After Zhao saw the strength of Qi State, he did not send reinforcements to Lian Po, after all, the strong enemy Qin State was still on the side, at this time, it was still unreasonable to destroy the alliance with other countries, and Zhao State had no way to confront Qin State with the strength of his own country. Lian Po also received an order from the king of Zhao to send warriors to negotiate peace with Yan, and the condition for peace was that Yan return the ten Zhao cities it occupied.

King Yan was furious, the Yan Kingdom only occupied five cities, where did the ten cities come from?

However, Lian Po did not plan to negotiate peace with him, and Lian Po's warrior directly told the King of Yan that Lian Po wanted to negotiate peace with Jiangqu, and if the person who came to negotiate peace was not Jiangqu, then Lian Po would wait for reinforcements and attack Yan with all his might, completely destroying Yan Guo. King Yan had no choice but to find the minister of state, who had been deposed not long ago, and named him the prime minister, so that he could be responsible for the peace with Zhao. This time, King Yan was much more polite to Jiangqu.

didn't want to kick him again, but for his past behavior, he didn't talk about it, Jiang Qu didn't ask anything more, and rushed to Lian Po's camp alone to talk to Lian Po about peace, Lian Po still has some respect for Jiang Qu, and he also expressed his admiration for his courage to come to negotiate peace alone. However, the specific matters of peace negotiation are not so easy to conclude.

Jiang Qu promised to return the city, but he didn't agree to the conditions of adding five cities at all, and he took out the fact that he had been assassinated in Zhao State, saying that Zhao Guo still owed him an apology or something like that, Lian Po also didn't give an inch, and he killed from Zhao State to Yan State, and surrounded the other party's capital, just to recapture those cities?? That's not going to work!

The two sides went through several peaces, several negotiations, day and night quarrels, so after six days, Lian Po and Jiangqu finally reached a consensus, Yan State in addition to returning those cities, and then cut two more cities to Zhao State, and the two sides drew up an alliance to non-aggression against each other, Yan State to Zhao State soldiers to provide back grain and grass... Lian Po finally left the Yan Kingdom, and he took the army and left here with a swagger.

And when he dragged his tired body back to the palace, he encountered the white eyes of King Yan.

"How can you promise him? Two cities? And so much grain and grass? Heh, didn't you take any advantage from Lianpo? Yan Wang asked, as soon as these words came out, Jiang Qu was angry, he couldn't bear such slander and shame, Jiang Qu immediately drew his sword and committed suicide to prove his innocence, but fortunately, the drama saved him in time, and Yan Wang also hurriedly confessed his mistake to him.

In the end, Jiang Qu resigned from his position and left the palace.

King Yan did not leave him.

Even when the Zhao State and the Yan State were at war, the countries were not idle.

After the death of Pingyuan Jun, many of the policies being carried out by Wei also stopped, which made the King of Wei very uneasy, and the position of the Minister of State happened to be vacant again, but the King of Wei was not easy to make arrangements, so he gathered his ministers to discuss the next matter. King Wei looked around him, since Pingyuan Jun died of illness, those disciples who came with him also left Wei and returned to Zhao, which made Wei even weaker.

Fortunately, there are still a lot of ministers here, there are Mang Mao, Duan Ganzi, Aragaki Yan, Fan Xu, Long Yangjun and others, King Wei's eyes swept over these people one by one, Mang Mao originally ceded the land of Wei to Qin to let Qin support himself to become the minister of Wei, but later fortunately, with the help of Qin's strength, Wei got more than a dozen cities from Qi and strengthened Wei's strength, but unfortunately since he was defeated by Bai Qi, the whole person collapsed.

It was quiet at all times, only when the king of Wei told him to do things, he would be like a person, and the rest of the time, he didn't say a word, just waiting for the ministers to come up with a way.

And Duan Ganzi, after being a famous minister, but he does not have the talent of a famous minister, this point, King Wei has seen it very clearly, he also wants to follow Mang Mao's example and cede the land to Qin, but unfortunately, he can't be like Mang Mao, after ceding the city, he will use the cities of other countries as compensation, and even much more than the ceded cities, he can only complete the first half, such a person is of no great use to the King of Wei.

Aragaki Yan is one of the few generals of Wei, but the king of Wei does not like him very much, at the beginning, when Bai Qi attacked Zhao and Zhao Kuo was defending against him in Zhao, the king of Wei sent him to Handan to persuade the king of Zhao to serve the king of Qin as the emperor, he believed that in this way, the war between the two sides could be avoided from affecting the Wei state, because the king of Wei was unwilling to let Wei Wuji continue to command the army.

Aragaki Yan rushed to Handan, just met Lu Zhonglian who passed through Zhao State, Lu Zhonglian learned of Aragaki Yan's intentions, so he sat down to talk to him about it, Aragaki Yan was a little unimpressed at first, and said that it was good to serve Qin as the king, even if Lu Zhonglian compared the monarch of Wei and Zhao to a slave who served the king, he was not angry, nodded his head, and said that it was a matter of course for the weak to serve the strong.

