I will not be king in the Spring and Autumn Period

Chapter 202 The Li Xian of Chu Wang Xiongwei

When everyone came outside the gate of Zhanghua Palace, Wu Ju went in and made a report. Not long after, a guard came out and summoned:
"My widow has an order to order Li Ran to go to the palace to have an audience. The rest of you please wait here."

As soon as the words fell, Zheng Bo and Zichan were stunned.

What is this called?

Our monarch has come here from a long distance in the hope of diplomatic relations, why are you missing?

Is this how you Chu people treat guests?
Zheng Bo and Zichan looked at each other, both couldn't help being a little angry.

But after all, it is in other people's territory right now, since the king of Chu said that only Li Ran is allowed in, what can they do?

Therefore, Zichan had no choice but to instruct Li Ran, telling him to play by ear and deal with it.

Li Ran knew in his heart that he immediately followed the servants into the palace gate.

However, Li Ran obviously underestimated the Chu man's determination to show his strength.

Just talking about the steps of Zhanghua Terrace, Li Ran had to take a short rest three times on the way before he was able to climb to the third large platform outside the palace gate.

"What the hell...you can't install an elevator! You have a degree to pretend to be B, right? Don't say anything else, aren't you tired from climbing up and down?"

As for the work of climbing stairs, Li Ran really hasn't done it for a long time. If technology allows, he really hopes that King Chu can repair an elevator for this Zhanghuatai.

You entertain others with such a high standard, who can stand it!
But the complaints are the ones, Li Ran finally gritted his teeth and climbed up.

And when he came to the highest platform, he turned around and looked, only to see the huge Jianghan Plain, and the grand occasion of the fields and fields appeared in front of his eyes in an instant.

Fangcheng Mountain not far away, soaring into the sky, is also magnificent.

Seeing this situation, Li Ran couldn't help thinking of a poem written by Yelu Chucai:

In August, the Yinshan Mountains are covered with snow and sand, and the clear light dazzles and blooms flowers.

The sky is pierced by the cliffs and the moon is sprayed, and the mountains and mountains of the sea are sucked into the green clouds.

There are acres of sparse pine and juniper, and there are people in the depths of vines.

Thousands of miles across the sky, the Western Regions, the famous mountains on the left of the river are not enough to praise.

Although this poem describes the Tianshan Mountains in Xinjiang, when Li Ran stood here, these words and sentences popped out of his mind involuntarily.

"It's no wonder that it has to be built so high... This situation really makes people involuntarily ambitious. It's no wonder that Lu Xianggong, the former king of Lu State, clamored to build it after returning from Chu State. 'Chu Palace', these scenes are really brainwashing."

Zhanghua Terrace, as the departure palace of the Chu State, has three floors, nine halls, 36 side rooms of the palace, and countless treasures and weapons.It can be said that the pavilions are erected suddenly, the city walls are prospered, the solidity of gold and water, and the danger of iron cliffs.

And arranged around Zhanghuatai, there are craftsmen's workshops, docks, villages and so on.

The mountains and plains are filled with autumn mist, and fishing boats in rivers and streams go back and forth, and the tide rises and falls, shuttling and sailing, reaching Baiyue in the east, Baipu in the south, Bashu in the west, and Yindu in the north.

Could this be Chu State?

The state of Chu called barbarians by the countries of the Central Plains?
Li Ran saw it in his eyes, but there were ripples in his heart.

"Ah! Ziming... Mr. Ziming!"

Just when Li Ran was full of thoughts, a thick and loud voice suddenly came from behind him.

He turned his head involuntarily, and saw that Wang Ziwei from before was now dressed as the king of Chu, dressed in fine clothes and crowned, walking like a dragon and walking like a tiger, with that iconic friendly smile still on his face.

"Foreign minister Li Ran, pay homage to King Chu!"

When Li Ran saw this, without any hesitation, he immediately knelt down and bowed, and came to the Jishou ceremony.

Although all the countries in the Central Plains are very disgusted with the fact that Chu State is king, in fact, everyone has long been tacit and stick to the rules.

"Hey! Why does Mr. Ziming need to be so generous? Quickly follow the widow into the hall to talk!"

When the King of Chu saw Li Ran, his joy was rippling on his face without any concealment. After King Chu Xiongwei helped him up, he immediately grabbed Li Ran's hand and walked into Zhanghua Palace together.

It is an extremely unusual courtesy for a monarch of one country to personally receive a subject of another country.

And this unusual courtesy, of course, raised Li Ran's status by several levels.

In this form, in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", it is probably the same as when Cao Cao treated Pang Tong courteously before the Battle of Chibi. Perhaps, Cao Cao's style is not as good as the current Chu King's posture.

I saw that the King of Chu was holding on to Li Ran with one hand, striding forward with his head held high, which not only showed his determination to be a virtuous and corporal, but also showed his domineering arrogance as the King of Chu, which was too fascinating.

And where did Li Ran receive such "noble" courtesy?So, I was a little confused for a while.

