Yes, after defeating the Qin State, the Zhao State naturally became the most powerful and exclusive country among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States.

This can be seen from Han Wangran's attitude towards Zhao Dan.

"I don't know what King Zhao has to discuss?" Han Wangran's attitude was extremely polite when he spoke.

Even though Zhao Dan in front of him is Han Wangran's brother-in-law from the perspective of blood, the smart Han Wangran did not show any prestige that an uncle should have, but he was somewhat humble.

Han Wangran did not feel that there was anything to blame for showing humility as a monarch to another monarch, which was almost an unwritten rule in the Warring States period.

In fact, the treatment that Han Wangran suffered in Xianyang when he went to Xianyang to meet Qin Wangji was the humiliation that Han Wangran would never forget.

Compared with Qin Wangji's humiliation, Zhao Dan, who only put his posture a little higher, and even said a few polite words to Han Wangran, undoubtedly made Han Wangran feel even more good in Han Wangran's heart.

Zhao Dan looked at Han Wangran, with a false smile on his face, but what he was thinking about was the comments of those historians in history about this monarch.

The three words of the old fox, Han Wangran should be well-deserved.

In the Warring States period in history, although Korea was weakened by the Qin State, it was finally supported until the last decade of the Warring States Period, which can be said to be more surprising.

I have to say that Han Wangran's methods played a big role in it.

Not everyone can manage a declining state without civil strife, and still hold on to the supreme power while failing continuously.

Not only that, this Han Wangran even sent a super spy like Zheng Guo in the era of Qin Shi Huang, wanting to use Zheng Guoqu to drag down Qin's national strength.

It's a pity that the wise Qin Shi Huang and the powerful Qin State made all these plans of Han Wangran come to naught.

Obviously, the old fox was not cunning enough.

Later historians' evaluation of this monarch was mostly criticized for his short-sightedness, only knowing how to play small tricks, attaching importance to the small interests in front of him and ignoring the construction of the country, and pleasing the Qin State without knowing how to unite the other five countries, etc.

The reason why Zhao Dan summoned Han Wangran today was precisely because of this shortcoming.

I saw Zhao Dan smile and said to Han Wangran: "King Han, please come over to meet today, in fact, there is a good thing to tell King Han." ”

"A good thing?" Han Wangran showed a curious smile on his face, and said to Zhao Dan: "Please also ask King Zhao to make it clear, what is the good thing?" ”

Zhao Dan smiled and said to Han Wangran in front of him: "Does King Han want Yiyang City to return to Korea?" ”

"Yiyang?" Han Wangran was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then his eyes immediately lit up, and he almost couldn't wait to say to Zhao Dan: "Could it be that King Zhao has a way to make King Qin return Yiyang City to South Korea?" ”

It's no wonder that Han Wangran is so out of shape, it's really the city of Yiyang City, which is too important for South Korea.

The reason why Korea was able to stand among the Seven Heroes throughout the Warring States Period was that Yiyang City played a very important role in it.

Yiyang City is not only the largest iron ore mining area in South Korea, but also the largest smelting base and weapons manufacturing place in South Korea.

It is precisely with the continuous output of armor and arrows in Yiyang City that the Korean soldiers will be praised by Su Qin as "being armoured, strong crossbows, with sharp swords, and one person is a hundred".

After the loss of Yiyang City, South Korea's military power was greatly weakened and has not been fully recovered.

Therefore, Han Wangran very much hopes that Yiyang City can return to the hands of South Korea.

Although it is said that the Korean craftsmen in Yiyang City were taken away by the Qin people after the city was broken, after all, not all Korean craftsmen were concentrated in Yiyang City.

After so many years of re-training, South Korea already has a new generation of craftsmen, and what is lacking is a material base and production center like Yiyang.

But if Yiyang City can return to South Korea, then Han Wangran feels that he should be able to restore South Korea's production level to its peak state in a short time.

This is undoubtedly a very important improvement in the combat effectiveness of the South Korean army.

In addition, Yiyang City also plays a very important role in South Korea in terms of geography and strategy.

The city was located directly east of the Qin's Kunhan Pass and was the best fortress used by the Koreans to resist the Qin's eastward advance.

If Yiyang City was still in the hands of the Koreans two years ago, then the Qin army would not have been able to isolate the Korean Shangdang County from the mainland so easily in the early stage of the Battle of Changping, and it would not have been possible to threaten the South Korean capital Xinzheng so easily.

