Chapter Seventy-Four: The Strange Shandong Kingdoms

With the detailed transmission of news from various countries, as well as the envoys of Wei who waved the banner of the king of Wei, visited the countries, and then met with the kings of various countries, the news that Wei gathered the vassal states in Daliang and attempted to destroy Qin was finally confirmed, and the countries were in an uproar.

You must know that Wei and Qin are also princes canonized by Zhou Tianzi, even if they want to crusade against Qin, it is also ordered by Zhou Tianzi, and other princes follow, following the example of King Wu at the beginning;

But now the Wei State actually summoned the princes for no reason to crusade against the Qin State of the same status, which was simply disobedient to the Son of Heaven, did not take the order of etiquette and music of the Zhou Dynasty in his eyes, and also in the tone of the superior, allied the princes, and did not put the other princely kingdoms in his eyes.

Although the Wei State is strong and strong, and it has been bullying all countries for a hundred years, it is really aggressive to tell the countries in such a grand way that Wei is the chief of the princes.

But there is no way, who let Wei have a Wei warrior who is rampant in the world, and there is a famous general Pang Juan in various countries.

So the large and small countries that received the restriction of the Wei State Alliance immediately looked forward to it, stretched their necks, and waited for the news of the Qi State in the east, after all, today, there is still the Qi State, and only the Qi State can compete with the hateful Wei State.

Zitin.

As soon as the envoy of Wei was taken down by the officials of Qi State, King Qi, who was sitting high in the hall, leaned over to Zou Ji of Xiangguo under the hall and asked, "Lord Xiangguo, what do you think of Wei Jun's intention to unite the countries to defeat Qin?" ”

When Zou Ji heard this, he got up and replied: "The alliance to attack Qin is of great benefit to the Wei State, but for my Qi State, there is no benefit at all.

Why should my Qi State make a big move, work the people and waste money to seek benefits for the Wei State? You must know that in the current dispute between Qi and Wei, the Wei country will benefit, and my Qi country will be damaged."

When King Qi heard this, he secretly agreed in his heart, so he nodded and said, "Xiangguo, is this not suggesting that my Qi State participate in the alliance?" ”

When Zou Ji heard this, he immediately smiled and said: "Zou Ji has no intention of disagreeing."

When the king of Qi heard this, he was immediately confused, the Xiangguo in front of him just now clearly said that it was beneficial to attack Qin and Wei, but it was harmful to Qi, so why did he insist that Qi participate in the Great Liang Alliance?

Zou Ji saw the doubts of the king of Qi in the hall, and immediately got up and saluted and said: "My king doesn't have to be confused, the Qi alliance, Zou Ji has three reasons, please listen to my king, and then make his own decision."

"First, the Wei State relies on its hegemonic status to recruit the princes to join the alliance, if my Qi State does not go, those countries that were originally swaying in the middle of Qi and Wei will have to fight between our Qi State and Wei State at this time.

If you go, you will support Wei, and if you don't go, you will support Qi, so the dispute between Qi and Wei will completely change from the dark to the open, but this is inconsistent with the strategy of our Qi State to continue to accumulate national strength and then fight a decisive battle with Wei.

Besides, the current comparison of the national strength of Wei and Qi is still stronger than Wei and weaker Qi, and the decisive battle in advance is not good for our Qi country.

Second, Wei Jun recruited all the countries and said that Wei attacked Qin, but Qin Jun secretly hid Wei Kai, a sinner in the Wei clan.

You must know that the patriarchal law is normal, and the principle of heaven and earth is also. If I don't go, isn't that telling the nations that my Qi encourages those who rebel against the patriarchy? Is it against the order of heaven and earth?

Third, if Qi does not go, Qi will lose its morality among the nations, and Wei will use this to unite all countries and faintly besiege my Great Qi, how should I deal with it? ”

When Qi Wangwei heard this, he immediately took a big breath in his heart, he didn't expect that the Wei State would ally attack Qin, whether he went or not, and it would have such a big impact on his Qi State.

Originally, King Qi was not ready to pay attention to this alliance in his heart, after all, the alliance of the two countries has always been to discuss with each other and then announce it to the world.

How can it be like Wei State, without anticipating consultation, and directly unilaterally notifying the posture of the superior, if the Qi State goes to the alliance, wouldn't it be that he Qi State recognized the short Wei State?

After Zou Ji finished speaking, King Qi Wei said with a tangled face: "But if I go to Qi Kingdom, wouldn't it..."

