Chapter 8 How it came to this
"I obeyed your arrangement and told the generals of the Qin State about your strategy, but until now, your strategy has not worked, what is the reason?" , Ying Yiren looked at Lu Buwei, who was kneeling in front of him, and asked suspiciously. Lu Buwei heard his questioning, and he didn't think so, and said with a smile: "I asked Xu Li to recommend Zhao Kuo to King Zhao, just to let King Zhao remember that there is such a young man as Zhao Kuo." β
"The current war has not yet reached the point of panicking King Zhao, if King Zhao is as desperate as a drowning man, won't he grab Zhao Kuo, a straw that can save his life?" , LΓΌ Buwei asked rhetorically.
Ying Yiren nodded, he felt that what Lu Buwei said was very reasonable, and he asked again, "Then what should I do next?" β
Lu Buwei said with a smile: "Zhao Kuo's matter is just a trivial matter that is not worth paying attention to for Gongzi, and the reason why I asked you to propose this matter is to remind Qin Ren of having such a Gongzi as you." The King of Qin is already old, and your father, An Guojun, has been made the crown prince. An Guojun now belongs to your brother Zifu, Zifu has a mother in the harem to take care of, and you are in the middle, and your mother is not favored, after the death of King Qin, An Guojun succeeded to the throne as king, you don't expect to compete with your eldest brother and other brothers who are by King Qin's side sooner or later for the crown prince. β
"You yourself are in the unpredictable state of Zhao, if the Qin people defeat the state of Zhao and besiege Handan, will the king of Zhao spare your life?"
Ying Yiren was shocked and asked, "That's the case, what should I do?" β
"If Childe can listen to me, then please Childe, you stay in Handan, wear Chu clothes, and make more friends."
"Why?"
"I privately heard that An Guojun loves Mrs. Huayang very much, Mrs. Huayang has no children, but she can participate in the election of the crown prince, so she can only start from her. You are very poor, and you live here, and you can't give anything to your relatives and make friends, although I, Lu Buwei, am not rich, but I am willing to take out a thousand gold to lobby for you to go west to Qin State, serve An Guojun and Mrs. Huayang, and let them make you the crown prince. β
When Ying Yiren heard this, he hurriedly bowed to Lu Buwei and said respectfully: "If your plan is realized, I am willing to share the land of Qin State with you." β
Lu Buwei didn't say anything more, got up and said goodbye to Yingyiren, Yiren sent him to the door, only then did he take his hand and repeatedly admonished: "I care more about your safety than the success of the matter, I hope you can come back safely, don't risk because of this incident." Even though he knew in his heart that Ying Yiren was just a means to win him over, Lu Buwei was still a little moved in his heart.
I really didn't choose the wrong person, Yiren is not afraid of danger and is willing to stay in Handan alone, not worried about his own safety, but he has to tell himself. Lu Buwei's face gradually became solemn, and he said solemnly: "I will go this time, I will definitely do this for my son, if I can't do it, I am willing to die." Ying Yiren stood at the door, watching Lu Buwei's carriage slowly leave, and Ying Yiren stood at the door for a long time before entering the hospital.
called a retainer, and Ying Yiren ordered: "Please buy me a set of Chu clothes." As for why he wore Chu clothes, because Mrs. Huayang was a native of Chu and wore Chu clothes on weekdays, and often expressed his thoughts about Chu State. Ying Yiren stood in the courtyard and muttered helplessly: "I still have to learn the "bird language" of Chu State, it's really troublesome..."
And at this moment, Xu Li also saw King Zhao again.
King Zhao sat on the upper seat, and on the left side sat his two Shangqing, Xu Li sat on his right side, and said solemnly: "This is the story of Zeng's mother who lost the tree, please Shangjun can distinguish the rumors and believe in General Lian Po." King Zhao was silent for a long time, he raised his head, looked carefully at Xu Li in front of him, and said movingly: "The widow originally just thought that Xu Li could fight, but I didn't expect that the widow underestimated the calendar." β
Xu Li looked a little embarrassed, but he still remembered Zhao Kuo's instructions, so he didn't say anything, sighed, and said: "The minister said this, not to invite credit in front of the lord, the minister came for General Lian Po." King Zhao laughed, and said: "The widow knows, please rest assured, the widow will not listen to the rumors." β
Xu Li stood up at this time, bowed to King Zhao, and left the palace cautiously.
