Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

Lu Buwei greeted Zhao Sheng and Yu Xin with a smile. Naturally, Lu Buwei didn't want to offend these two guys. After all, Lu Buwei still wants to continue to hang out in Zhao's political arena in the future. Now let's hang out with these two future colleagues. Familiarity is actually pretty good too.

Lu Buwei coughed and said, "Actually, my goal for coming here is quite simple. I hope that Qin and Zhao can maintain the current truce."

"A truce in the current situation?" Upon hearing Lu Buwei's words, the trio of Zhao Guojun and his ministers immediately frowned.

The people present were all human beings, and it was not the first time to engage in negotiations. Naturally, Lu Buwei's metaphor could be heard.

Now Zhao State's Xihe County is still in the hands of Qin people. If Lu Buwei's statement is really followed, wouldn't it be equivalent to asking Zhao State to admit the fact that Xihe County is occupied by Qin people?

Given Zhao's current status and situation, this is actually not an acceptable thing.

Zhao Sheng glanced at Zhao Dan, and found that Zhao Dan didn't intend to speak, so he coughed and said, "Wu Chengjun, if we do this, it's actually not easy for us to explain to the people below."

That is because Zhao Dan introduced him before, Zhao Sheng knew that Lu Buwei was one of his own, so he was so polite when he spoke.

If the person sitting in front of Zhao Sheng was the real envoy from Qin, then Zhao Sheng would have already blasphemed unceremoniously.

In the past few wars, Zhao's territory was not unoccupied by Qin, but basically these occupied territories will be taken back by Zhao at the end of the war.

The current state of Zhao is stronger than any previous war, but it has to make concessions that have never been made in previous wars. Isn't this nonsense!

Even so, the expression on Zhao Sheng's face said it all.

From Zhao Sheng's own point of view, he is the uncle of King Zhao and at the same time Xiangbang of Zhao. Even if Lu Buwei is "one of his own" and also has the identity of the father of the princess, it is only for Zhao Sheng. It's just a future subordinate.

Lu Buwei obviously understood the dissatisfaction in Zhao Sheng's words, but he didn't show any anger, but showed a smile: "Mr. Pingyuan misunderstood, since I am loyal to the country of Zhao, then naturally I won't let it go this time." Zhao Guo suffers."

"Oh?" Yu Xin couldn't help interjecting, and said, "Could it be that the recognition of Qin State's occupation of Xihe County is not Zhao State's disadvantage?"

Contrary to Zhao Sheng who didn't take Lu Buwei too seriously, Yu Xin's perception of Lu Buwei was from another direction.

As a courtier, what Yu Xin wants to do most is of course two things, the first is the ultimate title of the king, and the other is the ultimate state of the official position.

Yu Xin thinks that the matter of Feng Jun is a matter of time, so what Yu Xin is most concerned about now is undoubtedly Xiangbang.

After the past few years, Yu Xin also began to understand that although his king once wanted to replace Zhao Sheng, but now it is like this, it is estimated that Zhao Sheng's Xiangbang should be able to work until he dies.

So Zhao Sheng is no longer Yu Xin's competitor, at least until Zhao Sheng himself does not die, it is impossible for Yu Xin to replace Zhao Sheng.

However, Yu Xin is also very confident. In the current situation, as long as Zhao Sheng dies, then Yu Xin will be the successor.

But now there is another Lu Buwei, which is a problem.

Although Lu Buwei is still a native of Qin, Yu Xin felt confident that Zhao would rule the world sooner or later, and Yu Xin felt that it would be a matter of time before he and Lu Buwei became ministers.

At that time, Lu Buwei must first have made great achievements in destroying Qin, and secondly, he will be the princess, the father of the future queen of Zhao, which will pose a great challenge to Yu Xin.

So Yu Xin, who is smart and thoughtful, already regards Lu Buwei as his biggest opponent in the future competition for the position of prime minister with just a few thoughts.

Even if Zhao Sheng died now and Yu Xin took over as Xiangbang, as long as the prince succeeds in the future, this Lu Buwei must be a threat to Yu Xin.

This is why Yu Xin almost couldn't wait to jump out and criticize Lu Buwei. Otherwise, from a political standpoint, Yu Xin should actually stand on the opposite side of Zhao Sheng and agree with Lu Buwei's opinion.

Sure enough, as soon as Yu Xin's words fell, Lu Buwei looked at Yu Xin in surprise, apparently not quite understanding why Yu Xin questioned himself at this time.

But Lu Buwei didn't think so much at this time, but directly replied: "Yu Qing, I thought that if we use this to cease war with Qin, first of all, Zhao Guoguo will go to an enemy like Qin, Hedong County, Shangjun and Hetao, Yiqu and other places will not be threatened."

"Wait." Zhao Sheng interrupted Lu Buwei's words suddenly: "Wu Chengjun means that the land of Yiqu Kingdom belongs to Zhao Kingdom?"

