Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

Zhou Fen was Tian Dan's most powerful support for Su Dai's envoy to Qi.

Don't underestimate Zhou Fen's status as a big Sitian. In this age of feudal agricultural society, Zhou Fen's status as Minister of Agriculture is stronger than that of Tian Yan, Minister of Foreign Affairs.

And don't forget, Zhao Guo is one of the two powers that can be compared with Qin at this time, and it is not weak in terms of diplomatic influence. Therefore, there are many people who are pro-Qin in Qi's political arena But those who are pro-Zhao are not completely empty.

After Da Sitian Zhou Fen, an important minister of the Qi State, stood up in front, many ministers from the pro-Zhao faction also jumped out to support the matter of borrowing food, so the two sides came and went, and the ministers of the two factions were in the Golden Palace. There was a quarrel.

As for the initiator of this quarrel, Su Dai, has been sitting there with the old god, as if this matter has nothing to do with him.

There is no doubt that such a quarrel is impossible to produce any results, so when the quarrel lasted to a certain stage, one person finally couldn't hold back.

This person was Yi Zhuang, an envoy of the State of Qin who was present.

You must know Qin's strategy of "distanced friendship and close attack" is first of all "distanced friendship", that is, making good friends with Qi, Chu, and Yan, and then "close attack", which is to attack Han, Zhao, and Wei who are closer to Qin. This country separated from the Jin State is also the so-called "Three Jins", so it is of course not surprising that the envoys of the Qin State appeared in the Golden Luan Hall of the Qi State.

In fact, the envoy of Qin State, Yi Zhuang, has been in Qi State for several years. The ministers of Shaoqi State became pro-Qin faction, and even affected the supreme ruler of Qi State because of this. What they did was not unsuccessful.

But the fact that the ministers of the pro-Qin faction and the pro-Zhao faction in the palace were arguing, obviously made Yi Zhuang, the envoy of the state of Qin, a little flustered.

After all, the two sides are equal in terms of momentum, and the two top decision makers, Qi Wangjian and the Queen, have been silent for a long time, which makes people confused about their attitudes. What if Qi Wangjian and the Queen change their original positions , What should I do if I decide to support Zhao Guo instead?

If the situation really develops to this point, then Yi Zhuang will not return to Qin, because there will be no other ending waiting for him in Xianyang other than the death of his head.

Seeing that the stalemate would not change for a while, the envoy of the Qin State, Yi Zhuang, felt overwhelmed and made a decision.

It seems that there is only one trump card!

So Yi Zhuang raised his head quietly, and winked at a minister of Qi State who was kneeling in the front of the hall, but kept silent like a bystander.

This Minister of the State of Qi is now the Chief Manager of the State of Qi, Hou Sheng!

Chapter 21 Su Dai Envoy Qi (4)

Hou Sheng is a well-known figure for the Qi State today and even for decades to come.

The reason for this is mainly because of the identity of Hou Sheng.

At this very moment, the two people sitting at the top of the hall have extremely deep relationships with Hou Sheng respectively.

The current queen mother and queen of Qi State is the sister of Hou Sheng.

Qi Wangjian, the current king of Qi, is the nephew of Hou Sheng.

Hou Sheng is actually the current uncle of Qi State.

This Uncle Guo is quite unusual. You must know that this Qi Wangjian is actually the kind who doesn't like to take care of things.Then Qi Wangjian is quite filial, and he obeys what his mother, the queen, says. As the most beloved younger brother of the queen, Hou Sheng, who has a great influence on the queen, naturally has a great influence on the important affairs of the state of Qi. big influence.

Today's Hou Sheng is the great manager of the Qi State. This is a role equivalent to the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and one of the "Five Great Officials of the Qi State" under the Prime Minister like Da Sixing and Da Sitian.The five great officials of the Qi State are equivalent to the six ministers of the later generations, so this victory also belongs to the out-and-out important ministers of the Qi State.

In fact, due to the blood relationship between Hou Sheng, the king and queen, and Qi Wangjian, the influence of this uncle of the country even surpassed that of the prime minister of Qi at certain times.

It is precisely because of this that Hou Sheng is taken for granted by the envoy of the Qin State, Yi Zhuang, as the most worthy of wooing.

And this Hou Sheng is not the kind of upright official. The biggest weakness of this uncle of the Qi State is his greed for money, lust, and pursuit of enjoyment.

How far has Hou Sheng been greedy for money?Ma Qian of the Taishi Company said this in Shiji Tian Jingzhong’s family: "The queen died, and the winners were equal. He received more money from the Qin Dynasty, and more guests came to Qin. Qin gave more money. The guests are all rebellious. If you go to court Qin, if you don't prepare for war, if you don't help the five kingdoms attack Qin, Qin will be able to destroy the five kingdoms."

After this, Hou Sheng was able to sell Qi and the other five countries for money, and he ended up being killed in the end. The so-called death for money is nothing more than that.

Therefore, after Yi Zhuang came to Linzi as an envoy of the Qin Dynasty, he had a small banquet for three days and a big banquet for five days. Sheng's money can be said to be an astonishing figure.

Hou Sheng is not the kind of person who takes money and does nothing. After receiving benefits, he often speaks kind words for Qin State in front of the Queen and Qi Wangjian. He will say three sentences today and two sentences the next day. Moreover, he often introduced Yi Zhuang to other ministers of the Qi State, so as to bridge the relationship between them.

