Chapter 800: Boiling Frog Hunting! Wherever the King's Sword Points, My Army Will Follow!

Why did the state of Qi seek alliances with other countries, but none of them agreed?

A very important reason is that King Min of Qi Tiandi once claimed to be the Eastern Emperor when Qi was the strongest in the world, and launched a war against the Zhou royal family. He even claimed to be the emperor, and made many princes call themselves Qi ministers, which was clearly revealed. Determined to replace Zhou Zhou!

Even though the five countries in the world knew that Qin was rapidly growing, they still refused to form an alliance with Qi. They even took the time to attack Qi while attacking Qin. This was precisely because the five countries were afraid of the revival of Qi and would re-enter the country. Pick up the ambition of King Min of Qi to replace Zhou!

But now, will Dai and Yan still be unwilling to form a close alliance with Qi for this reason?

Although the Qi State once shouted the slogan of unifying the world more than fifty years ago, the current Qi State has finally lost the strength to unify the world. On the contrary, the process of the Qin State's unification of the world has far surpassed the Qi State at that time!

The biggest obstacle to the alliance between the three kingdoms of Dai, Yan, and Qi disappeared as Qin no longer concealed its purpose.

Once the three kingdoms of Dai, Yan, and Qi form an alliance, the consequences will be unimaginable!

Ying Zheng could no longer say that Lu Buwei's words were alarmist.

With a heavy heart, Ying Zheng stood up and held up his hands, and had to sincerely whisper: "Please teach me, Marquis Wenxin!"

Lu Buwei sighed in his heart.

Do you want me to teach you?

This prince is also very numb!

He originally thought that most of the officials in Qi were from the Zonghe faction.

However, the information given by Ying Chengyu allowed Lu Buwei to discover Lu Zhe, the hidden main fighting faction. So far, Qi State has three governors taking the lead!

In addition to these three doctors, Lu Buwei still doesn't know how many warring factions in Qi are hidden among the crowd!

Lu Buwei couldn't help but shook his head and said: "Five years! Just five years!"

"Our Great Qin's strategy of establishing distant relations and attacking closely has been completely defeated. We are facing enemies everywhere in the world!"

"My lord!"

Lu Buwei sighed, causing Ying Chengyu to blush.

After sighing, Lu Buwei cupped his hands and said, "Don't mention the past, just talk about the present."

"The strategy of distant friendship and close attack can no longer be applied to our diplomatic relations with Great Qin."

"The minister advises me to bribe Prime Minister Qi with large sums of money, and then I will respond to the master and ministers of Qi."

"I don't want these Qi ministers to be able to be used by my great Qin. I just want these Qi ministers to have enough money to win people's hearts and grow stronger."

Lu Buwei's policy was not so much about bribing Qi's ministers as it was about supporting Qi's anti-war forces.

There are only a few people who are willing to betray the king for money, but there are countless people who are willing to use the money given by others to implement their own ideas!

Ying Zheng said without hesitation: "This is what it should be!"

Lu Buwei remonstrated again: "Secondly, I advise the Su Yamen Office to purchase Qi's cloth at a high price and not reject anyone who comes!"

Wei Zhuang frowned slightly and said, "Does Marquis Wenxin want to implement the policy of Guan Zi and weak Lu?"

In the past, Guan Zhong disrupted the internal economy of Lu State by purchasing silk cloth from Lu State at a high price, leaving no one to farm and all the people in Lu State weaving silk cloth.

A year later, the State of Qi stopped purchasing silk cloth from the State of Lu, and at the same time significantly increased the price of grain exports.

But at that time, most of the fields in Lu State had been abandoned, and there was very little autumn grain. They were just waiting to buy grain from Qi State to survive.

The State of Lu had to purchase grain from the State of Qi at a high price, and eventually signed an unequal treaty, and its national power collapsed!

However, Lu Buwei shook his head: "The people of Qi and Lu know best how to use Guan Zi to weaken Lu."

