Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

Han Xuwei looked at Zhao Kuo, his face was full of vigilance and wariness: "Wu Xinjun, what do you want to bet?"

Zhao Kuo looked at Han Xuwei and said calmly, "Grand Master, I won't make things difficult for you.

If within three months you can achieve half of the ginseng business that Ben Hou operated last month, that is, [-]% of the turnover, then Ben Hou will no longer question your performance.

But if you can't do it, then please give up the management of the ginseng industry.

I don't know what the grand master thinks? "

Han Xuwei looked at Zhao Kuo. Although Zhao Kuo's eyes were indifferent, Han Xuwei still saw obvious disdain from it.

Perhaps Han Xuwei can still fight Zhao Kuo in the political arena, but now the two sides are fighting for commercial means, and Zhao Kuo feels that Han Xuwei has no ability to connect with him.

Han Xuwei was furious in his heart. He is also an old man who has been ups and downs in the political arena for decades, but now he is so ambitious and arrogant that he wants to do things but is repeatedly blocked, so he is so despised by Zhao Kuo. The anger can be imagined.

You, Zhao Kuo, are just a kid who hasn’t even reached thirty grades. I’ve eaten more salt than you. Why do you make such an expression in front of this old man?

Han Xuwei almost wanted to agree on the spot, but fortunately he managed to retain some sense, and said to Zhao Kuo coldly: "This matter is not up to the old man."

Zhao Kuo looked at the queen mother, also smiling: "So, what kind of thoughts does the queen mother have?"

Zhao Kuo's smile was quite dazzling to the Queen Mother.

Although Zhao Kuo didn't say anything, the queen mother felt that Zhao Kuo was mocking her incompetence!At this moment, the queen mother could not wait to order directly to have Zhao Kuo dragged out and beheaded.

But that's just a thought.

After all, in any case, Zhao Kuo's reasons are actually very good.

Under Zhao Kuo's management, Zhao Guo's treasury was able to share [-]% of the profits, while Han Xuwei managed it for a month, and Zhao Guo's treasury's income was only [-]% of the previous one.

Zhao Kuo's desire to regain the management rights of ginseng is indeed for his own benefit, but it is also for the benefit of the country.

From this point of view, Zhao Kuo is very confident.

Hello everyone is really good, don't you want to make Zhao Guo better, Queen Mother?

This is not some dynasties with whips tied in the later generations. In that kind of dynasties, the courtiers are the emperor's dogs, and they are slaves who can be killed if they want to.

But now, scholars have a high status, and talented scholars are the objects of great respect from all princes and states.

After successfully building the Zhao Guoxin Academy, Zhao Kuo has become one of the out-and-out scholar leaders in terms of ability and prestige.

Coupled with Zhao Kuo's current powerful influence in the Zhao Kingdom, and the ally Pingyuan who is here to stand on the platform, everything adds up to make even the Queen Mother, the supreme ruler of the Zhao Kingdom, have to carefully consider Zhao Kuo's opinion and make a decision. Make an answer instead of directly and rudely rejecting it.

This is the power of Zhao Kuo now!The queen mother was silent for a moment, then said slowly: "Teacher, do you have confidence?"

When Han Xuwei heard it, he almost couldn't wait to say: "Please rest assured, the queen mother, the old minister is absolutely confident!"

Han Xuwei was also forced onto the cliff. If he still dare not take up this challenge by this time, then Han Xuwei will become a laughing stock in the political arena of Zhao State. Trust is bound to be compromised.

Han Xuwei needed to save face for himself, and even more so for the Queen Mother!The queen mother nodded and said lightly: "Very good.

That being the case, it will be three months.

It has been a month now, Grand Master, you must increase your turnover to [-]% of what it was when Wu Xinjun was in charge last month in the next two months, otherwise the old lady will cancel the ginseng you proposed this time State-owned plan, do you understand? "

Han Xuwei nodded heavily: "Understood!"

