In the palace of the king of Chu.

King Chu frowned and listened to Chun Shenjun's suggestion. After listening to Chun Shenjun's proposal, the King of Chu subconsciously felt that this was not feasible, he regarded Huang Xie as a friend, and he would not care about the minister's emotions like other princes and kings, he said bluntly: "Your proposal is not good, can the widow use it?" Huang Xie had long thought that he would say this, he looked at the King of Chu and asked, "Why can't you use it?" ”

"Not to mention that the state of Chu is at odds with the Zhou royal family, even the rest of the princes don't take the Zhou royal family in their eyes at all, and respect the king? Which king do you want to honor? Which one? A widow is a barbarian! The king of Chu said with some displeasure, Huang Xie suddenly laughed, shook his head, and said: "The Zhou royal family is not important at all, and the so-called respect for the king is not important, the important thing is that no state can face the attack of the Qin State alone." ”

"Today's Qin State, which borders Zhao, Wei, Han, Chu, and Qi, is completely capable of attacking any country that wants to attack, and these princes are afraid of the strength of Qin and gather together. If the state of Chu wants to recover the land captured by the state of Qin, how can it deal with the state of Qin with its own strength? Huang Xie asked, the king of Chu frowned and did not answer, he would not admit that the state of Chu was inferior to the state of Qin.

Huang Xie said seriously: "What's more, the princes are fighting each other, the people are not happy, and they are fighting in the same room, this is the most undesirable, Chu State, as a bystander, should have a benevolent heart and persuade the countries to make peace, only when the countries gather and stop the war, this is the blessing of the people of the world." The King of Chu frowned, still unmoved.

Huang Xie continued: "It is up to the state of Chu to come forward and send all the countries to stop the war and live in peace, but if there is any violation, the state of Chu will lead the armies of other countries to crusade together, isn't this something that is beneficial to everyone in the world?" The people of the world have been suffering from war for a long time, if the state of Chu can bring peace, the people of the world will definitely admire the benevolence and righteousness of the state of Chu, there will be more virtuous people to come, and the princes will also respect the state of Chu. ”

"Oh, how could the war end so easily?"

Huang Xie shook his head and said: "Qin Zhao Wei Han Yan, just ended the war, and can no longer start the war in a short time, I heard that the Qi State is ruled by a woman, and it will not be easy to start a war, and the Chu State also needs to restore its national strength, whether the Chu State comes forward or not, the war will be calmed down for a while, and what the minister wants to do is to let the Chu State get greater benefits from the current situation." Peace is only temporary, everyone knows this, but now they are powerless to start a war, so they can only keep peace. ”

The King of Chu nodded and asked, "What should happen after that?" ”

Huang Xie replied: "We want to stop the war and draw up an alliance, Zhao and Wei will definitely agree, because Qin is eyeing each other, they can't resist Qin and need our help, if Zhao, Wei, and Chu want to draw up an alliance, South Korea will also join, because he doesn't dare to violate these three countries, Qi has always wanted to make friends with various countries, stop the war, and recuperate, so Qi will definitely agree." ”

"That Yan Kingdom..."

"I have a doorman, called Zhu Ying, I am going to send him to Yan Kingdom, he is a person who will not fail to live up to his mission."

The King of Chu smiled and said, "In this way, then a situation of confrontation between the Six Kingdoms and the Qin State will be formed?" ”

"No, my Chu State has always been friendly with the Qin State, how can I lead the Six Kingdoms to confront the Qin State?" , Chun Shenjun asked rhetorically, he smiled, looked at the surprised King of Chu, and said: "We will also send people to the Qin State, invite the Qin State to join the alliance, stop the war, and live in peace with the other countries." The King of Chu said angrily: "Fan Ju will kill this envoy you sent." ”

"In that case, it is the Qin State that wants to confront the Six Kingdoms, this is not the idea of the Chu State, but the Qin State's own choice."

"What if the Qin State forms an alliance?"

"Then let the Qin State preside over the alliance and keep the peace of the countries." , Huang Xie said.

The King of Chu thought about it seriously, but he still shook his head and said: "Even if you can form a six-nation alliance, the six countries can only cooperate in the face of the threat of Qin, and if Chu wants to take the initiative to attack Qin, or if Qin does not start a war, the alliance will be useless and useless." Huang Xie seemed to have heard some joke, laughed wantonly, covered his stomach, and laughed into tears.

