"Report to your Majesty, the border troops outside Handan City withdrew overnight."
"Report to your Majesty, General Zhao Cong has led the Wu'an army and is stationed thirty miles outside Handan City."
It was already another afternoon in Longtai Palace. After experiencing the frightening day and night yesterday, King Zhao Yan sat on the throne and drank the healing soup worthy of the palace doctor.
The border army left, and Zhao Cong from Wu'an returned. The good news was reported to him by his subordinates after a long time, and he felt a little better.
The ministers in the main hall, headed by Prince Zhao Qian, were arranged on both sides.
Zhao Yan put down the decoction, smacked his lips, hunched his neck and slumped on his seat and said: "The border army is gone, um, gone. The culprit of this farce, the treacherous son Zhao Jia, fled in fear of crime. Sirs, do you think he can escape?"
Where to go?”
Guo Kai immediately ran out and said, "Your Majesty, I thought that Zhao Jiading had followed the border troops and fled to Dai County."
"Oh? Prime Minister, why do you see me?"
"Your Majesty, Li Mu's frontier troops are loyal to him. Li Mu is still imprisoned by the king, but the frontier troops evacuate overnight regardless. Do they not even want the general?
There must be a more important role than Li Mu to make the border troops give up the general and withdraw overnight, and this person must be Zhao Jia."
Guo Kai's reasoning made many people in the court nod. He closed his eyes tightly, folded his hands and hung them in front of his belly. He didn't need to say anything about this Zhao Guo.
Zhao Cong, who had just led his army to visit King Qin, stepped forward with his head high and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, Zhao Jia is treasonous and unforgivable. He has colluded with foreign generals to cause chaos in the capital and cannot be forgiven! I ask for orders to lead the Wu'an army to Daijun and capture Zhao Jia."
Zhao Yan refused without thinking, "No, Dai County has Li Mu's border troops, how can you be your opponent?"
However, Zhao Cong did not take it seriously and put forward his own opinion, "Your Majesty, the border troops are also soldiers of our Zhao Kingdom. Zhao Jia rebelled, and Li Mu was an accomplice. Your Majesty only needs an imperial edict to issue an order to the county. Our army will uphold the power of your Majesty.
How can we defeat the border troops? We can definitely defeat them in one fell swoop and capture Zhao Jia."
Zhao Yan did not respond directly, neither agreed nor vetoed. Instead, he suddenly asked the people below, "Li Mu... Li Mu, what do you think Li Mu should do?"
He rushed to add before the courtiers could answer, "You all shut up first, Prince, you tell me."
ah?
Zhao Qian, who was suddenly called, looked confused and unprepared. He raised his leg and took two steps, mumbling: "Yes, father."
Zhao Yan repeated the question again, "If you were asked to make a choice, how would you deal with Li Mu? How would you deal with Daijun's border troops?"
"My father, my son, I think that as a general stationed abroad, Li Mu returned without an order and the army forced him to the capital, which is tantamount to rebellion. His crimes must be listed and publicly executed to safeguard the majesty of our Zhao country."
Zhao Qian pretended to talk a lot, but Zhao Yan said expressionlessly, "Well, let's continue, where are the border troops?"
"Gongzi Jia, as the official of the Zhao Kingdom, secretly colluded with foreign generals, which is an unforgivable crime. The border army shielded the rebellious Zhao Jia, which is really hateful; but because of his many years of border guarding, he can avoid the death penalty. After the army conquered Dai County, the border army
The army can be made into prisoners and continue to build cities and farm for our Zhao country."
Zhao Qian seemed to be quite proud of what he had carefully considered in his heart. Zhao Qian asked with a good heart: "Father, do you think it is appropriate for your son to do this?"
Zhao Yan did not speak, but slowly stood up and walked down the steps step by step. For some reason, Zhao Qian felt as if he was facing a huge mountain that was gradually collapsing towards him.
"Pa~" A loud slap shocked everyone in the hall.
Zhao Yan slapped Zhao Qian to the ground, and said with hatred: "You want to kill Li Mu, destroy the border army, and conquer? Tell me, if you kill Li Mu and the 100,000 border troops resist to the death, what will you do?
What to conquer?”
Zhao Qian got up from lying on his stomach and knelt down, crying: "Father, I didn't think well. Please forgive me, father."
