"Ji Clan's Qi Kingdom...... How is that possible?!'

Zhao Hongrun returned to his Wenzhao Pavilion sullenly.

To be honest, he scoffed at the vague hints of his father, Emperor Wei Tianzi's dictation of the Emperor of Qi, and he did not think that the nobles of Qi would really support the son born to his sixth brother and sixth sister-in-law to become the king of Qi.

But having said that, this possibility is not without the slightest, maybe in the eyes of Qi Wangxi, the Lu family is a royal bloodline, and the Ji family also belongs to the royal bloodline, and the heirs of these two royal bloodlines inherit the Qi country, which is much better than the Tian family, who is a "subordinate bloodline", who stole the Qi country, after all, in the matter of bloodline, people who claim to be from noble backgrounds will not be ambiguous.

"What's wrong, sullen?"

When Zhao Hongrun returned to Wenzhao Pavilion, Mi Jiang had already gotten up and was drinking tea leisurely in the hall as always, and she looked at Zhao Hongrun with a gloomy face and returned to the pavilion with a gloomy face.

Zhao Hongrun shook his head, didn't mean to elaborate, just sat there and thought.

He knew that the line of his father, Emperor Wei Tianzi, was abolished, and in the face of the temptation given by King Qi Xi, his father, as the king of Great Wei, would not be able to refuse.

This is the sorrow of the royal family of the Great Wei Ji clan: sometimes for the benefit of the whole country, the members of the royal family have to make sacrifices, and the degree of freedom is even inferior to that of ordinary people.

After thinking for a while, Zhao Hongrun also thought about whether to go to the sixth brother Zhao Hongzhao's mother, Concubine Wu Guifei, to try it, but after thinking about it, he gave up.

Because as far as he knows, Wu Guifei, like her son Zhao Hongzhao, belongs to the kind of person with a calm heart, although she is a noble concubine, she is one of the three "noble ladies" with the highest status in the harem except for the queen Wang, but she never competes for power and profit with the rest of the harem, in a sense. Like Zhao Hongrun's mother, Shen Shufei, she belongs to the kind of woman who only cares about her husband and son and is loyal to life.

But on the other hand, it is precisely because of Wu Guifei's tranquil temperament that she can raise elegant people such as Zhao Hongzhao, who can be called the leader of the contemporary Ji family, but has no ambition, likes to write poems and paint, and make close friends.

"Wow."

A sound of shortness of breath came from outside the hall. Zhao Hongrun looked up, and just in time to see his sect guard He Miao hurriedly walking into the hall.

"Your Highness." Glancing at Mi Jiang who was drinking tea in the hall, Zongwei He Miao lowered his voice a little and said in a low voice: "Lord Du You, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Yu Fangcai has officially signed the "Qi Wei Hezong Agreement" with General Tian Tan, the envoy of Qi State. ”

『……』

Zhao Hongrun pondered for a moment and asked, "What agreement did Lord Du You sign with the Chu State?" ”

Zhu Gui stared. Zong Wei He Miao lowered his voice and said: "As His Highness said, although Huang Arsenic, the deputy envoy of the Chu State yesterday, seemed to have been squeezed away by Tian Tan of the Qi State. But as soon as he left the courtyard of the Ministry of Rites, he was invited away by Lord He Yu, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites......"

"Is the Ministry of Rites planning to sign some agreement with the Chu State in private? Or is it just to stabilize the Chu State?'

Zhao Hongrun thought for a moment, and then stopped thinking about it, after all, in his opinion, the officials of the Ministry of Rites were all very old and serious officials, so there would be no mistakes in such an important diplomatic matter.

I believe that the officials of the Ministry of Rites should sign an agreement with Qi and Chu respectively. Survive the crucial "three or five years", after all, wait for the death of King Qi in three or five years. It is bound to cause violent turmoil in the Qi country, and if nothing else, the officials of the Ministry of Rites will also make arrangements as soon as possible.

