244 BC.

In this year, Zhao Yan completed his filial piety and officially ascended the throne as king, which is known as the first year of King Zhao Mourning.

On the day Zhao Yan ascended the throne, Handan City was very lively, and even the land of Shenqi sent people to congratulate.

Envoys from various countries also gathered in Handan.

Handan City, the main hall of the royal palace.

"Meet the King!"

The neat and loud voices of the ministers sounded, echoing in the main hall.

Zhao Yan, who finally put on the crown, looked at the scene of the courtiers' worship, and suddenly had a feeling of walking on the pinnacle of life.

Previously, although Zhao Yan had also worn the crown secretly, he had not worn it openly.

Even if everyone knows that Zhao Yan will inherit the throne, there will always be some variables before he really succeeds to the throne.

Now, Zhao Yan has finally ascended to the throne and has become the true ruler of Zhao.

After Zhao Yan was slightly intoxicated, he nodded slightly to the eunuch beside him, and the eunuch understood, and shouted in his throat: "All the ministers are exempt!" ”

The grand enthronement ceremony lasted for a long time before it ended.

Even if Zhao Yan felt very tired, his heart was still very comfortable, and he was even a little obsessed with the current feeling.

After the scattered dynasty returned to the study, Han Cang hurriedly came to ask for a meeting, and said: "King Qiqi, the envoy of the Qin State has something important to face!" ”

Zhao Yan had just ascended the throne, and he was grateful to Qin for relieving the siege for Zhao Guo, but he didn't take it seriously, and summoned him directly.

However, when Zhao Yan saw the envoy sent by the Qin State, his face was strange.

It turned out that this envoy of the Qin State was actually just an eleven or twelve-year-old boy, and his face still looked a little immature.

"Is there no one in the Qin State, why did you send a Huangkou child to act as an envoy?"

Zhao Yan was surprised, but also felt a little annoyed, thinking that Qin Guo did not pay attention to himself, so he would send Huangkou Xiao'er as an envoy, and immediately made sarcastic remarks.

When the envoy of Qin heard this, he said: "Lu Xiangwei said to me: King Zhao is in the prime of life and inherits the unification, his people are eloquent and strategic, and he has the ability to understand talents, and Zhao has this person as the king, and he will inevitably become strong." ”

When Zhao Yan heard this, he asked out loud: "Did Lu Xiang really say this?" ”

The envoy of the Qin State said: "I often accompany Lu Xiang, whether Lu Xiang has said it or not, naturally I know very auspicious." ”

Zhao Yan couldn't help laughing, stroking his beard with a smug look on his face.

But soon, the envoy of the Qin State suddenly sighed: "Gan Luo is looking at it now, but he is disappointed!" ”

Zhao Yan's face was slightly gloomy, and he shouted, "Why did you say this? ”

The envoy of the Qin State was not afraid at all, although he was thin and small, he held his head high and replied: "Fu Xiang was born at the age of seven and became a Confucius teacher, and now the foreign minister is twelve years old!" ”

"If the king is really as Lu Xiang said, he has the ability to read people, how can he underestimate me because of his age?"

When Zhao Yan heard this, he felt a little embarrassed.

Fortunately, Zhao Yan also had some city government, deliberately laughed a few times, and said: "Widows often hear that the grandson of Gan Mao, the left prime minister of Qin State, is young and precocious, and has extraordinary talents. ”

"The widow has just ascended to the throne, and there is a shortage of talents in the court, how can you condescend to Lü Buwei as a young concubine if you have such talents? I wonder if you would like to come to Zhao to serve? ”

Zhao Yan has a good abacus, no matter whether he digs or not, he can get the corner of the wall, he will wave his hoe first.

In this way, you can not only show your thirst for talent, but also resolve the embarrassment of talents, which can be described as a two-way strategy.

