How to Cultivate a Ten-Thousand-Mile Empire for the Young Emperor Qin?

Chapter 201: The two Chu states saved the people

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This continuous drizzle did not cause much trouble to Guangling County, which had already been incorporated into Wu County, but it brought great trouble to Chu.

After the civil war in Chu ended, the King of Southern Chu sent troops to attack the cities on the north bank of the Yangtze River occupied by Qin. The King of Chu loaned Xiang Yan as the commander-in-chief and also sent some troops to assist.

Even if they fought on their own territory, at least three civilians were needed to provide logistics for one soldier. The number of people farming in Chu was greatly reduced.

The early and late rice rotation technique promoted by Zhu Xiang in Southern Qin was secretly brought to Chu by the Chu people. Chu also planted early and late rice.

After Qin launched the Qin Cotton Trade War against Chu, Chu fell into famine and then civil strife.

The terrible famine and war finally passed, and even the laziest people in Chu became diligent and learned from the Southern Qin people how to rotate between growing early and late rice.

If they could harvest rice twice a year, even if the yield was not as high as that of Nan Qin, it would be enough for them to feed themselves for a year, right

The people of Chu thought so humbly.

Last year, when the King of Chu and the Prince of Southern Chu conscripted all the men into the army, the early rice in Chu was almost yellow.

Women in Chu carried their children on their backs and held farm tools in their hands. Together with the elderly in their families, they got up before dawn every day. If there was moonlight after dark, they would also work in the fields.

Women are not as strong as men, and it takes women longer to complete farm work that men can finish in one hour. If a woman is a little weaker, it may take two or three times as long.

But it doesn't matter.

There are twelve hours in a day. She built a thatched house next to the field, ate and slept by the field ridge. Except when she was too tired to move, or when there was no moonlight at night and she slept a little longer, she worked day or night and always finished the work in the field.

In order to make soldiers work hard, countries would give some food and money to soldiers and civilians when they were conscripted. Although it was not much, it was better than nothing.

When she was so tired that she was about to give up, the woman would hold her child, who had fallen asleep crying from hunger while sucking her finger, and imagine the future.

The men in the family came back with food and wages, and their fields had a good harvest, so the whole family could have a full meal.

Then, they would pay taxes on the surplus grain and hide it away, so that they could have porridge every day. When the autumn rice harvest came, they could have enough food during the New Year and could also exchange the surplus grain for fish and meat.

If you can eat meat once a year, it will be a happy year.

As she thought about it, a smile appeared on the woman's sad face, and the fatigue and pain in her body seemed to be relieved.

Although the embers of war have not yet been extinguished, the weather in Chu has been relatively peaceful in the past six months.

The people of Chu waited in fear until the rice ears, filled with grain, and turned yellow.

Cautious smiles of joy appeared on their faces, as if the golden color in the field was not rice, but gold.

Perhaps when you are hungry, rice is more precious than gold.

At this time, Xiang Yan was defeated.

What does nearly 100,000 defeated troops represent

Representing nearly 100,000 bandits.

The Qin soldiers seemed to have no interest in the rice of the Chu people. They chased the Chu army to the bank of the Huai River and then hurried back. Except for trampling some rice during the forced march, they did not cause much damage to the Chu people. This made the Chu people, who were used to the legend of the Qin soldiers' brutality, feel strange.

In fact, if Zhu Xiang hadn't urged Ying Xiaozheng to get back quickly, the Qin soldiers' military discipline wouldn't have been so good. But the prince was in a hurry to get on the road, so who would dare to stop and rob

But the defeated Chu soldiers were different.

Perhaps it was fear, or they wanted to grab some money knowing that there would be no food or military merit, or perhaps they simply felt emboldened by the weapons in their hands and the other soldiers around them. Except for Xiang Yan who quickly gathered his own men, the civilians and the remaining Nanchu troops quickly turned into bandits who committed all kinds of evil.

Not only did they rape and plunder, they even did bad things such as burning fields and destroying houses, which were harmful to others and themselves.

The generals even personally commanded their soldiers to do so.

Because they understood that their soldiers had not gained any benefits from the defeat. If they wanted these soldiers to continue to work hard for them, but they did not want to pay the money, they could only let the soldiers plunder.

Moreover, having just experienced the fear of defeat, the soldiers also needed to use the blood of innocent civilians to sharpen their swords, boost their courage and restore their morale.

