At this time, Xiong Huai saw that the ministers in the main hall were talking to each other, and there was a lot of commotion, and he immediately coughed lightly: "Quiet." ”

When the ministers saw the king of Chu speak, they all sat down here.

After the hall quieted down, Xiong Huai looked at Qu Yuan with a calm face: "Zuo disciple, there are eighteen feudal monarchs, these are the mainstays of the country, I don't know what Xianqing wants to impeach them?" ”

After the king of Chu spoke, Zhao Chang also looked at Qu Yuan curiously, at this moment, he was ready, as long as Qu Yuan impeached the Jianghuai feudal monarch with bad intentions to gather troops, then he immediately refuted it, and called on the ministers to crusade against Qu Yuan's troubled country.

On the other side, Qu Yuan heard the inquiry of the king of Chu, and immediately surrendered his hand and said: "The king, the minister wants to impeach the six monarchs, they bullied the king, crippled the people, and did disloyal and unkind things. ”

When the ministers heard the charge that Qu Yuan had given to the six monarchs, they were all slightly stunned, although this crime was serious, it was not a major crime of rebellion at all.

At this time, Xiong Huai frowned cooperatively, looked at Qu Yuan and asked: "Widows and cruel people at the end of the term are serious crimes, can Xianqing have real evidence?" ”

"Yes!" Qu Yuan nodded vigorously, and then sent a roll of bamboo slips and said: "Great King, according to the minister's repeated investigations, since the last time the Yingdu court meeting, the six monarchs and others began to recruit the people soon after returning to the fiefdom.

And the minister got the news that the six monarchs and they recruited the people all for the purpose of building palaces and building water conservancy. However, at the last court meeting, the king had already made it clear that he wanted to let the people recuperate for a period of time. And the six monarchs and others completely ignored the king's edict, not only did not uphold the king's intention to let the people recuperate, but also recruited one strong man from each household in the fiefdom.

Such deeds are not only to deceive the king, but also to bring the efficacy of the people to themselves, and to bring the curse to the king, which is to trap the king in unkindness and to be disloyal. And the people have been fighting for many years, but Liujun and others have never given the people a chance to cultivate, which is cruel to the people and unkind.

Such a disloyal and unkind person, the minister asked the king to immediately issue an edict, strictly ordered the six monarchs and others to immediately disband the people, and then personally rushed to Yingdu to ask the king for guilt, if not, then take back the fief, deprive the title, and the whole clan was reduced to a concubine. ”

"This..." Xiong Huai frowned slightly when he heard Qu Yuan's words, and was about to say yes...

At this time, Zhao saw the king of Chu nodding, as if he was about to agree, he was anxious, and immediately interjected: "King, the minister has some questions about the words of the left disciple, and he wants to ask the left disciple." ”

"Oh!" Xiong Huai was stunned for a moment, and looked at Zhao Chang hesitantly: "What questions does Zuo Yin have?" ”

"The King." Zhao Chang arched his hand and said: "The left disciples kept saying that the six monarchs built palaces and built water conservancy, bullied the king, and ruined the people. However, the minister wanted to ask the six monarchs what palace they built and which water conservancy project they built. ”

"This..." Qu Yuan's face was stunned for a moment, showing a look of surprise and uncertainty, and then he said forcefully: "The king, the matter of the six monarchs and their construction of the palace water conservancy has already caused a stir in Jianghuai, and everyone knows it, how can this matter be fake." ”

"Of course it's fake!" Zhao Chang sneered at Qu Yuan, and then bowed his hand to the King of Chu and said, "The king, the minister wants to impeach Qu Yuan, the left disciple, for his own selfish interests, to deceive the king and frame the minister." ”

"Huh?" Xiong Huai was stunned for a moment, then straightened his face, looked at Zhao Chang and said solemnly: "Zuo Yin, above the main hall, you can't talk nonsense without evidence." ”

"The minister didn't talk nonsense." Zhao Chang looked solemn and swore solemnly: "King, as far as the minister knows, there are indeed a large number of people gathered in the fiefdoms of the six monarchs on the Jianghuai side, but these people are not recruited, but gathered spontaneously.

