Chapter five hundred and seventy fourth change in the south
"Your Highness, when I come to Beijing this time, in addition to visiting my brother and sending food and grass, I also have one more thing to do, which is related to the south."
Zhao Jin frowned slightly, vaguely aware of something, waved his sleeves, and said in a deep voice: "Uncle Emperor, please come with me."
Zhao Jin took King Yan to the palace to clean it up, and gave King Yan the palace where he had been living these days. After he retreated, he asked: "What does the emperor mean by this?"
"Those people in the south can't hold themselves back any longer."
Zhao Jin was silent for a moment, "Inside or outside?"
"Both inside and outside." King Yan glanced at Zhao Jin's expression and dropped such terrible news.
"There is a prince's fief in the south. The king's ability is mediocre. Although he has some ambitions, he is not so courageous."
Zhao Jin recalled the news he heard about the king after coming into contact with the government.
"Your Highness, people's hearts can change."
King Yan shook his head, "When the emperor consecrated the middle king, it was because the middle king was indeed relatively peaceful. However, your highness, the recent changes in the court..."
"The situation in the court is unstable, and the king has his own thoughts." Zhao Jin continued in a cold voice.
"Exactly."
King Yan put his left hand on the table and pressed his body against the table. "Besides, the king may not be so courageous, but his son may not be so courageous."
"The emperor is saying that the son of the middle king wants..." Zhao Jin frowned and thought about it in his mind, but he didn't know much about the middle king, let alone the middle king's son.
There are very few princes whose sons the news can reach Bianzhou City, unless they are extremely outstanding or extremely poor.
Not to mention, Zhongwang is in the south, far away from Bianzhou City.
"Yeah." King Yan nodded affirmatively.
"Even if the king doesn't think about himself, he still has to think about his children. Not to mention, things are happening one after another, and I don't know how many people are worried about it."
Zhao Jin was silent for a moment, took a deep breath, exhaled it slowly, and asked another matter, "What the emperor said, is it the Nanman who made some move?"
"To be precise, it is collusion between internal and external parties." King Yan said, looking at Zhao Jin's expression.
Zhao Jin stood up suddenly, "Collusion between inside and outside?"
He forced himself to lower his voice and lowered his voice.
"Does the King of China have any dealings with the Southern Barbarians?"
King Yan also stood up and nodded slightly, "I only discovered this recently. I'm not sure how long they have been in contact."
"Absurd!" Zhao Jin endured it again and again, but couldn't help but yell angrily in a low voice.
"Does the King want to imitate Zhao Xingyu?"
"What is the difference between the Southern Barbarians and the Beili and Lilong Kingdoms? They have been eyeing our Zhao Kingdom for a long time. Once the tigers are introduced, how can they be controlled so easily?"
He brought the fat to the tiger's mouth, but made an agreement with the tiger to only give him part of it.
How could a tiger let go of the fat meat that was brought to his mouth?
Under the internal strife and external war, the Zhao State will only be exhausted. Even if the king takes this position, such a Zhao State will be unable to resist the Southern Barbarians.
At that time, I wanted to rely on that verbal agreement or a contract to make Nanman give up the fat on his lips.
Zhao Jin licked his lips and said coldly: "Innocent!"
King Yan was also troubled by these successive incidents, "Your Highness, they may test your Highness recently. Your Highness must be prepared in advance."
After hearing this, Zhao Jin rubbed his temples, calmed down a little, and thought carefully about the matter between the King and the Nanman.
He turned around and sat down again, pressing half of his palm vigorously on the table while the other hand kept rubbing his temple.
"You can't fight head-on." After a while, Zhao Jin was a little dissatisfied, but he had to compromise and squeezed out five words.
"The State of Zhao needs to recuperate and recuperate. It will no longer be able to withstand it in a short period of time."
With explosives and cannons, it is true that Zhao State is not afraid of any army from other countries. Even if Zhao Jin is given half a year or a year, he can find a way to solve the problem of money and food.
This allowed Zhao's army to eliminate all the princes in one fell swoop, and the surrounding neighboring countries were eyeing him eagerly, expanding Zhao's territory to an unprecedented size.
But countries that resort to militarism have never had a good end since ancient times.
After successive wars, all the savings of the court, the Jianghu, and the country had to be emptied, and the gains outweighed the losses.
For Zhao State now, it is more important to recuperate and recuperate.
"First let the Southern Barbarians dare not make any changes, and then stabilize the Central King."
Zhao Jin narrowed his eyes slightly, "The king is not very ambitious. Even if his appetite has been enlarged over the years, some things will not change."
"Gu Guai, the king is still hesitating and undecided."
The temptation is great, but the danger is also great.
In the past, Zhao Xingyu and Zhao Xingzhi failed in their rebellion, and Zhao Jin successively put down the invasion of Long State and Zhao Xingyu's civil strife. Qi Jiahan was in charge of Bianzhou City.
No matter how thoughtful these people are, they still have to carefully consider whether they will become the second Zhao Xingyu before committing any crime.
Therefore, the king may have been moved, but he probably has not yet completely made up his mind.
Zhao Jin's thoughts turned over quickly, arranging all the things and all the clues he knew in his mind one by one, and quickly looking for anything wrong with it.
"They should have been the same as those who established the Long Kingdom. They thought that the Zhao Kingdom could not withstand the war now and was just a paper tiger with nothing inside."
Zhao Jin put down the hand that was rubbing his temples, touched the teacup next to him with his fingertips, and tapped the wall of the cup bit by bit.
"So, Zhao's thunderous attack against Long will definitely shock them."
King Yan walked back to Zhao Jin and sat down next to him, "Your Highness, to be honest, when I found out, I almost thought Your Highness was crazy."
"Hahahaha." Zhao Jin's tensed expression relaxed and he couldn't help but laugh, "It's not that he is crazy, but Li Longguo sent all of them here, so it would be a pity to let them go."
"Besides, this battle can really scare those little ones."
King Yan agreed: "What Your Highness said is reasonable. At least those people dare not act rashly for the time being."
Such a move by Zhao Jin and Chen Xiao made those who originally thought that Zhao State was now weak suddenly unsure of Zhao State's situation, so that they did not dare to act rashly.
"Right now, they should all be waiting for the outcome of the battle between Zhao State and Lilong State."
Zhao Jin snorted coldly, "Guhui and the others can find out the news more smoothly."
"If Zhao can achieve a complete victory, the Nanman's original plan will probably be shelved."
They did not dare to confirm that the Zhao State was really incapable of defeating the invasion of the Southern Barbarians. If, like Beili and Lilong in the past, they were counterattacked and killed, they would really lose their wives and lose their troops.
"Although there are recipes for explosives in places now, especially on the borders, the raw materials required, saltpeter, sulfur, etc., are all under the control of the imperial court, so there is nothing to fear."
