Xianyang City.

Before the cold of the spring morning had dissipated, the atmosphere in the main hall of Xianyang Palace was very hot, and the ministers of the two factions gathered together, each holding their own opinions and arguing together.

The reason why this is so, of course, is because of the focus of events on the entire continent today - the killing of the country.

According to the statement of the envoy of the Qi State who had just arrived to the Qin Wang Chu, the current Zhao State is not just trying to eliminate Duan Ganzi as previously announced to the world, but the Zhao State actually hopes to be able to unite Korea and Chu to annex the Wei State together.

After learning of this matter, Qin Wang Chu urgently summoned hundreds of civil and military officials to discuss.

But to the surprise of Qin Wang Chu, what the ministers were arguing about at the beginning was not whether they should save Wei or not, but whether this matter was true or not.

Diplomatic deception is not uncommon in any era, and the biggest diplomatic scam in this era was originally made by Zhang Yi, an important minister of the Qin State.

Qin Wang Chu knocked on the table with a serious face, and said to the ministers of the Qin State in front of him: "Everyone, this matter has been confirmed to be true, and there is no need to argue about the authenticity of the matter. Because just now the widow received a secret report from South Korea, saying that South Korea does have such a plan and wants to carve up Wei with Zhao and Chu. ”

As soon as Qin Wang Chu said this, the ministers of the Qin State immediately quieted down, and their faces couldn't help but be a little complicated.

Since decades ago, Korea and Wei were the younger brothers of Qin for most of the time after they were subdued by Qin, but after the rise of Zhao after the Changping War, both countries invariably betrayed Qin.

And you must know that the current territory of Wei is the Tao County of Qin back then, and it was still the land of Qin State a few years ago, and now it is so that the people of Qin State are watching Tao County being divided by other countries, and it is obviously not a good feeling in their hearts.

Tao County, that is a good place that used to be able to pay almost a quarter of the tax of the Qin State with one county.

Cai Ze took the lead in breaking the deadlock, and said to Qin Wang Chu in front of him: "Great King, the minister thinks that he must immediately withdraw his troops from Yiqu and march east to attack Zhao. The Wei State must not be destroyed, otherwise it will be difficult to stop the momentum of the Zhao State in the future. ”

As soon as Cai Ze's words came out, many ministers of Qin State of Cai Ze's faction naturally agreed one after another, but Cai Ze's old opponent, who has been fighting with Cai Zeming for the past two years, naturally disagrees with Lu Buwei, the prime minister of Qin State.

As soon as Cai Ze's words fell, Lu Buwei sneered and said, "Gang Chengjun's rough words seem to have some truth. But I would like to ask, what is the use of sending troops now? You must know that in addition to some land such as Suiyang, most of the land in the current Wei State has almost been divided up by Zhao Hanchu. Daqin is sending troops at this moment, can it have the slightest benefit in addition to offending these three kingdoms out of thin air? ”

Cai Ze glanced at Lu Buwei, and also sneered, and said, "Wu Chengjun's words are ridiculous! I think that the capital of Qi was on the verge of extinction back then, but it was able to regain the country, and now there are dozens of large and small cities in Wei State, why not? As long as there is the support of Great Qin, Yan and Qi, the revival of Wei is doomed! ”

Lü Buwei shook his head and said, "The reason why the Qi State was able to restore the country back then was because the princes didn't want to see the Yan State become bigger after annexing the Qi State, so as to help the Qi State in secret. At that time, the Yan Kingdom was fighting against the other six countries with the strength of one country, so how could it not be defeated? ”

"But now it's completely different. Now that Zhao is strong, even the last Four Kingdoms attack on Zhao has not been successful, and now that Zhao has South Korea and Chu as help, how can it be so easy to be defeated? ”

Lü Buwei's words were like a basin of cold water, directly poured on the heads of the main battle faction of the Qin State in the main hall, making the main battle faction involuntarily silent.

But Cai Ze was very dissatisfied with Lü Buwei's words, he stared at Lü Buwei viciously, and said: "So what Wu Chengjun means is that Great Qin should not save Wei if he sees death, and wait until Zhao destroys Wei, and then destroy Qi, Yan and all other countries before destroying Daqin, right?" ”

As soon as Cai Ze's words came out, the faces of many ministers of the Qin State suddenly changed.

