Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

For a long time, although Zhao Kuo had this goal, the specific time for realizing the goal was not clear.

Today is the first time for Zhao Kuo to clarify the time, which shows that the realization of this goal is really very, very close.

Pang Nuan laughed loudly, and said: "Okay! The old man is relieved now, it's only two or three years, and the old man can still live.

Otherwise, it would be a real pity if the old man died of old age before Jun Hou achieved great success! "

Hearing Pang Nuan's words, Zhao Kuo couldn't help laughing: "Don't worry Pang Qing, of course you will definitely see that day!"

Chapter 946 Yiqu people's allegiance to Zhao Kuo

After the news that Li Mu was appointed as the General and Xu Li was appointed as the Grand Sima was officially announced, the entire political circle of Zhao State was shocked.

"What, two of Wu Xinjun's confidantes actually served as the first and second in command of the military?"

"It's all right now, what will happen to those who want to fight against Wu Xinjun in the future."

"It seems that this army will definitely be ruled by Lord Wu Xin in the future!"

"It's okay, okay, the relationship between our family and Wu Xinjun was good before."

"good?

Don't be stupid, I'm afraid there will be only two types of people in the army in the future, one is Wu Xinjun's subjects, and the other is those who have been expelled! "

All kinds of discussions are very turbulent, but in general, they can't make too much waves.

After all, Zhao Kuo's power is indeed very large now, and a small group of people who have opinions can't pose any decent threat to Zhao Kuo at all.

In fact, the vast majority of people complained about it, and the speed of sending greeting cards to Zhao Kuo's mansion was also not slow.

Politics is like this. When a person becomes very powerful and becomes a towering tree, then other people will gather around him in unison and hug their thighs together.

As for objection?

That is the stupid act of a mantis acting like a cart, and it is impossible for someone to do it.

After the appointment of King Zhao, the generals of the neutral factions that still existed in the original army immediately fell to Zhao Kuo. As for the generals of Lian Po and Zhou Shaofen, some of them had very hard bones and chose to die. Those who are not hard enough have already started looking for contacts everywhere to ask to see Li Mu and Xu Li.

After hearing these things from Xu Li, Zhao Kuo couldn't help but laugh.

Xu Li said: "For these generals who plan to defect, what should we do, my lord?"

Zhao Kuo stroked his beard, thought for a while and said, "It's not impossible to use it, but it must not be used much, and it can't be placed in a key position."

Zhou Shaofen has been a professional undercover agent for so many years, maybe he will send a few people to Zhao Kuo's side as undercover agents, so he has to guard against it.

After Xu Li left, Yi Qusheng was the next visitor.

Yi Qusheng returned to the court with Li Mu's team, and lived in Handan City during this time.

As the only vassal state of Zhao State today, Yiqu State is treated quite well by Yiqu Sheng. The mansion in Handan City is similar to that of Zhao Kuo, very grand.

"King Yiqu, sit down.

have you eaten?

Let's eat with Ben Hou later. "

Zhao Kuo greeted Yi Qusheng with a smile. This is the brother of Zhao Kuo's young wife, Yi Quwei, and also Zhao Kuo's eldest uncle.

In fact, the establishment of Yiqu State was also the result of Zhao Kuo defeating Qin State and forcing Qin State to do it, so the relationship between the two parties is quite close.

It is no exaggeration to say that without the existence of Zhao Kuo, there would be no Yiqu country now!Yi Qusheng sighed, and said: "Mr. Wu Xin, I heard a piece of news recently, and I don't know if it's true or not, so I came here to ask you first.

You are Zhao Guoxiangbang, your words must be correct. "

Zhao Kuo snorted and said with a smile, "What's the matter?

Tell me and let me see. "

Yiqusheng looked around, and then said cautiously: "I heard that your country of Zhao is going to annex our country of Yiqu, I wonder if it is true?"

Zhao Kuo was stunned when he heard this.

The Yiqu country was established on the basis of the land in Beidi County of the Qin State. Speaking of which, the land of the Yiqu country can also be regarded as "Huaxia territory".

Therefore, Zhao Guo has indeed had a voice over the years, that is, Yiqu should not be a vassal state, but directly annex it, and let Zhao Guo's officials rule directly.

Zhao Kuo said: "It is true that there have been such sayings in the past few years, but at present, the king has not made any decisions, so don't worry, Yiqu Kingdom will be absolutely fine, at least in a short period of time."

Yi Qusheng did not feel relieved by this, but continued to ask: "What if it is a long time?"

Zhao Kuo pondered for a while, then said, "King Yiqu, our Great Zhao's goal is to unify the world, you should be very clear about this, right?"

Although Zhao Kuo said this sentence very euphemistically, the meaning is quite obvious.

Zhao State wanted to unify the world, and Yiqu State was obviously a part of "Tianxia".

