Don't steal a man from me

In the early morning of the next day, a bronze chariot left Yingcheng and drove towards the King City of Chu.

"Does your majesty want to be a sage king or a promising king?" Inside the car, Lord Bai Yilan looked at the weak king of Chu in front of him and asked earnestly.

"Is there any difference between the sage and the promising?" Chu Yunqi raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile.

Su Jue sighed lightly and said: "A sage and virtuous monarch is more beautiful than civil and martial arts, and his reputation has been passed down through the ages. Dao, carry out reform and innovation." (Note)

"I would like to be such a promising king, to expand the territory and strengthen the country." After hearing this, Chu Yunqi looked at Su Jue, and his words were sonorous and powerful, and they rang out loudly.

"Does Your Majesty know about the three major problems of Chu?"

"Mr. Lan, please tell me the details."

"The sages said: The way of heaven is to damage more than make up for what is not enough. Our country of Chu has too many officials and titles. Usually, one person can get hundreds of miles of fertile land by making meritorious service. This has caused our country's wealth to fall These are the hands of the children of hereditary officials and nobles. Therefore, the state of Chu has more officials and nobles, but the national use is insufficient, and the civilian use is insufficient. ; There are thousands of miles of land in Chu, and there are too many wastelands, and the people gather in the rich lands and stay away from the wastelands, these are the three."

After hearing this, Chu Yunqi's deep eyes lit up, he sat up straight with interest, and listened carefully.

"My king should eliminate redundant officials and titles, confiscate their wealth, make up for the shortage of the country and the people, and take the land for the country. Those who are sealed can only eat the taxes of their fiefs and cannot manage military and civilian affairs. It can only be passed down to three generations, and then taken back by the monarch. It is a different matter if the heirs of the emperor make contributions to the country. In addition, my king should take the lead in opening up wasteland and encourage the people to move to wasteland. Those who open up wasteland will be exempted from taxes for three years. In this way, wealth If the disease of unevenness is cured, the disease of corrupt officials can also be cured." (Note)

The car rumbled along the official road, and the young man in white and the King of Chu in Xuanyi and Zhufeng had a talk together. Su Jue told Chu Yunqi about the ills of Chu and the countermeasures, and Chu Yunqi remained silent. Or ask questions, the two have more sympathy and sympathy for each other than Zhuge Liubei's "Longzhong Duo".

"My country of Chu has Lord Lan, and it will definitely become the most powerful country in the near future, the son of the Shang family and the princes of the Central Plains." Chu Yun said in a clear voice, his deep eyes were filled with joy.

"Yu built the Nine Tripods to describe Kyushu. Kyushu is the world. There are multiple rivers and mountains, so there are multiple Nine Dings. The reform is dangerous. I hope that my king will act cautiously." Su Jue turned to look at Chu Yunqi, his eyes were full of stars, rivers and seas .

Chu Yunqi was stunned.This reform has greatly affected the interests of the nobles of Chu, and he is aware of the danger. However, throughout the ages, no courtier has dared to bully the king. Mainstay——

Su Jue is much more dangerous. The nobles can't do anything to the king, but it is more than enough to kill a courtier.

At this time, Su Jue didn't ask Chu Yunqi to be his backing, but reminded himself to act cautiously and beware of the nobles.

Looking at the warm and jade-like young man in white, Chu Yunqi's deep eyes rippled, and an inexplicable feeling spread and grew in his heart.

He stretched out his hand to hold Su Jue's slightly cold hand tightly, and said word by word: "From now on, Chu Yunqi and Lan Jun will be friends forever, and they will always be friends, and they will never leave each other!"

Su Jue broke away from Chu Yunqi's hand, turned her head to look outside the car, and said indifferently: "Mr. Lan, I hope that my king can sit in the mountains and rivers and be famous in history."

Chu Yunqi didn't know, but what Su Jue wanted to say was - you are the king, so Su would willingly go through this muddy water for you, accompany you in the Central Plains of Zhuolu, and enjoy a hundred years of solitude.

A day later, the car stopped outside Chu Palace, Chu Yunqi got out of the car first, and then reached out to help Su Jue get off.

Empress Dowager Wei who was waiting outside the side hall narrowed her phoenix eyes when she saw Su Jue. She turned her head to Chu Ping and Wei Ran who were standing behind her and said slowly: "Since ancient times, the courtiers who ride with the king have no good end."

Wei Ran frowned and said, "That young man with a face like a crown of jade is the sage Yun'er begged for?" Wei Ran was used to fighting on the battlefield, and the most uncommon thing to see was this kind of scholar who couldn't hold a sword at first glance.

With a smile on his face, Chu Yunqi brought Su Jue to Queen Mother Wei's side, bowed his hands and saluted, "My son went to Yingcheng this time, and invited a prime minister for me, Da Chu."

