In a blink of an eye, it was time for the early dynasty, but King Yan still didn't seem to wake up. After the ministers saluted, King Yan was speechless except for the sentence "All Aiqing, please get up". Seeing King Yan's tired look, the eunuch Ling also said wittily: "If you have a book, please play, but if you don't have a book, you will retreat." ”

King Yan's slackness in court affairs is obvious to all over the years, and the ministers also know that the trivial matter of feather dusting does not need to trouble King Yan at all, even if King Yan is reported, it will be thrown to the prime minister, and the prime minister will decide alone. Therefore, the ministers, you are silent. After all, there has been no war in Yan Country recently, and there are no natural disasters in Yan Kingdom, and Yan Country has a good life, and there is nothing to report.

"Please play." Just when everyone was waiting for King Yan to announce his retirement from the dynasty and then return to his own home, a voice suddenly sounded in the main hall. When everyone looked, they found that it was Cheng Anjun and Prime Minister Gongsun Cao who stood up.

"Oh? It's the prime minister! What does the prime minister have to play? King Yan yawned and asked reluctantly.

"Back to the king, there are envoys from the Qin State outside, asking to see him." Gongsun Cao replied respectfully.

An envoy of the State of Qin? King Yan muttered. Their own Yan State and Qin State have always been well water and river water, how could Qin State send envoys over? Could it be because of the Tao County incident?

"Xuan!" King Yan spat out a word.

"The envoy of the Xuan Qin State is here!"

"The envoy of the Xuan Qin State is here!"

One after another, the sharp voices sounded one after another, passing on King Yan's orders, and the voices went straight to the outside of the palace.

After a while, a middle-aged man dressed in the official uniform of the Qin State walked into the Yanwang Palace. The middle-aged man made a gesture and said, "Li Yan, the envoy of King Qin, has seen King Yan. ”

"Your envoy is exempt! Why did you come from afar? King Yan said nonchalantly.

"I am here for the safety of the Yan Kingdom by the order of the King of Qin." Li Yan looked stern.

"Oh? I have hundreds of thousands of people with armor in Yan Kingdom, what is the danger? King Yan smiled in his heart, all the envoys and debaters love to be alarmist, in order to satisfy the appetite of the superiors, this Li Yan is not exempt from vulgarity! I thought so, but I still asked casually.

"Yan has Donghu in the north, Qi in the south, and Zhao in the west, which is a big risk." Li Yan's words were amazing.

"Now Donghu has been defeated and lost thousands of miles; The state of Qi has not been restored for a long time, and it has been lingering; Zhao and Yan have no grievances and live together in harmony, what is the danger? King Yan retorted.

"Because of this, Yan Guo is in danger. The defeat of Donghu was defeated by misbelieving in Qin Kai, and it was difficult to ensure a comeback in the future. Although the Qi country is declining, its population far exceeds that of your country, and it will eventually rise. Although Zhao is temporarily friendly with your country, but the country has no near-term worries, who is closer to Zhao Hu than South Korea and Wei? Now the Zhao Kingdom is advancing westward, expanding the territory for 500 miles, and then going west will enter the heart of our Great Qin, which is bound to become more and more difficult. If Zhao State does not advance westward, it will inevitably expand eastward, so Yan State will become a fish and meat under Zhao State's knife, if I don't plan early, I am afraid that the king will regret it too late. ”

King Yan was stunned for a moment, and felt that it was reasonable, but he still said unconvinced: "Even if the Zhao State expands eastward, there will also be the Qi State." How dare your envoy say that Zhao Guo will definitely destroy my Yan Kingdom? ”

Li Yan smiled slightly, knowing that the matter had become five points, and immediately replied: "Qi State, Yan State, and Chu State are all mortal enemies, and now Chu State and my Qin State are allied, and Qi State can only turn to the Three Jin Dynasty, so there is a matter of uniting Wei State to carve up my Tao County." The king thought that in this case, would Zhao's eastward expansion first attack Yan or Qi? ”

Looking at King Yan who was frowning and contemplative, Li Yan took advantage of the situation and said: "So King Qin sent me as an envoy, wanting to reconcile with your country and fight against the Three Jin Dynasty." This is the letter of the monarch of our country. After speaking, he handed the letter of state to the eunuch order of Yan State.

King Yan finally understood, it turned out that unconsciously, the world was divided into two groups. One is the three kingdoms of Han, Zhao, and Wei, plus the quasi-ally Qi state, and the other is the two states of Qin and Chu. Either be neutral or join one of the groups, there is no other way to go.

Thinking of this, King Yan opened his mouth and said, "Please also ask your envoy to retreat first, and let me wait for the monarch and ministers to discuss?" ”

"Whoa!" The envoy of the Qin State retreated.

"What do you think?" After the envoy of the Qin State left, King Yan asked.

As soon as the words fell, Prime Minister Gongsun Cao stood up and said, "Back to the king, the minister thinks that he should form an alliance with the Qin State. The Zhao State is powerful, once we have a bad heart towards our Yan State and have the Qin State to contain it, our Yan State can not be afraid of the Zhao State. ”

Subsequently, a group of officials who supported Gongsun Cao chimed in, and King Yan looked at it, and nearly half of the officials expressed their support for an alliance with Qin.

