At this time, Qu Zhi hesitated: "The king knows the harm of Jianghuai Fengjun, so why doesn't the king take advantage of the disaster over there to stifle the source of the disaster?" ”

Xiong Huai asked with a smile: "Xianqing, do you think that the six monarchs and the five of them are the source of the disaster?" ”

"This" Qu Zhi hesitated for a moment, remembering the large and small feudal lords all over the country, and couldn't help but shake his head.

Xiong Huai shook his head when he saw Qu Zhi, and also shook his head and said: "The widow also thinks that Liujun and the others are just a corner of the disaster, and all of them are affected by the disaster. ”

Saying that, Xiong Huai sighed: "This is like dealing with floods, if only one or two rivers such as Hanshui or Huaishui are flooded, then we only need to plug the gap and let the water flow into the sea on its own."

However, if there are floods everywhere in the world and the water is already full, then we continue to follow the method of Kun and block the water, then the floods will become more and more blocked, and the final result will only be the destruction of the embankment and the death of people.

Therefore, the flood control operation of Kun failed that year. The correct approach is to follow Dayu's water control, combine dredging and blockage, and take the initiative to drain into the sea.

Even, if the flood is too heavy, then it is okay to take the initiative to burst the embankment and divert the water to the lake and other places to reduce the disaster. ”

Qu Wei was suddenly thoughtful when he heard this, and now, he seemed to know what King Chu meant.

At this time, Xiong Huai continued: "Now the situation in our Chu State is similar to the situation faced by Dayu, and it is even more serious than that of Dayu, from Jianghuai to Jianghan, there are floods everywhere. At this time, it was easy for the widow to deal with the six monarchs and the others, but this could not solve the fundamental problem.

Even, blocking the six monarchs at this time will only put everyone in danger, and then completely hide their intentions, until in the end, all the problems will break out together.

In order to avoid such a monstrous disaster, the widow decided to take the initiative to divert the traffic. ”

Qu Zhi's heart froze, and he arched his hand and asked, "The minister is stupid, I don't know where the king plans to start the diversion?" ”

Seeing this, Xiong Huai knew that Qu Zhi had understood what he meant, and immediately said coldly: "Since the six monarchs are already full of water, then start diverting from the six monarchs." ”

Six places.

Half a month has passed since the Six Monarchs ordered each household to recruit one person. The fiefdom of the six monarchs is not large, and from the time the order is given to the people to go to the six cities, half a month is enough for all the people to gather in the six cities.

At this time, Sima Liuxin, the brother of the six monarchs, was reporting to the six monarchs: "Brother, according to your instructions, one strong man was selected from each household of the people under your rule, and now all the people who have been conscripted have gone outside the six cities. ”

As he spoke, Liuxin saw Liujun's hesitation, his heart sank, and he immediately asked, "Brother, now that the people have gathered, should we start training them now?" ”

"This" Liujun heard this, and glanced at his other younger brother Liu, and when he saw Liu, he shook his head, and suddenly hesitated even more.

Originally, according to his estimate, the king of Chu ignored the opinions of the important ministers in the court and the feudal lords in various places, forcibly promoted the change of the law, and seriously damaged the interests of the nobles.

But the result was beyond his expectations, not only did most of the feudal monarchs reject his proposal to recruit the people to demonstrate to the king, but even Liao Jun Lujun, who was friendly with him, did not listen to him.

In the end, in the entire Jianghuai region, only five feudal lords recruited the people.

The five feudal monarchs are just as his younger brother six said, once the king initiates a ruthless attack, their five feudal monarchs are not enough for the king to stuff his teeth.

At first, he was full of confidence to show the king his determination, but now that the matter was approaching, he hesitated.

After thinking about it again, Liujun shook his head and said, "No, we still need to wait. ”

"Wait?" Liu Xin hurriedly said: "Brother, the reason why we gathered the people is to show our attitude to the king, so that the king can eliminate the idea of changing the law as soon as possible. If the people are gathered but not acted, but let these people go to build canals and palaces, what does this make those feudal monarchs who are watching think?

