Pang Nuan and Zhao Sheng stayed in Wei for a long time. The king of Wei was very respectful to them and often held banquets to entertain them. However, he never asked about Zhao's war. Zhao Sheng became more and more impatient. , He did not come to Wei State just to eat and drink, he had more important things to do, but Pang Nuan repeatedly told him, no need to say more, eat well and drink well, just shake your head and sigh when I speak.
Zhao Sheng listened to Pang Nuan's words, shook his head and sighed, the Zhao country is going to perish.
Pang Nuan did not have any impatience. He lived a pretty good life, enjoying the hospitality of the King of Wei. He occasionally traveled around with Long Yangjun to enjoy the scenery of the Wei Kingdom. He even invited Long Yangjun to visit the Chu Kingdom many times. He Said: After the fall of Zhao, the only countries bordering Qin are South Korea, Yan and Wei. Yan is an ally of Qin, and South Korea is a small country without strength. Qin will definitely attack Wei. You stay It's very dangerous to come down. How about you follow me to Chu State and share the wealth?
Long Yangjun just smiled awkwardly and did not answer.
King Wei was still observing and still could not relax.
Of course, the King of Wei cannot be blamed for this. In this era of cunning princes, if you don't be more careful, you will inevitably fall into the state of Zhao. Mencius once said that there were no wars in line with righteousness in the Spring and Autumn Period, because righteous wars are when superiors attack subordinates. Instead of fighting against each other among equal-level princes, although there were no righteous wars during the Spring and Autumn Period, the princes during that period were still relatively honest and upright, and they did not always use all kinds of unscrupulous and treacherous means.
In the past, the most honest and honest princes were the Qin State.
Since the founding of the Qin State, it has devoted itself to the northwest, constantly conquering and assimilating barbarian tribes one after another. The Qin State lacks land and manpower. Most of the old Qin people today are the conquerors and conquered people in those days. Because they absorbed the blood and culture of the barbarians, they were despised by the noble pure-blood wizards... no, pure-blood princes in the Central Plains, and were identified as "mudbloods" of the Qin State.
At that time, the Qin State may have had too much dealings with barbarians, so it was simple-minded, like a simple and honest old farmer coming from the northwest. They would even spare slaves on the battlefield, and would give them to neighboring countries when they encountered disasters. He went to the rescue with Liangcao, but he was such a simple and honest old Qin man, but he was not respected. The neighboring countries did not think he was honest, but thought he was stupid.
When disasters occurred in the Qin State, the neighboring countries that had received his assistance not only did not think about helping him, but instead thought about whether they should take this opportunity to attack the Qin State and ask him to send them some cities. ?
As a result, the honest old farmer became angry, and his behavior became more and more deceitful, unscrupulous and profit-oriented. When he became the unfaithful and vicious New Qin State he is today, the princes angrily questioned him: You How did it become like this?
Old Qin tilted his head and put on a ferocious face, "Isn't this what you taught me, teacher?"
The princes muttered about the barbarians and dispersed.
Pang Nuan finally asked to see the King of Wei. The King of Wei immediately held a banquet in the palace and entertained Pang Nuan and Zhao Sheng again. After the two took their seats, the King of Wei said with a smile: "Please don't talk about national affairs in today's banquet. You drink and enjoy yourself!" After saying that, he observed the behavior of the two people, Pang Nuan nodded with a smile and said: "I will just follow your orders. After the banquet, I will say goodbye to you. , heading to Chu State."
Zhao Sheng shook his head and sighed.
King Wei's face paused, and he asked angrily: "How have I treated you these days?"
"Your Majesty treats his ministers as brothers."
"Then are you happy in Wei?"
"I am very happy to be entertained every day in Wei."
"Then why do you still want to go to Chu State? What do you think of staying in Wei State to assist the few?"
Pang Nuan squinted his eyes and smiled, and said: "Your Majesty, you said that we won't talk about national affairs at today's banquet. Come and have a drink!"
King Wei was so angry that he almost threw the wine cup in his hand on the old man's head. He looked at Lord Long Yang aside. Lord Long Yang covered his mouth and smiled, instantly drawing away King Wei's soul. King Wei He quickly drank some wine to calm himself down. Then Long Yangjun smiled and said to Pang Nuan: "Your Majesty loves you so much, and you have received His favor, why don't you want to stay in Wei? "
Pang Nuan hesitated for a long time and then said helplessly: "Your Majesty, I am old. I just want to spend my old age in peace and don't want to die under the sword of the Qin people. Now Zhao has hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers. Eight Thousands of chariots, including famous generals like Lian Po, Le Yi, Tian Dan, and Zhao Kuo, wise ministers like Lin Xiangru and Yu Qing, and powerful neighbors like Wei, were all unable to compete with the Qin people and were about to perish. "
"If I go to Wei, and when Qin invades Wei, Wei will not have as many soldiers as Zhao, the only famous general will be Jin Bi, and there will be only three or four talented people. Only Qi will be so close to Qin and hate Wei. How long can the State of Wei hold on as our neighbor? I will still go to the State of Chu, at least until I die, I will not become a prisoner of the State of Qin."
