Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

For a long time, although Chu has a large land and a large population, a large part of it is occupied by nobles, and has nothing to do with the country at all. How can the country become stronger?

Throughout history, in fact, Chu State is not short of wise rulers and capable ministers, let alone no one sees this and wants to change all this through reforms.

For example, King Mourning of Chu in the early Warring States Period, he appointed the famous Wu Qi as Minister of Chu to carry out reforms. become more powerful.

Wu Qi lived up to the trust of King Mourning of Chu. After taking office as Ling Yin, he carried out drastic reforms, which made the state of Chu become stronger rapidly. At one time, it merged with Baiyue in the south and defeated the overlord Wei in the north, sweeping away the decline of the early Warring States period.

However, Wu Qi's reform touched the interests of the nobles of Chu State, making Wu Qi a thorn in the flesh of the nobles of Chu State.

After the death of King Chu Mourning, before the body was buried, Wu Qi was shot dead by the counterattack nobles on the body of King Chu Mourning.

Since Wu Qi's death, although the Chu State is still the overlord country, it can no longer solve the stubborn illness of the nobles, which has caused the huge Chu State to suffer continuous defeats in the continuous years of foreign wars.

We must know that the Chu State back then was also a superpower that was only inferior to the Jin State. After the disintegration of the Jin State, the Chu State should have been the strongest country among the seven heroes of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States in terms of national strength.

However, in the Warring States period after Wu Qi's death, Chu State basically did not have much expansion except for the annexation of Yue State and Lu State. open relationship.

After Wu Qi, some people still tried to change these disadvantages of going abroad. For example, the famous Qu Yuan once tried to write to the King of Chu, hoping to make the King of Chu change it.

Although Qu Yuan himself was also a member of the three major families in Chaojing Scenic Area, he was ruthlessly abandoned by his own family after Qu Yuan proposed changes. .

The many encounters made the old master Qu Yuan sad, and this time, Chu State suffered successive defeats against Qin State in Danyang, Lantian, etc., and in the end even Yingdu was taken away by Bai Qi, which also made people who heard the news Qu Yuan was completely desperate and committed suicide by throwing himself into the river.

After Qu Yuan's death, no one tried the reform again.

Regarding these histories, Huang Xie, as Ling Yin of the Chu State, is undoubtedly very clear.

But Huang Xie didn't intend to be this reformer.

Because Huang Xie knew that if he really wanted to propose such a reform, it would be almost equal to standing on the opposite side with hundreds of nobles, large and small, from Chu State.

Historically speaking, no one person has ever been able to completely defeat these hundreds of nobles.

Besides, even Huang Xie himself is actually a relatively powerful branch among the hundreds of nobles.

Is there anyone in this world who can't kill himself?

It can be said that Qu Yuan, as a member of the three major families, finally stood on the side of the country and the people, it can be said to be unique, otherwise he would not have left his name in history and was praised by historians.

The state of Chu is rotten. This is a reality that everyone knows.

Huang Xie felt that he didn't have the ability to save Chu, and he didn't intend to save Chu.

For Huang Xie, all he thinks about is that he can finish his work as Ling Yin in a stable manner, and then pass on his family business to his children and grandchildren.

"I hope King Zhao can put enough pressure on Wei Guo at this alliance meeting so that Wei Guo can take the initiative to hand over some land." Huang Xie thought to himself.

Today's Wei State has occupied almost the entire Jiujiang County of Chu State, cutting off the connection between Chu State and Kuaiji County to the east.

If Wei State insisted on not returning the territory, then Kuaiji County would become an enclave, and Chu State would lose Kuaiji County sooner or later.

Moreover, Huang Xie's fief is in the current Kuaiji County, and it is still the twelve richest counties in Kuaiji County.

Huang Xie was worried about this.

Once Kuaiji County was lost, it would not be so easy for Huang Xie to find a better fief.

Accompanied by many melancholy, Huang Xie came to the temporary residence where the king of Chu was staying listlessly, and met the king of Chu, Yuan who was here.

When Chu Wangyuan saw Huang Xie, he felt as if he had grasped a life-saving straw, and asked Huang Xie, "Mr. Chunshen, what happened to the meeting between you and King Zhao?"

