For Han Hu and Zi Chan, it would be a good thing for them if Li Ran could hold such an important position.
But for Fengduan, it was a disaster.
Now Li Ran is just a passerby, relying only on the support of the Ji family and Zichan to be able to influence the situation in Zheng.
If he is really allowed to hold the real financial power of Zheng Guo by then, wouldn't Li Ran be directly riding on his head?
Seeing that Wei Hu had brought up the matter and Uncle Zheng had already given permission, Feng Duan couldn't help but feel anxious for a moment, as if there were ants crawling in his heart.
But he didn't have the chance to speak here. Tonight's celebration banquet was originally prepared for Zichan and Li Ran.
Moreover, if he obstructed his promotion at this time, the monarch would definitely be very unhappy.
Of course he, Toyodan, is not afraid of offending other people, but he, Toyodan, is somewhat taboo about offending his own lord.
Although, the king of Zheng State has always been a master who does not take care of things. However, in name, he is still the supreme ruler of the Zheng Kingdom. Moreover, if he directly turns against him in Mingde Palace, Zichan may not know how to wear small shoes for himself in the future.
Of course, at this time in Deming Palace, besides Feng Duan, there was actually another person who was naturally very unhappy.
Yes, that's Sihei.
Since he had a falling out with Feng Duan, although he forced Han Hu and others to include him as one of the seven ministers, from then on, he became independent of both sides in matters above the court. .
Moreover, it is impossible to rely on at all.
Whether it is Feng Duan or Zi Chan, their attitude towards him is actually the same now. After all, who would dare to associate with a person who is very arrogant, careless with his words, and extremely domineering in his actions?
And everyone has fully experienced Si Hei's "messing around". So, how could anyone take the initiative to get close to such a person? No one has time to "keep a respectful distance" from him.
This caused his voice in the court to become smaller and smaller, so that as a minister, he seemed to be dispensable, and no one would pay attention to him at all.
Now, hearing that Li Ran was directly promoted to a senior official and held the position of a senior official because of Zichan's New Deal and Ziqian's contribution, this made Sihei, who was already very greedy and vain, feel even more ashamed and angry.
Therefore, he was also extremely dissatisfied with Hanhu and Zichan. At this point, he became the same enemy as Feng Duan.
However, he and Feng Duan were in the same situation at the moment. No matter how irrational he was, he would never dare to touch the monarch's brow easily in public.
Therefore, although the two of them were unhappy, they could not express it openly, which made them feel very uncomfortable.
After hearing Han Hu's petition, Uncle Zheng thought about it briefly and was about to agree.
However, at this moment, a waiter outside the palace hurriedly ran in and reported:
"Your Majesty, the State of Chu has sent an envoy to ask for an audience!"
An envoy from Chu State?
And he didn’t come early, he didn’t come late, but he came at this time!
As soon as they heard that the Chu envoy asked for an audience, the expressions of Uncle Zheng and everyone immediately turned gloomy.
In fact, the entire Zheng State's monarchs and ministers were very indifferent to Chu State.
After all, they were a country with the surname Ji, but they had been oppressed by the barbarian Chu Kingdom for hundreds of years. During this period of time, they had seen enough of the colors of Chu.
Therefore, when he heard that the envoy from the Chu State came to see him, Uncle Zheng immediately felt unhappy.
Because he knew that Chu State would never send envoys here for no reason. And once they send someone here, something big is going to happen.
It was as if they were informed directly that they were going to send people to the Guo Di Alliance.
"Huh! It couldn't have come at a better time!"
On the other side, Feng Duan and Si Hei seemed to have pulled out a life-saving straw, and their hearts were filled with joy.
When it comes to choosing allies, you really have to keep your eyes open! Originally, the two of them were still worried that Li Ran's future official position would be detrimental to them, but their good ally Chu people suddenly appeared in Zheng Yi and directly blocked this process.
"Chu envoy? What do the people of Chu want to do?"
"Back to your Majesty, the visitor only said that... he came to report the funeral..."
After the guard finished speaking, Deming Palace was suddenly shocked!
give obituary notice? !
Who died? Do you still need to send envoys to various countries to report the funeral?
Who else could it be? It must be the king!
Chu Jun is dead? !
Yes, King Xiong of Chu passed away suddenly and inexplicably.
Whether it was Feng Duan, Si Hei, Han Hu, Zi Chan, Uncle Zheng, or even Li Ran who were still secretly happy, they were extremely shocked when they heard the sound, and the shock on their faces was beyond words.
The King of Chu is dead. This is really a big deal!
However, after a moment of surprise, everyone reacted in unison.
Yes! The prince is besieging the regicide!
As everyone had expected, Wang Ziwei eventually embarked on the path of regicide and seizing power!
Although various practices before Ziwei have been-->>
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It is not difficult to see his wolfish ambition. But when this really happened, Li Ran still felt a little unbelievable.
