In the twelfth year of King Wucheng, at the beginning of May, Handan, the capital of Zhao State, the royal palace.

After Zhao Wangdan heard the report of Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains, he sighed and said: "Xiangguo, the problem of the shortage of grain, grass and military resources you mentioned is also known to the widows. But is there any way to solve this problem now? ”

Zhao Sheng thought for a while, and said to King Zhao: "King, now the plan." Only by continuing to send people to Qi and Liao to make suggestions to the King of Qi and the King of Liaocheng to see if we can continue to provide grain, grass and military funds to our Zhao State? ”

King Zhao nodded and said to Zhao Sheng: "It can only be like this." ”

The years of great wars with the Qin State caused great problems in the grain, grass and military resources of the Zhao State. If it weren't for Zhao Wangdan last year, he wrote to his sister and nephew Ji Kang, and exchanged more than 200,000 people for a lot of food, and the consequences would be unimaginable.

However, with the re-ignition of the party war this year, Zhao Guo fell into the dilemma of food and military shortage. Zhao Wangdan had no choice but to send another letter to Ji Zhao and Ji Kang to see if he could get support from Liaodi with grain, grass and military funds. At the same time, send someone to Qi Guo Chen to see if he can move the queen and Qi Wang Jian to provide grain, grass and military funds to Zhao State.

Last year, King Zhao sent people to Qi to borrow grain, but the queen and the king of Qi built it, and they shirked it on the grounds that Qi was also short of food. This year, when the State of Qi saw that the State of Zhao sent envoys to the State of Qi to borrow grain, the queen summoned her younger brother Hou Sheng and several ministers of Zhou Zi to discuss the matter.

The State of Qi is not without talents now, and the eldest husband Zhou Zi has already seen the threat of the Qin State to the Qi State in the future, and is skeptical of the national policy of "making Qin cautious" formulated by the monarch and queen of the State of Qi.

The queen looked at the ministers sitting in Her Highness and said, "Zhongqing, now that the king of Zhao has sent someone to my Qi country, and wants me to borrow grain from Zhao country, what do you suggest about this?" ”

After hearing this, the eldest husband Zhou Zi suggested to the queen and Tian Jian, the king of Qi: "The queen mother, the king, Zhao is the barrier of my Qi country. Now that the state of Qin is powerful, if the state of Zhao is defeated by the state of Qin due to lack of food, it will even destroy the country. Then the next one to face the Qin State is my Qi State, so it is better to lend grain to the Zhao State for the time being, so that the Zhao State has enough strength to resist the Qin State. In this way, it is also beneficial to my Qi country! ”

As the Yaqing of Qi and the younger brother of the queen, Hou Sheng, as soon as he heard Zhou Zi say this, he was anxious, and hurriedly said to the queen and the king of Qi: "The queen mother, the king, this matter is not allowed!" Mr. Zhou's words are wrong. Now that our Qi State has formed an alliance with the Qin State, if we lend grain to Zhao, it will violate the alliance between our Qi and Qin; What's more, Zhao State bullied my Qi State a lot in the past, and now it still occupies the territory of my Qi State, so how can I borrow food from Zhao! ”

Compared with Hou Sheng, the eldest husband Zhou Zi is an outsider. The queen who is the regent naturally listens to her brother. He said to the ministers: "What Yaqing Housheng said is very reasonable, if you lend grain to Zhao State, you will offend Qin State." Regarding the matter of borrowing grain from Zhao State, my Qi State will prevaricate it according to last year's practice! ”

Qi Wangjian was obedient to his mother, and naturally supported his mother's opinion. Seeing this, the ministers naturally followed the meaning of the queen and Qi Wangjian, and expressed their attitudes one after another, and they were unwilling to lend grain to Zhao State. Minister Zhou Zi, seeing this situation, can only look up to the sky and sigh.

Ji Kang, who was far away in Liaodi, received a letter from his uncle Zhao Wangdan, and summoned the "four ministers" of Liaodi - Ju Xin, Zou Yan, Lu Zhonglian, and Ji Mao to discuss.

Ji Kang smiled and said to the four ministers: "My uncle, now I have come to borrow food again. Let's discuss, do we borrow it or not? ”

Zou Yan pondered for a while, and said to Ji Kang: "Son, now I have a lot of grain in the official warehouse of Liaodi, and there is also a lot of food in the people's homes. In a few months, we will have another autumn harvest in Liaodi. If there is no accident, this year will definitely be another bumper year in Liaodi. But you can't give Zhao Guo food in vain, how to give Zhao Guo food, there needs to be a rule. ”

Lu Zhonglian laughed out loud and said to Ji Kang: "Childe, now that Qin and Zhao are fighting in the Shangdang War, this is a once-in-a-lifetime occasion for my Liaodi. My territory is large and sparsely populated, can I refer to last year's practice in exchange for the population of Zhao State! ”

