Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

Chapter 590 Wu Xinjun's growth is really fast

If the words just now were a bomb, then the empress dowager's public accusation made everyone's shock reach a climax.

Although Pingyang Lord Zhao Bao has always held a high position and weight, due to the existence of the three giants, Pingyuan Lord Zhao Sheng, Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo, and Xinjun Lin Xiangru, his sense of presence is actually not too high.

So everyone didn't expect that he would become the target of the empress dowager's direct bombardment!Combined with the sentence just now, "Spoken words indiscriminately to confuse the king", everyone seemed to understand something in their hearts.

This incident is related to the underage King Zhao.

Everyone subconsciously cast Realization on the young King Zhao who was sitting a few steps in front of the Queen Mother.

Sure enough, at this moment, King Zhao's face was also full of shock, surprise and bewilderment, but sharp-eyed people could even see the flash of shame and anger on King Zhao's face.

Zhao Wang couldn't help but said: "My mother misunderstood, Pingyang Lord is loyal to the country, and he didn't confuse the widow."

The queen mother let out an oh, and looked at King Zhao with a half-smile.

At this moment, the empress dowager's dissatisfaction with Lord Pingyang reached a new peak.

Look, the old woman's originally obedient child was bewitched by Lord Pingyang to become like this.

The queen mother said coldly: "My lord, don't you see it yet?

The reason why Wu Xinjun was attacked by such a group today is that some people are fanning the flames behind his back!Well, you are still young, let the old woman do these things first. "

The queen mother did not give Zhao Wang any face. For her, this child who has gone astray must be severely scolded to wake up.

Zhao Wang's face turned green and pale, and what the queen mother said just now, "you are still young", is completely saying that Zhao Wang is too tender and still a child in front of everyone!For a teenager who has just grown up and reached the rebellious stage, what he longs for most is to be treated as an adult by others, not this kind of rude "you are still young"!Zhao Wang took a deep breath, lowered his head slowly, and did not speak again.

The seeds of rebellion have already grown in the hearts of teenagers.

Jun Pingyang saw that King Zhao was reprimanded, and suddenly lost the last hope of luck in his heart, knowing that the Queen Mother was really angry this time.

Pingyang Jun hurriedly got up and fell to the ground: "It's the old minister's mistake!"

The queen mother snorted heavily, and said: "From now on, you don't have to be responsible for the king's teachings.

Alright, now you go back to your home and think about the past! "

Seeing Jun Pingyang's expression of mourning and leaving, everyone's expressions were very complicated, even Jun Pingyuan, the elder brother and ally of Jun Pingyang, was also like this.

At this moment, Mr. Pingyuan's mood was quite agitated: "My brother, my brother, I didn't expect that you are still secretly inducing the king to attack Wu Xinjun. Why is this, why is this!"

For Mr. Pingyuan, many methods are not impossible, but should not be done.

Political struggle should be a game between courtiers, and the king should be the judge.

Everyone can use political opinions to debate, and use political achievements and achievements to speak, but you should not try to lure the king to attack political opponents through your personal relationship with the king. This is definitely a very dangerous move.

"It seems that I have to persuade my younger brother well."

At this time, the queen mother spoke again: "Okay, since the injustice of Lord Wu Xin has been cleared, then today's court meeting will come to an end, and all the ministers should go away."

After the Queen Mother finished speaking, all the ministers breathed a sigh of relief.

It has to be said that although Wu Xinjun was only discussed in today's grand court meeting, the uproar caused by it is definitely far beyond what the New Year's Day Great Court Council can achieve during the normal time period.

Although Wu Xinjun, who was thousands of miles away, could not return to Handan in person to face other people's attacks and inquiries, he won the support of most people by virtue of his military exploits and contributions to Zhao over the years.

Among the seven important ministers, only Pang Nuan stood on Wu Xinjun's side at the beginning, but in the end, the joint efforts of the five important ministers were still so insignificant in front of most of the other ministers!This is the heart of the people.

Many courtiers were excited.

When you get old and retired, you can still brag to your children and grandchildren: "Do you know what happened to the famous Emperor Wu Xin at that time?

At that time, the old man was not as cowardly and incompetent as the officials in the Southern Song Dynasty. The old man stood up and defended Wu Xinjun, Yue Fei of the Great Zhao, with many people, and did not let Qin Hui like Le Cheng succeed! "

Yes, Qin Hui.

Many people turned their eyes to the distraught Le Cheng, with obvious contempt in their eyes.

Although the empress dowager reprimanded Pingyang Lord Zhao Bao, in the eyes of most people, the name of this contemporary Qin Hui is obviously more suitable for Da Sima Lecheng.

Le Cheng was Wu Xinjun's subordinate back then, but he betrayed Wu Xinjun, and repeatedly opposed Wu Xinjun, trying to harm Wu Xinjun.

What is this kind of person, not Qin Hui?

Even many ministers who have always been close to Le Cheng have already made up their minds. After returning, they immediately summoned their family members and announced the news of breaking up with Le Cheng.

