The car of the ministers was parked at the entrance of the palace. Unlike other countries, ministers of Zhao State rarely like luxury. The frame of a car is of course the best proof of a person's family background. Those who are willing to show off will show off their car in front of the palace.
Inlay all kinds of rare treasures on your carriage, carve the most beautiful and noble patterns, choose the most beautiful horses, and of course, choose horses of the same color to show your wealth, occasionally choose four red horses, and occasionally change to
Four snow-white horses.
Such a luxurious style is most prevalent in Qi. In the eyes of other countries, Qi people are arrogant, showy, and love to brag. Some Qi ministers even borrowed money to "maintain" their own cars in order to maintain their dignity.
, looking at the luxurious frame of his own horse of the same color, Qi Ren often shook his head and sighed to his left and right: I have so many good horses that I don’t even know which one to ride. I really envy those families who only have a dozen horses at home.
People!
Although their own horses are borrowed or rented with money, they do not admit this. This is especially true for the competitors of Qi State. Even if they are beaten to death by Le Yi on the battlefield, they still have to fight.
Bragging: We almost cut off Le Yi's head at first, but we just admired General Le Yi's character, so we didn't do it. Later, when Qi Ji was a bad person, we cut off his head.
Although these people probably did not participate in the war against Yan, they still do not admit this.
Lord Chang'an, who had been a hostage in Qi for many years, obviously inherited this fine tradition of the Qi people. His carriage was so conspicuous and eye-catching next to everyone's carriages. Even his driver was also
In this way, he raised his head proudly and acted as if he didn't want to talk to other people. When Pang Gong got off the carriage, he happened to see Chang'an Jun's carriage. He seemed to understand something in his heart.
He stayed here and did not enter the palace.
After waiting for a while, I saw Yu Qing and Dong Chengzi coming in a hurry. They paid homage to Pang Gong, and Pang Gong looked at them. Or did he leave Yu Qing behind, and Dong Chengzi walked into the palace first? Yu Qing pressed Pang Gong.
Duke Pang's request? He helped Pang Gong into the palace. Although Yu Qing looked weaker than Pang Gong, Pang Gong walked on the steps and said to Yu Qing seriously: "There is a lack of a building minister in the palace? This is nothing.
It’s a good thing..."
Yu Qing was stunned? Pang Gong blinked at him and said nothing more.
When they entered the palace, most of the ministers had already sat down, but their eyes were all on Lord Chang'an not far away? Lord Chang'an ignored the gazes of these people at all and just looked at the side.
Zheng Anping chatted happily with him, Zheng Anping talked to him carefully, and complimented him from time to time, and Chang'an Lord laughed loudly. King Zhao sat in the upper position and accepted the visit of Pang Gong and Yu Qing.
Get up and return the favor.
After everyone sat down, King Zhao gave his first order, making Lord Chang'an the censor.
Although the ministers were surprised, no one came out to refute, because the position of censor is to record the words of the ministers, to record documents, and to record history. This position has always been held by the clan and the public office, and it has not changed.
After that, after Lord Chang'an came back from Qi, it was time for him to take up an official position. However, everyone hated him and no one stood up to congratulate him. Then King Zhao talked about Lou Huan again.
"I think Lou Huan's death penalty can be forgiven and he can be imprisoned!" Lord Chang'an stood up immediately and said, his eyes only focused on King Zhao, not looking at the ministers in the audience. After hearing his words,
Everyone was shocked, and Dong Chengzi stood up angrily and said: "According to the law, his crimes cannot be forgiven!" He said angrily: "I and Ma Fujun compiled the laws of Zhao State, the laws.
It’s just to tell everyone what not to do. How can Lou Huan’s crimes be forgiven now?”
"If we are not severely punished, I'm afraid more people will follow suit!"
Chang'an Jun's eyes lit up. Although he hated Fatty Dong, this Fatty really spoke to his heart. He gave Dong Chengzi an approving look, which made Dong Chengzi a little confused, but then he said:
"After all, Lou Huan has made contributions to the State of Zhao and can be pardoned."
"That's right!" Pang Gong nodded, looked at Chang'an Jun with a smile, and said, "That's true."
"You can't be pardoned, but you should be punished with death!" Yu Qing suddenly said. Dong Chengzi looked at him in surprise. He didn't know why Yu Qing said that, so a dispute broke out again among the ministers.
, Chang'an Jun, Zheng Anping, Pang Gong and others asked for release, Dong Chengzi, Lian Po, Xu Li asked for execution, but Yu Qing asked for capital punishment, and the three parties quarreled in the palace.
King Zhao, who had been frowning and worried, seemed a lot more relaxed at this moment. He looked at the ministers with a smile, and then interrupted everyone's controversy and said: "Since all the princes are not sure, then it is up to me.
