Chapter 2 The general trend of the world

"Last year, the king of Qi died, and the world was already shocked, and now he is a year old, and the king of Wei is also gone. I don't know where the general trend of the world is going? Zhao Bao saw that Zhao Yong's face was like water, he was not surprised, and wanted to say something to test it, but he didn't expect him to move.

"King Wei passed away, although it was not like the king of Qi last year, he had already known about it. But in the past two years, the Wei State has been sticking to the city, and even if there is a small disagreement with the Chu State, it has also retreated, which also shows some clues. Wu Guang said. Although he is now at the decision-making level, he has completely cut off contact with his own people in the military, not because he is voluntary, but in the past two years, Zhao Yong has accelerated the reform of the army, many generals and young officers with outstanding military achievements have taken important positions, and some older generals who are also negligent in the battle formation have left their positions and arranged in Sima Mansion, most of them are idle positions, and the officials are promoted to one level, and some can even let their children and grandchildren take their positions. These people also have no desires and no desires. As a Sima, he has really become a logistics officer.

"The most important thing now is not how we deal with the death of King Wei, but how the world should change." Le Yi saw that Zhao Cheng had no intention of speaking, so he said directly.

"Yes, the new mourning of the Wei State may not be a big move, but it is necessary to embankment the Qin State and send troops to Hangu to attack the Wei State." Fei Yi couldn't help but say.

Zhao Yong listened to the speeches of the five ministers, but he was not in a hurry to express his position. As Wu Guang said, the death of King Wei has already been foreshadowed, and he has already made arrangements, although this day has finally come, but he is not too worried, and he has already had a chance in his heart.

Seeing that Zhao Yong's face was like still water, the five of them were silent, and finally pressed the head of the conversation and said no more. Over the past year or so, Zhao Yong has become more and more cherished by words, and the arrangements he made are often unexpected, but they are always hit, so that these five dare not make a mistake in front of him.

"According to Gu, although the Qin State will not send troops to Hangu, the Wei State may not raise troops for new deaths."

Everyone was puzzled, only Le Yi thought for a while and said, "The king is saying, the rhinoceros is ...... him"

Zhao Yong naturally knew that Le Yi and Gongsun Yan had a confidant relationship, but Le Yi was a person with a clear distinction between public and private, and he never mixed personal feelings in Zhao Guo's political affairs.

Last year, Sima Cheng died of illness and died in office. King Zhongshan asked the general orchestra to make Xiangguo. Le Chi is Le Yi's brother, and he has heard that Le Yi is deeply trusted by King Zhao in Zhao State, so he received a letter from King Zhongshan, in addition to reviewing the brotherly love, but further hoping that Le Yi asked King Zhao to let Zhao agree to reduce tariffs to facilitate trade between the merchants of the two countries.

Le Yi not only presented the letter to Zhao Yong, but also analyzed that Le Chi's move was by no means a flattering intention, but a test to test whether Zhao Guo's attitude towards Zhongshan was stable. Based on Le Yi's understanding of the orchestra pit, this person is by no means the same as Sima Cheng, who never forgets to preach the Central Plains etiquette in Zhongshan, but has ulterior motives. For this reason, Zhao Yongcai decided to make a plan, agreed to Lechi's request, and took the initiative to reduce the tariff on the road to Zhongshan. As a result, the businessmen who were doing more and more bleak business in Zhao finally saw the hope of life and went to Zhongshan to do business. For a time, there were traces of Zhao merchants all over Zhongshan, although Zhongshan made a lot of tax money, but also made the spies of Zhao become the guests of the ministers of Zhongshan.

At the same time, Sima Cheng's son Sima Xi became more and more close to Zhao Guo, which made Zhao Yong extremely happy.

