Therefore, Ji Zhi, who was smart since childhood, understood the principle of protecting himself. He never fought and never robbed him. He treated his father respectfully and filially, and was humble to his brothers. When his father gradually became foolish and became superstitious about abdication, he not only entrusted all the state affairs to Xiangbangzizhi, but also took back all the seals of more than 300 stones of officials in the country to increase his prestige. In order to fight against Zizhi, the prince Pinghe made friends with important officials in the army to protect himself.

Ji Zhi, who had a keen sense of politics, smelled the strong murderous aura in Yan early on. At this time, South Korea and Yan established a covenant against Zhao, and needed to exchange the children of the royal family to be hostages. Originally, the protons of this small-country covenant only needed some concubines to go there, but in order to avoid disasters abroad, Ji Zhi had to go to Korea to serve as a hostage, and thus escaped the disaster.

But the development of the situation was far beyond Ji Zhi's expectations. Yan State was not only in chaos, but also in complete chaos. The prince Ping and his sons and his sons attacked each other, causing chaos in Yan State. For this reason, he also attracted hungry wolves with bad intentions from Qi and Zhongshan State, occupying more than 60 cities of Yan State. If King Yong of Zhao had not stood up, Qi State would have almost destroyed Yan State, which had been established for more than 700 years.

Although Zhao Yong planned to do so that Qi would not want to become a big shot and wanted Yan to restrain the powerful Qi in the north, Ji Zhi was still grateful to him. After all, Qi was in a period of great success at that time, and King Xuan was in the period of great success. He had good friends with Chu in the south and Qin in the west, and had two helpers from Wei and Zhongshan, so no one could control it for the time being. Although the vassal states were dissatisfied with Qi's annexation of Yan, no one dared to stand up.

This was the first time Zhao Yong stood up, carried the banner of rebellion against Qi, and uphold justice for Yan State. You should know that Zhao State was not strong in the current era, far from the strength of Qi, Qin and Chu State. It can only be considered a second-rate country, but it has the courage to stand alone. Zhao Yong's vision and courage have to be admired by the world.

As Zhao Yong expected, South Korea, which had an alliance with Yan State, was the first to stand up to support Zhao State, and after discussing with Zhao State, decided to support Ji Zhi, who was the host in South Korea, as King Yan. Ji Zhi's mother was the princess of Qin State and the daughter of King Huiwen of Qin at that time, so King Qin was also Ji Zhi's grandfather. In trouble, even outsiders like Zhao State and Han State stood up to help, so how could Qin State sit idly?

So the Three Kingdoms joined blood as an alliance, and together with Yan State and the coalition forces of the Four Kingdoms, they rushed to Yan to expel the Qi army.

After Qi occupied Yan State, it burned, killed, plundered, harshly exploited Yan people, and killed Yan State clans. Yan land was ignited to resist the atrocities of Qi army everywhere, forcing the Qi army to run around and put out fires everywhere. Hearing that the four-nation coalition forces had already supported Ji Zhi to return to the country to ascend the throne, the Qi people saw that the coalition forces were powerful, so they were worried about being defeated by the coalition forces, so they gave up most of Yan land and then transported most of the gold and silver from Yan to Qi, leaving only to Ji Zhi's devastated Yan State.

This unprecedented unrest caused great trauma to Yan State, with no less than 400,000 people killed or injured, and almost every family had direct relatives died in this unrest. The treasury and arsenal that had accumulated for many years were plundered by Qi State. Yan State, which was originally at the end of the seven heroes, was greatly damaged and there was no strong capital of the country of Ten Thousand Vehicles. Therefore, the Yan people's robbery of Qi State was undoubtedly a bone-to-heart hatred, and hatred had reached an irreconcilable state.

Ji Li, who was carrying the hatred of his family and relatives, decided to destroy Qi. After ascending the throne, he decided to make Yan strong, so he looked for good talents to govern the country. He followed the advice of his old minister Guo Wei and treated Guo Huai with the ritual of "a thousand gold is seeking horse bones" and respected him as his teacher. As a result, all the wise men of various countries were grateful for the sincerity of King Yan's desire to seek talent, and gathered in Yan. Among them were Luoyi Su Qin, Zhao people Ju Xin, Qi people Zou Yan, all of whom were good generals. Yan suddenly became full of talents and became famous.

Unfortunately, the thalassin country of Yan was weak and had few people. Although he worked hard for more than ten years to govern, he still couldn't match the Central Plains countries. Not to mention being strong in Qi, even Wei may not be as good as that of South Korea.

This also made Ji Zhi even more painful, forcing himself to handle national affairs day and night, regardless of matters, without negligence. Even the ministers such as Su Qin and Zou Yan had a difficult life.

