Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

After all, men are superior to women in this world. Even a princess of Zhao State like Queen Mother Yan is only noble in name before she gets married.

After sighing softly, Empress Dowager Yan said to Le Jian: "Since Lord Chang has said so, the old woman naturally has no reason to object. How will Lord Chang plan to stop Zhao Guo?"

Le Jian thought for a while and said: "Back to the queen mother, I thought I could reply to the envoy of Qi State first, telling him that Yan State is willing to join this anti-Zhao alliance. But the premise is that Qin State and Qi State should take the lead in sending troops, otherwise Even if Wei State is destroyed, my Yan State will not send troops."

The reason why Le Jian made this request was that Yan Guo was indeed too weak compared to Zhao Guo. If there were not a few elder brothers to stand up in front, it would definitely be a dead end for Yan Guo to jump out and face Zhao Guogang first.

Empress Dowager Yan thought about it, and felt that the idea was good, so she nodded and said to Le Jian: "If that's the case, then let Lord Chang take full responsibility for this matter."

Le Jian stood up and bowed to the Empress Dowager Yan: "Please rest assured, Empress Dowager, I will do my best to live up to the entrustment of the Empress Dowager!"

Chapter 757 Cai Ze's Mistakes (Chapter Two in One, First Update)

Xianyang City.

Before the cold of the spring morning had completely dissipated, the atmosphere in the main hall of Xianyang Palace was very hot, and the ministers of the two factions formed a group, quarreling with each other.

The reason for this is, of course, because the current focus event on the entire continent is the cutting down of Duan cadres by various countries.

According to the statement made by the envoy of Qi State who just arrived to Qin Wangchu, Zhao State is not just wanting to eliminate Duan Ganzi as he said before, Zhao State actually hopes to unite South Korea and Chu State together. Annexed Wei State.

After Qin Wangchu learned about this matter, he urgently summoned all military officials to discuss.

But Qin Wangchu was a little surprised that the ministers were not arguing at the beginning whether they should save Wei, but whether it was true or not.

Diplomatic deceit is not uncommon in any era. Besides, the biggest diplomatic deception in this era was originally created by Zhang Yi, an important minister of the Qin State.

Qin Wangchu knocked on the table with a serious face, and said to the ministers of the Qin State in front of him: "Everyone, the matter of the widow has been confirmed to be true, and there is no need to argue about the authenticity of the matter. Because the widow just received the A secret report from South Korea said that South Korea indeed has such a plan, and wants to carve up Wei State with Zhao State and Chu State."

When Qin Wangchu said this, the ministers of the Qin State immediately became quiet, and their faces were somewhat complicated.

Since the early decades, South Korea and Wei State were under Qin State’s younger brothers most of the time after they were conquered by Qin State Baiqi, but after the rise of Zhao State after the Changping World War I, these two countries betrayed Qin State by coincidence .

And you must know that Wei State's current territory is the Tao County of Qin State back then. A few years ago, it was the land of Qin State. Now that the people of Qin State are watching Tao County being divided up by other countries, they are obviously not happy. taste.

Tao County, that was a good place that used to be able to pay almost a quarter of the Qin State's tax with a single county.

Cai Ze took the lead to break the deadlock, and said to King Chu of Qin in front of him, "Your Majesty, I thought that we must immediately withdraw from Yiqu and attack Zhao. The State of Wei must not perish, otherwise it will be difficult to stop the momentum of the State of Zhao in the future." .”

As soon as Cai Ze made this statement, many ministers of the Qin Kingdom of Cai Ze's faction naturally agreed with each other, but Cai Ze's old enemy, who has been fighting with Cai Zeming for the past two years, and Lu Buwei, the Prime Minister of the Qin Kingdom, naturally disagreed.

As soon as Cai Ze's words fell, Lu Buwei sneered and said, "Mr. Gang Cheng's words seem to be reasonable. But I want to ask, what's the use of sending troops now? You know Except for a little land such as Suiyang, Zhao Hanchu has almost divided up most of the land in Wei State today. Can Da Qin send troops at this moment, besides offending the three countries out of thin air, can there be any benefit?"

Cai Ze glanced at Lu Buwei, and also sneered, and said, "Wu Chengjun's words are absurd! I think Qi was almost on the verge of extinction and was able to restore the country, but now there are dozens of large and small cities in Wei, why not?" ? As long as we have the support of Daqin, Yan, and Qi, the revival of Wei is doomed!"

Lu Buwei shook his head and said: "The reason why Qi State was able to restore the country back then was because the princes did not want to see Yan State annex Qi State and grow bigger, so they secretly helped Qi State. At that time, Yan State was Against the other six countries with the power of one country, how can it be undefeated?"

"But now it's completely different. Now Zhao Guozhi is not successful even in the previous four countries' attack on Zhao, and now Zhao Guo has South Korea and Chu as the support, how can it be so easy to be defeated?"

Lu Buwei's words were like a basin of cold water, poured directly on the heads of the main fighters of Qin in the main hall, making them silent involuntarily.

But Cai Ze was very dissatisfied with Lu Buwei's words. He stared at Lu Buwei fiercely and said, "So what Wu Chengjun means is that Da Qin should not save Wei Guo, wait until Zhao Guo destroys Wei Guo, and then After eliminating Qi, Yan and other countries, we will destroy Daqin, right?"

As soon as Cai Ze's words came out, the faces of many Qin ministers changed immediately.

Just a few years ago, Qin State was the most powerful country in the Chinese world. At that time, the dream of all Qin people was to one day go east to the Central Plains to wipe out the six kingdoms of Shandong, and bring the whole world under the hegemony of Great Qin. among.

