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Chapter 190 Handan City Breaks (1)

"Zhao Ye, have you really decided? Should I send someone to arrest Meng Tian and threaten the Qin army to withdraw?"

Meng Tian left, Guo Kai looked at the dead branches and leaves outside the house and was stunned. Wei Zhong, the servant, waited for a long time, but when he saw that Guo Kai had no movement, he couldn't help but push the door and walk in.

"Capturing Meng Tian can solve the problem? Could it be said that Meng Tian, ​​the only one in the Qin army, can lead troops to fight?"

Guo Kai glared at Wei Zhong and shook the mink coat on his body. Wei Zhong hurried forward and stood up with Guo Kai.

"Just just negotiated with Meng Tian, ​​mentioning the generals who were good at leading troops in Qin, the older generation of Wang Jian, Yang Duanhe, Xin Sheng, Qiang Sheng, and the younger generation of Wang Ben, Li Xin, and Huan He, who could not lead troops to attack Zhao State. Wang Jian, who is now confronting Li Mu, is cunning and cautious in using troops. The two will meet good talents and meet opponents. Unfortunately, Li Mu will be defeated sooner or later."

"After King Wuling, our Zhao generals had just withered. After the battle of Changping, the elite generals and soldiers were all lost. Li Mu grew up in Dai land, had a strong personality, was friendly to Prince Jia, and was unwilling to withdraw his troops back to Handan. Zhao Cong and Yan Ju went to replace him, for fear that the Zhao army would be defeated."

Guo Kai defected to Qin State. As Guo Kai's disciple, Wei Zhong did not have any psychological barriers. He had already seen the national power of Zhao State clearly in his heart. What he did now was just for his lord Guo Kai.

"Since the Prime Minister decided to surrender to Qin, I wonder what kind of promise Meng Tian made?"

Guo Kai recalled the confrontation with Meng Tian, ​​his face froze and responded with a wry smile:

"Go to Shu County to be a county magistrate."

After leaving the Prime Minister's Mansion and leaving the person sent by Guo Kai to see him off, Meng Tian changed his outfit and hid in Handan City, turning around and returning to another secret stronghold.

The stronghold where Jing Su met with Wei Zhong had long been abandoned.

"Guo Kai really agreed to go to Shu County?"

When Jing Su heard the negotiation results revealed by Meng Tian, ​​she opened her mouth wide in surprise.

After the Qin State destroyed Bashu, it has been remnants of the Bashu region. Over the past century, the Bashu region has successfully integrated into the Qin State's cultural circle. However, the core area of ​​the Qin people still belongs to the 800-mile Qinchuan. In the eyes of the Central Plains, the Bashu region is similar to the barbarians.

After Li Bing built Dujiangyan, the CD plain became a fertile land of thousands of miles, but it took time to make the people of the Central Plains accept the fact that Shu County is livable. After Lu Buwei stopped the prime minister, he was unwilling to be lonely and made friends with envoys from the princes. Ying Zheng ordered him to move to Shu.

Lu Buwei was strong enough to think that going to the barbarian land of Shu County was the greatest insult to him, and he committed suicide in anger. This shows the status of Shu in the hearts of the people in the Central Plains. Later, Sima Qian wrote records of the Grand Historian, and the book did not mention Dujiangyan at all, but only recorded Zheng Guoqu.

Jing Su originally thought that Guo Kai could at least spend the rest of his life in Guanzhong using Handan as his bargaining chip.

"Shu County has a large area, a suitable climate, rich products, numerous beauties, and the people are leisurely. Why is Guo Kai unwilling to go to such a good place?"

Meng Tian responded with a smile, but the scene of the meeting with Guo appeared in his mind.

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"Shu County? You actually proposed to let me go to Shu County?"

Guo Kai's beard shook excitedly, pointed at Meng Tian with one hand, and almost knocked over the bear skin warm bag in his hand.

"Why is the Prime Minister unwilling to go to Shu County?" Meng Tian's eyes were puzzled.

"It goes without saying that even a remote place in Shu County is a place where even a Qin family is demoted to the officials. If you ask me to go to Shu County, isn't this intentional humiliation of me!"

Guo Kai seemed to be unsatisfied and said angrily: "I will help you capture Handan. This is how you repay me?"

Guo Kai was very angry, while Meng Tian kept smiling, which made him feel a little confused.

As the prime minister of Zhao, he still knew some information about Qin.

When Ying Zheng defeated Lao Ai, Meng Tian personally led his troops and defeated the rebels organized by Lao Ai. When Ying Zheng returned to his country in the early years, Meng Tian went to the Qin and Zhao border to greet him. The two had a close relationship. Although they were monarchs and ministers, they were not ordinary monarchs and ministers.

Guo Kaiming pointed out that he had negotiated with Meng Tian. It was because he understood that Meng Tian could speak in front of Ying Zheng that he wanted to use Handan as a bargaining chip and sell it for a good price.

Not only can he obtain money, land and houses, and find an official position, but he must also be granted the title of Lun Marquis. Guo Kai understood the actual situation of Qin and wanted to live in Qin. Although the title is not omnipotent, he must not have no title.

If you accidentally violate the Qin law, you will be surrendered as a surrendered minister with the selfless law enforcement attitude of the Qin people. According to the Qin Dynasty's title rules, those with titles can use titles to compensate for the crime after breaking the law. Guo Kaixin never forgets the titles of Qin, just to prepare another life for himself.

"The Prime Minister wants to go to other good places, such as the inner historian of Guanzhong. It's not that I can't work hard to fight for it. But the location of a good place is stared at by many people. After the Prime Minister's uprising, he made contributions to Qin State, but in a short time he could not change his identity as a surrendered minister. He did not work hard and was in a high position. He could be said to be a crime of possessing a treasure."

People who are officials, especially those who have been high-ranking officials, are easily unable to adapt to the loss of their official positions. Guo Kai was appointed Prime Minister of Zhao and was in a glorious position. If Zhao became an official in Qin after the demise of Zhao, he would not be able to enter the Qin temple for the rest of his life. With this idea, Guo Kai wanted to find an official position in a prosperous area and spend the rest of his life.

Looking at the entangled look on Guo Kai's face carefully, Meng Tian sneered at the statement that Guo Kai was determined to surrender to Qin as recorded in historical books.

The ancients said that it was better to be a chicken head than a phoenix tail. Even if Zhao State declined again, Guo Kai's psychological satisfaction was very different from being a minister of Qin State.

At this time, Guo Kai would rather abandon the position of Prime Minister of Zhao and jump onto the Qin ship, which was forced by the situation. If he didn't make up his mind, Guo Kai would be buried with him when the large ship of Zhao sank.

"You're right."

Guo Kai took a heavy breath with his nose, and silently did not speak, but fell into deep thought.

Guo Kai, who had been immersed in the officialdom for a long time, then he understood what Meng Tian said. Thinking of this, his eyes at Meng Tian became much more friendly.

Meng Tian did not fool him casually, and he said it was reasonable.

"Then let me talk about it, why did I go to Shu County instead of Nan County or Nanyang County in the south?"

Deep down, Guo Kai still had resistance to going to Shu County.

"The prime minister doesn't need to think about the county in the south. In the future, Qin will use troops to the Chu State in the south. The Qin State's court will not hand over important military frontiers to people who do not trust."

Meng Tian immediately spoke up to dispel Guo Kai's idea of ​​going to the south, and instead introduced the situation in Shu County with great significance.

"Prime Minister, you have never been to Shu and don't know anything about Shu, but I, Meng Tian, ​​tell you the truth, Shu is a real treasure land......"

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