Yi Qusheng let out a long breath and said, "I understand."

Zhao Kuo thought for a while, and said, "King Yiqu, actually, I would like to advise you. Now that the world is in such a situation, you'd better not act rashly, otherwise you will only bring disaster to the Yiqu country."

For the sake of being the uncle, Zhao Kuo also persuaded Yiqu to win.

The land of Yiqu State is equivalent to a county of Zhao Kuo, and the soldiers and horses are just over [-], which is too weak for Zhao State, which can easily mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops.

If Yi Qusheng really wanted to rebel against Zhao Guo, he would be courting death.

Yiqu Sheng was silent for a while, his expression obviously a little depressed, and said: "Wu Xinjun, can't you help our Yiqu country?"

Zhao Kuo said helplessly: "This kind of matter is related to Da Zhao's interests. With all due respect, I really can't help you."

What Zhao Kuo said was the truth, even if Zhao Kuo became the king of Zhao in the future, the Yiqu country should be annexed and it would be annexed.

In the face of national interests, Yi Qusheng, the brother-in-law, can only stand aside.

After listening to Zhao Kuo's words, Yi Qusheng fell to the ground with a bang.

Zhao Kuo was taken aback, and was about to help, when Yi Qu Sheng sat back down again with a whoosh, looking at Zhao Kuo with piercing eyes: "Mr. Wu Xin, I have decided."

Zhao Kuo was puzzled: "What has been decided?"

Yi Qusheng chuckled, and said softly: "Sooner or later, the anti-justice country will be gone, so why should I take advantage of others?

How about this, starting today, Yiqu Country will be handed over to you, how about it? "

Yiqu Sheng's words made Zhao Kuo not come back to his senses all of a sudden: "Leave it to me?"

Yiqu Sheng smiled and said: "Yes! King Zhao and I don't know each other well, why should I hand over Yiqu Kingdom to him?

In the future, when Zhao Guo really wants to annex Yiqu Kingdom, I will give you all the troops and essence of Yiqu Kingdom!what do you think? "

Zhao Kuo couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

Until this time, Zhao Kuo suddenly understood why Yiqu Sheng should return to Yiqu country tomorrow, but why he stayed in Handan City until now.

To put it bluntly, Yiqu Sheng already knew the result of the inevitable annexation of the Yiqu country. He just hoped to find a backer for the Yiqu people, one that could ensure the status of the Yiqu people after the Yiqu country merged into the Zhao country in the future. backing.

Zhao Kuo reached out and took Yi Qusheng's hand: "No problem.

From today onwards, the people of Yiqu are my own people, Zhao Kuo! "

Yi Qusheng laughed loudly: "I knew, Wu Xinjun, you must be fine!"

This cooperation can be said to be mutually beneficial for both parties.

The people of Yiqu obtained the biggest backer in Zhao Guo's political arena, while Zhao Kuo obtained a cavalry force of more than [-] people, a strange soldier who might play a role at a critical moment!

Chapter 947 Zhao Kuo's Journey to Daliang City

Obtaining the allegiance of the Yiqu country is undoubtedly an unexpected good news for Zhao Kuo.

In the following time, Zhao Kuo began to continue to consolidate his power.

Xu Li and Li Mu are mainly responsible for the military affairs. After all, these are also Zhao Kuo's old subordinates for many years, and they have already grown to the point where they can take charge of their own affairs.

In fact, Zhao Kuo now seldom does some specific affairs, and basically explains things to his subordinates, and then controls the overall situation by himself.

Otherwise, with so many things to do every day, wouldn't Zhao Kuo be exhausted to death by doing everything by himself?

Only when the subordinates are still uncertain is the time for Zhao Kuo to come forward to make up his mind.

As far as the current state of Zhao is concerned, the most urgent task is undoubtedly the assimilation of the old land of the state of Wei.

This assimilation did not go very smoothly.

Judging from the reports of officials from all over the country and Nightingale's secret observations, the Wei people were quite resistant to becoming "Zhao people".

This matter has to start from the state of Jin in those days.

In the era of the Jin State, the Wei, Zhao, and Han families all belonged to the great nobles of the Jin State, that is, the "Qing Clan".

Later, after fierce internal strife, the Qing family in the Jin State was reduced from a dozen to six, and then from six to three, that is, Wei, Zhao, and Han.

After a long period of internal strife, the three families of Wei, Zhao and Han felt: "If I continue to fight with the other two, it may not be our family that survives to the end."

Therefore, the three nobles signed an agreement to carve up all the territory of the Jin State and establish a country each.

This is the famous "Separation of Jin Dynasty" in history, and this time the division of Jin Dynasty is also recognized as the dividing point between the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

After the three divisions, which country is the most powerful?

The answer is Wei Guo.