The situation in the territory of Chu was relatively good. After Xiang Yan gathered his subordinates, he immediately led his personal soldiers to suppress the bandits, stabilize the domestic order of Chu, and prevent the bandit problem from expanding.

However, the Southern Chu King was completely unable to control the remaining troops, and the Chu people who had moved inland also rebelled. Many of the Chu people who had moved inland fled south and returned to their burned-down hometowns, spontaneously wanting to rebuild the city.

The newly born Southern Chu State suffered severe man-made disasters.

What’s even more miserable is that the rent still has to be paid.

Desperate old men walked into the mountains by themselves in the middle of the night and early morning; weeping women cut their fingers and let their starving children suck their blood to fill their stomachs; soldiers who fled back found that their hometown had turned into a scorched earth, and the people who did it were their comrades.

But even so, civilians were numb and rarely resisted.

After half a year of starvation and eating grass and soil, the autumn harvest gave them a chance to breathe a sigh of relief. They paid the rent they had borrowed, fed those who were not yet starved to death, and began to look forward to the next year's bumper harvest of early rice.

This time, neither the Southern Chu State nor the Chu State levied military service or corvée labor, so many people worked hard in the fields. The elderly who were still alive and the women and children who were holding on could finally relax a little, and the whole family was looking forward to a good harvest.

Like last year, the rice turned yellow again, and the Chu people's faces were filled with anticipation.

Then the rain came.

Officials and feudal lords from all over the Chu state built altars, offered precious tributes, and prayed to the gods to quickly stop harming the people.

They are sincere and heartfelt.

As they prayed, they fell on the muddy ground and cried bitterly, their concern for the country and the people evident in their words.

"But no one is like Zhu Xiang, who led his family servants and Qin soldiers to help the farmers harvest." Chunshen Jun Huang Xie sneered, "The altar is magnificent and solid, but the farmers have no harvesting tools; the altar has abundant wine and meat, but the relief grain has less chaff than sand and stone; they cry to the gods at the altar every day, raise high flames, and pray for mercy from the gods, but no one helps the farmers to burn a kiln to bake the grain."

Huang Xie threw the wine glass to the ground fiercely and said, "General Xiang, do you want to lend me this soldier or not?"

Xiang Yan looked at the bronze wine glass rolling on the ground and remained silent.

Huang Xie said, "I will borrow troops from you in exchange for five small cities in my fiefdom."

Xiang Yan's eyebrows trembled, and he said helplessly: "Chun Shenjun, why are you doing this?"

Huang Xie said: "It's not me who suffers, it's the people of Chu who suffer."

Xiang Yan said, "You weren't like this before. Have you changed so much after becoming Zhu Xiang's friend?"

Huang Xie asked back: "Why not I have always been like this, but Zhu Xiang made me see myself clearly."

He took a deep breath, stood up, pointed at his chest and said, "Although I value wealth and status, I can also see the hardships of the common people!"

He held his hands flat, bowed and leveled himself with the ground. "General Xiang! I will borrow your soldiers from five small cities!"

Xiang Yan sighed again, stood up and helped Chunshen Jun up, saying: "It's not that I don't want to lend you soldiers, it's just that the King of Chu was very dissatisfied with me after the last defeat. I dare not act rashly."

Xiang Yan was neglected by the King of Chu.

It was not because of the burning of cities and the relocation of people, nor was it because the defeated soldiers turned into bandits.

This kind of thing is very common, and no monarch would be angry about such a small matter.

Although some scholars sympathized with the suffering of the people of Chu and some wrote articles to criticize Xiang Yan, the common people suffered so much during the more than 500 years of war during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period that most people became accustomed to it.

If it weren't for the sudden appearance of Duke Zhu Xiang, who was sympathetic to the common people and also came from a commoner family, there wouldn't even be a voice criticizing Xiang Yan.

The King of Chu ignored Xiang Yan only because Xiang Yan was defeated in the battle.

In fact, although Xiang Yan did not capture Guangling City, he conquered all the cities on the north bank of the Yangtze River except Guangling City, so his merits outweighed his faults.

But the King of Chu had long been wary of Xiang Yan's great power, and this time he was just taking advantage of the situation.

Xiang Yan was criticized by scholars for being cruel and cruel as a Chu people, and at the same time he was deliberately suppressed by the King of Chu. So after returning to Chendu, he stayed indoors and kept a low profile to avoid disaster.

