Xiong Huai looked at the anger and disbelief on the prince's face, and then scolded: "What, the widow said you, you are still not convinced?" ”

When the prince heard this, he raised his head slightly, looked at Xiong Huai angrily and said: "Father, I heard that power, wealth, and sharp blades can convince people, but they can't convince people. Only morality and justice can convince people.

Now that Erchen did not harm the interests of the Chu State, he took the opportunity to entrap the Wei State, which is a matter of killing two birds with one stone.

Therefore, Erchen does not think that he is wrong. ”

As he spoke, the prince looked at Xiong Huai and said loudly: "Now, Erchen is not convinced. ”

"Not convinced? The widow is not only dissatisfied with you, but I am afraid that he is also complacent about his plan. ”

The crown prince immediately denied it: "My father is so bloody that he is spurting blood, where is the son of the minister complacent." ”

Xiong Huai asked loudly: "If you are not complacent, then why are you not convinced!" ”

"These are two things!"

"It's a thing!"

Prince Heng: "···"

Xiong Huai: "···"

After a pause, Xiong Huai saw that the prince was still looking at him stubbornly, took a deep breath, and then said in a calm tone as much as possible: "In the past, Zhao Jianzi loved to ride horses, and there were many trees in the garden, so he wanted to recruit the people to cut down trees for him, but he cherished the people. So, he was very distressed, and asked the son of Fan.

Fan's eldest son said: This kind of thing Mingjun will not ask and will not do, and the tyrant will not ask and will do it.

The second son said: If you cherish the people's power, don't cherish the horsepower, and if you cherish the horsepower, don't love the manpower. ”

Speaking of this, Xiong Huai's gaze shot straight into Prince Heng's eyes like a sharp sword, and asked, "Do you know what the third son of the Fan family said?" ”

When the prince heard this story, his face immediately changed.

And when he heard his father ask him what the third son of the Fan family, that is, Shi Jiju, said, his face was bloodless, and then he turned his gaze elsewhere, not daring to look into his father's eyes at all.

"Erchen... Erchen..."

Xiong Huai saw that the prince was speechless, so he snorted coldly, and then replied himself: "The third son of the Fan family said that he has a plan to kill three birds with one stone.

First ordered the people to go to the distant mountains to cut down trees, and then opened the nearby gardens in the name of cherishing the people, so that the people would take the near and give up the far, and their hearts were full of gratitude to Zhao Jianzi. Finally, after cutting down the trees, the trees that were cut down can be sold to the people at a low price, so as to buy people's hearts.

In this way, the trees in the garden were cut down, and the people also reaped the benefits, and the name of Zhao Jianzi's benevolence and righteousness was achieved. ”

After speaking, Xiong Huai looked at the prince and asked, "Prince, what do you think of this good plan to kill three birds with one stone?" ”

The crown prince was stunned for a long time when he heard this, and then bowed his head and said: "Shi Ji's mother said: If you don't show off your virtue and show off your wisdom, the person who will destroy the Fan family in the future must be her son." ”

"So you know about it, prince!" Xiong Huai laughed, then looked at the prince and asked, "What does the prince think, what you did today compared to what Zhao Jianzi and the third son of the Fan family did?" ”

The prince stiffened all over, and then knelt down with a "bang".

"The retainers are stupid..."

Xiong Huai glanced at Prince Heng, and then sighed: "Zhao Jianzi's desire to cut down a tree is just a choice between man and horse, so his lover abandons the horse to be sympathetic to the people." If you love horses, you will abandon people, and it is enough to call the people once.

However, Zhao Jianzi followed Shi Jiji's suggestion, first recruited the people to cut down trees on the distant mountains with rugged roads, and when the people complained, he gave the people a better choice to go to the gardens where the roads were flat and close to the trees. And this is actually the second time he has conscripted the same people to cut down trees in a row.

Later, Zhao Jianzi sold the cut trees to the people at a low price.

If these trees were bought by the people who cut them down, then the people went to cut down the trees with their own dry food, and then after cutting the trees, they had to pay for the trees they cut down, so how could the people have no complaints.

And if other people bought it, it was the people who worked hard to cut down trees for Zhao Jianzi and repair the garden for Zhao Jianzi, and then those people who were not called to work got real profits.

There is no greater injustice in the world than this.

In this way, this thing seems to kill three birds with one stone, but Zhao Jianzi made the people work twice through ingenuity, and then complained about it.

Zhao Jianzi did this, not ashamed, but happy. Therefore, it was not for nothing that he almost wiped out the Zhao clan later. And there is a reason why Zhao can survive.

And Shi Jichu used his wit to fool the people, not ashamed but proud, so the Fan clan was wiped out because of him. ”

At this time, Xiong Huai looked at the prince Heng who was bowing in front of him, his face was like ashes, and sighed: "Those who are good at fire burn, those who are good at traveling are drowned, and those who fool others will be fooled by others."

Prince, you promised your allies first, but you didn't do your best from the beginning, resulting in nothing going wrong, which is fooling your allies.

