I’m The King Chapter 1242: : Carry forward the past and open up the future (one hundred and thirty-two) the so-called confidence

Following Huang Xie's clear attitude, the debate over whether to go to war with Han or to maintain the status quo in the court of Chu finally settled down. Guo Han who heard the news let out a long sigh of relief. This trip to Ying City can be said to be a complete victory. I really didn't expect that Fan Zhuo would have such a great influence on Huang Xie. Made up my mind.

The task was fully accomplished, and Guo Han set off to leave Chu State satisfied. He still had a lot of things to do, and the most urgent thing, of course, was to send the latest silk reeling and satin weaving machines to the country as soon as possible after returning home. The State of Chu will help Fan Zhuo to set up a factory as soon as possible. At the same time, according to the agreement, the State of Han will also send technical personnel to assist Fan Zhuo in establishing a factory for the production of silk reeling and satin weaving machines in the State of Chu, so that Fan Zhuo can Such intensified factories will be rolled out more quickly.

To Guo Han's surprise, the people of Ying City raised their hands to welcome the court's decision. Their aversion to war far surpassed Guo Han's imagination. For the common people, it is a dream. Once a war starts, it means that the court will collect more taxes, which means that more children will go to the battlefield at any time, and will fall on the battlefield at any time. How nice it is to be a flat wife! If the Han Kingdom attacks the Qin Kingdom, they will let them fight, so what does it matter to me?

This is the most common mentality of Chu people!

Except for Qu Zhong and other main fighters, everyone in the state of Chu heaved a sigh of relief.

Huang Xie tidied up Wenzong who was scattered on the public case. The great victory of Chu State in Pengcheng more than a year ago made Chu State wipe out the decline of thousands of miles from Linyi a few years ago, and greatly boosted the morale of Chu people. It also brought his reputation in the country to a new level. Now, it would not be an exaggeration to say that he can cover the sky with one hand.

In the eyes of outsiders, Huang Shoufu, who is so powerful, can be said to be proud of his spring breeze, but those who really know Huang Xie well know that the past two years have been the hardest years for Huang Shoufu.

The Battle of Pengcheng eased Chu's strategic crisis and knocked back Han's outstretched hand. But it's just a relief, and it doesn't solve the problem fundamentally. The alliance with the Qin State is nothing more than nothing. The current situation of the Qin State is in danger, and the generals support themselves. The domestic economy is corrupt and the regime is already crumbling. In Huang Xie's opinion, King Qin Yingying was still too young.

If he wants to carry out reforms, he has to deal with conservative generals like Lu Chao first. How could he easily expose his political inclinations during the Fan Sui incident, and let Lu Chao find out? There are clues, so that today's situation is caused.

Qin's self-protection is still in danger, and the threat to Han is gradually decreasing.

At this time. It is naturally inappropriate for Qu Zhong to call out war against Han.

The special envoy of Qin State has been lobbying in Yingcheng these days, which is more ridiculous. Unexpectedly, two groups of people came, one group was sent by the Qin court, and the other group was actually sent by their new Taiwei Lu Chao from Hangu Pass.

Qin Wang Yingying, Chief Assistant Fan Sui couldn't shake Lu Chao, and had to add an official to Lu Chao, a Taiwei who was not in the court. Huang Xie shook his head slowly.

Seeing a familiar figure out of the corner of his eye, Huang Xie couldn't help but smile wryly. With that hasty footsteps, tall figure, and the temperament of rushing forward without reporting, who else could there be besides his old partner, Taiwei Qu Zhong?

With a bang, Qu Zhong sat down and stared at Huang Xie, the dissatisfaction in his eyes was obvious.

Huang Xie spread his hands, "Taiwei, just say what you have to say, staring at me like this, it seems that I have become a peerless beauty!" He tried to relax the atmosphere.

"Shoufu, are you going to sit back and watch us be defeated by the Han people one by one? Han and Qin are fighting against each other. If we don't take advantage of the opportunity to send troops, the great opportunity will be fleeting. Now that the Qin State is so chaotic, let the Han State really kill them. Defeat, we are the next target." Qu Zhong said angrily.

Huang Xie sat down and looked at Qu Zhong who was furious, "My good captain, you also know that the state of Qin is in great chaos now! But the more it is like this, the less reason we have to send troops at this time. Are you going to fetch chestnuts from the fire for the people of Qin? Seeing that two different groups of envoys from the Qin Kingdom came to our city of Ying, my heart sank more than half."

Qu Zhong snorted: "No matter how chaotic they are, their army's combat effectiveness is still very impressive."

"This is not what a captain should say." Huang Xie's face sank, "Taiwei Qu, if you fight in the front line and I play tricks in the back, can you win?"

Qu Zhong was taken aback, "Why did you play tricks later? This is our common cause."

"But what about Qin? Now, Fan Sui can't wait for Lu Chao to lose the battle!" Huang Xie sneered.

