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Chapter 99 The Palace of Letters of the Great Dynasty (17)

Looking at the person in front of him, although Tian Wen still had a smile on his face, there was no smile in his eyes, but he did not give him a greeting. He just squinted his eyes and looked at him with a playful smile.

There are only a few ten people in the world who can be called kings. Now Zhongshan has been destroyed. Apart from the Zhou emperor in Luoyi, there are only the Lord of the Seven Heroes and King Song. Therefore, although Tian Wen had never seen Ji Zhi, he had long guessed his identity. He could be on par with his master's father and King Han of Wei. Who else is there except King Yan Ji Zhi. [bsp;   I have to say that this Ji Zhi looks good, with a majestic face like a crown and jade artifact. When he stood there, he immediately compared King Wei and King Han of Wei to a great extent. Only the heroic and heroic Zhao Yong could overwhelm him in terms of temperament. Although Tian Wen was arrogant and disdainful to make friends with him, he also looked at him a few more times.

Tian Wen looked at Ji Zhi and couldn't help but remember a past event in Yan State. When Ji Zhi had just ascended the throne of King Yan, he took over the Yan State, which was ruined due to the Zizhi Rebellion, so he decided to make Yan State stronger and made up his mind to make the "Recruitment List" to seek talents in governing the country. However, because Yan State is in the north and far away from the Central Plains, it has never been known to the scholars of the Central Plains, so the recruitment list is only one year after another, but the reaction is mediocre, and only a few scholars come to vote, which makes Ji Zhi very distressed.

Later, Guo Huai, an old minister of Yan State, offered a suggestion to Ji Zhi and told him a story. In ancient times, a king loved famous horses and heard that there was a precious thousand-mile horse in the distance for a price of 100 gold, so he asked his servant to bring a thousand gold to buy horses. Unexpectedly, when the servant arrived, the thousand-mile horse was already ill. The servant did not want to return empty-handed, so he bought the horse bones with half of the gold and brought them back to the capital. The king was furious when he saw it, but the servant said calmly, "I heard that the emperor was willing to use a lot of money to buy horse bones of thousand-mile horses, are you afraid that no one would bring the living thousand-mile horses to the door?"

As expected, as soon as the news spread, I heard that the king loved horses so much, and people came to offer horses from all directions. In less than a year, the king had already obtained several thousand miles of horses.

After hearing this story, Ji Zhi thought hard and immediately understood the meaning. He immediately took Guo Huai as his teacher, held the etiquette of his disciples and built an exquisite house for him to live in. He also sent someone to build a "golden platform" with gold in the palace, and sent people to play music on the platform every day to express his desire for talent. In this way, when the wise men in the world heard that Yan State sincerely sought talents, they came to compete with each other. Yan State was full of talents for a while and was able to govern.

When Tian Wen first heard about this, he still regarded it as a joke. In his opinion, Yan State's poor country and the people were weak, and he should think about how to survive in peace and stability is the right way, but he just learned from other countries to be self-reliant. It is really ridiculous.

But now ten years have passed, and Yan State has not only recovered its original vitality, but also has the courage and strength to provoke Qiang Qi. Although it failed in the end, its strength should not be underestimated. It seems that this King of Yan should not be just a mere appearance, but is indeed a promising master.

Thinking of this, Tian Wen bowed slightly to return the gift and replied indifferently, "I am so frightened by the King of Yan's high opinion of him."

Ji Zhi smiled and smiled, and walked up to hold Tian Wen's hand, and said with a smile, "Why should you be humble? Who in the world doesn't know that the king is noble and righteous, and is famous for his virtue. Everyone knows that the prosperity of Qi is all due to your contribution to Mengchang. It is really envious to others if the king of Qi is willing to give up love, I am willing to use twenty cities to exchange for the king's rise to Yan's prime minister."

As soon as this statement was spoken, Tian Wen couldn't help but burst into frown. The King of Yan's words seemed to be praising his virtues, but in fact he was deliberately belittling the King of Qi and raising himself. You should know that the Qi missions were not all his confidants, and the King of Qi also had many favored ministers. If this statement was heard by the King of Qi, it would inevitably cause his displeasure.

When Lu Lu snorted unhappily, "If you need a city, our country of Qi will send troops to take it. You don't need to give it to you so politely, King Yan. I'm afraid that King Yan will not be willing to leave these cities and come to ask for help from other countries."

Tian Wen said this very mean, and the sarcasm in his words was obvious. Everyone in Yan changed their color after hearing this. The prince Lezi couldn't help but jumped out and pointed at Tian Wen and shouted, "Fuck, do you think our Yan Country is afraid of your Qi?"

Tian Wen raised his head and said proudly to the sky, "If you are not afraid, can you dare to fight? Even if you die, your country will be destroyed, it will be better than this pitiful appearance of waving your tail and begging for surrender."

"You..." Ji Lezi was young and energetic, unable to stand Tian Wen's deliberate agitation. In a rage, he actually drew out his sword and pointed it at him. The people of Qi were naturally not willing to be outdone, and they drew their swords and stepped forward, stalemate with the warriors of Yan State, and the atmosphere was suddenly tense.

"presumptuous!"

This was a low roar, and Zhao Yong, who had been watching coldly, finally spoke to stop him. He raised his hand with a serious expression, and a large number of Zhao troops with halberds quickly stepped forward to separate the two countries' missions. The two rows of people turned around and raised their halberds, and shouted forward to force the Qi warriors and Yan warriors with swords to retreat several steps. The King of Wei and King of Han led the crowd to avoid them from afar, looking gloating.

