After Zhao and Qin, Wei became the third country in the world to begin to attach importance to talent selection, causing an uproar in the world.
Not long after, news came from South Korea. The King of Han issued the same order as King Wei, and each county recommended two talents to the country.
After the scholars in the world got the news, they rushed into Sanjin crazily.
Now, all countries cannot sit still.
Qi State, Linzi.
"Alas!" Queen Mother Qi sighed as she looked at the latest news.
The Three Jins and Qin started a war for talents, and the three kingdoms of Qi, Chu, and Yan suffered the most. Since Qi and Chu had the most nobles, they suppressed scholars very seriously, resulting in the most serious loss of scholars in the two countries.
In particular, the departure of Lu Zhonglian was a huge blow to the Queen Mother Qi, which meant that Qi lost its last great talent.
Thinking that Tian Dan, Lu Zhonglian, Zhou Zi, Meng Ao, Li Bo and others from Zhao State were all from Qi State, the Empress Dowager Qi felt a sharp pain in her heart.
The current state of Qi is like a pile of meat. It looks huge, but in fact, all the bones have been extracted, and you can even come up and take a bite.
"... Queen Mother, the king... has taken in several more princesses, and they are now in the harem." The maid said hesitantly.
"This traitor..." Empress Dowager Qi slammed the eucalyptus table and said angrily, "Go and call him..."
After a while, the maid ran back alone.
"Where is the king?" Queen Mother Qi asked in a cold voice.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty said that he, the King, is just a puppet. You, Queen Mother, are the King of Qi. You can decide everything." The maid said fearfully.
After hearing this, Queen Mother Qi spurted out a mouthful of blood, her body suddenly swayed, and she fell to the side.
"Queen Mother!"
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The State of Yan had no interest in the major events that occurred in the Central Plains during this period.
Because a major event also happened in the Yan Kingdom at this time - King Yan died!
Zhao Kuo had to bear half of the blame for King Yan's death. If Zhao Kuo hadn't been so angry, King Yan would have lived until next year at least.
After receiving the news, various countries sent envoys to express their condolences. They usually fight life and death, but basic etiquette is still required.
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As for Chu State, there was also no action taken.
Wang Wan of Chu has recently been recruiting concubines into the harem just like King Qi, but he is different from King Qi's simple lust. The main reason why he accepted concubines is that he has no sons.
Now King Chu has been on the throne for four years, and his harem is full of wives and concubines, but no concubine has given birth to a son for him.
Don't talk about him, even the ministers below are worried!
In the name of being a concubine for the King of Chu, they helped themselves to attract beautiful women. The whole Chu country was wailing. Every day, women were kidnapped. Those who were relevant fled abroad, and those who were not relevant fled into the mountains and old forests. Even more Many women were captured by the government and sent to various noble houses.
In just one month, Chun Shenjun had more than ten concubines in his house.
Of course, there will definitely be more than that.
Those who were dissatisfied were sent to the King of Chu.
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Xianyang.
News came from Longxi that Wang Jian and Wang Sunyiren defeated the Yiqu and Yuezhi coalition forces and beheaded 50,000 people. Wang Jian's troops continued to pursue them.
This is the only good news for Qin in recent times. In order to cheer up the people, King Qin specially ordered a banquet for all the ministers.
At the same time, it was announced that the construction of the Library Pavilion had begun, and a thousand scholars were invited to copy the books.
After the banquet, King Qin kept Fan Ju and Lu Buwei behind.
"Recently, the situation in the world has been changing day by day. I thought that only Zhao was the great enemy of Qin. Now Han and Wei are not to be outdone. The three Jins are even more closely allied together, completely blocking our way out of Qin's east. I don't know, Mr. What can you teach me?" Qin Wangji leaned over and said to Lu Buwei.
Even though Lu Buwei was about the same age as his grandson, King Qin still treated him as a distinguished guest, called him sir, and respected him very much.
Lu Buwei didn't speak, just sat quietly like this. Qin Wangji's attitude became more and more respectful, without the slightest impatience.
Fan Ju sat next to him with his hands clasped and his face ashen.
In the past, King Qin would talk to him alone and ask for his opinion.
This time not only did Lu Buwei stay with him, but he also asked Lu Buwei first, with a more respectful attitude!
It's just because Lu Buwei offered the library's plan last time! He was favored by King Qin.
After a while, Lu Buwei said: "Create a golden belt to separate Zhao from Han and Wei."
"Now the world is divided into seven kingdoms, and Yan and Qi have long lost their strength. Although Chu is large, it has many nobles inside, and it will never be our Qin's opponent. Therefore, our Qin's enemies are only the three Jins."
"Nowadays, the relationship between the three Jins is getting closer. Not only has tariffs been cancelled, but Zhao has also helped Wei and South Korea train cavalry. It is very difficult to sow discord between the three Jins in a short period of time. We can only find ways to separate the three Jins."
Lu Buwei stood up, walked to the map, pointed at the map and said: "As long as we capture Sanchuan and attack Xiuyu, Guiling, Puyang, and Maling, we can cut off the connection between Zhao and Han Wei, and divide Wei into two parts. Second, this line is what I call the golden belt. With this golden belt, the three Jins cannot unite together, and our Qin State can attack any of the three Jins at any time."
After hearing this, Fan Ju immediately retorted: "If Qin can break through this golden belt, then it will naturally have the strength to defeat the three Jins, so why does it need this golden belt? If Qin cannot break through this golden belt, it will not be Mr. Wei's." A strategy is like the moon in a mirror, it can be seen but cannot be touched. It has no value."
When King Qin heard this, he also looked at Lu Buwei, hoping that he could give an explanation.
"I haven't finished speaking yet. With the strength of our Qin State, it is really impossible to build this golden belt between the three Jins. Therefore, we must use external forces. The Chu State in the south is a big country in the world, and our Qin State can form an alliance with it." Contain Han Wei. At the same time, assist Yan Qi to contain Zhao. In this way, our Qin State can hope to open up this golden belt." Lu Buwei leaned over and said.
"But Qi and Yan have already formed an alliance with Zhao, so how can they form an alliance with Qin?" Fan Ju said.
Once Lu Buwei's strategy was set by the King of Qin as Qin's future goal, Lu Buwei would have to replace him as the prime minister of Qin.
He will never allow anyone to replace him!
"Sir, you are joking. Yan and Qi are just forced to form an alliance with Zhao. As long as Qin agrees to a secret alliance and does not announce it to the public, the two countries will happily agree. Then Zhao will be caught off guard. Lu Buwei said with a smile.
"..." Fan Ju opened his mouth but said nothing.
"Do you two gentlemen have suitable candidates for the mission?" King Qin asked.
"I recommend Shouzhu. At this time, King Yan passes away. Chu and Qi will definitely send envoys to Yan. The king only needs to send an envoy to Yan in the name of condolences." Fan Ju said.
"No, when the King of Yan dies, Qi and Chu will certainly send envoys to express condolences, but Zhao will also send envoys. If the envoys of Zhao find out, they will definitely alert the snake. Moreover, such major events cannot be decided by condolence envoys. Envoys must be sent to various countries," Lu Buwei said.
"Sir, what you said makes sense. In that case, it's better to send envoys to various countries." King Qin nodded.
"I would like to send an envoy to the State of Chu to persuade the State of Chu to form an alliance with our State of Qin." Lu Buwei leaned over and said.
"Okay, I'll leave this matter to you sir. I will choose two more envoys to go to Qi and Yan. If this can be done, I will make you a marquis." King Qin helped Lu Buwei up and said solemnly.