The old manager Ji Mao also said on the side: "Childe, now all the armies in my Liaodi, including the reserve army, have been redressed, and the original bronze weapons and armor are piled up in the warehouse. What President Lu Zhonglian said is very true, whether it is public or private, we can refer to the practice of exchanging food and military funds for the population of Zhao State. The public let Zhao State drag the Qin State and not advance eastward, and the private state can be the family affection of the whole mother and the son of King Zhao. ”

Jun Xiangju Xin also nodded, and said to Ji Kang: "Childe, what your adults said is very true. We can give food to Zhao State, but Zhao State needs to continue to exchange population for it. In this way, for both my Liaodi and Zhao countries, it is also possible to achieve the "win-win" mentioned by Gongzi. ”

Ji Kang nodded and said to everyone: "Since this is the case, let's say this to King Zhao!" Our Liaodi can not only provide food to Zhao State, but also provide military funds. But let's let Zhao Guo exchange it for population, the more the better. ”

Speaking of this, Ji Kang didn't know what he thought, and said to everyone: "Send a letter to King Zhao, saying that now the people of Shangdang cannot farm, and they can give priority to exchanging food and military funds for the people of Shangdang to come to my Liaodi." The cost of its migration can also be borne by Liaodi, and it can also be converted into food and military funds, and there is no need for Zhao Guo to bear it. ”

After a pause, he said to everyone: "This time, if Zhao Guo agrees to our plan, let the navy and merchant ships also join in the process of transferring the migrants, and accelerate the migration to our Liaodi." ”

Everyone nodded, and they were all satisfied that Ji Kang could take into account the people of Shangdang who were in the midst of the war. stood up together and said to Ji Kang in unison: "Childe is benevolent." ”

Ji Kang was stunned when he heard this, and said in his heart: "This is benevolence and righteousness?" ”

After Zhao Wangdan received the letter from Ji Kang and his sister Ji Zhao, he said to Pingyuan Jun Zhao Sheng: "Pingyuanjun, the princess and Liaocheng Jun Ji Kang have sent a letter, and they are willing to provide food to my Zhao State, and they are still doing so according to last year's practice." My nephew, to my Zhao Guo and my uncle, can be said to have done his best. Knowing that my Zhao State is in difficulty, I am not only willing to provide food, but also willing to provide military funds to help my Zhao State fight against the Qin State. ”

"In particular, knowing that the people of Shangdang could not engage in agriculture, he actually proposed to the widow that he could give priority to arranging for the people of Shangdang to migrate to Liao and bear all the costs. Xiangguo, what do you think about this? ”

Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains, also said to King Zhao with emotion: "King, this Liaocheng Jun Ji Kang is not a princess, of course, the princess has not lived up to the grace of the queen mother during her lifetime." At this critical moment, I have repeatedly funded Zhao Guo. ”

"King, since the princess and Liaocheng Jun are not worthy of the king, my Zhao State cannot bear Liaodi. The king can agree to the request of the king of Liaocheng, and our Zhao State can relocate the people of Shangdang and a group of people from other places to Liaodi. In this way, one can greatly alleviate the problem of insufficient food and military funds in our Zhao country; The second can be the friendship between the king and the princess's nephew. ”

Zhao Dan listened, nodded, and said to Zhao Sheng: "Xiangguo, since this is the case, let's implement it according to what we have discussed!" ”

At the end of May, when the war between Shangdang, Qin and Zhao was raging, many residents of Shangdang and displaced people from other counties and counties of Zhao gathered towards the border of Zhao and Yan as they had done last year, and a new wave of people migrated from Zhao to Liao.

And Liaodi also sent grain, grass and obsolete bronze weapons and armor to Zhao State by sea and land. On the official road and sea road from the border of Yanzhao to Liaodi, it is more lively and busy than before.

The news that Liaodi provided food and military funds to Zhao was naturally quickly transmitted back to the capital Xianyang by Qin's secret spy Black Ice Terrace personnel. Qin Wang Yingji, an old man in his sixties, was extremely angry when he heard the news.

Said to Fan Sui, who came to Xiangguo: "Xiangguo, what's going on with Yanguo?" actually allowed that Liaodi boy Ji Kang to send food and military funds to Zhao State. You send an envoy to ask Yan Guo, are we still allies? ”

Fan Sui frowned, pondered for a moment, and said, "King, it's okay to send an envoy. But my Qin State is now fighting with Zhao State in the Shangdang War, and I must not coerce King Yan too much. You can send someone to say to Yan Wang Chen, and let him order that little boy in Liaodi to no longer provide food and military funds to Zhao State. ”

Qin Wang Yingji narrowed his eyes, and after half a ring, he said to Xiangguo Fan Sui: "Just do it according to Xiangguo's words!" ”

Seeing King Qin like this, Qin Xiang Fan Sui knew that King Qin already hated Ji Kang very much.

The envoy of the Qin State to the Yan State met with the Queen of Yan. Yan Guo is now Ji Kang's father who is dealing with state affairs, and Ji Kang has already informed his father about this Liaodi's actions and reasons.

Ji Kang's father was also wary of Qin after his investigation of Liaodi. There is no thought of stopping my son's behavior at all! The envoy to the Qin State was pushed back, so the matter was closed.

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