Qi Wangjian looked behind the curtain, but the Empress Dowager Qi did not speak, so Qi Wangjian had to look at Zhou Zi.

Zhou Zi frowned, and his palms were a little sweaty.

The situation is different in the Qi and Yan countries.

There are very few clans in the Yan Kingdom, and it can even be said that there are none.

At that time, the king of Yan would be in the throne, and Yan was in turmoil, and the clan was killed.

After the Qi State captured the Yan State, the clan was killed again.

Later, after King Yan Zhao returned to Yan, the clan was killed again.

After that, the Three Kingdoms of Han, Wei and Chu abolished King Yan Hui and supported the current King Yan to ascend the throne, and the clan was killed again.

Now in the Yan Kingdom, except for the Yan King lineage, the rest are basically hundreds of years old, and they can't even be called the clan.

Moreover, along with the Yan clan being purged again and again, the nobles of Yan State were also purged again and again, resulting in no big nobles in Yan State.

Therefore, King Yan didn't care about the captured generals at all, even if these nobles were united, it would not be enough for King Yan to suppress them with one hand.

But Qi is different, when Tian Chengzi was drafted in Qi State, as long as his appearance and height were passable, all of them were stuffed into the harem, and then let the guests sleep, these concubines were not allowed to refuse, and they cuckolded themselves, which was the first person in history.

In the end, there were more than 70 sons alone, not counting those who died young, and the status of mothers was too low.

Don't care if these sons are born to Tian Chengzi or not, but nominally they are all his children, and they are all from the Qi clan, especially after the Tian family Dai Jiang, they are all royal families.

Now more than a hundred years have passed, and the original seventy-odd ones have already become hundreds or even more than a thousand, even if the bloodline is far away, most of them are Qi nobles and hold high positions.

Now almost all the high-ranking Qi army leaders who have been captured by the Zhao army are the descendants of these people, and if the prisoners are not exchanged back, these people can overthrow the entire Qi country.

It's not like they haven't done this kind of thing!

Therefore, these captives must not be abandoned!

"The minister suggested that he exchange the prisoners with the Zhao army, but never mention the matter of seeking peace." After a moment, Zhou Zi arched his hand and said.

"What do you think?" King Qi looked at the ministers.

"Just exchange the captives back, they have worked hard for their country, even if they pay a great price, they must welcome them back, and we must not let our heroes chill. As for the rest, the king and Zhou Zi just need to do it. Tai Fu Tian said solemnly.

"yes, yes, we must not chill our heroes."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

"You've got enough. A group of high-sounding hypocrites, when the country was in danger, none of them stood up, but now they are scrambling to rescue their own children and nephews, you ask yourself, are you worthy of the Qi country? Empress Dowager Qi slapped a few times and said angrily.

"Which of you is willing to send an envoy to Zhao Guo?" After a moment, Empress Dowager Qi asked.

When everyone heard this, they silently lowered their heads and remained silent.

"I am willing to go to Zhao Jun." Zhou Zi leaned over and said.

"Since this is the case, this matter is troublesome, Mr., as long as the prisoner can be exchanged, Zhao Wangkuo can agree to any conditions. The conditions of the Zhao army were shared by all the nobles who had children and nephews in their families who were captured. Empress Dowager Qi said in a cold voice.

All of these people must be bleeding today.

She can see that the group of nobles in Qi is all moths of the country, and they are usually righteous and awe-inspiring, but now the country is in trouble, and there is no one left.

"Queen Mother." When everyone heard this, their faces suddenly changed.

"The matter is so decided, if anyone opposes it, the sons and nephews of the family will stay in Zhao Kingdom." Empress Dowager Qi slapped a few eucalyptus and said sharply.

The full chest fell together, and the Empress Dowager Qi was purple-faced by this group of people, if it weren't for being the Empress Dowager, not the monarch, she would have rushed out to give each of these people a kick.