After such a long period of time, it is not surprising that the pro-Qin faction in Qi's political arena has such momentum.

At this moment, seeing that Su Dai, the envoy of the State of Zhao, divided the ministers of the State of Qi into two factions and were at a stalemate with just a few words, Jun Zhuang couldn't help but feel a little bit impatient, so he winked at Hou Sheng above, meaning " Brother, we’ve been friends for so many years, you didn’t eat less at dinner, you didn’t sleep less from women, you didn’t take less money, so why should you come out and say something to my brother at this time?”

Hou Sheng naturally understands Yi Zhuang's wink.At the moment, he nodded slightly towards Yi Zhuang, and then turned his head to look at Qi Wangjian and the queen.

The queen looked very calm, without any change in her complexion, as if the big quarrel in the vegetable market in front of her hadn't happened at all, but the young Qi Wangjian showed an impatient look on her face.

Hou Sheng knows the character of his sister, queen, and queen very well. Since he has already handed over the government to King Jian of Qi, usually, even if the queen attends such important national events, it is to act as a pinnacle of calming the sea, mainly to put pressure on his son. Rarely express any opinions.

So in this case, the most critical person is actually the young Qi Wangjian, the king of Qi. As long as this Qi king makes a decision, even if the queen does not support it, she will not oppose her son in public.

After all, in the eyes of the queen, the Qi country belongs to the son after all, and it is the son's business to make troubles, and an old woman herself is too lazy to bother about it.

From this point of view, the queen's attitude towards her son is actually the same as her attitude towards her deceased husband, King Qi Xiang, that is, even if she disagrees, she will never interfere with their decision-making power in state affairs.

Therefore, most people who don't know the inside story think that Qi's assistance to Zhao or Qin today depends on the queen.

But only Hou Sheng understood in his heart that the real key person who made the decision was actually Qi Wangjian who had not been in power for a long time!

Hou Sheng understood Qi Wangjian's nephew very well.

Everyone in the world knows that Hou Sheng is a money-grubbing ghost, so how could Qi Wangjian not know?Generally speaking, money-grubs like Hou Sheng are moths of the country, and they will be beheaded and ransacked. Why can Hou Sheng live a good life just because of his status as the uncle of the country?actually not.

There is only one reason why Hou Sheng was able to live a good life, and won the trust of Qi Wangjian, and even served as the Prime Minister of Qi State for a long time in the future. When the king's nephew, King Qi, was more generous than anyone else.

Although Qi Wangjian, the king of Qi State, is young, he has a very serious problem of greed for enjoyment. Hou Sheng also saw this point in Qi Wangjian, and tried his best to please Qi Wangjian. What beautiful songs from all over the world? Ji, delicacies from mountains and seas, rare and exotic beasts, all of which were spent a lot of money to search and pay tribute for the enjoyment of King Jian of Qi.

As the so-called friendship between men is to carry guns together, cough and cough together, so from this point of view, the friendship between Hou Sheng and Qi Wangjian, uncles and nephews who play beauties together every day, is still very reliable of.

In fact, as early as yesterday, Housheng had already quietly greeted his nephew and nephew, and got the approval of the other party.

Now that things have developed to this point, it is exactly what Hou Sheng and Qi Wangjian expected in advance.

At this time, Hou Sheng only needs to jump out to clarify his point of view and play a decisive role. It will not only consolidate Hou Sheng's position in the political arena of Qi, but also highlight the authority of Qi Wangjian. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

So even if Yi Zhuang didn't have such a look in his eyes, Hou Sheng would still make a move at this time.

Hou Sheng nodded and smiled at Yizhuang, then glanced at Su Dai, the envoy of the Zhao Kingdom, who also cast his gaze over, then got up and went out, and bowed to King Qi of Qi at the top of the hall: "My lord, I have this report." !"

As soon as Hou Sheng finished speaking, the entire hall quickly fell silent, and everyone turned their attention to Hou Sheng, wanting to see what the big manager had to say.

After all, everyone is tired after arguing for so long, and it’s not those boys and girls in later generations who stand on both sides of the debate stage and wear glasses, foaming and saying, "Excuse me, the third debater, the second debater, and the big hand". Those who don't stop for a few hours are all old ministers, so it's good to have a rest.

So Hou Sheng said unhurriedly: "Qin, the strong are also. Zhao, the weak are also. Hoping the strong to support the weak is high righteousness, and helping the strong to bully the weak is unrighteous. Qi State, a country of benevolence and righteousness, should act It is also a matter of high righteousness. Therefore, in the opinion of the minister, the matter of borrowing food should be feasible."

Hou Sheng's words fell into the lake like a heavy bomb, causing a burst of exclamation in the Golden Luan Hall.

This Hou Sheng actually speaks for Zhao Guo?

Chapter 22 Su Dai Envoy Qi (5)

In the Golden Luan Hall, many ministers of the Qi State stared wide-eyed, looking at Hou Sheng with bewildered faces, and even the king and queen at the top moved slightly, looking a little surprised.

Everyone knows that the relationship between Hou Sheng and Qin State envoy Yi Zhuang is really good in recent years. 90.00% of the pro-Qin faction ministers in Qi State's political arena are through Hou Sheng. Zhuang got in touch, and it can even be said that Hou Sheng is one of the leaders of the pro-Qin faction.