Xiong Huai smiled slightly when he heard this, and then asked, "Then what does Huang Qing think is there to worry about in the future of the Chu State?" ”

"The King." Huang Xie bowed first, and then muttered: "In the past, when the Zhou family was first established, and the princes were built to screen the royal family, the main purpose of the vassal states was to first defend their own land, and then defend the royal family.

However, after a few generations, when the Zhou family was stable, the vassal states of the world were becoming more and more stable, and at this time, the relationship between the vassal states and the Zhou family was already thin. At that time, the main purpose of the vassal states had also become to obtain more wealth, so the countries often quarreled and even fought with their people over land.

However, at that time, the Zhou family was still strong, and although there were disputes in various countries, there were few people who destroyed the country.

Later, the Zhou Dynasty declined, and the princes rose together, but at that time, although wars broke out frequently between countries, the difference in strength between countries was not large, and there were many small vassal states between them as buffers. Therefore, at that time, the powerful vassal states were busy uniting other large and small princes, and then suppressing other powerful states, and annexing the small vassal states of the other side, and even the small states on their own.

Therefore, in the past few hundred years, all countries dominated the world, and the powerful vassal states, whoever has more small countries around him, can dominate the world, and whoever can slaughter all the countries in the world. Therefore, everyone in the world says that the hegemon is a hegemon, and the letter is a hegemon. ”

Speaking of this, Huang Xie raised his eyes and looked at the King of Chu, and saw that the King of Chu looked like he was listening to him carefully, and his face was not a little impatient.

Seeing this, Huang Xie immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and said more and more confidently: "And now, the situation has changed again, in the past, there were more than 800 princes in the world, but now there are only eight princes in the world who still have strength, but there are only eight of them: Qin, Chu, Qiyan, Zhao, Wei, Han, Song." However, in the remaining eight countries, not only did the wars between the countries not decrease with the decrease in the number of countries, on the contrary, with the disappearance of the buffer countries, the countries bordered each other, and the contradictions between them increased suddenly, resulting in more and more frequent wars between countries, and the desire to kill other countries as soon as possible.

For example, the eight countries of today, when the Wei State was strong, the Wei State attacked the capital of the Qin State once, besieged Handan of the Zhao State three times, broke the capital of the Zhao State once, besieged the Korean capital once, destroyed the Zhongshan State once, obtained thousands of miles of land from our Chu State, and obtained thousands of miles of land from the Qi State, and the Wei State has almost become a subject state of the Wei State.

However, the reason why such a powerful Wei State has fallen to the present and it is difficult to protect itself is not only because Wei Wuhou cannot attract talents, but also because Wei Wuhou did not see clearly that the current situation has undergone drastic changes, and the struggle for hegemony in the world has long been a thing of the past, and the life-and-death annexation war is the trend of the world.

Indulging in the struggle for hegemony is the root cause of the weakness of the Wei state.

On the contrary, after the Wei state, the three kingdoms of Qin, Qi, and Chu arose.

At the beginning, the Qin State did not attack the Three Jin Dynasty for two weeks, but sent troops to destroy the Bashu Tho Chong Four Kingdoms in the south, and after forming an alliance with our Chu State, it did not attack the Qi State that the world feared, but broke the contract to attack our Chu State, which is precisely because the Qin State has seen the general trend of the future.

Similarly, at the beginning, the Qi State formed an alliance with our Chu State, and instead of attacking the Qin State, which was feared by the world, the Yan State was destroyed in a war. This is also because we see the general trend of the future.

And you, the king, after making an appointment with other countries to attack Qi, did not attack the Qi country, but destroyed the Yue country in a war, which is also because you saw the general trend of the future.

Not long ago, Zhao did not go to Qin when the world invaded Qin, the world attacked Qi instead of going, and the world attacked Chu but did not come, but first repaired internal affairs, then subdued Beihu, and then destroyed Zhongshan, and now united countries to attack Qin first, and then invade Qi, which is not in line with the general trend of the future. ”

Speaking, Huang Xie sighed: "The world is one, this is the general trend of the future, in the face of the general trend, all the countries in the world are either success or death, victory or death, there is no other way."

