I Became the Crown Prince of a Ruined Country

43 – What’s Next

The impact of someone’s death was unbelievably huge.

The world was shaken. Some even denied King Jin’s death. This was all considered to be a maneuver by King Jin to use his death as a means to distinguish between his allies and enemies and decide the next target for conquest.

However, as time passed, the truth became clear.

The old king, who reigned for over 50 years and commanded the nations, was about to die.

It was only for a moment that the nations rejoiced at the death of the war-mad King Jin. Even if the king died, the power of the Qin dynasty was still strong, and the Qin army, enraged by the death of the king they had been loyal to, was glaring at them as if they wanted someone caught.

After understanding the situation, the nations hurriedly formed a condolence group.

It was the Han Dynasty that moved the most swiftly. In the Han Dynasty, which had already become a half-subject of the Qin Dynasty, the King of Han himself came forward as an envoy of condolences.

Next was the country of Wei. Unlike the Han Dynasty, the Wei Dynasty was only prepared to fight against the Qin Dynasty by merging with the Zhao Dynasty, but they also sent Sanggyeong Wimo (魏牟) as an envoy to match the assortment.

In the country of Chu, it was one more drink than in the country of Wei. They appointed Chunsin-gun Hwang Hull, one of the four noblemen in the country, whom they are proud of, as their envoy. Unlike Han and Wei, who were moved by the royal family, Chunshin-gun was not a member of the royal family, but his reputation was equal to or higher than that of them.

Chunshingun was even the highest prime minister of the Chu Dynasty, Yeongyun (令尹), corresponding to the upper direction in other countries, so there was no lack of justification.

In particular, Chunshin-gun Hwang Hull even had a deep relationship with King Jin during his lifetime. It could be seen as an extremely appropriate person from the position of Cho Nara.

It has been said that the Yan and Qi dynasties, which do not share a border with the Qin Dynasty, are planning to send a high-ranking minister or a highly-renowned general to the condolences.

Then, Jo Nara raised the issue of who to send as a condolence envoy.

Since it is Zhao, an anti-Qin state that is more powerful than that of Wei, it will be difficult to go there and experience good things. Knowing that, the bureaucrats of Jo Nara were busy noticing each other.

When I sent Pyeongwon-gun, an upper country, following the neighboring countries, the atrocities that the Qin Dynasty had done to Pyeongwon-gun in the past were bothering me. In the past, the Qin Dynasty had a history of calling Pyeongwongun as an envoy and forcibly detaining it. There was no guarantee that the same thing would not happen again this time.

Even if you go to the king’s condolences, it is difficult to guarantee safety.

While everyone was reluctant, one person stepped forward.

“Your Majesty, I will go. Please send your conviction as an envoy.”

“Oh, Gunsin-kun! Would you like to?”

“Of course. My immorality has disturbed the country, so I will take responsibility.”

“Responsibility! It’s not fair. How can that be Geonsin’s fault? It’s the result of the traitor Han Hyang’s greed. Isn’t everyone like that?”

People gathered in Daejeon bowed in agreement at King Jo’s question.

Since it was the king’s answer, of course there was an affirmation, but it was also to confirm him as an envoy of condolences by praising Gunsingun like this.

Because of this, officials were unable to refute the declaration of the next king.

“When Geonsingun returns, I will appoint him as chancellor.”

“Please do as you wish!”

Thus, the envoy of condolences to be sent from the country of Zhao to the state of Qin was decided.

§

“From my point of view, it was a mistake to send the Gunsin Army. He also gives trust too easily.”

As I prepared to move on to the next stage of chess, the number of encounters with Shin Leung naturally increased. I don’t know anything else, but Shinleung-gun is exceptional in terms of talent management, so I learned a lot about it.

Today, as usual, we were playing chess and talking about the upper ranks and the teachings of Shin Leung-gun.

I put a question mark on Shin Leung-kun’s words.

“What do you mean by that?”

However, instead of giving an answer right away, Shin Leung-kun asked me as if to test me.

“I heard you met Kunshin-kun?”

“Yes, I did.”

“What did you think when you saw it?”

“What do you think… Hmm, I thought you were a pretty decent person.”

“Why is that?”

Xin Leung-kun asked me again if he was trying to induce me to find the answer myself.

I worked my way through her head as much as I could to follow her intentions and squeezed out an answer.

“Because he admitted his mistake right away? Again…”

“Again?”