Gan Luo was flattered, bowed down and said, "It is a blessing for a foreign minister to be appreciated by the king. ”

"However, Lu Xiang treats his foreign ministers well, and abandons Lu Xiang and turns to the king, which is unjust; This time, I am the envoy of Qin, and I abandoned Qin and switched to Zhao, and I am disloyal. ”

"The foreign ministers are grateful for the king's favor, but they will never do anything disloyal and unjust!"

When Zhao Yan heard this, he turned his head to Han Cang and sighed: "There is such a virtuous minister in the Qin State, you should take this as a model!" ”

Han Cang should be bowing his head.

Then, Zhao Yan asked Gan Luo: "What is the matter with your envoy's secret meeting this time?" ”

Gan Luo said with a smile: "The foreign minister came to Zhao Kingdom to offer a hundred miles of land, thinking that the king He'er!" ”

When Zhao Yan heard this, he was immediately stunned, and even wondered if he had heard it wrong.

"What do you mean?"

Gan Luo asked rhetorically: "Zhao has broken the Yan State in the east and destroyed the Xiongnu in the north in recent years, which can be described as a great achievement, but before that, because of the alliance, even if the Zhao State had the ability to attack the rest of the countries to expand their territory, they did not dare to do it. ”

"Today, Qin and Zhao are good, my king is willing to send troops to help the king of Yan, and Guangzhao thinks that the king is Heye!"

Zhao Yan heard clearly and knew that he was not hallucinating, and his breathing suddenly became heavy.

Zhao Yan had just inherited the throne and urgently needed victory in the war to consolidate his throne.

Not to mention.

Last year, Wei attacked Zhao, and Yan was also ready to move, although because Qin sent troops to attack Wei, Yan was scared and did not dare to send troops, but it also made Zhao Yan hate Yan State.

And among all the countries, except for South Korea, it is the weakest Yan country.

Back then, when Zhao Guo was the weakest, he could beat Yan Guo to his knees and call his father, let alone now.

Zhao Yan is now in the prime of life, and he also has a heart to expand his territory, if he can sweep away the Eastern Yan Kingdom, the territory of Zhao State can even be doubled.

In fact, Zhao did have the ability to destroy Yan State, but he was worried that the rest of the countries would intervene, so he didn't dare to rashly launch a war to destroy the country.

Now, Qin State took the initiative to ask to send troops to help Zhao Guo defeat Yan, how could Zhao Yan not be overjoyed?

Fortunately, Zhao Yan also has some city government.

He was not stunned by the pie that fell from the sky, and asked, "What are the conditions of your country?" ”

Gan Luo shook his head and said, "The foreign minister has already said that my king's move is to sacrifice Yan Land for the king's He'er, and there are no other requirements. ”

"I just hope that when Qin attacks Korea, Zhao will be able to stand on Qin's side, even if it doesn't send troops."

When Zhao Yan heard this, he immediately realized.

Qin's so-called sending troops to help Zhao attack Yan was just to consolidate the alliance between Qin and Zhao and create conditions for himself to attack Korea by the way.

As long as the combined forces of Qin and Zhao invade Yan, Zhao and Yan will inevitably have no spare strength to prevent Qin from attacking Korea.

Qi is in a safe corner, and basically will not interfere.

In addition, only Wei and Chu remained, these two countries had long been killed by the Qin State, and unless the countries cooperated, they would never dare to be enemies of the Qin State.

After figuring out this, Zhao Yan did not agree to it immediately.

He said in a deep voice: "The matter is very high, the noble envoy should rest in the post house first, and after the widow and the ministers have discussed, then talk about the matter of cutting down Yan." ”

Gan Luo was not in a hurry, and after saluting Zhao Yan, Shi Shiran left the palace of King Zhao.

"It's a hard bait to resist, but it's a pity that the bait is poisonous."

Gan Luo knew that many ministers and ministers of Zhao State had been bribed, and Qin Fayan's move would inevitably be passed by Zhao State's civil and military forces.

If it is said that Zhao of the Qin League is the beginning of destroying the princes, then this attack on Yan is destroying the foundation of the alliance.

The wind is up, and chaos is coming!