Although this seems to be a bit of a wall-to-wall style, but who is called Qi and Chu, they can't afford to offend anyone in Great Wei.

"A weak country has no diplomacy, and its own strength is not as good as that of other countries. It's inevitable that we will be constrained diplomatically......

Zhao Hongrun sighed slightly, and ordered: "Have you ever extended an agreement between my Great Wei and the Qi State?" ”

He Miao nodded, took out a stack of papers from his arms, handed it to Zhao Hongrun, and said in his mouth: "It is a rubbing written by a Lang official of the Ministry of Humble Rites." ”

"Go back and invite that Lord Lang to have a drink." Zhao Hongrun single-handedly took over the rubbings of the "Qi Wei Hezong Agreement". He said casually.

Hearing this, He Miao grinned and said, "I understand my humble position. ”

After He Miao left, Zhao Hongrun looked at the "Qi Wei Hezong Agreement" in his hand.

This is a very modest agreement, and the agreement probably hopes to promote trade between Qi and Wei economically, although this is dispensable in Zhao Hongrun's view.

You must know that Qi is the richest country in the world, and there will be almost no shortage of materials in the whole country, and I believe that the original intention of Du You, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, to sign this article is to introduce some materials from Qi that Wei lacks.

Therefore, what really deserves Zhao Hongrun's attention is still the military clause of the "offensive and defensive alliance".

It was stipulated in the agreement that Qi, as the leader of the Qi-Qi-Wei Alliance, enjoyed the right to guide the wars against Chu and Korea, and if Qi declared war on Chu or Han, Wei must give military assistance as soon as possible, and the number of troops sent shall not be less than 30,000, and the duration of the war shall not be less than one year, unless Qi announces the termination of foreign wars.

To put it bluntly, no matter whether Qi wants to fight Chu or Korea, Wei must send troops at the same time, and in this matter, Wei has no autonomy.

I have to say that this hard rule makes Zhao Hongrun very resistant.

According to this agreement, wouldn't the army of their Wei State become a dog raised by the Qi people, and the Qi people would bite whoever they wanted?

Fortunately, the follow-up compensation agreement made Zhao Hongrun's face look a little better: the agreement stipulated that during the period when Qi led the foreign war, the military salaries consumed by the Wei army and the pensions allocated to the sacrificed soldiers were paid by the Qi state; In addition, when Wei assisted Qi in launching foreign wars, all the territories that were not members of the "United States" were owned by Wei, and Qi would not raise objections to this in the future.

It is undeniable that this treaty is quite important, after all, without this agreement, the Wei state would be like working for the Qi state for nothing. However, if this agreement is signed, then Wei can pull the banner of Qi and expand externally in the name of justification.

Of course, it was during the wars waged by the Qi State against Han and Chu.

On the one hand, this was the one thing that took the initiative, and on the other hand, the treaty also made some provisions for the joint state to be attacked by Han or Chu.

To put it bluntly, the so-called offensive and defensive alliance is actually the three combined states of Qi, Lu, and Wei to deal with Chu or Korea: whether it is an active attack or a passive war. It's all three countries that fight you.

"If this treaty is leaked out, I believe that Chu and Korea will be in a hurry...... Or maybe, it will lead to an alliance between Chu and Han."

After a few more glances at the agreement, Zhao Hongrun shook his head secretly, stood up, and walked to the palace lamp in the hall. Burn the pieces of paper in your hand on the candlestick.

From the side, Mi Jiang looked at Zhao Hongrun's actions, and asked in a calm tone: "You, Wei State, have you signed any treaty with Qi State that is unfavorable to my Great Chu?" ”

"This king won't reveal it." Zhao Hongrun half-jokingly.

Mi Jiang snorted lightly and stopped talking.

Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun felt a little surprised, and asked curiously, "Aren't you worried?" ”

"Worried about what?" Mi Jiang asked rhetorically.

