sbdcsierra Chapter 886: Mission To Chu State
Chapter 886: Mission To Chu State
At this time, the Shangshu of the Ministry of War knew that he could not continue to refute the Prime Minister of Qin too much. If he refuted too much, it would not change anything in Zhao Guo, but the Shangshu own would most likely follow him to the end.
But thinking of the fact that General Long, who has been guarding the border for many years, is forced to negotiate peace with the enemy country again and again as the leader of an army, how embarrassing it is.
No matter how loyal someone is, the imperial court cannot treat him like this.
Why did King Ming rebel so many people want to follow King Ming?
Aren't you completely disappointed with the court?
Now Zhao State has long been despised by Zhou State and Chu State, and even ashamed to be with them. If Prime Minister Qin is allowed to Shroud the Heavens with his own hands, how can Zhao State have a future?
Thinking of this, the Minister of the Ministry of War gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, when Zhao and Chu made an alliance, if the enemy invaded the border, Chu could send troops for free to help Zhao repel the powerful enemy. Now The country of Shezhao has repeatedly provoked the country of Zhao, and the war may break out at any time, why not send an envoy to ask for help from the country of Chu at this time?"
Qin Xiang said: "If you ask Chu for help, I, Zhao, will treat you with courtesy."
Zhao Huang said: "Qin Xiang thinks, what kind of courtesy is it?"
Qin Xiang said: "Chu and Zhao are neighboring countries. Now Chu has sealed the wolf and lived in Xu and defeated the powerful enemies in the grassland. It has become the most powerful country in the world. I, Zhao, ask Chu to send troops, and I should send troops to Chu." The country handed over a certain amount of yearly money to win the goodwill of the Chu country and protect our court."
Minister of the Ministry of War said, "President Qin, does it mean that Zhao Guo must pay the annual tribute to a country?"
Qin Xiang took it for granted: "Chu has the power of firearms, which is unparalleled in the world! What's wrong with making friends with Chu?"
The Minister of War finally closed his mouth and did not speak again.
Since Zhao Guo took office as Prime Minister Qin, the yearly offering has basically never been broken.
The main reason is that there are many kinds of annual offerings, such as annual coins, annual cloth, and even tea offerings.
Every one of them was manipulated by Qin Xiang.
The imperial court paid for the purchase from the imperial merchants, and Prime Minister Qin got countless benefits from handling it like this.
Moreover, there are many cloth and tea merchants competing for bribes in order to be able to do the business of this year's cloth and tea. Once they become imperial merchants, the imperial court will buy their year's cloth and tea.
At that time, the court will be able to receive as much as they produce, and they don't have to worry about sales at all. Naturally, they will have to cling to Prime Minister Qin a lot.
It can be said that after such an operation, this Prime Minister Qin can be said to be making a lot of money every day.
Once the annual offering is stopped, Prime Minister Qin's source of income will also be cut off.
Cutting off one's wealth is like killing one's parents.
Many people in the court actually knew about Qin Xiang's little plan.
But no one dared to expose it, because compared to fighting, His Majesty really liked to use money to solve problems.
However, Qin Xiang and the imperial merchant made a lot of money from this transaction, but the court and the people became poorer and weaker.
But His Majesty firmly grasped the military power and did not dare to send troops, fearing that once the elite soldiers were scattered, they would be out of control.
Because there is a majesty in the palace who doesn't want to fight, so every proposal from Prime Minister Qin can enter the heart of your majesty.
This has led to fewer and fewer loyal ministers in the court, but more and more slanderous ministers.
But this time, His Majesty did not follow Qin Xiang's wishes, and said: "Let's put aside the issue of Sui Gong for the time being, and first select envoys to go to Chu State, please send troops from Chu State."
When Qin Xiang heard His Majesty's decision, he still wanted to speak, but Zhao Huang continued to speak and diverted the topic to another side: "Who do you think should be sent as an envoy this time?"
Zhao Huang did not trust this Prime Minister Qin at this time.
In the past, he could say that he was good at heart every time, but last time the contract handed over from King Ming had his name impressively on it.
Although it was verified that this was an act of framing by King Ming and a considerable number of officials in the court were innocent, but every time he recalled what Prime Minister Qin had done, he still became suspicious.
For example, he always advocates peace negotiations, and tries not to send troops if he can.
This is naturally very much on Zhao Huang's mind. What Zhao Huang is most afraid of is not the cession of land and compensation, but the fear that his glory and wealth will be gone one day.
Because Qin Xiang kept persuading himself to increase the annual payment, and the people paid a lot of taxes, the rebellion of King Ming caused many people to take refuge in
Even though she knew that Qin Xiang didn't send troops at the beginning because of herself as the emperor, it was precisely because of her behavior that King Ming was not wiped out.
Every time he thinks about this, Zhao Huang feels uncomfortable in his heart.
Even for the sake of popular support, Emperor Zhao couldn't add another annual tribute at this time.
Qin Xiang also knew that because of what happened last time, His Majesty was against him in his heart, so he didn't speak again.
However, the strength of the Chu State is obvious. At that time, the Zhao State may have to pay the annual tribute to the Chu State, and then there will be a lot of money for himself.
At this time, Prime Minister Qin looked at Emperor Zhao and said, "Your Majesty, I thought that Master Lu was on a mission to Chu State last time, so he is naturally more familiar with Chu State. It would be perfect for a group of people to go on a mission together."
Zhao Huang nodded and said: "This statement is reasonable, so I will follow what Qin Xiang said."
Dragon House
At this time, Long Bing'er was practicing sword in the mansion, although she was not in the army, she never slackened in the slightest.
When there was no fighting at the border, she brought people back with important military information.
For one thing, some military secrets can only be handed over to trustworthy people with high martial arts skills.
Secondly, this is also the selfishness of General Long as a father. Every time he delivers information, he can stay at home for half a month, and this half month can also allow his daughter to spend more time with his mother.
They are all fathers, and the daughter's family stays in the barracks every day, and General Long can't bear it.
Long Bing'er, who had just finished practicing a set of swords, received the mission's order.
Are you going to Chu State...
At this moment, a beautiful woman came over and looked at Long Bing'er and asked: "The imperial court ordered you to go on an envoy?"
Long Binger nodded.
The beautiful woman said humanely: "Then go, write a letter for your mother later, and you can help take it to Liuzhou. Now Liuzhou is a foreign land, and it is not easy to visit my mother's relatives once. I will let you go and see it." Let's see."
Long Bing'er said, "Mother, don't worry, my daughter has recorded it."
In fact, Liuzhou could not have been reduced to a foreign land, but Zhao Guo thought he was good at it, and then Liuzhou became Chu State.
From then on, Zhao Guo no longer felt that he was good at it.
After Long Bing'er's mother got married, she looked back and saw that her natal family was now a foreign country, and going back to her natal home now was equivalent to going abroad to go through various procedures, and it was quite difficult to go back every time.
This time, he could only ask Long Binger to send a letter back.
But Zhao Guo thinks they are okay, at least losing a state will teach them a lesson, and then look at Zhou Guo...
Zhou Guo fought Chu Guo three times and lost three times, but he still has no long memory...
Now it seems that Zhao Guo is much stronger than Zhou Guo, isn't it?