When I was in Qin Dynasty, I lost contact with the wave

Chapter 503 King Yan Xi’s painstaking efforts

"Are those rats worthy of forming an alliance with our country, Zhao?"

As soon as Li Mu finished speaking, the officials were in an uproar. However, what Li Mu did not expect was that the first person to jump out to object was his deputy general Sima Shang.

"Xiangbang, the Yan people are despicable, cowardly, and have always been capricious. How can we become allies!"

Looking at the angry Sima Shang, Li Mu suddenly remembered that Sima Shang's father seemed to have been killed in battle 14 years ago, and he was killed in Hacheng.

Speaking of Haocheng, people think of the Battle of Hadai in the 15th year of King Xiaocheng. At that time, he also led the Dai army to participate in that battle under the command of Wu Xiangjun Lecheng.

Li Mu immediately understood why Sima Shang was so excited.

However, apart from personal emotional reasons, the Zhao people are also generally hostile to the Yan people, and they hate the Yan people even more than they hate the Qin people.

No matter how hateful the Qin State was, it was because the two armies clashed on the battlefield and defeated the Zhao State in an upright manner. It was the Zhao State who chose Zhao Kuo as its commander without any discernment, and the Zhao people recognized it.

But what about Yan State?

At that time, Gongsun Yan, the rhinoceros leader, organized the five-nation coalition to attack Qin, but secretly betrayed the allies and secretly formed an alliance with Qin.

Before the Five Kingdoms attacked Qi, Yan was defeated and surrendered by Qi. He secretly sent Su Qin to Xingjian and organized a coalition army when Qi was at its weakest and almost destroyed Qi in one fell swoop.

Although it was revenge, the method was not grand enough, and the people of Qi were not angry. Therefore, the people of Qi never returned to their hearts, and the Yan State did not really rise.

Later, in the Battle of Changping, the Yan State took advantage of the weakness of the Zhao State and mobilized all the troops to attack Zhao.

In the previous alliance a few years ago, Prince Dan of Yan betrayed allied forces' intelligence and openly betrayed them in the final battle, causing the alliance to fail.

The Yan State's poor quality makes it really difficult to attract such a country as an ally.

And over the years, the State of Yan has been like a shit stick, repeatedly attacking the State of Zhao while the State of Zhao was licking its wounds, so much so that the State of Zhao simply gave up licking its wounds and instead attacked the State of Yan to recover from the wounds of the war. .

"The State of Yan cannot be trusted, and Yan Dan cannot be trusted even more."

As the current leader of the clan generals, Zhao Cong also disliked Yan State very much and said coldly: "For a villain who can even betray his teacher and clan for personal gain, can Zhao Guo leave his back to them?"

Although Zhao Cong is biased against Dai people, he still has abilities, otherwise he would not be able to become the leader of the clan generals.

He understood that Li Mu wanted to unite the Yan State to fight against Qin. In this way, he could not only withdraw the [-] troops stationed on the border of Yan and Zhao, but also join forces with the Yan army.

However, having personally experienced Yan Jun's betrayal, Zhao Cong had strong resistance to handing over his back to the Yan State, and so did Yan Ju on the side.

No one wants to trust a country with a history of betrayal, especially one that betrayed them just a few years ago.

"The people of Mu Zhiyan are extremely shameless and cannot be trusted, but now this is the only way left for Zhao."

"Although Yan Dan is a villain, he is not stupid. He is much smarter than his father, King Yan." Li Mu explained, stroking his beard, "It is precisely because Yan Dan is greedy for profit, and with his vision, he is more He can understand the truth that the lips are dead and the teeth are cold. If the State of Zhao dies, the State of Yan will not last long. He will never betray the State of Zhao under such circumstances."

Li Mu's eyes fell directly on Jicheng on the map.

At this moment in Jicheng, Yan Dan's life was not easy.

Both the common people and nobles of Yan State, even King Xi of Yan, were extremely dissatisfied with Yan Dan.

Yanzhao borders on foreign tribes and is a bitterly cold place with strong natural folk customs.

But the tough folk customs cannot be used as food. It is not a lie that unruly people come out of poor mountains and poor waters. Some people just become unruly people, but a large number of people choose to plunder for a living!
When my neighbor collects grain, I store my knife, and my neighbor is my granary!

But after all, they were all from the same village, and they were all related by relatives, so their target was set on other villages.

There are many villages that have been turned into bandit dens by banditry, which seriously threatens local security. The garrison stationed in the local area cannot do anything to deal with these bandits.

Moreover, the local garrison is more or less related to the bandits, and there are also many bandit spies in the city. With the command of the bandits in the front, everyone in the back will retreat without a trace or pretend to be ordinary people. The suppression of bandits has been unsuccessful for many years.

Yan Dan finally joined the Mo family and received support from the Mo family, sending many rangers to Yan to clean up bandit troubles.

Compared with soldiers who only know how to fight on the battlefield, sometimes these rangers are more familiar with the fighting methods of these bandits, and the process of suppressing the bandits is very smooth.

In fact, the land of Yan State was not barren. At its peak, Yan State had enough grain reserves for "ten years of millet growth".

The Yan State has massive iron ore, widespread iron farm tools, and two advanced agricultural technologies, the manure field method and the ridge farming method. The average yield of the land is actually far higher than that of the Central Plains countries, but it is limited by the thin population. , the total output is too low.

Coupled with the heads that King Yan was happy to send away in the Battle of Hadai, the population of Yan country was already thin. The loss of these young people made the land deserted and the national power gradually declined.

Through the reputation of the Mohist family, Yan Dan attracted many scholars and refugees from other countries to the Yan State, which to a certain extent supplemented the Yan State's lack of scholars and population.

