Chapter 167: Tao Qiujun and Cao Gong

Hearing Hui Shi say this, Dai Yan couldn't say anything more. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info but although Hui Shi said that he didn't want to enter politics anymore, Dai Yan still heard his desire to build a career!

Hui Shi has done this as a great country, and he is a famous man with rich experience in governance, and he is definitely a first-class talent in the world! Since Hui Shi will stay in the Song Kingdom in the future, then maybe he can work him in the future. Dai Yan thought silently in his heart.

So Dai Yan asked for the addresses of Hui Shi and Zhuangzi, and then left and got back on the road.

Dai Yan didn't know that before he returned to Suiyang, the magnates of the Song Kingdom began to argue over his whereabouts.

Before leaving the Song State to go to the Qi State as a hostage, he was already a great pedestrian of the Song State, and now he has returned to China as a proton, which is a great contribution to the Song State. Such a great merit must be rewarded!

And what else is the position above the big pedestrian? It's nothing more than the position of the Three Princes! In the Song Kingdom, that is, Xiangguo (Sicheng), Si Kou, and Sima.

However, the people who occupied these three positions, one was the head of the Le clan, the largest prince, the mastermind of the prince, and the other was the representative of the ordinary nobles of the Song State. It can be said that none of these three positions can be moved! Moreover, these three people are also unwilling to give up such a noble position!

Therefore, when Dai Yan returned to Suiyang, except for the monarch who summoned him once, no important ministers of the Song State had contact with him at any other time.

Everyone is keeping a kind of silence, hoping that they can slowly fade the credit of Dai Yan as a quality in this way, and the matter will not be resolved in the end, and it will be easier to send Dai Yan away in the end.

However, the development of things was not as good as everyone expected, and ten days after Dai Yan returned to China, the envoy from the northern Zhao State suddenly made the entire Song State have to face this problem.

Because the envoy of Zhao brought the mission of Zhao Houyong, who is now famous all over the world, Zhao Guo is willing to marry Song Guo and marry Zhao Xue, the sister of Zhao Hou, to Song Guoxian's son!

Such a marriage is definitely a big advantage for the Song Kingdom!

You must know that in the world at this time, although there is no longer a restriction on etiquette and law in the marriage, the two parties to the marriage attach great importance to strength. The princess of a great country, the object of marriage must be the prince of a great country or the prince of a great country!

Now Zhao Xue, the princess Zhao Guo is going to marry, is also famous in the world. Everyone in the world knows that it was this princess who led 3,000 cavalry to break the Qin army on the Qin-Zhao border, so that the 10,000 Qin army was wiped out!

And this princess herself is the sister of the same father and mother as Zhao Hou, not only the princess of Zhao State, but also the eldest princess of Zhao State!

Such an identity, to put it mildly, is not worthy of today's Song Hou Zixi's identity! And Zhao Guo is willing to marry the prince of Song Guo with such a noble princess, this is definitely a move made by surrendering his identity!

If Song Guo can get such a noble princess, then he will definitely be able to get such a strong reinforcement from Zhao State in the future, which is a great benefit to Song Guo! Of course, it is impossible for Song Guo to refuse such a marriage, but how to deal with Dai Yan has become a big problem!

Zhao Guo surrendered his identity so much to win over Song Guo, how could Song Guo not appreciate it? And if Dai Yan becomes the prime minister of the Song Kingdom with such strong reinforcement as Princess Zhao, there will be no problem!

This made Song Guoxiang Guo Lecheng worried, as a person who has tasted enough of power, the pain of losing power, but no one is willing to bear it.

Just when Le Cheng was at a loss, he suddenly received the news of the visit of Kou Huarong, the secretary of the Song Kingdom. After getting the news, Le Cheng hurriedly welcomed Hua Rong into his home and discussed it carefully.

"I don't know what happened to Si Kou's visit today?" As soon as the two sides sat down, Le Chengcheng asked.

