Chapter fifty-six before rain
This may be the destiny of Zhao State. If the ancestor Wuling King did not die in Shaqiu, and really led the Zhao army to attack Qin from Yunzhong County, and at the same time, they joined forces with Han Wei Shun Fen River to Fenyin and reversed the Wei River to Xianyang, then the history would have been different. Unfortunately, time cannot be reversed, and the fate of Zhao State seemed to be destined when the three families divided Jin, and they were destined when the capital of Handan was established. No matter how hard the future generations tried, they could never be changed.
Zhao Liang felt more and more clearly that Zhao State was about to perish, but another country had already seen destruction.
In February, Qin State, which had just accepted Nanyang County, suddenly attacked Han, and the general who led the troops was Teng Qi. This was a huge joke. Teng Qi clearly surrendered to Qin according to Han An's wishes, but he did not expect that as soon as he surrendered to Qin, he would be rebelled and become the vanguard of Qin's attack on Han.
One by one, one by one, one by one, and one by one envoy rushed out of Xinzheng. As the favorite concubine of Han Wangan, Mi Qin could only cry and tell Xiong Jing and ask him to send troops to rescue Han. However, Han had already bribed Qin, and since he bribed Qin, Chu would naturally not save him.
"Brother Wang..., wuwu..." Mi Qin sobbed, Han Jin and Zhang Liang knelt behind her, and both shed tears.
"Qin Mai, Brother Wang can't save it, you can't save it!" Xiong Jing spread his hands helplessly. South Korea originally planned to get along with everything. If South Korea had the determination to offend Qin and have to ally with the four countries back then, it would not have ended today.
"I only ask the king to send troops to rescue him." Compared to Han Jin, who was not good at speaking, Zhang Liang's request was very clever. When he arrived in Yingdu, he soon became familiar with the political system of Chu and knew that each town had the power to send troops; he was also familiar with the temperament of the people of Chu. Once the troops in Ying sent troops, in order to protect Xiong Jing, the Chu troops in other counties would accompany him.
"Han bribed Qin first. If troops were sent to rescue him, what would happen to Wei State and what would happen to Zhao State?" Xiong Jing knew that this weak young man who had just won the crown was Zhang Liang, but he did not give him special courtesy. "The King of Han bribed Qin and thought that the Qin people could save their country's fortune. The Qin people broke their promise and asked for help from Chu State, and went to Qin to Chu State, how could they save each other?"
"Wow..." As soon as Xiong Jing finished speaking, Mi Qin cried again. She did not stay in Mingtang, but rushed out with tears.
"Come on! Follow Qin Xiong." Xiong Jing was very uneasy when he saw Mi Qin rushing out, worried that she would not be able to think about it.
"If the king does not save the old town, he will let the Qin people get the old town, and the Wei State will be in danger." Zhang Liang continued to lobby. "If the Wei State loses Shangcai County and Qin and Chu are adjacent to each other, the Chu State will be in danger. The Han Dynasty is wrong in bribing Qin, but whether it is right or wrong, it should be determined by the gains and losses of Chu State. Now..."
"It is precisely because everyone is planning to seek profit, and countries are fighting to bribe Qin, and then they are finally destroyed by Qin." Xiong Jing felt that he did not like Zhang Liang. People pay attention to smell or fate. Some people think they are the same type at first sight, and some people stay away from each other and keep a distance when they first meet. Moreover, they only feel this way when they first meet, and when they see too many smells, they can't feel it.
"Compared with the rules, gains and losses are optional." Xiong Jing continued. "The unspoken person once said that if he bribes Qin, he would not save him. This is the rule of Chu and the rule of the world. If the King of Han has blood, he should fight to the death with the Qin people..."
"King!" A figure flashed at the door of the Mingtang, Xiang Yan and Don't let me climb the stairs.
"What's the matter?" Xiong Jing saw the two of them coming together and guessed that something big should have happened.