"Gongsun Yan was humiliated by the Qin State, and he was bent on fighting wits with Zhang Yi, and at this moment he became the Prime Minister of the Wei State and rose up against the Qin State. The prime minister of the five kingdoms has been the king for a long time, but Qi Chu has a lot of different intentions, if the rhinoceros does not launch it again, I am afraid that he will become a laughing stock again. Zhao Yong said calmly. In fact, the King of Wei used Zhang Yi as his prime minister, and he may not be suspected of using the power of Qin to coerce Qi and Chu. However, the fox is cunning, the tiger is not stupid, and the Qin State has never been used by King Wei Hui, so it is not strange that he died so much and let Gongsun Yan replace Zhang Yi.

"If so, it will be detrimental to our country." Zhao Bao said.

The monarchs and generals of neighboring countries have passed away one after another, and the Zhao State is also in the throes of renewal. The veteran Zhao Xirong has made many meritorious contributions in Zhao Guo in his life, but since last year, he has been lingering on the sickbed, and the affairs of the county have been completely entrusted to Niu Jian and Li Yan. One of the two of them is old and strong, and the other is in the age of fighting, plus Zhao Gu and Lou slow to deal with it, Daijun not only did the general's affairs well, but even the defense was solid, and the Hu people came to commit crimes at the age of two, and the income was very limited. Despite this, neither of them is handsome, and Li Zhuo started with military training, and he still lacks something in marching and fighting.

Besides, near Handan, Lian Wu and Zhao Shan cooperated more and more tacitly, and also repelled several sneak attacks in Zhongshan, Lian Wu grew very fast, and brought Lian Po to the army for training. In the Baijin camp, Li Zhuo and Pang Nuan gradually became talents in the army, Pang Cong was transferred back by Zhao Yong to preside over the military affairs of Handan, and Zhao Guang was reassigned to garrison Gaotang. This made Zhao Guang go to Gaotang with a clear face.

Although Zhao Guo has a lot of talent reserves, in a short period of time, he still can't expect to produce another general who can be a big responsibility.

Even so, Zhao Yong still persuaded Zhao Bao and Zhao Cheng to prepare for the end of summer and early autumn this year, when the river entered the dry period, they would go out of the infinite gate and sweep the Loufu and Linhu grasslands to the northwest, and it was best to control the Dahei River Valley, cut off the main road for Linhu to advance eastward, and establish a cavalry here to reduce Zhao's increasingly heavy military expenditures. Therefore, if you follow Gongsun Yan to launch a war against Qin, then Zhao's northwest strategy will have to be put aside.

Is it to follow Gongsun Yan? Or continue with the Northwest Raiders? This is the number one problem in front of Zhao Yong.

"The king of Wei died, according to the rule, Zhou Tianzi should have a reward to mourn, and all the princes should also go to mourn." Zhao Yong stopped, looked at everyone and said.

"I'm afraid it depends on who Wei is going to invite."

"My country and South Korea are definitely going to go, King Qi Wei died, Wei sent people to mourn, of course Qi will go, Zhongshan people will not go, Song State Wei Guo Yan Guo may also send envoys, Qin State, it's hard to say."

"I'm afraid the people of the Qin State won't go." Le Yi said.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then they all nodded and admitted, if Qin Guo went, I was afraid that Gongsun Yan would close the door and let the dog go.

"Gu is actually more concerned about whether the Chu State will send someone to attend." Zhao Yong said.

Chu and Wei have been fighting for many years, and the two countries have fought each other's shameful wars, but as King Chu Huai gradually indulged in singing and dancing, King Wei Hui also intended to ease the relationship between the two countries.

However, if Gongsun Yan really wants to confront the Qin State, relying on the Three Jin Dynasty is simply a fool's dream, and the Qi State and the Yan State are separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, I am afraid that they will not be able to work hard, if they can bring in the strong reinforcement of the Chu State, then they will get twice the result with half the effort.

"What does the king mean, the funeral of King Wei Hui, we are going, in addition to condolences, we also have to listen to the truth and truth, and then decide whether to follow Gongsun Yan's strategy?" Le Yi frowned and asked, this seemed like a good idea.