Empress Dowager Qi looked at Qi Wangjian, who was sitting at the top, her face was calm, and she didn't react to the minister's approach, and she suddenly became even more angry.

"The King." Empress Dowager Qi said in a deep voice.

"The Queen Mother." Qi Wangjian hurriedly looked at the curtain.

"The palace heard that Hou Sheng, as the prime minister of Qi State, disrupted the order of the court, excluded dissidents, and made a mess of Qi State's governance, and his virtue was not worthy, so this palace suggested that Hou Sheng be removed from the post of prime minister, and he should not be an official within three years." Empress Dowager Qi said indifferently.

"Queen Mother, I'm your brother." Hou Sheng hurriedly said, he didn't expect that Empress Dowager Qi would actually cut herself.

"If you weren't the elder brother of this palace, this palace would have ordered you to be executed a long time ago."

When the ministers heard this, they hurriedly closed their mouths and swallowed back what they originally wanted to say, Empress Dowager Qi didn't even give face to her own brother, let alone them.

And as the empress dowager of Qi, her son is still the monarch, so she doesn't have to worry about someone taking revenge on her descendants.

Qi Wangjian looked at the curtain and then at Hou Sheng, not knowing whether to agree or not.

Hou Sheng glanced at Zhou Zi, a grim look flashed in his eyes, and turned around and walked towards the outside of the main hall.

Qi Wangjian stretched out his hand, his mouth opened, and in the end, he still couldn't shout......

……

Zhao Jun camp.

"Does the envoy mean that the Qi State does not seek peace, just in exchange for prisoners?" Zhao Kuo looked at Zhou Zi like a fool.

"Not bad." Zhou Zi nodded.

"Since we don't want to make peace, then the Qi State doesn't want to end the war. Right? Since the Qi State did not want to end the war, why did the king return the captives to the Qi State? Let the Qi State gather again to attack this king? Zhao Kuo said with a smile.

"I, Qi State, can promise Zhao Jun that I will not attack Zhao State again." Zhou Zi said.

"Since the Qi State no longer plans to fight, why not sue for peace?" Zhao Kuo asked.

"......" Zhou Zi was stunned, not knowing what to say.

"If you want my Zhao State to withdraw from the army, you can cede 23 cities such as Gaotang, Pingyuan, Anyang, Fuyang, and Rao'an to me Zhao State, and compensate me Zhao State with 5 million stone grain and grass, 50,000 Eridium gold, and 10 million knife coins." Zhao Kuo said in a deep voice.

Although the currencies of various countries in the Warring States period had different shapes, they could all be used universally, because the essence of these currencies was copper, and copper itself was valuable, which was also one of the reasons for the money shortage in the past dynasties, and copper was really not enough.

"Zhao Junmo is not joking, the purpose of the foreign minister's visit this time is just to exchange for the 200,000 soldiers of our Qi army. It's not for the sake of summing. Zhou Zi sneered.

Zhao Kuo's eyes rolled and said: "It's not impossible to exchange for 200,000 soldiers, this king has two conditions. ”

"King Zhao, please speak."

"The first condition, on the basis of all the previous conditions, is to cede the west of Jishui to my Zhao State."

Zhao Kuo originally planned to ask for the land north of Jishui, because the land north of Jishui in Qi was much larger than the land west of Jishui, but after Zhao Guo walked through Jibei, he gave up.

"The Ronin Who Started from Douluo"

There are tidal flats and swamps washed out by rivers and jishui everywhere, and there is only a small city for dozens of miles, which is sparsely populated and the land is barren, and it takes me not much time to develop.

"What about the second condition?" Zhou Zi asked.

"The second condition is that Zhou Zi joins my Zhao Kingdom." Zhao Kuo pointed at Zhou Zi and said.

"King Zhao, don't joke with his ministers." Zhou Zi shook his head bitterly.

"I'm not kidding." Zhao Kuo said.