Chapter 558: Offering soil for survival
Accompanied by the long sound of horns outside the main hall, and facing the gazes of Wei courtiers lined up on both sides, Song Gongzi Han and Qihou Tian Yinqi both entered the main hall of Luoyi Royal City.
"Your Majesty, I wish to pay my respects to the King of Wei."
"Chen Tian is in favor of Qi and pays homage to the King of Wei."
Under the gaze of all the ministers in the palace, Song Gongzi Han and Qi Houtian Yinqi bowed to the king of Wei, Wei Feng, above them with the etiquette of ministers.
Taking this scene into his eyes, the smile on his face could no longer be suppressed. Wei Feng immediately said loudly: "Song Gong, Qi Hou, you two, please get back together quickly."
"Thank you, King Wei."
After the two stood up, Song Gongzihan, who had a slightly higher rank, took the lead to take a step forward and once again gave a slight salute to Wei Feng above.
Immediately afterwards, Song Gongzi Han turned around and took a pair of white jade stones from the attendants who followed him.
"These two white jade stones are the treasures of our Song Dynasty. I present them to the King of Wei to express our Song Dynasty's respect for the King of Wei and the great Wei Dynasty."
After saying this, Song Gongzihan slowly raised the pair of flawless white jade, his whole body was full of respect.
"I accepted Duke Song's kindness." Looking at Master Song Zihan below with satisfaction, Wei Feng then signaled with his eyes.
Seeing this, the eunuchs of the Wei State who were standing by the main hall immediately stepped forward and carefully took over the pair of white jade stones that looked like treasures at a glance.
After the eunuch retreated, Wei Feng slightly suppressed his smile and said, "I hope that the relationship between the Wei Dynasty and the Song Dynasty can be like this pair of white jade."
Immediately, after another friendly words, Song Gongzihan returned to his seat, and the focus of everyone's attention also shifted at this moment.
Facing the gazes that Qi Qi Qi directed at him, Qi Houtian Yin Qi's face was calm, but his heart was already in turmoil.
Although it had been predicted countless times before, when it came to this moment, this decision was still so difficult to make.
Forward? Or backward?
At this moment, Qi Houtian Yinqi felt a little hard to make a decision in his heart, and his body did not move for a long time.
Due to Qi Houtian's sudden stagnation, the originally harmonious atmosphere in the hall immediately changed, and even became a little embarrassing.
Just when the Wei eunuchs saw that the situation was not going well, they were about to step forward to remind Qihou Tian to Yinqi, but they were silently blocked by Wei Feng, the king of Wei from above.
Wei Feng did not choose to act too hastily, because he knew that everything was under his control, and the same was true for Qihou Tian Yinqi in front of him.
After a long time, Tian Yinqi finally slowly moved his body under the witness of all the eyes of the audience.
After giving a slight salute to Wei Feng above him, Tian Yinqi also took something from the attendant behind him.
It's just that unlike the white jade presented by Song Gongzi Han just now, what Tian Yinqi is holding in his hand at this moment is a map.
"This is the map of our Qi State to the west of Jimo. Today I present it to the King of Wei to show our Qi State's intentions."
"Okay, I am very happy that the Marquis of Qi is like this."
Sitting on the throne above, seeing Tian Yinqi finally making a decision, the smile on Wei Feng's face became even brighter.
With a wave of Wei Feng's right hand, the map in Tian Yinqi's hand was taken away by the courtesy officer, and in the blink of an eye he was in front of Wei Feng.
When the map slowly unfolded in his sight, Wei Feng seemed to see the land stretching from Jishui in the north, to the Great Wall in the south, to Qingshi in the west, and to Jimo in the east.
And this territory, which can be said to be the essence of Qi State, will all be included in the territory of Wei State from today on, and the process of Wei State's unification of the world has also taken a big step forward.
"I would like to congratulate the king and congratulate the Great Wei!"
"I would like to congratulate the king and congratulate the Great Wei!"
"I would like to congratulate the king and congratulate the Great Wei!"
