Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

After several years of development, the ginseng industry has already become extremely large, so taking over the ginseng industry again is not something that can be done with a snap of the fingers.

Zhao Kuo wants to put his own manpower back in, fix the various mistakes that Han Xuwei made before, and reopen the trading channels with other vassal states, and so on.

The difficulty of these matters is not too great, but Zhao Kuo needs to make up his own mind, so he was so busy during this period that he didn't even go to the general's office, so he kept focusing on the matter of ginseng.

It took half a month, both sales and foreign channels recovered quickly, and it seemed that everything should be on the right track, which made Zhao Kuo heave a sigh of relief.

On this day, Lord Pingyuan and Lord Pingyang came to visit unexpectedly.

Naturally, Zhao Kuo didn't dare to be negligent, and went out to greet the two important ministers and allies of Zhao Guo in person, and brought the two important ministers and allies of Zhao Guo into the hall, and asked them to offer drinks and seasonal melons and fruits.

Mr. Pingyuan smiled and said, "I heard that Mr. Wu Xin has been worrying a lot about the ginseng industry during this time."

Zhao Kuo couldn't help laughing when he heard the words: "Yes, I really hope that this kind of thing will not happen again in the future, otherwise it will be too troublesome."

The three chatted and laughed, and finally Pingyang Lord Zhao Bao spoke up, and got to the point.

I saw Mr. Pingyang said: "Mr. Wu Xin, before the queen mother asked me to investigate the fake accounts of the grand master, and now the truth of the whole matter has come to light."

Zhao Kuo snorted, and said without any surprise, "So that's how it is."

Speaking of which, Wang Chong, the steward who encouraged Han Xuwei to make false accounts, and then directly acted as a witness to expose Han Xuwei at the court meeting, was actually a member of Zhao Kuo's Nightingale system, and it was Zhao Kuo who defeated Han Xu through a series of actions. Xu Wei is one of the key figures.

Therefore, Zhao Kuo had already known the truth about the fake account case, and even felt that the speed of the investigation of the case by Mr. Pingyang's officers was a bit too slow, and it took half a month to investigate this matter.

Mr. Pingyang didn't know what Zhao Kuo was complaining about, but he said to himself: "Mr. Wu Xin, now the whole thing has come to light. Uh, the fact that many Dazhao officials and merchants were forced to die has basically been clarified, and human evidence has also been found."

Only then did Zhao Kuo understand that feelings are not just fake accounts, but he misunderstood the Pingyang Lord.

Zhao Kuo also knew very well that Lord Pingyuan and Pingyang Lord could not have just informed Zhao Kuo of the result when they came to the door. There must be other things that he did not say.

Sure enough, at the next moment, Zhao Guoxiang Bang Pingyuan Jun said: "Wu Xinjun, to tell you the truth, after seeing the dossier brought by Pingyang Jun, the old man was also taken aback. I didn't expect that Han Xuwei, as the great master of Zhao, was able to make such a big move." These ungodly things.

So this time the old man came to you just to discuss it with you, and you must help the old man when the next court meeting is held, and get rid of this Han Xuwei directly! "

When Mr. Pingyuan spoke, a murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

The reason why the Pingyuan Lord has been able to secure the position of Zhao Guoxiangbang for so many years is not because of his soft-heartedness, not to mention that Han Xuwei and He Yuanjun have always been sworn enemies, but because the conflict between Zhao Kuo and Han Xuwei was too fierce before. It's just covered up.

Now that he has the opportunity, Mr. Pingyuan will naturally kill Han Xuwei with one blow!Mr. Pingyuan looked at Zhao Kuo expectantly. The conflict between Zhao Kuo and Han Xuwei in the past few years is well known. Mr. Pingyuan felt that Zhao Kuo would definitely support the killing of Han Xuwei.

However, Mr. Pingyuan was very surprised by Zhao Kuo's answer.

