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Only a moment later, Hui Ang hurried to the palace with Meng Zhong and asked for Song Wangyan again.

At that time, Song Wangyan had just come to the school in the palace from the main hall, ready to summon a few swordsmen to appreciate the swordsmanship's swordsmanship, and suddenly heard that Hui Ang came to ask for a meeting, and he didn't feel a little strange in his heart, after all, Hui Ang was pestering him all afternoon, discussing domestic government affairs with him, and Song Wangyan finally sent away this loyal but overly strict Aichen.

I have to say that in the eyes of many subjects, Song Wangyan has a violent personality, so he is feared by many subjects, but there are also courtiers in the court who are not afraid of him, such as Hui An, and Xue Juzhou, the teacher who taught the prince Dai Wu's studies.

For these courtiers who are not afraid to die even if they are struggling to make a crime, to a certain extent, Song Wangyan still feels quite a headache.

Especially Hui An, don't look at this gentle and elegant person on weekdays, but once he makes a mistake, even if Song Wangyan carries a sword on his neck, he will not back down, and Song Wangyan almost can't get off the stage several times - after all, he just wants Hui Ang to submit, and he doesn't really want to kill this loyal and conscientious courtier, kill Hui Ang, who will handle the heavy domestic government affairs for him?

It is precisely because of this reason that occasionally, even if Song Wangyan is secretly hated by Hui An, and even hates itchy, he is reluctant to kill such an excellent courtier, which leads to a "tyrant" like Song Wangyan, and sometimes he has to be a little more careful in front of Hui An, lest this courtier use any big reason to persuade him and make him upset.

Therefore, when he saw Hui Ang striding towards him, Song Wangyan couldn't help but take the lead in explaining: "Hui Ang, the widow has dealt with government affairs for a day, and at this time, I went to the school to watch the swordsman test martial arts and chat to relieve my boredom, this is nothing, right?" ”

"Huh?"

At this time, Hui An, who had just walked to Song Wangyan's side, was stunned for a moment, and turned his head to look at the swordsmen who were standing not far away.

If it were on weekdays, he would definitely persuade Song Wangyan, for example, asking swordsmen to compete with each other is not only a waste of talent but also a waste of national strength, rather than letting these swordsmen with superb swordsmanship be injured or even die in boring competitions, it is better to let them go to the army to exert their strength, but at this moment, Hui Ang was not in the mood to persuade Song Wangyan, I saw him take a few steps forward, and said in a low voice: "King, my brother Meng Zhong fled back from Zhao State, saying that Zhao State has undergone great changes, Zhao Gongzi Zhao Zhang and Tian Buyu failed to raise troops to seize power, and Zhao Wangyong also died on the way to escape……”

"What?!"

Song Wangyan's face changed drastically when he heard this, and he only noticed at this time that Meng Zhong, who had been absent for more than a year, was following behind Hui Ang at this moment.

"Go to the main hall!"

Upon hearing of such bad news, Song Wangyan had no intention of appreciating the swordsmanship's swordsmanship, so he immediately took Hui Ang and Meng Zhong to the main hall of the palace, and instructed the guards outside the palace not to allow anyone to enter for the time being.

Immediately, Song Wangyan turned his head and asked Meng Zhong, "Meng Zhong, what's going on?" As far as the widow knows, Zhao Zhang and Tian Buyu should have the upper hand, how could they be defeated? ”

Listening to his tone, it is not difficult to guess that Song Guo is not ignorant of what happened in Zhao State, and I believe that Song State also sent a lot of spies to Zhao State to pay attention to the seizure of the throne between Zhao Gongzi Zhao Zhang and Zhao Wang He.

"At first, Gongzizhang did have the upper hand, and even led the army to Handan for a time, but because of the defection of the army Sima Niu Qian, Zhao Zhang's achievements fell short, and Handan was defeated."

As he spoke, Meng Zhong told Song Wangyan and Hui Ang about the entire Dune Palace, only to hear the two of them frowning frequently.

In the end, when he heard that Master Zhao's father had died in Lingqiu, King Song couldn't hide the shock in his heart, and asked Meng Zhong in disbelief: "Really? Is Zhao Yong really dead? ”

Meng Zhong nodded and said, "It's true, when Lord Zhao's father passed away, he was beside him......"

Song Wang Yan opened his mouth when he heard this, and immediately fell into a long silence.

On the side, Hui Ang didn't know what to say.

