"Yan State?" The ministers of Zhao State present were stunned when they heard Zhao Dan's words, obviously not understanding what happened in Yan State.

Seeing this, Zhao Dan signaled to Miao Xian next to him with his eyes.

Miao Xian coughed and said, "The day before yesterday, the king of Yan Guochang secretly sent an envoy to him, saying that the king of Yan is seriously ill now, and he is afraid that there will be no more time."

As soon as Miao Xian said this, several Zhao officials present showed surprised expressions on their faces.

The King of Yan fell ill, and it was no secret that he was in Yan, but the ministers of Zhao who were present had no hearing in Yan. In addition, the attention was all focused on Qin in the west and Chu in the south, so he did not know what happened in Yan.

After several breaths, Zhao Sheng spoke: "This King of Yan is seriously ill. Could it be related to the death of Yan Gongsun Cao?"

After all, illness and death are different. The ministers of Zhao State present knew about Gongsun Cao's death. After all, no matter what, Gongsun Cao was also the prime minister who had been in charge of Yan State for more than ten years.

Miao Xian nodded and said, "According to what Lejian said, the King of Yan was overly sad and vomiting blood during Gongsun Cao's funeral."

After hearing these words, the ministers of Zhao looked at each other and saw a look of joy on the faces of others.

Zhao Bao couldn't help but say, "King, this matter is a good thing for Zhao State."

The other ministers also agreed with Zhao Bao's views.

Now Zhao is about to go to war with Qin. He was worried that Yan will pull Zhao's back from behind like the Battle of Changping. As a result, the King of Yan fell ill at this time, which solved Zhao Dan's major worries.

Generally speaking, when the monarch is seriously ill, the possibility of Yan sending troops to mess around should be relatively low.

Zhao Dan also nodded slightly to Zhao Bao's judgment and expressed his agreement.

According to Zhao Dan's memory, the King of Yan seemed to die at about this time.

It seems that although the trajectory of history has been changed to a certain extent, the life span of the King of Yan has not changed at all.

Zhao Dan said seriously: "Since King Yan is dead, I think it's time to discuss the next generation of King Yan."

In fact, if it weren't for the sudden assassin today, Zhao Dan originally planned to summon the ministers to discuss the matter tomorrow, but since there are all people today, we will discuss it directly today.

It sounds a bit strange. What does this King of Yan have to do with Zhao State?

Could it be that as the monarch of Zhao State, Zhao Dan can still control the destruction and establishment of the king of Yan State?

Of course.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were countless things to support the kings of other countries.

Ji Chong'er, the Duke Wen of Jin who founded the era of overlord of Jin, led the Qin army to counterattack the mainland of Jin with the support of Duke Mu of Qin, killed Duke Huai of Jin before becoming the king of Jin.

Duke Huan of Qi, Lu Xiaobai, received the force of the Ju State when he ascended the throne, while his competitor, Lu Jiu, another prince of Qi who Guan Zhong was loyal to at that time, received the force of the Lu State.

In the Warring States Period, such examples were common. For example, the emphasis on Le Yi and created a generation of wise kings in Yan State. After the Zizhi Rebellion, Zhao Dan's grandfather, King Zhao Wuling, sent troops back to Yan State to inherit the throne.

What are the benefits of doing this?

This is actually very beneficial.

For example, after Duke Mu of Qin supported Duke Wen of Jin to become the king of Jin, the relationship between Qin and Jin entered a honeymoon period. Qin thus gained the opportunity to advance eastward without worrying about the obstacles of Jin, laying the foundation for Duke Mu of Qin to dominate the Central Plains.

The idiom "Qin and Jin are the good things" describes the relationship between Qin and Jin during this period.

For example, after King Wuling of Zhao supported King Zhao of Yan to take office, the State of Zhao and Yan maintained an alliance for 40 years. During this period, they even joined forces to form a vigorous five-state attack on Qi, and defeated the common strong neighbor of the two countries and the overlord Qi, who once dominated the world.

It was precisely because Zhao State stepped on Qi's shoulders and drank the flesh and blood of Qi's country and became the second strong country in the Warring States Period, and had the qualification and confidence to challenge Qin State in the Battle of Changping.

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So after Zhao Dan asked this question, Zhao Sheng quickly continued to speak.

"If the King of Yan is in charge, then which prince wants to be appointed as the new King of Yan?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Dan showed a smile on his face.

