Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

So Zhao Dan gambled, not asking for peace!

As soon as Zhao Dan's decision was made, it wasn't too surprising that several ministers present looked at each other.

After all, before the battle between Yan and Zhi, Zhao Dan's father Zhao Huiwang still insisted on fighting the Qin people even though the two generals Lian Po and Le Cheng were unwilling to fight. Qin Jun.

Now Zhao Dan is just making the same decision as his father, as the saying goes, like a father, like a son, so why is it so strange that this king insists on the line and policy of his father back then? ?

Only Lou Chang, who proposed the peace talks, seemed quite depressed, hesitant to speak many times, and finally did not speak.Now that Zhao Dan has made up his mind, the courtier Lou Chang really can't say anything more.

From this, Zhao Guo's next plan was completely determined and released.

In the next period, Zhao Guo will use diplomatic means as much as possible to delay the troops of Wei and Yan, and at the same time hold back Qin's army on the frontal battlefield, so that the ally Chu can stab Qin as much as possible. A few knives in the country made Qin even more passive.

The ultimate goal is to force the Qin people to withdraw from Shangdang County completely, and hand over the entire Shangdang County to Zhao State!

The 10,000+ casualties of the Qin army. The entire Shangdang County Qin State wasted five years of fighting in vain and ended up with nothing. This is what Zhao Dan hopes to win back after studging all his chips up.

Before this goal can be achieved, Zhao Guo will never negotiate peace with Qin Guo!

Of course, it would be even better if Qin could lose more.

After finalizing the overall general policy, Zhao Guojun and his ministers studied some details that needed attention, and then the meeting officially came to an end, and all the ministers went out of the palace and returned to their homes.

When the senior doctor Lou Chang returned to his mansion, his face was not very good-looking.

But although his complexion is not good-looking, his house is quite beautiful.

Lou Chang's mansion is quite luxurious and magnificent, it is on the same street as Duping Jun Tiandan's mansion, it is an out-and-out super mansion.

The ancestor of Lou Chang was Zhao Yingqi, the youngest son of Zhao Shuai, the ancestor of Zhao State. Zhao Yingqi was also called Lou Ying because he was sealed in Loudi, and the Lou family came from this.From the point of view of blood, the Lou family belongs to the branch of the King Zhao family, so after the prosperity of the Zhao country, the Lou family also became a big family of the Zhao country.

This is why Lou Chang's title is only a senior doctor, but he can become one of the three giants of Zhao Guogong's clan.

In the hall of Lou Chang's mansion, there is already a person waiting for Lou Chang's return.This is an old man with white hair, about seventy years old, dressed in black clothes and robes with the characteristics of the Qin Dynasty, and his face is somewhat similar to Lou Chang.

Surprisingly, the seat where the old man was sitting turned out to be the head seat in the living room, which belonged to the owner.

After seeing the old man, Lou Chang did not dare to neglect, and bowed respectfully to the old man: "Father."

This old man is Lou Chang's biological father, an important official of Zhao State in the era of King Zhao Wuling, and later served as Lou Suan of Qin State Xiangbang for a period of time because of King Zhao Wuling's recommendation.

However, Lou Huan was dismissed after only a few years as Prime Minister of Qin. The reason for dismissal was because King Zhao Wuling believed that Lou Huan, as a native of Zhao, did not benefit the state of Zhao when he served as Minister of Qin, so he sent envoys to persuade King Qin Ji will dismiss the building slowly.

After being dismissed as prime minister, Lou Huan hated King Zhao Wuling very much in his heart, hated the whole country of Zhao as well.

So these years, Lou Huan did not return to Zhao country but stayed in Qin country, and has been actively running for Qin country, doing some things that hurt Zhao country.

Lou Huan nodded, watched Lou Chang sit down, and then asked Lou Chang, "Is Zhao Wangdan willing to talk about the peace talks?"

It turned out that the proposal for peace talks did not come from Lou Chang, but from Lou Chang's father, who is still Qin Chen's Lou Huan.

Lou Chang shook his head, with a wry smile on his face: "I have tried my best to speak out, but the king is unwilling to reconcile with Qin Ye."

Lou Huan frowned, a look of dissatisfaction evident on his old face.

You must know that every country will have factions, and Qin is of course no exception.

Although Qin Prime Minister Fan Sui now holds great power, the forces opposing Fan Sui are not small.This time, Lou Huan came to Handan secretly as a representative of Qin's anti-Fan Sui faction, hoping to facilitate the peace talks between Qin and Zhao.

As long as the peace talks between Qin and Zhao, Fan Sui's campaign against Qin will not achieve much results. This is undoubtedly a big blow to Fan Sui's prestige, and it is also what Fan Sui's political opponents hope to see.

But now that Zhao Dan is unwilling to talk about peace, isn't Lou Huan's mission impossible to complete?

