Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

Faced with such opposition, Zhao Kuo calmly said, "This sentence is very reasonable. Li Mu once broke through Xianyang City and captured the King of Qin; he also broke through Linzi City and captured him. King Qi.

If such military exploits are not enough to be promoted to Da Sima, then some people's military exploits are obviously not as good as Li Mu's but they hold important positions, isn't it unreasonable? "

Zhao Kuo launched a sharp counterattack at this moment.

After Zhao Kuo's voice fell, Lian Po's expression changed immediately.

There is no doubt that Zhao Kuo's words really hit Lian Po's pain directly.

But in terms of military exploits alone, Li Mu has followed Zhao Kuo in battles for many years, and his military exploits are absolutely shining, and the victories are a lot, crushing Lianpo steadily.

Faced with Zhao Kuo's responsibilities, Lian Po could not remain indifferent, and said directly: "Wu Xinjun, although Li Mu has indeed won many victories, he has never won a victory as a general.

So the old man felt that he still needed to lead his own army to win a few victories before he could continue to be promoted. "

Lian Po is not a fool, he can't continue to argue with Li Mu's military exploits, this will only expose Lian Po's failed battles in the past.

So Lian Po just focused on the key points and attacked Li Mu's lack of qualifications such as not having led an army independently.

Zhao Kuo chuckled, and said to Lian Po very calmly: "General Lian Po, you seem to be a little forgetful.

Didn't I just say that?

Whether it was the Battle of Xianyang where King Qin was captured or the Battle of Linzi where King Qi was captured, wasn't Li Mu leading the army independently?

As for the kind of army you mentioned that can really lead an army of 10 or even hundreds of thousands to attack other countries, let me ask you, except for high-ranking officials like the General and Sima, can ordinary generals have this qualification? ?

So Li Mu couldn't lead an army of more than 10 to go out, not because of his lack of ability, but because of his lack of official position, because our country of Zhao didn't give him this opportunity.

As long as the king can appoint Li Mu as the great Sima, then Li Mu will have the opportunity to lead an army of more than 10 to prove the certificate. At that time, everyone will come and see if Li Mu has the ability to make great contributions to our Zhao country! "

Zhao Kuo's words echoed loudly in the hall, leaving Lian Po speechless.

To be honest, talking about eloquence alone is not what Lian Po is good at.

Lian Po couldn't speak, Zhou Shaofen was about to speak, after all Zhou Shaofen was also determined to stop Zhao Kuo.

Zhou Shaofen said: "Wu Xinjun, of course we can understand your love for Li Mu, but Li Mu still needs to observe slowly.

After all, everyone knows that Li Mu was your retainer before. Doesn't this mean that you still want to continue to participate in the affairs of our Zhao army after leaving the position of general? "

Zhou Shaofen also had no choice. Since Zhao Kuo could not be reasonable, he had to change his method, questioning Zhao Kuo from the standpoint of Zhao Kuo's nomination, and wanted to use this to arouse King Zhao's fear of Zhao Kuo, so as to prevent Li Mu The goal of serving as Da Sima.

To Zhou Shaofen's doubt, Zhao Kuo directly responded with a very bright smile.

"First of all, I want to remind you that, as the head of civil and military officials, Xiangbang, I have the right to interfere and lead the affairs of Zhao's army.

Secondly, as Xiangbang, although I have left the position of general, no one can understand our Zhao army better than me.

So I have to arrange for one of my own people to continue to lead the army, so that our Zhao army will not go astray and be misled by some people.

Let me say something ugly, let you lead Zhao's army, do you have the ability to do what I did before?

If you think you have the ability to say that the other 5 countries are all wiped out, I can completely hand over the army to you. "

Zhao Kuo's words can be said to be a completely naked provocation, which made Zhou Shaofen and Lian Po's faces very ugly at the same time.

But Zhou Shaofen and Lian Pozhen really have no way to refute Zhao Kuo's words, because everyone knows that Zhao Kuo, the number one general in the world who has won all battles, has his record right there. Why do you question it?

There is no way, people have military exploits, and what they say is capricious.

After a moment of silence, King Zhao spoke.

"Okay, you all stop arguing, the widow already has an idea."

After hearing these words from King Zhao, everyone fell silent, waiting for King Zhao to make a final decision.

Zhao Wang knocked on the table and said: "Li Mu has indeed made outstanding achievements in battle. Give him the position of Chief Sima. He has the guidance of Lord Wu Xin, and I am more at ease, so let Li Mu be the chief Sima."

