Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

The first thing I learned was that Lian Po was in charge of the Qi State. Zhao Kuo originally thought that his uncle Qi Wang Tianjian didn't like fighting, and the Qi State's Xiangbang Housheng was an eye-catching master. In addition, Qi State Princess Tian Wan is now It's Zhao Kuo's wife who is an important minister of the State of Zhao, and the two parties have such a marriage relationship. As long as they send some money to Hou Sheng and then say something nice to King Qi, wouldn't it be settled?

However, it was such a simple matter, but Lian Po, General Zhao Guo, couldn't handle it.

Qi Wang Tianjian made it clear that he would not participate in any disputes among other princes. Qi State would not take the initiative to attack Zhao State, but it would not ally with Zhao State either.

Qi Guo Xiangbang Hou Sheng even secretly wrote a letter, which was not without self-satisfied merits, saying that he knew that Lian Po was Zhao Kuo's political enemy, so Hou Sheng specifically persuaded the King of Qi not to cooperate with Lian Po.

This post-victory letter made Zhao Kuo dumbfounded.

Although it is true that Lian Po is Zhao Kuo's political enemy, Zhao Kuo would also be very happy if Zhao Guo formed an alliance with Qi State. After winning, this is simply a typical kindness that does not help.

If it is said that Lian Po's side is a minor upset, then Lin Xiangru's side is a big upset.

Zhao Guo and Yan Guo had been very firm allies as early as three or 40 years ago during the period of King Wuling of Zhao. This kind of alliance relationship was almost under the command of Yan General Le Yi when the two sides jointly organized the five countries to attack Qi more than 20 years ago. General Qi reached its peak when it was destroyed, and Yanzhao remained a flat alliance for so many years.

Under such circumstances, Lin Xiangru's request to renew the covenant with the Yan State was rejected by the young Yan King who had just ascended the throne less than half a year ago!Yan Guo, refuse to continue the alliance with Zhao Guo!This news is definitely a big upset, directly detonated public opinion in Handan.

For this matter, Mr. Pingyuan also specially asked Zhao Kuo to have a drink and discuss it.

I saw Mr. Pingyuan said with a puzzled face: "Mr. Wu Xin, you can say that Lian Po is a reckless man who doesn't know how to do things. Yan Guo and our Great Zhao have been allies for decades. How can Lin Xiangru treat this What if something went wrong?

The queen mother was afraid that he would die of anger. "

From the perspective of envoys alone, it is easy for Zhao Kuo to go to the country of Wei, where Lord Pingyuan was sent as an envoy. Needless to say about South Korea over there, Lian Po's Qi State and Lin Xiangru's Yan State were also very simple to everyone at the beginning, which is enough to prove how the Queen Mother wanted to suppress Zhao Kuo Pingyuan Lord in this matter One side also supported Han Xu as Lin Xiangru's side.

The results of it?

As a result, Zhao Kuo's Chu State and Yuan Jun's Wei State both succeeded, except for Qin State, which was bound to fail.

Looking back on the other side, Han Xu did not say that South Korea was a sure thing, but Lin Xiangru's Yan State and Lian Po's Qi State both failed.

Calculated in this way, Zhao Kuo and Mr. Yuan successfully signed an alliance with the two countries, and Han Xuwei successfully signed an alliance with one country. After all, Zhao Kuo and Mr. Yuan won the embassy competition with a two-to-one advantage!Even Mr. Pingyuan, who won the victory, couldn't believe this fact, and he couldn't understand it.

Facing the incomprehensible Mr. Pingyuan, Zhao Kuo thought for a while, and then slowly said: "To tell you the truth, I wondered why the Yan Kingdom refused to form an alliance with Da Zhao."

Mr. Pingyuan snorted, and said, "Mr. Wu Xin, teach me quickly."

Zhao Kuo said: "There is no other, it is because Da Zhao is too strong now! Back then Da Zhao and Yan State were both weak countries, while their common neighbor Qi State was a strong country, so at that time Yan State hoped that even Zhao could resist Qi.

But now Da Zhao has become the strongest country, so Yan State began to be afraid of Da Zhao attacking it, so it chose to unite with other vassal states to fight against Da Zhao. "

Zhao Kuo said that the idea of ​​Yan State is actually the idea that Zhao Zhong, Shangzhu State of Chu State, said not long ago when he debated with Zhao Kuo. Many weak countries united to fight against the strongest country.

