novelslam Chapter 708: Absurd Conjecture
Chapter 708: Absurd Conjecture
Emperor Zhou laughed and said, "If Grassland and Chu really join hands, wouldn't our country of Zhou be doomed?"
The national teacher was a little silent when he heard this.
Zhou Huang continued: "Although the virtuous king has no intention of political affairs, his ambition has never been reduced. What he wants is a complete Central Plains. During this period, he will never allow other people to covet it."
The national teacher sat aside and took a sip of the tea on the table and said: "Although the wise king is an old minister who has not seen much, he has met a few times, but he still can't guess what the wise king thinks, but your majesty has lived in this imperial city for a long time. In the middle, I have never met the Xian Wang, so I know the Xian Wang so well?"
Emperor Zhou said while reviewing the memorandum with a Chinese ink brush: "Although the national teacher set foot in the court, he spent more energy on the Martial Dao. Naturally, his field of vision is somewhat limited. He only looks at a person's face to distinguish a person's face." His character and heart are too mature, it is the best policy to watch what he does, what moves he makes, and how he breaks the situation."
The national teacher said: "Although the old minister also thinks that the virtuous king should understand the truth that the lips are dead and the teeth are cold, forming an alliance with the grassland is the worst policy of the worst. It seems that the Chu State is also deliberately delaying the grassland mission, but the Chu State will be called the national treasure. The wolf king sold it to the grassland, and colored glaze is different from common things like gold and silver."
Originally, the national teacher also believed that brothers fought against the wall to defend against their insults.
However, Chu's move made the situation confusing.
The glass is crystal clear, even a small piece can be sold at a high price, even if it is equal to the weight of gold, it can't be bought, the bigger the glass, the higher the price, and the one-foot-high glass can no longer be described as rare in the world , that is unheard of, once such colored glaze is born, no matter which country it is placed in, it will be a priceless national treasure!
And the Chu State sold this priceless national treasure to the grassland for a mere 600,000 taels, and let the grassland be used to appease the hearts of the people and consolidate the rule of the Wanyan tribe.
How can the national teacher trust the virtuous king?
Even if Chu State is really short of money, it should be sold to Zhao Guocai, not to mention 600,000 taels, such a glazed wolf king is not unavailable to Zhao Guocai even if it is a million taels.
But Chu State still sold this priceless treasure to the grassland in the form of a profit. On the surface, Chu State got 600,000 taels, but the loss was far more than that. It is not an exaggeration to say that it was half sold and half given away.
Chu State's move is obviously to make friends with the grassland on purpose!
How can the national teacher not be suspicious of Chu State?
Regarding the words of the national teacher, Zhou Huang also fell into deep thought. Chu's many chess moves can be seen from the surface. Chu is deliberately delaying the grassland mission, just like Zhou's delay in forming an alliance with Zhao. The benefit of earning Zhao Guo is average, and it is this delay that gave Zhou Guo enough time to respond to mobilize troops to strengthen the defense of the pass.
But Chu State didn't seem to get any benefits from the beginning to the end. Instead, it lost a national treasure, and it was sold at a low price.
It can be said that this move also made Zhou Huang puzzled, and it was difficult to draw a conclusion.
Finally Emperor Zhou said: "National Teacher, order the Ministry of Households to hold a colored glaze exhibition, and sell all the colored glaze hidden in the palace, and it is not allowed to buy colored glaze objects in the harem."
The national teacher heard Zhou Huang's words and said: "Your Majesty must know that colored glaze has always been valuable and has no market. The colored glaze in the palace has been preserved for more than sixty years since the founding of the country. Now our treasury is still rich. Your Majesty, please think twice." .”
Zhou Huangdao: "The national teacher also said just now that the Chu State is deliberately delaying the grassland mission, and I can see that, only the Liuli Wolf King's move made the whole situation confusing, and I have been thinking for a long time. It’s mysterious, but if you change your thinking, all problems will be solved.”
The national teacher's eyes showed surprise: "Chu country can produce perfect colored glaze at a lower price than it is now, but it is a bit absurd."
Zhou Huang said: "I also think it is absurd, but the national teacher has to admit it, if my conjecture just now is true, then Chu's always confusing attitude will instantly become clear."
The national teacher pondered and said: "Although it is absurd, it is not impossible to think about it carefully. When the grassland mission came to visit, Chu State had a glass wolf king as high as one foot. The wolf is the totem of the grassland. It is indeed a coincidence. .”
Zhou Huang nodded and said: "Thus, although my conjecture is absurd, but this conjecture is the only one that can be explained. Colored glass is a man-made object. Since it is a human craft, it is possible to improve it. If Chu State improves the craft of making colored glaze, perhaps From now on, Chu State can use 200,000 taels to engrave another 600,000 taels of glazed wolf king. If the glazed glaze stored in the palace is not sold at this time, the glazed glaze will become more and more expensive in the future. The more worthless."
The national teacher heard this and said: "Your Majesty is wise, the old minister really did not expect that His Majesty has such a discerning eye, even the late emperor may be hard to match."
Zhou Huang sneered when he heard this, and said lightly; "Father was still a little stupid when he was in power. If he hadn't blindly appointed members of the Yang family, the current court would not have become the dominant family of the Yang family. situation, I have to suppress it step by step."
In this era when all goodness and filial piety come first, the first emperor is not shy about saying that he was stupid. I am afraid that only the emperor of the Zhou Kingdom has such courage in this world.
But the national teacher seemed to be used to it, and said: "Although the Yang family is the only one in the court, they have always been loyal to the emperor and patriotic. They have assisted three generations of emperors including His Majesty. At the beginning, the Yang family fought only because of the state of Chu. The decline is an excellent opportunity to deal with the Chu State, isn't Your Majesty's suppression of the Yang family a little unreasonable?"
Zhou Huang snorted coldly and said: "They are loyal to the emperor and patriotic now, but I can't wait for them to rebel before going to deal with them! If I were really that nostalgic and caring person, I wouldn't have sat on the throne in the first place!"
The national teacher was silent when he heard this.
If it weren't for His Majesty marrying the Yang family's daughter with the support of the Yang family, I am afraid that she would not be able to sit on the throne so smoothly, let alone sit on the throne so securely.
Although the Yang family has no intention of rebellion, it has the ability to force the palace.
This is the crime of the Yang family.
If the power of a courtier threatens the emperor's rule, no matter how loyal and patriotic the courtier is, he must be eliminated.
It's just that what the national teacher didn't expect was that His Majesty's ruthlessness surpassed that of the late emperor.
The moves seem to be chaotic, but they are interlocking.
He also truly became the ruthless emperor, and became the calmest emperor since the founding of the state of Zhou, and perhaps also the craziest emperor.
A hundred-year-old family can be said to be destroyed as soon as it is destroyed, but it can be said that it is not calm, but the tricks make people unable to see the rules, but they are interlocking.