Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

In fact, in just a few months, Zhao Sheng, who looked energetic before the onset of the disease, has now completely turned into a very old man, as thin as skin and bones.

Zhao Sheng tried to sit up for a while, and then showed a wry smile: "My lord, I made the king laugh."

It seemed that because this attempt affected some injuries in his body, Zhao Sheng suddenly coughed violently.

Zhao Dan was taken aback, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to gently pat Zhao Sheng's back, trying to relieve his elder's pain as much as possible.

At this moment in Zhao Dan's heart, Zhao Sheng is not a courtier who has assisted him for more than ten years, but more like an elder who has taken care of him for decades.

Since the death of Zhao Dan's father, King Zhao Hui, it was the Lord Pingyuan who stood loyally in front of Zhao Dan, made suggestions for all major events of Zhao State, and devoted himself to Zhao State, just to make his own Zhao State become more powerful.

And now, Mr. Pingyuan Zhao Sheng is leaving this world too.

After finally recovering from Zhao Sheng's cough, Zhao Dan carefully put Zhao Sheng's voice back on the couch, and said seriously: "Mr. .”

The corner of Zhao Sheng's mouth twitched slightly, showing a slight smile: "Your Majesty, you don't need to comfort the old minister. The old minister knows his own body. I'm afraid today, today is the time of the old minister's death."

Obviously, although this old Xiangbang is dying of illness, his wisdom is still there.

Zhao Dan was so sad that he didn't know what to say for a while.

Zhao Sheng looked at Zhao Dan, his eyes were very peaceful, and he even vaguely showed the elder's kindness towards the younger generation: "The old minister wants to tell the king that the old minister can witness the king leading Zhao Guo to create this immortal foundation in his life. The old minister, The old minister really died without any regrets."

Here Zhao Sheng said it emotionally, but Zhao Dan felt even more uncomfortable in his heart.

Perhaps in terms of ability, Zhao Sheng is not as good as Yu Xin, Li Si, or Lu Buwei, but when it comes to loyalty to Zhao, these three people combined may not be as good as Zhao Sheng alone. people.

Zhao Dan couldn't help holding Zhao Sheng's hand, and sighed: "Mr. Pingyuan is the humerus of the widow, and the widow cannot live without Mr. Pingyuan!"

When Zhao Dan said this, he was absolutely sincere.

He is a traveler who knows how the Pingyuan Lord in history has worked so hard since the Battle of Changping, and even sent all his wives and concubines to the city wall to stand firm. Zhao Guo, who was defeated in Changping, was able to linger on for decades.

As a king, watching his loyal subjects leave him forever, but he has absolutely nothing to do about it, this feeling is really terrible.

Zhao Sheng seemed to be aware of Zhao Dan's psychology, and said with a smile: "Life and death are in the sky, why should the king bother? The old minister's life has been magnificent, and it really makes the old minister satisfied. The only regret is that maybe he can't witness the king sweeping the six kingdoms. The day to unify China."

Zhao Dan let out a long sigh and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Pingyuan, I assure you that next year will be the time when Chu State will perish and China will be unified!"

Zhao Sheng smiled and nodded.

Zhao Dan hesitated for a while, and finally asked: "If Mr. Pingyuan passes away, who will take over as Xiangbang?"

Logically speaking, the position of Xiangbang should of course be decided by Zhao Dan himself, but now Zhao Dan is more willing to hand over the decision of this position to Zhao Sheng, as a commendation of Zhao Sheng's hard work for so many years.

Zhao Sheng coughed a few times with great effort, and then said slowly: "Your Majesty, in the opinion of a veteran, Si Kou Yuxin is a smart person, although he sometimes acts impulsively, but if he is to be the Prime Minister, he is completely competent. "

Zhao Dan was taken aback when he heard this.

To be honest, Zhao Dan really never expected that at such a dying moment, the successor recommended by Zhao Sheng would not be Pang Nuanju Xin from his own side, or the relatively neutral Li Mu Li Si and others. He defeated Yu Xin, his biggest political enemy all along!

Zhao Dan couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Mr. Pingyuan has a broad mind, which is really admirable."

Zhao Sheng smiled and said: "I hope that the king can work hard to rule, so that my Zhao family can last forever!"

