Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

The atmosphere in the hall was not very good, the Queen Mother's face was gloomy, and there were three people sitting beside Pingyuan Jun, Pingyang Jun, and Zhao Kuo.

Lin Xiangru did not dare to be negligent, and bowed respectfully to the Queen Mother: "The old minister has seen the Queen Mother."

The Queen Mother said coldly: "Mr. Wen Xin, you are also here for the fact that the Great Sima sent troops to suppress the scholars?"

When Lin Xiangru heard this sentence, the bad mood in his heart became more obvious, and he couldn't help but subconsciously glanced at Zhao Kuo.

Sure enough, as expected before, Mr. Wu Xinjun has delivered a decisive blow!Zhao Kuo smiled at Lin Xiangru and nodded in greeting.

Just as Lin Xiangru already understood Zhao Kuo's thoughts, Zhao Kuo certainly knew Lin Xiangru's sudden appearance here.

This gave Zhao Kuo even a vague sense of the two armies facing each other on the battlefield.

To be honest, whether it was Yu Xin or Han Xuwei before, those two guys gave Zhao Kuo the impression that they were stupid!Yu Xin, Han Xuwei and others are not worthy to be Zhao Kuo's political opponents at all!Only Lin Xiangru, the well-known official of the Zhao State, although he has some selfishness in his actions, but most of the time he can put the Zhao State first, and at the same time has outstanding talents, is the one who is really recognized by Zhao Kuo in the political arena of the Zhao State. opponent.

Zhao Kuo smiled playfully.

Come on, Wen Xinjun Lin Xiangru, let me see how you want to save Da Sima Lecheng who has been calculated by me to be in danger and has one foot in the coffin of his official career!

Chapter 496 Zhao Kuo's Fatal Blow

Lin Xiangru bowed respectfully to the Queen Mother, and said, "Queen Mother, the old minister came here because of the mistakes made by Da Sima.

Da Sima has now rushed to the Handan government office, and the old minister was the first to plead guilty for him. "

The queen mother sneered, her phoenix eyes flickered, and said: "It turns out that our big Sima knows in his heart that he has made a mistake!"

The Queen Mother was really angry.

As the supreme ruler of Zhao State today, the Empress Dowager is of course well aware of the importance of the scholar class, so she has always adopted a supportive attitude towards the academy.

The result now?

What Le Cheng did was to offend the academy and all the scholars in the world to the death.

This is no longer a question of making mistakes, this is simply digging the foundation of Zhao's rule!Naturally, the queen mother couldn't bear such a mistake anyway.

Lin Xiangru hurriedly said: "The empress dowager calmed down, Lecheng Da Sima was just confused for a moment, thinking that someone deliberately spread rumors among Dazhao just like they did during the Changping War.

He also let Handan Commander Zhou Shaoliang use such extreme methods in order to find the owner of the rumors as soon as possible. He was still doing things for Da Zhao and the Queen Mother. "

Zhao Kuo listened to Lin Xiangru's words and believed in the king.

Lin Xiangru's words not only reduced Le Cheng's responsibility by using the Qin people to create rumors in Handan during the Battle of Changping to invisibly reduce Le Cheng's responsibility, but at the same time beautified Le Cheng's behavior of arresting Handan students and many people discussing it. It was done for Zhao Guo and the Queen Mother, and it even vaguely hinted that behind this matter may be the instigation of Zhao Kuo and Mr. Yuan, who are Lecheng political enemies. It can be said to kill three birds with one stone.

But Zhao Kuo was not in a hurry to refute, he still wanted to see what Lin Xiangru would say next.

Sure enough, after listening to Lin Xiangru's words, the Queen Mother's anger disappeared a lot, and she said coldly: "everything is said every day for the sake of Da Zhao and the old woman, but it's true or not. One of your mouths?"

Lin Xiangru hurriedly said, "It is absolutely true.

Empress Dowager, the old minister had already discussed with Da Sima before he came, and he will let Handan order Zhou Shaoliang to release many scholars immediately, and there will be absolutely no further disturbances. "

The Empress Dowager was about to speak, when suddenly a report sounded: "Empress Dowager, something has happened!"

The eunuch order rushed in and said to the Queen Mother: "Queen Mother, just got the news that Le Cheng dispatched some troops to expel the scholars outside the Handan government office. The two sides fought violently, and many scholars were injured by the army.

Handan Commander Zhou Shaoliang was also knocked unconscious in order to dissuade the soldiers from committing crimes! "

There was an instant silence in the hall.

Lin Xiangru's eyes widened in disbelief.

At this moment, Lin Xiangru really wanted to call out Le Cheng who was somewhere, and then beat him up severely.

Pig teammates.

Real pig teammates!The old man managed to make the Queen Mother happy just a little bit, but you Le Cheng couldn't even stop the attack of your own army in time?

With the last glimmer of hope, Lin Xiangru tremblingly said: "How many scholars were injured?

