Chapter 253 Wei Wuji's Coup
Daliang City, the capital of Wei State.
In the past few days, the carriage of Xinling Jun Wei Wuji has slowly entered the siege again.
As for the gloom that had been in the past six months, this time Wei Wuji's smile on his face obviously increased a little.
This is actually a very normal thing, because after Gao Ji was executed, no one around the King of Wei could sway the flag and shout and blow the pillow wind for the pro-Qin faction.
Not only that, at the request of King Wei, Wei Wuji once again sent Ruji back to King Wei.
It seems that because Wei Wuji saved the life of King Wei in that Gaoji incident, King Wei's attitude towards Wei Wuji has changed a lot this time. He is no longer as afraid of Wei Wuji as before. The relationship between the two began to show signs of recovery.
As one goes up and the other goes down, Wei Wuji can be said to have turned over and sang serfs over the past period. Not only did he control the power of the entire Wei court, but he completely overwhelmed the pro-Qin faction headed by Duan Ganzi, and made the pro-Zhao faction the mainstream voice in the Wei court.
Even before entering the palace this time, Wei Wuji had been informed by an envoy sent by the King of Wei that this time the discussion was about the upcoming war between Zhao and Qin.
Wei Wuji hasn't enjoyed this kind of treatment for many years.
A moment later, Wei Wuji met King Wei.
The expression on King Wei's face was not very good, and he seemed to feel a little unhappy.
Wei Wuji bowed to the King of Wei: "I have seen the King."
King Wei said in a depressed voice: "Sit down."
Wei Wuji sat down and asked to King Wei, "King, but the State of Zhao is ready to send troops and wants to ask the King to send troops to help?"
"Please?" King Wei couldn't help it, sneered, and said, "Although the envoy of Zhao State is not as arrogant as the Qin people, he also did not take me seriously!"
Wei Wuji knew this at first hearing this. It was obvious that the envoy from Zhao made some more or less accusations in front of the King of Wei, which made King of Wei so unhappy.
Wei Wuji comforted him: "Your Majesty, don't be angry. When Wei becomes the overlord of the world in the future, it will be the day when the king avenged his previous shame."
After hearing Wei Wuji's comfort, the expression on his face became somewhat better, and then he spoke to Wei Wuji: "Today the envoy of Zhao told me that I would mobilize at least 80,000 troops within half a month and attack the land of Hedong with the army of Zhao."
After hearing this, Wei Wuji flashed a strange light and said to King Wei: "Why don't Zhao Wangdan want to attack the Hedong land of Qin?"
King Wei nodded angrily.
Not only King Wei, but Wei Wuji's face was not very good after hearing this news.
Because the land of Hedong County that Zhao State wants to seize from Qin State was taken away by the Qin people during the reign of Wei Wuji and King Wei Wang of Wei.
Whether it was Wei Wuji or King Wei, both of them clearly remembered the miserable atmosphere in the palace of Wei when Hedong County was lost.
In other words, both Wei Wuji and King Wei actually regarded Hedong County as the territory they had lost before, but sooner or later they would be taken back.
But now the Wei State formed by the two men wants to help Zhao capture this land as a younger brother...
The hall fell into silence for a moment.
After a full moment, Wei Wuji still broke the silence.
"King, since King Dan of Zhao wants to order the king to send troops to attack Qin, I believe King Dan of Zhao must have made some promises. I wonder where King Dan of Zhao promised the king?"
As soon as this sentence was said, King Wei's face seemed to improve a lot.
Just when Wei Wuji was secretly confused, King Wei had already spoken.
"The envoy of Zhao Wangdan's mission told me that if I could help him seize the land of Hedong, then when the matter was completed, Zhao Wangdan would return Anyi to Wei."
"Anyi?" After hearing this name, Wei Wuji finally could no longer remain calm and showed a look of surprise.
Anyi was the capital before Wei State and was also the founding place of Wei State.
Even after King Hui of Wei moved the capital, Anyi was still the capital of Hedong, Wei State and belonged to the core city of Hedong.
If such a city can return to Wei's control, although it is hard to say that it can strengthen the strength of Wei, the symbolic significance here is actually much greater than the territory obtained.
Just like when the State of Chu regained Yingdu, other countries felt that the State of Chu was about to become stronger again. If the State of Wei could take back Anyi, it would be very likely that the same effect would have been achieved.
King Wei looked at Wei Wuji, and his expression revealed a look of inquiry, saying, "Mr. Xinling, in your opinion, will King Zhao return Anyi to me?"
To be honest, the conditions offered by Zhao State for Wei State are actually acceptable in the eyes of the King of Wei.
What King Wei was worried about was that Zhao Dan was not trustworthy and was unwilling to return Anyi to Wei after conquering Hedong County.
This is not to say that King Wei judged the gentleman with his villain's heart, mainly because of the previous Warring States overlord Qin, who has always been famous for his words but not keeping his word.
Wei Wuji thought for a moment, then said, "King, from the perspective of the minister, since Zhao Wangdan attaches so much importance to the alliance of the Three Jins, it is impossible for him to go back on this matter."
Although he only met Zhao Dan once, with Wei Wuji's intelligence and talent, he could certainly feel that Zhao Dan actually attached great importance to the alliance of the Three Jins.
Since it is taken so seriously, there is no need for Zhao Dan to fall apart the alliance between Zhao and Wei.
Wei Wuji continued: "If what I expected is right, then Zhao Wangdan must have promised that King Ran of Han would return Pingyang City to Han. Therefore, if King Dan of Zhao rebelled, then Zhao would lose not only an ally of Wei, but also Wei and Han."
After hearing this, King Wei felt relieved and said to Wei Wuji: "Since that's the case, then Xinlingjun will lead the army to go to war this time."
What surprised King Wei was that Wei Wuji did not hesitate and neatly rejected King Wei's request.
"King, Shuchen cannot lead his troops here and go to war with Zhao's army."
King Wei looked very surprised: "Why is this?"
Wei Wuji smiled slightly, looked around, suddenly lowered his voice, and said to the King of Wei in front of him: "I have a plan. If the king is willing to adopt it, he will definitely be able to make the State of Wei stronger and dominate the princes!"
Chapter completed!