Chapter 110 Who is more handsome, me or my brother?

When King Xuan of Chu heard this, he thought, "Isn't that the State of Qin?"

He wouldn't even look at the barbarian land in the west, so how could he become famous in the world?

After seeing off the two astrologers, he asked Jiang Yi whether what they said was credible. Jiang Yi said that if he believed it, it was true, and if he didn't believe it, it wasn't true.

If it benefits them, it can be used to boost public morale.

If it's not good for them, just ignore it.

When King Xuan of Chu heard about Jiang Yi, he felt that he was to his liking, so he appointed him as the prime minister and entrusted him with important tasks.

Jiang Yi was overjoyed. Once he took office, he decided to carry out the second reform, so that he could become a famous reform minister like Wu Qi who assisted King Dao of Chu.

Jiang Yi's heart sank when he thought of Wu Qi.

More than thirty years ago, Wu Qi fled from the State of Wei and was taken to the State of Chu by King Dao of Chu, who used him for important positions and vigorously implemented reforms.

Thanks to the support of King Dao of Chu, Wu Qi's reform was relatively smooth, and the national strength of Chu was greatly increased in a very short period of time.

After the new recruits were trained, Wu Qi led his troops to fight, pacified the Baiyue tribes, subdued the Miao and Man tribes, crossed the Huai River to the north to annex the State of Cai, and then fought again to annex the State of Chen.

The rise of Chu and its territorial expansion posed a great threat to the three states of Wei, Zhao and Han. The allied forces of the Three Jins fought fiercely with Wu Qi's army.

After two major battles, Wu Qi completely defeated the coalition forces of the Three Jins, and the State of Chu also gained a firm foothold in Huaibei.

But at this critical juncture, King Dao of Chu died.

Wu Qi hurried back to attend the funeral, but he didn't know that the nobles he had offended were already waiting to kill him.

They prepared a lot of archers, and Wu Qi, in grief, was caught off guard and was shot by arrows. He shouted that the reform was over and hugged the body of King Dao of Chu tightly.

And then… and then…

The nobles who were extremely terrified of Wu Qi continued to shout to shoot him, and thus shot Wu Qi and the remains of King Dao of Chu together into hedgehogs, unable to be separated.

The crown prince felt that this was a great humiliation, and in anger he posthumously conferred the title of Lord Anguo on Wu Qi and had him buried together with King Dao of Chu.

Three months later, the crown prince, King Chu Su, succeeded to the throne.

The first thing he did after ascending the throne was to recall the elite new army trained by Wu Qi and beheaded more than 70 noble ministers and their families who participated in the shooting.

Jiang Yi didn't know whether Wu Qi knew he was going to die and suddenly came up with this plan before he died, or whether he didn't think too much about it at the critical moment.

But he did make all those who harmed him be buried with him.

Soon King Xuan of Chu had another brilliant idea. He wanted to reform the country, but before he could do so, Shangqing Jiang Yi was sent out again in such a grand manner to lobby Wei and Qi to unite and destroy Qin.

Qin Sheng: ...

Qin Sheng felt like laughing as he wrote. He felt helpless for Jiang Yi and also felt sorry for the State of Wei.

"The Wei State is really full of talented people." Unfortunately, he was blind and couldn't keep them.

Wu Qi and Wei Yang were both from the State of Wei.

Wu Qi's reforms made the State of Chu powerful, and Wei Yang's reforms made the State of Qin stronger and more powerful, and even laid the foundation for the later unification of the six kingdoms.

Whether it's Wu Qi or Wei Yang, they are both obviously talented people. The King of Wei is really...

However, Qin Sheng didn't know the details, so he didn't comment too much.

If I want to comment, I have to let Chu Yian talk about Wu Qi's deeds in Wei State. It's a bit off topic, you can ask when you have free time, but now is not the time.

I don’t know about Wu Qi’s deeds, but Wei Yang had said before that he was indeed short-sighted.