Without waiting for Qi Wangwei to finish speaking, Zou Ji continued: "Zou Ji understands what my king is worried about.

Wei is a great country of a thousand times, and our Great Qi is also a great country of a thousand times, and the participation of Qi in the alliance will indeed show that our Qi country is under Wei in front of the other countries.

However, if our king offers ten carts of goods and goods, he will send a messenger to ask Zhou Tianzi to send someone to come to Daliang to preside over the affairs of the alliance.

Then my Qi State participated in the alliance, not to listen to the call of Wei State, with Wei State as the leader, but to listen to the call of Zhou Tianzi, so as to raise troops to join the alliance.

At that time, I thought that the kings of Han, Zhao, and Chu, who had the same confusion as my king, would be grateful to my king; Zhou Tianzi, who is huddled in one place, will also be grateful for the worship of my Qi country;

And the nations will see how much our king respects the Son of Heaven and admires my king's righteousness. After all, this world is still the world of the Ji family, and Qi, Wei, Chu, Zhao, and Han are the princes of Zhou Tianzi. Zhou is not extinguished, who dares to disobey the royal way? ”

King Qi Wei, who was very confused in his heart, heard Zou Ji's analysis at this time, and immediately showed joy, got up and saluted: "Today, thanks to Xiangguo's solution to the confusion of widows,

Otherwise, Qi Guo doesn't know how much humiliation it will be deceived because of the so-called behavior of the widows", and then prepared to send people to Haojing to ask Zhou Tianzi to preside over the affairs of the alliance.

Looking at the relieved King Qi Wei, Zou Ji on the side also touched his beard, smiling all over his face, and was very proud in his heart.

After all, the courtiers are worried about the king, and Zou Ji is also a Qi person, he can relieve the king's doubts, and the Qi country can become strong because of this, which is what Zou Ji is willing to see. But then he thought of something, so he came out again and said: "My king doesn't need to be in a hurry, at this time, he still has to ask the military advisor first, and then make a decision."

After all, the military advisor is a disciple of the Guigu Valley, with great talents and strategies, and there is a hidden universe in his belly, so he must have some superb insights."

King Qi Wei, who was full of joy, was still thinking about the scene when Zhou Tianzi's envoy came, when he was domineering and wanted to be the head of the princes, King Wei, when he heard what Xiangguo said in front of him, the smile on his face suddenly froze, and he didn't know how to answer.

It's not that King Qi Wei doesn't believe in Sun Bin's talent, but the appearance of Xiangguo in front of him who seems to be smiling is not at all asking Sun Bin for advice, but is faintly competing for a high level.

But Sun Bin and Zou Ji in front of him are the ministers he relies on as the king of Qi, no matter what the king of Qi says at this time, he will take care of one or the other, so he said with a wry smile on his face: "The opinion of Lord Xiangguo, the widow has already thought so." The military advisor is in good health, so there is no need to trouble him."

When Zou Ji heard this, he was about to refute, but when he saw the depression on King Qi's face, he suddenly couldn't bear it, so he got up and said, "The minister understands."

The dispute between the ministers of Qi State, the King of Qi is not unaware, and the dispute between the ministers was originally manipulated by him. You must know that the Jixia Academy of Qi State, all the talents in the world of the network, and at the same time, all kinds of ideas between countries collide here.

If you advocate both love and non-attack, you will not talk about the art of war to win the country; If you recite the Confucian ceremony and promote the heart of the benevolent, you will not agree with the advocacy of Legalism and the rule of law.

However, for a period of time, a country can only move in one direction, and it is impossible to merge all the schools of thought, and not all of them are suitable for governing the country.

So how should the huge Qi country choose the academic that suits its own country from the vast sea of academics, absorb excellent talents, and enhance its national strength? Qi Wangwei has his own set of methods.

Whether it's a black cat or a white cat, the one that catches a mouse is a good cat. Anything that is beneficial to the Qi State, the Qi State will award the official position, reward the field house, and the government will also go around the Jixia School Palace, publicizing why so-and-so is reused by the King of Qi, and hyping up his talent and fame, which can be described as fame and fortune.

And others that have not been approved by the King of Qi, the Qi State will not be harsh, and the clothing, food, housing and transportation are far above the people of the Qi State.

