I’m The King Chapter 1103: :East and West (Ninety-six)

A loud bang in Kangping City not only shattered the hundreds of meters of walls of Kangping City and the will to fight, but to a greater extent, it sounded in the power of the only two remaining countries on this continent. Suddenly, rumors spread all over the sky, and the most talked about was that Gao Yuan, the king of the Han Kingdom, was favored by the heavens. , The shocking thunderbolt knocked down the wall of Kangping City, allowing the Han army to break through the hundreds of kilometers of chain defense carefully built by Qu Zhong, the Taiwei of Chu State.

As soon as Kangping City was broken, the central link of the chain defense suddenly disappeared. , Bai Yucheng was on the left, and Zhang Hongyu was on the right. They smashed the hundreds of kilometers of defense line to pieces. Nearly 100,000 Chu troops were routed. They retreated all the way to the Daba Mountains. Taking advantage of the precipitous situation here, they regained their footing. Heels, but at this time, they have lost thousands of square kilometers of land.

The state of Chu is located in the south, with a vast territory of nearly one million square kilometers. When Qin State was defeated by Han State in a row and its vitality was seriously injured, they seemed to be the only big country that could compete with Han State. In the collision, it still ended with the defeat of Chu State. The loss of thousands of square kilometers of land will not make Chu State lose vitality, but it will greatly blow Chu State's self-confidence.

That loud noise made the whole Chu country lose its soul. The first time hot weapons were used in a war, they played a huge role that even Gao Yuan didn't expect, not only in the war, but also in the war. Above the spirit.

When everyone didn't figure out what the reason for the loud noise was, more people attributed it to God's punishment, thinking that God was punishing Chu State. The fighting spirit, which was not strong, suddenly dropped several grades. The voice of negotiating peace with Han suddenly resounded throughout the whole Chu.

Ying, the capital city of the Chu State, although it is the season of high autumn and sunny days, the whole city is caught in a gloomy cloud, and the whole city seems to be filled with a dead breath. There are people in Chu State.

The details of the defeat of Kangping City have spread throughout the city, and the talk of God's punishment spreads in every corner. In the city, what will be the result? Is Yingcheng capable of resisting such a punishment from heaven?

"What God's punishment!" Qu Zhong was furious, "Those who spread such remarks should be arrested and thrown into prison immediately. They will disturb the morale of our army and the hearts of our people."

"How to catch?" Huang Xie frowned. Although the two pillars of Chu State, one civil and one military, were shocked by the loud noise in Kangping City, they were the first two people to wake up." Nine out of ten people in the city are spreading the word about this matter, and the discussion about Heaven's punishment will probably not stop until the truth is clarified."

If King Huai of Chu is the most leisurely and wealthy king in the world, then Huang Xie and Qu Zhong are undoubtedly the two busiest people in Chu. However, the Qin State still resides in the south, maintaining a deterrent to the Qin State for decades, so that the originally powerful Qin State did not dare to use troops against the Chu State, and was forced to send hundreds of thousands of troops to the Qin-Chu border to prevent the Chu State from attacking the Chu State. To defeat them, rely on the two ministers of civil and military affairs.

Hearing what Huang Xie said, Qu Zhong let out a long sigh, and sat down dejectedly. As Huang Xie said, before the court did not produce convincing evidence to prove that this was not a punishment from heaven, any excuse would be useless. It is pale and unconvincing.

"What is your Majesty doing now?" Qu Zhong looked at Huang Xie. In the past few days, Qu Wan brought a group of generals back to Ying City from Daba Mountain. He was completely destroyed. Although he was physically healthy, he suffered a huge psychological blow. Whether he would be able to fight in the future has become a question. There are other generals like him. These people witnessed it in the city of Kangping. Witnessed the explosion of Huihong. Qu Zhong has been summoning these people for the past few days, wanting to learn more details from their personal experience, and has no time to pay attention to what King Huai of Chu is doing.

"Your Majesty has summoned witches to perform magic tricks in the palace!" Huang Xie spread his hands and said with a wry smile. Chu State is located in the south. Long ago, witches played a very important role in the country. Development, these people have lost their previous status, but I'm afraid that with the discussion of God's punishment, these witches will take the opportunity to make trouble.

Qu Zhong was dumbfounded, "No way, what kind of **** punishment is this, it is clear that the Han country has created some shocking weapons, and the witchcraft can make the Han country no longer use this weapon? "

Huang Xie sighed, "Your Majesty managed to muster up a little ambition, but he was hit hard by this. He always needs some psychological comfort. Let's do it by recruiting witches. In short, it is impossible to interfere with the government."

"Don't underestimate it, I will warn these witches later, don't make trouble, otherwise my knife will not recognize people." Qu Zhong said murderously.

"Forget it, this is all a small matter, what do you think of the discussion of peace in the court?" Huang Xie asked.

