What is power?

Zizhi knelt on the main hall, looking at the position where he once stood, and now he was respectful, no longer the fat figure, but the slightly obscene Lu Maoshou, and then he looked back, it was Su Dai with an excited face. Looking further back, through the main hall and looking at the distant horizon under the sky, he understood. Power is not what you want, you can get, but when you can see it, others will never see it.

He likes it.

"King, the envoy of Zhao State has left Jidu yesterday and returned to Handan."

"Well, what did the envoy of Zhao State say?"

"Yesterday, a certain handed over Ji Xu's handwritten letter to the envoy of Zhao State, and the envoy of Zhao State even said 'Properly', and originally wanted to thank the king, but according to what the king said, he resigned, and the envoy of Zhao left with a little regret."

"Hmm." Zizhi nodded, "What have the envoys of the Zhao Kingdom been busy with these days?" ”

"Nope." "It's just a casual visit to the thistle." ”

"Haven't seen any of the other subordinates?"

"Never."

Zizhi nodded and said with satisfaction, "In this case, you can retreat first." ”

"Whoa." He nodded, feeling that the money in his sleeve was a little heavy, he wiped his cold sweat, fortunately he didn't ask any more, otherwise he would have to wear a gang.

"What do you think, what is the intention of King Zhao's move?"

In the entire hall, they are already Zizhi's closest comrades-in-arms, and they are also his most powerful supporters of this usurpation, and only these people are worthy of his trust.

"From a certain point of view, Zhao Guo has always acted cautiously, slowly and steadily, and has never done anything dangerous. Its drastic reforms in Zhao State seem to be turned upside down, but in fact they are walking on thin ice. If you are not careful, Zhao Guo will never recover. is to think that Zhao Guo's move is nothing more than the fear of losing morality, and when the time comes, he will be embarrassed internally and externally, and he is afraid that he will lose the throne. ”

Zizhi was silent, and looked at Lu Maoshou again.

"I thought that Zhao Guo's behavior was quite strange, although he had the intention of self-preservation, but he was suspected of fanning the flames. Although the envoys of Zhao and his party were in good order, there was no guarantee that there would be no follow-up for other purposes. Therefore, I feel that this matter must not end here. ”

"Oh, what's your opinion?"

Lu Maoshou's face showed a fierce light, and his face was hideous and he made a murderous action, and everyone suddenly felt a cold neck, as if there was really a knife on their necks just now.

"It's... I'm afraid—" Zizhi twisted his beard and began to think about it in his heart.

In fact, he is not unloyal to Yan Wangxu, on the contrary, he feels that he can have today, it is precisely because of Yan Wangxu's promotion and reuse that today's situation would definitely not have occurred. He also deeply perceived that Yan Wang Xu was not a sage monarch, seeing that the Qi State was in full swing, and the Zhao State was increasing and increasing, but the Yan State was stagnant, maybe one day he would become a role like Zhongshan and become a puppet of the Zhao State and the Qi State, which was unbearable for Zizhi.

Every time Yan Wangxu talked to him about this matter, he was also worried, and always asked him how to deal with it. Zizhi knows the affairs of the Yan Kingdom well, and knows that the biggest problem of this ancient state is precisely in the north. The so-called external enemy is not appeased, internal worries are not eliminated, internal worries and external troubles are alternately affected. Zizhi's idea is very simple, that is, to first synthesize all the forces of the Yan State, and strive to sweep away the Hu people in the north, in the process, integrate the strength of the Yan State, establish his own authority, and then promote the reform of the Yan State through the authority obtained. In this troubled world, without a strong army, even if you want to reform, you can't protect yourself.

But after Yan Wang Hao knew his idea, he felt that the success rate was extremely high, but the process was too troublesome, since he wanted to gain authority, why bother so much, let you become the king, you don't have to worry that the army will not listen to you, and you can quickly put it into practice, wouldn't it be better.

Zizhi was frightened by Yan Wang's proposal, because in essence, the starting point of the two is the same, but in different ways, one is more gentle, and the other is more aggressive. The most unexpected thing is that Yan Wang Xu is willing to give up the throne to himself. This is really a strange news in the world, and after repeatedly confirming that Yan Wang Hao was not joking, the throne of the king began to be full of temptation again.

Yes, if you become the throne above all ten thousand people, you can become a prince admired by the world, and you can also realize your own revenge. It took more than ten years for the Zhao State to develop into its current state, and it took a long time for the Qin State to develop, but I firmly believe that with my method, while integrating the army and promoting reforms, it will definitely be able to greatly accelerate the pace of the Yan State's strength, and it will not take so long like other princes!

