Chapter 383: Sweet Dates (II)

If the territory is all desolate wilderness, what if the territory is large, it just means that the territory is large, the land is large and there is no population, and the empty land resources are not used, it is just a circle on the territory, which is beautiful and useless.

The territory is small, but the population is sufficient and developed, and the use of manpower and resources is not wasted, even if the territory is small, it will be a strong country.

There are only two counties in the Chu State, among which Huizhang County was ravaged by Lu Zhe and the army was in ruins, but Huiji County, a large county with rich population and even resources, is still there, as long as there is a Huiji County Chu State General who has been stunned and relieved, there is absolutely no problem in properly rectifying the 300,000 troops. And these 300,000 troops will not be the kind of troops without weapons, after all, there are a lot of minerals in Huiji County, and a great family like the Long clan is not alone in Huiji County.

Of course, Xiang Bo didn't want to admit that the Chu State would soon be able to catch his breath, and he was telling with pity on his face that the Chu State was oppressed by the Qi State, and the Chu State that had lasted for thousands of years had fallen to this point, wouldn't it be worthy of sympathy?

In other words, beating people without slapping their faces is the temperament of today's era, and the more pitiful Xiang Bo is, then Lu Zhe's side can no longer be overly oppressed.

The countries, even the Qin State, have a friendship with the Chu State, if they can't beat the Chu State to death at once, they will always choose to leave some leeway, whether it is in words or actual actions, at this time, a step can always make both sides have some "goodbye" friendship.

However, Lu Zhe did not have such consciousness. Even Yan Bi couldn't follow Xiang Bo's wishes. They don't have a relationship with the Chu State, and there is no need to have a friendship depending on the situation, anyway, the five counties are all occupied, and it is impossible to return them to the Chu State, and even Huizhang County and Huiji County will definitely want to occupy it in the future, and the Chu State is also very clear about this, so there is no need to cover it up too much, right?

Wrong! Even if he didn't want to give in with Uncle Xiang's weakness, he shouldn't be aggressive after telling him to forgive.

Lu Zhe will use means to get what he wants, but it is definitely not with words, and many times the actions he makes are hateful and hateful. But the hatred that comes with words is definitely more intense than the hatred that comes with deeds.

Xiang Bo begged for mercy. As the monarch, Lu Zhe should come out to express xiàn.

Lu Zhe's words were not much, he briefly talked about the situation under his rule, and used many examples to show that although the land was Chu, it was happier than the counties controlled by the Chu State in his governance. Also built yì Xiang Bo and Jing Ju have time to go to the people to walk around. Listen to the opinions of the leaders.

There are needles hidden in the cotton. Xiang Bo's forgiveness was very vain, in order to make an attitude to show that the Chu State was afraid. didn't dare to be an enemy of Lu Zhe, and begged Lu Zhe to let Chu continue the national ancestry. These words and scenes of Lu Zhe's people may spread to the outside world, but it is only possible, but the Xiang clan will definitely operate all over the world, letting the countries know that the Chu State has great ambitions if he persists in begging for mercy. On the contrary, if Lu Zhe no longer persecuted, then the Xiang clan would still spread the word, so that the countries would think that the Chu State begging for mercy was not much of a threat from this incident, and Lu Zhe's strength would also be displayed in front of the countries.

Sometimes showing weakness is not just a sign of weakness, you can get a lot of sympathy, and the state of Chu needs the sympathy of other countries now.

The power of others is not entirely a good thing, but more often it is to make enemies, raise the attention and fear of others, so that the powerful cannot hide, and there is no longer deception when they want to achieve something, and they can only rely on real strength to fight for it.

Lu Zhe may not have realized that Xiang Bo was hiding needles in his cotton, but Kuaitong could not see it.

Kuaitong has always known that the Xiang family is a capable person, this generation of Xiang can be said to be a capable person, although Xiang Liang likes intrigue and trickery, but it can't be said that he is not strategizing, Xiang Le, Xiang Quan, Xiang Zhu, Xiang Ji, Xiang Bo and others also have their own corresponding talents. He saw one thing from Xiang Bo's cousin, the so-called famous family not only bullies men and women, but also gives the children of famous families a good background, and the teaching of family education also gives them a good advantage in doing things.

"I heard that Xiang Rong's eldest son Xiang Ji is extraordinary, and his younger son Xiang Zhuang's swordsmanship is also considerable. Xiang It, Xiang Lai, Xiang Ying, Xiang Yuan, Xiang Dui, Xiang Dong, and Xiang Ben, the juniors of the Xiang family, also have corresponding achievements in Wen Taowu. Kuai Tong thought about it and suddenly smiled a little dumbly, the Xiang family is good, but it is also doomed to the limitations of its power, the clan forces are united and strong because of the blood relationship, but if you want to recruit talents from the outside, because the position is almost occupied, there are not enough positions to arrange the recruited talents, and as a result, there are talents that cannot be appointed, and the loss of talent or some resentment cannot be avoided.

"The lord has no clan monarch, in some respects, it is more attractive to talents, as long as the lord continues to maintain this kind of meritocracy, it may be difficult to see the world, but there is absolutely no problem with the dominant side." Kuai Tong thought about it and subconsciously looked at Lu Zhe in the main seat, where Lu Zhe's sitting posture seemed normal, and when he spoke, he looked very dignified.

