Taoqiu and Suiyang were both behemoths in the Song Kingdom. And both sides are not alone, they both have strong allies behind them. Therefore, as soon as the two sides want to fight a decisive battle, they begin to pull their allies to stand up for themselves.

Soon after Tao Qiu declared war on Suiyang, the state of Chu immediately made a clear statement: Tao Qiujun betrayed the king with his ministers, which was disloyal! The state of Chu should be the master of Song Jun and crusade against the rebellious actions committed by Tao Qiu!

Chu Guo's statement immediately caused a chain reaction. After Zhao Yong heard about the attitude of Chu State, he also expressed his position: Hua Rong and Le Cheng are the rebellious ministers and thieves of the Song State, and they will be imprisoned by the following crimes! Tao Qiujun, as the younger brother of Song Jun and the clan of the Song Kingdom, is a righteous move to clear the monarch's side at the critical moment of the Song State, and Zhao Guo will fully support Tao Qiu!

Zhao supported Taoqiu and did not directly send troops to Song to help Dai Yan, but directly sent troops to Wei and Han to help these two countries resist the invasion of Chu! Zhao Yong saw very clearly that the civil strife in the Song Kingdom, compared to the current overall situation in the world, was just a "storm in a teacup", which was irrelevant. It is impossible for the state of Chu to devote all its energy to the civil war of the Song Dynasty, as long as the state of Zhao suppresses the state of Chu by joining forces and contains the state of Chu at the strategic level, it is the best help for Dai Yan!

With the help of Zhao, Wei and Han were more confident in dealing with the invasion of Chu. At such a moment when there was a possibility of a great war in the world, the Qin State, under the guidance of Zhang Yi, chose to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, wanting to see the success or failure between the Three Jin Dynasty and the Chu State first!

Under such circumstances, the only person in the world who could interfere in the Song civil war was the Qi State in the east. Compared with the entire Song State, the Qi State itself is a larger and larger country, and in the current situation of the Song Civil Strife, the Qi State is undoubtedly a thick thigh relative to both sides! Tao Qiu and Suiyang, whoever can hug the thigh of Qi and get the support of Qi will be able to achieve the absolute advantage of the civil war!

As a result, Taoqiu and Suiyang had to send their best diplomatic talents to Qi to win support!

In Linzi, the country of Qi, two young men with a light grade on their faces, entered this bustling city from the west.

"Brother, you say, if we come to Qi this time, can we complete the task given to us by Cao Gongxing?" The younger boy asked cautiously.

The older young man, when he heard that his clan brother was so unconfident, encouraged him: "Su Dai, I am also a personal disciple of Mr. Guigu, how can you be so unconfident?" Thinking that Qi country is just a group of people who forget their righteousness for profit, how can they know the subtlety of vertical and horizontal arts? You don't see, Zhang Yi, a Wei person, with his cloth and the benefits of his tongue, can seize a large territory for the Qin State, become the prime minister of Qin, and become famous in the world! This is an opportunity for my generation to rise up, and I should encourage it! ”

After this person gave encouragement to his clansman, a shadow began to appear in his heart again, and this shadow gave him great motivation as soon as it appeared! Then he began to clench his fists and walked towards the Qi Kingdom Palace City with firm steps!

In the court of Qi, the king of Qi, Tian Ying of Qi, and even many ministers of Qi were discussing the civil strife in the Song Dynasty. At this time, a guard walked into the hall and reported to King Qi: "King, Song envoy Su Qin asks to see!" ”

As soon as he heard that an envoy from the Song Kingdom had arrived, the King of Qi immediately became interested: "The envoy of the Xuan Song Dynasty has come to see you!" ”

Although Su Qin was only a weak-crowned young man, and it was the first time he had seen the majesty of a great country, he was not afraid at all. As soon as he came to the court hall of the Qi State, he bowed to the King of Qi and said, "Song envoy Su Qin has seen the King of Qi!" ”

The King of Qi and even all the courtiers of the Qi State couldn't help but be amazed that such a young scholar had such a confident and decent performance.

Among all the people, only Tian Ying had an extremely cold attitude towards Su Qin, and he asked directly: "Su Qin, you said that you are the envoy of the Song Dynasty, but you came to my Qi country on behalf of the Song Jun to make a pilgrimage?" If it is Song Jun's envoy, then hand over Song Jun's talisman letter, let us confirm it! ”

Tian Ying's attitude is by no means without reason, because just yesterday, his in-laws, Le Cheng, began to send envoys to Linzi and gave him a big promise, asking him to make sure that Qi Guo stood on Suiyang's side and attacked Taoqiu! Now that there is another Song envoy, it is naturally a person sent by Ziyan, this is his natural enemy!

