Chapter 1074 The ending of Chunshen-kun
It has to be said that Li Yuan’s efficiency is still quite high. Although he was drunk with many ministers of Chu on that night, on the second day, Lord Li Yuan immediately entered the palace of Chu and asked to meet the King of Chu.
After hearing Li Yuan’s request, the King of Chu was actually quite surprised.
"You actually want me to spare Chunshenjun's life?"
Li Yuan did not dare to neglect this and directly told him the reasons he had already thought of.
"King, please think about how many mistakes Chunshen Jun has made, he has made great contributions to our Chu State after all.
And judging from the current evidence, Chunshenjun actually just secretly did some business with Zhao State, so he should not betray the interests of our Chu State for the sake of Zhao State.
Such a person is indeed a mistake and should be punished, but I think it would be too strict if he is killed directly.
In addition, there are actually a large number of officials in our country. They are under Chunshenjun. If Chunshenjun is killed directly, then these officials may be dissatisfied with our Chu State."
After hearing this, the King of Chu suddenly spoke up unhappily: "What can they do if they are dissatisfied?"
I am the real ruler of Chu. Can they still overthrow me like Zhao Kuo?”
Li Yuan hurriedly said, "The king misunderstood.
In our Chu State, no one dares to rebel against the king, but the problem is that if these officials are really full and the people of Zhao come to fight in the future, they may secretly be in conflict with Zhao State. This will be a very big potential hidden danger for our Chu State.
But if the king could spare Chunshen Jun’s life, these officials would definitely be able to feel the king’s kindness and thus firmly believe in the idea of loyalty to the king in their hearts. Wouldn’t it be a killing two birds with one stone?”
Li Yuan’s words were very reasonable, so they finally convinced the King of Chu.
So on the afternoon of the same day, the King of Chu issued a new order.
"Huang Xie's crimes are unforgivable, but when he was appointed as the imperial court in the past, he did make some contributions to our Chu State. Therefore, I believe that Huang Xie and all his tribesmen will be exiled to the southern border of Lingnan and will never return to the south of the Yangtze River!"
The sphere of influence of Chu was located in Lingbei and was sent to Lingnan, which was actually equivalent to driving Chunshen Jun out of the border of Chu.
But no matter what, this left Chunshenjun's life after all.
After the news came out, Jing Yang and others were also surprised, but considering that Chunshen Jun had been driven out of the state of Chu, Jing Yang did not think that Chunshen Jun could pose any other threat, so in this matter, people from Jing Yang and other three major families did not object.
Three days later, Chunshen Jun was riding in a prison car, and behind him, hundreds of Huang clan members slowly left Shouchun City and headed towards the south.
Needless to mention the ginseng and sleeping in the open along the way, after about seven or eight days, the group finally arrived at the Yangtze River Ferry.
It was here that things suddenly changed wonderfully.
The several Chu soldiers in charge of escorting Chunshenjun disappeared inexplicably at some point, and replaced by a team of people that Chunshenjun suddenly appeared that they had never seen before.
But Chunshenjun, the leader who led this team, was very familiar with it.
"Emister Li Si, how could you appear in this place?"
Chunshenjun looked at Li Si in front of him and couldn't help but ask questions.
Li Si smiled slightly and waved his hand. Immediately someone stepped forward to release Chunshenjun from the prison cart and untied Chunshenjun's shackles.
Li Si then said to Chunshenjun: "The reason why I appeared here was actually because I was ordered by my family leader and wanted to give Chunshenjun a new choice."
After Chunshenjun heard Li Si's words, he immediately fell into silence.
The so-called new choice is actually very clear about Chunshenjun himself, that is, to let Li Si bring Chunshenjun back to Zhao State.
But the question is, does Chunshenjun really want to go to Zhao State?
When Li Si saw Chunshen Jun silent, he knew that the former Chu Yin in front of him was still a little hesitant, so he spoke very decisively.
