Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

Here comes the question, didn't Zhao Kuo also get Pingyuan Jun in that coup?

And Zhao Kuo is the real coup mastermind.

Here is the advantage of Zhao Kuo choosing to keep a low profile at that time.

Although Zhao Kuo was indeed the mastermind, no one else knew about this matter except for a few people such as Zhao Wang and Pingyang Jun.

Most people know that under Zhao Wang's order, Pingyang Jun single-handedly overthrew Pingyuan Jun and Lin Xiangru and became Xiangbang.

And what about Zhao Kuo?

Firstly, Zhao Kuo did not show his face during the coup to arrest or ransack his home, and secondly, after the coup, there was no change in his position and he was still the general of Zhao Guo, so Zhao Kuo had no sense of existence at all.

Under Nightingale's intentional or unintentional guidance, many public opinion felt that Zhao Kuo actually did not agree with the coup d'état, but saw that it was done, so he chose to abandon the Queen Mother and serve King Zhao for the sake of the overall situation.

In addition, before Lord Pingyuan and Lin Xiangru were dying, Zhao Kuo begged for a wave of love for these two people, and also took the retainers of Lord Pingyuan to collect the bodies of Lord Pingyuan, Lin Xiangru and others in public.

After this wave of incidents, Zhao Kuo's reputation in Handan has risen sharply.

As a result, many of the surviving Pingyuan Lord and Lin Xiangru's retainers all changed their faces and quietly defected to Zhao Kuo, waiting for one day to seek revenge from the current Zhao Guoxiang Bang Pingyang Lord.

After this series of events, Lord Pingyang's reputation was completely stink.

Although the bad reputation does not prevent Lord Pingyang from continuing to hold the position of Xiangbang, it is impossible for him to recruit those talented and ambitious retainers.

Scholars these days are all very individual. If you are not good enough as a master, I will not go to you. I must find someone I like.

This is why these cronies of Mr. Pingyang seem so reckless and lack political wisdom.

They are just some crooked melons and cracked dates, they are here to hug their thighs, what ability can they have?

Let them do whatever they can, all right.

Let them do some personnel work, forget it.

The more Mr. Pingyang thought about it, the more helpless he felt.

In this life, why do you always feel that you are targeting the old man?

But soon, Pingyang Jun cheered up and said: "You all go away."

Zhao Kuo still has to deal with it, but he can't rely on these second-hand retainers, he has to find some reliable partners.

Who?

Of course it is Zhou Shaofen!Jun Pingyang came all the way to Zhou Shaofen's home in a carriage.

After Zhou Shaofen heard the news, he hurried out to meet Pingyang Jun, and invited Pingyang Jun to the study.

Generally speaking, guests are invited to meet in the lobby, and the meeting in the study can show Zhou Shaofen's importance to Pingyang Jun.

Zhou Shaofen asked people to bring drinks and fruits, and after a few words of pleasantries, he smiled and said, "Your Majesty came here suddenly, there must be some important business?"

Pingyang Jun gave a wry smile and said: "What else is there to do?

It can only be that person. "

Zhou Shao comprehended and said, "Wu Xinjun?"

Lord Pingyang nodded, and after a while he said helplessly: "Sometimes this old man doubts whether this Zhao Kuo was sent by heaven to restrain this old man."

Zhou Shaofen didn't feel it was funny when he heard it, but his face was still serious, and said: "The specific plan is wrong, you are the Prime Minister, Wu Xinjun is just a general, no matter how you look at it, you are more important than him." It should be higher."

Lord Pingyang chuckled and said: "Whatever status is not, forget it.

Zhou Qing, I came to you today mainly to discuss a serious matter. "

Zhou Shaofen said: "About Wu Xinjun's business?"

Lord Pingyang nodded and said, "Are you going to do it?"

Zhou Shaofen was noncommittal, and said, "I don't know what your specific plan is?"

Mr. Pingyang knew that Zhou Shaofen was also a trickster this week, and he would not express his position unless he made it clear, so he told the truth.

"Zhou Qing, these days, our plan to use the queen in the palace seems to have been unsuccessful."

Zhou Shaofen said helplessly: "I don't know about your majesty, but you should know that your majesty just killed one of the queen's closest maids not long ago."

Pingyang Jun nodded and said: "Of course I know, in fact, this incident gave me enlightenment.

My plans here are all based on this matter. As long as we operate well, we can kill Zhao Kuo in one fell swoop! "

Chapter 832

When Pingyang Jun said this, Zhou Shaofen couldn't help being a little curious.

"What kind of plan is this?"

Jun Pingyang chuckled, and said with a complacent expression on his old face: "Don't tell me you haven't discovered it yet?

