The days when I pretended to be a cat in the Forbidden City[Comprehensive]

September, Autumn, 55th year of the Zhou Wang calendar.

Nearly two months have passed since that tragic battle. After the defeat in the Battle of Changping, the Qin army planned to attack Handan in one go. However, at the cost of ceding the six cities, the Zhao royal family joined hands with South Korea to invite strategists to go to Qin to lobby , finally made Qin's class teacher return to the court, and got a temporary respite.

After this battle, Lord Pingyang, Zhao Bao, gained the right to speak in the court. In the eyes of everyone, Lord Pingyang turned the tide this time, precisely because he prevented King Zhao from beheading Ying Yiren so that the relationship between Qin and Zhao was not compromised. Further deterioration, so that the two sides have room for peace talks.

And when the courtiers sent by the Qin Dynasty for the peace talks went to pay a visit to Mr. Qin and other people, and gave them many gifts from the prince of Qin and his wife to express their concern, everyone felt that Lord Pingyang had a foresight. If the people of Qin see the people of Zhao abusing other people, I don't know how they will make use of it.

Lord Pingyang used several times to highlight the momentum in the country to replace his brother Pingyuan Lord and become another person that King Zhao relied on. These days, he often travels to and from the palace, changing his previous low-key image and frequently offering advice.

And not long after the Qin people temporarily retreated, King Zhao summoned the stranger to discuss sending him back to the country.

After the stranger came back, he was a little dizzy, and he couldn't restrain his joy. After returning to the mansion, he hit the fou and sang, which made Zhao Ji who came to greet him very confused.

However, when Zhao Ji heard that the stranger said that the King of Zhao was going to send them back to the country, she unexpectedly did not show any joy. Instead, her complexion changed slightly, showing a bit of vigilance. Shall I send it back? Is there a fraud in this?"

"Ma'am, what do you mean?"

Zhao Ji pondered for a moment, and said, "Master, why don't you send your son back to Qin when Qin and Zhao generals started peace talks half a month ago? A few days ago, the Qin mission left Handan, why wasn't Zhao Wang there at that time?" Send the young master out of Handan together? But now."

"Qin and Zhao have already negotiated. There is no need for Zhao Guo to enjoy Qin. On the contrary, if the young master returns to Qin now, King Zhao will send additional soldiers to protect the young master. Now Zhao Guo is empty of troops... There is something strange about it. The concubine also invited the young master careful."

This remark made other people frowned. He is a smart person, but he was a little dazed when he got the good news just now. In addition, Zhao Ji's status made her naturally defensive against other people's kindness, and she was good at Analyzing gains and losses, Yiren is not as good as her in this regard.Now being pointed out by Zhao Ji, Yiren also felt a little weird.

indeed.

If King Zhao wants to please Qin, or show an absolute friendly attitude, he should be sent back to Qin early.

Not retaining the quality of other countries is the expression of trust.

And if you really want to send him back to the country, you can let him go back with the envoy of Qin State a few days ago. If you do that, Zhao State can save some troubles. He really had an accident, the country of Zhao would definitely not fall well, and there have also been incidents in which a third country deliberately assassinated hostages from other countries and started a war between the two countries.With Qin Zhao's current situation, he should be more careful.

And following the envoys of Qin State has nothing to do with Zhao State.Obviously it can save effort, but Zhao Guo has to delay until now.

——Why?

Now if the foreigner wants to return to Qin, then a formal docking process must be initiated between Qin and Zhao, because the state of Zhao will send someone to send the foreigner to Qin's Hangu Pass.The escort team is naturally soldiers, who will go back and forth to confirm who will wear the armor at that time, and it will not be settled for several decades.

It will be winter again, and the roads will be difficult to walk. The Xiongnu in the north of Zhao State will go south to harass him. King Zhao's capital is already empty of troops, so it is not a good time to protect him with empty hands.

The time and timing are inappropriate, so why did King Zhao make this suggestion now?

