Wei and Korea, these were two weak states in the middle and late Warring States period.

But these two countries, although weak, have played a very important role in this history.

These two countries are located at the central point of the Central Plains and border all countries except Yan.

This leads to a characteristic of these two countries – they can attack either country and be attacked by either country.

The rise of the Qin State in the Warring States Period was inseparable from the two countries of Wei and Han.

In the Battle of Lantian, it was precisely by virtue of the overturning of the rivers and seas between Han and Wei in the territory of Chu that the Chu State had to cede the land and sue for peace, thus making the Chu State, which was once a powerful Southern Tianhe, enter the road of decline.

In the Five Kingdoms of Qi, Wei and Han also participated, and the end of the war ended with the Eastern Emperor Qi suffering a great loss of vitality, and the Qi State began to decline from then on.

Coincidentally, in the Battle of Changping just past, it was the victory of the Wei and Han coalition forces behind the Qin people that finally forced the Qin State to cede land and sue for peace.

These three events seem to be accidental, but if you look at them together, then you will find that each time the side that won over Wei and Han won the final victory.

This does not seem to be explained by chance.

As a traverser, Zhao Dan knows very well in his heart the importance of Han and Wei.

You must know that the Zhao State, like Han and Wei, was split from the Jin State, the overlord of the Spring and Autumn Period.

What kind of country is that? That's an invincible opponent in the world.

When Zhao, Han, Wei and Jin are united, it is equivalent to the reappearance of the Jin State, what Qin State and Chu State, what is there to fear?

There are always people who say that as an ordinary or even a waste wood traverser, the only advantage is to climb technology, and if you don't climb technology, you will definitely be hung up and beaten by those great talents in history.

Zhao Dan felt that this sentence was up for debate.

What is the biggest advantage of the traverser? For Zhao Dan, the biggest advantage is his familiarity with history.

Tang Taizong Li Shimin said: The husband uses copper as a mirror and can be dressed properly; With history as a mirror, we can know the rise and fall; With people as a mirror, you can see the gains and losses. ”

This sentence tells us a truth, there is everything in history, and if you study history well, you will know everything.

After learning history, even if you don't know how to do it, you can still "use history as a mirror".

What does it mean to use history as a mirror? To put it simply, it is - copy.

Well, copying this word seems a bit ugly, so let's call it "borrowing".

China has been up and down for 5,000 years, and all the patterns and bridges of the hegemony have long been shown to the rotten by the ancestors, what Zhao Dan needs to do is to find out the knowledge that can be used for himself from these hegemony histories, and then go to the ...... Well, take a look.

Who to borrow?

Zhao Dan is now ready to learn from the diplomatic strategy of Wei's founding monarch, Wei Wenhou Weis.

As we all know, under the leadership of Wei Wenhou Weis, Wei quickly rose to become the overlord of the Warring States Period after being officially recognized by Zhou Tianzi as the founding of the country, and it can be said that it was an invincible opponent in the world at that time.

The reason why Wei is so beautiful is of course due to the wisdom of Wei Wenhou, the virtuous ability of Wu Qi and Li Kui, the strength of Wei Wushu and other factors, but it is also greatly related to Wei Wenhou's foreign policy.

Wei Wenhou's diplomatic strategy was actually very simple, that is, to unite Korea and Zhao, and the three Jin groups to expand outward in a holistic manner.

With the support of Han and Zhao, Marquis Wei ordered Wu Qi to go west all the way to capture the land of the West River of Qin, compressing Qin to the point of losing the country to the point of destruction.

In the east, the Three Jin Dynasty coalition forces successively defeated Qi and Song and other countries, seized a large amount of land from the east, and effectively curbed the rise of Qi while expanding.

In the south, it was also the three Jin who joined forces to attack and beat the Chu State to defeat and retreat.

In the north, Wei destroyed Zhongshan through the support of Zhao, making Zhongshan the land of Wei.

Considering the geographical factors, it would have been impossible for Wei to achieve such an achievement without the strong support of Zhao and Korea.

Since Wei Wenhou was able to forge the hegemony of Wei by uniting the Three Jin Dynasty back then, why can't Zhao Dan now forge the hegemony of Zhao State by uniting the Three Jin Dynasty?

Li Shimin can copy it, but no one can copy it?

Of course, even if you want to learn from it, you can't just copy it, it must conform to the actual situation, and blindly copying it is something that is only done by stupidity.

To put it in a phrase that has been widely circulated in later generations, that is, to engage in a "Wei Wenhou-style diplomatic line with the characteristics of Zhao State".

For example, the diplomatic line advocated by Zhao Dan is different from that of Wei Wenhou.

The biggest difference is that Zhao Dan and Zhao Guo are the bosses, and Wei and Han can only play the role of junior brothers now.

The advantage of the eldest is that he can eat meat, and he can eat the fattest meat, while the younger brother can only drink soup.

And the boss doesn't need to be afraid of the rise of the younger brother, if every big war is the boss eating meat and the younger brother drinking soup, then the growth rate of the younger brother is obviously far less than the boss.

This is why in the early years of the Warring States Period, the Wei State was dominant, and although Korea and Zhao State gained a lot of benefits from the Wei State, they never became strong.

Being a little brother is obviously a very unpromising thing.

In fact, such an idea was not only recently conceived by Zhao Dan.

The result of the Battle of Changping is the best embodiment of this kind of thinking of "the boss eats meat, and the younger brother drinks soup".

In this war, the three kingdoms of Zhao, Han and Wei joined forces to fight, and Zhao Guo, as the boss, obtained the largest piece of fat, that is, three-quarters of Shangdang County.

Han and Wei, as the younger brothers, each received a quarter of Shangdang County and a county of Tao County, which is to drink soup.

To put it bluntly, the fact that Zhao Guo ate meat and Han Wei drank soup was already an established fact in the Battle of Changping, and what Zhao Dan wanted to do now was to determine this fact in a diplomatic way, and continue to continue on the road to hegemony in the future.

Of course, Zhao Dan would not completely tell these ministers in front of him about these things, because there was no need for that.

As a monarch, Zhao Dan's most important responsibility is undoubtedly to formulate the overall strategy of Zhao State, and the specific implementation and operation, such as diplomacy, internal affairs and even warfare, will be handed over to these ministers in front of him and the officials and soldiers under the ministers to implement.

The details can be discussed, but the ministers will be left to the ministers to understand the strategic guidelines.

At this time, Yu Xin opened his mouth and said: "Great King, then Wang Wei is a pro-Qin person, if the Great King wants to connect Wei, this may be a big obstacle." ”

Yes, although Zhao Dan really wants to accept Wei Guo's little brother, whether Wei Guo is willing to be Zhao Dan's little brother is actually a big question.

However, for this problem, Zhao Dan actually already had a plan in his heart.

I saw Zhao Dan smile slightly, and said to Yu Xin: "Don't worry about Yu Qing, the widow has a plan at this time." By the way, the widow heard that Wei Wuji, the king of Xinling, had already gone north, and he would arrive in Handan in a few days. The widow wants to accept it for the widow's use, I don't know what the secretary thinks? ”