Chapter 17: The Disappointed Zhao State
The trouble came from the state of Zhao. Perhaps realizing that after Qin occupied Taiyuan County, it had become an important factor affecting the security of Zhao's northern frontier, and Zhao came up with a strategy that was not very clever, that is, marriage.
Although most of the factors that determine how the country will stand in line are interests, we cannot ignore the power of the "pillow wind", otherwise, the goodness of Qin and Jin will not have such a far-reaching impact.
If the princess who marries into another country is not the queen, it is not favored to be happy, once the son born is established as the prince, the status will rise, and the right to speak will also increase, and most of them will be able to influence the government. In the final analysis, marriage is just a means, and it takes skill and luck to make a difference.
Now among the countries, Zhao and Yan, Yan and Han can be called a model of marriage. King Zhao's eldest sister is Queen Yan, and King Yan's younger sister is Queen of Korea, so the relationship between Yan and Zhao and Han is therefore close. Perhaps it is precisely because of this layer of relationship that Yan Guo did not favor either Han or Zhao.
Zhao Guo is now going to marry another princess to the King of Qin, purely to win over Qin. Presumably, Zhao was the most afraid of an alliance between Qin and Han. The biggest effect that the desired effect is that the Qin State fell to the Zhao State and worked with the Zhao State to guard against Korea; The weakest is that Qin remains neutral and does not become an enemy of Zhao.
I don't know if he wants to confuse Zhao State, or if he really wants to maintain a close relationship with Zhao State, King Qin did not directly refuse in the face of the lobbying of Zhao's envoys, which is intriguing.
Although South Korea thought that it was impossible for Qin to go to Han and Zhao, and knew that it was very unlikely that this kind of political marriage could play a role, it still decided to completely eliminate this idea of Zhao and eliminate the hidden danger.
A lobbyist from Qi was bribed by South Korea and rushed to Jinyang with a lot of money to make a wonderful lobbying.
If you want to lobby successfully, you need to have a successful audience. King Qin's attitude is ambiguous, and it is definitely not appropriate to start. This kind of matter is more like a family matter, and it is inconvenient for the courtiers to express their position. Therefore, the lobbyist directly pinpointed the crux of the problem, the current queen of the Qin king - Mrs. Huayang.
With the long-term relationship between Mrs. Huayang and King Qin and King Qin's favor for Huayang, even if the eldest princess of Zhao married King Qin. is just a concubine, and she can't be a queen. In this harem, it is Mrs. Huayang's words, and only Mrs. Huayang can play a decisive role in the marriage. Therefore, the lobbyist set the ultimate goal on Mrs. Huayang. As long as she does not agree to the eldest princess of Zhao Guo marrying King Qin, King Qin will not dare to disobey.
The lobbyist chose Mrs. Huayang's younger brother Yang Quanjun as the breakthrough, and on the one hand, Mrs. Huayang was suspicious by nature. Most of the people who are not close to them don't listen, Yangquanjun is the foreign aid and reliance of Mrs. Huayang, which is really a glory and a loss; Of the two, Mrs. Huayang lives deep in the palace, and it is not easy to see, unlike Yangquanjun, who is a powerful person in the court. He likes to nurture his guests.
After meeting Yangquanjun, the lobbyist bluntly said that Yangquanjun was in trouble. Yang Quanjun naturally thought that the lobbyist was alarmist, but if he wanted to attract his attention, the lobbyist was enlightened and said: "Today's monarch has no merit to Daqin, and the reason why he can enjoy wealth is because he is the younger brother of Mrs. Huayang." Mrs. Huayang is the queen, and the prince Chu is the aid. could have sat back and relaxed, but once Qin and Zhao got married, and the eldest princess of Zhao gave birth to a son for King Qin, the status of the crown prince Chu was in danger! ”
Yang Quanjun didn't understand its meaning and heard the reason. The lobbyist said: "Those who are feared by the Qin State." South Korea too! Now that the crown prince Chu is far away in Luoyang, once Qin and Zhao make friends, South Korea will inevitably be angry, and the situation of the prince Chu will be difficult. If the eldest princess of Zhao State made another statement to the king of Qin and promoted the alliance between Qin and Zhao, the crown prince Chu would be in danger of his life. Without Zichu, King Qin can still make other sons the crown prince, but does Mrs. Huayang still have a chance to succeed another son? Even if he succeeds him, how can he get King Qin to agree again and make him the crown prince? The monarch must not think that this will not happen, in the final analysis, the prince Chu's background is not noble, and he was passed on to Mrs. Huayang, when it comes to bloodline, where can he be as noble as the son born to the eldest princess of Zhao Guo! If you talk about the power of her mother's family, the eldest princess of Zhao has the full support of Zhao Guo, Mrs. Huayang's mother's family is far away in Jiangdong, and Chu is far less powerful than Zhao, and it is not bordered by Qin, so the minister said that once Qin and Zhao marry, the victims will inevitably be Mrs. Huayang and the king! ”
Yang Quanjun was silent, if the eldest princess of Zhao Guo had a little skill, coupled with Zhao Guo's support, it was really possible to achieve this goal. Even if South Korea was merciful and did not kill Zi Chu at the first time, Zhao Guo could completely get rid of Zi Chu unknowingly in order to strengthen the status of the eldest princess of Zhao State. Once Zichu died, the support of himself and Mrs. Huayang would be gone. At that time, who to appoint as the crown prince will not be something that Mrs. Huayang can make a decision at the beginning!
"Please teach me, sir!" Yang Quanjun's attitude took a turn of one hundred and eighty degrees.
Only then did the lobbyist talk about what South Korea had explained, and said: "There are two methods: the best strategy and the lower strategy. made a decision to send someone to lobby South Korea, so that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince could return to Jinyang. As long as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is in Jinyang, even if Qin and Zhao marry, Mrs. Huayang will not lose her position if Her Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the monarch are foreign aid. As long as the eldest princess of Zhao does not marry King Qin, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will not only not be in danger, but will be valued by King Han because of this, and indirectly help Jun Shang and Mrs. Huayang win the trust of King Qin! ”
Yang Quanjun didn't think about it, so he chose the best strategy. The next strategy is just to delay, and it is inevitable to fight. The best strategy can solve the problem at the root. As long as the Qin State continues to be close to Korea and keeps a distance from the Zhao State, then the crown prince Chu can become a link of communication between the King of Qin and the King of Han, and his status will naturally rise.
Yang Quanjun took the lobbyist into the palace to ask to see Mrs. Huayang, and after some words, Mrs. Huayang understood the stakes. The lobbyist left satisfied, but Mrs. Huayang and Yang Quanjun conspired and made a plan.
Soon, the officials of Mrs. Huayang's family began to jump out and oppose the concubine of King Qin, this concubine naturally refers to the eldest princess of Zhao Guo. The reason is that the Qin State has suffered repeated setbacks over the years, lost the entire Guanzhong, and the people are uneasy, if the news of the wedding of the King of Qin spreads, the people must think that the King of Qin is drunk and dreams and only knows pleasure, and the people's hearts will be scattered.
At the same time, Mrs. Huayang also used her influence in the harem and her many years of understanding of King Qin to blow the pillow wind, and in the past few days, the ears of King Qin, who was not very concerned about this, were softened, and she naturally shirked Zhao Guo's marriage! A crisis was resolved invisibly.
(Tomorrow we will update 5,000 words and start describing the war!) A big battle begins! (To be continued......)
PS: I'm going to see a doctor tomorrow, and I have to work every Thursday! I hope the illness will get better soon.