"Please think about it carefully. Look at the tribesmen behind you. There are so many elderly, weak, sick and disabled among them. If you really go to Lingnan, do you think they can survive the miasma of Lingnan?
I can guarantee you on behalf of my master and lord that if you go to our Zhao State, we will not ask you to provide any information about Chu State. You just need to live well in our Zhao State. This is not because of any interest, but because of the friendship between you and my master and lord."
After hearing Li Si's words, Chunshenjun couldn't help but look back at the tribe members behind him.
This is a group of people from the tribe, except for some young and middle-aged people, there are indeed a large number of elderly, weak and weak women and children. At this moment, these elderly and weak women are full of longing expressions on their faces. Obviously, they all hope Chunshenjun agrees.
For people of this era, Lingnan is simply a place of death, and no one would want to live in that kind of place.
Chunshenjun's eyes fell on a young woman who looked quite embarrassed.
This is the daughter-in-law of Chunshenjun's youngest son. There is still a small cradle in his wife's arms, and a faint cry is making. It is the youngest grandson that Chunshenjun's daughter-in-law just gave birth to him.
If I go to Lingnan, the chances of this young grandson being able to survive are very small.
Chunshenjun couldn't help but sigh and bowed to Li Si.
"Since that's the case, then I'll thank Wu Xinjun for his kindness here. Please arrange the next thing Mr. Li Si."
After hearing Chunshenjun's words, Li Si was overjoyed and said to Chunshenjun: "Then please wait for a while, and we will set off right away."
Li Si gave a few instructions to the people around him. After a while, several very large ships suddenly came out from the upstream river.
Needless to say, these ships were of course made by the Nightingale branch of the Chu State, and some of them even came from the secret help of Chunshenjun's original subordinates.
Under Li Si's arrangement, hundreds of people from Chunshenjun boarded these ships and then drove downstream along the Yangtze River.
According to Li Si's previous plan, these ships will flow downstream to the estuary of the Yangtze River, and then continue north along the coast, and finally arrive in Langya City, where they land and head to Handan.
The whole thing was indeed carried out according to Li Si's plan. After a full month of long journey, Li Shi finally arrived at Handan City with Chunshenjun and hundreds of members of the Huang family.
Chunshenjun looked at Handan City in front of him, his expression was quite complicated.
Many, many years ago, Chunshenjun actually led troops to surround the city. At that time, Chunshenjun still had ambitions in his heart, and felt that the State of Chu should be able to cheer up under his leadership and become a new overlord country.
But after the passage of time, Chunshen Jun's previous ambitions have all become mirrors, and the Zhao Kingdom, which once seemed to be within reach, has now become stronger and stronger.
It can even be said that the State of Zhao is now so powerful that Chunshenjun and Chu are completely untouchable.
All this is not to say that Chunshen Jun and Chu did not work hard, but simply because there was a peerless genius in Zhao.
Needless to say, this peerless genius is naturally Zhao Kuo, the current prime minister of Zhao State and Wu Xinjun.
Just as Chunshenjun had this idea in his mind, he saw Zhao Kuo the next moment.
Zhao Kuo?
Chunshenjun rubbed his eyes in disbelief and looked at it again, and he found that it was Zhao Kuo.
Zhao Kuo walked off the carriage and came to Chunshenjun with a smile.
"Long Shin-jun hasn't seen him for a long time. He looks a lot more haggard than before."
Chunshenjun sighed and smiled bitterly: "Wu Xinjun is joking. I am just a civilian with nothing now. I dare to come to join Wu Xinjun. I also hope to get a few acres of thin land from Wu Xinjun so that I can survive and my tribe and my tribe members will be grateful."
After hearing Chunshenjun's words, Zhao Kuo couldn't help but feel emotion in his heart.
Once upon a time, Chunshengjun was also a well-known figure in China and one of the top figures who could determine the entire Warring States Period. However, with the erosion of the times, his current wish has become just a place to live.
This is what people often say that the wheel of history rolls forward.
People who cannot adapt will eventually be crushed by this era. Some people have good luck and can continue to live, but some people can only disappear even their lives.
