Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

It is worth mentioning that this Lord Xinling also has a very famous diehard fan. This fan is called Liu Bang, who is the Han Emperor Liu Bang who eliminated Xiang Yu and established the Han Dynasty.

As the son of King Wei Zhao, the former king of the Wei State, and the younger brother of the current king, Yu Yu, Lord Xinling Wei Wuji is a well-deserved important minister of the State of Wei, and his status in the State of Wei is equivalent to that of his brother-in-law Pingyuan Lord Zhao Sheng in the State of Zhao. The status belongs to the kind of big man who is very important and can easily influence his own monarch.

Sima Qian once described the role of Lord Xinling in the biography of Prince Wei in Shiji: "At that time, the princes thought that the son was a good man and had many guests, so they dared not add troops to seek Wei for more than ten years."

The meaning of this sentence is that because the monarchs of various countries are afraid of Wei Wuji and think that this person is too powerful, the heroes of the Warring States Period, including Qin State, have not sent troops to attack Wei State for more than ten years.

With the prestige of one person, Wei Wuji's talent can be seen in the chaotic world of the Warring States Period where there are small battles every year and big battles every three to five years.

Although Wei Wuji is not the Xiangbang of the Wei State, his words are often more effective than Xiangbang's words.

Such a big man who stomps his feet and shakes Wei Guo, of course, will not come to the city gate to bask in the sun with a guard of honor at noon on a hot day when he is full and has nothing to do.

The reason why Wei Wuji appeared here today was to welcome a Pingyuan Lord Zhao Sheng who was both Wei Wuji's brother-in-law and Zhao Guo's envoy, and also a member of the "Four Gentlemen of the Warring States Period" like Wei Wuji.

On a scorching summer day, the air was full of oppressive heat waves. After sitting in the carriage for a while, Wei Wuji also had beads of sweat on his cheeks. As an official, Wei Wuji summoned his attendants: "Let's go get the heat-relieving soup and share it with all the officials."

The heat-relieving soup was quickly brought out. After the officials of Wei State finished drinking this bowl of soup, the heat in their bodies dissipated a lot. They all looked at Wei Wuji with gratitude and thought in their hearts: " Mr. Xinling is worthy of the name of a virtuous monarch!"

After a while, dust and smoke rose from the road outside the north gate, and a convoy of hundreds of people came slowly south from the main road to the north, and the envoy convoy from Zhao State arrived.

Lord Xinling coughed, straightened his body slightly, and ordered: "Everyone, come and welcome Lord Pingyuan with me, don't lose your courtesy!"

After a while, the convoy of Zhao Guo's envoys arrived, and Pingyuan Lord Zhao Sheng also appeared in Wei Wuji's sight.

"Mr. Xinling!" Zhao Sheng's hearty laughter reached Wei Wuji's ears almost at the same time: "I haven't seen you for many years, but Mr. Xinling is as handsome as ever, and he is worse than you!"

Wei Wuji smiled slightly, and bowed his hands to Zhao Sheng in return: "Mr. Pingyuan is now the Prime Minister of Zhao State, and he is in charge of the power of the country. He is an important minister of the country. Wuji is not as good as Lord Pingyuan!"

The two looked at each other and smiled. After the tedious but necessary diplomatic etiquette was over, brother-in-law Wei Wuji took his brother-in-law Zhao Sheng, and the two entered the city hand in hand surrounded by officials and guards from both countries.

Before Zhao Sheng, officials from the State of Zhao came to the front station to set the regulations. Tomorrow, the State of Wei will hold a grand court meeting. This time, the great court meeting will be the time for Zhao Sheng to formally meet Wei Wangyu.So the two drove in the same car, and did not go to the palace, but to Wei Wuji's mansion in Daliang City.

In Wei Wuji's mansion, a sumptuous banquet has already been prepared, and Wei Wuji is here to clean up the dust for his brother-in-law.

Due to the special relationship between the two, this meal was not as formal and polite as those diplomatic banquets, but rather casual and enjoyable.

After drinking for three rounds, Zhao Sheng's face also began to appear obvious blush, his eyes began to be a little blurred, and he smelled a little alcohol when he spoke. I saw him looking at the letter above Lord Ling smiled and said, "Wuji, I think you know the reason for my visit. The state of Zhao is in danger now, and I hope that Wuji and the state of Wei will help the state of Zhao to keep Qin's army out of Shangdang!"

In Zhao Sheng's view, his wife is Wei Wuji's only sister from the same mother, and Zhao Guo and Wei Guo are still allies who share the same spirit, so his mission this time, isn't it easy to catch?

However, what Zhao Sheng didn't expect was that after hearing Zhao Sheng's words, Wei Wuji not only didn't agree immediately, but even showed a wry smile on his face.

"Mr. Pingyuan, this matter may be quite difficult."

Chapter 35 Wei Wuji's Difficulties

When Zhao Sheng heard Wei Wuji's words, his heart sank, and he hurriedly asked, "Why did Wuji say that!"

Zhao Sheng knew that his brother-in-law Wei Wuji was a very staunch pro-Zhao faction in Wei State's political arena, and he always advocated even Zhao's resistance to Qin. If even Wei Wuji said that this matter was a bit troublesome, then this matter was really very serious. trouble.

Wei Wuji remained silent, until after Zhao Sheng repeatedly questioned him, Wei Wuji waved back to the left and right, and sighed: "Mr. Pingyuan is in Zhao's phase, high and powerful, but he doesn't know Wuji's difficulty!"

What is the difficulty of this famous Lord of Xinling, Wei Wuji, that he seems so embarrassed when facing his brother-in-law?

This matter has to start with the choice of Wei Wuji's father, the successor of the previous king Wei Zhaowang.

