King Su Hu of Wei looked at the newspaper on the table and rubbed his aching head.
The Zhao State of the eldest brother Su Xiong has a great geographical location and there are no powerful countries around it, so it can develop freely.
From the contents of this newspaper, he could tell that his eldest brother Su Xiong was arrogant and arrogant.
If there was one of Zhao's neighboring countries that was as powerful as it, the eldest brother Su Xiong would never be so arrogant.
Zhao Guo was able to disclose his national policies without fear of provocation from neighboring countries.
Wei Guo cannot do this. The situation here in South America is completely different.
Next to Wei State is a neighboring country of comparable strength, Cao State.
There is also the Qi State in the south with a population of several million and which is mainly engaged in mining and animal husbandry.
Wei cannot expose its ambition for hegemony prematurely.
The war between Wei and Cao originated from the contradiction between the two countries.
Once Wei wanted to dominate, Qi and Cao, who had been on the sidelines, united.
Qi State was in the south of Wei State to contain the Wei army's actions.
It is even more impossible for Wei State to solve Qi State first.
Once Wei makes a move, Cao will definitely send troops to intervene.
If Cao wanted to achieve the same goal, Wei would also send troops to intervene.
Wei was fighting on two fronts, and Wei King Su Hu was not confident in winning the war.
If Wei wants to dominate, it can only decide the outcome with Cao first.
Since the last time a fierce war broke out between Wei and Cao, both countries chose to withdraw their troops and call a truce because they could no longer fight.
King Su Hu of Wei discussed with Prime Minister Qu Xiaolong and Governor Song Kangbo many times how Wei should respond to the threat from Cao.
None of them discussed a precise method to solve Cao Guo's problem.
After Wei Wang Su Hu read this newspaper, he already had a completely different idea in his mind than before.
The current situation of Zhao State is similar to that when the countries were first established.
This economic crisis is another round of reshuffle in the strength of various countries.
When each country was first established, its strength was about the same.
As countries develop, huge gaps in strength have emerged.
Just take the Americas as an example. Because Zhao State developed the fastest, it moved from the west coast of America to the east coast of America.
And because there was no pressure in the north of Zhao State at that time, Su Li, the founding monarch of Xiang State in the south of Zhao State, was injured and died.
This, either due to strength factors or coincidental events, has led to the Zhao State's strength developing into what it is today.
Wei and Cao were not bordering each other at first, so the two countries could expand their territories and develop their strength rapidly.
After the territories of Wei and Cao were bordered, the development of the two countries had reached a bottleneck. Unless they could annex each other, they could develop into a strength similar to that of Zhao.
Precisely because the two countries were equally powerful, King Su Hu of Wei thought for a long time but could not think of a way to solve Cao's situation.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the competition among various countries provided Su Hu with sufficient reference.
Wei State used various strategies such as beauty trap and alienation strategy against Cao State.
But as long as the ambition of Cao Guo and Li Dazhuang is not extinguished, he is still in his prime and has not yet fainted.
These strategies are completely ineffective.
King Su Hu of Wei now discovered that the economy was also a big killer.
Today's war can no longer be won by having enough food and grass.
Sufficient ammunition must be provided to the army.
Industrial strength is the foundation for a country to defeat its enemies.
Now that the economic crisis has emerged, the industrial strength of various countries has suffered heavy losses.
Which country can get out of the quagmire of economic crisis and develop its own industry.
As long as the industrial level exceeds that of the enemy, you don't need to use complicated tactics. You only need to use the tactics commonly used by the Empire's Type B army to bombard, and you can easily defeat the enemy.
In the last war between Wei and Cao, they imitated the empire in carrying out fire bombings.
Both of their countries have insufficient ammunition production capacity, and this kind of semi-finished product fire bombing has depleted their ammunition stocks.
King Su Hu of Wei clenched his fists, knowing that what the newspaper said was correct.
How to solve the economic crisis is a key destiny decision for all countries.
Su Hu of Wei State knew that if the empire wanted to solve the economic crisis, it would have to pay a huge price.
If Wei wants to solve the economic crisis, it must pay an extremely heavy price.
King Su Hu of Wei was ready to pay the price.
He wanted to leave a strong country to his descendants.
If any force dares to stop him from doing this, he will never take human feelings into consideration.
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King Qi Sushan looked relaxed and was watching movies from the empire with his children.
He said happily: "This is filming the story of your father and me.
This actor performed very well, your father was so wise and powerful back then."
As the plot of the movie progressed, Qi Wang Sushan slapped his thigh and said angrily: "What kind of crew is this? They don't respect the facts at all.