Lord Ping Yuan suddenly realized, he slapped his thigh and said, "So that's the case, Ben Hou understands.

In this way, Lin Xiangru's luck was really bad enough, to go on a mission just when Yan Guo made up his mind to change his attitude, and ended up being frustrated! "

Mr. Pingyuan laughed unscrupulously. This Zhao Guoxiangbang and Lin Xiangru are also old rivals for many years. Now that Mr. Pingyuan is very happy to see Lin Xiangru's misfortune.

Zhao Kuo shrugged his shoulders and said, "Your Majesty, in fact, the failure of Lin Xiangru and Lian Po may not be a good thing for us.

Have you forgotten that sentence you said to me not long ago?

Muxiu is bound to be destroyed by Lin Feng, and now we have defeated Han Xuwei and Lin Xiangru, how could the Empress Dowager tolerate us continuing to be so complacent?

Next, I'm afraid our troubles are coming! "

Mr. Pingyuan froze for a moment, and his smile slowly disappeared.

Zhao Kingdom Miyagi, the main hall.

The queen mother slammed the memorial in front of her to the ground: "Lin Xiangru and Lian Po, these two old fools, really let the old lady down!"

Indeed, as Mr. Pingyuan said, the queen mother is really very angry at this moment.

This is like an exam. The queen mother asked Lin Xiangru to take the open-book exam. As soon as the exam results came out, it was found that they were not as good as Zhao Kuo's closed-book exam. How can this be tolerated?

The many palace servants in the hall were frightened by the queen mother's sudden outburst of anger and fell to their knees. Everyone trembled and dared not speak.

After a while, the queen mother said coldly: "Get out of here, old woman, don't be an eyesore here! Also, let someone summon Zhou Shaofen and Zhou Qing immediately!"

An hour later, Zhou Shaofen hurriedly arrived: "Queen Mother, what is the summoning?"

The Empress Dowager looked at Zhou Shaofen with lingering anger, and said, "You should have heard the news that Lin Xiangru's mission failed?"

Zhou Shaofen showed a wry smile, and said: "I just heard before entering the palace that the queen mother, Lin Qing is actually..." The queen mother interrupted Zhou Shaofen directly: "The old lady is completely disappointed in Lin Xiangru and Lian Po, now the old lady hopes that you can stand up Come out and help the old woman suppress Zhao Kuo!"

Chapter 220 Use my people to suppress me?

When Zhou Shaofen heard this sentence, he was taken aback, and after a few seconds he said: "Queen Mother, Chen Wu Xinjun is the pillar of the country."

The queen mother said indifferently: "Of course the old woman knows that Lord Wu Xin is the pillar of the country, but you also have to think about how dangerous it will be if no one in the court can control Lord Wu Xin in the future?

Zhou Qing, the old woman thinks that you are good enough for this important task. "

Zhou Shaofen took a deep breath, calmed down the stormy thoughts in his heart, and bowed seriously to the queen mother in front of him: "please rest assured, the queen mother, I will do my best to be loyal to the queen mother and the king!"

Looking at the respectful Zhou Shaofen in front of her, the corner of the queen mother's mouth gradually revealed a smile.

Because of Qiu'er's pregnancy, Zhao Kuo was very sad at night during this time!As we all know, men have their limits, and when they pass the limit, the originally happy things begin to slowly turn into a kind of torture.

But Zhao Kuo is a noble person, a good man who loves his wife who is as beautiful as a flower and unparalleled in the world, and a man who is indomitable, so he stood up bravely and endured all these silently every night !On this night, when Zhao Kuo and Tian Wan were preparing to carry out the daily man-making work again, Xu Li's voice suddenly sounded outside the door.

"Your Majesty, a distinguished guest has arrived!"

Zhao Kuo breathed a sigh of relief, and smiled apologetically at Tian Wan: "Well, Wan'er, you go to bed first, take care of things for your husband, and come back later."

Tian Wan blinked her beautiful eyes, exhaled like blue and whispered a word in Zhao Kuo's ear: "Husband, no matter how late it is, Wan'er will wait for you!"

For some reason, after hearing this sweet and greasy words, Zhao Kuo's legs were inexplicably weak, and he almost fell when he stood up.

