Of course, Yan Chunjun and Guo Kai are not stupid. They know enough is enough. Once the demands are too much, or the princes feel that the consumption is too great, they will no longer care about their mess, and then the gains outweigh the losses.
Then a magical scene appeared. Guo Kai could always find the other party's bottom line at the negotiation table, and then repeatedly jump on the other party's bottom line, making the princes want to give up but not willing to give up, especially after investing so much in the early stage.
, even more unwillingly.
It's just like a venture capital investment. If you invest in the first and second rounds, you can't withdraw your investment in the third round when it's about to produce results, right?
Lord Yan Chun also had very good control. He repeatedly deceived the princes behind him and said it was going to be fast. As long as he worked harder, he would almost be able to beat Ji Dan to death.
As a result, the princes all fell into the mentality of gambling ghosts, and were tied to the gambling table again and again and could not get off.
However, while the Yan State was splitting and wrangling, no one noticed that both Qin and Zhao were secretly developing.
"It's so similar to learn this skill!" Lu Buwei said with emotion in the Xianyang Palace.
It has been three years since the war between Yan and Zhao. During these three years, Yan Chunjun and Ji Dan fought inextricably, attracting the attention of the princes. Then no one paid attention to Zhao's reforms and allowed Zhao to develop alone.
This move is simply a reenactment of the Xiaogong and Shangjun reforms that brought Qin the ten years of peace. However, it was only because of Qin's lobbying that Wei gave up its strategy of destroying Qin and instead entered the Central Plains.
Fight for hegemony.
Now Zhao State has created the division of Yan State to attract the attention of the princes, so that no princes are free to intervene in the changes of Zhao State.
"But the division of the Yan Kingdom cannot last long, and the princes will react sooner or later!" Ying Zheng has been studying with Lu Buwei these years, and Lu Buwei has taught Ying Zheng a truly qualified and capable person.
The unifying hero.
"So, no one discovered that Pang Nuan disappeared after the Yanzhao War!" Lu Buwei said.
He only recently noticed that Pang Nuan, a veteran of the Zhao State, had disappeared for three years after the Yan-Zhao War. Zhao State's external claim was that Pang Nuan was old, idle at home, and writing books.
But when he sent out a snare to investigate, he discovered that Pang Nuan was nowhere to be found in Pang Nuan's mansion, and that he had been missing for three years.
At the same time, Lu Buwei, who was a businessman, also discovered from the abnormal number of transactions in Dai County of Zhao State that every year in Dai County, a batch of supplies would go missing.
After two months of calculations and calculations by the prime minister's retainers who stayed up all night, it was finally calculated that the quantity of this batch of materials was enough to meet the training costs of an army of no less than 100,000 people.
"Pang Nuan?" Ying Zheng was also a little surprised. After the second war between Yan and Zhao, Pang Nuan also entered the world's attention. However, everyone thought that this was the veteran's last glory, so they wrote to Pang Nuan to resign.
, after disarming and returning to the field, no one will doubt it.
After all, Pang Nuan is really too old. He is the same age as Ju Xin and older than Lian Po and Zhao She. And Ju Xin's experience has also been a wake-up call for the elderly all over the world.
In the end, everyone thought that Pang Nuan was also worried that he would follow the old path of Ju Xin and lose his life, so no one cared about his whereabouts.
"Well, I have done an accounting and inspection of the transactions in the entire county of Zhao State, and finally discovered that a batch of materials in Zhao State that are enough to feed, clothe, and train a hundred thousand troops have disappeared inexplicably. At the same time, there are also some young people in Zhao State every year. Many brave men have disappeared inexplicably, and their number is close to one hundred thousand!" Lu Buwei said solemnly.
An army of 100,000 people, and an army that was off-duty and trained around the clock for three years. Its combat power is unimaginable.
Although Qin also secretly hid 150,000 troops for off-the-job training in the five counties of Longxi, Jincheng, Zhangye, Jiuquan, and Dunhuang, but who can guarantee that they will be able to defeat Zhao?
The number does not really exceed the opponent by much, and the 150,000 unemployed army is the limit of the Qin State. Unless the Zhengguo Canal and the Hetao Plain are all developed and put into use, otherwise, the 150,000 unemployed army will be the last resort of the Qin State. The family is financially ruined.
Although they imitated the supervisory envoy system of Zhao State, Qin State itself governed the Qingming Dynasty and followed a war economic system. In fact, there were not many nobles who actually had private collections. However, Zhao State was different. It was aristocratic autonomy. , let Jin Yao take away the savings of several generations of people in one wave, and the national treasury was extremely full.
"I still let him steal three years!" Lu Buwei lamented. He still underestimated Emperor Yao, and let someone steal three years of his time right under his nose.
"What do Father Zhong think we should do now?" Ying Zheng also became serious. He now knows exactly what it means to have an army of more than 100,000 people as useful as the Qin State.
"Pretend to turn a blind eye! We can guess that the other side has a hundred thousand troops hiding secretly. The other side may not know that we have a hundred and fifty thousand retired troops hiding under the Qilian Mountains!" Lu Buwei sighed.
It is too late to stop it now. On the contrary, if Qin and Zhao start fighting again, it will only make other princes applaud.
Therefore, Lu Buwei was sure that Jin Yao had the same thought as him and would never take the initiative to antagonize Qin. Instead, he would maintain relative restraint and turn his targets to other princes.
Ying Zheng also understood that starting a war with Zhao now would only allow the princes to reap the benefits, and the three years of stability they had stolen would be burned down.
"Just wait for Zhao Guo to take action first!" Ying Zheng nodded and said.
They will not send troops until Zheng Guo Canal and Hetao are officially put into use. But what about Zhao Guo? What is Zhao Guo waiting for? They don't know.
In the Handan Palace, Jin looked at the sky and felt a little depressed. After all, history had changed under the fluttering wings of his butterflies. King Xi and Lord Xinling of Wei who were supposed to fly to the west three years ago actually lived until now. .
"What is Qin doing?" Jin Yao was helpless. Qin probably didn't want Han Wei to develop at this time. Why hasn't it killed Lord Xinling and King Xi of Wei yet?
Thinking about it carefully, it seems that it is his fault again. Historically, the Qin State regarded Han and Wei as the gateway to the east and wanted to split the three Jins into two, so it killed Lord Xinling and uprooted the princes. The wedge of alliance, but now that Qin's strategy has changed to that of Chu, it naturally has no control over Wei.
The reason why Zhao State is stable is not only because it takes time for Zhao State to reform, but also because they are not sure that they can kill Wei State with Lord Xinling.
After all, no matter how many flaws his personal character may have, Lord Xinling is still the leader of the Four Warring States Young Masters who are famous all over the world. His reputation is not built upon, and he can really be reunited with one order.
The princes also gave him face, so if the State of Zhao wanted to attack the State of Wei, as long as Lord Xinling was still alive, the State of Zhao would have to face the combined army of the entire world's princes.
"Oh, let's continue to be the sixth child and wait. I still don't believe that I can't survive him!" Jin Yao shook his head and stopped thinking about those things. The new army has just formed. If you are not sure, you still can't expose it too early.