Lu Zhonglian told him directly: Then ask the King of Qin to chop the King of Wei to pieces.

Aragaki Yan was very angry and asked Lu Zhonglian why he insulted his king like this, Lu Zhonglian took the Nine Marquis, Ehou, King Wen and King Yin as examples, and said that Aragaki Yan was speechless, but fortunately, Aragaki Yan was not clear about the previous history, and did not come up with anything like "King Su overthrew slavery" to refute Lu Zhonglian. As a result, he returned to Wei without meeting King Zhao, which made King Wei very dissatisfied with him.

Believing that he had not fulfilled the duties he had given him, Aragaki Yan could no longer be trusted by the King of Wei after that.

As for Fan Xuan, he was the previous minister of the King of Wei, a descendant of Fan Wuzi, he was righteous, resourceful and decisive, and had a very good eloquence, and was a very good friend of Xinling Jun, when he governed the Wei State, he also governed very well, and even became the leader of the coalition army for a time, so that all the princes followed it. It's just that King Wei doesn't like him either, if you say the reason, it's probably that he is a little close to Xinlingjun.

At the beginning, Yu Qing asked King Zhao: You said, is it better to let others come to see you? Or is it better to go to the court and meet others yourself? King Zhao thought for a moment, and then told him: Of course, it is better to let others come to see him. So, Yu Qing proposed: Because of Fan Acne, Wei is so strong that all countries follow him, but King Wei is a short-sighted person, you can give him a city and let him kill Fan Acne.

Of course, the King of Zhao who wanted to kill Fan Xuan was called Zhao He, not the current one, and the current King Zhao probably wouldn't want to kill him. King Zhao wrote a letter to the King of Wei and told him: Kill Fan Yan for me, please sacrifice seventy miles of land. King Wei didn't like Fan Acne very much, but when he heard King Zhao's proposal, he was very happy, and immediately agreed and sent someone to arrest Fan Acne. Fan Yan dodged the crowd and fled to the roof.

Fan sent someone to tell Xin Lingjun that now Zhao wants to kill me by ceding land, if you ignore it, then Qin will also want to get rid of you through such a method in the future, what should you do?

Xinlingjun immediately played the king of Wei and saved him.

Probably because of King Wei's actions, Fan Yan was also a little chilled, and he no longer served as the minister of state, and he was not even willing to offer advice to King Wei, unless it was invited by King Wei, otherwise, he would never appear in front of King Wei. It's not that Wei doesn't have generals, and it's not that there are no ministers around King Wei, it's just that King Wei can't appoint them, and he doesn't want to use them, and now, there is a vacancy in the position of prime minister, and there is no one to replace him, and King Wei finally remembered these people.

Among the ministers present, only Duan Ganzi sat the most straight, looking energetic, staring directly at the King of Wei with a pair of bright eyes, waiting for the King of Wei to order him to be the minister of Wei, while the rest of the people didn't seem to be interested, just lowered their heads and refused to look at the King of Wei. King Wei ignored Duan Ganzi, who had been staring at him, and his gaze fell on Long Yangjun.

Long Yangjun shook his head gently.

Long Yangjun understands the thoughts of King Wei, King Wei wants to let him serve as the minister of state, Long Yangjun knows his weight, as a swordsman, as a messenger, even if he is by the side of King Wei, it is okay, but he can't be the minister of state, the minister of state is not simply to give advice to the king, more importantly, the minister of state is to deal with all the affairs of the country, from agriculture, water conservancy, commerce, law, and even military.

Long Yangjun didn't know anything about this, and he had no way to assist King Wei in governing the country.

Long Yangjun looked at Fan Yan who was sitting in front of him, if he was a capable person, then this person was probably the most capable among all the people here, and he was also the most suitable to serve as the minister of state. King Wei followed his gaze and saw Fan Xuan, and then frowned, for this minister, King Wei only had disgust in his heart, not the slightest favor, otherwise he would not have killed him for a little land.

But now there is no one in Wei... King Wei fell into deep thought.

At this time, Aragaki Yan, who had never spoken, suddenly said: "I know a person, he is a talented sage, and now he is waiting for the Ming Emperor who can appoint him, and the king can send an envoy to carry gold and silk and hire him as a minister." King Wei frowned and asked, "Which sage are you talking about?" ”

"Kong Bin, he is the sixth descendant of Confucius." , Aragaki Yan said again, King Wei nodded and looked at Long Yangjun on the side, Long Yangjun nodded, and King Wei smiled and said, "Okay, just do what you say!" ”

So, Wei sent an envoy to Qi and invited this Kong Bin to serve as the state minister. The state of Lu has just been destroyed, this Kong Bin is studying with other snow treasures in the Jixia School Palace of the State of Qi, and when he heard that the envoy of the State of Wei came, he sighed with emotion: "If the king can adopt my policy, he can rule the world for the king Anbang, even if I am allowed to eat vegetables and drink cold water, I am willing, if I am just allowed to wear a noble dress and provide a rich salary, then I am an ordinary person, where will the king of Wei lack a common people!" ”

The envoy was shocked, and hurriedly invited repeatedly, and after a period of entanglement by the envoy, Kong Bin finally agreed to him and rushed to Wei as the prime minister.

