Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

Since then, Yan State has started the road of being hanged, beaten by Zhongshan State, Qi State, Jin State, and then Zhao State, which was split from Jin State.

If it weren't for the countries in the Central Plains holding each other back because they didn't want the enemy to become stronger, Yan would have been annexed by one of Jin, Qi, and Zhao long ago.

In the hundreds of years of the Warring States Period, Yan State has always been the last one to compete with South Korea.It has to be said that this has a great relationship with Yan Guo's adherence to the Zhou Dynasty's etiquette and disregard of the trend of the times.

But even Wannian Xiaoshou had a rise. When the time entered the Warring States Period, the Yan Kingdom finally showed signs of awakening, and gradually kept up with the pace of the times.

The most glorious moment of the Yan Kingdom in the entire Warring States Period was the era of King Yan Zhao decades ago.

During the reign of King Yan Zhao, he made great efforts to govern and recruited a large number of talents such as Le Yi, Ju Xin, Qin Kai, Zou Yan, Qu Yong, etc., which made Yan State quickly become stronger.

After becoming strong, Yan State began to use troops abroad. First, Qin Kai led the Yan army to break through the East Hu and expand eastward for thousands of miles. Then Yan State seized the opportunity to organize a wave of five kingdoms to attack Qi, and almost completed the complete annexation of Qi State. The feat of swallowing an elephant.

It can be said that the era of King Yan Zhao was the most powerful and proud period since the founding of the country 700 years ago.

It's a pity that King Yanzhao, the hero of a generation, died on the eve of the complete annexation of Qi. After his son King Yanhui came to the throne, he was tricked by Tian Dan and replaced Le Yi as the coach with a robbery. The background board and villains of Tian Dan Fuguo.

So after this brief period of glory, Yan State fell again, and returned to the familiar position of the doormat of the Warring States Period until now.

Poet fairy Li Bai once wrote a poem: "If you don't see it, the Yan family paid much attention to Guo Wei, and there is no doubt about holding hairpins and festivals. The drama is full of gratitude, and the infusion of the liver and gallbladder is effective for talents. Zhao Wang's bones linger on the vines, who will sweep the golden stage ?” It was about the time of King Yan Zhao and after his decline.

However, the end of the era of King Yanzhao was only more than 20 years away. Today's Yan Kingdom still has many legacy of this great king, and Wuyang City is one of them.

Just like Chu State has Yingdu and Yandu, Yan State also has two capitals, namely Jicheng, the upper capital, and Wuyang City, the lower capital.

This Wuyang City is located between Beiyishui and Zhongyishui. It is sixteen miles long and ten miles wide. City, none of them.

Wuyang City is divided into two cities, east and west. The east city is Miyagi and the west is Guocheng. It respects the location of Yan State in the northeast, which is completely different from the practice of other countries in the world today that respects the location of the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty in the southwest.

And in the palace city there are three high-level palaces, from south to north are Wutai, Wangjingtai and Zhanggongtai. In addition, there is a Laomutai outside the city that is specially used for sacrifices.

This palace city is the place where King Yan lives today.

Twelve years ago, Gongsun Cao, a powerful minister of Yan State, killed King Hui of Yan, and then chose a puppet from the royal family to ascend the throne. This is the current King of Yan.

Since the regicide incident happened in Jidu and caused extremely bad international influence, King Yan did not live in Jidu after he ascended the throne, but lived in Wuyang City, the lower capital for a long time, and the political center of Yan Kingdom gradually From Jidu to Wuyang.

At noon on this day, a grand court meeting had just ended in the Wu Terrace, and the ministers of the Yan Kingdom came out of the palace on the high platform in groups, and then they each got into their own carriages and left.

Walking at the end was an old man with gray hair and dressed in a Zhao Guo Hu suit, and a young but calm Yan Guo handsome guy.

The old man is Pang Nuan, the envoy of Zhao State, and the handsome guy next to the old man is named Lejian, who is Lord Chang of Yan State.

This king of the Chang Kingdom has a famous father in Lejian, that is the great general of the Yan Kingdom Le Yi who once shook the world.

After being dismissed by King Yanhui, Le Yi fled back to his mother country Zhao because he was afraid of being unloaded and killed. He was named Wang Zhujun by Zhao Guo.

Later, Le Yi and King Yan Hui reconciled, so King Yan Hui let Le Yi's eldest son, Le Jian, inherit Le Yi's title of Chang Guojun in Yan State. After his father died, he became one of the leaders of the pro-Zhao faction above the court of Yan State.

At this moment, Pang Nuan and Lejian, the old and the young, don't seem to be in a very good mood, which is obviously because of the just-concluded court meeting.

Pang Nuan whispered to Lejian: "Mr. Chang, I see that King Yan's words and deeds have the intention of attacking Zhao. Now Yan is already worse than Qi, and now he wants to attack Zhao. Isn't this self-destructive? Wang Jun Tell the king of Yan more, so that the king of Yan will not do such a foolish act."

