If others are not clear about it, how can they still not be clear about the important matters? The left prime minister in front of me is really a genius who "governs a big country like cooking small dishes", especially when the civil strife has just been calmed down, this left prime minister

His position is equivalent to that of ten virtuous ministers, and with such heavy government affairs, the left prime minister still handles it with ease and without any mistakes.

This talent, even if it is a serious job, is still convinced.

To sit back and watch such a great sage resign from the Qi State and return to the Wei State would be a huge loss to the Qi State, but a huge help to the Wei State.

Nowadays, the Wei State, which only has one "Wei Gongzi Run", has gradually become so powerful that it is slightly superior to the other countries in the Central Plains. If there are both "Wei Gongzi Run" and "Wei Gongzizhao" at the same time, I believe this will be a big problem for all the Central Plains countries.

It's something I don't want to see.

Perhaps he was shocked by Guan Zhongcai's astonishing move. Zhao Zhao opened his mouth and was stunned for a long time. Then he came to his senses, shook his head and said, "Guan Zhongcai overestimated Zhao."

"It's because Mr. Zuo Xiang is too humble." Guan Zhong interrupted Zhao Zhao and said solemnly: "Right now, when our great Qi is broken and reestablished, if we lose such wise ministers as Mr. Zuo Xiang,

, this will be a huge loss to me, Daqi."

Zhao Zhao shook his head. He never thought that he was indispensable, whether in Wei or Qi.

For example, the scholar-bureaucrat in front of him named Guan Zhong, in his opinion, is qualified to serve as the prime minister of Qi State. However, Guan Zhong does not have much prestige in the court at present, but given time, he will definitely become the pillar of Qi State.

Seeing Zhao Zhao shaking his head, Guan Zhong frowned and said, "Lord Zuo Xiang, do you still care about those rumors? Forgive me for being honest, you can just ignore such crude instigation."

Zhao Zhao shook his head when he heard this, and said melancholy: "The rumors released by the Bei Bo Army are only one of them, and the other two..."

He didn't say anything further, but Guan Zhong could guess what he meant.

It's just that Zhao Zhao was caught between Wei and Qi, which was quite embarrassing.

For example, this time when Song Yun of the Northern Bo Army proposed that "the land of Song Dynasty is willing to belong to the State of Qi", although Zhao Zhao rejected Song Yun with legitimate reasons, to be honest, he actually favored the State of Wei in his heart.

If it were someone who had nothing to do with Wei, such as Gao Xi, he might have said to Song Yun: I, Da Qi, cannot publicly support you in this matter, but privately, I can give you some help.

Why? Could it be that Gao Xi couldn't see through this?

Of course not, it's just because Wei has risen too fast in recent years. As a subject of Qi, the former hegemonic country, Gao Xi also wants to create some trouble for Wei in private. He can't just watch Wei become stronger and stronger.

Then gradually replace Qi’s dominance in the Central Plains, right?

Alliance with the weak to resist the strong is China's main diplomatic strategy that has always maintained a balance between countries - no one will sit back and watch a country suddenly rise and dominate other countries.

Therefore, although Zhao Zhao's reason for rejecting Song Yun is justifiable, in fact, no one in Qi would reject Song Yun so simply. In such a matter, it is ambiguous and uses Song Dynasty to give Wei State more and more power.

It is in the interest of Qi that the more powerful allies create some trouble.

It is precisely because of this that Zhao Zhao thought that he could not let go of his relationship with his mother country, lest he would fall deeper and deeper into the cracks between the two countries in the future, and in the end be criticized by the people of Wei or Qi, it would be better to simply resign his position.

Seeing that Zhao Zhao seemed to have made up his mind, Guan Zhong had no choice but to use his trump card. He looked at Zhao Zhao and said quietly: "Master Zuo Xiang, now is the time when our country is in danger. How can you abandon our country?"

Facing the great king? How should we face the late king a hundred years later?"

Zhao Zhao originally thought it was funny to hear what Guan Zhong said about "crisis". After all, in his opinion, Qi State has passed the most difficult period. The next step is to cultivate health, strengthen soldiers and horses, and restore the era of Qi King Lu Xi.

It's just glory, where is the so-called danger?

But when he heard the words "great king" and "former king", he couldn't laugh anymore.

The "big king" in Guan Zhong's mouth refers to the current King of Qi, Lu Bai. He respects Zhao Zhao as an eldest brother and even calls him "Brother Shang". In the entire Qi Kingdom, Lu Bai trusts Zhao Zhao the most.

, not even comparable to Gao Xi, a descendant of the royal family.

When Uncle Bao wanted to keep Guan Zhong, he first persuaded Zhao Zhao, and Zhao Zhao came forward to persuade him. Only then did King Lu Bai of Qi take back his orders and pardon Guan Zhong, the "rebellious minister" around "Gongzi Jiu".

The "former king" in Guan Zhong's mouth refers to the late King Lu Xi of Qi. He had nothing to say to Zhao Zhao. Not only did he betroth his most beloved daughter Kui Ji to Zhao Zhao, he also gave the "Flying Bear" to Zhao Zhao.

This army, whose status in Qi State was comparable to that of Wei State's "Wei Wu Army", was also handed over to Zhao Zhao.

To be honest, King Lu Xi of Qi did not treat his own sons like "Gongzi Zhu" and "Gongzi Jiu" as well as he treated Zhao Zhao.