We don't want to be with Qin Hui!On the other side, Sima Shang, who stood up and spoke out for Zhao Kuo, became a star.

Although Sima Shang's official position is very low, it is only the lowest official position in this big court meeting, but it must be admitted that without Sima Shang's candid words, Zhao Kuo might not be so easy to pass the test today.

Therefore, after the Queen Mother left, Pang Nuan directly patted Sima Shang's shoulder affectionately: "Well done, let's go, I invite you to a banquet today, would you like it?"

Sima Shang hurriedly smiled and said: "Pang Qing's invitation, I will certainly accept the invitation."

Sima Shang was also in a very happy mood.

Is Sima Shang related to Zhao Kuo?

Frankly, no.

But Sima Shang was actually born in Daijun, and he once guarded Gaoquesai on the northern border for a period of time when he was young.

There, Sima Shang made a close friend, and the name of this close friend was Li Mu!Sima Shang had heard Li Mu tell a lot about Zhao Kuo's deeds, and he was already fascinated.

Although Li Mu has repeatedly stated that he can recommend Zhao Kuo, Sima Shang is also an arrogant person. He feels that if Li Mu recommends him without making a little contribution, it will give people a feeling of "relationship".

After today, Sima Shang can confidently go to Li Mu and ask Li Mu to recommend him!Pang Nuan was about to take Sima Shang to leave, when a minister beside him smiled and said, "Pang Qing, we also stood up to speak out for Lord Wu Xin. Is it not good to favor one another like this?"

Pang Nuan turned her head and laughed loudly: "It makes sense, today all the direct ministers who speak up for Lord Wu Xin can come to the old man's mansion to have a banquet, and the alcohol is enough!"

All the ministers cheered, and a group of people surrounded Pang Nuan and Sima Shang directly.

Looking at this scene, Mr. Pingyuan standing in the hall had a complex expression.

Originally, Xiangbang should be the leader in the hearts of the ministers.

But today, the leader in the hearts of the ministers has obviously become the Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo who sits in the Northland!Mr. Pingyuan was silent for a long time, and let out a long sigh.

Wu Xinjun, your growth is really fast.

Chapter 591 The New Datong City

Spring is coming.

The forest outside Datong City has begun to come alive, and many animals have been seen. Occasionally, a few roars from bears and tigers, as well as the howling of northern land wolves at night, can be heard.

In Datong City, there is also a brand-new atmosphere.

Zhao Kuo stood on the watchtower of the city wall, condescendingly watching the entire city of Datong.

Winter is not suitable for breaking ground, but it is still possible to continue building on the foundation that has already been laid and the frame has been tamped.

Guo Zong, who was in charge of the construction, actually had some opinions on Zhao Kuo's way of building the Beijing Temple at that time, because in Guo Zong's view, it was too cheap for those captive Huns to cut off their heads directly, so they should be allowed to live in the ice and snow. Do a winter's work!However, although there were no Xiongnu prisoners, many criminals and Yan and Qi captives completed one-third of the construction work in Datong City under the supervision of the officials and supervisors of the "Engineering Department" headed by Guo Zong and Xu Li.

Due to the identity of the general's camp, Datong City still looks obviously different from ordinary cities.

There is a five-foot-high city wall, a square layout, and an urn inside the city. At the same time, there are military camps, armories, granaries, horse farms, military vassals, military officials, and the general's office. relevant institutions.

In addition, there are three quarters of the place, one quarter of which will be built into the military market, residential quarters, etc. within this year, and the remaining half is reserved for future planning .

The location of Datong City can connect the four directions of the southeast, the north, and the west. At this stage, there is no way to do it as a military city, but it will inevitably develop into a civilian city in the future, which is the right way for Zhao Guo.

In later generations, Zhao Kuo has seen a lot of things that the future urban development was restricted everywhere because the predecessors did not have a long-term vision when planning.

The cities of later generations did not have city walls, and the speed of expansion could be very fast, but the cities of this era have walls, and it is doomed that the city must be well planned from the very beginning, otherwise it will be very difficult for future generations.

In today's Datong City, in addition to the 1 Chi You Army garrisons, retinues, and laborers, there are also some officials and a small number of residents.

But anyone in Datong City is very sure that in time, this place will definitely become a big city among the northern counties! "Why?"

Zhao Kuo asked Xu Li.

Xu Li laughed and said: "Because everyone knows that the place where the Marquis is located will definitely be prosperous!"

Hearing this, Zhao Kuo couldn't help laughing: "Uncle Xu, you've learned badly too, and you'll be flattering yourself."

Xu Li laughed, and said very seriously: "The old minister really thinks so."

Zhao Kuo smiled for a while, and said to Guo Zong beside him, "Let's go, let's go to Datong Ironworks."

Dozens of miles away from Datong City, there is a place called "Black Gold Mountain" by the locals.

Black gold is actually a name for iron in this era.

As the name suggests, Black Gold Mountain is naturally the largest iron ore producing area outside Datong City.