After calmly thinking for a while, Zhao Kuo slowly shook his head and said, "Your Honor, it's not that this Marquis doesn't give you face, but that this Marquis thinks that Han Xuwei won't die this time."

Mr. Pingyuan was stunned for a moment, and said, "Mr. Wu Xin, what do you mean by this?"

Zhao Kuo sighed, and said, "What I mean is actually very obvious. After all, Han Xuwei is the queen mother's most important confidant, so this Marquis feels that this action against Han Xuwei will not be successful."

Mr. Pingyuan was dumbfounded for a while, and said: "But this is an excellent opportunity to kill Han Xuwei!"

Zhao Kuo said calmly: "Han Xuwei seems to be guilty, but in reality?

Those who lost their fortunes were those who put all their bets on Han Xuwei, and those whose families were ruined were all killed because they did not do things well for Han Xuwei.

Although these people suffered huge losses because of Han Xuwei, the problem is that these things are acceptable to the Queen Mother, Mr. Pingyuan, do you understand what I mean?

The queen mother really wouldn't blame Han Xuwei for such a thing. "

Mr. Pingyang, who was in charge of handling the case, frowned, and said a little dissatisfied: "Although that is the case, Mr. Wu Xin, you should also think about it. If the Queen Mother really doesn't want to deal with Han Xuwei, why bother to send Han Xuwei to prison?"

Zhao Kuo said with a smile: "This time Han Xuwei was imprisoned not because he broke the law, but because he dared to deceive the Queen Mother about ginseng.

The empress dowager punished him for his crime of deception, but the empress dowager herself still wanted to use him.

So no matter how hard we try, the queen mother will not let Han Xuwei die this time. I think the queen mother will give Han Xuwei some mild punishment at most, and then let him return to his post. "

After these several back and forth struggles, Zhao Kuo thought he had a deeper understanding of the Queen Mother Han Ji.

This woman belongs to the kind of paranoid type. As long as she decides something, it is useless for others to say, just like the sudden ginseng state-owned plan before. The queen mother will definitely not back down from the fact of deceiving the queen mother.

But for Zhao Kuo's judgment, Pingyuan Jun and Pingyang Jun obviously don't believe it very much.

Chapter 299 Mr. Pingyuan, You Really Can’t Do This

Mr. Pingyuan couldn't help but said: "Mr. Wu Xin, your judgment is a bit too pessimistic, isn't it?

Now that the queen mother has been forced by us to revoke the state ownership of ginseng, can she still keep Han Xu? "

In Mr. Pingyuan's view, Han Xuwei must be the scapegoat for the revocation of ginseng state ownership, so Han Xuwei should have actually been given up by the Queen Mother.

Zhao Kuo tapped the table lightly with his fingers, but didn't speak for a while.

Zhao Kuo felt that he might have figured out Mr. Pingyuan's psychological activities.

This Zhao Guo Xiangbang was very dissatisfied with the queen mother because of the state-owned ginseng before. After defeating the ginseng state-owned plan, he despised the queen mother to a certain extent. The result of the combination of these two is that Lord Pingyuan wants to become a powerful minister , Control the supreme power of the entire Zhao country!Or Mr. Pingyuan didn't think of this, but he is now heading in this direction.

To achieve this, the first thing is to get rid of Han Xuwei, who is trusted by the Queen Mother as a confidant.

But Zhao Kuo took a deep breath and insisted on his opinion: "Your Honor, I didn't mean to sing against you on purpose. This time our action against Han Xuwei will not succeed."

Women's thinking is different from men's, and they are more emotional.

If King Zhao was in power, then Han Xu would just throw it away in order to make King Zhao lose such a big face, and at worst, replace it with a new chess piece to support him.

However, Han Xuwei is a Korean clan, and to the queen mother, he is a "maternal family", and he is more trustworthy than the "Zhao family" such as Pingyuan Jun Zhao Sheng and Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo.

Men are more rational, want to save face, and consider the overall situation.

