On the night when he learned the good news, Yi even cried with excitement.
Zhao Kuo complained about Yi's gaffe, but in his heart he was extremely looking forward to the arrival of his little life.
Before the little life arrived, an uninvited guest was welcomed into the home. Panting, Di walked into the courtyard, smiled and hugged Zhao Fu. Zhao Kuo didn't even see him, but heard his voice first, as if
The loud voice of his youth had not changed at all. Zhao Kuo walked out of the inner room with a smile and saw Di who was chatting with Zhao Fu. The extremely sharp knife of time actually did not leave any scars on Di's body.
Di was still the same Di as before. He greeted Zhao Kuo with a smile and then sat down. Zhao Kuo was a little surprised and asked, "Aren't you working in the prime minister's house? Why do you have time to visit me?"
"No matter how busy I am, I can't help but come see you!" Di Zheng said angrily.
Zhao Kuo glanced at him and asked: "You were dismissed? Was it because you leaked some important information?"
"When did I leak the news?" Di asked angrily, and then added: "However, I was indeed dismissed, not because of the leak, but because of my age. Lu Buwei's fellow is obviously about the same age as me.
At my age, they said that I was too old to continue working and asked me to retire and return to my hometown... My hometown is in Linhu. If I go back, won't the Zhao people skin me?"
Di complained, and only then did Zhao Kuo realize that Di had retired. In fact, there is no such thing as retirement nowadays. Generally, ministers in the country will only leave him when they are unable to get up and continue working.
Position. Han Fei believes that such a system is very unreasonable. This is not because Han Fei pities those elderly officials. The main reason is that Han Fei feels that these old people are inefficient in doing things and cannot adapt to changes, so they should get out of the temple.
Therefore, old people like Di became the first targets and were forced to leave their positions to make way for young people. Han Fei also offended many veterans because of this. However, Han Fei offended too many people.
Not less than these. Han Fei felt that whenever the Qin State needed reform and innovation, these veterans would block it with all their strength. They did not want to make changes easily, so they needed to be eliminated.
Di casually talked to Zhao Kuo about his work over the years. Soon, Zhao Kang also participated. Zhao Kang liked Di very much. Zhao Kuo felt that the two of them had similar personalities. Zhao Kang sat aside and listened.
Di and Zhao Kuo recalled the past. After listening for a while, Zhao Kang suddenly said: "Master Di... I heard that the Prime Minister wants to attack Yanmen County next year and has summoned many soldiers. Is this true?
Of?"
It can be seen that Zhao Kang still has some expectations on his face, he wants to go to war.
Di shook his head and said disdainfully: "This is all false. Let me tell you something. Don't tell anyone else... In fact, the Prime Minister's deployment of troops is a lie. The purpose is to get Li Mu to Yan."
Menjun is here... I accidentally saw a few letters. Guo Kai from the Zhao State is actually from the Qin State...", "Cough cough cough~~" Zhao Kuo suddenly coughed, and Di said again:
"There are only three of us here, so what?"
"The Prime Minister wants to kill Li Mu... I think he and Guo Kai have already discussed it... Li Mu is a nice guy, but it's a pity that he won't live long...", Di Yao
Zhao Kuo shook his head, but his expression became a little serious. Zhao Kang didn't seem to notice the change in his father's expression. He just smiled and said, "It would be a shame if that was the case. I still want to fight him."
From that day on, Zhao Kuo became a little distracted.
In the Kingdom of Zhao, Li Mu met King Zhao as he wished. However, King Zhao was already very weak at this moment. Many people had already concluded that he would not survive this year's cold winter. However, King Zhao still gritted his teeth and persisted. This made Guo Guo
Kai Ye felt very angry. How could these doctors be of no use at all? They couldn't kill him for so long? Although King Zhao persisted, in fact, he didn't have much time to be awake.
When Li Mu came to visit him, he could not recognize the beloved general in front of him. He stared at him for a long time and then asked Guo Kai, who was this?
After a long time, King Zhao finally recognized Li Mu. He almost cried. Li Mu held his hand and listened to King Zhao's serious instructions. King Zhao said: "I am no longer able to do it. I can't do anything about Zhao State."