It can be said that in Han Wangran's heart, the importance of the city of Yiyang City is not even below the current South Korean capital Xinzheng.

It is precisely because this city is so important that an old fox-like figure like Han Wangran will become so excited and out of shape after hearing that Yiyang City may return to South Korea.

Zhao Dan looked at Han Wangran with a smile, and said to Han Wangran with great certainty: "What Han Wangran thought is not wrong, the widow has indeed asked Qin Wangji to return Yiyang City, and Qin Wangji has also agreed to this request." But—"

At this point, Zhao Dan paused very obviously.

What kind of person is this Han Wangran, he immediately understood what Zhao Dan meant, and said to Zhao Dan: "King Zhao, if South Korea can play any role in this matter, please ask King Zhao to speak directly." ”

Zhao Dan secretly praised this Han Wang Ran for really going to the road, so he was no longer polite, and said straight to the point: "King Han should remember that before launching this battle of Hedong County, the widow made a promise to King Han. ”

Han Wangran nodded and said, "Of course the widow remembers. ”

Zhao Dan said with a smile: "If the widow is not mistaken, what the widow promised to King Han at that time was Pingyang City. ”

Han Wangran nodded again in agreement.

Zhao Dan said: "Now this Hedong County has been defeated by the Three Jin Dynasty coalition forces, and Pingyang has long belonged to South Korea. But—"

Zhao Dan paused deliberately, glanced at Han Wangran deeply, and said meaningfully: "What the widow promised to give to King Han is only Pingyang City, and this Yiyang City is not included." ”

Han Wangran was stunned again, with a thoughtful look on his face, as if he was beginning to understand something.

After a long moment, Han Wangran said tentatively: "So what does King Zhao mean, hoping that the widow will pay some price?" ”

Zhao Dan smiled: "King Han is really smart. ”

For the two younger brothers of the Three Jin Alliance, Han and Wei, Zhao Dan has always adhered to the attitude of "I eat meat and you drink soup".

With such an attitude, Zhao Dan could promise Anyi to Wei and Pingyang to Korea before the war.

After all, they were just two cities, which were completely insignificant compared to most of the Hedong County obtained by the Zhao State.

But now the situation is different.

If South Korea gains both Binh Duong and Yiyang, then the gains for Koreans are a bit too big.

A strong South Korea, will it still be willing to be the younger brother of Zhao Guo? Apparently impossible.

So of course Zhao Dan would not allow such a thing to happen.

After all, Zhao and Han are allies now, but they will definitely become enemies in the future, unless Zhao Dan doesn't want to dominate the world.

So Zhao Dan didn't talk nonsense, and said directly to Han Wangran: "If King Han is willing, then you can exchange Pingyang for Yiyang." ”

This is Zhao Dan's plan.

Binh Duong, Yiyang, one word apart, but two completely different cities.

Although they were both the former capitals of South Korea, one is in Hedong and the other is in the Central Plains, and there are hundreds of miles between them.

Zhao Dan now wants Han Wangran to hand over Pingyang in Hedong County to Zhao State, and then Yiyang City in the Central Plains can be returned to Korea.

From Zhao's point of view, after doing this, most of the entire Hedong County was owned by Zhao, and only Anyi was still owned by Wei, which was better than the previous situation where Han and Wei both had enclaves in Hedong County.

And from the perspective of Koreans, exchanging Yiyang for Pingyang should also be an acceptable thing, after all, Yiyang is much more important than Pingyang.

This proposal was not a whim of Zhao Dan, but had already been discussed with the ministers of Zhao State.

It was under such considerations that Zhao Dan specially put forward a request for Qin to cede Yiyang in his negotiations with Qin Wangji.

In general, Zhao Dan feels that this matter is very beneficial to both South Korea and Zhao Guo.

Win-win.

Of course, there will be winners and losers, and the only country that has been damaged in this matter is actually only one, and that is the Qin State that ceded Yiyang City for nothing.

Therefore, Zhao Dan felt that Han Wangran should agree to this condition.

Zhao Dan guessed right.

After pondering for a while, Han Wangran raised his head and said to Zhao Dan very decisively: "Since this is the case, then the widow is willing to exchange Pingyang City for Yiyang City!" ”

Zhao Dan and Han Wangran glanced at each other, and both of them laughed very happily.