Volu Home with Honor (1/2)

Volu Hootiations, King Yang of Chu was granted a reprieve In the fifth month, he accompanied the diplomatic mission and returned towards Southern Chu Just as he entered Southern Chu, he was assassinated and buried at Jianye The King was on the throne for four years, neglecting court affairs He was intimate with vile characters and distanced hi the country to perish and himself to be imprisoned Southern Chu’s irreversible decline could be traced to this King

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Lu Can was overjoyed He knew that as long as the Prince of Yong did not s difficult for Southern Chu, then everyone else would be coh bribes or through other benefits Lu Can pro However, Lu Can’s expression did not change He knew that the Prince of Yong would inevitably have some conditions Therefore, he sincerely stated, “Your Inanimous On behalf of everyone in Southern Chu, Lu Can thanks Your Ihness If you have any instructions, please speak forthrightly No matter how difficult this matter is, Lu Can will exert all effort to ensure its success”

The Prince of Yong dish He had obtained wealth from Southern Chu’s treasury sufficient to support his arreedy Moreover, in his eyes, Southern Chu’s populace would sooner or later becos worse in this currently bad situation¹ If the hatred and enmity of Southern Chu’s populace was aroused, then it would not be beneficial to the future pacification of Jiangnan As for ceding territory and paying reparations, those matters were the court’s business He already knew that Imperial Father’s bottom line was fifty million taels of silver, paid over ten years If this happened then Southern Chu would have no way of expanding their e scale However, if no other demands were uttered, then inevitably it would cause others to beco the monarch andworry that he hi Zhe, Li Zhi gave hi’s hint, hness, the Prince of Yong, has long ad extreme envy whenever this lowly official spoke of the Palace of Sublime Culture If General Lu is able tosome of the duplicate copies of works in the Palace of Sublihness, especially if you can include soreat If your distinguished envoy can fulfill His Iuarantee that he will not have Southern Chu cede a single inch of its territory”

Lu Can stared back blankly He was a ard these books as especially i’s deraphy, and paintings in exchange for the Prince of Yong’s concessions would ensure that Southern Chu would not suffer disastrous losses frootiations It would be worth it if that was the case It was only that the Palace of Subli If this was done, then there would be those ould i of this, Lu Can could not help but hesitate

Seeing through his thoughts, I lightly added, “Currently, the King If General cannotEmeritus</ereat excuse! He was still too inexperienced As a result, Lu Can cheerfully replied, “This envoy will agree to Your I Emeritus After this envoy has returned to Southern Chu, I will immediately dispatch people to deliver those works”

Just as Li Zhi was about to agree, I spoke up again, “If that is the case, then the delay would be too long Would your distinguished envoy please send a letter back? If these works can be delivered before the negotiations are concluded, then His Ihness will definitely repay this favor”

Lu Can shot a glance at Yang Xiu, questioningly Yang Xiu was a scholar He shi+vered as he glanced at Jiang Zhe Jiang Zhe’s demanded works were all the creaht was really beyond ordinary Thinking back to the fall of Chengdu, both Great Yong and Southern Chu scrarab the records frooverning a country Although this ti Zhe did not demand Southern Chu’s household records and maps, the works that he demanded were far more precious There were inevitably times when China was in a transition period between dynasties Household records and ated Only these resplendent cultural works would always be treasures that went back to the di Xiu also knew that these conditions were not a problem for Southern Chu At the very least, it was a lot better than ceding territory After sighing with adhtly

Lu Can promptly said, “Do not worry, Major I will i off the Southern Chu envoy, I was already exhausted Li Zhi thus bade his farewell and took his leave As he walked, Li Zhi pensively said, “Suiyun is indeed astute If we can obtain Southern Chu’s gathered ancient books, it will be of great benefit to Great Yong After all, our Great Yong is adept at conquering territory and expansion However, governing the country still requires cultural governance An eoverned on horseback Suiyun is truly a great minister”

Gou Lian hness, that Southern Chu envoy was neither servile nor overbearing Moreover, he is amilitary officers of Southern Chu If the man is not eli”

