Xianyang, Xianyang Palace.

"Dang!" Accompanied by a crisp sound, a bronze lord was thrown to the ground, and the roar of King Ji of Qin came.

"Zhao Dan, how dare you deceive me like this!"

King Ji of Qin had an old face full of anger, and a cold light flashed in his eyes. His whole body even trembled slightly because of anger, looking like he wanted to swallow Zhao Dan alive.

Just after Lou Yan came back in shame and reported Zhao Dan's words intact, King Ji of Qin knew in his heart what Zhao Dan wanted to make.

Zhao Dan wanted to give the Mianchi meeting, or to give Zhao Dan's dead father, King Zhao Huiwen.

It is because I know that King Ji of Qin was so unhappy!

The Mianchi meeting back then actually had its historical background.

The main goal of Qin at that time was Wei, Han and Chu, while the main goal of Zhao was Qi. Therefore, although Qin and Zhao were already afraid of each other, they had demands of not having conflicts with each other.

Under such circumstances, the Mianchi meeting was actually a meeting of Qin and Zhao alliance.

This can be seen from what happened in the decade after the meeting.

During these ten years, Qin State focused on attacking Wei, Han and Chu, and Zhao State focused on attacking Qi State. Both countries had gained considerable profits and seized a lot of land and population.

In fact, it is not just this decade. After continuing to push forward for twenty years, Qin State has always maintained ally with Zhao State in order to defeat the Southern Heavenly Kingdom and the Eastern Emperor Qi State. Although there are occasional minor frictions between the two sides, it does not affect the overall situation.

The decades in the late Warring States Period seem complicated to say, but they are actually very simple and can be summarized in one sentence.

"The Qin and Zhao alliance joined forces with other countries to defeat the two overlords of Qi and Chu. Later, in order to compete for the position of boss, Qin and Zhao fought again. In order to fight for the position of boss, Qin and Zhao defeated Zhao, who wanted to replace themselves, became the undisputed boss, and eventually unify the world."

Yes, it's that simple.

Of course, Qin Wang Ji now doesn't know what the future history will be, but this does not prevent him from being upset with Zhao Dan's behavior of seeking face.

Although your father Zhao Dan and Zhao Huiwen lost such a little face at Mianchi, Lin Xiangru has recovered them all!

King Huiwen of Zhao was indeed a sage for me, but I was forced by Lin Xiangru to beat King Huiwen of Zhao. Aren’t we all cleared up?

Moreover, the Mianchi meeting was eventually a meeting that was beneficial to both Qin and Zhao, a meeting of unity, a meeting of progress, and a meeting of pioneering and enterprising!

There is no need to pursue some of the small details.

You, Zhao Dan, are you so obsessed with these past events, and do you have the spirit of respecting the elderly and loving the young?

King Ji of Qin scolded Zhao Dan in his heart, then raised his head to look at the ministers in front of him, and said coldly: "Zhao Dan is too bullying, I want to lead the army in Hanoi again, join Shangdang to fight Zhao Dan's son to the death. What do you think?"

Like last time, this time it was still a grand court discussion, so King Ji of Qin asked not only a few important officials, but many ministers in the entire hall.

As soon as King Ji of Qin said this, the prince An Guojun Zhao Zhu shivered and hurried out to the list and said, "Father, you must not take risks!"

When Zhao Zhu appeared, many Qin ministers immediately followed and shouted: "King, this is absolutely forbidden!"

The shouts of these ministers were so sincere that they looked like a loyal minister.

More and more Qin ministers joined the ranks of dissuasion, and for a moment, the entire hall was filled with surging opposition, which was quite similar to the previous few days.

However, when King Ji of Qin looked at the group of Qin ministers who were passionately opposing him, he did not feel any dissatisfied on his face, but instead showed a faint smile.

After all, it was just a show of its own. If it really wanted to fight, why would you discuss peace?

Until Qin Wang Ji's eyes fell on someone, the smile suddenly disappeared.

