Chapter 169 Qin Huaishu, when did you become so ridiculous?
At this time, the State of Yue was harassing the State of Qi from time to time, which gave King Wei of Qi a headache.
Although Yue was just a small country, it only had one person in history, Goujian, who became the overlord of Jiangdong and Jiangnan. It is not a cause for concern nowadays.
But if he wanted to attack the Kingdom of Yue now, without Tian Ji and Sun Bin, he would probably get entangled with the Kingdom of Yue if he fought with them.
Isn't this handing over the position of hegemony to Wei and Qin?
King Wei of Qi was unwilling to accept this.
But this matter was not difficult for Zhang Yi to solve.
He personally went to the State of Yue and told the King of Yue that the State of Qi was now very powerful, and the land they wanted to take away was just a salt and alkali wasteland. It would be a burden if they took it, so it would be better not to fight.
Seeing that the King of Yue had shown some signs of reluctance, he gave him another plan.
If we can’t attack Qi, where should we attack?
Chu State!
The land of Chu State is very fertile, and the national strength of Chu State is weak now. Once that land is conquered, Yue State will become the strongest in the world.
Zhang Yi said, King of Yue, if you become rich, don’t forget me.
Qin Huaishu, Qin Sheng: ...
The two were dumbfounded after hearing these words. Zhang Yi's eloquence was indeed...
No wonder Mencius couldn't win an argument with him. I don't know how Guiguzi trained these people to have such a powerful mouth.
And there's more than one person like this...
Only at this moment did Qin Sheng and Qin Huaishu, the strategists, have a roughly clear understanding of this kind of talent.
This kind of lobbying is not perfunctory, but requires real talent and knowledge, and a clear and thorough understanding of the world situation. Otherwise, it will be useless even if you talk a lot.
The history and culture of this land are broken in too many places. No matter how knowledgeable Qin Huaishu and Qin Sheng are, there are many things they cannot learn.
Although, to put it bluntly, strategists make a living by talking, aren't they also wise men who emerged from the overall situation?
Compared to what Zhang Yi said, the culture behind it obviously attracted the two more.
Seeing the shocked expressions of the two people, Chu Yian was finally satisfied, and his eyes were curved with smiles.
"Are you shocked already? This is just the beginning. Zhang Yi has just come out of seclusion. You will be shocked in the future."
Especially the story of the six hundred miles of land, Chu Yian was completely overwhelmed when he saw it for the first time.
He even stood opposite Zhang Yi and felt sorry for him, with tears streaming down his face, unable to express his feelings.
I felt a sense of frustration, as if I couldn't reach into the book and beat Zhang Yi up. I didn't dare to put myself into it at all, otherwise I would easily get angry to death.
In other words, from Zhang Yi's perspective, he was too smart and too good at fooling people.
But let’s talk about this later. It will be meaningless if we talk about it now.
Chu Yian then told the following story.
After Zhang Yi persuaded the King of Yue, he did not return to Qi directly, but went to Chu.
He wanted to find Tian Ji who was hiding in Chu and bring him back to Qi.
And this requires the consent of the King of Chu.
If he could really find Tian Ji and Sun Bin, he would definitely be the prime minister when they returned to Qi. Tian Ji and Sun Bin focused on military affairs and were not interested in power, so there would be no conflict between them and him. Bringing them back would be beneficial and would not cause any harm.
But since Zhang Yi asked Yue to attack Chu, it would be strange if the King of Chu had a good attitude towards him.
Zhang Yi was not in a hurry and said, "I have not brought you any disaster, I have brought you a land of fish and rice, thousands of miles away."
Then Zhang Yi started to fool the King of Chu again, and the King of Chu was stunned and actually believed what he said.
When asked what his purpose was, Zhang Yi said he just wanted to take Tian Ji away.
The King of Chu was a little surprised to hear that Tian Ji was in Chu. After a little thought, he agreed to Zhang Yi's request.
However, he would only be allowed to go back after Tian Ji had driven away the Yue army.
There was no other way, so Zhang Yi could only look for Tian Ji everywhere, and after finding him, he told him about this matter.
Tian Ji agreed.
Tian Ji was a very cautious person. He would consider various situations and dangers before mobilizing his troops.
He felt that if he attacked Yue at this time, Qin might come to attack Fangling, which was like a piece of meat hanging at the door of Qin, so he had to be careful.
Zhang Yi thought that it was impossible, so he asked Tian Ji to fight.
