Zhao Dan said that he would do it, and the next day he immediately met with the visiting Qi State Minister Housheng.

If it is according to the press releases of later generations, then this meeting should have been written like this.

Handan She, July 20 -- This morning, the great and wise monarch Zhao Dan met with Zhao Sheng, the visiting prime minister of Qi, in Longtai.

The king pointed out that Zhao and Qi have always been friendly neighbors, and they have extensive interests in maintaining peace and stability in China and promoting the development and prosperity of the Warring States Princes, and both shoulder important responsibilities.

Some of Qi's previous policies and practices obviously violated the common interests between the two countries and caused great damage to the relations between the two countries.

Hou Sheng conveyed the greetings of the King of Qi to the King, and especially thanked the King for his support and help to the State of Qi in the last war between Qi and Zhao.

Hou Sheng pointed out that Qi always believed that Zhao was an important leader in the Warring States Period, and some small misunderstandings between Qi and Zhao mainly came from poor communication between the two leaders, and the monarchs and ministers of Qi were willing to work with the king to eliminate such misunderstandings, and finally let Qi and Zhao achieve peaceful coexistence.

The two sides agreed on a number of specifics on the achievement of peace.

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Of course, there are no newspapers in this world at present, mainly because the development of the two major industries of papermaking and printing in Zhao has not been able to reach that level.

But when Hou Sheng saw Zhao Dan, his mood was actually quite apprehensive.

Although Hou Sheng is a mess in the implementation of internal affairs, this person has his own set of observations.

Judging from the attitude that Zhao Guo showed when he received him this time, Hou Sheng knew very well that it would be very difficult to send Zhao Guo this time.

What made Hou Sheng even more uncertain was Qi Wangjian's attitude.

Seeing that Hou Sheng was dispatched this time to deal with the matter of peace talks with Zhao State, the King of Qi told Hou Sheng that as long as Zhao Guoren put forward conditions that were not too excessive, Hou Sheng could completely meet Zhao Guoren's requirements.

Qi Wangjian's request made Hou Sheng a little crying.

Don't be too presumptuous, this sentence sounds very reasonable, but the question is, what kind of conditions are not too excessive?

It's not too much to cut a hundred miles of land? Or is it too much to cut a thousand miles of land? There is not even a standard and a bottom line, how can negotiations be negotiated?

Hou Sheng didn't ask Qi Wangjian about this, but Qi Wangjian just threw Hou Sheng a look of his own experience, and then sent Hou Sheng away.

At first, Hou Sheng didn't understand what was going on, but slowly Hou Sheng gradually tasted some flavor from Qi Wangjian's words.

In fact, to put it bluntly, Qi Wangjian didn't have any ideas at all, he just wanted Hou Sheng to carry the black pot for himself.

This is also the most helpless thing for a courtier, the king wants you to carry the blame, and you have to carry it.

With this painful mentality of carrying the black cauldron, Hou Sheng came to the main hall of Longtai and saw Zhao Dan with a serious face.

It's not just Zhao Dan, several important ministers of Zhao State are sitting in danger one by one, staring at Hou Sheng with their eyes, they look like fierce tigers, ready to choose someone to devour.

Hou Sheng, as the prime minister of Qi State, thinks that he is not a person who has never seen the world, but today's situation still makes his scalp a little numb, and his heart is finished, looking at this posture, I am afraid that the monarchs and ministers of Zhao State are not going to be good to themselves today.

Hou Sheng saluted respectfully towards Zhao Dan, and said with his eyebrows lowered and pleasing to the eyes in the most humble tone possible: "Foreign Minister Hou Sheng has seen the king. ”

Hou Sheng's words were not answered in any way.

Helpless Hou Sheng didn't dare to move, the whole person had to bend over and stand there, you must know that he is also a pampered person on weekdays, and after a long time, he has some backache, coupled with the nervousness of the body, cold sweat unconsciously came out of the back one by one.

It took about a minute or two for Zhao Dan's voice to reach Hou Sheng's ears.

"Get up, just say whatever you want."

Zhao Dan's voice was very calm, with a kind of indifference that rejected people thousands of miles away.

Hou Sheng was stunned when he heard this, and said in his heart, what is the situation? Don't you even give yourself a place to sit?

But this is Zhao Dan's territory, if Zhao Dan doesn't let Hou Sheng sit, Hou Sheng really has no way at all.

In desperation, Hou Sheng had no choice but to bite the bullet and say: "Great King, the minister came here on the order of my king this time, hoping to solve the matter of Qi and Zhao's exchange of troops and return peace to the people of the two countries. ”

"Peace?" As soon as Zhao Dan heard Hou Sheng's words, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch slightly, and he said to Hou Sheng: "Doesn't Hou Qing know that the Gao Tang City of the widow is still occupied by your colleague Kuang Liang and the army, isn't this the attitude of the people of Qi who want to seek peace with the widow?" ”

As soon as Hou Sheng heard Zhao Dan's very unkind words, his heart immediately became even more panicked, and the question now is not whether Kuang Liang should withdraw from Gaotang City, but that you Zhao people have surrounded Gaotang, and Kuang Liang is not allowed to retreat at all.

Of course, it was naturally impossible for Hou Sheng to say something like this openly, unless he wanted to be kicked out of the palace immediately.

So Hou Sheng had no choice but to smile at Zhao Dan and said: "The king has misunderstood, Hou Sheng has already won the order of my king, as long as a contract is reached between Qi and Zhao this time, then Kuang Liang will lead the army to withdraw from the river land as quickly as possible, and will definitely not let the king worry about it." ”

"Really?" Zhao Dan glanced at Hou Sheng with a smile, and said to Hou Sheng: "As the saying goes, those who come are guests." But there are also two kinds of guests: good guests and bad guests. Good guests are coming, and widows are naturally entertained with good wine and food, but if the guests come here......"

Zhao Dan deliberately paused his words here, and then said loudly: "Since Kuang Liang led more than 100,000 Qi troops to burn and loot in the land of the widows, and also broke through the cities under the rule of the widows, causing such a big loss to the widows and the Zhao country, it must belong to one of the villains!" Now that these villains are surrounded by the army of the widows, the widows feel that there is no need to let them go back! What do you think of what the widow said? ”

This last question was addressed to several ministers of Zhao around him.

As soon as Zhao Dan's words fell, Zhao Sheng, the prime minister of Zhao State, immediately spoke: "That's right, the minister thinks that what the king said is very reasonable, since the people of Qi dare to invade the territory of my Zhao State, then they must be mentally prepared for the annihilation of the whole army!" ”

Zhao Sheng's murderous appearance was completely different from the Plains Monarch who advocated peace with the Qi State yesterday.

After Zhao Sheng spoke, Si Kou Yuxin immediately expressed his support for Zhao Sheng's words: "King, the minister thinks what Pingyuan Jun said is very reasonable. If he just let his countrymen get away with it, then how can the majesty of the king's overlord be demonstrated, and how can he explain to the people of Zhao who were harmed by the Qi army? Qi must pay the price! ”

After Yu Xin, one by one the important ministers of Zhao State also spoke, and all the words were shouted and killed by Qi Guo, which made Hou Sheng break out in a cold sweat, and he couldn't help but regret this mission.

"Bitter also! If we had known this, we should not have made this trip to Handan. Now that the high-level officials of the Zhao State insist on starting a war, once the news comes back, the king will definitely be furious, and I am not a dead end? ”