The young Kaifeng hurried back to the Kingdom of Zhao to meet Zhao Wangyan. Zhao Wangyan met with the Han Prime Minister Kaifeng at the Zhao palace.
Zhang Kaidi followed the guidance of the chamberlain into the Zhao Palace. It has to be said that in terms of the luxury of the palace, Han Wangan was still a step behind Zhao Wang Yan.
After all, the State of Zhao is stronger than South Korea and has more wealth. After so many generations of Zhao kings building it, the Zhao Palace is naturally magnificent.
Of course, this is also related to Zhao Ren's temperament.
Even when King Wuling of Zhao was the wisest in the first half of his life, he still could not change his habit of extravagance and lust, and built countless palaces for pleasure. The Qin royal family with the same ancestor was no exception to this, otherwise the Qin palace in a broad sense The scope of the palace complex will not be that large.
He raised his head slightly and glanced at the man sitting on the throne. He had a strong body, a majestic face, and a beard that was neither too long nor too short. He looked quite majestic.
Just facing this King Zhao, Zhang Kaidi also had a headache.
Because there is a beautiful woman sitting next to him, with a voluptuous figure, a white goose neck, exposed shoulders, clear collarbones, and a proud breast like a sea of snow, which makes people intoxicated.
And this beautiful woman, I don’t know whether she did it deliberately or was born like this, her every move and every move is full of charm.
When receiving the Prime Minister of another country, letting a woman sit next to the throne was an extremely rude move towards the envoy. This inevitably reminded Kaifang of the last time he collaborated with Zhao Wangyan for an intermediary. Difficult to deal with.
King Yan of Zhao is indeed worthy of the posthumous title of "Mourning and Xiang" given to him by history. "Mourning" means he died young. As for "Xiang"... He who created the land with virtue is called Xiang; his armor and his hard work are called Xiang; because of his meritorious deeds, he is called Xiang. ; The one who overcomes his rigidity with tenacity is called Xiang; the one who praises and succeeds is called Xiang; the one who conquers the distance with his mighty virtue is called Xiang. This is a beautiful posthumous title.
Zhao Wangyan was indeed a virtuous king. During his reign, he also revived the State of Zhao for a time, which restored the national strength of the State of Zhao that had been severely damaged after the Battle of Changping. He once wanted to regain the greatness of the State of Zhao.
But King Yan of Zhao also has a common problem of all Zhao kings in the past, or a common problem of all Zhao people, and even the Qin people with the same ancestor - willfulness!
The people of Zhao advocated force, had a strong temperament, were brave and aggressive, acted willfully and did not obey the rules of etiquette. The people were accustomed to private fights and indiscriminate killings in temples. During the 12th King of Zhao, there were eleven large-scale mutinies and civil strife.
The Qin people of the same ancestor also had the same temperament, but the Qin people experienced a top-down Shang Yang's reform. The legal system and decrees were deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and bravery and willfulness were regulated and bounded, so they embarked on a regulated path. A development path that follows and has laws to follow.
To what extent did Zhao Ren become willful?
Zhao Wuxie, who founded the Zhao Kingdom, was able to get the throne because his eldest brother Bolu gave him the throne, so Zhao Wuxie was unwilling to make his son the prince. In addition, his son Zhao Jia's talents were indeed not as good as those of his elder brother Bolu. Lu's son, so Zhao Wuxie was determined to pass it on to Bolu's son, his nephew.
Later, Bolu's eldest son died young, so Zhao Wuxie passed the throne to Bolu's grandson Zhao Huan, who was named Zhao Xianhou. But Zhao Jia refused to accept it, and out of his willfulness, he expelled Xianhou and established himself on his own behalf.
The people of Zhao also began to show their willful side, because the people of Zhao believed that Zhao Jia's heir was not Zhao Wuxie's original intention, so they killed him together to welcome Zhao Xianhou.
This is the willful and reckless side of Zhao people from top to bottom.
As a descendant of the Zhao family, King Yan of Zhao was also very willful, extravagant and lustful, and even married a prostitute. That was all, and she was named queen.
Although prostitutes in this era were not prostitutes who sold themselves, but singers and dancers, their status was too low and they were not worthy of the noble Zhao royal family, let alone becoming the mother of a country?
The staunchness of the Zhao people made the officials unwilling to buy it, let alone give in, and wrote letters of objection. King Zhao took a look and saw who was stauncher!
So Zhao Wangyan directly passed the order to make the prostitute a queen, held a canonization ceremony, and physically silenced some of the most cheering opponents, forcibly interrupting his tenacity.
Although there were some things in his personal life that Zhao people disliked, Zhao Wangyan's tenacity in governing the country won the hearts of Zhao people.
When King Yan of Zhao came to the throne, he planned to open up the Central Plains in the south, make great preparations for reconciliation with the State of Wei, and try to open up the road to Pingyi and Zhongmu, but he failed. So King Yan of Zhao turned his attention to the north and sent Li Mu to lead an army to attack Yan State and captured Wu Sui and Fangcheng of Yan State.