"Get up, think about it again, how do you deal with this matter!" As soon as he said this, Zhao Yan covered his mouth and coughed violently, "vomit, cough, cough~"
The doctor behind him quickly ran over to support him, calm him down, and warned him, "Your Majesty, please don't get angry again."
"I know my body well, so I don't need to say anything. Zhao Qian, please tell me, how are you going to deal with this matter?"
This, this, this...
Zhao Qian secretly glanced at Guo Kai who was in the palace, hoping to get some help. But how could he hide his frail appearance from his father who was sitting above him?
Zhao Yan picked up a spoon and smashed it down, "As a prince, don't you have your own opinion? Just kneel down and think, and you won't make a decision until you have a solution."
In all these years, has Zhao Wangyan ever performed like this?
The people in the palace finally understood that Zhao Yan wanted to train Zhao Qian, and this eager attitude was probably because he felt that time was running out.
And this Zhao Qian was not like Zhao Kuan and Guo Kai who were making suggestions from behind. The examination in court revealed his true colors.
Seeing the king scolding and reprimanding over and over again, Zhao Qian cried and howled over and over again, feeling weak and almost unable to bear it anymore.
Don't make it so touching, I almost burst out laughing. Zhao Yan is suspicious and willful, Zhao Qian is a complete loser, Zhao Jia is not much better in comparison, I just think this drama sung by you and your son is absurd and funny.
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"Father, I won't kill Li Mu anymore. If I don't kill him, I will pardon him, reward him generously, and ask him to be a high official or prime minister! I won't kill him, I won't kill him~"
Zhao Qian lay on the ground, crying and saying these words. The verbal attacks and physical attacks from Zhao Yan stopped.
Zhao Yan came down again, leaned down and whispered in his son's ear: "Yes, pardon Li Mu, reward him generously, let the Wu'an army retreat, and then make Li Mu the prime minister and open a mansion, and all his confidants will be promoted to officials.
Appoint another person as the commander-in-chief of the border army. Wait until Li Mu and his henchmen arrive in Handan, then capture them all in one fell swoop and kill them all! This is the most appropriate way to deal with it."
"I understand, I understand."
He stood up and turned to the ministers in the main hall, "You are all important officials today. The prince does not have much political experience, so he still needs your help."
All the ministers said in unison: "I will try my best."
"I am not feeling well, so I will not deal with politics for the time being. I will leave it to the Crown Prince for training first. Please don't let me down."
"I will certainly live up to your Majesty's high expectations."
"That's it, let's break up."
After the dynasty was dismissed, the significance of the afternoon meeting was debated among the nobles in Handan. Everyone was discussing the talents of Zhao Qian, the future king, or secretly discussing how long Zhao Yan could live.
In the Pearl Pavilion, Lu Yan's map of Handan City had become shabby due to his writing and drawing. Chao Banshee was replacing it with a new one and setting the old one aside as a reference.
Lu Yan asked: "Have you found out where Li Mu is being held?"
"We have found out that the dungeon in the West City is guarded by the Royal Palace Guards." The Chao Banshee pointed at a location on the new map.
"Trouble, he is locked up in the palace. There is a big delay in getting our news there. It would be terrible if Zhao Yan impulsively kills Li Mu."
She smiled lightly and said there was no need to worry, "Sir, please relax, Zhao Yan will not only not kill Li Mu, but also reward him."
"Huh? What?"
She then told everything that happened in the court hall of Longtai Palace this afternoon. Lu Yan was originally surprised by Zhao Yan's magnanimity, but after listening to it, he realized that he had misunderstood, "I see. Zhao Yan's body and bones are not working anymore? He was still there last time he saw her.
Not bad.”
Chao Banshee still has some research on the human body, so she explained to him: "I have experienced so many ups and downs in this day and night, and my heart has never stopped. Besides, Zhao Yan is not young himself. Just talking about time
Not much. In fact, it’s usually okay to live another three or four years.”
Lu Yan nodded in agreement, "Zhao Qian would have killed Li Mu, but I didn't expect Zhao Yan to hold back."
"The border army is the strongest army in the Zhao Kingdom. How can we abandon it just like this?"
He agreed with what the tide banshee said, picked up the pen and looked at the map and sighed, "That's true. It's just that our work tasks have increased again."
"Huh?" The trendy banshee said, her charming voice coupled with her charming and doubtful expression, which was quite lethal.
"Get ready to seize Li Mu and make a big fuss in Handan. I've been studying this map of Handan for so many days that I almost vomited, but it finally came in handy."