Under Zhao Ji's persuasion, Yiren suppressed the desire to send someone to find Lu Buwei immediately, but only asked when Lu Buwei came to teach him a few days later as usual.Unexpectedly, Lu Buwei's expression changed upon hearing this, and he fell into silence after repeatedly asking for a few details.

Seeing the pensive look on his face, the stranger immediately knew that something was wrong.

But he had been thinking about it for a few days before, and he really didn't understand what Zhao Wang was playing. This was not because he was stupid, but because he didn't know an important piece of information.

As a native of Qin, even if the Yiren is now protected by soldiers and has not been angered and retaliated by the old Zhao people, there are not a few people who secretly throw stones at his door every day, and those who attack him with words, so the Yiren dare not go out at all these days, he does not go out Of course, he would not notice some strange signs, for example—in Zhao Kingdom, there are gradually more and more people with accents from other countries.

Most of these people walk back and forth under the banner of merchants, and they also have an excuse to carry out regular New Year's greetings in the coming New Year.

Lu Buwei is a businessman himself. Unlike ordinary people, he is very sensitive to the fact that there are a large number of businessmen in the market, but prices do not fluctuate.In addition, he felt that he could take the opportunity to contact the source of goods and had personal contact with them, so he could say responsibly that [-]% of these so-called merchants who came to Zhao country were not merchants.

Since you are not a businessman, why do you pretend to be a businessman and come to Zhao State?What are they doing?Lu Buwei spent a lot of time and money investigating this problem, and finally got the answer.

Frankly speaking, at the beginning of the investigation, he already had expectations, but when he actually saw this conclusion, Lu Buwei still had some headaches.

"Sir, what do you mean... Zhao Guo wants to unite the five eastern countries to resist Qin?" After hearing this answer, Yiren first laughed at the absurdity, but then he apologized to Lu Buwei, "I am not targeting Mr...."

Lu Buwei waved his hand to signal that he understood, and he asked patiently, "Why do you think this is ridiculous, my lord?"

"Zhao Guo has already signed an agreement with Qin. If he repents at this time, what face will he have on Zhao Guo?"

This is unbelievable in the eyes of foreigners, why?Because it is different from Qin, the six eastern countries have always maintained that they are a country of ritual and music, but for a long time they compared Qin to a country of barbarians. Come up with the kind of thing that invites other kings to come over as a guest and then kidnaps them.

The stranger is the grandson of King Qin, even if he is not favored, he has been educated by the royal family.In the teaching materials of the royal family education, many of them are advanced ideas from the six eastern countries, so the foreigner is learning their culture while despising the series of hypocritical and useless strategies that the six eastern countries like to pursue. grow up.So among other things, in his inherent thinking, there is indeed an impression that the Eastern Liu Kingdoms are more polite and trustworthy than the old Qin people.

But now Lu Buwei told him that a country that pays attention to rituals and music intends to repent?How does this make him believe?

Of course, in history, there are countless things that were promised and later regretted, but such things should not be placed on Zhao Wang. Zhao Wang is the leader of the second largest economy on this continent, and he has received orthodox royal education since he was a child. The grown-up grandson...

It is another matter to say that he was once a hostage outside. Every hostage who can come back alive basically has some means, but Zhao Wang is not, he is a native son and grandson.

In addition, Zhao Wang is young, what is the biggest characteristic of young people? ——He has a big temperament and a big face.How could Zhao Wang do something that old fritters would do?

In fact, not only he would not believe it, even Qin Guo would not believe that Zhao Guoguo did such a shameless thing.Otherwise, how could the State of Qin do such a thing as withdrawing its troops first and then waiting for King Zhao to hand over the six cities?If it was replaced by an old fritter like King Han or King Wei, they would absolutely ignore Sanqi 21 and send troops in to occupy the place first.

So Lu Buwei laughed after hearing what the stranger said, and he slowly shook his head, "My lord, between countries, there are only means, only winning or losing, and no face."