"I'm worried that the alliance between my Great Wei and the Qi State will be bad for your Chu State."

Hearing this, Mi Jiang glanced at Zhao Hongrun, and said lightly: "In my eyes, my Da Chu has already died. ”

"At the time when your father, Runanjun Xiong Hao, was forced to death by the Xiong nobles of Chu Dong?"

Zhao Hongrun didn't dare to say what he thought in his heart. smiled and said, "Then why did you kidnap this king with that stupid girl before?" ”

"Because what you seized at that time was the fiefdom of Xiong Tuogongzi, the king of Xuancheng." Mi Jiang replied without hesitation.

"Got it!"

Zhao Hongrun nodded with relief: Maybe in Qi Jiang's eyes, "Chu State" refers to the fiefdom governed by Xiong Tuo, the Jun of Xuancheng, especially Runan County, which her father once led, after all, in a sense, Xiong Tuo, the Jun of Xuancheng, is the successor of Xiong Hao's thoughts from her father Xiong Hao of Runan County, and it is precisely because of this that she regards Xiong Tuo as a brother.

As for the nobles of the Chu Dong Xiong clan. I'm sorry, in the eyes of Mi Jiang. This group of murderers who forced her father to death may have been "dead" long ago and even the bones do not exist.

"When you say that, this king is much more at ease."

Zhao Hongrun left the front hall jokingly.

Hearing this, Mi Jiang rolled her eyes, and when Zhao Hongrun was about to step out of Wenzhao Pavilion, she seemed to suddenly think of something. Asked, "Have you felt any discomfort lately?" ”

Zhao Hongrun stopped, looked back at her with a smile, of course he understood what Mi Jiang was referring to, and said with a smile: "Do you want this king to say yes, or no?" ”

It's a pity. Mi Jiang, who sometimes blushes because of his relationship with Zhao Hongrun, is very resistant to being teased by Zhao Hongrun in this matter, Wen Yan glanced at Zhao Hongrun coldly, and went to the inner hall with a teacup, which made Zhao Hongrun feel a little bored.

It didn't take long for Zhao Hongrun to get the news.

Just as he had predicted, the Ministry of Rites and Huang Arsenic, the deputy envoy of the State of Chu, had reached an agreement in secret, which was revealed to Zhao Hongrun's Zong Wei by the Right Attendant of the Ministry of Rites, who was in charge of signing the agreement.

However, the rubbings of the agreement, those specific terms, because they need to be kept secret, even Zhao Hongrun did not have the opportunity to read them with his own eyes, but Zhao Hongrun simply guessed that it was nothing more than a tacit understanding with the Chu State that Wang Xi of Qi would die in three or five years.

I have to say that this kind of deceit between countries made Zhao Hongrun a little unhappy, although he knew very well that the reason why the Ministry of Rites signed those treaties was for the prosperity of their Great Wei.

Merely......

"It seems that it is imperative for the Qi State to attack Chu, if the Qi State cannot severely damage the Chu State before his death, then, once he dies, the Entente of the Three Kingdoms of Qi, Lu, and Wei will become meaningless, and even my Great Wei may still favor the Chu State......

Zhao Hongrun believed that the Yiqi Wangxi must also be able to predict this, so in order to prevent them from "rebelling" against the Great Wei, in the next three to five years, while he Qi Wangxi could still support his physical condition, he would inevitably launch an offensive against the Chu State, and at that time, they would have to send troops at the same time in accordance with the agreement.

If the state of Chu can be severely damaged in a war, then a few years after the death of King Xi of Qi, it will naturally be peaceful, but if the state of Qi cannot hit the state of Chu hard, it will be troublesome.

At that time, out of consideration for its own interests, Great Wei is very likely to reach a tacit understanding with Chu and jointly attack the two countries of Qi and Lu, which means that Zhao Hongrun's sixth brother Zhao Hongzhao may face the embarrassment of being an enemy of Great Wei.

What a garbled word can describe! (To be continued.) )