The next day, the King of Chu received Li Ran's letter asking for his resignation.
This time, Li Ran was determined to leave, and directly submitted a letter to the King of Chu to resign.
However, when the King of Chu heard that this was Li Ran's resignation letter, he didn't even take a look at it and just kept it aside.
When Wu Ju saw this, he couldn't help but be startled, and immediately bowed and asked:
"What do you mean, Your Majesty?"
"Hmph! What's there to see? At best, it's just some prevarication."
"By the way, how are the arrangements for relocating Lai Ren and Xu Ren?"
King Chu asked directly.
Just listen to Wu Ju say:
"This matter is being handled by the fourth prince personally. Now the edict of migration has been issued, and people have been sent everywhere to urge Lai Ren and Xu Ren to set off on time. It will probably be completed within a few months."
"But I have one more thing, please let me know, Your Majesty."
After the report, Wu Ju's face showed a look of worry.
"Oh? What's the matter?"
"Now that our country of Chu has gained the territory of our country, this expedition can be said to be a complete victory. I don't know when the king will prepare to return home?"
Vaguely, Wu Ju seemed to notice something was wrong.
This was mainly due to the information he received from Yingdu, Chu State.
Since the King of Chu came to the throne, there have been endless wars for many years, and the people's livelihood in the Chu Kingdom has been in decline. Therefore, county officials from all over the country came to ask for advice, hoping that the King of Chu could calm down the war as soon as possible and cultivate his health.
However, the King of Chu still ignored it, and instead intensified it. Not only are they preparing to continue to garrison Qianxi, but they are also going to fight in person. The national power is continuing to decline at a speed visible to the naked eye.
If this continues, how long can Chu State hold on?
Wu Ju was not a person who only coveted fame and fortune. He naturally hoped that King Chu's grand hegemony could continue and not become a flash in the pan.
Therefore, when Shen Wuyu and Li Ran jointly advised the King of Chu that day, he chose to stand aside and did not refute them based on the King of Chu's likes and dislikes.
Similarly, he also believed that it was time for him to return to the imperial court. He would have to rest and recuperate for at least a few years before he could try to destroy Wu.
"What are you saying, Wu Qing? I have just captured Lai State, and our great cause of Chu State has only just begun to take shape. How can we stop here?"
When King Chu heard this, he suddenly became unhappy.
He did not expect that Wu Ju, whom he trusted most, would come to persuade him to teach him.
He originally thought that Wu Ju should be the Chu minister who supported him the most.
Hearing the sound, Wu Ju quickly bowed his head and said:
"In order to repay the kindness of the king, and for the sake of the king's grand hegemony, I willingly put my heart and soul into it. However, just because our Chu army has been using troops for a long time and has been fighting for years, our men and horses have already been exhausted. If this continues, I am worried..."
Wu Ju was still very smart. He did not advise as bluntly as Shen Wuyu did, but used a more roundabout way.
Aren't you going to fight?
After fighting for so long, of course you are not tired, but the soldiers have long been tired. What's more, successive years of conscription have made the country of Chu, which was already not rich in food, even worse.
The reason is simple. These Chu soldiers are also farmers! They have all come to fight with you, King Chu, and the yield of this grain per mu will naturally become worse every year.
….
Therefore, if we continue to fight like this, if the Wu State is not destroyed, our Chu State will be in big trouble first!
"Nonsense! Nonsense!"
"All the men in our Chu country are strong and strong. They pour copper into iron, so how can they be said to be tired? As for the grain farmers, if the strong men are not around, can't women and children still go to the fields?"
"You don't need to say anything more. If you talk about this matter again, it will upset the morale of our army. Then don't blame me for being ruthless!"
The King of Chu's attitude was almost ruthless. He didn't give Wu Ju a chance to defend himself, and directly concluded Wu Ju's speech.
Wu Ju at this moment, seeing King Chu like this, had no choice but to pause and say nothing.
At this point, I am afraid that even the King of Heaven and I will not be able to stop the King of Chu, let alone Wu Ju?
…
Laicheng, inside Li Ran's official residence.
He was waiting for King Chu's reply,
The resignation letter has been handed in, and his determination to leave the Chu Kingdom is now extremely firm. Therefore, even before the King of Chu has not replied to him, he has already asked Ji Le to pack his bags and be ready to set off at any time.
"It's just...will the King of Chu agree to your resignation?"
Sun Wu heard about this from Li Ran, but he asked worriedly.
Li Ran smiled, spread his hands, and replied quite relaxedly:
"People of different ways don't agree with each other. Since we are not from the same group as the King of Chu, wouldn't it be better if we parted ways?"
"Thinking about it, he should have no reason to refuse."
In fact, this is just Li Ran's wishful thinking.
After Sun Wu thought for a while, he shook his head and said:
"In Yiwu's opinion, I'm afraid it's not possible."
"The King of Chu's desire to dominate the world is clearly revealed. How can he rest assured if he just lets his husband go?"
"With the King of Chu's character, I'm afraid he won't let Mr. Chu leave Chu so easily..."