If there is no response from a large number of feudal monarchs, even if the five of us persist to the end and run out of money and food, we will not be able to make the king feel the slightest threat.

At that time, I was worried that our five families would become the jokes of the king, the princes of the court, and the nobles everywhere, and it would be difficult for my brother to raise his head among the many feudal lords. ”

"This" Liujun's face became ugly, if it really became like this in the end, then he would have no face to go out to meet people.

At this time, Liujian Liujun seemed to be moved by Liuxin's words, and immediately persuaded: "Brother, you can't listen to the second brother, now the king is staring at the change, whoever dares to take the lead will kill him." It would be fine if the Jianghuai feudal monarchs acted together, but now only the five of us are acting, which is too dangerous.

Lao Tzu said: said mercy, said thrifty, said dare not be the first in the world, this is my three treasures. Now the elder brother abandoned this treasure and took the lead when all the feudal kings in the country were waiting and watching.

In this way, it can be asserted that the elder brother must have been the first to be attacked by the king, and perhaps the king's reprimand edict was already on the way at this moment. ”

Hearing this, the six monarchs shook again.

At this time, Liu Xin sneered: "The third brother is exaggerating, as the king of the six lands, the elder brother has all the authority of the fief, as long as he completes the edict of the king, he will reward the offerings of the six places on time, send troops and food on time, and pay the sacrifices on time." For the rest, it is reasonable for the elder brother to recruit the people to build canals or to recruit the people for training.

In this way, what can the king do, and what excuse can he use to reprimand and rebuke his brother? ”

Six shook his head and said, "Otherwise, although the second brother is right, it is our normal activity to recruit people for training." However, at the cusp of this change, we will definitely make the king think that we are provoking the king, and in this way, the king will definitely strike at us in order to cut off the signs of turmoil.

As for the excuses, the king wants to reprimand his brother, and there are too many reasons. For example, the king issued an edict to cultivate, but the elder brother recruited the people, which not only violated the king's edict, but also treated the people harshly, unkindly. Another example is the continuous war, but the elder brother did not take advantage of the truce to build water channels and roads, etc. Another example is that the elder brother has ruled the six places for many years, but the people in the six places have not seen any growth in the fertile land, and so on.

There are too many reasons like this, and any one of them can not only reprimand the elder brother, but also reduce the title in serious cases. ”

Liuxin immediately retorted: "No, these reasons are the fault of all feudal monarchs, if the king uses such reasons to punish his brother, then all feudal monarchs in the country will be in danger, and maybe they will be angry." ”

"It is true that everyone is in danger, but it is not necessarily that the crowd is angry, because everyone knows why the king punished his brother. Besides, now that Tang Mo is still in Shou County, who dares to be really angry! ”

As soon as Liujun heard Liu's mention of Tang Yu, his heart was cold, and he immediately nodded and said, "What the third brother said is extremely true. ”

"This" Liuxin was stunned, then glanced at his mouth, and said angrily: "In this case, then please ask my brother to disband the people, lest the people gather in the six cities, which will not only waste food, but also cause the king to be dissatisfied." ”

"Dismiss the people?" Liujun was stunned for a moment, and then shook his head again.

He recruited the people not only to demonstrate to the king, but also to kidnap the people by controlling Ding Zhuang, if the people were released at this time, then he could expect that there would be a large number of people fleeing under his rule.

Thinking about it, Liujun immediately frowned and said, "You can't disband the people now." ”

As soon as these words fell, over there, the voice of Jiang Yun, a guest of the Six Monarchs, sounded outside the door: "Your Majesty, there is good news from Shou County, because the King of Song surrendered, the king has issued an edict to let Tang Wu of the Pillar State lead the army back to Yingdu, and now Tang Wu of the Pillar Kingdom is commanding the army to pack up and prepare to withdraw tomorrow." ”

"What?" The six gentlemen and three brothers were stunned at the same time.

Then, Liujun and Sima Liuxin all showed great joy.