sbdcsierra Chapter 836: Not A Single Article
Chapter 836: Not A Single Article
Emperor Chu has been summoned by King Xian.
However, Emperor Chu, who was called by the virtuous king, was obviously very upset. Yesterday he was very late to approve the papers, and today he hurriedly went to the court, and finally he was able to go to the Queen's Palace to catch up on sleep. He just drew the curtain, Before he had time to take off his coat, he was hurriedly called by the emperor to discuss matters.
Who can feel better if you put this on?
Xu Qing cupped hands aside and said: "I have seen Your Majesty."
The Emperor of Chu waved his hand and looked at King Xian and said, "Okay, okay, if you have something to say, brother, I'm still in a hurry to go back and catch up on sleep!"
Xian Wang asked suspiciously, "Did you not sleep well last night?"
Chu Huang said, "I didn't sleep well, Brother Huang first said, what is the matter of calling me over in such a hurry?"
The virtuous king rubbed his hands together and said, "Isn't this the Japanese envoy's intention to steal gunpowder? It's an accomplice to treason! Why don't you send some troops to fight? It's the military expenses..."
When Emperor Chu heard the word military expenditure, he immediately shook his head and said, "No!"
King Xian looked at Emperor Chu and said, "We don't need many soldiers for a tiny place, so give me some as a symbol?"
Emperor Chu continued to shake his head firmly and said, "Not a penny!"
Xian Wang: "Don't force me to grab it!"
The Emperor Chu grabbed the Xian King's sleeve and said, "Brother Emperor, listen to my advice, can we stop for two years? We have been fighting for two consecutive years, and the treasury can't bear it anymore! Even if the treasury can afford the imperial court's soldiers Can't take it anymore!"
King Xian shook off Emperor Chu's hand: "Pull, pull, pull, it's all right."
The Emperor of Chu said firmly: "Anyway, I don't agree to send troops to the Wa Kingdom! Which court can afford to fight for three consecutive years? Brother Emperor, you really don't know how much firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive. The treasury just has some money now, so you can't let it be like this!"
King Xian looked at Emperor Chu contemptuously: "I'll spend some money to see how distressed you are..."
Chu Huangdao: "Is that just a matter of money? Brother Huang, you have led troops to fight, and you have had a great time fighting each time. Have you ever thought about what the rear looks like? Apart from the salary, you need to prepare for this battle." How much food, how many civilians are mobilized to transport food, have you thought about it, brother? Besides, to go to the country of Wa, we have to cross the river and the sea, and our sea ships are not enough. Have you ever calculated? You think that our Chu country is as rich as Zhao, so rich and rich Can you make it whatever you want?"
The virtuous king said in a deep voice, "But it is a firm fact that the Japanese state intends to steal the gunpowder formula. If there is no punishment, what will be the prestige of our Chu state?"
Chu Huang said: "Isn't this simple? Just send an imperial decree to the Wa Kingdom and ask them to pay money, wouldn't it be enough?"
The virtuous king murmured: "It makes sense, when the time comes, beat them with the money they paid."
When Emperor Chu heard what King Xian said, he almost knelt down to King Xian: "Brother Emperor, I beg you to stop for two years first?"
Xu Qing looked at King Xian and then at Emperor Chu, always feeling that he was a bit redundant here.
The meaning of the Emperor Chu is very clear. The two consecutive years of war have almost exhausted the war potential of the Chu State. Both the soldiers and the treasury need to be restored.
It is even more necessary to resume the recruitment of civilian husbands.
The virtuous king only cares about the soldiers when he fights, and the emperor of Chu is responsible for all the logistics. Excessive collection of corvees will inevitably cause instability among the people, and the national treasury will not be able to bear the pressure.
The most important thing for Chu State now is to recuperate and recuperate, and it is not suitable for large-scale war at all.
At least one or two years of rest is needed to provide a buffer for the court of Chu and the people of the world.
Moreover, Chu State has not had a sea battle for a long time, and there are not enough warships. Even if Chu State wants to wipe out the rebellion of Wa State, it will need a large number of sea ships and relearn the art of naval warfare.
For the Chu State, it can be said that it is the next best strategy to launch troops to conquer the Wa State at this time.
At the very least, we have to wait for the Chu State to build a sufficient number of sea ships and practice the sea battle before going on the expedition.
The final result of this matter was that King Xian compromised with Emperor Chu, and after Emperor Chu repeatedly pleaded, King Xian decided not to use any weapons for at least a year to give the people of the world time to recuperate and give the treasury some time.
This made Xu Qing couldn't help sighing that the life of the Wa country is really good, and it can live for a few more years.
However, Japan's stealing gunpowder this time is naturally a heinous crime, and it will definitely face the punishment of Chu State, and it will still be severely punished.
The imperial court also reacted quickly, sending envoys to the country of Wa with the imperial decree from the Central Plains, telling the country of Wa that what they committed was a serious crime of treason!
Now there are two ways for Wa country to go:
Either the Chu State led the army all the way to the Wa Kingdom to change the king of the Wa Kingdom, and by the way killed the nine clans of the current Wa King.
Either the Wa State should compensate the State of Chu with 20 million taels of silver, which can be paid off in 20 years if it is supported by instalments, and the nine clans of the envoys must be sent over to the State of Chu.
When the imperial decree of the righteous way arrived in the hands of the Japanese king, the Japanese king was naturally taken aback. He condemned Inoue Saburo and Onitsuka Twenty-Four for being stupid, and at the same time hurriedly sent the nine clans of the envoys, and agreed with the Chu State's proposal. Twenty million taels of silver.
Fortunately, their Wa country still has a lot of silver, only one million taels a year in twenty years.
King Wa naturally understood that Chu State could give them a second choice at this time, it must be because Chu State has not yet had the conditions to conquer Wa State, if there is Chu State, it will definitely send troops directly.
But not now, he can't guarantee that Chu will not be there in a few years...
The most important thing is that even if you have to pay money, it is the people's anointing of the people below, and his life quality will not decline accordingly, but if he disobeys the intention of Chu State, he and his nine clans will be in danger after a few years.
God knows what Chu's firearms will be like by then!
Now the King of Japan can only appease the Chu State first, and insist that it must be a few of their envoys who want to get the gunpowder formula and return to the Kingdom of Japan, intending to use the power of fire to seek power and usurp the throne. things.
And the King of Japan also thanked the State of Chu for eliminating these future rebels in advance for his State of Japan.
It can be said how sincere the Japanese king must be for himself and the Nine Clans of Own.
The current King of Japan doesn't even dare to change the name of the country, for fear that the Chu Kingdom will think of this subordinate country that once committed treason in a fit of anger.
Compared with King Wa's heavy mood now, Emperor Chu is undoubtedly happy. Although it is 20 million taels in twenty years, it feels quite good to get one million taels without doing anything.
The worst thing is not the Japanese king, but the worst ones belong to those envoys and their nine clans. From the ninety-nine to the next, no one is alive after the treatment is over.
The crime of treason was forcibly placed on the heads of these people.
They have also become victims of this political game.
Originally, the Emperor Chu thought that after dealing with the affairs of the Wa Kingdom, he would calm down a bit, but he did not expect to have some friction with the Zhou Kingdom again, whether it was big or small.