Hou Sheng, for the Qi Kingdom now and even in the next few decades, is a well-known figure.

The reason why this is so is mainly because of the identity of Hou Sheng.

At this moment, the two people sitting at the top of this hall have an extremely deep relationship with Hou Sheng.

The current queen mother of Qi is Hou Sheng's own sister.

Qi Wangjian, the current monarch of Qi State, is Hou Sheng's own nephew.

Hou Sheng is actually the current uncle of Qi State.

This uncle is quite unusual, you must know that this Qi Wangjian is actually the kind that doesn't like to take care of things. Then Qi Wangjian is quite filial, for his own mother and queen's words are obedient, as the queen's most beloved brother, Hou Sheng, who has a great influence on the queen, naturally has a great influence on the national affairs of Qi.

Today's Hou Sheng is the great manager of the Qi State, which is a role equivalent to the Shangshu of the Criminal Department + the Siqing of the Dali Temple, and is one of the "Five Great Officials of the Qi State" under the same state as the Great Si Xing and the Great Si Tian. This five officials of the State of Qi is equivalent to the six Shangshu of later generations, so this Hou Sheng also belongs to the out-and-out important ministers of the State of Qi.

In fact, due to the blood relationship between Hou Sheng and the queen and Qi Wangjian, the influence of this uncle even exceeded that of Qi at some times.

It is precisely because of this that Hou Sheng was naturally regarded as the most worthy object by the envoy of the Qin State, Yi Zhuang.

And this Hou Sheng is not the kind of clean official, the biggest weakness of this uncle of Qi is that he is greedy for money and lustful, and pursues enjoyment.

To what extent did Hou Sheng become greedy for money? Ma Qian of Taishi Company said in "Historical Records: Tian Jingzhong Completes the Family": "When the queen dies, the queen wins the same way, receives more gold from Qin, makes more guests enter Qin, and Qin gives more gold, and the guests are all anti-Qin, persuading the king to go from the court to Qin, not to repair the preparation for the attack, not to help the five countries to attack Qin, and Qin to destroy the five countries." ”

This Hou Sheng was able to sell Qi and the other five countries for money, and he ended up being killed.

So after Yizhuang came to Linzi as a Qin envoy, he invited Housheng for three days and a small banquet for five days, and every banquet must be accompanied by a beautiful woman, and after eating and drinking, there was a heavy amount of money to send each other, and the money spent on Housheng in a few years can be said to be a very amazing number.

Hou Sheng is not the kind of person who collects money and does not do things, after getting benefits, he often says good things for Qin in front of the queen and Qi Wangjian, saying three words today and two words tomorrow, constantly brushing Qin's favorability in Qi State, and often introduces Yi Zhuang to other Qi ministers to match the relationship between them.

With such accumulation, it is not surprising that the pro-Qin faction in the political arena of Qi has such a momentum.

At this moment, Yi Zhuang saw that Su Dai, the envoy of Zhao State, had divided the ministers of Qi State into two factions with just a few words, and he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy in his heart, so he glanced at Hou Sheng above, which means "Brother, we have been friends for so many years, you have not eaten less at dinner, you have not slept less with women, and you have not received less money, so why should you come out to help my brother say a word at this time?" ”

For this look of Yizhuang, Hou Sheng naturally understands it. At that moment, he first nodded slightly towards Yi Zhuang, and then turned his head to look at the head of Qi Wang Jian and Queen Jun.

The queen still looked very calm, and her complexion did not change in the slightest, as if the big quarrel in front of her had not happened at all, but the young Qi Wangjian showed an impatient look on his face.

Hou Sheng knows his sister the queen's personality very well, because he has returned to Qi Wangjian, generally this kind of national event even if the queen attends, that is, it acts as a Dinghai Shenpin, mainly to press his son, and rarely expresses any opinions.

So in this case, the most critical figure is actually the young Qi monarch Qi Wangjian, as long as this King of Qi makes a decision, then even if the queen does not support it, she will not oppose her son in public.

After all, in the eyes of the queen, this Qi country belongs to the son after all, and how to toss it is also the son's business, and an old woman herself is too lazy to pay attention to these.

From this point of view, the queen's attitude towards her son is actually the same as that of her deceased husband, King Qixiang, that is, even if she does not agree, she will never interfere with their right to decide on national affairs.

Therefore, most people who don't know the inside story think that the key to Qi helping Zhao or Qin today lies in the queen.

But only Hou Sheng understood in his heart that the real key person in making this decision was actually Qi Wangjian, who had not been in power for a long time!

For Qi Wangjian's nephew, Hou Sheng understands it clearly.

Everyone in the world knows that Hou Sheng is a greedy ghost, how can Qi Wangjian not know? Generally speaking, a money-greedy ghost like Hou Sheng is a moth of the country, and he is going to be taken to cut off his head and steal his family, why can Hou Sheng live well, just by virtue of his status as an uncle of the country? Not really.

The reason why Hou Sheng was able to live a good life and won the trust of Qi Wangjian, and even served as the prime minister of Qi for a long time in the future, is only one reason, that is, because although Hou Sheng is greedy and engraved into the bone marrow, when he is his nephew Qi Wangjian, he is more generous than anyone else.

This Qi Wangjian, the monarch of Qi State, although he is young, but this problem of greedy enjoyment is very serious, Hou Sheng also saw this point of Qi Wangjian, and hollowed out his mind to please Qi Wangjian, what beautiful singers from all over the world, delicacies of the mountains and seas, rare and exotic beasts, all spent a lot of money to loot and then pay tribute for Qi Wangjian to enjoy.

As the so-called friendship between men is to carry a gun together and prostitute together... Ahem, so from this point of view, the friendship between Hou Sheng and Qi Wangjian, the uncle and nephew who play beautiful women together every day, is still very reliable.

In fact, as early as yesterday, Hou Sheng had quietly greeted his monarch's nephew and passed the breath, and he was also recognized by the other party.

Now that things have developed to this point, it is exactly what Hou Sheng and Qi Wangjian expected in advance.

At this time, Hou Sheng only needs to jump out to make his point of view clear and play a decisive role, which can not only consolidate Hou Sheng's own position in the political arena of Qi State, but also highlight the authority of Qi Wangjian, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

So even if Yizhuang doesn't have such a look, Hou Sheng will have to make a move at this time.

Hou Sheng nodded and smiled slightly at Yi Zhuang, and then glanced at Su Dai, the envoy of Zhao State, who also looked at him, and then got up and bowed to Qi Wang Jian, who was at the head of the main hall: "Minister, there is a play!" ”

As soon as Hou Sheng's voice fell, the entire hall quickly fell silent, and people turned their eyes to Hou Sheng, wanting to see what the great manager had to say.

After all, everyone is tired after arguing for so long, and it is not the young men and girls who stand on both sides of the debate stage and wear glasses and foam at the mouth, "May I ask the other party's No. 3 debater, No. 2 debater, and the big one is ......", and those who quarrel for a few hours without stopping are all elderly ministers, so it's good to rest.

So Hou Sheng spoke unhurriedly: "Qin, the strong are also." Zhao, the weak too. hoe the strong to help the weak, high righteousness, help the strong and bully, unrighteousness. The country of Qi, the country of benevolence and righteousness, should do noble and righteous things. Therefore, in the opinion of the minister, it should be feasible to borrow grain. ”

Hou Sheng's words smashed into the lake like a bombshell, causing a burst of exclamations in the Jinluan Palace.

This Hou Sheng, actually helped Zhao Guo speak?