"Pick someone who is smart. Also, don't go south from Zhangshui. Zhao Yong said, "Let's go to the party, pass through Fukou, pass through the eldest son, turn to Taihang Road and go south through Qinyang, the scenery along the way should be very good." ”

"In this way, I will go to Dongyang Pass in South Korea. Will the Koreans disagree with us going through? After all, no matter how you look at it, it seems to be full of provocation no matter how you look at it, if you don't go to the plains of the smooth road, but go through the mountains and mountains to the Shangdang area, which is disputed between China and South Korea. Wu Guang asked.

"No, it won't." Le Yi said, "I'm afraid that if we report in advance, the other party will welcome us, and we may not be able to say." ”

"Why is that?"

"Because lately, the state of Qin seems to be eyeing up and preparing to attack South Korea. The alliance signed between South Korea and China is about to expire, and although South Korea has obtained a lot of horses, it is extremely poorly trained, and it may be difficult to resist the attack of Qin. Therefore, if I am the king of Han, I am afraid that I will not care about the land of the party being told by others, but will encourage my country to participate in Gongsun Yan's plan, and it is best to repulse the Qin people to the area west of Hangu Pass, and then the king of Han can rest easy. ”

"I see!"

A few people, you said a word, and began to count the South Korean people who did not seek to improve, and would only be sandwiched between Qin and Chu as ******, but they didn't notice that Zhao Yong's face was already blue. Everyone suddenly realized, isn't the king of Korea the father-in-law of our king? So he quickly stopped talking and listened to Zhao Yong's next arrangement.

"So, who should this mourner send?"

"is making a candidate, Fu Ding is stable and introverted, and he is a pawn and a pawn, so he should be useful."

Zhao Yong nodded.

"The deputy envoy candidate, Sima Qian may be competent. He and Fuding have been friends for many years, and they have a tacit understanding, and if there is an accident, they can get out of the way. ”

Zhao Yong thought about it for a long time, and suddenly said to Zhao Bao: "What is Su Qin's position now?" ”

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then they remembered, isn't this Su Qin the person Le Yi brought back from Qi Country a year ago? When I met Zhao Yong, I was ready to be entrusted with a heavy task by Zhao Yong as soon as I signed up, but fortunately, a few people stopped him, so there was no such absurd thing, why did Zhao Yong bring him up again at this time?

Although Zhao Bao is getting older, his memory is not bad, although Su Qin's reputation is not obvious, but as Situ, who manages hundreds of officials, he can also come up with an answer after a little thought. "Returning to the king, Su Qin is in the Pawn Division, and he is an errand messenger." Listen to the errand, that is, the tea brother, if he has a job, he will arrange him to run errands, and if he has no job, he will wait for the dispatch.

"Let him go with him, Fu Ding and Sima Qian are the chief and deputy envoys, Su Qin will follow, and let Li Zhuo select a group of cavalry guards from the Baijin Battalion, remember, don't divulge the secrets of my cavalry."

"Yes."

"Alright, let's all disperse." Zhao Yong said, took the lead in standing up, walked out of the hall with his hands behind his back, and looked at the direction, it should be towards the harem.

"The king is in a panic, it seems that there is something big in the harem?" Wu Guang's gossip heart suddenly rose, and he couldn't help but say.

The other four looked at him like idiots, and left the hall one after another, Wu Guangwu was puzzled, and hurriedly grabbed Le Yi, "Aren't you curious, why did the king leave in a hurry?" ”

"Aren't you curious?" Le Yi smiled bitterly, "But we have already guessed why did the king leave?" ”

"Why?" Wu Guang asked with a puzzled expression.

"I just finished calculating King Han, where else can you go?" After Le Yi finished speaking, he had a gloating expression on his face.

"Ah, by the way, I'm going to coax Madame!"

(End of chapter)