The reason why the monarchs and ministers of the Qin State are like this is that this Tao County is really a very special place for the Qin State.

Tao County is an enclave of the Qin State, and the so-called enclave refers to the place that is not connected to the Qin State itself.

From the Qin mainland to the east, it is necessary to first pass through Korea, and then through the Wei state, and it is a long journey of hundreds of miles before you can reach Tao County.

Why did the Qin State have such an enclave so far away from the mainland? This has to start with the Five Kingdoms Warqi 25 years ago.

The cause of the Five Kingdoms was that Qi annexed the Song State, which was known as the "Eighth Hero of the Warring States", and the Song State had three counties at that time, and Tao County was one of them.

If you count the Chu State, which defected and betrayed the Qi State, the Five Kingdoms actually divided up the Qi State by a total of six countries.

After such a great partition, the state of Chu occupied a lot of land in the south of the state of Qi, the state of Zhao occupied a lot of land in the west of the state of Qi, and the state of Wei occupied the three counties of the state of Song that had just been annexed by the state of Qi, and the biggest winner was the state of Yan, which under the leadership of a generation of famous generals Le Yi, occupied all the territory of the state of Qi except Jucheng and Jimo.

Qin and Korea, because they did not border with Qi, gained nothing in this great partition.

South Korea was the weakest country among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States at that time, and it was also coerced by the three kingdoms of Qin, Zhao and Wei to attack the Qi State together, so even if it couldn't share anything, South Korea was helpless.

But the Qin State is different, you must know that before the Five Kingdoms invaded Qi, King Qi called himself the Eastern Emperor, Qin Wangji called himself the Western Emperor, Qin and Qi were tied for the strongest in the world at that time, but now that the Eastern Emperor Qi has fallen, the Western Emperor Qin State, which is already the only one, has not benefited at all, how can this Qin Wangji be happy?

Of course, in the long run, the biggest beneficiary of the Five Kingdoms is actually the Qin State, just as the biggest beneficiary of the collapse of the Soviet Union (Eastern Empire) was the American Empire (Western Empire), but it is also a fact that the Qin State at that time did not reap any visible benefits.

So Qin Wangji decided to fight the autumn wind, and he had to get some benefits for the Qin State.

At the beginning, Qin Wangji's target of the autumn wind was Zhao Guo, and Qin Wangji planned to let Zhao Guo spit out some benefits to Qin Guo.

Why Zhao Guo? The answer is very simple, because after the fall of Qi State, Qin Wangji set the next enemy for his Qin State to be Zhao State, so weakening Zhao State is of course what Qin Wangji is happy to see.

Qin Wangji is also a chicken thief, at the beginning, the benefit that Qin Wangji wanted from Zhao was not land, but a wall.

and Shibi.

In Qin Wangji's opinion, you Zhao Guo has reaped so many benefits, you can't push back the block, right? If you don't give it, I'm going to beat you!

But what Qin Wangji never expected was that there was a Lin Xiangru in Zhao State, which not only put Qin Wangji in a fierce position, but finally Lin Xiangru and He Shibi returned to Zhao State unharmed.

This is the famous "Returning to Zhao".

Qin Wangji, who was put on the side, was naturally furious, and soon after Lin Xiangru left, he sent troops to attack Zhao, and he must give Zhao a good look.

However, what Qin Wangji never expected was that Le Yi, the commander-in-chief of the Five Kingdoms and the minister of Yan and Zhao, made a move.

Le Yi suspended the great cause of the expedition to Qi, and personally led the Yan army to join the Zhao army to form a Yan-Zhao coalition army to fight against the Qin army.

As a result, Le Yi was indeed worthy of Le Yi, and under his wise command, the Yan-Zhao coalition army besieged the Qin army under the forest, and saw that the Qin expeditionary force was about to be wiped out.

In desperation, Qin Wangji and Wei Ran, the Marquis of Qin at that time, ceded land and paid compensation, and finally let Le Yi let the Qin army live, and let the Qin army return to the Qin State in disgrace.

This is what is recorded in the history books as "Qin soldiers trapped under the forest".

This incident caused a great shock to the monarchs and ministers of the Qin State, and made Qin Wangji and Wei Ran realize the strength of the Yan-Zhao coalition army, and with the command of an immortal general like Le Yi, even the powerful Qin State was difficult to contend with.

