The arrival of Prince Qiji was indeed unexpected by Li Ran.
He didn't know why Prince Qiji came to see the King of Chu, so he immediately stepped aside and waited quietly.
Not long after, I saw Prince Qiji and another person entering the palace.
"My brother abandoned his illness and paid homage to the king."
"Ah, Ji Di, please get up quickly. There is no need for this kind of harmony between you and me." (Ji Di: Little Brother)
King Chu quickly stepped forward and helped Prince Qiji up.
It can be seen that the King of Chu was actually very friendly to his younger brother. He did not refer to him by his official position or name, but directly addressed him as "Brother Ji".
"I am observing and paying homage to the king."
At this time, another person who followed Prince Qiji into the palace also spoke.
Yes, this person was none other than Guan Cong, Bu Yin of the Chu State who had gone to Zheng Yi with the King of Chu to hire him.
After the two of them greeted each other, they were about to step aside. However, when the prince turned around, he saw Li Ran directly. His eyes were obviously stunned for a moment, and he looked a little surprised.
The Guan Cong stared at Li Ran for a long time, and then slowly stepped aside.
This made Li Ran quite uncomfortable and confused.
"Why do these two people look so strangely in their eyes?"
"Is there something to say and it's not convenient for me to be there?"
Li Ran made some confused guesses.
Of course he also knew that this prince Qiji was not a good person, and he was also an ambitious person.
When the King of Chu ordered his troops to attack Shu Jiu, he had noticed the prince Qi Ji. Although he did not argue with Wu Li, his face was quite ugly at that time.
Later, when Wu Ju returned to the court after winning the imperial examination and was greeted by Lao himself in the outskirts of King Chu, he also noticed Prince Qiji who was hidden among the crowd.
Although this man is young, he looks very calm and dignified, and his palace is also very deep.
"Oh, this is really a family with eight hundred minds. If one of these family members were together, I'm afraid it would be enough to write a novel."
Li Ran said something secretly in his heart, and then stepped aside as he just watched his nose and his eyes.
At this time, King Xiong Wei of Chu was the first to ask:
"The second and third sons came to see me today, why are you here?" (The second and third sons: you)
King Chu, who was initially suffocated by Li Ran's words, felt very good when he saw Prince Qiji and Guan Cong coming to "rescue" him, with smiles all over his face.
This made Li Ran frown slightly.
What he couldn't understand was why Xiong Wei, the king of Chu, trusted the prince Qiji so much? In this era of bad etiquette and happiness, didn't he know that his younger brother was very important to him?
Does the threat exist?
Perhaps it was because King Chu really had no close confidants around him? Or maybe he still had a different kind of nostalgia for the family ties between brothers?
He doesn't understand, and he really can't understand.
"Brother Wang, my brother and Guan are here today to garrison the Jianghuai River."
"After the battle of Shujiu and Chaocheng, Chu has now completely occupied Qunshu, and the King of Wu died in the battle, and Wu has no power to recover for the time being, so there should be no more military disasters in Qunshu in a short period of time.
However, how to garrison it to prevent something like Shu Jiu's rebellion from happening again should be the top priority right now."
Zhufan's death meant that Wu would no longer be able to compete with Chu for supremacy in the next few years. This was not an exaggeration by Prince Qiji.
After all, the impact this incident had on the Wu Kingdom is well known to the world.
Since Chu State is now a conquered territory, it is natural to send people to defend it. Not only must it be defended, but laborers may also be called in to serve in building roads.
Otherwise, if you just capture it without planning it, it will be taken away by others sooner or later.
"Well, Brother Ji's words are reasonable. We should really find a way."
"What do you think, Brother Ji?"
When the King of Chu heard this, he nodded in agreement.
At this time, I heard Wang Ziqiji continue to speak:
"I think that in order to hold on to that territory, we only need to move the relatively obedient Xu people at the foot of our city, and then leave Xu Nan's son as a hostage in Yingdu to prevent him from causing trouble. This way, we can
Let many people cultivate and garrison the Jianghuai River and perform labor services at the same time. On the one hand, we will step up the construction of bridges and roads, and on the other hand, we can build the city of Fu and Zhoulai to balance the situation. In this way, we can guard that area for our Chu State.
territory."