The queen mother looked at Zhao Kuo again: "Wu Xinjun, are you satisfied with this?"

Zhao Kuo smiled and saluted the Queen Mother: "The Queen Mother is wise, and I have no objections."

The queen mother waved her hand and said, "If that's the case, then you should step down."

Zhao Kuo and Mr. Yuan walked out of the hall, looked at each other, and smiled at the same time.

Mr. Pingyuan smiled and said: "Mr. Wu Xin, the situation of Han Xuwei's embarrassment just now really made Benhou happy, hahaha! It's right for this old bastard to plan on Benhou's ginseng!"

Mr. Pingyuan's laughter was carefree and wanton.

Zhao Kuo nodded with a smile, and said, "Your Majesty, right now we have only won a partial victory, and the real winner is still two months away."

Mr. Pingyuan suppressed his smile and said, "That's right.

Speaking of which, Wu Xinjun is so sure that Han Xuwei will not be able to achieve [-]% of the sales in two months? "

Zhao Kuo nodded and said, "Of course.

We have successfully cut off all the channels of foreign princes and states, leaving only [-]% of the domestic market to Han Xuwei.

He wants to get back [-]% of the [-]% market, but it is not so easy. "

Mr. Pingyuan blinked his eyes and said, "Isn't the domestic market just abolishing the purchase ban on merchants?"

Zhao Kuo shook his head and said with a smile: "It sounds like that, but it's not.

Junhou, have you ever heard the saying that every line is like a mountain?

Since Han Xuwei agreed to the bet, in order to win, he would definitely take charge of the ginseng channel in the entire Great Zhao himself. "

Mr. Pingyuan was taken aback, and said, "Isn't it bad?"

Zhao Kuo laughed out loud and said, "Your Majesty, it would be the best if this happens."

As a time traveler, the era of information explosion before time travel has given Zhao Kuo too much knowledge, for example, never use laymen to lead experts!What is the result of a layman leading an expert?

It can't be better, it will only get worse, worse and worse, so bad that it is beyond imagination!There are too many such examples, and a certain national men's football team in later generations is a typical example.

Han Xuwei has been in the political arena for decades, and his mind is full of the thoughts of an old bureaucrat. It is not difficult to imagine what will happen when such an old bureaucrat personally seizes business.

Zhao Kuo smiled and said to Mr. Pingyuan: "Your Majesty, you can eat and drink at home with peace of mind for two months, and then wait to hear the news of our victory."

Yes, this time the bet Zhao Kuo felt that he might not need to do anything more to win this victory smoothly.

What's more, Zhao Kuo has a deeper plan of his own!In the palace, the queen mother looked at Han Xuwei who was obviously sweating on his forehead, and said after a long time: "Teacher, tell the old woman the truth, can you win?"

Han Xuwei wiped his sweat and said, "Please rest assured, the queen mother, the veteran will definitely win!"

Han Xuwei was also full of motivation at the moment.

When things got to this point, Han Xuwei also understood that he was indeed inferior to Zhao Kuo in terms of ginseng.

But Han Xuwei didn't think it was a problem of ability, but thought it was just because of lack of experience and enough manpower.

As long as everything is in place, let alone half of the share in three months, Han Xuwei thinks that at least [-]% to [-]% can be recovered!Thinking of this, Han Xuwei couldn't help but sneer in his heart.

Zhao Kuo, Zhao Kuo, after two months, I will let you know the price of underestimating this old man!

Chapter 287 The Wonderful Analysis of Ying Zichu

The gamble between Zhao Kuo and Han Xuwei spread in Handan City almost quickly, and then expanded towards China at an extraordinary speed, and quickly spread to the leaders of various countries.

In the Xianyang Palace of the Qin State, the King of Qin couldn't help laughing when he heard the news.

"I didn't expect Zhao Guo to actually start to expose the signs of civil strife. This is really a great thing!"

In the past few years, Qin State has always been reduced to the background of being beaten by Zhao State, which is absolutely under great pressure.

