Chapter 608: The king cherishes it, and the old minister is gone

"If you want Jiuding, don't you want to break with my Zhao Kingdom? Hehe, how can there be such a good thing in the world? After several years of sedimentation, it seems that the Wei State has forgotten the strength of my Zhao State." Zhao Kuo was so happy.

Not to mention the battle of Wangcheng, Zhao Guo contributed the most, and deserved Jiuding. Just because these nine tripods were transported back by the Zhao army, then they should belong to the Zhao State, and the Wei State has no reason to occupy it.

Although it is said that there is no morality between countries and countries, it is in the case of tearing the skin, otherwise no matter how much filth is done behind the scenes, it will be magnificent and righteous on the surface.

What's more, Wei and Zhao are still allies.

"I would like to write a letter to persuade Brother Wang." Wei Wuji said anxiously.

He knows very well that Jiuding is not something that anyone can occupy if they want to. There is no strength to occupy Jiuding, just the way to die.

In the whole world, except for Zhao and Qin, who are qualified to occupy Jiuding, any other country that gets Jiuding will inevitably have a war, and Wei is the land of four wars, bordering all countries except Yan. If he dies, he will die worse than any other country.

Wei Wuji couldn't watch Wei fall into the abyss.

"How long has my Zhao State soldier been detained by Wei Guo?" Zhao Kuo asked in a deep voice.

"It's been half a month." Lin Xiangru sighed.

"It's been half a month, I guess I believe that Lingjun has already written to King Wei before, it doesn't seem to have any effect, since that's the case, then there is no need to write again." Zhao Kuo waved his hand and said.

"No." Wei Wuji gave up helplessly.

Zhao Kuo was right, he sent a letter to King Wei as soon as he received the news, explaining the stakes, but so far King Wei has not replied, and the result can be imagined.

"Have you discussed any plans for such a long time?" Zhao Kuo's gaze swept over everyone's faces.

"The king, the ministers and others think that I, the Zhao Kingdom, must take Jiuding back. Both nominally and in practice." Xunzi said solemnly.

Jiuding is not only about the face of Zhao Guo, but also about who is orthodox in the world.

Just like King Wei's obsession with the Son of Heaven, Xunzi also cares very much about who is orthodox in the world.

If the strength of the Zhao State is weak, it is just a matter of swallowing the anger, the current Zhao State is a veritable overlord of the world, and even the Qin State has to stand aside, if the Wei State is allowed to occupy the Jiuding, not only will the countries look down on the Zhao State, but even the spirit of the people of the Zhao State will be hit.

Only when the country is strong can the people be self-confident.

If Zhao Guo cowered, how could the people hold their heads high?

In the future, no one will regard Zhao Guo as the leader of the alliance.

As for what Wei Guo said, 'temporary borrowing, it's just nonsense, and no one will agree.'

"But now is not the time to go to war with Wei." Lin Xiangru looked worried, in the past few years, Zhao Guo has been focusing on Yan Guo in accordance with the original strategic plan.

Once a war is launched against Wei, the entire strategy will be affected.

"So Wei Guo knew that my Zhao State's target was Yan State, so he dared to provoke so much? Or is it that Wei is planning to join forces with Yan to deal with me, Zhao State?" Zhao Kuo's right fingers took turns tapping the armrest of the seat and said thoughtfully.

He had been reluctant to weaken Wei before, and wanted to use Wei as a barrier against Qin and Chu.

But if Wei and Zhao are enemies, then he will have to take action against Wei, weaken Wei to the point that it cannot pose a threat to Zhao, and then destroy Yan.

"Probably not." Yu Xin shook his head, if Wei wanted to deal with Zhao, the most correct way should be to send Jiuding intact to Zhao, and then unite the other five countries to attack Zhao, rather than occupy Jiuding alone.

"In addition, the minister suspects that Jiuding was deliberately brought out by our army by the Qin State in order to split the alliance of my three Jins."

"So, my Zhao State can't do anything to Wei State yet?" Zhao Bao shouted.

"That's not necessarily, if there is a real war, my Zhao State will not get any benefits, but the Wei State will at least lose its land and lose its troops, and its vitality will be greatly damaged." Lian Po snorted coldly.

"Let's not talk about the problem of Jiuding first, we must first bring back the soldiers of my Zhao State, they are recruiting for the country

War, throwing his head and spilling blood, my Zhao State can't let the soldiers feel cold, let alone abandon these soldiers. Le Yi, you immediately lead Zhao Feiqi and the Praetorian Guards to the Great Liang of Wei State, and bring back my Zhao soldiers intact. If the soldiers of my Zhao Kingdom are damaged, this king is the only one who asks." Zhao Kuo said in a deep voice.

Jiuding, he must get it, there is not much difference between early and late.

But there are still nearly 10,000 soldiers in Zhao who have been left in Wei, and he must be brought back.

When everyone heard this, their hearts immediately warmed. Every minister wants his allegiance to be a benevolent monarch, not a monarch who will abandon his subordinates at any moment.

