The Great Wei Empire in the Warring States Period

Since the Battle of Shaoliang, the Qin State has experienced five years of peace. Every time Ying Shixi thinks of the Battle of Shaoliang, he feels miserable. After that battle, the Qin army's losses reached 300,000 troops, and one-third of its territory was ceded to Wei. Not only that, Qin also compensated Wei for the money and money consumed in that war. forage. When Yingshi Xi saw the request of the Wei State on the bamboo slips, his heart was bleeding, one million stones of grain, 20,000 gold, and 3,000 war horses. Finally, he bargained with the Wei State to reduce the 20,000 gold to 10,000 gold. , but two thousand more horses were given!

Ying Shixi in the palace of the State of Qin was seriously ill. After the imperial doctor on the side took Qin Gong's pulse, Qin Gong's wife on the side asked anxiously:"Emperor Physician, how is your health?" The imperial doctor shook his head. Said:"Madam, your Majesty's illness is beyond hope!" After hearing this, Mrs. Qin Gong's wife felt dizzy and murmured:"Emperor Physician, is there any other way?" The imperial doctor also said helplessly. :"Madam, Your Majesty's disease has reached a terminal stage! Skin problems can be treated with acupuncture, and gastrointestinal problems can be treated with medicinal decoction, but the condition has reached the end of the disease and there is no cure!"

Mrs. Qin Gong was very surprised when she heard this. Kneeling beside Ying Shixi, he cried:"Your Majesty, wuwuwu..." Yingshixi looked at his wife who had compensated him for more than ten years and said:"Madam, don't be sad anymore, separation between life and death is destiny. , Gu knows that he will be gone soon, Gu is unwilling to accept it, it was Gu who brought Qin into the abyss, Gu is the sinner of Qin!"

Mrs. Qin cried:"Your Majesty, don't say any more, Your Majesty, you are still Have a good rest!" Ying Shixi suddenly coughed violently, cough cough~ cough,"Your Majesty, are you okay?" Mrs. Qin Gong's wife hurriedly patted her back, and Ying Shixi swallowed his saliva, painfully Said:"Hurry up, go quickly, invite doctor Qianlong, Quliang and Qian'er to come, hurry up!"

Mrs. Qin Gong's wife quickly said to the guards on the side:"Hurry up and follow your orders!"——yes!

Ying Quliang and others hurried into the palace. When Ying Quliang and Ying Qian came in, they saw that the doctor Qian Long had arrived long ago. On the bed, Qin Gong Ying Shixi was already pale. Ying Quliang Er He quickly went over and knelt down and said,"Father, are you okay?"

Yingshi Xi stretched out his hand tremblingly, touched Ying Quliang's head and said,"Quliang, you are here." Cough cough cough~~"Mr. Father!" they both said in unison. Ying Shi Xi Qiang supported himself, waved his hand, and said to Ying Quliang:"Quliang, what should I do with Qin when you become the king?"

Ying Quliang replied:"The first thing is to continue to recognize Qi as our country. Leader, the Qi State is powerful. We, the Qin State, must follow the Qi State in the future. I think the only country in the world that can completely compete with the Wei State is the Qi State! We can use the help of the Qi State to compete with the Wei State! The second is to fight with the Ba State. We have a good relationship. I plan to marry with the Ba State. This will ensure that the merchants of our Qin State can do business in all countries in the world and ensure the economy of our Qin State! The third is the reform. The reason why the Wei State is strong is because of the reform. , so I plan to implement reforms in the Qin State!"

Ying Shixi looked at Ying Qian again and said,"Qian'er, you won't be unwilling to let Ying Quliang be the king, right?"

Ying Qian said quickly:"Father, My son is not as good at governing the country as Quliang. I am willing to assist Quliang all the time. Moreover, my son is only willing to fight for the Qin State. If he betrays me, he will be pierced by random arrows!" Yingshi Xi nodded and squeezed out with difficulty. He said with a smile:"You two brothers must unite and make Qin strong!"

Then he looked at Dr. Qianlong and said,"Sir, I will leave the whole matter of assisting Quliang to you! Qin Guogu believes in you, you must assist Quliang well, please!"