Lu Buwei smiled slightly and said, "Isn't the current Yiqu country under Zhao's control?"

In fact, the current Yiqu country is a land without an owner.

In the previous war, some of the Yiqu people fled to the west under the leadership of Yiqu Bo, while the other part of the Yiqu people went south to Guanzhong under the leadership of Yiqu Lie and surrendered to Qin. The people of Yiqu chose to go north to defect to Zhao State one after another, so the core area of ​​Yiqu State, which used to be the northern county of Qin State, is almost completely uninhabited.

If Beidi County is exchanged for Xihe County, it must still be a bit of a loss, but if it is added to allow Qin State to withdraw from this war, it seems that Zhao State is not at a loss again.

After getting Lu Buwei's answer, Zhao Guojun and his ministers couldn't help but look at each other.

This was a pleasant surprise.

Lu Buwei continued: "In addition to this, there is actually another benefit. Presumably the king, Lord Yuan, and Qing Yu all know that Cai Ze, the current king of Qin's political arena, is my arch enemy. If I come out this time If you succeed in obtaining Xihe County from Zhao Guo, the King of Qin will definitely trust me more and alienate Cai Ze. In this case, you only need to use some small tricks to get rid of Cai Ze, then Qin Guo It is all under my control!"

The meaning of Lu Buwei is actually very obvious. If Lu Buwei, the "traitor Zhao", completely controls the power of Qin State, it will definitely be much easier for Zhao State to destroy Qin State in the future.

Lu Buwei finished what he wanted to say in one breath, then cupped his hands towards Zhao Dan, and said: "How to choose, please show me, Your Majesty."

Chapter 874 Final decision (second update)

Everyone in the whole hall was waiting for Zhao Dan's decision.

Zhao Dan was silent for a while, and then said to the two Zhao Guozhong ministers in front of him: "What do you two think of the family?"

The reason why Zhao Sheng and Yu Xin were specially called here was of course Zhao Dan's own reasons.

In the absence of Lian Po, these two people are the two most powerful ministers in Zhao Guo, and they are also the two ministers most trusted by Zhao Dan.

Now that the war has progressed to this point, it is very likely that the unification of Qin will begin within two or three years. At this time, it is very necessary to inform these two people about Lu Buwei first, and give them a chance to avoid In the future, when dealing with Qin, some inexplicable accident will happen because the two of them don't understand the situation.

Of course, Zhao Sheng was the first to speak. I saw Lord Pingyuan pondering for a moment, then glanced at Zhao Dan, and then said carefully: "My lord, in my opinion, this matter is indeed feasible. .”

Zhao Sheng could tell that in fact, his king intended to agree to this matter, so naturally he went along with it.

After a pause, Zhao Sheng continued: "However, the veteran feels that this matter still needs to be discussed in detail, and a complete charter can be produced before it can be implemented."

Zhao Dan narrowed his eyes slightly when he heard this, and gave Zhao Sheng a meaningful look.

"Yes, yes, yes." Yu Xin also said from the side: "Your Majesty, I think it is a great thing for the King and the State of Zhao if this matter is done well, but I also agree with Mr. Pingyuan's opinion that this matter should be handled with caution. .”

Zhao Dan glanced at Yu Xin again, and began to understand what kind of medicine these two guys were selling in the gourd, and couldn't help cursing secretly.

To put it bluntly, these two guys put on such an attitude, isn't it because they are worried that they won't take responsibility if things happen again in the future.

After all, this matter is not big or small, although it is impossible for Zhao Guo to fall into any major crisis if it fails, but if something really happens, this mistake is enough to avoid a Xiangbang or Sikou. location.

Given the current situation of Zhao Sheng and Yu Xin, they naturally don't want to take on this responsibility.

However, although Zhao Sheng and Yu Xin didn't want to take responsibility, the attitude of agreement was actually here, so Zhao Dan no longer hesitated, and said directly to the three people in front of him: "I think Wu Chengjun's plan is very serious. All right, let’s do that.”

As soon as Zhao Dan's decision was made, the other three bowed down at the same time.

After all, the three of them knew very well in their hearts that this matter was indeed a matter of low risk and high reward. If it were anyone present, they would probably make the same decision as Zhao Dan.

Zhao Dan looked at Zhao Sheng and Yu Xin again, and said: "As soon as the matter of this peace negotiation is announced, I feel that there must be some ministers who are dissatisfied with it, so these people will be handed over to Mr. Pingyuan and Yu Qing. It's solved. Remember, Wu Chengjun's identity is still a secret and must not be revealed."

This is another reason why Zhao Dan called Zhao Sheng and Yu Xin.

As far as this peace negotiation is concerned, it is actually not a loss for Zhao Guo to exchange Xihe County for Beidi County and suppress Cai Ze in this matter.