Zhao Yong narrowed his eyes and said coldly, "Don't forget that since this is the palace of my Zhao State, we must abide by the laws of my Zhao State. You are all my distinguished guests, and I don't want to see any unpleasantness happening here. If someone dares to openly destroy the face of Zhao State under my nose, no matter who you are, you will never give up easily. Even if it causes a war, I will bear the consequences."

When the scene was in a stalemate, King Yan Ji Zhi was the first to react. He smiled "haha" and waved his hand to signal his subordinates to put away his sword. He immediately bowed to Zhao Yong and claimed the crime. "It's all my fault that I am not strict in control and embarrassing Brother Zhao, the landlord. I apologize first."

Since the Yan people had already put away their weapons, Tian Wen naturally had no reason to insist on it. He also signaled his subordinates to withdraw their swords and retreat. He didn't say much, but just looked at Zhao Yong calmly and said, "The Lord's Father, forgive the crime. Qi and Yan are already in the battle, and they have both lost each other. The people of the two countries will naturally be very angry when they encounter it, so they will make the Lord's Father laugh."

Zhao Yong looked at Tian Wen with a smile, "As Mengchangjun said, when Qi and Yan fight, both countries will suffer losses. It is better to be a good person to take this opportunity to mediate. Qi and Yan will stop their troops and return to the country, and settle the matter. What do you think?"

Although he was asking about Xiang Jizhi and Tian Wen, Zhao Yong kept looking at Tian Wen, and his intention was self-evident. As soon as he finished speaking, Jizhi nodded, "What the master said is so true. Yan State is willing to accept Zhao's mediation and stop the truce."

Tian Wen was slightly angry and snorted coldly, "Yan State took advantage of the attack on Qin by the coalition forces of Qi, Wei and Han, and treacherously attacked our country. Now he is defeated but wants to calm down. Since you are a mediator, you should do things impartially. Do you think there is such a reason in the world?"

Ji Zhi stood up and bowed deeply to Tian Wen, saying, "There is indeed a mistake in Yan State. I mistakenly listened to the villain's words and was so envious of profit that I made such a big mistake. To show my sincerity in apologizing to Yan State, I am willing to give in to the Cha, Yi, Gu, Liyang, Zishang, Leyi, Town, Shouqiu, and Ju'an Jiucheng to Qi State to express my apology."

Zhao Yong nodded, looked at Tian Wen again, and said in a deep voice, "Mengchangjun, the King of Yan has shown his sincerity to apologize. I wonder if Qi is willing to accept it?"

Tian Wen gritted his teeth, and his heart was already furious. Ji Zhi's so-called cede land and seeking peace had no sincerity at all. You should know that the nine cities he promised to give in had been captured by Qi. It is not a big deal to compensate others with what he had lost. What made Tian Wen even more angry was that Qi has now entered Yan territory and captured more than twenty cities of all sizes, but Ji Zhi said that he had ceded nine cities, which meant that Qi would return the more than ten cities he had occupied.

You should know that letting out the fat meat that has reached its mouth is far more uncomfortable than not eating it. And Zhao Yong asked Qi State to do this exactly.

After suppressing the anger in his heart, Tian Wen gritted his teeth and sneered, "Master, as the lord of Zhao, you must also take care of the attacks between Qi and Yan. It's too lenient to take care of the matter, right?"

Zhao Yong was not angry, but instead smiled "haha" and said, "Mengchangjun's words are wrong. In the past, Duke Huan of Qi was just the lord of Qi, but he had to take care of the affairs of the world. He even had to take care of King Mu of Zhou drowned in Chu hundreds of years ago. Do you think about it? Where can I care about it?"

When he said this, Zhao Yong snorted coldly, raised his head and said proudly, "Whatever I want to do, it's not your turn to Tian Wen to agree or not. If you don't accept me, I will mediate and go back to prepare for war. To borrow your words, what I, Zhao Yong, want to take, if you are not sure, I will take it myself."

As soon as Zhao Yong said this, Tian Wen calmed down and knew that Zhao Yong's threat was not false. If the Zhao army suddenly joined the battle and cut off the Qi army's retreat, the Qi army would have almost no chance of winning. Even if it could save the main force and retreat back to the border, it would inevitably be severely damaged, and it would be difficult to recover within a few years. The reason why Zhao Yong had not done this was that he did not want to force Qi to the throne of the mortal enemy. After all, although Qi and Zhao were bordering, they had no direct conflict of interest and had lived peacefully for decades. On the other hand, Zhao Yong knew that it was not difficult to defeat Qi, but to annex the huge Qi State was undoubtedly a fantasy. After all, Qi State had accumulated hegemony and King Xuan Second, and now its national strength was in full swing. It would be impossible for Zhao State to annex Qi State alone.

Although he had already felt relieved, Tian Wen still looked at King Wei and King Han with some reluctance and spoke, "I wonder what the two kings think?"

King Xi and King Cang of Han looked at each other, and King Wei spoke first, "I think that what Master said is some truth, and the swords and weapons are in trouble. It is better to stop the army and quit the war."

Han Wangcang also nodded, "So do I do."

Tian Wen sighed slightly in his heart, knowing that the era of Wei and Han Dynasty's rivalry between Qi State Vivien No. 1 will never return, and then looked at Tian Fazhang who stared at the side with his eyes and said, "Prince, what do you think?"

Tian Fazhang then came to his senses and waved his hand quickly, "Just as Mengchangjun, you just want to do it, I have no objection."
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