Qianlong said with tears in his eyes:"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will assist the prince well!"

Then, Ying Shixi looked up and saw on his right hand Pointing swaying upward, he said:"Gu is a sinner of the Qin State. I once lived in the Wei State. Finally, with the help of the Wei State, I became the king. Although the Wei State helped me become the king, at that time I I dare not forget the hatred of the Wei State for taking away my land in Hexi, so I will return to the Qin State and work hard to govern. The Qin State finally catches up a lot, and finally defeats the Wei State in the Battle of Shimen, and also gets the gift from the Emperor of Zhou. Gu's title of"Uncle" made Gu feel that our Qin State had stood up. As a result, in the Battle of Shaoliang, our Qin State's 300,000-strong army was completely annihilated and one-third of its territory was lost. You are not willing to give in! Quliang, you must remember the Shaoliang shame of our Qin Kingdom!"

After saying that, Ying Shixi's hand fell down, and with full regret, he passed away. Qin, the monarch of the Qin Kingdom, Duke Xian passed away!

The three of them cried bitterly, and the guards behind them all knelt down and said,"Your Majesty!"

In less than a month, the whole world knew about the death of the monarch of Qin!

The Marquis of Wei in the Wei Kingdom laughed loudly after receiving the letter and said to the ministers:"My lords, the old immortal of the Qin Kingdom has died. Everyone, should the Wei Kingdom send someone to mourn after the death of Duke Qin?""Marquis Wei's words were full of disdain for the other party.

The ministers below all looked at each other, and they were all very happy. Knowing that the enemy's king died is a very happy thing for the country. One minister stood up and said:"Your Majesty, the king of Qin has died. This is a great opportunity for our country Wei. I think we should send a large army to attack Qin immediately!" The Marquis of Wei did not say anything, but looked at Wu Tong and asked:"Sima, what do you think?"

Wu Tong stood up and said :"Your Majesty, I think that Wei State cannot attack Qin State at this time. Firstly, I think Qin State should be well prepared to attack Qin State at this time. Secondly, attacking Qin State at this time will cause resentment from all countries in the world. , The third is that if our Wei State attacks Qin at this time, Qi State will not be able to confront the Chu army on the Chu State, and will definitely send troops to attack our Wei State! Therefore, I think that our Wei State will not only not If you attack Qin, you have to send envoys to Qin to mourn."

Then, the Marquis of Wei looked at Pang Juan again:"General Pang, what do you think?"

Pang Juan stood up and replied:"Your Majesty, I think what Sima Zhiyan said It is true that our Wei State cannot attack Qin State at this time, but I have a plan to make Qin State decline even more!"

When the Marquis of Wei heard this, he quickly asked:"What is General Pang's plan?"

Pang Juan said:"Jun This plan is a bit sinister, so I don’t want to open my mouth. Please let me take full charge of the affairs of the State of Qin!" The

Marquis of Wei thought for a while and said,"Okay, General Pang will be responsible for the affairs of the State of Qin!"

Wei Shen stood up and said:" My father and my sons want to send a messenger to the Qin State to mourn. I ask my father to agree!"

When the Marquis of Wei heard that Wei Shen was going to the Qin State, it was difficult to do anything and said:"Shen'er, going to the Qin State to mourn will be a bit of a disadvantage. Oh, what if the Qin State is unethical and imprisons you?"

Wei Shen said firmly:"If you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't get the tiger's cubs. I think that since the Qin State is our enemy of the Wei State, we must treat it well. Only in this way can we better understand Qin and destroy Qin!"

After hearing this, the Marquis of Wei was very happy and said:"Okay, Shen'er, you will be responsible for this mission!"

Pang Juan stood up and said:"For the sake of safety, Your Majesty, I think you can send my son Pang Ying to go to Qin with the prince. After hearing this, the Marquis of Wei said:"Well, just follow the general's words! The prince was the chief envoy and Pang Ying was the deputy envoy to the State of Qin!"——Your Majesty, Your Majesty!