Face is a game between gentlemen, while politicians compete with each other between countries, and the battlefield is in the dirtiest place in the world. The game between each other is about means and calculations. Who can count more? To score is to hold the odds in the palm of your hand.

It was also his carelessness, and Lu Buwei never thought of this possibility, because the reckless image of King Zhao in his heart had already become a fixed pattern, and he didn't expect that this young king would also have the thinking mode of a qualified politician, and in such a short period of time You will be able to bounce back from the previous huge failure and start to grow.

If it was put in the past, Lu Buwei might have praised King Zhao's future, but now he doesn't have such an idea.

Zhao Wang's series of actions disrupted his plan, which is definitely not a good experience for a man who is good at planning.

Yiren has always had absolute trust in Lu Buwei. After Lu Buwei showed such a firm attitude, he no longer expressed doubts, but immediately began to think about countermeasures: "If I write to my father..." He paused, revealing A look of helplessness.

That's too late.

If King Zhao really planned to play tricks, there is no room for change now. Now that the Qin army has returned to Qin, how easy is it for the army to prepare and set off?Timing is such a thing, even if the difference is a day or two, if you miss it, you will miss it.

Yiren shook his head, now he can only care about how Zhao Guo wants to treat him, and whether he will send him home with a fake show.

This time Lu Buwei was not as straightforward as when he was asked by a stranger before. He kept thinking until the sun was setting, and then said in a low voice, "No matter what Zhao Guo intends to do, I think you must leave Zhao Guo."

"If my expectations are correct, King Zhao wants to delay the time by discussing with Qin the son's return, and once the king reacts, he will definitely be ashamed and send troops to attack Handan."

The stranger was stunned: "How can this work? Zhao Guo must be ready!" But he relaxed a little, "It doesn't matter, the prime minister will persuade grandfather."

"I'm afraid the prime minister won't be able to stop it," Lu Buwei shook his head, "The prime minister is on the side of the Lord and the faction, and is against Wu Anhou, and now Zhao Guo's backtracking is the reason for the king."

And there is one thing Lu Buwei didn't say, there are already signs of discord between Fan Ju and Bai Qi, and when King Qin wanted to attack Zhao, he had to win over Bai Qi, and if he wanted to win over Bai Qi, he would definitely suppress him Fan Ju.

Even if Fan Ju's decision to seek peace had elements of his acquiescence, even if the withdrawal of troops at that time was indeed because Qin had no way to continue fighting, but at this moment, as the monarch, King Qin will completely forget about it.

Do you know all this in vain?Of course he knew, but even if he knew that Fan Ju might be innocent, he could only fight Fan Ju to the end.

Throughout the history of the world, only courtiers have always blamed the emperor. How could the emperor carry the blame on himself for fear that others would not see it?

From King Qin's point of view, if he hadn't listened to Fan Ju's words and talked about withdrawing his troops, then Bai Qi would have continued to march eastward to Handan. Now King Zhao is just a prisoner, and how to deal with it is up to him. He will not face it now. An embarrassing situation of being deceived by a young boy.

But no matter how many excuses King Qin finds to anger many people, he is the one who issued the edict and decided to withdraw troops. If Zhao Guo really played with Qin State, it would mean that he was killed by a Mao who was only one-third his age. The head boy cheated.

So King Qin will definitely send troops, firstly to vent his anger, and secondly to prove that his attack on Handan was just to get something out of his bag. It was not a last resort to withdraw troops at that time, but he didn't want it at the time.

The other person's lips trembled, he thought about what to say but didn't say it out, his mind was full of thoughts now, and finally they all converged into a silent sigh.

He knew his grandfather all too well.

At this moment, it is naturally impossible to refute.

But soon he cheered up and asked, "But because there will be another war between Qin and Zhao, so the master asked someone to leave early?" thing?"