"No." Le Yi arched his hand and strode outside. Yan Ju and Ben followed.

Only Wei Wuji was in his heart, Zhao Feiqi and the Praetorian Guard were the only two army soul legions in Zhao State, one was the representative of Zhao State, and the other was King Zhao's personal guard.

Sending these two legions to the Wei State is probably not as simple as picking up people.

"I hope my brother doesn't make a fool." Wei Wuji thought in his heart.

If Wei honestly releases Zhao Jun back, Zhao may still think about it in the long run. If Wei had to use the Zhao army as a threat, this conflict would not be so easy to quell down.

Once Zhao Wei broke up, it was the Qin State that would benefit.

"Let's go back first, and when my Zhao soldiers come back, we will talk about the issue of Jiuding." Zhao Kuo waved his hand and said, angry in his heart, turned around and walked towards the apse.

After leaving Handan for a few months, he didn't even have time to see his family when he came back, so he was made a mess by the bad things in Wei State, and his original good mood was gone.

Fan Zuo received Zhang Ming's letter, did not hesitate, and hurriedly drove back to Daliang from Hedong the next day.

He knew very well how brainless King Wei was when he was interested in interests, and even he had to kill him for several cities back then. If it weren't for his fate, the grass on the grave would be two feet tall now.

However, he knew King Wei's weakness, which was timidity.

At that time, Fan Ju threatened the Wei State and attacked the Wei State if he did not hand over Wei Qi. King Wei's brain twitched, and he handed over Wei Qi in a hurry.

If it weren't for Wei Wuji making up for it in time and helping Wei Qi escape from Wei, King Wei would have been a big disgrace.

What Wei Qi did was indeed not authentic, and Fan Ju's revenge was also deserved.

But you are the dignified monarch of the Wei State, you should not be wrong, you should not hand over your courtiers because of the threat of the enemy country, and you are still the prime minister of the country.

Even if this person commits a heinous crime, it should be punished by the Wei State, not handed over.

Once handed over, Wei lost not only Wei Qi alone, but the hearts of all the people of the entire Wei State, as well as the loyalty of the ministers of civil and military affairs.

Since then, everyone has been at risk.

Water can carry a boat, and it can also capsize a boat.

The monarch abandons his subjects, and the subjects will abandon the monarch.

This is a matter of the very foundations of the whole country.

Even if Wei Wuji made up for it in time, under the propaganda of the Qin State, this matter was still spread, which had a bad impact on the Wei State.

In addition, the King of Wei sold Fan Throne for several cities before, and the two Xiangguo were almost killed by the King of Wei.

As a result, many virtuous people in Wei would rather follow Wei Wuji or live in seclusion in the mountains than go out of Wei and be loyal to the king of Wei.

In the Wei Kingdom, where there are outstanding people, there are few capable ministers who can handle it.

Later, in the Battle of Changping, the Qin State threatened the King of Wei that as long as he dared to support the Zhao State, he would attack the Wei State, and then tempted the Wei State with Yuan Yong, and promised to give the Yuan Yong to the Wei State after the matter was completed.

One hand stick, the other hand flatbread. Wei didn't dare to send a single soldier.

If it weren't for Wei Wuji's great kindness to Fan Zuo, he would have asked him to come out and assist King Wei before leaving.

He didn't even glance at King Wei.

"Xinlingjun, the old man will seriously assist the king. But if King Wei is obsessed, don't blame the old man." Fan Zuo looked at the palace not far away, muttered, and walked up quickly.

"The king wants to kill the Wei Kingdom?" After entering the palace, Fan Zao did not worship, took the lead and suppressed King Wei as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Why did you say that, sir?" King Wei's rub

Rubbed up to Fan Zuo, bowed, and asked urgently.

"How is the strength of my Wei State compared to the Qin State?" Fan asked asked.

"Not as well." King Wei shook his head and said.

"How is the strength of my Wei State compared to the Zhao State?" Fan asked again.

「…… Not as well." King Wei didn't want to admit it, but thinking about the current situation of Zhao and Wei, he had to admit it, but his face was full of reluctance.

The State of Zhao is different from the State of Qin, the State of Qin and the State of Wei have always been enemies, and there is nothing difficult to admit that the enemy is stronger than himself. The enemy is strong, and it can also show your strength from the side.

But Zhao Guo has been the younger brother of Wei for a long time, and it is much more difficult to admit that the former younger brother is now stronger than himself, than to admit that the enemy is stronger than himself.

"Since the strength of my Wei State is not as good as that of Qin State and Zhao State, why should the Great King offend both countries at the same time? Isn't that the way to death?" Fan Zuo asked in a deep voice.

"The widow didn't offend the Qin State and the Zhao State." King Wei said.

"Jiuding is what Qin and Zhao want to get. The Qin State destroyed the Zhou Dynasty in order to be Jiuding. Zhao Jun got Jiuding and passed through my Wei State, but my Wei State occupied Jiuding, and even detained Zhao Jun in Daliang as a hostage. The king still dares to say that he did not offend Qin and Zhao? In addition, when the king detained Zhao Jun, did he ever think about Xinlingjun who stayed in Handan as a hostage? The king behaved like this, how could Xinlingjun deal with himself?" Fan Za roared in an almost roaring fashion.

