Handan, Zhao State, in the Pingyuan Monarch's Mansion, Zhao Sheng and Lin Xiangru were talking and happy.

After the meeting of Michi, Lin Xiangru was promoted to Shangqing because of his merits, and officially entered the core decision-making level of Zhao State. In particular, Lin Xiangru treats people modestly and even wins the trust of King Zhao, Zhao Sheng is naturally willing to associate with Lin Xiangru.

"Lin Shangqing, now in the Battle of Huayang, 20,000 elites of our country have been lost. The king was furious and tried to raise an army against Han, although we were able to stop it with our combined efforts. But the military has a big opinion! You also know the king's temperament, what will happen if it is difficult to guarantee? How's that good? Zhao Sheng sighed deeply.

In the past few days, there has been a lot of controversy in the court about sending troops to attack Korea, and both of them feel a lot of pressure.

Originally, Zhao Guo wanted to unite with Wei to take Huayang and force Korea to form an alliance. I didn't expect such a big change in the middle.

According to King Zhao's unwillingness to suffer, if he does not fight South Korea and beg for mercy, it is not in line with the image of Zhao as a great country. But if that were the case, the alliance would be unpredictable.

"Now that the opportunity has been lost, the Qin State has been prepared, but it is not easy to attack Han again." Lin Xiangru also sighed.

The state of Qin is becoming more and more aggressive, the state of Chu has fallen, and it will be the turn of the state of Zhao next. Do you have to take the initiative to stabilize the outermost line of defense?

The two also communicated with Lian Po and Lecheng, and came to a unified conclusion that if a full-scale war with the Qin army was launched, the victory rate would be less than 30%.

The probability of 30% is still too low!

Just when the two of them were at a loss, a personal guard hurriedly ran to Zhao Sheng and whispered.

"What? South Korean Prime Minister Zhang Ping came to Zhao State? Zhao Sheng said in a lost voice.

Four hundred miles away from Handan, the Korean mission to Zhao had just entered Puyang City.

Looking at the majestic city in front of him, Zhang Ping couldn't help but sigh.

In the past, only Puyang was left in the city, and the title of the lord of the country was also reduced from Hou to Jun, so he had to rely on Zhao to survive. If Zhang Ping knew that the Six Kingdoms would fall a few decades later, and Qin Shi Huang did not destroy his country because of the weakness of defending the country, I don't know how to feel.

After staying in the inn, Zhang Ping rubbed his sore shoulders, and calmed down again, thinking about this trip to Handan.

Pingyuan Jun Zhao Sheng and Prime Minister Li Dui must go there, and if time permits, Lin Xiangru will also have to walk around there. These three people are all celebrities in front of King Zhao, especially Li Dui, who even has a life-saving grace for King Zhao.

This starts with the issue of the heir of the Zhao State.

Zhao Zhang, the original crown prince of Zhao State, was 10 years older than King Zhao Huiwen, heroic, resourceful, had military merits, and had been in the position of the prince for a long time, so there were many henchmen.

Who knew that King Zhao Wuling later got Wu Wa and loved her very much, so he didn't leave Wu Wa's palace for several years. After Wu Wa gave birth to her son Zhao He, King Wuling abolished the crown prince chapter and established Zhao He as the king, and he was called the main father.

After Wu Wa's death, the master's father's love for Zhao He also relaxed, and he took pity on Gongzi Zhang again. It is even planned to divide the county and the Zhongshan Kingdom, which has been destroyed, and let the eldest son serve as the acting king.

In this way, the two sons were crowned kings. But the master father was afraid of causing the division of the Zhao State, so he hesitated.

In the fourth year of King Huiwen (295 B.C.), the lord father and King Huiwen visited the sand dunes and lived in two palaces. Gongzizhang thought that the time had come, so he used his party members to make trouble with Tian Buru, and falsely summoned King Huiwen under the orders of his master's father.

Xiangguo Feiyihu was suspected of fraud, so he visited first, and left elite soldiers to defend King Huiwen. Gongzi Zhang mistakenly hit the deputy car, and a generation of famous ministers Feiyi was assassinated.

Seeing that the strategy of capturing the thief and capturing the king first failed, Gongzizhang led his troops to engage the guards of King Huiwen, but the palace was tightly defended and could not be attacked for a long time.