Sure enough, as soon as Sun Wu finished speaking, the waiter outside the door came into the official residence to report.
It turns out that Wu She is here.
As soon as Wu She entered the door, she looked directly at Li Ran and asked:
"It is said that sir is leaving?"
"Oh? Did the news spread quickly enough? Even the doctor knows about it?"
Li Ran couldn't help but be surprised.
Normally, only he and the King of Chu should know about this matter now. Why did Wu She also know about it?
"Oh, how long has it been since this happened? Sir, you are still in the mood to joke?"
"Sir, do you know how the King responded today?"
Wu She obviously didn't want Li Ran to leave just now.
However, he is different from his father Wu Ju. Wu Ju is afraid that Li Ran's talent will eventually bring trouble to the Chu country. And he admired Li Ran more.
Naturally, he hoped that Li Ran could stay in Chu State for a long time and contribute to the great cause of Chu State.
"I don't know..."
When Li Ran heard this question, he couldn't help but shook his head, and then asked back in confusion:
"Does the doctor know something?"
Afterwards, Wu She immediately told everything that happened in King Chu's tent today.
"Today the king summoned She to discuss matters. She originally thought it was military affairs, but she never thought that it was specifically for Mr.'s business."
"The king said that Mr. Dao's resignation was an act of breaking the contract and breaking the promise. He was very angry. He told She She in front of all the civil and military officials that he wanted to tell Mr. She that he had forgotten the agreement he had made with the king before? Now, Mr. She only wants to Your Majesty has just planned one thing, how can he break his promise and walk away?"
….
"Shepai thinks that the king is really angry this time. This move by sir can be described as...dangerous..."
Wu She's tone seemed very anxious, and her face was full of worry.
Regardless of whether this concern is true or not, it can be seen that he is indeed very concerned about Li Ran's current situation.
When Li Ran heard this, he couldn't help but smile coldly, shrugged noncommittally and said:
"As expected."
"Oh? Sir, have you expected this?"
Wu She couldn't help but frown and asked, while Li Ran looked at Sun Wu who was standing beside him, and replied with a smile:
"It's not that I got it by cheating. Just now, Chang Qing said that the king would definitely not leave so easily. Sure enough, he really got it right."
Seeing this, Sun Wu bowed slightly, but only smiled helplessly.
Afterwards, Wu She said seriously:
"That's right when you think about it. Sir is a well-educated man and resourceful. If he cannot become the king's minister, he will definitely become the king's enemy in the future. Is it reasonable that the king should not accept your resignation like this?"
"I think it would be better for you, sir, to live in peace in the Chu country for the time being. When the opportunity arises in the future, it will not be too late to make further calculations. In this way, you, sir, will be blameless, and we, the Chu country, will be safe and sound."
Wu She, after all, looked at this matter from the standpoint of the Chu State.
It's no wonder, after all, the Wu family can be regarded as another rising wealthy family in Chu State.
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However, Wu She, who was dedicated to Chu, would never have imagined that a few years later, his son Wu Zixu would become the most terrifying dream demon in Chu State.
Just as Li Ran would not have expected, the first person to persuade him to stay was not Shen Wuyu or Wu Ju, but Wu She.
He looked at Wu She and said with relief:
"Haha, the doctor has good intentions, but I accept it."
"It is a great blessing for the Chu State to have such a loyal official as the official."
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Chapter 343_The fate of the Wu family
Li Ran never expected that the first person to persuade him to stay in Chu would be Wu She.
In fact, there wasn't much interaction between him and Wu She, and the number of times they met was only a handful.
Wu She's persuasion can be regarded as sincere.
"Also...sir, could you please take a moment to speak?"
Li Ran looked at Sun Wu, then nodded to him, and the two of them came to the back garden.
Wu She looked around and took a serious look around. After making sure there was no one around, she said to Li Ran:
"If sir, you just leave, have you ever thought about whether you can leave Chu country alive?"
"Although what she is saying to you now is a bit abrupt, presumptuous and stupid, with your wisdom, how could you not think of this? If you insist on doing this, please make plans in advance!"
"That's all the extravagant words, sir, please think again."
When Li Ran heard this, he still nodded unequivocally and said:
"Haha, since Li became an official, there have been many people who wanted to take Li Ran's life."
"I wonder what the doctor really wants to say?"
Of course he knew that what Wu She wanted to say was not limited to this. This was just an opening statement.
….
Sure enough, when Wu She heard the words, he immediately showed a thoughtful look on his face. It seemed that his next words were a bit difficult to say, but he had to say them.
After a while, he sighed:
"Sir, you are extremely resourceful. You can tell that what She said is more than what he said in just a few words, which is really admirable. Based on your intelligence, if you insist on leaving in the future, who can stop you?"
"Actually, She She has a ruthless request in private. I also ask you, sir, for my father's sake, to leave a way for our Wu family to survive when I, Chu, are in danger in the future."
It turns out that after talking for a long time, Wu She came to prepare for a rainy day!
He is well aware of Li Ran's abilities, and he is also very aware of the true situation of Chu State today.
