Later that day, Li Yuan walked out of Li Si's room with a relaxed expression.

Although Li Yuan has always cooperated with Zhao State, since his sister is the queen of Chu State, Li Yuan's position is actually quite swaying.

Li Yuan did provide some information with Zhao State, but in Li Yuan's view, these information will at least not involve the core interests of Chu State.

But from this evening, such a past will become a past completely because Li Yuan has made up his mind to officially launch comprehensive cooperation with Zhao State.

In this cooperation, Li Yuan will provide a large number of core secrets of Chu State, and in return, Zhao State will also use all the power of Zhao State in Chu State to support Li Yuan as the new Chu State Order.

Li Yuan, who had reached the deal, seemed to have let go of some obsessions and suddenly became relaxed.

"One day I will let these Chu people know what an excellent and outstanding talent I, Li Yuan, is."

Li Yuan, sitting in the carriage, thought silently.

Few people know that although Li Yuan is the uncle of Chu, he is actually a native of Zhao.

Shortly after Li Yuan left, a secret letter was sent from Li Si's room, which was taken to Zhao Kuo who was coming as fast as possible.

It's noon, sunny.

Zhao Kuo sat in the carriage, staring at the endless fertile fields outside the window, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"It is really a waste that such fertile land cannot be planted on a large scale because of the borders of the two countries."

Yes, due to the endless wars of the princes in the Warring States Period, farming near national borders was definitely a very risky decision.

This also leads to the fact that the fields near the national borders are obviously quite fertile, but few households often dare to come here to farm. After all, on the one hand, everyone has to bear the trouble of being invaded the first time they are invaded after the war.

On the other hand, even if there is no war, it is easy for robbers from other countries to come secretly within the border line here, cutting off the grain and leaving.

Beside Zhao Kuo, Su Li also agreed with Zhao Kuo's view: "I used to be an official in Qi, but in fact, the situation was like this on the border between Qi and our Zhao State.

You should know that most of the land in Qi State is based on the sea, and it is actually very difficult for them to plant saline-alkali land.

But because of war, we cannot plant it here on the border.

Therefore, the people in the west of Qi have very hard lives.”

Zhao Kuo nodded and said, "This is why people often say it.

When prosperity occurs, the people suffer; when death occurs, the people suffer.

The people are the lowest group in society. Once there is any turmoil in society, even if there is a small amount of turmoil, the people will have to bear these turmoil first.

But their ability to resist crises is the weakest. If they do not receive help from the ruling people, the people will easily die.

In the past, the rulers of many countries had only their own kingly selves in their hearts, and they basically did not take into account the survival of the people. This was very stupid.

Our ancestors of Zhao carried out reforms when they founded Zhao. The area of ​​one acre of land in our Zhao State was the largest among the princes of the Warring States Period, so that the people of Zhao State could live a better life.

But this is actually not enough, because the reform of land can only improve the bottom line of people's lives, but it cannot further improve the country's strength.

If a country is truly energetic, it is not possible to walk on one leg by agriculture alone. Agriculture and commerce must go hand in hand, so as to truly ensure that our country's machinery operates normally. As for how to allocate the relationship between agriculture and commerce, this is the wisdom of a ruling man."

Zhao Kuo looked quite good today, and he said a lot of things without realizing this feeling.

Su Li listened to Zhao Kuo’s words, and he was thinking. After a while, he said, “I’m not hiding the Lord, in fact, my brother Su Qin said similar things back then.”

This immediately aroused Zhao Kuo's interest and said curiously: "Then has your brother proposed any solution?"

Su Qin is a famous diplomat in history and a figure full of controversy and mystery.

Zhao Kuo actually didn't know much about Su Qin.

More from various book records, as well as some subtitles from Su Li, Su Dai and others.

So when Su Li took the initiative to talk about this brother who had been dead for many years, Zhao Kuo was of course very interested.

Su Li said to Zhao Kuo: "Speaking of this, my brother actually thought about unifying the world, but his unity may be different from that of yours.

In my brother's opinion, he should have gathered all the vassal states together and merged them into a new country.

This new country has a new supreme king, and the princes below can still continue to rule their own countries, but they must have the highest king of this new country to make decisions in terms of foreign diplomacy and military aspects."

When Zhao Kuo heard this, he was a little difficult to understand at first, but he immediately came to his senses.

This is actually a federal state in the Western system.

A federal state is a country composed of a joint state of states. These states are actually equivalent to princes. The governor can freely exercise his administrative power and do not accept the intervention and command of the supreme leader. The appointment of the governor does not come from the supreme leader, but is produced by the state itself.

This system has both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that the supreme leader cannot involve the actual affairs of the state, and each state can rule itself, which is relatively stable.

But there are also disadvantages, and the disadvantages are that this is the case, the entire country is actually relatively scattered and internal friction is very serious.

When a federal state is strong, his national strength can withstand the internal friction of the country, which is equivalent to only benefits but no harm.

But once this country begins to decline, its national strength will no longer be able to bear the internal friction of the country, and this internal friction will allow the country to enter the channel of decline more quickly.

In comparison, the unified system in China's history usually has the highest power, while the local power is relatively weak.

The advantage of a unified system is that the country's internal friction is relatively less, and it can also mobilize the whole country to make some major projects and projects that amazed the whole world.

