Chapter 148: A Mighty King with Both Ability and Integrity
"And what do I mean? Sent troops to aid Wei? After thinking about it for a long time, Tian Ji didn't know what else to say, so he could only look at King Qi Xuan suspiciously. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
"That's all there is to it." Nodding slightly, King Qi Wei's voice was faintly helpless, as if it was a feeling that it would not work if he didn't help.
But there was no second person who knew what was in his heart.
At this time, Zou Ji stood up again and bowed his hand slightly, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, although the treasury of my Qi country has been abundant in recent years, it is not a trivial matter for the army to go on an expedition. A few months ago, Pang Juan attacked South Korea, and my king helped each other with righteousness, and now it will take less than a year to send troops again, so often I am afraid that my country's treasury will not be able to support it! Weichen also asked me to think twice. ā
When the words fell, Zou Ji bowed deeply, which meant that he did not agree with the fact of sending troops. After all, with his high morality and respect in the Qi Kingdom, many times King Qi Wei also had another kind of respect for him.
However, at this time, King Qi Wei did not answer him directly, but immediately looked at Sun Bin, who was sitting beside Tian Ji and was allowed to sit because of his unfavorable legs.
From the beginning to the present, Sun Bin just listened quietly, never said a word, and even when Zou Ji and Tian Ji were in dispute, he never helped Tian Ji say anything.
As a disabled person with many inconvenient legs, after seeing his fellow disciple Pang Juan die under the random arrows, he was indifferent to everything in this world.
In the country of Qi, he has no father, no mother, no brothers and sisters, no wife, sons and daughters. Alone, he has long seen through the indifference to fame and fortune in this world, and he has lost interest in power.
Maybe the reason why he is still alive is only because of the trust of Tian Ji and King Qi Wei, although the military division is not a general and has no actual military power, but in several battles, Tian Ji and King Qi Wei are obedient to Sun Bin's strategy, especially the last battle with Pang Juan, this battle passed through the weak guard and the Song State from the border of Han and Wei, and then moved to the territory of Qi State, which lasted for a long time, the battlefield changed greatly, and even in the end, the Wei army that had been chasing the Qi army to kill was annihilated, the main general died, and the prince was captured, This kind of experience all makes Sun Bin's name even louder.
Turning his body towards King Qi Wei, Sun Bin arched his hand indifferently, and said: "The use of troops is neither good for the enemy nor good for me, if you look at the single Zhao State to attack Wei, Wei Chen does not agree to send troops, because Zhao State cannot destroy Wei State, and other countries will not watch Wei State be destroyed." The siege of Daliang was just a matter of Zhao asking Wei for an explanation, as long as Wei made concessions and relented, the matter of the Zhao army might be solved.
However, on the other hand, if there is a ghost behind this, it is a different matter. ā
"Oh?" Sun Bin's words were helpless and made King Qi Wei's eyes light up.
Of course, perhaps it is precisely because every time Sun Bin thinks about things and analyzes things in many ways, King Qi Wei would rather put him, a person with no real power and limited mobility, in the court.
After some surprise overflowed on his face, King Qi Wei raised his hand lightly with one hand, and said with a slow smile: "I don't know who this ghost is?" Widow, I would like to hear Aiqing explain in detail. ā
At this time, Zou Ji and Tian Ji's eyes also looked at them because of curiosity.
"This ghost, the most obvious one now is the Qin people." Sun Bin was still not in a hurry, the voice was plain and bland: "The Qin people are the western border country, the people are wild, and the law of business martingale makes the people of the Qin State fierce, since Wei Wenhou, the Wei State occupied the land west of the Qin State, at that time the Qin State was bent on retaking Hexi, and Wei fought more than 100 times in Hexi.
But now, the ambition of the Qin State has changed from recovering Hexi to opening up the road to the east, so as to compete for the world. And this Wei State is the first major obstacle to Qin's way out of the east, followed by South Korea, so in recent years, Qin has been in a single position, such as Gou Jian back then, lying on the salary and tasting courage, and the national strength has jumped into a big country that can be compared with my Qi State and Chu State. It is no longer a problem to recover Hexi with its own strength, but the Qin State has focused its main energy in the past few years on splitting the Three Jin Dynasty and the Three Jin Dynasty fighting each other and losing each other's troops, which shows that its ambition has gradually expanded. And the minister recently heard that the alliance between Korea and Zhao was actually behind the Qin state. If our king does not send troops to aid Wei, it can be said that we have one less help to contain Qin.
