Returning to Xianyang, Wu Anjun changed into his military uniform.
He turned into the smiling scribe again, sitting at King Qin's reward banquet. Unlike the other frustrated generals, he just smiled bitterly and shook his head. King Qin did not punish the generals, but visited the seriously injured king.
He rewarded Meng Ao for fighting one against two. However, when he came to comfort Bai Qi, Bai Qi said bitterly: "Because of my incompetence, the Qin army suffered heavy losses. Please punish me."
King Qin squinted his eyes, smiled, and said: "I have heard that Lord Ma Fu, Zhao Kuo, is supported by the Zhao generals, and the soldiers are willing to fight to the death for him. Lord Wu An has not lost to him, and the Zhao army's casualties are as high as
It is far greater than the Qin army, so you don’t have to blame yourself."
Fan Ju was sitting on the leftmost seat of King Qin. Opposite him was Bai Qi. Hearing King Qin's words, he also looked at Bai Qi in front of him calmly. The king, general and prime minister who were once so close to each other were now
There was a crack. Bai Qi hadn't realized it yet. King Qin waved his hand and told the officials that he would reward Bai Qi for his contribution. Fan Ju frowned and said nothing.
The ministers sitting at the banquet were a little surprised when they looked at Fan Ju's attitude and then at King Qin.
"Your Majesty, if those who return after defeat can also receive your reward, then please send me to the grave to apologize to the generals who were executed because of the failure of the war." Fan Ju suddenly said, this sentence directly made the whole
The banquet fell silent, the laughter stopped abruptly, the soldiers looked at Fan Ju angrily, and the ministers were even more surprised. Normally, no matter what order the King of Qin issued, he would discuss it with Fan Ju in advance.
Therefore, there will be no disagreement between them in the palace.
Now, Fan Ju directly expressed his dissatisfaction and opposition to Wang Ling.
The King of Qin sat in the upper position, cold as ice, looked at Fan Ju angrily, and asked: "Wu Anjun won the party for Qin and defeated the Zhao army so that Zhao no longer dared to be an enemy of Qin. The heads he captured were more than
Isn’t it worthy of reward for one’s own casualties?”
"Qin used soldiers from three counties and consumed the entire country's strength. Is it just to capture Shangdang County?" Fan Ju stood up, looked at Bai Qi opposite him, and asked coldly: "Wu An Jun, what are you doing?
Dare to accept the king’s reward??”
Bai Qi and Fan Ju looked at each other, stood up helplessly, looked at King Qin, and said: "Your Majesty, I dare not accept your reward... This is indeed my fault. If I hadn't misjudged the time of Wei Jun's reinforcements,
General Wang Lu will not be besieged by the main force of Zhao State. Please punish me for my mistakes. I am the one who committed the crime and I dare not accept your reward anymore."
King Qin lowered his eyes and said nothing. The ministers were a little worried and lowered their heads, fearing that they would be involved in the dispute between Fan Ju and Bai Qi. This was also the first time that Fan Ju expressed his dissatisfaction with Bai Qi.
The contradictions were completely made public.
In the end, the King of Qin did not reward Bai Qi, but took away a few of his food and ended the banquet.
Bai Qi and Fan Ju walked out of the palace and looked at each other.
Bai Qi smiled modestly.
Fan Ju looked at him coldly and said nothing.
Two warriors from Qin State entered the arena.
...........
King Zhao looked at the ministers in front of him and couldn't help but rub his forehead.
Ministers headed by Li Mu and Dong Chengzi came to see King Zhao. They asked King Zhao to appoint Ma Fujun as the prime minister of the country. There were many ministers who came with them, including Lian Po, Tian Yue, Yu Qing, and even Zhao Bao.
All the clan members came to persuade King Zhao. King Zhao had just decided to make Lord Xinling his prime minister, and he encountered such a thing. He thought about it seriously, and it was true that Lord Ma Fu had made such a contribution, but I wanted to
Will it make him dissatisfied if he regards others as his prime minister?
King Zhao hesitated a little, so he had to tell the officials to let them leave temporarily and he would arrange the matter.
After the ministers left, King Zhao called Yu Qing again and asked him about the matter. Yu Qing said seriously: "When wise people govern the country, the country will prosper. Lord Ma Fu is the wisest in Zhao country."
Man, if you take him as your prime minister, how can other countries not respect Zhao?" King Zhao talked about the conversation he had with Zhao Kuo a few days ago, and said: "I want Lord Xinling to stay.
In the State of Zhao, I am worried about Mr. Ma Fu..."
