Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

It's a pity that everyone has to pay the price when they make a mistake, and King Zhao is no exception.

Zhao Wang said slowly: "Now that the result of the discussion has come out, of course the widow must respect the result of the discussion of the ministers, so let's stop here."

After Zhao Wang's words fell, Pingyang Jun's body shook heavily.

For Mr. Pingyang, he was completely proud of himself during this period of time, and he suppressed Zhao Kuo time and time again on various battlefields.

So Mr. Pingyang thought that today's match would also end with Mr. Pingyang's victory.

It's a pity that in the end, Mr. Pingyang finally found out that he had predicted the situation completely wrongly.

Like King Zhao, Lord Pingyang also paid a price, and this price was much more serious than King Zhao.

In the eyes of others, Lord Pingyang put forward the proposal to add officials and ranks to Lian Po this time, and King Zhao was just pushing the boat along the way to give Pingyang Lord and Lian Po a face.

Therefore, the person who really damaged his prestige was Pingyang Jun, not Zhao Wang.

This is why Zhao Wang agreed to the entire voting result so cleanly and without hesitation.

Because the more Zhao Wang did this, the more people could feel that the whole thing was actually promoted by Pingyang Lord, Zhao Wang didn't know it, and was deceived.

Beside Pingyang Jun, Lian Po's expression was also extremely ugly.

In fact, Pingyang Jun had already talked to Lian Po about this matter as early as when he was on the expedition.

Therefore, in order to restore the title of Lord Wuxiang, Lian Po almost went all out and gave full play to all his talents. This is why he won such a hearty victory in the Battle of Liaodong this time.

Lian Poman thought that as long as he could win, he would be able to enjoy the joy of victory after returning to Handan, and he would be able to restore the title that was deprived before, but he never expected that things would turn out like this.

Not only did the title not recover, but because of the failure of Lord Pingyang, Lian Po, who was clearly the commander of the victorious army, became a laughing stock at this moment.

If he didn't know that this occasion is too important and he should never act rashly, Lian Po really wanted to pull out the sword from his waist and chop down the two bastards Pingyang Jun and Zhao Kuo in front of him. .

On the high platform, in front of the ancestral temple, there was an extremely awkward silence.

Finally, Zhao Wang obviously couldn't bear this kind of atmosphere anymore, so he spoke first.

"Okay, okay, there's no need to dawdle here anymore, the banquet is about to start, everyone follow the widow to the palace for the banquet."

Zhao Wang's words not only relieved Lord Pingyang and Lian Po, but also made the embarrassing atmosphere disappear instantly.

Zhao Guoqun's ministers, who came back to their senses, responded in unison, and then walked down the steps towards the bottom of the stage in groups of three or four.

Waves of whispers began to spread in the mouths of these ministers.

"At first, I thought that Wu Xinjun had been suppressed by the Pingyang Army in a bleak manner, but I never expected that Wu Xinjun's attack today was so precise."

"You don't know this, Wu Xinjun is worthy of being the No.1 general in the world. If he really doesn't make a name, he will become a blockbuster."

"Yes, yes, Mr. Pingyang's meticulous operations and layout in the past few months are completely inferior to Mr. Wu Xin's fatal blow today."

"It seems that it is not so easy to tell the winner in the political arena of Zhao State. We neutral ones should continue to look at the situation for the time being, and it is better not to rush to which side to take refuge in."

Zhao Kuo didn't listen deliberately, but similar words kept coming into his ears.

Beside Zhao Kuo, Pang Nuan's old face was full of smiles, and he said happily to Zhao Kuo: "Mr. Wu Xin, today is really fun. I haven't seen Mr. Pingyang's expression of eating turtles for a long time. It’s almost as uncomfortable as eating three catties of flies.”

After finishing speaking, Pang Nuan couldn't help the joy in his heart, and laughed out loud on the spot.

Zhao Kuo smiled slightly, and said to Pang Nuan: "Pang Qing, didn't I tell you before?

Don't worry, these are just the beginning, and there will be more good shows waiting to debut. "

Chapter 873

It was said to be a celebration banquet, but Zhao Wang was obviously in a very bad mood.

So after the celebration banquet was held, King Zhao said a few words casually, sat down and drank two glasses of wine with Lian Po, and then left in a hurry.

As a young man who is not yet 20 years old, although Zhao Wang has accepted the advanced teachings of the queen mother in many places, the young man's heart still makes him unable to face this failure so calmly.

Zhao Wang needs a place to resolve his anger. The most effective way for a man to resolve his anger is to find a woman, especially a woman he loves deeply.