"It's Korea..." Seeing Zhang Liang and Han Jin here, don't let me say anything but stop.
"Report to the King of Kings, King Han has surrendered to Qin!" The news was not a secret. Xiang Yan also knew that Princess Qin cried and asked the King to send troops to rescue Han in the past few days, so she told him in front of the envoy of Han.
"Surrender to Qin?" Xiong Jing was stunned. The Qin army was in Xinzheng for only a few days, and Han Dynasty surrendered to Qin.
"Ah! My country... surrendered... Qin..." Zhang Liang and Han Jin were also shocked. Both of them were worried that their families were far away in Handu, and that the Qin army would behead their heads and behead them after the city was broken, and that the old and weak were not allowed to exist. Now that the king surrendered to Qin, Xinzheng was safe and sound, and his family should be safe. Zhang Liang and Han Jin's unconscious expression made me not despise them. They quickly bowed and left the Mingtang.
"Why don't the Koreans die like this?" Zhang Liang, Han Jin was not sad at all when he went out, and did not cry. Xiang Yan sighed.
"Since Han has surrendered to Qin, should the King of Wei be shocked?" Xiong Jing smiled and talked about the Wei State.
Han bribed Qin to offer land in Nanyang County and led the disaster to the east. Wei State was so angry that he hated him. But no matter how much he hated him, once Han was destroyed, Wei State would be the first to be the brunt. Han territory was less than a hundred miles away from Daliang. Although there was a Great Wall and was separated by Putianze, Qin State surrounded Daliang from the north and west sides. Wei King Wei Zeng was afraid that he would not be able to sleep peacefully.
"Xinling Jun was lobbying me a few days ago to persuade the king to send troops to rescue Han, but now..." His lips were dead and his teeth were cold. Xinling Jun Wei Jianyou had been active in Yingdu, especially lobbying Xiang Yan, but he could not guess that before he could send troops, Han Wangan surrendered to Qin.
"Did the Qin army attack Wei?" The situation in the world changed again, and the strategic direction of Qin was once again blurred, so Xiong Jing asked again.
"If the Qin army attacked Wei, how could Tengqi lead the army to destroy Han?" Xiang Yan pointed out the most important point.
"If Qin attacks Wei, the waterways of Honggou should be blocked." Don't let me think that the Qin army is going to attack Wei.
"Then it's better to attack Zhao?" Xiong Jing said silently. He hoped that Qin would attack Wei and that Wei and Zhao would be liberated. To this day, the survival of Han and Wei countries has no big impact on the overall situation of the world. The two countries that can really affect the situation in the world are Zhao and Qi.
"What I see is to attack Zhao." Xiang Yan said. "I only wish Zhao would go out to attack Qin..."
"The envoy Zhao has told me that there are insufficient horses in Zhao State and cannot attack Qin." Lian Yu returned to Yingdu again. The first news he brought was that there were insufficient horses in Zhao State and could not go out to attack Qin; the second news was that King Zhao wanted to marry Mi Qing, who was four years older than him, which made Mi Qing run to the main slept and cry. Zhao Qian was indeed King Zhao, but he was the son of a wife, and Mi Qing was unwilling to marry.
"This matter is indeed not feasible." If the Three Kingdoms did not join the plan to attack Qin, Zhao State was naturally unable to support it. Xiang Yan was not surprised that Zhao State cancelled the plan. "But there is another matter that must be told to the king..."
"What's the matter?" Xiang Yan's expression became solemn. Compared with Han surrendering to Qin, this was a big deal.
"It's not raining since spring!" Xiang Yan exhaled and said something he had been worried about for a while.
"No, it rains?!" Xiong Jing wanted to laugh unexpectedly, but he still held back. He had been worshipping the Spring God for a long time. Now it is the spring planting season. The sun is shining every day, and it does seem that it has not rained. Although millet is a drought-resistant crop, it must be nourished by rain after planting, otherwise it will not be able to survive.
