Chapter 546: Diplomatic relations
The confidence of diplomatic relations always comes from the strength of a country.
When the good news from Qi's front line reached Anyi, the capital of Wei, and the palace of Wei, the envoys from Yue, Chu, Zhongshan and Song immediately felt extremely embarrassed.
If the stalemate in the war between Wei and Qi can still make the envoys of these four countries stand up and express their dissatisfaction with Wei's sending troops.
At this moment, even Linzi, the capital of the Qi State, has fallen into the hands of the Wei army. How much confidence do they have to face the Wei State that has just won a great victory?
Even they were secretly worried that after sweeping through the cities of Qi, the Wei army would change the direction of its attack and attack the four other countries.
As a result, a court meeting that originally accused Wei of sending troops to Qi suddenly turned into a show of goodwill to Wei, the victor.
The first person to change his attitude was none other than the Song Dynasty, which was the weakest among the four countries.
Just as the King of Wei, Wei Feng, who was sitting on the throne, was rejoicing because of the great victory on the front line, the envoy from the Song Dynasty immediately separated himself from the others with a clear flag, and his smile looking upward was a little more flattering.
"Foreign ministers, on behalf of my lord, congratulate the King of Wei."
"We, the Song Dynasty, have always served Wei respectfully, but we have not obeyed King Wei's orders. This time Qi has offended the majesty of the Wei Dynasty, and the Wei Dynasty has responded to the request of the people by raising troops to attack Qi."
"Before leaving, my lord once asked the foreign ministers to express our Song Dynasty's respect to the King of Wei."
Putting the victory report in his hand on the table in front of him, Wei Feng looked at the extremely flattering envoy from the Song Dynasty, but a smile appeared on his face.
Such a huge change in the envoys of the Song State, although forced by the Wei State's victory on the front line, undoubtedly represents the Song State's attitude towards Wei State.
There may be a lot of small thoughts, and they want to take advantage of the time when the Wei State has no time to take care of it, but if the Song State wants to truly confront its own Wei Dynasty, there will be a lot of opposition forces in the Song State.
Wei Wang Wei Feng did not want to destroy the Song Dynasty. At least at this stage, the main opponent of the Wei Kingdom should not be the Song Dynasty.
The Song Dynasty could change its attitude so quickly, and Wei Wang Wei Feng was extremely happy.
"Okay, I would also like to see the reconciliation between Wei Dynasty and Song Dynasty."
Seeing the change in the attitude of the Song envoy, the Zhongshan and Chu envoys from the four countries who were slightly stronger also immediately expressed their attitudes.
Zhongshan is located in the north and has never had close contacts with Qi. Although Chu and Qi were once allies, they just suffered heavy losses at the hands of Wei.
Because of their respective reasons, it was impossible for the two countries to break out a war with Wei because of Qi. Therefore, after the Song envoy spoke, the envoys of the two countries also expressed their support for Wei's sending troops to Qi.
The Song envoy was extremely flattering, and Chu and Zhongshan rebelled one after another. The Yue envoy who had just stood up and spoke righteously became the most embarrassing person in the audience.
After King Wei Wei looked at the envoys from the other three countries with satisfaction, he turned to look at himself. The envoy from Yue felt like a thorn in his back.
"Yueshi?"
"The foreign minister is here." Faced with Wei Feng's soft call from above, the Yue envoy immediately became excited.
"I heard that Zou Ji, the envoy of Qi, went to Yue State a few days ago. This man has always been eloquent."
As if he didn't take the words of the Yue envoy to heart at all, Wei Feng said with a smile: "The King of Yue is old and has shallow ears, so he will inevitably be confused by such strategists..."
"Don't worry, King Wei." Before Wei Feng could finish his words, the envoy from the Yue Kingdom immediately stepped forward and said, "We, the Yue Kingdom, have always regarded Wei as a friend, and this unhappiness was instigated by the traitor Zou Ji. The foreign ministers must rush as soon as possible.
Go back to Kuaiji and report to my king to show the goodwill of the king of Wei to my country of Yue."
"That's good, that's good!"
The satisfied smile on his face became brighter and brighter, and Wei Feng yawned lightly, "I'm tired, so that's it for today."
With the departure of the protagonist Wei Feng, the farce in the Wei Palace today has come to an end.
However, although the court meeting came to an end, the impact of Wei's victory on the front line did not subside. Instead, it continued to expand outwards with Linzi as the center until it reached Shangqiu, the capital of the Song Dynasty.
"Envoy Qi, please come back. Your Majesty has been feeling unwell recently and cannot see you."
Before entering the palace of the Song Dynasty, Zou Ji, the envoy of the Qi Kingdom, slowly left with deep disappointment after facing countless obstacles.
Although no one has used the idiom "tea cool" today, this word best expresses Zou Ji's heart at this moment.
After successfully convincing the King of Yue to side with his side in this war, Zou Ji entered the Song capital with great confidence.
At first, things developed as Zou Ji expected. Facing Wei's move to send troops to Qi, Song Gong, who felt threatened, immediately expressed great goodwill to Zou Ji's arrival.
However, since the Wei State made successive breakthroughs on Qi State's battlefield, especially after the news came that Linzi, the capital of Qi State, had fallen into the hands of Wei State not long ago, the attitude of the Song State towards Zou Ji and his party immediately changed sharply.
Although it was not said that Zou Ji and his party were directly captured and used in exchange for the favor of the Wei State, the Song State was turned away one after another, and Zou Ji and his party were left to suffer.
A moment later, the carriage stopped in front of the Song State Pavilion. Young Master Tian Ying, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately jogged to Zou Ji who had just landed.
"Doctor, how is the situation?"
"well……"
Zou Ji did not answer Tian Ying, but after letting out a long sigh, he slowly walked into the building.
Seeing Zou Ji with a disappointed face, Tian Ying didn't know what to do for a moment, so he could only turn around and follow Zou Ji's pace.
But what neither of them noticed was that just as they walked into the building, a pair of eyes were staring at them.
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"So, your Majesty has not seen the envoy from Qi State?"
"Exactly."
In a mansion in Shangqiu City, a middle-aged man looked at the respectful subordinates in front of him, his face full of solemnity.
"You go down first!"
"Here."
After his subordinates retreated, the middle-aged man said to a confidant beside him: "It seems that my brother also understands the current situation. The power of Wei State is indeed not comparable to that of Song State.
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"Your Majesty has summoned the Qi envoy. If Wei Guo blames him in the future..."
Halfway through his words, his confidant quickly stood up and bowed to the middle-aged man, "This is indeed an opportunity for the young master."
"If we can win the trust of the Wei State through the envoys of Qi, then the young master can easily take the position of Duke of Song with the help of the power of the Wei State."
"oh!"
The middle-aged man, or rather Gongzi Yan, the younger brother of Duke Song, immediately showed a hint of interest in his expression when faced with the advice and suggestions from his confidants.
"What do you mean, sir?"
There was no reply. The confidant only had murderous intent in his eyes and slowly made a gesture with his right hand.
Chapter completed!