So King Zhao came to Concubine Li's palace as a matter of course.

Concubine Li had obviously already made preparations for the arrival of King Zhao. Although taking care of the children was hard work, she came out to greet King Zhao immediately, and asked someone to serve the hangover soup that had been prepared for a long time.

Zhao Wang waved his hand, and said with a bit of hesitation: "There is no need to drink any hangover soup. The widow did not drink at all today, and I am full of gas."

This sentence obviously surprised Concubine Li, she couldn't help but said softly to King Zhao: "Today is a good day for Lian Po Da Sima to return to the court, how could someone be so blind and dare to make the king angry?"

King Zhao showed a wry smile helplessly, and said to Concubine Li: "Isn't it because of what you told the widow a few days ago?

The widow asked Mr. Pingyang to bring it up during the celebration today. Fortunately, Mr. Wu Xin directly led a group of people to veto this matter. "

Concubine Li was also stunned after hearing King Zhao explain the ins and outs of the matter.

After a long while, Concubine Li said in disbelief: "My lord, you are the king of Zhao, and your words are the highest will of Zhao. Why can Lord Wu Xin and his few officials overrule the king? What about opinions?"

King Zhao shook his head, and said to Concubine Li: "That's what I said, but in fact it's not like you can do whatever you want after you become a king.

If that's the case, then those ministers are not willing to listen to the words of the widow. "

It is true that in a country with a feudal system, the words of the monarch are indeed the highest order.

But the problem is that it is impossible for a king to rule thousands of people in the entire country by himself. He must have someone to help him to truly implement his orders.

So there are courtiers.

In fact, the monarch delegated these powers to his courtiers in exchange for the loyalty of his courtiers.

In the course of hundreds of thousands of years of history, a tacit understanding and order have gradually formed between the subjects and the monarch.

Due to the special circumstances of the Warring States Period, the tacit understanding and order of each country are different.

The tacit understanding and order of Zhao State is that the monarch makes decisions, but several important ministers have the voting rights to decide things.

In other words, the courtiers respect the monarch's right to make the highest decision, but the monarch must also respect the courtiers' right to vote.

If it is not respected, then the result has been made very clear in front.

As for the situation in TV dramas where the emperor is supreme and the courtiers are like slaves, of course there are in history, but they are all limited to the time when the Han people were ruled by foreigners.

Four words, can not be carefully tasted.

It's just that although King Zhao understood this truth very well, for a woman who was born in a brothel, Concubine Li obviously couldn't understand it.

So after a brief hesitation, Concubine Li couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, I think this is very wrong."

Zhao Wang said with some doubts: "What's wrong?"

Concubine Li put on a pretty face, and said seriously: "Your Majesty, you should think about it carefully. Now that you are in power, Lord Wu Xin doesn't respect you so much. If Lord Wu Xin becomes more powerful in the future, then she will not respect you." Will continue to respect your will?

So Wu Xinjun has to guard against this person. "

Concubine Li's words were actually a very common way to sow discord, but on this occasion it happened to play a role, and it entered Zhao Wang's heart.

After Zhao Wang heard this sentence, his face became very ugly.

Because he felt that Concubine Li's words were very reasonable.

Strictly speaking, King Zhao is not yet an adult, and Zhao Kuo's power is already so powerful. If it really continues to develop, will King Zhao be emptied by Zhao Kuo?

At this moment, King Zhao suddenly understood why his father, king and queen mother were so afraid of Zhao Kuo before, and they always chose to suppress Zhao Kuo.

Zhao Wang was silent for a long while, and said slowly: "Let's stop here, and talk about other things in the future."

Concubine Li was obviously dissatisfied with this answer, so she continued to say: "Your Majesty must not underestimate this matter. As the saying goes, you know what you know from a little, and now Zhao Kuo dares to openly contradict your Majesty in front of so many courtiers. That's enough to explain a lot of things.

If Zhao Kuo continues to maintain this momentum, it will definitely not be good news for the king and Zhao Guo in the future. "

From Concubine Li's point of view, after these words were finished, King Zhao would be furious, and his hatred for Zhao Kuo would be further improved.

But on this night things suddenly got out of hand.

King Zhao was indeed furious, but this time King Zhao's anger was not directed at Zhao Kuo, but at Concubine Li.

"Didn't the widow tell you to shut up?

Why do you just refuse to shut up, you keep saying that Wu Xinjun doesn't respect the widow, so why can't you respect the widow? "

Zhao Wang's sudden roar stunned Concubine Li.

She never expected that she would become the object of King Zhao's anger.

