Daqin: Zulong's Traveling Frog

Chapter 56
The land of Huaibei is flat, full of fertile soil for hundreds of miles.

When Yao Jia stepped into the land of Chu, the first thing he saw was the land of Huaibei, located at the junction of Qin and Chu. The soil here is fertile and the grains are full. It is indeed a rare natural fertile land.

Looking at the beautiful scenery of the evening sun and the children playing along the road, Yao Jia couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Unfortunately, in a few months, this place will become the territory of Qin State."

Shouchun City.

The defenders yawned and shouted with disdain, "Who is here?"

Yao Jia remained silent, and took out the customs clearance document from his pocket. The guards were dumbfounded after seeing it, and let them go obediently.

Yao Jia couldn't help but lamented when he witnessed the soulless scene of Shouchun City.

After King Huai of Chu, there was no more powerful ruler in the state of Chu. Even if Lord Chunshen served as Ling Yin's assistant king, he was just lingering on his last days and passing by.

Compared with the survivors of Qin Guofen VI, Chu State is already in dire straits and is in danger.

What's ridiculous is that Chun Shenjun changed things and made his son the king of Chu, but the whole country of Chu mourned him.

A few days ago, when Yao Jia learned that Lord Chunshen was the son of the King of Chu, he was still a little hesitant. It was hard to imagine that such a gentleman would do such a despicable thing?
Now, Yao Jia stepped into the capital of Chu State, just in time to find out.

In Ling Yin's mansion, a servant Tong Bing said: "Sir, the envoy of Qin wants to see you!"

Li Yuan went out of the study room and entered the main hall. When he saw Yao Jia, his face suddenly became gloomy, and he looked at Zhao Zhizhu with displeasure: "I never thought that the squirrel would be the special envoy of Qin?"

Facing Li Yuan's ridicule, Yao Jia remained calm and said calmly, "I heard that Lord Ling Yin was just a courtyard guard before."

The two looked at each other, but they had already clenched their fists in secret. If they were not afraid of delaying the state affairs, they would have already slapped them with round palms.

Li Yuan smiled: "Emissary Qin came to Xiangguo's mansion at night, he didn't just come to talk nonsense!"

Seeing Li Yuan straight to the point, Yao Jia did not neglect, and took the opportunity to say: "Lord Ling Yin, before the late king was alive, Lord Chunshen offered his daughters many times for the late king's entertainment, but the late king did not have a son left, why did your younger sister be sacrificed? But why did the king give birth to a child?"

Li Yuan pretended to be confused and pretended to be calm: "Is that my sister who is as graceful as a frightened dragon, as graceful as a swimming dragon, and was pampered by the late king?"

"King Chu Kaolie dotes on Mrs. Zhaoli, and the whole country knows about it. Could it be that the previous king's love for her is not as good as your sister?"

Yao Jia's eyes froze, and he said coldly, "Or is it that the child in your sister's womb was not born to the previous king, but the ministers' grafting?"

Seeing that Yao Jia had revealed the truth, Li Yuan swallowed his saliva, suppressed his fear and uneasiness, and said calmly: "That's a bunch of nonsense!"

Seeing the cold sweat on Li Yuan's forehead, Yao Jia knew that the matter was most likely correct, so he took out a slap-sized piece of silk and unfolded it slowly, it turned out to be a jade bracelet.

Li Yuan didn't care, and thought that Yao Jia wanted to bribe secretly, but Li Yuan was dumbfounded by Yao Jia's words: "Before I came to Lingyin's residence, I secretly went to the palace to visit the queen mother Li Yan, and Li Yan has already admitted it."

It turned out that before Yao Jia met Li Yuan, he had visited his sister Li Yan. Under the fierce verbal confrontation between the two, Li Yan confessed to this and offered a jade bracelet, asking Yao Jia to keep it secret.

Li Yuan suddenly became confused, the hairs on his back stood on end, the panic in his heart had turned into anger in an instant, and he drew his sword and was about to stab Yao Jia to destroy the evidence.

But the knife rested on Yao Jia's neck, but Yao Jia didn't panic at all. Instead, he showed a gloomy expression and said coldly, "If I don't get out of the mansion alive today, the story of Huang Shenjun will be spread all over the streets of Shouchun City tomorrow." Alley."

