Tang Ju had already received a signal from King Han that the Qin State wanted to exchange the entire county of Hedong and Shangjun for half of Guanzhong west of Xianyang, which was absolutely wishful thinking. What's more, now the Qin State still has four or five cities in Hedong that have not been taken!

It is very important to take a stand at the right time, so Tang Ju shook his head very firmly and said with emotion: "Isn't the king worried about the Huns attacking again?" ”

King Qin was puzzled, and wondered whether Korea was using the Xiongnu to blackmail him. But the Xiongnu returned from a big defeat this time, and their vitality was greatly damaged, and it was impossible to listen to the bewitchment of Korea and do such a lucrative thing as a labor expedition to attack the Qin State!

Tang Ju naturally knew that after the Huns retreated this time, most of them would be annoyed and angry, Qin was unlikely to fight, and Korea could not fight, and most of the Huns would spread their anger on Zhao. What I just said was just an excuse. After all, now is not the time to completely tear off the skin with the Qin State, South Korea wants to close the country, and it also wants the Qin State to have nothing to say and willingly accept this fact!

"It was really difficult for the Qin State to defend against the Xirong and Di people and guard the border for the countries of Shandong. In the past, the Qin State was strong and strong, but now the Qin State has less than 200,000 soldiers, and if it wants to guard the border again, I am afraid that it will not be slack. Even if the Xiongnu don't come to invade, it's possible for the Yueshi! Once the Hu occupy Guanzhong, they can attack Hanzhong or Nanyang, so the land west of Xianyang is still guarded by us Koreans! Tang Ju said confidently.

The monarchs and ministers of the Qin State looked at each other, the logic of Korea is really the logic of bandits, Guanzhong is obviously the Guanzhong of the Qin State, and South Korea actually wants to use such a lame reason - to prevent the invasion of the Xiongnu and the Yueshi to guard Guanzhong on behalf of the Qin State. If according to this statement, wouldn't South Korea also be able to claim land from Yan and Zhao?!

"King Han has a heart!" King Qin laughed twice and pushed off South Korea's "kindness". Said: "However, Guanzhong is the Guanzhong of the Qin State after all, and the widow is willing to arrange the troops of the whole country in Longxi, with the Dasan Pass and the Great Wall blocking it, Nanyang and Hanzhong are naturally very safe!" ”

Tang Ju naturally knew that King Qin was expressing his stance to the South Korea he represented. As long as South Korea lets Qin go, Qin will never interfere in the affairs of the Central Plains again. The whole army of the Qin State is placed on the northwest line, and there are no extra troops to meddle in the affairs of the Central Plains!

Tang Ju didn't appreciate it, pretended not to understand, and said: "The king's words are wrong! ”

Forced by the form, the noble ministers of the Qin State could not bear it, and even the most impatient military ministers only frowned and looked at the King of Qin, and they needed to wait for the King of Qin to give an order before Tang Ju could be cured of Tang Ju's great disrespect.

King Qin was angry in his heart. But he pretended to be curious and asked, "Please sir!" ”

"The minister dares to ask the king, whose world is this world?"

Hearing Tang Ju's question, King Qin made a difficulty! How should this question be answered? If placed before the division of the Jin Kingdom, although Zhou Tianzi was weak, the monarchs of all countries in the world were called princes, and the only king was Zhou Tianzi, and the world was naturally Zhou Tianzi. But nowadays. All nations are called lonely and revered as kings. The world is obviously not Zhou's! If he is insincere and says that Zhou Tianzi is the co-lord of the world, then South Korea can coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes.

"If you lose your deer, the world will chase it!" King Qin gave an answer that he thought was correct.

Tang Ju nodded with a smile, which was regarded as recognition, and continued to ask: "Dare to ask the king." Hundreds of years ago, Xianyang was Qin soil? ”

King Qin was speechless, hundreds of years ago, the ancestors of Qin were still herding horses for Zhou Tianzi! A large area in Guanzhong still belongs to the Xirong and Di people. Vaguely, King Qin knew what Tang Ju wanted to say.

