A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 197 Wu Qi Ben Huai
The Marquis of Wei changed his employment policy. Many people in Wei State left Wei State to go to other countries because they could not realize their ideals, display their ambitions, or could not get high-ranking officials and generous salary.

Zhao Guo and South Korea, which are closest to Wei Guo, saw the amazing changes after Wei Guo's reform, and the two countries also began to carry out reforms.In the past, the two countries wanted to reform the law, but the talents have a converging effect.

The vast majority of talents will go to Wei State, and only a few will come to Zhao State and South Korea.Now after Wei Hou's operation, many talents who were originally in Wei State began to flow to South Korea and Zhao State.

Zhao Guo and South Korea also began to reform according to the situation of Wei Guo's reform.

Except for South Korea and Zhao, Qin had to start reforms after experiencing disastrous defeats, but Qin was regarded as a barbaric land, and very few people were willing to go to Qin.

At the same time, the clans of the Qin State were fighting for power and profit, and there was chaos at this time. The former Qin Hou was expelled by the nobles of the country because of his defeat in the attack on Wei, and then supported a young son as king, and at the same time, let his mother be in power. confusion.

In the third year of Marquis Wei, Marquis Wei led his ministers to go to Xihe County for inspection and relegation, and condolences to the soldiers. When he saw the surrounding mountains and rivers, he sighed with emotion for a while: "There are such steep mountains and rivers on the border of Wei State, isn't the border impenetrable?"

At this time, the ministers around Marquis Wei complimented: "That's right, the state of Jin owned this steep mountain and river and dominated it for a hundred years. If the king improves politics and has a prosperous military equipment, then we will definitely be able to dominate the world!"

Wu Qi, who was following him, frowned when he heard it, and said directly: "Your Majesty's words are dangerous to the country. Instead of persuading, you are trying to agree. Is this to make Wei more dangerous? "

After hearing this, Marquis Wei said angrily: "Wu Qing, is there something wrong with Gu's words?"

Wu Qi was not afraid to say directly: "The mountains and rivers cannot stabilize the country, and the hegemony has never been born because of the mountains and rivers. In ancient times, where the Sanmiao people lived, there was Pengli Lake on the left, Dongting Lake on the right, and Qishan in the north. , Mount Heng is to its south. Although there are natural dangers to rely on, they were eventually driven away by Dayu."

"Xia Jie's country was also in danger of mountains and rivers, but because of its brutal oppression and political darkness, it was finally broken by Cheng Tang. The country of Shang Zhou also had the danger of the Yellow River and the mountains, but it was still destroyed by King Wu of Zhou. It was their situation. Are the mountains and rivers not dangerous enough?"

"You also once commanded a large army to fight and led us to capture so many cities. Aren't the walls of those cities tall? Aren't there many people? But they were broken by us. Isn't this caused by their political corruption and the exploitation of officials? "

"From this point of view, how can it be possible to achieve supremacy only by relying on the steepness of mountains and rivers?"

When Marquis Wei heard what Wu Qi said, he became more and more dissatisfied, but he also knew that Wu Qi's words were politically correct, and he had heard too many such words.

Immediately said: "Very well, Gu heard your high-level remarks today, and I will entrust all the government affairs of Xihe County to you."

Then lead the ministers and scholars to leave directly.

Wei Hou's attitude made Wu Qi very anxious. As a courtier, when he saw that the monarch was wrong, it was right to speak up and advise him, but why did Wei Hou have such an attitude?

After Marquis Wei left, Wu Qi returned to his mansion worriedly. During the period of Marquis Wei Wenhou, Wu Qi’s persuasion and remonstrance would be accepted by Marquis Wen, and he would be given full trust so that he could lead his army to capture one city after another without any worries. Yap.

But when the current Marquis of Wei came, the situation suddenly changed.

Just when Wu Qi was worried, he sent someone to Qin to find out the truth and spies came back. When he saw the political chaos in Qin and the nobles fighting for power, he immediately realized that this was an opportunity to attack and destroy Qin.

Wu Qi immediately ignored other things, took out the bamboo slips and began to write. After he finished writing the strategy of attacking Qin, he immediately sent someone to send the slips to Marquis Wei.

