Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

In the future of the Zhou family, we still need to make progress together with many! "

Zhou Shaoliang also drank a lot, and he said this sentence so loudly that almost everyone in the hall could hear it.

Zhao Kuo's heart moved slightly: "Progress together?

If the status of the Zhou Brothers can be further improved now, the Zhou Brothers are civil servants, and Zhou Shaofen has now become a Sikou, and his status is only under Pingyang Lord.

If we want to continue to make progress, besides driving Mr. Pingyang out of power, is there any other option?

Thinking of this, Zhao Kuo subconsciously glanced at Pingyang Jun opposite, and found that Pingyang Jun's face was also a little ugly.

The corner of Zhao Kuo's mouth twitched slightly, revealing a smile.

interesting.

Sure enough, in the face of power, everyone can float.

As for Zhao Kuo himself, he is not worried about the threat from the Zhou Brothers. On the one hand, Zhao Kuo and the Zhou Brothers are now secret allies, and on the other hand, Zhao Kuo's status mainly comes from his military exploits.

Zhao Kuo's outstanding military exploits, looking at the history of China, he is really an "unprecedented man", so this wave is not panic at all.

Fortunately, Zhou Shaofen managed to maintain a semblance of rationality, and immediately noticed his younger brother Zhou Shaoliang's gaffe, and hurriedly said with a smile: "Everyone, my younger brother drank too much. From now on, everyone will work for Da Zhao, take care of each other, take care of each other!"

After Zhou Shaofen finished speaking, he immediately raised the wine bar in his hand, and everyone naturally responded with a loud bang, and just covered up the matter.

Late that night, Zhao Kuo, who returned home, found Xu Li.

Xu Li led the Zhao army to withstand the attack of Qi's army during Zhao's resistance to the five kingdoms' conquest this time, so he was regarded as a meritorious minister, and he was also generously rewarded.

It's just that because Xu Li is Zhao Kuo's retainer, Xu Li only got some titles, money, land and other rewards, and no official rewards.

Zhao Kuo doesn't care about this, it doesn't matter if you don't become the king of Zhao, in the future I will be the king of Zhao and seal it myself.

Xu Li was in good spirits, and said with a smile, "What is the lord looking for from the old minister?"

Zhao Kuo said: "Uncle Xu, what's the situation with the Zhou family now?"

Xu Li obviously didn't expect Zhao Kuo to actually ask this question, he was taken aback for a moment before he said: "Judging from the information sent back by Nightingale from the Zhou family, everything should be normal.

The lord suddenly mentioned the Zhou family. Could it be that something happened to the Zhou family? "

Zhao Kuo laughed: "Not really, it's just that after the king had a son today, Zhou Shaoliang said something that made me a little wary."

Xu Li's face also became serious, and he said, "Could it be that the Zhou family has become self-reliant?"

Zhao Kuo said with a smile, "This should not happen yet, but it's hard to say what will happen in the future."

Xu Li said seriously: "Understood, the old minister will go down and make arrangements, and Nightingale will devote more resources to Zhou's side."

Zhao Kuo nodded slightly and said, "Okay."

Xu Li left.

Sitting alone in the study, Zhao Kuo was silent for a while, and then sighed: "This is the taste of power." The closer to the end, the harder it is to walk on thin ice, and every unusual little thing must be vigilant.

As Zhou's identity, if he turned against the water, the blow to Zhao Kuo could almost be said to be fatal, so he had to guard against it.

All possible signs must be killed!A few days later, King Zhao officially announced the name of the great prince of Zhao Guo, Zhao Qian!Zhao Kuo is also quite familiar with the name Zhao Qian.

In history, the last monarch of Zhao State who was destroyed by Qin Shihuang was this Zhao Qian!Instead of letting this Zhao Qian go and defeat Zhao Guo, Zhao Kuo's choice is of course Benhou himself.

Zhao Wang was very happy after getting Zhao Qian, but his actions after being happy made people have a lot of discussion.

Taking advantage of this happy event, King Zhao announced an order with the help of the eunuch Ling.

"Choose a concubine?"

When Zhao Kuo heard it, he was a little puzzled: "The queen just gave birth to a son, and then the king started to choose a concubine?"