Since my king has no heart to ask for benefits from the Wei state, why don't we send troops once to help this western barrier get out of trouble. Besides, the crown prince Shen of Wei is still in my Qi country, my king does not have to worry about anything, at the moment Qin and Wei are iron-hearted discord, if Wei wants to live in peace, now there is only one way to go, even if Wei recovers in time, then the first unhappy is also the Qin people, with their two countries holding each other back, my Qi country can also sit back and relax. When the time comes, wouldn't it be more fun for the king to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. ā
"Aiqing, it's really a good idea." After saying the words, even King Qi Wei couldn't help but bow his hand to Sun Bin, but then asked again: "But the widow wants to know, how can Aiqing understand, the widow, has never had the heart to ask for benefits from the Wei State?" ā
With the things we talked about from the simple Zhao Guofa Wei to the current overall situation of the world, the atmosphere in the hall has become quiet because of Sun Bin's words, because Zou Ji and Tian Ji at this time no longer know what they can insert.
There is absolutely no problem with governing the country and Anbang Zou Ji, and there is no problem with commanding Tian Ji of a country, but the talents of the two are only limited here, looking at the overall situation of the world, the two have not thought about it, and they have never dared to think about it.
Even King Qi Wei is not keen on dominating the world, he wants the Qi country to be rich so that the princes of the world dare not underestimate it.
And Sun Bin is talking about a sensitive topic between countries at the moment, so after listening to King Qi Wei's question, Zou Ji and Tian Ji's eyes also looked at Sun Bin, as if they also wanted to know what King Qi Wei was thinking.
After respectfully bowing, Sun Bin first pursed his lips and laughed softly, and then continued: "If my king has the heart to want those benefits, why not look at the overall situation and play a big game of chess, if the king sends troops, he should be able to reach Daliang within five days." ā
"What do you mean? Join forces with the Zhao people and fight Wei together? Tian Ji, who understood the military, was the first to exclaim.
And Sun Bin just sat with his eyes closed slightly after finishing speaking, and didn't say anything.
Then, before King Qi Wei could say anything, Zou Ji had already taken a step forward, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "Your Majesty must not listen to the words of the military advisor, if so, my Qi State will definitely bear the same infamy as the Zhao State, and all the countries will join forces to attack me, and then my Qi Country will be in danger......
The words were excited by Zou Ji's words, and the look on his face was even more nervous, and the skin of his whole body was jumped tightly at this moment. The body that was kowtowing to the ground trembled faintly.
But at this moment, King Qi Wei on the throne looked at them and laughed.
"Hahaha...... Hahahaha......"
"The military advisor is really a genius in the world, if I send troops at this time, the Wei State is really dangerous, but my Qi State may also become the next Wei State, and Aiqing guessed what the widow wanted. This time the Wei country was in trouble, and the widow decided to send troops in addition to this, and did not want any benefit from the Wei state, so he drove away the will of the king of Wei, and the army set out at noon tomorrow to solve the danger of the Wei country under the banner of the righteousness of the world. ā
King Qi Wei said slowly with a chuckle. also knew that after hearing these words, Zou Ji said loudly: "I, Wang Shengming." ā
After that, he slowly stood up.
In the real history, King Qi Wei was able to convince people with virtue on the surface, and at the same time set up the Jixia School Palace to recruit talents from all over the world for his own use, which made the Qi country stronger and stronger, and King Qi Wei sent troops for justice, which also made his name more resounding among the nations.
However, King Wei Hui, who was reckless in his army, incompetent in the court, and unscrupulous in the outside world, was a great achievement, relying on the strong strength accumulated during the period of Wei Wenhou to invade the surrounding neighboring countries. This is also the opportunity for the State of Qi to send troops to help other countries, from another point of view, a large part of the name of King Qi Wei's virtue was added by the Wei State.
King Wei Hui relied on the strong national strength of Wei after the first implementation of the law change among the nations, promoted himself, announced to the princes of the countries as king, and wanted to replace Zhou Tianzi and let the princes of the countries meet him, but because of this, no one came out to help the Wei State suffered such a great disaster, but it was a matter of falling into the well, which abounded.
Up to now, the national strength of Wei has been completely squandered by King Wei Hui, but the title he called the king, except for the small country of Sishang, the rest of the vassal states, and even the weak Song State have never agreed to the title of the king of Wei, it can be said that King Wei Hui exhausted everything in Wei, but in the end he only suffered a burst of disgust.
