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Just when everyone in Shouchun City was talking about the King of Chu being seriously ill, suddenly, a voice came out about the King of Chu being seriously ill and dying.

Just when the people of the city were worried about the physical condition of the King of Chu, the content of the new law attracted the attention of more than half of the people.

"The left disciples are about to start the next round of changes, and I heard that as long as the man is twenty years old and still idle on the streets, he will be arrested and sent to the northern border."

"I heard that the Zuo disciples decided to follow the example of the Qin State and reduce all the poor to slaves."

"I heard that in order to encourage childbearing, the Zuo disciples decided to increase their efforts to promote women to get married, raising the age of marriage for women from fifteen to twelve."

"I heard that if a woman does not marry at fifteen, she will be designated as a marriage by the government, and it will also be designated for those who are injured on the battlefield and have no wife, as well as those who are poor and have no wife."

"Not only that, but I heard that in order to take care of those whose families are poor and cannot afford to marry, the Zuo disciples decided to enact a new law to recognize and encourage brothers to marry together."

"Huh?! Moral degradation, distorted human nature, and a complete ignorance of etiquette, righteousness and shame. ”

"I heard that the Black Emperor gave a new type of corn, and the Zuo disciples decided to promote the improved corn, and the people only need to sow once, and after two months, they can harvest 10,000 catties of one acre, and they can harvest six times a year."

"I heard that the Black Emperor has improved the ploughing cattle, which can be cultivated by themselves without human operation, and they don't need to eat grass."

"If the cow doesn't eat grass, how can the cow survive and have the strength to work?"

"This... The Black Emperor is the god of water, so the cattle of the Black Emperor's family only drink water. ”

"Wow, that's great!"

“···”

With the spread of rumors, as some people added fuel to the fire, the entire Shouchun City became panicked.

Those middle- and lower-level officials and nobles who were not qualified to go to the court and could not see the king of Chu were all uneasy and worried about the physical condition of the king of Chu.

And the ordinary people are all adding fuel and vinegar to the discussion of the new law of the leftists, and laughing about the poor people on their side.

The poor people in their families were all terrified.

And those in Shouchun City, who had nothing to do all day, either began to hurry to find work, or fled out of the city in a hurry.

On the fifth day of the rumors, the discussion about the crown prince of Chu in Shouchun City was suppressed by the discussion of the new law.

After all, although the officials and nobles were more concerned about the condition of the King of Chu, no matter what the officials or nobles were, they would not talk about the condition of the King of Chu in public.

And the people in the city, although they are concerned about the situation of the king of Chu and the prince's relocation of the capital, this matter is not something they can discuss, and at the same time, they also prefer to laugh at the poor who are weaker than them, and talk about all kinds of absurd things.

Shouchun Residence.

Long Shujun learned the news from the doorman, not only sighed: "Although the tyrant is brutal, but the means are good, it has only been a few days and it is false, and the rumors I spread have lost their effectiveness."

But... Gongzi worships Shenzi as his teacher, and when the prince hears the wind, he must be wary of Qu Yuan and them. ”

Saying that, Long Shujun pondered for a while, and said expectantly: "It seems that if I want revenge, I can't go directly to the tyrant, I have to start with the prince." ”

In the Chu Palace.

Xiong Huai listened to Chen Zhen talk about the affairs in the city, and was stunned: "In just five days, the widow has gone from sick to seriously ill, and then to death, and this condition has changed too badly!"

Doesn't anyone in the people expect the widow to live a long and healthy life? ”

Chen Zhen said with a calm face: "King, the ministers and the people are worried about the king, spreading rumors with rumors, spreading panic with panic, and spreading panic with rumors, it is because rumors are spreading so quickly. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Zhen looked at the king of Chu and said: "Moreover, in recent years, the king has entrusted all state affairs to the crown prince Ling Yin Zuotu, and rarely appeared in front of the ministers, and the ministers and the people could not see the king, and it was a matter of course that they were unstable.

The so-called, the three of them become tigers, and the public opinion comes true, and I hope that the king will investigate it. ”

Xiong Huai bowed slightly, in the past year, he has indeed never appeared in front of the people, and he has never been out of the palace, this is indeed a big problem.

Thinking about it, he frowned again and said: "The people are ignorant and have a lot of discussions, this widow can still understand, but those courtiers are panicking, this is a big mistake." If the widow is really unadaptable, the widow can still give birth to a son! ”

Chen Zhen responded: "The king is reasonable. ”

At this time, Xiong Huaiyou asked: "Xianqing, have you ever found out who spread the rumors of the unscrupulous widows?" ”

Chen Zhen said with a heavy face: "Great King, since the last time there were rumors in Shouchun City, although the minister sent a large number of spies to monitor the city and found the source of some rumors, almost all of these people who spread the rumors of the Great King are ordinary people in the city.

Some people walk down the street and hear people talking, then tell the rumors to others, while others take money and start spreading rumors on the street.

According to those who received the money, some of the people who initially asked them to spread rumors spoke with a Song accent.

And these people, by the time the minister went to investigate, they were all gone. ”

"Song people? Gone. Xiong Huai was stunned.

Now that the internal chaos of the Song State is terrible, they don't have the heart to take care of the affairs of the Chu State.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that it is precisely because of the chaos in the Song State that they will mess up the Chu State in order to protect themselves.

However, it cannot be ruled out that other countries want to drive a wedge between Chu and Song.

Thinking of this, Xiong Huai pressed his thoughts, then looked at Chen Zhen and asked, "Since all the people who slandered and cursed the widow were other people other than ordinary people, who were the people who made the prince famous?" ”

"Back to the king, according to the results of the minister's investigation, about half of these people are disciples in the hands of Jianghuai nobles, and a small half are doormen of Jianghan nobles."

"No, this result is very abnormal and problematic." When Xiong Huai heard this, he immediately interrupted Chen Zhen.

Previously, the crown prince Heng agreed to settle accounts with Zheng Sleeve and forced Zheng Sleeve to death, which made the Jianghuai nobles complain a lot about the prince Heng. Not long ago, the crown prince revealed the idea of moving the capital back to Yingdu, which made the Jianghuai nobles extremely dissatisfied.

In this case, most of the people who made the crown prince famous were Jianghuai nobles, not Jianghan nobles, which is unreasonable.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai said affirmatively: "With such a result, someone must be deliberately misleading, and this person must have a very high reputation among the Jianghuai nobles in order to call the Jianghuai nobles." ”

Speaking of this, Xiong Huai remembered what Chen Zhen said about the spy with a Song accent, and said heavily: "This person either has a close relationship with the Song State and can transfer people from the Song State; Either they have deep ties with other countries and want to blame the Song State. ”

"The king is wise!" Chen Zhen looked at the King of Chu and arched his hand: "Great King, according to the investigation of the ministers, this rumor is not only for the king, but also for the prince, and even most of them are around the prince, and there seem to be signs of pulling the prince into the disputes of all parties.

From this, the minister speculated that this rumor, and even the rumor last time, may not be led by people from within our Chu State, but from abroad, and it is someone abroad who wants to separate the relationship between the father and son of the Great King in order to disturb our Chu State. ”

"Really?" Xiong Huai saw Chen Zhen once again vaguely admonishing, his face showed doubt, but he was a little vigilant in his heart.

Chen Zhen is really good at perceiving world affairs.