Le Jian shook his head and sighed: "Don't I know Mr. Pang's words? But Your Majesty has always disliked me, so it's hard for me to do this."

After hearing Le Jian's words, Pang Nuan couldn't help being rather disappointed.

From Pang Nuan's point of view, this should have been a very easy mission, but after entering the territory of Yan State, he found that the people of Yan State seemed to be sharpening their knives and preparing to start a war.

Even though Pang Nuan was so eloquent about pros and cons during the big court discussion just now, the King of Yan remained silent, and it seemed that he was determined to send troops to the Kingdom of Yan.

Although most of the kings in this world are reasonable, some kings, such as the current King Yan, will not listen to what you say to him as long as his head gets hot.

Although Pang Nuan didn't get help from Chang Guojun Lejian, he didn't seem so discouraged.

After bidding farewell to Lejian, the carriage that Pang Nuan was riding in did not drive out of the palace, but turned directly to another high palace viewing platform in the palace.

This viewing platform is where Queen Yan, the lord of the harem of the Kingdom of Yan, lives, and this Queen of Yan has another identity, that is, the sister of Zhao Dan, the king of Zhao Kingdom.

Pang Nuan's visit was precisely to complete one of the three major tasks assigned by Zhao Dan to Pang Nuan, and handed over a letter from Zhao Dan's own handwriting to Queen Yan.

Chapter 63 Yan Guofengyun (2)

Although the queen of Yan is not favored, she is still the queen of the country of Yan after all, and she deserves to be the No. Only then did he get permission to see him.

Pang Nuan climbed up to the viewing platform step by step, but saw that although the palace was magnificent and magnificent, there were few people there, and the footsteps echoed non-stop while walking, revealing a sense of loneliness.

At the top of the main hall, a woman knelt on the main seat. I saw that this woman was in her early twenties, with a pretty face, phoenix eyes and thin lips, wearing a crown on her head, and wearing blue wide sleeves and a deep collar. The clothes, with a curved train behind her in the shape of a swallowtail and dragging the ground, with red and black embellishments in the pattern of the clothes, have a noble temperament despite her young age.

Pang Nuan didn't dare to neglect, and bowed deeply to the woman: "Mr. Zhao Pang Nuan, I have seen Queen Yan."

The deceased Queen Zhao Wei had two sons and one daughter. The eldest son was Zhao Dan, the youngest son was Chang'an Jun, and the second daughter was the Queen Yan in front of Pang Nuan.

Speaking of which, the appearance of this Empress Yan is somewhat similar to that of her mother, Empress Zhao Wei. They are both women with a halo of majesty, and seem to be born with the aura of a mother who is a country.

Empress Yan looked at Pang Nuan in front of her, narrowed her phoenix eyes slightly, looked at Pang Nuan carefully and then nodded slightly: "No need to be polite, sit down."

Her voice was cold, as cold as the loneliness in this palace.

Just as Pang Nuan sat down, a gust of drafts blew into the hall from the door of the main hall, making Pang Nuan shiver uncontrollably.

This palace is really cold.

Empress Yan looked at Pang Nuan quietly, and suddenly asked, "How is Brother Wang's health?"

Pang Nuan replied respectfully: "Your Majesty is in good health, but he has been very busy with state affairs recently."

"Busy?" Empress Yan sighed suddenly, and said slowly: "I think so, brother Wang is busy leading the Zhao country to fight for hegemony with the Qin country, and the widow is just a mere woman, so how can he be taken to heart by brother Wang?" ?”

Empress Yan's words were full of deep resentment. It was obvious that this queen, who was not favored by King Yan, was quite dissatisfied with her natal Zhao Guo's behavior of sitting idly by for the past few years.

Hearing this, Pang Nuan whispered in his heart that something was wrong. The old political strategist didn't want to get involved in such imperial family affairs, so he hurriedly took out a secret letter from his bosom, and respectfully said to Queen Yan: "This letter is from my king. Write it in your own hand, and order it to be presented to the queen."

A palace servant who had been there earlier stepped forward, took the letter from Pang Nuan, and handed it to Empress Yan.

Queen Yan took the letter, opened it and read it.

Pang Nuan sat at the bottom, carefully observing the expression of Queen Yan.

Empress Yan's eyes fell on the silk letter paper, and then she showed a surprised expression.

There was only one sentence written on it, but it was this sentence that made Queen Yan silent for a long time.

"The widow has a plan to solve my sister's misfortune. I don't know if my sister is willing to listen?"

In a trance, the Queen of Yan seemed to see the younger brother who was enthroned but tried hard to put on a mature attitude appearing in front of her, with a bit of pride in her pride, but a hint of concern in her tone.

This was exactly the scene when Queen Yan saw Zhao Dan for the last time before marrying Yan Guo.