Li Yuan's hands trembled slightly, and the long sword in his hand fell to the ground with a crisp sound, which caused the guards outside to break in and was scolded by Li Yuan.

The hall was as deserted as an ice cellar. Li Yuan clenched his fists tightly and wanted to shake his fists, but he didn't have the strength to do so. He could only watch Yao Jia's mouth draw a cold arc.

Yao Jia's sneer disappeared and was replaced by an indelible smile. Yao Jia motioned for Li Yuan to sit down and talk, but Li Yuan was disheartened and hesitated.

After Li Yuan sat down, Yao Jia smiled: "I am not here to threaten Lord Ling Yin, but to make a deal with Lord Ling Yin?"

Li Yuan's eyes wandered, his face was pale, but he suppressed the roar in his heart, and asked, "What's the deal?"

Yao Jia showed a meaningful smile, waved his hand, and ordered two followers to carry out the wooden box, which contained hundreds of gold.

Seeing that the time had come, Yao Jia expressed his intention: "Exchange the hundred gold in the wooden box for the land of Huaibei, a hundred miles away from Chu State."

Snapped!
Li Yuan's eyes widened with anger, his eyes were about to burst, and he yelled: "It's ridiculous! Exchange a hundred gold for a hundred miles of land, such a deal, I won't do it!"

After all, Li Yuan was about to take off the Chu crown on his head, untied the Chu clothes, and said coldly: "Even if I don't want Ling Yin's position, I will not sell my country for glory, and exchange a mere hundred gold for a hundred miles of Chu land. "

When Yao Jia saw that Li Yuan was about to resign, he stopped Li Yuan and said, "Lord Yin, please think carefully. If I spread the news about the removal of flowers and building blocks, it will not only mean that the official position of the Prime Minister will not be repaid."

"When the time comes, the uncles of the King of Chu will take the opportunity to cause chaos, causing the state of Chu to be in turmoil, and the six kingdoms of Shandong will definitely take the opportunity to invade."

"At that time, what Chu State lost was not only the hundreds of miles of Chu land, but also the 800-year-old country and society laid down by the previous kings of Chu State!"

A big hat was put on Li Yuan's head in an instant, causing Li Yuan's eyes to darken, his legs to soften, and he knelt on the ground.

Although he was silent on the surface, there was a storm in his heart. If 800 years of country and society were lost because of this, wouldn't Li Yuan become a sinner through the ages?

Li Yuan couldn't hold back the tears in the corners of his eyes any longer, sobbed softly, and humbly tugged at the corner of Yao Jia's clothes, "Would it be possible for fifty miles?"

Yao Jia was silent and shook his head lightly. Li Yuan continued to cry, "Seventy miles?"

Seeing many times of bargaining, Yao Jia refused to agree, and Li Yuan finally agreed to this matter under the great grief.

Li Yuan also put down his posture, wailed loudly, and drank Yao Jia out, and ordered the servants outside the hall not to enter.

Seeing Li Yuan's miserable appearance, Yao Jia couldn't bear it, but for Qin to annex the hegemony of the world, Yao Jia could only be cruel, leaving Li Yuan alone in the mansion to cry wantonly.

The court meeting the next day.

Yao Jia pretended that nothing happened, and after being declared into the hall by the king of Chu, he sang with Li Yuan, deceived the young and helpless king of Chu, and signed the treaty of ceding the land.

All the officials looked at each other and wanted to stop him, but they were afraid of Li Yuan's revenge in the future, so they did not object openly.

In this way, Yao Jia completed his mission gloriously and used his words to conquer Li Garden, adding hundreds of miles of land to the Qin State and making the Qin State even more powerful.

Yao Jia's deeds of lobbying the state of Chu and making great achievements for the king of Qin will also be recorded in the annals of history as a political strategist, just like Su Qin and Zhang Yi.

Qin Wangzheng, who had lived in the deep palace for a long time, learned that Yao Jia had achieved great success, and ordered Yao Jia to be a minister, and sealed off thousands of households.

And Xiao Zhinu got into Yao Jia's carriage, followed Yao Jia into the palace, and met the King of Qin.

(End of this chapter)