Chapter 6: Paying lip service to court discussions
When the envoys from various countries gathered, Prince Qin Li Bi met with the deposed emperor and asked the deposed emperor to preside over the court meeting in the palace. The deposed emperor naturally agreed and invited the envoys from each family to come to the palace the next day to discuss matters.
Early the next day, King Wuyou and Qi Lu rushed to the palace. Prince Duan of Dali, Prince Yingjing of Wu, Duke Li of Yue, Prime Minister Dai of Xiang, Dongfang Yin of Chu and others had already discussed with King Wuyou several times. Now it is
Following closely behind King Wuyou, he also entered the main hall.
Prince Li Bi of Qin and Prince Zhao Sheng of Yan entered the palace together. They were chatting and laughing, looking calm and relaxed. Prime Minister Xu of Chen State followed behind them, but they could keep a distance.
Liu Chang, the prince of Shu, was the first to arrive and was already waiting in the main hall.
Everyone entered the palace to pay homage to the deposed emperor. Seeing that all the envoys had arrived, the deposed emperor said, "Dear ministers, we are discussing in court today. If you have any matters, please discuss them in this court hall!"
After hearing this, Prince Liu Chang of Shu hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, gentlemen, I have something to do today, and I would like to ask your Majesty and your gentlemen to seek justice." After that, Liu Chang looked at King Wuyou and said slowly.
"Recently, the State of Qi has brazenly sent troops to invade our State of Shu. They have already attacked Yicheng, Lucheng, Zheng'an, Wucheng and other places, approaching the capital of our State of Shu. I would like to ask Your Majesty and all of you to jointly hold Qi State to account.
Let Qi withdraw its troops from Shu."
King Wuyou just looked back at him, and then looked at the deposed emperor, not in a hurry to argue.
The deposed emperor was watched by King Wuyou without making any move.
After listening to Liu Chang's words, Prince Qin Li Bi spoke up and said: "What the Prince of Shu said is absolutely true. Today, it is difficult for all countries to be stable. If Qi is allowed to attack everywhere like this, the world will be in chaos again and the people will have no life."
When Li Bi spoke, King Wuyou turned around and looked at him. Li Bi felt a little uncomfortable being looked at by King Wuyou, and he swallowed back the indignant words that followed.
The other princes all looked at King Wuyou. King Wuyou wanted this effect. Among the envoys in the court, only Shu made a complaint and Qin seconded. The other countries were waiting to see what happened. This is how to deal with it.
It's much easier.
When the deposed emperor saw that Li Bi had finished speaking, the hall suddenly became quiet. Everyone was looking at King Wuyou, but King Wuyou was only looking at Li Bi. The deposed emperor asked: "Prince Qi Si, do you have anything?"
What to say?"
When King Wuyou saw the deposed emperor asking questions, he turned around, saluted first, and then said: "Your Majesty, it is true that our Qi army is now in the territory of Shu. There are also troops from Chu, Yue, Dali and Wu in Shu.
Army. It seems that Prince Liu Chang did not make it clear, or perhaps Prince Liu Chang thinks that only our Qi army is invading your Shu Kingdom, but the other countries are not?!"
Liu Chang was stunned when he heard this, and then said: "Wu, Chu, and Dali assisted Zhou in committing crimes, and they also followed Qi and invaded Shu!"
King Wuyou nodded and asked: "Then why do our Qi countries go to war with your Shu country, and why do Wu, Chu, Yue and Dali send troops to fight together?"
Liu Chang looked at Li Bi and Zhao Sheng, and Li Bi sneered and said: "What a joint crusade, it's just that Qi State is bullying the weak, and Wu, Chu State, Dali and other countries want to profit from it!" Zhao Sheng just nodded, but did not
Make a sound.
King Wuyou walked up to Li Bi and asked: "According to what Prince Li said, our Qi State is relying on its strength, so it is wrong to attack Shu!" Liu Chang said sternly on the side: "You Qi State is bullying the weak and picking on the weak.