As the saying goes, the ducks in the spring river are prophets, and the fate of Chu State seems to have been doomed from the moment the King of Chu rejected Li Ran.
However, some people have been able to experience the coldness of winter in advance in late autumn.
And for a person like Li Ran, if he can win over Chu, there is no guarantee that he will not defeat Chu in the future.
If one day, Li Ran really stands on the opposite side of the Chu State, the fate of the Chu State can be imagined.
In order to avoid that day coming and to avoid the Wu family being implicated, he had to make some plans.
In terms of self-protection, he is very similar to his father Wu Ju. But in terms of style, they are very different.
Although Wu Ju would do anything for the prosperity of the Wu family, he would not come to ask Li Ran to bless the Wu family in the future.
Because he didn't trust Li Ran, he couldn't even trust anyone.
In his opinion, the rise and fall of the Wu family can only be controlled by the Wu family themselves. As for relying on others, that is completely useless.
But Wu She is different.
He had seen Li Ran's abilities with his own eyes, and he knew how Li Ran promoted Shen Wuyu to the position of minister step by step.
Since Shen Wuyu was a small person back then, Li Ran was able to have such magical powers to protect him as he rose to prominence. Then can Li Ran also keep their Wu family in the future?
Therefore, he knew that it was very necessary to take precautions at this time, especially judging from the current situation in Chu State.
"Oh? Isn't this strange? Don't you know, doctor, that I and your parents have always been difficult to deal with?"
"And this
It seems that things are calm now... Could the doctor be joking? "
Li Ran asked with a smile.
That's how it is.
Wu She's words sounded a bit wrong at first glance.
But when Wu She heard the sound, he waved his hand without hesitation and said:
"Hey, sir, it's okay to deceive others with your words, but how can you deceive others into extravagance?"
"Although you have some differences with your father, sir, it is a dispute between the court and the court. How can the court affairs be compared with a personal relationship?"
"Although my husband has been in the Chu State in these years, there have been more or less festivities, but the achievements we have made together are clear. The Battle of Qunshu, the Battle of Chaoyi, and even the later Battle of Zhufang, the battle between my husband and my father His achievements can be described as earth-shaking. How can the grievances and grievances between such close friends be explained clearly in just a few words?"
"So I hope that sir, because of my friendship with my father, if my Wu family is in trouble in the future, please protect me."
….
After saying this, Wu She bowed.
As the saying goes, a tiger father has no dog sons.
Wu Ju, the son of an old fox, is naturally extraordinary.
And these words really spoke to Li Ran's heart.
The court dispute between him and Wu Ju is a fact, and the reason why he became famous and made great achievements in the Chu Kingdom did have the shadow of Wu Ju behind him.
"The doctor is serious."
Li Ran raised his hand to indicate that Wu She did not need to perform such a grand ceremony, and then said hurriedly:
"The world is unpredictable, so how can you predict that we will definitely be enemies with the Chu State in the future? Even if we are enemies, what can we do to the Chu State with our strength?"
"What the doctor said is really unfounded."
When Wu She heard this, he couldn't help but sigh again, and said melancholy:
"Sir, there is no need to comfort She She. Now that the current situation of our Chu country is obvious to all, how can She not be aware of it?"
"According to your Majesty's temperament, in another three to five years, the power of Chu State will definitely be hard to return to. I don't know what the situation will be like by then. By then, since Mr. Chu has left Chu State, I believe that Chu State will be like this It’s hard to hold back the situation, right?”
"Even if you are righteous, you will not add insult to injury. But what about the countries in the Central Plains? How can they remain indifferent? Once they take advantage of the situation, how can our Wu family survive alone?"
"So, I sincerely ask you, sir, to ensure the safety of our Wu family."
What Wu She said was very clear, and almost everyone could understand it.
It is not difficult to see from this that although Wu She did not achieve much in the Chu court, he had a very long-term vision and saw problems very clearly and thoroughly.
"In that case, I promise the doctor that if such a day comes, I will remember my old feelings and do my best to protect the Wu family."
Li Ran stopped being pretentious and agreed immediately.
Because Li Ran knew very well about this matter. How could he control the final outcome of the Wu family? The one who finally destroyed their Wu family was not the Central Plains countries at all, but the next King of Chu!
However, at this time, Wu She, after hearing Li Ran's promise, immediately bowed again, with a look of respect that was beyond words.
"Then... what are you going to do next, sir? How do you want to reply to the king?"
Back to business, since Li Ran's resignation was rejected by the King of Chu, Li Ran should have something to say.
But who knew that Li Ran shook his head and said:
"Forget it, let me talk to the king about this matter. If I borrow the doctor's words, I would really seem to be a little guilty."
In any case, he has made up his mind that he still needs to solve this matter himself.
Wu She nodded when he heard the sound, said nothing more, bowed and left immediately.
Back in the main courtyard, Sun Wu was waiting with a bundle of letters. When he saw Li Ran returning, he immediately handed it over.
I was not the king in the Spring and Autumn Period.
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