"Why do you think that the Qin Kingdom will stop fighting? The laws of Qin, the farming of Qin, everything in Qin, exists for war... He will not stop fighting, if he stops fighting, the current Qin State will definitely perish because of this. Huang Xie said loudly.

The King of Chu was stunned for a moment, thought for a long time, and then nodded, and said, "The widow obeys your orders, so do what you say." ”

After speaking, he asked again: "Should I consult Xunzi for something like this?" ”

Huang Xie shook his head and said: "Xunzi recruits disciples and imparts knowledge in the Chu State, this is a more important thing, the Chu State has obtained a lot of talents, please don't bother him because of other trivial matters." ”

The king of Chu agreed.

.......

In the palace of King Wei, King Wei was also discussing important matters with his important ministers.

Long Yang Jun, Ping Yuan Jun, Duan Ganzi sat in front of King Wei, Duan Ganzi was very afraid of Long Yang Jun, with Long Yang Jun sitting here, he didn't dare to say anything, he could only continue to flatter the virtue of King Wei, and Long Yang Jun was just staring at Duan Ganzi in front of him, the main questioning was carried out between King Wei and Ping Yuan Jun, Ping Yuan Jun's mood was particularly complicated, speaking of which, he was different from other clans, he loved Zhao very much.

This kind of love may be more than Wei Wuji's love for Wei State, Wei Wuji is a big man, even if he can't return to his country, as long as he can drink some wine, he is very happy, at least, he looks very happy, he has a group of disciples who are willing to follow him, these doormen don't mind whether their head of the house is in Wei or Zhao, therefore, Wei Wuji quickly calmed down in Zhao State, and helped Zhao State deal with government affairs.

And Zhao Sheng is different, he is older than Xinlingjun, and his love for his homeland may be stronger, he didn't want to be the minister of Wei, he just wanted to go back, but the king of Wei respected him very much, and constantly gave him wine, beauties, and all kinds of treasures, Zhao Sheng accepted the favor of the king of Wei, and the etiquette of the nobles required him to have feedback, so he became the minister of Wei.

King Wei still trusts Zhao Sheng very much, in his opinion, Zhao Sheng is a trustworthy sage, not to mention that King Zhao doesn't like his middle father, then he can stay for his own use, Long Yangjun told King Wei that Zhao Sheng is in Wei, and those outstanding disciples under his command will also serve Wei, including a famous sage like Xiang Gongsun Long, so please be sure to keep him.

King Wei looked at Zhao Sheng in front of him and humbly asked him about the knowledge of governing the country.

Zhao Sheng took a sip of wine before replying: "The Wei State has just experienced defeat, so it should be friendly with the surrounding countries, and together it will resist the attack of the Qin State, and when there is no war, we must improve our national strength to deal with larger conquests in the future." The king of Wei was very happy, nodded, and asked him how Wei should improve its national strength, Zhao Sheng said seriously: "For families with more children, their taxes should be reduced and rewarded." ”

"For the hard-working farmers and women who weave more cloth, they can also be rewarded appropriately, and tell everyone in Wei about this, in the case of rewards, the people of Wei and grain production will definitely be improved, this is the way for Qin to become strong, I found that your palace is very extravagant, there are many precious treasures, if you can use these treasures to encourage agriculture and fertility, Wei will definitely become strong."

Hearing Zhao Sheng's suggestion, King Wei subconsciously looked at Long Yangjun. Long Yangjun gestured to Zhao Sheng, King Wei reacted, hurriedly stood up with a smile, and bowed down to Zhao Sheng, Zhao Sheng was startled by King Wei's actions, hurriedly got up, and helped King Wei up, King Wei looked at him seriously, and said: "The widow has a talent like you to assist, what else can I worry about?" ”

Zhao Sheng's heart was really a little moved, he hesitated for a long time before he said, "The minister will not live up to your trust." ”

The king of Wei handed over the affairs of governing the country to Zhao Sheng, and rewarded him with fifty good horses and ten beauties.

At this time, basically all countries have determined their future direction, some choose to recuperate, some choose to change the law to become stronger, some choose to merge vertically and horizontally, and some choose to go all out for internal affairs.... I don't know when it began, the direction of history suddenly took a huge turn, and the future of the Seven Kingdoms was also obscured by the clouds. It's just that the powerful are still strong, and those who are not strong enough are still feasting guests.

......

Han Fei led those thieves to Zhao Kuo's side, these thieves bowed in the direction of Zhao Kuo, but Han Fei begged Zhao Kuo to forgive their crimes, Zhao Kuo never thought that a person like Han Fei who governed the law would also say the words forgiveness, Zhao Kuo's disciples were very confused, only Zhao Kuo understood Han Fei very well. These people are indeed from South Korea.

