After mentioning the grain and grass, not only the Gong faction, but even the two ministers of the Buyi faction, Lin Xiangru and Yu Xin, looked at Zhao Dan.

Originally, Lian Po's defeat and the lack of grain and grass were the two trump cards of the Gong faction, and it was precisely because the Buyi faction had no way to deal with these two trump cards that it had no choice but to give up the position of commander-in-chief of the Changping front.

Zhao Dan smiled slightly, and said unhurriedly: "You don't have to worry about the matter of grain and grass. ”

"Oh?" At this time, Zhao Sheng, the plain monarch who had already relieved his breath, couldn't help but be curious: "Dare to ask where the king wants to borrow grain?" ”

Now it is obvious that Zhao is absolutely out of food, so if you want to get grain and grass, you must borrow it from other countries.

Except for the Qin State, which was at war, the Zhao State wanted to borrow grain, so it could only start from the other five countries.

The first is South Korea, which is one of the three Jin Dynasty with Zhao Guo.

The Battle of Changping broke out because the Qin State wanted to seize the Shangdang County of South Korea, and the South Korea was even forced to make a move to lead the water to the east and offer the party to Zhao, which was a country that was scared by the Qin State, so whether it had food or not, it was impossible and did not dare to borrow.

Then there was another country in the Three Jin Dynasty, the State of Wei.

Wei was an ally of Zhao at this time, and was once seized by Qin a large area of land, and Zhao can be said to be the same enemy. If it weren't for the Zhao Dan who had not crossed over and stupidly sent an envoy to Qin to sue for peace, Wei would have sent troops to help Zhao a long time ago.

I don't know if it's because of this, when Zhao Dan sent someone to borrow grain a while ago, the monarch of Wei refused the request to borrow grain.

Then there was the Kingdom of Yan to the north of the State of Zhao.

Although it is said that the reigning monarch of Yan State, King Yan Wucheng, is Zhao Dan's brother-in-law, but Yan State is a hardcore ally of Qin State, and in history, Yan State also took advantage of the opportunity to attack Zhao State after the defeat of Zhao State in the Changping War, so borrowing food from Yan State is also living in a dream.

Next, let's talk about the other ally of Zhao at this time, Chu State.

In history, after the defeat of the Battle of Changping of the Zhao State, the Chu State and the Wei State sent troops to rescue them at the same time, and the Qin army was defeated in the Battle of Handan, so it may be a drama to find the Chu State.

It's just that the problem with Chu is that it is the only one of the other six countries that does not border with Zhao.

Therefore, the object that Zhao can borrow grain is, of course, the last and only country.

Zhao Dan coughed and said, "The widow wants to send an envoy to the Qi country." ”

"Qi Guo?" The ministers looked at each other when they heard this, and finally Lou Chang couldn't help but speak: "King Qiqi, that Qi Wang Jian has never liked my country, and this matter may be difficult to do." ”

said that he didn't like it, but in fact it was still light.

In fact, the relationship between Qi and Zhao is really not a matter of Qi Wangjian's personal preference, but a matter of national grievances.

You must know that in recent decades, in addition to defeating Lin Hu and Lou Fu and annexing Zhongshan, the main direction of expansion of Zhao is Qi in the east.

Among the generals of Zhao State in the era of Zhao Dan's father, King Zhao Huiwen, Zhao Hao conquered Qi and occupied some land; The first half of Lian Po's life was simply "eating and sleeping to fight the Qi country", and he captured more than 70 cities in the Qi country; Even Lin Xiangru led his army to attack the Qi State and conquered three or four cities.

If it weren't for the fact that before King Zhao Huiwen was about to die, he used the three big cities of Gaotang, Linglu and Pingyuan and the fifty-seven cities under these three cities to exchange the famous general Anping Juntian Shan of Qi State, the land north of the Yellow River of Qi State was really very small, and it was all occupied by Zhao State.

Moreover, Tian Jian, the current monarch of Qi State, that is, Qi Wang Jian, seems to have learned a lesson from the experience of his father Tian Fazhang who encountered the Five Kingdoms and was almost destroyed by Le Yi.

Since Qi Wangjian ascended the throne, Qi has adhered to the policy of diplomatic isolation of "the rest of you fight your own, and I don't care about anything and just play soy sauce to watch the excitement", and basically does not participate in the war.

What kind of phenomenon has this led to, which led to the fact that from the beginning of Qi Wangjian's accession to the throne until Qin Shi Huang sent troops to destroy the Qi State, the Qi State has really not fought a real war in the past few decades, that is, watching the other five countries being crippled and destroyed, and then it is their turn to be destroyed.

Therefore, Qi Wangjian, the king of Qi State, can be regarded as a wonderful flower.

All in all, now there are historical grievances and enmity between Qi and Zhao, and the current Qi Wangjian is following a policy of diplomatic isolation.

This can also be seen from history, the Zhao Dan in the history books borrowed grain from Qi Wangjian, and then was ruthlessly rejected by Qi Wangjian.

