『ps: Well, I searched for information for a long time in this chapter, and the other hand was spared...』

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"Doctor Li."

Just when the Song envoy Li Shi and Zhao Chen Fei Yi were chatting inside the house, Meng Zhong's voice came from outside the house.

Hearing this voice, Li Shi hesitated for a moment, but finally said, "Come in."

With Li Shi's permission, Meng Zhong pushed the door open and pretended not to know that Fei Yi, a minister in Zhao State, was still in the house. He bowed and said to Dr. Li: "Doctor Li, we have done what you ordered. I wonder what you have to do?"

Did Li Shiyou instruct Meng Zhong and others to do something?

Actually, it was not. Meng Zhong said this just to give Li Shi a sufficient face and give himself a reason to "break in" by the way.

Look, as an old minister of the Song State, Li Shi certainly understood this. After nodding, he pretended to be casually: "Well, that's good... Come on, you'll be by my side."

As he said that, he signaled Meng Zhong to enter the house.

Fei Yi looked at this scene in surprise. After looking at Meng Zhong’s “Hu Shi” on his body a few times, he smiled and said to Li Shi: “Empress, is this a junior of your family?”

Obviously, Fei Yi saw Li Shi's "special care" for Meng Zhong.

But thinking about it, with his identity with Li Shi, when they were talking alone in the house, some guards dared to disturb him with a trivial matter. What was incredible was that Li Shi not only did not get angry but instead recruited him into the house - this was obviously a special care.

Seeing that Fei Yi saw the clues, Li Shi did not hide it and said with a smile: "I made Zhao laugh... This son is not my clan, but the righteous brother of my doctor Hui'an, and this son is also a disciple of Zhuangzi. This time I came to Zhao State, and Doctor Hui specifically asked this son to follow him so that this son could gain more knowledge."

"oh?"

When he heard that Meng Zhong was actually a disciple of Zhuangzi, a sage of Song State saint Zhuangzi, and the righteous brother of Song State doctor Hui Ang, a few surprises flashed in Fei Yi's eyes. At this time, Meng Zhong also bowed and said, "Boy Meng Zhong, I have seen... Zhao Xiang."

After being stunned for a moment, Meng Zhong realized: The person in front of him was actually the prime minister of Zhao?

A moment ago, Meng Wu had speculated that Fei Yi's status in Zhao State might not be low, but in fact, he still underestimated it.

Feiyi's status in Zhao State was not only not low. He was the "three dynasty elder" of Zhao State. When Zhao Yong's father "Zhao Suhou Zhao Yu" was reigned, Feiyi was already a noble minister of Zhao State. Then he assisted Zhao Yong one after another, and Zhao Jun Zhao He, the current Zhao Jun, as the prime minister of Zhao State, Feiyi was a great minister.

However, what is incredible is that this Zhao Chen was not from the Central Plains, but from "Bai Di" who was called "barbarians" by the Central Plains.

Bai Di's entry into the Central Plains occurred more than 200 years ago during the Qin and Jin period. Instead, Qin adopted a brutal suppression of Bai Di, while Jin adopted a policy of softness. Therefore, the four branches of the Xianyu family, Fei family, Gu family and Qiu You family among the Bai Di clan moved to the Zhongshan area.

Later, the three Baidi tribes of the Fei family, Gu family and Qiu You family were successively destroyed by Jin State, but the Xianyu family established a country in Zhongshan, that is, the Zhongshan State established by the Xianyu family, was once destroyed by Wei State, but the descendants of the Xianyu family were restored again, which is the current Zhongshan State.

Feiyi is a descendant of the Fei clan of the Baidi clan.

Although it can still be seen from the appearance that Feiyi is different from the people in the Central Plains, judging from Feiyi's words and deeds, it is hard for outsiders to imagine that this is actually a "barbarian". Perhaps this is what is called "the barbarians enter China and the barbarians enter China, and the barbarians enter China" - Although Feiyi was born in Baidi, he has lived in Zhao for so many years and has long been no different from the people of Zhao.

Including Qiu He, who was sent to the State of Zhao to become prime minister, and "Lou Yan" who was sent to the State of Qin to become prime minister. The former was from the Xiongnu, and the latter was from Lou Fan, but was still a minister who was trusted by Zhao Yong, and had long been assimilated by the culture of Zhao.

"Boy, come here to sit down."