They are the abandoned Shangdang people, when the Qin State attacked the Shangdang, killed all the Koreans who resisted in the Shangdang, and the rest of the Koreans were afraid of being slaughtered by the Qin State, so they could only flee in all directions, the most incredible thing is that South Korea refused to return to South Korea, and the Korean nobles actually felt that they fled back to Korea in large numbers, which would make Korea attract the attention of the Qin State and put Korea in a dangerous situation.

Therefore, these abandoned Koreans can only wander around, Zhao State welcomes Koreans, but when the war involves Zhao, these Koreans can only continue to run, they can't find any place to store themselves, they can only beg along the road, and even rob. After Zhao Kuo said that he would not pursue their crimes of besieging him, these thieves took their relatives from all directions.

Those were women, children, and children, all Koreans, and there were several children, and even their bellies were sunken, making it unbearable to look at them directly. As a Korean clan, Han Fei's heart must be complicated for these thieves, with hatred, guilt, and self-blame, and more pain for not being able to save his countrymen. Looking at the timid eyes of those children, and looking at the tears in the eyes of the mother who hugged them, Zhao Kuo fell silent again.

"Go!" , Zhao Kuo shouted.

Ge turned his head and looked at Zhao Kuo, Zhao Kuo said to him: "I'm a little tired, just stay here to rest, take out the stored grain, I want to hold a banquet to entertain these guests from South Korea." Ge's eyes widened, wanting to say something, he looked at Han Fei not far away, and had to say in a low voice: "Ma Fujun, I know you have mercy on them, but they are just thieves, and even, they are not thieves of Zhao State. ”

"We still have a long way to go, and we don't have much food in stock, so what are we going to do if we give it to them?"

"I will send knights to exchange food from the countryside ahead, you can listen to me, I haven't had a banquet for a long time." , Zhao Kuo said seriously, Ge fell silent, shook his head, and walked to the rear. Soon, the doormen got off their horses, got out of the carriage, laid out their seats, lit a bonfire, some of them took out baked cakes, some of them took out corn, and everyone began to get busy.

Those Koreans just watched from a distance, not daring to approach.

Ge was lighting a fire, and when he saw those Koreans who suddenly became timid, he scolded angrily: "What are you looking at, you still don't come to help me?!" ”

Han Fei became their translator, and the Koreans also participated, the child wanted to pick up the baked cakes, but was hit hard by his mother, and cried helplessly, the sky gradually darkened, and the fragrance of the food was wafting in this field, whether there were evil wolves passing by, Di always took a wooden stick, and beat the ground frantically to scare these evil wolves away, he boasted: When he was six or seven years old, he was already fighting wolves in the wild.

In the luxurious palace of Handan, a bright candle was lit, King Zhao raised the wine cup, signaled to the surrounding ministers, the ministers laughed, frantically biting the mutton, even if they couldn't eat it, they had to swallow it, and used the amount of food to show their bravery, there were warriors performing in the middle, the warriors were wearing armor, holding swords, dancing exaggerated dance steps, jumping face to face with each other, constantly looking for flaws, the nobles kept applauding, and drank the wine with a bang.

The musicians played music, some nobles sang the majestic Tang style, and the samurai performing in the middle slashed at each other with short swords...

"Bump~~"

The short sword in Ge's hand hit Di's shield hard, the two jumped away from each other, under the light of the bonfire, the two looked at each other vigilantly, and turned around the bonfire, and the surrounding doormen applauded, Zhao Kuo sat on the top position, nibbling on the baked cake, and there was a little Korean guy sitting in his arms, the Koreans and the doormen sat on the muddy land, nibbling on the life-saving rations with all their might, and their eyes flashed with tears, surrounding the bonfire, and finally, they let out a hearty laugh and showed a rare smile.

The Koreans sang the songs of their hometown gently, and the doormen played music for them by striking their shields with short swords.

Han Fei stood behind Zhao Kuo, watching all this, stretched out his hand, and rubbed his eyes.

Then, he showed a smile like Zhao Kuo.

ps: Mainly because I wrote a turning point, and the next thing was the re-game of the Seven Kingdoms, and the Battle of Changping was over, so there were a lot of things to consider in these two chapters, and it took a long time. I've been seeing you secretly complimenting me in the comment section these days, and I'm very happy.

However, even if you praise me to heaven, I will not add more—the wolf of history