"Xia Wei lost the hearts of the people. SenseTime rises up to inherit the world! Shang lost the hearts of the people, and King Wu cut down Shang and became the princess of the world! It can be seen from this that those who win the hearts of the people win the world, and the co-masters of the world are naturally virtuous. With all due respect, the Qin State has been provoked by villains over the years, and the people have been separated from the king. Otherwise, with the solidity of Guanzhong, why was it broken by the South Korean army in less than ten days? And why after our army entered Guanzhong, the west of Xianyang, including Longxi, where the Qin State was born, was all passed on! And what King Han refers to is where the Korean flag goes, and where the Korean flag goes, it is the Korean soil! Today, west of Xianyang, it belongs to South Korea! Isn't it ridiculous and generous for the king to exchange the east of the Korean river for the Korean pass? Really calculated, the king just wants to go to the county and exchange the land of the two counties in Guanzhong, South Korea! If the king is the king of Han, are you willing to agree? ”

King Qin's face suddenly turned blue and white, where is this. The city west of Xianyang is not because of the emptiness of the army?! If South Korea is really the people's desire, why did the Li clan in Longxi be slaughtered? ! As for the pass, the Qin State couldn't have imagined that the pass would fall so quickly! But if South Korea has to bring this to the issue of people's hearts, Qin will not believe it.

Tang Ju took the opportunity to say: "Before leaving, King Han told his ministers, in this Guanzhong land, it doesn't matter if Qin wants to, as long as Qin can snatch it back from the Han army, South Korea is willing to bow down!" ”

Although it has long been clear that the possibility of South Korea agreeing to its own conditions is very small, after Tang Ju's rush to white, King Qin's heart is still aggrieved. Obviously, South Korea is now bullying Qin and does not have many troops. In layman's terms, Guanzhong is a house built brick by brick by brick by the Qin State, and the Qin State did not do its best to provoke South Korea, but it was chased and killed by South Korea to his home and occupied half of the land. In the eyes of the "robber" in South Korea, he has left half of the land for Qin State to give Qin State enough face, if Qin State does not know each other and wants to solve it by force, he will accompany him at any time!

If the Qin State wants to be reasonable and discuss the ownership of Guanzhong, then Korea will start from hundreds of years. If South Korea can't talk about it, it will be directly a sentence - what King Han refers to is where the Korean flag goes, and where the Korean flag goes, it is the Korean soil! This loss, Qin Guo has to eat it, and if he doesn't eat it, he has to eat! With the big fist of South Korea!

"Dare to ask sir, how is South Korea going to stop?" Zong Zhengying believed that South Korea sent Tang Ju as an envoy to visit Qin, which must be the idea of turning big things into small ones. Just now, South Korea just said its bottom line through the mouth of Tang Ju, that is, the land west of Xianyang, and South Korea will never hand it over. Whether it is the so-called guarding the border on behalf of the Qin State, or conforming to the will of the people, it is all sanctimonious rhetoric, and the appearance will not be so ugly!

Tang Ju glanced at the monarchs and ministers of the Qin State and smiled, not sarcastically. It was not a mocking smile, but a confident smile, and said: "If the King of Qin is willing to appoint the crown prince to hold hostage in Luoyang and hand over the traitors and villains in the court to Korea, the King of Han agrees to make peace with the Qin State." East of Jingshui and north of Weishui. Return to Qin, and the rest to Han. As a matter of sincerity, King Han was willing to assign the entire Hedong to the Qin State! ”

"What about Tongguan?" Zong Zhengying asked a very crucial question.

The position of Tongguan is somewhat awkward, because from the map, Weishui flows into the river (Yellow River) near the Yin and Jin Dynasties, and Ningqin County and its subordinate Tongguan can be understood to be located both south of Weishui and can be incorporated into the east of the river. At the beginning, when Wei General Wu Qi was the county guard of Xihe, the Great Wall of Wei built was from Luoshui in the north. South to Yin Jin, Wucheng between. Like Yin Jin, it belongs to Xihe County, and Ning Qin belongs to Hedong.

If South Korea incorporates Yin Jin and Ning Qin into South Korea, then the Korean army can enter Guanzhong through GuòTong Pass at any time, and cooperate with Xianyang's army to attack the Guanzhong land between Jingshui and Luoshui, and the only thing that Qin can really call safe is Hedong and Shangjun!

"Lord Zongzheng should be asking about the belonging of Yin Jin and Ning Qin counties, right?" Tang Ju asked with a smile.

Ying Ze nodded silently, and Tang Ju said: "Opposite Yin and Jin is Fenglingdu, which is a shortcut between Hedong and Guanzhong. Ning Qin is under the jurisdiction of Tongguan. If you want to quickly enter the Central Plains from Guanzhong, Tongguan is a must-pass place! But. South of Weishui and Heshui, what is the use of Qin as long as Yinjin, Ningqin and Qin counties? South Korea has an army of nearly one million, and it is not easy to take these two counties! If the minister is Zongzheng, he must build yì and give up these two enclaves in exchange for the trust of South Korea! After all. Qin's troops are so many, if South Korea has the heart to attack the two counties from time to time, will Qin save it or not? It can't be saved, and if you don't save it, it's unkind and unjust, it's really embarrassing! ”

Ying Ze was speechless. In the final analysis, it is still the Qin State that is too weak! The Korean army has occupied half of Guanzhong, and if you want to flank the Qin State, you must cross the Weishui and Jingshui, even if the Qin State blocks the line of Tongguan, there is also Nanyang and Lantian. The real focus of Qin's defense should be on the Weishui and Jingshui defense lines!