However, Xiang Yan still held the military power tightly, and the elite troops of the Xiang family were still the strongest in the State of Chu, and even the King of Chu did not dare to take them away.

In order to support the King of Chu, Chunshen Jun changed his fiefdom into a county, only managing administrative and financial powers and handing over his military power.

The King of Chu was unwilling to send troops to help with the harvest, so Chunshen Jun had no choice but to ask Xiang Yan for help.

But even though Chunshen Jun promised to give part of his fiefdom to Xiang Yan, Xiang Yan still refused.

Chunshen Jun covered his face with his sleeves and got on the carriage crying.

Xiang Yan saw Chunshen Jun off in his carriage, looking somewhat embarrassed.

The clansmen around Xiang Yan were all dissatisfied, saying how Chunshen Jun had learned the shameless kindness of the commoner Zhu Xiang, and actually let the scholars go to the fields to help the farmers harvest, which was a disgrace to the feudal lord.

But Xiang Yan's heart was shaken.

He thought of Changping Jun, who was staggering in the chariot and looking in a miserable state.

The world praised Lord Changping, and even the Chu people in Guangling City were willing to die for Lord Changping. Could he really deny Lord Changping's behavior that was not at all dignified for an aristocrat

Xiang Yan sat quietly all night, and the next day he selected three hundred slaves to lend to Chunshen Jun.

I am just a slave, I have not lost my noble status, Xiang Yan thought.

Chunshen Jun drove around Chendu crying and "begging" for several days, his eyes were so swollen that he could not open them.

Out of respect for Chunshen Jun, one family lent 100 slaves, the other lent 200 servants, and Prince Qi even asked the King of Chu for 1,000 slaves. Chunshen Jun gathered 5,000 people and was finally able to go.

When the crown prince saw Chunshen Jun off, he handed him a token and said, "With this token, Chunshen Jun can get food supplies from any granary in any county of Chu. Take care!"

Chunshen Jun knew that Prince Qi had knelt in front of the palace gate for a whole day and a night in order to obtain the token from the King of Chu, and he knelt until he fainted.

He felt happy that he was not alone.

"Leave it to me." Chunshen Jun bowed and said, "Take care, Crown Prince."

Chunshen Jun led his ragtag army away to help the Chu people harvest rice.

Although it is a few days late and many rice grains may have sprouted, it is better to do something about it than to do nothing.

The famine in Chu was temporarily suppressed thanks to Chunshen Jun's efforts, and the country returned to peace.

The Southern Chu State continued to be in chaos, but the nobles lived a better life. They obtained a lot of land and slaves, and strengthened their army and retainers.

Although a large number of Chu people were displaced, they all flocked to Guangling City and did not cause much trouble to the rulers and ministers of Southern Chu.

All the troubles were borne by Duke Zhu Xiang, who claimed to be benevolent.

This allowed the rulers and ministers of Southern Chu to regain some ground after their great defeat.

When Zhu Xiang was busy arranging for the refugees to reclaim wasteland, he learned about Chunshen Jun's affairs. He immediately sent someone to deliver the experience of harvesting and the drawings of new agricultural tools to Chunshen Jun as quickly as possible.

"Duke Zhu Xiang, you wrote a letter and gave the drawings of new farm tools such as the fan wheel to Lord Chunshen. Will anyone criticize Duke Zhu Xiang for secretly communicating with the State of Chu?" Li Si was very worried.

Han Fei put it more bluntly: "Duke Zhu Xiang, strengthening the power of Chu will not benefit Qin."

Zhu Xiang shook his head: "I have sent someone to write a letter to the King of Qin, and the King of Qin will agree. The better Chunshen Jun helps the Chu people to harvest rice, the more dangerous he will be. I helped him succeed, not only saving innocent Chu people, but also..."

Zhu Xiang paused for a moment and sighed, "He took charge of this matter, and I'm afraid he knows the outcome. When Chunshen Jun is reprimanded by the King of Chu, his kindness to the Chu people now will become a knife stabbing into the hearts of the Chu people."

Han Fei and Li Si, both political novices, were very confused and asked in unison: "Why?"

