Not to mention that the army of Qi rushed back to King Linzi from the southern border of Qi, it is said that the Mengjia army of 50,000 cavalry and 100,000 foot soldiers, under the leadership of Meng Tian, broke three cities overnight, and the Qi army defending the city fled in despair after seeing the Qin army.

On the way from Lixia to Linzi, more than 100,000 Qi troops did not even fight a decent battle to defend the city, and were frightened by the momentum of the Mengjia army's fierce tiger out of the mountain, and either abandoned the city and fled or opened the door to surrender.

Meng Tian barely delayed any time along the way, and the army arrived outside Linzi City, confronting the 100,000 Qi army that had just arrived overnight.

The court of Qi has already been turned upside down, fortunately, the king of Qi handed over all the major matters to Lord Xiangguo, and Hou Sheng sat in the court, except for the ministers who heard the meaning of Hou Sheng's words that day was a little calm, and almost all of the rest of the ministers became ants on the hot pot, and they were anxious.

Hou Sheng stood on top of the court, facing the civil and military ministers of the Qi State, and he was more like the king of Qi than the King of Qi at this time.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now that the army of the Qin State is approaching the city, I wonder if you have any good strategies to break the enemy?" asked Hou Sheng.

There was a whisper in the court, and no one stood up to answer Hou Sheng's question.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the king has handed over the state affairs of the Qi country to the prime minister, and the prime minister has been heartbroken for the affairs of the Qi country in the past few days. Since you don't have any countermeasures, can you listen to what Benxiang said?" Hou Sheng saw that no one stepped forward to answer him, and then said.

Many ministers said in unison: "I wish to hear the high opinion of Lord Xiangguo." ”

Hou Sheng coughed lightly, and then said: "I heard that the king of Chu surrendered to the king of Qin, and presented his jade seal and crown to the king of Qin. So I'm thinking, if my king can also learn from the king of Chu and surrender to King Kaicheng of Qin, can we also avoid a disaster?"

As soon as Hou Sheng's words were finished, the court was silent, although he knew that Hou Sheng's relationship with the Qin State was very close, and now the words that came out of his mouth to ask the King of Qi to surrender to the King of Qin still made people feel a little shocked.

"Lord Xiangguo's words are wrong, all the monarchs have heard that Xiangguo is friendly with the Qin people, and today they say such insulting words above the court of my Qi country, is it human?"

Hou Sheng looked at the person who said this, and it turned out to be a student of Confucianism, Taifu Zhangwen of Qi State.

Hou Sheng looked at Zhang Wen, and the ministers who were vassals of Hou Sheng also looked at Zhang Wen together, and the expressions on everyone's faces were a little indescribable.

Zhang Wen Shi Ran walked out of the queue and stood in the center of the main hall, he first bowed down to Hou Sheng, and then continued: "Zi said: 'For politics and virtue, such as Beichen, live in its place and the stars arch over. The original intention was to educate the kings of all countries to govern the country with benevolence, and now the king of Qin Yingzheng is fighting the world with the army of tigers and wolves of Qin, which is intolerable to heaven. My king has always ruled the country with courtesy, and he is a virtuous man, how can he surrender to the king of Qin, how can the king of a country have the reason to be a courtier?"

The ministers who agreed with Hou Sheng's words in Zhang Wen's words had a hot look on their faces, Qi was the birthplace of Confucianism, and it was also the vassal state with the most Confucian students. In the court of the Qi State, many of them were Confucian ministers, although these people almost forgot all the Confucian teachings after becoming officials, but in their hearts, they still regarded themselves as Confucian disciples. So when Zhang Wen said the words of Kongqiu, who was revered as a Confucian sage, everyone's faces changed.

Hou Sheng was also a Confucian student, he was born poor, used to live a hard life, when he entered the court as an official, he found that the Confucian teachings used to teach the poor people are okay, and they are not applicable to officialdom at all. Therefore, he used the identity of a Confucian disciple, and on the other hand, he practiced flattery and flattery, and within a few years, he ascended to the phase of the Qi State.

Seeing Zhang Wen refute himself with the words of the sage, Hou Sheng couldn't help but be dumbfounded. Hou Sheng looked at his vassals and motioned to them to help him refute Zhangwen.

"Zhang Wen, you are just a prince, what do you know about the affairs of the court? Don't you step back quickly, what Xiangguo said is for the sake of the king and the tens of millions of people in my Qi country, what do you know as a scholar?" An official rebuked Zhang Wen.