After Zhao Wang's words fell, the expressions of Zhou Shaofen and Lian Po suddenly became quite ugly.

This time, it was a real failure for them.

Zhao Kuo smiled, and said to King Zhao, "Thank you, Your Majesty, I will send someone to find Li Mu to enter the palace immediately, and ask him to thank you, Your Majesty."

King Zhao looked at Zhao Kuo with deep meaning in his eyes.

As far as King Zhao is concerned, the reason why he made this decision is actually very simple. Since there are already 6 people who oppose Zhao Kuo among the 3 important ministers, of course there must be 3 people on Zhao Kuo's side.

King Zhao smiled and said, "Okay, let me see if this Li Mu is as good as you Wu Xinjun said!"

Chapter 891 Consolidating Power

When a sentence comes out of other people's mouths, it is still a controversial sentence.

But when it came out of Zhao Wang's mouth, it was completely settled.

Li Mu will become the latest Sima of Zhao Guoda.

Zhao Kuo is undoubtedly very happy with this result, which can be detected by looking at the smile on Zhao Kuo's face at the moment.

On the other side, both Zhou Shaofen and Lian Po had rather ugly expressions.

Although they did succeed in taking down the position of General Zhao Guo who was coveted before this time, but now it seems that due to the existence of Zhao Kuo and Li Mu, this general may become as embarrassing as Pingyang Jun in the future. Position.

Pingyang Jun was the supreme leader in name before, but in fact he was not as powerful as Zhao Kuo. Now Lian Po might follow in Pingyang Jun's footsteps.

After Zhao Wang finished speaking, he waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's discuss here today."

For Zhao Wang, the current matter is considered to be settled.

After King Zhao spoke, everyone left the hall one after another.

Zhou Shaofen and Lian Po walked side by side, both of them had serious expressions on their faces.

Zhou Shaofen couldn't help but sighed and said: "The old man knew that the reason why Wu Xinjun was able to agree to the appointment of you as a general so easily must be fraudulent."

Lian Po was silent for a while, but he also knew what Zhou Shaofen meant.

To put it bluntly, Zhao Kuo was advancing by retreating, using the position of the general in exchange for Li Mu's new replacement as the position of the great Sima.

In this way, both Zhao Kuo and Li Mu were promoted to officials, and they definitely won't lose money.

Lian Po said slowly: "Actually, it doesn't matter, the old man may not be able to beat that guy Li Mu."

Lian Po still had some confidence in his heart.

Zhou Shaofen nodded, although he was not very optimistic about Lianpo in his heart, but at this time it was impossible to continue to say some discouraging words.

"I hope so."

Zhao Kuo returned to his mansion, immediately summoned all his confidants, and told them the news.

After hearing the news, the expressions of the others looked quite happy. In this way, Zhao Kuo would no longer have two people, but three people.

Li Mu himself was taken aback, and couldn't help but said: "My lord, I'm just a person who likes to lead troops to fight, and it's really difficult for me to take the position of chief minister.

Otherwise, you can talk to the king and let Xu Li's housekeeper take this position. "

For Li Mu, what he likes more is to charge into the battle, to engage in a psychological game of intrigue with the enemy, but Li Mu really hates things like this in the officialdom from the bottom of his heart, so it also makes him unable to do it. too come.

Zhao Kuo had obviously thought of the possibility of Li Mu's reply, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, revealing a smile.

"Li Mu, Li Mu, you are a person who wants to do great things, and you always have to learn something new. You don't want to be a general for the rest of your life, do you?

As for now, the position of Da Sima will naturally have me to give you advice, and I will also send some capable assistants to you, you don't need to worry about this problem. "

For Zhao Kuo, the reason why he recommended Li Mu instead of Xu Li was Zhao Kuo's own idea.

What must be made clear is that Xu Li is the most capable assistant beside Zhao Kuo.

Zhao Kuo had always served as a minister in terms of generals before. Although he also had a solid foundation in this aspect, it was actually a little weaker.

Under such circumstances, Zhao Kuo had to bring Xu Li, the most capable general, with him, and let Xu Li help Zhao Kuo control the situation on the side of Xiangbang's officials as soon as possible, and develop a harmonious relationship with the officials as soon as possible. The same powerful force as the generals.

At this time, if Xu Li is allowed to take the official position of Da Sima, it will be a kind of dispersion of Zhao Kuo's own strength.

After Li Mu heard these words, he had no choice but to agree.

For Li Mu, he actually has this ability, which can be seen from the fact that Li Mu guarded the northern border of Zhao State for a long time in history, and he was also an important military and political position.