Inside Pang Juan's

Mansion I saw that not only Pang Juan was alone in Pang Juan's study, but also his son and Prince Wei Shen were also in the room. Wei Shen asked:"General Pang, what kind of strategy are you talking about that will make the Qin State decline even more?" Pang Juan smiled and said,"The plan to wipe out every household! I plan to use the plan to wipe out every household to make the Qin State decline even more!" Wei Shen listened. Then he asked:"Then how should we make good use of this household annihilation plan?"

Pang Juan explained:"At this time, due to the new death of the king of Qin, domestic prices will definitely drop significantly. Qin has the largest slave market in the world. , Therefore, we need to use money to buy back all the slaves in the Qin State’s slave market! Many nobles’ farmland in Qin State is cultivated by slaves, and the entire Qin State slaves account for two-tenths of the entire Qin State’s population. We buy slaves on a large scale, so that no one will cultivate Qin's land, and it will eventually become a wasteland. Most importantly, we have to buy all the grain and salt in Qin, so that the people in Qin will have no food to buy. , if you buy it without salt, it will naturally turn into a pot of porridge. Then our Wei State opened the blockade and allowed people from the Qin State to arrive in our Wei State. It also guaranteed that anyone who arrived from the Qin State to settle down in the Wei State would get a hectare of land! And we will make all the slaves we bought free and give them land, so that the slaves of Qin can be freed in Wei.Naturally, they will come to our country, Wei, so that the population of Qin will become smaller and smaller, while the population of our country Wei will become more and more. The most important thing is that Qin’s food and salt have been bought by us. , their people will definitely be in chaos! Chaos means that the country will not be governed, and the people of Qin State will come to Wei State one after another because they heard that Wei State can also give away land, so that Wei State will not have an opportunity to take advantage of it!

After hearing Pang Juan's plan, Wei Shen shouted:"What a good plan, what a good plan!"

Then, Pang Juan said to Pang Ying:"When you go to Qin this time, you must protect His Highness the Crown Prince. If danger occurs, you must be the first to act as a human shield for the Crown Prince!" do you understand? Pang Ying quickly raised his hands and said,"I know, kid!""

In Qi State, in Tian Ji's mansion, Tian Ji also received the news that the king of Qin had passed away, and he quickly asked Sun Bin:"Mr. Sun Bin, the king of Qin has passed away. Should we, Qi State, send someone to mourn?""

Sun Bin, at this time, has been thinking about the confrontation with the Chu army. Although Sun Bin used a trick to let the King of Chu use his own troops to confront the Qi army.

But he gradually discovered that in this confrontation, in addition to the Chu State, Qi State and Ba The state of Wei, the state of Wei, almost looked at it like a fool, and almost didn't want to come to help the state of Chu. Only then did Sun Bin know that he had been tricked by Wu Tong, because Wu Tong originally wanted the state of Qi to join forces with the state of Chu and the state of Ba. The three countries are consuming each other!

At that time, Tian Ji also asked:"Why do you think Wu Tong made a plan?

Sun Bin replied:"Because Pang Juan can't think of such a conspiracy!" Tian Ji saw that Sun Bin hadn't answered him yet, so he patted him and said,"Mr. Sun Bin, what's wrong with you?" Sun

Bincai reacted and said:"Oh, it's nothing, I'm just thinking about something. Since you said that the king of Qin has passed away, then our Qi State will also send people to mourn according to Zhou Li!" After all, the State of Qin is also an ally of our State of Qi. We must have a good relationship with the State of Qin. The State of Qin is a sharp sword that our State of Qi has planted behind the State of Wei!"

Afterwards, Tian Ji said:"Then I will ask Tian Zhuo and others to go to Qi State to mourn."——good!

When Tian Ji left, Sun Bin fell into deep thought again, because he now understood that Wu Tong was not easy to deal with. Now he only used a conspiracy to make Qi, Chu, and Ba consume each other, and Wei was there. If things develop secretly later, Qi and Chu will only become weaker and weaker, while Wei will only become stronger and stronger! Suddenly, Sun Bin thought of a way and thought: This conspiracy can be broken now!