Let's decide and let Lou Huan leave with dignity." After hearing his words, everyone stopped quarreling. Later, Lord Chang'an proposed a peace negotiation with Qin to stop the war, and everyone started quarreling again.
The scene was as usual, with Yu Qing quarreling with Lou Chang, and Xu Li quarreling with Pingyang Jun. Hearing this familiar quarrel, King Zhao finally felt a little relieved.
At this moment, the situation on the battlefield was very unfavorable to the coalition forces. First of all, the Zhou royal family had become a complete joke. Emperor Zhou borrowed money to organize an army. This unlucky army met a group of elite soldiers when they went out.
The Qin State's grain transportation team was subsequently wiped out. Even the Duke of Western Zhou was captured and sent back to Xianyang. The grain transportation officer, with his own transportation team, destroyed the Western Zhou Principality... The Western Zhou Dynasty was destroyed.
The biggest winner was, of course, the grain transport officer named Wang Jian. He successfully destroyed the country with a legendary story. However, the Duke of Western Zhou suffered inhuman treatment in Xianyang. King Qin
The warriors stripped him of his clothes, whipped him like an animal, tied him to a pillar and paraded him through the streets, and finally demoted him to a commoner and drove him back. Unable to bear the humiliation, the Duke of Western Zhou committed suicide.
Subsequently, those wealthy families who lent money to Emperor Zhou began to go to the palace to collect debts.
In this period when the monarchy was not a strong one, ministers could talk about the king at will, and they could change jobs without suffering criticism. Rich people could also meet and chat with the king, and scholars could reprimand the king for his behavior. Therefore, when these rich people came to ask for help,
When the debt was paid, the poor Emperor Zhou could only hide in the high platform of the palace, which could be said to be "heavy in debt".
Perhaps because of the harsh reminders, or perhaps because he could not bear such humiliation, this old man, who was about the same age as Pang Gong, died on the high platform. He just pitied those who lent him money, and he did not survive until his death.
Debts can be recovered.
The Zhou royal family lost its last king and its last fig leaf. It was so naked and humiliated.
This made the princes who had gathered together because of the order of Emperor Zhou not dare to act anymore. If it was just this, what was even more terrible was that because of the turmoil caused by the "rebellion", first South Korea, then
The Korean soldiers all followed Wei Wuji to fight, and a group of Wei people who had just been defeated came to guard the palace. The King of Han wanted to capture these Wei people, but was driven out of Xinzheng.
Fortunately, the Prime Minister Zhang Ping appeased the soldiers in time, welcomed the King of Han into Xinzheng again, and took over the command of the Xinzheng garrison.
Under the order of King Wei, Mao Sui left, no longer obeyed Wei Wuji's orders, and stationed on the border of Wei State. King Wei's ridiculous order actually harmed him, because his opponent, Bai Qi,
, and would not miss such a perfect opportunity, Bai Qi planned the six armies and made detailed arrangements for them to attack the coalition forces from multiple aspects, cut off the connections between them, and annihilate them one by one.
The Wei people suffered another major defeat and hurriedly fled back to Wei.
Wei Wuji also suffered heavy losses. Only the Chu people, under the command of Jingyang, repelled Bai Qi's attack. Probably because of the continuous defeats in these days, Jingyang's ability to withstand pressure has become extremely strong.
Since then, he has been able to stop showing his flaws and march with extra caution. The Chu people who had suffered a disastrous defeat actually advanced a little under the leadership of Jing Yang.
But even so, it doesn't help the battle situation.
In the camp, Wei Wuji was explaining his strategy to the generals. The wars in these days had made him a little vicissitudes. He pointed at the map and said seriously: "We brought not much baggage, and the whole army marched quickly.
, As long as we can pass through Taihang, travel a long distance, avoid the eyes and ears of the Qin people, and bypass Hangu Pass... we will definitely win. It will be too late for Bai Qi to come back for reinforcements. We have to fight to Xianyang!"
This was the most perfect strategy Wei Wuji had ever thought of to fight against the enemy. It was through detours. To be precise, it was Bai Qi who gave him the inspiration. When Bai Qi and Jing Yang fought in Nanyang, Bai Qi used a big detour to bypass Jing Yang.
Yang, appeared directly behind him... Now, Lord Xinling thought of a bigger roundabout tactic, a long roundabout, directly attacking Hedong and passing through Hangu Pass. He must make Bai Qi and Fan Ju also taste fear
The taste!
Just as Lord Xinling was perfecting his strategy, soldiers suddenly came outside the camp asking for a meeting.
In order to hide himself, Lord Xinling did not leak his strategy. Only a few trustworthy generals here knew what he wanted to do. After the last betrayal, Wei Wuji no longer dared to do anything in a big way.