"This is the reason why I am going to Chu State. Please don't try to persuade me to stay." Pang Nuan said.
Zhao Sheng shook his head and sighed.
King Wei's face suddenly darkened. He stopped talking to Pang Nuan during the entire banquet, and Pang Nuan did the same. After the banquet, Pang Nuan said goodbye to King Wei, and took Zhao Sheng with him regardless of whether King Wei said anything. After getting on the carriage and leaving in the direction of Chu State, Zhao Sheng complained at the side: "How could you do this? King Wei was already tempted at the banquet, why didn't you continue to persuade him?"
Pang Nuan just smiled and said nothing. When the carriage just drove out of the beam, Lord Long Yang rode a horse and led a group of knights in front of the carriage.
"Long Yangjun? Do you finally want to follow me to the Chu Kingdom?"
"Well... Your Majesty sent me to invite you back to discuss sending troops to Qin."
"Hey, how can Wei be Qin's opponent? You'd better not stop me. I want to go to Chu as soon as possible."
"Please go back with me!" Long Yangjun put his hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist, and there was a hint of sullenness on his handsome face. Pang Nuan smiled bitterly and said, "Oh, okay, I'll go back with you. ...But, I really don’t want to participate in any war between Wei and Qin..."
Zhao Sheng sat on the carriage, looked at Pang Nuan's extremely reluctant expression, shook his head, and sighed.
When they returned to the palace again, King Wei's face was full of smiles and he came out of the palace to greet them. Pang Nuan and Zhao Sheng hurriedly paid their respects. King Wei then led them into the palace again. When the two After the people sat down, the King of Wei put on a humble posture and asked for advice: "I am planning to form an alliance with the State of Zhao and attack the State of Qin. What do you think?"
Pang Nuan thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No."
"Huh??" King Wei's eyes widened, and even Zhao Sheng looked at Pang Nuan in surprise.
Pang Nuan said: "The reason why Zhao State went to war with Qin State was to obtain Shangdang County to increase its own strength. If you help Zhao State defeat Qin State, Zhao State can gain great benefits, but Wei State can What do you get? War is of no benefit to Wei." Upon hearing this, King Wei hurriedly asked: "Then what can you teach me?"
"Shangdang was originally the land of South Korea. South Korea is weak and does not dare to compete with Qin. The people of South Korea are very sad about this and are even more disappointed with Han Jun. If you attack Qin in the name of helping South Korea."
"First of all, this is a righteous war to help neighboring countries resist aggression. Everyone in the world can feel the benevolence and righteousness of Wei. Secondly, the people of South Korea will be grateful for your kindness. Maybe South Korea can also submit to Wei and accept With the protection of the Wei State, you can call on all the princes in the world to act as allies to attack Qin's unjust actions and increase the prestige of the Wei State." Pang Nuan stroked his beard and said calmly.
The King of Wei was overjoyed and hurriedly came down to Pang Nuan. He held his hand and said seriously: "Thank you for your teaching."
Then he asked: "But I am worried that the State of Zhao will not thank the State of Wei for its kindness and will take action against the State of Wei after defeating the State of Qin. What do you think we should do, sir?" The King of Wei frowned. It seemed that , This is true. There is no repayment of gratitude among the princes today. He sent troops to help Zhao today. After Zhao defeated Qin, he took advantage of the situation and kept Wei's army. This is not impossible.
Pang Nuan laughed and said: "What you said makes sense...Look!" Pang Nuan pointed at Zhao Sheng. King Wei also turned his head and looked at Zhao Sheng. Pang Nuan then said: " Lord Pingyuan is the royal family of Zhao State and is very prestigious in Zhao State. You can keep him as a hostage. In this way, if Zhao makes any move, you will kill Lord Pingyuan. King Zhao will not dare to risk killing Lord Pingyuan. He came to attack Wei State on charges."
"Okay!" King Wei clapped his hands and shouted.
Zhao Sheng was about to shake his head subconsciously when he suddenly reacted and looked at Pang Nuan with a blank look on his face.
What???
I’m almost going to the grave! What’s the matter with protons??