Lou Huan glared at his useless son for a few times, intending to scold him a few words, but considering that Lou Chang is still an important minister of the state of Zhao and he has to rely on Lou Chang to handle many things, so Lou Huan held back Furious, he asked, "Since this is the case, what is Zhao Guo doing?"

Lou Chang hesitated, obviously not too willing to speak.

Seeing this, Lou Huan couldn't help shouting: "How stupid is a rebellious son! Today, Qin is the only country that can unify the world, so why should my Lou family cling to that Zhao country? If everyone is as short-sighted as you are, then my Lou family will be destroyed soon. Come quickly!"

Lou Chang struggled for a while, then sighed, and told the plans and content of Zhao's monarch and ministers at the Longtai meeting today, and then said: "Father, from my son's point of view, Zhao may not be able to defeat Qin in the battle of Changping. My father harmed Zhao and benefited Qin, if the king finds out, my Lou family will be in danger."

Lou Chang's worry is justified, after all, the foundation of the Lou family is now in the State of Zhao, once Zhao Dan finds out that the Lou family is secretly colluding with the State of Qin, they will inevitably end up being wiped out.

Regarding Lou Chang's worries, Lou Huan just snorted, apparently disapproving: "Qin is the overlord of the world, and with the help of Wei Yan, how can Zhao win? Er is too worried. Since Zhao Wangdan is not willing to ask And Yu Qin, then I will return to Xianyang and inform the king of Qin about all the relevant matters."

After a pause, Lou Huan told Lou Chang again: "You must collect a lot of information about Zhao Guo here, and send people to Xianyang to join us. In this way, when the Qin Kingdom is unified, it will be the time when my Lou Clan rises. , do you understand?"

Lou Chang nodded, and said: "I know it well. If that's the case, let's order someone to give father a ride."

Lou's father and son made up their minds, and then they left the hall together.

Chapter 62 Yan Guofengyun (1)

Among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, Yan State is a very magical and alternative country.

The ten thousand year receiving bag, this should be a more accurate definition of the Yan Kingdom.

There is a widely circulated saying, "There are many generous and tragic scholars in ancient Yanzhao", so the four words "generous and tragic songs" seem to have become synonymous with the scholars of Yanzhao for thousands of years.

But if you separate Yan from Zhao and study its history in detail, you will find that Zhao's history is magnificent and full of killings, and it really deserves the word generosity.

As for the country of Yan, except for the one time when the Five Kingdoms defeated Qi, most of the rest of the time is basically singing

The territory of Yan State was also known as Youzhou in the Three Kingdoms period, which is the Beijing, Tianjin, Tang and Liaodong Peninsula in later generations.

In this era, the climatic conditions here were extremely harsh, especially in winter, the road was icy and snowy, and it was a place of exile during the Xia and Shang dynasties.

It wasn't until King Wu of Zhou, Ji Fa, conquered Shang and established the Western Zhou Dynasty, that Ji Fa granted his younger brother Zhao Gong Ji Xun here, and the Kingdom of Yan was established, and this land began to usher in the dawn of Ming.

According to the nature of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, the Yan Kingdom after being enfeoffed should have slowly risen and overwhelmed everything around it, then developed and grown and eventually became one of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, but the Yan Kingdom did not follow the usual path.

After the establishment of the Yan Kingdom, the expansion was extremely slow. It was not until hundreds of years later that the Ji Kingdom was annexed, and Jicheng was used as the capital. From then on, it began to emerge. Jicheng was the predecessor of Beijing.

Both Zhao Gongshi and Zhou Gongdan were important officials of the royal family surnamed Ji when the Western Zhou Dynasty was founded. Therefore, the Yan Kingdom and the Lu Kingdom they established became the staunch defenders and practitioners of the patriarchal system of the Zhou Dynasty. That's hundreds of years.

Even after King Ping of Zhou moved eastward to Luoyi, the authority of the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty weakened, and the land of the Central Plains entered the Spring and Autumn Period, the Yan Kingdom, located in a bitterly cold place, still proudly upheld the ritual and legal system of the Zhou Dynasty, and embraced the changes of the times. The vassal states are regarded as rebels.

But the wheel of history is always rolling forward. If you insist on sticking to the old system and do not want to follow the trend of the times to make changes, then you will definitely become backward.

If you fall behind, you will be beaten.

The Shan Rong in the north of Yan State seized this opportunity to invade southward, and captured the capital of Yan State Jidu in one fell swoop, almost destroying the State of Yan.

Thanks to the first overlord in the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Huan of Qi, Lu Xiaobai, who uttered the slogan "Respect the King and Fight the Barbarians", sent troops to help. most serious crisis.

Logically speaking, from this time on, the country of Yan should know its shame and be brave, right?

No.