Soon after noon, Zhou Bian, who was waiting in the king's tent, got the news that Wang Sunman brought back from Xinzheng City, and that Hanhou Ruoshan was indeed dead, just in the middle of the night yesterday, he died of illness. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info but listening to Wang Sunman's description, judging from the performance of the Han people, the account of Han Hou's death was obviously counted by them on Wei Hou's head. Because if Wei Hou didn't attack Xinzheng, Han Hou wouldn't go to the city to be tired and afraid.

This is naturally what Zhou Bian wants to see, as long as it is not counted on the head of the royal family, otherwise the land of Wangji is surrounded by South Korea, and the royal family still can't afford to provoke this enemy. Fortunately, judging from Wang Sunman's description, the Koreans did not hold a grudge against the Zhou royal family, on the contrary, compared with the Wei envoys who went with them, the Koreans were obviously more polite to the royal family.

Thinking about it, attacking Xinzheng is not the idea of the Zhou family, even the Koreans themselves know that it was the idea of Wei Hou, and the South Korea has just withdrawn its troops from Luoyang for more than a month, so it is natural that the people who will see the royal family should be a little ashamed.

As soon as he heard that it was Han Hou who died, Zhou Bian sighed, this battle could not be fought. Since Wei Hou wants to dominate the world, he will never attack Xinzheng, who has a country in mourning. I thought I would see more of the excitement, but you must know that the Qin army should not have entered the Central Plains yet, and the Qi State has not moved yet, why is this going to end?

It's really not interesting, but Wang Sunman also brought the attitude of South Korea, and the next Han Hou, that is, the current Gongzi Wu, expressed two meanings to the Wei envoy and the Wang envoy, first, South Korea is willing to serve the Marquis of Wei as the prince and uncle, and second, South Korea is willing to admit guilt to the Zhou family and compensate for the losses caused by the attack on Luoyang some time ago.

This is good news, admitting guilt is a small matter, it is nothing more than a matter of face, but as soon as he heard that South Korea was willing to compensate for the loss, Zhou Bian's eyes lit up suddenly. A war disaster, the Zhou room can be said to have suffered a lot of losses, Gongyi was burned, the Luoyang city wall was broken a lot, not to mention, the most important thing is that more than 20,000 people died, these are all young men, all of them are laborers. This loss is impossible to calculate, and it is even affecting the development of the royal family.

However, as soon as Zhou Bian's head turned, he immediately set the guidelines and strategies, first, to lose money, and to arrange for people to immediately calculate how much it would cost to rebuild Gongyi, how much would it cost to repair the Luoyang city wall and the houses adjacent to the city wall, how much would it cost to lose weapons, how much would it cost to lose grain and grass, and most importantly, how much would it cost to pay for the bereavement of so many dead and injured people. If Ning Yue immediately took someone to calculate, he should be accurate as soon as possible, and if there were really not enough people in his entourage, he would send someone to return to Luoyang quickly, so that Bai Xiang could provide the most authentic data.

Second, it is necessary to cut the land, the population of Wangji is small, and the territory is small, where did the original territory go? Of course, it was taken up by these princes. When King Wu set the world, the land of Wangji was divided into two parts, the west was centered on Zongzhou, occupying most of today's Shaanxi Province, and the east was centered on Chengzhou Luoyi, occupying most of Henan Province, as well as half of Shanxi and Hebei, it can be said that the vassal states at that time, no matter what they compared, were far less than the royal family, after all, the land of Wangji directly under the royal family occupied two-thirds of the world.

But later the descendants of King Wu also have descendants, so they took away a lot of land, to the king of Ping moved east, Zong Zhou because of the rebellion of the dog Rong has been uninhabitable, King Ping opened his mouth to the west of Hangu Pass Wangji land, all to the Qin State, this has today's Qin State territory. Then in the land of Wangji in the east, today the princes occupy a little, tomorrow the princes grab a little, plus the princes given to the princes by the Son of Heaven, in the end only one city and three towns between Heluo remained.

Therefore, now that Han Hou said that he wants to compensate, this opportunity naturally cannot be missed, what to fight in the era of cold weapons, population and territory, population determines strength, and territory determines population. Therefore, Zhou Bian immediately decided that if Korea wanted to compensate the slaves, he would not want it, but instead ask for territory.

But as for how to want, which territory to want, it needs to be carefully discussed, this is a difficult problem, it is not cost-effective to ask for less, and it is afraid of causing a backlash from South Korea or vigilance of Wei State, so Zhou Bian and Sun Man, the king of Ningyue, discussed secretly for an afternoon, and finally could not be determined, so they had to send someone back to inform Taishi and Bai Xiang, and asked them to also discuss a result for reference. Anyway, this compensation negotiation will definitely not be able to be negotiated for a while and a half, and it will not be negotiated for a while and a half, at least it will not be possible to start talking until Han Hou is buried.