A while later, Zhao Kuo saw Zhou Shaofen in the study.

"Zhou Qing, drink a cup of sour plum soup to relieve the heat."

Zhao Kuo personally handed Zhou Shaofen a bowl of iced sour plum soup, and then asked, "Zhou Qing's late-night visit, could something have happened?"

Zhou Shaofen nodded, showing a strange smile: "It's such a gentleman, today I was ordered to enter the palace, and then the queen mother told me." Zhou Shaofen told Zhao Kuo all the things that happened in the hall. any concealment.

After Zhao Kuo heard it, he couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded.

This queen mother is really interesting, to use my people to deal with me?

Not to mention, Zhao Kuo did not let Zhou Shaofen express his position but let him "lurk" in Lin Xiangru's camp, which really played a very important role.

Zhao Kuo held Zhou Shaofen's hand and said very sincerely: "Zhou Qing, thank you this time!"

Zhou Shaofen smiled and said: "Junhou's words are serious. Zhou has already made up his mind to follow Junhou when he first met Junhou. Without Junhou, how could Zhou be where he is today?"

Zhao Kuo laughed loudly, and said seriously: "As long as my Zhao family does not fall, the friendship with the Zhou family will never end in the future!"

As Zhou Shaofen, he naturally couldn't stay longer in Zhao Kuo's mansion, and left after a while.

Zhao Kuo sat in the study, lost in thought.

If it wasn't for Zhou Shaofen's report, Zhao Kuo wouldn't be sure that the Queen Mother really wanted to deal with him, and he might suffer a lot because of it in the future.

After a while, Zhao Kuo couldn't help shaking his head: "It's true that like a husband, like a wife."

King Zhao Wei has always wanted to deal with Zhao Kuo. Now that King Zhao Wei is dead, his widow, Queen Mother Han Ji, is still staring at Zhao Kuo.

In fact, Zhao Kuo also knew that it was because he was too outstanding and radiant, that's why he was feared by others, and he was afraid of Zhao Kuo's great achievements.

But if Zhao Kuo didn't stand up, won every victory, and worked hard to unify China, who could do this?

Zhao Kuo took a deep breath and decided to keep this matter in mind for the time being, and play it by ear later.

Seizing power is a must, but now is clearly not the best time.

We must wait until Zhao Kuo's forces can truly control the entire political arena of Zhao State. I don't know how long it has passed. A knock on the door woke Zhao Kuo from his contemplation.

The door of the room was opened, and Tian Wan walked in holding a bowl of hot ginseng soup: "Husband, it's so late, it's time to rest."

Zhao Kuo's heart tightened suddenly when he saw his wife with affectionate eyebrows.

This ginseng soup is not a good one!The days passed by like this.

Several important ministers of the Zhao State who were on the mission also returned one after another. Due to the failure of Lin Xiangru and Lian Po this time, the momentum of the Scholars faction not only did not rise as the Queen Mother Han Ji hoped, but was defeated by Zhao Kuo and Lord Yuan. Continue to press down.

The queen mother may have also learned a lesson, and she did not rush to take other actions in the future. In addition, the summer is coming to an end and the autumn harvest is approaching. There has been a rare period of peace in Zhao's political arena and other vassal states.

A lot of news is constantly spreading to Zhao Kuo's desk through Zhao Guo's official channels and Nightingale channels.

Formerly a proton in Handan, Yingzi Chu, the Prince of Qin who used the name Ying Yiren, was finally officially canonized by the King of Qin as the prince and became the successor of the next King of Qin.

Lu Buwei was awarded the title of doctor, and was appointed by the King of Qin as Prince Fu, who was responsible for teaching the prince Yingzi Chu.

King Yan, who had just succeeded to the throne, was so ambitious that someone secretly contacted Guo Zong hoping to get more smuggled weapons.

Zhao Kuo also gave instructions on this: "Increase the price by [-]%, and then supply them with all our strength!"

Zhao Kuo knew why Yan State asked to buy weapons. This was a self-protection behavior of Yan State after rejecting the Zhao State Alliance.

Not only that, since Ying Zichu is already the prince, Lu Buwei, as the most trusted person of Ying Zichu, can finally start to get in touch with some confidential matters of Qin State. Secretly discussed the alliance between the two countries to resist Zhao.

But Zhao Kuo is not worried about this, because Yan Guo is really weak.