Xu Ke who was next to him saw it, and stopped him quickly, saying, "Your Majesty hated Wei Hou just now, and if you write a letter to attack Qin this time, will Wei Hou trust you?"

Wu Qi said: "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If we go to war at this time, we will definitely be able to conquer Yongdu and Qin State. From the Western Wei State, there will be no western border troubles. How can you lose the big by taking such an opportunity?"

Immediately insisted on sending someone to send the bamboo slips up.

Seeing Wu Qi's insistence, Xu Ke also had some headaches. They came here to take Wu Qi to the Huai country, although this time if Wu Qi led the army to fight and made great achievements in defeating Qin, under the great achievements of the Lord, they would definitely not be able to fight again. Stay, but Wei Guo also annexed Qin State because of this, and the national power rose greatly.

This was not in the interests of the Huai State, so Xu Ke immediately summoned other people to discuss it, and then one of them hurried away to the capital of the State of Wei.

After hearing the news, the secret guards in the capital of Wei State immediately sent people to Tian Wen and Gongsun Zuo to inform them of Wu Qi's plan.

"Wu Qi wants to attack Qin, and Qin is weak. This time, Wu Qi will have the power to destroy the country. When Wu Qi brings the power of a great victory, he must be appointed as the minister of the country. How will you two deal with each other then?"

Tian Wen and Gongsun Zuo are both selfish people, so they naturally didn't want to step down as Prime Minister and give way to Wu Qi, so they immediately decided not to let him lead the army.

Seeing the expressions of the two, the dark guard continued: "Wei soldiers are strong, but Qin is only old and weak. How can you stop them? You can completely abandon Wu Qi and lead Wei soldiers to attack Qin. In this way, you can destroy the country." Isn't it yours?"

Tian Wen and Gongsun Zuo's eyes lit up when they heard the words, and they said immediately: "Thank you for your advice, the merit of your advice today will surely be rewarded in the future!"

Immediately, Tian Wen and Gongsun Cuo rushed to the Wei Palace.As soon as the two entered the palace, they heard Wei Hou laughing loudly, and they hurriedly came forward to pay their respects.

"Tian Qing and Gongsun Qing came at the right time, quickly take a look at this plan to destroy Qin!" Wei Hou said happily when he saw the two coming.

The two pretended to look at the bamboo slips, and their hearts were shocked. If Wu Qi led the army to attack Qin, he would definitely be responsible for destroying the country. They looked at each other and said immediately: "Wu Qing's strategy is really extraordinary. "

"If we act according to this, the destruction of Qin is just around the corner, but..."

"But what?" Marquis Wei asked casually.

"Your Majesty, Wu Qing has performed a great service and is now an extremely human minister. If he has such a meritorious service in destroying the country, he may not be able to repay him with the position of Prime Minister!" Gongsun Cuo said.

"Yes." Tian Wen said from the side: "Your Majesty, do you still remember the incident of patrolling the border not long ago? The common people only know Wu Qing, but not Your Majesty."

Wei Hou's face was cloudy and cloudy. After a while, he said: "Order Wu Qi to come to the capital to serve, Xihe County will be handed over to Gongsun Cuo concurrently, and the middle school will be ordered to raise food and grass. With Gongsun Cuo as the main general, the commander of the army is ready to attack Qin. .”

Hearing Wei Hou's edict, a look of joy flashed in the eyes of the two of them.

Soon after the edict was issued, Wu Qi froze instantly as if struck by lightning after receiving the edict.

When Xu Ke who was next to him saw it, he said to him: "Mr. Wu, the Marquis of Wei is already suspicious of you. You are in Xihe County. You are famous and respected by the people. You have soldiers by your side. No one dares to despise you. But if you go back to the capital this time, without soldiers by your side, you only need a small official to take you down, I hope Jun Wu thinks twice."

After Wu Qi heard this, his face was serious, he was also a decisive person, and he said immediately: "Wei Hou can't tolerate me, can you have a place to go?"

"I heard that the Huai people are open-minded, and they are thirsty for talents. You have great talents. If you go to Huai this time, you will be reused!"

Wu Qi immediately nodded and said: "Okay, this time we will go to Huai Country!"

(End of this chapter)