Chapter 22 The Su Dai envoy to Qi (5)
In the Golden Palace, many ministers of Qi widened their eyes and looked at Housheng with a confused look on their faces. Even the top queen's face moved slightly, looking a little surprised.
Everyone knows that Hou Sheng has had a relationship with the Qin envoy Yi Zhuang in recent years. Ninety percent of the pro-Qin sect ministers in the Qi State's political arena have had contact with Yi Zhuang through Hou Sheng. It can even be said that Hou Sheng is one of the leaders of the pro-Qin sect.
But even such a person who should be on the side of Qin actually jumped out on such an important occasion and announced loudly: "Help Zhao, help Zhao, and help Zhao, and help Zhao," he said, "I'm so proud of this idea!"
Are you surprised or not? Are you surprised or not?
As soon as Hou Sheng said this, the Qin envoy Yi Zhuang was hit hard, and his whole body fell from heaven to the area in an instant, his face turned completely pale, and he didn't understand why things turned out like this.
Brother Housheng, did you get the wrong line book? This is not how this script was written!
Only Su Dai, the envoy of Zhao State who was sitting aside, quietly showed an unknown secret smile on his face at this moment.
Before the ministers could come back to their senses from the bombshell thrown by Hou Sheng, King Jian of Qi, who was sitting in the Golden Palace, suddenly spoke.
"The Grand Secretary's words have won me a lot of heart. With my opinion, this is the best strategy to help Zhao fight against Qin! What do you think?"
If the wave of the latter victory just now kicked Yi Zhuang from heaven to hell, then the second wave that followed by King Jian of Qi can almost be said to have directly sentenced the result of this debate!
The Qin envoy Yi Zhuang was completely stunned. He sat there like an ice sculpture, and his whole body seemed to have lost all his strength in an instant.
The ministers of the pro-Zhao faction were overjoyed when they heard this and all agreed loudly: "Great views of the king!"
As for the ministers who were pro-Qin faction, they looked at each other and could not find North for a moment.
What are you doing? Why did Housheng and King Jian of Qi jump out at this time and give a back stab to the Qin faction?
These ministers looked at me and I looked at you, and finally focused their attention on the Grand Secretary Xing Tian Yan, hoping that this pro-Qin sect's intellectual figure could have any way to turn the tide.
At this moment, Tian Yan felt so angry.
At this time, even if Tian Yan was a fool, he could see that the relationship between Hou Sheng and the King (King of Qi) was definitely in advance, otherwise he could sing and reconcile like this?
If this happens, wouldn’t Tian Yan stand on the opposite side of King Jian of Qi? Tell me, can this minister stand on the opposite side of the king and still have good fruits to eat!
To put it bluntly, since Hou Sheng had made a plan with the king, but he did not inform Tian Yan in advance, wasn’t he just trying to plot against Tian Yan and make Tian Yan the minister who disobeyed the king and put Tian Yan on the fire?
Tian Yan's body was trembling with anger, and there was only one thought in his mind - Hou Sheng, you bastard who sells teammates!
But at this time, Tian Yan still had an attack. After all, King Jian of Qi has clearly supported Hou Sheng. Tian Yan jumped out to refute Hou Sheng. Isn’t that just slapping King Jian of Qi in the face?
Besides, the friendship between Tian Yan and the Qin people was not as good as being able to jump out for the Qin people.
Therefore, when King Jian of Qi spoke, Tian Yan knew that this matter was final.
No, there may be a glimmer of hope.
The only silver lining of hope lies in the only woman in the hall.
Queen.
Only this authoritarian Empress Dowager of Qi can have the power to overthrow King Jian of Qi under such circumstances.
But - Will the Empress Dowager take action?
Tian Yan secretly looked up and glanced at the queen, but found that the Queen Mother of Qi was just sitting there peacefully, looking at his son lovingly, but he didn't even have the slightest intention to speak.
Tian Yan sighed a long time, stepped out of the line and leaned over, and said with a respectful tone: "The king is very good, I am the minister Tian Yan - a comment!"
After Tian Yan, there were naturally a series of advisories.
No one is a fool. Now that the elder brothers have surrendered, can't the younger brothers keep up?
After Hou Sheng and Tian Yan, two pro-Qin factional banner figures, turned against each other, a unified resolution was quickly formed in the Qi court, that is, to help Zhao fight against Qin!
Then, under the leadership of Grand Secretary Housheng, Qi State quickly reached a consensus with Su Dai, the envoy of Zhao State.
Qi will allocate the grain to Zhao for half a year, but the grain is not free. Zhao will purchase the grain at a price of 20% higher than the market price. The first batch of grain will start to be shipped to Zhao in seven days. All the grain will be completely transported in about three to four months.
The following details were naturally finalized by the members of the Zhao delegation brought by Su Dai and the low-level officials of Qi. It was not the turn of these big guys to worry about it.
As for the Qin envoy Yizhuang who was sitting in a corner of the hall, no one cares about him now. This is how diplomacy between countries is. Today you are still regarded as a guest of honor, but tomorrow you may not even be as good as a dog.
After the grand court meeting ended, Su Dai and Housheng deliberately delayed for a while. After all the other ministers were finished, the two walked out of the Golden Palace side by side.
