Chapter 27 The Distressed Emperor (2)
King Yingji of Qin did not care about whether the princes had arrived or not.
Since you, the Emperor of Zhou, want to attack me, "Bully Qin", you must first be prepared to be conquered by our Qin State.
In early July, after the newly-soldiers of Qin State were trained.
King Yingji of Qin summoned Fan Ju and said, "Prime Minister, since Ji Yan calls on all the princes in the world to attack our Qin State. Since he is not kind, don't blame me for being unrighteous. I want to raise troops to attack Zhou and destroy the Zhou family. What do you think?"
Fan Ju lowered his head and thought for a long time, and already understood what King Yingji of Qin was thinking.
Yingji is nearly seventy years old now, and his biggest thought of taking Zhou Dynasty in his lifetime has become Yingji's biggest thought.
Fan Ju said to Yingji: "King, the six kingdoms of Guandong are still there. Our Qin State's national policy should be to destroy the six kingdoms first and then establish Zhou. If we rashly send troops to destroy the Zhou Dynasty now, it may attract criticism from the world and be unfavorable to our Qin State."
Ying Ji looked very bad and said to Fan Ju: "Prime Minister, Ji Yan's old man is so blatant, calling on the princes of the world to attack our Qin State. Could it be that our Qin State will leave Ji Yan's old man alone and watch him do whatever he wants?"
"In this way, the princes in the world will follow the practices of Chu in the future and constantly use Ji Yan's old man without fearing our Qin State. This is a major concern for our Qin State! I cannot accept it."
Fan Ju sighed in his heart, knowing that King Yingji of Qin was determined to destroy Zhou.
He said to Yingji: "The king, I know the king's heart, but now I can't directly capture and kill the emperor Ji Yan. I have a plan. Ji Ju, the Duke of Western Zhou, loves money. Our army can attack the royal capital. After taking the royal capital, we can bribe the Duke of Western Zhou."
"You can grant all the lands of the royal capital and Luoyi to Duke Xizhou. However, if you want to ask Duke Xizhou to persuade his emperor Ji Yan to "abdicate" the emperor's position in my king. In this way, my king will be justified and can command the world according to this."
"Ah! Prime Minister, are you telling me to "abdicate" the position of Emperor Ji Yan to me?"
"King, yes. This is Fan Ju's plan."
After hearing Fan Ju's words, King Yingji of Qin felt so happy that he could not express his feelings.
Yes! I originally planned to annex Zhao State, then destroy other countries, and rule the world. However, after the Battle of Handan, the Qin army suffered serious losses and its national strength was greatly weakened. King Yingji of Qin also knew that his wish would be difficult to realize in his lifetime.
However, this compromise solution of Prime Minister Fan Ju can achieve his life's goal.
I have not destroyed the six kingdoms, but I can still become the emperor, command the world, and realize my greatest wish in this life!
Yingji looked at Fan Ju and praised: "Good. Great Good! The words of the prime minister are exactly what I want. Let's follow the strategies of the prime minister and handle them!"
Subsequently, King Yingji of Qin issued an edict, appointing Zhao Li as the main general, leading a new army of 100,000, and together with the 100,000 Qin troops in Hangu Pass (now Sanmenxia City, Henan Province), a total of 200,000 troops, they went out of Hangu Pass in the east and rushed towards South Korea.
Ji Ju, Duke of the Western Zhou Dynasty, learned that Qin had sent troops and was very anxious at Yique (now Longmen southwest of Luoyang, Henan). He sent people to urge the Zhou emperor Ji Yan every day to urge him to urge the princes of all countries in the world to send troops as soon as possible.
Ji Yan immediately sent envoys to the six major vassal states in Kanto, asking them to send troops to fight against the "tyrannical Qin".
What disappointed the Zhou emperor Ji Yan was that, in addition to the Yan State personally sent an envoy Ju Wu to escort food, grass and other supplies to help the emperor.
Other envoys sent to various countries came back to report that they were actively preparing to send troops, but now it is difficult to raise food and grass, military funds, etc., and they want the emperor to solve the problem.
At the end of July, Huang Xie, the chief magistrate of Chu, who was the emperor, passed by Lu City (now Qufu, Shandong), while Lu was unprepared, he sent troops to occupy Lu City, the capital of Lu City and captured Lu City, the king of Lu.
Subsequently, Huang Xie moved Ji Yun to Jucheng (the only one city remains in Lu State, now Ju County, Shandong Province), and Lu State was destroyed.
Although Lu was small, it was the country that most maintained the orthodox Zhou Dynasty among the princes in the world. Everyone in the world knew that "the Zhou rituals were all in Lu", and Confucius was born in Lu.
The demise of Lu marked the impending destruction of the Zhou Dynasty and had entered the final countdown.
At this time, Emperor Ji Yan of Zhou realized that he had been attacked by Huang Xie, the chief minister of Chu. The State of Chu did not really want to support him, but instead embezzled Lu in his name.
Ji Yan was so angry! He could only curse King Mi Wan of Chu and Order Huang Xie in Luoyi Palace, but he had no choice but to deal with Chu.
