Chapter 496: Sophistry
Visiting a brothel?
laid back?
The Qin officials who accompanied Zhang Yi on his mission were very confused by this behavior and expressed their confusion:
"At this critical moment, Your Excellency is still seeking pleasure?"
"Sir, do you think that the Qin-Qi alliance is shattered, that you can't return to report, and that staying in Qi means death, so you want to enjoy yourself in advance?"
“…”
Hearing this, Zhang Yi chuckled and shook his head, saying, "My ambitions haven't been realized yet, how can I give up so easily?"
"You do whatever I tell you to do. I'm the mastermind, so if anything goes wrong, I'm responsible."
Having said that, the Qin envoys naturally could not object any more.
So, Su Qin, the envoy from Feng State, had just stepped into the palace of Qi State.
Soon after, Zhang Yi took his envoys to visit a brothel.
There were more than ten envoys and several followers in total.
Zhang Yi selected two girls for each of the envoys.
One each of the others.
at the same time.
After meeting the Emperor of Qi, Su Qin was very respectful and bowed deeply, saying:
"Foreign minister Su Qin pays homage to His Majesty the Emperor of Qi."
"May Emperor Qi live forever, forever, forever!"
Seeing the other party's humble attitude, Ji Fa felt very happy and said with a smile:
"Foreign envoy, please stand up. Our two countries are currently at war."
"Why did the foreign envoy come to our Great Qi?"
Hearing this.
Su Qin slowly stood up and said straight to the point:
"Reporting to the Emperor of Qi, I am here on behalf of Feng State to make peace with Qi State."
Shake hands and make peace?
Upon hearing this, Jiang Ziya pretended to sneer and said:
"Now that Qin and Yan are at war, don't you know that Qi is sending troops to help Qin?"
"And my state of Qi is an ally of Qin. You want me to make peace with you. Aren't you just asking me to withdraw my troops from Yan?"
"To do so would be tantamount to betraying our allies. Of course, there is another solution. That is for you to withdraw all your troops from Yan."
Hearing this, Su Qin bowed deeply to Jiang Ziya.
"I presume you are Prime Minister Jiang, the Grand Master of all schools of thought?"
"My master, Guiguzi, often mentioned you to me, saying that your talent and wisdom are rare in the world, and you are worthy of being the Grandmaster of all schools of thought."
"As a junior, I have two questions for Mr. Jiang."
Jiang Ziya stroked his beard and said, "Just say it."
Su Qin nodded.
"Excuse me, after the Qi-Qin alliance conquers Yan, how much land and population will your Qi get?"
"Let me ask you again, what if, after conquering Yan, Qin became the most powerful of all the nations, even surpassing Xia?"
"By then, what will the situation be like for Qi, Qin's ally?"
"If Qin becomes stronger and attacks Qi, can you, Qi, repel the enemy?"
A series of questions.
This made Jiang Ziya fall into a brief period of contemplation.
In fact, he had already considered these future matters.
However, the most critical issue at the moment is the war against Yan.
Paused.
Jiang Ziya slowly said:
"No matter what, if Qin conquers Yan, Qi, as Qin's ally, will naturally get a piece of the pie."
"By then, my Great Qi will surely be stronger than your Feng State. The questions you ask should be the reasons that your Feng State needs to consider."
Zhang Yi shook his head calmly and said, "Mr. Jiang, you are wrong. Once Qin conquers Yan, it will be stronger than both you and me."
"If Qin seizes the opportunity to annex the smaller states of Chu, Wu, and Shu, it will control the territories of the three kingdoms."
"By then, I'm afraid that even if we form an alliance, we may not be able to defeat Qin."
"There is a long-standing feud between our two countries. Even if we formed an alliance to resist Qin, I'm afraid we would be divided by Qin."
"How can Feng Qi defeat Qin? It will surely be eroded by Qin."
"The only way to resolve Qin's hidden danger is now for our two armies to cease fighting and make peace, aiding Yan and repelling Qin."
"Then, you and I can each occupy part of Yan's territory and strengthen ourselves."
"This will form a three-way balance of power. Wouldn't that be wonderful?"
Anyone can see clearly that the State of Yan is beyond salvation.
Even if Yan could repel Qin, it would still be severely damaged.
In this era of great contention, it will eventually be swallowed up by other nations.
In this era, even a powerful country with extremely profound cultural heritage.
There must not be any mistakes.
Otherwise, only destruction awaits it.
All capable people in the world have seen clearly that this is a major change that has not been seen in a thousand years.
Nations compete for supremacy in the world, the strong become stronger and the weak perish.
It is no longer the era when rituals and music still existed, benevolence and righteousness were emphasized, and not fighting was the greatest conflict.
In troubled times, if you don't fight, you will only wait for death.
Just after Jiang Ziya, Zhou Gongdan and other Qi ministers heard what Su Qin said, they fell silent.
Ji Fa, the ruler of Qi, suddenly said, "Your Excellency, you are too serious. Even if Qi and Qin form an alliance and destroy Yan, our great Qi will not fear Qin."
"If we form an alliance with your Feng State, and after we defeat Qin, you will join forces with Yan Ruo and attack our Great Qi again. What should we do then?"
It is very difficult for countries to find a firm ally.
Because everyone has their own ulterior motives, no one is willing to trust anyone else.
However, the alliance between Qin and Qi has been in place for a long time, and Qi is still willing to form an alliance with Qin regardless of the consequences.
After all, Qin eats meat and Qi can drink soup.
But if we form an alliance with Feng State, I am afraid that by then we won’t even be able to drink soup and can only drink our own blood.
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