Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

The name surprised everyone.

Zhao Kuo was also slightly surprised, then laughed: "Interesting.

Ben Hou wanted to send someone to look for him, but he didn't expect him to come to him first.

You take refuge in the secret room and see what he wants to say to Ben Hou. "

A moment later, a middle-aged man about 50 years old with a beard and piercing eyes walked in and saluted Zhao Kuo: "The scholar Pang Nuan has seen Mr. Wu Xin."

Zhao Kuo looked at Pang Nuan and was also taken aback.

How old is Pang Nuan?

But think about it, Pang Nuan is the youngest of Yan State Minister Ju Xin, and Ju Xin is an old man, so there seems to be nothing wrong with Pang Nuan's age.

Zhao Kuo said calmly: "Mr. Pang Nuan's name, the Marquis has also heard of it.

I don't know what's the reason for the sudden visit? "

With a plop, Pang Nuan knelt down directly.

"Pang Nuan is willing to join Lord Wu Xin's mansion as a servant, and please take him in!"

Zhao Kuo was stunned again.

This is the second time that Pang Nuan has surprised Zhao Kuo.

But immediately, a smile appeared on the corner of Zhao Kuo's mouth, and it gradually expanded.

"Why did Mr. Pang Nuan join Ben Hou's family?"

Pang Nuan raised her head and said very sincerely: "At first Pang Nuan thought that Mr. Ping Yuan, as the prime minister of Zhao Guo, was enough to give Pang Nuan a chance to show his talents, but the facts proved that it was not possible.

Looking at Zhao Guo, only Wu Xinjun can fight against Xinjun Lin Xiangru, Da Sima Lecheng and others, so Pang Nuante came to defect, just to express his heart! "

Pang Nuan's meaning is obvious, that is, he was robbed of his official position by Le Cheng, and he refuses to accept it!Zhao Kuo said calmly, "Then why didn't you come to Benhou's residence first?"

Pang Nuan said: "It's just because there are too many talents in Junhou's mansion, Wu has Li Mu, Xu Li, Li Si, Han Fei, and Pang Nuan has no confidence in competing with these people.

Besides, the former teacher and Mr. Pingyuan have a deep friendship, and the recommendation letter was also written by the former teacher to Mr. Pingyuan, so I went to Mr. Pingyuan first. "

So far, Pang Nuan's intentions have become very obvious.

He originally wanted to rely on the recommendation letter from his master He Guanzi to directly reach the sky from Mr. Pingyuan, but he failed.

So in order to avenge Le Cheng, Pang Nuan immediately came to Zhao Kuo's side again, wanting to be Zhao Kuo's retainer.

Sure enough, he is indeed one of the most famous strategists in the late Warring States Period, realistic enough and decisive enough!Zhao Kuo had thoughts in his mind, and said lightly: "I want the Marquis to accept you as an ordinary disciple, of course it is possible.

But why do you ask Ben Hou to avenge you? "

Pang Nuan obviously had already thought of the answer, and immediately said, "As long as Junhou is willing to help me once, then I can let a big family in Yan Kingdom secretly work for Junhou!"

Chapter 485 Our counterattack begins with a celebration

As soon as Pang Nuan said this, Zhao Kuo couldn't help but gasped.

This was a pleasant surprise.

Zhao Kuo said: "Which big family, could it be the Ju family?"

Pang Nuan was shocked, and looked at Zhao Kuo in surprise: "Your Majesty also knows?"

Zhao Kuo smiled slightly and said, "Of course the Marquis of Jushi knows, but Ju Xin died in the hands of Marquis, are you sure they will work for Marquis?"

Pang Nuan said: "To tell you the truth, the first country I went to after leaving the mountain was actually the country of Yan.

There I met the Patriarch of the Ju family. When Ju Xin was alive, the Ju family had a conflict with Yan Guochang Jun Lejian. After Ju Xin died, the Ju family was constantly suppressed by the Chang Guo Jun Lejian. Now it is in jeopardy. .

At this moment of life and death, as long as Jun Hou can help them, they will definitely do their best to kneel at Jun Hou's feet and serve him. "

Zhao Kuo fell into deep thought and didn't speak for a while.

Whether the Ju family is in such a miserable situation, you only need to let the Yanguo Nightingale Branch investigate and find out.

What Zhao Kuo really thought about was whether Pang Nuan was reliable or not.