Women are more emotional, and face is not that important. When they think about things, they are more inclined to their own feelings, and often make some choices that they know are wrong but still have to make them.

So the queen mother will punish Han Xuwei, but she will never kill Han Xuwei.

Zhao Kuo stated these reasons exactly, and quietly waited for Mr. Pingyuan's reply.

Did Zhao Kuo not want to kill Han Xuwei?

of course not.

But the problem is that there is really no way to kill Han Xuwei right now. If it is pushed forcibly, the final result is very likely that Han Xuwei is not dead, and then everyone feels that Zhao Kuo and Mr. Yuan have failed.

You have already won, why insist on getting a defeat and come back?

Zhao Kuo said: "Mr. Pingyuan, now Han Xuwei is already disgraced enough, even if we do nothing, his reputation among the great Zhao will basically rot.

As long as there is another chance next time, we can use the power of the entire political arena to force the Queen Mother to give up on him, but now is really not the time. "

Mr. Pingyuan was silent for a long time, and said: "Mr. Wu Xin, what you said does have some truth, but this opportunity is so rare right now, I still want to give it a try."

Zhao Kuo sighed and said: "If the Marquis insists on doing it, this Marquis will not be able to agree this time."

Mr. Pingyuan took a deep look at Zhao Kuo and said with a smile, "It's okay.

Well, Ben Hou still has something to do, so I'll leave first. "

A quarter of an hour later, the two princes, Pingyuan Jun and Pingyang Jun, were sent out of the gate by Zhao Kuo himself, and left in a carriage.

On the carriage, Pingyang Jun said hesitantly: "Brother, do we really want to continue targeting Han Xuwei?"

Ever since he left Zhao Kuo's mansion, Mr. Pingyuan's face became gloomy. Hearing this, he nodded lightly: "It must go on."

Lord Pingyang said: "But brother, didn't you also hear what Zhao Kuo said just now?

In fact, I think he is right. The Queen Mother should probably choose to save Han Xuwei's life this time. "

Mr. Pingyuan snorted and said, "Didn't the Queen Mother still think about taking ginseng into national possession?

Although she is the de facto monarch of Great Zhao today, this throne belongs to our Zhao family, not to her Han family!It's fine that she was doing okay before, but now that she has chosen to mess around, how can you and I, as important ministers of the Great Zhao Clan, tolerate her reckless behavior? "

Mr. Pingyuan's words left Mr. Pingyang speechless.

After a pause, Mr. Pingyuan took another deep breath and continued: "The most important thing is, could this Marquis not be able to do things without the help of Mr. Wu Xin?

This Marquis is Da Zhao Xiangbang, the first minister of Da Zhao! "

When he said this, Mr. Pingyuan was obviously upset on his face and heart.

Obviously Mr. Pingyuan has always been the leader of the faction in the office, why are all eyes on Zhao Kuo?

Zhao Kuo is the younger generation of Ben Hou, who was supported by Ben Hou along the way, and now he is just sitting on an equal footing with Ben Hou.

Why can Zhao Kuo let the queen mother take back the state-owned ginseng, but Ben Hou can't let the queen mother kill Han Xuwei?

Mr. Pingyuan also has his own pride, and it is precisely because of this pride that he chose to go his own way at this moment.

"Brother Leopard, immediately after you go back, mobilize your officials to prove all the evidence of Han Xuwei's crimes. The evidence must be as solid as a mountain! As for Benhou, he will naturally mobilize his power to write a letter, so that the government and the opposition A trend of denouncing Han Xuwei was formed.

Ben Hou didn't believe it anymore. With the evidence and such a loud voice from the court, Han Xuwei, who was staying in prison, couldn't be killed! "

When Mr. Pingyuan spoke, his face showed incomparable confidence.

In the next half month, Mr. Pingyuan's power began to be revealed.