Tian Ji had no choice but to mobilize his troops to fight against the State of Yue and won a complete victory.
Just as he was happily accepting the King of Chu's praise, the news of Fangling being captured came. The King of Chu was so angry that he left on the spot, and Zhang Yi was immediately captured.
Fangling is a very fertile land and has the largest granary in the State of Chu. The loss can be imagined after it was suddenly seized.
It is definitely not something that can be compensated by a war with the State of Yue.
Zhang Yi was severely tortured in the State of Chu, and was finally released only after Tian Ji agreed to help the State of Chu recapture Fangling.
This time, not only did he suffer a heavy blow in the State of Chu, but he could not even go back to the State of Qi, so he could only return to his hometown in disgrace.
At this time, only the Qin State seemed to be enjoying itself, and even had the leisure to fight here and there to quietly strengthen its national strength. The countries outside had already been in chaos.
But after talking about Zhang Yi, Chu Yian no longer had the heart to continue.
The content later on was a bit complicated, so she had to sort it out.
It's a complete mess, how can it not be a mess?
And what I wrote tonight is actually enough to be published tomorrow.
That’s enough. I wrote more simply because Qin Sheng is leaving soon and he likes this story so much. Chu Yian just wants him to listen to it more.
We’ll talk about the rest tomorrow.
Qin Sheng also felt that it was almost time today, and continuing writing would disturb Chu Yian's rest.
Although he is leaving, it would be better for things to continue at the previous pace.
Qin Sheng looked at Chu Yian and said, "Go and have some rest. Don't stay up late."
Chu Yian nodded and watched Qin Huaishu leave. Qin Sheng gave the written manuscript to the servants and asked them to take it away before going to bed.
Just as Qin Sheng was about to return to his room, a servant suddenly stopped him, and also stopped Qin Huaishu who was about to leave, and said respectfully to the two of them: "My two lords, the Duke invites you."
Qin Sheng and Qin Huaishu looked at each other and roughly guessed what was going on.
Feeling somewhat helpless, Qin Sheng gave Chu Yian some instructions and then closed the door and left.
The two brothers went to Duke Qin's study. When they arrived, Duke Qin's face was gloomy and ugly.
He stared at Qin Huaishu, took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, and said calmly, "You'd better give me a reasonable explanation."
Qin Huaishu lowered his head and said nothing.
Duke Qin's face flushed with anger, and his tiger eyes glared at Qin Sheng again: "What about you?"
Qin Sheng didn't say anything either. With Qin Huaishu in front of him, he knew that even if there was to be a punishment, it would be his eldest brother.
Moreover, he was about to go on an expedition, and the Duke of Qin would not touch him at this critical moment.
He cast a look at his elder brother that said he wished him well. Qin Huaishu met his gaze with some helplessness and stood in front of Qin Sheng.
"Dad, my third brother and I have something to talk about."
Duke Qin became even angrier when he heard this. "Why don't you go to the study if you have something to do? When did I ever teach you to stay so late in your brother and sister-in-law's room?"
"If word gets out about you doing this, how will your sister-in-law live?"
"Huaishu, when did you become so absurd?"
After talking about Qin Huaishu, Duke Qin did not let Qin Sheng go: "And you, I asked you to come back early to accompany Yi An, what are you doing?"
"You two, are you two going to piss me off to death?"
Neither brother spoke. There was no explanation for this matter, no reason would work, so they could only accept it.
The Duke of Qin pointed at the two of them and scolded them for a long time. Although they both lowered their heads and looked like they were listening obediently, the Duke of Qin still knew them very well.
He looks obedient, but in fact he is like a dead pig that is not afraid of boiling water.
Qin Huaishu has a plan in mind, but no matter how successful he is, he must know his limits.
Qin Sheng has always been ridiculous...
Duke Qin was extremely furious. It was okay for Qin Sheng to behave recklessly, he was used to it.
But Qin Huaishu not only didn't try to persuade him or discipline him, but also indulged him? This is simply outrageous.
He wanted to drag these two out and give each of them twenty lashes of the cane to satisfy himself.
But I endured it in the end.
At this time, neither Qin Sheng nor Qin Huaishu could be beaten.
After he and Qin Sheng left, the Qin family would be handed over to Qin Huaishu. He would have a lot of things to do and would need to deal with various forces.
Anyway, I can only be angry and can't do anything, and I can't punish them.
The Duke of Qin was so angry that he scolded the two brothers and sent them to the ancestral hall to kneel down as punishment.
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