, he stood in front of the map, and then let the soldiers in. When the soldiers walked in, they were obviously a little scared. He hurriedly said: "We have lost contact with the surrounding counties..."
"Why didn't the scout come earlier to report it?"
Wei Wuji said, but did not wait for the soldiers' explanation. He gritted his teeth and hurriedly said: "Quick support!" He hurriedly looked at the map again. The retreat of the Wei people somewhat disrupted his deployment.
He originally wanted to use some of his people to involve Bai Qi, and then he could make a big detour, but now there was no one to involve him. If he led his people to rush in, and Bai Qi closed the way to retreat, he would die in Qin.
Already?
Wei Wuji sighed helplessly and shook his head.
All countries sent troops to assist Chu, but Qin did not threaten them directly, so they were simply unwilling to fight the Qin people with all their strength. There were many conflicts within the coalition, and they did not trust each other. Bai Qi was fierce, Fan Ju was cunning, and Wei Wuji's heart suddenly
There is a deep feeling of powerlessness. If this continues, he can only be led by Bai Qi, who completely takes the initiative on the battlefield, alas...
At the end of the year, despite the dissuasion of Lord Pingyuan and Lord Longyang, King Wei insisted on sending people to negotiate peace with Qin, and once again withdrew from the Hanoi land he had captured. Qin generously forgave Wei's behavior and advised them not to do it again.
Such cleverness, such little cleverness, allowed Wei to withdraw from the battlefield. Of course, during the peace negotiation, Bai Qi used his perfect control of time to take advantage of the fact that Wei sent people to negotiate peace, but the peace negotiation had not yet had a chance to succeed.
He quickly pursued the retreating Wei army and ordered Qin troops from various places to attack Wei.
The Qin people captured Gaodu, Shizhui, Yougui and other cities. Although the Wei State explained that they were already negotiating peace, the Qin people did not withdraw. After the peace negotiations were over, the King of Wei was surprised to find that his territory
It shrunk again. He hurriedly sent someone to hand over the situation, but the Qin people did not agree. Since Wei agreed to negotiate peace and had withdrawn from the battlefield, not to mention that negotiating peace meant agreeing to the ownership of these cities, they drove away Wei's envoys.
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When the king of Wei heard this, he fell ill on the bed.
Then came South Korea. Well, this time it was not the King of Han who made the decision, but the Prime Minister Zhang Ping. He hoped that the King of Han could stop the war with Qin. South Korea became the main battlefield and suffered too much losses. South Korea did not
The forces were fighting again, and even the Wei people stationed in Xinzheng had fled. Bai Qi might attack Xinzheng at any time and massacre the city, so the King of Han also sent envoys to negotiate peace with Qin.
The Qin State did not pay attention to their envoys, and directly sent people to tell the King of Han, asking South Korea to cede Yangcheng and give the two cities of Shui to the Qin State. Only then did South Korea get out of the battlefield.
But now, the only ones confronting Qin are Zhao and Chu. The large-scale alliance with elites is not the opponent of Qin with Lord Wu An outside and Marquis Ying included. Next, there is Chu.
The country could no longer accept the war. The people in the country were filled with resentment, rebellions were raging, and wars were raging. The Chu people, who had endured two years of hunger, could no longer endure it. Too many people in Chu had starved to death and too many cultivations had been delayed.
The soldiers were disgusted and hated the war. They collapsed at the first touch and had no intention of continuing to fight. They missed their families and their hometown extremely. A large number of soldiers defected and a large number of soldiers committed suicide. They shed tears day and night and cried out the names of their families. There were nobles.
Taking this opportunity to win over the people to rebel against the royal family, the Chu people killed each other. What flowed in the original fertile land was no longer clear water, but the blood of the Chu people.
The pressure on Chun Shenjun is also increasing. He has to put down the local rebellion, he has to relieve the people, and he has to transport food to the front line. Moreover, he has to bear the infamy of causing war, failing the war, rebelling, and war.
It lasted for three years. Chun Shenjun persisted for three years, but he finally couldn't hold on anymore. When Chun Shenjun vomited blood and fainted in front of the bamboo slips, King Chu finally made up his mind and hurriedly sent people to
Inform the State of Zhao that the State of Chu cannot hold on anymore and that the State of Chu is going to negotiate peace.
When Chun Shenjun woke up, King Chu with red eyes was sitting beside him.
"Your Majesty...I'm sorry...Chu is defeated...lost..."
Chun Shenjun cried and shouted.
"No problem, no problem, we still have fertile land, millions of brave people, General Jingyang, General Xiang Yan, and you... The Chu State has become powerful again, the Chu State has become stronger again
Now that we have become stronger and stronger, the humiliation imposed on us by the Qin State, I and you, must ask for it back from them! Give it back to them twice as much!!" King Chu held Lord Chun Shen's hand tightly and said seriously