King Wei Zhao had many sons, but only two were finally included in the list of heirs by King Wei Zhao. The eldest son, Gongzi Yu, was more stable, while the youngest son, Gongzi Wuji, was smarter.

After some entanglement, King Wei Zhao, who knew at that time that he was running out of time, felt that Wei Wuji was still young after all, so he finally made his eldest son, Gongzi Yu, the prince.After the death of King Wei Zhao, the son Yu succeeded to the throne, and this is the current king of Wei State Wei Wangyu.

When Wei Wangyu first succeeded to the throne, Xiangbang of Wei State was Mengchang Juntian, who was the oldest in terms of qualifications and age among the "Four Gentlemen of the Warring States Period".

Although Mengchang Juntian is extremely famous in later generations, he should even belong to the most famous one among the four gentlemen of the Warring States Period.But if you look at him with the patriotic spirit of future generations, you should be able to give him the title of "Wang Jingwei of Qi State".

Tian is the grandson of King Qi Wei, the Qi royal family, who was once the prime minister of Qi.Later, because of a disagreement with Tian, ​​the then king of Qi State, King Qi Min, Tian resigned from Qi State and left Wei State.

As a result, Tian held a grudge against his cousin, King Qi Min. After the Qi State destroyed the Song Dynasty and caused public anger, Tian, ​​who was then the Prime Minister of the Wei State, actively contacted the other four countries and formed a massive "Five Kingdoms Attack Qi".

The Five Kingdoms attacked Qi, led by the famous general Le Yi of the Yan Kingdom militarily, and the formation of the Five Kingdoms Alliance was due to Tian's diplomatic contribution.

The five kingdoms' attack on Qi led to the decline of Qi's last hegemony, and even Qi was almost destroyed by Yan because of this. Only by relying on the incomparable genius Anping Jun Tiandan did he succeed in restoring the country.

And all this is just because Tian himself hates his cousin Qi Min Wang Tiandi.

Only relying on his own hatred, regardless of his status as the king of Qi, and not hesitating to put his motherland Qi into a desperate situation, Mengchang Juntian, the title of "Qi Wang Jingwei", can be said to be well-deserved.

For such a person, Wei Wangyu, the new monarch of Wei State who is very suspicious, is obviously very worried.

You Tian went crazy and even wanted to kill your own cousin and destroy your motherland. Then one day I, King Yu of Wei, will make you unhappy. Do you want to do this to my Wei country again?

So in order to limit the fields that were still the prime minister of Wei at that time, Wei Wangyu thought about it and decided to support his younger brother Wei Wuji.

So Wei Wangyu named Wei Wuji the Lord of Xinling, and at the same time put more emphasis on Wei Wuji, and asked Wei Wuji to fight for power in Hetian.

Wei Wuji, who had just grown up at the time, did not disappoint his brother's expectations. With his outstanding talent, he managed to gain a firm foothold in Wei's political arena in just a few years, developed a large number of ministers as his own power, and finally succeeded in pulling He overthrew Tian, ​​forcing Tian to hand over Wei Guoxiang Yin and return to the fief.

Tian Yuyu died shortly after returning to the fief. After Tian's death, the two countries of Qi and Wei immediately joined forces to razed Tian's fief and ransacked Tian's family members. This Wang Jingwei of Qi State also got the retribution he deserved .

It stands to reason that things have developed to this point, and the big devil Meng Changjun has also been brought down, so the next step should be brothers and friends, Wei Guojun and ministers work hard to rule, let Wei Guo rise again, right?

However, it does not.

When Tian was still in control of the power of the Wei State, Wei Wangyu trusted Wei Wuji very much because he had a common enemy, but after Tian died, Wei Wangyu's suspicions recurred.

If Wei Wangyu trusts his younger brother enough, then the relationship between Wei Wangyu and Wei Wuji is likely to be like the brothers Zhao Huiwang and Yuanjun Zhao Sheng. .

Because Tian was overthrown, those guys who were originally attached to Tian changed their faces and defected to Xinling Lord Wei Wuji. Compared with Xiangbang, it is even worse.

So in Wei Wangyu's heart, his younger brother Wei Wuji became the second Tian, ​​another target to be suppressed.

In the next few years, Wei Wuji's life was very unhappy.The monarch's distrust put this Lord Xinling under a lot of pressure. Many powers that originally belonged to him, such as military power, were also taken back. The ministers of Wei Wuji's faction in the entire Wei State political arena were also continuously eliminated. Now at least half of them are Minister Wei Guo is Wei Wuji's political enemy.

Under such circumstances, no matter how much Wei Wuji wanted to fight Zhao against Qin, it was actually very difficult to handle because of the suspicion of King Wei and the opposition of various political enemies.

In fact, when the Battle of Changping began, things were not so bad.Relying on his influence and the covenant between Wei and Zhao, Wei Wuji once persuaded Wei Wangyu to send General Jin Bi to lead an army to assist Zhao.

But what Wei Wuji never expected was that just when Jin Bi was about to send troops, news came from the Qin State that Zhao Wangdan, the king of Zhao State, had sent Zheng Zhu as the emissary for peace, and had arrived in Xianyang!

After hearing the news, Wei Guojun and his ministers instantly felt that they had been put together.

You, Zhao Guote, are going to negotiate peace with Qin Guo, and you still come to my Wei Guo to rescue soldiers?Is it silly to be a Wei person, is it easy to play when I am a Wei person?

So the angry Wei Guojun and his ministers immediately formed a resolution to save Zhao?If I send a soldier from the State of Wei to save you, the State of Zhao will count as my loss!

Wei Wuji was quite speechless when he heard the news, maybe this is the so-called pig teammate.

This is why when Zhao Dan sent someone to borrow food later, Wei Guo refused without even thinking about it.