Soon, Chen Zhen walked into the palace and saw that the King of Chu was still discussing with Qu Yuan, so he immediately showed a smile, walked forward quickly, and congratulated: "Congratulations to the king, congratulations to the king." ”

Xiong Huai was stunned, he thought that Chen Zhen went and returned because something big happened, but as a result, he didn't want Chen Zhen to say hello to him as soon as he came in.

"Xianqing, what happened, where did the joy come from?"

Chen Zhen responded: "Your Majesty, just now the minister was ordered to spread the news in Yingdu, but the minister has just returned to the Assassin's Mansion, and he has not yet had time to spread the rumor that the ministers are ready to destroy their families and relieve the difficulties, so this news has begun to spread in Yingdu. ”

Xiong Huai was stunned, glanced at Qu Yuan on the side, showed a look of shock, and asked in disbelief: "Who spread this news?" ”

Chen Zhen sighed when he heard this: "Back to the king, it was Xianyin who took the initiative to spread it. Not long ago, after Xianyin returned to his mansion, he thought that he was about to go north to Yan State, and it was difficult to take care of the affairs in the country, and because the war was ever-changing, he could not predict when Qi and Wei would send troops to reinforce, lest he delay the war because he was not in the country.

Therefore, just in case, as soon as Xianyin returned to the mansion, he immediately ordered that all the clansmen over the age of twelve and under the age of sixty-five, regardless of men and women, be reorganized and ready to go to the front at any time. ”

As he spoke, Chen Zhen saw that the King of Chu was full of shock, paused slightly, and then continued: "As soon as the news of Xianyin's reorganization of the people in the Fuzhong came out, all the people around him were shocked and inexplicable, and then the news that the ministers prevented the king from checking the vassals of the nobles and asked for the destruction of the family immediately spread around.

Then, Zuo Yin, who was packing up and preparing to go to Zhao State, exclaimed after hearing about Xianyin's incident, and followed the clansmen in the family. ”

Saying that, Chen Zhen saw that the King of Chu and Qu Yuan had not yet reacted, so he continued in their shock: "The news of Zuo Yin and Xianyin's reorganization of the clan caused a sensation in Yingdu almost instantly, and all the people of the country were rushing to tell each other. As a result, when the ministers returned to the Assassin's Mansion, the news that all the ministers who had just participated in the deliberations of the court had decided to destroy their homes and relieve their difficulties was already well known in Yingdu, and it was still spreading to the surrounding areas at a very fast speed. ”

After a long time, Qu Yuan was the first to react, and then immediately congratulated the king of Chu: "Congratulations to the king, congratulations to the king, the minister has destroyed the family and relieved the difficulties, the country has such a virtuous minister, this battle will be won." ”

Xiong Huai also reacted, still showing a look of shock on his face.

When he was discussing in the main hall before, he thought that the ministers said that they would take their whole family to battle, but it was just a formality, and the blood was surging for a while, and after calming down, he would break his promise and get fat.

That's why he was ready to let people spread the minister's oath and prepare to force the ministers to death.

But he didn't want to, he hadn't done it yet, and Xianyin Fan Huan did it himself.

Seriously, until this moment, Xiong Huai was still shocked by Fan Huan's actions, he really wanted to go to the national disaster together.

Although Xianyin Fanhuan repeatedly disagreed with him in court discussions, he repeatedly spoke up against him. But, there is no doubt that this is also a loyal minister.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai sighed: "Yes, there are such loyal ministers in the country, how can they decline." Originally, the widow only had a seventy percent chance of winning this battle, but now, the widow has a ten percent chance of winning, and this battle will be won. ”

Saying that, Xiong Huai instructed Chen Zhen: "Chen Qing, immediately spread the deeds of Xianyin Fan Huan and Zuo Yin to all places and countries, the widow wants all people to know that although the Chu State was besieged by the five countries, the ministers and the people are still closely united around the widow, as long as there are ministers like Xianyin and Zuoyin, as long as the people in the country are willing to fight to the death for the widow, the widow will not be afraid of any challenge." ”

"Yui."

After Chen Zhen left, Xiong Huai instructed Qu Yuan again: "Xianqing, let the people from the various universities discuss the deeds of Xianyin and them, and the widow will further isolate the feudal monarchs in various places through the destruction of the family and the relief of the ministers of the court." At the same time, let the people of the various universities grasp the focus of praise and attack, and the widow wants to make all the feudal lords and nobles think that the public opinion in the country is forcing them to follow the example of the princes of the court and the central government, and forcing them to show more strength to resist the five countries. ”

"Please rest assured, the king, the minister will immediately go to visit the leaders of the various university factions."

Soon after Qu Yuan and Chen Zhen left, Xiong Huai received a letter from Zhaochang Fan Huan, in which all the clansmen of the two families were at his disposal.

After Xiong Huai received the letter, he looked at the names of the people on the list, and only saw that all their children over the age of fourteen were on this list, and he immediately felt that the two letters were all very important.

Then, Xiong Huai was silent for a long time, and then issued an edict: "Pass the edict, let Zuo Yin and Xianyin each choose a ten-year-old male from the clan to come to the palace as the companion of Gongzi Rat and Gongzi Niu." ”

The other side.

In Yingdu, since Xianyin Fanhuan and Zuo Yin Zhaochang compiled the clansmen and sent the list to the palace, the Chu people in the entire Yingdu have been boiling.

Originally, today, the king of Chu convened important ministers in the court to discuss whether to carry out the census of the population in the country.

As a result, after this matter was blocked by the ministers, many middle- and lower-level officials and many people of insight were criticizing the princes of the court and the central government for hiding the population in their own homes and ignoring the life and death of the Chu State.

Even, even Qu Yuan, who has always made excellent statements in the group of travelers and various university factions, was scolded by many people because he did not speak up to support the census of the population in the court meeting, and scolded him for having a patriotic name, but in fact he was only putting on the skin of patriotic reform in order to gain the support of scholars and patriots, and in the final analysis, he still stood on the side of the great nobles.

As a result, in the midst of everyone's scolding, the deeds of Fan Huan and Zhao Chang came.

While everyone was stunned, they instantly changed the target of the evaluation.

All the princes of the court and the central government can go into battle with the whole family, men and women, and are willing to destroy the family to relieve the difficulties, do they still care about the little population and land they hide?

The reason why the princes prevented the king from checking the population was because he was worried that there would be turmoil in the country, and the current Chu State could not withstand the slightest toss.

This is the old man who seeks the country!

As a result, soon, the middle and lower-level officials in Yingdu, those who sought officials in Yingdu, and students who studied in Taixue all pointed the finger at the nobles of Chu State, criticizing them for occupying too many resources of Chu State, but they did not want to serve the country.

So much so that even after the king of Chu forgot to sleep and eat, even after asking for help from his ministers, he still had no choice, and he didn't know how to let the state of Chu tide over the difficulties. In order to survive this crisis, the princes of the court and the central government have all their own people.

You must know that the land of Chu is 5,000 li, Jianghan and Huai are not barren, and in such a vast place, even if the land of Huaibei is lost, the population of the whole country should not be only more than 600,000 households.

Now that the Five Kingdoms are coming, but the King of Chu and the princes are forced to do so, is this the aristocracy too greedy, and they will not die to serve the country?

Just as the people in Yingdu were struck by the nobles, all kinds of rumors were quickly spread to all parts of the Chu State under the impetus of someone.