Lu Zhe was a little crazy in his spare time, and Lu Zhe was full of strictness when he led the army, and Lu Zhe's ideas for dealing with government affairs were novel and effective...... It seems that every time he does different things, Lu Zhe always changes, whether it is his nature or deliberately pretending that no one can figure it out.

For example, Yan Bi and some people admired Lu Zheneng very much, but some people such as Kuai Tong and Xiao He disagreed.

The changeable monarch makes his subordinates unable to grasp the pulse, and when they want to deceive or deceive, they will be very empty, but they are afraid that the change in personality will also make the policy changeable.

"Like...... As long as the policy is determined, it has never changed? Kuaitong was recalling, completely unaware that he had made Lu Zhe look back several times because he was staring at Lu Zhe.

"What are you doing?" Lu Zhe thought that Kuaitong wanted to hint at something, but after looking at it once, he found that Kuaitong's pupils were not in focus.

Yan Bi on the other side was already about to be overpared, and Xiang Bo was well-informed and could speak.

In Xiang Bo's mouth, Xiang Liang's dispatch of troops to Lujiang County was not to offend Lü Zhe, but that the state of Chu was trying to recover the lost territory from Huan Chu, which was a controversial military operation. And there is nothing wrong with Lu Zhe sending troops to Lujiang County to help Huan Chu, and the two sides can't say who is at fault when they fight, that one qiē and one qiē are all about making people, let it pass when things are over, and we should focus on the future.

There is nothing to refute, it was the side of Chu that was defeated, and after being beaten all over the ground and looking for teeth, they recognized it, not only admitted, but also willing to pay such a small price to let the misunderstanding be resolved, such an attitude is soft and sincere enough, right?

As the victorious party, Lu Zhe's side not only took the land but also rushed into Huizhang County to wreak havoc, which can be said to have taken advantage of enough, but after the Chu State continued to persecute and then persecuted, the reputation would be rotten.

"Chu State...... Oh, why did Xiang take the soft? Now that they are suffering from internal and external troubles, won't they exacerbate internal contradictions if they give in and soften? I don't believe that they don't understand that when there is an internal contradiction, they should find an enemy outside, which is a very simple contradiction strategy to move outward. Lu Zhe wanted to see something from Uncle Xiang's face, but unfortunately Uncle Xiang was very good at pretending to be not greedy for money, and there was only pity and pleading pity on his face.

Yan Bi was also strange, he didn't want to believe that the Chu State recognized their occupation of Chu Land, but the Chu State recognized it, not only did he admit it, but he also proposed the idea of marriage between the two families.

Xiong Xin, the king of Chu, has a daughter, who is thirteen years old this year, and according to the current customs, she can already marry a wife.

In other words, it is already surprising that the state of Chu is willing to admit that Lu Zhe occupied the land of Chu, and it is not only an accident to propose a marriage, but it is difficult to understand what it means.

"Let the lord become the son-in-law of the king of Chu, and eliminate the influence of the government that recognizes the occupation of the land of Chu? Or do you want to use this to merge the lord and the state of Chu into one, so that the lord and the daughter of the bear heart will inherit the throne of the king of Chu in the future? Yan Bi was thinking, Kuai Tong was thinking, and there was no one who didn't think about it when he heard that he mentioned yì.

"Thirteen?" Lu Zhe's head flashed with the appearance that his body had not grown into that flat body, and then this girl must be holding a lamb in her arms.

"Yes, the two families are good for Qin and Jin." Xiang Bo is very sincere.

Qin Jin ...... This analogy is played well, especially the history of the three divisions, which makes people have to think about what Xiang Bo is implying in the end.

Lu Zhe's territory is all Chu land, and it seems that the population of more than 3 million people under his rule is basically Chu people, which is why Jing Ju said that Xiang Bo felt creepy when he said that he was free to choose the country.

In-law? Once they became in-laws, it was even more nominally convenient for Lu Zhe to inform Chu Di, which really made Kuaitong fall into a kind of confusion that he couldn't understand what Chu wanted to do for a while, and he almost agreed directly.

Lu Zhe imagined a Lori holding a lamb, but he had to think in the direction of conspiracy. It is good to be Xiong Xin's son-in-law, but it can be a shackle for him, and if he wants to send troops to Chu for no reason in the future, it will be tantamount to a son-in-law beating Weng, which is a war that violates ethics, and it is also called unrighteousness.

"The two countries have become good sons-in-law, working together to fight against the Qin State, and Chu Wei seeks to survive." Xiang Bo could see that the people on Lu Zhe's side were thinking, and he could even see that Yan Bi and Kuai Tong were moved: "Since you have become Weng's son-in-law, whoever governs Chu is the same, and the most important thing is to be able to curb the Qin army and quickly sweep the Central Plains, which is beneficial to both sides." ”

"Okay, it turns out that the ambush here is to let me send troops to the Central Plains!" Lu Zhe wasn't sure if he was right, but he was sure that there must be a conspiracy in it.

Kuaitong's eyes narrowed, putting aside grievances and working together to fight against the Qin State, this reason is said to be righteous Ling Ran, and the words "two countries" are too conspicuous. What do you mean by two countries? It means that Lü Zhe should be called king and stand on the same level as the kings of other countries.

"I don't believe you're not fooled!" Xiang Bo was ruthless in his heart. (To be continued......)