Summoning the world to be one

Chapter 247
2Chapter 16: Chu State Restoration
In the 17th year of Qianyuan, on June 25, after Zhang Di rescued Xiang Kuang, he went all the way south and finally arrived in Pengcheng. At this time, there were not many Qi troops in Pengcheng, and it was easily defeated by Zhang Di.

After entering Pengcheng, Zhang Di placed Xiang Kuang in the former Chu Palace, and then set up a list to comfort the people, told the survivors of Chu State the news of Chu State’s restoration, and dispatched his generals to recover the entire Pengcheng County. As for other places, Zhang Di Now it is also powerless.

In addition, Zhang Di sent envoys to Wancheng to seek help from the state of Deng. After doing all this, Zhang Di chose an auspicious day, the seventh day of July in the 17th year of Qianyuan, to hold a grand enthronement ceremony for Xiang Kuang. , announced the restoration of the state of Chu.

On the evening of the sixth day of July in the 17th year of Qianyuan, Zhang Di was discussing with Xiang Kuang about tomorrow's enthronement ceremony in the Palace of the King of Chu. Zhang Di was very excited. He seemed to see the revival of the Chu Kingdom under his leadership and once again became the king of the Central Plains. The world is powerful, but there are only two flowers blooming, one for each, Xiang Kuang is also worried.

Xiang Kuang interrupted Zhang Di who was excited, and said: "General, is it really okay to do this? If the Qi State becomes angry and sends troops to attack us, we will not be able to withstand it." In the past few years in Linzi, Xiang Kuang After Kuang saw the strength of Qi State, he completely gave up, and planned to spend the rest of his life in peace and stability, but who knew that at this time, Zhang Di and a group of old generals brought him from Linzi to Pengcheng Xiang Kuang always felt that it was unrealistic to talk about reviving Chu State. After all, Qi State was much stronger than the reestablished Chu State. If Qi State was not reconciled and sent troops to attack Pengcheng, then he would never have Chance to surrender.

Zhang Di also knew Xiang Kuang's worries, so he comforted him: "Your Majesty, don't worry. Now all the main forces of the Qi State are fighting fiercely with the Zhao army on the plain. If Qi is defeated, the Zhao army will go south in a big way, and at that time, Qi will be unable to protect itself, so we can still take care of us."

"Then what if the Zhao people come?" Hearing this, Xiang Kuang became even more worried. The Qi country is so terrifying. If the Zhao country, which defeated Qi and was stronger than Qi, came, it would be even more terrible. Thinking of this, Xiang Kuang wanted to retreat again. After all, Xiang Kuang understood that nothing can be stronger than being alive.

Zhang Di's face darkened in an instant, but it was only for a moment. The next moment, Zhang Di returned to his smile and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I have sent someone to contact Deng Guo. Deng Guo has an alliance with Da Chu. , As long as you get the help of Deng Guo, no matter it is Qi, Zhao or Wei, there is nothing we can do to win my big Chu."

Although Xiang Kuang thought it made sense, he was still a little worried, but now that the power was in Zhang Di's hands, for the sake of his own life, he still didn't continue to question Zhang Di's decision.

The next day, the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, is the Qixi Festival in later generations, but in this era, it is just a very ordinary day, and there is nothing special about it.

Early in the morning, Zhang Di led a group of ministers into the palace to pick up Xiang Kuang and went to the Taimiao. On the way into the palace, a very strange phenomenon appeared. Generals, there is no civil servant.

Led by Zhang Di, the crowd arrived at King Chu's bedroom together, picked up Xiang Kuang, and set off for the Taimiao of Chu State. The Taimiao of the Chu State was well preserved, but this was also because it had only been a few years since the Qi army entered Pengcheng.

After arriving at the Ancestral Temple, Xiang Kuang knelt in front of the spiritual thrones of the ancient kings of the Chu Kingdom, and the other ministers knelt behind him. Zhang Di, the most powerful person in the entire Chu Kingdom, read the sacrificial oration in front of everyone.

After worshiping the Ancestral Temple, everyone came to the Overlord Hall, which was named by Xiang Yu, the Overlord of Western Chu, which symbolized the eternal hegemony of the Chu Kingdom. Xiang Kuang sat on the throne that had been absent for several years, accepting Visiting, finally under the auspices of Zhang Di, announced the restoration of Chu State.

The rejuvenation of the Chu State is a joy for the people of Pengcheng, especially those families of the Chu State. When the Chu State was destroyed by the Qi State, they became an inferior family. No matter how hard they tried, the Qi State In their eyes, they are nothing more than subjugated slaves. Now that the state of Chu has been restored, they can stand up again. Knowing that the restored state of Chu lacks civil servants, they have also sent their family members to serve, but it is only a bystander. After all, the reestablished state of Chu is very weak, who knows if it will be over soon, so they dare not send their direct descendants.