In history, the State of Zhao was first annihilated by the Qin Army over 40 soldiers in the Battle of Changping, and then besieged Handan by the Qin Army for a year. Take the opportunity to invade.

The results of it?

As a result, Lian Po took 20 remnants of Zhao Guodong's cobbled together defeated generals, and defeated Yan's [-] soldiers and horses!Zhao Guo, who lost the Battle of Changping in history, was able to beat Yan Guo, and now Zhao Guo, who is the most powerful country in the world, can beat Yan Guo with ease.

Not only abroad, but also a very important thing happened to Zhao Kuo in China.

The Zhao Guoxue Palace, which was built with the strong support of Zhao Kuo, has completed the preliminary main building, and will usher in the opening ceremony in autumn!

Chapter 221 Zhao Guoxue Palace Opens Soon

According to Zhao Kuo's previous plan for the school, this new school in Zhao State covers an area of ​​more than [-] mu and will consist of multiple teaching areas and accommodation areas.

Of course, such a large project cannot be completed in just a few months. Zhao Kuo's initial plan was to start school within two years, initially complete it within five years, and completely complete the project within ten years.

So Zhao Kuo was a little puzzled after meeting Xun Kuang who came to the door in person and got the invitation: "Why did you hold the mountain opening ceremony so soon?"

Xun Kuang laughed dryly, his face flushed red, he hesitated for a while before he said embarrassingly: "Because there are too many people coming but there is no place to live, you can only officially move into the palace after school starts. "

After accepting Zhao Kuo's task, Xun Kuang naturally also immediately wrote books to a group of scholars who had a good relationship with Jixia Academy in Qi State and invited them to come to Zhao State Academy.

Originally, Xun Kuang thought that it would be good if some of these old friends came, and there was no one who could gather enough people for a year or a half. Unexpectedly, less than two months after the letter was sent, many scholars came to Handan one after another. Came to Xun Kuang's mansion.

Although Xun Kuang already had the title of Doctor of Zhao and a mansion, since he had no fief and additional property, it was still very difficult to support so many people only with the government's salary.

The number of scholars and their disciples from all over the world is increasing, from a few dozen at the beginning to 400 now, and this number is still increasing, and it seems that it will not be able to sustain it.

In addition, these scholars belonged to different schools and had completely different ideas. They debated fiercely in Xun Kuang's house every day and even fought with each other every day. These guys went to the academy to quarrel.

Zhao Kuo couldn't help laughing after hearing the reason: "You didn't tell Ben Hou about this matter earlier, isn't it just money, a small matter."

Zhao Kuo is very confident in saying this now. Now that he has gone through ginseng and smuggling channels in so many countries, Zhao Kuo's net worth is growing at an astonishing speed like a snowball.

Zhao's warehouse, which was empty enough to starve mice a few years ago, is now full. Xu Li sent a report a few days ago, hoping to start construction of the second and third warehouses at the same time.

Xun Kuang smiled a little embarrassedly: "Anyway, as soon as the academy opens, the problem can be solved, and it won't bother you.

At that time, I would like to invite you to come and enjoy the honor. "

Zhao Kuo agreed with a smile, and immediately sent someone to give Xun Kuang a batch of objective wealth, which instantly solved the financial crisis faced by this hard-working priest.

I said I was in a hurry, but in fact the school's opening date was set on the first day of October, that is, three months later.

The reason why it took so long is mainly to let the news spread in time and attract more talents to come.

To this end, Zhao Kuo secretly used his Nightingale intelligence system.

The following dialogues can be heard in places where many scholars from various countries gather.

"Have you heard that Zhao Guoxin Academy is about to start school!"

"Oh, it's the same as Jixia Academy again?

Not interested, don't go.

It's useless to go there, those scholars and powerful people are extremely strict in accepting disciples, ranging from one or two to as many as two or three beginner disciples, and the registered disciples are only ten or eight or even twenty or thirty people. How can it be my turn to wait? "

"You don't know that. This time Zhao Guoxue Palace is different from the past. Under the auspices of Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo, there have been major reforms!"

"What reform?

tell me the story. "

"First of all, each scholar has to accept ten official disciples and one hundred registered disciples.

If the salary is not paid for three consecutive years, all the treatment of this school in Zhao Guo Xue Palace will be cancelled, and he will be persuaded to leave! "