nucmednet Chapter 1142 Disaster and Talent
Chapter 1142 Disaster and Talent
"Master, can you give me some glutinous rice dumplings? They smell delicious!"
As the sun slowly rose from the hazy clouds in the east and a new day arrived, little Aya had already squatted outside King Chu's tent, thinking about sharing the delicious food with the master of the family.
"Aya..." After a moment, when His Royal Highness the King of Chu lifted the door curtain and looked at the small piece of glutinous rice cake left in Aya's hand, he felt as if he had been tricked by her: "Are you really only going to leave two bites for me?"
"Oh my!" Aya didn't expect that she would be so greedy this morning: "Master, don't blame me, this glutinous rice cake bites me! That's why I bite it back!"
"..." Faced with Aya's sophistry, His Royal Highness the King of Chu remained silent for a long time. In the end, he chose the latter between "doubting the old Taoist priest" and "believing in the old Taoist priest": "That glutinous rice cake is very bad..."
“Hmmmm!” Seeing that the master of the family was so easy to fool, Aya’s mood immediately became better: “Master, don’t worry, Taoist Yuan has made a lot, I will go and grab some for you now.”
"Stop..." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu did not sleep well last night, and he had no appetite this morning: "I am not in a hurry to eat glutinous rice cakes, go and call Zhenxuan to me first."
"Oh!" Aya nodded when she heard that, then stood up and ran away - she was naturally happy to run errands for the head of the family.
A moment later, Zhang Zhenxuan was "escorted" by Aya personally to the tent of His Royal Highness the King of Chu: "Master, I have brought the person to you!"
"Well, thank you for your service, Aya." His Royal Highness the King of Chu looked at the energetic girl who was like a sunflower in midsummer, and said in a gentle tone: "This king and Zhenxuan are discussing something. If you are interested, you can listen in."
"Master, I don't have time." Aya scratched her nose and said awkwardly, "I'm going to challenge Jiang Sheng, but he doesn't seem to respect me."
"Then you..." His Royal Highness the King of Chu thought about it and decided to say a few more words for Jiang Qu's sake: "Remember to stop when you're done."
"Yes!" Aya nodded vigorously after hearing this: "Of course, of course!"
It turns out that the master of the family trusts me so much?
Then I can't let him down!
"Your Highness..." After Aya left with high morale, Zhang Zhenxuan watched her leave, turned to look at his own patriarch, and said thoughtfully: "Why do I feel that... after your advice, Miss Aya is ready to go all out?"
"..." His Highness Prince Chu actually thought the same thing in his heart, but he didn't want to admit that it was his fault: "So what? Just tell me whether I tried to persuade her or not? Aya's personality is innocent and naive to begin with, and Jiang Sheng, this idiot, provoked her intentionally or unintentionally, so isn't it normal for him to suffer a little?"
"That's indeed the truth..." Zhang Zhenxuan hesitated after hearing this, "But it seems like something is wrong..."
"Don't think about such a complicated question." His Royal Highness the King of Chu knew that Zhang Zhenxuan had noticed his abnormality and was pretending to be slow, wanting him to "show his sageliness", but he really wasn't in the mood to do so now: "Zhenxuan, I want to go back to Qiongzhou."
"Your Highness... what's going on?" Zhang Zhenxuan blinked his eyes when he heard this: "What's going on? Has something happened in Chang'an again?"
"This is a complicated matter." His Royal Highness the King of Chu sighed upon hearing this: "My eldest brother is in a bad mood right now. I'm worried that he might get into trouble, so I want to go back early so that those bastards who may have seen the signs and are planning to bet on him can withdraw their claws.
Besides... Ruchu can call me daddy now, I miss her."
"Then Your Highness...shall we go back now?" As a servant of the Dou family and the future chief, Zhang Zhenxuan didn't care much about many things. Only the will of His Highness the King of Chu was given priority by him.
"Going back now... that's ridiculous. I don't like to start something with a bang and then not finish it." His Royal Highness the King of Chu shook his head and told his plan: "Next, we will take Qunu City as quickly as possible, and then continue eastward to Dhaka City to meet up with Xuan Ce and his men. As for the territory of Central India, I plan to let Su Dingfang, Pei Xingjian, and Xue Wanjun lead troops to guard those most important cities. As for the follow-up..."
His Royal Highness the King of Chu paused for a while before he slowly said, "The Feng family in Lingnan will migrate to Tianzhu. In addition, I plan to let the Five Surnames and Seven Families move. These guys are troubles in China, but they are talents in Tianzhu.
After all, the people of India have a very abstract attribute, which is 'If you defeat me, you have to lead me' - this was the case when the enemy from the west invaded two thousand years ago, and this is also their old tradition. "
"Uh..." Zhang Zhenxuan finally understood the meaning of His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu's words after a lot of effort: "Your Highness...you have been keeping the Five Surnames and Seven Families...is this your plan?"
"Of course." His Royal Highness the King of Chu nodded after hearing this. "Tianzhu is different from other places. It is somewhat unrealistic for the Tang Dynasty to rule it directly. The people here are not like Goguryeo, Silla, and Baekje, who have been deeply influenced by the Central Plains culture. They are even less like the Turks and the Western Regions, who are adjacent to the Tang Dynasty. They dare not act rashly in the face of the Tang Dynasty's iron cavalry that can attack the city at any time. So if we want to conquer this place, we have to change our thinking.
As for top-level clans like the Five Surnames and Seven Families, which are huge aristocratic families, the arrival of any one of them would be a dimensionality reduction blow to the original nobles and gentry here.
This king believes that they have the means and the ability to help this king govern this place well - as long as they are successful in the end, this king doesn't mind giving them a share of the spoils."
"Your Highness, they may not be willing." Zhang Zhenxuan frowned upon hearing this: "And I heard from Xuan Ce that you originally planned to move the people in Guanzhong who were oppressed by the aristocratic families to the Pyu Kingdom..."
"It's a different time now." His Royal Highness the King of Chu smiled calmly upon hearing this: "Many things are different now than they were before. I can't always act according to the original plan and ignore the changes in the situation. That would be too stupid.
Besides, I know what is going on - the most fertile land will naturally be controlled by me, and the Five Families and Seven Nobles will not dare to get involved."
"What if they don't want to?"
"Why would they not want to?" His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu raised his eyebrows upon hearing this: "What the aristocratic families love most is expansion. Now that I have set up the stage, do they still have to choose?"
The great opportunity is right in front of you now, but you are still unwilling to step on stage and perform?
Then I will not show mercy!