Font
Large
Medium
Small
Night
Prev Index    Favorite Next

Chapter 740 A great opportunity

The third day after New Year's Day, that is, the third day of November 255 BC.

On this day, several ministers of Zhao State were urgently summoned to the main hall of Longtai by Zhao Dan and were told about a very explosive news.

"Dun Ganzi, the prime minister of Wei, poisoned the King of Wei in public at the New Year's Day dinner, and controlled the 20,000 Wei imperial guards in Taoyi City, imprisoned almost all the middle and senior ministers of Wei, and supported the ten-year-old prince Zeng as the new King of Wei!"

As soon as this news was thrown out, the ministers present in Zhao were indeed shocked.

Zhao Dan glanced at Zhao Sheng, then spoke to all the ministers in front of him, "Okay, this is all I can know now. You can tell me how to deal with this matter next."

Because this incident was too sudden, the ministers of Zhao State present did not speak immediately, but fell into thinking.

Since such a major event was learned by Zhao State, it would be a matter of sooner or later for other countries to learn about it.

Everyone present has experienced strong storms and waves, and has witnessed the scene of the old king going to the new king. They all know one thing very clearly, that is, this is often the time when the undercurrents of the countries in the entire continent are surging, so you must be cautious in your actions at this time.

Zhao Sheng coughed lightly and spoke first: "King, I think this is an excellent opportunity. Duan Ganzi's ambitions actually infringe on the upper hand. If the king sends troops to quell the Duan Ganzi's rebellion, he will definitely be praised by the princes and make the king's reputation a higher level!"

After all, Zhao Sheng is a person involved in the plan. In the view of Pingyuan Jun, Zhao Dan should hope to kill the King of Wei and establish the new king of Wei to achieve the goal of preventing Wei from being hostile to Zhao, so that Zhao can expand abroad with confidence.

In addition, it is also a good thing for Zhao State to get rid of Duan Ganzi, annoying guy.

But, there are always people who think differently from Zhao Sheng.

As soon as Zhao Sheng finished speaking, Lian Po snorted and said, "Mr. Pingyuan, what is the use of reputation in this day? Our Zhao State was the leader before, and we did not see the other countries, so we worked together with Zhao State. King, why not let the old ministers lead troops to take this opportunity to attack Wei State and take down Tao Yi for the king!"

Since the defeat of the Battle of Gaotang, General Lian Po has lived a very depressed life these days. He is extremely eager to wash away his shame through the victory of a war and let the world see the great reputation of General Lian Po again.

In general, the plan proposed by Zhao Sheng is to use a righteous army to gain reputation, while the plan proposed by Lian Po is to take advantage of the situation.

Pang Xian, who was standing aside with Zhao Sheng, frowned and said, "Wu Xinjun's words are wrong. You must know that the king has just completed the alliance with the King of Wei and signed a peace agreement. If he sends troops to attack Wei at this moment, wouldn't he betrayed the matter of betraying the alliance and being ridiculed by the people of the world? This matter must not be done."

Yu Xin also stood up to support his ally Lian Po and said slowly: "Pang Qing pays too much attention to such illusory things as reputation. If you don't say it far away, you will say how famous Qin was among the Chinese countries during the era of King Zhaoxiang of Qin? It is simply notorious and alienated by the countries in the world. But with the strength of Qin, even if all the countries in the world hate Qin, there is no way to do anything. You can only let Qin become bigger."

"Now under the wise rule of the king, Zhao State is far better than Qin State in the past. If Qin State performs domineering things, can't Zhao State be able to conquer other countries? Besides, it is common for new and old monarchs to be invaded by other countries when they are handed over. How can people in the world use this to condemn Zhao State and the King?"

Yu Xin's meaning is also very simple. Don't think about anything that is not prestigious and just send troops to do it.

Our Zhao Kingdom is the best in the world. What we want is one who loves whatever we want, and what is outstanding is one who does whatever we want!

Take advantage of the situation and robbery for hundreds of years, no one has done a lot of work, so you other countries are the eldest brothers and don’t laugh at the second brother!

The ministers of the two sides quarreled and the topic fell into a deadlock for a while.

Zhao Dan knocked on the table, signaled everyone to be quiet, and then called out directly: "Zheng Qing, what do you think?"

There was a hint of expectation in Zhao Dan's eyes when he looked at Zheng Zhu.

Zheng Zhu hesitated for a while and said, "King, I think that whether it is to attack Duan Ganzi or to send troops in the name of attacking Wei, the rest of the princes will definitely not sit idly by. It may even trigger a new round of alliances against Zhao, which will cause the king to suffer from it. It is better to sit and watch the chaos in Wei."

After Zheng Zhu finished speaking, Zhao Dan felt a little disappointed and slowly shook his head.

Whether it is Zhao Sheng, Lian Po or Zheng Zhu, there are three plans proposed by the important officials of Zhao State, which can satisfy Zhao Dan.

In other words, no plan meets Zhao Dan's ideas.

If Zhao Dan only planned this, why did he spend so much effort to plan such an assassination of King Wei?

Speaking of which, although all the ministers of Zhao State are outstanding people, no one in this matter has the same idea as Zhao Dan, which makes Zhao Dan a little helpless.

But at this moment, Zhao Dan's eyes suddenly noticed a minister who had not spoken.

This minister is no other person, but Lieutenant Lie Si of Zhao, who has only the right to listen but has not participated in the discussion.

At this moment, Li Si seemed to be thinking something, and he looked a little dazed, and there was even a strange smile on the corner of his mouth.

Very standard, conspiring smile.

Zhao Dan coughed and said slowly: "Li Si, please tell me what you think."

Li Si obviously didn't expect that he would be named by Zhao Dan, so he didn't even come to his senses at the beginning. It was not until Zhao Dan coughed heavily again that Li Si reacted and hurriedly apologized to Zhao Dan.

Zhao Dan waved his hand and said, "Okay, tell me what you think about this matter."

Li Si looked obviously a little excited, his cheeks were a little red. After all, it felt really uncomfortable that he could only carry his ears but not use his mouth. This was his first time speaking and his first time participating in the military affairs of Zhao State!

Li Si took a deep breath, and then said to Zhao Dan: "King, in my opinion, this is actually a great opportunity!"

Zhao Dan's face moved slightly and said, "What kind of great opportunity?"

Li Si's face turned right and said in a deep voice: "A great opportunity to destroy Wei State!"
Chapter completed!
Prev Index    Favorite Next