Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

Unexpectedly, this kind of hedging behavior actually made Zhao Guoren cheaper and Zhao Kuo cheaper.

Zhao Kuo laughed and said, "If that's the case, let's seal it up first.

By the way, I will ask Uncle Xu and you to take out some of them later and distribute them to all the brothers who will fight this time. "

Li Mu nodded, and said understandingly: "Please rest assured, my lord, I will definitely cooperate with Xu Jiazai and pick out the lord's share."

After all, Li Mu is already Zhao Kuo's core retainer, so he has no scruples when speaking.

Zhao Kuo couldn't help laughing and shaking his head when he heard this, and said, "No, I don't need it anymore, I just need to share it with others."

Li Mu was dumbfounded for a moment, and said with some surprise: "Your Majesty really doesn't want it?"

Zhao Kuo laughed loudly and said, "You, you, do you have any misunderstandings about Ben Hou?

This Marquis will tell you, although there is a lot of wealth here, this Marquis doesn’t like it! "

When Zhao Kuo said this, he was extremely vocal.

You must know that Zhao Kuo's current industry can be said to spread all over the vassal states, and the incentives to earn money every year are an absolute astronomical figure.

Today's Zhao Kuo is out-and-out the top few richest men in the world, which richest man in the world would care about these trophies?

On the contrary, Zhao Kuo is more willing to reward these people with some trophies for the side cavalry army led by Zhao Kuo this time, so as to win over their military spirit.

The side cavalry corps has always been where Zhao Kuo's influence is weakest, but I believe that through this war, Zhao Kuo's influence on the side cavalry corps will definitely be greatly improved.

The Border Cavalry Corps is also an important force in Zhao Guo's military, and it is more independent than the Central Plains army. The support of the Border Cavalry Corps is undoubtedly very important for Zhao Kuo's future plan to seize power.

Li Mu said: "But if everything is taken away, what will happen if Handan investigates it in the future?"

Zhao Kuo laughed out loud, and waved his hand decisively: "Just take it, Handan?

Would it be possible that Handan would have an unpleasant fight with Ben Hou because of such a small spoil? "

At this moment, Zhao Kuo was extremely domineering.

Li Mu was planning to leave to look for Xu Li, but Xu Li had already appeared on his own initiative: "My lord, Guo Kui, the envoy of Yan Kingdom, has arrived outside the city and said he wants to see you!"

"Guo Kui?"

Zhao Kuo was taken aback for a moment, and then smiled: "I didn't expect him to come. Very good, let me meet this Xiangbang of Yan Kingdom."

Guo Wei's carriage slowly drove into Wuyang City.

Since King Yan would go to Wuyang to avoid the cold every winter, the military officials of Yan State were quite familiar with Wuyang City.

Looking at the familiar street scenes on both sides of the street, Guo Kai's expression was also very complicated.

This city, which was once the pride of Yan State, is now owned by Zhao State!As the carriage walked, Guo Wei couldn't help but be taken aback.

"Aren't you going to the palace?"

In Guo Wei's mind, it is very likely that Wu Xinjun, who is arrogant and arrogant, will meet him in King Yan's palace, but he did not expect it to be so.

But soon, Guo Wei looked at the extremely luxurious mansion in front of him, and his face became extremely exciting.

There is a plaque hanging in the center of the gate of the mansion, with two words written prominently on it.

"Guo Mansion".

This is Guo Wei's mansion in Wuyang City!This Wu Xinjun actually occupied the old man's mansion, and then used his identity as the master to entertain the old man in the old man's mansion?

At this moment, Guo Wei felt a strong humiliation.

But soon, Guo Wei came back to his senses, showing a wry smile.

Even if you know it's humiliation, what can you do?

Isn't it a humiliation to Zhao Kuo that the monarchs and ministers of Yan State ignored and underestimated Zhao Kuo before?

It can only be said that it is retribution.

With such a mood, Guo Wei came to the very familiar Guo Mansion lobby under the guidance of Xu Li who had already been waiting at the door with heavy steps.

A young and handsome general who appeared to be quite mature, calm and calm, not angry and arrogant, was sitting in the lobby, smiling at Guo Kai: "Mr. Guo, I have been waiting for you for a long time."

Chapter 332 Wu Xinjun, Your Condition Is Too Excessive

Without any explanation, Guo Wei immediately understood the identity of the young man in front of him.

Zhao Guowu Xinjun, the famous No.1 general in the world, Zhao Kuo!Although he already knew Zhao Kuo's age, Guo Wei still felt a little emotion in his heart at this moment.

This Wu Xinjun is really too young!At such a young age, he has already become the No. 1 general in the world. It is simply not a way for other generals in this era to survive.

