I will not be king in the Spring and Autumn Period

Chapter 305 How about a big state-owned city?
Entrusted by Li Ran, Shen Wuyu came to Qianxi to persuade the King of Chu.

But he mentioned Zheng Zhuanggong when he opened his mouth.

This made Chu Wang very puzzled.

He looked at Shen Wuyu quietly, wondering what he wanted to say next?
And Shen Wuyu also seemed to see what the King of Chu was thinking, and immediately replied slowly:

"I think back then, Duke Zhuang Zheng built a city in Lidi to house his son Yuan, but in the end Duke Zhao could not be established as the king safely."

"However, Duke Huan of Qi built a city in the valley and let Guan Zhong's family guard it, and Qi State is still benefiting from it."

"I heard that 'the five greats are not at the side, and the five small things are not at the court'. Those who are close to the king cannot let him go outside. And those who live near the king cannot always let him stay by their side."

"Now the king has let the fourth prince go outside, and has forced Li Ziming to stay by his side. I'm afraid the king has to be a little more vigilant!"

What Shen Wuyu said was actually for the sake of King Chu on the one hand, and the other half was for Li Ran.

The so-called "five majors are not on the border" refers to important figures in a country, and it is generally best not to put him in the border.On the contrary, the so-called "five fines are not in court" refers to the people around the monarch, and they should not be kept by his side all the time.

The implication is that Prince Qiji, as a big man, shouldn't be allowed to go outside to serve as a high-ranking official, but Li Ran, as a person beside the king, has been around for a long time, so he should be allowed to leave.

However, King Chu is not a fool after all.How is it possible that what you say is what it is?
Hearing this, he thought to himself that Shen Wuyu followed Li Ran, and he was good at talking, and he brought more and more private goods.

So, he just smiled and said disapprovingly:

"Hehe, is this what Li Ran asked you to say?"

Shen Wuyu did not deny it:
"I have met Li Ran before, but these words are indeed from the bottom of my heart."

Still the previous sentence, in Shen Wuyu's view, if Li Ran really stayed in Chu State, it would indeed be helpful to Chu State.

But the problem is that today's Li Ran will not always stay in Chu.

Even Li Ran himself was unwilling to stay in Chu State.

As the saying goes, a twisted melon is not sweet, if you don't agree with each other, if you don't agree with each other, the two will tear each other, and they will only turn against each other in the end.

And this is the meaning of "five fines are not in court".As the saying goes, "No one is happy for a hundred days", many times, just because the relationship is too familiar, it will only become more and more opposite in the end.

Therefore, instead of letting Li Ran leave with dissatisfaction with Chu, it is better to let Li Ran leave easily.

At least everyone can think about it, and it can also maintain Li Ran's goodwill towards Chu, can't it?If Chu State is really in trouble in the future, maybe Li Ran will help out, right?
Therefore, what Shen Wuyu just said was indeed from the bottom of his heart.

He really didn't want Li Ran to stay in Chu.

In addition to the reason mentioned above, there is actually another reason.

That is why Shen Wuyu knows very well that the reason why the current king of Chu dares to make such a large-scale conquest and is so aggressive.In his opinion, is it not because of Li Ran's existence?
It is because the king of Chu has this trump card and has full confidence.That's why he developed the habit of "asking Li Ran when things go wrong".

In addition, although Li Ran didn't make many shots, he was always able to turn the tide at critical moments every time, making Chu's hegemony flourish.

The king of Chu has indeed won.

Shen Wuyu was extremely unwilling to see such a King of Chu, and he was also extremely unwilling to see that the Chu State would suddenly weaken one day under such a rule.

Because he knows that this false victory is only a flash in the pan after all. Once the people can bear more than they can bear, civil strife will break out.

At that time, can King Chu still count on Li Ran to wipe his ass?

The so-called loyal words are harmful to the ears and beneficial to deeds, Shen Wuyu still maintained his own consistent style, picking up such unpleasant words to persuade the King of Chu.

Perhaps the King of Chu understood, but he didn't express anything, just smiled lightly and let it go.

After a while, he asked Shen Wuyu about the building of the city.

It seems to have become the practice after the end of the war in this era to rebuild the city wall after siege and plunder.

After the state of Chu recaptured Qunshu, he ordered people to rebuild Shujiu's city wall.

Take Zhongli down, move the capital to Qianxi, and directly build a new capital.

And after he took down Lai country without bloodshed, he also ordered people to build a new city.

It can be seen that the king of Chu, Xiongwei, intends to unreservedly transfer the strategic center of Chu to the east.

Therefore, there is no doubt that now that Chen Cai has been merged into Chu State, how could he do nothing?So, he immediately asked Shen Wuyu:
"Some people think that the reason why our state of Chu was unable to submit all the countries in the Central Plains before, and the reason why these countries only serve the state of Jin is because the state of Jin is close to them and we are too far away from them."

"So, now we, Chu, have built three city walls of the old kingdom, and our chariots have reached a thousand chariots. Coupled with our mighty military strength in Jingchu, the princes should come to join us, right?"

Citadels, chariots, and troops.

This is the most direct and simplest standard for measuring the strength of a country.

Generally speaking, the King of Chu still believes that there is still a gap in strength between Chu State and Jin State to a certain extent, and his purpose of doing this is to make up for these gaps, so that all the countries in the Central Plains can see the strength of their Chu State. Then they had to belong to Chu State.

However, after hearing these words, Shen Wuyu shook his head slightly, and replied rather helplessly:

"But my lord, if a country builds a big city, it won't do any good..."

"In the past, there were Jingyi and Liyi in the State of Zheng, Puyi and Qiyi in the State of Wei, Xiaoyi and Mengyi in the State of Song, Bianyi and Feiyi in the State of Lu, Quqiuyi in the State of Qi, Quwo in the State of Jin, and Zheng in the State of Qin. Yi, Yayi."

"Gong Shuduan caused troubles for Zheng Zhuanggong because of the capital, and Zheng Zhuanggong could hardly win; the people of Weiguo Puyi and Qiyi expelled Wei Xiangong, and the people of Song Guoxiaoyi and Mengyi killed Song Zhaogong; The Bianyi and Feiyi of the Guoji family weakened the power of Lu Jun. The people of Quqiuyi in Qi State killed Gongsun Wuzhi; Quwoyi in Jin State even bullied the big with the small; Huan Gong and Qin Jinggong, these things are all recorded in the annals of the vassal states. These are examples of the disadvantages of building a big city."

Indeed, as far as the countries of the Central Plains are concerned, the size of a city directly determines the strength of a vassal.

If the city is too large and the feudal power is too strong, it will naturally threaten the authority of the monarch.

"Moreover, the relationship between the monarch and the city is like a human body. A human has a head and four limbs, all the way to fingers, hair and blood. Only the big ones can mobilize the small ones. Only in this way, the action will not be tiring. .”

"There are ten days in the sky, and there are ten classes of people. The so-called distinction between monarchs and ministers, the institutional systems of big cities and border towns are systems that have been handed down since ancient times."

"The former king was afraid that some people would not follow it, so he used the system to regulate it, use the uniform system to demonstrate it, use etiquette to promote it, use names to distinguish it, use words to record it, and use language to express it. If you lose these If you don’t follow the rules, it will become the bane of changing your status.”

"And the border cities are like the tail of a country. Using the analogy of oxen and horses, when the summer heat comes, more gadflies will gather. But if the tails are too big to swing easily, then the tails of oxen and horses will not be able to drive away the gadflies. The country The same is true, the purpose of building the three cities today is to defend against foreign enemies, but if they are too large, then in the future it will become a trend of 'too big to lose'!"

(End of this chapter)