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Qin State.
Xianyang City.
Light rain.
In the Prince of Wei's palace.
Cao Cao and Zhuge Liang sat facing each other in a pavilion.
The former looked at the drizzling rain outside the pavilion and asked with a slightly worried look, "Do you think Guo Kai has seen the Emperor of Jin yet?"
Hearing this, the latter smiled and said, "Your Highness, don't worry. Since the Chu envoy has already entered the city, then according to the date, Guo Kai should have met the Jin Emperor."
Cao Cao said, "I still feel that what you have told him is a bit too absolute, for example, the matter of ceding Youyun...
If the Qin State were to break the alliance and deny this agreement, it would be a breach of trust with the world."
Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "Your Highness, what do you think of Guo Kai's treatment in Jin?"
Cao Cao frowned and said, "Didn't the memorial this fellow sent me already state that this is very bad? Jin has been making things difficult for our Qin envoys and bringing disgrace to our great Qin."
Zhuge Liang said, "Since this is true, one day it will surely be known to the world, and people will say that Jin treated our Qin envoys poorly.
If this is the case, how can the people of the world believe that our Qin State has truly signed a peace agreement with the Jin State? If they don't believe it, how can we, the Great Qin State, break our promise to the people of the world?
As soon as the words fell, Cao Cao suddenly realized something, and said quickly, "Sir, you have already predicted that Guo Kai will not be welcomed when he enters Jin."
Zhuge Liang nodded and said, "The reason why I want to wait until our country wins a battle with Jin before implementing the plan is definitely not because after winning the battle, our Qin State will be more confident to negotiate peace with Jin State.
But after defeating such a powerful country as Jin, they would certainly not be able to save their face. When a big country loses its face, it will naturally have to regain it through other things.
Isn't humiliating the envoys of the Great Qin a way to save face? Just imagine, the envoys of the Great Qin arrived outside the city of Shangjing in the State of Jin, but only an official from the Ministry of Rites was sent to greet them.
How could the State of Jin, which had no sincerity in peace talks, suddenly agree to peace talks with our State of Qin? Therefore, this was enough to give our State of Qin a reason to refuse to acknowledge this account.
By then, everyone in the world will simply say that Jin State is obstructing the process and doing it on purpose."
"What if Chu helps Jin..."
As soon as Cao Cao finished speaking, Zhuge Liang responded: "Everyone knows that Jin and Chu have formed an alliance. As allies, we naturally have to speak up for our allies.
What's more, once the State of Jin agrees to negotiate peace with the State of Qin, the State of Chu will naturally bear a grudge against the State of Jin. How could it then speak for the State of Jin?
Your Highness does not need to worry. When the Great Qin denies this, Jin and Chu will form an alliance again, because by that time, chaos will have already occurred within the Jin State.
The Chu army will surely be defeated by Your Majesty in one fell swoop. Then, among the three kingdoms of Qin, Jin, and Chu, our Great Qin will reign supreme.”
If you want to dominate all the nations, you must first become the overlord among the Three Kingdoms.
This was also the pie that Zhuge Liang painted for Cao Cao in Longzhong.
The key is that he is a person who usually makes his promises come true in the end.
If Jia Xu knew the whole process of Zhuge Liang's plan, he would definitely shout that he was an expert.
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