For Zhao and Zhao Dan, whoever is appointed as the King of Yan is not about whether the Yan prince's ability is enough to govern Yan and make Yan stronger, but whether this Yan prince is in the interests of Zhao.

Zhao Dan has already prepared such a candidate.

Zhao Dan coughed and said, "I want to make Gongzi Ke the king."

"Prince Ke?" All the ministers of Zhao showed a blank expression on their faces when they heard this, and they were obviously quite unfamiliar with this young master of Yan.

A few seconds later, Yu Xin suddenly slapped his thigh and said, "King, I have heard that Yan had adopted a son a while ago, and he was only two years old. Could it be that this son is this young master Ke?"

As soon as Yu Xin said this, the ministers present at Zhao suddenly realized.

Zhao Dan looked at Yu Xin and smiled and nodded: "No, it's this guy!"

This plan was not intended by Zhao Dan temporarily.

In fact, even the plan of Queen Yan adopting Prince Ke as his son was written by Zhao Dan in the secret letter that Pang Qian brought to Queen Yan when he was last envoy to Yan State.

At that time, Zhao Dan knew very clearly that the life span of this King of Yan, who was posthumously named "King Wucheng of Yan", was almost gone.

As long as the King of Yan dies and Prince Ke succeeds to the throne, the two-year-old Prince Ke obviously cannot handle government affairs. Then Zhao Dan's compatriots and sisters, Prince Ke's nominal mother, will naturally be in charge of the regent of the court.

Considering the situation of the orphan and widowed mother of Gongzi Ke and Queen Yan, the mother and son must firmly rely on Zhao Guo, the mother and son for at least a few years or even longer.

In this case, Zhao Dan could be assured and bold as he let the main force of Zhao move westward and southward without worrying that Yan would jump out from time to time and stab Zhao in the back as in history.

At the end of the Warring States Period in history, Yan State was like taking the wrong medicine and stabbed Zhao State crazily. He died in battle and refused to repent, which led to the famous general of Zhao State Li Mu who was always restrained in the north and was unable to take into account the war in the Central Plains.

Otherwise, once Li Mu is liberated and goes south, judging by Li Mu's record of winning against the Qin army, he might have hope of changing his fate against the will of heaven, and at least it would be no problem to give Zhao a few years of life.

From this perspective, although the two generations of Yan kings in history were all foolish monarchs, what Zhao Dan hoped was a Yan king who could be kind to Zhao State and let Zhao State have no worries before at least defeating Qin State.

The orphan and widowed mother of Prince Ke and Queen Yan are the best candidates favored and selected by Zhao Dan.

Speaking of which, I learned this trick from Lu Buwei. If Mrs. Huayang can adopt Zhao Yiren as her son, of course Queen Yan can do it.

Take history as a mirror.

Moreover, Zhao Dan is not really a matter of taking advantage of the danger of Queen Yan, his relative. Historically, after King Wucheng of Yan died, the Queen Yan was placed under house arrest in the deep palace and eventually died of depression at the age of less than 30.

So after thinking about it carefully, Zhao Dan actually saved his own sister Yan Hou's life.

The other ministers of Zhao State looked at Zhao Dan's appearance, but they didn't know that Zhao Dan had already decided? So they nodded and agreed: "The king's opinion is very good! Let's just take that young master Ke as the king."

After a series of events, Zhao Dan's prestige is almost catching up with King Ji of Qin, and it is indeed difficult for anyone to object.

Seeing that the ministers agreed, Zhao Dan made a decision without saying anything at the moment: "Since that's the case, then Miao Qing immediately sent someone to reply to the King of Chang and tell me the order that he would wait until the King of Yan Yan to protect the lives of Queen Yan and Prince Ke as soon as possible. If there is any mistake, he would send two mothers and sons to Zhao State. I would send troops to seek justice for Prince Ke!"

"Also, the five northern counties are ordered to gather 10,000 troops first, Zhongshan County mobilizes another 10,000 troops, and station 20,000 troops in Gucheng. Once things change, we will immediately march into Yan State!"

"By the way, Zheng Zhu and Su Dai should not be idle either. Let them all go where I want them to go!"

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After saying it for several minutes, Zhao Dan finally finished his orders and looked at the ministers in front of him with a refreshed look: "Do you understand? If you understand, go and do things!"
Chapter completed!