This person is Fan Sui, the prime minister of Qin.

What is Fan Sui doing?

Fan Sui did nothing and sat there steadily.

But the problem is that other Qin ministers jumped out to express their loyalty by opposing their personal expeditions, but Fan Sui sat alone and stood still, which was very conspicuous.

King Ji of Qin suddenly felt a little unhappy.

The Battle of Changping is like this now. As a prime minister, Fan Sui has to take some responsibility. What's the matter with such a calm and gentle sitting there?

So King Ji of Qin simply named him directly: "Mr. Fan, what do you think?"

The Qin ministers were stunned by the name of King Ji of Qin, and then immediately turned their attention to Fan Sui.

To be honest, with the recent unfavorable wars in Changping, Fan Sui's reputation in the Qin political arena was inevitably hit.

After all, the "far-to-fate and near attack" thing was proposed by you Fan Sui, but after some operation, it turned out to be like this bird. Who is responsible if you Fan Sui is not responsible?

In addition to the performance of Fan Sui angering King Ji of Qin during the last court discussion, many people have begun to keep a distance from Fan Sui intentionally or unintentionally.

The officialdom is always so simple and crude. When you are awesome, all the stars support the moon. When you plant, the trees will fall and the money will scatter.

In the eyes of the Qin ministers, as the Battle of Changping gradually failed, Fan Sui's good days are coming to an end.

So when Fan Sui stood up like this, he looked at him with sympathy and gloating.

However, Fan Sui obviously did not care about the eyes of the ministers. The Qin Prime Minister just came to the hall without any haste, and then bowed to King Ji of Qin and said, "King, in the opinion of the minister, the king might as well set off for Changzhi immediately."

As soon as Fan Sui said this, the hall was in an uproar.

What are you doing? The king just slapped the table and put on a stance to fight with Zhao Dan. Your uncle Fan Sui immediately jumped out and asked the king to bow his head with Zhao Dan's little boy?

Even King Ji of Qin did not expect Fan Sui's statement, so that King Ji of Qin was stunned for a moment.

When King Ji of Qin came to his senses and was about to get angry, Fan Sui suddenly raised his head, looked straight into King Ji's eyes, and said seriously: "King, it's not the day before yesterday. The King stays for one more day, and the good man of the Qin Empire will shed blood for a day in Shangdang County. What's the benefit of this to the Qin Dynasty? Please think about it."

As soon as Fan Sui said this, the hall suddenly became silent.

King Ji of Qin stared at Fan Sui, as if he was about to eat Fan Sui.

Fan Sui looked calm.

As a prime minister, Fan Sui knew very well the character of King Ji of Qin.

Although this king can lose his official position or even lose his life if he disagrees with his words, as long as he speaks from the Qin standpoint, no matter how unpleasant it is, King Ji of Qin will eventually listen.

This is a necessary quality for a wise monarch. A wise monarch does not have to be kind, and a wise monarch can also be cruel, but a wise monarch must be able to listen to advice.

Listen to both sides and be clear.

Because of the failure of the far-reaching and near attack on the Changping battlefield, Fan Sui was actually very passive this time. Fan Sui needed to do something to win back the trust of King Ji of Qin.

For a wise monarch like Qin Wang Ji, doing things is undoubtedly more favorable than flattering him.

So after realizing that the outcome of the Battle of Changping was likely to be a failure, Fan Sui started to do things.

Fan Sui wanted to recover the losses for Qin as much as possible.

The smaller the Qin State's losses, the smaller the Qin King Ji's losses, and the smaller the Fan Sui's losses.

This is why Fan Sui insisted on peace talks about the previous court, and now urged King Ji of Qin to set off as soon as possible.

The Qin army, which was soon to be besieged, is the most precious resource of Qin.

Compared with the lives of those Qin soldiers, the face of Qin King Ji and Qin State is actually nothing.

Fan Sui believed that King Ji of Qin could realize this.

...

After a long time, King Ji of Qin moved slightly and he snorted heavily.
Chapter completed!