Chapter 560: Business between Nations
After this, Liu Bang met with Ying Yuan.
Cao Cao and others were familiar with the former.
After Liu Bang left, they spoke one after another and expressed their views in unison.
Liu Bang was a deep-minded and extremely shrewd person.
If we don't take precautions, it may become a big problem in the future.
Yu Qian, in particular, bluntly stated that he wanted to keep Liu Bang in Xianyang City forever.
However, Ying Yuan did not want to kill the other party.
"How do you think he compares to me?"
As soon as these words came out, they naturally welcomed praise from the ministers.
"Your Majesty is like the lofty blue sky, the sun and the moon, while Liu Bang is but a speck of dust on the ground."
"No matter how experienced Liu Bang is, he is no match for Your Majesty."
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Hearing this, Ying Yuan smiled and said:
"Since Liu Bang cannot compare with me in any aspect."
"Then why should I be afraid of him? Even though he is cunning, as long as I am here, how can he turn the tables?"
"I have my reasons for employing him."
The so-called truth is nothing more than comparing oneself to Xiang Yu.
Look at what Liu Bang becomes in the end.
He also did not dare to say firmly in his heart that Liu Bang would definitely help him to become incompetent and lose his country in the future.
After all, he had been slapped in the face too many times.
As a result, I am a little less confident now.
We can only 'wait and see'.
But let me be frank.
In the eyes of his ministers, Ying Yuan's actions were quite courageous.
With the world's heroes as chess pieces and the world as the chessboard, who else could it be except Ying Yuan?
When Liu Bang left the court and returned to the official inn to rest.
Having a secret conversation with Zhang Liang who came with him.
He told the other party everything that happened in the hall.
Zhang Liang said worriedly:
"It seems that the Great Qin Emperor does not trust the Lord."
Liu Bang nodded. "It's within expectations. I see that Ying Yuan is determined to attack Chu, but he's not in a hurry."
Zhang Liang asked, "If Qin conquers Chu and leaves you without an inch of Chu territory, will you be unhappy?"
Liu Bang frowned and said, "Didn't you say, sir, that if the Han wanted to grow stronger, it would first have to destroy Chu, then Tang, and finally attack Shu, thus dominating the world?"
"If we don't occupy even a fraction of Chu, how can we become stronger in the future?"
Originally, Zhang Liang set a strategy for Liu Bang.
That is to let Qi and Feng, or even Xia, check and balance Qin, or check and balance each other.
Afterwards, the Han State snuggled up to the Qin State, trying to survive and develop in the cracks of the struggle between the great powers.
Liu Bang felt that although this plan seemed unfeasible, it was actually the only way out for the Han Kingdom.
After hearing his words, Zhang Liang felt a little relieved.
I thought to myself that Liu Bang had indeed read a lot of books during this period.
"My lord, I remember that the Emperor of Qin once said to some of his ministers, 'Not fighting is the greatest fighting.'"
"If the Han Kingdom retreats to advance, we may eventually gain something unexpected."
Zhang Liang spoke slowly to this point.
However, Liu Bang had a different opinion.
"I'm afraid Ying Yuan wouldn't be so generous. You have to know that he made his own son the King of Chu."
Zhang Liang said bluntly: "If the Han army and the Qin army were to unite to destroy Chu, the Qin army would definitely use the Han army as the vanguard."
"What we need to do is sacrifice enough soldiers to let the world witness Han's loyalty to Qin."
"In this way, at least, Emperor Qin will no longer have any suspicions about you, my lord."
"If I'm lucky, I might even be able to gain some of Chu's territory."
Liu Bang raised his eyebrows and asked, "Do you believe in luck?"
Zhang Liang gave a bitter laugh, "So what if you don't believe it?"
Liu Bang said doubtfully, "I always think that it is a risky move."
Zhang Liang said, "Ying Yuan has always been a man of few words, never employing those he doubts, and trusting those he employs."
"If the Han Kingdom wants to survive, we must gain his trust."
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The Cuju game has been going on for many days.
Both Gao Qiu and Fu Hao achieved very good results.
Received praise from Daji.
At this time, Qin Hui was reporting to Ying Yuan about the benefits that the Qin Dynasty had gained since the sports meeting and Cuju competition.
"The number of merchants from other countries doing business with our Great Qin is significantly higher than in previous years, and there is a trend of growth."
"It is estimated that thanks to the taxes paid by merchants from various countries, our Great Qin's tax revenue this year will be 20% higher than in previous years."
"Secondly, through this in-depth exchange with other nations, some of the shortcomings of our Great Qin in various fields have been addressed."
"For example, there are merchants from Feng State who will give us hundreds of elephant breeds this year. In time, we in Great Qin will also have our own elephant soldiers."
"Qi's armor-making technology will also be exchanged with Qin. The only price is that Qin must hand over the secret formula for gunpowder..."
The main purpose of his coming here today was to discuss this last matter.
Ying Yuan, who was sitting on the chair, temporarily put down the memorial in his hand and casually threw it on the desk in front of him. He looked at Qin Hui and asked:
"What do you think?"
Qin Hui bowed respectfully and said, "I have already discussed this with the ministers of various ministries."
"Now, our Great Qin's control over gunpowder technology has made great progress."
"You can hand over the gunpowder technology that our Great Qin previously mastered to them."
Ying Yuan shook his head and said, "Qi is not a fool. I'm afraid this trick won't work on them."
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