Zhu Xiang said, "Because of Prince Qi. Prince Qi is too good, and he and Chunshen Jun work well together. When the King of Chu was in trouble, he would be happy that his adult son returned to his side. But now that the crisis of Chu has been resolved, the King of Chu may feel bad when he sees this overly outstanding adult prince. Chunshen Jun, who originally could only rely on the King of Chu, is actually valued by the prince. In the eyes of the King of Chu, this may make Chunshen Jun betray him."

A little bit of fog cleared up in Li Si's mind: "Now Chunshen Jun has stood up for the Chu people who are about to fall into famine again. The better he does, the greater his reputation will be, and the more he will be hated by the King of Chu?"

Han Fei frowned: "Doesn't the Crown Prince of Chu know what the King of Chu is worried about? Why does he want to get involved?"

Zhu Xiang sighed again and said, "According to the secret letter left by Lu Buwei, the Crown Prince of Chu had deliberately avoided making friends with Chun Shenjun in order to protect him. But the King of Chu refused to give in to the matter of harvesting and providing relief to the people of Chu, so Chun Shenjun could not go. Chun Shenjun welcomed the Crown Prince back, but the Queen of Chu, who had been on his side, deeply hated him. The only person who could speak for Chun Shenjun in the palace was the Crown Prince of Chu."

Chunshen Jun knew that the trip was dangerous, but he still did it; Prince Qi knew that this move would put Chunshen Jun in danger, but he still helped Chunshen Jun.

If Prince Qi had become the King of Chu, perhaps he and Chunshen Jun could have really created a harmonious relationship between a wise ruler and a virtuous minister, bringing a second spring to the State of Chu.

If the Qin State had not existed.

Li Si and Han Fei couldn't help but admire the Crown Prince of Chu and Chunshen Jun.

Even though the two were enemies of Qin, enemies could also be worthy of respect.

Zhu Xiang was somewhat confused. The Chunshen Jun in history seemed to be more obsessed with his own and his family's wealth, which was completely different from the Chunshen Jun of today.

But Zhu Xiang thought about it again, Chunshen Jun's greatest achievement passed down to later generations was that he built water conservancy projects, controlled floods, encouraged reclamation, and carried out early development of Jiangdong during wars. This is also the origin of the term "Shencheng".

There were countless feudal lords in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, but only a few of them were able to govern and develop their own fiefdoms. This shows that Chunshen Jun had a slightly lower vision than other feudal lords and could see the common people.

Even if you can only see a little, you still see it, which is better than being blind.

Chunshen Jun already had such potential.

Is it because of him that he can see more people now? Zhu Xiang looked at the favorability list and the slowly rising red heart behind Chunshen Jun's portrait.

It is obvious that he and Chunshen Jun are enemies and have both plotted to kill each other, but his favorability is almost two hearts high, almost catching up with Xinling Jun.

Zhu Xiang smiled bitterly.

He had a hypocritical hope that after being rejected by the King of Chu, Chunshen Jun would simply resign and retire, and would not lose his life.

Chunshen Jun died of conspiracy in his previous life. It would be nice if Chunshen Jun in this life could have a good ending.

Although Zhu Xiang knew that the hope was slim.

Zhu Xiang just sighed a few times and let the matter go.

He is too busy.

A large number of refugees from the Southern Chu State poured into Guangling City. The Southern Chu State not only turned a blind eye, but even directly told the refugees who could not survive to go to Guangling City and find Duke Zhu Xiang. It was as if Duke Zhu Xiang was the Duke Zhu Xiang of the Southern Chu State, which was quite shameless.

Zhu Xiang welcomed the refugees.

When Guangling had a good harvest, the three counties of Southern Qin also had a good harvest. Now the granaries of Southern Qin were full of grain, and they began to build new granaries.

Southern Qin was hot and humid, and grains were prone to rotting. It was just right to use old grains to provide relief to refugees, to use work in lieu of relief, and to have them reclaim wasteland and build water conservancy projects.

Xiang Yan slaughtered the people on the north bank of the Yangtze River, but because the thorn of Guangling City was not pulled out, it became beneficial to the Qin State.

If the Qin State wanted to cross the Yangtze River, it would be difficult to rebuild the dock city on the north bank of the Yangtze River. However, it would be much easier to use Guangling City as a base point, let a large number of refugees go west to open up land, build roads, and gradually build the north bank of the Yangtze River.

Furthermore, although Wang Jian was guarding the three passes of Yiyang, he was actually on the north bank of the Yangtze River.