Yu Qing smiled and continued: "Ma Fujun will not be angry because of this matter. He is not a person who pursues status. If Ma Fujun also agrees to your proposal to make Xinling Lord your prime minister, then please give the order
After all, anyone who can be recognized by Mr. Ma Fu will not be a mediocre villain."
At this time, Zhao Kuo had already left Handan.
He spent some leisure time in Mafu. The diners were very busy. Li Yu took many diners on a food exchange journey. They wanted to exchange for seeds and farm tools and distribute them to the people. When they rushed to
In various places, when discussing exchanges with local nobles, the nobles were still a little disdainful. However, when they heard that they were Ma Fujun's customers, they immediately changed their attitude and even wanted to give them to them for free.
Many diners wanted to accept gifts from each other, but Li Yu refused. Li Yu told them: the ones that cost the least are actually the most expensive.
However, Li Yu thought of everything, but forgot one thing, and that was Di's mouth.
While Di was going around exchanging food with the nobles, he told everyone that Ma Fujun was going to exchange the rewards from the king for seeds and farm tools and distribute them to the people. When the nobles heard this, they were in awe, without Li Yu opening his mouth.
So he lent his own cattle to people from all over the country. The farmers who were naked from the waist up, tied the plow to their bodies, and struggled to walk in the cultivated land, with tears and sweat dripping on the land, saw those farmers
The excitement in the heart of the cattle that was delivered is beyond words.
Nobles like to imitate. There will always be one person who becomes the benchmark for the nobility. What he does will become the most fashionable thing at that time and be imitated by the nobility. For example, Zhao Sheng loves his wife, the nobles of Zhao state accept guests, and Zhao
Leopards loved to throw pots, and for a period of time, pot throwing became the favorite entertainment activity of Zhao people. There was even a king who liked riding and shooting, and thus, a great nation of riding and shooting was born.
Nowadays, this person who is at the forefront of fashion has become Mr. Ma Fu.
This is the importance of wise men in the country. During the Warring States Period, if a few wise men appeared in the country, or if a wise man was appointed as the prime minister, the country's overall strength would increase very quickly, and it might even become a powerful country because of one person.
This is the role that people can play in the Warring States Period. As time goes by, these hateful and lovely nobles disappear in the long river, and the role that sages can play becomes smaller and smaller.
However, it is a pity that the spring planting ended very quickly, and the nobles had no time to play a big role, and the spring planting was already over.
This year will definitely not be a bumper harvest year, but there may not be too many people starving to death.
While the diners were busy, Zhao Kuo had been sitting in the courtyard and basking in the sun. He took out the Emperor and started to dish it out. This guy has not grown hair yet and is bald. At this moment, he
It can already make unexplained babbling sounds. Zhao Kuo likes to bask in the sun very much. Every time he sits under the warm sun and breathes quietly, this is Zhao Kuo’s biggest hobby. What surprised Zhao Kuo is that the little guy also
Enjoying the warm sunshine.
Every time Zhao Kuo would hold him and sit in the courtyard, basking in the sun, the little guy would immediately fall asleep peacefully, opening and closing his little mouth.
Ma Fujun is becoming more and more skilled in raising children, but his rough ways always make him scolded by Zhao's mother. For example, when a guest knocks on the door, all the guests are busy out, and Zhao Kuo can only hold the baby under his arm.
The guy opened the door. Occasionally when eating, he would put the little guy on the table in front of him. Every time Zhao's mother saw it, she would scold him and wouldn't let him touch the child for several days.
Mother Zhao muttered: "I have the same virtue as your father," so she hugged the child and left.
Zhao Ji often came to visit him. She always brought some gifts and dressed herself up very beautifully. However, Zhao Kuo still stayed away from her and did not dare to get too close to her. He did not like others to wear hats for him, so he also
She did not have the habit of putting hats on others. Gradually, Zhao Ji stopped coming to him. It is said that she often went to Handan to find a rich man. The rich man was a friend of Lu Buwei. Before Ying Yiren left, it seemed that he was
He left some money with him for Zhao Ji to pick up.
After staying like this for a while, finally, two pieces of good news came from Handan.
Lord Xinling became the Prime Minister of Zhao State, and Pang Nuan returned to Zhao State.
The fact that Lord Xinling became the Prime Minister of Zhao State indeed caused quite a stir. The people of Zhao State did not express any dissatisfaction with this. Lord Xinling is also very famous and is recognized as a wise man, both in terms of talent and morality.
The only ones who could convince everyone were Li Mu and others, who were a little dissatisfied with this. They preferred Zhao Kuo to serve as the Prime Minister of Zhao. So, a few days after Wei Wuji became the Prime Minister, Li Mu rushed to Mafu.