Start a war and destroy all living beings!"
King Wuyou ignored him and continued to stare at Li Bi and asked: "Prince Li, our Qi State's attack on Shu was based on strength and bullying. So when Shu invaded and occupied Dali, was it bullying the weak? Shu and Chu also fought many times.
, and why? Now that our Qi State has formed an alliance with Dali, Dali wants our Qi State to help it conquer Shu and regain the land of Dali, why not?"
Liu Chang sneered a few times and said: "Prince Qi Si really found a good excuse. Even though our Shu Kingdom occupied some land in Dali at the beginning, compared with your Qi Kingdom's invasion of Shu Kingdom's territory, the difference is more than ten times or a hundred times?
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King Wuyou then turned around and looked at Liu Chang, and asked coldly: "Then I would like to ask you, when your Shu Kingdom invaded Dali, which one was stronger and which one was weaker?"
Liu Chang was asked and didn't know how to answer for a moment. Li Bi said at the side: "Put aside the dispute between Shu and Dali for now. We are now talking about the dispute between Qi and Shu."
When Prince Duan of Dali heard this, he immediately stood up and said loudly: "Li Bi, what are you talking about?! This is the so-called justice that your Qin country presides over?! When the Shu Kingdom invaded our Dali, I never saw what you said.
. Now when it comes to the initial occupation of Shu, you said to put it aside. Shouldn’t Dali be invaded? So now that we have occupied Yicheng and Lucheng, let’s put it aside together! Don’t mention it here again!
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Li Bi was stunned by Prince Duan, and his face suddenly became ugly. He looked at Prince Duan and said: "Duan Kejian, don't think that with the support of Dali from Qi, you can do whatever you want. I, Qin, are not afraid of you. I
Li Bi is not afraid of you, a little prince of Dali!"
After hearing this, Prince Duan also snorted coldly and said: "Your Qin State is not afraid of us, and your Li Bi is not afraid of me, Duan Kejian. How can we, Dali, be afraid of your Qin State, and I will be afraid of you Li Bi!"
While they were talking, the two of them actually came forward to fight. Zhao Sheng hurriedly grabbed Li Bi; Yingjing also grabbed Duan Kejian. Li Guogong, Dongfang Yin, Dai Rongzhen, and Xu Boxiong also tried to stop them. King Wuyou looked at Liu Chang and said,
His face was as calm as water; Liu Chang's expression changed several times, his eyes were confused, he glanced back at King Wuyou, then stepped forward and said to the deposed emperor: "Your Majesty, look at this Qi country, it actually condones a small southwestern country like Dali.
Making noise in the main hall really doesn't take His Majesty seriously. We should jointly denounce Qi State!"
Li Guogong of Yue State and Dongfang Yin of Chu State were immediately displeased when they heard this. Li Guogong said: "Although the countries in the southwest are small, they are not for you to bully at will." Dongfang Yin also agreed: "Shu is treating Chu.
We have also used troops many times to occupy the territory of our Chu State. This time our Chu State is going to counterattack your Shu State and seize Zheng'an City to let you know that the small southwest country also has troops that can fight."
Liu Chang originally wanted to bring the topic to King Wuyou, but did not want to be manipulated by Yue and Chu. Prince Duan of Dali even pointed at Liu Chang and called for a battle of life and death with him outside the palace.
Yingjing pulled Prince Duan, as if making peace, and said: "Liu Chang, you are still so arrogant. Who else can you look up to except Qin? You should not insult Dali like this! Are you the only one from Shu?
Is the Central Plains a big country?" His words made Xu Boxiong of Chen State's face sink.
The deposed emperor looked at the commotion in the hall, shook his head and sighed. Huang Ji hurriedly stepped forward, stretched out his hand to stop everyone, and persuaded: "Prince Duan, please don't argue. I don't think Prince Liu Chang's intention is to look down on Dali and other countries. Since
We all came to Dadu to find your Majesty to arbitrate the dispute. I still hope that everyone can tell the matter and then we can solve the matter together. Such quarrels will not help anything!"