But in an instant, he reacted.

This is clearly the king of Chu wanting to drive this duck to the shelves, so that he can't get off the stage!

However, even if you realize this, what is the use?
I saw Xiongwei, king of Chu, swaggering into the Zhanghua Hall, but he still refused to let go.Not only that, but he directly pulled Li Ran, forced him down on the seat beside him, and then waved his hand, ordering people to prepare a banquet immediately to clean up Li Ran's dust.

This scene directly stunned all the ministers of Chu State present.

Although the king of Chu, Xiongwei, often does not refuse "talents" from other countries.For example, his new You Yin, who has accepted his fate, is the grandson of Duke Mu of Zheng Guo, the "criminal minister" of the Gongzi Jia Rebellion - Ran Dan.

As a major feature of Chu Wang Xiongwei's employment, recruiting surrender and accepting rebellion seems to have some coincidence with Cao Cao.

But even so, when did they see the king of Chu treat a talent from another country so favorably?
As a matter of course, those who didn't know Li Ran were whispering to each other, wondering who exactly this person is?And the few people who knew Li Ran all had gloomy faces, obviously not very happy.

After all, seeing his own monarch treat a foreigner with such courtesy, and even enjoy treatment that he himself has never enjoyed, it is really irritating... mixed tastes.

"Mr. Ziming came from a long way, but the widow is not welcome from afar. I hope Mr. Ziming will not be offended."

But the king of Chu hadn't finished putting on the airs of seeking talents, and as soon as he took his seat, he bowed his hands to apologize to Li Ran, and he could see the appearance of the king of sages at a glance.

"Why did Your Majesty say such a thing, but he is just a passer-by from Zheng Guo, how can you please Your Majesty to welcome him in person?"

In fact, Li Ran just responded accordingly, but he deliberately emphasized his identity.

Of course he knew that the King of Chu intended to recruit him, but if Li Ran could really be fooled by this little face effort, then he might not live today.

"Oh, Mr. Ziming, don't be humble!"

"The widow has already said that Mr.'s great talent is worthy of being a hero in this world! But in today's world, who doesn't know that you, Mr. Ziming, have both ability and political integrity, and can manage the world?"

"Now the widow has Mr. alone, I, General Chu Xing!"

The King of Chu unabashedly showed his desire to solicit, and this kind of flattery was something that Wu Ju had never done before.

"Come on, play music! Clean up Mr. Ziming!"

As soon as the words fell, the king of Chu was very excited and wanted the palace people to play music and dance to start the banquet.But he didn't realize at all that Zheng Bo, Zichan and others were waiting outside Zhanghua Palace at the moment.

Hearing the sound, Li Ran hurriedly got up, bowed and said:
"Your Majesty! The widowed monarch and his party are still waiting outside the palace. I'm afraid it's not time for the banquet. Why don't you wait until the emperor sees the widowed monarch and Dr. Zichan before starting the banquet."

After all, he is still a courtier of Zheng Guo.

As a subject of the state of Zheng, now that the king and minister of state of Zheng are still waiting outside, he is already going to have a banquet in the hall?Once this kind of thing gets out, how should people in the world treat Li Ziming?

Of course Li Ran knew the seriousness of this point, so he persuaded the King of Chu, asking him to meet with Zheng Bo first and finish all the business that should be done.

The King of Chu only smiled when he heard the sound, and replied without thinking:
"Okay! Since Mr. Ziming spoke, how can I refuse to obey? Pass down the order, let Zheng Bo and his party come in for a while, just for the sake of Mr. Ziming, let them come in and have fun together! "

Hearing these words, Li Ran was not stupid, and he suddenly slandered:
Isn't this a way to sow discord?If these words reached Uncle Zheng's ears, what would he think?After all, he is a majestic king of a country, and he still wants to look at my face as a pedestrian?

No matter how good-tempered Li Ran was, he couldn't help but feel ashamed of the king of Chu's deliberate solicitation methods.

But now, after all, it is on other people's territory, and if the King of Chu agreed to let Zheng Bo and Zichan come in, it would be regarded as giving him enough face, and of course he couldn't say anything more.

Not long after, both Zheng Bo and Zichan entered the palace, but looking at the sweat beads on the foreheads of these two people, it is not difficult to guess that they must have also suffered from the stairs of Zhang Huatai.

Immediately afterwards, there were polite greetings that should be given when the monarchs of the two countries meet. Whether it is the King of Chu or Uncle Zheng, they all made the most of their speeches. ".

Zheng Bo congratulated the King of Chu on his enthronement, and the King of Chu praised Zheng Bo's ability to govern the state of Zheng.

But after all, a person has [-] minds, so the game of hidden words in these words can be said to be interpreted to the extreme by the two of them.

In the end, after the two sides had a friendly "talk", the king of Chu ordered people to hold a new banquet on the main hall, which was regarded as a chat to entertain Zheng Bo and his party.

(End of this chapter)