People see that Wang Jian became famous for his cavalry battles, but they ignore the fact that Wang Jian was once Li Mu's deputy general and led the navy to fight with Li Mu.

Wang Jian also had an elite naval force that could go directly downstream along the Han River and the Yangtze River and rebuild the dock from west to east.

Now when the Chu people who had fled back to their hometown saw the Qin people, it was like seeing their relatives. They would no longer resist and would even hug the Qin people's thighs and beg them not to leave.

The customs of Chu were very different from those of the Central Plains and Qin. According to common sense, Chu and its people were the most difficult to tame. Even if they were occupied by Qin, they still regarded themselves as Chu people and were unwilling to integrate into Qin, and anti-Qin sentiment was high.

Xiang Yan was only a general, not a king's assistant, let alone a monarch, just like his grandson Xiang Yu. So he burned the city and relocated the people with an eye on the strategic gains and losses, with the purpose of creating trouble for Qin's war of unification and prolonging the life of Chu.

He cannot see the long-term gains and losses of public opinion.

Zhu Xiang was very sure that even if Xiang Yan succeeded in this matter, he would not be in Guangling to save the people of Guangling. Xiang Yan and the King of Southern Chu's atrocities on the north bank of the Yangtze River would also cause long-term harm to the State of Chu.

The Qin State will definitely be able to unify the world.

After the Chu people were unified by Qin, they would still miss the King of Chu and the Chu State. The Xiang family was able to flee to Jiangdong and lead the Jiangdong people to sweep across the Central Plains.

Now, if the Xiang family dares to reveal their identity in Jiangdong, people from Jiangdong and Jiangbei will dare to beat them in the street.

Xiang Yu is too powerful to defeat him? Then report to the authorities!

Although the Qin people are hateful, the Xiang family must die!

It’s not that Xiang Yan is ignorant, it’s just that talented people who can assist the king are rare.

Moreover, in the Warring States Period, when the status difference between nobles and commoners seemed so great that there seemed to be reproductive isolation, no one cared about the use of common people.

Now the evil consequences of Xiang Yan's actions have appeared ahead of time.

In contrast to the kindness of Lord Changping, there was also famine caused by two years of man-made disasters in Southern Chu. The Chu people in Southern Chu regarded Lord Changping as a life-saving straw and brought their families to Guangling City to seek survival.

There were many scholars among these refugees, some of whom were from the north bank of the Yangtze River.

They were very nervous.

They were the ones who drove away the Qin army, and now they are asking the Qin people for help. Will the Qin people pay attention to them

Moreover, there are so many of them. Even if Lord Changping has mercy on them, can he provide enough food to relieve them

When they arrived in Guangling City, their worries disappeared.

Changping Jun did not show up. Guangling City was heavily guarded by Qin troops.

However, the Qin army did not expel them. Instead, they built refugee camps for them, registered their names and specialties, and distributed rations and corvée labor.

If there are scholars who are literate and understand classical Chinese or Qin language, they should be registered and trained to manage these refugees.

The Qin State's system of registering all people and making them equal could also be used to manage refugees. Scholars among the refugees served as "lizheng" to help Qin officials manage temporary refugee villages.

After the Qin-Chu trade war, the Qin army and officials were already very skilled in managing refugees. Most of the officials who were now managing refugees were former refugees from the Chu State.

Although the system is complete and the experience is sufficient, there are too many things to do.

Before, Zhu Xiang had Ying Xiaozheng and Xue Ji to help him, but now Zhu Xiang is left alone.

When Ying Xiaozheng worked at full capacity, he could replace two Zhu Xiangs who worked normally. Now Zhu Xiang could only work at super-full capacity, and it was good enough if he could sleep for two hours a day, relying on strong tea to keep alive.

People's limits are always forced out. Zhu Xiang is only 32 years old, which is the right age for him to be able to do something.

While he was writing a letter to Zichu, asking him to release Zheng'er as soon as possible to save his life, he was also trying his best to push himself to his limit.

Zhu Xiang fought so hard that the new county officials around him, who were mainly scholars from Guangling, were frightened.

Chen Qi kept persuading Zhu Xiang to take care of his health and to take time with some things.

Zhu Xiang smiled as he drank his strong tea, "I'm fine, I'm energetic. If we had delayed the treatment by one day, dozens of people would have starved to death. How could I have slept?"