Although he had already received Huang Xie's letter, Chu Wangyuan obviously wanted to hear what Huang Xie had to say face to face.

Huang Xie sighed and said, "Your Majesty, the meaning of King Zhao is actually very simple. He can agree to put pressure on Wei Guo, but he must also give him enough benefits."

"Enough benefits?" Chu Wangyuan frowned and said, "What kind of benefits does King Zhao want?"

Huang Xie shook his head and said: "I don't know, maybe we can only learn about it from King Zhao after the king and King Zhao meet."

A trace of displeasure flashed across Chu Wangyuan's face, which made Chu Wangyuan's tone a lot stiffer when he spoke next: "Okay, I understand, Chunshen Junru go down first."

How could Huang Xie not know that the king of Chu was dissatisfied with him?But at this moment, Huang Xie really didn't have any good solution, so he saluted and said yes, then turned and left.

After Huang Xie's figure completely disappeared, the gloomy look on Chu Wangyuan's face still did not dissipate. After a while, he said, "Li Yuan, you are by Huang Xie's side these days, what do you want?" Did you tell the widow?"

Li Yuan, who appeared in front of King Yuan of Chu at some time, said unhurriedly: "Go back to the king, I heard the news from Huang Xie's mouth. He seems to be dissatisfied with the king, and he is also dissatisfied with the crown prince."

After hearing Li Yuan's words, Chu Wangyuan's face became even more gloomy.

Li Yuan is the elder brother of Chu Wangyuan's favorite concubine, and he trusts Li Yuan Chu Wangyuan very much, otherwise Chu Wangyuan would not secretly order Li Yuan to monitor Huang Xie.

After hearing Li Yuan's report, King Yuan of Chu snorted heavily, and said: "The widow is not dead yet, and it's not up to others to dictate the position of the crown prince! It seems that Huang Xie doesn't want to continue Ling Yin's life." Now go!"

Chu Wangyuan's dissatisfaction with Huang Xie can be said to be obvious.

Hearing this, Li Yuan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, don't get angry. If Huang Xie is dismissed at this moment, then there will be no one to restrain Jingyang and others."

Chu Wangyuan's eyes stayed on Li Yuan for a while, then he waved his hands and said sullenly: "Okay, I will go down if I know about you."

Li Yuan saluted very respectfully, turned around and walked out.

The moment he stepped out of the hall, a strange smile flickered on the corner of Li Yuan's mouth.

Chapter 6: Lu Ru (Third)

Just when Huang Xie entered the city with a lot of worries, Zhao Dan was meeting with a group of guests in the original palace of the Lu Kingdom.

What are the characteristics of Lu State?There is no doubt that the characteristic of Lu State is of course tradition.

Zhou Gongdan, the founder of the state of Lu, single-handedly formulated the etiquette of the Zhou Dynasty, and was the founder and advocate of Zhou etiquette.

With such a layer of relationship in it, the Lu State has always been the most resolute country in implementing the Zhou Rites since its establishment.

Of course, with the constant changes of the times, many changes have naturally taken place in the state of Lu, but there are two things that remain the same. The first point is that the state of Lu is still the country that pays most attention to Zhou etiquette. Another point is that Lu people are serious, traditional, and old-fashioned.

In addition to this point, the State of Lu has another characteristic that is also very famous, that is, Confucius, the founder of Confucianism, was also a native of the State of Lu.

It is precisely because of the influence of the ethos of the State of Lu that Confucius has always advocated "government with virtue", and he paid attention to the set of Duke Zhou and Zhou Li. Simply put, he hoped to use the set of morals of Duke Zhou and ethics to govern the country.

This is also the reason why Confucius traveled around the world, but he was not reused in the countries. Although the monarchs respected his knowledge, they did not take his ideas and theories seriously.

These days, when everyone fights, it's either you die or I live. Being able to survive is already considered a very good thing.

Didn't you see that all countries are doing whatever they can to become stronger?At this time, who would care about morality and etiquette? Let's talk about it after surviving.

The state of Lu, which abides by morality and etiquette, has now become the dust of history, which is enough to explain many things.

When the tide of history is rolling in, if you can't follow the tide, you can only be shot to death on the beach like Lu Guo.