The memorials of impeachment and denunciation of Han Xuwei were sent to the palace like snowflakes, not only in the city of Handan in Zhao State, but Lord Pingyuan also mobilized local forces, and officials from various counties also kept sending memorials. amazing.

Of course, this news was quickly known by Zhao Kuo.

In this regard, Zhao Kuo's evaluation is very simple: "Mr. Pingyuan has lost his head!"

Xu Li was obviously puzzled: "Why did the Lord say that?"

Zhao Kuo glanced at Li Si and motioned for him to explain to Xu Li.

Li Si stroked his beard and said with a smile: "It's actually very simple, Mr. Pingyuan's momentum is too great, almost mobilizing the entire official class of Da Zhao.

Doing so will not only make the Queen Mother obedient, but will arouse the Queen Mother's anger and worry. "

Han Fei added succinctly from the side: "Power minister."

Li Si nodded and said, "Exactly.

When the Queen Mother found out that Lord Pingyuan could control half of the official class of Da Zhao so easily, she would definitely be deeply worried about Lord Pingyuan. Under such circumstances, it was absolutely impossible for her to agree to Lord Pingyuan's request to execute Han Xuwei. "

Xu Li was a little puzzled: "Since we can see it, why can't someone as smart as Mr. Ping Yuan see it? Besides, he has thousands of followers and retainers. Could it be that these people can't see it too?"

Zhao Kuo was silent for a long time, then said leisurely: "This is the disadvantage of being in the game, no matter how smart a person is, once he is blinded by interests, he will become dizzy.

Those who told us must not submit any memorials to impeach Han Xuwei! "

Since Mr. Pingyuan wants to go all the way to the dark, then Zhao Kuo can only say that the Marquis will not accompany him!

Chapter 300 What a bold Mr. Pingyuan!

In Zhao's palace city, a storm is gathering.

Empress Dowager Han Ji looked at the mountain of memorials in front of her, and her pretty face was already covered with frost.

After a long time, the queen mother said coldly: "Is there any more?"

The eunuch Ling standing in front of the queen mother was stunned for a moment, and said, "That's all for now."

The Queen Mother sneered and said, "Okay, very good.

This Mr. Pingyuan, he really thought he was the king of Zhao, so he dared to persecute the old woman so blatantly! "

Eunuch Ling didn't dare to answer this question, and the hall was completely silent.

After a while, the queen mother suppressed her anger and continued: "Where is Lord Wu Xin?

This person has always been ambitious, and he must have contributed to this incident. "

The eunuch Ling hesitated for a moment, and said cautiously: "Back to the Queen Mother, this time Lord Wu Xin did not show up.

Not only that, in the entire Great Zhao, Wu Xinjun's lineage, as well as the General's Office in charge of Wu Xinjun, did not have any official to impeach the Grand Master. "

"what?"

The Queen Mother froze for a moment, with an unexpected look on her face: "Is this really true?"

The eunuch made a wry smile: "Do you still dare to deceive the Queen Mother?"

This news finally made the Empress Dowager's expression better, and she snorted and said, "It seems that Mr. Wu Xin is not too stupid. The old woman originally thought that he would be a serious confidant in the future, but she didn't expect that, Mr. Zhao The current confidant's serious troubles have been placed in front of the old woman, and they have been ignored by the old woman!"

As analyzed by Zhao Kuo, Mr. Pingyuan was too eager to kill Han Xuwei, so he mobilized many forces at once to force the Queen Mother to submit.

The results of it?

Almost half of Zhao Guo's officialdom was moved because of this. This kind of power really scared the Queen Mother, but the effect was completely opposite to what Mr. Yuan thought.

The queen mother was silent for a while, and said: "Call Lin Xiangru and Zhou Shaofen into the palace!"

Soon, Lin Xiangru and Zhou Shaofen, two important ministers of Zhao Guo, hurried into the palace city: "I have seen the Queen Mother!"

The Queen Mother nodded, and said straight to the point: "What do you two think about Grand Master Han Xuwei?"