Although everyone knows that after giving birth, it is true that there is a period of time when men and women are not allowed to have sex with each other, but this King Zhao is too urgent, right?

Moreover, what about the concubine selection from the previous wave?

Xu Li was also obviously speechless, and said: "To tell you the truth, most of the selection of concubines last time was thrown into limbo by the king, and two concubines were killed."

Zhao Kuo snorted and said, "Killed?

Oh yes, it happened when the Marquis went on an expedition. What is the specific situation? "

Xu Li spread his hands and said: "This is not very clear, it is said that these two concubines bumped into something about the king, and then they were executed.

According to your order, my lord, the nightingales we develop in the palace are all of low status, mainly to ensure that their identities are kept absolutely secret, so they cannot know the secrets of the highest level. "

Zhao Kuo was thoughtful, stroking the beard on his chin and lost in thought.

Maybe it's time to talk to eunuch Ling?

Chapter 823 King Zhao is Very Angry

While Zhao Kuo was thinking about this question, a dialogue was going on in the palace.

Zhao Wang looked at the eunuch Ling in front of him, and said very calmly: "This time, beauty is not the key to the draft, you must choose a group of obedient ones for the widow, you know?

Don't be disobedient like the last batch, with messy thoughts in your head all day long. "

After hearing what Wang Zhaowang said, the eunuch was also a little speechless.

In the eyes of eunuch Ling, the last batch of concubines of Zhao Guo was actually not bad at all. Several of them were abolished by King Zhao just because they wanted to compete for favor, which is very common for women. Two of them were killed.

To be honest, it is actually a bit unfair.

But now the patient has also learned to be very smart, and he will never object to any of Zhao Wang's opinions.

Because the eunuch order is very clear, King Zhao is different from other monarchs, he will not tolerate any existence that disobeys his opinions, especially in this palace.

So the eunuch said respectfully: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, the veterans will definitely try their best to select a group of obedient ones and send them to the palace, and will definitely not let Your Majesty be offended in any way."

Zhao Wang nodded and said with great satisfaction: "That's good.

This matter must be done well, otherwise, I will only ask you! "

A moment later, Eunuch Ling walked out of the palace, and the expression on his face immediately became gloomy.

For eunuch orders, this order is actually quite difficult to handle.

Of course, the Eunuch Ling also wanted to select a group of obedient girls to enter the palace, but to be honest, who knows what these girls are thinking in their hearts?

If something really happened at that time, Eunuch Ling was almost certain that he would become the target of King Zhao's anger.

There is no reward for doing something like this well, but there must be punishment for doing something wrong, which is very frightening.

"It's not as good as when the former king and queen mother were in power."

Eunuch Ling complained secretly in his heart, and then went to work silently.

On the other side, King Zhao came to the queen mother's palace.

Since King Zhao came to power, the number of times he came to this queen mother's palace is actually one of the few.

The queen mother seemed to have calmed down a lot, but her face still seemed a little haggard.

When the Queen Mother saw King Zhao, she also had a surprised expression on her face, and said, "What's the matter with the King coming this time?"

Although King Zhao launched a coup to imprison the queen mother and took away her rights, the queen mother is Zhao Wang's biological mother and only has such a son, so after this period of time, the anger in the queen mother's heart also Gradually dissipated, no longer as strong as before.

Zhao Wang said very calmly: "Actually, there is nothing wrong, it's just that I just have time today, so I came to see the queen mother."

The Empress Dowager looked at King Zhao with a more surprised expression on her face, and after a while she said: "Didn't you just get the eldest prince?

Why is it a sad face now.

If the old woman remembers correctly, our country of Zhao has also achieved a huge victory recently, right? "

King Zhao didn't speak, and the hall suddenly became quiet.

For Zhao Wang, in fact, he was simply in a bad mood, coupled with a sudden whim, so he appeared here.

As for why he was in a bad mood, it was not a single factor, but a combination of many factors. It would be troublesome to explain it clearly, so King Zhao simply chose not to say it.

Seeing that King Zhao was silent, the queen mother hesitated for a moment, and then continued.

"Your Majesty, the old woman heard that you have killed many people in the palace recently.