In the early period of the first generation of monarch Weihou, the second generation of monarch Wei Wuhou, and the third generation of monarch Wei Huiwang, for about seven or eighty years, Wei State has always been the most powerful country among the seven heroes of the Warring States Period. , and also the first overlord of the Warring States Period.

At that time, Wei State beat Qin State in the west, occupied Xihe County, defeated Qi State in the east, and Chu State in the south was also violently beaten by Wei State.

What about Zhao Guo?

At that time, Zhao Guo was the same as South Korea, and basically belonged to the younger brother of Wei Guo. He would either go out with the elder brother Wei Guo, or be beaten by the elder brother Wei Guo if he was disobedient.

The glory of Wei State lasted for a long time, until the later period of King Wei Hui, King Wei of Qi appointed Tian Ji and Sun Bin, the golden pair, through two battles, the Battle of Guiling and the Battle of Maling, which severely damaged the State of Wei, killing Wei Guo's number one general, Pang Juan, annihilated more than [-] Wei Guo elites, which made Wei Guo fall into decline.

Decades after the decline of Wei State, Zhao Guocai slowly rose under the reform of "Hufu Riding and Shooting" by King Zhao Wuling.

Therefore, from the perspective of Wei Guo people, they belong to "veteran wealthy families with rich ancestors and rich heritage", while Zhao Guo belongs to "without much heritage. They were our younger brothers in Wei Guo, but now they have become an upstart by luck".

This kind of view has become the mainstream among the Wei people, which makes the Wei people feel very uncomfortable.

The former younger brother, now actually annexed the eldest brother's family property in turn, and let the eldest brother's descendants all become members of the younger brother's family, can this be tolerated?

Coupled with the fact that Lord Xinling, a very famous minister in Wei State, committed suicide, this made the people of Wei State who originally admired Lord Xinling very much hate Zhao State even more.

A few months passed, and there were not many rebellions in Wei State because of the Zhao State garrison, but there were more and more incidents of disobedience and disobedience.

Officials of the Zhao State who came to Daliang and other places with great interest had no choice but to find that no one listened to, implemented, supervised, or took charge of their orders. It's not going well!This point was also mentioned in the court discussion. Zhou Shaofen, who had been patient for a long time, immediately opened his mouth and took this opportunity to question Zhao Kuo severely.

Xiangbang's position is like this. Although he can have an overview of the country's government affairs, he is also an omnipotent blame man. If anything goes wrong, Xiangbang can be blamed.

So, Zhao Kuo started to set off the next day after the court meeting, heading south to Daliang City.

On the carriage, Yi Quwei looked at the window curiously, pointed at the snow-covered field outside and smiled at Zhao Kuo: "Husband, this snow is really heavy!"

Although it is to perform official duties, this time is not a war after all, so of course Zhao Kuo can bring a woman with him.

Among the three wives and concubines, Tian Wan needs to sit in the mansion to handle government affairs, and Qiu'er is not a person who likes to go out, so the task of accompanying Zhao Kuo falls on the youngest and most active concubine Yi Quwei.

Zhao Kuo looked at Yi Quwei with a smile. She had been married to Zhao Kuo for several years, and she gave birth to a son and a daughter for Zhao Kuo one after another. But perhaps because Yi Quwei likes sports, her identity not only has no She regressed, but because of her age, she changed from a young girl to a young woman, with a more mature style.

Zhao Kuo stretched out his hand, took Yiquwei into his arms, and said with a smile, "It's just the first snow now, maybe there has already been heavy snowfall in Yiqu country?"

Yiquwei didn't have any shyness, she turned around and rode on Zhao Kuo in a horseback posture, and said with a smile: "Of course, I used to like to have snowball fights with Brother Wang, but it's a pity that the Qin people took over Yiqu, there are very few opportunities like this.”

Feeling the astonishing elasticity of the beauty in his arms, Zhao Kuo lightly tightened his arms, and said with a smile: "The Yiqu country has now got rid of the Qin country, and with the support of our Zhao country in the future, life will be better and better." It's getting better."

Yiquwei sighed, exhaled like blue and said to Zhao Kuo: "Husband, can the Yiqu country really only perish?"

Zhao Kuo was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "You just don't understand.

The establishment of a country by Yiqu people sounds good, but in reality?

For so many years, the Yiqu people were either oppressed by the Xiongnu and the Yue clan, or ruled by the Qin people.

Husband, let me tell you the truth, if a small country like Yiqu becomes independent, it will instead be enslaved by other powerful forces.

It's better to take the initiative to integrate into our Huaxia and become one of the Huaxia people.

In this case, even if anyone dares to bully Yiqu people in the future, he is bullying the entire Chinese nation.

Think about it, how powerful is the power of the entire Chinese nation of more than 3000 million people?

By that time, Yiqu people will really be able to sit back and relax. "