My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

Chapter 378 The dusty history (2nd update, please order all monthly tickets for rewards!)

When the ministers of Qi heard this sentence for the first time, they were naturally puzzled and just looked at each other.

I can’t even think of Hou Sheng.

The envoy of the State of Qin asked, "I wonder if the King of Qi understands the intention of the prince's words? If he does not understand, he will really let down the prince's wishes."

When King Jian of Qi saw that the audience was full of fools, he could only say with a shy face, "I have never heard of it. Please trouble the Qin envoy to teach me."

Yao Guang didn't want to speak too clearly, and speaking too straightforwardly would hurt the other party's face. He just wanted to stop talking and let them understand what the prince meant.

But he didn't expect that the people of Qi would react like this to these words.

Yao Guang thought to himself that he had seen stupid fools before, but he had never seen anyone as stupid and stupid as the ministers of Qi.

"Report to the King of Qi. Since the Crown Prince said that he wanted to ask the King of Qi for enlightenment, he definitely has a purpose. However, the King of Qi is the master of a country. Since he is asking me a question, if I don't say anything, it will appear that our Qin country relies on its strong national power and is arrogant to the outside world."

"I just reminded you of one or two. Please listen carefully. The prince's words are talking about the current situation in the world. The camel refers to a country in the west, and the horse refers to the marsh in the southeast."

As soon as these words came out, the monarchs and ministers of Qi suddenly became enlightened.

No matter how confused the ministers are, they should know that the camel refers to the state of Qin and the horse refers to the state of Chu.

The implication is that even if Qin is defeated, it is still stronger than Chu.

King Qi understood this time and immediately became more cautious towards the Qin ministers in front of him.

Yao Guang said again, "Please ask King Qi to think carefully."

King Qi received Fusu's words and immediately understood the situation. He no longer dared to take advantage of Qin and Chu's confrontation with each other to play tricks on the side.

After receiving the ministers of Qin, King Qi retreated behind the curtain, so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat.

He sat in the gorgeous palace and said to Hou Sheng, "Hurry, hurry, hurry! Go and ask the envoys to dedicate Liaocheng to the crown prince of Qin. Then prepare generous gifts for the king of Qin and the crown prince of Qin, and follow what the prime minister said before Yes, send a peerless beauty to Prince Qin."

Hou Shengna was also frightened by the actions of the Qin people and was sweating profusely.

First, he killed a captain without saying a word, in the palace of Qi State, under the eyes of the King of Qi; then he said that a skinny camel was bigger than a horse. Basically, he was directly crushing them with the power of the country and forcing them to join forces. The country surrendered.

Moreover, Qin's envoys repeatedly hinted that if they did not listen to Qin's words, Qin would attack them first.

Hou Sheng always knew that the people of Qin were barbaric, and he also knew that the king of Qi was not enough to cause trouble. The future of Qi depends entirely on him.

After this contact, Hou Shengna didn't dare to have any other thoughts.

"This prince of Qin is really hateful!" Hou Sheng couldn't help scolding him.

"Okay, okay. Prime Minister, they have already made it clear that even if the Qin State is defeated, it will still be stronger than our Qi State. If they really anger their Qin State, let alone wait for the Chu State to destroy the Qin State, the Qin State will Either the State of Qi or the State of Chu can destroy our State of Qi. We are content to live in peace for the time being in order to plan for great things."

Although Wang Jian of Qi was criticized for being fatuous and incompetent, he also had his own opinions on world affairs.

"The more you are aggressive and competitive everywhere, the more you will become the target of public criticism. The more stubbornly you resist Qin, you will only become a thorn in Qin's side. Why not be patient? I have been waiting for decades. Am I still afraid of these few years? "

"The territory of the Qin State is like a flame, and the fire is getting bigger and bigger. And our Qi State is surrounded by neighboring countries on all sides, and all of them are very strong. The more we fight against the surrounding countries, the more we will consume ourselves in advance. strength."

"Only through humiliation can we seek perfection."

After Hou Sheng heard these words, his cheeks twitched slightly. To be honest, when King Qi said these words, Hou Sheng was actually quite scared. Because he felt that Qi Wangjian no longer looked like a foolish king, but more like an outsider who understood the truth.

You see, he is already seventy years old, but his hair is still half black and his teeth are still there.

When Qi Wangjian said this, Hou Sheng naturally felt a chill on his spine.
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On the other side, Yao Guang and others returned to the post house.

Guan Fu couldn't help but praise Yao Guang.

"Doctor is indeed the son of the famous Yao Shangqing in our court. Doctor, you really opened my eyes today. It turns out that this is the way to negotiate state affairs with others."

Yao Guang was naturally elated, and while fiddling with his hair and clothes, he gave in and said, "It's not worth mentioning, it's not worth mentioning."

Guan Fu was curious, "How did you expect that the envoys of Qi would not admit what they had done?"

Yao Guang asked back, "Is there anyone in the world who would do something bad and take the initiative to admit it?"

"Yes, I have."

"Who?"

"me!"

After hearing this, Yao Guang immediately shook his cheeks.

But soon, he calmed down. "Diplomacy is a contest of national power, but it is also the art of language. Although a country's strength directly determines the success of diplomacy, diplomacy can affect the progress of many things. In other words, even if it cannot change the outcome, it can change the outcome. process."

"Although the Qi State is not stronger than our Qin State, most of their ministers are mediocre. But this does not mean that the Qi people are born to be destroyed. Naturally, no matter how weak the Qi State is, no matter how stupid the Qi ministers are, , the ministers of Qi State will still seek benefits for Qi State when they go on envoys."

"Think about it, if it were you, if one day our Qin country is weak and wants to establish relations with a more powerful country, then you will definitely try your best to gain benefits from this relationship."

"The art of diplomacy is that both sides actually know what the truth is, but as long as they get to the negotiation table, they will say 10% of the truth and 30% of the truth. Only in this way can there be room for maneuver in everything."

"The ministers of Qi State, on the surface, they want to take back the land, but in fact, what is involved in this matter is that the alliance between Qi State and Qin State is already very fragile. In this world, no relationship is impregnable."

"The State of Qi has always been dissatisfied with the State of Qin, but they were frightened by the power of the Qin army, so they acted lowly. On the surface, they just broke the contract and refused to give the city the city. In fact, they wanted to get rid of the suppression of Qi State by Qin State for many years, and even plotted to change the state of Qi State. Big things.”

Guan Fu understood now.

"So the people of Qi are not shameless, on the contrary, they are quite respectable. For the benefit of their country, they can leave their dignity behind."

Yao Guang sighed helplessly, "You can say that. But the only thing that can defend national interests is strength. Diplomacy has always been the icing on the cake. Without Qin's continuous support, we would not have been able to obtain intelligence and meet Qi. The king doesn’t have that much confidence and confidence.”

"Why does the prince attach so much importance to this diplomacy and make such arrangements personally? It's because the prince understands the contest of strength involved."

"So the prince said that we must take advantage of General Li's defeat to use this incident to cheer up our Qin soldiers and maintain the prestige of the king and the state of Qin in front of the people of the world."

"After Qin's defeat in the war against Chu, we still have to force Qi to surrender Liaocheng, in order to tell the world that our Qin's strength is still here, and Qin is still the overlord of the world."

"To do this, the first step is to make the ally Qi, which is restless when it hears Qin's defeat, still bow to Qin. Only in this way can the rear be stabilized, so that the king can concentrate more on dealing with Chu. country."

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