"Even if Daqin increases the price of cloth by ten or a hundred times, the Qi State will never allow all the people to weave cloth, and there will definitely be enough manpower left for farming."

"The strategy of weakening Lu in the past is now difficult to weaken Qi!"

Use the strategy that Qi State's Prime Minister came up with to deal with Qi State?

Isn't this just a simple trick?

Wei Zhuang asked in confusion: "In that case, what is the purpose of Marquis Wenxin's policy?"

Ying Chengyu said thoughtfully: "Is Marquis Wenxin trying to bribe the common people of Qi?"

Lu Buwei was obviously a little surprised: "Why did Lord Chang'an say that?"

Ying Chengyu said while thinking: "We, Da Qin, purchased Qi's cloth at a high price. It seems to be a trade between Qin and Qi."

"But in fact, we in Great Qin cannot go deep into the people of Qi to purchase cloth. We can only purchase it from merchants in Qi. Although the common people of Qi can benefit from it, they can only get small profits."

"The current King of Qi has very little control over Qi State, and I am afraid that not much of the proceeds from this transaction will flow into the Qi State treasury."

"The people who can benefit most from this transaction are the powerful people of Qi and the scholar-bureaucrats of Qi who secretly control the merchants of Qi!"

"At that time, the powerful people and scholar-bureaucrats of Qi State may be grateful for my generosity, or they may sneer at my great wisdom."

"But no matter what their attitude is towards Da Qin, they have been tied to the ship of interests by Da Qin."

"As long as the wealth they earn through trade exceeds the wealth they can earn through war, no matter what they think of our great Qin, they will unconsciously support the peace between Qin and Qi, so as not to cut off the source of wealth!"

Giving money, treasures, and women are just the simplest and most low-level ways of buying people.

The more common form of bribery is the boiled-frog-style 'hunting' that lasts a long time, is highly concealed, and is highly confusing.

The more solid bribery is the community of interests formed seemingly inadvertently.

When a community of interests is formed, no matter how much the acquired person looks down on the acquirer, he will still spontaneously defend the acquirer in order to protect his own interests!

In Ying Chengyu's view, Lu Buwei's strategy was to use profits to tie the common people and powerful people of Qi into Qin's chariot!

Who wants to fight when you can make money while eating fish and singing songs?

Lu Buwei stroked his beard and smiled happily: "What Chang'an Lord said is what I meant!"

"Mr. Chang'an is really good at lobbying!"

Ying Chengyu raised his hands and sighed: "If Marquis Wenxin hadn't recommended this policy, I would never have imagined that this policy could separate the central and local governments in Qi."

"This strategy will indeed cost our Great Qin a lot of money, but it will help our Great Qin get a lot of help."

"When our Great Qin takes over Qi, these people will provide us with many conveniences."

"I think Marquis Wenxin's policy is very good!"

Lu Buwei shook his head and said: "This strategy is effective, but it is just a strategy to quench thirst by drinking poison."

Seeing that Ying Chengxuan was chatting directly with Lu Buwei, Han Cang finally couldn't help but stepped out and cupped his hands and said: "Marquis Wenxin's strategy can indeed hinder Qi's attack on Da Qin."

"Of course, my great Qin is exhausted!"

"Although Chang'an Lord destroyed the country several times and earned a lot of money for our Great Qin, my Great Qin has more places to spend money!"

"If this strategy is adopted, it will inevitably cause delays in the internal affairs of our Daqin."

"I believe that it is important to prevent Qi from attacking our country, Great Qin, but it is even more important to strengthen our Great Qin itself!"

Lu Buwei glanced at Han Cang and did not answer Han Cang's question directly. Instead, he bowed his hands to Ying Zheng and said, "Thirdly, Qi State should congratulate you with generous gifts for this blessing."

"I advise you to tell the travelers from the State of Qi to tell King Jian of Qi that you should give a million stones of grain as a congratulation!"

Han Cang's eyes lit up and he immediately fell silent.

Yao Jia frowned and said, "The State of Qi has successively donated millions of grains of grain to me from the Great Qin State in recent years."