But the so-called gain must be lost, for the royal family, what is obtained is the compensation that South Korea may pay, and what is lost is the trend of Wei becoming bigger and stronger, which is already extremely obvious, and now South Korea has promised to serve Wei as the overlord of the princes, I am afraid that for a long time in the future, Wei will become stronger, and it is a good thing for the royal family in a short time, but what about a long time? You must know that Zhou Tianzi is still in the hands of Wei Hou, who can guarantee that Wei Hou is strong to a certain point, and he will not have a little dissent?

So in the final analysis, strength is the most important, thinking of this, Zhou Bian can't help but be a little worried about the development of Luoyang. Although he can't do anything in Wei Ying now, he can sharpen his knife and prepare to slaughter South Korea.

So after sleeping all night, early the next morning, Zhou Bian took a few courtiers and went to cry to the Marquis of Wei. After all, how much compensation can be demanded from South Korea in the end depends largely not on South Korea, but on Wei Hou. If you think about it like this, Zhou Bian is a little glad that Wei Hou's strength has come out, otherwise even if the royal family defeats the Han army, I am afraid that it will take more trouble to ask for war reparations.

Crying poverty to Wei Hou was naturally discussed the night before. Now the Marquis of Wei is counting on coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, so he still did not dare to slack off when he asked the Son of Heaven to see, and immediately met with the royal family and ministers in the handsome tent.

As soon as the four monarchs and ministers entered the king's tent, they immediately placed their respective positions according to the division of labor, Ning Yue stepped forward and began to praise the great achievements of the Marquis of Wei for repelling the Han army and attacking Xinzheng, and pointed out the significance of this to the Zhou royal family, as well as the merits obtained by the Marquis of Wei, and then Wang Sunman began to cry about how much the royal family suffered in this battle, how poor the royal family was in Luoyang in the past, and how poor the life of the Son of Heaven was.

According to the plan, Zhou Bian didn't need to say anything, but when Wang Sunman said that he was emotional, he wiped a handful of tears, so Zhou Bian also had a good weapon for lore, ginger.

As a result, the two of them cried so much that their eyes were red, and tears were like rain, they were really down-and-out monarchs. All kinds of miserable life have been added to the oil and vinegar, and they are extremely exaggerated.

It's just that Zhou Bian couldn't help but deepen his admiration for Wang Sunman, because he used ginger, and Wang Sunman was useless! It seems that this kid is really good at acting.

The three of the monarchs and ministers cried, and at first they put Su Rui aside, and after the first two finished speaking, Su Rui immediately stepped forward and told everything he saw in Luoyang as a general.

The four of them made Wei Hou cry or laugh, so they had to nod and say yes, waiting for the four of them to stop talking, it was already more than an hour later, that is, as an audience, Wei Hou was a little unable to hold back.

So Wei Hou couldn't hold back a smile after all, "Does the king want to ask South Korea for more compensation?" Although the king can rest assured, with Ben Hou here, he must satisfy the Zhou room. ”

Ah, this makes Wei Hou agree? Zhou Bian's eyes widened in disbelief, and he glanced at Wei Hou, trying to find Wei Hou's perfunctory expression, but unfortunately failed.

I only heard Wei Hou laugh again, "The widow came with troops this time, naturally he wanted to stand up for the Zhou family, if he couldn't satisfy the king, what would he do to explain to the people of the world?" The king can rest assured. ”

So Zhou Bian wiped his tears and smiled, "Thank you Marquis Wei, with Marquis Wei, this king will be at ease." ”

However, Sun Man, the king of Ningyue, didn't smile, the king was still young, and he could pretend to be scheming, but they couldn't. So Ning Yue began to praise Wei Hou's merits again, and even made some more promises, of course, they were all in name, and the royal family could only come up with these.

In the end, the meeting achieved a satisfactory result for both parties, the royal family got Wei Hou's promise to ask for more compensation from Korea, and Wei Hou also got what he wanted, and all he wanted was a name? Helping the royal family to do the righteousness, this is Qi Huan Jinwen's business, and today, finally let him and Wei Qi do it again. As soon as he thought of this, Wei Hou couldn't help but laugh a few more times.

After sending off the royal family and ministers, the Wei army also immediately held a meeting to negotiate the specific matters at the moment, because the accurate information was obtained after noon yesterday, so the basic principles were set yesterday, and the meeting again today is only to determine the specific details.

After the meeting, the Wei army was soon in action. First of all, the lieutenant of the Chinese army tore some white linen cloth into strips and found some branches to hang in the army, which was to mourn the dead Han Hou.

These issues of etiquette are important both ancient and modern. To put it mildly, this is the occasion of the Marquis of Wei, mourning for the marquis of Han, who is also a prince of the Three Jin Dynasty, and to say that the marquis of Wei also wants to win the favor of the Hans, which can somewhat alleviate the hatred of the Hans towards the Wei State.

