Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

We can only prepare for the battle with all our strength and wait for Zhao Jun's invasion next year. "

Although what Jingyang said was quite unpleasant, everyone including the King of Chu knew that this should be the reality that Chu State was about to face.

The King of Chu sighed and said, "That's the only way.

The order continues, and from now on, all areas in the north, west and Zhao State border must be vigilant, and if there is any sign of Zhao State army invading, they must report back as soon as possible.

All parts of the country should also be prepared to ensure that once the Zhao army really invades, we can also have enough strength to send troops to resist in time! "

Naturally, everyone has no opinion on this order from the King of Chu.

Chu State Ling Yin Li Yuan sat there quietly, this is also his usual style, so everyone is not surprised.

But at this moment, Li Yuan was actually thinking about something else.

The source of the incident was a letter secretly sent by Li Si from Handan not long ago.

Li Si's first sentence at the beginning was: "Brother Li Yuan, has he forgotten the previous promise?"

What promise?

Of course, it was Li Yuan's sentence "If Da Chu is really unable to resist, I should also consider surrendering."

At that point in time, Li Yuan hadn't heard the news of Qin's demise, or even the news of Xianyang's fall, so he laughed off Li Si's letter.

But now, when Qin State was destroyed by Zhao State in just three months, Li Yuan suddenly discovered that this problem seemed to be really serious.

Zhao Guo's ferocity really refreshed Li Yuan's cognition again and again, which caused a feeling of fear in Li Yuan's heart.

If Zhao Guoren arrives in Chu State next year, will Chu State really be able to withstand it?

As the Ling Yin of the Chu State, Li Yuan has a very intuitive understanding of the national strength of the Chu State.

Although Chu State has rarely won wars in recent years, it has often participated in wars.

This has created a phenomenon, that is, launching a war consumes a lot of resources, but if the war cannot be won, these resources will basically not be replenished. It is a loss among losses.

The state of Chu is such a country that loses money every year, and loses more and more.

If this is the case, it’s okay. After Zhao Kuo broke through Shouchun last year, he even slapped it hard in Shouchun. up.

So if Zhao Guo really came to fight, what would Chu, with its empty treasury, do to compete with Zhao?

These thoughts lingered in Li Yuan's mind, making him feel out of breath, but in the end he didn't say anything, just stood up silently, and returned home.

For the kings and ministers of Chu, and even those officials of Chu who knew the inside story, this was destined to be an extremely difficult day.

On the other side, Zhao Kuo has already embarked on the road of returning triumphantly.

Since it was a smooth and triumphant return, the mood is of course very good.

Even the very steep road to Shu suddenly became very cute in Zhao Kuo's eyes.

Zhao Kuo said to Li Mu who was beside him: "This road is still too steep. In the future, we will find a way to get people from the Mo family to come and widen it."

After hearing Zhao Kuo's words, Li Mu couldn't help being a little surprised, and said, "This road is so steep, can the people of the Mo family have a solution?"

Zhao Kuo laughed, and said to Li Mu: "You see, the most important reason why this road is steep is that the mountain on his side is really impossible to dig by human power.

But don't forget that we have a good thing in our hands. Even these mountains cannot be our opponents. "

After hearing this, Li Mu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he slapped his thigh suddenly: "I see, the Lord is talking about explosives."

Zhao Kuo laughed loudly and nodded vigorously.

: "That's right, it's explosives.

As long as we have explosives, we can blast a smooth road among these mountains and make the connection between Bashu and the Central Plains smoother in the future. "

Bashu is a place where rebellion is very easy to happen. In the past few decades of Qin's rule alone, there have been three large-scale rebellions involving the entire territory of Bashu, and it took Qin's hard work to suppress it. of.

The reason for this is that the terrain of Bashu is really too steep. As long as this pass is closed, there is no need to worry about others being able to attack. That's why the rebels in Bashu are so confident.

Although Zhao Kuo now has explosives, he really doesn’t need to worry about this pass, but the problem is that Bashu must be connected to the Central Plains as soon as possible, so that the culture of the Central Plains can penetrate into Bashu more quickly. Make it easier for Zhao Guo to control this area.

As a modern person, Zhao Kuo knows very well that if you want to assimilate a region, the easiest and fastest way is to connect this region with other regions.

As long as this road is unimpeded, personnel exchanges and exchanges will be normal, and the speed at which this region will integrate into the Huaxia and Zhao family will naturally be very fast.

To get rich, build roads first. This is the truth that everyone knows, but in fact, to rule a place well, it also needs to build a lot of roads.

Like the rulers of feudal dynasties in ancient China, they did not have the technology and ability to build roads, but as a traverser, Zhao Kuo naturally has this ability.

Moreover, Zhao Kuo is not short of manpower. In this war, Zhao Kuo captured a large number of Qin people. If these young and middle-aged Qin people are released, they are a little worried that they will rebel, but if they are not released, they will be raised every day for nothing , which is not a problem.

