"Yan Guo?" The ministers of Zhao State present were all stunned after hearing Zhao Dan's words, obviously not understanding what happened to Yan State.

Seeing this, Zhao Dan gestured to Mixian on the side with his eyes.

I saw Mi Xian cough and said: "The day before yesterday, the monarch of Yan Guochang secretly sent an envoy to come, saying that now that King Yan is seriously ill, I am afraid that time is running out. ”

As soon as Mi Xian said this, several important ministers of the Zhao State present showed surprised expressions on their faces.

It is actually no secret that King Yan fell ill in the Yan Kingdom, but the ministers of the Zhao State who were present had no eyes and ears in the Yan Kingdom, and the attention of the Qin State in the west and the Chu State in the south was all focused on the Qin State in the west and the Chu State in the south, so they did not know what happened in the Yan Kingdom.

After a few breaths, Zhao Sheng spoke: "This Yan King is seriously ill, could it be related to the death of Yan Xianggong Sun Cao?" ”

After all, illness and death are still different, for Gongsun Cao's death, the ministers of Zhao State present still knew about it, after all, Gongsun Cao is also the Xiangbang who has been in charge of Yan State for more than ten years.

Mi Xian nodded and said, "According to what Le Jian said, it was during Gongsun Cao's funeral that King Yan was overbroken and vomited blood and fell ill. ”

After hearing this, the ministers of Zhao State all looked at each other, and they all saw the joyful expressions on the faces of the others.

Zhao Bao couldn't help but say: "King, this matter is a good thing for Zhao Guo."

The rest of the ministers also agreed with Zhao Bao's view.

Now that Zhao Guo is about to start a war with Qin State, he was originally worried that Yan Guo would pull Zhao Guo's hind legs in the back like the Battle of Changping this time, but King Yan fell ill at this time, which solved one of Zhao Dan's worries.

Generally speaking, in the case of such a serious illness of the monarch, the possibility of the Yan State sending troops to stir up peace should be relatively low.

Regarding Zhao Bao's judgment, Zhao Dan also nodded slightly, expressing his agreement.

According to Zhao Dan's memory, this Yan King seems to have died around this time.

It seems that although the trajectory of history has been changed to a certain extent, the lifespan of this Yan King has not been changed in any way.

Zhao Dan said: "Since King Yan is dead, then the widow thinks it's time to discuss the selection of the next generation of King Yan."

In fact, if it weren't for the sudden assassin today, Zhao Dan originally planned to gather the ministers over tomorrow to discuss this matter, but since everyone is gathered today, then it will be discussed directly today.

It sounds a little strange, this King Yan is going to die, what does it have to do with Zhao Guo?

Could it be that Zhao Dan, as the monarch of Zhao State, can still influence the abolition of the monarch of Yan State?

Absolutely.

In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were countless things that supported the kings of other countries.

The famous Jin Wen Gong Ji Chong'er, who created the era of the overlord of the Jin State, led the Qin army to counterattack the Jin State with the support of Qin Mugong, killed the Jin Huaigong and then became the monarch of the Jin State.

Lü Xiaobai, the Duke of Qi Huan, was supported by the armed forces of the State of Ju when he ascended the throne, while his rival, Lü Jie, another prince of the State of Qi to whom Guan Zhong was loyal at the time, was supported by the armed forces of the State of Lu.

In the Warring States Period, such examples were also common, such as the Ming monarch Yan Zhaowang, who reused Le Yi and created a generation of Yan Kingdom's prosperous era, was escorted back to Yan by Zhao Dan's grandfather Zhao Wuling to inherit the throne after the Zizhi Rebellion.

What are the benefits of this?

There are many benefits to doing so.

For example, after Qin Mugong supported Jin Wengong to become the king of Jin, the relationship between Qin and Jin entered a honeymoon period, and Qin gained the opportunity to expand eastward without worrying about Jin obstacles, laying the foundation for Qin Mugong's domination of the Central Plains.

The idiom "Qin and Jin are good" describes the relationship between Qin and Jin during this period.

For example, after King Wuling of Zhao supported King Yan Zhao to ascend the throne, the alliance between Zhao and Yan was maintained for 40 years, during which they even united together to engage in a vigorous five-nation expedition, overthrowing the two countries' common strong neighbors, the overlord Qi who once dominated the world.

It was precisely by stepping on the shoulders of Qi and drinking the flesh and blood of Qi that Zhao Guo grew up rapidly, that he became the second most powerful country in the Warring States and had the qualifications and confidence to challenge Qin in the Battle of Changping.

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So after Zhao Dan raised this question, Zhao Sheng quickly picked up the cavity.

"If the king of Yan is driving, which prince does the king want to appoint as the new king of Yan?"

