Chapter 124: The Art of Sophistry

Today's King of Qi is so happy, since this is the case, then Zhao Fan will say something nice to him, even if it doesn't have much effect, it can also leave a good impression on the former, many people look at people, they look at people based on their first impression.

In the main hall, the king of Qi sits on the top of the white jade pill step of the ninth level, the current king of Qi, he is quite tall, the body is strong, he has a long crown plate on his head, the front is round and the back, and there are dozens of beaded jade hanging down at the top, and the red and green colored threads are worn through the group, giving him the majesty of the monarch.

The dragon robe on the body is decorated with patterns such as the moon, the stars, and the dragon, which is very gorgeous.

The entire council hall was extremely empty, except for King Qi on the throne, and a cadre of guards and maids beside him, there was no one else.

When King Qi heard Zhao Fan's humble and varied words, he also had a good impression of the former in his heart, but on the surface, he still had an indifferent expression, he held his hands in a false position, and said in a harmonious voice: "Get up." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Fan also stood up calmly, and was about to speak, but King Qi said lightly: "The widow knows Zhao Lvshuai's intention this time, but you must have received the news that the widow has agreed to Qin's suggestion and is called the second emperor of the East and the West with Qin, so Zhao Lvshuai doesn't need to bother to speak." ”

Zhao Fan's mouth opened slightly, he didn't expect King Qi to say what he meant so straightforwardly, not giving him the slightest chance to speak, and immediately he was a little cold, not knowing how to answer.

At this time, Su Qin took a step forward and said, "The king thinks that he is the emperor, what good is it to the Qi Kingdom?" ”

King Qi's face was a little gloomy, he sat on the throne, pondered for a long time, and said: "Since the King of Qin has asked the widows to be the emperor together, there is no need for the widows to make trouble with the Qin State because of this. And ......"

Speaking of this, King Qi glanced at Zhao Fan slightly, paused for a moment, and continued: "Qin Qi and Zhao are also very beneficial to the Qi State, and the Qin State promised to give the land west of the Zhao State and the Yang Land of the Yan State to the widows. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Fan lowered his head and secretly sneered, and said: "Qin Qi carved up the Zhao State, Qi took Hexi and Yangdi, and Qin took Shangdang and Shangdi, obviously Qin took advantage. What's more, Qin Qi is called the emperor at the same time, as the saying goes, one mountain does not tolerate two tigers, I don't know the two emperors of Qin and Qi, do the people of the world respect Qin, or respect Qi? ”

King Qi's complexion at the moment is not very good-looking, Qin is strong and strong, since the Shang Dynasty changed the law, the national strength is great, and now it has faintly become the head of the Seven Kingdoms, which is why Qin dares to be the emperor.

"Zun Qin." Even if the King of Qi was quite arrogant, he still didn't dare not recognize the strength of the Qin State.

Zhao Fan nodded secretly, and then asked: "If the Qi State removes the emperor's title, will the people of the world love Qi or Qin?" ”

The kings of the major vassal states are all called kings, and the Qin State is the emperor of the abolition of the king, which clearly shows that he disdains the company of other vassal states, needless to say, it can also be known that the kings of other vassal states, even if they don't say it, are definitely secretly jealous of Qin in their hearts, but they are forced by the strong strength of Qin State and dare not speak out.

King Qi's tone weakened significantly, and he replied, "Of course I love Qi and hate Qin." ”

Feeling that King Qi's aura was already a little weak, Han Min and Su Qin also secretly admired Zhao Fan. Especially Su Qin, Zhao Fan's rhetoric, but he has prepared it these days, and he is ready to use it to persuade King Qi, why Zhao Fan's words at the moment are exactly the same as what he thinks in his heart.

Immediately, Su Qin was also secretly frightened.

Zhao Fan also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, although the tone of King Qi was a little relaxed, but he had not clearly expressed his abandonment of the emperor's title, and immediately he also said: "The two countries of Qi and Zhao have always been good friends,. During the period of King Wei, Handan of Zhao was trapped by Wei, and your country was able to lead the army of benevolence and righteousness to surround Wei to save Zhao, and the whole of Zhao was grateful to your country. Do you want to join forces with your enemies and attack your allies this time? ”

"Don't forget, the king, when the Zhao State helped the king attack the Song State, it was the Qin State that got in the way, so that the Song State was not destroyed." Zhao Fan paused and said coldly.

King Wei is King Qi Wei, the grandfather of King Qi today. Hearing Zhao Fan talk about his grandfather, King Qi's heart was also moved, he remembered that his grandfather once said that Zhao was the barrier to the west of Qi, and Qin was now strong, and on the premise of no absolute strength, he must form a strong ally with Zhao, otherwise, once Zhao was destroyed by Qin, Qi would be completely exposed to Qiang Qin.

The Zhao State is destroyed, and the Qin State can directly enter the Qi State at any time, not to mention, now that the Zhao State is still strong, the Qin State can meddle in the affairs of the Qi State from time to time, if the Zhao State is destroyed, then to what extent will the Qin State be arrogant?

Thinking of this, King Qi was also suddenly shocked into a cold sweat, he only heard Wei Ran say yesterday about the benefits of killing Zhao, but he didn't expect that the Zhao State was destroyed, and there was also a disadvantage to the Qi State. Furthermore, neither Han Min nor Su Qin supported Lian Qin's attack on Zhao.