At this time, one of them came out and said: "The minister thinks that this matter must not be done." ”

When King Yan saw it, it turned out to be Changguo Junlejian. With a joy in his heart, the most opposed alliance with the Qin State in the entire Zhao State must be Lejian. Le Jian is the son of Le Yi, and now Le Yi is far away in Zhao State, and he is honored as a king. The father and son traveled back and forth between Zhao and Yan, maintaining the friendship between the two countries.

King Yan knew in his heart that no matter whether an alliance with Qin was good or bad, Le Jian would oppose it for the sake of opposition, but he still asked, "Why doesn't the king of Chang approve of the alliance with Qin?" ”

Lejian Zhengse replied: "Back to the king, the reason why the Qi State united with the Wei State to attack the Tao County of the Qin State was because he was afraid of offending the Three Jins, which was to benefit Zhao and Wei." In this way, Qin Guofa does not blame the public, and can only swallow the bitter fruit by itself. Therefore, the state of Qi did not make friends with the Sanjin. The king need not worry. Moreover, the Qin State, the country of tigers and wolves, has many betrayals. Don't forget the lessons of King Chu Huai! ”

"King Chu Huai?" King Yan's heart was also tense when he thought of this.

At this time, another man spoke up: "Your Majesty, the ministers also think that the alliance should not be hasty. Now that the Qin State has retreated to the Guannei, the alliance with our Yan State is just to hope that our Yan State will harass the Zhao State so that it will not be able to fight against the Qin State with peace of mind. Now that Yan and Zhao are on good terms, there is no discord, if Zhao is annoyed by an alliance, it is not worth the loss? ! ”

King Yan looked at the doctor Jiangqu who had just spoken, and he also felt reasonable. After all, now that Qin and Zhao are evil to each other, if they befriend Qin State, they will hate Zhao State, and it seems that the gains outweigh the losses.

Seeing that half of the people did not speak, King Yan began to name and asked, "The eldest doctor (note: the eldest doctor is above the upper doctor), what do you think about the alliance?" ”

Ju Xin didn't want to express his opinion, after all, he was an old minister of King Yan Zhao, and now King Yan didn't like the old ministers of the previous dynasty. Like his colleague Zou Yan, he was wrongfully imprisoned just because of his identity as a Qi person. Although he was later wronged, Zou Yan was already disheartened and resigned. I think that at the beginning, I was as famous as Guo Kui, Le Yi, and Zou Yan, but now Guo Kui is dying of old age, Le Yi is running to Zhao, and Zou Yan is returning to Qi, which is really embarrassing.

Now that the government of Yan State is controlled by Gongsun Cao, the other party is powerful, and Ju Xin is unwilling to offend the other party because of this, so he said against his will: "The minister thinks that the world is divided into two camps, and I, Yan Guo, cannot stay out of it." An alliance with Qin is the best policy! ”

"In this way, wouldn't it be evil to Zhao Guo?" King Yan asked suspiciously.

Ju Xin could only explain: "There is no such thing as having both worlds. Since you can't have both fish and bear's paws, it's better to take bear's paws. Zhao State now has Han and Wei as allies, and Qi State is friendly, even if our Yan State forms an alliance with it, Zhao State will not look down on my Yan State. On the contrary, it is the Qin State, defeated again and again, and only the Chu State, which has been greatly injured, is an alliance, and at this time, our Yan State has formed an alliance with it, which is like sending charcoal in the snow, and the Qin State will be grateful. ”

"Hmmm! The old man is right! Keep talking! "King Yan didn't expect the usually taciturn drama Xin to have such a great talent, it seems that he is too prejudiced against the old ministers left by the former king.

Ju Xin knew that if he didn't say why, King Yan would not let him go, so he could only continue: "Yan and Zhao Nai are close neighbors, and in the opinion of Yichen, a powerful Zhao State is not in the interests of Yan State. On the contrary, no matter how powerful the Qin State is, it is too far away from the Yan State to affect our country. It is better to form an alliance with Qin, let Qin and Zhao confront each other, and weaken their national strength. In this way, our Yan country has interests to be gained. ”

King Yan's heart was already moved, but he still said worriedly: "How is it good to evil Zhao Guo?" ”

Ju Xin looked down on the indecisive King Yan in his heart, this son was too much worse than King Yan Zhao, but Ju Xin had to comfort: "The Qin State needs our Yan Kingdom now, and it will not put our Yan Kingdom in danger." Moreover, the two countries have not yet formed an alliance, and even if they do, we will be able to make false promises. ”

"Good! The widow decided, and formed an alliance with the Qin State! King Yan said in high spirits.

(See the new book review, spoiler it with you in advance, this book will not be a high-tech invention, and I will be disgusted if any guns and missiles are really written.) Today I will change one shift first, gasp for breath, and continue two shifts a week tomorrow)