As soon as Zhao Kuo thought of this, he immediately made up his mind.

"After arriving in Hanzhong, we will keep these guys captured in this war, and then immediately send people to Handan to mobilize a group of elite Mohist scholars and craftsmen, and let them study and study how to get rid of them. The road was built."

It is better to do things sooner rather than later. After all, Zhao Kuo has too many things to do now, and everything must be done early so that future generations can continue to operate in the future.

After arriving in Hanzhong, Zhao Kuo left the captives here, and continued to lead the army north to Guanzhong.

The distance between Hanzhong and Guanzhong is also very steep, but the size of Hanzhong is much smaller than that of Bashu. For most of the history, Hanzhong was the territory of the Guanzhong regime. Otherwise, it is the territory of the Bashu regime, and there is very little time to become a country of its own.

So of course the roads on the Hanzhong side will be built in the future, but the necessity can be placed after the Bashu roads.

After Zhao Kuo continued to go north, he returned to Guanzhong all the way.

From leaving to returning, two months have passed in a blink of an eye. During these two months, Guanzhong also experienced some changes that were visible to the naked eye when we left.

Generally speaking, the entire Guanzhong is now in a relatively peaceful state. Thanks to the efforts of a group of Qin surrenders headed by Lu Buwei and Fan Sui, the common people in Guanzhong have basically acquiesced to Zhao's rule, and there is no large-scale rebellion up.

Zhao Kuo looked around and saw that in the fields beside the road, there were summer grains planted by ordinary people not long ago, so he was completely relieved.

For the common people, what they care about the most is always to fill their stomachs. Since the common people have planted food with peace of mind, it means that these common people have hope in a short period of time, and it is impossible for them to make any more rebellions thing.

After returning to Xianyang City, Zhao Kuo saw Lu Buwei and Fan Wei again.

From these two people, Zhao Kuo each got some unexpected news.

First of all, the former Prime Minister of the State of Qin, Fan Sui, respectfully handed over a memorial to Zhao Kuo to resign.

After Zhao Kuo read the memorial, he couldn't help being a little surprised, and said to Fan Sui, "Why did Lord Fan Sui resign?

Could it be that someone is rude to you? If so, then I will definitely reprimand him. "

Fan Sui is definitely very capable.

In history, the prosperous era created by Qin Zhaoxiang King Yingji was the deeds during his reign. The battle of Changping in history was also won when Fan Sui was in power.

Moreover, in the past two months, Fan Sui's ability to govern the country and the people was also highly valued by Zhao Kuo.

The only thing that people care about may be the status of Fan Sui's former Minister of Qin, but this is not a problem for Zhao Kuo, because since Zhao Kuo annexed the other six countries, he must use people from the other six countries, as long as these people are willing For Zhao Kuo's loyal service, Zhao Kuo can completely let the past go.

If such a courtier leaves Zhao Guo's political arena, it will actually be a big loss to Zhao Guo.

Fan Sui smiled, and said to Zhao Kuo: "To tell you the truth, Mr. Wu Xin, the old man was not rude by anyone.

The old man just thinks that after all, the old man was the minister of the Qin State before, and now that the Qin State has perished, the old man has used the past two months to minimize the losses he can bring to the Qin State, and now it is time to withdraw and leave up.

If Wu Xinjun agrees, the old man still has a few sons who are not successful, and they may also join Zhao Guo's political arena and provide Wu Xinjun with some insignificant help. "

After Zhao Kuo heard this, he understood it all.

After all, Fan Sui had been loyal to Qin State for decades, so of course he still had some feelings for Qin State in his heart. Although he chose to surrender due to the situation, he still couldn't pass this hurdle in his heart.

But after all, Fan Sui is also an old fritter who has been in the political arena of Qin State for decades, and he also knows that if he resigns so suddenly, it may cause Zhao Kuo's dissatisfaction, and even endanger the lives of Fan Sui's family.

So Fan Sui immediately asked all his sons to work for Zhao Kuo, just to prove to Zhao Kuo that he really only wanted to retire, not that he had any dissatisfaction with Zhao Guo or Zhao Kuo.

After Zhao Kuo thought about the relationship, he smiled again.

"Since Lord Fan Sui wants to retire, of course I won't stop you.

Pass down the order to reward Master Fan Sui with a thousand taels of gold, 100 servants, and [-] mu of fertile land! "

After hearing Zhao Kuo's words, Fan Sui was completely relieved, bent down long, and bowed to Zhao Kuo.

"I have been loyal to Great Qin for so many years, and I have seen many monarchs of other countries, but there has never been a monarch of any country who can truly have a broad mind like Lord Wu Xin. It is no wonder that Lord Wu Xin can achieve such a great cause.

In the future, under the leadership of Wu Xinjun, our China will surely create unprecedented brilliance! "

Chapter 1093 reprimanding Lu Buwei for his new official position

If things on Fan Sui's side were normal, then what happened next on Lu Buwei's side made Zhao Kuo doubt his own three views.

