Chapter 150 If going against the trend is not an option, then go with the trend
The current king of Zhao is named Zhao Yan. He is a very ambitious person, but his ambition is greater than his ability. Under his rule, although Zhao never suffered a big loss at the hands of Qin and even took advantage of it at one time, he favored people like Guo Kai and liked to listen to women's words. In addition, his untimely death sowed the seeds of the destruction of Zhao.

Such a person certainly could not help Yang Chong, but it was precisely because King Yan of Zhao was such a person that Yang Chong could use him. Even Guo Kai and the Queen of Zhao, who came from a family of prostitutes, were people that Yang Chong could use. If they were all good people, how could Yang Chong seek his own interests from the State of Zhao?

So Yang Chong didn't care about Han Fei's ridicule. He had his own plans, which were not what Han Fei understood.

"Of course the King of Zhao won't help me, and he doesn't have the ability to do so." Seeing Han Fei's look of waiting for your answer, Yang Chong replied slowly.

"Do you want to use King Zhao?" Zi Nu has grasped the key between Yang Chong's words.

"The one who understands me best is my Miss Zi Nu." Yang Chong put his hand on Zi Nu's shoulders. He was becoming more and more satisfied with such a smart and kind-hearted woman. This was the woman he could accompany him forever.

"So how do you want to use King Zhao?" Wei Zhuang asked. It turned out that Yang Chong's target had always been Zhao and Qi. Han was just a passer-by to Yang Chong.

"Two years ago, the coalition forces of five countries failed in their attack on Qin. After withdrawing to their own country, the Zhao army did not disband, but took advantage of the situation to seize Raoan and other places in Qi in the east. When I entered Zhao and planned to take over Raoan and other places, what would King Yan of Zhao, who had long had plans for Qi, think when he saw a man named Lu with the surname Jiang from Qi?" Yang Chong asked in return.

"He might use this person's reputation to interfere in Qi State, or even support this person to seize Qi State's territory, while he himself reaps the benefits." Wei Zhuang said.

"Yes, if I enter Zhao, King Yan of Zhao will see my value. I will first seek to seize Raoan, and then use the power of Zhao to develop my own strength, erode Qi step by step, and finally make Qi belong to me." Yang Chong said.

"Why should King Yan of Zhao help you?" Han Fei asked.

"Because Zhao Wangyan is very smart, but not that smart, because Zhao Wangyan's greed exceeds his ability, and because he has people like Guo Kai around him, these are all my opportunities." Yang Chong said.

If King Yan of Zhao was a man like King Zheng of Qin, Yang Chong would never use his power to plot against the State of Qi. But King Yan of Zhao was not like that. He had too many weaknesses, and his weaknesses were Yang Chong's opportunities.

"To use a piece of land to plan for a country, let's not talk about whether you can do it. Even if you can do it and become the King of Qi, but as you said, the destiny is now in Qin. Han is not a match for Qin, can Qi be?" Wei Zhuang said. To use a piece of land to plan for a country is a fantasy, and to use Qi to plan for the whole world, it is probably even more difficult.

“Of course not Qi. After the five countries attacked Qi, Qi lost half of its territory and population. Although it is still a big country, it is no longer a strong country. It can barely protect itself, let alone win against Qin.” Yang Chong shook his head. When Qi was at its peak, it might be able to fight Qin. After all, the King of Qi could be crowned emperor together with the King of Qin, and they could be called the Eastern and Western Emperors.

But forget about Qi now. When the five countries attacked Qi, they not only seized Qi’s territory and population, but also Qi’s spirit.

The current State of Qi no longer has the spirit it once had. How can a State of Qi that has become decadent from top to bottom stop the war-loving State of Qin?

"So what about your world?" Wei Zhuang asked. How could he not feel emotional when Yang Chong belittled the ideals of himself and Han Fei and made them worthless?

"Qi is just the first step. We will use Qi's resources to plan for Zhao's military strength, and then plan for Yan. By combining the strength of the three countries, we can expand along the grasslands to the north, defend against the river in the south, resist the danger of Taihang Mountains in the west, and gain the benefits of the sea in the east. We can then stand side by side with Qin in the east and west and compete for the world." Yang Chong said.

"You said we were dreaming, but now it seems you are the one," Han Fei laughed. The plan Yang Chong mentioned was very grand. If it could be realized, with Qi's resources, Zhao's army, and Yan's remote control of the grasslands, they could really stand side by side with Qin in the east and west and compete for hegemony over the world.

But how feasible is it? It is already extremely difficult to take over Qi with just one piece of land, and to take over Zhao and Yan, is that something a human can do?
"It is a fantasy, but it still has a chance of success, while your plan has no chance of success. The direction you have chosen is wrong. My plan is very difficult and the chance of success is very low, but there is still a chance even if it is very low. Besides, I didn't say that I must succeed!" Yang Chong looked calm. A plan was just a plan. Yang Chong didn't say that he had to realize it. He just tried to do it. If it succeeded, it would be great. If he failed, he would just wait for the opportunity and wait for the Qin State to self-destruct.