After Zhao Wang finished speaking, his face was livid, and he left the palace directly, leaving only Concubine Li standing there in a daze.

After a while, there was a burst of crying in the palace.

This night is destined to be very unforgettable for Zhao Wang, Li Fei, Pingyang Jun, Lian Po and so on.

As for Zhao Kuo, just as these people were wallowing in anger, Zhao Kuo had already started another action.

Not long after Zhao Wang left, Zhao Kuo also left the hall.

In the eyes of others, this is also a very normal behavior. After all, today's celebration banquet is held for Lian Po. It is impossible for Zhao Kuo to sit here all the time and participate in the banquet from beginning to end.

But what these people don't know is that although Zhao Kuo left the palace where the banquet was held, he did not leave the Palace of King Zhao.

As soon as he walked down the steps of the palace, Zhao Kuo saw the eunuch order not far away.

He has something to talk to eunuch Ling.

Chapter 874

Eunuch Ling didn't speak, but nodded towards Zhao Kuo in the dark, then turned and moved forward.

Zhao Kuo also did not speak, but followed the other party's footsteps very calmly.

After walking for a few minutes, the noisy main hall gradually faded away, and the two came to a seemingly remote palace courtyard.

The palace city of Zhao State is very large, but there are very few people who are qualified to live here, so some places are very magnificent, but some places look dilapidated as if no one has been here for decades.

Eunuch Ling stopped in his tracks, hung the lantern at hand on the wall, and said softly to Zhao Kuo, "Your Majesty, let's talk here."

Zhao Kuo nodded, and said to the eunuch Ling in front of him, "How is Concubine Li doing recently?"

Out of the goal of not wanting to alarm King Zhao, Zhao Kuo has always been very careful about the power he developed in the palace.

Nightingale's spies in the palace are all people with the lowest status. They can help Zhao Kuo open the gate of the palace at critical moments, but they can't do anything to investigate Concubine Li's situation.

At this time, the eunuch order will naturally come in handy.

Eunuch Ling seemed to have thought that Zhao Kuo would ask this question, so he answered immediately after hearing it.

"Concubine Li has been taking care of the little prince recently, but the king often visits her, and every time he goes, the two of them will discuss some important national affairs."

After Zhao Kuo heard this sentence, the corner of his mouth couldn't help but twitched slightly, revealing a hint of a mocking smile.

Isn't this a typical harem meddling in politics?

What's even more ridiculous is that other people's harem officials are either queens or queen mothers, but now Zhao Guo's harem officials are just a concubine born in a brothel.

I don't know what kind of mood the historians were when they recorded this period of history.

Zhao Kuo calmly continued to ask: "Since we are discussing important national affairs, it must be necessary to mention me."

This is really not Zhao Kuo boasting. As one of the most powerful ministers in Zhao State today, it is absolutely impossible for Zhao Kuo to discuss any major military affairs of Zhao State without bypassing Zhao Kuo.

Sure enough, the eunuch Ling immediately replied: "It is true.

To tell the truth from Wu Xinjun, Concubine Li's malice towards you is very serious. "

There was no surprise on Zhao Kuo's face, but a smile on the contrary: "If Concubine Li is full of kindness to me, it would be a really surprising thing."

The expression on the eunuch Ling's face was obviously a little embarrassed, and he said to Zhao Kuo: "Wu Xinjun, the old man actually tried to dissuade the king, but you also know that the king's meaning cannot be changed by a courtier like the old man. .”

Zhao Kuo looked at the eunuch Ling. In fact, he knew very well that what the eunuch Ling said was half-truth and half-false.

For this eunuch Ling, although he did form an alliance with Zhao Kuo on the surface, in the final analysis, the eunuch Ling's alliance was not to obtain any political benefits, but just to protect himself.

Self-protection is the highest priority of all actions of the eunuch. Under such a priority, it is absolutely impossible for the eunuch to say even a good word to Zhao Kuo beside King Zhao, because he is afraid that he will be killed because of this. He was angered by King Zhao.

Fortunately, Zhao Kuo came to look for eunuch Ling today, not because he wanted to say something nice in front of King Zhao. In fact, with Zhao's current power and status, there was no need to do so.

Zhao Kuo's real intention lies in another thing.

Zhao Kuo said to the eunuch order: "How is the Queen's situation recently?"

This question was obviously beyond the eunuch Ling's expectation, and he was stunned for several seconds before answering.

"The queen has been taking care of the eldest prince and princess recently, and she doesn't seem to have heard anything unusual."

When eunuch Ling said this, the expression on his face was actually a bit unnatural.