasping in the Chu court was heard.
Now South Korea and Wei have also occupied a lot of the land of Chu. If they really follow the conditions mentioned by Zheng Zhu, then Chu will lose nearly one-third of its territory at one time this time!
This loss is a bit too heavy.
Jingyang, the Shangzhu Kingdom, could not listen anymore, and said in a deep voice to Zheng Zhu: "The envoy's words are too much. Chu State is vast and is thousands of miles away from east to west. Does Zhao really think that with just 50,000 troops, can Chu State be completely destroyed?"
Zheng Zhu smiled and said, "The words of Shangzhu Kingdom are indeed reasonable, but since this condition is determined by our king, it will never be changed. Whether the 50,000 Zhao army can destroy Chu State is indeed not certain at this moment. But now both Han and Wei have 100,000 troops and horses rampant in Chu State. If peace is negotiated one day later, the land of Chu State will be lost one more point. Please think about it."
King Yuan of Chu's chest was fluctuating violently. After a long time, he said: "I still need to discuss this matter with the ministers for a while, and ask the envoy to go and rest for a while."
Zheng Zhu smiled and bowed to King Yuan of Chu again: "Since that's the case, then the foreign minister will take his leave first."
Although King Yuan of Chu did not agree to this peace talk immediately, Zheng Zhu was still filled with incomparable confidence when he walked out of the hall.
The Chu people are now at a loss. Except for they really want to destroy the country, it will only be a matter of time before they agree to these conditions.
Chapter completed!