Prince Zhao Sheng of Yan stood next to Huang Ji and said repeatedly: "What Huang Fuxiang said is absolutely true. It's better not to quarrel. Speak out your words slowly. Your Majesty will make the decision!"
Seeing that the trouble was almost over, King Wuyou looked at Liu Chang and asked: "Liu Chang, looking at your behavior, I can see that you are still as unbeatable as before! You want to come to court today to discuss another trouble, what else do you want?"
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Liu Chang glared at King Wuyou fiercely and said in a cold voice: "Qi Si, don't bully others too much. You can do whatever you want by relying on alliances with these countries. Justice rests in the hearts of the people. I only ask you today, what's wrong with your Qi army?"
It’s time to withdraw our troops from Shu!”
After hearing this, King Wuyou laughed and said, "What a big joke! Why should our Qi army withdraw its troops?"
Liu Chang was so angry at King Wuyou's words that he was speechless for a moment. He gritted his teeth for a while and then said: "Does it mean that your Qi country has invaded our territory of Shu, and you still want to occupy it like the Yue country?!"
King Wuyou looked at him, looked back at Duke Li, and said, "The country of Yue is now governed by a new king. Is there anything wrong?" When Li Guogong asked, he hurriedly replied: "Since our new king took charge of the country of Yue, the people have lived and worked in peace and contentment.
Everyone praises King Lao Yue for handing over the throne to the new king, and also getting along happily with King Qi in Lucheng."
King Wuyou nodded to Li Guogong, then looked at Liu Chang and said: "I think it would be better for Prince Liu Chang to go back, discuss with the King of Shu, abdicate the throne, and go to my city of Lu to be with the King of Yue. It would also be a good idea! In order to save myself.
If you hit someone and they hit you back, if you can't bear it yourself, then you should beg for this or sue that, it depends on the other person's face!"
Liu Chang's face turned red with anger and he pointed at King Wuyou and said: "Qi Si, you have a good plan. Do you want my father to give up the throne of Shu to you? It's just wishful thinking!"
King Wuyou looked at him coldly and said, "You'd better take your hands away. I hate people talking while pointing at me!"
Liu Chang quickly put down his hand and glared at King Wuyou angrily. Liu Chang had suffered a lot at the hands of King Wuyou since he was a child. This time King Wuyou killed the Yan general, which made him even more fearful.
King Wuyou snorted coldly and said: "I have no virtue or ability. I can still fight with you. But I don't think you and your son are good at governing Shu. It's better to let me follow Uncle Wang."
At this point, King Wuyou looked back at the deposed emperor, turned around and saluted the deposed emperor and asked: "Your Majesty, what do you think?"
At first, the deposed emperor was just watching the quarrel below from the dragon chair, thinking about his own thoughts. When King Wuyou asked this question, he was stunned for a moment, and Yingkou replied: "Yes!" After saying this, he realized that he had said this promise.
It was not the right time, so he hurriedly said "uh" and said: "In the war between Qi and Shu, it is best to calm down the war. Peace is always the most important thing. I can't bear to kill people and increase the suffering of the people!"
Liu Chang was very angry after being told by King Wuyou, but he didn't dare to get angry. Hearing that the deposed emperor actually agreed to abdication, he felt even more angry. He was afraid of King Wuyou, but now he doesn't pay attention to the deposed emperor.
Inside, Liu Chang took two steps forward and asked the deposed emperor: "Your Majesty, are you going to attack the Qi State and enmity with the Shu State? When will it be your turn to take charge of the affairs of the Shu State!"
The deposed emperor Li He and everyone were stunned by Liu Chang's words. The deposed emperor frowned, and everyone shook their heads, thinking that Liu Chang was really rude.