Regarding this matter about Lu Buwei, the person who came to report first was not Lu Buwei, but Mao Sui.

Mao Sui said: "Master, Lu Buwei has some problems recently."

Zhao Kuo was a little puzzled: "What's the problem? Could it be that he wants to secretly rebel?"

In Zhao Kuo's view, Lu Buwei is also a famous official in history after all, so he shouldn't be so stupid, right?

Mao Sui hurriedly said: "My lord misunderstood, how could Lu Buwei rebel?

The main reason is that he ran to the palace at every turn during this period of time, which is a problem. "

Zhao Kuo: "" Zhao Kuo seems to understand something.

The king of Qin, Yingzichu, who was captured by Zhao Kuo, of course wanted to go back to Handan with Zhao Kuo, so Yingzichu continued to live in the palace of Qin during this period, and the women of Yingzichu It also lives in the palace.

Lu Buwei went into the palace, of course it was impossible to find Ying Zichu, after all Ying Zichu hated Lu Buwei to death now, it would be strange if he didn't kill Lu Buwei if they met.

Since it's not Ying Zichu, the only way to find Ying Zichu's woman is.

which woman?

No need to think about it, she must be Ying Zichu's queen, Zhao Ji!Why is Zhao Kuo so sure?

Zhao Ji was a dancer that Lu Buwei bought from a brothel before. Later, Lu Buwei met Ying Zichu in Handan City, and decided to support Ying Zichu to take over the position, so she gave Zhao Ji to Yingzi Chu to warm her bed.

By the way, Ying Zheng, the son of Zhao Ji and Ying Zichu, is still studying with Zhao Qian in Zhao Kuo's mansion.

And in history, Zhao Ji was a very good woman.

In history, after Ying Zichu's death, Zhao Ji immediately rekindled her old relationship with Lu Buwei. Later, Lu Buwei felt that his body was too much to bear, and recommended another Lai Ai to enter the palace to have fun with Zhao Ji every day.

In the current situation, although Ying Zichu was still alive, it was no different from being dead.

A woman like Zhao Ji, who was born in a brothel, is very snobbish in her own right. Naturally, she has already seen clearly that a subjugated king like Ying Zichu is a waste, so it is only natural to find a way to get along with "the future important minister of Zhao Guo Lu Buwei" .

Zhao Kuo touched his nose, and said to Mao Sui lightly, "How long has this Lu Buwei and Zhao Ji's affair been going on?"

Mao Sui was stunned, apparently not expecting Zhao Kuo to know the real answer so quickly.

After a few seconds, Mao Sui said: "In fact, since Lu Buwei came to Xianyang, it has basically never been broken."

Zhao Kuo: "!!!"

Zhao Kuo was really surprised now.

Good guy, Zhao Ji didn't just hook up with Lu Buwei after Ying Zichu lost power, but she was already prepared.

Zhao Kuo said speechlessly: "Don't you know how dangerous it will be to the two of you if this matter is leaked?

Why not stop him in time, or report to me? "

Of course there is no security issue for Lu Buwei to have an affair now, but in the previous state of Qin, if Ying Zichu found out that Zhao Ji had secretly slept with Lu Buwei again, would that be okay?

It would be weird not to wipe out Lu Buwei's family.

Mao Sui said very sincerely: "To tell you the truth, Lu Buwei has obtained a lot of information through Zhao Ji's line over the years, and has also exerted a great influence on Ying Zichu.

Moreover, even if Ying Zichu really found out, he would only execute Lu Buwei in the name of adultery, and would not cause too much loss to Chen and the Qin State Nightingale Branch. "

Zhao Kuo: ""Although it sounds weird, what Mao Sui said is really the same thing.

Zhao Kuo rubbed his head helplessly, and said: "Okay, I know now, you wait here for a while, when Lu Buwei comes, you will listen behind, but don't show your face."

Zhao Kuo sent someone to call Lu Buwei.

This matter still needs to be resolved, otherwise if it gets out, it will become "Minister Zhao took the opportunity to insult Queen Qin", and this reputation will be very bad.

The key is that after the news spread, Zhao Kuo himself has no problems, but people will misunderstand that Zhao Kuo deliberately connives with Lu Buwei. Isn't that ridiculous?

Zhao Kuo didn't want to be blamed for the bad things in Lu Buwei's crotch.

Lu Buwei arrived soon, and saluted Zhao Kuo excitedly: "I have seen the lord."

Of course Lu Buwei has reason to be happy, because after living in Qin for so many years, he was finally able to return to the center of Zhao's political arena again.

Zhao Guo is about to unify the world. Of course, doing things in Zhao Guo is much better than being an undercover agent who is worried about Qin Guo every day.

Zhao Kuo looked at Lu Buwei and said calmly: "Mr. Lu, do you still remember our previous conversation?