A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 187

Qi's reforms were not radical, but improved based on Guan Zhong's reforms.But Qihou did not dare to suppress the nobles in the country too much, so Qi's reform was similar to the previous Chu's reform and did not go deep into the grassroots.

At the same time, Qi State did not have a powerful reformer to carry out reforms. Although Qi Houzhao's reforms played some roles and allowed Qi State to restore some national strength, it was still at a disadvantage in the confrontation with the San Jin.

With the national power of Qi State, it is impossible to compete with the Three Jins, so Qi Hou wants to unite with Chu State to fight against the Three Jins, but Chu State is now focused on reform and strengthening, and does not want to conflict with the Three Jins at this time, let alone there are The Huai Kingdom was eyeing it.

The news of Huai State's military expansion has spread, which makes Chu State very nervous.As a result, the implementation of the reform became more determined and faster.

Seeing this situation, Qi State had no choice but to send envoys to Qin State to contact Qin State. Qin State was very interested in Qi State's alliance to deal with the Three Jins, and Qin State and Wei State were sworn enemies.

All the land of Xihe was captured by Wei State, which made Qin State compressed on the Weihe Plain, and always worried about Wei State's attack.After the Qi State envoy came, Qin State quickly agreed to form an alliance with Qi State to jointly deal with the Three Jins.

It's just that although Qi State agreed, Qin State's strength is greatly damaged now, and it needs to recuperate, and it is temporarily unable to attack Wei State.

Qi State and Qin State then agreed that if the Three Jins attacked Qi, Qin State would support Wei State in the rear to reduce the pressure on Qi State.

Qi Hou was very encouraged by the alliance between Qi and Qin, but it was still very difficult to fight against the three Jins.

Qihou was very worried about this.After the Xiangguo of Qi State learned about this, he said to Qi Hou: "Your Majesty, the three Jins seem to be one, but in fact Wei State is strong, and Han Zhao is its vassal."

"This orphan also knows that Wei is so powerful that no one in the world can compete with it." Qihou sighed.

"Your Majesty, this is the flaw of the Three Jins." Xiangguo Xunyue said: "I heard that the Three Jins jointly attacked Chu and Qi. Half of the land obtained was taken by Wei State, three was divided into South Korea's income, and Zhao State only got two points. , or even less. However, among the three Jins, although Zhao’s national strength is weaker than Wei’s, it is stronger than Han, and Zhao’s distribution this time is definitely unwilling.”

"It's just because Wei Guo is strong, and South Korea has benefited, so naturally he is unwilling to take the risk of offending Wei Guo and helping Zhao Guo speak. Han, Zhao and Wei are like three bandits. The strongest bandit is worried that the second bandit will surpass him. , to give him the least spoils, but this is unreasonable."

"Your Majesty, you can send someone to the State of Zhao, discuss interests with the Marquis of Zhao, and invite the State of Zhao and State of Qi to form an alliance."

"Even if Zhao State is unwilling to form an alliance, as long as Zhao State is persuaded not to join forces with Han Wei to attack Qi, it will be a victory. Zhao State moved its capital to Zhongmou before, and its plan must be to enter the Central Plains. But last time Wei State moved Zhang The city of Ye was established in the land of water, and Zhao's southward movement was blocked. The contradiction between the two countries is also getting bigger and bigger, and you can try to separate the three Jins."

After hearing this, Marquis Qi thought it made sense, so he was going to send someone to contact Han Zhao, asking if anyone could take on this important task?

Xiangguo Xun Yue stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, among the guests under my court, there is a man named Chen Zuo, who is known to be quick-witted and able to take on this important task."

So Marquis Qi hurriedly summoned Chen Zuo to come. Chen Zuo looked a bit downcast, but he was handsome and attractive. He was a very attractive person.

After discussing with him, Marquis Qi immediately appointed him as an envoy to Korea and Zhao.

After receiving the edict from the Marquis of Qi, Chen Zuo first went to Korea as an envoy.Chen Zuo came to South Korea and met Han Houdao: "The foreign minister once heard that there was a hunter in Chu State who knew the language of animals. He negotiated with a tiger, helped the tiger eat other people, and then got money from those people.

One man and one tiger conspired, and soon this man gained a lot of wealth, and the surrounding villages also escaped because of the tiger.The man escaped, and the tiger couldn't eat the man, so he ate the hunter.

The minister saw that Wei was as strong as a tiger, while South Korea was weak.Now, if South Korea continues to help Wei Guo annex other countries, and then use it to gain some benefits?Wouldn't it be possible to annex South Korea after the Wei State became stronger? "

"How similar is South Korea today to that Orion from Chu State? If Wei State continues to grow stronger, South Korea will be easily annexed by then."

Han Hou's expression was not good, and he sighed: "How did Gu never know that the state of Wei is a tiger and wolf, but the tiger and wolf are by his side, if Gu does not follow, the country will be in danger of subjugation immediately."

Obviously, Han Hou is very aware of the situation in South Korea.

Chen Zuo continued: "If South Korea is afraid of Wei State, the foreign ministers are willing to go to Zhao State to make peace for you. If South Korea and Zhao State form an alliance, they will no longer be afraid of Wei State. If Han Hou is worried, Qi State is also willing to make peace with South Korea. Ally."

After hearing this, Han Hou said immediately: "Chen Qing, what you said is very correct. I am willing to reward you with gold and a title. Please go to Zhao Guo to lobby Zhao Hou and fight Wei Guo together."

"Zuo, I am willing to serve Hanhou!" Chen Zuo immediately got up and rushed to Zhao Guo.

After seeing Chen Zuo leave, Han Hou's originally grateful face disappeared instantly.

Marquis Han called his personal guards, and said: "You go to Wei State in three days, don't worry, after you see Marquis Wei, tell him that Zhao State has changed, and Qi envoy will visit Zhao."

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The personal guard took the order and left.

Han Hou is very aware of the strength of Wei and the weakness of South Korea.What Chen Zuo said is naturally correct, but it also depends on the situation.South Korea can now eat meat with the state of Wei, but with the states of Zhao and Qi, they can only be beaten.

What's more, Zhao Guo is not a good person. You must know that the current Zhao Hou's father went to Wei Guo in person to join Wei Guo to carve up South Korea, but Wei Hou explicitly refused.

When the three families were divided into Jin, Zhao State was the strongest. That is to say, Wei State quickly became stronger after undergoing reforms, which made Wei State the overlord of the world.

Han Hou is not optimistic about Zhao Guo, at least he is more optimistic about Wei Hou now.At the same time, Han Hou also wanted to take advantage of the conflict between Zhao and Wei, so as to buy time to annex Zheng Guo.

Qi Hou sent people to separate the three Jins, but Han Hou pretended not to know it, and then pushed the boat along the way to provoke the relationship between Wei Guo and Zhao Guo.

In fact, the princes of various countries are not stupid. Those strategists who can unite vertically and horizontally, in addition to their outstanding eloquence, also need to let those princes see benefits or crises. Only in this way, these princes will agree with what you say, otherwise , No matter what you say, it is in vain.

Naturally, Chen Zuo also understood this truth. He came to lobby Hanhou, but it was just to alienate the relationship between the three Jins. Even if Hanhou still had good friends with Wei, the relationship was not as close as before. His real goal was Zhaohou.

As long as Zhao Guo is persuaded, the alliance of the three Jins will disappear.

(End of this chapter)