"In addition, we will also move the people from Chengfu and Zhoulai to the hinterland of our Chu Kingdom. This will make it easier to control."
Xu State, a baron state granted by King Wen of Zhou Dynasty in the early Zhou Dynasty.
It stands to reason that as a baron, Xu Guo's title is still lower than the viscount of Chu State. However, don't underestimate Xu Guo, he was originally a small clan named Jiang! Therefore, he and Zhou
The relationship between the royal family is naturally closer than that of the small barbarian countries in the south.
However, as the power of Chu State continues to grow and develop, hundreds of years later, Xu State has now become a small vassal country on the edge of Chu State. Even in the eyes of the people of Chu State, those of them are no longer
They are called "Xu people" instead of "Xu people".
And because of the strong rise of its neighbor Chu State, the Xu State had to live there humbly. Even the capital of their Xu State was allowed to be moved continuously by the Chu kings of the past dynasties, so the Xu people were moving around.
In fact, it has long been no surprise.
As long as the King of Chu doesn't like anything and asks them to move, then they will have to move.
And this is why Prince Qiji asked many people to move to the Jianghuai area.
In addition, by leaving their heir in Ying as a hostage, even if many people were dissatisfied, they would never dare to cause trouble.
"color!"
"What Brother Ji said is very reasonable! Why didn't I think of it?"
King Chu was so happy that he actually raised his foot and patted his thigh, suddenly enlightened.
"In this way, we can allow many people to guard the new land for us, and at the same time, these most disobedient Qunshu people can be completely converted into Chu people. This kills two birds with one stone, what a wonderful plan!"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Brother Ji is interested. I don't know what reward he wants, but just ask! Brother Wang will definitely not allow it."
Before this matter was settled, preparations had already begun to reward Prince Qiji. This elder brother's love for his younger brother was really a little touching.
"King!"
However, at this warm moment, Li Ran, who had never spoken, suddenly took a step forward and stood up.
"Oh? Sir, do you have something to say?"
When the King of Chu heard the sound, he immediately turned his head and seemed a little surprised.
Prince Qiji, on the other hand, frowned slightly and stared at Li Ran with a gloomy look.
Just listen to Li Ran say:
"I thought this was inappropriate! It's very inappropriate!"
"Oh? What's wrong? Would you like to hear the details?"
At this time, Li Ran went one step further and said:
"It is inappropriate to move people to protect Xinjiang!"
Li Ran said these words with his head held high.
When Prince Qiji heard this, his expression suddenly became even worse.
The King of Chu, on the other hand, seemed very puzzled when he heard the sound. He couldn't help but asked bluntly:
"Oh? But I don't know what's wrong with this?"
What he doesn't understand is, why is it inappropriate to do something like this that is the best of both worlds?
Li Ran bowed to King Chu again and then said:
"Relocating the people of a country and letting them go from their homeland to garrison in another place is a waste of people and money. If the king wants to naturalize Xu people, he should treat Xu people with the same attitude as Chu people, and should not
It drives them to endless labor."
"Furthermore, the importance of the Qunshu area is self-evident, and if the king treats Xu people in this rough way, if Xu people cause trouble in Qunshu and ignore the life and death of the heir, then Chu
Isn’t the country going to make the same mistake as Shu Jiu is doing now?”
Yes, rabbits will bite people when they are anxious, let alone people?
The Chu people's method of forcibly relocating many people could not be described as rough and barbaric. It was almost no different from how they treated animals.
This is of course unacceptable to Li Ran.
If he was not in Chu State and didn't know about this, then that would be fine.
But today, since he heard it with his own ears and saw it with his own eyes, he must never let such a thing happen!
Chu people are human beings, but Xu people are not human beings?
Using such barbaric and brutal methods to force them to leave their homeland and go to a strange place to cultivate and guard the frontier must be humiliating and uncomfortable for them.