When Li Mu arrived at the horse uniform, he seemed a little depressed. He sat in front of Zhao Kuo and sighed.
"Your Majesty gave you many rewards, but he refused to leave a place for you in the palace." He raised his head and continued: "After Wei Wuji became the Prime Minister, he blamed me for not supporting him in the first place, so he punished me.
I went to Yunzhong County to serve as a general...How can a villain like him, who avenges his personal vengeance, become the prime minister?" Li Mu said angrily.
Zhao Kuo teased the child in his arms. When he heard Li Mu's complaint, he handed the little boy to Han Fei behind him. Then he looked at Li Mu seriously and said, "I ordered Lord Xinling to do this."
, I want you to rush to Yunzhong to resist the bandits and barbarians. This is my idea." Li Mu was shocked and asked hurriedly: "What is the reason for this?"
"Yunzhong has been harassed for a long time. The Huns knocked on the pass and robbed the local people. You rushed to Yunzhong to be responsible for the security of the entire Yunzhong County. Behind you will be hundreds of thousands of people. I hope you can
Guard there alone, be able to defeat the enemy and defend the border with your own strength without relying on General Lian Po and me..." Zhao Kuo said, looking at Li Mu with a softer look.
"The person that millions of people in Zhao State can rely on in the future is not me, but you."
"I have always believed that you will be the city wall of Zhao, and you will protect the people of Zhao and me."
"Do you blame me for sending you to the border?" Zhao Kuo asked.
Li Mu was a little excited and his face was red. He stood up and bowed to Zhao Kuo. He said seriously: "I don't blame you. I will guard the clouds. As long as I am still here, no one will be able to do it."
Go and insult the people in Yunzhong, I will protect the people of Zhao State, I will protect you." Zhao Kuo then smiled and helped him up, let Li Mu sit in front of him, and explained seriously: "About Yunzhong
The situation of the enemy and the situation of the enemy need to be investigated by yourself."
"Neither I nor General Lian Po will help you anymore... Mu...Be careful before making a decision. One of your choices can determine tens of thousands of soldiers or even hundreds of thousands of people."
of destiny."
Han Fei looked at the young man in front of him curiously. This young man looked older than him, but the teacher seemed to think highly of him. Han Fei could not see anything out of the ordinary about him.
Most of them are handsome, but Han Fei never believed that people with unusual looks must have extraordinary deeds.
When sending Li Mu away, Zhao Kuo told him seriously: "Xinling Lord treats you as a younger brother and does not blame you for your words and deeds, but you hurt his disciples and insulted his character. This is not a gentleman."
If you can do anything, please apologize to Lord Xinling before leaving Handan."
Li Mu agreed to him.
Li Mu left, but Zhao Kuo was still a little worried. He vaguely remembered that Li Mu's famous battle was fighting the Huns on the border. However, Zhao Kuo believed that at that time, Li Mu was definitely not as immature as he is now. It was an experience.
Rich, a strong general who had already grown up. Zhao Kuo didn't know if he had done the right thing by letting him face future enemies too early.
However, he didn't want to interfere too much with Li Mu's growth. Will Li Mu, who grew up in the safe city of Handan, still be the famous general who was honed in the borderlands?
We can only hope that nothing will happen to him.
After seeing off Li Mu, the person Zhao Kuo was most looking forward to, Pang Nuan, finally arrived in Mafu. Zhao Kuo originally wanted to wait for Pang Nuan to rest for a few days before going to Handan to visit him, but he did not expect that he would rush there in a hurry.
Come to Mafu to pay homage to him. When Han Fei brought the old man to Zhao Kuo, Zhao Kuo hurriedly stood up, held the little guy under his arms, and bowed to Mr. Pang.
Pang Gong was startled by his actions and quickly asked him to get up and stop throwing the child.
Zhao Kuo smiled and said, "Please don't worry, my son is not that delicate."
After saying that, Zhao Kuo was stunned, something seemed wrong?
Pang Nuan came to Zhao Kuo for what Zhao Kuo said about reforming the official system and the system for selecting talents. When he was in the palace, he heard King Zhao talking excitedly about what Zhao Kuo had said to him, and the old man suddenly became distraught.
When he was calm again, he hurriedly said goodbye to King Zhao, saying that he would rush to Mafu to meet Zhao Kuo to discuss the matter. King Zhao heard that he was even more anxious than him, and directly gave him a few horses and asked him to go early.
Horse clothing.
Pang Nuan was very interested in Zhao Kuo's proposal. He felt that the system for selecting talents mentioned by Zhao Kuo... seemed to be able to create an era.