Is there anyone who dies? "

The eunuch Ling was stunned for a moment, and said: "There is no death report yet, but it is said that there are countless wounded, even if there are not a thousand, there are six or seven hundred."

Lin Xiangru: ""Okay, this is really comfortable.

Six or seven hundred scholars were brutally beaten and injured, and this matter could not be covered up completely.

This is the worst outcome that Lin Xiangru does not want to see!The queen mother will also feel sorry for it, and she will be furious: "Mr. Wen Xin, you just said that Le Cheng knew his mistake.

Why, is this the result of Le Cheng knowing his mistake? "

The queen mother was really angry.

This is like a man who cheated. He just came home and confessed his mistake to the woman, and then turned around and a neighbor came in and said, "Man, your mistress outside is pregnant!"

What the hell, who can bear it!Lin Xiangru was sweating all over his head, even with the quick wit of this famous Zhao official, he couldn't answer the queen mother's question for a while.

Until this time, Zhao Kuo spoke unhurriedly.

"Empress Dowager, this Le Cheng made a mistake after the prophet did not correct it. He privately mobilized the army and ignored the majesty of the Empress Dowager. It is an unforgivable crime! In my opinion, Le Cheng should be dismissed from office as a warning to others!"

At this moment, Zhao Kuo finally showed his edge.

All the things that have been designed all the time are finally gathered together at this moment, just to deliver this fatal blow to Le Cheng!After Zhao Kuo's words fell, Lord Pingyuan and Lord Pingyang spoke almost at the same time: "The ministers are seconding!"

The three important ministers of Zhao State simultaneously issued the most serious attack on Le Cheng and deprived him of his official position!The atmosphere in the hall suddenly became tense.

The Queen Mother took a deep breath and forced herself to be quiet.

If the queen mother was indeed very angry at the stupid things that Le Cheng did just now, when the criticism from Zhao Kuo and others was already in front of her, the queen mother began to hesitate again.

The reason why Le Cheng was promoted was to restrict people like Zhao Kuo and Lord Pingyuan.

If Le Cheng, who has just been promoted, is dismissed directly, where will he continue to find someone who can replace Le Cheng?

The queen mother hesitated and said: "Of course Le Cheng will be punished, but is it too heavy to be dismissed directly?"

In any case, Le Cheng did make a mistake, so it is naturally impossible for the queen mother to justify Le Cheng directly by saying that she is innocent.

Zhao Kuo said seriously: "Queen Mother, you are so confused!"

The Empress Dowager raised her eyebrows and wanted to explode, but in the end she didn't.

Zhao Kuo continued: "In this situation, Da Sima Lecheng led the army to beat scholars in the street, and it will definitely spread throughout the world in a short period of time.

If Le Cheng is just a mild punishment, what will the people of the world think?

They will feel that the Queen Mother is protecting Le Cheng, and they will feel that Da Zhao doesn't take scholars seriously at all!If Le Cheng was really punished slightly, Xue Gong would naturally be angry, and I am afraid that no scholar from Da Zhao would dare to come here in the future.

Therefore, it is necessary to dismiss Le Cheng directly, so that people in the world can understand that the Empress Dowager still values ​​scholars, so that in the future, Da Zhao can still have a steady stream of scholars to come to join him! "

The empress dowager opened her lips slightly, wanting to say something, but couldn't speak for a long time.

If Zhao Kuo played Le Cheng from the perspective of political opponents' criticism, then the Queen Mother would naturally have a hundred reasons to keep Le Cheng.

But the problem is that now Le Cheng is not in conflict with Zhao Kuo, but Le Cheng is in conflict with the academy and scholars in the world!Zhao Kuo's stern criticism of Le Cheng's wrong behavior is completely without any selfishness, and he is only for Zhao Guo's advice.

At this moment, Zhao Kuo represents justice!The queen mother was silent for a moment, and finally made up her mind, saying: "In this case, then" "Hold on, queen mother, listen to the old minister!"

At this moment, Lin Xiangru suddenly spoke.

Chapter 497 Lin Xiangru's Great Concession

The Queen Mother stopped and looked at Lin Xiangru, "What else can Mr. Wen Xin say?"

Everyone knew that Lin Xiangru wanted to keep Le Cheng, but even the queen mother was planning to give up Le Cheng, could Lin Xiangru still do it?

Lin Xiangru said, "Empress Dowager, Le Cheng has just taken office after all, and he is not familiar with the affairs, which is an excusable mistake.

If he is so harsh on the newly promoted ministers, how will Da Zhao promote new ministers in the future? "

The queen mother snorted, and said a little unhappy, "It's not that the old woman was harsh on Le Cheng, but Le Cheng himself made an unforgivable mistake! Hundreds of scholars were injured, is this a trivial matter?"

Lin Xiangru hurriedly said, "Back to the queen mother, this is indeed not a small matter, but it can be made up for.

