I will not be king in the Spring and Autumn Period

Chapter 267 Chapter 312 Chapter 313 Li Ran is about to tell a story again
Regarding Li Ran's recommendation of Shen Wuyu to be the Yin of Zhongli County, Chu Wang's doubts were almost inevitable.

He looked at Li Ran suspiciously and asked:

"Shen Wuyu?...This person's official position is no more than Yu Yin, he is a senior official of our Chu State, and he is not a descendant of a big family in our Chu State. I am afraid it is not appropriate to confer him with such a dignified position as Zhongli County Yin? Mr. Why should such a person be in charge?"

"Furthermore, as far as I know, Shen Wuyu has no relationship with Mister. Why did Mister recommend this person?"

He didn't directly ask about the relationship between Li Ran and Shen Wuyu, after all, it would seem that he was too suspicious.

But what he said inside and outside the words expressed this very clearly.

What is Shen Wuyu's identity?
What is Li Ran's identity?
You are recommending Shen Wuyu so grandiosely, is it possible that you are really in the same party?
"Hehe, Your Majesty is worrying too much, I have nothing to do with Shen Wuyu."

Without even thinking about it, Li Ran directly answered King Chu's doubts, and continued to speak bluntly:
"The reason why I recommend this person is because I see that this person is able to speak out, dare to speak out, and is loyal to the emperor's affairs. This person thinks about what the emperor does, speaks what the emperor can't do, and is honest and truthful. It is really rare!"

"People who are loyal to the emperor should be reused. Please also ask the king to learn from them."

Because of Shen Wuyu's own character, Li Ran recommended him.

But this is not the only reason.

The King of Chu obviously knew that Li Ran's words were true, but after all, he was still a little worried after hearing Li Ran's one-sided words.

So he went on to ask:

"Shen Wuyu said bluntly before that he violated the admonition, and I have seen it for a long time. This statement is true."

"However, this person has not done a single inch of merit in our country of Chu. Wouldn't it be rude if he only benefited from the position of county magistrate in Zhongli? If everyone was rewarded like this, the number of county magistrates in the upper and lower counties of our state of Chu would have been as numerous as a cow's hair. Countless."

"Yin in Zhongli County is of great significance to the widow, sir, do you know?"

In fact, who doesn't know that Zhongli is very important to Chu State?
Everyone knows this.

But the king of Chu didn't say that, he only said that it was very important to himself.

Among the people present, only Li Ran, Wu Ju and a few others understood the meaning of King Chu's words.

As I said earlier, the King of Chu asked Li Ran to serve as the county magistrate of Zhongli in order to leave room for himself in the future. If there were any turmoil in the Chu State in the future, he would also have a place to preserve the core strength of the Chu State and gain momentum. Where the counterattack is.

Besides, this place is adjacent to the Central Plains. As an ambiguous buffer zone with other countries in the Central Plains, the King of Chu is naturally worried about other people guarding it. The only one he can trust and believe that he has the ability to guard it is Li Ran.

He deliberately mentioned that this place was very important to him, just hoping that Li Ran could understand the painstaking efforts he had made in such an arrangement.

When Li Ran heard King Chu's words, he immediately reacted.

After thinking for a while, he suddenly smiled and said:
"Since this is the case, the king should let Shen Wuyu take up this position."

As soon as this remark came out, the King of Chu was immediately speechless.

Why do you say that you still don't understand?
Could the position of Yin in Zhongli County be such a simple matter?

"What exactly do you want to say, sir?"

The displeasure on King Chu's face became even worse for a while.

He knew that Li Ran should have understood what he meant at this moment, but Li Ran still insisted on recommending Shen Wuyu. In his opinion, he was undoubtedly looking for trouble deliberately, so of course he was not very happy.

Seeing this, Li Ran bowed to King Chu again.

Seeing this, everyone was stunned.

They knew that Li Ran was about to start telling stories again.

The King of Chu also looked at Li Ran in amazement, thinking that this is all right, why tell a story again?

Li Ran's storytelling is tantamount to brainwashing.

Horror!
King Chu almost stopped breathing, but he had no choice but to let it go.

After sorting out his thoughts for a while, Li Ran began to say:

"Since ancient times, laws have been made to regulate the common people, and punishments have been made to control the common people. The criminal law has always been imposed only on the common people."

"However, I don't know that if the son of heaven, the prince, the dignitary and the dignitary lose their virtue, the consequences will be a hundred times more harmful than the common people!"

"For example, King Li of Zhou in ancient times, King You's previous lessons can be said to be everywhere."

"A fierce king has no way, and passers-by look at him, and eventually attract people's resentment."

"Later, King You went even further, disregarding the rituals of the Zhou Dynasty, violating the ancestral system, and finally ended up with the country's ruin and death."

