Chapter 598: The Great Temptation from the Zhao Kingdom (Third Update)
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Rakuma returned to the house, and his face was not too good-looking.
The meeting with the envoy of the Zhao State obviously had a great impact on the mood of the Yan State minister.
Although Empress Dowager Yan had already told Le Jian that she had already repaired a book, hoping to impress King Zhao with this earnest letter, and then give a certain amount of monetary compensation to end the matter.
But in Lema's view, this matter is obviously not so simple.
Although the king of Zhao who is far away in Handan is young, he has completely shown his extraordinary eloquence, such a king will really give up his coveting of Yan because of just a few soft words in a letter and a little compensation?
Even though he had already sent envoys to the mainland countries as quickly as possible, wanting to launch a series of crossings to resist the attack of Zhao State, there was still a feeling of restlessness in Lejian's heart at this moment.
Compared to Zhao Guo, a powerful neighbor, Yan Guo is still too weak.
As soon as I thought of this, Lecheng regretted it a little.
Maybe last year really shouldn't have started that war......
But immediately Rakuma's eyes became firm again.
Actually, there's no choice, right?
Unlike all other countries, Yan has always had only two neighbors, Zhao and Qi.
Unless the Yan Kingdom wants to go to the grassland to graze horses, or go to the Korean Peninsula, which is full of savages, once the Yan Kingdom goes south, it must choose one of the Qi and Zhao to start a war.
Zhao is powerful, so which country can you choose if you don't choose Qi to open the knife?
So it's not wrong to go to war, maybe the real mistake is only to lose the war.
In this world, success or failure has always been based on results, and many times there may be no problem with the judgment that may be made, but the result is wrong, so everything becomes wrong.
Just like the Battle of Changping launched by the Qin State, if the Qin State can win the entire Shangdang County, then not only will Korea be on the verge of extinction, but even the Zhao State will be difficult to resist the offensive of the Qin people, right?
How good it would be if the Qin people won the Battle of Changping, then the Yan State could take this opportunity to attack the Zhao State and seize the land of the Zhao State.
"It's a pity, it's a pity." Lejian let out a sigh of emotion from the heart.
Just then, there was a knock on the door of the room.
"Come in."
A middle-aged man who looked quite shrewd and capable appeared in front of Le Jian, who was the housekeeper of Chang Guojun's mansion and the old retainer of the Le clan.
"Head of the house, there are people outside asking to see you."
"Who?"
"This person is not named."
Le Jian was obviously a little dissatisfied: "If you don't know the name, then you will drive it away, why do you want to report it?" ”
The housekeeper took out a token and respectfully placed it in front of the music room: "This person's temperament is not like ordinary people, and he has this token, so the minister does not dare to slack off." ”
Le looked at the token intently, and then his body shook suddenly, with a look of surprise on his face, and he hurriedly asked the housekeeper, "Are you still there?" ”
The butler replied, "Still waiting outside the door." ”
Le Jian Huo stood up, walked towards the door in a few steps, and suddenly felt something wrong after walking a few steps, so he stopped again and said, "You go and invite people in immediately, you must not lose your manners!" ”
Moments later, the butler ushered a middle-aged man into the study.
The visitor was dressed in very ordinary clothes, but his body was quite straight, his eyes were full of light, and he walked with a tigerish style.
When Le Jian saw the comer, he immediately stood up excitedly: "Third uncle! ”
It was none other than the clan uncle of Lejian, the general of Zhao Guo.
Lecheng laughed and patted Lejian on the shoulder: "I haven't seen you for many years, but now I've grown up." Okay, good! ”
When the Five Kingdoms invaded Qi, Le Yi led the army of Yan to attack the city and plunder the land in the Qi State, and suppressed the last army of the Qi State in the two cities of Jimo and Ju, seeing that the Qi State was about to be destroyed because of this.
But it was also at this time that King Yan Zhao, who had been strongly supporting Le Yi, died, and his son King Yan Hui succeeded to the throne and replaced Le Yi with a robbery, and then Yan was overturned by Tian Dan, and Qi was successfully restored.
After Le Yi was replaced by cavalry, he was worried that King Yan Hui would kill himself and the Le clan, so he fled back to his birthplace of Zhao with most of the Le clan.
It was at this time that Le Cheng followed Le Yi back to Zhao State.
Le Yi was named the prince of hope in Zhao State, which once again aroused the uneasiness and vigilance of Yan State.
After that, Le Yi and Yan Hui Wang exchanged a wave of letters back and forth, and in the end, Le Yi, who was even more upright, won the victory in this battle of mouth cannons with a famous "Book of Reporting to Yan Hui Wang".
On the one hand, it was out of reason, and on the other hand, it was also out of fear of Le Yi, so King Yan Hui named Le Yi's son Le Jian, who was still young at the time, as the king of Changguo.
In this way, the Le family is expected to be the monarch of the Zhao State, and the Chang State of Yan is the monarch of the Chang State, and the father and son are double crowned, which can be said to be second only to the glory of the royal family.