In history, Li Mu once served as the general of the Zhao State. Later, because Zhao Wangqian was too stupid, he listened to Guo Kai's words and killed Li Mu unjustly, which led to the final demise of the Zhao State.

So Zhao Kuo believes that although Li Mu may be reluctant for a while, as long as he continues to do it, he will definitely be able to adapt and even do better.

On the second day, Zhao Kuo took Li Mu to King Zhao's palace.

Under the witness of everyone, King Zhao formally conferred on Li Mu the official post of Sima Zhao.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Naturally, Li Mu did not dare to neglect, and saluted King Zhao respectfully.

In any case, superficial kung fu must still be done, so as not to let others see the flaws.

Zhou Shaofen and Lian Po stood aside, watching this scene with complicated expressions on their faces.

Now Zhao Guo’s political arena has returned to the era of the six important ministers, and the power of the two sides has once again become 3:3. It seems that no one has an advantage. This is destined to be in the next Zhao Guo’s political arena. A bloody game.

Who will win?

At least at this moment, Zhou Shaofen and Lian Po who are standing here are very guilty.

After granting Li Mu the official position, Li Mu and Zhao Kuo did not leave, but went to visit Concubine Li with Pang Nuan.

This is also something that Zhao Kuo had thought in advance, that is, to show a look to King Zhao, to prove that we still support Concubine Li very much.

Sure enough, Concubine Li was very happy after seeing the three important ministers visiting together, and her pretty face was radiant.

For a woman like Concubine Li, all she can think about is how to make her child the future king of Zhao.

Now that the three important ministers came to visit together, they have actually expressed their support for Concubine Li. How could Concubine Li not be happy from the bottom of her heart?

So the conversation between the two parties was very pleasant.

When leaving, Li Mu who was sitting in the carriage couldn't help wiping the sweat from his forehead.

For Li Mu, such a political entertainment is indeed quite difficult to adapt to.

Pang Nuan couldn't help laughing at this scene, and said to Zhao Kuo: "I didn't expect that Concubine Li was so eloquent in her speech, not at all as I imagined before."

After Zhao Kuo heard this, a smile could not help but appear on the corner of his mouth: "If it wasn't like this, how could she win the heart of the king?"

Pang Nuan nodded and said, "Wu Xinjun, what shall we do next?"

Zhao Kuo looked out of the window of the carriage, and said very calmly: "The domestic affairs have come to an end here, and the next thing we have to do is to start a war."

Chapter 892 New War Goal

In this era, after any prime minister came to power, the best way to consolidate his power was to start a war.

At this point, whether it is Pingyang Jun or Zhao Kuo, there is no difference.

Winter is coming soon.

Every winter is a rare and relatively leisurely time for officials of all sizes in Handan City.

The heavy snow in winter naturally brings traffic congestion, which also leads to the lowest connection between cities in human society in winter.

Under such circumstances, the tasks that can be passed to Handan to be dealt with are often those that are more urgent. As for some things that are not so urgent, local officials often choose to deal with them by themselves, and then wait until spring. and report.

It is precisely because of this that when winter comes, Zhao Kuo will have time to leave temporarily from the busy government affairs and come to deal with the problem of how to choose the next target.

Unlike before, Zhao Kuo now has a large number of staff, so under the advice of these staff, he also came up with a relatively complete plan.

When a person's power reaches a certain level, he no longer needs to worry about specific things, he just needs to distribute these things and let the people below do things well.

This is what people often say that those who work hard rule others, and those who work hard rule others.

Zhao Kuo looked at Li Mu and said to Li Mu: "This meeting is the first time you have spoken in such a meeting, so don't have any psychological pressure."

When saying these words, Zhao Kuo and Li Mu were sitting in the carriage, preparing to go to King Zhao's Palace to attend the next court meeting.

Li Mu nodded and patted his cheeks, which is a way he often uses to relieve stress.

For Li Mu, he was actually quite nervous.

After all, for so many years, what Li Mu has been responsible for has been to charge forward on the battlefield, not to go to the political arena to have a verbal battle with others like today.

Zhao Kuo smiled, and said to Li Mu: "Don't worry, this time I mainly let you see the world, basically I'm the one who spoke."

Only then did Li Mu heave a sigh of relief, and smiled at Zhao Kuo, "I'm dissatisfied with the lord, but I'm really not good at this kind of thing. If I lead troops to fight, then I'm not in vain at all."

The two talked and laughed all the way, which relieved a lot of psychological pressure for Li Mu, and soon came to the main hall of King Zhao's Palace.