Xiong Jing was still worried that spring drought would delay spring planting, but Xiang Yan said again: "I heard that Zhao State is also in the rain."
"It's not raining in Zhao State?!" Xiong Jing finally knew the importance of the matter. Zhao State had not had enough food last year. If the spring drought affects farming this year, the food will not be enough. With the 10 million stones of millet transported by the Three Kingdoms, many people will starve to death this year.
"Summon..., summon..., summon the worker Yin Dao!" Xiong Jing turned three times in a row before remembering who to summon.
"King, it's too late to build sea boats at this time." Xiang Yan knew why Xiong Jing summoned Yin Dao. The construction of sea boats had stopped. Shipyards of all sizes in Chu State were building inland river boats weighing several tons. Xiong Jing wanted to build sea boats immediately and transport a lot of food to Zhao State.
"Why not?" Before November last year, keels had been laid on all docks. A Taotie-class cargo ship was about 20,000 working days, and 300 workers could build it in more than two months.
"Even if thirty sea boats were launched this year, they would only transport 3.6 million stones of corn, which would be a drop in the bucket." Xiang Yan said. He just raised the problem and could not solve the problem. "Maybe I am worried that the state of Chu will not rain, and the state of Zhao will rain."
Xiang Yan just hoped, but his expectations were not accurate. Three days later, Chutian was covered with dark clouds, and the first spring rain fell in Yingdu between lightning and thunder. The spring rain was as precious as oil. Everyone in the palace and in the alleys was very happy.
Under the suggestion of Taibu Guanyi, the scale of worshiping the mother (God of Food) in February was doubled. Xie Mai taught the ancestors of Chu to sow grains, make fires and cook food, and get rid of the kindness of living by eating raw meat and drinking blood. It rained in Chu, and Zhao State also rained several times, but Qin State had not rained. For a time, everyone rumored that the sky abandoned Qin State, so it did not rain.
In the view of King Zhao Zheng of Qin, many of the Guandong had a deep hatred for Qin. At first, they despise the Qin people as barbarians. Later, they said that Qin was a country of tigers and wolves. Of course, tigers and wolves did not mean viciously or majestic, but animals. The so-called "the sky abandons Qin, so it does not rain." Zhao Zheng did not believe it at all. Qin and Zhao were in the same sky. Qin had a severe drought, Zhao also had a severe drought, Qin was in the terrestrial movement, and Zhao also had a terrestrial movement. How could it be that Zhao would rain, and Qin would not rain?
"King, it's not raining today." Under Zhao Zheng's order, Zhao Gao reported every day whether it rained, but it didn't rain today.
"Oh." Zhao Zheng was used to the rain anymore. He heard this and just said softly. Perhaps the sun was too bright outside the Mingtang. He put down the bamboo slips in his hand and asked, "Today is..."
"Report to the king, today is the day of Si." Zhao Gao smiled flatteringly. "There are tourists on the banks of the Wei River. They are beaten, and people's shoulders are rubbed, and their clothes are made into curtains. I think it's okay if it doesn't rain. Hundreds of thousands of people in Xianyang sweat, it's raining." After Zhao Gao finished speaking, he saw Zhao Zheng happily and asked, "King, today is the Si. Will you have a day outing?"
Zhao Gao said something interesting, Zhao Zheng laughed, and looked at the sunshine outside the hall, which seemed to be full of spring. He put away the bamboo slips and smiled, "Well. Let's take a day off today... Where is the queen?"
Unlike Xiong Jing, who has always been lazy in politics, Zhao Zheng is extremely diligent and almost never stops for more than 360 days a year. The bamboo slips he reviews every day are said to be measured by stone. There are so many bamboo slips that can be finished until ten o'clock in the morning and eleven o'clock in the evening. If you summon relevant officials to ask for details, you will have to be busy until midnight.
Chapter completed!