"Even if Qi is rich, its grain reserves may be less than 40%. Spending another million stones of grain will definitely affect the operation of Qi."

"And this time the King of Qi has openly expressed his willingness to die in Sheji. I think Qi State may not be willing to give me so much grain and grass from Great Qin again!"

Even Yao Jia felt that Lu Buwei's policy was a bit excessive.

The country of Qi, which was originally the richest country in the world, has been reduced to baldness in recent years. Will it continue to be bald?

You can't even catch a sheep trying to get rid of its wool!

Lu Buwei's eyes turned to Ying Chengyu again, and he asked with a smile: "Can Lord Chang'an wear the armor again and fight for my king?!"

If you talk about fighting for the Qin Dynasty, I just want to go fishing.

But what if you say you want to fight for Ying Zheng?

Then I have to roll up my sleeves!

Ying Chengyu stood up immediately and said without hesitation: "The direction your king's sword points at is where my army is heading!"

Lu Buwei smiled at the incident: "What a Chang'an Lord!"

"In that case, does Chang'an Lord dare to lead two hundred thousand troops eastward to Tancheng?"

Ying Chengqiu smiled: "There is no need to ask whether I dare or not."

"Just tell me when I will go on the expedition!"

I am so arrogant that I dare to confront Wu'an Lord Li Mu!

As long as this enemy is not Li Mu, how can I be afraid!

Even if the enemy in this battle is Li Mu, I will not be afraid as long as I tie up Wang Jian and go to war together!

Lu Buwei said flatly: "The King of Qi refused to give me a million stones of grain and grass to congratulate my great Qin."

"It's time for Lord Chang'an to lead his army on an expedition!"

Ying Chengyu nodded clearly, then looked at Ying Zheng and said solemnly: "As soon as the king gives the order, I will go to war immediately!"

Looking at Ying Chengyu's unswerving gaze, recalling the countless scars and unhealed wounds on Ying Chengyu's body, Ying Zheng's eyes were slightly sparkling, but his voice was extremely decisive: "Mr. Chang'an's injury has not healed, and he must not be injured again. war!"

Wei Liao even lost his voice and shouted: "Marquis Wenxin, don't be impulsive!"

"We, Da Qin, really have no strength to fight anymore!"

Wei Zhuang also raised his hands with a bitter look on his face: "Marquis Wenxin has been absent from the court for a long time. I'm afraid he doesn't know how difficult it is for the officials of the Qin Dynasty to govern."

"Even if our Great Qin can win this battle, our Great Qin will not be able to manage Qi. Instead, it will lead to chaos!"

Wei Liao and other Qin officials thought that Lu Buwei would have another chain to hold Ying Chenglong on since he returned to the court.

As a result, Lu Buwei had not yet officially returned to the court, so he wanted to let Ying Chengxuan go out for a walk again?

Da Qin really can't stand it anymore!

Lu Buwei smiled softly: "Everyone knows that I, the Qin Dynasty, are unable to manage the land of Qi. The King of Qi also knows that I, the Qin Dynasty, are unable to manage the land of Qi."

"But, does Qi dare to bet?"

"Now that the State of Zhao has been newly destroyed and the State of Dai has been established, its main troops have already marched north to attack the Hungarians."

"The State of Yan suffered a huge defeat, the Prince of Yan committed suicide not long ago, and the King of Yan personally carried a thorn to offer sacrifices. The State of Yan was at a time when the king's power was unstable and the people's hearts were in turmoil."

"Dai and Yan will definitely form an alliance with Qi in the future, but they will definitely not send troops to help Qi at this moment!"

Lu Buwei increased his tone, and his voice was a bit crazy: "Do you dare to bet, King Qi, that I, the Qin Dynasty, will not take the risk to attack Qi Hu?"

"Does the King of Qi dare to bet that Dai and Yan will come to Qi's aid?"

"Do you dare to bet, King Qi, that Lord Chang'an of Great Qin will strictly implement the king's order?!"