The veteran thought that Le Cheng should be fined for five years, and then be banned for three months to make him reflect.

Then Le Cheng can be asked to make sufficient compensation to all the injured, and let Le Cheng go to the school to apologize to the school, and to apologize to every scholar who was injured or arrested because of this. I wonder what the Queen Mother thinks? "

After Lin Xiangru finished speaking, not only the empress dowager became pale, but even Zhao Kuo who was beside him was also a little surprised.

The dignified Sima, one of Zhao Guo's most important ministers, not only had to pay a huge amount of money to the scholars in the academy, but also went to the academy in person to apologize humbly.

Lin Xiangru's suggestion is simply throwing Le Cheng's face on the ground and letting the people in the academy trample on it wantonly.

But I have to say that this suggestion is actually very good, because it can really calm down the anger of scholars in the palace. The words of Xinjun sound quite reasonable. What do you two think, Mr. Wu Xin and Mr. Pingyuan? "

Zhao Kuo is thinking.

Promoting Pang Nuan in order to keep Le Cheng is obviously already a major concession for Lin Xiangru.

Zhao Kuo knew very well that due to the existence of the Queen Mother and Lin Xiangru, even if Le Cheng was directly dismissed, it would be difficult for Pang Nuan to take over the position of Le Cheng's chief Sima.

But if you stay in Lecheng for your life, there are two advantages.

First, Le Cheng's prestige will inevitably drop after this incident, and he will become an unpopular target both in the Zhao military and among the people, and naturally he will be unable to continue to compete with Zhao Kuo in the political arena.

Second, Pang Nuan entered the political arena as a newcomer, so he must find an ally.

And Zhao Kuo, as the person who pushed Pang Nuan to enter the political arena, is very kind to Pang Nuan.

Due to emotion and reason, Pang Nuan will definitely stand on Zhao Kuo's side.

In this way, Zhao Kuo can go from being a loner on the surface to having an ally like Pang Nuan, which is undoubtedly a great thing.

Thinking about it carefully, this is actually more profitable than defeating Le Cheng and dismissing Le Cheng.

It can only be said that Lin Xiangru really paid a huge price in order to retain Le Cheng's position as an important minister.

Lin Xiangru, blood loss ah!Thinking about it, Zhao Kuo showed a smile on his face.

At this time, Lord Pingyuan's voice came, "The Queen Mother is wise, and I have no objections."

Mr. Pingyuan had recommended Pang Nuan as Da Sima from the very beginning, and of course it was impossible to refuse such a condition.

Including the Queen Mother, everyone's eyes were on Zhao Kuo.

Everyone knows that the political lives of Le Cheng and Pang Nuan depend on Zhao Kuo's thoughts!Zhao Kuo looked calm, and first asked Lin Xiangru a question.

"Wen Xinjun, I don't know what official position you plan to propose to Pang Nuan?"

Lin Xiangru was silent for a while, and said, "I don't know what Wu Xinjun thinks about the position of Da Xingren?"

The Great Pedestrian is Zhao's foreign minister.

The previous Daxing died not long ago, which is indeed a very suitable position.

Zhao Kuo said indifferently, "Although the position of Da Xingren is important, he cannot participate in court discussions.

Queen Mother, I dared to think that Pang Nuan should be allowed to participate in court discussions after taking the post of Daxing. I don't know what the Queen Mother thinks? "

Being able to participate in court discussions means being able to participate in the decision-making of Zhao Kuo's military and state affairs, that is, to become a member of Zhao Guo's important ministers.

Zhao Kuo's meaning is very simple, Pang Nuan must be an important minister, otherwise Le Cheng will die!Mr. Pingyuan's eyes flickered, and he immediately said, "That's right, that's exactly the reason.

Queen Mother, the veteran can guarantee that with Pang Nuan's talent, he is indeed qualified to participate in court discussions! "

The Queen Mother fell silent.

Lin Xiangru gritted his teeth and said, "The queen mother, the old ministers also seconded!"

This sentence finally made the Queen Mother make a decision.

The Queen Mother raised her head and said coldly, "Very good.

Then pass down the order that Le Cheng mishandled the incident, fined him for three years, and ordered him to stay at home and contemplate for three months.

Then let him compensate all the injured scholars, and go to the academy to apologize to every scholar who was implicated!Pang Nuan, a scholar, has a great talent, and he will be appointed as a great pedestrian with immediate effect, and has the right to participate in court discussions!Well, if there is nothing else, let's go! "

Looking at the back of the Queen Mother leaving, a smile flashed across the corner of Zhao Kuo's mouth.

Empress Dowager, you deliberately appointed Le Cheng to make trouble for the Marquis, but what has happened now?

This time, after all, Ben Hou won!

Shi Jian

Chapter 498 I Said I Can't Trust Wu Xinjun

After all the dust settled, Lin Xiangru left the palace in a complicated mood, and immediately found Le Cheng.