Chapter 40: Plotting to Attack Korea
Zhao Yong sat in front of Han Yan's couch in a daze, her face was pale, her lips were purple, and her breathing was like a gossamer, fragile like glass. Zhao Yong wiped the cold sweat on her head, and tidied up her messy hair, everything was done carefully.
Bian Que has personally diagnosed that Han Yan's disease is a congenital disease, although in the past few years, relying on the method of acupuncture and decoction, it is considered to be as healthy as a normal person, but in fact, it is still not completely cured. And all kinds of drugs are toxic themselves, so that over the years, the toxicity has accumulated too much, and now the oil is finally exhausted, and life is in the blink of an eye.
Zhao Yong did not blame Bian Que for this, he was already the best doctor in this era, but he was limited by the restrictions of the times and could not be completely treated. What's more, if there was no Bian Que, Han Yan might not have lived so long. It's just that God was too cruel to Han Yan, making her endure a lifetime of illness, and now she finally can't look past it and wants to take her away.
Zhao Yong's feelings for Han Yan are not warm, and even Han Qian can't compare. One is due to his disgust with political marriage, and the second is that he was just a prodigal son in love before he was reborn, and after he was determined to become a promising monarch, he was deeply involved in various politics and couldn't extricate himself. So many people know that although Han Yan is the queen, she is not the most favored one. Now that she has fallen ill, the harem is a little chaotic.
The door creaked, then slammed shut. He turned his head, and it turned out to be Han Qian walking in.
"The king has been taking care of my sister for a day, so let's go and rest first." Han Qian's eyes were hazy with tears, but she still couldn't help but persuade Zhao Yong.
Zhao Yong shook his head, "You have also taken care of you here for many days, and you can't untie your clothes, and you are more tired than me." He smiled as much as he could and said, "It's better for you to go and rest, after all, the affairs of the harem still have to be presided over by you, so don't be tired." ”
Han Qian also shook her head, walked to Han Yan's couch and knelt down, looking at her sister's lifeless appearance, her thoughts, which had not yet adjusted, became fragile again.
"My sister's body is already weak, and it is a blessing to be able to support it until now. The king must not hurt himself with this, I'm afraid this is not what my sister wants to see. What's more, there is also a tired king of state affairs. ”
"It's okay, with Le Yi and others outside, there won't be any chaos." As he spoke, he took Han Yan's hand and put it on his cheek, "Lone has been busy for too long, and it's time to take some time to accompany Yan'er." ”
Han Qian looked at Zhao Yong's doting eyes, and suddenly felt a little jealous, but thinking that this was what her sister bought at the cost of her life, and she felt sad for her sister. In this way, she looked at Zhao Yong, Zhao Yong looked at Han Yan, and time seemed to be frozen, silently.
Suddenly, there was another knock at the door, followed by Fu's voice: "King, Sikong, Yushi and Guowei ask to see you, saying that there is an important matter and you want to see the king." ”
Zhao Yong was slightly stunned, since Han Yan fell ill, he had handed over almost all state affairs to the White Tiger Hall Zhuqing to deal with. The nobles of the Zhao royal family were suppressed by him to the top, and the two sides maintained superficial cooperation, and as Le Yi, Wei Yi and Pang Cong and others gradually grasped power, his position became more and more consolidated, so he didn't have to worry about being hollowed out now, but for the same reason, the pressure of reform in Zhao was increasing, and many aspects were almost stagnant.
At this moment, the three of them can come together, presumably the matter has reached a position where he has to decide, and it should be that there is news from the Qin State. He nodded at Han Qian, gently put Han Yan's hands on the couch, tucked the corners of the quilt for her, and then left the hall.
"Sister, if South Korea and Zhao really fight, how should I deal with myself?" She looked at Han Yan who was unconscious and couldn't help crying again. She doesn't care about politics, but that doesn't mean she doesn't know anything, it's just that she doesn't know how to deal with it according to her temperament. Above the empty hall, only her soft sobs remained.
"Meet the King." Zhao Bao, Le Yi and Wei Yi had not seen Zhao Yong for many days, and they were all shocked to see him so tired at this moment, no one thought that Han Yan's illness would make this usually high-spirited monarch become so decadent.
The three of them also wanted to comfort Zhao Yong, but Zhao Yong nodded and replied, "Let's talk while walking." ”
"The envoy of the Qin State has come to Handan, when to meet him, I have to ask the king to have an idea." Among the three people, Zhao Bao has the highest position, and he naturally starts to report problems.