A few days later, Gongzi Cheng and the general Li Dui raised troops from Handan and killed Tian Bude. Zhao Zhang fled to the Dune Palace, where his master father lived, and King Zhao Wuling accepted Zhao Zhang, but Zhao Zhang was still killed.

Gongzicheng and Li Dui were afraid of being retaliated against by King Zhao Wuling, so they continued to besiege the Dune Palace, and King Zhao Wuling starved to death. This is known in history as the Dune Rebellion.

After the incident, Gongzicheng was worshiped by King Huiwen as the minister of state, called Anpingjun, and Li Dui was the secretary (in charge of the prison and picket). After Gongzicheng's death, Li Dui was the prime minister, and his status was still above Pingyuanjun.

Li Dui began his career as a powerful man and was named Fengyang Jun, which once controlled the situation in Zhao State.

Although Li Dui is now in his old age, his health is not as good as before, and he is in a state of semi-retirement. But no one can deny that even so, Li Dui still has a lot of influence in the Zhao State.

Wei State, Xinling Junfu. Wei Wuji was haggling with Chen Xiao, the guest secretary of South Korea.

In today's court, when Chen Xiao showed out the bamboo slips written by Mangmao and confirmed that there were indeed 80,000 soldiers in the hands of Korea, the king of Wei angrily brushed his sleeves away.

This is almost all the elites of the Wei State, and now there are only 10,000 elite soldiers in the Great Liang. If you don't agree to South Korea's request for an alliance, Daliang will inevitably have a sword disaster.

King Wei had never suffered such humiliation, so naturally he didn't have a good face for Chen Zhen.

Now Wei Wuji is the plenipotentiary representative of King Wei.

"Chen Qing, are you asking for too high a price?" Xin Lingjun smiled bitterly and put down the bamboo slip in his hand.

It is written on the bamboo slip that an ordinary Wei army soldier will exchange six stones of corn, ten stone of corn, twenty stones long, forty stones of uncle, one hundred stones for a thousand people, and five hundred stones per person for each person above the friendship price of the next army. In total, there are more than 600,000 stone corns.

"Childe, this price is really not high." Chen Xiao looked at Xin Lingjun leisurely, and immediately settled the account.

"Your country cut down my Huayang for no reason, and the 100,000 acres of fertile land outside the city, we lost 300,000 stones in South Korea alone."

Xinlingjun felt a crow fly over his head, your sister, the ridge we stepped on on on the march can be regarded as damaging the fertile field? There are 16,000 households in your Huayang City, and the fields are only 200,000 mu, how can we destroy half of your fields at once?

"We lost 5,000 soldiers in the battle to rescue Huayang, and our king is merciful, and the family of each of the war dead can receive 60 stone of corn as compensation, and we will spend 300,000 stone for the soldier's compensation alone. Coupled with the rewards for the meritorious and the subsidies for the disabled, after the First World War, our cost far exceeded the price of 600,000 stone corn. Chen Xiao looked so aggrieved that he couldn't do it.

"Xinlingjun, if it weren't for the fact that the Wei State belonged to the Three Jin Dynasty, and our two countries were about to become an alliance with each other, this price would have to be at least doubled!"

Wei Wuji was speechless for a while, it was the first time he had heard that he could still be compensated for dying in battle.

As far as the Wei State is concerned, if the soldiers die in battle, the country will not say anything. In most cases, meritorious service will be rewarded, but if you die in battle, you will just throw your body in the wilderness, and you will not even notify the families of the war dead.

Originally, the same was true in South Korea. However, after the Battle of Huayang, the prince fulfilled his promise that the families of the war dead would receive 60 koku of corn as compensation, which was enough for a family of five to farm for five years. Although the treatment was much worse than that of later generations, in this era of human life, it undoubtedly bought the hearts of all the soldiers at once.

For those who were seriously injured and disabled, Prince Ran also planned to be assigned to a farming estate or a military workshop according to their skills. Of course, that's just an idea at the moment.

But it is clear that the prince intends to completely change the pension system for soldiers in South Korea.

Chen Xiao would not have said these words. The first goal of this mission was to form an alliance with Wei. Regarding the war reparations, King Han did not care much.

