Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

But even so, Zhao Dan is already smiling happily enough at this moment.

In front of Zhao Dan, the five important ministers of Zhao State sat down respectively, and each of them had an uncontrollable joy on their faces.

The surprise brought by the Battle of Changping was extremely pleasant for everyone present.

These people are the top leaders of Zhao State, and their interests are closely related to Zhao State. The stronger Zhao State is, the stronger their power will be.

The king of a small country is not as good as the prime minister of a big country. This is a common phenomenon in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

Just like Fan Sui, Xiangbang of the Qin State today, only needs a casual sentence to force Wei Qi, who was originally the Xiangbang of the Wei State and a member of the Wei King's family, to die in embarrassment.

This is the benefit brought by Qin as the most powerful country in the world.

Once Zhao State can surpass Qin State and become the most powerful country in the world, then the five people present will also have such influence.

Except for the deceased Lin Xiangru, the other five giants of Zhao State have all attended, even the general Lian Po, who has been leading the army in battles, is no exception.

At this moment, it happened to be Lian Po who was speaking: "According to reports from the front line, our army has completely occupied the entire county of Shangdang a few days ago. According to the order of the king, Xingcheng, Yewang and other places have been handed over to the Koreans. Jin Ji sent troops to receive it."

Lian Po's words echoed in the hall in a low voice.

As soon as Lian Po's words fell, all the Zhao Guojun and ministers in the hall breathed a sigh of relief, even Zhao Dan was no exception.

After all, Qin State and Qin Wangji are notorious for their lack of trustworthiness. Even if there is an agreement, it is not enough to make Zhao Guojun and his ministers feel at ease.

Only after it was truly confirmed that the people of Qin State had taken practical actions, did the monarchs and ministers of Zhao State really put their hearts back in their stomachs.

However, although they are relieved of Qin, some people still feel a little worried about the other country that Lian Po just mentioned.

This country is South Korea.

For example, Zhao Bao was the first to speak: "Your Majesty, the Koreans have been the pioneers of Qin State for many years and are the vassals of Qin State. Why did Your Majesty return these three cities to South Korea?"

Obviously, Zhao Bao is very unimpressed with South Korea.

In fact, it’s not just Zhao Bao. Among the high-level people in Zhao State, there are many people who are not cold about South Korea, and this kind of coldness is not divided into factions, which belongs to the mainstream voice in Zhao State’s political arena.

From Zhao Guoren's point of view, since everyone belongs to the Three Jins, then you, South Korea, should honestly be Zhao Guo's pawn.

But South Korea not only refused to be a pawn for Zhao Guo, but ran to be Zhao Guo's enemy Qin Guo as a younger brother, how can this be tolerated.

You must know that Qin State has put too much pressure on Zhao State these years!

It is precisely because of such a great pressure that Zhao Bao and other high-level officials hate Qin's dog legs so deeply.

If South Korea was on the side of Zhao Guo, then the pressure on Zhao Guo would not be so great.

Zhao Dan smiled, and said to Zhao Bao: "Mr. Pingyang is too worried. I think that the reason why South Korea is the pioneer of Qin State is because Qin State is powerful. Now Qin State has been defeated by Changping, and Chu State is the leader. It is difficult to take care of South Korea in a short period of time due to the troubles on the frontier. Therefore, the widow's kindness to South Korea is nothing more than wanting to make South Korea a pioneer of the widow's Zhao country."

That's right, there have never been gratuitous favors in this world.

Although Zhao Dan returned a small part of Shangdang County to South Korea, but South Korea wants to get back these lands, it is not without price.

The price is to be Zhao Guo's younger brother.

If there is an overlord, there will naturally be younger brothers who follow the overlord. This is a matter of course.

For a weak country like South Korea, there are advantages and disadvantages to being the younger brother of the hegemon.

The advantage, of course, is that when South Korea is attacked by other countries, Zhao Guoguo will come to rescue.

After all, the younger brother was beaten up, of course the older brother has to come forward, otherwise who will mess with you Zhao Guo in the future?

But being a younger brother also has its disadvantages. Firstly, it is unavoidable to be called around by the older brother to run errands, and then the younger brother will be beaten up if the older brother is in a bad mood.

South Korea had been the younger brother of Qin State for decades, and had also been beaten by Qin State for decades. Even the first target of Qin State's long-distance and close attack was South Korea, which shows that the risk of the younger brother is very high.

Of course, there are also those who become the younger brother and finally counterattack. For example, they were the younger brother of Chu State throughout the Spring and Autumn Period and most of the Warring States Period. Once they were the younger brother Qin for hundreds of years, they counterattacked the big brother Chu State.

However, the counterattack samples are too small to be ignored.

As for whether South Korea will refuse

Are you kidding me? Is there anything Korean can say about this?

No matter in any era, small countries have no human rights.

After all, big countries have big fists, and big fists are the last word. This has been proved countless times in history.

It's like Zhao Dan wants to accept South Korea as his younger brother, but if King Han dares to say no, then the Koreans will wait for Zhao's army to come to their door next spring.

None of the high-level officials of Zhao Guo present were fools, and of course they all knew the benefits of having a younger brother.

After all, I will come for the benefits, so I will send the younger brother to death.

Therefore, it is impossible for Zhao Dan to accept South Korea as his younger brother. Of course, no one would object to it, but he also got a lot of approval.

Xiangbang Zhao Sheng thought for a while, and said: "Since this is the case, why don't you make an alliance with King Han next spring, so that the world will know."

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, generally speaking, the monarchs of both sides had to meet in person for major events, which was the so-called alliance.

Generally speaking, the stronger the country, the more times the monarchs will meet.

For example, Qin Wangji, since he succeeded to the throne for almost 50 years, has had more than [-] alliances, including the famous "Mianchi meeting".

Zhao Dan nodded and said with a smile: "That's right, but this alliance meeting is going to be held. I don't know where do you think the best place for the alliance meeting will be?"

After a lot of discussion among the important ministers of the State of Zhao, they decided to choose Zhongmou City in the State of Zhao as the location of the alliance.

The main reason for not choosing Shangdang County, which is closer to South Korea, to hold the league meeting is because of Han Wangran's self-esteem.

After all, Shangdang County was also the territory of South Korea before, and if it was selected in Shangdang territory, Han Wangran might feel humiliated.

After choosing Zhongmou City, Zhao Dan smiled and said: "By the way, send another envoy to Daliang, and invite Wei Wangyu to join the alliance."

"Wei Wangyu?" Zhao Dan's request was obviously beyond the expectation of the Zhao ministers present.

Chapter 179 On the Importance of Accepting a Younger Brother to the State of Zhao (First Update)

Wei and South Korea, these are two weak countries in the middle and late Warring States period.

But although these two countries are weak, they have played a very important role in this period of history.

These two countries are located at the center of the Central Plains, bordering all countries except Yan.

This has led to a characteristic of these two countries that can either attack any country or be attacked by any country.

The rise of Qin State in the Warring States Period was inseparable from the two countries Wei and Han.