"Okay, let Chu Envoy come in."
After thinking for a moment, Uncle Zheng agreed to meet him.
The matter of Li Ran's promotion was put on hold for the time being.
Not long after, the guards led someone into the palace.
Li Ran turned around and saw that the person who came was none other than Wu Ju, whom he had met several times before!
"Mr. Zheng is here, and Chu envoy Wu Ju is here to see you."
"Your envoy is exempt from courtesy. It is said that the king of your country passed away unfortunately? Is this true?"
"Yes, I was a very virtuous and righteous man, extremely respectful to the virtuous, courteous to his ministers, and was appointed by Heaven. He held the position for four years, but now he has unfortunately passed away... What a shame!"
This is not how formal mourning is supposed to be done, but as a native of Chu, it would be good for Wu Ju to follow the same rules.
First, sing praises to the late king, then inform him that he has passed away, and then wail again.
Anyway, the process is like this, but in Chu State, it seems a little vulgar.
And of course Uncle Zheng also said some words to comfort him...
Li Ran didn't have too many feelings about this kind of formality. What he cared about was that he felt that Wu Ju's visit was not just for mourning.
Sure enough, after some polite greetings, Wu Ju finally revealed his true intention of coming here.
"It is our Chu's misfortune that I have passed away. I would like to invite you to condescend to come to Chu to express my condolences. If so, I will be deeply gratified that your ancestor is still alive in heaven."
"What?! This... this is too rude!"
After hearing what Wu Ju said, all the ministers and officials present were excited.
Supposedly, it was just asking Uncle Zheng to express his condolences. Why did everyone have such a big reaction?
It turns out that according to Zhou etiquette, if the king of a country dies, other vassal states only need to send a doctor to express condolences. As the saying goes:
"The king dies, the doctor mourns, and you bury him together."
And this time the Chu State openly asked Uncle Zheng to come to Chu to express condolences. What is this?
This is how Chu people really regard themselves as kings! Now they not only want the king's name, but also the king's attire.
This also shows in disguise that the prince's scheming around this person is really serious. Even if he is just a "dead person", he can still play tricks on you in various ways.
But the problem is, the Chu country is not named Ji?
Your Chu country is originally a barbarian country, and if you call it "king" in a harsh way, it was you who granted it to you. We usually call you King of Chu, which is considered to be giving you face. Why are you kicking your nose and face?
Therefore, this made Uncle Zheng undecided for a moment.
It’s that question again: I’ll refuse, for fear that Chu people will be angry. Agree, for fear of being reprimanded by other vassal states, especially Jin.
So, he hurriedly winked at Zichan.
Zichan understood immediately, thought for a moment and then replied:
"The meeting in Guodi has just ended, and the new leader of the Chu Kingdom has only been appointed for half a year, but I didn't expect that something like this would happen... In this case, it is indeed reasonable for me to go to express my condolences, in order to serve the alliance."
"Fortunately, the distance between Zhengyi and Yingdu of Chu State is not too far. It's only a few days' journey. It doesn't hurt to go to express my condolences."
Obviously, Zichan was not disgusted with Zheng Guo going to Chu State to express his condolences.
"How to do it? When the Jin Kingdom holds them accountable, how should we respond?"
Everyone was stunned when they heard that Zichan would directly speak for Chu people. Therefore, it is inevitable to recruit evil people. ???..coM
But Zichan didn't panic. It was obvious that he had already made a plan:
"It doesn't matter. Now Jin and Chu have sworn at the Guo Alliance Meeting to be the alliance leaders of the world. Now that the king of Chu is newly mourned, isn't it okay to bury him with the ceremony of an alliance leader?"
"If the Jin State really sends someone to come to hold people accountable, I will ask their envoy, 'What if it's Jin's funeral?' Haha, I think the envoy will not dare to say it!"
There is actually nothing wrong with what Zichan said.
Although Chu State is not a country with the surname Ji, its hard power is still clearly there!
What's more, the Chu State is now the same as the Jin State, and is the co-hegemon in the world.
Even if this is the case, it is impossible for people in the world to turn a blind eye.
Therefore, since the State of Chu has invited him like this, what can I do if I, the State of Zheng, give him some thin noodles?
Moreover, it is obviously completely unnecessary to offend Chu State just for such a trivial matter at this time.
So, if you have to go, you have to go.
Don't keep accepting the truth, don't always try to limit yourself to death. As long as you don't violate the general principles and deal with various problems and conflicts relatively flexibly, this is actually the so-called "golden mean".
Li Ran also nodded slightly in agreement.
After all, Zheng Guo's New Deal has just made some progress, and it is precisely in need of a relatively peaceful development space.
Therefore, as the king of Zheng, I want to ensure long-term peace and stability for Zheng. It is reasonable and reasonable to condescend to go to Chu State to express condolences.
