Xianyang Palace.

A carriage slowly drove from a distance. The carriage was neither very luxurious nor very conspicuous, but the Qin court guards who were guarding the city did not dare to neglect them. They opened the side door from a distance and let the carriage enter the palace.

In this carriage was a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing a tall crown and his face was serious. He sat there with a feeling of being angry and powerful. It was Lu Buwei, who had just become the prime minister of Qin.

However, the reason why Lu Buwei is so serious at this moment is not because he deliberately pretends to behave, but because he has indeed encountered a troublesome thing.

Speaking of which, since he became a prime minister, Lu Buwei has been having many worries.

After Lu Buwei took office, Gangcheng Jun Cai Ze obviously could not accept this result and was always in a dilemma with Lu Buwei.

As a prime minister, Lu Buwei naturally would not tolerate Cai Ze.

Speaking of which, although Cai Ze, the censor, is the same as Xiangbang, is just Xiangbang's deputy after all. Where is the reason for the official position to tolerate the deputy in the world?

So in the past few months, Lu Buwei and Cai Ze have been fighting openly and secretly in the Qin court, and have actually done several big and small events.

With his advantage of being the general leader of the country and being trusted by the crown prince, Lu Buwei naturally gained the upper hand in all aspects.

But Cai Ze was not showing any weakness. As the censor, Cai Ze had the power to supervise all officials, so he also dealt with Lu Buwei several times, causing several of his confidants to be dismissed.

In general, Lu Buwei does have an advantage, but it seems that the advantage is not very big at the moment.

After all, compared with Lu Buwei, an outsider who once "managed the business of merchants", although Cai Ze was also an outsider, he spent several years in the Qin State and had undoubtedly a wider connection.

The most important thing is that Lu Buwei knew very well that although the prince was about to succeed the throne, he still had no succession now.

This leads to some people still having some ulterior motives, and these people naturally stood opposite Lu Buwei, the deadly princeling, and became Cai Ze's secret supporters.

These are actually nothing to Lu Buwei. In Lu Buwei's view, it would be best if he could use this kind of attack on the political enemy to turn Qin into a mess.

Anyway, as long as the prince succeeds to the throne a few months later, all the monsters and demons will naturally disappear.

By that time, Lu Buwei had basically controlled the situation and could free up his hands to deal with Cai Ze's party.

It only takes a few more months to wait.

But in the past few months, Lu Buwei has not been able to get peace.

Just half an hour ago, an emergency secret letter from Handan was transmitted to Lu Buwei through the secret channel of Hu Yiwei.

There are only two short words "Alliance".

Lu Buwei was so smart that he immediately understood the meaning of alliance.

"Do you want to make Qin and Zhao alliance so that it is convenient to survive this crisis?" Lu Buwei thought to himself: "It seems that this king has thought of going with me."

Yes, this is indeed Lu Buwei's own idea.

In fact, this idea has been buried in Lu Buwei's heart for a long time.

In Lu Buwei's view, if Qin was destroyed as the prime minister of Qin, it would be difficult for him to explain it, at least in history books, it would be a big stain.

Lu Buwei is actually a person who values ​​reputation very much.

So Lu Buwei actually had another idea, that is, to see if one day the King of Qin could send him to Zhao State as an official.

There are many precedents for this kind of thing. For example, after the famous prime minister Zhang Yi fell out of favor from Qin, he was sent to Wei as a prime minister by the King of Qin.

In this way, Lu Buwei, who successfully returned to Zhao State, could be loyal to King Zhao openly.

Of course, compared with the current national strength between Qin and Zhao, it is impossible for Lu Buwei to become a prime minister from Qin to Zhao. However, it is still very promising to become one of the seven giants as an official at a lower level than the prime minister.

In short, although things are troublesome, there is not room for operation. If it really doesn't work, just follow Zhao Dan's original plan.

But Lu Buwei's plan actually has a prerequisite, that is, the relationship between Qin and Zhao cannot be too bad.

Alliance is undoubtedly the best choice.

But Lu Buwei was also very clear that it was not easy to make Qin and Zhao form an alliance. After all, the most direct person responsible for the decline of Qin's status as the world's number one hegemony was Zhao.

This is like the people of Chu have always hated Qin very much, and the hatred of Zhao in Qin is also the most high in the country.

Can you convince the prince? Lu Buwei has no idea at all.

The carriage slowly stopped outside the gate of the main hall of Xianyang Palace. Lu Buwei took a deep breath, calmed down his mood and then took a big step forward.

In the hall, Lu Buwei saw Cai Ze, the former ally, now mortal enemy, and several other nine ministers.

After seeing Lu Buwei, everyone stood up to greet Lu Buwei. Only Cai Ze was sitting there with an expressionless face, without moving.

Although it was not the first time, Lu Buwei was also annoyed when he saw Cai Ze's appearance. He couldn't help but snorted gently with his nostrils, and thought to himself: "Sooner or later, I will let this guy know that he is powerful!"

Just as Lu Buwei and many colleagues were polite, another voice came: "The prince is here!"

The young prince of Qin appeared in front of everyone, so he naturally gave him a greeting.

After the ceremony was completed, the king and his ministers would sit down.

The prince coughed and said, "Today, the ministers were summoned to fight against Zhao."

In this era, the most important thing is to fight for hegemony, and the direct means of fighting for hegemony is war. In the final analysis, all internal affairs and diplomacy are for war. Therefore, whenever it is related to a war, it is necessary to gather all the important officials for discussion.

Cai Ze seemed to have been prepared for what the prince said long ago. He immediately spoke, "Crown Prince, I heard that the army had already been assembled, and the food and food were all in place, but for some reason he had not crossed the Yellow River and launched an attack on Hedong County, Zhao State?"

When Cai Ze spoke, Lu Buwei was immediately angry.

Why? Because according to unwritten convention, the prince should have finished speaking during the meeting, Lu Buwei, the second-ranked figure in Qin State, and then Cai Ze, the third-ranked figure.

As a result, Cai Ze actually interfered in his affairs without authorization. It was obvious that he didn't take Lu Buwei seriously. How could he not make Lu Buwei angry?

So Lu Buwei immediately lowered his face and said to Cai Ze: "Guang Chengjun, be careful when speaking! It is my opinion that the matter of postponing the dispatch of troops is also my permission. What does your tone mean? Is it because I want to accuse the prince of not being able to do this?"

Cai Ze yelled, slanted Lu Buwei with his eyes, deliberately elongated the tone, and said, "I have no intention of accuse the prince. I am just afraid that some misleading people will deliberately delay the war for their own selfishness, which will lead to the end of missing the opportunity!"
Chapter completed!