Xiong Huai said this, and then fell silent again.

At this time, Qu Yuan and Chen Zhen were silent when they saw King Chu's complicated face, and they stopped talking, and the two of them were also silent.

They knew what the king of Chu was thinking now, when the state of Chu was about to run out of water, in less than a day, he gathered hundreds of thousands of stones of grain, and even more than 10,000 soldiers, which was a good thing.

However, when they thought of the previous edicts issued by the king of Chu one after another, they asked the ministers to work together and try their best to get through the difficulties, but even the king of Chu and the ministers were helpless, so they could only cry out in vain.

It was only a month before and after, and even in just half a day, there was such an earth-shattering reversal.

Should the king of Chu rejoice or be sad?

Perhaps at this time, the king of Chu was still more happy than sad in his heart!

The two looked at each other, then both lowered their heads.

On the other side, Xiong Huai calmed down, and suddenly smiled again: "Okay, well, when the country is in crisis, it is a good thing that so many people are willing to share the worries of the widows." ”

Saying that, Xiong Huai immediately said with a straight face: "Spread the edict of the widow, anyone who donates to the five doctors of the same family, as long as they are willing to go to the front line to kill the enemy and serve the country, then they can recruit a thousand private troops." In addition, 500 people can be recruited from the same seven doctors, 200 people can be recruited from the same room, 100 people can be recruited from the same doctor, and 50 people can be recruited from the same country.

Whoever has the heart to serve the country, all the widows will not refuse. ”

When the two of them heard this, they arched their hands at the same time and said, "The king is wise." ”

Xiong Huai smiled, looked at Qu Yuan again and asked, "Zuo disciple, Qing has been staying in Taifu before, who are those who donated grain and won the knighthood before?" ”

When Qu Yuan heard this, he shook his head regretfully: "Back to the king, all of them are local businessmen and the like, among the seven five doctors, five of them are from big merchant families, and two are from the county seat attached to Yingdu. Most of the people who donate other titles are like this, but the lower the title, the more the number of local tycoons will occupy.

Among them, the sixty-seven people who donated to the doctors of the same country, except for the sixteen people who came to Yingdu from other places to seek advice, the others were all Haoqiang near Yingdu. ”

Xiong Huai frowned when he heard this, this situation was a bit unexpected to him, he thought that there would be many smart people among his noble children, but in fact, those people have not reacted until now.

It was so disappointing for him.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai looked at Qu Yuan in disbelief and asked, "Xianqing, is it true that until now, there has not been a single noble child to donate food?" ”

Qu Yuan shook his head, then hesitated for a moment, and explained: "Maybe they haven't reacted yet, maybe they're still lobbying, or maybe they're still waiting." ”

Xiong Huai shook his head and said: "This can't be done, the widow has to give them a wake-up call and set an example for them." ”

When Qu Yuan heard this, he immediately understood, so he immediately bowed: "Please rest assured, the previous minister had already purchased 40,000 stones while the price of grain had not risen, and he was about to donate one to the two concubines who could not inherit the title. ”

As soon as these words came out, Chen Zhen, who was on a plate, suddenly showed a look of astonishment.

As the intelligence officer of the King of Chu, he naturally knew that Qu Yuan began to buy grain everywhere as soon as the outbreak of this war, even as if he was bankrupt.

Originally, he thought that Qu Yuan was hoarding Juqi, or he was not optimistic about this battle, so he prepared to retreat in advance.

But he never expected that Qu Yuan's purpose in purchasing grain was to donate a knighthood to his son.

Thinking of this, Chen Zhen was suddenly shocked in his heart, could it be that this method of donating grain to get a knighthood, as early as the beginning of the war, Qu Yuan had already expected today, and had already prepared in advance!

Nope... And that's not all!

At this time, Chen Zhen remembered the question and answer between King Chu and Qu Yuan just now, and immediately realized that there was an inside story in this, and then, his mind turned, and he suddenly realized.

It turned out that the move of the King of Chu and Qu Yuan was to win over the nobles and feudal monarchs in the country, and to avoid the nobles in the country and the feudal monarchs on the front line from being dissatisfied because the king of Chu betrayed the lord.