South Korea is known for its faithfulness, and it must not want to destroy the Qin State with too many casualties, so it is willing to make this decision. For South Korea, it doesn't matter if Qin agrees or not, it is good for Qin to agree, if it doesn't agree, South Korea can add 200,000 troops to destroy Qin in one fell swoop! But for Qin, South Korea's path needs to be carefully considered.

Promised? Agreed, Qin Guo would be very aggrieved, but he could get a rare respite! It's just that South Korea has repeatedly said that it asks Qin to hand over the traitorous villain in the court, and this traitor is originally a fictitious thing! South Korea obviously wanted to cut off King Qin's right-hand man.

In addition, it is whether Tongguan should be given up. According to Tang Ju, Qin can win the trust of South Korea by giving up Tongguan, and if he does not give up, it is also an enclave, and it is very easy for South Korea to take it. Although this sentence embarrassed the Qin State, it was true. Tongguan's current army of more than 10,000 is the few elites left in the Qin State!

"The traitor that the gentleman said, there is no one in the court of the widow! Sir, who does the widow think he should hand over? King Qin suddenly spoke.

Tang Ju said with a smile: "There are many loyal and patriotic people in the royal court, and there are naturally not many traitors, but if you look closely, there are two!" ”

King Qin's heart trembled, and he subconsciously looked at Wu Anjun Baiqi. There is no doubt that South Korea is trying to weaken itself in the name of traitors! For the Qin State, Prime Minister Wei Ran and Wu Anjun Bai Qi were undoubtedly the most important. After Wei Ran died in Xianyang, Bai Qi became even more important. If you are the king of Han, you will definitely choose Bai Qi.

"Wu Anjun Bai Qi and Wei Wei Wang Qian!" Tang Ju's words were like a stone thrown into a pond, and the calm water began to ripple!

"Your Majesty! Never! Wu Anjun opened up the territory and expanded the territory for my Great Qin, and made great achievements, if the king handed over Wu Anjun to South Korea, the soldiers in the army would be cold! South Korea is a heart-wrenching plan! Once this precedent is set, who is willing to die for Great Qin?! Zong Zhengying immediately stood up and spoke out against it.

"Wu Anjun is the pillar of the country, how can he be a traitorous villain? The king must not listen to the words of Korea and cut off the arm of Great Qin! This is what the upright minister said.

"If there is no guard to defend Qi County, the 200,000 Hun army has already invaded Guanzhong, if the king punishes the guard, I am afraid that the soldiers will not be convinced!" Someone excused Wang Qian.

"Wei Wei is the ninth secretary of the Qin State, even if he is guilty, it should be our Qin State, and the king must not hand over Wei Wei to South Korea for disposal!"

Bai Qi listened to the ministers complaining about himself and Wang Jian, although he was very moved, he didn't say a word. In other words, South Korea asked for Wei Ran or Wang Jian by name. I must argue on the basis of reason, but now it is myself who is involved, and it is really difficult for Bai Qi to express his position, and he can't express his position.

It is obvious that South Korea is not at ease with the Qin State and wants to eradicate itself and Wang Qian. He knows this, King Qin also knows it, and everyone knows it. If you kneel down and defend yourself, you will be trapping the King of Qin in an unkind and unrighteous place. Whether it is important for oneself or the future of the Qin State, whether to protect oneself and fight to the death or sacrifice oneself to forbearance and retreat, it is a difficult choice for the Qin State and for the King of Qin.

Although Bai Qi did not say anything, he even looked at the ground calmly. It seems that the controversy in the main hall has nothing to do with him, but he is very sad in his heart! What if you have a lifetime of success and few failures? What about his own immortal achievements, which makes Shandong countries frightened? Three-foot Qingfeng, a glass of wine, and a zhang of white silk can cost their lives. He is a man of great merit, but compared to the interests of the country, he is nothing! Bai Qi believed. After a moment of hesitation, King Qin would eventually give up on himself. Give up Wang Qian! Maybe a few years later, when the Qin State becomes strong again, the new king will rehabilitate himself and set up a monument for himself, but not now!