And in the face of the crisis of national destruction, all countries need to concentrate all their forces, even if they cannot destroy other countries, then they must protect themselves.

And if you want to gather all the forces in China, then the Guangjian princes who previously adhered to the Zhou Dynasty, and the policy of dividing the doctors is no longer appropriate. Because the establishment of princes and the division of doctors not only cannot concentrate all the forces of the country, but also disperse the existing forces.

It's like the Zhou room, since the last time the Zhou room was divided a hundred years ago, now in the hands of Zhou Tianzi, there is no one one who has no people, not an inch of land, and he has completely divided himself.

In the Wei State, Wei Wenhou enabled Li Kui to change the law, set up counties, did his best to teach, visited the sages, and many of the world's corporal doctors returned. Later, Wei Wenhou used Wu Qi to reform the military, set up military soldiers, give positions, reward land houses, and reward servants, so that the people in the country also returned to him.

In this way, when the counties of Wei were established, the land resources were exhausted, and all the financial and material resources of the country were concentrated, and the scholars and doctors returned to them, and the people were happy, and the intellectual and human resources of the country were concentrated.

Financial, material, manpower, and intelligence are all concentrated together, and the whole country is united, which is the root of the strength and prosperity of Wei in the past. ”

Speaking of this, Huang Xie arched his hand and said: "And the king's worries are also here, now there are so many nobles in the country, even if they take out all the positions, they can't meet the needs of half of the nobles, and the nobles do everything for their positions, collude with each other, and monopolize all the merits and positions, so that the wise men in the world are not coming, and the people in the country are displeased, this is the intelligence and manpower that my Chu country has lost."

Locally, the feudal lords occupied a large number of fertile and rich places, and enjoyed all the military, political, financial and criminal powers in the fiefdoms, not only forming a country of their own, but even raising troops to rebel if they were not satisfied. In this way, our Chu country will lose financial and material resources.

The four forces are lost, this is the scope of the territory of our Chu State, from the north side of the river to the root of the Huaishui.

Although during this period, our Chu State has also repeatedly produced Ming monarchs and virtuous monarchs, but the country cannot reverse the decline, just like King Zhao and King Hui, but he is barely self-preservation. And once there is a mediocre king, such as the king mourning the king, he will lose the three armies and lose thousands of miles.

However, the reason why the mourning king can let the Chu army drink the water of the Ma River is not the power of the mourning king, but the work of Wu Qi's change of law and centralization. ”

At this time, Huang Xie sighed: "Fortunately, thanks to the gods of the king, the Yue country was destroyed in the east and Bachong was taken in the west, and now the troubles of my Chu country have been eliminated." However, the four forces of the country are not concentrated, and in the face of the increasingly fierce war in the world, once the country has a mediocre king, my Chu country will inevitably weaken after all.

Therefore, the minister thought that this was the internal cause of the king's lamentation, and it was also the root of the king's two successive changes. Changing the law is not for a strong country, but also for survival. ”

"Aha~~~" Xiong Huai looked up to the sky and smiled.

Now he is more and more satisfied with Huang Xie and loves him more and more.

Through what you have seen and heard, those who can see the benefits of changing the law and strengthening the country are just ordinary people, as a member of the aristocracy, those who can say loudly about the change of law and the benefit of the country are loyal ministers and righteous people, and those who can see the change of law are the real sages.

Thinking of this, Xiong Huai suddenly shouted: "Good, good, a good one is not for a strong country, but also for the sake of survival, only these eight characters, when the floating white." ”

After saying that, Xiong Huai immediately shouted outside the hall: "Come here, give Huang Qing wine." ”

"Yui."

Soon, a soldier came in with a flask and a glass.

"Thank you, the king!" Huang Xie bowed his hand with a little excitement, then picked up the wine glass and drank it all.

After the wine, Huang Xie calmed down again.

At this time, after Xiong Huai waved his hand to drive away the soldiers, he looked at Huang Xie with joy and expectation on his face and asked, "You just said that this is the internal cause of the widow's lamentation, does the widow still have an external cause of lamentation?" ”