How will Qin Wangji choose?

Honestly, this choice is not difficult at all.

It is important to know that the Warring States period is different from later generations, because wars are so frequent that they start almost every year, so the territory and borders of each country are constantly changing with wars.

Under such circumstances, it was not uncommon for any monarch in the Warring States Period to cut land for peace, and Qin Wangji was no exception.

Don't look at Qin Wangji is now the first monarch in the world, but that doesn't mean that Qin Wangji's dynasty Qin is very good, the Six Kingdoms are really like Su Xun said in "The Theory of the Six Kingdoms", "Cut five cities today, cut ten cities tomorrow, and then have to sleep overnight".

In fact, Qin Wangji has asked for help over the years, not to mention cutting the land, and he has not done much of this kind of thing.

In 296 BC, Kuang Zhang, the god of war of Qi, led the alliance of Qi, Han and Wei to break through the Hangu Pass after three years, and the troops pointed directly at Xianyang City, so that the Qin State faced a severe crisis of annihilation.

Qin Wangji, who had just ascended the throne for a few years, was forced to declare himself a vassal to Qi and cede land to sue for peace under the coercion of the Three Kingdoms Alliance, and then in exchange for the withdrawal of the Three Kingdoms Alliance.

In fact, if the then Qi State Prime Minister Meng Weijun Tian Wen had not let Kuang Zhang withdraw from the army because he was worried that the land of Qin State would be divided by Han Wei after the destruction of Qin, Qin Wangji would have gone down in history as the king of the fallen country, not to mention anything that would have been connected from the previous to the next, and there would have been nothing to do with Qin Shi Huang.

Fortunately, Kuang Zhang had already died of old age when the Five Kingdoms invaded Qi later, otherwise if Kuang Zhang was there, would Qi State be directly bulldozed by the other six countries in waves, it was really hard to say.

After the Hangu Pass was broken, Qin Wangji endured humiliation and worked hard, and finally seized the opportunity to participate in the Five Kingdoms Expedition to take away a wave of Qi, and finally made Qin the undisputed first power of the Warring States after 70 years of Shang Ying's reform.

But even so, Qin Wangji immediately suffered a fiasco of the "Siege of the Forest" and was forced to cede land again to sue for peace, not only returning Lin and Lishi on the border of Qin and Zhao to Zhao, but also having to give up the territorial claims to Jiaodong occupied by Zhao and Jixi occupied by Yan.

Since he even did such a humiliating thing as cutting the land and asking for peace back then, now it is just cutting the land to ask for help, what does Qin Wangji have to scruple about?

Fan Sui had already analyzed all the truths very clearly, so Qin Wangji felt that there was really no need to continue to entangle.

Therefore, Qin Wangji looked at Fan Sui with blazing eyes and asked, "If the widow cuts Tao County and Wei State, then Wei Wangyu can really send troops?" ”

In fact, if Tao County is really ceded, there will definitely be some waves in the Qin State, after all, the bridgehead location of Tao County and the large amount of taxes contributed every year are placed there.

Therefore, Qin Wangji still had to ask a question, so that he could feel at ease.

Fan Sui said with great certainty: "The minister is Wei Chen, the king of Wei, and the minister knows it, but he is a short-sighted gentleman who is greedy for small profits." If Tao County is obtained, then Wei Wang Yu will order Jin Contempt to send troops! ”

Qin Wangji nodded slowly and said, "In this case, then send an envoy to Daliang to inform Wei Wangyu of this." ”

As long as Qin Wangji makes a decision, no one in the entire Qin State will jump out to oppose this decision, because those who dare to oppose it have all been buried in the ground.

Therefore, as soon as Qin Wangji said his word, the ministers of Qin immediately obeyed the order: "Only." ”

The meeting ended here, and the ministers of the Qin State, including Fan Sui, soon left the main hall of Xianyang Palace, and only Qin Wangji's second son, Zhao Zhu, the current prince of Qin, An Guojun, remained.

For this scene, the other ministers of the Qin State were not surprised, in fact, perhaps considering that their time was running out, in the past two years, Qin Wangji often left An Guojun Zhao Zhu behind after such a critical meeting to ask questions and mention points alone.

