Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

Zhao Dan wanted to save face for the Mianchi meeting, or to save face for Zhao Dan's dead father, King Zhao Hui.

It is because of knowing that Qin Wangji is so upset in his heart!

The Mianchi Meeting back then actually had its historical background in it.

At that time, the main target of Qin State was Wei Hanchu, while the main target of Zhao State was Qi State. Therefore, although Qin and Zhao State were afraid of each other, they both had demands not to conflict with each other.

Under such circumstances, the Mianchi meeting was actually a meeting of the alliance between Qin and Zhao.

This can be seen from what happened in the ten years since the conference ended.

During these ten years, Qin State concentrated on attacking Wei, Han and Chu, and Zhao State concentrated on attacking Qi State. Both countries gained a lot of money and won a lot of land and population.

In fact, it’s not just these ten years. In the next 20 years, Qin State has always maintained an ally relationship with Zhao State in order to overthrow the Southern Tianba Chu State and the Eastern Emperor Qi State, although the two sides occasionally have small frictions , but does not affect the overall situation.

The last few decades of the Warring States Period sound complicated, but they are actually very simple, and can be summed up in one sentence.

"The Qin-Zhao Alliance teamed up with other countries to overthrow the two overlords of Qi and Chu successively. Then Qin and Zhao fought among themselves in order to fight for the position of the leader. Qin then overthrew the Zhao who wanted to replace itself. world."

Yes, it's that simple.

Of course, the current Qin Wangji doesn't know what the future history will be like, but this does not prevent him from being unhappy with Zhao Dan's face-saving behavior.

Although it was said that Zhao Dan's father Zhao Huiwang lost such a little face at the meeting in Mianchi back then, Lin Xiangru got it all back!

It is true that King Hui of Zhao was trying to win the favor of the widow, but the widow was also forced by Lin Xiangru to fight for King Zhao Hui. Isn't everyone cleared up?

And the Mianchi meeting is ultimately a meeting that benefits both Qin and Zhao, a meeting of unity, a meeting of forging ahead, and a meeting of pioneering and enterprising!

There is no need to pursue some of these small details.

You Zhao Dan are so preoccupied with these past events, do you still have the spirit of respecting the old and loving the young, huh?

Qin Wangji scolded Zhao Dan fiercely in his heart, then raised his head to look at the ministers in front of him, and said coldly: "Zhao Dan is too deceitful, I want to lead the army to Hanoi again, join the Shangdang and fight with that Zhao Dan's child will fight to the death, what do you think?"

Same as last time, this time it was still a big court meeting, so what Qin Wangji asked was not just a few important ministers, but many ministers in the entire hall.

As soon as Qin Wangji said this, Prince An Guojun Zhao Zhu trembled, and hurried out to play: "Father, you must not put yourself in danger!"

As soon as Zhao Zhu appeared, many ministers of the Qin State followed suit, shouting at the same time: "Your Majesty, this must not be done!"

The shouts of these ministers were sincere, and they seemed to be completely loyal ministers.

More and more ministers of the Qin State joined the ranks of dissuasion, and for a while the entire hall was filled with raging voices of opposition, quite similar to the previous days.

But when Qin Wangji looked at the group of Qin ministers who were impassioned and opposed him, he didn't feel any displeasure on his face, instead he showed a faint smile.

After all, it's just for show. If you really want to fight, what's the point of negotiating peace?

Until Qin Wangji's eyes fell on a person, the smile suddenly disappeared.

This person is Fan Sui, Xiangbang of Qin State.

What is Fan Sui doing?

Fan Sui didn't do anything, just sat there steadily.

But the problem is that all the other ministers of the state of Qin jumped out to show their loyalty by opposing the personal enlistment, while Fan Sui sat alone in the same place alone, which was very conspicuous.

Qin Wangji suddenly felt a little upset.

The Battle of Changping has turned into what it is now, you, Fan Sui, as Xiangbang, you have to take some responsibility, what's the matter sitting there so calmly?

So Qin Wangji directly called the name: "Fan Jun, what do you think?"

When Qin Wangji called the name, all the ministers of the state of Qin who were present were taken aback, and then immediately cast their eyes on Fan Sui.

To be honest, with the recent successive unfavorable events in Changping, Fan Sui's reputation in Qin's political arena inevitably suffered a blow.

After all, it was you, Fan Sui, who came up with the idea of ​​"distance and close attack", but after some operations, it turned out like this. If you, Fan Sui, are not responsible, who is responsible?

Coupled with Fan Sui's anger at Qin Wangji during the last court meeting, many people have begun to keep a distance from Fan Sui intentionally or unintentionally.

The officialdom is always so simple and rude. When you are a bull, the stars are all over the moon.

In the view of Qin's ministers, with the battle of Changping gradually losing, Fan Sui's good days are probably coming to an end.

So when Fan Sui stood up like this, most of the eyes cast on him were sympathy and gloating.

However, Fan Sui obviously didn't care about the gazes of the officials. The Qin Prime Minister just came to the main hall in a leisurely manner, and then bowed to Qin Wangji and said: "My lord, in the opinion of my ministers, the king is not as good as you." Immediately set off for Changzhi."

As soon as Fan Sui said this, there was an uproar in the hall.

What's the matter, the king just patted the table and put on a posture of desperately fighting Zhao Dan, your uncle Fan Sui immediately jumped out and asked the king to bow his head to that little Zhao Dan?

Even Qin Wangji didn't think of Fan Sui's statement, so Qin Wangji was stunned.

When Qin Wangji came back to his senses and was about to get angry, Fan Sui suddenly raised his head, looked straight into Qin Wangji's eyes, and said very seriously: "My lord, this is not the day before, and my lord will stay one more day. A good man will bleed for an extra day in Shangdang County, what is the benefit of this to Great Qin? Please think about it, Your Majesty."

As soon as Fan Sui said this, the hall suddenly became silent.

Qin Wangji stared at Fan Wei intently, as if he wanted to eat Fan Wei whole.

Fan Sui looked calm.

As Xiangbang, Fan Sui knew Qin Wangji's character very well.

Although the king could lose his official position or even his life if he didn't agree with each other, as long as he said something from the standpoint of Qin, no matter how unpleasant it was, Qin Wangji would eventually listen to it.

This is an essential quality of a Mingjun. A Mingjun does not have to be kind, and a Mingjun can be cruel, but a Mingjun must be able to listen to advice.

If you listen to it, you will understand.

Because of the failure of long distance and close attack on the battlefield of Changping, Fan Sui is actually very passive these days. Fan Sui needs to do something to restore Qin Wangji's trust.

For a Mingjun like Qin Wangji, doing things is undoubtedly more able to win his favor than flattering.

So after realizing that the result of the Battle of Changping was likely to be a failure, Fan Sui started to do things.

Fan Sui wanted to recover Qin's losses as much as possible.

The smaller Qin's loss, the smaller Qin Wangji's loss, and the smaller Fan Sui's loss.

This is why Fan Sui, the former Fan court negotiator, insisted on negotiating peace, and now he is urging Qin Wangji to go on the road as soon as possible.

The army of the Qin State, which will soon be besieged, is the most precious resource of the Qin State.

Compared with the lives of the soldiers of the Qin army, the face of Qin Wangji and Qin State is actually nothing.