He actually said that I am not as good as Zhang Yuliang, the king of Fujian. This guy has become a big fat man and made himself fat to death.
I guard millions of cattle and sheep and still maintain a healthy body.
Just looking at my self-control, I am far superior to that guy Zhang Yuliang, and he even said that I am not as good as him.
When it comes to leading troops in battle, the two of us are pretty much the same.
Develop the country, the environment of Qi State is stable, the country is peaceful and the people are safe.
The country of Fujian was almost destroyed several times, but it was only with the help of the empire that it was able to turn the corner."
King Qi Sushan was getting angry. He saw a little eunuch outside the door, looking around to observe what was going on here.
He waved his hand and called the young eunuch over and asked, "What happened?"
The young eunuch said respectfully: "Your Majesty, Lord Ma Jinshui Ma wants to see you."
When Qi Wang Sushan left the movie, he met Ma Jinshui in the side hall of the palace.
Ma Jinshui is his confidant and has the power to enter the palace at any time.
But this man is prudent in his work. Except for important events, he will never go to the palace for ordinary matters.
Ma Jinshui, the cabinet minister of the State of Qi and the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, held a newspaper in his hand. After saluting, he said anxiously: "Your Majesty, the current situation in our country is very critical and must be dealt with early."
Qi Wang Sushan glanced at the newspaper in Ma Jin's sailor, he chuckled and said calmly: "My guess is right, this is the newspaper of the Imperial Chinese Associated Press.
The contents of this newspaper have a great impact on regional powers, but the impact on our country is not as great as you think.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The impact of the economic crisis on our country is not as great as you think."
Ma Jinshui heard Qi Wang Sushan's tone of not caring about anything.
He looked anxious and said: "Your Majesty, this is the only chance for our Qi country to rise."
King Qi Sushan snorted coldly and said: "Cao and Wei have developed too rapidly, and our country is mainly based on animal husbandry and mining, and there is simply no industry of sufficient scale.
If we don't develop industry now, Cao Wei and Wei will not regard us as a threat.
Once we develop industry, our country's ambitions will be exposed, and Cao Wei and Wei will definitely attack us, and Qi's current good situation will be in vain."
Ma Jinshui was already heartbroken, but he still continued to advise: "Your Majesty, Cao and Wei have experienced previous wars. The two countries suffered heavy casualties and have formed a feud. It is absolutely impossible for the two countries to unite.
Even if things are really impossible to do, as long as we wait for the price and choose to join the Cao State or the Wei State, we will be serving as a junior brother to the regional power.
No matter what we choose, our situation will not be worse than that of Xiangguo."
Qi Wang Sushan's expression changed. He waved his hand and said, "I have made up my mind. This matter does not need to be discussed further."
Ma Jinshui bowed and said: "I have disturbed your Majesty's pleasure, so I will leave."
He left the palace with a heavy heart.
When Ma Jinshui returned home, there were several people in disguise hiding in the shadows in his study.
"Mr. Ma Ge, how is the situation?
Does your Majesty agree with our country’s vigorous development of industry?”
Ma Jinshui sighed quietly and said: "The king is addicted to pleasure and has lost his enterprising spirit.
The king just wants to maintain the current situation and does not want to take any risks."
As soon as Ma Jinshui finished speaking, everyone in the study room let out sighs.
Everyone fell silent after that, and the atmosphere in the study immediately became solemn.
A slightly shrill voice sounded.
"Ma Ge Lao, the current situation continues to develop, our country will either fall to Cao State or Wei State.
Those ministers with few assets could still be recruited by Cao and Wei, and they could still continue to enjoy glory and wealth.
We families, which account for most of the assets of Qi State, will not end well even if we surrender.
When North Korea and Wei conquered our country, they did so to seize our country's resources.
These resources must be given to domestic forces so that they can quell the negative impact of the war on the country.
We people must rest with the country.
We are already in a very human position, and after surrender we can only be a happy man, far away from the center of power."
Of course Ma Jinshui understood what this man meant.
In Qi State, because King Qi Sushan had slacked off in government affairs over the years, it was these powerful men and women who governed the country.
Now the king of Qi, Sushan, only wants to have fun, and the situation in Qi is that he is slowly waiting to die.
They don't want to wait for death, so they can only give it a try.
This consensus had been reached before he entered the palace.
How can they resolve their current differences?
Some people want to overthrow the royal family, while others want Qi Wang Sushan to abdicate in favor of a worthy prince and support a certain prince to ascend to the throne.
Ma Jinshui's opinion is to support the prince to ascend to the throne. This group of people is quite powerful, but they are not without opponents.
They chose to rebel because they had no right to be righteous. Once they were attacked by a group, no matter how perfect their plan was, they would fail.
