Chapter 1001: Hidden Feelings
When Zhao Dan's words fell, several important ministers of Zhao State standing around the platform raised their heads at the same time, revealing shocked looks.
Yu Xin's face changed, and he looked at Lian Po on the side, and they both saw a look of surprise on the other party's face.
Yu Xin knew the identity of Lü Buwei and Zhao Guo's undercover agent, so he was mentally prepared for Lü Buwei to be crowned.
But the problem is that the qualifications for this "joining the dragon platform" are the most shocking.
Before this, there had never been a single subordinate from other countries who could immediately enter the ranks of Longtai ministers after surrendering and become one of the core members of the Zhao State.
In addition, Yu Xin also thought deeper.
Now Zhao Sheng, the Xiangbang Plains Jun of Zhao State, is seriously ill in bed, and it seems that his life should be short.
Under such circumstances, the king Zhao Dan did not designate anyone to take on Zhao Sheng's work, but delegated more power to the subordinate officials of the Xiangbang Mansion, and at the same time transferred the decision-making power to Zhao Dan himself.
Could it be ...... This Lu Buwei entered Longtai at this moment, just to replace Zhao Sheng?
"No, it can't be." Yu Xin couldn't help but smile and shook his head, and said secretly: "This is also ridiculous. ”
Judging from the current situation, Lu Buwei's undercover identity may not be exposed.
Since this is the case, then Lü Buwei, as a "subordinate of the enemy country", suddenly entered the Longtai Council and served as the prime minister, which is too nonsense.
Even if Zhao Dan has unparalleled authority and power at the moment, doing so will also cause a strong backlash from the entire Zhao official class.
Yu Xin couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he thought of this.
"Lü Buwei's entry into Taiwan should not change the overall situation, and I am still the one with the most hope of obtaining the position of Xiangbang. However, this Lu Buwei is said to have some kind of connection with the harem, so he should be wooed well. ”
Due to Zhao Sheng's serious illness and Pang Xuan's expedition, the Gong clan faction in the Zhao State political arena almost died down for a while, and the entire political arena was stable.
Stability is a situation that Yu Xin now very much hopes to see, as long as it is so stable, Yu Xin has a great confidence that he will be able to smoothly obtain the position of Xiangbang.
But no matter what, no one dared to make any objection to Zhao Dan's decision at such a time.
Lu Buwei was extremely excited in his heart, and he also knelt down and said in a loud voice: "Minister...... Thank you, King! ”
After Lu Buwei stood up, a pair of monarchs and ministers looked at each other and smiled, everything was silent.
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Perseus was stunned.
"There is such a splendid and magnificent city in the world......"
Looking at Handan City in front of him, Perseus couldn't help but mutter.
This old man named Perseus was naturally an envoy of the Seleucid Dynasty who was obtained by Lu Qing from the slave trader Yizhi.
The surging crowds, the noisy street market, the endless traffic, and the tall city walls all made him feel like a dream.
"It's hard to believe that the city looks a lot bigger than Antioch." One of the attendants, with his mouth wide open, exclaimed.
Antioch was the capital of the Seleucid kingdom today.
The Seleucid Kingdom is one of the parts of Alexander's empire founded by the great Alexander the Great after the collapse, and its main territory is distributed in the current Asia Minor, Central Asia, and West Asia, which is roughly the current Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and other places, and is a country with a vast territory and quite strong strength.
The reigning emperor of the country today is Antiochus II, nicknamed "God", who focused most of his efforts on Asia Minor and Egypt to the west, resulting in a relatively weak control of the empire in the east.
Under these circumstances, the easternmost part of the empire, Central Asia, that is, the territory bordering the western regions, was controlled by Diodotus, the governor of Bactria.
The ambitious governor had not only secretly controlled the eastern part of the empire, but had also secretly cultivated power to the east, wanting to become the spokesman of the Western Regions.
It was in such a situation that the Huns appeared.
The Huns, who had just emerged from the vast desert, were in fact very embarrassed, they had few troops and lacked horses and rations, and many of them had nothing but a wooden bow in their hands.
In addition, the Huns also changed to a new Shan Yu, and the name of this Shan Yu was Uwei Shan Yu.
Under the leadership of Uwei Shan Yu, the Xiongnu swept through most of the Western Regions in just one year, conquering many countries in the Western Regions.
Faced with such a situation, Diodotus finally could not sit still.
So after some preparations, Diodotus led an army of 50,000 to the east and fought a great battle with the 30,000 cavalry of the Huns.
The outcome of the battle was apparently completely unexpected by Theodotus, and his army barely repelled the Huns' attack in this great battle, but suffered heavy losses.
Fortunately, Diodotus still managed to keep a small piece of land in the westernmost part of the Western Regions, near the region of Bactria.
From the captured Xiongnu soldiers, Theodotus learned that the Huns were from the northeast, defeated by a very powerful state called "Zhao", and then had to retreat west and appear in the Western Regions.
So a counselor gave Diodoptus an idea, in that case, why not send an envoy to the East to contact the powerful Zhao Empire? If Zhao learned that his sworn enemy the Xiongnu was here, he might be willing to send troops to attack the Western Regions and flank the Xiongnu with Diodiotus.
Therefore, the so-called Seleucid Kingdom mission was actually just sent by Theodotus, the governor of Bactria in the eastern part of the Seleucid Kingdom.
That's why Perseus is here.
Perseus was not lucky, and was about to cross the Western Regions to enter the territory of the Zhao people, but was captured on the border of Zhao.
Fortunately, although Perseus was also captured by the Huns, it was a Hun slave hunting group.
Unlike the Huns who attacked the Western Regions, these slave hunters had in fact abandoned their Xiongnu identity and called themselves Huns.
After such a toss, there was finally the experience of Perseus being found and then sent to Handan.
The aged Perseus took a deep breath and solemnly admonished the people around him: "My dear friends, after what you have seen and heard along the way, I believe you all know that those rumors are not wrong, this is indeed a powerful empire with abundant resources, vast territory, and strength that is not at all under our Seleucids. I want you all to be humble enough not to provoke the wrath of this imperial king, understand? ”
At Perseus's command, their carriage came to a slow halt.
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