Immediately afterwards, the Wei State formed a mourning group headed by Sima Cuo, preparing to go to Xinzheng the next day to mourn, and at the same time, the Wei people also notified the later Four Kingdoms and the Zhou royal family to go together, so Zhou Bian sent Ning Yue and Wang Sunman. Compared with the huge mourning group of dozens of people in the Wei State, the two of them on the royal family are particularly depressed, but there is no way, this time there are four courtiers, Fan Yu wants to protect the king, and Su Rui, as a Korean minister, I am afraid that it will be a little bad to look at Xinzheng again, so I can only send these two people, not hostile to South Korea.

However, Wei Hou was very tight, and he actually directly sent Sima Cuo, the second person in the army, to pay special attention to Han Houzhi.

Then, in the early morning of the next day, while the huge mourning group of dozens of people and hundreds of guards set off to the southwest, the horn sounded in the Wei camp, and more than 100,000 Wei troops immediately began to pull out the camp, and then the army of the four countries also began to pull out the camp. More than 100,000 people quickly dismantled the camp and retreated backwards, until they retreated to Huayang, where the royal family entered the city with the Wei army, and the rest of the army camped outside the city.

At the same time, the Wei army, which was blocked between Xincheng and Xinzheng, also received a military order to begin to retreat.

Indeed, Han Hou died, the Han people decided to give in, and the set goal had been initially achieved, and the Wei army no longer needed to fight, so why not temporarily withdraw the army to show friendship?

In order to achieve a hegemony, not only did he grasp the fighter very well, but also acted resolutely, and once the goal was achieved, he quickly withdrew his troops and was not greedy for war. The so-called resolute fight and simple retreat reflect the majesty of a generation of great powers.

Korea's movements were also very fast, and the efficiency of the court was also very high, and on the second day, the messengers sent to the princes and countries to report the funeral had already set out. Five days later, Gongzi Wu ascended the throne as the king under the support of the ministers, and at the same time, the ministers negotiated and decided to give the first monarch Han Hou Ruoshan the title of Zhuang Hou. When Han Hou Ruoshan ascended the throne, South Korea had just built the capital Xinzheng, and then in his hands, although there was no great merit, but there was no great fault, so it was called heavy.

Of course, this is not a big deal, it is naturally a compliment for being a son, otherwise how can the hundreds of thousands of Wei troops outside Xinzheng City explain?

But at this point, there was a real problem. According to the etiquette system, when a prince dies, the rest of the vassal states should send an envoy to mourn before they can be buried. But the situation in South Korea is not very good now, and there are still more than 100,000 Wei troops and their reinforcements outside Xinzheng City. So should other vassal states be invited to send envoys to mourn and then bury them according to common sense, or should they bury them first so that the Wei army can be sent away?

If it is the former, it will naturally be unpleasant for the envoys of other vassal states to come, and besides, hundreds of thousands of Wei troops are outside the city, who knows what actions they will make during the state funeral? As for negotiating with Wei Jun first and then burying the first monarch, the Korean monarchs and ministers didn't think about it, because in the era of filial piety, leaving the body of their own monarch and negotiating with the enemy country is not tolerated by this era.

So there was no controversy in the court for long, and it was decided to be buried in 15 days.

These fifteen days are naturally counted from the second day of Han Hou Ruoshan's death, but this day is a fierce autumn wind, in the Zhou envoy Ning Yue, Wei envoy Sima Cuo, Song envoy Song Yu and other envoys of the six countries, a generation of Han Hou Ruoshan was carried out of Xinzheng City, buried in the northwest of the city in Minshan. Due to the haste of the matter, when the burial was hastily laid, there were not many bronzes and slaves to accompany the burial. However, if you look at it from a long-term perspective, the thin burial is less likely to be robbed, so it seems that it is a blessing in disguise.

After another three days, at the request of Wei Hou, Sima Cuo, Ning Yue and others began to contact the new Han Hou Wu to talk about how the war ended.

Unexpectedly, the first negotiation ended in displeasure, because the compensation that Han Houwu promised to give was too little, so little that even Zhou Bian shook his head after hearing the report, and could a verbal apology and two thousand slaves solve the problem? So much so that Zhou Bian began to wonder if Han Houwu had grasped the national mourning period, and Wei Hou did not dare to use troops again?

However, we still had to talk first, so the second negotiation began the next day, and the result was still not good.

Until the third day, suddenly a horse came from the west, bringing the good news of the Wei army's victory at Hangu Pass, and suddenly Wei Hou couldn't help but smile on his face, together with the later army of the Four Kingdoms, hundreds of thousands of troops inside and outside Huayang City were all jubilant.

No one thought that so soon, the Wei army heading west would defeat the Marquis of Qin.