So after discussing with Wei Ran, Qin Wangji decided not to touch the hard bone of Zhao Guo first, and found a soft bone to gnaw.

It was not until sixteen years later that the Qin State had almost swallowed Chu, Han, and Wei, and there was the foreshadowing of the Battle of Huayang, that the two countries of Qin and Zhao entered a period of real war confrontation from the Battle of Yanhe.

At that time, the soft bone that was locked by the Qin State was the Wei State that swallowed the three counties of the Song State.

And the benefits that Qin wanted to get from Wei were Tao County, one of the three counties of Song State.

Compared with the Yan-Zhao coalition army, Wei State, which has lost the power of the overlord of the world, is obviously a better target for bullying.

The facts also proved Qin Wangji's judgment, because Wei did not receive help from other countries, and it also took a lot of time and energy to digest the hometown of Song, so the then Wei monarch Wei Zhao Wang gave Tao County to Qin after thinking twice.

In this way, among the three counties of the Song State, the Wei State got the Great Song County and the Fangyu County, while the Qin State got the Tao County.

Considering that these three counties did not originally belong to Wei or Qin before the Five Kingdoms conquered Qi, both Qin and Wei were satisfied with this result.

This is the origin of the reason why Tao County became an enclave of the Qin State.

Therefore, the land of Tao County changed from the land of the Song State to the land of the Qi State in just a few years, and then to the land of the Wei State, and finally to the land of the Qin State. What country am I from? ”

Taojun is a place where the status is very unusual for both Qin and Wei.

Tao County got its name because of the richest city in the county, Taoqiu (also known as Taoyi, Taocheng).

Taoqiu is located on the south bank of Jishui, only 100 miles away from Daliang City, the capital of Wei State, which is located on the north bank of Jishui.

And from Taoqiu along the Jishui through Ono Ze to the east, you can not only attack the cities of Yangjin, Gaotang and other cities under the control of Zhao at this moment, but also attack Pinglu City in the five capitals of Qi State.

All in all, the geographical location of Tao County is simply excellent from a military point of view.

With Tao County, Qin was not only able to successfully divide Wei's territory in half, but also had a base in the east to deter other countries.

In addition to the military, another advantage of Tao County is its economy.

The Song Kingdom has always been merchant-oriented, and the economy of Tao County is one of the more developed among the three counties of the Song Kingdom, and the wealth of Tao County can be said to be known to the world.

So much so that at that time, when Li Dui, the powerful minister of Zhao State, and Wei Ran, the powerful minister of Qin State, were discussing the attack of the Five Kingdoms on Qi, both of them wanted to use Taojun as their fief after dividing up Qi State.

Later, when the Qin State conquered Tao County, it did become the fief of Wei Ran, the Marquis.

After obtaining Tao County, Wei Ran attached great importance to this fiefdom, and repeatedly sent troops to attack the countries around Tao County, wanting to add more territory to Tao County, which was also one of the excuses used by Qin Wangji when he got rid of Wei Ran later - "public weapons for private use".

It is precisely because Tao County has so many excellent conditions that if Tao County is used to lure Wei State, it is indeed much more reliable and attractive than Yuan Yong.

After all, Yuanyong is just a city, and Tao County is a county, and it is also a well-known and wealthy county in the world.

Therefore, after Fan Sui made this proposal, he continued: "If the king gives Tao County to Wei, then Wei will send troops to attack Zhao, so Zhao's destruction can be expected. After the destruction of Zhao, my Great Qin has no rivals in the world, this is the small profit of Tao County of Wei, and the great benefit of Zhao State is also the great benefit of Zhao State, and the king thinks about it! ”

If Wei gets Tao County, not only will all the land be connected, but the national strength will inevitably be enhanced, and it will be able to climb from the end of the second rate to the top of the second rate in an instant, which is definitely a great temptation for Wei Wangyu.

However, if Wei could send troops and help Qin defeat Zhao, then Qin would receive ten times as much benefit as Wei.

After all, in exchange for the destruction of Zhao Guo, an opponent competing for hegemony, this account is only three words: "I have made money".

After saying this, Fan Sui closed his mouth and waited quietly for Qin Wangji's answer.

Fan Sui felt that everything he should do and say had been perfected, and it depended on how Qin Wangji chose.