Even King Lu Xi of Qi said this before his death: If the young master Bai Yi fails, you will carefully teach your and Kui Ji's son.

It is no exaggeration to say that if Zhao Zhao had different intentions, he could have appointed Zhao Liang, his and Kui Ji's son, to inherit the name of the "Jiang Lu" royal family and become the King of Qi.

Even people like Gao Xi and others had nothing to do about this, because this was indeed the last will and testament of Qi King Lu Xi before his death.

When he thought of his father-in-law, King Lu Xi of Qi, Zhao Zhao's already firm decision to resign as prime minister couldn't help but waver.

In his life, he was very lucky to have two fathers, namely King Zhao Si of Wei, his biological father, and King Lu Xi of Qi, his father-in-law. Both fathers loved and valued them.

The reason why he chose to stay in Qi State was because his biological father still had his younger brother Zhao Run, who would be a future hero, enough to ensure that Wei State could gain a foothold in the Central Plains; and on the Qi State side, several sons of Qi King Lu Xi

But they are all ineffective. Even Gongzi Bai, who he has placed high hopes on, is still immature and unable to bear the burden of the entire country.

To resign from the position at this time is exactly as Guan Zhong said, as if he had abandoned Qi and failed to live up to Qi King Lu Xi's last instructions.

Seeing that the Zuo Xiang in front of him was shaken after hearing the word "former king", Guan Zhong quickly struck while the iron was hot, citing various examples of how King Lu Xi of Qi treated Zhao Zhao favorably, while emphasizing the threats from Chu and South Korea.

, finally gave up Zhao Zhao’s idea of ​​resigning his position for the time being.

It's no wonder that if you want to persuade a gentleman like Zhao Zhao, you only need to find the right way, let alone being strict. Even if it's another person, it's easy to convince the other party with "big rights and wrongs".

After that, Zhao Zhao and Guan Zhong talked about the Beibo Army again.

Guan Zhong said unceremoniously: "I think Song Yun is the evil of great loyalty!"

The so-called "Evil of Great Loyalty" means that although Song Yun was a hero with great righteousness and was loyal to the Song Dynasty and his compatriots in the Song Dynasty, his actions would instead cause the people of the Song Dynasty to suffer unprecedented disasters.

, which is more harmful than ordinary evildoers.

Zhao Zhao deeply agreed with this.

He nodded and asked Guan Zhong happily: "Guan Zhong also thinks that I, Da Qi, should not intervene in this matter?"

After hearing this, Guan Zhong hesitated for a moment and said with some embarrassment: "Master Zuo Xiang, Guan thinks that we, Da Qi, cannot openly support the Beibo Army, but privately..."

Seeing Zhao Zhao's somewhat disappointed look, Guan Zhong also felt a little guilty.

In fact, both of them understand that there is not so much benevolence and righteousness in the struggle between countries. As far as the Beibo Army is concerned, they should use the Beibo Army as much as possible and let him cause trouble to the Wei State as much as possible.

Delaying Wei's progress in becoming rich and powerful is the most beneficial thing for Qi.

Even as the Wei State has become more and more powerful, the "Three Kingdoms Alliance of Qi, Lu, and Wei" originally established to jointly fight against Chu State has gradually become meaningless - Wei State can even challenge Chu State alone, and it is still necessary to

What do Qi and Lu do as allies?

It is precisely for this reason that Gao Xi said in yesterday's meeting that he could appropriately release goodwill to the Chu State and alleviate the evil between Qi and Chu in the past twenty years.

Fortunately, the State of Wei is not bordering the State of Qi, and it has not yet posed any actual threat to the State of Qi. Otherwise, Qi State ministers such as Gao Xi might propose an alliance with the State of Chu to suppress the State of Wei.

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After all, "maintaining the balance of countries" is what the countries in the Central Plains have been doing for hundreds of years: not letting a country be too weak and leading to annexation by a strong country; nor letting a country be too strong and have the opportunity to annex a weak country.

, in the situation where the powerful forces are competing against each other, they are waiting for the opportunity to move and look for opportunities to achieve hegemony.

"When I came here, Lord Gao Xi asked me to convey to Lord Zuo Xiang that if Lord Zuo Xiang doesn't mind, I might as well leave this matter to him."

At the end, Guan Zhong said this to Zhao Zhao.

Zhao Zhao let out a long sigh after hearing this.

A few days later, Shangqing Gao Xi came forward to refute the rumors and pointed out righteously that the Beibo Army was not qualified to discuss the ownership of the Song Dynasty with Qi State, and Qi State would not covet the territory of its allies - as for the "allies" among them

"Whether it refers to Wei or Song, Gao Xi did not mention it.

Not long after, the Beibo Army announced the restoration of the Song Dynasty in the name of a certain descendant of the Song royal family, and called on the Song people to fight against the Wei army.

It is worth mentioning that the Chu State seemed to have the same intention as the Qi State, publicly recognizing the so-called Song State and calling on the Wei State to return the territory it invaded and occupied the Song State.

After waiting for a month, Prince Zhao Run, who was watching the battle between the Wei army and Lin Hu in the "forest", received urgent news from the Song Dynasty.

However, he didn't take it to heart at all. He glanced at it casually, then balled up the secret letter and threw it away.

"Send an order to the troops and tell all generals to hurry up and wipe out Lin Hu!"
Chapter completed!