Qi Wangjian looked behind the curtain. The Queen Mother of Qi did not speak, so Qi Wangjian had no choice but to look at Zhou Zi.
Zhou Zi frowned and his palms were a little sweaty.
The situation in Qi and Yan was different.
There are very few clans in Yan State, it can even be said that there are no clans.
When King Yan took the throne, there was civil strife in Yan, and a number of members of the clan were killed.
Later, Qi State captured Yan State, and another group of clan members were killed.
Later, after King Zhao of Yan restored Yan, another batch of clan members were killed.
After that, the three kingdoms of Han, Wei and Chu abolished King Yan Hui and supported the current King Yan to ascend the throne, and another batch of clan members were killed.
Now, except for the lineage of King Yan, the rest of the Yan Kingdom are basically from hundreds of years ago, and can't even be called a clan.
Moreover, as the clan of Yan State was purged again and again, the nobles of Yan State were also purged again and again, resulting in that there were no big nobles in Yan State.
Therefore, King Yan did not care about the captured generals at all. Even if these nobles united together, they were not enough to suppress them with one hand.
But Qi is different. When Tian Chengzi was drafting in Qi, all the concubines with decent appearance and height were stuffed into the harem, and then let the guests sleep. These concubines were not allowed to refuse, and they cuckolded themselves. She was the first person in history.
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In the end, there were more than seventy sons alone, not including those who died young and whose mothers were of too low status.
Regardless of whether these sons are Tian Chengzi's biological children, they are all his children in name, and they are all members of the Qi clan, especially after the Tian family succeeded Jiang, they are all members of the royal family.
Now more than a hundred years have passed, and the number of more than seventy at the beginning has long since become several hundred or even more than a thousand. Even though the bloodline has been distant, most of them are nobles of Qi State and hold high positions.
Almost all the senior officials of the Qi army captured by the Zhao army are the descendants of these people. If the prisoners are not exchanged, these people can overthrow the entire Qi state.
It’s not like they have never done this kind of thing like regicide!
Therefore, these prisoners must not give up!
"I suggest that we exchange prisoners with the Zhao army, but we will never mention the matter of peace." After a moment, Zhou Zi said with his hands.
"What do you think?" King Qi looked at the ministers.
"As long as we exchange the prisoners back, they have worked hard to fight for the country. No matter how high the price is, we must bring them back. We must not let our heroes feel cold. As for the rest, the king and Zhou Zi can take care of it."
Tai Fu Tian Geng said righteously.
"Yes, yes, our hero must not be chilled."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
"That's enough for you. You are a bunch of high-sounding hypocrites. When the country is in danger, no one stands up. Now they are scrambling to rescue their own children and nephews. You ask yourselves, are you worthy of Qi?" The Queen Mother of Qi took a few shots.
, said angrily.
"Which of you is willing to go as envoy to Zhao?" After a moment, the Queen Mother of Qi asked.
When everyone heard this, they lowered their heads silently and remained silent.
"I would like to go to Zhao Jun." Zhou Zi leaned over and said.
"In this case, this matter is troublesome sir. As long as the prisoners can be exchanged, Zhao Wangkuo can agree to any conditions. Zhao Jun's conditions will be borne by all the nobles whose sons and nephews were captured." The Queen Mother of Qi said coldly.
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All of these people must bleed today.
She finally figured out that all the nobles of Qi State were worms in the country. They were usually upright and upright, but now that the country was in trouble, there was no one left.
"Queen Mother." When everyone heard this, their expressions suddenly changed.
"The matter is settled like this. If anyone objects, his nephew will stay in Zhao State." Empress Dowager Qi slapped her several times and said sternly.
Her plump chest rose and fell, and the Empress Dowager Qi's face turned purple because of the anger of this group of people. If she were not the Empress Dowager and not the monarch, she would have wanted to rush out and give each of these people a kick.
The Queen Mother of Qi looked at Qi Wangjian who was sitting at the top, her face was calm and she didn't have any reaction to the minister's actions, and she suddenly became even more angry.
"Your Majesty." Empress Dowager Qi said in a deep voice.
"Queen Mother." Qi Wangjian quickly looked towards the curtain.
"I heard that Hou Sheng, as the prime minister of Qi State, disrupted the order of the court, excluded dissidents, and made the governance of Qi State a mess. His moral character is not worthy of him. Therefore, I recommend that Hou Sheng be dismissed from the post of prime minister and not allowed to serve for three years.
Official." Empress Dowager Qi said coldly.
"Queen Mother, I am your brother." Hou Sheng said quickly. He did not expect that Queen Mother Qi would actually operate on himself.
"If you were not my brother, I would have ordered you to be executed long ago."
When the ministers heard this, they quickly closed their mouths and swallowed what they originally wanted to say. Empress Dowager Qi didn't even give face to her own brother, let alone people like them.
And as the Queen Mother of Qi, her son is still the monarch, so she doesn't have to worry about anyone taking revenge on her descendants. Once such a person becomes more ruthless than a man, whoever is sent to him will die.
Qi Wangjian looked at the curtain and then at Hou Sheng, wondering whether he should agree or not.
Hou Sheng glanced at Zhou Zi, a sinister look flashed in his eyes, and turned around to walk out of the hall.
Qi Wangjian stretched out his hand and opened his mouth, but in the end he still couldn't shout...
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Zhao Jun camp.
"What the envoy means is that Qi State does not seek peace, but only wants to exchange prisoners?" Zhao Kuo looked at Zhou Zi like a fool.
"Not bad." Zhou Zi nodded.
"Since Qi doesn't seek peace, then Qi doesn't want to end the war, right? Since Qi doesn't want to end the war, then why should I return the prisoners to Qi? Let Qi gather to attack me again?" Zhao Kuo laughed.
He said.
"We, the State of Qi, can promise to Lord Zhao that we will not attack Zhao State again," Zhou Zi said.
"Since Qi has no intention of fighting anymore, why doesn't it seek peace?" Zhao Kuo asked.
"..." Zhou Zi was stunned, not knowing what to say.
"If you want Zhao to retreat, Qi will cede Gaotang, Pingyuan, Anyang, Fuyang, Rao'an and other 23 cities to Zhao, and compensate Zhao for five million stones of grain and grass, and fifty thousand yi in gold.
, ten million knives." Zhao Kuo said in a deep voice.
During the Warring States Period, although the currencies of various countries had different shapes, they were all universal, because the essence of these currencies was copper, and copper itself was valuable. This was also one of the reasons for the money shortage in the past dynasties. There was really not enough copper.
"Zhao Jun is joking. The purpose of the foreign minister's visit this time is just to exchange for the 200,000 soldiers of our Qi army. It is not to seek peace." Zhou Zi said with a smile.
Zhao Kuo rolled his eyes and said: "It is not impossible to exchange for 200,000 soldiers. I have two conditions."
"King Zhao, please speak."
"The first condition is that based on all the previous conditions, the west of Jishui will be ceded to our country, Zhao."
Zhao Kuo originally planned to take the land north of Jishui, because the land north of Jishui in Qi State was much larger than the land west of Jishui, but Zhao Kuo gave up after traveling from Jibei once.
There are tidal flats and swamps washed out by rivers and Jishui everywhere. There is a small town only a few dozen miles away. It is sparsely populated and the land is barren. It will take an unknown amount of time to develop it.
"What about the second condition?" Zhou Zi asked.
"The second condition is that Zhou Zi joins our Kingdom of Zhao." Zhao Kuo pointed at Zhou Zi and said.
"King Zhao, please stop making fun of foreign ministers." Zhou Zi shook his head bitterly.