Seeing that Meng Zhong had a special identity, Fei Yi naturally would not treat Meng Zhong like an ordinary boy. He waved his hand and invited Meng Zhong to sit at the low table where he and Li Shi were sitting opposite him. He then pointed to Meng Zhong's Hu clothes on his body and asked curiously: "Is this kind of Hu clothes popular in the Song Dynasty?"

Meng Zhong replied truthfully: "No, this is what the boy bought while wandering around the city. It is indeed as Zhao said, making it easier to move."

"Hehe." Fei Yi nodded with a smile, and then said with emotion: "When the Lord's father implemented the "Hufu" reform, the nobles in China firmly opposed it, and it was all up to the Lord's father to convince those people... But even today, there are still many people in China who secretly resisted Hufu... stupid."

At the end, Fei Yi shook his head, very disdainful of the nobles who stubbornly adhered to the "laws of the previous kings".

You should know that in his opinion, Zhao Yong's reform of "Hu clothing, horse and shooting" was no less than the "Shang Yang reform" of Qin and the "Zou Ji reform" of Qi, both were institutional reforms that could make the country stronger.

After Zhao State implemented the reform of Hu clothing, cavalry and shooting, Zhao State had the "cavalry" before the Central Plains countries, and successively defeated foreign tribes such as the Huns, Loufan, and Linhu. Although Zhao Yong humbly said that "Zhao State is still not qualified to be king", in fact, the army of Zhao State is now very powerful, so powerful that even the surrounding nomadic peoples could not invade Zhao State as they did in the past.

All of this is the result of the "Hu Clothing, Riding and Shooting" reform.

After some chat, the topic gradually became serious again.

Li Shi said to Fei Yi: "Now our Song Kingdom has captured Teng Kingdom and deployed the three armies in Xueyi, Qi Kingdom. Once your country is ready, the two countries can join forces to attack Qi Kingdom... But I wonder if Zhao's father can do his best to attack Zhongshan this time?"

Fei Yi looked at Li Shi after hearing this, and said with a smile: "Is the envoy suing Zhao State's determination to attack Zhongshan?"

Li Shi pondered for a moment, and finally shook his head. He said to Fei Yi: "As far as you know, your country has attacked Zhongshan four times before, this is the fifth time. When the fourth attack on Zhongshan, your country could have conquered Zhongshan, but for some reason, it still supports "Shang" as the king of Zhongshan..."

Fei Yi certainly understood what Li Shi wanted to say, nodded and said, "At that time, it was just because Qi State intervened..."

"What about this time?" Li Shi looked at Fei Yi and asked seriously: "I wonder if your country has made up its mind to fight Qi this time?"

Hearing this, Fei Yi stroked his beard and pondered.

As Li Shi said, the State of Zhao attacked Zhongshan Kingdom four times during Zhao Yong's reign, this time it was the fifth time.

I remember that after the "Battle of Maling", the famous general of Wei State "Pang Juan" died, and the short-term "revival prime minister" of Wei State turned into a bubble again. After that, Wei State Huishi promoted the "Xuzhou Prime Minister" and led to the alliance between Wei State and Qi State.

At this time, Qi State also formed an alliance with Chu State, and the "Qi, Wei and Chu State Alliance" was initially established.

This alliance aroused the vigilance of Qin. Qin immediately sent Zhang Yi to Wei, lobbying the King of Wei while attacking Wei, using both soft and hard work.

After Zhang Yi arrived in Wei, he forced Wei to surrender to Qin on the one hand, and contacted the ministers of Qi and Chu on the other hand, trying to destroy the strategy of "union against Qin on the other hand."

In the face of the attack on Qin, Wei Hui, King Wei Hui, was quite backbone and resisted the oppression from Qin, secretly Huishi and supported Gongsun Yan.

At this time, Gongsun Yan saw that Qi and Chu were unreliable, so he tried to promote the "Princes of the Five Kingdoms" of Wei, Han, Zhao, Yan and Zhongshan, hoping that these five countries would join forces to resist Qin, and at the same time to prevent Qi and Chu.

However, the "Prince of the Five Kingdoms" was not only opposed by Qin, but also firmly opposed by Qi and Chu.

In the end, the Prime Minister of the Five Kingdoms failed and did not achieve the expected results.