Now that Zhao Guo first broke his halberd in the battle of Gaotang City, and then broke out in the victory of Lingqiu, which obviously represented that the monarch and his subjects were not fighting with each other. How could Qin Guo not be rejoiced?

Xiangbang Fan Sui couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, what should we do?

If it is really closed for three consecutive months, it is not a small matter. "

Of course, Qin State can participate in this matter. After all, Qin State is also one of the countries that trades ginseng with Zhao State.

Due to the "particularity" of ginseng, most of the nobles in Qin State are very supportive of this trade.

In addition, ginseng also has excellent healing effects, and can even be used as a strategic medical material, which further determines the importance of ginseng trade to Qin.

The King of Qin smiled and was about to speak, but when he got to his mouth, his thoughts changed, and he said to Ying Zi Chu, the crown prince of Qin who was sitting quietly at the side: "Zi Chu'er, tell me your opinion."

During this period of time, Ying Zichu showed his talents in the court because of Lu Buwei's secret advice in the previous battle of Zhao Guo's attack on Qi, which also made King Qin more satisfied with this son, and truly established trust.

This time it was about Zhao Guo again, King Qin also wanted to test Ying Zichu again.

Ying Zichu was confident and said with a smile: "Father, I think this matter is really too simple.

Now the king of Zhao and Zhao Yan are not even ten years old, and the queen mother of Zhao Guo Han Ji is just a woman with long hair and short knowledge. .

Now, Lord Wuxin Zhao Kuo and Lord Yuan are standing together and chose to fight against Taishi Han Xuwei and the Queen Mother, so Lord Wenxin Lin Xiangru will inevitably join one of them, which will have a very important impact on the entire Zhao Dynasty. "

Ying Hou Fan Sui couldn't help but said: "Prince, according to our previous information, Grand Master Han Xuwei and Wen Xinjun Lin Xiangru have been allies a long time ago."

It's not that Fan Sui deliberately wants to sing a different tune, but he is kind enough to fill in the logical loopholes for Ying Zichu.

Ying Zichu laughed and said: "What Yinghou said is very true, but please don't forget that the queen mother was the supreme arbiter and decision maker of the Zhao country before, and she was quite detached.

But now the Queen Mother Zhao has chosen to end in person, what does this mean? "

Fan Sui is also a smart person, so he immediately understood: "So what the prince means is that the Queen Mother Zhao has actually sensed the threat of the joint efforts of Lord Wu Xin and Lord Yuan, so she has no choice but to fight against these two in person?"

Ying Zichu nodded with a smile: "That's right! I checked the information in the past few years and found that since the Battle of Changping, the alliance formed by Wuxin Lord Zhao Kuo and Plain Lord Zhao Sheng was in the political struggle within Zhao State Almost never fails.

Correspondingly, Lin Xiangru, Lian Po, Han Xuwei and others failed one after another. Not only the prestige in the political arena was severely hit, but even important ministers like Yu Xin died. Their strength is actually constantly weakening of.

Politics pays attention to a balance. After Zhao Kuo and Mr. Yuan continued to win, this balance was constantly broken, and it has been completely out of balance until now.

It was precisely because the Queen Mother Zhao discovered this scene that she decided to nationalize ginseng so decisively. It was because the Queen Mother Zhao realized that if she did not act again, the power of Zhao Kuo and Mr. Yuan would really be unstoppable , the two are very likely to become a combination of powerful ministers like Zhao Cheng and Li Dui who killed King Wuling of Zhao back then, completely controlling the government of Zhao State and emptying the Zhao royal family. "

Ying Zichu's eloquent talk made the other Qin monarchs and ministers in the hall quite surprised.

They really didn't expect that this ordinary prince and grandson who had always been an unknown hostage in Handan would burst out with such dazzling brilliance after returning to Qin and becoming the prince.

King Qin couldn't help laughing, and said, "Zi Chu'er, your analysis is very good.