Hou Sheng looked very good, and he smiled at Su Dai very affectionately, "Su Qing, a group of Yue's national anthem girls have just arrived in my house. How about getting together tonight?"
Su Dai's face was also full of smiles, and bowed to Hou Shengyi and said, "Dai has the king's order. Since the overall situation has been decided at this moment, Dai will set off today to return to Handan to report his life to calm my king's heart. Therefore, he can only ask the Grand Secretary to forgive him."
After a pause, Su Dai suddenly took out a square box the size of a fist from his arms as if he was magical, and stuffed it into Hou Sheng's hand without any trace.
Hou Sheng was slightly stunned, then took the box as fast as possible, opened the box carefully and took a look. Then an extremely bright smile appeared on his face, put the box in his arms, and then bowed: "Since that's the case, I wish Su Qing a smooth journey."
The two of them boarded the carriage in the Golden Lunar Palace and bowed to say goodbye.
It was not until Hou Sheng's carriage disappeared from his sight that Su Dai, who was sitting in the carriage, turned around and showed a relaxed expression on his face for the first time.
The reason why the attitude of winning suddenly had such a big turn of 180 degrees is certainly impossible for no reason.
The fact was that before he was sent to Zhao State, Su Dai had already known the political arena of Qi State very well, and he knew the weakness of Hou Sheng's greed for money.
All of this is thanks to Su Dai's biological brother who was a guest minister in Qi, Su Li, the youngest among the three Sus!
It is precisely because of Su Li, an information channel within Qi that Su Dai dared to slap his chest in front of Zhao Dan, the king of Zhao State, and said such words, "The king does not need to cut the land of Maiqiu from Qi State, and I can also let Qi borrow grain from Zhao."
It can be foreseeable that if Su Dai had not saved this land of maiqiu for Zhao State, Zhao Dan would probably not have promised Su Dai to serve as a traveler in Zhao State.
This fully reflects a truth, that is, the more contribution you have, the more reward you have.
However, there is actually something worth mentioning here, that is, in Su Dai's original plan, he planned to use more money and treasures than the Qin people to knock Housheng out of being pro-Qin sect and becoming pro-Zhao sect.
But later, when Zhao Dan convinced Du Pingjun Tian Dan and asked Tian Dan to participate in the plan, Tian Dan put forward a different view.
After all, Su Li was just a guest official and never was a core figure of Qi. However, Tian Dan, the great hero who restored Qi, was not.
In the view of Tian Dan, who is more familiar with the senior management of Qi than Su Dai, although Hou Sheng is greedy, he is still a principled person. At least he is impeccable in using money to do things.
So if you simply use money to smash it, you may not be able to succeed. Even if you can use money to smash Housheng, you may not be able to convince King Jian of Qi behind Housheng.
So what should I do? Tian Dan put forward an opinion, that is, to bribe him with some treasure that Hou Sheng and even King Jian of Qi, two people who are greedy for pleasure, cannot refuse, so that they can succeed in one fell swoop.
Does State of Zhao have such a treasure?
have.
And there is only one item, one item that Tian Dan asked to give away.
This treasure was once famous all over the world when it was unearthed. It once made King Ji of Qin want to exchange fifteen cities for this treasure. It also made Lin Xiangru, who was just a disciple of Zhao's eunuch, become famous in one fell swoop, and thus created an idiom called "Returning the Jade to Zhao".
This treasure was later made into a national jade seal and passed down from generation to generation by emperors of all dynasties. Looking at the entire China for 5,000 years, it is definitely a priceless treasure at the top.
Of course, the name of this treasure is called Heshi Bi!
In Tian Dan's view, only treasures like Heshi Bi can completely and completely impress Housheng and King Jian of Qi behind Housheng, and transform Housheng and King Jian of Qi from pro-Qin sect to pro-Zhao sect.
As it turns out, what Tian Dan said was nothing wrong.
After Su Dai came to Linzi, he secretly asked Hou Sheng to meet him, handed over a large sum of money to Hou Sheng, and at the same time showed the Heshi Bi, promising to hand it over to Hou Sheng after the matter was completed, thus in exchange for Hou Sheng's promise to change his position.
Facts have proved that Heshi Bi, a world-famous treasure, is much more reliable than money, friendship, etc.
According to the information, Hou Sheng quietly entered the palace that night and secretly asked to meet King Jian of Qi, but thought he had gone there.
Tian Dan, who is good at winning unexpectedly, did have a miraculous effect. On today's Qi Dynasty discussion, the king and ministers of Qi, King Jian and Housheng, suddenly attacked, helping Su Dai to establish the victory in one fell swoop.
Su Dai also successfully plotted against Yi Zhuang, the envoy of Qin, and perfectly achieved the task assigned by Zhao Dan. He defeated Qin in diplomatic terms and regained a city for Zhao.
Su Dai, who was sitting in the carriage, was in a state of great excitement. Although his temples were already gray, he wanted to fly back to Handan to meet King Zhao immediately and receive this merit of his mission.
From today on, my name Su Dai will surely be heard by the people of the world!
The memories of Su Dai quietly emerged in his mind. When he thought of the young but trusting him so much, he almost entrusted the super treasure like Heshi Bi to him without hesitation, just to exchange for the last victory of Zhao's diplomacy, Su Dai couldn't help but sigh.
Chapter completed!