The crown prince later instigated the ministers who were attached to him, but from the very beginning, he deceived them, making them directly enemies of the widow, the king of Chu and even the plan of the Chu state for many years, which is to fool, deceive, and betray his courtiers.

Moreover, you have betrayed the agreement with the widow, causing the widow to lose his trust in his ministers and other countries.

This is the prince's move, and the prince himself has two losses, and the widow also has two losses.

Just now in the main hall, maybe the prince you sat at the front and didn't see the reaction of the ministers behind you.

But the widow saw it.

As soon as the widow refused, the ministers were all angry, thinking that the widow was playing tricks on them.

If it weren't for the fact that the widow still has some prestige and virtue, I'm afraid that just now, the monarchs and ministers of my Chu State would have been separated.

As the saying goes: it's hard to recover when covered with water.

And when people's hearts are scattered, and they want to take it back, it is even more difficult to collect it than to be covered with water. ”

Speaking of this, Xiong Huai shook his head and said: "Mingjun loves people, and can love what he loves and what he doesn't love, and he is tyrannical and tyrannical, and he doesn't love what he loves."

Prince, you pushed it to your own country for the sake of the Wei State you don't love, and fooled your own courtiers and then fooled the widow in order to fool the Wei State.

Is it wrong for the widow to scold you? ”

After reprimanding the prince for a while, Xiong Huai said bitterly: "And the most painful thing for the widow is that this kind of trick and fooling others is a last resort.

But the prince was not ashamed, but proud, and finally shouted at the widow that he was not convinced.

If the widow doesn't wake you up here, then in the near future, the prince will follow in the footsteps of Zhao Jianzi and Shi Ji. ”

Speaking of this, Xiong Huai saw the prince lying on the ground silently, so he quickly took a breath, and continued: "Also, this kind of thing that a widow can see through at a glance, the prince is sure, the courtiers around you can't see through it, you are sure, the ministers of the Wei State can't see through it."

If Wei and the prince and the courtiers around you see that you are fooling them, then what should you do, prince? ”

After speaking, Xiong Huai sneered: "I'm afraid that this is the real power, wealth, and blade that can convince people, but not convince people." ”

When the prince heard this, he bowed with remorse on his face and said, "Father, the son is wrong. ”

"Wrong." Xiong Huai shook his head: "Prince, you have a bigger mistake. ”

"Bigger mistakes." The prince was stunned.

"Humph!" Xiong Huai snorted coldly: "The widow knows that the prince wants the widow to open his mouth to reject the Wei State, but has the prince ever thought about it, if he died last night, or if he was seriously ill last night and was too difficult to serve, or if the widow was overworked last night and couldn't be a director today, then leave all the major affairs of the country to you to decide."

Then the prince, when you face the fact that today's ministers agree to send troops to rescue Wei, how should you deal with yourself? Is it a betrayal of the Wei State and the ministers? Or abandon a plan that has been in the works for years?

As the king of a country, considering things is not comprehensive, not only is it not comprehensive, but it will also take the initiative to put yourself in danger, this is what you, the prince, should do?

If the widow hands over the country to you, and you often don't think about yourself, then what should the state of Chu do? ”

"Erchen... Erchen..." The prince's whole body stiffened, and his heart was completely confused.

At this time, Xiong Huai looked at the prince and said: "Prince, today the widow will teach you two more words: first, the gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, and as the king of a country, he cannot put himself in a trap.

Second, Zhou Yuli can't kill in a fierce year, and Zhou Yude's evil world can't be chaotic. Therefore, the widow hopes that the prince will think about things in the future and think twice. Even if you can't think about your own virtue, you should think more about the good. ”

When the prince heard this, he bowed again: "Thank you for your teachings." ”

When Xiong Huai heard this, he sighed: "This time, the widow has resisted for you, and the war in Wei is about to end, so the prince doesn't have to worry about the Wei State complaining about the prince."

But what the widow hopes is that there will be no next time for such a thing. ”

"Thank you, Father!"

"Get out, go back with anger and dissatisfaction, and stay quiet for three days to think about yourself."

"Huh?"

"Ah, yet! Do you want to go back convincingly, and then tell the ministers and Wei that you, the prince, have betrayed them? ”

"Ahhh This... It's the father. ”

Not long after the crown prince returned to the palace, there was news of a fierce conflict between the king of Chu and the crown prince in the palace over whether to send troops to aid the Wei state.

Immediately afterwards, the door of the prince's mansion was closed, and the news came that the king of Chu ordered the prince to think about it behind closed doors.

Later, Wei envoy Cheng Yangjun visited Prince Heng, and after eating the closed door, he brought a heavy gift to Gongzi Ping's mansion not far from the prince's mansion.

At the same time, in a dwelling in Shouchun City, Long Shujun, who was hiding here, heard that the King of Chu and the crown prince had another fierce conflict, and immediately showed joy: "The opportunity has come." ”

Ten days later, Prince Heng, who had only been locked up for three days and thought about it behind closed doors, stayed in his house for ten days before he came out as a director.