Chapter 136: The resurgence of the Central Plains
Qi Guo's reform was not radical, but improved according to Guan Zhong's reform that year. However, the Marquis of Qi did not dare to suppress the nobles in the country too much, so the changes of the Qi State were similar to the changes of the previous Chu State and did not go deep into the grassroots.
At the same time, Qi did not have a strong change of the law of the state to implement the change, although Qi Hou Zhao's change played some role, so that Qi recovered some national strength, but in the confrontation with the three Jin Dynasty is still at a disadvantage.
With the national strength of the Qi State, it was impossible to compete with the Three Jins, so the Marquis of Qi wanted to unite with the Chu State to fight against the Three Jin Dynasty, but the Chu State was now bent on changing the law to become stronger, and did not want to conflict with the Three Jin Dynasty at this time, not to mention that there was also the Huai State eyeing the Three Jin Dynasty.
The news of the expansion of the Huai State has spread, which makes the Chu State very nervous. As a result, the implementation of the law change was more determined and faster.
Seeing this situation, the Qi State had no choice but to send an envoy to the Qin State to make contact, and the Qin State was very interested in the alliance of the Qi State against the Three Jins, and the Qin State and the Wei State were mortal enemies.
The land of the West River was seized by the Wei state, which made the Qin state compressed on the Wei River plain, and constantly worried about the Wei attack. After the envoys of Qi came, Qin quickly agreed to form an alliance with Qi to jointly deal with the Three Jins.
It's just that although he promised the Qi State, the Qin State is now greatly weakened and needs to recuperate, and he is temporarily unable to attack the Wei State.
Qi and Qin then agreed that if the Three Jin attacked Qi, Qin would respond behind Wei to reduce the pressure on Qi, and if Wei attacked Qin, Qi needed to respond in the east to reduce the pressure on Qin.
The alliance between Qi and Qin was very encouraging to Qi Hou, but it was still difficult to confront the Three Jins.
Qi Hou was very worried about this. After the Xiangguo of the Qi State knew about this, he said to the Marquis of Qi: "Your Majesty, among the three Jin Dynasty, it seems to be one, but in fact, the Wei State is strong, and Han Zhao is its vassal. ”
"This lonely also knows that the Wei State is so strong that the world can't compete with it." Qi Hou sighed.
"Your Majesty, this is the flaw of Sanjin." Xiangguo Xunyue said: "The minister heard that the three Jin Dynasty jointly attacked Chu and attacked Qi, and half of the land obtained was obtained by Wei, and three points were obtained by Korea, and Zhao only received two points, or even less. But among the three Jin Dynasty, although Zhao's national strength is weaker than Wei's, it is stronger than Han's, and Zhao Guo's heart is definitely unwilling to allocate this time. ”
"It's just that because Wei is strong, and South Korea has benefited, it is naturally unwilling to take the risk of offending Wei and help Zhao Guo speak. Han Zhao Wei is like three robbers, the strongest robber is worried that the second robber will surpass him and give him the least amount of loot, but this is not reasonable. ”
"The king can send someone to Zhao State, talk to Zhao Hou Chen about the benefits, and invite Zhao State and Qi State to form an alliance."
"Even if Zhao is unwilling to form an alliance, as long as it is said that Zhao will no longer join forces with Han Wei, it will be a victory. Zhao moved the capital to Zhongmu before, and its plan must have been to enter the Central Plains, but the last time Wei established Yecheng in the land of Zhangshui, Zhao was blocked from going south. The contradictions between the two countries are also getting bigger and bigger, and the king can try to divide the three Jins. ”
When Qi Hou heard this, he felt that it made sense, so he prepared to send someone to contact Han Zhao and ask if anyone could take on this important task?
Xiangguo Xun Yue stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, there is one person among the guests under the minister, named Chen Fu, who is known for his quick wisdom and can take on this great responsibility. ”
So Qi Hou hurriedly asked people to summon Chen Frustration to come, Chen Frustration looked a little down, but he was dignified, which made people feel good at a glance, and he was a very attractive person.
After discussing with him, the Marquis of Qi immediately appointed him as an envoy to Korea and Zhao.
After Chen Fu received the edict of the Marquis of Qi, he first went to Korea. Chen Fu came to Korea and met Han Hou and said: "The foreign minister once heard that there was a hunter in the Chu State who knew the language of beasts, and he consulted with a tiger to help the tiger eat other people, and then get the money of those people.
One man and one tiger conspired, and soon the man gained a lot of wealth, and the surrounding villages fled because of the tiger infestation. The man fled, and the tiger could not eat the man, so he ate the hunter.
The minister saw that Wei was strong, like a tiger, and Korea was weak. Now, if Korea continues to help Wei annex other countries, and then use it to gain some benefits? When Wei is stronger, won't it be possible to annex Korea? ”
"How similar is today's South Korea to the Orion of the Chu State? If Wei continues to be strong, it will be easy to annex Korea at that time. ”
Han Hou's face was not good-looking, and he sighed: "Gu He never knew that Wei was a tiger wolf, but the tiger wolf was on his side, if he didn't obey, he would immediately be in danger of losing the country." ”
Obviously, Han Hou is well aware of South Korea's situation.
Chen Fu continued: "If Korea is afraid of Wei, the foreign minister is willing to go to Zhao to make peace for you, and if Korea and Zhao form an alliance, they must no longer be afraid of Wei, and if Han Hou is worried, Qi is also willing to form an alliance with Korea." ”
Han Hou heard this and immediately said: "Chen Qing, what you said is very correct, I am willing to give you gold and titles." Please go to Zhao to lobby Zhao Hou and fight against Wei together. ”
"Frustration, willing to serve Han Hou!" Chen Fu immediately got up and rushed to Zhao Guo.
After seeing Chen Fu leave, Han Hou's originally grateful face disappeared in an instant.
Han Hou called the guards, and then ordered: "You go to Wei in three days, don't be in a hurry, after seeing Wei Hou, tell him that there is a change in Zhao and that the Qi envoy will visit Zhao." ”
"Yes, Your Majesty!" The guard took the order and left.
Han Hou was well aware of the strength of Wei and the weakness of Korea. What Chen Fu said is naturally right, but it also depends on the situation. Korea can now eat meat with Wei, but with Zhao and Qi, they will only be beaten.
What's more, Zhao Guo is not a good person, you must know that the current Zhao Hou's father personally went to Wei State and wanted to unite Wei State to carve up Korea, but Wei Hou clearly refused.
When the three families were divided, Zhao was the strongest, that is, after the Wei State underwent a change, it quickly became stronger, which made Wei the overlord of the world.
Han Hou is not optimistic about Zhao Guo, at least he is more optimistic about Wei Hou now. At the same time, Han Hou also wanted to take advantage of the contradictions between Zhao and Wei in order to gain time to annex Zheng State.
The Marquis of Qi sent people to divide the Three Jins, but Han Hou directly pretended not to know, and then pushed the boat down the river to provoke the relationship between Wei and Zhao.
In fact, the princes of various countries are not stupid, those vertical and horizontal families can be combined vertically and horizontally, in addition to extremely outstanding eloquence, it is also necessary to let those princes see the interests or crises, and only in this way will these princes agree with what you say, otherwise, it is in vain to let what you say fall into the sky.
Chen Fu naturally understood this truth, and came to lobby Han Hou, but it was just a relationship between the Three Jins, even if Han Hou was still friendly with Wei State, the relationship was far less intimate than before, and his real goal was Zhao Hou.
As long as Zhao Guo is moved, the alliance of the Three Jin Dynasty will be wiped out.
(End of chapter)