On the other hand, the vassal states at this time had already left Zhou Tianzi behind, and the reason why they were still willing to regard themselves as princes was that they were afraid of shooting their heads and being attacked by the surrounding countries like Wei.
Since the division of the three families, the world has long been ruined, but the vassal states still respect Zhou Tianzi as the king on the surface, although this son of heaven is often a face to block arrows, in order not to let himself fall into the public target.
But because of the first start of King Wei Hui, although the fate of Wei is obvious to all, it has aroused the ambition of the major princes to be the king, and has led to the situation of the princes vying for the king in the future.
Quietly looking at Zou Ji, who had returned to his original place but still looked worried, King Qi Wei shook his head helplessly, he knew that although he had spoken to such a point today, this Xiangguo was still not willing in the end, and the Chinese and martial arts of the DPRK had always been at odds, which was the biggest dilemma for King Qi Wei at the moment.
With a faint look at Zou Ji, King Qi Wei suddenly picked up the secret letter of King Wei on several cases, "You can also take a look at what is written on it, King Wei also has the heart to pick it up."
To help our country is also as the military adviser said, what I am really afraid of is that Qin sent troops to attack Wei again when Wei went all out against Zhao, this secret letter is to explain to the widow that Wei wants to get close to my Qi country, although Wei is not as good as it was back then, but after all, it is a big country, and today's general Wu Ming also has some ability, and he actually took advantage of the Han army to take the Han land Xincheng when the army moved east.
In addition, the widow also heard that the people of Hedong of Wei State loved him, and the Three Jin Dynasty were already at odds, plus the Qin State was in the middle, so it can be said that if I helped the Wei State this time, I would have less worries about the Three Jin Dynasty and the Qin State.
This is definitely not a bad thing for my Qi country, so the widow is determined to send troops to aid the Wei country for the sake of the great righteousness of the world. ā
Taking advantage of King Qi Wei's words, the three of them had already read all the secret letters of King Wei. In addition to what King Qi Wei said, there is actually another point, that is, there will be heavy gratitude to the Qi State in the future.
Zou Ji didn't say anything after reading it.
But Tian Ji, who already wanted some benefits, frowned and asked: "The benefits of this future, can he Wei Guo recognize it in the future?" ā
This matter was deliberately hidden by King Qi Wei and not said, it can be seen that King Qi Wei does not believe in this, and promises in the future? If it is better to give a thank you gift now, even if it is just a small city, it is more real than the promise in the future.
This statement is nothing more than to tell the king of Qi that Wei is actually asking for help, but on the surface, Qi is sending troops for the righteousness of the world.
Tian Ji has a bold temperament, he will say whatever he wants, he doesn't want to beat around the bush outside and behind his back, and he doesn't actually see anything when he asks about it, he just wants to make this benefit more concrete, otherwise it won't be a humiliation for Qi to send a box of gold in the future.
Looking at Tian Ji helplessly, King Qi Wei could only smile and replied: "Wei Poppy is telling the widow, since your King Qi regards himself as a highly respected person, if you send troops for the sake of profit, wouldn't it be contrary to the name of this virtue, where is there really any benefit." I'm afraid that the person who issued this secret letter is not Wei Poppy's intention, where does he Wei Pop have such a mind, this Wei State court, I am afraid that there will be a new talent. ā
"My king means the new general? Wu Ming? Tian Ji's eyes widened again.
"Yes, this man should have some talent."
"Except for the bloodless soldiers, who are fortunate enough to sneak attack Han Di Xincheng, what about this person who I don't see, otherwise why do you beg me to Qi State." Tian Ji was obviously not convinced.
But in this regard, King Qi Wei couldn't stop praising Wu Ming, "Wei Poppy is extravagant, and he finally ends up like this, this person is collecting the soldiers of Wei, wanting to strengthen Wei's national strength, and he is not willing to damage the foundation of Wei again." ā
"Your Majesty, if this person really has this talent, we should be on guard earlier!" These words came from the mouth of Zou Ji on the other side. The meaning could not be more obvious, this is Wei State asking Qi State to fight against Zhao Jun under the banner of righteousness. And he didn't want to do that.
"Hehe," King Qi Wei looked at him and chuckled twice, "No, is there another Wei Shen?" Since the king of Wei has shown favor to me, this person will stay for now, release him from death row, find a dilapidated single courtyard for him to live in first, and serve some leftovers every day! Widowed, have other plans.
"Your Excellency, my king's order."