In fact, having said that, why does Zhao Changqing refuse to compromise with the public opinion and pressure from the outside world?

Most of the reasons are due to the stupidity value.

As long as the border war continues, it will definitely have an impact on the construction of the canal. This is beyond doubt. Even if the war lasts too long, it will accumulate domestic resentment.

In this way, the mediocre value is a sure thing.

However, Bai Qi's incident was beyond his expectation.

When all the ministers heard the emperor's angry voice, they were all shocked.

Your Majesty is right.

Weak countries have no diplomacy.

This has been the case throughout the ages.

Thinking back to the beginning, the Wei Kingdom had gone through several generations of wise kings who worked hard and worked hard to govern. However, as long as it experienced a foreign war, everything would be set back to the original point in an instant, and it would return to before liberation.

The ultimate reason is that Wei's national power is too weak.

The Jin State had a huge manpower reserve to support it, but the Wei State did not.

The number of Jin's two million army soldiers is only superficial data.

In reality?

Combined with the government soldiers from various states and the Northern Liang who are known as the 300,000 cavalrymen who are the best in the world, the actual number will far exceed the data originally disclosed to the outside world.

This is the fundamental reason why Jin State has always been very tough externally.

However, in recent years, due to the deep grievances caused by the internal party conflicts in the Jin Dynasty, the Jin Emperor had to find ways to alleviate this conflict.

Therefore, Jin had no choice but to make the decision to expand outward to alleviate the domestic situation.

But they never expected that they would encounter Zhao Changqing, a tough nut to crack.

Zhuge Liang, who was standing in the Xuanzheng Hall at this moment, understood this, so he changed his cautious temper and supported the initiative to launch a war with Jin to the end.

As long as the Jin State chooses to compromise or experience several major defeats, the domestic situation will definitely become worse. According to the plan of the Three Emperors Alliance, the more complicated their domestic situation is, the more beneficial it will be to themselves.

So, after thinking about it, he bowed to the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, those Jin envoys have been staying in Chengde Palace. Do you need some ministers to drive them away?"

Zhao Changqing shook his head when he heard this and said: "No, they can just rely on it if they want. We will not take the initiative to respond to Bai Qi's killing of prisoners and let the war on the border continue. At the same time, Zhao Yun, you lead an army of 200,000, and we will immediately

Get up and rush to reinforce the border. Remember, if the Jin army does not increase its strength at the border, the 200,000 troops you lead will have to stand still. Is it clear enough?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yun solemnly clasped his fists and said, "Report to Your Majesty, I will understand! I will arrive at the border as quickly as possible!"

Zhao Changqing looked at Zhao Yun's extremely serious look and nodded with relief.

After several wars last year, the biggest skill Wei has developed is that if there is a war, it will be able to actively mobilize everything in the shortest possible time.

This is beneficial to the legion system promulgated by the emperor.

Troops can be mobilized for expeditions at any time.

In the whole world, your majesty is probably the only one who has such courage and dares to do this.

Zhao Changqing personally wrote a letter to Chen Qingzhi.

The content of the letter probably told him two things:

First, wait for the opportunity to start a war with the Jin army.

Second, arrange for experts to escort Bai Qi back to Beijing.

It was already three days after Chen Qingzhi received this secret letter.

He called Bai Qi out of the small dark room, looked at his haggard face, and felt a little distressed. He patted his shoulder and comforted him: "The imperial court has issued an order..."

However, before he finished speaking, Bai Qi interrupted him and asked: "But let the general commit suicide to apologize to the world?"

Chen Qingzhi shook his head and said with a smile: "Not only will you not die, on the contrary, Your Majesty also asked me to send experts to escort you back to the capital to receive the reward."

Bai Qi was shocked when he heard the sound and said: "Not only is he not guilty, but he also wants to reward me?"

Chen Qingzhi nodded firmly and said: "That's right. Bai Qi, the person you should thank most at this moment is His Majesty, because it is him who saved you from this disaster.

Currently, Your Majesty is under the greatest pressure. He not only has to withstand public opinion from various forces outside the private sector for you, but also has to use all the resources in the court to actively prepare for Jin's counterattack.

If it weren't for Your Majesty, I'm afraid your life would have to be handed down here."

The killing of prisoners was, in a sense, worse than the massacre of a city.

On the same day, Bai Qi was escorted back to the capital by military experts.

Everyone worked hard, and at the cost of several horses being killed along the way, they arrived in the capital in two days.