Under such circumstances, Wei Hui, King Wei Hui, could not bear the oppression of Qin and dismissed Prime Minister Hui Shi, and Zhang Yi was appointed Prime Minister.

Zhang Yi became the prime minister of Wei, which was equivalent to Wei's surrender to Qin, so that the form suddenly turned to Qin.

Therefore, Qin took advantage of Wei and Han to attack Qi, and the two major powers of the East and West finally began a war - that is, the famous general of Qi, "Kuang Zhang", a student of Mencius, began to become famous.

Because the famous general of Qi State Kuang Zhang defeated the Qin army, the Central Plains countries once again realized that Qin was not invincible, so Zhang Yi was expelled and Gongsun Yan served as the prime minister of Wei. He once again held high the banner of "Gian Zong to resist Qin" and tried to unite Qi, Wei, Han, Zhao, Yan and other countries to attack Qin.

But in the end, in this joint attack on Qin, only the Three Jins sent troops, namely the Wei, Zhao and Han countries, and the coalition forces were defeated by Qin.

At that time, Wei and Han immediately sought peace from Qin, but Zhao did not seek peace and resisted resolutely, and thus was attacked by Qin.

However, at this moment, Qi State also betrayed the alliance and put a demerit on Zhao State, taking the opportunity to attack Zhao State.

It was this war that strengthened Zhao Yong's determination to "strike Qi", so he privately reconciled with Qin and reached a strategic alliance between the two countries.

Since we decided to attack Qi, we must first solve the hidden dangers of Zhao, namely Zhongshan.

Zhongshan was largely controlled by Qi, so Qi firmly opposed the "prime king of the five countries" at the beginning, because once the five countries formed a group, Zhongshan would break away from his control of Qi. Therefore, Qi firmly opposed Zhongshan's claim to be king at that time, and even tried to unite Yan. Zhao attacked Zhongshan and forced the Zhongshan king to give up the "king title".

Several years later, Yan was in chaos, and Qi took the opportunity to send Kuang Zhang to attack Yan State, and captured the entire territory of Yan State within just 50 days. During this period, Zhongshan State also betrayed the "Prince of the Five Kingdoms" and took advantage of the situation to rob and attack Yan State.

At that time, Zhao Yong realized that the right time to attack Zhongshan Kingdom had come.

After that, Zhao Yong carried out a series of operations, firstly enthroned the Han girl as the last, persuaded Han to release the post of Prince Yan, and Zhao Bing escorted the latter to Yan State to inherit the throne and promoted the "Zhao Yan Alliance". Later, when King Wu of Qin passed away, Yan State let the prostitute Qin Prince Ji, forcing Qin State to enthrone Prince Ji, and further consolidate the "Qin and Zhao Zhao Alliance". At this time, Zhao State's power had become very powerful, and even Qi State was still afraid of Zhao State.

Afterwards, Zhao Yong sent the envoy Lou Yan to Qin, Qiu He to Han, Wang Ben to Chu, Fu Ding to Wei, Zhao Jue to Qi, and the first war against Zhongshan was launched in the same year.

The following year, Zhao Yong ordered the further expansion of the offensive against Zhongshan Kingdom and sent 200,000 troops, causing Zhongshan Kingdom to lose one-third of its territory.

Since Zhao Yong thought that Zhao State could not annex Zhongshan in one breath, the war came to an end for the time being.

Two years later, Zhao State attacked Zhongshan for the third time. Because Qi State secretly helped Zhongshan State, the two sides reached a draw.

Two years later, Zhao State attacked Zhongshan for the fourth time, and invaded Zhongshan's capital "Lingshou", forcing the monarch of Zhongshan State to flee to Qi State.

The following year, the entire territory of Zhongshan was occupied by Zhao, but due to Qi's interference, part of the land was finally given up and supported "Shang" as the king of Zhongshan.

It is no exaggeration to say that if it were not for the interference of Qi, Zhao would have completely destroyed the country when it attacked Zhongshan for the fourth time.

Now, the fifth attack on Zhongshan Kingdom by Zhao State is actually not "whether Zhao State can defeat Zhongshan", but "whether Zhao State is ready to go to war with Qi State."

Yes, Zhao's attack on Zhongshan was just the prelude to "Zhao Yan and Song Countries to attack Qi State".

"State of Zhao, are you ready to go to war with Qi?"

Looking at Fei Yi, Li Shi asked in a deep voice again.
Chapter completed!