Zhang Wen said slowly: "My lord, although Zhang Wen is a scholar, he is also a Qi countryman. The rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband, how can I, Zhangwen, as a three-foot man, watch my king claim to the king of another country?"

"Presumptuous. Hou Sheng was a little angry, he didn't expect a Taifu to dare to wrestle with himself, and he used the words of the saint to block himself. "The king has ordered me to take care of state affairs, and the words of the prime minister are the words of the king, if you are not convinced, you can go to the king and explain it to him. ”

Zhang Wen did not show weakness, and in the face of Hou Sheng's aggressiveness, he said loudly: "Okay, then I will go to meet the king and announce your wolf ambitions to the public." "There is no mistake

After Zhang Wen finished speaking, he was about to turn around and walk out of the main hall. Hou Sheng secretly said in his heart that it was not good, and before Zhang Wen walked out of the main hall, the forbidden army of Qi State guarding the door of the main hall took him down, and then escorted him to the cell.

Seeing Zhang Wen's fate, even if there were ministers above the court who disagreed with Hou Sheng's words, they all chose to remain silent at this time. Qin Jun is dead when he fights, and he is also dead when he wins after opposing it, if he can survive, who is willing to choose to die?

Everyone didn't speak, and Hou Sheng was satisfied. "If you don't speak, then you should all agree to the way of the prime minister, and then the prime minister will go to the harem to meet the king and ask for the king's permission.

In the harem, Qi Wangjian was drowsy on the bed of his concubine. Beside him, there were two bright bodies, and a silk brocade was casually covered over the bodies of the three people, covering the private parts of the three people. Next to the bed, there were messy sleeves, shoes and boots, and wine bottles that were randomly spilled on the floor, and it was obvious that last night there was another absurd farce.

"King Qiyu, Lord Xiangguo is asking to see you outside the palace. The palace maid who was waiting outside said.

There was not a single movement in the dormitory, and it was a long time before a coquettish cry came, followed by the sound of rustling and dressing. The door of the room opened, and King Qi was wearing only a robe, and he opened the door of the bedroom with a coat.

"What's the matter with Hou Sheng looking for a widow?"

"The slave doesn't know. ”

King Qi rubbed his sleepy eyes, instructed the maid to fetch a basin of water, washed her face and then went outside to see Hou Sheng.

"The queen and queen are victorious to the king. Seeing King Qi come out, Hou Sheng quickly got up from his seat and bowed to King Qi.

"It's okay, why did you come so early today, what's the matter?" Qi Wangjian said absentmindedly.

Hou Sheng looked at the appearance of Qi Wangjian, and couldn't help but feel a little wise in his heart, there was such a king in Qi State, even if he was an immortal, he couldn't save it.

"The king handed over the affairs of the Qi country to the ministers, and the ministers did not dare to slack off day and night, and discussed with the ministers for several days before coming up with a solution, so today I came to report to the king, and asked the king to decide. ”

"Oh, what a way, let's hear it. ”

Hou Sheng said: "Your Majesty, there are 150,000 soldiers of the Qin State outside the city today, and they are also the most elite Mengjia army of the Qin State. All the whole country of Qi is added up, there is an army of less than 200,000, and our army has not been on the battlefield all the year round, and its combat power and armament are inferior to the Qin army. In today's world, except for my Qi country, all the princes were destroyed by the Qin army, as strong as the Chu country, which was also destroyed by the Qin state, and now only my Qi country remains. ”

Hou Sheng said this, looking at King Qi's face. I saw that King Qi was just forcing his eyes, and the muscles on his face twitched a little, and it seemed that he should have weighed what Hou Sheng said in his heart.

"The national strength of the Qin State is no longer the Qin State when it was an ally with my king, and my Qi State will not be able to escape the fate of being destroyed by the Qin State in the end. Therefore, the minister thinks that for the sake of the king, for the sake of the thousands of people of my Qi country, my king might as well surrender to the king of Qin, first, to save the lives of the whole family, and secondly, to reduce the killing, so that the people of my Qi country will not be destroyed. I wonder what the king thinks?"

Qi Wangjian opened his eyes and looked at Hou Sheng, and he said, "The widow remembers that the King of Chu also surrendered to the King of Qin, but he was burned to death in the end. ”

"The minister got the news that the king of Chu felt ashamed of the first king of Chu and set himself on fire in the palace and died. The king of Qin has given the king of Chu a high-ranking official and a high position, but the king of Chu himself is unwilling to ask for it. If the king is willing to pay tribute to the king of Qin, the minister is willing to ask for a reward for the king that is not lower than that of the king of Chu. ”

"Is that true?"

"Really. ”