You must know that Zhao's father and Gongzi Zhang are the two major supporters of the "Zhao-Song Alliance" in Zhao, among them, Zhao's father and Song Wangyan have known each other for 30 years and have common interests with each other; And Gongzizhang has always been supported by Song Guo behind him, and the married woman is also the daughter of Song Wangyan, so he has always had a good impression of Song Guo.

Unexpectedly, in a coup d'état, Zhao's father and Gongzi Zhang were both killed.

"Foolishness! It's just stupid! ”

After a full half of the ring, Song Wang Yan suddenly scolded angrily: "He actually hid behind the scenes and asked his son to come forward to raise troops to seize power, is this still the Zhao Yong that the widow recognized back then?!" ”

After saying that, Song Wangyan turned around abruptly and asked Meng Zhong in a stern tone: "Why didn't you persuade Zhao Yong to come forward in person at that time?" If Zhao Yong had come forward in person at the time of the incident, he would have taken Handan a long time ago! ”

Meng Zhong was not disgusted by Song Wangyan's anger at this time, but he was not afraid, and said with a lonely expression when he heard the words: "I have persuaded him, but Lord Zhao's father cherishes his reputation and does not want to fall into the notoriety of "seizing the position of the son", and he refuses to listen to the ......persuasion of his subordinates."

Hearing this, Song Wangyan stared at Meng Zhong with a gloomy face, and saw that Meng Zhong's expression was calm and did not dodge in the slightest, so he knew that what Meng Zhong said was true, and immediately couldn't help but let out a long sigh, shook his head and muttered "ignorant" and "ignorant".

Gently patted Meng Zhong's shoulder, as if to express his apologies for the stern questioning of Meng Zhong just now, and then Song Wang Yan sighed and said: "This is really unexpected, when the widow first saw Zhao Yong, Zhao Yong was not as old as the weak crown, but he had a strong heart, even in the face of the threat of the five kingdoms of Qin, Wei, Yan, Chu, and Qi, he was not afraid, and personally went to my Song country to meet the widow, and talked about the policy of uniting Song and Han to resist the countries, and the words were turbulent and heroic...... Oh, I never thought that only thirty years later, the male lord of the year has become a greedy fame...... generations. ”

When he said this, Song Wangyan's face showed a deep sense of pain and regret.

Maybe Meng Zhong doesn't know, but Song Wangyan and Zhao Wangyong, the two are really confidants who have a friendship of thirty years, after all, among the monarchs of the Central Plains, only Song Wangyan and Zhao Wangyong have the most similar personalities, both advocate force, and have the ambition to make the country stronger.

More importantly, because of the limitations of national strength, Song Wang Yan clearly realized that his Song State did not have the ability to compete with Qin and Qi for hegemony in the Central Plains in a short period of time, at least for a hundred years, so he decided to follow the example of the former "Jin and Song Alliance" and help Zhao State dominate the Central Plains.

After Zhao dominates the Central Plains, Zhao will also give back to Song - even if the future king of Zhao is actually reluctant, but under the threat of Qin and Qi, Zhao can only support and strengthen their ally Song to compete with Qin and Qi.

Yes, in the conception of Song Wangyan and Zhao Wangyong, the alliance between Zhao and Song should have been a hundred-year-long alliance, just like the alliance between the Jin and Song dynasties, from the early stage of Jin hegemony to the end of the gradual weakening of the Jin State, for more than a hundred years, the Song State has always been an unswerving ally of the Jin State.

During that period, the Song State helped the Jin State to fight against the Chu State again and again, and the Jin State also gave Song State feedback one after another, such as the annexation of the Song State by the State of Cao, without the tacit approval and secret support of the State of Jin, how could the rest of the Central Plains countries sit back and watch the Song State annex the State of Cao and occupy a city like Taoyi, which is still one of the most prosperous cities in the world today?

Therefore, the alliance between Zhao and Song, which was concluded in imitation of the alliance between the Jin and Song dynasties, is a solid alliance that is beneficial and harmless to both Zhao and Song, and can be called the strongest and most reliable alliance in the world today.

It's a pity that as soon as Lord Zhao's father and Gongzi Zhang die, I'm afraid that no one in Zhao will keep this covenant again.

What impact this matter has on the Zhao State, this is not for the time being, but for the Song State, this is very unfavorable, after all, without the help of the Zhao State, the Song State will face the threat from the Qi State alone, although the Song State is actually not weak, but it is inevitably a bit difficult to fight against a country like the Qi State alone.

