I will not be king in the Spring and Autumn Period

Chapter 265 Li Ran Becomes the Duke of Zhongli County Again

Wu Ju's cunning and cunning are not only reflected in political games.

His vision and foresight also have this quality.

He didn't know whether the future Wu family would still be involved with Li Ran, but from his current perspective, instead of embarrassing each other with Li Ran, it would be better for him to take the initiative to show his favor, at least he would not cause trouble for his own family in the future. worry.

After all, on the matter of "how to keep Li Ran in the state of Chu", he has exhausted all his efforts and resorted to unscrupulous means.Even if he got in touch with, in his opinion, the most sinister character in the Chu Kingdom——Prince Qiji.

But the final result is still useless.

Therefore, at this moment, Wu Ju, like King Chu, accepted his fate.He also had to change his strategy for dealing with Li Ran.

Of course, the King of Chu also knew about Sun Wu's contribution to the battle in Zhufang City, and he was delighted to hear Wu Ju's pleading for Sun Wu's credit.

Li Ran and Sun Wu, who were about to turn their eyes to the side, said:
"Well, what Wu Qing said is very true! Sun Qing's courage and Mr.'s wisdom are unparalleled in the world!"

"Since Sun Qing was originally Ye Yi's county magistrate, then he will replace Mr. Ye and become Ye Yi's county magistrate in the future."

As soon as the king of Chu spoke, he rewarded Sun Wu with Li Ran's former county magistrate.

Everyone present was startled when they heard the sound, even Wu Ju couldn't help but twitch his eyelids.

You know, Sun Wu is only in his early twenties now!
His grandson, Wu Yuan, is just as big as a stranger!
The two people with such a big age gap, the rewards they got this time, at first glance, they are exactly the same!

What's more, among the people present, besides Wu Ju, how many people have received such an honor?
Just thinking about the glory and magnificence of being reined in as a marquis at the age of twenty would make one's scalp tingle!
"Your Majesty... the last general has to be counted on the master. With today's achievements, how would the last general dare to take away the fiefdom from the master? Please think again, Your Majesty."

Unexpectedly, at this time, Sun Wu bowed and saluted, and directly declined the reward from the King of Chu.

It was really unexpected, and everyone present at the scene couldn't help but be surprised.

With such an honor added to his body, Sun Wu not only didn't panic, not only didn't feel excited, but instead politely rejected the King of Chu.

Such things are indeed rare in the world.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

"Changqing really deserves to be a master disciple taught by Mr. Ziming. This kind of mind is really admired by everyone!"

"However, Sun Qing has also underestimated the widow too much. Since the widow has rewarded Sun Qing today, how can it be neglected sir?"

At this point, King Chu paused slightly, and a strange smile flashed across his face.

"Mr. has offered advice and suggestions for the great cause of our country of Chu. Today's success is the result of Mr. No. [-]. Therefore, I will never forget it. Sun Qing must have underestimated my father. Could it be that kind of heartless person?"

"Today you are made the county magistrate of Yeyi, and my husband will be the magistrate of Zhongli county!"

When the king of Chu said this, everyone was shocked!

It turned out that he made Sun Wu the county magistrate of Yeyi in order to make Li Ran the magistrate of Zhongli!

All of a sudden, there were three more county magistrates in Chu Kingdom!This made everyone present shocked and dumbfounded.

Especially Zhongli, who had just been captured by the state of Chu, was directly sealed to Li Ran!

Why is it so shocking?

Because, before Zhongli was conquered by the Chu State, it was originally a Viscount vassal state entrusted by the Zhou royal family.

Different from other county officials who were conferred, this place is truly a state!

The meaning contained in it is completely two grades!
"Your Majesty, what is your virtue and ability, you must not accept this heavy reward, and please take back your life!"

Li Ran took a deep breath, and then directly rejected the reward from King Chu.

How could he fail to see that this was a trick and conspiracy of King Chu?

Previously, the reward of the county magistrate of Yeyi, because Yeyi itself was close to the state of Zheng, the place was not very big, and it was not an independent country before, so the king of Chu rewarded him with the post of county magistrate of Yeyi, and he accepted it. I also accepted it.

The big deal is that in the future, the money will be paid and the seal will be paid back, and he will just walk away after patting his ass.

However, as the county magistrate of Zhongli country now, the specialness of this status should not be too obvious, okay?

Zhongli State itself was a country recognized by the "international community" before, and it was a viscount bestowed by the Zhou royal family. It was only because Wu State was destroyed that the country was cut off.

Now if Li Ran takes office and directly becomes the county magistrate of Zhongli, it means that Li Ran has been placed in the same position as the monarchs of the Central Plains countries, and he has become the monarch of a country!

Leaving aside whether this kind of behavior is too high-profile, just the status he possessed by Li Ran is probably not tolerated by the countries of the Central Plains.

At the Shendi meeting, the Central Plains countries had no choice but to attack Zhongli together with Chu State.

But among the countries in the Central Plains, is there really a country willing to do this?Who hasn't already greeted the eighteen generations of the ancestors of Chu State in the bottom of their hearts?Who hasn't been thinking for a long time in their hearts how to unite and fight against Chu State after this time is over?
So don't look at the fact that the Zhongli country was attacked by the coalition forces of several countries, but the countries in the Central Plains were unwilling to admit it at all from the bottom of their hearts.

As a result, historians from all over the world do not mention the word "Zhongli" at all, but only say that Chu State was an alliance of princes and defeated Wu.

Therefore, if Li Ran became the county magistrate of Zhongli, and essentially took over the Zhongli country and became the king of a country on an equal footing with them, wouldn't the countries in the Central Plains directly hate Li Ran to death?

And the reason why the king of Chu did this is not the same as letting Li Ran completely break with the Central Plains countries?

Calculations, everything is calculations.

Li Ran was so angry, he thought that the king of Chu really didn't do anything with personnel, and he planned these conspiracies all day long, which would be very harmful.

"You are the majestic king of a country, now you don't look at the art of war, you don't care about state affairs, you just look at 36 tricks every day, right?"

"Give you advice, and you dig a hole for me to jump in? Are you really not a human being?"

"Gan!"

It was hard for Li Ran not to swear. After all, he always felt that his plan had a positive effect on the entire Chu State.

However, when he turned his head, King Chu dug such a big hole for him to jump.

Is this a reward?This is clearly a huge pit!
"Hey, sir, there is no need to be modest. I have already said that what you are to me, what you are to me, is what Guan Zhong is to Qi Huan. No matter how heavy the reward is, you will be able to accept it."

The King of Chu didn't intend to take back his life at all, instead he praised Li Ran and let Li Ran stand side by side with Guan Zhong, which really created another wave of hatred for Li Ran.

You must know that among the people present at this moment, there are not a few people who have participated in the battle of Qunshu, Chaoyi, and even the battle of Zhufang City.

Is the contribution of these people small?
But the king of Chu only mentioned Li Ran, and compared Li Ran to Guan Zhong, and himself to Duke Huan of Qi.

Everyone knows the relationship between Guan Zhong and Duke Huan of Qi. If Li Ran is really Guan Zhong of the King of Chu, then who are these people who have made similar achievements in battle?

Could it be that he, Li Ran, is the only one worth mentioning?Aren't these other people worth mentioning?

(End of this chapter)