Zhao Kuo didn't want to cultivate another Le Cheng.

Pang Nuan seemed to understand something, and suddenly took out a paper book from his arms, and raised his hands above his head.

"Your Majesty, please take a look, this is the Guanzi written by my former teacher before his death.

Pang Yuan is willing to dedicate this book to Junhou to show Pang Nuan's sincerity in wanting to work for Junhou! "

Looking at this scene, Zhao Kuo's expression finally changed.

He Guanzi, this is a wonderful book.

It is said that the Taoist thoughts recorded in this book are extremely refined and fascinating. The founding heroes of the Han Dynasty Xiao He and Cao Shen were inspired by this book, which made the Taoist Huang Lao thought flourish in the early Han Dynasty. "Xiao Gui Cao Sui" is such an idiom.

Many Taoists and researchers of later generations believe that the importance of the book He Guanzi to Taoism is not at all lower than that of Tao Te Ching written by Lao Tzu, the founder of Taoism.

It's just that in the modern times before Zhao Kuo traveled, this ancient book of Heguanzi had been lost, and future generations had no way of knowing its contents.

Such a precious ancient book, which can be called the true treasure of Taoism, is respectfully presented by Pang Nuan at this moment.

This is like Qiao Feng offering the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms and Duan Yu giving the Six Meridians Excalibur, sincerity is unquestionable.

Zhao Kuo stood up, took the book with a serious expression, and said slowly: "Mr. Pang Nuan, I can feel your sincerity.

From today onwards, you will be the guest of honor in this Marquis' mansion!Everyone, come out and meet Qing Pang Nuanke. "

After Zhao Kuo finished speaking, Xu Li, Li Mu, Li Si, and Han Fei, who were hiding in the secret room just now, walked out at the same time and congratulated Pang Nuan.

The appearance of so many people surprised Pang Nuan at first, but he immediately came to his senses and realized that it was Zhao Kuo's trust in him.

Everyone sat down separately.

Li Si said: "I don't know how the Lord wants to deal with Lin Xiangru, Le Cheng and others?"

Zhao Kuo stroked his beard and glanced at Li Si with a smile: "Is there going to be a new school ceremony soon?

This time our counterattack begins with the celebration! "

As the high priest of the Academy, Xun Kuang has been very busy recently.

A new batch of scholars have graduated and will be assigned to various parts of Zhao as officials.

Around the way out and official positions of the scholars, the various factions in the academy were arguing in the dark, and everyone wanted their children to go to the best place to be the biggest official.

Xun Kuang, as the great sacrificial wine, not only had to communicate with the Zhao government, but also appease the many sacrificial wines in the palace, so it can be said that he was too busy to touch the ground.

Even so, after being summoned by Zhao Kuo, the great sacrificial wine appeared in the Zhao Mansion immediately.

"I don't know why Wu Xinjun called the old man here?"

Zhao Kuo said to Xun Kuang very calmly, "To tell you the truth, Xun Qing, I am going to ask you for a favor to deal with some of my enemies!"

When Xun Kuang heard this, he immediately said, "Please don't worry, Mr. Wu Xin, as long as the old man is useful, the old man will never hesitate to define it!"

For Xun Kuang, Zhao Kuo was not only the biggest supporter of the academy, but also two of Xun Kuang's best students were still working under Zhao Kuo's school, and the two belonged to that kind of unbreakable alliance.

In this way, Zhao Kuo told Xun Kuang about his plan.

As Xun Kuang listened, the surprised expression on his face became more obvious: "Is this also possible?"

Zhao Kuo laughed: "This is called the power of public opinion, absolutely possible!"

In later generations, Zhao Kuo saw with his own eyes how many countries in the West used public opinion to smear their motherland insanely, which made many people who admire foreign countries and flatter foreigners believe in it!If it's useless, what's the use?

This time, Zhao Kuo is going to give Lin Xiangru, Le Cheng and others a hard time, and let them see what it means to kill without seeing blood!Xun Kuang left Zhao Kuo's study in doubt.

Just two steps away, Xun Kuang heard a voice from behind: "Master, please stay!"

Xun Kuang turned around and found that it was Li Si: "Why are you here?"

Li Si's face turned red slightly, of course he couldn't tell that he was here specially to wait for Xun Kuang, so he said, "Just passing by here, sir, did you just meet the gentleman?"

After all, he was his favorite student, so Xun Kuang didn't doubt that he was there, so he said, "Yes."

