Chapter 36 The State of Zhao and the State of Qi
One of the very important reasons behind the weakening of the Zhao State is that Zhao Xiangzi made a serious mistake in choosing the heir of the Zhao family, which is somewhat similar to the matter of the son of the Yan Kingdom a few years ago.
This matter is that when Zhao Xiangzi established the heir of Zhao State, he did not choose his own descendants, but chose the grandson of his eldest brother, which led to another clan war in Zhao State, and the strength of Zhao State was seriously depleted in the civil strife.
That's not all, Zhao Guo is still in a strange circle, almost every generation has to have an intra-clan war, resulting in the loss of Zhao Guo's strength.
When King Zhao Wuling and his father Zhao Suhou, there was a sneak attack on the capital Handan by Gongzi Fan to rebel, and when his grandfather Zhao Chenghou was a rebellion, there was a matter of Gongzi Sheng and Zhao Chenghou fighting for the position of the monarch by force, and when he was a grandfather, there was an incident of Gongzi Dynasty rebelling against Ben Wei (Gongzi Dynasty failed to rebel against Wei, and then Lian Wei failed to attack Handan, this series of events was the direct cause of the collapse of the Three Jin Alliance, and the Three Jin Alliance tore a big gap. )
For the clan war of the Zhao State, the other countries were all dazzled and overwhelmed, and the Zhao State became a wonderful flower among the countries.
It is precisely for this reason that King Zhao Wuling attaches great importance to the opinions of his father's entrusted ministers Feiyi.
King Zhao Wuling asked Feiyi: "I don't know what our Zhao Kingdom should do." ”
"Great King, the reason why our Zhao State wants to establish the prince as the King of Yan is because he is the nephew of the King of Qin, and he can be used to pull the Qin State into the water. Now that half of Qin's body has fallen into the water, our Zhao State should increase our strength, ask Gongzi to ask for help from Qin again, completely pull Qin into the water, and urge Qin to send troops as soon as possible to jointly crusade against Qi. ”
"In addition, Wei has some complaints against us because of our Zhao State's refusal to allow Wei troops to enter the country, but in the face of the major rights and wrongs of the anti-Qi state, Wei State cannot stay out of the matter. Our Zhao State is facing pressure from Qi and Qi Yan, and Wei, like our Zhao State, is also facing pressure from both Qi and Song sides. ”
"Therefore, on the one hand, we must persuade Wei to send envoys to Qin to urge Qin to send troops as soon as possible, and on the other hand, we must continue to urge Wei to continue to increase troops to the front line to relieve the pressure on us to face the Qi army in Yan."
The reason why Wei and Zhao had a bad relationship was because Zhao wanted to take advantage of the fact that Zhao wanted to take advantage of the time when the countries resisted Qi to eat alone and control the prince's position, and planned to send him back to China alone in order to obtain the benefits of establishing the king of Yan.
King Zhao Wuling listened to Feiyi's suggestion and nodded, although Qi and Chu broke off their relations, the Qi State that Zhao and Wei faced was still the Qi State that had not been weakened, and the State of Chu did not help the State of Qi to contain Zhao Wei, and the withdrawal of the State of Chu had no substantive significance for Zhao Wei before the State of Qin sent troops.
"According to what Xiangguo said, he united his son's position and sent an envoy again to invite Qin to send troops. Send an envoy to Wei to negotiate. ”
If Zhao and Wei were happy that Qin and Chu made peace, then Qi was extremely angry at Chu's betrayal.
If it weren't for the fact that Chu was a big country, and if it weren't for the extremely bad diplomatic environment that Qi was currently facing, then King Qi Xuan would probably have sent troops to attack Chu.
Qi country Linzi.
There was a "bang", and King Qi Xuan swept all the things on the table to the ground, almost flipping the table directly.
After calming down the anger in his heart a little, he asked the ministers with a gloomy face: "The State of Chu has officially broken off relations with us, the State of Qin has already freed up its hands, and it is very likely that it will join forces with other countries to attack our State of Qi, and when the four countries of Qin, Zhao, Wei and Han attack, the State of Yan will inevitably rebel again, what should our State of Qi do." ”
Tian Ying said: "The king doesn't have to worry, the Qin State and our Qi State are separated by Wei and Han countries, if the Qin State really crosses Wei Han to attack us, then the Battle of Sanqiu is a lesson for the Qin State." ”
"There is no need to worry about the state of Chu, since the state of Qin took Bashu, the state of Chu has been planning to attack the state of Qin. Now the greatest threat to the Chu State is not our Qi State but the Qin State, so the Chu State will not risk the risk of a sneak attack by the Qin State to attack our Qi State. ”
"The other countries have lost the support of Qin Chu, even if the Three Jin Dynasty unite, our Qi country is not afraid."
Tian Ying is the father of Meng Weijun Tian Wen, and King Qi Xuan is a brother, the relationship between the two brothers is very complicated, one is suspicious and appointed, and the other is afraid and attached.
The most famous thing is that when King Qi Xuan had just ascended the throne, Tian Ying resigned and returned to the fiefdom for various reasons.
When Tian Ying arrived at the imperial court, King Qi Xuan asked him to be the minister of state. Tian Ying expressed his gratitude, and if he repeatedly refused, he had to accept the position of prime minister. Seven days later, Tian Ying insisted on resigning on the pretext of illness, and it was only three days later that King Qi Xuan agreed to his request.
This farce of brothers, friends, brothers, and ministers of the Ten Heavens caused great repercussions at the time.
Tian Panwei frowned and said: "Great King, although our Qi State once defeated the Qin State in Sanqiu, but if the Qin State sends troops to attack again, we can't be unguarded, this time is different from the Battle of Sanqiu, the last time the Qin State fought alone, and this time it was the union of the four countries of Qin, Zhao, Wei and Han." ”
"And for the treacherous Chu State, our Qi State cannot be easily let go, and we must attack the Chu State, so as not to have a different heart from the Song State."
Tian Pan is a veteran of the Qi State, in the past, the King of Wei Hui asked the King of Qi Wei for treasure, Tian Pan is one of the four treasures of the Qi State, the main job is to guard against the Zhao State, during the defense of Tian Pan, at that time, it was known as the Zhao people who looked across the river did not dare to go down the river to fish.
King Qi Xuan asked: "Now that our Qi State is confronting Zhao and Wei, it is not appropriate to have a conflict with Chu State, so how can we teach Chu State a lesson?" ”
Tian Pan replied: "King, you only need to send a messenger with a gift to greet King Qin." ”
King Qi Xuan thought for a moment when he heard this, and immediately understood.
As long as the State of Qi expresses its conformity to the State of Qin and sends some gifts, as long as the envoy of the State of Qi arrives in the State of Qin, there is no need for the State of Qin to promise anything, then the State of Chu, which is also isolated by various countries, will inevitably be cranky and suspicious.
If the state of Chu could not hold its breath and sent a large army to defend the state of Qin again, then the state of Qin would be contained by the state of Chu again, and in this way, the state of Qi would spend a very small price and achieve significant results.
And this simple divisive tactic is also effective against the four-nation alliance that looks like a god.
Even if the discord plan fails, there is no loss for Qi Guo.
"Okay, send a messenger to say hello to the Qin State."