"Sui coins?" the Minister of the Ministry of War asked; "Can the coins be exchanged for peace? Prime Minister Qin must not forget that it was precisely because of the edict of giving up coins provided by our Zhao State that we could achieve such great development.
Our country wants to ask for help from the Chu State to settle the imperial edict. Sui Yuan is the best strategy! Your Majesty, you must not do it!"
Today's Prime Minister Qin is no longer as powerful as before. In the past, everyone praised him because he could bring benefits to everyone. In the past two years, Prime Minister Qin has become poor at a speed visible to the naked eye. The benefits he promised before have now disappeared.
Jing, although Prime Minister Qin still has a high status in the court, he is no longer irresistible.
The Minister of War can now challenge Prime Minister Qin without any hesitation.
Prime Minister Qin snorted coldly and said, "What do you mean, Mr. Song? Did the Prime Minister say that he will always pay annual coins to the State of Chu? In the past two years, the Prime Minister has been thinking about his own mistakes and paying annual coins to the State of Chu."
The currency is just a temporary measure! As long as we solve Shuzhou's internal worries, we can naturally free up our energy to deal with Chu State."
The Minister of the Ministry of War said unceremoniously: "Struggling? What to use? In the eyes of Zhao State, She Zhao was extremely tyrannical and was almost destroyed by the Chu State's 100,000 troops. Even if Shuzhou was taken back, wouldn't we?
Are you the opponent of the Chu State? If you give in to the Chu State now, you may take the third and fourth steps back in the future, so you must not give in to this step!"
Prime Minister Qin looked at the Minister of War and asked, "What do you mean, Lord Song? Do you want our Zhao country to be dragged into a situation where we are attacked from both sides?"
The Minister of the Ministry of War cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I think this matter is not about whether to give the yearly coins, but about arguing with the state of Chu. Legally speaking, we are the party with righteousness! How can we do that?
Are you so oppressed by the Chu State? Can you really get peace by giving in?"
Prime Minister Qin snorted coldly and said: "Master Song! Righteousness? Do you think the people of Chu will believe in money or righteousness?"
The Minister of War said: "You can't just give money right away! Isn't this a deliberate show of weakness to the Chu State? Don't forget that our Prince Huai was lost in their Chu State and has not been found yet!"
Zhao Huang; "Who?"
Minister of the Ministry of War: "..."
Prime Minister Qin: "..."
Your Majesty has many sons. He has been missing for a few months and almost didn’t realize that he still had a son in Chu State.
But now the Chu and Zhou states have insisted that King Huai's affairs have nothing to do with them, and they have no evidence to prove that His Highness King Huai has anything to do with them.
Besides, King Ming is still lurking, and Long Wu also has many diehard loyalists.
The prince of a country wants to kill many people.
They may have really wronged Chu and Zhou.
Fortunately, Your Majesty has many sons. Otherwise, Your Majesty would be so sad if he lost one of his sons.
Look, I'm so sad now that I'm forgetful.
Your Majesty is also a poor man...
Finally, Emperor Zhao glanced at Qin Xiang, then looked at the Minister of War, and said: "What Qin Xiang said is okay to send an envoy to the Chu State, but the matter of the yearly coins is postponed. The money of our Zhao State did not come from the strong wind, so why?"
How can it be used like sand? Besides, it was the Chu State that started the dispute. They just sent the coins over without making a sound. Is it possible that the fault still lies with me, the State of Zhao?"
Qin Lian hurriedly raised his hands and said, "I don't dare. This is just for the sake of the long-term foundation of our Zhao country."
The Minister of War said, "Your Majesty is wise!"
Ever since Long Bing'er brought back a contract last time, Emperor Zhao still has doubts about Prime Minister Qin.
After Qin Xiang retired, he couldn't help but tighten his hands. Now, cats and dogs are climbing on top of him to confront him. If it were in the past, the Minister of the Ministry of War would not dare to oppose him if he borrowed the courage of the Minister of the Ministry of War.
Emperor Zhao looked at the Minister of War and said: "Although we have to send a mission to argue with the Chu State, we must not let Shuzhou grow! You must prepare first, prepare the food, grass and soldiers needed for the army to go out.
A, I will wait at most two months. After two months, regardless of whether this negotiation is successful or not, the army will set off to take back Shuzhou!"
The Minister of War immediately raised his hands and said: "Yes!"
Emperor Zhao nodded and said, "Let's retreat from the court now. The six ministers and the Prime Minister of Qin will go to the imperial study room to wait for the order."
After saying that, Emperor Zhao stood up and walked out with his hands behind his back.
Everyone quickly went to the imperial study room.
After arriving in the study room, Emperor Zhao could no longer hold back the anger in his heart. He dropped the tea cup on the ground and started to curse at the noses of the Six Ministers and Prime Minister Qin.
Shuzhou!
Such a big state!
Just throw it away?
Lost it without even starting a fight?
This kind of thing is simply ridiculous!
Now, Shuzhou is rebelling against the imperial court, and Chu State is also joining in the fun.
The idea given by Prime Minister Qin was not to fight but to compensate!
The national treasury was almost wiped out by him! Could it be that he had to turn the household department into a Qingshui Yamen before he would give up?
What do you call a state treasury that has been cleared?
Instead of calling it Zhao Guo, call it Qing Guo?
Is he that much like being taken advantage of?
So the Six Ministers and the Prime Minister of Qin took a lot of Emperor Zhao's saliva this morning.
Chang'an
Prince Xian's Mansion
in a quiet room
Sitting on the card table were King Xian and King Ming, as well as a middle-aged man with thick eyebrows and big eyes sitting upright.
The middle-aged man looked at the information in his hand in disbelief and murmured: "Is it really Bing'er who took over a state?"
Prince Ming said: "Your son-in-law has helped a lot, and I'm afraid half of the family's fortune will be emptied out. Tsk tsk, if I had a son-in-law like this, who would drain half of my family's fortune to help me rebel, I'd probably die without anything."
Sorry."
This middle-aged man was naturally Long Wu. Although he was bent on death, the organizations under King Xian and King Ming tried their best to replace him with a death row prisoner of similar size who was forced to commit suicide in disguise.
After much tossing and turning, I recently arrived in Chang'an.
Long Wu murmured: "When I first realized something was wrong, I asked Bing'er to run to Chang'an. At that time, I just thought that he could take care of Bing'er for the rest of his life, but I never thought that he could do this for Bing'er.
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King Ming said, "So your behavior is called foolish loyalty. It seems that you are willing to die for the country and the people, and for the righteousness of your family and country. But what will happen to your relatives? You don't know what they will do. You just don't know.
For example, now your daughter is willing to rebel for you, just look at it, I don’t know how many people will die in the past few years."
Long Wu looked at King Ming and said, "I can fight against foreign enemies, but I must not massacre the people of Zhao State internally."
King Ming said; "But you have to admit that when a court is corrupted to a certain extent, these sacrifices are necessary for the future of Zhao State. If you choose to compromise with the court because you are afraid of the sacrifices of the people, then there will be more in the future."
sacrifice!"
Long Wu looked at Prince Ming and said, "So is this also the reason why His Highness Prince Ming rebelled?"
Prince Ming looked at Long Wudao: "Now it seems that you have figured it out."