The main hall of the palace of the king of Qi.

The courtiers of the Qi State showed a look of resentment, and even the queen and queen had a murderous face, looking at the envoy of the Chu State standing under the hall.

Although Qi Wangjian ignored government affairs, 20,000 people died in Huaibei.

If it is said that the twelve counties of Huaibei can be occupied in advance, this is nothing, after all, the wealth of Huaibei is a good place in the eyes of Qi people, but the king of Chu actually set up the twelve counties of Huaibei as counties under various pretexts.

Isn't this a knife for Qi Guo.

One of the most resentful is the victory.

He stood at the very end of the hall, and he was already gritting his teeth at this moment!

After his victory, he recruited the northwest wind to destroy the thieves, and his name moved Linzi, and now no one dares to underestimate it, that Huaibei is already his fief in his eyes.

This is falling from the sky into the mud, the whole body is uncomfortable, and the heart is bleeding.

Hou Sheng said angrily: "The barbarian state, there is no faith in words, when I Qi country is so good to be bullied!" ”

Chu envoy said: "How can the state of Chu come to say without faith, my state of Chu has already announced to the world, as long as the Qin is destroyed, Huaibei is the state of Qi, and now the king has set up counties and counties, it is for the overall situation, to stabilize Huaibei, how to break the word." The King of Qi, the Queen Mother, and the foreign ministers have already conveyed the meaning of the King of Chu to me, and they also ask the King and the Queen Mother to focus on the overall situation. ”

Afterwards, the Chu envoy left the main hall.

Stay in a group of Qi courtiers who gritted their teeth.

Of course, there are also many people who have a calm face and fall into deep thought.

After a long time, the queen asked, "What do you think, ladies and gentlemen?" ”

Suddenly, someone stepped forward and said: "Queen Mother, the minister thinks that the Chu State has been deceiving the Qi State from the beginning by doing this, and the matter of cutting down Qin should be renegotiated." ”

Someone stepped forward and said: "The king, the queen mother, my Qi country is thousands of miles away, millions of soldiers, Han, Zhao, and Wei officials are unwilling to surrender to Qin, they gather between A and Ying, because they are close to Qin, and my Qi country is the kingdom of the East, and is not afraid of Qin, Chu has no faith in front, my Qi country is justified and righteous, why not continue to cross, in order to avenge this arrow." ”

Then the ministers chimed in.

In fact, there were many voices in the court of Qi that were unwilling to fight the Qin State.

It's just that compared with Huaibei, it is a combination of verticals.

There was no objection either.

But now it's different, the state of Chu is discredited.

So a lot of people spoke up.

Su Zheng secretly saw that this was already more than half of the crowd!

Among them, Hou Sheng shouted the most cheerfully, yes, they have been friends with Qin for decades, and if it weren't for the envoys of other countries, they would not have torn up the agreement with Qin.

Lu Lianzhong said: "Queen Mother, the minister has a different opinion!" ”

Everyone looked at Lu Lianzhong, and the queen was stunned for a moment and asked, "Da Si Xing has always been virtuous and brave, do you have any suggestions?" ”

Lu Lianzhong said: "Qin has the heart of embezzling the eight directions, it has been clearly revealed, the overall situation said by the envoys of the Chu State is important, that is the case, if my Qi State does not participate in the alliance, it will keep the countries away from the government of my Qi State, and the five countries will inevitably fall into the situation of self-help, yes, the minister thinks, can discuss the division of Qin land in the countries, even if it is far away from my Qi country, but you can use the fief of Xizhui to replace with the Chu State, in short, we must join forces to attack Qin, otherwise Qi will lose a lot!" ”

Qian Yuyan said: "The king, the minister also means this, although the Qin land is on the border, it is not adjacent to my Qi country, but if it is allowed to sit big, my Qi country may be like the Zhao country one day, there is a danger of the temple of Shejizong, please participate in the alliance." ”

The queen nodded as well.

The queen is not a threat to the Qin state that she does not know.

Otherwise, he would not have hammered the nine rings sent by King Zhaoxiang back then, to show his attitude, no matter how strong your Qin State is, my Qi State is not afraid.