When Zhao Dan heard this, a smile appeared on his face.

For Zhao Guo and Zhao Dan, who to appoint as the king of Yan, of course, it is not to see that the ability of this prince of Yan is not enough to govern Yan and make Yan more prosperous, but to see that it is not in the interests of Zhao to be the king of this prince of Yan Guo.

Zhao Dan had already prepared such a candidate.

Zhao Dan coughed and said, "The widow wants to make Gongzi Ke the king."

"Childe?" All the ministers of Zhao State showed a blank look on their faces when they heard this, obviously quite unfamiliar with this prince of Yan State.

After a few seconds, Yu Xin suddenly slapped his thigh and said, "My lord, the minister once heard that Empress Yan had a step-son a while ago, and he was only two years old, could it be that this son is this son?"

As soon as Yu Xin's words came out, the ministers of Zhao State present suddenly realized.

Zhao Dan glanced at Yu Xin, smiled and nodded: "Yes, it's this!"

This plan was not Zhao Dan's temporary idea.

In fact, even Empress Yan's plan to pass on her step-son Ke as a son was written by Zhao Dan in the secret letter that Pang Xuan brought to Empress Yan when he last sent an envoy to Yan Kingdom.

At that time, Zhao Dan knew very clearly that the life span of this Yan King, who was nicknamed "King Yan Wucheng", was running out.

As long as the king of Yan dies and Gongzi Ke succeeds to the throne, it is obviously impossible for the two-year-old Gongzi Ke to handle government affairs, so Zhao Dan's sibling sister and Gongzi Ke's nominal mother, Empress Yan, will naturally be the regent of the court.

Considering the situation of Gongzi Ke and Empress Yan's orphans and widows, at least for a few years or even longer, the mother and son must firmly rely on Zhao Guo's maiden family.

In this way, Zhao Dan can rest assured and boldly let the main force of Zhao State go west and south, without worrying that Yan State will jump out from time to time and stab Zhao Guo in the back as in history.

At the end of the Warring States period in history, Yan State was as crazy as taking the wrong medicine to backstab Zhao Guo, and he was defeated and died repeatedly without repentance, resulting in Li Mu, a famous general of Zhao State, always being pinned down in the north and unable to take care of the war in the Central Plains.

Otherwise, once Li Mu is liberated to go south, judging from Li Mu's record of complete victory in the face of the Qin army, maybe there is really hope of changing his life against the sky, at least it will not be a problem to renew Zhao Guo's life for a few years.

From this point of view, although the later two generations of Yan kings in history were faint monarchs, Zhao Dan still hoped for a Yan king who could be friendly with Zhao and let Zhao at least have no worries before overthrowing Qin.

Gongzi Ke and Yan Hou, the two orphans and widows, are the best candidates favored and selected by Zhao Dan.

Speaking of which, this trick was learned from Lu Buwei, so Mrs. Huayang can take Zhao Yiren as her son, and of course Empress Yan can also do it.

Take history as a mirror.

And Zhao Dan really doesn't take advantage of the danger of Empress Yan's own relatives, historically speaking, after the death of King Yan Wucheng, Empress Yan was placed under house arrest in the deep palace, and finally died of depression at the age of less than thirty.

So if Zhao Dan thinks about it carefully, he actually saved the life of his sister Empress Yan.

The rest of the ministers of Zhao looked at Zhao Dan's appearance, how could they not know that Zhao Dan had already decided? So they nodded their heads and agreed: "The king's opinion is very good!" "Then take that prince Ke as the king."

After a series of incidents, now that Zhao Dan's prestige is almost catching up with Qin Wangji, it is indeed difficult for anyone to dare to object.

Zhao Dan saw that the ministers agreed, and he was not verbose at the moment, and made a decision directly: "That is the case, then Mi Qing immediately sent someone to reply to Chang Guojun, and conveyed the order of the widow, so that he could wait until Yan Wang Yan drove it, and be sure to protect the lives of Empress Yan and Gongzi Ke as soon as possible, if something is not caught, then send the two mothers and sons to Zhao State, and the widow will send troops to seek justice for Gongzi Ke!" ”

"Also, order the five northern counties to gather 10,000 soldiers and horses first, Zhongshan County to mobilize another 10,000 county soldiers, and 20,000 troops in Gucheng, once things change, immediately march into Yan Kingdom!"

"By the way, then Zheng Zhu and Su Dai should not be idle, let them all go to the place where the widow wants them to go!"

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After saying for a few minutes, Zhao Dan finally finished his order, and looked at the ministers in front of him with a refreshing look: "All understood?" If you understand, go and do it! ”

The ministers bowed their heads in unison, and their words were extremely respectful: "Wow! ”