In addition, the Mohists built various projects for the Yan State. The Mohists provided technology, and the Yan State provided raw materials and only cost-price money as a reward for the Mohists' help. The Mohists also hired local Yan people out of their own pockets to build canals. It provides a job for the local Yan people in the form of public works such as , waterwheels, roads, and post offices.But everything disappeared with the break between Yan Dan and the Mohist family. The Mohist family withdrew all support, and the Yan country returned to the situation of frequent banditry, weak country and poor people. Yan Dan was also publicly reprimanded by the furious King Yan , and punished him to stay in the Prince's Mansion behind closed doors for three months.

Prince Fuchu
Ju Wu, who was dressed in coarse linen clothes, walked into the backyard, only to find Yan Dan standing by the pond with a sad face, looking to the west, full of sorrow.

"Dan."

Yan Dan was slightly startled when he heard the voice, but immediately realized it was his teacher Ju Wu, and quickly turned around and saluted.

Ju Wu is the Taifu of Yan State, that is, a teacher who specializes in teaching Yan Dan.

Now Yan Dan is banned in the house, and he heard that Zhao State took the initiative to attack Yan State, and Yan Wangxi asked Qin State for help. Now another war will break out between Qin and Zhao.

Yan Dan wanted to find out the specific situation, but now only his retainers and Taifu Ju Wu could enter and leave his mansion freely. The retainers could only find out a lot of private information and rumors, the accurate information in the temple, and the happy news of King Yan. The decision of the ministers can only be known through his teacher Ju Wu.

"Teacher, what's the situation now?"

Yan Dan did not politely greet Ju Wu. The two had known each other for many years. Ju Wu had watched Yan Dan grow up and had a very deep relationship with Yan Dan. Therefore, he did not salute Yan Dan in such a private occasion. .

"The State of Qin sent 40 troops. Wang Jie, Wang Jian, Zhang Ji and many famous generals came out together. They should take advantage of the situation to destroy Zhao."

Yan Dan took a deep breath. Is Qin's national power really strong enough to dispatch an army of 40 at will?
"What's your father's opinion?"

Ju Wu sighed: "Your Majesty wants to reap the benefits and attack Zhao while Qin and Zhao are fighting for their lives."

Yan Dan was horrified. Qin and Yan had an alliance, but if Qin was allowed to destroy Zhao, would it still be necessary for Yan as an ally to exist?
When the two of them were in Zhao as hostages, they read the story of Qi and Qin respecting each other as emperors, and their hearts were filled with excitement.

At that time, he thought that if Ying Zheng became the King of Qin and he became the King of Yan, then Qin and Yan would divide the world equally, form an alliance and become emperors of each other, and what a great achievement it would be to achieve this foundation of eternity.

However, it now seems that that will only be a dream.

The Yan State was still so weak, and the already strong Qin State also annexed South Korea, sealed the Wei State firmly in the Great Wall of Wei, and made friends with the Chu State. King Jian of Qi also went to Qin in person to congratulate the victory. Qin and Yan both The gap between countries is too great.

Will Ying Zheng allow the existence of Yan State by then?
"Father, you are so stupid! If your lips are dead and your teeth are cold, you will never let the Qin people destroy Zhao!"

Ju Wu looked at the disciple in front of him who had regained his composure, caressed his long beard, and showed a satisfied smile.

Being undeterred by defeat is a characteristic that a qualified king must possess.

But regarding Yan Dan's evaluation of Yan Wangxi, I secretly sighed in my heart.

Pity the parents of the world.

I'm afraid no one can understand how much effort King Xi of Yan put into Yan Dan. Otherwise, there would be no need to ask him to be the Tutor and take on the responsibility of teaching Yan Dan.

In fact, Yan Dan got involved in the Mo family's affairs and betrayed the sect and his teacher. Although everyone in the world blamed Yan Dan, as Yan Dan's teacher, he didn't care.

If it's profitable, why not?

King Yan didn't think there was anything wrong with Yan Dan's behavior.

He also had high expectations for Yan Dan. He issued an order to reprimand Yan Dan and asked Yan Dan to think about it behind closed doors for three months. Is this really a severe punishment?
This is just for the eyes of the Mohists and other schools of thought, as well as the scholars of the world, to shut their mouths with this seemingly severe punishment.

And actually?
Yan Dan is still the prince, and his retainers have not been dismissed. He can still freely enter and leave the prince's palace to provide Yan Dan with news about the temple.

Even Yan Dan could still use him to issue orders to the officials of the prince's family in the temple, and he could still participate in government affairs.

King Yan was dissatisfied with Yan Dan, but Yan Dan rashly attacked the Six-fingered Black Man without even understanding the internal situation of the Mo family. What he was dissatisfied with was Yan Dan's impulsiveness and recklessness.

These are all signs of immaturity.

As a prince, he must not be impulsive and reckless. King Yan was deeply aware of this, so he did not want his son to make the same mistakes as himself.

Therefore, he has allowed Yan Chunjun to behave in these years. In addition to valuing Yan Chunjun's military talents, he also wants to use his biological brother as a whetstone for Yan Dan, his biological son.

How could anyone in the world prefer his brother to his own son?

If it weren't for King Yan Xi's secret use of force, Yan Dan's forces would have been swallowed up by Yan Chunjun long ago with Yan Dan's immature methods.

But perhaps because he still had never married a wife or had children, Yan Dan obviously could not understand the painstaking efforts of King Yan Xi.

If King Yan didn't want him to tell Yan Dan, he really wanted to tell Yan Dan that your father may not be a good king, but he is a good father.

"Maybe it's time to find a princess for Dan."

(End of this chapter)