Su Jue waved her sleeves and saluted, "Crassman Su Jue pays his respects to the Queen Mother."

Empress Dowager Wei glanced at Su Jue, smiled and gave her a hand to support her, and said, "He is tall and handsome, with an elegant style, and the young master is gentle and gentle, unmatched by ordinary people! I heard that the young master is the direct disciple of Xiaoyaozi?"

"Su is dull, thanks to the teacher's teaching." Su Jue cupped his hands and said lightly.

A gloomy look flashed across Queen Mother Wei's pretty face, she smiled and said: "My king personally invited the young master to come out of the mountain, and only asked the young master to save Chu from fire and water, and I am here to thank the young master on behalf of my great Chu people. "Speaking, she saluted Su Jue.

Su Jue turned sideways to avoid Empress Dowager Wei's big gift, then cupped her hands in salute and said, "The Empress Dowager displeases Su, as a Chu native, Su should do his best for Chu."

Empress Dowager Wei smiled, turned her head to look at Chu Yunqi and said, "My lord let it go and leave the rest to Wei Ran and Brother Ping."

Chu Yunqi nodded, and the sun in the southwest reflected golden light through layers of clouds. This day is about to change.

At the court meeting the next day, Chu Yunqi issued three documents.

A "Book of Worshiping to the Prime Minister", instructing all the ministers to worship Su Huifang as their prime minister.

A "Skills Seeking Order" recruits talents from all over the country and even countries in the Central Plains.

The last one is to remove the first obstacle for Su Jue to reform - that is to change all the ministers in the court from head to toe.

Su Jue is Prime Minister of Chu, Fan Kui is General Protector of the Law, temporarily equipped with Zhang Gongjian, who can mobilize the army to protect the security of the Prime Minister, An Guojun Chu Ping is the doctor of Law Protector, and he and a group of disciples are responsible for promulgating the new law quickly and efficiently, and urging local counties to implement it quickly.

The ceremony of worshiping the Prime Minister was held in the Palace of Chu, and the envoys from the six countries came to watch the ceremony. Before Chu Yunqi became the king of Chu, the new king of Chu, all the countries knew nothing about him. Every move of the monarch of the great country to the south, the visit to the court is related to the policy of diplomatic relations after the Chu State, how dare the countries slack off.

Su Jue's hair was tied with a nine-day phoenix jade golden crown, and she was dressed in white clothes with a golden phoenix. She walked slowly through the 36 white jade steps covered with vermilion felt. The envoys from all over the world stretched their necks and looked out of the palace. They all wanted to see the state of Chu. What kind of person is the new Prime Minister?

The moment Su Jue stepped into the palace, the envoys from the six countries all exclaimed.

The person who has never seen Su Jue is surprised that the face of the great country is actually a frail scholar, and the person who has seen Su Jue is surprised that Xiaoyaozi personally passed on his disciple to become the minister of Chu!

Chu Yunqi wore a twelve-pronged crown on his head, and was dressed in a black royal suit embroidered with gold thread and sun patterns. He sat quietly on the throne. He glanced at the envoys from various countries, his thin lips curled up playfully, sneered, and turned to look at Su Jue, who was walking slowly, met his eyes across the twelve crowns. Su Jue walked into the hall, waved his sleeves and knelt down to salute.

Holding the bamboo slips in Shishizhong, he proclaimed the "Book of Obeisance" aloud. After the reading, he took the slips to Shizhong and solemnly handed them to Su Jue with both hands.

The maid stood in front of Su Jue with a copper plate, and on the vermilion silk in the copper plate lay the Prime Minister of Chu quietly.

The Xiangyin was polished by Bianyu, the most precious treasure of Chu State. The wonder of Bianyu lies in the fact that there is a myth and legend about this jade.

Jingshan is rich in jade. It is rumored that the Bian family of Chu rescued a girl who looked like a fairy in the mountain. The girl claimed to be the incarnation of a phoenix and gave Bian a jade.

The Bian family presented the jade to King Huiwen of Chu, the virtuous king at that time. King Huiwen was overjoyed and rewarded the Bian family with the title of a thousand gold.

When King Cheng of Chu, that is, Chu Yunqi's father, came to the throne, Bian Yu appeared in the world, but it had been broken in two. King Cheng asked a jade craftsman to polish two pieces of jade, one of which was used as a seal, and the other was accidentally sent to be polished. Lost, King Cheng of Chu sighed for several days.

One day, three-year-old Chu Yunqi was playing in the palace and picked up Bian Yu. The jade was very dark, but when Chu Yunqi held it in his hand, it immediately turned fiery red, like a phoenix nirvana. The hexagram Chu Yunqi calculated is the Qian hexagram.

King Chu Cheng sighed: "It is God's will, my son will be the emperor of the ages!" Only his mother, Mrs. Wei, was present when Chu Yunqi picked up the jade. go down.