Then in the third year after taking the throne, he appointed the veteran general Pang Nuan, severely damaged the invading Yan army of tens of thousands led by Ju Xin, killed the general Ju Xin, captured 20,000 Yan troops, and captured several cities.
Despite his flaws, this strong-willed and willful monarch's temperament and actions in these major national affairs won the Zhao people's love, and they gradually became more tolerant of his willfulness in some small things.
Zhang Kai had learned about Zhao Wangyan's temperament in advance, and he was relieved when he learned that he was being summoned in the main palace where the meeting was today. However, when he noticed the smile on Zhao Wangyan's face, he was heartbroken. My heart couldn't help but hang up.
"Prime Minister Han is here, please surrender?"
Sure enough, King Zhao opened his mouth and almost broke his guard.
Not to mention that he came to ask for help from the State of Zhao instead of surrendering to the State of Zhao. Even if it were true, you, King Zhao, couldn't say it so openly!
Diplomatic etiquette!
He opened his eyes and couldn't help but look at Guo Kai.
Guo Kai is the foreign minister of Zhao State, who is responsible for the foreign affairs of the state. Knowing that Guo Kai was a good person, when he entered Zhao Kaidi, he naturally greeted Guo Kai in advance and gave him a big gift.
You’ve already accepted the gifts, and you’re just going to do things like this?
The open and resentful eyes fell into Guo Kai's eyes. In fact, Guo Kai was also a little helpless.
My king is indeed too willful sometimes, but who would let this be my king?
So Guo Kai took a step forward, leaned down and saluted: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Han is here to ask Zhao to send troops to rescue Xinzheng, the capital of Han."
Kaifeng couldn't help but nodded. Although Guo Kai was greedy and had a big appetite, he would definitely do his best when receiving money.
If things don't work out, half will be taken away, and things will be paid off only when things are done. And we always try our best and never cheat.
But after hearing this, Zhao Wangyan suddenly lost interest, all the joyful expression on his face disappeared, and he looked at the open land angrily.
"Oh, then Prime Minister Han can go."
If the situation were not stronger than that of others, and Kaidai wanted to ask Zhao for help, he really wanted to pull out the sharp sword at his waist and let Zhao Wangyan understand what it meant for an ordinary man to be angry and his blood would be splashed five steps away.
However, Guo Kai was still dedicated and spoke again: "Your Majesty, King Qin Yingzheng sent 100,000 Qin troops to besiege Xinzheng. If Xinzheng is lost, South Korea will perish. If South Korea perishes, the lips will die and the teeth will be cold. The pressure that Zhao will face from now on will also be great." Increase."
Zhao Wangyan suddenly patted the armrest of the throne, with a hint of anger in his eyes.
"Hmph, the old proton was quite impressive."
The proton in Zhao Wangyan's mouth was Ying Zheng.
Ying Zheng, who had grown up in the State of Zhao, naturally knew Zhao Yan, and among the dignitaries of the State of Zhao who bullied Ying Zheng, he was led by Zhao Yan, the former son of the State of Zhao.
His eyes widened and he glanced at Guo Kai gratefully.
As expected, he was Zhao Wangyan's latent minister and favorite. Guo Kai knew Zhao Wangyan's temper very accurately. As soon as Ying Zheng was mentioned, Zhao Wangyan's bad temper came up.
"Your Majesty, Qin can destroy Han today, and it can destroy Han tomorrow. Zhao saved Han today, is it possible that he will save Han tomorrow? South Korea is too weak, and the repeated rescues will sooner or later bring Zhao down."
It was Zhao Cong who spoke. Zhao Cong's behavior of bringing back the Zhao State's heavy armored regiment and other troops safely with only a few thousand men lost made Zhao Cong very satisfied, and he also trusted and reused Zhao Cong, the clan general, even more.
"In terms of ministers, it is better to defeat Yan than to aid Han!"
"The State of Yan has repeatedly harbored ill intentions towards our State of Zhao. The last time they joined forces, they secretly helped the State of Qin to cut off our food routes and retreat, which almost led to the annihilation of our entire Zhao army! It is better to seize the opportunity to attack Yan. First, we can gain the city and land, and secondly, we can Avenge Yan State for bullying me!"
As soon as Zhao Cong's words came out of his mouth, Guo Kai knew that things would not develop as he hoped.
King Yan of Zhao hated Ying Zheng and the State of Qin, but he hated the State of Yan even more!
When he was young, Yan State's hundreds of thousands of troops attacked Zhao State, which had just experienced the Battle of Changping. They had a tendency to destroy Zhao State, but luckily Lian Po defeated it.
Later, he plotted the land of Zhao State, repeatedly sent people to explore the border of Zhao State, and later sent Ju Xin to attack Zhao State.
Coupled with the fact that the Yan State ruined his ambitions during the Hezong War, Zhao Wang Yan couldn't help but hate the Yan State even more, even more than he hated Ying Zheng for a time.