At this time, Hui Ang frowned and said: "Great King, according to my brother, the new monarch of Zhao State, Zhao He, is still young, and the minister is worried that the state affairs of Zhao State will be controlled by Zhao Cheng, the monarch of Anping, and Li Dui, the monarch of Fengyang, who have always been friendly to the Qi State, and I am afraid that it will affect the relationship between the three kingdoms of Zhao, Qi and Song......

"Hmm......"

Song Wangyan nodded slightly with a calm face, and immediately instructed the guards outside the palace: "Someone, please invite the enemy minister to the palace to discuss matters!" ”

The enemy in his mouth is Qiu He, the minister sent by Lord Zhao's father before.

About a moment later, Qiu He, who heard the summoning, came to the palace, and when he saw that in addition to Song Wangyan and Hui An, there was actually Hui An's righteous brother Meng Zhong standing in the hall, Qiu He was also quite surprised.

Because he was speechless by Meng Zhong in front of Song Wangyan, this made Qiu He dare not underestimate Meng Zhong, a young man who has not yet been weakly crowned.

"Huh? Isn't this Dr. Hui's brother-in-law, Brother Meng? I heard that the little brother went to Zhao State, was reused by Zhao's father's side, and did a 'big thing', how could he suddenly return to China? ”

Probably not noticing the atmosphere in the hall, Qiu He, who had just walked into the hall, greeted Meng Zhong with a smile, until he saw Meng Zhong reluctantly smiling at him, and then he felt that something was wrong.

At this time, Song Wangyan did not hide anything, pointed at Meng Zhong and said to Qiu He: "Meng Zhong fled back to China this time, just because Gongzi Zhang's army was defeated, and even King Zhao was killed on the way to escape...... Meng Zhong, you can explain. ”

Seeing this, Meng Zhong simply explained to Qiu He, only to hear Qiu He's face full of shock, even more excited than Song Wangyan and Hui An.

It's no wonder, after all, unlike Feiyi, who had been in the Zhao State and held important positions during the period of Zhao Suhou, people of different races who were not from the Central Plains such as Qiu He and Lou Huan were all courtiers who were promoted by Lord Zhao's father, and Lord Zhao's father had the grace of knowing them, so when he learned that Lord Zhao's father had died on the way to escape, Qiu He was inevitably a little excited, and asked Meng Zhong with his eyes: "Who and who dares to harm Lord Zhao's father?" ”

Meng Zhong hesitated for a moment, and finally for some reason, he still didn't say Zhao Wanghe: "It's Anpingjun Zhao Cheng and Fengyangjun Li Dui." ”

“……”

Qiu He opened his mouth and clenched his fists to make his face red.

At this time, Meng Zhong was finally able to see a bit of the ruthlessness of the Huns from this Song Xiang, whose words and deeds were very similar to those of the Central Plains, as if he wanted to kill Zhao directly and dismantle Zhao Cheng and Li Dui.

"The enemy will calm the anger in his heart for the time being."

Hui An, who was on the side, saw that Qiu He was so excited, so he reminded: "The top priority is to come up with a countermeasure. Speaking of this, he glanced at Song Wangyan, and when he saw the latter nodding slightly, he said to Qiu He: "In my opinion, the great changes in Zhao have become a foregone conclusion, and Zhao Wang and Zhao Zhang, the son of Zhao, have both died, and I, Song Guo, have no position to intervene in Zhao anymore, so I can only try to maintain the current relationship with Zhao State...... Therefore, I suggest that the king send an envoy to Zhao to congratulate the new king of Zhao on quelling the rebellion, and by the way, see if there is still a turning point in this matter. ”

As long as these two powerful ministers are still willing to maintain the alliance between Zhao and Song, then although Song has lost Zhao's father and lost the most stable alliance relationship, at least Zhao and Song can still exist as an ordinary covenant - although this kind of covenant, like the covenant between most countries in the world today, may be torn at any time, but something is better than nothing.

After listening to Hui An's words, Qiu He suddenly heard the sound outside the strings, and he raised his head and asked Hui An: "What does Doctor Hui mean, I hope to go to Zhao State and explore Zhao Guo's tone?" ”

Before Hui Ang could speak, he heard Song Wangyan say beside him: "The widow asked Li Shi to go with you, and the two of you should find a way to meet the new monarch of Zhao and state your interests to him, in addition, you should also try to get in touch with Zhao Cheng and Li Dui, if Zhao Cheng and Li Dui take the opportunity to put forward any requests, as long as those requests are not too excessive, you can agree." …… Qiu He, it is most appropriate for you to be responsible for this matter, what do you think? ”

Qiu He was silent.

I have to say that Qiu He has always been very clear about his status in the Song Kingdom.