Su Qin saw Tian Ying standing in the first place, although he didn't know this person, he also guessed the identity of this person in an instant. He replied: "Jing Guo Jun smiled, now that Song Jun has been imprisoned by the rebellious ministers and thieves, how can he get Song Jun's Fu Xin?" If Jing Guojun doubts the identity of Zaixia, there is a letter here, which can be seen by Jing Guojun! ”

After speaking, Su Qin handed over the talisman letter representing his identity. Tian Ying coldly took it in his hand, and looked at the following casually, and completely confirmed the identity of this person. He immediately said: "You are the messenger of Ziyan's kid, how can you represent Song Jun and Song Guo?" Someone, blast this person out! ”

The guards next to him, as soon as they heard Tian Ying's order, immediately stepped forward and prepared to drive Su Qin out.

Seeing this, Su Qin immediately bowed to Yingying, the king of Qi who was sitting on the top seat, and then reprimanded Tian Ying loudly: "Jing Guojun, what you did was too much!" Now it is above the court of the Qi country, even if you want to drive out the envoys of other countries, you must get the permission of the king of Qi! Now that King Qi has not made any moves, you want me to leave, where does this move put King Qi in? ”

As soon as Su Qin's words came out, although King Qi still didn't say anything, but when he saw such a weak-crowned young man, he was able to fight with Tian Ying, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but bring a hint of a smile.

Tian Ying was furious about Su Qin's discord, but after he had been in power for many years, he became more and more cunning, but he said without any vision on his face: "Ziyan is guilty of committing crimes, offending the king with ministers, and daring to challenge Song Jun with the border Taoqiu in his hand, this is a rebellion!" My Qi country is a great country, how can I tolerate the envoys of rebellious ministers to my court? ”

After speaking, he remembered Su Qin's provocation, he forcibly suppressed his emotions, and said to the king of Qi: "Great king, Ziyan himself is a rebellious minister of the Song State, and his envoy is so presumptuous in the court of the Qi State, and I implore the king to expel him from the Qi State!" ”

Since King Qi took power, he has been deeply oppressed by Tian Ying's forces, and now there is a person who can block Tian Ying, although he is silent on his face, but his heart is very happy! Regarding Tian Ying's move to ask him to expel Su Qin, he said directly to Su Qin: "Su Qin, you are the envoy of Ziyan, not the envoy of the Song State, remember, it is impossible for my Song State to admit that Ziyan can represent the Song State now!" However, after all, Ziyan has been in my Qi country, and now he still has the identity of my Qi country's doctor, and the widow can't treat Ziyan's envoy too harshly. Forgive me for your young sake, I will spare you for this action, remember not to do it again! ”

In King Qi's words, there was no mention of Tian Ying's presumptuous words, but only focused on the identity that Su Qin represented. With such an obvious move, a discerning person could see King Qi's attitude at a glance.

Su Qin also instantly understood what King Qi meant, and immediately thanked King Qi and said, "King Qi is magnanimous, Su Qin admires!" ”

King Qi didn't care about this, and Tian Ying had just eaten a deflated, and he didn't want to have any direct conflict with this weak-crowned young man. Afterwards, Tian Ying made a color, and one of the courtiers of the Qi State immediately stood up and questioned Su Qin: "Su Qin, since you came on behalf of Ziyan, I think you want to let the Qi State support Taoqiu and help you win the civil war, right?" Let's not talk about your Song civil war first, who is right and who is wrong, I just want to ask: If we help Taoqiu, what benefits can you give us? ”

Seeing that the other party was so directly questioning and asking for tangible benefits, Su Qin did not dare to delay and said: "As a vassal state of Qi, the Song State will offer a large amount of tribute every year. As long as the king of Qi can support my Taoqiu, my lord will definitely be able to quell the civil strife, and with this merit, he will definitely be able to become the minister of the Song State, and then the lord of my family can triple the tribute from the previous Song State to the Qi State! ”

Hearing Su Qin's conditions, Tian Ying immediately stood up and laughed: "Oh, this guy Ziyan has run Taoqiu so prosperously, I originally thought he was a generous person, but I didn't expect him to be so stingy!" Not to mention that Ziyan himself is a chaotic minister and thief, he wants to rebel against Suiyang, what a risk does this take, he wants to send my Qi country away just by giving three times the tribute, he simply looks down on my Qi country too much!

Tell you, before you arrived in Qi, the envoys of Suiyang had already rushed to my Qi country, and they promised our country that as long as my Qi country could help suppress the rebellion, the Song country would cede Taoqiu to my Qi country, and promised to increase my tribute to Qi country tenfold in the next few days! If I, Qi State, stand behind Suiyang and stretch out the power of a finger to destroy your Taoqiu, and reap such huge benefits, why should we help you Taoqiu? ”

Su Qin was also shocked when he heard from Tian Ying that Suiyang had given such a condition of losing power and humiliating the country. His mind was racing fast, but in a short period of time, he cleared his mind and said to King Qi and the ministers of Qi State: "Suiyang has given such a generous profit, and he is also extremely surprised. However, if Qi Guo thought that he would be able to obtain such heavy profits by simply standing behind Suiyang, I have to say that Qi Guo was a little too optimistic!

