"Gou Jian acts insidiously and shamelessly, and the boy is very disgusted..."

Zhao Heng said this, while raising his eyes to peek at his father Zhao Wuxiu's expression.

Since returning from Chengzhou, Zhao Wuxiu has been living in Yecheng for a long time. Zhao Heng, the prince who has often been guarding the capital during his personal expedition, was liberated. Last month, Zhao Wuxiu ordered Zhao Heng to inspect the twelve villages around Yecheng on his behalf to increase his knowledge and understand people's livelihood. Not long after Zhao Heng returned, Zhao Wuxiu asked him to listen when handling government affairs and took the exam from time to time.

The wife of the Lord, Le Lingzi, and the Prince's Grand Tutor Zixia were both happy. Anyone with discerning eyes could tell that the Lord was cultivating the prince. After all, he was already sixteen years old and was not far from being a crowned adult.

On this day, in the Changle Palace in Yecheng, Zhao Wuxiu asked his wife and children to retreat, leaving the prince Zhao Heng alone, asking him about his views on the fact that Yue Jun Goujian went to the title of the king and requested a re-election.

After clearly expressing his disdain for some of Goujian's vulgar behaviors, Zhao Heng said again: "But since Yue State took the initiative to surrender, he claimed to be Dayu, and regarded his father as the Lord of Bo and was willing to naturalize him in rituals and music. This thought cannot be completely rejected. In the opinion of the boy, it is better to follow the flow and let Yue State inherit the title of Wu State and use Goujian as the Lord of Yue State. What about? In this way, Zhao's occupation of Jiangbei can be stabilized, so as not to confront the two countries across the river, and instead give Chu State a chance."

"My son has a good opinion."

Although Zhao Wuxiu could hear that this question must have been corrected by Zhao Heng's teacher Zixia, who gave Zhao Heng some advice, but being able to talk about this has already made Zhao Wuxiu more satisfied.

But overall, this idea is still too righteous, and there is less flexibility that power-minded people should have. The prince still has to read and learn more...

So Zhao Wuxiu asked the pen clerk to go to the palace and draft the documents.

"I heard that from Yunmeng to Kuaiji seven or eight thousand miles, there are all kinds of castes, Yangyue, Ganyue, and Ouyue, all of which are combined by Jingman, but not one hundred. Only Yue exists alone, with a city wall and a ridge, which is quite similar to the Central Plains. Yue Jun Goujian was originally a descendant of Dayu. Although he was blocked on the coast, he admired the Central Plains and wanted to leave Jingwu's trumpet and be transformed into Zhoushi. His sincere heart should not be despised. He inherited Dayu's blood and food, and became the Bochang of Yiyue in the south. The north of the river, the angel returns to Zhao State, and the south of the river, from Yunmeng to Kuaiji, Baiyue was occupied by Jingman, and the lord of the old land occupied by Jingman. You took it yourself..."

Since the division of the East and West Zhou Dynasty and controlling the Zhou Dynasty, Zhao Wuxiu has already used the emperor to order the princes. His order is the emperor's edict. Now he directly issued an order in the tone of the emperor and sent it to Chengzhou to let Xiang Wu, who was stationed in the Zhao State, stamp it.

After the drafting of the document, Zhao Wuxiu turned to Zhao Heng and asked, "Do I understand it?"

"Is my father trying to alienate the relationship between Chu and Yue? Invited Goujian to attack Chu and divide the former territory of Wu? But with Goujian's temperament as a human being, how could he be fooled so easily?"

Zhao Wuxiu nodded and said, "Yes, it is impossible to do so overnight. Goujian's request for enthronement was deliberately showing his weakness. He wanted to lie dormant between Chu and Zhao and watch the two tigers fight each other, and Yue Kingdom could benefit from it. If Zhao was defeated, he could go north to seize the territory. If Chu was defeated, he would join forces with Chu to resist Zhao and continue to seize Jiangdong."

"The bend of a squat is to seek faith; the hibernation of a dragon and a snake is to maintain one's own life. Goujian is an enemy that is more terrible than Fuchai. Doing this for his father is just to deliberately raise his status, so that Chu and Yue will be more cautious when united, and they cannot work together... Speaking of which, he is also very despised by some of Goujian's behaviors, but those with states and families cannot decide state affairs based solely on personal likes and dislikes. Since he wants to give him a title, it is better to give him a high point and give him an empty name for the superiors of the southern Yiyue, so that Goujian's plan to bend himself will be in a dilemma."

Zhao Wuxiu was teaching his children again, and Goujian's request for seal was decided, but just a few days later, he had to face another choice between personal likes and dislikes and the wise ruler.

In mid-April, as Yue State retreated, Bai Gongsheng returned to Yingdu, and the once-fighting Yangtze River calmed down again. So the former Wu State Dazai Bo Yu had no reason to delay. He had to go north to Yecheng and officially hand over several counties in Jiangbei to Hou Zhao...