I leave it to you..." Li Mu agreed to King Zhao, and Guo Kai personally sent Li Mu out of the palace. The two walked out of the palace together. Guo Kai took Li Mu's hand and repeatedly persuaded him to take care of himself before sending him away.
Got him.
Just after sending Zhao Kuo away, Guo Kai hurriedly found his confidants.
This general was called Yan Ju, and Yan Ju was from Qi. Because he offended Qi State's Hou Sheng, he had no choice but to flee to Zhao State and defected to Guo Kai, thus being reused. He always claimed to the outside world that he was doing this because he saw
He was not used to Hou Sheng's misbehavior, so he broke up with him... and the reason why he really offended Hou Sheng was because he spent money to buy the position of general. However, when he went to the Wei Kingdom, he was very afraid and could not
Dare to go to war and claim to be sick at home.
Hou Sheng was very angry. He was afraid that he would be retaliated against if he stayed in Qi State, so he fled Qi State.
Yan Ju was tall, a head taller than Guo Kai, but he deliberately bent over to make himself look smaller. Guo Kai looked at him and said seriously: "Li Mu has left, I want you to take over."
For the army in Handan, arrange more of our own people. Those who are close to Li Mu, you have to find a way to get rid of them..." Yan Ju was a little surprised, Guo Kai had never expressed his intention to deal with Li Mu so directly.
It seems that Prime Minister Guo is finally taking action.
Yan Ju did not want to succeed Li Mu, nor did he want to command the army of Zhao. Like Guo Kai, he just wanted to live a prosperous life. After sending Yan Ju away, Guo Kai began to think about ways to deal with Li Mu.
, Guo Kai's first thought was to assassinate, but it was not easy to assassinate Li Mu. There were many knights following Li Mu, and he always stayed in the military camp, so it was difficult to do so.
What makes Guo Kai most afraid is that Li Mu has many confidants in the army. If the assassination of him is exposed, those rebels may come to attack Handan and kill him. In addition, Li Mu also has a very good
My friend, Sima Shang, this man must die, and he cannot be given a chance to take revenge... Guo Kai thought seriously, and finally decided to develop his own power slowly, and don't rush to deal with Li Mu. Everything will wait until the next day.
The king ascends the throne.
February of the ninth year of King Yan of Zhao.
King Zhao, who had just survived the cold winter, could not continue to persevere. He suddenly began to cough up blood and made some unexplained shouts. No one knew what he wanted to say. He kept spitting out blood and spoke in a special way.
He left this world in a painful way. That night, Guo Kai punished several imperial doctors for improper treatment. Immediately, the news of King Zhao's death spread to various places, and the State of Zhao began to mourn for this king.
Zhao Yan was still very young and could be said to have died young. During his reign, he did a lot of stupid things. He forced away Lian Po and a large number of talented people. The talent pool that Zhao Wangdan had worked so hard to accumulate,
It can be said that it was destroyed by Zhao Yan himself. There was a serious shortage of talents in the country, especially at the grassroots level. Zhao Wangdan attached great importance to talented people. Even those who did not have a great reputation, he could value and reward them. Therefore, during his time
, Zhao Guo never loses talents, whether at the top or at the grassroots level.
Zhao Yan first forced Lian Po away, then Kong Bin, and then expelled several scholars who stayed in Zhao. He did not care about the talented people everywhere. He married prostitutes as his queen and forced many talents away.
, he abolished the virtuous Prince Jia and established the second son Qian, which caused domestic conflicts and reused the virtuous prime minister Guo Kai... Even so, the State of Zhao still had good development during his reign. King Zhao reformed the domestic currency.
system.
He reused Li Mu and repelled Qin's attacks many times, and even defeated him once.
He worked hard to develop internal affairs and opened several granaries.
Compared with his father Zhao Dan, he is inferior in terms of political means, ability, and conduct... But he is not very stupid, he is just too selfish. Compared with Zhao Guo,
Taking the position of King Zhao, he seems to value his own enjoyment more... The queen cried very sadly, hugging her ignorant son. The young master Qian didn't understand what happened. He just saw all the ministers turning to him.
Bow down and call yourself king.
The young Qian, after a long period of education from his mother, has long abandoned bad habits such as kindness, kindness, and innocence, and developed virtues such as self-righteousness, tyranny, and selfishness. His mother told him from an early age that sooner or later, the Kingdom of Zhao will be his, and the Kingdom of Zhao.
