"Ceding the Youyun land is just empty talk, how can we prove it?"
Mao Sui asked.
For a country, money is something that circulates and cannot be owned forever.
But land can be held in hands for a long time.
Youyun has a special location. Once it is in hand, it will further consolidate Jin's position as the overlord of the northwest.
Because by then, Qin's gateway would be exposed to Jin's eyes, and they would not have to worry about Qin's growing power and being unable to deal with it in the future.
As for the State of Chu...we can take this opportunity to exploit them madly.
In this way, unless Chu conquered most of Qi's territory, its comprehensive national strength would be difficult to compare with Jin within a few generations.
Guo Kai said bluntly: "If your country finds it hard to believe, you can make this matter public so that everyone in the world knows about it.
If this happens, how can the Qin State regret it? The Qin State dare not do such a thing as breaking its promise to the world."
This is what Zhuge Liang asked him to say.
The worst consequence of losing trust in the world is that people all over the world find reasons to attack you.
As soon as these words were spoken, more than half of the civil and military officials of Jin State believed what Guo Kai said.
It seems that Qin State really brought benefits to the peace talks that were hard to refuse.
To be honest, what is the purpose of war?
It's nothing more than profit.
When interests outweigh human lives, war will occur.
Now that the Qin State has directly given you benefits, is there any need to fight this war?
Mao Sui glanced at Ji Chong'er.
The monarch and his minister immediately felt a tacit understanding. The latter slowly said, "The Qin envoy, please withdraw and rest. I need to consider this matter carefully."
The former echoed, "Master Guo, you can leave here now and be ready to listen to the announcement at any time."
Hearing this, Guo Kai was delighted. This meant that the peace talks might actually be possible!
If the peace talks with Jin State are successful, wouldn't I become a great hero of Qin State?
Thinking of this, he was filled with excitement and bowed, saying, "Since this is the case, I will take my leave first. Once Your Majesty has considered it carefully, you can summon me into the palace to discuss the matter at any time."
After he left, Ji Chong'er also announced his withdrawal from court.
Afterwards, he discussed the matter with Mao Sui.
"The conditions offered by Qin are indeed tempting. War means death, and I cannot let all my chess pieces be lost to Qin."
Ji Chong'er spoke slowly.
The meaning doesn't need to be stated explicitly, but you can guess the general idea.
Fighting with a small country will make you lose energy. It may seem like you are making a profit, but in fact it is a huge loss.
If we are not careful, other countries will take advantage of the situation.
Mao Sui nodded and said, "Generals Li Mu and Lian Po are veterans of the battlefield. Even they say that the Qin army is too powerful to capture Youyun in the short term.
It is clear that Qin's frantic expansion of its military equipment over the years has not been without results. Given the current situation, continuing to attack Qin will indeed be disadvantageous to our Great Jin."
"Do you also mean to agree to Qin's peace terms?"
Ji Chong'er frowned.
Mao Sui shook his head, bowed, and said, "Your Majesty, my intention is to negotiate with Qin first, while at the same time blackmailing Chu.
If our Great Jin can gain two benefits from this campaign, wouldn't that be wonderful?"
"If this gets out, won't people say that our Jin State is not very kind?"
Ji Chong'er said worriedly.
Mao Sui laughed and said, "Your Majesty, you are worrying too much. They all want to use our Jin State. Can't we use them once?"
Ji Chong'er immediately dispelled his worries and said, "Qin is so eager to seek peace. Is there something extremely serious going on in the country?
Otherwise, I really don't know why they are willing to pay such a painful price to seek peace with our Jin State?"
Mao Sui said: "As expected, it is the Qin State that is having trouble holding on, even though their army has performed very well.
However, it was a problem for a small Qin State to gather nearly two million soldiers, supplies, food, fodder and laborers in a short period of time.
Even our Great Jin is worried because we have been dragging on in Youyun for too long. How can Qin not have its own difficulties?
Therefore, I believe that Qin is about to give up and is therefore eager to seek peace."
"I see... Tomorrow, summon the Chu envoy Qu Yuan to the palace. You and Lin Xiangru will both be present. Take this opportunity to test Chu's bottom line."
Ji Chong'er now only feels that the future of Jin State is bright.
There is hope that we can dominate all nations.
A hundred years later, when history books talk about Ji Chong'er, they will add two more words before the word: overlord.
The news that the Jin Emperor summoned the Qin envoy and that the envoy returned to the post station safely naturally reached Qu Yuan.
He was discussing this matter with Li Yuan.
The latter asked: "Did Qin give Jin an excuse that was hard for it to refuse?"
Qu Yuan shook his head and said, "What else can the Qin State give us? Cede land?
But the Qin emperor said that he would not marry a princess, pay compensation, or cede territory.
If the condition is to cede land, then the prestige of Qin Emperor Ying Yuan in the country will be completely destroyed, right? "
Li Yuan frowned and said, "If that's the case, then the Qin envoy has returned to the post station with no news. What exactly does the Jin State intend to do?"
Qu Yuan smiled and said, "I think there will be a result soon. But this result may not be beneficial to our Great Chu."
"Then... why is your Excellency laughing?" Li Yuan asked in confusion.
Qu Yuan said: "It is precisely because it is disadvantageous to our Great Chu that the significance and usefulness of our envoys can be more fully demonstrated."
In other words, this is his chance to show his talents.
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