"If Lu Chao is defeated, what good is it for Fan Sui? He won't be afraid that the Han people will drive in and take Xianyang?" Qu Zhong asked rhetorically.

"So they came to lobby us! I hope we send troops. With Qin's current situation, I am afraid that Han is about to target us. Once we send troops to fight against Han, Han will definitely turn around. Aiming at us will buy more time for the Qin people to clean up the mess in the country, Taiwei, what do you think is good for us Dachu?" Huang Xie said, knocking on the table.

Qu Zhong was silent for a while, "Shoufu, although what you said is reasonable, nothing is perfect in this world. If we want to keep the great Chu, we have to pay some price. I heard that Fan Zhuo I went to your house for two days and had a long talk with you. Tell me the truth, did you benefit from the Han people when you decided to make peace with the Han? It is not an exaggeration to say that he is now as rich as an enemy!"

Huang Xie laughed loudly, reached out to pick up a stack of files from the table, and handed it to Qu Zhong, "Taiwei, you have always focused on military affairs, and never asked about civil affairs at all. Take a look at this. When you know why I don't agree to start a war!"

Qu Zhong flipped through the stack of top-secret case files with some doubts. Slowly, his face changed a little. After a stick of incense, he raised his face and looked at Huang Xie, with a heavy look on his face. color.

"In three years, our grain production has decreased by 30%, and the loss of gold and silver has reached 20 million taels!" Huang Xie opened the drawer, took out a few colorful notes from inside, and snapped Slapped on the table, "This is a banknote issued by the Central Bank of Han, what do you think?"

Seeing Qu Zhong playing with these bills, Huang Xie said slowly: "Every one of these bills is worth a hundred taels of silver, but to us, he is worth nothing at all. , We Chu people are holding real gold and silver in exchange for these paper tickets. The gold and silver lost to Han every year is shocking."

"Since the chief assistant knows what the problem is, why didn't he stop it?"

"How to stop it?" Huang Xie asked back: "The goods of the Han Kingdom are beautiful, durable, and cheap. Our merchants import their products from the Han Kingdom with gold and silver, but the Han Kingdom imports them from us." Except for silk and satin, the high profits of silk and satin caused the destruction of grain and planting mulberry in the Huguang area, which led to a reduction in grain production. This is the instinct of capital to pursue profit. We can force those businessmen to destroy the mulberry tree. Do you want to plant food again?"

"Why not?" Qu Zhong *authentically. "Food is the foundation of a country."

"Everyone understands this truth, but Qu Taiwei, I, Da Chu, now one-tenth of the country's tax comes from Huguang. To be more specific, the reason comes from these silk merchants, who destroy mulberry and grow grain, so the tax Where does it come from? Where does your military training come from? Where does the military salary to maintain an army of hundreds of thousands come from?" Huang Xie frowned into a word, "difficult, difficult, moving That end made my heart bleed."

"But if this continues, won't our situation get worse? So why not take advantage of the present and fight Han Guo!" Qu Zhong said.

"It's okay to win, but Qu Taiwei, can you guarantee that you will win?" Huang Xie asked: "Han and Qin are confronting each other in Jinyang, how many troops did Han send? It turns out that some soldiers and horses of Zhao State plus the four infantry corps and two cavalry divisions of their first military region, how many armies of Han State have a total of more than 20 troops, what are the rest of the army doing? Is it dry food? It seems to me that the Han State has no plans to go to war with the Qin State at all, and I even suspect that their real target is us."

"It's impossible. According to various intelligences, Han has no plans to use troops against us." Qu Zhong shook his head.

"Gao Yuan's work~IndoMTL.com~ has always been unpredictable, we have to guard against it, Qu Taiwei, now we can't send troops, we have to instigate Qin and Han to fight as much as possible, can we It is better to transfer more Han troops to the west, so for Qin, we can provide financial and weapon support, but if we want to send troops directly, it is absolutely impossible. Qin is a centipede, even if Now we have lost a lot of strength, but in a fight with Han, we will not be able to tell the winner for a few years. These few years are our golden age. Taiwei, in these few years, you have to train a team that can rival the Han. The army of the Han people, and I, want to revitalize the people's livelihood and build a solid and solid rear for you. In the end, there will be a battle between Han and Chu, and we can't rely on the sky and the earth. In the end, we still have to rely on ourselves. Thousands of miles is not smaller than Han, and the population is trillions, which is more than Han. As long as we are ourselves, why should we be afraid of Han?"

Qu Zhong opened his mouth, but swallowed the words back into his stomach. What Huang Xie said is also reasonable. Now that there is a war with the Han country, even if the Han country fights on both sides, it does not necessarily mean that he will win.

"The point is to be yourself!" he murmured.

"Yes, so for Qin, we need limited support, and for Han, we have to be submissive. I believe that as long as we are given time, the mighty Chu will surely reach the stage of ZTE again. I dare not say that we will be able to defeat Han at that time, but at least Han will not dare to fight us easily." (To be continued)