Chapter 278: Curves Save the Country

After Su Qin's failed experience of lobbying the Qi State was transmitted back to Taoqiu, Dai Yan immediately analyzed Su Qin's achievements and reformulated the plan for lobbying the Qi State!

First, he adjusted the purpose of the lobbying. At that time, when he sent Su Qin to the Qi State, he heard that this Zongheng family, who had a great reputation in history, volunteered, and Su Qin also thought that he was sure to say that the Qi State was on his side, so Dai Yan gave Su Qin full authorization and let him play freely.

When Su Qin failed, Dai Yan saw Su Qin's plan and immediately found the biggest loophole in Su Qin's plan: Saying that the king of Qi was on Taoqiu's side!

For Dai Yan, Su Qin's goal was set a little high, but Tao Qiu didn't need such a high goal at all. A big country like Qi has full initiative in the Song civil war, if you want to move Qi to stand on their side, then you must give Qi enough benefits, obviously, in terms of the benefits given, Taoqiu is not as good as Suiyang, so let Qi stand on Taoqiu's side, the probability is naturally very low.

In this Song civil war, Dai Yan did not need Qi to completely stand on Taoqiu's side, if Qi remained neutral in the Song civil war, it would be the greatest gospel that Dai Yan could achieve. This is actually Dai Yan's original intention, he thought that Su Qin's reputation in later generations was so loud, he should be able to understand what he meant. However, after all, Su Qin was weak in his age, and he made some mistakes in judging what Tao Qiu needed, which was also the most fundamental reason for Su Qin's failure.

He adjusted this goal first, he didn't need to let Qi Guo completely stand on Taoqiu's side, he just needed Qi Guo not to stand on Suiyang's side and remain neutral.

Secondly, Su Qin's failure in the Qi State was actually a problem with the object of his lobbying. And he also ignored that within the Qi State, there was a powerful figure who was always hostile to Tao Qiu and stood on Suiyang's side: Tian Ying.

As long as Tian Ying is here, he and his affiliated forces will inevitably be strongly hostile to Taoqiu. No matter how sharp Su Qin's tongue is, it is impossible for Tian Ying to stand on Taoqiu's side. In other words, this lobbying involves not only Qi's diplomacy against Song, but also Qi's own internal strife!

If you want the Qi State to remain neutral and not stand on Suiyang's side, you must make the Qi King and his family contain Tian Ying's forces. However, the current King of Qi has been blinded by the painting cakes given by Tian Ying and even the courtiers of Qi State, it can be said that he only sees the benefits, and completely ignores the risks.

Therefore, if you want to succeed in lobbying, you must find the real rational faction in the Qi Wang family! Find a person who can rationally analyze the situation and see what is at stake. Such a person, in the eyes of Dai Yan, who always pays attention to the internal affairs of the surrounding countries, has the best candidate: Zhong Wuyan (salt)!

Since Zhong Wuyan is such a shocking figure, after recommending herself to become the king of Qi, her name of the saltless girl has also been quietly changed to Wuyan, after all, only her shocking face can be worthy of this name!

Although Zhong Wuyan is extremely ugly, Dai Yan has to admit that this person is a natural politician, and he is extremely rational in analyzing problems and handling national politics. With her assisting King Qi, today's Qi State rarely makes stupid moves, and she is a real rational figure within Qi State. If Zhong Wuyan is moved, then it will definitely not be difficult to keep the Qi State neutral.

But Zhong Wuyan is really a strange person. is obviously a very talented person, after becoming the king of Qi, he did not promote any cronies, but only exerted influence as the think tank of the king of Qi. And this queen of Qi has always lived in a simple house, rarely going out of the palace, and it is not a simple matter to find and talk about her.

Fortunately, Dai Yan, as Tao Qiujun, came to Qi to save himself, and laid a chess piece next to Tian Pijiang, who was still the prince of Qi at the time, and now it is time for this chess piece to work. Dai Yan knew that the price required to use this chess piece was also extremely huge, but now he can afford such a price. He can give even more!

In the palace of Qi State, a young palace maid walked out of the palace gate, but the guards did not dare to stop it! Because in the palace, all the guards knew that this palace maid was a close confidant of the most favored princess of King Qi today, Concubine Xia!

Concubine Xia is not only in the court, but also in Linzi, and even in the entire Qi country. Her fame spread throughout the Qi country due to the big mouth of the Qi people, and she was on a par with that virtuous and ugly queen! Now the big-mouthed Qi people evaluate the King of Qi, and they will say that the King of Qi: There is nothing to do, and there is nothing to do in summer and spring!

Xia Yingchun, a dancing girl from Zhao State, can have such a status today, which even she couldn't imagine. As a dancing girl who has been trained since childhood, she and Zhong Wuyan are two extremes. She doesn't have Zhong Wuyan's talent, but she has a beautiful face, a tsundere body, superb dancing and music talents, and everything in her body is used to please men. She is the top stunner in the world!

And there were so many good qualities in her that in her early years she was regarded as the most precious treasure, between merchants and nobles. Later, she was sent to Dai Yan, who was the feudal monarch of the Song State and a great traveler. This stunner Dai Yan was reluctant to eat herself, and later, in order to save her life, she was given to the beautiful Prince Tian Bijiang of Qi State.

