Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

But in any case, since the Huns have been defeated, in Li Mu's view, half of the problem in the Western Regions has been solved.

Needless to say, the next thing to be solved is, of course, the governor of Bactria, Diodorus, who is eyeing the Western Regions on the west side of the Western Regions.

Li Mu summoned Perseus who hadn't seen him for a long time.

"Perseus, I think you already know your current situation?" Li Mu said calmly, looking at Perseus in front of him.

Perseus sighed and asked Ales beside him to translate: "Dear Governor, the old Perseus is of no use to you, if possible, please take Perseus away Let his bones return to the land of Bactria. As long as you agree to his small request, the Perseus family will recognize Zhao's complete occupation of the Western Regions and become the governor Your most loyal ally."

Now Perseus has completely thought about it, he no longer talks about cooperation and other nonsense, but hopes to impress Li Mu, let Li Mu let him leave the Zhao people's territory.

As long as he can be free, Perseus thinks there are still enough ways to move back to this scene.

However, Perseus was doomed to disappointment.

Li Mu looked at Perseus very calmly, and said: "Mr. Perseus, maybe you don't know yet, Bactera City is actually in my pocket."

After hearing Li Mu's words, Perseus couldn't help being taken aback, and then forced a smile: "The governor is joking."

Li Mu shook his head, threw a letter in front of Ales, and said, "You know Zhao, right? Let's read it to him."

Ales picked up the letter and glanced at it, then with a shocked expression on his face, he said to Perseus: "Master, the governor has sent a general named Zhao Kuo to the city of Bactera went!"

"This is the city of Bhaktra?" Zhao Kuo looked at the tall city in front of him, and couldn't help feeling a little emotional on his face.

I have known for a long time that this long-distance raid will be very hard, but Zhao Kuo really did not expect that it would be so hard!

But hard work is hard work, when Zhao Kuo looked at the majestic city in front of him, he couldn't help feeling a little proud in his heart.

"I'm afraid it is thousands of miles away from Handan. If I can win such a city, I will definitely be famous in history!"

At this moment, Zhao Kuo was not wearing the costume of General Zhao, but a rather awkward costume for him. This costume came from the Perseus family.

Today Zhao Kuo has a total of [-] Zhao cavalry around him. They are all fully armed, with bows and arrows on their backs and sabers on their waists, and they walk on the road majestically.

The reason for this situation is that Zhao Kuo is now a general of the Perseus family, who is responsible for leading the army of barbarians from the Western Regions to Baktra City, and with other big families. The armed forces assembled under Diodorus' command and launched an attack on a mysterious army that suddenly entered Bactria.

The so-called mysterious army is actually the cavalry led by Zhao Kuo himself.

Because Perseus changed his mind, the insiders in the Perseus family did not inform Diodoros of the news. Instead, they secretly sent Zhao Kuo and two thousand of the most elite Zhao cavalry After changing its appearance, it was quietly sent to Baktra City.

Of course, it's not just the two thousand cavalry, there are also five thousand cavalry that are sweeping many towns in the Bactria region about two days away.

After all, in the plan agreed by Perseus to let Zhao Guoren help kill Diodoros, the Zhao Guoren would have obtained a lot of spoils, so the Perseus family is also the same for Zhao Kuo's behavior. Completely indifferent, anyway, as long as the Perseus family is not robbed, other families are free to attack by Zhao Jun.

Looking at the open city gate in front of him, Zhao Kuo didn't have much longing in his eyes. Instead, he turned his gaze to a large camp not far away, and asked the guide from the Perseus family next to him. : "This is where your lord governor gathers his troops?"

The guide nodded, and said in a somewhat blunt Zhao language: "General, our people are all ready, and we are waiting for you to go up together."

Zhao Kuo smiled slightly, and suddenly took out two grenades from his hands.

"Second and third sons, this is the moment to make meritorious deeds, come with me!"

As soon as the words fell, Zhao Kuo clamped his horse's belly forcefully, and rushed towards the barracks not far away like a sharp sword.

A moment later, the sky-shattering explosion accompanied by flames resounded continuously in the barracks.