Guo Wei took a deep breath, and solemnly saluted Zhao Kuo: "Old Guo Wei, I have seen Lord Wu Xin."

Zhao Kuo got up with a smile and returned a salute to Guo Kai: "Why is Guo Xiang so polite?

Please sit down. "

At this moment, Guo Wei suddenly noticed a detail.

Zhao Kuo did not sit on the main seat in this lobby, but sat on the most honorable guest seat on the right side of the main seat.

Guo Wei hesitated for a moment, and instead of sitting in the main seat that should have belonged to him, he sat directly opposite Zhao Kuo, which is the guest seat to the left of the main seat.

Looking at this scene, Zhao Kuo showed a smile on his face, and waved his hands: "Come here, have a banquet, and let Guo Xiang clean up!"

As soon as Zhao Kuo gave an order, a maid immediately brought delicious food and wine.

What surprised Guo Wei, or was speechless, was that these maids belonged to the Guo Mansion itself, and even the dishes could be seen to be cooked by the cooks of the Guo Mansion in Wuyang City.

Zhao Kuo raised the wine bar and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, this is actually Guo Xiang's territory, and this Marquis can be regarded as borrowing flowers to offer Buddha. Please don't blame Guo Xiang."

Guo Wei smiled wryly, and also raised the wine bar: "To tell you the truth, Mr. Wu Xin, the main reason why I am surprised is that this mansion can still be preserved so well."

Zhao Kuo said with a smile: "Why, does Guo Xiang think that Benhou is a robber?"

Guo Wei smiled awkwardly, and thought to himself, isn't your Zhao country a bandit?

If not, why has Zhao Guo been invading other countries all this time?

But on the surface, what Guo Wei said was: "Wu Xinjun misunderstood. The Marquis and the king have always admired Wu Xinjun very much, and absolutely have no such view."

The two chatted while eating wine. Although the atmosphere was a bit weird, overall it was considered relatively harmonious.

After a while, Zhao Kuo put down his wine glass with a bang, and his face became serious.

"Guo Xiang, as the saying goes, courtesy first and soldiers later.

You came here as a guest, and the Marquis has entertained you before, so then we should talk about the conditions between you and me, right? "

Guo Wei's heart skipped a beat, secretly thinking that what should have come has indeed come.

Guo Kui also put down his wine glass, cupped his hands and said solemnly: "Wu Xinjun, but it's okay to say, I will listen attentively on behalf of the king and Dayan."

Zhao Kuo nodded and said, "This time, the Queen Mother entrusted the entire negotiation power to Ben Hou, so the conditions proposed by Ben Hou are the final conditions of Da Zhao. Guo Xiang should understand this?"

Guo Wei nodded in understanding.

Zhao Kuo continued: "Then I will talk about Da Zhao's conditions."

"First of all, Yan Country must stop any attempt to sell ginseng to the outside world."

"Secondly, Yan State must hand over 5000 million yuan to Da Zhao every year as compensation for Yan State's sales of ginseng in the country, which caused Da Zhao's ginseng sales to be blocked in Yan State."

"Then, Yan State must cede all the territory south of Yishui, including Wuyang City, to Da Zhao."

"If all these conditions are fulfilled, then Da Zhao can cease the war with your country of Yan."

Every time Zhao Kuo said something, Guo Wei's face turned pale, and when Zhao Kuo finished all the conditions, Guo Wei's face had no trace of blood at all.

There was a long silence in the lobby.

Finally, Guo Wei spoke again: "Mr. Wu Xin, these conditions in your country are too harsh, aren't they?"

Negotiating things like this, of course, each has its own bottom line.

Before coming, the monarch and ministers of the Yan Kingdom had of course already discussed the bottom line of the Yan Kingdom.

King Yan's bottom line for Guo Wei is very simple. It's okay not to have such things as the ginseng industry. Anyway, after a few years of Yan's recovery of national power, it will be done secretly. No one can abide by the contract of this year for a lifetime.

Losing money is not a problem. Although the country of Yan is not a very rich country, it can definitely afford to lose some money.

Only in terms of ceding territory, King Yan is the most unacceptable.

In King Yan's opinion, the less territory Yan State ceded, the better, especially Wuyang City, the capital of Yan State, must be taken back from Zhao State.

Without Wuyang City, not only will the population of the entire southern part of the Yan State drop sharply, but at the same time, the defense line against the State of Zhao in the south will fall into a completely unsustainable situation.

Once Wuyang falls into the hands of Zhao State, then Zhao State will be able to use Wuyang City as a base to attack Yan State in the north, and threaten Yan State Jidu in minutes!This is obviously unacceptable to King Yan, and even the entire Yan Kingdom.

Hearing Guo Wei's objection, Zhao Kuo didn't get angry, but laughed happily.