Your Majesty is best to focus on kindness, that is, if those concubines have any faults, you can just punish them, and they will correct themselves next time, there is no need to go to war and kill them all at once.

If it is heard by the courtiers outside, it will also affect the reputation of the king. "

For the queen mother, she doesn't care too much about the outside world now, after all, the power has left the queen mother.

The Empress Dowager is more concerned about what happened in this palace of King Zhao. The death of those concubines has been heard by the Empress Dowager in the past few months.

The queen mother was actually a little uneasy, and wanted to persuade King Zhao, but she didn't get any chance to meet King Zhao.

Now that it is rare to see King Zhao appearing here, it is natural to say these words.

But the queen mother was indeed able to speak out, and Zhao Wang became even more unhappy after listening to it.

Zhao Wang said coldly: "Those are all widowed women. I don't need my mother to worry about what the widow wants to do with it. The queen mother only needs to sit here and take care of her for the rest of her life."

For King Zhao, he has been under the control of others for too many years, and he has never had any chance to make decisions about his own affairs.

It is also for this reason that when King Zhao has the ability to stand up and make decisions, he will not allow anyone else to help him make decisions, even if this person is his mother who gave birth to him.

Seeing Zhao Wang's cold face, the queen mother was taken aback for a moment.

At this moment, the Queen Mother suddenly felt that the child in front of her looked very strange to herself.

King Zhao stood up directly and walked out of the hall.

Obviously, Zhao Wang felt that this meeting should be over.

The queen mother looked at Zhao Wang's back silently, and left the hall just like that.

After a long time, a faint sigh sounded in the hall.

Zhao Wang walked out of the hall, just in time to meet the eunuch Ling who had just returned.

King Zhao looked at the eunuch Ling and asked a question.

"During this period of time in this palace, is there anyone who often comes to see the Queen Mother?"

The eunuch Ling was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, and then replied: "To tell you the truth, according to the veteran's memory, during this period, the queen should greet the queen mother more often."

"queen?"

This answer obviously made Zhao Wang feel a little surprised, but soon these surprises turned into anger: "What does this queen want to do, she ran to talk to the queen mother, don't you think that the situation in the palace city is not enough?" Is it messy?"

Zhao Wang's sudden outburst of anger caught Eunuch Ling a little by surprise. Since Eunuch Ling was not in the hall just now, he actually didn't know what happened, so he could only lower his head in fear.

Zhao Wang snorted and said coldly: "I remember that the queen has two maids who are close to her?

Go and execute one of them, it's a warning! "

When he said this, a very cold light shone in King Zhao's eyes.

Chapter 824 Zhao Kuo's Chance

When the eunuch Ling heard the order from King Zhao, he was stunned.

Although he has long been used to Zhao Wang's way of speaking, the feeling of killing someone if he doesn't agree with each other really makes the eunuch's scalp tingle.

However, before eunuch Ling could speak, King Zhao's gaze had already fixed on eunuch Ling, and said coldly: "What are you still doing here, do you still have to wait for someone to whip you, and then Are you willing to move?"

Eunuch Ling immediately closed his mouth very wisely, bowed deeply to King Zhao, and left quickly.

This matter seems to be just a small matter of the public, but no one thought that it is precisely because of such a small matter that it will directly have a huge impact on the future of Zhao Guo, and even the future of China as a whole.

So much so that after many historians in later generations learned about this incident, they all expressed emotion: "The death of a court lady ended an era and opened a new era!"

Later that day, Eunuch Ling returned to his residence a little uneasy.

Eunuch Ling had a mansion outside the palace, but because the recent King Zhao was too moody, Eunuch Ling didn't dare to go home at ordinary times, but just stayed in the palace.

Lying alone on the bed, eunuch Ling's mind was filled with today's scenes, and he finally made up his mind.

"No, I can't go on like this anymore, otherwise my head will be buried sooner or later."

As the saying goes, if you often walk by the river, your shoes will never get wet.

Although Eunuch Ling has served so many monarchs of the Zhao Kingdom, it does not mean that he has never done anything wrong.

With the current King Zhao's personality, he would beheaded if he did something wrong, and the eunuch Ling felt that the day he died would not be too far away.

How should we solve this matter now?