As the so-called judge others by oneself, since the people of Qin State can take this goal as the direction of their efforts, then they feel that Zhao State has become stronger now, so they naturally have the same goal as Daqin back then.

As the saying goes, peers are enemies.

So when Cai Ze said these words, many Qin ministers who were originally neutral began to speak up.

"Your Majesty, I think what Gang Chengjun said is very reasonable. If we don't rescue Wei State, once we make Zhao State stronger, then Daqin's life will be even more difficult."

"Your Majesty, the State of Zhao now controls the Weihan Passage. If the State of Zhao is not defeated, Daqin has no hope of going east. Even for this matter, it is impossible for the State of Zhao to annex Wei Otherwise, once the war in the Central Plains of Zhao Kingdom is certain, and then attack Daqin through the Weihan channel, how can Daqin stop it?"

The young Qin Wangchu saw the turbulent emotions, and felt a little shaken in his heart.

If it is based on the emotional tendency in his heart, Qin Wang Chu, who has just ascended the throne, is naturally more inclined to listen to Lu Buwei's opinion.But now it seems that there are a lot of people who support Cai Ze in the Qin court, which naturally makes Qin Wangchu entangled.

If the grandfather of King Qin Chu, the deceased King Qin Zhaoxiang was still alive, as long as the famous King Qin turned his face slightly, and then hummed softly, the whole Qin State Hall would instantly change. There was silence, and everyone had to wait with trepidation for King Qin Zhaoxiang to make the final decision.

But Qin Wangchu's prestige at this moment is obviously far from being comparable to that of his talented grandfather. He is not even like his father who has lived in Xianyang for many years and has been in contact with many high-level affairs, nor is he as good as his own father. This kind of experience has personally participated in the formulation of many major military affairs of the Qin State.

Therefore, whenever faced with this kind of debate, the young King Chu of Qin always didn't know what to do.

This style of Qin Wangchu has been thoroughly understood by his courtiers. In fact, the current Qin court generally believes that he should be the most soft-hearted Qin Wang in decades, and the most easily influenced by his courtiers.

Lu Buwei was a little shaken when he saw Qin Wangchu, and he knew that this time should be a critical moment.

Although the previous information from Handan was vague, Lu Buwei is a smart man after all, so after knowing that Zhao State was going to attack Duan Ganzi, he guessed that Zhao State must have plots against Wei State, so he encouraged King Qin Chu The purpose of attacking Yiqu is to go to Zhao to share the pressure.

Now things are obvious, Zhao's major event is to eliminate Wei!

But now that Cai Ze is about to spoil this important event, how can Lu Buwei bear it?

Lu Buwei stood up, cupped his hands at Qin King Chu, and said, "Your Majesty, Wang Lu and Wang Ling are now leading the main force of the army to fight against Yiqu, and most of the land that Yiqu took from Daqin has already been lost." The army recovered. If the army withdraws suddenly at this time, wouldn't it be a waste of so much money, food, soldiers and horses but nothing, how should we explain to the soldiers of the army?

Cai Ze was unhappy when he heard these words, he snorted subconsciously, and said to Lu Buwei: "Your Majesty is the King of Qin. Why do you have to explain to the soldiers what decision your Majesty wants to make?"

"Really?" Lu Buwei was stunned for a moment, and then a bright smile suddenly appeared on his face, looking at Cai Ze as if looking at an idiot.

You are simply an idiot, don't you know that Daqin built his country with military exploits?

This old boy actually made a mistake at such a moment, it really made Lu Buwei very happy!

Sure enough, the next moment, Cai Ze's words immediately poked a hornet's nest.

You must know that this time is an emergency meeting of the Qin State, so not only a few important officials of the Qin State were present, but almost all the middle and high-level officials and generals of the Qin State were present.

As soon as Cai Ze's words fell, a gray-haired old general of the Qin State suddenly stood up and said, "I don't agree with Gang Chengjun's words. Now that the army is about to wipe out Yiqu, it is natural to Eliminate Yiqu first and make other plans, won’t it damage the prestige of the King and Qin if you give up halfway?”

Another middle-aged general stood up and said, "Mr. Gang Cheng, if you can conquer Yiqu Country, then Great Qin can at least obtain the land, horses, and population of Yiqu Country. I suggest that if you send troops to attack Zhao Yuanwei, can Da Qin get even a tiny piece of land?"

And General No.3 stood up and said: "I also want to ask Gang Chengjun. In the past few years, the Zhao Kingdom's Frontier Cavalry Army led by Li Mu has repeatedly gone south, and it has become a serious problem for Daqin. If the country goes to war, when Li Mu leads the side cavalry army south to wreak havoc in Guanzhong, I wonder if Mr. Gang Cheng has any clever plans to solve it?"

The generals who had been silent all this time suddenly stood up and fired collectively, which made Cai Ze a little confused. Only then did he wake up in his heart, knowing that he had made a big mistake because of one sentence.

In many later generations, the status of ministers was generally higher than that of generals, and even in some dynasties, it became so strange that even a small official dared to scold a general.

But at least in the Warring States Period where wars are still frequent, the status of military generals is obviously very high. In the past few decades, some prime ministers who have never led troops to fight have slowly emerged.

Most of these military generals in Qin State are the beneficiaries of the first-mover meritorious service system, and they are also the most staunch supporters of this system.

The characteristics of the military merit system stipulate that this system requires the country's continuous external expansion and victory, so war is what the beneficiaries of the military merit system most desire.

But longing is longing. After all, fighting is a rational process. After all, no one wants to suffer defeat.