The king of Wei was very happy and personally went out of the city to meet him.

In this way, the king of Wei took Kong Bin as the minister of state and was ready to govern the Wei state according to his method, and the first thing Kong Bin did after serving as the minister of state was to remove Duan Ganzi, he removed those officials who were favored by their relationships, and the officials who were favored by the fame of their ancestors, replaced them with virtuous talents, and deprived those who did not do things, such as Mang Mao and Fan Acne, and transferred their money to meritorious officials.

King Wei didn't expect that he had just come to a virtuous man here, and this virtuous man would dismiss several of his ministers, and these deposed people were very angry, especially Duan Ganzi, they ridiculed Kong Bin, saying: Kong Bin obviously became the minister of state because of the ancestor Confucius, but now he wants to dismiss those who have made meritorious contributions to the ancestors, and the person he should remove the most is himself!

Kong Bin was indifferent to these words and continued his series of new policies in Wei.

And Kong Bin offended too many people in just a month after he arrived in Wei, he was different from Pingyuanjun, who motivated officials through rewards, and he directly dismissed the officials who did not act, and selected talented people to take their place. This practice made him infamous in Wei, and various rumors against him emerged one after another, and some people even said that he was a spy of Qi and came to destroy Wei.

Long Yangjun persuaded King Wei not to listen to these rumors.

Someone told Kong Bin about these rumors, and Kong Bin said: "You can never discuss entrepreneurship with mediocre people!" In ancient times, those who were good at governing government were inevitably slandered at first. Zi Chuan was a photo in Zheng Guo, and the gossip stopped three years later. My ancestor Confucius was a minister in the state of Lu, and the slander only ended after three months. Now that I am reforming political affairs every day, although I cannot keep up with the sages of the previous generation, do I still consider slanderous words? ”

However, those ministers came to cry to King Wei every day, which also shook King Wei's trust in Kong Bin, and whenever Kong Bin came to propose some major decisions, King Wei was always very hesitant and did not dare to agree to him. In the following days, no matter what Kong Bin proposed, he could not get the approval of King Wei.

Finally, after a period of time, Kong Bin reluctantly said to the people on the left and right: "The suggestion was not adopted, because there was something inappropriate in my suggestion, and the suggestion was not in line with the monarch's wishes. ”

And he was about to resign his position, but the king of Wei received a letter from the state of Zhao.

The content of the letter is very similar to the past, and when Zhao Wang He wanted to kill Fan Xuan, he also wrote such a letter to him.

The content of the letter is also very simple: "Please send Kong Bin to Zhao State, the widow is willing to cede fifty miles of land for you!" ”

What, King Zhao wants a widowed talent? Kong Bin is the prime minister of the widow, how can this work?

Add land!

So, the king of Wei and the king of Zhao traded Kong Bin for sixty miles of land, although Long Yangjun repeatedly persuaded the king of Wei not to do this, but the king of Wei still felt that instead of letting this one leave Wei, it was better to give him to Zhao, and he could also exchange some land for Wei, which was a great thing for Wei. So, under Kong Bin's frightened gaze, a samurai burst into his house, tied him up, and stuffed him into a carriage.

Kong Bin shouted bitterly: "If the king wants to kill me, you can give me a short sword, please don't humiliate me like this!" ”

But the king of Wei did not give him a short sword, the king of Zhao wanted the living Kong Bin, the dead Kong Bin is not worth fifty miles of land, just like that, Kong Bin was tied up all the way to the country of Zhao, at first, Kong Bin also thought that the king of Wei wanted to kill him, but when he understood that the king of Wei sold himself to the king of Zhao, he cried out: "How can people be sold like goods?" ”

He thought of committing suicide, but unfortunately, it was too late, and the Wei people gagged him, tied his hands, and restrained him from all actions that wanted to hurt him.

Finally, King Zhao personally went out of the city and met this dying guest.

Kong Bin glared angrily at King Zhao in front of him.

King Zhao hurriedly bowed down and saluted, and said respectfully: "King Wei is not a king worthy of your service, Confucius said: Virtuous ministers must know how to choose a good monarch to serve." Because the widow did not have a person like you to assist, he has made a lot of mistakes, and now he wants to make amends, I hope you can stay by the widow's side, picket the widow's faults, and the widow will follow your advice, implement benevolent government, and make the people rich. ”

Kong Bin looked at him, sighed helplessly, and finally agreed to him.

ps: It's really too troublesome to get sick now, and there are so many procedures....