Not long ago, because of the unfavorable war, the king of Chu had forced the important ministers of the court to promise that once the war fell into a state of collapse, the ministers would destroy their families and relieve the difficulties, and take the children of the whole clan and the servants and vassals to the battle to kill the enemy.

Now, as soon as this policy of donating grain to the government was introduced, it instantly greatly alleviated the dissatisfaction of the important ministers of the DPRK and the central government, and even greatly aroused their enthusiasm for combat.

Just imagine, they were originally going to raise their clans to fight, and now after the king of Chu promulgated the policy of donating grain and getting knights, they can donate titles to their children according to the number of their private soldiers.

In this way, it is only their duty to go into battle to kill the enemy, and they who originally only have one credit, they will have twice the credit in an instant.

So what grievances do they have?

Perhaps, soon, they will open their mouths to praise the benevolence of the Great King and praise Qu Yuan's virtuousness.

And their sons who have obtained knighthoods will definitely not openly attack Qu Yuan from now on.

Thinking of this, Chen Zhen glanced at Qu Yuan beside him with the rest of his eyes, and then bowed his hand to the King of Chu and said: "The king, the ministers are not talented, and there is a little surplus food at home, so I am willing to serve the king." ”

When Xiong Huai heard this, he smiled and said, "Okay, the two virtuous ministers are willing to serve the country, how can a widow stop it." ”

"The king is wise."

Then, Xiong Huai looked at Chen Zhen again and said, "Chen Qing, the widow will find you this time, mainly because there are two other things that need to be handed over to Xianqing to do." ”

When Chen Zhen heard this, he knew that the king of Chu was not just asking Qu Yuan to donate the knighthood to his son, but also had other important things, so he immediately said: "Please ask the king to command." ”

"Hmm." Xiong Huai nodded, and then spoke: "This first thing, after Xianqing and the two donate, Xianqing needs to spread the news of your donation to your children as soon as possible." ”

"Yui." Chen Zhen nodded, understanding that the King of Chu was following the two of them as an example to attract other nobles to donate titles for their children.

"This second thing, the widow hopes that the widow will immediately donate grain in the country to get the knighthood, and the nobles, wealthy merchants and common people in the country have responded, and the matter of sharing the widow's worries will be submitted to the king of the country through various channels as soon as possible."

When Chen Zhen heard this, he looked at the King of Chu in confusion and asked, "King, please forgive the ministers for being stupid." Now we have just begun to donate food and receive knights, and the army under the command of the new nobles has not yet been recruited, let alone reached the front line to fight.

If we take the initiative to disseminate information about the country at this time, causing all countries to be vigilant, I am worried that all countries will take advantage of the fact that our new army has not yet arrived on the battlefield, and will let the troops from all over the country frantically attack our army's defense line.

Therefore, the minister thought that this move would cause great pressure on the troops on the front line, so it was better to have more than one thing at this time. ”

Xiong Huai smiled and refused: "Xianqing doesn't need to worry, if Heaven wants to destroy people, it must first make them crazy, if the kings of various countries ignore the battle situation on the front line and forcibly order the main generals of the front line to march, this is exactly what the widow wants." ”

Saying that, Xiong Huai saw that Chen Zhen still wanted to persuade, so he immediately preemptively said: "Xianqing doesn't have to worry, this battle is already sure that the widow will win, and Qing just needs to spread the news." ”

Chen Zhen looked at the King of Chu hesitantly when he heard this, and then looked at Qu Yuan on the side, and saw that Qu Yuan, who had been shining in the court in the past two days, did not have the slightest intention of persuasion.

Seeing this, Chen Zhen knew in his heart that the King of Chu had already made arrangements for this battle, but it was inconvenient to disclose the battle plan at this time.

Although he hadn't thought of where Chu's chances of victory were at this time, since the King of Chu and Qu Yuan were so confident, he no longer persuaded each other, so he had to respond: "It's the king, the minister knows what to do." ”

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