“Seeing that he judged himself to have received grace and tried to repay it, he seemed to have a sense of responsibility.”

After I finished my answer, I checked Shin Leung-kun’s expression.

Is it really a passing grade?

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“For such a short interview, I saw quite a lot.”

He was definitely a memorable person.

Anyway, I passed…

“But besides those outward appearances, you need to be able to look deeper into the details.”

It doesn’t look like

.

“Hmm… I can’t get a feel for it.”

“It can be because he still has little experience. Gunsin-gun can only admit his faults and pay them back, but if you twist it a little, he will admit that he has left the world and compromise before suffering more damage. You can see that he quickly pulled his foot out.”

“I think that would be a bit of a leap.”

And even if there was such a purpose, I wonder if it was necessary to do it to me. Well, I don’t have real power like Pyeongwon-gun.

However, Shin Leung-gun had a different idea.

“Young master has no strength? Young master still lacks self-objectification.”

“Yes?”

I thought there was no one better at self-objectification than me, but it’s shocking.

“Did Geonsin-gun really not know that Young master was meeting with me? To him, it must have looked like he was still behind Young master, with his brother and I. Young master was the one who gave the first clue right away, so if we pretend to be with Young master any more It is not unreasonable to assume that the retaliation of his brother may follow.”

“I understand a little bit. But what do you mean when you say that sending the Gunsin Army was a mistake?”

Sinleung seemed lost in thought on how to explain it.

And besides the explanation, it seemed that there was something that was not easy to say.

Commander Xin Lung corrected his complexion and continued speaking calmly.

“Let’s sum it up. Jianxinjun willingly bowed down to Young master to avoid being harmed, right?”

“It could be.”

“The next question is, if the Gunsin Army is faced with an enemy that has no chance of winning, will he choose to face the enemy or join the enemy?”

Join if you can’t win. It was a question that reminded me of Napoleon’s famous quote.

It is an enemy that cannot be defeated. It was very clear who it was referring to.

“Are you concerned, Lord Xin Leung, that the forces of Qianxin might join Qin?”

“Yes. That’s right.”

“I can’t believe it. King Jo showed favor to Gunsin-gun…”

“Young master.”

Shin Leung-gun’s voice fell deeply.

“The Qin Dynasty is a more fearsome enemy than Young master imagined.”

Shin Leung-gun’s voice was neither loud nor harsh, but rather, the sense of realism from his cool tone overwhelmed the atmosphere.

As she was the only one who had won a great victory over the Qin Dynasty, the weight contained in her words was extremely heavy.

Even though she is an enemy defeated by herself, her worst enemy cannot let her guard down even a bit.

Qin was such an existence for Xinling.

“hahahaha, I’ve become too serious. Anyway, if Gunsin-gun doesn’t change his mind and remains loyal to Jo Nara, that’s a good thing.”

Even if he said that, he didn’t seem to believe in Gunsin-gun at all.

As long as you regard Gunsin as a quick-witted opportunist, you must believe that he will inevitably fall for the strength of the Qin Dynasty.

However, whether or not Qianxin really fell to Qin, there was nothing that I or Xinling could do directly.

Knowing that, Shinneung-gun also changed the topic.

“Anyway, you’re going to gradually expand the top?”

Finally, the main topic of today’s meeting with Shin Leung-gun came out. Still, the conversation we had just now also provided advice that broadened the horizons of my thoughts, so it was a worthwhile wait.

“Yes. According to Nogucheon, the friend named Jang who was sent by Shinreunggun was quick to work, so he settled down faster than expected.”

Although he was a young man just over 20 years old, he was so talented that Nogucheon appointed him as the commander of the upper ranks next to him. He is a talented person guaranteed by Shinneung-gun.

Although Lu Gu-chun is a resourceful man, he is not good at administrative work, and Zhang Yi perfectly complements it.

“Where are you planning to expand your business?”

“Isn’t it still noisy after King Jin died this time?”

“That’s right.”

“I heard that the Yan Dynasty asked the Zhao Dynasty to lend a road to the Zhao Mun. The Zhao Dynasty accepted him. So…”

“While envoys from Yan are entering Zhao, will you use them as a bridgehead to expand your business in Yan?”

“Yes.”

“If you want to increase profits, Qi would be better, but Yan…”

Looking at the population, which is the size of the market, these three countries would be correct, but I dared to choose Yan.

“It sounds like you’re going to make people of Young master in your home country soon.”