Xiong Huai was stunned, then laughed angrily: "What, those feudal kings of the widows, do they still want to force the widows to fail?" ”

"This..." Chen Zhen hesitated for a moment, and then responded: "King, according to the news that should be sent back, those feudal monarchs who recruited Ding Zhuang were all under the banner of serving conscription, but the root cause is to achieve the goal of controlling all the people by controlling Ding Zhuang in the people's family.

Of course, if there are a large number of feudal lords who do this, then it is very likely that they will unite to resist the changes of the imperial court, and even...

Therefore, this kind of behavior of theirs, controlling the people and resisting by force, is only in their thoughts. ”

"Huh! What a thought. Xiong Huai smiled coldly, and then asked: "Xianqing, let's talk about it, which feudal monarchs have recruited the people under their rule." ”

When Chen Zhen heard this, he replied expressionlessly: "At present, there are five feudal monarchs who have recruited the people, including Liujun, Yinling Jun, Dongcheng Jun, Shu Lijun, and Long Shujun. ”

"Humph!" Xiong Huai snorted softly, and then asked hesitantly: "The six monarchs have recruited the people, so what about Liao Jun and Lu Jun, who have a good relationship with the six monarchs?" Didn't they follow the actions of the Six Monarchs? ”

"Back to the king, the news from Neiying that although the six monarchs had met with Liao Jun and Lu Jun and asked them to act with him, Liao Jun and Lu Jun did not follow the six monarchs."

"Oh!" Xiong Huai was shocked by his spirit when he heard this, and even the six monarchs who had always advanced and retreated together did not act in unison, which means that the authority of Yingdu is still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Then, Xiong Huai asked again: "What about the feudal monarch who is sealed in Qunshu?" In the past two hundred years, the feudal monarchs who were sealed there have been watching and helping each other in order to suppress the local Shu people and to resist the invasion of Wu and Yue.

Now that Shu Lijun and Long Shujun have all recruited the people, are they indifferent to the other Bao Jun and Shu Yongjun? ”

"King Mingjian." Chen Zhen shook his head and said: "Although the feudal monarchs in Qunshu have also negotiated together, most of them are strongly opposed to recruiting the people, as for Shu Lijun and Long Shujun, because their feudal monarchs are closer to the feudal monarchs of the six monarchs, so they recruited the people together under the instigation of the six monarchs." ”

"Liujun, hehe." Xiong Huai smiled coldly: "The widow hasn't done anything to him yet, he jumped out by himself, is it really that the widow can't dance the sword when he is old?" ”

Saying that, Xiong Huai's face was straight, and he immediately ordered: "Pass the edict and inform the Zhu State that since the Song State has surrendered, then there is no need for him to continue to stay in Shou County, let him lead the army to Huaiyin, and the sailor will pick them up in Huaiyin soon to return to Yingdu." ”

"Yui."

"Pass the edict, let the doctor of Sanlu come to see the widow."

"Yui."

Soon after, he came.

"I wonder what the king summoned his ministers to order?"

Xiong Huai didn't answer immediately when he heard this, but handed the news from Huainan to Qu Zhi: "Xianqing, this is the news from Zhibeiya, Qing take a look." ”

When he heard this, he suspiciously revealed the information handed over by the King of Chu, and then opened it to take a look, but saw that it recorded the movements of the six monarchs and others, and it seemed that they planned to gather soldiers to resist the authority of Yingdu by force.

Seeing this, Qu Zhi immediately said angrily: "Shaft, Encore is like this. The king is the king of a country, and even if the king's change of law affects them, they must not collude with force to resist without permission. What's more, now the king's changes have not been aimed at them, but have only been implemented in various counties, so they dare to have the heart of rebellion and do great rebellion, which is tolerable and unbearable. ”

As he spoke, Qu Shu immediately put away the silk book in his hand, and then bowed his hand and asked: "Great King, the six monarchs, as members of my Chu country's clan, collude with other feudal monarchs to disturb the country, and this is the head of the chaotic country.