Compared with the previous kings, our king's personality is more manic. For him, wanting to kill is not a problem, the problem is just whether there is such an atmosphere. "

Zhou Shaofen narrowed his eyes, and seemed to understand what Lord Pingyang meant: "So, Lord Pingyang, you mean to create such an atmosphere for the king, right?"

Lord Pingyang nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, as long as the king gets angry, let alone Lord Wu Xin, even those who are closer to him will inevitably die.

Then we can completely design a situation where Lord Wu Xin has to turn his face against the king, and then the king is likely to execute Wu Xinjun to death in a fit of anger. "

Zhu Shaofen thought about it, and felt that Mr. Pingyang's idea was actually quite good.

Today's King Zhao really has a bad temper. Although he is not yet an adult, he will kill people at every turn. Dozens of people in the court have died at the hands of King Zhao.

But if he thought about it carefully, Zhou Shaofen felt that Jun Pingyang's plan actually had a lot of flaws.

Zhou Shaofen couldn't help but said: "Mr. Pingyang, it's not that I want to contradict you on purpose, but in this situation, it seems a bit difficult for the king and Mr. Wu Xin to turn against each other because of something, right?"

In the past year, Zhao Kuo, in the true sense of the war, won two great victories for Zhao State, and also made Yan State completely merged into Zhao State's territory.

Under such circumstances, King Zhao's appreciation for Zhao Kuo can be felt by one person, so how can we expect these two people to turn their faces suddenly, even to the point where King Zhao wants to kill Zhao Kuo?

Faced with Zhou Shaofen's questioning, Mr. Pingyang did not become angry from embarrassment, and even showed a confident smile.

"To tell you the truth, I actually had this idea a long time ago, and the reason why I haven't implemented it is just because I really have the same troubles as you.

But just today, when the old man came halfway to your house in a carriage, the old man suddenly figured it out. "

Zhou Shaofen said curiously: "What do you want to understand?"

Lord Pingyang smiled calmly: "Indeed, Zhao Kuo has won the trust of the king because of his military achievements, and he must not have thought that the king would suddenly turn against him. This is a very good opportunity.

And the thing that can really make Zhao Kuo and the king turn their faces has already existed, but we may not have paid much attention to it in the past two years. This thing is military power. "

Zhou Shaofen froze immediately after hearing this sentence.

At this moment, Zhou Shaofen suddenly felt that Mr. Pingyang's plan seemed a bit messed up.

Zhou Shaofen couldn't help but said, "What's the specific plan like?"

Lord Pingyang said: "This plan is actually very simple, that is to let the king take back the military power from Lord Wu Xin.

First of all, it is to let the king firmly control the military power in Handan City.

As long as the military power of Handan City is controlled in the hands of the king, even if we fail to turn the king and Wu Xinjun this time, the next time, or at any point in the future, as long as we can convince the king, then Wu Xinjun will undoubtedly die . "

After Zhou Shaofen heard Jun Pingyang's seemingly simple plan, he was extremely shocked and even gasped involuntarily.

Sometimes the simpler the plan the better.

Now the military power in Handan City is actually in the hands of Zhao Kuo and his cronies. Although everyone thinks that Zhao Kuo is unlikely to launch a coup, as Zhao Kuo's political opponent, there is indeed no hope that he can solve it by force in Handan City. Zhao Kuo, on the contrary, has to worry about being dealt with by force by Zhao Kuo.

If this military power can be returned to the hands of King Zhao, then everything will naturally be completely different.

With Zhao Wang's indistinctly cruel and bloodthirsty character, if Zhao Kuo has any dissatisfaction in the future, he will definitely be directly captured and killed by Zhao Wang.

It is even very possible that, as Mr. Pingyang said just now, Zhao Kuo will be hated or even killed by King Zhao because he is unwilling to surrender his military power.

It has to be said that if this plan is launched suddenly, Zhao Kuo will definitely remember it in his heart whenever Zhao Kuo shows a hint of embarrassment or resistance without knowing it, so that the relationship between the monarch and his ministers will be created. The huge crack can be said to be very vicious.

Jun Pingyang looked at the shocked Zhou Shaofen, and couldn't help but feel very proud, and said, "How is it, Mr. Zhou Qing's idea is not bad, right?"

At this moment, Mr. Pingyang was quite proud in his heart. So many retainers didn't come up with the idea, so the old man thought of it alone.

So sometimes personal wisdom is also very important.

Zhou Zhou Shaofen was silent for a while, then nodded and said, "Mr. Pingyang, your plan is indeed quite sure of success."

Pingyang Jun chuckled, and said to Zhou Shaofen with great anticipation: "Then Zhou Qing should be willing to cooperate with me this time?

