Lu Buwei and Qin Qing temporarily left Daliang. The two sides were already at war with each other. It seemed so inappropriate for him, the Prime Minister of Qin, to continue to stay here, even though the Qin army was just bluffing.
Ji Jie told Qin Qing privately that she should take some time to go to Tuolong Pass, and she readily agreed.
The Wei Dynasty's court meeting was in chaos. The military generals led by Xiao Wei Mou advocated war, and a group of civil servants led by Li Qian advocated peace. The two sides were in a quarrel.
King Wei An did not want to fight. Although Wei still had 30,000 elite Wei soldiers, plus hundreds of thousands of regular troops, there were nearly 200,000 in total. In comparison, the Qin army had at least 400,000 elite soldiers, and most of them were Veterans who experienced the Battle of Changping have extremely strong combat effectiveness.
"Your Majesty, please send your junior general to lead an army of 120,000 to fight, and wash away the shame of being bullied by Qin for many years!" Xiao Wei Mou himself couldn't remember how many times he asked to fight.
King Wei An sighed and said: "I don't want to avenge my previous humiliation, but our great Wei country is poor and weak. If we want to defeat the Qin army, we must unite Zhao and Han, and even ask Chu and Qi for help. The victory or defeat will be determined." It’s hard to predict, the losses will be serious once the war starts!”
Li Qian stood up and said, "Please take my advice and send an envoy to negotiate peace with Qin!"
"It's easy to say, can the Qin people negotiate peace with us?" Xiao Wei Mou put forward a different opinion: "Even if they are willing to sit down and talk, it will be based on ceding land and paying compensation. How can the Wei Kingdom have extra land and money? Give it to the people of Qin! The people of Qin are like wolves that have not been raised well. If you lose money today, they will use it to purchase ordnance and recruit new troops tomorrow, and they will come to fight you the day after tomorrow. This is a strategy of using war to support war. We must I said that there must be a battle between Wei and Qin, and it is better to fight early than to fight late. I will lead the army to resist first, and the king will send envoys to the five countries to ask for help. When the troops are united, the Qin army will be defeated!"
There is some truth in what Wei Mou said. This is also the reason why King Wei An has been hesitant. He wants to make peace, but he doesn't want to give land and money to the Qin people.
"Regardless of whether it succeeds or not, I think it is necessary to give it a try!" Li Qian said not to be outdone: "In the battle of Changping, Zhao was almost destroyed. South Korea is not as good as our Wei State. How many reinforcements can they send? Qi and Chu The relationship between Wei and Wei is not very good, especially with Chu, which has repeatedly sided with Qin. Qi is too far away from here, and it will take more than a month for reinforcements to arrive! This is tantamount to placing all hope on others. There is a possibility of victory! I think the king should immediately use Wei Wuji, Lord Xinling. I heard that he is a friend of Qin Prime Minister Lu Buwei, why not ask him to mediate!"
Wei Mou firmly opposed it. The last general Jin Bi died in the hands of Wei Wuji. He had to think about his own future.
The two parties once again got into a quarrel, with neither one willing to give in.
King An of Wei synthesized the opinions of all parties and issued an edict: "I have decided to appoint Wei Wuji, Lord of Xinling, as a royal servant. If I can negotiate a peace with the Qin army, I will immediately reinstate the official position and add additional rewards!"
"Your Majesty, your Majesty is wise!" Li Qian bowed to the ground.
In Lord Xinling's Mansion, a servant quickly went to the pavilion where Wei Wuji and Ji Jie were, and gasped: "The king's envoy is here, bringing the master's decree!"
"Great!" Wei Wuji stood up happily and went to the door to greet him.
"Your Majesty!" Ji Jie stopped him and said with a smile: "Don't show too much excitement, be calm, and show a very reluctant look. In this way, King Wei can pay more attention to Your Majesty! Remember Is that what I said, things that are too easy to get are not valuable!"