In the big bets of this era, it was defeated.
Zhao Kuo looked at Chun, and Shen Jun smiled and said, "If Chun Shen Jun is willing, you can still continue to be an official in our Zhao State.
The land that Chu State ceded to us last year is still in some small trouble now. I hope to appoint Chunshenjun as the county magistrate of one of the counties. I wonder what Chunshenjun wants to do?”
For Zhao Kuo, a character like Chunshenjun is also very talented after all. It would be a pity if Chunshenjun just lets him retreat to the mountains from now on.
Therefore, Zhao Kuo also generously gave a position as a county magistrate, hoping that Chunshen Jun could play some role.
Some people may say that Chunshen Jun was the chief minister of Chu before, and when he came to Zhao State to be a county magistrate, wasn’t this a demotion?
People who say this actually don’t understand that the national conditions of each country are different. You can’t say that you can continue to be a minister after you go to another country.
Moreover, he said that Zhao State is much stronger than Chu State now, so it is more appropriate to say that the imperial chief of Chu State came to Zhao State to be a county magistrate.
After all, you just arrived at a place, and it is impossible to promote you to a very high position in a short time. You must arrange a little bit of an official position to test your impression ability and make sure that you do meet the needs of this country before you continue to promote it.
From this point of view, the Zhao State of Chunshen Jun started directly from the county magistrate, which was definitely a high starting point that others could not even envy.
After hearing Zhao Kuo's words, Chunshen Jun was stunned for a moment, obviously he was a little surprised.
But soon, Chunshen Jun refused Zhao Kuo's invitation very firmly and said, "I am very grateful to Wu Xinjun for his appreciation of me, but I will not hide it from Wu Xinjun that I am a native of Chu after all, and I have been loyal to Chu for the rest of my life. If I want to join other countries to oppose Chu, I am really unable to overcome this hurdle.
So I also asked Wu Xinjun to make a statement. I just need to arrange some land for me and my tribe to farm. In the future, I can also let these tribes continue to serve Wu Xinjun.
But I, this broken body, should I ask Wu Xinjun to let me fall into the soil quietly."
After all, Chunshenjun is still a person who values friendship. If he hadn't been worried about his grandson and his family's life and death, he wouldn't have even left Chu to come to Zhao. Now he is hostile to Chu, it would be impossible for Chunshenjun to be an option.
Zhao Kuo did not know what to say, and nodded with regret and said, "Chunshen Jun has made a decision, so I won't force you anymore."
As for the things you hope for, I will soon let Li Si be responsible for helping with the arrangements.
Don’t worry, stay in our Zhao State. If one day you really want to come out again, you can also notify me at any time. I welcome you to join our Zhao State’s political arena at any time."
After Chunshenjun heard this, his expression completely relaxed.
Everyone knows that Zhao Kuo has already expressed his opinion in public, then this matter is definitely a foregone conclusion. Chunshenjun and his tribe members will be able to continue living in Zhao State safely in the future.
After arranging people to leave with Chunshenjun and his tribe, Zhao Kuo looked at their departure backs and sighed softly.
Times are progressing, and old people are constantly leaving this stage.
Although Zhao Kuo still occupies the center of the stage, he also felt a little lonely.
Li Si was next to Zhao Kuo and said softly at this time: "Don't the Lord be worried that Chunshen Jun will guide us to plot against him in the future?"
Zhao Kuo smiled slightly and said calmly: "Chunshenjun is not a fool, I'm afraid he has figured it out on the way."
After hearing Zhao Kuo's words, Li Si couldn't help but show an unexpected expression on his face.
Zhao Kuo laughed: "What if you know?
The State of Chu was actually destined to perish.
Chunshenjun left the position of Lingyin, which was actually a way to survive.
He may even be grateful to us when he figures it out in the future.”
Anyway, with the end of this day, Chunshenjun, a name that was once well-known among the world, has now officially announced that it has slowly faded out of the stage of Chu and has become a memory in history.
Chapter completed!