At the same time when the Chu State announced the restoration of the country, the envoys of the Chu State also came to Wancheng, but they did not see Deng Sheng at the first time, because Deng Sheng hadn't decided whether to see him or not. Through Mingjing, it was learned that Zhang Di led his troops away and rescued Xiang Kuang, the former king of Eastern Chu. From this series of actions, Deng Sheng and the ministers under his command could infer that Zhang Di must have returned to the state of Chu. What Deng Sheng didn't expect was that the first country that the Chu State came close to was actually Deng State.

In Qianyang Palace, Deng Sheng, Cui Hao, Jiang Wan, Zhang Bin, Su Hong and others were discussing whether to receive this so-called envoy of Chu State.

"Your Majesty, I think I still need to meet with you. After all, Chu State has been restored. Although it is weak, it is still a country. Moreover, Deng and Chu State also had an alliance at the beginning, so we can't turn a blind eye to it due to emotion or reason." Jiang After Wan expressed his opinion, he agreed to meet the envoy of Chu State.

Deng Sheng nodded, and then asked Cui Hao and the others: "What do the three Qing family think?"

Cui Hao cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I agree with what Prime Minister Jiang said, and now the Central Plains War is brewing, but Deng is unable to intervene because he has not yet digested the land of Wu, but at this time the restoration of Chu State has given us a big challenge." Opportunity, we can completely regain the covenant of the past, place a pawn in the Central Plains, disrupt the situation in the Central Plains, even if we can't stop the general situation in the Central Plains, we must slow down the conflict between the Central Plains and my Great Deng, and buy time for my Great Deng to strengthen our national strength."

Both Su Hong and Zhang Bin nodded in agreement, and Deng Sheng also thought it made sense, so he said: "Okay, tomorrow I will meet the envoys of Chu State in Jingyang Hall."

The next day, Deng Sheng received the envoy of Chu State in the Jingyang Palace. Deng Sheng had never met this envoy of Chu State. When the two Chu were destroyed, all the civil servants of Chu State were brought to Linzi, and Zhang Di went to Linzi. They only took Xiang Kuang, the king of Chu, and his family away, and none of the civil servants were taken away.

The envoy of Chu used to be only a chief secretary in the army. After Zhang Di entered Pengcheng, he felt that there was a lack of civil servants, so he promoted a large number of chief officials in the army to fill the place. But this envoy of Chu was very lucky to be able to serve as an envoy. Shi Wancheng, after returning to Pengcheng, he will definitely have a place in the court.

"Foreign and Foreign Minister Liu Yuan pays homage to King Deng, and may King Deng live forever!" The envoy of Chu was named Liu Yuan, and the biggest official he had ever met was Zhang Di. This was the first time he met a king like Deng Sheng, Inevitably a little nervous and cramped.

Deng Sheng didn't care about Liu Yuan's performance. After all, there will still be places that need Chu in the future, and now he has to give a good impression, so he smiled and said: "You don't need to be polite, please hurry up."

Liu Yuan didn't expect that Deng Sheng would be so approachable, and the uneasiness in his heart decreased a lot, he got up and said: "Deng Wang, it was unfortunate for the great Chu in the past, and it was invaded by the strong Qi. Today, with the efforts of my king and General Zhang Di, Da Chu was able to restore the country. My king deeply felt the covenant between the former king and King Deng. Your country also gave us a lot of help, so I sent foreign ministers to visit King Deng. At the same time, I hope that your two countries can regain the old relationship. Friendly." Liu Yuan has seen big scenes anyway, and although he was nervous and cramped at the beginning, his expression at the moment is very smooth and clear.

This can't help but make Deng Sheng a little surprised, this Liu Yuan still has two brushes, so he called the system to check Liu Yuan's four-dimensional.

"Liu Yuan, force: 52, commander: 50, intelligence: 80, politics: 82"

This four-dimensional, quite satisfactory, but for the current state of Chu, it is a rare talent.

Deng Sheng smiled and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I and the former king of your country were allied by blood. When your country was divided and was invaded by Qi, I also thought about sending troops to rescue, but the powerful enemies in the country looked around. I have no intentions, but today your country is restored, and I am very happy in my heart, when your honor returns to Pengcheng, I will definitely congratulate the king of Chu on my behalf, and if the state of Chu needs it in the future, I will do my best to help."

Seeing that Deng Sheng was willing to accept Chu State, Liu Yuan was overjoyed and said with a smile, "Yes, the foreign ministers will definitely report the truth to my king."

Liu Yuan stayed in Wancheng for a few days and then left. When he left, Deng Sheng also presented a batch of property to Liu Yuan to bring back to Pengcheng. , being able to push Chu State into the quagmire of the Central Plains, as the vanguard of Deng State, is beneficial and harmless to Deng State. It is of course the best if Chu State can achieve Deng State's expectation, even if it does not achieve, Deng State has no loss. Why not do it.

(End of this chapter)