As long as Wei is willing to give in, then nothing else matters. However, the crown prince, who accepted the ideas of later generations, instructed Chen Xiao to ask for no less than 300,000 stone corn.

After that, there were days of bargaining.

After confirming that South Korea had indeed paid a high amount of compensation for the soldiers killed in the war this time, Shin Lingjun was embarrassed to stalemate. In addition, the recent frequent movements of the Korean army, the main force of the Wei State really had no confidence, so after Xinling Jun consulted the King of Wei, he finally agreed to redeem the 80,000 soldiers captured by the Korean army at the price of 450,000 stone corn. Enough food for 300,000 people for three months.

The biggest obstacle to peace between the two countries has been resolved, and the next few days will be spent drafting an alliance to make it known to the world.

Fan Zuo has been having a great time lately. On the one hand, his old rival Mang Mao was completely planted, and on the other hand, King Wei announced that he was promoted to prime minister.

In the past few days, Fanzuo's mansion has been full of guests and traffic. I have never heard the smile on Fan Zuo's face, although the Wei State was defeated, what does it have to do with him! As long as he keeps the wealth of this life, it doesn't matter how much Wei is bullied by other countries.

For such a result, Wang Ziran is very satisfied.

Fan Sui had already been secretly sent to Xinzheng by himself. This trip to Daliang has gained a lot.

Since he decided to change the law and try to become stronger, he did not rush to return to Xinzheng. It was rare to have time to observe this neighboring country carefully, and the prince took advantage of the efforts of the two countries to draft an alliance and continued to "do not do business" in Daliang City, wandering back between the wine shops and teahouses.

Now there is a lot of controversy in the market about the discussion between South Korea and Wei.

Some people think that this move greatly hurts the face of Wei, after all, from beginning to end, South Korea's national strength is inferior to Wei. Now that Leng Buding has been beaten to the ground by a country that is inferior to his own, especially South Korea's despicable sneak attack, the people of Wei are somewhat annoyed and angry.

Others thought that it was a wise choice to negotiate peace, after all, the life and death of the main force of the 80,000 Wei army were in the hands of the Koreans. As for the face, today's Wei State is not the time of Wenhou or the time of King Hui, and it has already passed the era of rampant and unhindered in the world.

When he heard the news of the alliance between Han and Wei, he was the happiest than the family members of the captured soldiers.

Originally, this group of people was still worried that King Wei was young and vigorous, and refused to compromise. Unexpectedly, the king of Wei was so sympathetic to the people that he was willing to exchange 450,000 stone corn for the lives of 80,000 soldiers.

Suddenly, the prestige of the King of Wei did not decrease but increased.

On this day, the prince was wandering around the Daliang Bazaar when he was suddenly attracted by the sound of the quarrel in front of him.

The guards hurriedly followed, and after getting along for the past few days, the guards also figured out the temper of their master. That is, what the prince wants to do can't be stopped, he can only be more careful and prevent accidents.

When he got closer, the prince was shocked to find that a few splashes were pestering an old woman. Looking at the appearance of the old woman, she should have come out to sell vegetables to subsidize the family, but she did not understand the rules of the bazaar and did not pay "protection money" to the local bullies. This sparked a dispute between the two sides.

"Old woman, I advise you to get acquainted with each other and obediently hand over three knife coins. Otherwise, I wouldn't mind teaching you the rules here. A strong man with a fierce face and a burly figure said.

Three knife coins are enough for the family's ration for four days, isn't it the life of the old woman.

The old woman was visibly frightened, but she was still brave and stubborn to protect the food behind her. The people around were talking and condemning these splashes from time to time. The splashes were eye-catching, and several young people who wanted to come out of the theory suddenly shrank back.

"The old woman has already paid the market tax, please let the old woman go!" The old woman pleaded bitterly.

"Dead old woman, don't toast, don't eat, eat and drink. You don't want to ask anyone about the name of our Tiger Brother in this land. Charging you three knife coins is to give you face, and if you were someone else, you would have already received twenty or thirty knife coins. ”

Hearing his subordinates praise him like this, the leader is obviously very face-saving. It seems that he is the so-called Tiger Brother.

Wang Hu is too ignorant of etiquette, righteousness and shame, and even an old woman in her seventies will not let go. This grandmother's son died in battle, her daughter-in-law remarried, and only one grandson was left to rely on each other, which is really not easy! A passer-by who knew the matter said.