Gongshu Zhuo had clearly reminded him, but he didn't take it seriously at all.

Otherwise, there might be no Qin State.

And what about the State of Wei at that time?

King Hui of Wei summoned several people to discuss important matters.

The world is about to be unified after the war and turmoil, and it is confirmed that the Wei Kingdom will sweep across the six kingdoms from west to east. The Wei government and the people are excited and the whole country is looking for war.

King Hui of Wei felt that they should follow the will of heaven and the will of the people, conquer all the nations within five years, and achieve immortal achievements.

So he gathered people together to discuss what to do.

Prince Ang had a plan in mind. He planned to have the crown prince destroy the State of Yan, he would destroy the State of Qin, General Pang Juan would destroy the States of Zhao and Han, and another veteran general, Long Jia, would destroy the States of Qi and Chu.

Why would it take five years to divide our forces into five groups? I can conquer the world in just two years!

Qin Sheng: ...

Qin Sheng gave a thumbs up: "Warfare is so simple, I admire it."

Chu Yian rolled his eyes: "Stop being so sarcastic."

Qin Sheng couldn't help but chuckle, his eyes very gentle under the candlelight: "I don't like to talk about it, I just want to know if King Hui of Wei listened to his plan?"

It's obvious that this Young Master Ang is a useless guy who can only talk big but doesn't do anything. I'm afraid he doesn't know how to fight a war at all, otherwise how could he say that the world can be unified in two years?

King Hui of Wei was a king after all. If he had any real talent and knowledge, he would not have listened to Prince Ang.

This is no longer just an exaggeration; it is sheer nonsense and a fantasy.

Putting aside the question of the strength of each country, if he divided his troops into five groups and went out to attack them, wouldn't they resist? Would they just let him attack them?

If they get anxious and join hands, they might kill you at any time.

If King Hui of Wei had listened to Prince Ang, Wei would have been the first State to be used as a test weapon by Qin.

Although others were refutating, King Hui of Wei thought about it and felt that Prince Ang was a man of good luck.

That’s right, King Hui of Wei believed in fate and asked someone to secretly look at the faces of Pang Juan and Prince Ang. The two of them complemented each other, and if they worked well together, the State of Wei would prosper.

After some discussion and deliberation, King Hui of Wei finally decided to divide the troops into three groups.

The old general led the Hexi garrison to defend the fortress to prevent the Qin army from making any rash moves.

The Crown Prince and Prince Ang led their troops to resist the reinforcements from Qi. Half a month later, the general led an army of 200,000 to launch a massive attack on Zhao, aiming to destroy Zhao in one battle.

And what about Qi?

What is Qi doing now?

There was a prime minister in the State of Qi who loved to ask others who was more handsome between him and Xu Gong. Then he asked the question in front of King Wei of Qi.

My king, do you think I am a handsome man?

Wang said you ask even though you already know the answer.

So he told King Wei of Qi what had happened to him.

Everyone he met praised him as being more handsome than Xu Gong, but he saw Xu Gong and he was obviously more handsome than him, so why did they say that?

So he concluded that they loved him, feared him, and needed something from him, so they praised him against their conscience.

Everyone in the palace is afraid of the king, and everyone in the country asks for help from the king. How much truth can the king hear?

King Wei of Qi gave a wake-up call, which cleared the clouds and revealed the moon. From then on, he opened up the channels for people to express their opinions and rectified the administration of officials.

This is the famous story in history of Zou Ji persuading King Qi to accept advice.

Qin Sheng was also amazed by this scene and subconsciously looked at Chu Yian: "Who is more handsome, me or my elder brother?"

Chu Yian: ...

Chu Yian's mouth twitched: "Is your brain okay?"

Qin Sheng blinked: "Who is more handsome, me or my elder brother?"

Chu Yian rolled his eyes: "You are beautiful, you are the most beautiful, you are the most beautiful in the world."