The minister asked the king to immediately issue an edict to reprimand the six monarchs, demanding that the six monarchs disband the army, cut off the first-class titles of the six monarchs, and take back half of the fiefs of the six monarchs. ”

Xiong Huai shook his head when he heard this.

"The King." When he saw the King of Chu shaking his head and refusing, he was immediately anxious.

In the past, Qin and Chu were at odds, and the general Qu Kuo took a large number of Qu children and other nobles to die on the battlefield. Since then, Qu's power has declined, and has been targeted by other nobles, and as a last resort, Qu Yuan, who has become increasingly important, has become the helmsman of Qu.

And Qu Yuan is not only elegant, but also makes people feel good, and Qu Yuan himself is also well-read, eloquent, and learned, so not long after Qu Yuan became the helm, a large number of Qu disciples (including him himself) were attracted to him, so that by now, the entire Qu family has been tied together with Qu Yuan and the change.

If the law is changed, the Qu family will prosper again with Qu Yuan, and may even replace the Zhao family as the first family of the Chu State.

If the change fails, then the fate of the Qu family will be miserable, and the Dou family, the Sun family, and the Zhuang family will be the tomorrow of the Qu family.

At this time, seeing that the feudal monarch gathered a crowd to rebel, but the king of Chu did not take advantage of the fact that the feudal monarch had not completely united, he immediately cut off their luck and pinched off the signs of turmoil. Otherwise, when the other feudal monarchs saw Yingdu's concession, they must think that Yingdu was weak, and then they followed suit, then not only would there be a big chaos in the Chu Kingdom, but even the law change would fail.

This is by no means what the Submission and all the reformers want to see.

So, Qu Shu hurriedly said: "King, the embankment of thousands of miles is destroyed in the anthill, and it will continue at this time, and it will be chaotic." ”

Xiong Huai pondered for a moment when he heard this, but still shook his head and refused: "Xianqing's worries are also clear, but now is not the time to do anything to the six monarchs. ”

When Qu Zhi heard this, he immediately persuaded again: "King, if you don't do it at this time, then when will you do it, do you really wait until the feudal monarchs gather together by force, wait until the law change is further deepened, and wait until the law change is directly aimed at the feudal monarchs in various places?"

It's just that, by then... The minister was worried that it would be too late. ”

"Yes, if you wait until then, it may be really late." Xiong Huai nodded and muttered: "There are more than eighty feudal monarchs in the Jianghuai area, and these feudal monarchs have a county in the big ones, and there are three or five hundred households in the small ones.

Once these feudal lords revolted en masse and conscripted all the people who had reached the age of fourteen but were not yet sixty, they would be able to gather an army of three or four hundred thousand in an instant. ”

Speaking of this, Xiong Huai shook his head and sighed: "This is still the data on the surface, counting the people they hide, this data will exceed 500,000, or even 600,000." ”

Qu Zhi was taken aback when he heard this, although he knew that the power of the feudal monarch was very strong, but he had not studied how strong it was before, but he thought that with the power of Yingdu, he could suppress the feudal monarchs from all over the country.

But now, when he learned about the strength of the feudal monarch from the mouth of the king of Chu, he knew that the strength of the feudal monarch of the Chu State was already very strong, and even the strength had far exceeded the alliance of the three families of Zhaojingqu, and it was strong enough to threaten the rule of Yingdu.

It is no wonder that the kings of Chu in the past dynasties were more or less afraid of the local feudal kings.

Thinking about it, he fell silent.

At this time, Xiong Huai continued: "600,000 troops, even if only half of the feudal monarchs rebel, there are 300,000 troops, and if you cut down a third, there will be 200,000 troops."

200,000 troops... With the strength of the whole country, the army normally maintained is only 200,000, and this requires the army without war to farm the fields by itself.

Once Jianghuai rebelled and the army of the feudal monarch swept through Jianghuai, this was a monstrous disaster that shook the foundation of the Chu State. ”