Su Qin thought about replying, and then said slowly for a long time. "The king, when I was in the Song Dynasty, I heard a joke. Someone from the Song Dynasty thought that the seedlings did not grow and returned, and said to the man: "I am sick today! I will help the seedlings grow!" His son went to see them and the seedlings would be withered."

"Therefore, Mencius said: There are few people in the world who do not help the seedlings. Those who give up the seedlings because they are useless will not weed them; those who help the seedlings will be washed away; those who help the seedlings will be damaged; those who do not only do not help but also harm them."

"Now that our Yan State's national strength has increased, the whole country is united in the country, and the enemy is shared against Qi State, so the people are able to do so. But if the king is eager for quick success and instant benefits and wants to surpass Qi State, it will undoubtedly be no different from the Song people's "supplement to grow". Not only will it not be beneficial to our Qin State, but it will hurt the fundamentals of the country."

Ji Zhi's body shook, his face seemed to have some enlightenment, but he sighed and said, "I don't know what Su Xiang said, but if I continue like this, it will probably be difficult for me to take revenge in my lifetime. What's the use of this?"

Su Qin was silent for a while and looked up at Ji Zhidao; "King, now our Yan State is politically clear and we are united in our country, but after all, the country is small and the people are weak. In terms of population, the population is less than half of Qi State, and in terms of state-owned assets, we must fundamentally solve the problem."

Ji Zhi showed interest and asked hurriedly, "Su Want to tell me, is there any other way?"

"There are nothing more than two methods: strong Yan and weak Qi."

"What is strong Yan, what is weak Qi?"

Su Qin pondered, "There are only two methods of strong Yan. One is to slowly draw it, just like what we do today; the other is to conquer cities and land to fill the population, which is a quick success."

"Now, Donghu, repeatedly invading our borders, plundering money, grain and people, has also restrained our large number of troops from resisting the Donghu. If the Donghu can be solved once and for all, and the Hu people can be integrated into the country like Zhao State, this will not only avoid being attacked from both sides, but also obtain a large number of grassland cavalry that can expand the land for thousands of miles. Why not do it?"

Ji Zhi looked thoughtful and thought for a moment before slowly saying, "These people had thought about it before, but our Yan State is not as good as Zhao State. Zhao Yong has a large number of elite cavalry and has surpassed the Hu people in fighting on the grassland. However, our Yan State is different. It is impossible to imitate Zhao State's implementation of Hu clothing and cavalry. Once the bulky chariots and infantry arrive at the grassland, they will be difficult."

"Besides, we have been resisting Donghu for so many years. We have long been accustomed to their attack on our defense mode. We know almost nothing about our Yan State on the grassland. How can we annex the Hu land and gather the Hu people?"

Su Qin showed a smile on his face and said, "This is why I came to see the king today. I found a person named Qin Kai, the son of Qin Ji, a former doctor of the Yan State. He was a hostage in Donghu when he was young. Later, he was deeply trusted by the King of Donghu and was entrusted with important tasks. He broke off his desire to return to the country and regarded Donghu as his family."

"It's a pity that Qin Kai is so beautiful that he is so beautiful that he actually has an affair with the King of Donghu. After the defeat, Qin Kai fled back to Yan State overnight and now joins me. Qin Kai has lived in Donghu for more than 20 years and knows the customs and customs over there. If he is allowed to be a general, he will definitely have a way to deal with Donghu."

Ji Zhi nodded and said happily, "Since it is really as you said, I might as well bring him tomorrow. I want to see him in person."

Su Qin bowed, "This is natural."

Ji Zhi asked impatiently again, "Why don't you know what Su Xiang said about weak Qi?"

Su Qin's face tightened and said in a deep voice: "Although this is difficult, it is not impossible. It is to dismantle Qi from the inside and make the princes of the world tired of Qi. When the king raised his arms and shouted, the princes of the world gathered to respond and attack Qi together."

ps: Volume 2. The first volume is mainly based on the activities of Zhao State, with the prelude, process of King Wuling of Zhao’s destruction of Zhongshan, as well as the hidden worries within the Zhao State’s court. The second part is to start the country and the state of the state, and the main line will be the struggle for Zhao State’s court, and it is also the period when the protagonist hides his strength and keeps his low profile.

In addition, let me explain the surnames of the seven countries. Qin State has the surname Zhao. For example, according to the statement at that time, Emperor Shin-Emperor should have been called Zhao Zheng rather than Ying Zheng. This is how the record of the record of the Grand Historian. But everyone has been used to Ying Zheng rather than Zhao Zheng since childhood, and I am afraid that they will not be able to adapt if they suddenly change. Moreover, Zhao State also has the surname Zhao, so in order to distinguish, I will still use "Win" as the name of the King of Qin in the future, and I will not explain it again in the future.
Chapter completed!