Li Si immediately said: "I wonder if the teacher can tell the disciples what is going on?"

Xun Kuang looked at Li Si in surprise, and after a while, he shot suddenly.

With a snap, Li Si covered his cheeks, retreated hastily, and looked at Xun Kuang in surprise and disbelief.

Xun Kuang said coldly: "As a courtier, you should behave like a courtier! Know what you should know, and don't inquire about what you shouldn't know.

Today is just teaching you as a teacher, if you stand here in the future, it will be your death! "

Li Si knelt on the ground with a bang: "The disciple knows his mistake."

Xun Kuang shook his head and left disappointed.

It wasn't until he heard Xun Kuang's footsteps leaving that Li Si stood up in shame.

Suddenly, a surprised voice came: "Master, brother, are you alright?"

Li Si raised his head subconsciously, just in time to see his junior brother Han Fei who was looking at him in surprise.

Li Si felt extremely humiliated at the moment, and stared at Han Fei bitterly: "Junior brother, are you also waiting here to watch my jokes?"

Before Han Fei could answer, Li Si walked away.

Han Fei looked at Li Si's back and was speechless for a long time.

Han Fei really just passed by here by chance, and he didn't even see the scene between Xun Kuang and Li Si just now.

In the following time, some changes began to take place in Zhao Guo's political arena.

With Da Sima Yue Cheng's ascension to the top position, Lin Xiangru's momentum began to rise again.

As the saying goes, strike while the iron is hot.

So on this day, when the queen mother quietly summoned Lin Xiangru, Zhou Shaofen and Le Cheng again, Lin Xiangru made a suggestion.

"Queen, the school celebration is about to be held, it's time to take this opportunity to weaken Wu Xinjun's control over the school!"

Chapter 486 Lin Xiangru's Plan for the Celebration

After hearing Lin Xiangru's words, everyone had different reactions.

Zhou Shaofen said: "Is it necessary to weaken this academy?"

Le Cheng stood aside and didn't say anything. He was a soldier after all, so he couldn't say anything about it.

Lin Xiangru said seriously: "Zhou Qing doesn't know about this.

Who doesn't know the relationship between Xun Kuang and Wu Xinjun?

Nowadays, there are at least hundreds of scholars graduating from the academy every year and working in various places in Dazhao. If things go on like this, won't the entire Zhao Kingdom be filled with people from Wu Xinjun?

We must find a way to suppress this trend. "

After several years of establishment, the advantages of Xuegong have now become apparent.

As Lin Xiangru said, there are already a large number of talents in the academy working in local areas, and there will be more in the future.

Now most of the people who come out of the academy are still low-level officials, and the highest they can be like county magistrates.

But in a few years or more than ten years, when this group of people grows up, they will naturally control many important positions in the local and central areas of Zhao State. At that time, their leader, Zhao Kuo, will really have power in the government.

Zhou Shaofen shook his head and said: "Mr. Wen Xin, I heard that there are nine families and ten factions in the academy, and each family and each faction has its own hatred. It is impossible for them to unite and serve Lord Wu Xin all the time."

Lin Xiangru glared at Zhou Shaofen angrily, this guy took the wrong medicine today, why is he always contradicting the old man?

Lin Xiangru said: "But generally speaking, Confucianism and Legalism are the largest factions in the school. There is no doubt that the scholars of these two schools are naturally close to Lord Wu Xin."

The Empress Dowager frowned and said after a while: "Then how can we stop this trend?

It is impossible to disband the academy directly. "

The queen mother is naturally very keen on restricting Zhao Kuo's power.

Lin Xiangru was confident, and said: "The Academy is an important place for Da Zhao to attract scholars from all over the world, so it is of course impossible to disband it.

In order to stop this trend, the key point lies in Xun Kuang, the great sacrificial wine in the academy.

As long as Xun Kuang can be kicked out of the position of the Grand Priest and replaced by someone who is loyal to the Empress Dowager, then the scholars who come out of the academy will naturally respect Da Zhao and the Empress Dowager. "

The queen mother thought for a while and said, "Is this Xun Kuang really so important?"

Lin Xiangru said: "To be honest with the Queen Mother, Li Si and Han Fei, two of Xun Kuang's most successful students, are now serving in Lord Wu Xin's residence and have been reused. One can imagine the importance of Xun Kuang to Lord Wu Xin."