As a result, the Le clan was divided into two branches, one in the Zhao State and the other in the Yan Kingdom.
After Le Yi died in Zhao Guo, his brother Le Jian became the helmsman of Zhao Guole's clan.
According to common sense, if these two continue to develop for a hundred years, after three or four generations, there will basically be no feelings at all.
But now, after all, the music room is still there, so the relationship between the two branches is still relatively close.
In the previous battle for the throne of Yan State, Zhao Guole also secretly made a lot of efforts, which played a big role in the position of Lejian.
So until now, the two branches are still in the honeymoon phase.
After the reception and pleasure ride, the two chatted about the past of the year, and they couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion.
After a long while, Le Jian spoke: "I don't know what happened to the third uncle this time?" ”
Le Cheng smiled slightly, looked directly at Le Jian, and said, "I came this time, on the one hand, because I have the life of King Zhao, and on the other hand, I am also to find a way out for my Le clan. ”
"A way out?" Lejian frowned slightly, and said after a while: "I don't know what the third uncle said, what kind of way out?" ”
Le Cheng looked left and right, and after confirming that there were only two people in the study, he spoke: "King Zhao hopes that you can offer Yan Guo and Zhao!" ”
Hearing this, Le Jian's body shook again, and it took a long time before he said, "Dedicated to Yan Guo to Zhao?" ”
Le Cheng nodded, and said with great certainty: "Now that you are the prime minister of Yan State, and the King of Yan is very young, the power of Yan Country should be in your hands." If you are willing to cooperate with the army of Zhao State, then it is not difficult to swallow Yan State in a war. ”
After a pause, Le Cheng continued: "The king also said that if you are willing to cooperate, then after the Yan Kingdom returns to Zhao, you will be the king of Wuyang, and you will still control the hometown of the Yan Kingdom. If it is possible in the future, it is not impossible for Zhao to become the prime minister. ”
Le Jian was obviously a little confused by the heavyweight news thrown by Le Cheng, and after a long while, he said, "Third uncle, this ......"
Le Cheng's eyes were hot, and he saw that Le Jian seemed to have some intentions, so he immediately lost no time in throwing out a chip and said, "You have to think about it, it's Wuyang." And the king said that as long as you are willing, then the Le clan will be able to Yongzhen Liaodong in the future! ”
"Yong, Yongzhen Liaodong?" Rakuma took a deep breath, obviously shocked again.
"That's right." Le Cheng took out a secret letter from his bosom and handed it to Le Jian's hand: "This is a letter written by the king himself, you can take a look." ”
Le Jian opened the letter, and sure enough, what the letter said was the same as what Le Cheng said, and it was also stamped with the seal of King Zhao.
At this moment, there is really no way for Lejian to continue to calm down.
Judging from the current situation, these chips thrown by Zhao Guo can be said to be out-and-out large-scale.
The title of Wuyangjun means that the largest, richest and most populous city in the Yan Kingdom has been given to Lejian.
Not to mention anything else, even Zhao Sheng, who is the uncle of King Zhao and the prime minister of Zhao State, does not have this kind of treatment, although Zhao Sheng's fiefdom Pingyuan Yi is also rich, but in essence it is just a very ordinary small city.
In addition to this, this title of Yongzhen Liaodong is also very attractive.
Although this is the first time that Lejian has seen the mention of "Yongzhen XX", judging from the content of the letter, Zhao Dan allowed Lejian to have an army of no more than 30,000 people alone in Liaodong, and he could exclusively enjoy sixty percent of Liaodong's taxes, and future generations have always had such power and rested with the country.
Although it is true that this place in Liaodong is now a poor place where birds don't, as long as they agree, then the Le family can operate here for generations.
This is basically equivalent to tearing the earth and sealing the country.
Unconsciously, Rakuma found that his heartbeat became faster and faster.
Yes, what Le Cheng said is not wrong at all, with the power of Le Jian and Yan Guo Le's clan, if you want to cooperate with Zhao Guoli, then the fall of Yan Guo is really a very likely thing.
Le Jian is not worried that King Zhao will not fulfill his promise, after all, there may be deceitful among the monarchs in these years, but generally speaking, the monarchs will not easily regret the things that they promised their courtiers.
Otherwise, who would want to serve such a king?
Le Cheng looked at Lejian's excited appearance, and the smile on his face couldn't help but become even stronger: "How?" I said this is an opportunity for the Le clan, and you believe it now, right? ”
Lejian nodded, and suddenly said, "Third uncle, let me think about it." ”
Le Cheng smiled: "I understand, after all, you are a Yanchen, and some concerns can be understood. But good birds choose trees to perch, Yan State is so weak, how can it confront Zhao State? Instead of going against the trend, it's better to push the boat with the current. ”
It is clear that Lecheng hopes to get an affirmative answer from Lejian right away.
Lejian smiled slightly and stood up: "The third uncle has been running around for days, and it must have been quite hard, I have ordered someone to set up a banquet in the mansion, and I invite the third uncle to come with me." ”