Let King Qi Sushan abdicate and support a certain prince to take the throne. This will appear to the outside world as an infighting within the royal family.
When many officials and generals see this situation, they will subconsciously remain neutral and wait for the final result.
Ma Jinshui did not want unrest in Qi State. Their ultimate goal was to develop Qi State and block the coveting of Qi State by Cao Wei and Wei.
This is a coup, but the impact of this coup should be limited to Shanjing as much as possible, and should not cause the entire country to be in turmoil.
The main reason why Ma Jinshui did not make up his mind was that he had not thought of a way out.
If you force a monarch to abdicate and there is no one to take the throne, the consequences will be very miserable.
A typical example is that in the early Eastern Han Dynasty, those princes who killed the Lu family to welcome Emperor Wen of Han to ascend the throne did not end well.
Sima Yi, the true founder of the Jin Dynasty, and his descendants ascended the throne, and the Sima family was able to be preserved.
Ma Jinshui must be fully prepared before he can launch a coup.
Once a coup begins, there is no turning back, only success or the death of the whole family.
There was unprecedented silence in the study, and a vicissitudes of voice suggested: "I prefer reading miscellaneous books, especially books introducing European countries.
England, France, and Spain are all countries that are more powerful than ours. Although they died at the hands of the empire, these countries must have merits if they can stand out.
England has a system called a constitutional monarchy.
The monarch is respected only in name, and the real power lies in the life of the aristocracy.
I think this system is more suitable for Qi State in the future."
Ma Jinshui understood the constitutional monarchy system in detail, and his worries about the future were completely resolved.
The king is just a virtual king. He does not have actual monarchy power, so he has no ability to liquidate these people.
The distribution of interests among these people also has a better solution.
They share the monarchy and supervise each other, so they don't have to worry about one family becoming completely bigger.
Ma Jinshui said with a smile: "This is indeed a feasible strategy. Without further delay, we must act as soon as possible.
Once a mistake is made, the Nine Clans will be punished for a major matter. Things are easy to be rough and not easy to be detailed. The fewer the links, the lower the risk of leaking secrets and the greater the success rate."
"Mr. Ma Ge, which prince should we choose to be the new king?"
Ma Jinshui picked up the teacup on the table and said calmly: "Since it is a constitutional monarchy, it doesn't matter which prince you are.
Whichever prince suits our wishes, let him become the new king."
After Ma Jinshui finalized the action plan, they acted separately, summoned their confidants, and prepared to launch a coup, let King Qi Sushan abdicate the throne and make way for his successor, carry out constitutional monarchy reform, and let them control the future of the country.
Ma Jinshui and others only had two days to prepare and started immediately.
King Qi Sushan was completely unprepared. He was shaken awake by his guards while sleeping at night.
He still didn't understand what was going on? He just heard a cry of killing coming from outside the palace, and then he was trapped in the palace by a large number of soldiers.
Sailor Ma Jin held the trumpet and shouted loudly: "The king is old and collapsed. I ask the king to abdicate the throne and make way for others."
When Qi Wang Sushan saw this situation, he immediately understood what had happened?
He snorted coldly and said: "Ma Jinshui, you white-eyed wolf, I have always relied on you as the pillar of the country, and this is how you repay my cultivation.
What? You still want to be my king’s throne, are you worthy?
You, a rebellious minister and traitor, can take control of the situation with the help of my king's trust.
But don’t forget, my position as king was conferred by the emperor of the empire.
You, a treacherous minister and traitor, want to sit on the throne, but that is just wishful thinking."
Seeing that there was no hope of reversing the situation, King Qi Sushan could only place his hope in the powerful deterrence of the empire.
Ma Jinshui smiled and said: "Of course I know that the empire's attitude is very important, and I am not prepared to steal the position of king.
The third prince, Su Xinkang, has both moral integrity and talent, and is determined to make progress. He is an excellent candidate for the throne. I would like to ask the king to abdicate in favor of someone worthy of his throne."
When Qi Wang Sushan heard this situation, he had mixed feelings in his heart.
The third son, Su Xinkang, was really secretive. He had never noticed before that this ordinary son dared to imitate the Xuanwu Sect's changes.
He originally thought it was a coup to seize power by rebellious ministers and traitors, but now it seems that it is a Xuanwumen coup.
The Xuanwu Gate incident is better than the rebellion of rebellious officials and traitors.
The seizure of power from his son will at least not completely invest the royal family.
Qi Wang Sushan just sighed and asked the guards to put down their resistance.
Now that we have completely lost, struggling has no effect at all, so we might as well make our abdication more dignified.
