Now that the two kings are in an alliance, whoever is the leader represents who is the leader of the alliance and has a higher status.
Shangguan Wenruo and Cai Yan were important ministers of Qin Liang respectively. It was reasonable to have such a dispute.
Everyone hoped that their king would take the initiative. Xiao Yuan and King Liang were walking in front, while the two of them kept whispering from behind.
Shangguan Wenruo said: "The battle against Jin is my king's determination. Now that I invite King Liang to join the alliance, my king should be the leader of the alliance."
"That's a mistake. The King of Qin has this determination, and so does my king. Otherwise, why would we have an alliance? Furthermore, Qin will be established later, and in terms of territory, my king should be the leader of the alliance." Cai Yan argued.
"This is actually a fallacy. In terms of the mutual alliance between Qin and Liang, if my king did not help us in the previous war, how could your country gain Guangling?"
"Sir Shangguan is joking. As you said, if our Liang army hadn't fought bloody battles and contained a large number of Jin troops in the Guangling area, how could Qin have gained Yiyang?"
"No matter what, my king should be the leader."
"How can this be"
"Oh, Mr. Cai, what are you doing? You are so rude, how can you hold me back?"
In the end, the two civil servants got together and started tugging at each other.
As the two of them argued, the two kings in front also turned their heads slightly and glanced sideways.
In fact, although the two of them were whispering, the content of the conversation was naturally heard by the two kings.
At this time, Xiao Yuan and King Liang had almost reached the steps, and they stopped in unison.
"Your Majesty" Shangguan Wenruo and Cai Yan also stepped forward one after another, bowing and bowing.
"Hey?" Knowing what he was going to say, Xiao Yuan raised his hand slightly, and Prince Liang also winked at Cai Yan, indicating that he didn't need to say more.
The two civil servants bowed slightly and backed away.
Prince Liang looked at Xiao Yuan, put on a smile and said, "Brother Prince Qin, who is the leader?"
Xiao Yuan also smiled slightly and said directly: "In my opinion, I will not be the leader of the alliance."
"This" King Liang was stunned for a moment.
Xiao Yuan continued: "In the battle against Jin, Liang State will attack from the northern front, while Qin State will advance from the western front. The leader of the alliance is just a false name. The alliance is the key. It doesn't matter whether we have this false name or not."
After hearing what he said, King Liang couldn't help but laugh and said, "Brother King Qin is right. The key is for the two countries to work together to destroy Jin together. In this case, please, Brother King!"
"please!"
The two kings stretched out their hands at the same time again, and then walked up the steps side by side.
The majestic horn sounded, and not long after, the two of them arrived in front of the bronze cauldron. On the tables in front of them were two bronze cups.
Next, due to the cumbersome etiquette at the time, there were some alliance ceremonies. After everything was completed, Xiao Yuan and King Liang also left here, preparing to exchange credentials.
It was approaching noon. In the hall, directly above, there were two desks placed side by side. That was naturally where Xiao Yuan and Prince Liang were.
On both sides below, some important ministers and generals from the two countries were sitting on their knees. There were also a few cases in front of them.
After the two kings sat down, not long after, an attendant handed over two silk books and unfolded them on several cases.
On the case, the brushes and inkstones were already prepared. After everything was ready, Xiao Yuan and King Liang looked at each other, then they both picked up the brushes, dipped them in ink, and started writing.
This is a state document, written by the kings of the two countries. Its content has been discussed before. It is nothing more than an alliance between Qin and Liang to attack Jin.
After finishing writing, the two kings put down their brushes and checked them all again. Immediately, they took out their royal seals and stamped them on the silk book. Then, they exchanged their credentials.
Xiao Yuan held the certificate of credence with the seal of King Liang, and King Liang did the same. After the two kings looked at it and confirmed that it was correct, they both handed the certificate of credence to Shangguan Wenruo and Cai Yan.
At this point, the alliance between the two countries was officially completed.
With the king's seal of credence in hand, whoever dares to break the alliance will break the trust of the world. After that, no prince will dare to deal with him. This is beyond doubt. So making an alliance was a very effective method at that time.
After the two civil servants carefully put away the credentials, Prince Liang also smiled heartily, looked at Xiao Yuan and said: "The important matter has been decided now, and it's getting late. Brother Qin Wang, you and I should have a good time drinking and talking."
"Okay! Let's get drunk with Brother Liang Wang today!" Xiao Yuan said directly without any ink, "Let me prepare a banquet!"
"No." Someone quickly took the order and left.
King Liang looked at another general of Liang Kingdom and said, "Go and bring official Bai Ze here."
"No!" The general stood up and left with his fists clasped.
Baize is not a very big place, but it is a place where princes often meet for alliance. It is also under the direct jurisdiction of the emperor. Naturally, its officials also receive the royal salary.
It didn't take long at all for the Liang Kingdom general to come back, followed behind him by a middle-aged man in official uniform.
As a local official, the man certainly knew about today's alliance meeting between Qin and Liang. He was very nervous because he didn't know why the two kings called him here. After he came in, he couldn't help but wipe it with the sleeve of his official uniform. There was cold sweat on his forehead, then he lowered his head, bent down and cupped his hands and said: "See you two princes."
His attitude was very cautious, but when King Liang saw this, he frowned and scolded in a cold voice:
"Bold! As far as the empire is concerned, I am the king! How dare you not kneel down when you see me!"
ah! ? Hearing this, the official trembled with fright, and quickly knelt down on the ground, saying in a trembling voice: "Yes, yes, I am discourteous. Your Highness, please forgive me."
Of course he had reasons to be afraid. Bai Ze had no soldiers and armor, and the imperial power was weak. To put it bluntly, if King Liang was angry and killed him here, he wouldn't even have a place to find anyone to reason with!
When King Liang saw this, his expression softened and he said lukewarmly: "Get up."
"Thank you, Your Highness." The official stood up, bowed and hunched his shoulders, stood carefully below, and bravely asked, "I wonder if you two princes have any orders for me to come here."
"Yes." King Liang pondered for a moment and then said directly: "I heard that there are many beauties in Baize. Today, I and Brother Qin are meeting here to have a drink and talk. How can we not have beauties to accompany us during this period? Go and ask for some good looks. A beautiful woman comes here to help you enjoy the wine."
"This" the official hesitated.
As a result, King Liang immediately frowned: "Huh!?"
"Yes, I'll go and do it now." Seeing this, the official didn't dare to hesitate.
Unexpectedly, he called the local officials just for this. Xiao Yuan couldn't help but look at King Liang funny, but he didn't stop him.
Xiao Yuan is not a person who talks about benevolence, justice and morality. He will not be pretentious when there is a beautiful woman pouring wine.
However, it is not difficult to see from this that although King Liang is ambitious, he should be somewhat indulgent in life.
At least, he's horny.
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