Not long after, a man hurried in and placed two pieces of white paper on Chu Tianxiao's desk.
"Just as I expected."
Chu Tianxiao smiled, and saw that the first sentences on the two pieces of white paper were exactly the same - "I am the King of Zhao, the Great Zhao, and I am willing to surrender with my entire country"!
What was missing was the words that the two of them said to express their "sincerity"...
What Zhao Hai wrote was all about the old history of Zhao State, as well as many maps of mountains and rivers and military secrets... It can be said that if Emperor Zhou had received this piece of paper in normal times, he might have been tempted to consider destroying Zhao State...
However, he seemed to still have some thoughts about Emperor Zhao, and there was no trace of any scandals of Emperor Zhao between the lines.
And Zhao Hao...
He didn't have any deep feelings for Emperor Zhao. Between life and death and interests, he completely disregarded the father-son relationship. Or... he completely inherited Emperor Zhao's sinister and ruthless character...
The paper was filled with crimes, and all the evil deeds that Emperor Zhao Shao had done over the years, both overtly and covertly, and the evidence were all written down. It even mentioned how he had murdered the other princes and poisoned the previous emperor of Great Zhao...
It can be said that as long as the contents of this paper are made public and then manipulated... Emperor Zhao will probably immediately go from being the Ninth Heavenly God in the hearts of the Zhao people to a rat crossing the street that everyone shouts and beats!
The intrigues in the world, the evil hearts of people, the ruthlessness of the royal family... all seem to fall between these two pieces of paper.
"It's worthy of the 'prisoner's dilemma' I have placed my hopes on... Well, once I get these two items, I can really start to destroy the Great Zhao..."
Chu Tianxiao thought about it and passed the two items around. Soon, everyone around him finished reading what was written on the paper and was amazed. In the end, Xue Yan was the calmest and was the first to speak out and analyze: "Young Master... Although this item can force the new king of Zhao to surrender, we still need to consider the people of Zhao and the ministers of Zhao. After all... Great Zhao is the first-class empire in Shenzhou today. It is hard to imagine that a king would surrender to the enemy and the whole country would surrender..."
Chu Tianxiao waved his hand and said, "I have a plan for the Zhao ministers. As for the Zhao people... Hehe, by now, the southeast has been conquered, and even the young emperor of Zhao has been killed by us. How can these Zhao people who bully the good and fear the evil, who are tough on the outside but weak on the inside, still have the will to fight? They have suffered setbacks one after another. As long as someone takes the lead, they will definitely kneel down."
"After all, we are Zhao people, not Zhou people."
Hearing this, everyone in the room was thoughtful. Indeed, if the Great Zhou or Great Qin Empire encountered such an incident, they would definitely appoint a new king and resist to the end. Even if there was no new king, various rebel kings would spontaneously emerge... In short, they would not surrender easily.
But the people of Zhao are different.
They were originally a vassal state that alternated between Qin and Chu, and it was only a few decades before the Great Zhao Empire truly rose to power, which was not enough to establish the concept of "the empire is unrivaled"...
It's just surrender, they have done it before.
Therefore, when the situation develops to this point, in order to "save their lives" and "maintain stability", the Zhao people within the Great Zhao will have some resistance to surrender, but it will not be too intense.
Just like the previous situation in the southeast, the Zhao people did not cause much trouble.
Hearing this, Xue Yan pondered for a moment and said, "It seems that the Great Zhao is doomed, but... it may not all belong to the Great Zhou."
Chu Tianxiao nodded: "Well, the Tang Kingdom will not stand idly by, and the Wei people... They will all come to cut their flesh, and even the Qin Dynasty may intervene..."
"So the focus of this annihilation of Zhao is not on land, but on strengthening the army and people. Of the more than 2.3 million armored troops of the Great Zhao, taking more than 1.5 million will be enough. As for the population under its rule, we must try to rob as many as possible, at least half of them... This should be enough for the Great Zhou to make up for the losses and consumption of this war, and to fully digest it for a year to deal with the extermination of the demons..."
Chu Tianxiao clicked his tongue twice and said with a smile: "Even if it is His Majesty, the current Great Zhou... In the past, such a 'great gift' might not have been 'blessed' enough to enjoy it... "
Hearing this, everyone in the room smiled and said, "It is indeed a great gift." Then, everyone began to discuss the last step - who should be chosen to be the last monarch of Great Zhao
It is ironic that the final Emperor of Zhao was decided by his "enemies"...
Chu Tianxiao narrowed his eyes slightly, tapped his fingers lightly on the desk, and kept thinking in his mind...
"Hmm... Zhao Hai was previously the regent, but he lost the capital of Zhao, which directly led to the decline of Zhao. The people of Zhao must be reluctant to recognize him as their leader, which is not conducive to subsequent matters..."
"Besides, this brat doesn't have much actual ability, but he's very scheming. If I let him go, there's a high chance that he'll do something weird... On the other hand, Zhao Hao is just a freeloader, a little smart, but always self-righteous... In this way, I can easily play him around... However, Zhao Hai can't be killed either. I'll keep him for now, and use him as a bargaining chip to threaten the new monarch. When this matter is over, I'll hand him over to Your Majesty for disposal..."
Slowly, Chu Tianxiao completely sorted out his thoughts, and after repeated consideration, he completed the last piece of the plan.
"Hmm... It works! Then, let's ask Zhao Hao to come up!"
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The people of all countries in China are different.
The people of Zhou were proud, the people of Qin were brave, and the people of Zhao bullied the weak.
Although not all of them, but facing most of the Zhao people, the more arrogant you are to them, the more they will take you seriously.
This kind of thing is not uncommon in the vast land of Shenzhou. It is for this reason that after Chu Tianxiao sent someone to "bring out" Zhao Hao, he did not let him in immediately, but left him alone for an hour before slowly calling him in...
After waiting for a long time, Zhao Hao, who was already very nervous, hurried into the room, and saw a magnificent scene. The glittering golden walls almost blinded him... After being stunned for a moment, he hurriedly stepped forward and was about to speak, but when he saw clearly what the person in front of him was doing, he suddenly became angry and forgot to say anything.
Chu Tianxiao was seen leaning back on a large golden chair, letting two incredibly beautiful women dressed as "maids" rub his shoulders and massage him... while he himself was looking very contented as he was... soaking his feet
Such an arrogant attitude made Zhao Hao angry at first, but after a moment, his mood turned to sadness - especially after seeing that the two "maids" were the "harem concubines" that should have belonged to his father...
Thinking about them, they all used to be able to call the shots in the harem, extremely powerful and arrogant, and were the ones that everyone wanted to please, but what about now
They all became the "maids" of this prodigal son!
Isn’t this enough to illustrate the problem
The situation is stronger than people.
Now, it’s this prodigal son… He’s too strong!