...

"Zi Ao... From now on, you can get out of the humble Jiangnan, live in Zhao State forever, and come to Yecheng to accompany your sister."

"Master..." After years of separation, Qu Ao also burst into tears, although the palace in Yecheng seemed so strange to him.

Many years ago, under the instruction of Zhao Wuxiu, Qu Ao went to Wu State with his clan uncle. He stayed there for twenty years. He spared no effort to work for Zhao Wuxiu, sending Mo Ye and his son to the north. He also made great contributions to providing countless domestic information from Wu. He was suspected and imprisoned by Fuchai several times, but fortunately he was in danger. Now when he saw him, the teenager who was as thin as a monkey in the past was over thirty years old, with his wife and children. When he returned to Yecheng, he looked at the scenery here and did not feel more intimate than the rice rice soup and fish in Jiangnan. There was a little more separation between him and Zhao Wuxiu...

Zhao Wuxiu also noticed Qu Ao's nausea, but there was nothing he could do about it. With his noble lord and marquis, his relationship with his relatives in the harem was not as simple as before. Perhaps this was also a kind of gain and loss?

So Zhao Wuxiu simply got along with him by the relationship between the king and the minister, which made him more comfortable. He did not treat Qu Ao badly, and appointed him as a "public doctor". He also took him to sit beside him and personally assigned a township in Xing County, not far from Yecheng to him as his fiefdom.

"In this way, I have fulfilled my promise, and Xing can stand among the doctors again!"

However, Zhao Wuxiu did not intend to let Qu Ao retreat, but instead asked him to continue to stay in the south and be responsible for the newly established "Guangling County".

The so-called Guangling County is the land north of the Yangtze River. Zhao Wuxiu changed Hanyi to Guangling, established Guangling County, and governed the five counties of Guangling, Tang, Beiliang, Shandao and Gaoyou.

"You have been in Wu for many years and are well aware of the geography and people there. Guangling regards you as the county magistrate. It's very suitable. As for the prince's friend of Wu, I don't worry about him, so I let him be a banner in Yecheng."

In this way, Zhao State was across the river from Yue State, and at the same time shared the danger of Jianghuai with Chu State. The south began to present a subtle three-legged situation. Although Zhao was the strongest, he had no advantage in the south because of the natural naval shortcomings. Zhao Wuxiu's plan was also temporarily focused on management. Only Xu, Donghai and Guangling could provide enough logistics and food. Only Zhao State rebuilding the navy was the time to march into the south. Although the navy of Wu State was broken, many people fled to Jiangbei. How to use these people for their own use and build a Jianghuai navy based on them was also a test for Qu Ao.

Zhao Wuxiu had only a lot of instructions, and Qu Ao could only see his sister Bo Mi in the palace and wanted to take office in Guangling. However, before he left, he begged for his father-in-law Boss...

"For several years, my uncle has always been in omnipotent to the orders of the king and lord, and has preserved the Zhou Shi of the Wu Kingdom. Now he has come to Yedu to personally offer land. My uncle knows that his actions in the Wu Kingdom must be hated by the world and hate by the king and lord, but he doesn't ask for much, and he just hopes to retire and become a rich man..."

Zhao Wuxiu sneered: "Boxiu is self-aware." Because Boxiu forced Wu Zixu to death, his reputation for corrupting Wu's political affairs was too bad. As soon as he arrived in Yecheng, someone in the court had already proposed to kill him. Even Sun Wu, the old man of a very high status, asked Zhao Wuxiu to kill Boxi and avenge Wu Zixu.

But Zhao Wuxiu had another conspiracy in his heart...

It is true that Bo Zhu is a treacherous minister of the Wu State, but Qu Ao said it well. For Zhao State, his contributions are even greater than Qu Ao. As the situation in the world becomes clearer, Zhao State's intention to annex the princes was discovered by Chu, Yue, Qin and Zheng. In the future, wars will either not be fought, and one fight will be a big battle. In this case, spies and infiltration will be particularly important, and there is no faster and more effective means than cultivating the party leading the way.

So Zhao Wuxiu was also worried that if Bo Yu cut his head off as soon as he came, who else would have the courage to sell the country to him in the future?

But letting Bo Jing go is not a big deal. This will make many loyal and righteous people feel disappointed, and will make Wu Zixu's famous followers wait and see and refuse to use it for Zhao State. You must know that these account for a huge proportion in the remnants of the Wu State Navy...

While he was pondering, Wu Lin, the leader of the Yulin Guard, came over and whispered this and this in Zhao Wuxiu's ear.

After hearing this, Zhao Wuxiu felt relieved, but his brows frowned. He turned around to Qu Ao, who was still kneeling on the ground and pleaded for his father-in-law, and said, "Zi Ao, don't be sad. The news I just received was a moment ago, Bo Zhu was assassinated in the museum in Yecheng..."
Chapter completed!