A few people came to the back garden, which was a site opened up by Han Yan herself. There is also an artificial lake dug in the middle of the garden, where a few fish are raised, and it has become a rare place to relax.
"The envoy of the Qin State is coming, what is the matter?"
"Naturally, it's for the sake of Wu Sui." Zhao Bao responded, "The envoy brought Qin Wangji's handwritten letter of state, hoping to be able to strike the war with Zhao Guo, and Qin State is willing to send Wu Sui to Zhao State, in exchange, hoping that King Zhao can announce to the world and clearly support Qin Wangji to inherit the throne of Qin." As he spoke, he handed a bamboo tube to Zhao Yong, the bamboo tube was well sealed, obviously it had not been dismantled, this should be the Qin Guoguo letter in Zhao Bao's mouth.
Zhao Yong took the bamboo tube, took it apart and poured out a connected bamboo slip, he took out the bamboo slip and read it carefully, and the other three could only wait aside.
"Qin Wangji's words are sincere, and in order to show his sincerity, he is willing to send Wu Sui to Zhao State first, and after Zhao State receives it, he can also announce it to the world." As he spoke, he handed the bamboo slip to Zhao Bao and the three of them to see.
"In this way, Qin Guo will not use fraud this time." Zhao Bao looked relieved, he had been suppressed by the Qin State before, and now he was very happy to see that the Qin State in turn begged Zhao Guo for help, and also gave the city for free.
This also shows that although Qin's civil strife has not yet touched the country's capital, it still gives them a headache. It is to ask Zhao to support Qin, as long as Zhao agrees to this, the other princes just want to fish in troubled waters, and they have to weigh it, after all, Hangu Pass is not so easy to break. Wei Yu quickly saw the key to this, what the Qin State wanted was to pull the banner of the Zhao State and take time to settle the civil strife.
"Fortunately, the Qin State coincides with us." Le Yi smiled, "They want to pacify the civil strife, and we want to attack the wild king, and each takes what he needs." The crowd burst out laughing.
"Gongzi Zhuang's side, how is the situation now?"
"The news from Meng Ben doesn't seem to be very good." Le Yi is in charge of the Chinese army, and this kind of intelligence work is naturally reported by him: "Gan Mao is really not in vain, and the command and planning are also very orderly." Bai Qi is also as the king said, brave and good at fighting, unstoppable. The two of them cooperate with each other, but they also complement each other. If it weren't for us to exclude a small group of strange soldiers to help Gongzizhuang harass the local grain and grass logistics, I'm afraid Gongzizhuang would have been unable to support it a long time ago. ”
"Now, Gongzizhuang takes Liyang as the center, relying on the grain and grass accumulated by Liyang for many years, and his life is quite uncomfortable. We have been asked for support many times. I am worried that if we don't take measures, Gongzizhuang may not be able to hold out for too long, and if so, then the war between us and South Korea will inevitably lead to it. ”
Zhao Yong watched the swimming fish in the pond in front of him rise and fall, and there was a faint sound of frolicking not far away, and he frowned. Zhao Yi, who was following behind, understood and whispered to the black-clothed guard beside him, but the guard nodded and disappeared behind everyone.
"I remember that you said last time that you already have a suitable candidate to go to Gongzi Zhuang's side and take full control of all the affairs of the Chinese army in the Qin State, how is this matter?"
When the other two heard this, they didn't even know about it, so they looked at Le Yi one after another.
"There is no problem, this person has already agreed to this, as long as the king gives the order, this person can leave."
Zhao Yong nodded, thinking for a while, "You can do this with confidence, as soon as you have any affairs, you can come to see Yu Gu in person." ”
Le Yi neither expected that Zhao Yong would mention this matter in front of the three of them, nor did he expect that Zhao Yong would give him full authority for this matter.
"Your Majesty, in this case, it is time to mobilize the army and carry out the plan of raiding the wild king." Wei Yi reminded Zhao Yong.
"Hmm. On this expedition, I will not personally bid farewell to the two generals, and the affairs of the White Tiger Palace will be in charge of the secretaries of the White Tiger Palace, military and government affairs, non-urgent matters, and a daily report. ”
"No." The three of them agreed, and they actually knew that it was not that Zhao Yong didn't pay attention to this matter, but that they felt in their hearts that they were ashamed to do so to the Han sisters.
(End of chapter)