After he left, Zhao Wang Fang looked at the two people on his left, and he asked, "This is definitely not what Xu Li can say, who taught him this?" At this moment, there are two elders sitting on his right side, these two are not too young, one is slender, with a cold face, sitting in a precarious position, half-squinting his eyes, and the other is constantly coughing, which makes King Zhao feel a little distressed.
"Du Ping-kun? Do you have nothing to tell the widow? King Zhao couldn't help asking.
Du Pingjun called Tian Dan, he was originally a native of Qi State, when Qi State was almost destroyed, it was he who saved Qi State, and it can even be said that he single-handedly cast Qi State, but it is precisely like this, he was also jealous of King Qi, and became more and more intolerable, King Zhao saw the opportunity, exchanged more than 50 cities for Tian Dan, and used him to be the general of Zhao State, and later became the minister of Zhao State.
Since he was given to the King of Zhao by the King of Qi for fifty cities, Tian Dan has become more and more reticent, and this Qi man, who is both civil and military, desperately saved the Qi country, was sold for the price of fifty cities. No matter how respectful King Zhao is for him, Tian Dan is still so cold, he is still alive, but the savior of Qi who can fight well and overcome Leyi in the past seems to be dead.
He had a bad relationship with several generals of Zhao State.
Hearing King Zhao's inquiry, Tian Dan said: "Chen and Xu Li are just friends who can nod when they meet on the road, and they don't know about him. β
King Zhao sighed helplessly and said, "You can go back and rest." Tian Dan stood up at this time, bowed to King Zhao, and left the palace, in the palace, only King Zhao and another legend of Zhao were left, the old man sitting in front of King Zhao, coughing from time to time, his hair was all white, which made King Zhao couldn't help but sigh at the power of the years, King Zhao bowed his head respectfully, "Duke Lin, I don't know if you have anything to tell the widow?" β
Sitting in front of King Zhao was the last minister of Zhao, Lin Xiangru.
Lin Xiangru raised his head, his pale face made King Zhao very distressed, and he said: "Xu Li's suggestion was rejected by Shangjun, he must have visited Zhao Kuo, this may be Zhao Kuo, or the doorman around him told Xu Li, however, Xu Li is not wrong, General Lian Po should not be replaced." β
"Although Zhao Kuo is young, he has a great reputation." , Zhao Wang said.
"If Shangjun only appoints Zhao Kuo based on his reputation, it is like gluing the tuning column to death and then playing the string, Zhao Kuo will only read the books left by his father, and he will not know how to be flexible." , Lin Xiangru said.
"What do you think of the widow's use of Duping Jun Tiandan?"
"General Tian Dan is not in agreement with many generals, not to mention that he cares about the Qi State, after coming to the Zhao State, if his heart is dead, he will not care about the survival of the Zhao State like General Lian Po, and the ministers think that he is inappropriate."
"What do you think of the widow who wants to use Changguo Jun Leyi?"
"General Le Yi has just been attached, and the King of Yan hates him very much, and wants to kill him, if Shangjun wants to use General Le Yi, I am afraid that it will cause the anger of the Yan people, and it is difficult for Zhao to fight against the Qin people alone, it is when Yan, Qi, Wei and other countries are needed to help, Shangjun cannot use him as a general." As soon as Lin Xiangru finished speaking, he coughed again, blood flowed from the corners of his mouth, and King Zhao was shocked and hurriedly helped him personally.
Let the warrior send Lin Xiangru back to the mansion, and repeatedly told him to take care of himself, King Zhao sat alone in the palace, looking lonely.
Zhao Wang Dan, who succeeded to the throne at a young age, he always wanted to establish the hegemony of Zhao State, so that the countries would submit to the strong power of Zhao State, in the first year of his reign, he united with Qi State and repelled the attack of the Qin people, and since then, he has been thinking about revenge on the Qin people all the time. He tried his best to attract talents, and he felt that as long as there were enough talents in Zhao State, the Qin people would not be the opponents of Zhao State, and he exchanged fifty cities for Tiandan.
He saw the opportunity and used a letter from home to ask Le Yi to come down.
But why, things are not as they expected, why can't the Zhao people beat the Qin people?
Zhao Wangdan clenched his fists, his eyes bloodshot.