"It can be seen that if the princes of the Son of Heaven make serious mistakes, they should all be blamed, not just because they are the princes of the Son of Heaven, they can do whatever they want."

After everyone present listened, although they were confused, they still nodded their heads there.

What's the point of this?
The reason why they all nodded there was because what Li Ran said made sense.

After all, these two lessons from the past are not too long ago, and they are familiar with them.

But why the confusion?

That's because Li Ran's words were obviously out of context.What's the relationship between King Zhou Li and King You, and Shen Wuyu?
"And when the first king of Chu, King Wen, was born, he got a dog like Huang, and a scorpion like Wanlu, and used it to live in Yunmeng, and he would not turn back in three months; he got the concubine of Dan, who was prostitute, and would not listen to the court for a period of time."

"This is the history of Chu, everyone should know it, right?"

Li Ran looked around, only to see that everyone, including King Chu, was silent.

They all obviously knew what was going on.

What does this thing say?

Don't worry, let me first introduce the two protagonists of this story, one of whom is King Chu Wen.

Since he was able to obtain the posthumous title of "Wen" after his death, his ability must not be much worse. The evaluation of "Chu History" is: tough as thunder and charged, treacherous as cloud and rain.

Seven points of majesty, three points of fatuousness, unconstrained and extremely detached way of thinking, enabled him to eliminate Shen, Deng, Xi, and Cai in succession on the basis of King Wu of Chu in just a few decades. Several small countries have completely opened up the passage of Chu State to the Central Plains from the north.

And Chu State has also truly moved from a barbarian country to the international stage, and the role played by King Chu Wen is obviously needless to say.

It was also in his time that Chu's wish of "seeing China's politics" for more than 100 years was basically realized.

The other protagonist of this story is Shen Wuyu's ancestor - Baoshen.

Baoshen, originally from Shen, was brought back from Shen when King Wu of Chu attacked Shen.

After he came to the state of Chu, King Wu of Chu saw that he was full of knowledge and knowledge, so he asked him to be the teacher of his own son, who was later the Taifu of King Wen of Chu.

However, unlike the so-called emperor teachers in later generations, the Taifu of that era was not actually a serious official, so although Baoshen was the teacher of King Wen of Chu, his status in Chu State was not very high.

After introducing all the previous ones, the next thing is the highlight of this story.

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Chapter 313_ Two Generations, One Thing
The thing is like this, as mentioned in the previous article (ancient text): King Wen of Chu once got a pet dog, a good bow, and a beautiful woman, so he played with dogs all day long and went hunting in the rivers and lakes And play with beautiful women.

After Shen Wuyu's ancestor Baoshen knew about it, he said to King Wen of Chu:
"Today, the king is like a dog of yellow, like a scorpion of the road, and he will not turn back in three months; if he wins the concubine of Dan, she will be promiscuous, and she will not listen to the court for a period of time, and the king's crime shall be whipped."

What does this mean?

The translation is simple: the king plays with dogs every day, sleeps with beautiful women, and does not go to court for a whole year, so he should be punished with whipping.

As a majestic monarch, his subjects said that he should be punished with whipping.You can figure it out with your toes, how big a mess this is.

What's more, King Wen of Chu is still such a hero of a generation!
Whip him?
Who can flog him?Who would dare to do that?

This person is none other than Shen Wuyu's ancestor - Baoshen.

What others dare not manage, he will manage.

What others dare not do, he does.

He offends what others dare not offend.

And this is what Baoshen will do next:
"The crime of the king should be whipped, and the minister would rather blame the king than the previous king."

What does that mean?It is your father who arranged for me to educate you, guide you, and assist you, then if I don't beat you, I will be sorry to your father.

So sorry, I have to whip you today.

And King Wen of Chu is worthy of being a hero of a generation. Seeing Baoshen so resolute, he seemed to have truly realized his problem.

Therefore, he took the initiative to kneel down on the ground, Baoshen didn't say anything, bundled up fifty thin thorns, knelt down and held the thorns, and only symbolically beat King Wen of Chu on the back, saying, "The king is getting up."

At this point in the matter, the image of King Wen of Chu who is open-minded and educated has become very penetrating, and the image of Baoshen who is outspoken and able to advise is also very clear.

It stands to reason that the story should end here.

But in fact it hasn't.

At this juncture, King Wen of Chu still refused to let him go, and even wanted to intensify his efforts.

It is also true, how can such a perfunctory manner show his own modest attitude?
So, at this time, he actually took the initiative to declare to Bao:
"There is a name for it!" (Wen Wang told Baoshen, don't pretend to beat Baoshen, but fight for real!)

If it was someone else at this time, what would be the reaction to what King Chu said?
Must be scared to death.It is bound to feel that what King Wen of Chu said is ironic.