Zhao Dan tightly grasped Zhao Sheng's hand, and said to Zhao Sheng: "Don't worry, Mr. Pingyuan, I will definitely do this."

After a while, Zhao Dan walked out of the room, nodded to Zhao Sheng's family members who had already been waiting outside, and said, "Mr. Pingyuan asked you to come in."

After a while, there were bursts of mournful wailing in the room.

Zhao Dan stood quietly in the yard, snowflakes fell from the sky one by one, slowly covering his body, turning him into a white, motionless snowman.

A generation of virtuous Prime Minister Pingyuan Jun Zhao Sheng finally left this world.

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The death of Zhao Sheng caused a great shock to the entire Zhao country.

After all, for so many years, this Lord Pingyuan has been firmly seated on the throne of Xiangbang. His reputation is quite high among Zhao Guo, and many of his disciples have served as officials and generals in various places of Zhao Guo. It can be said that the foundation is extremely deep.

Zhao Dan was also very generous to Zhao Sheng. It stands to reason that after Zhao Sheng's death, the title of Marquis would begin to descend. Zhao Sheng's eldest son would inherit the title of Qing, but Zhao Dan made an exception and still sent Zhao Sheng's eldest son was granted the title of Chang Guojun to show his praise for Zhao Sheng's contribution to Zhao Guo.

On the day of the funeral, many important figures of Zhao State headed by Zhao Dan gathered together, and none of the dignified people in Zhao State's political arena was absent.

After Zhao Sheng was sent away, another issue was placed on Zhao Guo's table, and it became a topic of everyone's attention.

Who will be Zhao Sheng's successor?

This has undoubtedly become a topic of concern to everyone.

On this day, it was snowing lightly on the Dragon Terrace, Zhao Guowu Xiangjun Li Mu came to the palace city in his own carriage, then got off the carriage and walked towards the Dragon Terrace in front of him.

After walking a few steps, Li Mu was stopped by someone.

"Mr. Wu Xiang stay!"

Li Mu looked back and found that Zheng Zhu and Li Si happened to come hand in hand.

Li Mu smiled slightly, stopped his pace, and the three of them walked side by side, climbing up the steps in front of them step by step.

As we walked, we started chatting.

"Mr. Wuxiang, tell me, who will succeed Lord Pingyuan as Prime Minister?"

The person who raised this question was Zheng Zhu.

Li Mu glanced at Zheng Zhu, and found that although Zhao Guoshangqing was pretending to be calm, there was a trace of longing deep in his eyes that couldn't be concealed.

Obviously, Zheng Zhu also had some longing in his heart.

Before Li Mu could speak, Li Si on the side said first, "Mr. Wu Xiang, maybe you can try to compete."

Li Mu laughed, shook his head, and said: "This is impossible. You should be able to see that the king is now planning to separate the whole system of people and warriors, and from now on people will rule the country and warriors will lead the army. Since I am a warrior , then the position of Prime Minister has absolutely nothing to do with me."

Speaking of it, this is actually a very big change.

For a long time before this, officials and generals were actually inseparable.

Throughout the Spring and Autumn Period and most of the Warring States period, basically the ministers in the dynasties of various countries belonged to the kind of officials who could lead the army on horseback, rule the country off the horse, and practice martial arts. They can be seen in many wars recorded in history. There are examples of battles in which the prime ministers of various countries and Yin commanded troops to go to war.

It wasn't until the end of the Warring States period that the separation of officials and generals began slowly. It took another ten years after Zhao Dan crossed to basically confirm this matter, and now the separation between officials and generals has been completed. .

According to historical records, after Zhao Sheng died, Lian Po actually served as the guardian of the state for a short period of time, but now this situation is no longer possible to happen in Zhao Guozhong.

As soon as Li Mu said these words, Zheng Zhu breathed a sigh of relief, and exchanged glances with Li Si calmly.

Compared with the Gongzu faction or the civilian faction, the entire alliance of Li Mu, Li Si, and Zheng Zhu is actually a relatively loose one. The three of them do not have too consistent interests, but simply hold together for warmth to avoid becoming a commoner faction. It's just a person who was accidentally injured when he was fighting with the Gongzu faction.