Hua Rong smiled when he saw this, and said: "Why do you want to ask Xiangguo knowingly, I naturally came here today for the marriage of Zhao Guo!" Xiangguo should know that Zhao Guoxuan condescended to the noble and married the princess to Ziyan, and the monarch had already decided to agree. However, how to deal with Ziyan, we need to discuss it carefully. ”

Le Cheng said with a wry smile: "Since the monarch has decided to agree to the request for marriage, is Si Kou here to persuade me to give up the Song Kingdom?" ”

Seeing Le Cheng's sad expression, Hua Rong replied: "The status of Xiangguo is respected, if the king goes up to the Xiangguo phase, there will definitely be a turmoil in my Song Kingdom!" How can we let Xiangguo give up the phase? In the next place, I just discussed the whereabouts of Ziyan with Xiangguo, and I had no other intentions! ”

Le Cheng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he learned that he could still keep his position, but he then asked with some suspicion: "If Ziyan can't take charge of the state affairs of the Song State, then the marriage between the Zhao State and my Song State is meaningless, how can the Zhao State accept such a result?" ”

Hua Rong replied, "Not really! As long as Ziyan has a high status in my Song Kingdom and can speak in the Song Kingdom, this marriage will naturally be meaningful. In fact, Ziyan is a quality of Qi, and he has made great contributions to my Song country, and the monarch has long had the intention of rewarding merit. Although Ziyan is the feudal monarch of my Song Kingdom, there is a Fengyi as a food estate, but such a small yi does not meet the identity of a feudal monarch. Junshang's previous plan was to add a seal to Ziyan and make him a veritable feudal monarch, but it has never been determined. Now that Zhao is willing to marry with our country, the king has made up his mind to give Ziyan a bigger fief and honor his status! In this way, Ziyan has a noble status in the Song Kingdom, but he is not in charge of the national affairs of the Song Kingdom, and the Xiangguo is still the prime minister of my Song Kingdom, and my Song Kingdom is still safe and sound. It's the best of all three worlds! ”

Hearing Hua Rong's words, Le Cheng was really relieved, and then he asked: "Ziyan now has a Fengyi as a food town, and there are few cities above Fengyi in my Song Kingdom." Could it be that the king decided to seal Peng Cheng to Ziyan? ”

Hua Rong shook his head and said to Le Cheng: "Xiangguo guessed wrong, Pengcheng, as one of the three capitals of the Song Kingdom and the most important big city in the southeast, how could it be sealed out?" The king just wanted to seal Taoqiu to Ziyan. ”

As soon as he heard this, Le Cheng's face immediately changed greatly: "Feng Taoqiu? Your Excellency is really bold! Now Taoqiu is the world's place, the intersection of water transportation, is the world's richest city, even Suiyang compared with it, is also very inferior! The king just sealed the Taoqiu out, isn't it distressing at all? ”

When Hua Rong heard this, he said indifferently: "Tao Qiu's status, Xiangguo really sees it very accurately. However, it is difficult to say how much effect Taoqiu has in our Song country today. Since the signing of the "Treaty of Taoqiu" more than two years ago, the control of our Song State over Taoqiu has become weaker and weaker. Taoqiu's position in the world is too important, if Taoqiu is allowed to develop like this, this place will definitely no longer be owned by my Song Kingdom in the future!

Rather than losing such a strategic place in vain, it is better to seal this place to Ziyan. With his relationship with the princess of Zhao State, this city can also be regarded as the sphere of influence of Zhao State, and Zhao State will definitely not sit idly by and watch Taoqiu fall into the hands of other countries! And with the forces of Zhao here, we will definitely be able to suppress Wei and Qi, and our Song State will be able to protect this city. In this way, why can't Taoqiu be sealed to Ziyan?

On the contrary, if as Xiangguo said, Peng Cheng was given to Ziyan, it would be a big bad thing for my Song Kingdom! You must know that Ziyan already has Fengyi, if it is connected to Pengcheng, and it is close to the East China Sea behind it, the princes there can get these fiefs because of Ziyan's merits! With such a vast area connected together, if you add the strong reinforcement of the extraterritorial Zhao State, Pengcheng will be able to compete with Suiyang in the future! So, how will we deal with ourselves? If the Song Kingdom is not chaotic, it will be chaotic! ”

After listening to Hua Rong's analysis, Le Cheng also nodded secretly, he really didn't think it through. In today's situation, giving Taoqiu to Ziyan is the most beneficial policy for the Song State and everyone.

After Song Guojun and Xiang reached an agreement, things became extremely smooth. Song Junzixi first personally summoned Dai Yan in the court and officially named him Taoqiu Jun, and Taoqiu City and the surrounding fifty miles are his food towns!

With such a vast fief, Dai Yan's status is already similar to that of the princes of small countries. Since Taoqiu and the surrounding areas are the territory of the Cao State in history, Dai Yan has to be sealed here, which means that the people of the Cao State who have been destroyed for more than a hundred years have a new monarch, and Dai Yan has also received a new honorific title: Cao Gong!

Just like the current Jingguo Juntian Baby, who is called Xue Gong!

Subsequently, the Song State also officially agreed to the marriage with the Zhao State.