At this moment, each of the ministers in the Longtai Hall of the Zhao Palace is the core figure of the Zhao State, and they naturally know these situations, so they are so surprised and puzzled.

Seeing this, Zhao Dan smiled again and said, "Zhuqing don't have to worry, this matter has already been taken care of, and the matter of grain and grass should not be worried." ”

Of course, Zhao Dan has confidence in his heart, the previous Zhao Xiaocheng King Zhao Dan is not good, but it doesn't mean that I, a traverser, can't do it.

In fact, what Zhao Dan didn't tell these ministers was that he even thought about the choice of envoy to Qi in his heart.

Zhao Dan coughed and said slowly: "The widow wants to cut Maiqiu and other places to Qi in exchange for half a year's grain. ”

"What?" As soon as Zhao Dan said this, the five ministers of Zhao State present changed color at the same time.

Lin Xiangru was the first to speak: "King, this move must not be!" ”

Even Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains, said: "The king thinks twice! ”

Why was Zhao Dan's proposal opposed by Lin Xiangru and Zhao Sheng, the two heads of the ministers? This is about to talk about the border between Qi and Zhao at this time.

After exchanging the fifty-seven cities of the three cities of the Gaotang Dynasty for Tiandan and returning, Zhao Guo only had the land of Maiqiu in Shandong, south of the Yellow River South Road.

From the map, the land of Maiqiu is a piece of Zhao State deeply inserted into the border of Qi State, starting from Maiqiu, to the north can attack Qi State's Rao'an, to the south can attack Qi State's important town Gaotang, to the east only a few days away to be able to attack the capital of Qi State Linzi City.

Anyone who knows something about the Northern Song Dynasty will not know the place name "Youyun Sixteen Prefectures", and the land of Maiqiu has, in a sense, played an effect equivalent to the sixteen states of Youyun. The possession of Maiqiu by the Zhao State is equivalent to the possession of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun by the Liao State.

This is also the scheming of Zhao Dan's father, King Zhao Huiwen, who exchanged Gao Tang and other places for Tian Dan, even if Gao Tang is returned to Qi State? As long as the land of Maiqiu is still there, and you Qi country has no Tiandan, then Gaotang and I can call back at any time, and your King of Qi can't sleep well in Linzi.

It can be said that the land of Wheat Hill is a strategic deterrent of Zhao to Qi State, a sword of Damocles hanging on the head of Linzi, the capital of Qi State.

After all, although the ministers of this era have different political views, they are far from the point of life and death in later generations, and they will still think about the overall situation of the country.

And the reason why Lin Xiangru was the first to jump out to oppose it was because the most important military exploits of the Buyi faction were obtained from the direction of Qi State, and two-thirds of the land of Qi State was single-handedly defeated by Lian Po of the Buyi faction, and now returning the land to Qi State is obviously not in the interests of the Buyi faction.

But that didn't help.

Zhao Dan waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "I have made up my mind, Lin Qing and Pingyuan Jun don't need to say much." The battle of Changping is the battle of the national fortune of my Zhao country! If Changping is defeated, then my Zhao country has little time, if Changping can win, just the land of Maiqiu, what is the way. ”

All the ministers looked at each other, this king has put the problem on the fortune of the country, such a big hat is buttoned down, whoever wants to oppose it again has to think twice.

In the end, it was Yu Xin who took the lead in breaking the silence: "The minister thinks that cutting wheat mounds to borrow grain is also a feasible strategy. ”

Pingyang Jun Zhao Bao also said: "The minister seconded the proposal." ”

After some entanglement, Lin Xiangru could only helplessly pinch his nose and agree with this opinion, after all, the king (Zhao Dan) had just sold the good of the cloth cloth pie, and this land and grain borrowing itself was also an act of wiping his ass for the cloth cloth faction's Lian Po failed in Changping, Lin Xiangru's opposition seemed to be resolute, but in fact, it showed an attitude, and he still had to agree.

The proposal to cede land and borrow grain was eventually approved.

Unlike the reluctant consent of the ministers, in Zhao Dan's opinion, if he could exchange this wheat mound land for half a year's grain and grass, it would be worth it.

That's right, this is indeed a land cut, but don't forget that this was originally the land of the Qi State, which was defeated by the Zhao State, and now it is just returned to the Qi State.

Besides, Zhao Dan understood very well what the consequences of the defeat in the Battle of Changping were.

As soon as Changping was defeated, Zhao and the other five eastern countries were basically doomed, let alone a wheat hill at that time, you can't get rid of the fate of being destroyed by the Qin State even if you cut ten wheat hills!

Broken arm survival, I have to do it.

Thinking of this, Zhao Dan couldn't help but glance at Doctor Lou Chang again.

If it weren't for the bad idea of Zheng Zhu to send an envoy to Qin, which caused Zhao's diplomacy to be so passive, Zhao Dan would not have reached the point of ceding land for food.

Lou Chang, you idiot, wait for the long time to settle down, and the widow will be the first to clean you up!