"The things ordered by the Queen Mother Qin Jin, and the princes, the ministers and brothers have been promulgated, and the disputed border with the Taoqiu of the Qin State, my country took the initiative to concede, and the Gaotang and Plains occupied by the Zhao State no longer insist on asking for it...... The funeral envoys sent to various countries before have also returned, and the five kingdoms of Qin, Zhao, Chu, Wei, and Han are all willing to be friendly with Qi, but on the Yan side, no envoys have come to ......."

The next morning, Hou Sheng was left behind and reported to the queen the results of diplomacy since February. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Since the time of King Qi Wei, the state of Qi has reformed the official system, and under the Xiangbang, it has set up "five officials", namely Daxing, Datian, Dasi, Dasi, and Daji, who are in charge of diplomacy, economy, military, criminal law, and supervision. Hou Sheng had been a confidant of the Qi Palace before, responsible for receiving the envoys of the princes, and now he is in charge of foreign affairs, which is handy.

But after today's report, he had no intention of leaving, but stopped talking.

The queen spoke in Hou Sheng, while listening, while burying her head in checking the recitals and calculations reported from all over the place, only occasionally clicked, and I don't know how long it took, when she raised her sour neck, she found that Hou Sheng was still there, and couldn't help frowning slightly:

"My brother, what else is going on?"

Hou Sheng bowed down and said: "Thanks to the trust of the Queen Mother, the younger brother was able to jump from a small confessor to one of the five senses, and he has a great responsibility." Under the fear of the younger brother, he also felt that he was not knowledgeable, so he has been reading the history books in the storage room these days, checking the diplomatic successes and failures of the Qi State for hundreds of years, hoping to learn a lesson from the predecessors and make up for the shortcomings of the younger brother. Yesterday, I saw a historical event, and I felt something, so I wanted to share it with the Queen Mother......"

Saying that, Hou Sheng also took the initiative to come up and pinch the sore shoulders for the queen, the two were originally blood sisters, because Hou Sheng was much younger than the queen, and the queen regarded him as her other son, so she didn't have to be too shy about it, so she smiled and said: "Then you can tell me and listen to it." ”

Hou Sheng rolled his eyes, and then told the story that Cai Ze told him......

"More than 300 years ago, when Jiang Qi was still in power, when Qi Qinggong was in power, although Qi was not as strong as the hegemony of Huan Gong and Guan Zhongshi, it was also strong. It happened that the Jin State sent an envoy to meet Qi Qinggong, this envoy was named Qike, and he was one of the secretaries of the Jin State, he was already slightly hunchbacked, walking with a limp, and it was very funny after boarding the Linzi court, Qi Qinggong's mother hid behind the curtain and saw this scene, so she felt funny, and couldn't help laughing......"

But Ke had a very strong self-esteem, so he was furious, and he endured it at that time, but when he returned to the Jin Kingdom and crossed the Yellow River, he sank his jade pendant into the river, and swore that if he didn't take revenge, he would not be able to live in this life! So this envoy, instead of making the relationship between Qi and Jin better, it was worse, in order to repay this shame, Ke repeatedly persuaded the Marquis of Jin to attack Qi. ”

The queen also read the history of Qi when she was young, and she had some impressions of this incident, so she said: "I know what happened later, a few years later, Ke became the secretary of the Jin State, and the Marquis of Jin made the Qi army to fight against Qi, but it was defeated in the battle of the saddle. But Ke personally commanded the chariot, chased Qi Qinggong and fled in embarrassment, around Huabu Mountain three times, and then Qi Qinggong and Che Youfeng Ugly Father exchanged positions and clothes, only to escape by luck and return to Linzi ......"

After that war, the Jin State forced the Qi State to sign a humiliating peace treaty: first, he wanted Qi Qinggong's mother, Xiao Tong's uncle, who had once mocked the generalissimo of Yin, to be a hostage in the Jin State; Second, it is necessary for Qi to change all the ridges and valleys in the territory to an east-west direction - "as far as the east and its acres", so that the station and train of the Jin State can easily drive into the Qi country at any time.

For the Qi State, this is an unprecedented shame!

However, this is Jiang Qi's business, and Tian Qi has nothing to do, so the queen turned her head and asked Hou Sheng: "You tell me about this, what do you want to show?" ”

Hou Sheng let go of his hand, and cautiously tested: "The younger brother heard that Chang'an Jun has asked the Empress Dowager of Zhao to propose to An Pingjun, and wants to marry Tian Jia as his wife. ”

The queen was awe-inspiring: "You mean, you are afraid that Chang'anjun will become another Keke?" ”

Hou Sheng bowed: "However, after the Queen Mother took power, the national policy of Qi was to be cautious in Qin, to communicate with the princes in good faith, not to make enemies, and not to form alliances, but for no reason, but to form a hatred with Chang'an Jun for taking his wife, I'm afraid it's not appropriate, right?" ”

The queen was still a little unimpressed: "No matter how much Chang'an Jun is favored by the Empress Dowager of Zhao State, he is also a powerless and powerless son, can Zhao State still be an enemy of my Qi State for the sake of his marriage?" ”

"Naturally not in the short term, and it may not be in three or five years, but Chang'anjun is by no means an ordinary son, and his future is limitless. The Queen Mother must also remember that when he was hostage in Linzi, in just a few months, he asked the sons of Jixia to serve Xian, said in the court that Teng Geng was dead, and asked the king to cut off Qin and Zhao, and raise troops to attack Yan. Although this son is young, his speech and demeanor reminded his younger brother of a person......"