Don't look at him in the Song State as a high-ranking minister, but in the final analysis, he is a minister sent by Zhao's father, in order to communicate the connection between Zhao and Song and reconcile the interests and disputes between the two countries, but now that Zhao's father is dead, the relationship between Zhao and Song is in jeopardy, so he has lost his original value in Song - he is completely different from Hui'an.

If he Qiu He wants to keep the position of Song Xiang, then he must go to Zhao State according to Song Wangyan's instructions and find a way to stabilize the alliance between Zhao and Song, otherwise, he will lose his value and is destined to lose his status and power in Song State.

To put it bluntly, this is something he can't refuse.

"Minister...... Do all in one's power. ”

Arching his hand, Qiu He took the errand with a sad face, and then left the hall with some reluctance.

Soon after Qiu He left, Song Wangyan briefly talked to Hui Ang about the "new allies" - after all, if the alliance between Zhao and Song could not be kept, then Song would have to find another ally to join forces against Qi.

In fact, in addition to Zhao, Song is also an ally with Qin, but the problem is that Qin is too far away from the Central Plains, and there are three Jin Dynasty between Qin and Song, and when Zhao's father was still there, Zhao could be used as a bridge with Qin and Song, but now Zhao's father is no more, in case Zhao falls to Qi and cuts off the relationship between Qin and Song, then Qin, an ally, can't really help Song - at most, it can only help Song by putting pressure on Sanjin, and can't directly send troops to help Song against Qi, Because it was impossible for the Three Jin Dynasty to let the Qin State set foot in the Central Plains.

Therefore, if the Song State was destined to lose the Zhao State as an ally, then they must find another country among the three kingdoms of Wei, Han, and Chu that was willing to ally with the Song State and join forces against the Qi State.

I have to say that this matter is very difficult.

First of all, the reason why Wei and Han want to tie up and introduce Wei and Han is because with the rise of Zhao, Wei and Han were threatened by Qin in the west and Zhao in the north, and had to unite, so in many cases, Wei and Han advanced and retreated together, so as not to be broken one by one.

The alliance between Wei and Han is dominated by Wei, as an old power in the Three Jins, the strength of Wei has actually been overtaken by Zhao, but the so-called emaciated camel is bigger than a horse, in today's world, excluding Qin, Qi, Zhao, the three most powerful countries, the fourth place must be Wei, not Chu.

But the trouble is that the relationship between Wei and Qi has always been broken, eyebrows, when Zhang Yi was still alive, Wei had no choice but to submit to Qin, but Zhang Yi had already passed away, and Wei once again concluded an alliance with Qi - although this alliance is not actually very strong, but at least it is an alliance, and Song wants to persuade Wei to unite against Qi, to be honest, it is not so easy.

Korea has nothing to say, it can only join forces with Wei to resist Qin, Zhao, and Qi, and its relationship with Wei is that if Wei refuses to form an alliance with Song, Korea will never ignore Wei's attitude and form an alliance with Song.

After talking about Wei and Han, Chu and Chu bordered Song and Qi, in fact, it was the country that could directly help Song, but the problem is that since King Chu Huai was deceived by Zhang Yi and severed the alliance with Qi with "six miles", Chu's national fortunes plummeted, first in the war to retaliate against Qin, he was defeated by Qin, killing nearly 100,000 troops, and then was attacked by Qin, and even Wei and Han also took the opportunity to attack Chu, resulting in frequent defeats and loss of land in Chu, and in the end, even King Chu Huai, who went to Qin to beg for peace, He also died in Qin because he was detained by Qin.

And now the king of Chu Xiong Heng is the son of King Huai of Chu, it is said that it is a mediocre and absurd monarch, obviously the Qin State is aggressive, and has repeatedly captured the cities of the Chu State, but the King of Chu Xiong Heng does not want to forge ahead, and he mixes between wine and beauty every day, and does not listen to the advice of the domestic virtuous minister "Qu Yuan" and others.

At this time, the state of Chu, not to mention for the time being, the state of Chu had an insoluble national feud with the state of Qin because of the fact that "King Huai of Chu died in the state of Qin", which made many Chu people grit their teeth with hatred when they mentioned the state of Qin, so it was difficult for the state of Song to put the state of Qin and the state of Chu in the same camp, and even if it could, the state of Chu at this time was powerless to help the state of Song against the state of Qi.

This is precisely the reason why after getting rid of the three most powerful states of Qin, Qi, and Zhao, it is the Wei State that ranks fourth instead of the Chu State - the Chu State is too weak, and it is no longer the Chu State that once dominated the Central Plains.