From then on, only King Chu Cheng, Mrs. Wei and Chu Xiangmu clearly knew that Chu Yunqi was wearing Bian Yu, the rest of them didn't know it, even Chu Yunqi himself was kept in the dark.

During the incident, he was about to take the Xiangyin to wear for Su Jue, but unexpectedly, Chu Yunqi, who was sitting on the throne, came down from the hall, took the Xiangyin and put it on Su Jue's waist himself.

"You..." Su Jue was taken aback for a moment. Generally, the wearing of Xiangyin is for the occasional matter. Chu Yunqi was so caught off guard that Su Jue was surprised.

"It's okay." Chu Yunqi said in a low voice, put the jade on his waist, held Su Jue's hand, and said loudly to the ministers and envoys of various countries: "From today, I will entrust the country to the Prime Minister, and run the country together with the Prime Minister." Anbang!"

The young king and the young Xiangguo stood hand in hand under the wooden case painted with the sun pattern, and everyone bowed down and shouted: "The king lasts ten thousand years, the Xiangguo thousand years, and the Chu country ten thousand years!"

Chu Yunqi's move was to inform everyone that Prime Minister Chu was someone he valued highly, and if he tried to use evil tricks to assassinate Xiangguo, it would be like killing the king.

He lowered his head to look at the Bian jade worn by Su Jue's waist. The jade was dark yellow all over his body, and Chu Yunqi's eyes froze. The color of a virtuous minister and a loyal minister, Bian Yu shows this color now, is that he agrees with Su Jue that there is no one before or since!

Looking at the jade on his waist again, the fiery color is completely entangled in the black and yellow color, just like the earth is in line with the sky, enveloping the endless sky.

After the prime minister ceremony was over, the prime minister entertained the guests, and envoys from all over the world came to visit the young prime minister one after another.

"Xiangguo welcomed the guests in person, and the foreign ministers were flattered." The envoy of Xiguo bowed his hands and saluted.

"Emissary Xi has said too much, please—" Su Jue said sideways.

Treat the envoys of Xi State favorably, let Xi State see the sincerity of Chu State for the Xi-Chu alliance, so that it will be much smoother for him to go to Xi State to form an alliance.

The envoy of Xi State cupped his hands and saluted: "Prime Minister, please—"

The Prime Minister's Mansion was brightly lit, and there was an endless stream of officials, big and small. In the Jingquan Palace, the general Wei Ran sat under the Empress Dowager Wei with a sullen face, and he was extremely dissatisfied with Chu Yunqi's selection of the Prime Minister.

"If it wasn't for my sister and I leading the army to quell the chaos, who is sitting on the throne now? Then what is Su Jue's background? She didn't make any contribution to the state of Chu and worshiped as Prime Minister of Chu. Sister, I don't accept it!"

Wei Ran said indignantly, "I've devoted myself to the state of Chu. If I don't have credit, I can't even work hard?"

The Empress Dowager Wei who had been keeping her eyes closed all this time opened her eyes and said coldly: "As a citizen of Chu, you should have devoted yourself to Chu, but now you value merit so much. What do you mean? Wei Ran, you Be clear, it is true that you are the king's uncle, but you are also the king's servant! It is only natural for a courtier to assist the king!"

Wei Ran's face was flushed red by the empress dowager's words, and he wished he could find a crack in the ground and slip in.

Chu Yun Qilang came out from behind the screen with a smile, Wei Ran was shocked, he hurriedly left his seat and knelt down and said: "Damn you, you have spoken rudely, please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Chu Yunqi stepped forward to help Wei Ran, took his hand affectionately and sat down beside the Queen Mother with a smile, "Why did uncle say that? It's normal for a family to complain a little bit, uncle doesn't have to blame himself."

Empress Dowager Wei twisted Wei Ran's ear and scolded, "Stupid boy, you've disturbed my interest."

Wei Ran was in pain, and apologized loudly, causing the Queen Mother Wei to turn her anger into a smile. For a while, the Shengge in Jingquan Palace sang slowly, enjoying it happily.

The author has something to say: The point of view in the annotation part of the article comes from the pros and cons of Chu mentioned by Su Jue in "Spring and Autumn and Warring States", which was mentioned when Wu Qi reformed at that time. Due to the needs of character shaping and plot, the author translated the ancient books A point or two is shown in the text.

In addition, the author would like to point out that in ancient times, to be a good king actually required a lot of wisdom. The king could not be too close to his subjects, which would have no prestige, and he could not be too alienated, because the subjects needed to give the king's orders go down.Chu Yunqi personally wears the seal for Su Jue here. Apart from proclaiming to the world that he will govern the country with Su Jue, the main purpose is to tell Su Jue that I gave you such great rights, and I can also leaving you with nothing.Chu Yunqi's king's political skills are very tough, which hurt Su Jue's heart. QQ