Li Zhi se of outstanding talents in the world If this Prince were to kill each one I meet, I’m afraid that ouldn’t be able to kill thele tree hold up the sky? Without a wise eneral? Gou Lian, speak to Prime Minister Wei onWeijun No wonder Suiyun hadWeijun well It see Weijun were to return to Southern Chu, then Lu Xin would not be able to hold power alone After so Weijun will be able to control the court When that moment co these young talents can raise great waves”

Gou Lian tre Zhe, he had not had the opportunity to watch Jiang Zhe’sLi Zhi speak, Gou Lian understood that Jiang Zhe planned this far ahead, causing hilanced at the Prince of Yong However, for His Ih and e Zhe’s intentions, this would definitely cause the enehness spent such painstaking effort on Jiang Zhe Now, it see of this, the last shred of jealousy in his heart completely disappeared As he cheerfully accepted the order, he advised, “There is no harive so face, even if Sir Jiang doesn’t express his gratitude, he will still feel happy inside”

“That’s right,” sighed Li Zhi in aded by Southern Chu, he still has affection towards his homeland If this were not the case, then he would not have reatly values sentiment I’m afraid that e attack Southern Chu one day, he will not willingly participate”

“Do not worry, Your I “If we cannot conquer a trifling Southern Chu, then wouldn’t it cause others to ridicule us subordinates? Your Ihness has many capable civil and military subordinates What is there to worry? However, Your I sent letters, stating that they have nothing to do in the arhness’s side They have lingering fear³ over what happened days earlier In addition, Your Ienerals by your side to protect you”

“You’re right,” responded Li Zhi after thinking it over “At present, I believe that there won’t be any changes in the army and should recall them back to my side These days, without the, I do not have the strength to i them return to the capital They are both under the jurisdiction of ”

Although the subsequent negotiations were mired in minor details, there were no obstructions Southern Chu was eagerly hoping for the success of the negotiations, while Great Yong did not have anyone ished to delay the talks Since the Prince of Yong did not interfere, the crown prince was disinclined to show any interest During this period of time, the Prince of Qi see his residence Therefore, the negotiations proceeded exceedingly suidance of Prime Minister Wei Guan The other members of the Southern Chu diplohted However, there was a slight worry in Lu Can’sso s off without a hitch, there werethe reeotiations, Southern Chu beca an annual tribute and paying respects at the Great Yong court every year For the defeat, Southern Chusixty million taels of silver, payable over twelve years In addition, the two countries agreed to set up awar, both capitals required goods frooods entering Great Yong was increased by five percent All of the captive members of the Southern Chu royal family and the civil and h each price was different There was a need for hostages to be left behind The ultimate choice was Zhao Jia’s eldest son, Zhao Xi His e was Zhao Jia’s young brother, the Prince of Jian, Zhao Yun As for Zhao Jia’s favorite concubines, more than half requested that they be allowed to rele over this matter Their future livelihood would naturally be taken care of by Great Yong Lu Can actually wished that all of these wo concubines wished to follow Zhao Jia back to Southern Chu Their youth had been left behind in Southern Chu, therefore, they would rather return to a land filled with hostility towards them than refuse to leave their children

On the twentieth day of the fourth month, several hundred carts filled with the works de The Prince of Yong dispatched two generals to accept those works and had theenerals, one was Zhangsun Ji, known in sun, matchless with bow and arrow He was the best archer in the Yong arround, he had enlisted in the are In the ar a set of archery skills on the battlefield It was a cinch⁴ for hiolden boas a reward personally bestowed by the Prince of Yong E specially made arrows, he was able to shoot and kill ene Chi This man’s temperament was a bit ienerals and seize eneeneral under the Prince of Yong By having these twoeyes could see that the Prince of Yong’s intention was to have them enter the capital

On the twenty-fifth day of the fourth an to journey back south, escorting the King was extre the ele personally poured wine to see off Zhao Jia at the ten E that he wanted to have Princess Changle stay a fewHowever, all knew that the Yong ele to return to Southern Chu During the negotiations, the Southern Chu envoys had onceto venerate his father’s legal wife⁵ as the Queen Mother This offer was tactfully declined by Wei Guan However, the Southern Chu diplo up on this matter After all, theirback all of the captive Southern Chu ministers