"Yes, yes, sir, that's what I'm reminding you!" Wei Wuji smiled sheepishly, cleared his throat, and after briefly tidying up his appearance, he slowly walked out.
After receiving the imperial edict, Wei Wuji asked someone to report to King Wei that he would immediately set off to the border to meet with Qin Prime Minister Lu Buwei.
In fact, Lu Buwei was waiting at the border. The two sides had a decent negotiation. At first, the Qin State made an aggressive posture. The news was quickly sent to Daliang City. Just when King Wei An was worried about this matter,
There was a "turning point" in the negotiations.
Finally, the two sides reached an agreement that Qin would withdraw its troops within three days, and Wei would only need to pay 50,000 taels of gold as compensation.
Lu Buwei took the opportunity to rip off the Wei State. Wei Wuji knew it but didn't care at all. If the Qin people didn't want anything, it would cause some Wei ministers to speculate. It was not his own money anyway, so he didn't feel bad.
Wei Wuji promised to immediately arrange the rescue of Wang Zizheng after returning to Daliang, and handed over the matter to Ji Jie, while Lu Buwei gave full authority to Qin Qing.
Ji Jie wanted to leave right away, but he had already helped Wei Wuji make a comeback, and he was even more valued than before he was demoted.
Qin Qing asked him to go to the Kingdom of Zhao with him. How could we brothers refuse the request of a beautiful woman, even if it was a wolf's den or a tiger's den, he would not hesitate to do so.
Returning to Daliang City, Wei Wuji was summoned to the palace to accept the reward, and Ji Jie accompanied him.
Li Qian proposed that the Wei State remove him from the position of prime minister and replace him with Wei Wuji. The Wei State thought for a while and made a decision that everyone was happy with: Wei would set up the left and right prime ministers, Wei Wuji would be the left prime minister, and Li Qian would be the right prime minister.
There was only one unhappy person among the crowd, and that was Xiao Wei Mou. He originally wanted to stand out in this battle, but he didn't expect that it was over before the fight even started.
As a soldier, you can only show your value on the battlefield.
The eunuch read in a high voice: "Wei Wuji, the Lord of Xinling, was granted the title of Marquis of Xinling and was appointed as the Left Prime Minister. He had full authority to deal with the diplomatic relations and wars with the six countries... He was rewarded with ten thousand taels of gold and six thousand households with food and a city! Auspicious festival for the disciples.
For his great contribution in the peace negotiation, he will be rewarded with a third-class knighthood and a hundred taels of gold!"
There are twenty levels of knighthood, and the third level belongs to the twelfth level.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward!"
Wei Wuji took the opportunity to reveal the conditions of Qin that were not included in the peace documents, and strongly recommended Ji Jie to go to Zhao to complete the matter.
"Why should we help Qin?" King Wei An asked.
"That's right!" Xiao Wei Mou said with added jealousy: "Wei and Qin are at odds with each other. To rescue the prince for them, isn't it the same as digging one's own grave?"
"The general is wrong!" Ji Jie took a step forward and said loudly: "The new King of Qin is bound to rescue Wang Zizheng. Even if we don't help, they will save him. Why not be a favor? King Qin will be grateful and grateful.
If he continues to use troops against the Wei State, when Wang Zizheng takes the throne a few years later, he will remember that Wei State has saved his life. In this way, the stability of the Wei State can be guaranteed for decades, so why not?"
King Wei An was so impressed by the case that he immediately ordered: "I will confer Ji Jie as the fifth official. I will go to Zhao State to mediate the matter. If I can successfully rescue Wang Zi Zheng, I will give you another official title!"
The Fifth Doctor was a ninth-level knight. In just a few minutes, Ji Jie was promoted to the third level. Obviously, he didn't care about this.
Set off and enter Zhao. Last time I was accompanied by Ji Xueling. This time it’s not bad either. I’m accompanied by the beauty Qin Qing!