Can this really hit?Who dares to fight?The following offense, this disagreement may be a serious crime to destroy the whole family!

Just because others don't dare, doesn't mean he Baoshen doesn't dare.When Baoshen heard this, he really whipped King Wen severely with thorns!
King Wen of Chu, the hero of a generation, was whipped by Baoshen with thorns like this.

And the final script is very routine.

Baoshen smoked after a meal, and first let himself go into the abyss, please die.

And King Wen sent someone to comfort him:

"This is not a fault, what is Baoshen's crime?"

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"Afterwards, King Wen summoned Baoshen, killed Ruhuang's dog, analyzed Wanlu's scorpion, and released Dan's concubine. After the Chu State, and the 39th State, it is the power of Baoshen who made the Chu State so vast."

Li Ran recounted Baoshen's deeds like a few treasures, and attributed all the achievements of Chu's annexation and annexation of 39 countries to Baoshen's head. This is obviously an exaggeration.

After all, Baoshen just did what he should do as a teacher.

But it is not difficult to see from this that Baoshen's influence on King Wen of Chu and the entire Chu State is not far-reaching.

After Li Ran finished speaking, there was silence in the camp.

This story is not a folk anecdote, but something actually recorded in the history of Chu.So all the people present, especially the high officials, were all familiar with this matter.

This of course also includes Chu Wang Xiongwei.

"The first king, Wen Wang, was a great man with great talents, his ambition was higher than the sky, he knew what he could do well, and he must correct his mistakes. He laid the foundation for our country of Chu. He is indeed a generation of heroic masters!"

As a descendant of King Wen, the King of Chu Xiongwei at this time naturally wanted to show his respect for him.

But he just used the four words "If you know a mistake, you must correct it" to summarize what Li Ran said just now.

There was a small detail, or a hidden fact, that he chose not to reveal.

Hearing that the king of Chu avoided the serious and took the light, Li Ran of course refused to let it go, and immediately bowed to him and said:

"What the king said is true."

"The ambition of King Wen, the former king of Chu, is to grasp the moon in the nine heavens, and to capture the kun in the four seas. Since the king is the king of Wen, he should always cherish the ambition of the king, and never forget it."

"However, your majesty can know that Baoshen's ambition to serve the emperor is also as firm as a rock."

"And the reason why I recommend Shen Wuyu is because he is the descendant of Baoshen!"

One is a descendant of King Wen of Chu, and the other is a descendant of Baoshen. The two generations are separated by hundreds of years, but exactly the same thing happened, but the results are not the same.

The reason why Li Ran wanted to tell this story was precisely because this story couldn't be more appropriate for the current king of Chu and Shen Wuyu.

Since the king of Chu Wen was able to change his past under Baoshen's "whip", he washed away his bad habits and showed his proud talents and strategies.

So now, under Shen Wuyu's persuasion, can't you, King Chu, follow the example of your predecessor and treat Shen Wuyu favorably, so as to show your heart of King Chu?
The so-called loyalty is harsh, Shen Wuyu, as a descendant of Baoshen, still upholds the excellent quality of being loyal to the country and responsible for the king.

Then you, King Xiongwei of Chu, can't you have the mind of the former King Wen, and the courage and courage to correct mistakes?

Li Ran didn't say these words in front of King Chu, because after he revealed Shen Wuyu's life experience, these words were already said.

Among the people present, how many of them didn't know what Li Ran meant?
Since everyone is an understanding person, just click to the end.

The king of Chu obviously understood the reason why Li Ran wanted to tell this story.

First, it was to respond to his so-called "Shen Wuyu has no merit".

After all, since people have the courage to boldly advise.This can be regarded as the only credit in Chu country.And his contribution is completely comparable to that of his ancestor - Baoshen

Secondly, it also responded to his so-called "Shen Wuyu is not a big family of the Chu State" argument.

The ancestor of the family is also famous, the great sage Baoshen who once assisted King Wen of Chu.With this level of status, I am afraid that there are only a handful of Chu people who can stand shoulder to shoulder with him.

So, Chu Wang Xiongwei looked at Li Ran and thought for a long time.

Now there is a fact that he has to admit, that is, he himself is indeed much worse than his ancestor, King Wen.

But how can he, who has always been proud and even conceited, admit this in front of everyone?

Since Shen Wuyu has done the same thing as his ancestors, could it be true that he, the King of Chu, Xiongwei, can't do it?
After a while, the King of Chu looked at Li Ran with shame, sighed and said:

"Today's master's words, I would like to be taught."

"Since it is recommended by the husband, the widow should agree."

Yes, in the end the King of Chu agreed to Li Ran's recommendation.

And Li Ran's terrifying ability to tell stories has been verified once again.

(End of this chapter)