Just a few years ago, the Qin State was the most powerful country in the Chinese world, and at that time, the dream of all the Qin people in their hearts was to one day go east out of the Central Plains to sweep the six kingdoms of Shandong, and bring the whole world into the hegemony of Great Qin.

is the so-called self-discipline, since the people of the Qin State can take this goal as the direction of their efforts, then they feel that now that the Zhao State has become stronger, they naturally have the same goal as the Great Qin back then.

As the saying goes, peers are enemies.

So as soon as Cai Ze's words came out, many ministers of the Qin State who were originally neutral began to speak up.

"Great King, the minister thinks that what Gang Chengjun said is very reasonable, if you don't rescue the Wei State, once the Zhao State becomes stronger, then the life of Great Qin will be even more difficult."

"Great King, the State of Zhao now controls the Kuohan Passage, if the State of Zhao is not defeated, Great Qin has no hope of going east at all. Even for this one thing, it can't comfortably let Zhao annex Wei. Otherwise, once the war in the Central Plains of the Zhao State is certain, and then attack Great Qin through the Cuihan Channel, how should Great Qin stop it? ”

The young Qin Wang Chu looked at this group of surging emotions, and his heart began to waver a little.

If it is based on the emotional tendencies in his heart, this Qin King Chu, who has just ascended the throne, is naturally more inclined to listen to Lu Buwei's views. But now it seems that there are a majority of people in the court of the Qin State who support Cai Ze, which naturally makes Qin Wang Chu entangled.

If it was Qin Wang Chu's grandfather, the deceased King Qin Zhaoxiang was still alive, as long as the famous Qin King turned his face slightly, and then snorted softly, the entire Qin State Hall would instantly become silent, and everyone would have to wait for King Qin Zhaoxiang to make a final decision.

However, Qin Wang Chu's prestige at this moment was obviously far from being comparable to his eloquent grandfather, and he was not even like his father, who had lived in Xianyang for many years and had been in contact with many high-level affairs, nor did he have the experience of his own father who had personally participated in the formulation of many military affairs of the Qin State.

Therefore, whenever faced with this kind of argument that the public says that the public is justified and the mother says that the mother is reasonable, the young Qin Wang Chu always doesn't know what to do.

This style of Qin Wang Chu has been thoroughly understood by his courtiers, in fact, the current Qin court generally believes that he should be the softest in decades, the most easily swayed by the courtiers of Qin.

As soon as Lu Buwei saw Qin Wang Chu a little shaken again, he knew that this time should already be a critical moment.

Although the previous information from Handan was vague, Lü Buwei was a smart man after all, so after knowing that Zhao was preparing to crusade against Duan Ganzi, he guessed that Zhao must have a plot against Wei, so he instigated Qin Wang Chu to attack Yiqu, just to go to Zhao to share the pressure.

Now it is obvious that the big thing for Zhao is to destroy Wei!

But now that Cai Ze is going to spoil this big thing, how can Lu Buwei endure it?

I saw Lü Buwei stand up, arched his hand at Qin Wang Chu, and then said: "Great King, now Wang Ji and Wang Ling are leading the main force of the army to fight against Yiqu, and half of the land that Yiqu has taken from Great Qin has been recovered by the army. If the army is withdrawn suddenly at this time, then how can you waste so much money, food, soldiers and horses in vain and get nothing?

Cai Ze was unhappy when he heard this, subconsciously snorted, and said to Lu Buwei: "The king is the king of Qin, what decision does the king want to make, and why do you need to explain it to the soldiers?" ”

"Really?" Lu Buwei was stunned for a moment, and then a bright smile suddenly appeared on his face, looking at Cai Ze's eyes as if he was looking at an idiot.

It's just a fool, don't you know that Daqin founded the country with military merits?

This old boy actually made a mistake at such a moment, it was really - it made Lu Buwei so happy!

Sure enough, the next moment, Cai Ze's words immediately stabbed the hornet's nest.

You must know that this time it was an urgent court meeting of the Qin State, so it was not only a few important ministers of the Qin State who were present, but almost all the middle and high-level civil ministers and military generals of the Qin State were listed.