However, because it was getting late, Zhao Changqing did not meet Bai Qi, but asked him to rest at the inn in the capital first.

The next morning.

Morning meeting.

Zhao Changqing announced that he would come to see him.

After Bai Qi paid a great tribute, knelt three times and kowtowed nine times, another group of people entered the Chengde Hall.

This group of people are all arrogant.

When Zhao Changqing first met him, he felt uncomfortable.

Are all the envoys of the Jin Kingdom so awesome?

What the hell is their innate sense of pride?

In front of the Jin envoys, Zhao Changqing gave Bai Qi a series of rewards.

"Bai Qi, in recognition of your meritorious service in killing the enemy, today I will confer upon you the title of General Yunhui and grant you the title of Marquis of Kaiguo County. In addition, I will reward you with ten thousand taels of silver as encouragement."

This was one of the few coins Zhao Changqing had to reward others. It had to be said that his heart still felt pain all over his body.

But even so, he still has to do it.

For no other reason than to send a message to the outside world, those who were killed were the surrendered soldiers of the Jin Kingdom. What can you do?

Ritual and music ceased to exist long after the collapse of the once unified Qin Dynasty.

Instead, whoever has the bigger fist can control the rules.

After Bai Qi heard this reward, his mind went blank as if something had hit him.

He felt quite flattered now. He simply couldn't believe that he was not condemned by His Majesty for killing prisoners arbitrarily, but instead received such a generous reward for this matter. This...

It was really unexpected.

General Yunhui!

This is a step forward for me!

You must know that the original Marshal Chen Qingzhi, who was hailed as the white-robed ghost general by other countries, once served as General Yunhui!

However, if you think about it carefully, now that you have put Wei State in a dilemma, can you deserve such a generous reward?

Since there were envoys from other countries around, Bai Qi could not refuse, so he had to kneel down to receive the order and said: "General Bai Qi, I would like to thank Your Majesty for your great grace. From now on, General Bai Qi will dedicate himself to your Majesty and serve the Wei Dynasty until his death!"

Zhao Changqing smiled and nodded, saying: "Wei will never let down any of its meritorious ministers, and I will not hesitate to fight against the entire world."

This sentence was addressed to the envoys of the State of Jin.

At this moment, not only the envoys of the Jin State were confused, but even the civil and military officials of the Wei State could not believe it.

Now that Wei is facing so much public opinion from the outside world, your Majesty actually wants to reward Bai Qi openly?

I have to say, this is really awesome.

After a while, the Jin envoy was dissatisfied with the Wei Emperor's will. After glaring at Bai Qi fiercely, he bowed to Zhao Changqing and said: "Wei Emperor, I hope you can think twice before you act! What you are doing is tantamount to

You have forced the Jin State to oppose you! If you take back your order now, the relationship between the Jin State and the Wei State can still be repaired!"

When Zhao Changqing heard this tone, he immediately lost his temper.

He slammed the dragon chair, stood up suddenly, and said angrily to the Jin envoys: "You are talking nonsense, do you think it is necessary for the Wei State to bow to your Jin State today? I will tell you today.

You, the humiliating history of Wei has passed! Now this country has ushered in a new life!

Have you, the Jin State, forgotten the atrocities you committed in this country? Thirteen years ago, your Jin State openly tore up the peace treaty and forcibly captured Youyun, our country. There, you slaughtered the common people of our Wei State for seven days and seven nights.

!

As a result, there are countless casualties. Have you, the Jin State, forgotten this debt? I have only slaughtered one hundred thousand of your troops today. Is that too much? I want to tell you that I will kill more of your Jin State soldiers!

Go back to your country and tell Emperor Jin that if you want to fight, fight, where is all this nonsense?!"

On February 2, the dragon raises its head.

The State of Jin sent envoys from the State of Wei back to the State of Jin.

The next day, Jin announced that it would formally declare war with Wei.

The date for the alliance between the three emperors will be far away.

The Wei court had no choice but to retreat and decided to fight to the death with the Jin army.

Yes, after Zhao Yun, Cao Shen once again sent troops to cooperate with the border troops, totaling 600,000 troops, vowing to fight the Jin army to the end.

What started out as a small incident due to friction between a few soldiers eventually escalated to the level of a national war.

It astonished all the people in the world.

This was the first time in Wei's history that it decided to declare war or actively engage in expansion.
Chapter completed!