In order to get Jiuding to use Zhao Jun as a hostage, didn't you think that your brother's identity in Zhao was also a hostage?

Nine broken tripods are not as important as your flesh and blood brothers?

King Wei looked embarrassed, when he occupied Jiuding, he really didn't expect that his younger brother was still a hostage in Zhao State, mainly because the way Wei Wuji and Zhao Guo got along was not a hostage way at all, which caused him to ignore this.

But in Fan Zuo's view, Wei Wuji had already made great sacrifices for Wei by leaving Wei. When Zhao Guo can serve as Xiangguo, that is Wei Wuji's ability and faithfulness, otherwise why don't you see other hostages as Xiangguo?

"The widow didn't want to occupy Jiuding, he just borrowed it for a while, and then returned it to Zhao Guo." King Wei sneered, his cheeks twitched a few times, and the palm hidden in his sleeve clenched uneasily and let go.

"Do you believe the king when he says such things? Or does the king think Zhao Guo is a fool?" Fan Zuo looked at King Wei like an idiot, and King Wei turned his face embarrassedly.

"Xiang Guo is tired of traveling and driving, first drink a cup of tea to quench your thirst." Long Yangjun hurriedly walked over and poured a cup of tea for Fan Zuo to relieve the embarrassment.

"Thank you, Long Yang-kun." Fan nodded and took a sip of tea.

Although King Wei's good manhood has always been criticized, few people in Wei will look down on Long Yangjun, because this guy is not a vase, but really capable.

Many things were successful because of Long Yangjun's advice.

King Wei didn't even listen to his brother's words, but he would listen to Long Yangjun's words.

After all, the wind next to the ear can't compare to the wind next to the pillow.

"The King. Jiuding was obviously deliberately released by the Qin State to split my Sanjin, and the king occupied Jiuding, which was in the hands of the Qin State. Now that the Qin State has taken Sanchuan, it will inevitably take action against my Wei State next, if it offends the Zhao State at this time. Once the Qin State attacks our Wei State, what will my Wei State do to resist the tiger and wolf army of the Qin State? Besides, the nine tripods are just dead things, even if they are given to Zhao State, there is no loss, if the king wants, even if he casts ninety tripods, the minister will not complain." Fan Zuo said bitterly.

The Qin State accumulated savings for several years and sounded the horn of going east again.

At this time, the Wei State must not offend the Zhao State.

Not to mention offending Zhao State, even if Zhao State offends Wei State, Wei State can only endure it.

The princes of the world can support Wei at any time, only Zhao State!

"How can those ordinary copper tripods be compared with Dayu Jiuding? Not to mention ninety, it is nine hundred, nine thousand, and it can't compare to Dayu Jiuding. Besides, we have 100 good generals in Wei and 100,000 armor. Even if Qin Zhao attacks my Wei country, my Wei country can keep it out of the country." King Wei said domineeringly.

"There are hundreds of good generals, but there is one person who is Bai Qi Leyi's opponent? With 100,000 armor, there can be one

Can the army beat Qin Zhirui's soldiers, and Zhao Zhifei rides?" Fan Zuo looked at King Wei.

"Bang" King Wei slapped the desk and said angrily, "In the eyes of Xiangguo, my Wei Kingdom is so unbearable, right? As a courtier, you should do your best to help the monarch get things done, rather than blindly obstructing the monarch from doing it. If Xiangguo can't help the widow get Jiuding, then don't talk about it."

"Sangkook has worked hard all the way, so let's go back and rest first." Long Yangjun walked up to Fan Zuo and whispered, "Xiangguo will go back first, and I'll persuade the king later."

Fan Zuo raised his head and looked at King Wei calmly, and King Wei did not back down.

"Old Minister...... Retire!" After a long while, Fan Zuo solemnly bowed, turned around, came to the outside of the main hall, slowly opened his arms, and raised his head to the sky and shouted, "The king is precious! Lao Chen...... Let's go!"

Then, he strode out of the hall.

When he returned home, he called his wife and concubine and children and instructed, "Go back and pack your things, and we will leave early tomorrow morning."

"Husband, where are we going?" The wife hurriedly asked.

"Leave Daliang and go back to farming." Fan Zuo said.

"Why did the husband leave the beam? Isn't the king going to kill his husband again?" The wife hurriedly asked. Compared with other small cities, she still likes the prosperous Liang, but if the King of Wei wants to kill Fanzuo, it is better to stay away from the Liang for the safety of her husband's life.

"No, it's not. The beams are going to be in the midst of war." Fan Zuo shook his head.

The next day, several inconspicuous carriages quietly left the girder, the wheels crushed the ground, the roll rattled, across the moat, Fan Zuo lifted the curtain of the car, looking at the girder city farther and farther away, his eyes were complicated.

"I'm sorry, Xinling-kun, the old man did his best."