If there is cooperation within the palace, then it will definitely get twice the result with half the effort. "

Zhou Shaofen let out a long breath, and slowly said to Pingyang Jun: "Pingyang Jun, go back at ease, Lao Fu will definitely make good preparations."

Lord Pingyang was overjoyed when he heard the words. In his opinion, Zhou Shaofen agreed to this.

So Pingyang Jun left contentedly.

After Pingyang Jun left, Zhou Shaofen sat quietly in the room and thought for a while, and then asked someone to find his younger brother Zhou Shaoliang.

After Zhou Shaoliang's arrival, Zhou Shaofen didn't hide anything, and told Zhou Shaoliang the whole plan.

Zhou Shaoliang was also taken aback after hearing this, and couldn't help but said: "You think that Lord Pingyang usually looks like a no-brainer, but he actually came up with such a vicious idea, really underestimated him." gone."

Zhou Shaofen shook his head, and said to Zhou Shaoliang: "Didn't I tell you already?

Never underestimate anyone in this world. "

Zhou Shaoliang did not refute his brother's idea this time, but nodded in conviction, and then suddenly said: "Brother, if this idea is really likely to succeed, why don't we just inform Zhao Kuo about it?" How about it?"

Zhou Shaoliang's suggestion is very simple, that is, Pingyang Jun will change from a fake cooperation to a real cooperation, and work together to kill Zhao Kuo.

Chapter 833 Zhou Shaofen's Tangle

As soon as Zhou Shaoliang said these words, Zhou Shaofen was immediately taken aback: "What are you talking about?"

Zhou Shaoliang said eloquently: "Didn't brother think about it?

If Pingyang Jun is really killed in the future, then the next opponent of Zhao Kuo is likely to be our Zhou family.

If this is the case, why don't we join hands with Lord Pingyang to kill Zhao Kuo first, and then turn around to deal with Lord Pingyang, wouldn't it be easier? "

Zhou Shaoliang's words immediately made Zhou Shaofen fall into thinking.

Frankly speaking, from the perspective of logical thinking, there is indeed nothing wrong with these words.

If you choose one of Pingyang Jun and Zhao Kuo as your opponent, then Zhao Kuo is undoubtedly the more difficult one.

In the past ten years, Zhao Kuo has won political victories time and time again. At the same time, he has been able to rely on his military victories to continuously expand his strength.

On the other hand, Lord Pingyang, although Lord Pingyang is now the Xiangbang of the State of Zhao and also the uncle of King Zhao, seems to have a very noble status and great power, but this is not the case in the eyes of the Zhou brothers who are familiar with the inside story.

The power of Lord Pingyang today is even smaller than that controlled by Zhao Kuo, and his prestige is far inferior to that of Zhao Kuo. If it is against Lord Pingyang in the future, the difficulty will be reduced a lot.

As the saying goes, a soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier, and for people like the Zhou brothers who are up and down in the political arena, an official who doesn't want to be a prime minister is also not a good official.

If you want to be Xiangbang, the two big mountains in front of the Zhou brothers are Zhao Kuo and Pingyang Jun.

If they want to reach the pinnacle of power, the Zhou Brothers must remove these two mountains one after another, so that they can truly have hope.

So now it is actually a choice. Among these two mountains, which one should be moved first, so as to better suit the interests of the Zhou Brothers and the future prospects of the Zhou Brothers?

At this moment, Zhou Shaofen suddenly felt that the burden on his shoulders became heavier.

He had to make a very correct decision, otherwise, the entire Zhou family would most likely suffer completely because of this wrong decision, and it would not be impossible for him to even disappear from Zhao Guo's political arena.

Zhou Shaoliang saw that Zhou Shaofen didn't speak, so he spoke again.

"Brother, I also understand what's on your mind. You think that Mr. Wu Xin is really difficult to defeat, so you want to take shelter under his wings.

But have you ever thought about one thing, that is, Wu Xinjun is indeed difficult to provoke, but there is another person who is even more difficult to provoke on his head, that is, the king.

After Wu Xinjun took control of the power, he may indeed not make other actions, but for the king, can he tolerate Wu Xinjun alone controlling the power of our Zhao country?

The king will definitely support another faction to fight against Wu Xinjun, and our Zhou family is the most suitable one.

We don't have the right to refuse, do we?

If we really reject the king's proposal, then the Zhou family will suffer directly.

So we can only agree to the king's proposal. In that case, we will still be hostile to Zhao Kuo in the future.

Instead of fighting against a powerful Zhao Kuo in the future, wouldn't it be better for us to get rid of Zhao Kuo before he reached his peak? "

After Zhou Shaoliang finished speaking, the tangled expression on Zhou Shaofen's face became more and more obvious.