You must know that the current Han Kingdom, after losing Shangdang County, has almost only half of the county left, with less than 20 cities under its command, and a total military strength of less than 50,000.
This configuration, even in the Spring and Autumn Period when etiquette and loyalty still existed, would never last more than a few years. Nowadays, it is the Warring States period where rituals and music have collapsed, and it is still with the Qin State, which is known as the tiger and wolf?
Why, the wolf-tiger state of Qin suddenly turned into a rabbit? No more eating grass from the nest?
Obviously not.
There are of course many reasons, but one of them is important - the influence of relatives.
The First Emperor's grandmother, Xia Ji, also known as the Queen Mother Xia in history, was the daughter of the royal family of Han. The evidence that she loves her mother country is even simpler.
Become a chaos! Although there is no historical record that this rebellion is directly related to Xia Ji, it is not important.
What's important is that the mother of the First Emperor's younger brother, Ying Chengxuan, was another royal noblewoman of the Han Dynasty, and she was also the wife personally selected by the Queen Mother Xia for his son Zichu.
Choosing a wife for his son is not important. What is important is that he has chosen another noble daughter from the Kingdom of Han. Of course, this alone doesn't matter. What matters is that the Queen Mother Xia only chose such a wife for her son.
The intention is self-evident.
It is precisely because Qin's court often has relatives from all over the world, so it doesn't matter if they break out and attack the stronghold. But every time the king has "evil thoughts" and wants to destroy the country, he will always be warned in various ways. It's not that this place is immature. , something happened over there. In short, it’s okay to fight. You can plunder the land, but you can’t destroy the country!
And the Queen Mother Xia was just a microcosm in the Qin court.
The first emperor's biological mother, the famous Zhao Ji, is not the representative of Zhao's power!
If you look at history carefully, it is not difficult to see that when the First Emperor began the war for unification, it was when the Qin foreign relatives were wiped out: he used the power of Lu Buwei and Zhao Ji to kill the Korean forces, and used the power of the clan After Zhao Ji and Lu Buwei were killed, a unified battle finally took place.
Reading history is to know the rise and fall.
Everyone knew that the influence of foreign relatives would have great side effects in the war of unification, how could Zhao Kuo not guard against it?
However, facing the expectations of him at home and abroad, especially when this matter has even been reported to the Queen Mother, refusing is obviously not a good idea.
After hesitating for a while, Zhao Kuo decided to be honest with his two confidants. Although Mei Changsu said that there was no need to explain the intention of seizing the heir to his subordinates, the real inner circle of advisers still had to have unified thinking.
"I know your intentions well." Zhao Kuo said calmly: "However, I have to explain my intentions to you again."
Hearing this, the two people sitting opposite each other seemed to realize something. They both straightened up and respectfully waited for Zhao Kuo's words.
"It is said that there were five hegemons in the Spring and Autumn Period. Even King Wuling of Zhao Kingdom once dominated the whole world." Zhao Kuo said with some yearning, but also with disdain: "However, my ambition has never been to dominate the world."
"Unifying the world is the ambition of few people." Zhao Kuo slowly said the ambition that had been buried in his heart for a long time.
When the two heard this, they were stunned for a moment, and then a flush slowly spread on their faces. Obviously, facing such a grand ambition, the two of them also yearn for it. More importantly, they believed that Zhao Kuo could really do it.
"I am willing to do whatever it takes to achieve the great cause of unification for my king." The two of them immediately bowed in unison.
"Please get up." Zhao Kuoxu helped the two of them up, and then continued: "Marriage is certainly good, but it also means that the power of the Chu State has entered our Zhao State's court. And the Chu ministers will naturally gather under his command. At the beginning, Naturally, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. However, when the strength of Zhao State exceeds that of Qin State, especially when we want to launch a war to destroy the country, I am afraid it will become an unlimited resistance."
"If our Zhao State wants to surpass Qin State, it will only take ten years at most. And it will take decades of hard work to destroy the country." Without waiting for the two people to respond, Zhao Kuo continued: "This is just ten years. A few years of gains but a loss of decades of opportunities may be more than worth the loss."
After hearing this, Lord Pingyuan thought for a while and then suggested: "Can we prevent the slightest change and prevent the ministers of Chu from being placed in high positions?"
"No." Before Zhao Kuo could deny it, Lu Buwei, who had just proposed a strategy to recruit talents, refused to agree.
With a slight salute as an apology, Lu Buwei then continued: "Be the king of Pingyuan. The strength of the Qin State began with Shang Yang's reforms. Shang Yang was a native of the Wei State! We, the State of Zhao, want to strengthen our country and are recruiting talents from all over the world. How can we give up eating because of choking? What's more, losing Shang Yang's talent is second best, and losing the trust of the world is the key."
"This?" Hearing this, Mr. Pingyuan felt that it was reasonable, but he couldn't find a reason to argue for a while.
Lu Buwei, who was on the side, had already thought of a solution when he saw this, and immediately said: "Report it to my king. The king's patient is just a foreign relative who is so powerful that it affects the national policy. In this case, the power of the foreign relative is reduced so that it is not enough to affect our country's national policy. Yes."
"How to cut it?" Zhao Kuo shook his head and said: "At the same time, people from Chu State are ministers of Zhao State, so how do you know whether their hearts are for Chu State or for me, Zhao?"
After hearing Zhao Kuo's question, Lu Buwei smiled faintly and said: "This is easy. As long as the king works harder and marries more royal ladies, the power of his relatives will naturally be weakened."
After hearing Lu Buwei's words, Mr. Pingyuan's eyes suddenly lit up.
Yes, marrying a Chu girl will naturally gain the power of the Chu country. Even if you want to suppress it, you may not be able to suppress it. But if all the six kingdoms have noble daughters from the public servants entering Zhao, there will be so many positions, and the six kingdoms will naturally be divided. Alone and weak, as long as they are not allowed to join forces, the Zhao people will ultimately have the final say.
As for joining forces?
This is because some countries look down too much, and some people look down on Pingyuan Jun and other Zhao people too much.
"This is a great thing to say." Lord Pingyuan said immediately, "However, the position of queen is different after all."
"The queen's position may be left with the Qin State to ease the relationship between the two countries, and the daughter of the Zhao State may occupy it." Lu Buwei made another suggestion.
"That makes sense." Mr. Pingyuan nodded again and agreed. As he spoke, Mr. Pingyuan carefully looked at the young man sitting opposite.
Obviously, Lu Buwei's words aroused Pingyuan Jun's interest.
Know the general situation, understand the big meaning, have independent opinions and take responsibility. Where did the king find such a talent? Even Shang Yang of Qin was nothing more than this.
Mr. Pingyuan kept praising Lu Buwei opposite him in his heart.
Lu Buwei felt a little embarrassed when he saw it, and then both of them looked at the leader--Zhao Kuo.
You have already discussed it, so what do you want me to do? !
However, it seems that the First Emperor did not establish a queen in history. Is there any consideration in this regard?
It doesn't matter anymore. How can the majestic King Zhao be entangled in trivial matters in the harem?
"Let's discuss this matter like this. Mr. Pingyuan, I will leave it to Aiqing to deal with it later." Zhao Kuo waved his hand and said: "I have more important things to discuss with you here."
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