Since the Zuo disciples began to change the law, rumors have spread all over Jianghuai, and the people are all terrified, lest the new law befall them.

As we all know, after the Qin State changed the law, the people of the Qin State instantly became poor, and only by going to the battlefield to fight had some way out. However, even if the people of Qin State obtained meritorious titles on the battlefield, the Qin State was strict and often executed or demoted to concubines, and even if the people had titles, they could not last long.

Therefore, after the news of the reform spread to all parts of the country, the people were very frightened, some were in panic, some fled in panic and became thieves, and many more people gathered at the places where the rulers of various places begged the rulers to speak for them. ”

Saying that, Zhao Chang shook his head and sighed: "However, the six monarchs know that the king's intention to change the law is very strong, and they are unwilling to go against the king's wishes, and would rather pay their own money and food to appease the gathered people, rather than report this matter to the king, so as not to put pressure on the king."

Therefore, the six monarchs are the loyal ministers of the country! ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Chang's eyes were cold, and he looked at Qu Yuan and sneered: "However, after the Zuo disciples knew about this, because they were worried that the six monarchs would report to the king and increase the resistance to the new law, they actually framed Zhongliang, and they were selfish and selfish, so that they were simply vain." ”

Zhao Chang bowed his hand to the king of Chu and said loudly: "Great king, for the stability of the country, in order to prevent the people of Jianghuai from being difficult to pacify and causing chaos, the minister asks the king to immediately suspend the new law and expel Qu Yuan. ”

At this time, Xiong Huai looked at Zhao Chang who bowed below, although his face was expressionless, his heart was extremely cold.

Otherwise, knowing that Beiya's spies are all over the country, he would have known the news from all over the country as soon as possible, and now he will call this turn his hand into clouds and his hand into rain.

Although the ministers had many objections to the change before, Xiong Huai never dealt with anyone, because he knew that although the ministers had various reasons to oppose it, they were just different political views and different cognitions. As long as he puts national affairs first, he doesn't care who it is.

However, now Zhao Chang is really distorted into a traitor and a loyal, so blatantly framing the minister...

Could it be that he thought that as long as Yingdu and the ministers all supported him, as long as others were powerful, then he, the king of Chu, would have no choice but to compromise with him?

Naive.

At this moment, Xiong Huai had already sentenced Zhao Chang to death in his heart.

On the other side, Qu Yuan saw that the King of Chu didn't open his mouth after Zhao Chang finished speaking, so he sneered and said: "Zuo Yin, everyone in the world says that Ping is good at rhetoric and can speak well, but after Ping heard Zuo Yin's words today, he was ashamed of himself." At the very least, my Qu Ping's words are also well-founded, and Zuo Yin, you chase after the wind and catch the shadows, and you can come as soon as you open your mouth, and you can still say it so confidently.

Admire, admire. ”

Saying that, Qu Yuan's face turned straight, and he immediately asked: "Zuo Yin said that the people in the Six Monarchs and their territory gathered spontaneously, does Zuo Yin have any evidence?" Also, Zuo Yin said that the people everywhere were all very afraid of the new law and gathered spontaneously, so why didn't the other feudal monarchs of Jianghuai appear to gather, just the people of their eighteen feudal monarchs gathered? Not only did the feudal monarchs on the Jianghan side not appear where the people gathered, but even most of the Jianghuai feudal monarchs did not appear anywhere.

Dare to ask Zuo Yin, what is the explanation of this matter? ”

"This..." Before Zhao Chang could figure out how to respond, Qu Yuan spoke again.

Moreover, the new law was not directed at the nobility, but was applied in the counties, and the people of the counties that were now directly targeted were not afraid of the change, but the feudal subjects who had nothing to do with them were afraid.

Zuo Yin, do you say that this matter is in line with common sense? ”

Saying that, Qu Yuan didn't wait for Zhao Chang to answer, so he bowed his hand to the King of Chu and said: "Great King, the minister suspects that Zuo Yin has received bribes from the Six Monarchs, so he will speak for the Six Monarchs here, and even distort the facts.

Therefore, the minister asked the king to investigate this matter thoroughly and not to be deceived by the villain. ”