But this road is also very dangerous. First of all, since the Yan Kingdom is the oldest vassal state, its clan power is naturally very strong, and the prestige of the Yan King family in this land is very high, and rashly replacing him will definitely cause opposition from this group of people. Moreover, most of the officials of the Yan Kingdom, although most of them have become their followers, but they are just a combination of interests, because they are Xiangbang, they want to make some benefits, but let them rebel with themselves, I am afraid that many people will have to think about it for a long time. The most important thing is that although his brother is in the army, there are no longer a few people who support the prince, and the prince will definitely not sit still.

However, Zizhi also knows his advantage, that is, popularity. Over the years, he has accumulated a lot of popularity in the Yan Kingdom, and forming a party in the court does not mean that he has a bad reputation among the people, on the contrary, in the eyes of the Yan people, King Yan is not the Holy Lord Mingjun, but the son is a good assistant and a good man. He believed that with the subordinates in his hands and the popularity he had accumulated over the years, once King Yan was truly in the Zen position, other problems would be solved.

is because in the treatment of King Yan, Zizhi really doesn't want to be that kind of villain.

"The king's position is not yet secure, so he will kill the king of Chan and spread it, I am afraid that there will be more troubles." Su Dai said with some concern.

"No, no, no. This is a desperate plan. Lu Maoshou said, "The king's biggest worry is nothing more than that the crown prince Ji Ping will rebel." If you kill the Yan King's lineage, and the king rectifies it, who dares to say that you are not in the right position? In the past, the three families were divided into Jin, and now the three kingdoms of Han, Zhao and Wei stand together, who remembers that there was once a Jin country? ”

Therefore, the division of the three families of Han, Zhao and Wei has a very great impact on the latecomers, and it is precisely because the three families steal the throne of the princes as Shiqing, and Zhou Tianzi is powerless, so that everyone can see that as long as they have strength, everyone can become a prince, and it is the endless war of all countries, which is the most cruel place in the Warring States.

"No matter how delicately this is done, it will put the king in a very dangerous situation." Sudai is still holding on.

"There are priorities, how can everything be safe, when it is time to take risks, you must be quick to draw the knife."

Su Dai didn't say anything more and looked at Zizhi. Lu Maoshou also knows that the biggest obstacle now is Zizhi. As long as he can agree, everything will be handled easily, and he can even kill Yan Wang Hao and Prince Ping immediately and quietly, but these must be based on the premise of Zizhi's consent.

Ji Ping keenly felt that something seemed to be wrong today.

This is an intuition that can only be felt after living in the palace for a long time, and can only be felt after experiencing those days of restless sleep. He slowly left the mattress and drew his short sword from under his headrest. The whole body was pressed against the wall, silent. He even felt that the person outside, the footsteps were next door to him, the two were just separated by a wall, he glanced outside the house, that person should be squatting, there was no figure of him on the door, obviously this person was very sophisticated, not an ordinary reckless assassin.

Thinking of this moment, Ji Ping's heart was like ashes, finally, the old horseman was going to do it, kill himself, and then kill his father, and he could rightfully become the new king of Yan Kingdom. Haha, that's funny. Why didn't he see that Zizhi had such a bad intention, so that he went from an unknown official to a powerful minister, and now he has rebelled against the throne of King Yan. And I used to think that he was a loyal and good man!

It's just strange, this person is too deep in the city, too good at demagogy, and everyone is deceived by him. And that father, who has always regarded Yan Guo as the Yan King who is more important than anything else, why would he give up the position of Yan King to this person this time? If he really doesn't want to bear the heavy government affairs, he can leave it to himself!

But now, it's too late to say anything, tonight, tonight, at this moment, he and that foolish father will die from now on. He had actually secretly planned many plans to escape, but they were all guarded by the patrolling guards, and there was almost no room for him, and he had already thought that once he escaped, it would be best if he could assassinate the king, and if not, he would flee to Yi County, the lower capital of the Yan State, where he borrowed the troops of the Zhao State or the Qi State to attack Zizhi and help him regain the throne. And now all this no longer exists.

The blade of a knife pried open the deadbolt, and then a crack opened in both doors. He glanced at the bed quilt that had been pressed, held the knife, and slowly walked towards the collapse, carefully every step, lest he disturb others. Just as he gradually walked to the edge of the couch, through the moonlight reflected by the blade, he saw that there was no one on the couch at all, he was slightly stunned, and he felt the murderous aura behind him, he quickly turned around, just in time to see a sharp short blade had arrived in front of him, and if he didn't dodge, he would die on the spot. He quickly raised his head and retreated. Just as he was about to speak, Ji Ping's short sword followed in front of him again, this time the target was his own face, and it was also a merciless killing move. Although Ji Ping has never fought, he still knows some of these life-saving killing moves, and it is also to face the assassins in the future, so he didn't expect to use them now. Seeing that Ji Ping was not relentless at all, the man hurriedly raised his weapon to block the short sword, and shouted in a low voice: "Prince, it's a certain family!" ”

Prince Ji Ping was stunned when he heard this, "It's you!" ”

(End of chapter)