The official historian records as follows: "In June, Kuo went to Bactera, attacked the Seleucid camp by surprise, defeated [-] soldiers and horses of Seleucid with a small victory, and captured the enemy chieftain Diodoros, beheaded him. All areas of Bactria Hearing of the wind, he descended and merged into the Protectorate of the Western Regions. Antiochus II, king of Seleucid, was furious when he heard the news, and led a hundred thousand troops to fight against Li Mu. He was defeated by Li Mu and died of grief and anger. If the sons fight for the throne and the country is destroyed by civil strife, it will no longer go east."

Chapter 48 Whoever steals money from widows deserves death! (Second more)

Handan City, Longtai side hall.

Zhao Dan sat at the head, carefully flipping through the several account books in front of him.

In the next section, Yu Xin and Lu Buwei sat there with some anxiety, waiting for Zhao Dan's verdict.

After the past few months, these two core ministers of Zhao State have been ordered by Zhao Dan to devote a lot of energy to this matter.

And now, it's time for them to submit their results to Zhao Dan.

Just from the startling figures recorded in this account book, we can know what kind of efforts Yu Xin and Lu Buwei have put in in the past few months.

In fact, Zhao Dan is also very clear that this kind of thing has always existed. Even the Pingyuan Lord Zhao Sheng was reprimanded face to face by Zhao She, who was still an official of the Tianbu at that time, for tax evasion.

So Zhao Dan's request is very simple, as long as these damned nobles hand in all the stolen and missed taxes in the past five years, then they can forget the past.

If anyone dares to hide anything under such circumstances, and dare to fool Zhao Dan, then those who wait for these guys will be punished by Zhao Guo's law.

After Zhao Dan's order was promulgated, it immediately caused a great shock in the Zhao country.

Many nobles protested one after another, and some of them even belonged to the Zhao family, such as some of Zhao Dan's uncles and uncles, and even super-old figures like uncles.

But to Zhao Dan, these are just the noise of some ants.

If it was during the Taiping period, these voices of opposition from within the aristocracy would have been impossible for Zhao Dan himself to ignore.

After all, to put it bluntly, the monarch Zhao Dan is the largest nobleman in the Zhao Kingdom, and belongs to the same class as the nobles under investigation.

But now is the age of war, so the situation is completely different.

The most direct consequence of the war is the ability to quickly create a large number of military nobles.

And these military aristocrats who rose up because of their military exploits and held military power in their hands are the strongest supporters of Zhao Dan, King Zhao.

The great man once said that "government grows out of the barrel of a gun". The barrel of a gun here actually refers to military power. Since Zhao Dan can firmly hold the army in his hands, why should he care about some small voices of opposition? Woolen cloth?

So Zhao Dan's meaning is very clear!

Not only to check, but also to check to the end!

Because Zhao Dan is very clear that people are greedy, and it is not easy to get those nobles to obediently pay such a large amount of taxes that have been concealed in the past five years?

Only by controlling the information first, and then looking for clues based on these facts, can we really find out who are paying taxes honestly and who are still taking chances.

With the full cooperation of Hu Yiwei led by Mao Sui, a large number of Zhao nobles were found out in this big investigation for many misdeeds, not only including tax evasion, but also bullying men and women , ignoring the laws of the country, committing suicide without authorization, accumulating weapons in private, and many other crimes.

For those guys who dug out carrots and brought out mud, Zhao Dan naturally would not show any mercy.

After a burst of rage, Zhao Dan promoted Li Si, the representative of Legalism in the political arena of Zhao State, from the lieutenant to the position of chief justice in charge of justice, and asked Li Si to deal with the nobles of Zhao State who were found to have problems according to law.

It is worth mentioning that the nobles of the Zhao Kingdom who were found to have problems are basically the type of people who concealed and did not fully pay taxes.

At this moment, Li Si was sitting beside Yu Xin, waiting for Zhao Dan's decision calmly.

It has to be said that this Li Si is also a ruthless person. Immediately after taking office, he used the method of the Legalists, not only completely controlling Si Kou's ownership in a very short period of time, but also in this aspect of interrogation. Very efficient.

In just two months, Li Si had sent a list of 200 people to Zhao Dan's desk.