In other aspects, Yang Chong thought that he could not compare with King Zheng of Qin, but in terms of longevity, Yang Chong felt that he would never lose. After all, that person was not a long-lived person.

Why couldn't Yang Chong do what Liu Bang could do?

"Then aren't you just fooling people?" Zi Nu said helplessly. At that moment just now, she was really frightened by Yang Chong's momentum as if he was treating the world as a chessboard.

After all, she believed even Han Fei's words, and what Yang Chong said was more organized and more true than Han Fei's. How could Zi Nu not believe it?
"Compared to someone who wants ninety-nine parts of the world, what's wrong with my one-third of the world?" Yang Chong retorted.

Zi Nu didn't react yet. Han Fei and Wei Zhuang's faces froze at the same time. They looked at Zi Nu at the same time. How did Yang Chong know this? There must be a traitor among them. Who is this traitor? Who else could it be besides Zi Nu?

"Why are you looking at me? Do you suspect that I told him?" Facing the suspicious gazes of Han Fei and Wei Zhuang, Zi Nu retorted firmly, but she felt somewhat guilty in her heart. Did she really tell Yang Chong? But why didn't she have any impression of it?

"No need to look at Zi Nu. She didn't tell me these words. I have other channels to get the information." Yang Chong explained to Zi Nu while she was in doubt.

"Will you succeed?" Han Fei asked cautiously and tentatively. He admitted that although Yang Chong's plan was a fantasy, it was much better than his so-called plan. There were some things he didn't know how to do. It sounded ambitious when he talked about it, but it was difficult to put it into practice.

"You probably haven't heard this saying, 'When you are poor, you should take care of yourself; when you are rich, you should aim to conquer the world.'" Yang Chong still had the same relaxed and nonchalant look as before, as if it was just a few good friends bragging to each other, to see who could say something more grand and tempting.

"I haven't heard of it." Wei Zhuang said with a stern face.

"Then you must have never heard that if going against the trend is feasible, then go for it. If going against the trend is not feasible, then go with the flow. The same is true for Qin. If Qin's trend is really irreversible, then I will go with the flow and wait for Qin to unify the world and reach its self-destruction at the peak of its national power. I may not be able to defeat Qin, but Qin will definitely destroy Qin." Yang Chong talked eloquently, wasn't it just bragging? He had never been afraid of anyone. He might not be able to do specific things, but if he was just bragging, then he had too much in his mind.

"The Qin Kingdom will destroy itself?" Han Fei said in disbelief.

"Of course. As the saying goes, taking too big a step can easily..." Yang Chong paused here.

Seeing Yang Chong acting mysterious again, Zi Nu, who was curious, urged him, "What's easy?"

Han Fei and Wei Zhuang also showed curious expressions at this time.

"It's easy to get into trouble." Yang Chong uttered a few words slowly.

Huh? Zi Nu was stunned, and for a moment she was unable to react, but then she didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and angrily hit Yang Chong, "Can you be serious?"

This is talking about the situation in the world. How can you say such obscene words at such a serious moment?

"The Qin State had the strength to unify the world, but it did not have the time. To unify the world, what are attacked are cities and territories. To unify the world, what are conquered are the people's hearts. Cities are easy to capture, but people's hearts are difficult to win. Although the historical inertia of eight hundred years does not need eight hundred years to reverse, it still needs eighty years. However, King Zheng of Qin did not even have two eight-year periods, let alone ten eight-year periods." Yang Chong said.

It was not difficult to conquer the six kingdoms, but it was very difficult to win the hearts of the people of the six kingdoms and make the idea of ​​great unification the highest national ethics recognized by the world in this world where the feudal system has lasted for eight hundred years.

King Zheng of Qin also saw this, so he took the most direct measures, unifying the writing system, weights and measures, building highways, and building the Great Wall. He wanted to build the world into his ideal world.

But he forgot that human power has its limits, not only for him but also for the people of the world. His plan was too grand and too hasty, beyond the capabilities of Qin and the people's tolerance. It took seven generations of Qin kings to conquer the six kingdoms. Faced with the even more troublesome task of unifying the people's hearts than conquering the six kingdoms, he wanted to accomplish it in half a generation. How was that possible?
Therefore, the final result could only be the demise of the second generation, and it took more than 60 years until another era to complete his plan.

"So this is what you call going with the flow and waiting for Qin to run into problems? Are you so sure that Qin will run into problems?" Wei Zhuang said. He didn't believe that anyone could see through the long river of time.

"Definitely. However, compared to going with the flow, I still prefer to go against the flow. Maybe I can succeed?" Yang Chong murmured. This world is a world of seeming and ambiguous things, but it is precisely because of this that there is a broader space for operation.

This world should be more exciting.

"Your target should not just be Ye Mu, right?" While Han Fei was digesting the information in Yang Chong's words, Wei Zhuang brought the question back to the original topic of the few people, Yang Chong's purpose in Korea.

"Of course not." Yang Chong admitted readily.

(End of this chapter)