With the forbearance of the queen.

The account of the state of Chu must be settled, but now is not the time.

When Xiangbang Tian Yong heard this, he immediately said loudly: "The king, the queen mother, the minister thinks that the words of the great Sima are inappropriate. ”

When Su Zheng heard this, he knew that the Xiangbang of Qi was the representative of the doctor of Qi State.

Represents the nobility.

Tian Yong continued: "There is no one who is strong in the world, and there is no one who is too strong in the world, and there is no one who is too rich in the minister's father and brother, even so, my Qi Guoan can be compared with Zhao Guo, although Qin is strong, but my Qi is not weak, and the kingdom of the world is afraid of Qin, so is it not afraid of Qi."

Immediately, the doctors spoke out one after another in support of Xiangbang's opinion.

Let Lu Lianzhong and the others look at each other.

After all, the attitude of Xiangbang is the most important thing, but Xiangbang represents the aristocratic power of Qi.

And most of the people who are unwilling to indulge are aristocratic forces.

It's like the attitude of this wave of people who won later.

The queen stopped everyone's voice, looked at Su Zheng, and asked: "The sacrificial wine is from the Chu country, and now it is my courtier of the Qi country, I don't know, what is my opinion on this?" ”

Immediately let all eyes look at it.

At this moment, many of the courtiers in the court were dissatisfied with Su Zheng becoming a sacrificial wine.

Especially Xiangbang, the sacrificial wine can be described as the world's master.

However, no one knows why the queen made Su Zheng a sacrificial wine.

It is impossible for the Queen Mother to say it explicitly, after all, it is because Su Zheng loves his younger brother.

At this time, the queen asked each other, naturally remembering that before, Su Zai told him that the real strategy was the most in line with his heart, that is, to defeat Qin and weak Chu.

Su Zheng stepped forward and said, "The king, the queen mother, why did the countries cut down Qin?" ”

Tian Jiandao: "Naturally, because of the heart of the tiger and wolf of the Qin State, he committed the state of the nations. ”

Su Zai said: "As Xiangbang said, there is no stronger country in the world than a strong Qin and strong Qi, and the countries under the heavens are afraid of Qin and Qi. ”

"This?"

"The sacrificial wine is very true!"

Lu Lianzhong never imagined that Su Zheng had such an attitude, but there was no problem with the words in Su Zheng's mouth.

Su Zai asked again: "Dare to ask the ministers, why did the countries fail to attack Qin four times?" ”

For a while, the court was silent.

There was no reply, and there was so much to come.

Su Zai said with a smile: "The reason why Qin has been able to resist the alliance several times, because of the danger, the situation is convenient, the mountains, forests, rivers and valleys are beautiful, and the power of genius is more. ”

Su Zai said this.

The crowd was speechless.

Lu Lianzhong and others were dumbfounded, Su Zheng's words can be said to be a hit in one word, leaving no room for thought-provoking, when the Qi State destroyed the Song State, as soon as the countries saw the strength of the Qi State, they immediately joined forces to destroy the Qi State.

If it weren't for Tian Fazhang who fled to Tai Shiyi's house, there would be no Qi State today.

Moreover, it is clear that whoever is strong will destroy whom.

Not to mention the courage of the people, the Qi country has no geographical advantages, and the Qin country has three levels to defend each other, with its back to Longxi.

The queen took a deep breath, nodded, and said, "The words of sacrificial wine can really wake people!" ”

Su Zai continued: "The minister said before that for the Qi State, there is only one truly powerful decision, and that is to resist Qin in the three Jin Dynasty, and even Han Wei is weak!" In other words, whether it is attacking Qin, or even horizontal, who can guarantee the status of Qi and contain the countries is the real decision, Qin is weak, then Lian Heng to ensure that Qi is strong, Qin is strong, then Han Wei will unite with Han Wei to resist Qin and weak Chu, otherwise, no matter which side you go, it will put Qi in danger. ”

Su Zheng's consideration is not far-reaching.