"Then get ready and go north to defeat Yan!"
"This time, you will be the commander-in-chief!"
The old man Kaidi couldn't help but feel resentful on his face. He threw away his sleeves bitterly and left, unable to bear the humiliation brought to him by King Zhao anymore.
Forget it if you don't want to send troops to help, at least find a good reason to let me live with it in terms of face!
You can make up a reason, saying that Zhao State has insufficient troops or lack of food and grass!
As a result, they not only humiliated the weak South Korea in court, but were unwilling to rescue South Korea, and even discussed sending troops to defeat Yan!
Not so humiliating!
Not to mention diplomatic etiquette!
Moreover, since the Zhao State is preparing to attack Yan, there is no need to expect the Yan State to send troops or fund South Korea.
After Kai Kaidi traveled thousands of miles to Qi State, he finally gave up the idea of asking for help.
The State of Qi didn't want to see the Han Prime Minister of Kaifang either. After all, the last Hezong was connected by Kaifang. After the failure of the Hezong coalition, they actually attacked Rao'an of Qi and took away a palace of Qi. Haikou, this made the whole country of Qi very angry.
If it had not been for many years of neglecting military preparations and its unwillingness to become enemies of the five-nation coalition, Qi would have sent troops to attack Zhao long ago. As a result, Qi State pointed its finger at the linker of Hezong, which was Kaikaidi.
The King of Qi and the Queen did not receive him at all. Upon hearing his arrival, the ministers of Qi State refused to even allow him to enter the country.
Qi State is now in harmony, singing and dancing, is it uncomfortable to enjoy such a good life? I want to fight and kill!
The soldiers of Qi State were also unwilling to go to war. To them, being paid as soldiers was no different from Cuju, cockfighting, or acrobatics. It was just a way to make a living.
For a few coins a month, it would be a fool to ask them to give up their life of pleasure and fight in a war!
Kaifeng, who encountered obstacles everywhere, could only return to South Korea in despair. However, the military situation in South Korea at the moment was not optimistic either.
Although Zhang Ji didn't understand what happened in Xinzheng City, Zhang Ji knew how to capture Xinzheng City with minimal casualties.
As for the method, it was the same method that even Zhang Ji's generals almost broke their teeth with - krypton gold!
Zhang Ji sent someone to send a letter to the head of the family of Gongshujia's generation, Gongshuqiu.
In fact, the public losers had gradually moved towards Qin in the middle period of King Qin Huiwen, and after Qin continuously defeated the alliance of other countries, the public losers completely turned towards Qin.
It's not that the Gongshu family has any ambition to be strong, but because of the nature of the Gongshu family, they must be attached to the strongest country in the world.
The original intention of Mohist's mechanism technique is non-offensive, and it is to stop wars, although force can also be used to forcibly stop wars.
The public loser's mechanism is a domineering mechanism, a mechanism that serves the war!
Only the strongest countries have the national power to support the research and production of public losers, and can give public losers the opportunity to try out these amazingly lethal mechanisms on the battlefield!
Therefore, the public losers have been traveling between Chu and Qi since Lu Ban's generation, and later they chose Qin.
However, Qin Mo's family had already chosen Qin when they were filial piety, and even though Qin Mo was a three-thirds product of the Mo family, he was not of a size comparable to that of the public losers.
Coming early and being large, Qin Mo made Gongshu's status in the Qin country remain high and low, and it was not until the period of King Zhaoxiang that he truly stood up.
However, as the Qin Kingdom lost three kings in a row within a few years, and the newly ascended Ying Zheng did not have any power at first, he finally took power and got involved with Zhang Ji, a close disciple of Lu Goujian, the great emperor of the Mohist family. The greatly deepened contacts with the Mohist family made Gongshu a little decadent and even wavered in his position.
After all, Gongshujia and the Mohist family have had hundreds of years of grudges and entanglements. Although Gongshujia himself has no hatred towards the Mohist family, and just wants to prove that Gongshujia is better than the Mohist family in terms of machine skills, no one knows what the Mohist family thinks.
Even if a new machine beast is developed, the public losers rarely report it, fearing that it will be suppressed by Qin Mo or Zhang Ji, a favorite of the King of Qin.
A few days ago, Zhang Ji heard that Gong Shuqiu, the head of the family of the Gongshu family, had created some kind of "Potu Sanlang". He thought that Gongshu Qiu would ask for orders to join the army and try out the power of Potu Sanlang during the expedition to Korea, but he didn't expect that there would be no such thing. Wait until the public loses his revenge and writes a letter.
Originally, Xinzheng was not easily accessible, but it was not difficult to attack, so it didn't matter to Zhang Ji. But now that the situation is like this, it can give Gong Shuqiu a chance to try it out.
Of course, whether Gong Shuqiu wanted to seize this experimental opportunity or not, Zhang Ji would find a way to make him actively want to seize this experimental opportunity.
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