So what do you think Daqin should do in the current situation? "

Ying Zi Chu Zhengshen said: "Father, I feel that the current situation is actually very simple. Daqin must stand by Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo's side and fully support Zhao Kuo's action to regain the ginseng channel."

Yinghou Fan Sui said: "Could it be that the prince wants to use this to make Zhao Guojun and his ministers feel at odds?"

Ying Zichu nodded and said: "That's right! Since the Queen Mother Zhao has already felt that it is necessary to personally take action to contain Zhao Kuo and Lord Yuan, then think about it the other way around, if Zhao Kuo and Lord Yuan win, will the Queen Mother Zhao be the one to fight?" Is it difficult to contain Zhao Kuo and Mr. Yuan anymore?

From the perspective of a monarch, if the courtiers can still control it, of course it can be used.

But once the power of the courtiers is too great, to the point where even the monarch can't control it, what else can we do at this time? "

King Qin coughed, looked around the hall calmly, and then said calmly: "Of course the monarch can only kill this subject."

Ying Zichu smiled and said: "What the father said is very true! Daqin is trying to make Zhao Kuo a subject that the Queen Mother of Zhao cannot control, so that the Queen Mother of Zhao must find a way to kill Zhao Kuo. Internal strife and fighting are completely inevitable, and the country of Zhao will inevitably decline!"

Fan Sui nodded in admiration, and said: "What the prince said is very true, the old minister has no objections."

King Qin laughed and said, "Very good.

Then according to Zi Chu'er's opinion, pass on the order, before Zhao Kuo's bet is over, Da Qin will never conduct any ginseng transactions with Zhao Guo!Also, the widow will also send people to Handan during this time to see if he can mobilize the power of Daqin in Handan, and then help Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo, hahahaha! "

Seeing King Qin's satisfied expression, Ying Zichu also smiled smugly, thinking secretly in his heart: "Sure enough, Mr. Lu Buwei, every time he makes an idea, it is so in line with the father's wishes.

In the future, after I succeed to the throne, I must promote Mr. Lu Buwei to be the Prime Minister of Qin! "

The situation of the high-level struggle in Zhao State is of course a secret to ordinary people, but it cannot be a secret in the eyes of high-level officials in other vassal states.

If it is said that the high-level people in these vassal states may not be good at fighting, but when it comes to finding political struggles, they are all masters.

Therefore, all the high-level officials of the vassal states without exception made the same decision to support Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo and continue to stop any form of ginseng trading with Zhao Guotai Master Han Xuwei!

Chapter 288 The Mantis Catches the Cicada Oriole Behind

Autumn comes inadvertently, and countless fallen leaves fall from the many trees in the garden, gradually merging with the earth.

This is a bleak season, but Zhao Kuo's life is quite comfortable.

With a wife and children on the bed, no mortgage or car loan, a huge and luxurious villa manor, and a group of loyal subordinates who go through life and death, is there anything more pleasant in life than this?

"Daddy, kite, kite!"

Little Zhao Qian was extremely excited, jumping up and down on the ground with a smile on his face.

Not far away, Tian Wan and Qiu'er hugged Zhao Qian's younger siblings, and the two children also pointed at the kite in the sky, screaming in amazement.

Tian Wan blinked her beautiful big eyes and expressed emotion: "Only my husband can come up with such a magical thing as a kite. I never thought that such a piece of cloth could fly into the sky with a thread."

Qiu'er nodded heavily, and said, "Yes ma'am, my husband is definitely the smartest man in the world."

Tian Wan's face was serious, and she said: "Ma'am, what is Ma'am, sister! You are not a servant, do you understand?"

Qiu'er stuck out her tongue, and said with some embarrassment: "Yes, sister."

Only then did Tian Wan nod her head in satisfaction, and said, "Qiu'er, you and I love sisters, Qian'er and Meng'er will surely be loved by your husband in the future.

So don't keep saying those weird things to Meng'er, he will also be the son of Wu Xinjun in the future, although the world is big, no one can look down on our child! "