Qin Wangji looked at his second son calmly, and only after a while did he speak: "Zhu'er." ”

An Guojun hurriedly replied respectfully: "The son is here." ”

At this moment, Qin Wangji no longer looked as angry as before the meeting began, but asked very calmly: "Fan Jun's strategy, what do you think?" ”

An Guojun thought for a while, and then said: "Fan Jun has great talent, and his sons can't reach it." Therefore, Fan Jun's strategy, Erchen thought it was the best. ”

"Great talent?" Qin Wangji's face showed a hint of disappointment: "Is this what you want to tell the widow?" ”

The reason why Qin Wangji was disappointed was very simple, because An Guojun was the future monarch of Qin! If An Guojun can only show admiration and agreement with the opinions offered by his subordinates after ascending the throne, then An Guojun's future future by Fan Sui can also be expected.

This is obviously something that Qin Wangji can't bear.

An Guojun's heart trembled when he heard this, knowing that his father was dissatisfied with him, so he hurriedly said: "However, in the opinion of the sons, there are still omissions in Fan Jun's strategy. ”

"Omission?" Qin Wangji raised his eyebrows slightly: "Let's talk about it." ”

"Yes." An Guojun first took a few deep breaths, and organized the language in his mind before he spoke: "In Erchen's opinion, what Fan Jun missed is not in the country of Zhao Qichu and Wei Yan, but in South Korea. ”

"South Korea?" When Qin Wangji heard this, a look of surprise finally appeared on his face, and he said, "In your opinion, what should South Korea do?" ”

An Guojun is really not wrong, although it is said that this war broke out between Qin and Korea at the beginning, but now it has become a war between Qin and Zhao, and no one cares about Korea, the real bitter master.

However, after ordering Shangdang County to surrender to Feng Ting, from a legal point of view, Shangdang County has nothing to do with South Korea, and South Korea really has nothing to do with this war.

An Guojun said: "Although South Korea is now few and far between, there are still tens of thousands of elite soldiers. If these tens of thousands of soldiers can be used by our Qin State, they can not only go north to join Wei to attack Zhao, but also go south to aid the two counties in the southeast of our Great Qin, wouldn't this be beneficial to my Great Qin? ”

When Qin Wangji heard this, his face showed a thoughtful expression, and he said after a while: "Then why did you make South Korea send troops?" ”

An Guojun smiled and said, "It's only a matter of the father's edict." ”

It seemed that he knew Qin Wangji's doubts, so An Guojun immediately explained: "Today's Korea only has a place near Xinzheng, and it is actually the weakest country among all countries. After the victory of the Battle of Changping, the survival of Korea was nothing more than a thought of his father. If this is the case, how can South Korea dare to disobey his father's order? Therefore, in the opinion of the son-in-law, if you want to make Korea send troops, you only need an edict from your father. ”

Qin Wangji listened and listened, and the originally frowning brows gradually relaxed, and finally turned into a smile, which slowly appeared on his face.

"This plan is feasible."

This is Qin Wangji's conclusion about An Guojun's plan.

After a pause, Qin Wangji said again: "Since it is mentioned by you at this moment, then you will be in charge of this Korean matter." ”

An Guojun was happy in his heart, and hurriedly responded: "No, the son will do his best." ”

Of course, An Guojun has a reason to rejoice, you must know that in the many previous father-son questions, most of what An Guojun got from Qin Wangji was reprimand, and praise like today is rare.

And the errand on the Korean side is quite easy, it can almost be said to be a credit for nothing, obviously this is also Qin Wangji's reward for An Guojun's advice, which makes An Guojun even happier.

After some joy, An Guojun suddenly remembered something and hurriedly said: "The son still has something to ask his father for permission." ”

Qin Wangji snorted: "Say." ”

An Guojun said cautiously: "Erchen wants to abolish the position of grandson and appoint another person as grandson. ”

"Change the grandson?" A cold light flashed in Qin Wangji's eyes, and he said after a while: "The widow has never heard of Zijie's immoral behavior, why did he do this thing?" ”

An Guojun had sweat on his forehead, and after hesitating for a while, he gritted his teeth and said: "The eldest lady of the son, Huayang, has no children, so she wants to take another person as her stepson." ”

Although An Guojun only said such a sentence, An Guojun knew very well in his heart that with his father's shrewdness, this sentence was enough for Qin Wangji to understand everything.

Qin Wangji was silent for a long time, and finally waved his hand expressionlessly.

"Since you are your heir, then it is up to you to decide."

An Guojun was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly saluted again: "The son of the minister thanks his father for the king's permission." ”

After a while, An Guojun Zhao Zhu happily left Xianyang Palace and went back to report the good news to his eldest wife.