When all countries saw Chu like this, they "suddenly realized it."
Chu is so smart! Can we do this too? Yes! If Chu State is in charge of the Emperor, and if it has occupied Lu, we can also serve the Emperor, and if it has occupied other places!
At this time, despite Han Wangran's begging, the Qin army, led by Zhao Rong, divided into two groups and was already attacking the two cities of Yangcheng (now southeast of Dengfeng, Henan) and Fushu (now southwest of Dengfeng).
However, this time the Qin army was subjected to fierce resistance from the military and civilians in Yangcheng, Han Dynasty.
The Qin army's goal was very clear, which was to capture these two cities in the southern part of the royal capital and prepare to attack Yique and then attack Luoyi.
King Han was really angry this time, Qin was too bullying!
Since you are like this, it must be your Qin prime minister Fan Ju. Since that's the case, don't blame me for being rude.
So, while Han Wangran sent troops to rescue Yangcheng and Fushu, he also directly sent troops to attack Yingcheng, the fiefdom of Fan Sui, who was close to South Korea (now Pingdingshan City, Henan).
At the end of July, after the Qin army occupied Yangcheng and Fushu, they beheaded 40,000. However, at the same time, the Han army also occupied Fan Ju's fiefdom Yingcheng, and King Han was a little angry for himself.
Zhao Li led the Qin army to occupy Yangcheng. After the two cities of Fushu, the Qin army suffered nearly 30,000 casualties. The chief general Zhao Li had to go to Yangcheng and Fushu, and asked the Qin army to take some cultivation and prepare to attack Yique, where Ji Ju, the Duke of the Western Zhou Dynasty, guarded.
After the Qin army occupied Yangcheng and Fengshu, Ji Ju, the Duke of the Western Zhou Dynasty who led his army to guard Yique, was completely panicked.
None of the troops of the vassal states came, and the five thousand troops they led were no match for the 200,000 Qin army at all!
Under this situation, the five thousand Zhou army was distorted. Seeing this, Ji Ju, the Duke of the Western Zhou Dynasty, ignored the orders of the Zhou emperor Ji Ju, and led the five thousand troops to flee back to the city of Luoyi, Wangji.
At this point, Emperor Ji Yan called on the world to fight against Qin, and completely went bankrupt with the intention of restoring the glory of the Zhou Dynasty.
Emperor Ji Yan of Zhou was completely desperate at this time.
Zhou Jun returned in vain, and the promises made by Emperor Ji Yan to the creditors were naturally unable to be fulfilled. When the creditors learned that their investment was "wasteful", they were very angry and took the loan of coupons to collect debts from the royal family.
These people gathered outside the palace gate from morning to night and made noises. The sounds were heard directly into the inner palace, and there were inevitably words of ridicule and ridicule in the middle. As the dignified emperor, King Nan suffered such humiliation, which was never seen before.
"Let's see, this is what the emperor does. He doesn't repay the debt, and he hides."
"Shit the Son of the Son of the Son of the Son of the Son of the Son of the Son of the Son of the Son of the Son of the Son of the Son of the Son of the Son of the Son of the Son of the Son of the Son of the Son of the Son of the Son of the Son of the Son of the Son of the Son of the Son of the Son of the Son of the Son of the Son of the Son
"It's pitiful! The hard money my family has been deceived by this unscrupulous emperor for decades."
"Brother, what are you? He cheated all my parents' coffin money!"
"I also lied to us to double the repayment, and I don't double it, just give me my capital."
"Woooo, how can my family live?"
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As the Yan envoy, Ju Wu looked at all this outside the emperor's uterus and couldn't believe his eyes.
The cost of the five thousand troops, how much money can this be? It can actually make Emperor Ji Yan hide!
Ju Wu shook his head and said to the followers beside him: "Report this to the prince as soon as possible!"
"promise."
Listening to the noise outside the palace, the emperor Ji Yan, who was in his early 80s, was extremely ashamed and regretted his initial decision-making.
But with his poor "family background", he really couldn't afford to pay off these debts. He had no choice but to become a "deadbeat" and hide on a high platform in the palace to hide in leisure, and "I don't listen to you."
Seeing that Emperor Ji Yan had hid, these creditors were unwilling to pay off the debt. Everyone was angry and hated, so they called this high platform "escape from debts". Emperor Ji Yan of Zhou also created an idiom that is ridiculous to the ages, called "debt loads high".
In early August, Zhao Rong, the chief general of the Qin army stationed in Yangcheng and Fushu, received a report and learned that Ji Ju, the Duke of Western Zhou, led his army to flee back to Luoyi without fighting.
After hearing this news, Zhao Fu's eyes were almost protruding, and he muttered a few words: "A joke is simply a joke!"
Leading the Qin army without abolishing a soldier, he successfully occupied Yique City in the southern part of the royal capital and held troops under Luoyi City.
However, the Qin army did not directly attack Luoyi and captured the Zhou emperor Ji Yan.
Chapter completed!