"The situation is different," Lu Buwei lowered his eyelids, and said solemnly, "No one thought that the Battle of Changping would be like that, even I thought it was just an ordinary battle, but I didn't expect it to end in endless death. "

"And there was the Battle of Changping first, and the people of Zhao State hated Qin to the utmost. If the Qin army really came to attack, they would be full of hatred and fight in groups. King Zhao has already offended Qin State badly. His Majesty, so I thought that King Zhao might boost morale by hurting the young master."

That is to kill him to sacrifice the flag.

Yiren made a fist with one hand, but his expression was not too surprised. His eyes were burning and he was not flustered. Bar?"

Lu Buwei smiled mysteriously, "My lord, now that we have seen through Zhao Guo's plan, we are in the dark, and King Zhao is in the open."

"King Zhao wants to use the strategy of returning to Qin to stabilize the young master. Of course, it is impossible to think that the young master wants to escape now. We are surprised."

A very important move in the art of war is called surprise victory.

What is "odd"?What others can't think of is strange, so why can't others think of it?It is to subvert cognition.

For example, the rectum is playing tricks, and an honest person is telling lies.

For example, the upright BOY King Zhao played tricks on the cunning King Zhaoxiang.

For example, fleeing in an environment where King Zhao thought he would never escape.

So what is one thing that a person would never do?That's the thing that's already just in front of you, and the person deliberately goes around in circles to get it.

Freedom, for foreigners, is such a thing.

But if you want to escape, you have to think long-term.

The stranger can't leave in a short period of time. On the one hand, Zhao Ji is still pregnant and it is difficult to move. On the other hand, it is also the time when Zhao Wang is not completely at ease, and they have to wait for the opportunity.

Yiren still has to continue to pretend to be expecting with King Zhao, and Lu Buwei also needs to take advantage of this time to travel up and down to plan something, and there is only one chance to escape.

King Zhao will never give another person a second chance.

A few days later, a huge quarrel broke out in Lu's residence, which is almost known to everyone in this street. The male owner of this house suddenly brought back a woman who was pregnant with Liujia and was about to give birth. However, he told his wife that he would formally accept her as a concubine, and Mrs. Lu immediately objected.

According to today's social norms, taking concubines can only happen to those who are of good origin, that is, women from normal families like Zhao Ji can be concubines at home, and if they are slaves or prostitutes, although they are called concubines, they are not concubines. It will not go through a formal process, and in terms of household registration, it can only belong to first-class slaves and maidservants, who can be traded and bullied at will.

The woman brought back by Lu Buwei is a lowly family, but the man seems to be fascinated and wants to bring her into the family.Lu Buwei's current actions made Mrs. Lu very angry, and she didn't allow Lu Buwei to go home for many days, so Lu Buwei found another house outside.A large number of medicine supplements and children's eating utensils were sent to the house. Although the woman has not yet been naturalized, she has already made a gesture of spoiling her concubine and destroying her wife.

This incident provoked ridicule from the people of Zhao Guo that he was really humble in business, but the ridicule was ridiculed, and none of the onlookers were attracted to watch the play, and some even urged him to make a move, all of them were "all men, I understand" on their faces. appearance.

This kind of situation naturally made Madam Lu angry, and Madam Lu didn't care about her face at the moment, and went in and out of Mr. Qin's house one after another, hoping that Mr. Qin could persuade her husband.

Master Qin had no choice but to invite the two of them to enter the mansion frequently. Under the persuasion of the son and other people, Lu Buwei restrained a little, but the husband and wife still seemed to be at odds with each other.

What news travels the fastest in this world?Of course it was gossip, and the fighters in the gossip were gossips, so King Zhao soon heard about it, and he even asked strangers for confirmation during the meeting.

What can a stranger do?Yiren is also very helpless, but of course he can't dismantle his husband, so he can only smile wryly.

Zhao Wang: I understand now! !

And so the whole town knows—

Lu Buwei, a businessman from Weiguo, took in a second room with a baby, so the backyard caught fire, and even made trouble to the point where his students came forward to make peace.

Tut tut tut!It's really a shameless baby who meets a humble mother, and the humbleness is at home!