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The cheers of the Wei courtiers in the palace turned into a sea, and there were smiling faces rippling on the sea. Each one of them was rejoicing for Wei's victory.
Just taking in this scene, as the loser among the victors, Qi Houtian Yinqi's face showed a lot of bitterness.
But he could only hide his bitterness and unwillingness deep in his heart, because only in this way could he preserve the country of Qi.
After a while, the cheers in the hall gradually dissipated, and the officials returned to their original state.
The smile on his face still did not fade. Wei Feng's eyes met again with Prime Minister Gongsun Qi, who was standing at the front, and the latter nodded slightly and walked out of the queue of ministers.
"The king has ordered that Tian Yin Qi of the Tian family has contributed land. In order to reward his merits, Tian Yin Qi will be granted the title of Duke. The land east of Jimo will be established as the Eastern Qi Kingdom, which will be the fiefdom of Dong Qi Gong Tian Yin Qi."
"I would like to express my gratitude to the king because of the Qi Dynasty in the east."
Tian Yinqi finally accepted the title of Duke of Dong Qi conferred by Wei State, but his feelings in his heart were quite complicated.
On the one hand, with this royal order, the state of Qi was finally preserved;
On the other hand, most of the original territory of the Qi State was difficult to recover, and his feudal state only had the area east of Jimo, and further east was the vast sea.
That is to say, when Tian Yinqi's heart was full of mixed feelings, what he didn't notice was that Song Gongzihan on the side was watching him with deep thought.
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The court meeting came to an end, and the ministers of the Wei State dispersed. At this time, the eunuch's order brought some unexpected news to Wei Wang Wei Feng.
"Reporting to your Majesty, Duke Song wants to see you."
"Please!"
A moment later, when Song Gongzihan, who was supposed to return to Guanyi, appeared in front of him, Wei Feng's face turned a bit puzzled.
"Song Gong left and came back again. I wonder what happened?"
Song Gongzihan did not answer Wei Feng's question, but looked around silently.
Wei Feng, who understood what he meant, immediately stepped back and said, "Stay back for now. No one is allowed within fifty steps."
"Here."
After everyone on the left and right had retreated, and only he and Song Gongzi Han were left in the hall, Wei Feng said, "If you have anything to do, Song Gonggong might as well just tell you."
"I dare to ask the King of Wei, does the Wei Dynasty have the intention to conquer the Song Dynasty?"
Song Gongzi Han's sudden words made Wei Feng somewhat unexpected, "Why did Song Gong say this?"
"The reason why I asked this question is because I saw that the national power of Wei Dynasty has far exceeded that of the Zhou Dynasty in the past, and the ambition of the king also far exceeds that of the former hegemon of the world."
"The Qin State in the west and the Zhao State in the north have all been subdued by the king. The Qi State in the east has just become a minister of the Wei Dynasty. Perhaps the Chu State will also submit to the Wei Dynasty in the near future."
"Since the former overlords of the world will obey the king's orders, how can we, the Song Dynasty, be able to survive alone?"
Song Gongzihan's words directly made Wei Feng's ambition clear and clear.
As for the king of the Song Dynasty in front of him who was very good at judging the situation, Wei Feng did not want to hide anything from him, because any concealment at this moment was meaningless.
"Even if I have the intention to take advantage of Song Dynasty, I wonder how Duke Song would respond?"
"The power of the Wei Dynasty far exceeds that of the Song Dynasty. If the two countries go to war, the Song Dynasty will definitely lose. I am willing to dedicate the territory north of Danshui to the Wei Dynasty. I also ask the king to protect the Song Dynasty's Sheji and my Zi family.
of blood."
After hearing the conditions put forward by Song Gongzi Han, Wei Feng carefully considered them in his mind and immediately made a decision in his mind.
If he agrees to the conditions proposed by Song Gong, then the strength gap between Song and Wei will be further widened, and Song, which has lost almost half of its territory, will no longer be able to pose a threat to Wei.
"Can!"
Chapter completed!