Zhao Bao returned to the house with a livid face, the door was slammed hard, his hands clenched into fists, and his voice was gloomy, "Let Wang Suntai come over."
Wang Suntai is the housekeeper of Zhao Bao's house. She has been with Zhao Bao for more than 20 years and has won Zhao Bao's trust.
"Master." Wang Suntai stepped in and immediately realized that something was wrong. She thought about Zhao Bao being called by Zhao Kuo just now, and suddenly had a bad feeling in her heart. She raised her hand and asked, "Master...what happened?"
"The second child has been arrested. Go to Woyang in person. I want to know who the second child has met in the past year. Write them all down for me and check them one by one. In addition, there is that guy named Wang Ti.
I want all his information, including who he has contacts with, his relatives, etc." Zhao Bao said in a deep voice.
No matter how Zhao Kuo punishes him, even if he punishes him severely, his son will not be punished to death. Anyway, he is a waste. At most, he will be raised for the rest of his life, but Zhao Bao will never tolerate being used as a gunman.
Even if Li Mu and Kong Bin hadn't found out in advance, they wouldn't have known that they were sold in the future!
Zhao Bao felt that the other party had insulted and trampled on his personality.
"Do you need me to bring the second young master back?" Mrs. Wang Sun asked.
"If you can't bring him back, don't be troublesome." Zhao Bao shook his head. Zhao Kuo's attitude was very firm. Even if he made compensation elsewhere, he would still punish Zhao Tang. Zhao Bao had no way to change Zhao Kuo's attitude.
Decide.
"I know, I will set off immediately." Mrs. Gongsun bowed and saluted, turned around and strode towards the stable.
"Prepare the car and go to Pingyuan Jun's Mansion." Zhao Bao thought for a while and decided to discuss it with Zhao Sheng. His fourth brother thought about things more thoroughly than he did.
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"When Shang Yang implemented the reform, the whole country was opposed to it, even the prince was against it. Before I really started, there were people who opposed it, haha." Zhao Kuo looked at the map of Zhao State, his eyes full of fighting spirit.
The road to reform has been full of difficulties since ancient times. When King Zhao Wuling carried out the reform, he made sufficient preparations and paid a huge price to suppress the clan and nobles.
However, he had an advantage over King Zhao Wuling. When King Zhao Wuling carried out the reform, other countries had already completed the reform, and the main line of history changed from reform to alliance.
Of course, before King Wuling of Zhao's reform, there was another Gongzhonglian reform in Zhao State. However, this reform was more of an improvement than a reform, because Gongzhonglian only made measures such as selecting talents and promoting talents, and did not
It did not fundamentally change Zhao's system.
So overall, Zhao State was the last to implement reforms.
Under such circumstances, it is absolutely impossible for Zhao State to carry out reforms safely and steadily. Other countries will not sit back and watch Zhao State successfully complete the reform.
The only choice Zhao had was actually the last path left, which was what some historians call 'classical militarism'.
To put it simply, since the country cannot reform the system first and then reform the military system, it should simply give up reforming the system and put all resources and skill points into the military.
In this way, the country can quickly become stronger in a short period of time and divert conflicts through foreign wars. Moreover, the resources plundered through victory in the war can also fill the country's shortfall, support war with war, and complete the ultimate reform goal.
This road is similar to the one taken by the Qin State. The difference is that the Qin State walks on two legs and implements the "farming and war" system. "Plowing" is ranked first in "war".
Strong agriculture laid a solid foundation for the Qin State. As long as there were no consecutive defeats, there would be no major problems even if it was defeated once or twice.
But the State of Zhao only walks on one leg, and its practice is only "war" and no "ploughing."
This road is much riskier than the roads of Qin and other countries, because in the process of foreign wars, as long as there is a large-scale defeat, the country's finances will have big problems, and then the entire country will collapse.
After embarking on this road, Zhao must win, and win often, and win quickly, even if it takes too long.
Therefore, King Wuling of Zhao did not make the same choice as all the previous monarchs: to fight for hegemony in the Central Plains. Instead, he keenly set his sights on the north. The Hu people there were obviously weaker than the other countries in the Central Plains, and were more suitable as a step for Zhao to accumulate strength.
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After that, as in history, the Zhao State continued to rise during the Northern Expedition, and even destroyed the Zhongshan State, which many people in later generations called the "eighth power of the Warring States Period."
Zhao's military strength is so powerful that even Qi and Chu are no match for it.
At this time, as long as Zhao State adds another leg: economy, it can quickly transform into a powerful country on the same level as Qin State, surpassing the other five countries.
However, it is obvious that Zhao State does not have this opportunity.
King Wuling of Zhao was a smart man who lived a short life and died young in his prime. The King Huiwen of Zhao who followed was far behind compared to his father.
The reform was not truly completed, which resulted in the Zhao State having only strong military strength. In other aspects, it was no different from the Five Kingdoms, and might even be slightly lacking.
And now Zhao Kuo is continuing the path that King Zhao Wuling has not finished, allowing Zhao Guo's other leg to grow and become a giant walking on two legs.
When King Wuling of Zhao came to the throne, he was surrounded by powerful enemies. Even Wei, Chu, Qin, Yan, and Qi each sent 10,000 troops to attend the funeral of Zhao Suhou. Zhao was in danger of overthrowing at any time.
But now Zhao has conquered the surrounding areas, Yan and Qi have been defeated, and Wei has formed an alliance with Zhao. Although Qin still has strength, it is still licking its wounds, and there is still Wei between it and Zhao.
It will not threaten Zhao State within a short period of time.
This is Zhao's best opportunity. If you miss this opportunity, you don't know when the next one will be.
Therefore, after Zhao Kuo came to the throne, he immediately began to count the acres of land, redistribute taxes, encourage people to open up wasteland and farm, and then issued a recruitment order, founded Handan Academy, recruited talents, and gradually promoted other government orders.
"It's not even the beginning now. There's still a lot of things we have to do later. It won't really begin until the Loop is cleared. If you have the guts, just hide in the dark and don't come out." Zhao Kuo pressed his palms heavily on the map.
, the middle position of Zhao State.
Compared with Shang Yang and King Wuling of Zhao, his current resistance can't be called resistance at all. Those enemies don't even dare to show their heads.
"Your Majesty, what happened?" An Ning came over and gently massaged Zhao Kuo's shoulders.
Since becoming pregnant, An Ning's temperament has become much quieter and she no longer practices martial arts. Instead, she and Yan learned the art of nühong and made small shoes and clothes for the unborn child every day.
But her craftsmanship, the shoes and clothes she made are really...
"Why are you here?" Zhao Kuo's expression softened a little.
"I saw that the king never returned, so I came over to take a look." An Ning said softly.
"A small incident happened in Yanmen, but the person who committed the crime is the son of Lord Pingyang, so there is some trouble." Zhao Kuo took An Ning's hands and pulled her in front of him, "Just leave the shoes and clothes to the servants.
If you are bored, you can go outside the palace, but remember to bring a guard."
"I just don't feel comfortable leaving it to my servants. It's better to do it myself and wait until the child is older before letting my servants do it." An Ning said.
"You, forget it, go out for a walk with me, it's time to relax," Zhao Kuo said.