The kid's family was born as a merchant in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. Since I was a child, my father told me that if you want to earn 100 gold in a business, you must invest at least 50 gold in the cost; If you want to earn a thousand gold, you have to invest at least 500 gold costs! Suiyang's price to Qi is indeed big, and it is reasonable for Qi to be tempted! However, has Qi Guo considered how high the cost needs to be paid behind such heavy profits?

When I left Taoqiu, Cao Gong had already requisitioned the entire Taoqiu force, gathered 100,000 troops, and prepared to fight Suiyang to the death! Over the years, under the governance of Cao Gong, Taoqiu has been governed by people, and the people have been attached, and they have won people; Taoqiu is close to Jishui and Heze, and the city wall is towering, easy to defend and difficult to attack. If the Qi State wants to capture this place, how much price does it need to pay, can the King of Qi consider it? ”

After listening to Su Qin's explanation, Tian Ying immediately retorted: "How much price my Qi country needs to pay, it is naturally borne by my Qi country." I only know that if my Qi State stands behind Suiyang and helps the Song State to calm down the civil strife, I can get Taoqiu! Taoqiu is located in the center of the world's water transportation, controlling the world's commercial exchanges, once my Qi country gets here, you can control the entire world's commercial exchanges through this place! At that time, my Qi country can become the world's premier power, and my king can become the overlord of the world! With such heavy profits, my Qi country has paid some price, what's the big deal! ”

King Qi, who was sitting on the main seat, immediately became a little excited when he heard the words "overlord of the world". The overlord of the world, this is the goal pursued by the princes of the world! As the king of Qi, he naturally wants to become the overlord of the world!

Su Qin has been paying attention to King Qi's reaction, and when the temptation of the overlord comes out, Su Qin can keenly judge: King Qi is tempted.

This is the worst thing for Taoqiu! He pondered silently in his heart, and then he quickly came up with a reason to object: "The overlord of the world is indeed the supreme temptation, but if it is just for such a false name, he will drag the Qi country into a big gamble, and he can't help but worry about the future of the Qi country!"

In that year, in order to seize the position of the overlord of the world, Wu Wangfu ignored the threat of the southern Yue State to the Wu State, and forcibly commanded the army to go to the north to claim hegemony. Ally with the nations in Huangchi, and get the position of overlord, but after only a few years of domination, Wu was destroyed by the Yue State, laughing for the world.

Today's era is very different from the Spring and Autumn Period. Twenty years ago, Wei was still a powerful country in the world, and Qi, as the opponent of Wei, knew best how Wei fell from hegemony, right? If it weren't for the fact that King Wei Hui wanted to become the overlord of the world, forcibly claimed the king, and led the princes of the world to crusade together, defeated the Qi State twice, and defeated the Qin State in the Battle of Hexi, how could the Wei State fall into its current situation now?

When King Wei was there, the State of Qi also wanted to seize Taoqiu, but why did the State of Qi sign the Taoqiu Neutrality Treaty with the States of Wei, Zhao, and Song? Of course, this is because Taoqiu's location is too important, if this place is in the hands of the Qi State, the Wei and Zhao Kingdoms must be afraid, so they join forces to stop the attack of the Qi State? In my opinion, if the Qi State forcibly captures Taoqiu, the Qi State can certainly be hegemonic, and the King of Qi can also become the overlord of the world, but the Qi State will inevitably be besieged by the world! At that time, even if the Qi State is not destroyed, it will inevitably be completely weakened and become a second-rate country, and it will no longer be possible to have today's status as a great power! ”

Su Qin's words were loud and loud, which shocked all the ministers of Qi State! All the ministers of the Qi State began to discuss in a whisper, discussing what the pros and cons of the Qi State would really take away Taoqiu.

If Dai Yan stood here, he would definitely be shocked by Su Qin's performance! As a traverser, he knew the fate of the Song Kingdom and the Qi Kingdom in real history. In history, King Min of Qi tried to destroy the Song State in order to seize Taoqiu, and the Qi State really became the leading power that could confront the Qin State. King Qi Min and King Qin Zhao jointly proclaimed the emperor and became the overlord of the world! However, at the peak of Qi's hegemony, King Yan Zhao took Le Yi as his general and led the alliance of Yan, Zhao, Han, Wei and Qin to attack Qi. Even if the State of Qi was restored under the leadership of Tian Dan, the State of Qi would be greatly damaged from then on, becoming a second-rate country, and would no longer do anything on the world stage!

Su Qin's prediction was so accurate that it seemed that he could really see through the future! This young and weak-crowned teenager already has the vision that only a top strategist can have!