Everything is his, he can do whatever he wants, no one can compete with him... The young master is full of misdeeds, and he has already shown great destructive power even before he has grown up.
This reminded the ministers of a young master again, a fair-faced and beardless young master.
The same doted on by his mother, the same lawlessness, but the difference is that this Qian is already going to become the king of Zhao... Because Qian is young, the domestic government affairs temporarily fall into the hands of Guo Kai and the Queen.
, and the first order issued by the queen was to arrest Gongzi Jia, who begged her to see his father for the last time... The charge was that Zhao Jia drank alcohol during the period of mourning.
This move of the queen aroused the anger of the ministers of Zhao State.
Zhao Jia was still in prison. The ministers rushed to tell each other and gathered at the gate of the palace, asking the queen to release Gongzi Jia. They could guarantee with their lives that Gongzi Jia was not such an unfilial person. Even the clan was angered. The queen did not
This is how the power treats the eldest son of the late king... As a wise man of Zhao State, Guo Kai certainly stood on the side of the ministers. He led the ministers to visit the queen many times and asked the queen to release the young master.
The queen insisted on executing Jia. After Guo Kaizheng scolded her for her behavior, the queen finally gave in. She did not kill Gongzi Jia, but drove him to Daijun and asked the warriors to supervise him and not allow him to go out.
Making friends... Guo Kai's behavior gained the favor of many ministers. Guo Kai then legitimately began to handle the internal government affairs of Zhao State.
Guo Kaixin knew that the opportunity to deal with Li Mu had finally arrived.
King Zhao, who had been protecting Li Mu, finally died, and now King Zhao has no good impression of Li Mu, a general who once opposed him. However, Guo Kai was not in a hurry to take action. On the one hand, he was afraid of Li Mu's power.
, on the other hand, he was worried about not getting the support of everyone. So, Guo Kai started to make arrangements. When Lu Buwei learned about the situation in Zhao State, he naturally tried his best to help Guo Kai.
Whether Guo Kai needs manpower, money, or beautiful women, Lu Buwei will not be stingy.
Guo Kai began to win over the ministers in the country and used money and beauty to win over them. At the same time, he began to continuously restrict Li Mu's power, and even stopped the supply of grain and grass to Li Mu, preventing him from training the army. Li Mu was naturally very angry, but he
There was nothing to do, because these were the decisions of King Zhao. He was just a minister of Zhao State. At the same time, spies from Qin State also began to help Guo Kai, and news of Li Mu's rebellion appeared everywhere.
They said: Li Mu did not like the current queen and supported Gongzi Jia, so he wanted to kill the current King of Zhao and support Gongzi Jia to become the King of Zhao.
Lies like this mixed with truth can be really convincing sometimes... What the ministers care about is not whether Li Mu wants to rebel. What they care about is only the attitude of King Zhao. Today, King Zhao
They didn't like Li Mu and wanted to take away his power. This was enough. Those who had been around Li Mu gradually left, and Guo Kai's supporters grew more and more.
The worst was Li Mu. Li Mu was in Yanmen and couldn't get food. The local officials were under pressure from Handan and didn't dare to cooperate with him. As a result, he couldn't do what he wanted to do... he couldn't bear it.
Li Mu, despite Sima Shang's objections, took several of his confidants and prepared to return to Handan to question Guo Kai face to face.
"Li Mu is coming to Handan..."
"This is a good opportunity, catch him directly and execute him...", the queen's eyes were particularly bright, she seemed to see Li Mu's head hanging on the wall of Handan, Guo Kai sneered, he was really
He looked down on the stupid woman in front of him. If Li Mu was so easy to deal with, he wouldn't have to do so many things. He said: "Li Mu is different from Zhao Jia. If you execute Li Mu, or arrest him."
"Sima Shang in Yanmen and Tian Yue in Dai will definitely bring their soldiers to attack you. Who do you think can stop them in Handan?"
The queen was speechless for a moment and couldn't speak. She asked, "Then we just give up this opportunity?"
Guo Kai laughed and said: "No problem, if you want to kill him, you must kill his supporters together. Only in this way can we ensure our safety. Don't worry, I already have
My own thoughts, I guarantee you that Li Mu will never survive this year."