Tian Bijiang got this glamorous stunner, and immediately exerted his influence to save Dai Yan's life. For Dai Yan, this is just a transaction, but for Xia Yingchun, a transaction, it is a step for her to reach a higher level.

When Tian Bijiang was the crown prince of Qi, she had already become the crown princess. And after Tian Bijiang became the king of Qi, she became the princess of Qi. From now on, she is no longer the dancing girl who can be traded at will, she has a noble identity - Concubine Xia. In today's Qi country, except for the only two people, everyone else has to prostrate under her skirt!

Even Yilan, a close confidant who followed her, began to rise. In the court, the guards have to be polite to Yilan, and Xia Yingchun is not disgusted by this, because her cronies have prestige, which is a symbol of her power!

Yilan went out of the palace to purchase goods for Xia Yingchun, and a large number of people hugged her and followed her to please her. When she walked into the Qi Country Bazaar, she was immediately stopped by two young men.

Just as she wanted someone to drive her away, the older young man bowed down to Yilan and said, "In Xia Su Qin, she is a distant relative of Princess Xia. Here is a letter, I hope you can help me bring it to Princess Xia, I will be grateful! After speaking, Su Qin took out a letter from his sleeve, plus a small mirror, and handed it to Yilan.

When Yilan heard that the young man in front of her was related to her master, she didn't dare to slack off immediately. Hurriedly took the letter and mirror in Su Qin's hand, when she saw the letter, she didn't have any expression, but when she saw the mirror, there was surprise in her eyes that couldn't be hidden!

Such a mirror turned out to be something she could not understand at all, its surface was extremely smooth, and the reflection was clearer than the top bronze mirror! She put away the letter, picked up the bronze mirror and asked Su Qin, "Is this mirror also for the princess?" ”

Su Qin grinned his teeth and smiled brightly: "No, this is a thank you gift!" ”

Receiving such a precious gift, Yilan was overjoyed. She quickly asked Su Qin's name and address, and asked people to purchase the things that the princess needed, and then returned to the Qi court with the letter that Su Qin handed over to him.

As soon as she returned to the palace, Yilan immediately found her master, Xia Yingchun, handed over the letter to her, and truthfully reported to her what happened to Su Qin.

After Xia Yingchun opened the letter and read it, he fell into silence. Immediately, she still instructed Yilan Dao: "You send someone to invite Su Qin over and see what he has to say to me." ”

Soon, Su Qin, as Concubine Xia's "distant relative", entered the palace and met the famous princess in the living room of the palace.

Xia Yingchun couldn't help but glance at Su Qin when she saw that Su Qin was so young and could be sent as an envoy by her former master. Then she asked, "Su Qin, since you are the envoy of Cao Gong, naturally you also came with Cao Gong's order. Cao Gong said in the letter that he wanted me to look at the situation of the year, and said that the king of Qi should not interfere in the Song civil war and remain neutral in this civil war. But I think you all know very well, although I have some reputation in Qi and some status in front of the king, but now the king has decided to stand on the side of Suiyang and make enemies of you, if I forcibly advise the king, maybe I will anger the king! Just based on the love of the year, Cao Gong wanted me to take such a big risk, this is too much, I can't accept it! ”

Seeing Xia Yingchun's behavior, Su Qin smiled slightly, and said: "The princess doesn't have to worry too much, since I want the princess to persuade the king of Qi, we naturally have a way to protect the princess, and pay the princess enough expensive reward!" If the princess agrees to help us, we will not only not damage the princess's status in the Qi country, but will also strengthen the princess's position! ”

When Xia Yingchun heard Su Qin say this, he said with some interest: "What is the reward you said?" What good can you do me by letting me undermine the king's trust and help you lobby the king? ”

Su Qin said to Xia Yingchun: "Princess, please wait for a while!" Then he went out of the parlor and ordered something to be brought in.

It is a human-tall screen-like object wrapped in hay and linen. In Xia Yingchun's curious gaze, Su Qin directly ordered someone to remove all the gauze and hay, and a huge glass mirror appeared in front of Xia Yingchun!

The mirror has an extremely smooth surface with a layer of silver plating on the back, and the entire mirror is mounted on a finely crafted wooden frame. Xia Yingchun just glanced in the mirror, and she couldn't take her eyes off anymore!

How can there be such a clearly visible mirror in the world? Her heart was horrified. As King Qi's favorite concubine, Xia Yingchun has absolute confidence in her appearance, but she has always had a regret that she can't see her appearance clearly and can't dress herself up in the way she likes!

As the saying goes: women are those who please themselves! In today's era, women have tried their best to modify their appearance and see their faces clearly. The common people at the bottom would fill the basin with water to serve as a mirror; And the upper nobles will grind the copper to be extremely smooth to make a copper mirror to use! Whether it is a basin or a bronze mirror, women are actually not happy to use it. Because they all have the biggest drawback: they are not clear enough!

However, the glass mirror that Su Qin provided to Xia Yingchun now was not the same mirror as before. In this mirror, Xia Yingchun saw herself clearly for the first time, saw her own beauty, and she even began to modify her makeup in front of this mirror despite the fact that Su Qin, an outsider, was here!

The glass mirror was sent to Linzi by Dai Yan as the first powerful ammunition to support the diplomatic offensive of Su Qin!