"Widow" King Qin glanced at Bai Qi and glanced at Tang Ju. He looked around at the expressions of His Royal Highness's courtiers who were resolute or angry or unbearable, and finally sighed and said, "The widow is a little uncomfortable! Let's discuss this matter tomorrow! ”

"Retreat!" The voice of the eunuch's order sounded in the main hall.

Tang Ju Shi Ran left, although many ministers of the Qin State were eager to eat his flesh and drink his blood, and hated him so much that his teeth itched. But after all, no one dared to stop him from leaving, and even no one dared to step forward and say anything disrespectful to Tang Ju. At this moment, Tang Ju seemed to have become the public enemy of the Qin State, but it was such a public enemy that the King of Qin still ordered the guards to protect him.

Many ministers comforted Bai Qi after retiring from the court, but after thinking about it, they couldn't find any words, and finally could only say insincerely: "Although the king is young, he understands righteousness!" Don't worry, the king will not fall for the tricks of South Korea! ”

Bai Qi can only repay it with a bitter smile, in addition to a bitter smile, it is still a bitter smile.

Back in his temporary mansion, Bai Qi turned around, couldn't read the books on weekdays, and faced with the most delicious food. Bai Qi is decisive in killing, no matter how dangerous the situation is, he does not lose his demeanor, which also cultivates the subordinates of Bai Qi's mansion to be as strict with self-discipline as ordinary soldiers in the army, and they are extremely in awe of Bai Qi. Seeing Bai Qi's melancholy look, even the most intimate housekeeper didn't dare to ask more questions. Although Bai Qi's most doted son and wife were worried about Bai Qi, they also knew that if Bai Qi didn't want to say it, they wouldn't be able to ask why. In addition to silently retreating and leaving enough space for Bai Qi, he can't do more! This made Bai Qi even more depressed, but Bai Qi endured it.

"Your Majesty!" The housekeeper walked to the study and woke Bai Qi up from his distraction.

Bai Qi was not angry and arrogant, and said coldly: "Didn't I sue you?!" Today, no one is seen! ”

The housekeeper snorted: "The crown prince Zhan Shizhang Zhou asked to see the king outside, saying that he was at the will of the king!" ”

Bai Qi's hand trembled uncontrollably, what?! The king sent the crown prince Zhan Shi to see him privately?! That means there's still room for things to turn around?! Or, did King Qin send the crown prince Zhan Shi to apologize to him, and asked him to take the initiative to confess his guilt and surrender the law?!

The butler bowed his head deeply, he didn't dare to look at Bai Qi's expression at all, Bai Qi who was so irritable and moody like now was something that the butler had never met in his life, and his intuition told him that at such a time, everything must be careful. If it weren't for the crown prince Zhan Shizhang Zhou saying that he was at the behest of King Qin, he wouldn't dare to bother Bai Qi if he killed the housekeeper.

Bai Qi took a deep breath, finally calmed down, and said, "Got it!" Let's invite Master Zhan Shi to the study! ”

"Whoa!" The butler slowly stepped back and tiptoed out of the study.

Bai Qi began to think about Zhang Zhou's intention. If the King of Qin planned to defend Liyang and not give in to Korea, it should be a close minister like the eunuch Ling or an important minister like Zong Zhengying. If the king of Qin plans to give up himself and ask for perfection from Korea, he will either be an important minister to show mercy or insignificant to show his despair. Zhang Zhou was appointed by the King of Qin to the crown prince, and now that the prince is young, from a certain point of view, Zhang Zhou is really likely to be at the behest of the King of Qin. It's just that there must be countless pairs of eyes staring at his mansion right now! The King of Qin sent Zhang Zhou over to spread the word, which will inevitably arouse people's reverie!

After a while, a middle-aged man walked into the bookstore under the leadership of the housekeeper of Wu Anjun's mansion, and Wu Anjun fixed his eyes and saw that it was the crown prince Zhan Shizhang Zhou.

Because Zhang Zhou claimed to have come by order, Bai Qi wanted to kneel down to accept the order after retiring irrelevant people. Who would have expected that Zhang Zhou grabbed a step forward, couldn't afford it, and said in his mouth: "(Zhang) Zhou knows that pretending the king's order is a capital crime, but Zhou also knows that the king is irritable and doesn't want to see people, so he dares to lie that he has the king's order!" I hope that the king will forgive your sins! ”

Bai Qi thought about countless possibilities, but he didn't expect that Zhang Zhou was simply a fake royal decree! For a moment, I laughed angrily! (To be continued......)