Before the expedition, Zhao Kuo had invited the Empress Dowager on the table, thinking that although Handan had a well-developed smelting of Bingjia, if it would take a lot of manpower and material resources to transport Bingjia from Handan to the north, it would be better to set up an iron factory directly in Beidi. Prepare for the Northern Expedition of the Huns, and secondly, it can continue to supply the northern counties in the future.

The Empress Dowager replied with a swipe of a pen: "Yes!"

It may be that the Queen Mother felt that Zhao Kuo was cheated by letting Zhao Kuo come to the north to garrison, so she was very generous to Zhao Kuo in these "little things".

The Datong Ironworks in winter is just a prototype, but it becomes very lively after spring.

Dozens of hundreds of chimneys stand upright, and the smoke keeps coming out of them. Although it has not reached the point of covering the sky, it is also quite spectacular.

Zhao Kuo sat on the carriage and watched this scene, and suddenly his heart moved: "Does this count as the new environmental pollution I brought to this era?"

However, Zhao Kuo quickly put this idea aside. What is the point of this? A mere ironworks, even if it is exhausted day and night, it is estimated that it will not be able to increase the concentration of carbon dioxide on the earth by hundreds of years. Zero one tenth, right?

Governance while developing is a later generation. In this era, Zhao Kuo starts from scratch and develops first!Datong Ironworks is very big, very big.

How big is it?

The area of ​​this ironworks is as big as the city of Datong!The ironworks is next to the valley, on both sides are valleys, and on both sides are two-foot-high camp walls.

As soon as the carriage drove into the ironworks, a gust of hot air came oncoming.

It is said that the spring is cold, but many of the workers and apprentices in the ironworks are shirtless.

The slaves kept blowing the wind, refueling, and moving materials under orders, while the craftsmen waved their sledgehammers, banging and banging all kinds of weapon embryos that had just been baked in their hands.

From time to time, the sound of "stab" and "stab" can be heard in the air, which is the sound of quenching.

Zhao Kuo looked left and right, saw a busy scene, couldn't help being very satisfied, and nodded again and again.

Guo Zong, who was all over the place, also had a look on his face, and said to Zhao Kuo: "Master, the Datong Smelter is now basically formed. In just three months, all the armor and materials you needed before will be ready!"

When Zhao Kuo heard this, he couldn't help but nodded and said: "Very good, Mr. Guo, you have made great contributions to this matter!"

As the saying goes, the things of the public are not for nothing.

This time the queen mother asked Zhao Kuo to make the Northern Expedition, and Zhao Kuo directly implemented this policy.

Weapons, bows and crossbows, armor, harnesses, vests, everything is brand new for this Marquis! Although the 1 Chi You Army is the Marquis's private army, but the Marquis is going out for the country this time, and the Chi You Army is also on the list, and of course all of them will be replaced with new ones!It just so happened that the first batch of armor of Chi Youjun had already been worn out badly. This time, Zhao Kuo presented all the old equipment of Chi Youjun in a brand new way, and he felt very happy.

Then Zhao Kuo turned to Xu Li and said, "Have you finished making the dry food?"

Xu Li nodded and said: "The meat floss and pot helmet that Junhou mentioned before are now familiar with the process, and I will definitely not miss you when the time comes to send troops!"

Meat floss is a good thing, it is very filling, and it is also light to carry, and it is not troublesome to make. The reason why the Mongolian Empire led by Genghis Khan was able to gallop the world without worrying about any supply crisis was actually relying on two magic weapons, meat floss and horse floss. Milk.

In addition to meat floss, Zhao Kuo also got a kind of food pot helmet from later generations. With these, the logistical problems of the Zhao Guo brigade's cavalry going north can be solved to a large extent.

Zhao Kuo felt relieved now.

The soldiers are about to be delivered, and the dry food will also be in place immediately.

Zhao Kuo laughed and said, "After three months, it will be time for the Marquis' army to go north and attack the Xiongnu!"

Chapter 592

As we all know, the Huns are a people who live by water and grass.

Whenever the cold autumn and winter come, the Huns will drive many livestock south to spend the winter on the Monan Prairie close to the Central Plains.

And when the winter passed, the fat pastures on the Monan prairie were almost eaten up, so the Huns drove their livestock north and returned to the ancestral land of the Huns north of the desert.

There is a place in Mobei, which looks like a very ordinary grassland in autumn and winter, except for a low hill and a dozen or so huge boulders scattered on the hill.

But once the spring begins and the Huns return, the place will immediately become lively.

Because there is a name Wangting here!Hundreds of years ago, the eight most powerful tribes within a thousand miles swore an oath to the gods and formed an alliance here, which announced the birth of the tribal alliance of the Xiongnu.

Afterwards, every summer after the mare gives birth to foals, the eight major tribes of the Xiongnu will gather here to pray to their ancestors together.

Time has changed, and the eight major tribes of the Xiongnu have become four.

"From today, there are only three tribes left among the Xiongnu who can lead the group."

The patriarch of the Suoda clan stood on the huge stone platform, smiling at the patriarchs of the Huyan and Xubu clans beside him.