Fu Qiu said to Chen Qi privately: "If persuasion is useful, we would have done it long ago. Instead of persuading, it is better to share more of the burden for Duke Zhu Xiang."

Chen Qi wiped his tears and nodded.

Duke Zhu Xiang, a Qin man, fought so hard for the Chu people who had fled. How could these Chu people still sleep

When Chen Qi and other scholars in Guangling City stayed up all night, they also told the scholars among the refugees about this matter.

The King of Chu and the Lord of Southern Chu do not care about your lives, only Lord Changping cares. Even animals know how to repay favors. If you betray Lord Changping in the future, you will be worse than animals!

Zhu Xiang's reputation finally became well-known in Southern Chu State, and even illiterate farmers knew that there was a Changping Jun in the south.

If you can't make ends meet, go find Lord Changping.

At this time, the reputation of Changping Jun's benevolence was truly accepted by the people of Chu, and it was not just the well-informed upper-class scholars who knew who Zhu Xianggong was.

When Zhu Xiang's reputation spread, the people of Chu also learned that rice that could be planted twice a year and potatoes and pumpkins that were said to be able to relieve famine were all brought by Duke Zhu Xiang.

Many people just farmed and ate rice without knowing where it came from. Now, they finally know.

When the Lord of Southern Chu discovered that common people were fleeing in large numbers and began to take measures to stop it, Lord Chunshen also ended his tour of Chu and returned to Chendu.

Chunshen Jun's reputation for benevolence also spread throughout the State of Chu.

In the hearts of the Chu people under the control of the King of Chu, Chunshen Jun's reputation for benevolence has surpassed that of Changping Jun.

If the kindness of Lord Changping did not fall on them, it would be false. Lord Chunshen's kindness saved them, so they respected Lord Chunshen.

The King of Chu personally went out of the city to welcome Chunshen Jun and reward him.

But when Chunshen Jun saw the King of Chu's exaggerated smile, his heart sank.

He had served the King of Chu since he was still the crown prince. No one knew the King of Chu better than him. So as soon as he saw the King of Chu's expression, Chunshen Jun guessed what the King of Chu was thinking.

He knew that he was in danger.

After returning to Chendu, Chunshen Jun fell seriously ill due to overwork. He resigned from his post to the King of Chu and wanted to return to his fiefdom to recuperate.

The King of Chu declined again and again, but finally agreed.

Chunshen Jun breathed a sigh of relief.

When leaving Chendu, the King of Chu came out of the palace in disguise and came to see him off in person.

Prince Qi did not come.

"He wants to protect you." The King of Chu's attitude was just like when he was still the crown prince. "You think I want to kill you, and Crown Prince Qi thinks so too."

Chunshen Jun shook his head: "It's not that the king wants to kill me. It's that I first supported the son of the Queen of Chu, and then supported the returning crown prince. I was wavering and already hated. Both princes are the king's sons and flesh and blood. If they fight, how sad will the king be? I deserve to die."

He wiped his tears and continued, "Although I supported the Crown Prince who had grown up and demonstrated his ability for the sake of the State of Chu, I have no regrets for the State of Chu, but I do regret you, Your Majesty. Your Majesty has allowed me to return to my fiefdom to recuperate because of our past friendship."

The King of Chu looked at Chunshen Jun crying sadly, remembered his past with Chunshen Jun in Qin State, and softened his heart.

"Go, go far away, and don't come back." The King of Chu sighed, "When you return to your fiefdom, I will reduce your fiefdom."

Chunshen Jun immediately said: "I will write a letter to ask for a reduction in my fiefdom!"

The King of Chu nodded and sent Chunshen Jun away.

In the autumn of 248 BC, Chunshen Jun resigned from his position as prime minister due to old age and illness and returned to his fiefdom.

On the way, Chunshen Jun encountered several assassination attempts, but fortunately he was escorted home safely by the chivalrous men of Chu.

After returning home, Chunshen Jun immediately wrote a letter requesting a reduction in his fiefdom to fill the treasury of the State of Chu.

The King of Chu agreed and gave Chunshen Jun a thousand gold coins.

All the people of Chu praised Chunshen Jun for his noble character. Even the King of Qin, the ruler of tigers, leopards, jackals and wolves, publicly praised Chunshen Jun and sent people to invite him to Qin.

(End of this chapter)