Zhao Fan calmly waited for King Qi to speak, in fact, the reason why Qin asked Qi to be emperor together was also very simple.

Qin wanted to be the emperor, but he didn't know if the time was ripe, so he was eager to try, and he didn't know the bottom of his heart. Therefore, in order to reduce the risk brought by being the emperor, so as not to make enemies on all sides and make a big move. I just want to find a companion.

Qin was in the west and called himself the Western Emperor. Pull the Qi country on the coast of the East China Sea and call the emperor together. Emperor is the meaning of God, in ancient times there were Yellow Emperor, Yan Emperor, etc., and the ancient Chinese always felt that they were inferior to the ancients, so later people did not dare to call themselves "emperors". But there are also two hundred and five, in the late Shang Dynasty, the king of Shang called himself the emperor, the god of the earth, and the god of heaven reflected each other. It's a pity that he doesn't deserve this title and can't afford it, and being the emperor hastened his demise. Now, Qin is also known as the emperor, but Qin is called the emperor and has the strength to rely on, which is different from Shang.

About Qi to fight Zhao. Zhao and Qi are neighbors, and they are dependent on each other. From the perspective of the territory, the Qin State could only enter the Qi State on the coast of the East China Sea if it swallowed the Zhao State. Therefore, weakening the Zhao State was a necessary strategic step for Qin to unify the six countries, especially the march. Therefore, Qin and Qi attacked Zhao to divide the two countries and benefit from it. In addition, the Qin State wanted to use the Song State to contain the Qi State.

The Song Dynasty was in the eastern part of the Central Plains, at the junction of today's Henan and Shandong, known as the "land of anointing", and it can be said that it was extremely rich. Although the Song Kingdom is not big, its strength is not weak, and it is not that it can be killed if it is killed. What's more, Qin didn't want to see Qi destroy Song, in Qin's eyes, Song was a pawn to contain Qi, once Qi destroyed Song, not only would he strengthen his strength, but also have no worries. This is what Qin does not want to see.

The Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period paid great attention to the growth and decline of the strength of each country, and once a country expanded its territory, other countries would intervene to prevent it from becoming powerful and threatening itself. Therefore, Qin had to maintain Song's presence in the Far East and contain Qi. Qin sent a title of "Eastern Emperor" to Qi and asked him to attack Zhao, which was the need to weaken the strategic interests of Zhao, and it was also a strategic measure that made Qi unable to attack the Song Dynasty.

Zhao Fan was a genius at Peking University in his previous life, specializing in political history, and he saw these things very thoroughly.

"The widow has already promised Wei Ran, and the former is going to leave for Qin today to inform the King of Qin." King Qi sighed for a long time and said the same.

Hearing this, Zhao Fan also sneered. This King of Qi Min obviously didn't want to join forces with Qin to attack Zhao State in his heart, and he said this, obviously wanting to take advantage of this to force himself to represent Zhao State and give Qi State a little benefit, so that he could also remove the emperor along the river.

However, he won't let the former succeed so easily. The wealth of the State of Qi is famous, and besides, the King of Qi's appetite is really big, and here he wants to annex the Song State, and there he also wants to take the opportunity to ask the Zhao State to cede some land, and he is not afraid of his own death.

"Wei Ran?" Zhao Fan seemed to suddenly remember something, and immediately patted his head and said, "Hehe, I forgot to tell the king that last night, Wei Ran led the Qin soldiers to our camp to make trouble, and I led the soldiers to drive him away." In addition, hundreds of people were killed, more than a hundred people were captured, oh, what kind of commander was also captured by us, Wei Ran's concubine, in the chaos, the golden eagle raised by me unfortunately broke his neck, I'm really embarrassed. ”

When the words landed, King Qi, Su Qin and the others were suddenly taken aback, and the former even rose up on the throne with a look of horror.

Su Qin and Han Min, at this moment, realized that when they were in the carriage, what Zhao Fan said should be this thing. Especially Su Qin, with his experience and knowledge, he didn't expect that Zhao Fan would dare to kill the 1,000 Qin army and drive Wei Ran away. At this moment, he also had to re-examine this young man who had not yet reached the crown ceremony.

As for what Zhao Fan said about Wei Ran's trouble, only fools can believe it, and it is obvious that this is just a rhetoric of the former.

King Qi looked at Zhao Fan with a cloudy face, he didn't expect the former to dare to do such a thing, and immediately said in disbelief: "How is it possible!" You are only 500 people, and Wei Ran does have a thousand Qin soldiers, how can you kill hundreds of Qin soldiers and drive Wei Ran away?! ”

Zhao Fan smiled indifferently and said, "Soldiers are impermanent, and water is impermanent." At the beginning, Sun Bin's army was able to defeat Pang Juan of Wei with a small number of troops, why couldn't I kill a thousand Qin troops with 500 people and drive Wei Ran away? ”

King Qi's complexion at the moment was extremely gloomy. Qin Prime Minister Wei Ran was attacked and driven away on the territory of Qi State, even if it was not done by Qi State, but he still has an unshirkable responsibility, not to mention that Qin State has always been strong, and Wei Ran is powerful in Qin State, how can he give up?

"Zhao Fan, you dare to send troops to kill people in the land of the widow without authorization, and there is still our Qi country in your eyes! Someone, arrest me. Immediately, King Qi's face also swelled with a touch of anger, and he slapped his big hand and shouted coldly.

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