"I'm afraid we won't be able to hold back this time." Qu Zhong sighed, "We can only negotiate a peace temporarily, and then we can discuss it in a long-term way. I just don't understand why our ministers can't see it, and the Han Kingdom has yet to see it again." It is a state of Qin, and it is even more aggressive than the previous state of Qin. The negotiation of peace can prevent the state of Han from plotting against our great Chu. Now Qin has been beaten to the ground by the state of Han. If it is said that Gao Yuan’s next target is not us, then I will write the name upside down.”

"Da Chu has been used to being at ease over the years. Everyone regards war as a daunting way, but what everyone doesn't understand is that sometimes you can avoid it if you don't want to. If you shrink your head and act like a turtle, you can only be hanged For the sake of fighting, although the defeat of Kangping City this time scared some people, I think it will eventually wake up some people. If Da Chu doesn't get up again, I'm afraid that when Han has accumulated enough strength, he will once again wave his army and die. When it comes, Great Chu will face the danger of destroying the country." Huang Xie said.

"This time's failure will also be a good opportunity!" Qu Zhong pondered for a moment, "Master Shoufu, this time we two must cooperate sincerely to rectify the Great Chu Chaogang."

"We have been working together very happily, I think, this time, are you trying to lure a snake out of its hole?" Huang Xie suddenly laughed.

"Those who know me, Lord Shoufu too. If the battle led by the two of us fails, someone will inevitably jump out and use the matter of peace to attack our prestige and increase their own strength, then , let us just watch with cold eyes, wait until they are almost done dancing, and then encircle and annihilate them in one fell swoop, Da Chu needs to rise up, we don't need those who are comfortable and happy, those who hold the handicapped and hold on to the weak, we need people who are self-motivated and have a sense of crisis to enter the court .”

"Then you must first obtain the support of the king."

"You and I work together, you still don't know the king's temper?" Qu Zhong laughed.

Huang Xie said with a smile: "Although your majesty is obsessed with pleasure and doesn't think about making progress, your majesty is not a foolish king. He is shrewd in his heart. It is precisely because he knows that we are loyal and capable, so he will let us go." Let the two of us control the government, don't go too far."

"I understand, it is precisely because the king is such a person that I dare to do something drastic." Qu Zhong laughed. It would be interesting to compete with a rising star like Han Wang Gaoyuan.”

"The younger generation is awesome!" Huang Xie shook his head and said: "In just a few decades, this person has created an unprecedented miracle. Starting from a small soldier, he created a huge country, swallowed swallows and wiped out Qi, After eating Wei and going down to South Korea, we beat Qin to the ground, and this time we beat us to death, and I am afraid that there will be no one to come."

"Too much sharpness is not necessarily a good thing, too strong will be easy to break, his sharpness will force the other two great powers in the world to join forces to deal with him, how long can the Han Kingdom last if Chu and Qin join forces?"

"How easy is it to unite Chu and Qin?" Huang Xie sighed: "The two countries have their own ghosts, and if they want to cooperate sincerely, I'm afraid it will not be an easy task. Taiwei, after the Han army hit Daba Mountain, they also hesitated. From my point of view, although we were in the danger of mountains and rivers in Daba Mountain, it can be said that we were already a group of remnants and defeated generals. If the Han army attacked aggressively, they would have to fight whether they could defend or not, but why did they stop?"

"They also have a lot of domestic problems!" Qu Zhong said: "In a short period of time, Gao Yuan swallowed the land of Qi, Wei, and South Korea, and turned half of Zhao into a vassal. It's an easy task, if such a high-intensity foreign military pressure is maintained, the national power of the big man may not be able to bear it, and the king keeps tossing some surprising things, the internal pressure is probably not small."

"Speaking of this, I'm very interested. Do you know what the king has done with the information that has come from over there in the past two days?"

"During this period of time, I have been paying attention to the affairs of Kangping City, but I have not paid attention to other things. What has he tossed about?"

"He established several new yamen, one of which is called the * Court, as the highest adjudicative institution in the country, from top to bottom, the state and county are called intermediate courts, and the counties are called junior courts. It was separated from the counties and counties. This is fine, but another thing shocked me, do you know what it is?"

"First the Great Council, and then the *yuan. The Great Council is in charge of legislation and reviews national policies. The power can override their political affairs hall. Now the *yuan is in charge of adjudicating cases. What new things does he have? pattern?"

"He established the central bank. In the whole territory of Han, gold, silver, copper and silver will no longer be used as currency in circulation, but banknotes will be issued. Now the first batch of banknotes issued has been listed and is being sold in Jicheng and Tianhe County. Start to exchange, one to one ratio!" Huang Xie stared at Qu Zhong, "Do you know what this means?"

Qu Zhong looked at Huang Xie in a daze.

"This means that Gao Yuan will exchange worthless paper for gold and silver in the hands of ordinary people, which means that he will accumulate amazing wealth in a very short period of time." Huang Xie said every word.

Qu Zhong's body was shaken, and he leaned his upper body forward to look at Huang Xie, "Gao Yuan is not a stupid person, why did he commit suicide by doing this?"

"This is exactly what I don't understand." (to be continued)