"In the royal city of Luoyi, the Marquis of Qi proclaimed himself a minister, and the Duke of Song offered his land. The King of Wei is really brave."

In the palace in Xinzheng, South Korea, King Han Wu of Han held the silk book in his hand tightly, and the expression in his eyes became more solemn.

Through this court meeting in the royal city of Luoyi, it was announced that the two great princes of Qi and Song were completely subdued by Wei.

At this point, after basically stabilizing the west and north, Wei State greatly expanded its sphere of influence in the Central Plains.

This was naturally something Wei, the overlord of the world, was happy to see, but Wei's expansion had aroused the vigilance of some other princes.

Among these princes, Korea, ruled by King Han Wu, is undoubtedly a very special one.

In terms of relations, Korea and Wei both came from the Jin State, and the two sides are nominal allies;

Although there were some disagreements between the two sides in the past, South Korea has also gained a lot of benefits by following Wei in recent years.

For example, in the Wandi obtained from the Chu State, even if the Wei State used South Korea as a barrier to prevent the Chu State from moving north;

However, the sufficient population, fertile land and the huge benefits it can bring have made South Korea regard Wandi as a piece of plump meat.

After comparing themselves with other princes in the world, everyone in South Korea was full of favorable impressions of Wei as their ally.

Don’t you see, the Qin State that once dominated Xirong now only has the land of Longxi?

Don’t you see it, Zhao State, which was once known as the Three Jins together with Wei and Han, has now become the northern barrier of Wei State;

Don’t you see, Chu State, which once competed with Jin State for supremacy in the world, now has most of its territory divided among other countries;

I don’t know, but the Qi State, which has the most wealth in the world, has lost all its troops and has to go to Luoyi to see the King of Wei in person.

Compared with the above-mentioned princes who were once tied with South Korea, and even had many national powers that exceeded South Korea, South Korea's current situation is undoubtedly extremely good.

In fact, this world is always so speechless.

Sometimes, the competition is not about who is better, but who is not so bad.

Faced with the defeat of other princes and loss of territory, the Korean people felt very happy that no war broke out in the country in these years, and they also expanded their territories abroad.

Of course, not all Koreans think so. There are also people who see hidden dangers in South Korea's future. King Han Wu is one of these people.

As the king of Han, Han Wu clearly realized one thing, that is, Wei's ambition was definitely not just hegemony.

The achievements that Wei Wang Wei Feng in Anyi City wanted to establish were what the former King Wu and the former Duke of Zhou had done.

That is to create a dynasty and establish a system.

It is obvious that the existence of South Korea is obviously in conflict with the achievements that Wei King Wei Feng wants to establish.

At first, after knowing this, Han Wu wanted to work hard to change this.

The disastrous defeat that the late emperor suffered at the hands of Wei made Han Wu give up direct military conflict with Wei.

While working hard to govern the country and consolidating its own foundation, it also actively followed Wei and expanded South Korea's territory. South Korea indeed continued to grow stronger in the hands of King Han Wu.

But what made Han Wu feel desperate was that South Korea was indeed stronger, but the growth rate of Wei's national power was far faster than that of South Korea.

Nowadays, the Wei State, which controls Longshan in the west, the seaside in the east, the desert in the north, and the Huaihe River in the south, has a national and military power that cannot be compared with South Korea.

Not to mention that Wei was also followed by vassals such as Qin, Zhao, Qi, Song, and Wei.

Faced with such a situation, King Han Wu felt quite helpless in his heart, but he was powerless to change everything.

In addition to the widening gap between Wei and Han, the increasingly weak body due to serious illness was not enough to support King Han Wu of Han to do this.

Feeling the faint fatigue in his body, Han Wu slowly put down the silk book in his hand and slowly closed his eyes.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

It wasn't until the palace attendant's voice sounded in his ears that Han Wu opened his eyes with some difficulty.

"Your Majesty, it's time to take the medicine."

"good!"

After slowly drinking the bowl of medicine in front of him, Han Wu felt that there seemed to be a little more energy in his body, and then Han Wu asked: "Where is the prince?"

"This, this, this..."

Seeing the waiter like this, a burst of sadness crept onto Han Wu's brow, "Is the prince playing chess again?"

"yes."

If half of Han Wu's worries about the future of South Korea come from the more powerful Wei State, then the other half comes from himself, the prince.

As a prince of a country, he should obviously assist the state at home and show his prestige to the outside world. If this is not possible, he should study humbly and be courteous to the virtuous and corporal;

But today's South Korean Crown Prince Han Kang is quite dissatisfied with government affairs. He only loves one thing in his life, and that is...

Play chess.

If the prince just likes to play chess, then Han King Han Wu will naturally not object. After all, why is Fang today just a chess game?

However, Prince Han Kang's love for Go has reached a point where he forgets to sleep and eat, and even often misses the court meetings held by Han Wu himself because of playing chess. How can this satisfy the King of Han Han Wu?

Today's South Korea really needs a skilled "chess player", but you can't just be a chess player.

If the prince Han Kang was not the eldest son and had no other abnormality, King Han Wu would even want to depose him.

Now that he heard the prince's words from the waiter, King Han Wu felt so angry that he walked out of the hall in three or two steps.

"Crack!"

"Sir, I accept it."

"The prince's chess skills are superb, but I am really inferior to him."

Just as Prince Han Kang was feeling elated about his victory in a game of chess, the King of Han, Han Wu, who suddenly stood opposite him, suddenly made his face drop.

"My son, please pay homage to your father."

"My lord, please pay homage to your Majesty."

"Sir, there is no need to be polite. There is nothing going on here. Please leave quickly."

"Here."

After the chess masters retreated, Han King Han Wu looked at Prince Han Kang with an expression that also became ugly.

Glancing at the chessboard between the two, and then at Han Kang opposite, Han Wu said coldly: "You lose your mind by playing with things, how can I trust you to hand over Korea to you like this?"

"I have always disliked government affairs, so why did my father let me be the king?" Han Kang seemed to be aroused by Han Wu's words, and Han Kang said directly: "Besides, I thought that maybe this could save Korea."

"What did you say?" Hearing his son's answer, Han King Han Wu said with shocked eyes.

"Isn't it?" Han Kang sat back on the chessboard in front of King Han Wu, "Take this chess game as an example. In today's world, Wei has already fully demonstrated its advantages, and the actions of other princes are just in vain."

"Since we know we are defeated, why should we, South Korea, go against the trend and end up losing our country?"

"It's better to understand the general trend and surrender as soon as possible. Following the example of King Wei's treatment of Qin, Zhao, Qi, and Song, our country, South Korea, can still protect the wealth of its descendants and the country."

Listening to the prince, who had previously been considered incompetent, reveal his thoughts bit by bit, the anger in King Han Wu's heart gradually extinguished and was replaced by some thoughts.

Since it is clear that it cannot be done, and since South Korea is no longer able to compete with Wei for supremacy, why not do as the prince said?

Finally, King Han Wu looked at the prince again, but this time his eyes were full of deep thought.
Chapter completed!