"Guo Xiang, for this plan, the Marquis of course knows that your country of Yan cannot accept it."

Hearing Zhao Kuo's words and such a statement, Guo Wei suddenly felt relieved, thinking that Zhao Kuo should be stepping down the stairs.

Think about it too, isn't negotiating something like you come and go and bargain, asking for a lot of money and paying back the money on the spot?

Guo Wei hurriedly said: "What Wu Xinjun said is very true. Of course, our Dayan is not saying that we will not admit defeat, let alone that we cannot cede land and pay compensation, but these must have a reasonable number. Is Wu Xinjun right?"

Zhao Kuo laughed and said, "This Marquis is wrong."

Guo Wei froze, his smile froze on his face.

Zhao Kuo sighed, and looked at Guo Wei with a somewhat helpless expression: "Guo Xiang, Guo Xiang, it seems that the king of your Yan Kingdom really didn't understand the situation! Benhou asks you, if Benhou directly Leading the army to drive straight into the hinterland of the Yan State, threatening the Jidu of the Yan State, do you think the King of Yan can do anything?"

Guo Wei took a deep breath and said, "Wu Xinjun, what does this mean?"

The smile on Zhao Kuo's face disappeared completely, and he looked at Guo Wei in front of him and said coldly: "The meaning of this Marquis is very simple, that is, your country of Yan is not qualified to bargain with Ben Hou at all! Do you understand?

If you stay here with Ben Hou, beep, beep, Lai Lai, Ben Hou will send troops to take Jidu tomorrow, and then we will see if your King Yan is really so stubborn! "

Guo Kui looked at Zhao Kuo, the shock in his heart was indescribable.

Although he had been mentally prepared for a long time, Guo Wei discovered that the toughness of this Wu Xinjun really exceeded Guo Wei's expectations when things came to an end!what to do?

Guo Wei suddenly fell into extreme embarrassment.

Chapter 333 If you promise, you have to say yes, and if you don't, you have to say yes!

With Zhao Kuo's sudden attack, the entire negotiation situation took a turn for the worse, developing in a direction that was unfavorable to Yan.

Negotiation seems to have something to do with lip service, but most of the time what really decides the negotiation is not what is inside the negotiation field, but factors outside the field.

Among these off-court factors, the factor of "strength" is the most direct.

Just like the current Zhao Kuo, he said bluntly, "Ben Hou and Da Zhao are strong. If you don't agree to Ben Hou's conditions, I will send troops directly, and then you will beat up Yan Guo violently. If you are beaten to death, you will be killed." Don't blame Ben Hou!"

This is a naked threat.

If Yan State is not weak and can withstand Zhao Kuo's attack, then Guo Wei can tell Zhao Kuo, "Wu Xinjun, although your Zhao State is stronger, our Dayan is not easy to provoke.

If you dare to continue invading, then we, Dayan, will definitely accompany you to the end with all our strength! "

But the problem is that Yan State is too weak now and can't resist Zhao State's attack at all, which makes it impossible for Guo Wei to say the above words, because it will only make Yan State really be beaten up by Zhao State, really It is possible to destroy the country as Zhao Kuo said.

This is the weakness of Yan Guo and Guo Wei at the negotiating table due to lack of strength. Under such circumstances, it is useless even if Guo Wei is full of mouths.

But Guo Kui is also an old politician after all, so he still came up with some rhetoric.

Guo Kui looked at Zhao Kuo and said, "Mr. Wu Xin, you and Zhao are so overbearing, aren't you afraid that other princes will have different opinions?

If other vassal states come to attack with all their strength, I am afraid that Zhao State will not be able to resist it. "

Guo Wei's meaning is also very obvious. Of course, our country of Yan can't beat your country of Zhao. We admit this.

But if your country of Zhao really attacks with the whole army and destroys our country of Yan, aren't you afraid that the other five countries will unite to kill you?

In the Warring States period, such things happened many times. The more famous ones are "Six Kingdoms Unite to Attack Qin", and "Le Yi led the Five Kingdoms Allied Forces to Attack Qi". These are all because they provoked the anger of the princes and were beaten by groups. end.

Zhao Kuo laughed again at Guo Kui's soft yet hard words.

"Guo Xiang, Guo Xiang, it seems that you really don't know much about Ben Hou.

Benhou, let me tell you, what happened to the five kingdoms conquering Zhao and the four kingdoms conquering Zhao? Hasn't Benhou experienced it? "

"Think about it, how did the Marquis win the battle of Lingqiu?

The coalition forces of the princes are more than 40, and they are still defeated by this prince! "

"Right now, both Han and Wei are badly damaged like your Yan, and both Qi and Chu have renewed their alliance with our Great Zhao.