As soon as Cai Ze's voice fell, a white-haired old general of the Qin State suddenly stood up and said, "Gang Chengjun's words, I can't agree with them. Now that the army is about to wipe out Yiqu, it is natural to eliminate Yiqu first and make other plans, wouldn't it damage the prestige of the king and the Qin State if he gave up halfway? ”

Another middle-aged general stood up and said: "Gang Chengjun, if you can eliminate and conquer the Yiqu Kingdom, then Daqin will at least be able to obtain the land, horses, and population of the Yiqu Kingdom, but if you send troops to attack Zhao and aid Wei according to Ru Gang Chengjun's opinion, will Daqin be able to get even a trace of land?" ”

A third general stood up and said, "I also want to ask Gang Chengjun, in the past few years, the Zhao State Border Cavalry Corps led by Li Mu has repeatedly gone south, and it has become a big problem for Great Qin. If a war is started against Zhao State, when Li Mu leads the border cavalry army south to wreak havoc in Guanzhong, I don't know what clever plan Gang Chengjun can have to solve it? ”

The generals who had been silent suddenly stood up and fired a collective cannon that instantly made Cai Ze a little confused, and he suddenly woke up in his heart at this time, knowing that he had made a big mistake because of a word.

In many eras in later generations, the status of civil servants was generally higher than that of military generals, and even to the point that some dynasties had intensified their evolution into a strange point where a small civil official dared to reprimand a military general.

But at least in the current war-torn era, the status of the generals is obviously still very high, for a long time, almost all of the countries are only the generals who have led troops to fight, and it is not until these decades that some of the countries have slowly appeared from the experience of leading troops to fight.

Like these generals of the Qin State, most of them are the beneficiaries of the first-march military merit system, and they are also the most resolute supporters of this system.

The characteristics of the military merit system stipulate that this system requires the country's constant external expansion and victory, so war is what the beneficiaries of the military merit system desire the most.

But desire is desire, and fighting a war is still a rational process after all, after all, no one wants to suffer defeat.

In the past few years, although it was necessary to attack Zhao in the east, it was not a very good idea now, because Qin and Zhao had never succeeded in regaining even an inch of territory from Zhao in several wars.

In other words, the generals and soldiers of the Qin State have not made meritorious contributions for several years, but have only been punished, which is undoubtedly a big blow to the power of the warriors in the court.

Since then, the civilian power of the Qin State has also secretly increased, otherwise there would not be a situation where Lü Buwei and Cai Ze, two civilian officials who have not even brought soldiers, are the first of the hundred officials of the Qin State.

The generals have long been dissatisfied with this situation, and now they are planning to use the war to recover the Yiqu Kingdom to add glory and prestige to their own warriors, but Cai Ze jumped out and said that the attack on Yiqu should be postponed, and the main force should be transferred to the east to support the Zhao State, how can this not make these generals angry?

After the originally silent generals began to stand up and bombard Cai Ze one after another, Cai Ze's face suddenly turned pale, knowing that it would be difficult for him to win today.

Although it is true that the Chinese official power of the Qin State is stronger than the military generals now, it is Lü Buwei and Cai Ze combined, and Cai Ze's words alone cannot be the opponent of the military generals.

Seeing this scene, Qin Wang Chu, who was sitting on the throne, pondered for a moment and finally had a plan in his heart, reached out and knocked on the table vigorously, stopping the generals from continuing to bombard Cai Ze one after another.

"Okay, don't blame Gang Chengjun, generals, after all, Gang Chengjun is also loyal to the country, and few people know this."

After a pause, Qin Wang Chu said again: "But since most people do not agree to send troops to aid the Wei State, then this matter will be put on hold for the time being, and a decision will be made when the Yiqu is defeated." ”

As soon as Qin Wang Chu's voice fell, the faces of Lu Buwei and Cai Ze suddenly formed a sharp contrast.

What Qin Wang Chu didn't notice when he made this decision was that there was an old eunuch who was not good-looking standing in the corner of a palace not far behind him, and he clearly read and heard the dispute in the main hall today.

After the end of this great court meeting and the hundred officials dispersed one after another, the old eunuch walked back to the harem with a swift pace that was completely inappropriate for his age, and summoned a chief eunuch in the palace.

"Quickly arrange a car for me, I want to go to Lantian and my party!"

In the eyes of this old eunuch, only the former Qin State Minister who was far away in Lantian could solve this great difficulty in front of the Qin State.