"Yes! Grandma is a good person. Why don't we go to the government to file a complaint? Passerby Yi Jian yì Road.

"It's useless to sue you. Wang Hu is the elder brother of the eighteenth aunt, otherwise how dare he run rampant in the bazaar so blatantly. There are backers behind people. Passerby C immediately retorted.

Seeing that everyone dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, the prince was about to ask the guards to pay the protection money for the old woman. A voice suddenly sounded: "Wang Hu, in broad daylight, do you still have a king law in your eyes?" ”

"It's okay now, Zhu Butcher is here. The old woman was saved. Passers-by looked at the oncoming man. I saw that this big man was nine feet long, with a leopard head and eyes, and a good body.

"Zhu Hai, ** give me less nosy." Wang Hu looked frightened, but he was-for-tat.

Zhu Hai laughed when he heard this, and said: "Lao Tzu loves to fight unevenly in his life, and today this matter will be decided." What can you do? ”

Just when everyone thought that the two would fight if they disagreed, they didn't expect Wang Hu to suddenly admit it.

"You wait for me, Lao Tzu will make you unable to get along in Daliang." Leaving a cruel word, Wang Hu fled with his subordinates.

This is where Wang Hu is wise.

He knew that Zhu Hai was infinitely powerful, and now his subordinates together were not his opponents. If you hold on, you will only be beaten, and you will lose more face.

However, Wang Hu made up his mind that he would repay today's revenge a hundredfold every day. So I hurriedly went to the Taishou Mansion to find my sister and cry.

Zhu Hai smiled and comforted the crying old woman. Everyone saw that the excitement had gone, and now they dispersed.

The prince thought for a while, but walked up to Zhu Hai and motioned to the guards to give the one hundred and ten knife coins on his body to the old woman.

After the old woman sincerely thanked her and left, the prince called Zhu Hai, who was about to leave, with great interest, and asked, "I offended Wang Hu, I don't know what Zhu Zhuangshi plans to do?" ”

Zhu Hai was slightly surprised, but laughed loudly: "What else?" It's just another way to live. The girder is big enough, isn't there a foothold for Zhu? ”

The prince said: "The strong man is really heroic. However, if you offend Wang Hu, there will be some small troubles after all. Wouldn't it be a pity for me to see a strong man with a good martial arts and be buried in the market? Instead of being trapped in the small world of Daliang, it is better to jump into the deep sea and cage birds into the forest. If the strong man is interested, there is a good place to go down there to make the best use of the strong man's talents. ”

Zhu Hai is secretly vigilant, the so-called shallow and deep words, this is a taboo.

When I met the other party for the first time, the other party showed favor like this, and it was difficult to guarantee that there was no ** attempt.

Seeing Zhu Hai's expression, Prince Ran knew that he was too eager.

I just remembered that Zhu Hai is also a powerful person, and when Xinling Jun stole the talisman to save Zhao, he killed Jin Contempt, who was once the first brave general of Wei, and his strength can be seen.

And when he came under the command of Xinling Jun, Zhu Hai was just a street butcher.

Thinking of this, the prince sighed that every time he slaughtered dogs, he was mostly a scholar. How many people with lofty ideals are buried in the grass.

Considering that if you can't win the trust of the other party, the next conversation is probably unnecessary. So the prince took off the jade pendant on his waist to show his identity.

In this era, it is extremely particular for people of different identities to wear jade pendants. Like the jade pendant worn by the crown prince, a clear-eyed person can see the extraordinary at a glance, even an ordinary person can distinguish which is superior and which is inferior.

Fortunately, Zhu Hai recognized at a glance that this was a jade pendant that could only be worn by the direct royal family, so the next conversation could be described as a pleasure for the guests and the host.

One is not willing to be ordinary, and the other cherishes talents. How can such an encounter not spark!

Inspired by the remarks of the crown prince Ran, "the eldest husband should carry a three-foot sword, make meritorious contributions thousands of miles away, how can he be willing to fight and die, and die of old age, and end his life with Confucianism", Zhu Hai agreed to work for the prince.

Two days later, the Covenant was drafted. Wei officially announced an alliance with South Korea, and the speed with which the two countries turned from hostility to friendship shocked the world for a while.