The queen asked, "Who?" ”

Hou Sheng became solemn: "Meng Weijun, Tian Wen!" ”

Speaking of this person, the queen couldn't help but gasp, this person used to be the pride of the Qi country, but later, he became the nightmare of all the Qi people, he was the culprit of the collapse of the Qi country!

"Chang'an Jun is a man, wise and faithful, generous and loving, virtuous and respectful, quite a Meng taste. I heard that after he returned to Handan, hundreds of people from Zhao Kingdom rushed to take refuge, and when he went to Yan State as an envoy, there were also many Yan scholars who were willing to be his guests, and the fame of Chang'an Jun had spread throughout the three kingdoms of Yan, Zhao and Qi. In my opinion, this person's status in the future will be no less than that of the Plains and Xinling, which are now hot in Zhao Wei. In addition, he has always repaid virtue with virtue and repaid grievances with grievances, even if he has no status in Zhao State in the short term, but ten or twenty years later, Chang'an Jun will be in power in Zhao State, or will he be in power in another country? At that time, it will definitely be like Meng Weijun retaliating against the detention of Qin and retaliating against King Min of Qi for his dismissal, and he will take revenge on Qi State frantically. ”

Hou Sheng was alarmist for a while, and the queen was also frightened, but she still hesitated and said: "But give Tian Jia a marriage and let her stay in the country, so that An Pingjun will not dare to give advice to other countries, this is the king's last life......"

Hou Sheng was also bold at this time, and said in an accentuated tone: "You don't have to follow the chaos of life!" ”

"How dare you say that the last life of the former king was a chaotic life!?" The queen was furious.

At the moment when the queen was about to attack, Hou Sheng bowed down and said sincerely: "Queen Mother, my brother is just telling the truth today. Sealing Tian Jia as a princess and marrying in the country is really a good idea, which is to put the grievances between the former king and An Pingjun in the first place, and put the interests of the Qi country in the second place! Now that the queen mother is in power, she should learn from the good governance of the previous king, get rid of its bad policies, and make it difficult for An Pingjun, and choose to make enemies with Chang'an Jun, and Zhao Guosheng, the ministers think it is unwise, and the people will hear about it, and they will also feel that the royal family is mean and unkind, and they are afraid of resentment. ”

"Besides, the son of An Pingjun is still staying in the Qi country, and he is not afraid of his nonsense. The Queen Mother might as well promise Tian Jia to Chang'an Jun as a princess, and when she comes, she can make the world's public opinion praise this beautiful thing; Second, An Pingjun will be relieved and grateful for the kindness of the Queen Mother; Third, Chang'an Jun will also be overjoyed, and the relationship between Qi and Zhao can be restored as before. Isn't this the harmony between the western neighbors that the Queen Mother wants? ”

Cai Zejiao's words were very long, and Hou Sheng memorized half of them, and he played some of himself, and his mouth was about to dry up, but fortunately, his words finally reached the queen's heart.

As early as before the coffin of King Qi Xiang, the queen had already told her deceased husband the truth: all this may be that King Qi Xiang was jealous of Tian Dan and wanted Tian Dan to have a hard time in his old age......

At the moment of his death, he may not have really put the interests of Qi State first.

King Qi Xiang is still in the whirlpool of politics, repeating the mistakes made by the previous generation, and sticking to the limitations of conspiracy and power, which makes people feel petty and lose his kingly demeanor.

And what about her? Should I continue to repeat my husband's mistakes, or should I make a different choice for the sake of Qi and the stability of my son's throne?

Perhaps Hou Sheng is right, tolerance is indeed easier to win the hearts of the people than being mean, and it can also calm down the incomprehension and anger of the government and the opposition about the royal family's refusal to recall Tiandan.

The queen hesitated for a long time, and finally made up her mind.

"Since this is the case, the old woman will cancel the marriage, anyway, there is no time to talk about this matter with outsiders, and in another four months, after the first king is buried, let Chang'an Jun come to Qi to welcome his relatives......"

She sighed: "Another princess is married, and the old woman has to lose a lot of dowry, I hope that as you said, Chang'anjun has a great future and has a lot of talent, otherwise, this is a loss-making deal......"

……

The queen left Hou Sheng to eat, and when he left, he went to the palace where the "Princess Jia" was.

King Qi Xiang has been out of the funeral for almost a month, but there is still a black and white funeral cloth hanging here, cold and lonely, miserable, after all, Tian Jia has been insisting on filial piety, eating some mourning food every day, she has also lost a lot of weight, and she looks even more pitiful.

However, in terms of etiquette, she was still very decent, and pretended not to let Hou Sheng pass the word, and curtsied at him: "I've seen Daxing, but I don't know what happened to Daxing today?" ”

Hou Sheng secretly said that this girl is really lucky, even if An Pingjun loses power, but he has such a generous gentleman as Chang Anjun. He did all this, not only for the sake of the ten pairs of land separation weapons, but also for Chang'an Jun's future power, and to look at people's experience in the future, he felt that this son was by no means simple.

So he coughed lightly, let the irrelevant people leave, walked a few steps, and whispered: "The princess asked me to convey the words of Chang'anjun, and it has been brought to the ......."

As soon as these words came out, Tian Jia's eyes suddenly lit up, and he raised his head, his face full of expectation: "How does Chang Anjun reply?" ”

Hou Sheng touched his beard and said with a smile: "Princess Yan, life and death are broad, talk to Zicheng, and Chang'anjun asked me to reply ......"

"If you don't believe it, it's like a sun!"