This point can be said to be ahead of its time, and it has undoubtedly left a monstrous wave in the hearts of many courtiers.

Lu Lianzhong asked: "It's not even horizontal or vertical?" ”

Xiangbang smiled: "No, it's okay to even be horizontal, it's okay to be vertical!" But it depends on how the nations do it, and what the prime minister said is right, so is it the Qin state that is weak now, or the countries are weak? ”

Su Zai said with a smile: "Not long ago, it was Qin Guoqiang, because the Chu State was ready to bribe my Qi State, and now it is naturally Qin State that is weak, because Qin State is ready to bribe my Qi State!" The strength of the country, in the eyes of the Qi country, is inconclusive, only in the cracks of the planning of the countries, to find the road to the strength of the Qi country is the right way. ”

The queen asked, "The State of Qin is ready to bribe my State of Qi?" ”

Su Zheng said: "Isn't the reason why the Qin State is strong is because the countries bribed Qin? Qin is now weaker than the other countries, so he will naturally choose to bribe Qi, bribe Qi is strong, how the five countries should be together, if they win, my Qi country is still a lot stronger, if it is defeated, the countries will come to bribe Qi for help, my Qi country will become a joint column again, and the Qi country will continue to grow! ”

Tian Jian was overjoyed and said: "The widow thinks it's good, my Qi country can be strengthened without a single soldier, and let the countries be weakened, it's really a good strategy!" ”

Many courtiers agreed with Su Zheng's words.

Qi State, if you can't fight, you won't fight, but in the eyes of Lu Lianzhong and others, you can't find fault, I don't know how to do it, you said to participate in the alliance, Chu State occupies Hangu Pass, Guanzhong, Bashu, the land of Shangyu, Huaibei strategic place and did not give Qi State, Qi State will not be killed?

……

Hou Sheng came to the gate of the mansion with a sad and angry face.

Looking at it now, all my joy has turned into a bamboo basket to draw water, and I finally managed to get a little fame and a large area of rich fiefdom and disappeared.

Gong Ao took Hou Sheng to Su Zheng's courtyard.

Seeing that Su Zai had prepared the wine and food, Hou Sheng didn't say a word, poured the bottle of wine alone, and drank it all with his mouth, Su Zai smiled, and personally filled the wine bottle for Hou Sheng.

Hou Sheng said: "Brother, I'm angry, the barbarians of Chu have no faith, why can't you say in the court that you will unite with Qin and avenge me." ”

Su Zheng shook his head and said: "I am a Qi minister, so I naturally have to think about the country, how can I ignore the country for my own selfish interests." ”

Hou Sheng was sad and indignant, and said: "The previous great work is equivalent to doing it in vain, such hard work, I am unwilling." ”

Su Zai patted Hou Sheng's shoulder and said, "It's just a piece of Huaibei, what is it!" ”

Hou Sheng was stunned for a moment, and when he saw Su Zai's face chuckling, it was obvious that there was something in his words, and he asked eagerly: "Brother, what do you mean?" ”

Su Zai said: "Gongzi Sheng thinks it should be a combination of vertical or horizontal?" ”

Hou Sheng was stunned and said: "Didn't you say in the court, according to the attitude of the affairs of the countries and the attitude of the country, you can make a decision." ”

Su Zai smiled and said: "The noble person in the world is none other than Xiangbang, Huang Xie was able to seal Huaibei because of Xiangbang, and Lu Buwei was able to seal Luoyang because of Prime Minister, although you don't have the land of Huaibei, but if Qin State bribes Qi State and supports you to become the Xiangbang of Qi State, then what is Huaibei counted?" ”

Hou Sheng was shocked, his sleeves overturned the wine bottle on the table, and exclaimed: "What did you say?" Do I do Xiangbang? How is that possible? ”

Su Zai said: "It used to be impossible, but now, you are the secretary and in charge of diplomacy, how can it be impossible?" If the Qin State is willing to look at your Hou Sheng's face and bribe the Qi State, is it your credit? ”

Hou Sheng was surprised: "What about Tian Yong?" ”