However, since ancient times, the literati were light, and they were originally also studying in the palace, but others were reused by the king of Qi, and their reputation was outside, even if they ate delicious food, wore brocade clothes, and lived a worry-free life, but what is the difference between this and the poor and the people who ask for food on the street, compared with each other, they have suffered great humiliation.

As a result, in order to be reused by the Qi State, the various factions of the Jixia School Palace have racked their brains and offered advice in the direction of being beneficial to the Qi State.

So how the Qi State should choose the policy of governing the country from the hundred schools of thought has become how the hundred schools of thought should make suggestions for the Qi State and promote the development of the Qi State, so as to win the appreciation of the King of Qi.

At this point, the King of Qi, who should not know how to choose a strategy to govern the country and was secretly worried, lay in the Qi Palace, eating, drinking and enjoying himself, and some people continued to give advice to his Qi country to make the Qi country strong.

However, in this way, the State of Qi has indeed gradually become stronger with the help of countless talents from the Jixia Academy, but the official position of the State of Qi is certain, and the talents of the Jixia Academy seem to be endless, and the battles between factions have become more and more frequent.

And Sun Bin has a crippled body, has not made an inch of merit, and bears the name of the Ghost Valley, but he has been repeatedly reused by the King of Qi, and is faintly above the ministers of the Qi State.

The King of Qi shouted once, isn't that saying, Mr. Sun Bin, my ministers of the Qi State are all incompetent people, and the Qi State can only rely on Mr. now. King Qi is indeed a corporal of Lixian, but how can those ministers of Qi who have hundreds of academics standing behind him endure it?

Korea.

Knowing that the Wei State was preparing to gather the princes to crusade against the Qin State in Daliang, Han Wu immediately sneered, and the Qin State was not a false way to attack the Qin State, but in fact he was crusading against Korea.

But he couldn't oppose it openly, so Han Wu smiled at the ministers of the court: "The widow has had a feeling in recent days, and decided to go to Guangming Ding tomorrow to meditate, pray for my Korea, and wait for the widow to bathe in the virtue of Haotian and ascend to the immortal throne, and he will definitely not forget Zhuqing."

As for the alliance, you will make decisions for the widows, and the widows will not be involved."

Looking at the rapid departure of King Han with an excited face, the ministers above the Han court suddenly looked at each other, such a national event, but the king ignored it, where to go to pray for blessings?

Of course, Han Wangwu's is different from ordinary people, and the Korean minister has long known it. I thought that at the beginning, my own king, was two heads in three days, and let me, the ministers who enjoyed the brocade clothes and jade food, eat fast at once, and everyone sighed.

If you eat vegetarian food, you can bear it yourself, and you should lose weight, but it is too unsympathetic to ban women. Korean women, the beauty of the best in all countries, who doesn't have a few gorgeous, gentle maids, that little hands, that thin waist, that soaked in the bone marrow, how can it be said that it is forbidden?

And it is always in front of me, and the evil fire in the belly of these people is flourishing, but they can't pamper these beautiful concubines well, which is even more uncomfortable.

Now that it is such a big event, King Han actually doesn't care, so why should these ministers care, go home and hug their beautiful concubines, and live their lives with peace of mind.

South Korea is the South Korea of his Han Wu, and it is not the South Korea of the ministers, so the Korean monarchs and ministers of the Later Dynasty strangely seem to know about the Wei State Alliance, eating, drinking, and having fun, a lot.

Looking at the departing ministers, Han Wangwu secretly watched in a secret place, and then said to his cronies: "Han Yang, you secretly led troops to Yewang and other places to garrison in case Wei attacked Korea."

I will go to Guangming Peak later, meet Mr. Shen Buxian, and discuss this matter with him."

When Han Yang heard this, he immediately said in a loud voice: "No."

It turned out that others built high-rise buildings, Tibetan concubines, and Han Wangwu built high-rise buildings, but they were secretly network talents, intending to revive South Korea.

Chu.

The envoy of Wei who rushed to Chu State for thousands of miles was stopped outside the city by Chu soldiers before entering the city, saying that the king of Chu went to the south for a safari a few days ago, and could not meet the Wei envoy, and then closed the city gate, leaving only the Wei envoy and his party outside the city to scold, saying that the Chu people were rude and did not follow the etiquette of the great country....

Zhao Guo, well, the Wei envoy hasn't arrived yet...

Yan State, oh, by the way, Wei State did not send an envoy at all, to the remote, weak, and cold north. Poor Zhou Tianzi's authentic Ji surnamed Vassals suddenly cried and fainted in the cold wind.