As for why the Yan State, which is located in the northeast of the Central Plains, is not in the consideration of Song Wangyan and Hui An, the reason is very simple, because the Yan State is too weak, let alone the Qi State, even the Song State has the ability to make it submit, and such a weak country cannot help the Song State at all.

Otherwise, Yan Guo is a good alliance partner, after all, Yan Wangzhi hates Qi Guo very much, and believes that he will definitely assist Song State against Song State.

Therefore, if the Song State is destined to lose the ally of the Zhao State this time, then the Song State can only seek the help of the Wei State and conclude an alliance with the Wei State, otherwise, the Song State can only fight against the Qi State alone.

After a brief discussion, Hui Ang took Meng Zhong to say goodbye to Song Wangyan, after all, the current situation is still unclear, although it is necessary to take precautions, but Song Guo also has to see the reactions of all parties first.

That night, Hui Ang held a banquet in the mansion, entertained Meng Zhong, Le Yi, Meng Hu and his party, and arranged for them to live in his own mansion.

In the evening, Hui Ang found Meng Zhong alone and asked Meng Zhong what he planned to do next, whether he would return to his hometown of Mengyi first or stay in Pengcheng for a few days.

Meng Zhong thought about it and decided to live in Pengcheng for a few days temporarily, because he had a bad premonition in his heart.

After going back to the house and discussing with a group of friends, Meng Zhong decided to let Meng Sui, Wu Ying, Hua Hu, Mu Wu, and Le Jin return to Mengyi first, on the one hand, to report safety to the family and to the teacher Zhuangzi, and on the other hand, he also hoped that they would wait for Meng Sui, Le Xu, and Xiang Yi in Mengyi - on the way to escape, because Le Xu and Xiang Yu were infected with the wind and cold, Meng Zhong asked his uncle Meng Yu to take care of them, maybe they were on their way back to Mengyi in the Song Kingdom at the moment.

As for Meng Zhong, Le Yi, and Meng Hu, they will stay in Pengcheng for the time being to see what the latest developments are in Zhao and Qi.

The next day, Hui Ang prepared a carriage and asked Meng Sui and Wu Ying to use it to return to Pengcheng first.

After bidding farewell to Meng Sui and the others, Meng Zhong, Le Yi, and Meng Hu, who had nothing to do, wandered around Pengcheng.

When I was tired of shopping, I found a random wine shop and drank some wine in the palace.

And when Meng Zhong, Le Yi, and Meng Hu were drinking, in the next seat, the conversation between two men attracted Meng Zhong's attention.

Out of surprise in his heart, Meng Zhong immediately came to the next room, and arched his hand at one of the men and said, "This virtuous brother, just now you two are talking about the 'war between Qi and Yan'?" ”

"You are?" The man asked, confused.

Seeing this, Meng Zhong hurriedly said: "In Xia Mengzhong, Mengyi people, I don't know what to call Brother Xian?" ”

"It turned out to be the little brother of Meng Zhong, in Xia Song Lei."

The man was very hospitable, and did not mind Meng Zhong's recklessness, and was about to invite Meng Zhong into the table.

According to Song Lei's introduction, he was a businessman who visited various places, and some time ago he bought chestnuts in Yan State, and happened to bump into Qi State sending troops to attack Yan State.

"I wonder how the battle is going?" Meng Zhong asked nervously.

I saw that Song Lei shook his head and said: "Although Yan State has 100,000 troops, in front of Kuang Zhang, the famous general of Qi State, it was defeated in a battle, and even as far as I know, Yan State lost three generals in this battle, which can be described as a heavy loss......"

Hearing this, Meng Zhong chuckled in his heart.

Qi State's attack on Yan State, in fact, he had expected it, and he also expected that with Yan State's army and national strength, it would be difficult to resist Qi State's offensive, but he never expected that Yan State would be defeated so quickly.

You must know that the Qi State sent troops this time in order to retaliate for the fact that the Zhao lord's father led the Song and Yan armies to crusade against the Qi State the year before last, and once the Yan State was defeated and forced to surrender to the Qi State, the next target of the Qi State to send troops to attack the Song State must be the Song State undoubtedly.

"I didn't expect it to come so quickly......

Holding the wine bowl in his hand, Meng Zhong was quite anxious.

Of course, he understood that the death of Zhao's master father would inevitably bring earth-shaking changes to the situation of Zhao, Qi, Song, and Yan, but he didn't expect that this change would happen so quickly.

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