However, since the power of the unified system is too concentrated on the monarch, when a foolish monarch appears, the damage to the country will be extremely serious.

There is no perfect thing in the world, and of course there is no perfect system.

Any system has good and bad. The key is not the system itself, but how to exert the system of this country and play to its strengths and avoid its weaknesses. This is the topic that the rulers of the country should truly study.

From this perspective, it is undoubtedly very commendable that Su Qin was able to propose a national concept of the federal system in such an early period of time in China.

In history, Su Qin did make such a system attempt. He once became a prime minister of five Eastern countries, which means that some of the power of these five countries was handed over to Su Qin.

Unfortunately, due to various factors, Su Qin's attempt was ultimately successful.

Thinking of this, Zhao Kuo also expressed his feelings: "Su Qin is indeed one of the most outstanding diplomatic strategists in this century, which is indeed admirable."

What makes Zhao Kuo a little regretful is that Su Qin cannot be used by him, otherwise, Zhao Kuo believes that he can let Su Qin shine even brighter than in history.

At this moment, a fast horse suddenly came to Zhao Kuo, and a piece of information from the capital of Chu was also sent with the fast horse.

After seeing the content of this information, Zhao Kuo couldn't help laughing.

"Do these Chu people actually want to give me a warning?"

Zhao Kuo's expression was quite relaxed, and he obviously did not take this matter too seriously.

However, when Su Li heard this, he felt quite unhappy: "These Chu people are really ungrateful. Although our Zhao State came this time out of peace, they just wanted to provoke and find trouble."

Zhao Kuo smiled and said calmly: "Although the Chu State has declined for many years, everyone from top to bottom of this country feels that they are still the powerful Nan Tianba. They are still unable to accept the fact that they have completely declined.

Indeed, Chu is a country with a very historical heritage and tradition, and has been strong in history for many years. However, their current feeling of unwilling to recognize history can only be said that they really have an ostrich mentality."

Su Li said, "What should I do now?

Otherwise, we might as well let the army from Handan gather south and come to the border to shock the Chu people, so that they can know how much they are."

Zhao Kuo thought for a while and said with a smile: "This is indeed a good idea. I will write a letter back to Handan to see if the king can let Xu Li move to Daliang City with some of his troops."

The distance between Daliang City and Chen City, the capital of Chu State, is relatively close. Once Xu Li leads his troops to Daliang City, it will definitely be a very great psychological pressure for the people of Chu State.

Su Li nodded and asked again: "Does the lord need some other ministers to do?"

In Su Li's opinion, the Chu people were definitely in big trouble this time. After all, Zhao Kuo's style has never liked to suffer losses.

But what surprised Su Li was that Zhao Kuo waved his hand casually and said, "There is no need to do anything else. We just need to watch the people of Chu quietly. What kind of meal will be served to us by then."

For Zhao Kuo, he had never taken the Chu people seriously. After all, these Chu people in power are actually the culprits that caused the decline of Chu.

The three major families have always been equivalent to three parasites. Many fief nobles represented by them are parasitic in the torso of Chu State and constantly absorbing the blood of Chu State. This is also the reason why Chu State is clearly vast and vast, but has never been able to truly become the world's number one.

Although the King of Chu in all dynasties tried all kinds of ways to weaken these fiefs and nobles, they had never been able to do it.

Take the Chu State today as for example. Chunshen Jun Huang Xie, who has been the chief minister of Chu State for so many years, can only suppress these nobles and cannot completely ban them.

Even after so many years of struggle, Chunshen Jun himself was assimilated by these Chu nobles. Now Chunshen Jun’s fiefdom is the largest of all Chu nobles.

The problem of Chu State is a system problem in the true sense. If this system cannot be changed, anyone can only repair it. After all, it will be impossible to change his fate against the will of heaven.

This is why the Qin and Zhao were able to compete for the hegemony of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States in the last period of time in history, but because the systems of these two countries were indeed the most advanced and most suitable for the war of hegemony.

Facing such a Chu State, Zhao Kuo was not afraid in his heart.

If the Chu people want to use any conspiracy, let them do it even if they come. Could it be that Zhao Kuo will still be weak?

In terms of pretending to be slapping in the face, Zhao Kuo definitely has his own self-confidence. This kind of self-confidence can be said to be rare in the world.

A few days later, Chen Cheng arrived.

Looking at Chen Cheng, who was almost no different from that a few years ago, Zhao Kuo shook his head slightly, then walked out of the carriage, and greeted Chunshenjun, who had been waiting here in front of him, with a smile.

"Kun Shin-jun, I haven't seen each other for many years."

After hearing Zhao Kuo's words, Chunshen Jun was actually a little embarrassed.

After all, the two have fought on the battlefield once in the past two years, but the ending is obviously very bad for Chunshenjun and the people of Chu.

But no matter what, now it is a diplomatic occasion, Chunshen Jun can only temporarily suppress these thoughts in his heart, and smiled at Zhao Kuo, "We all over the Chu State are very happy that Wu Xinjun can come. The king has already held a banquet in the palace. Please come with me."

Chunshenjun was actually a little nervous when he spoke, because he knew that on the surface, the people of Chu welcomed Zhao Kuo very much, but in fact, the sensation that Jing Yang had made had been in full swing for a long time.

How will things continue to develop?

At least at this moment, Chunshen Jun felt that he could only pray for God's blessing.
Chapter completed!