Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

No matter how much he trusted the minister, King Zhao would not allow this person to get involved in the supreme power of King Zhao!It was at this time that the eunuch Ling suddenly hurried into the palace and reported a news to King Zhao.

"Your Majesty, I just learned that General Li Mu has visited Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo."

King Zhao was taken aback: "What?

He actually went to visit Wu Xinjun? "

At this moment, Zhao Wang felt a little frustrated.

After plotting against Li Mu like this, is Li Mu still loyal to Zhao Kuo?

In this case, it is definitely not a good thing for King Zhao.

Fortunately, the next moment, Eunuch Ling said another sentence, which directly made King Zhao happy.

"Your Majesty, although General Li Mu has already arrived outside the gate of Wu Xinjun's mansion, the gate has not been opened!"

Yes, the gate of Zhao Kuo's mansion was not opened, but kept closed.

Li Mu's carriage was parked outside the gate of Zhao Kuo's mansion, waiting quietly.

The door still didn't open.

You must know that because of what happened at the celebration banquet, Li Mu was originally the object of everyone's attention, so when Li Mu went to Zhao Kuo's mansion, many Zhao Guo ministers secretly sent people to pay attention.

When the news that Li Mu was refused to enter Zhao Kuo's mansion was reported to these ministers, these ministers were even more shocked.

"Wu Xinjun actually directly rejected General Li Mu?

It seems that the relationship between the two has indeed deteriorated very much. "

"Grand General Li Mu was also loyal to Lord Wu Xin back then, so why?" "Speaking of which, the Zhou brothers also broke away from under the wing of Lord Wu Xin to establish their own family. It seems that it is time for General Li Mu to establish their own family. "

"I hope this matter will not affect us."

All in all, everyone is nervous because they don't know which direction things are going to go.

Even Zhao Wang issued an order to the eunuch: "Send someone to keep an eye on Li Mu. If there is any new change, you must notify the widow immediately!"

After the eunuch order left, Queen Li asked, "Could it be that Your Majesty wants General Li Mu to form an alliance with the Zhou Brothers to maintain a balance with Lord Wu Xin?"

Zhao Wang smiled slightly, and kissed Queen Li on the face: "Queen, what you said is only half right."

King Zhao's thoughts were not as simple as Queen Li thought.

In Zhao Wang's view, the Zhou brothers are indeed a necessary component to contain Zhao Kuo, but are the Zhou brothers really reliable?

not necessarily.

Zhao Wang abolished the Queen Zhou who came from the Zhou family. The Zhou brothers didn't say anything on the surface, but in their hearts, did they have no complaints against Zhao Wang?

Therefore, what King Zhao wanted was not just to "take" Li Mu from Zhao Kuo's hands, but what King Zhao planned was to make Li Mu independent and become the third pole in Zhao's political arena, only obeying the orders of King Zhao. share power.

The benefits of Li Mu becoming the third pole are obvious. If Li Mu agrees with Zhao Kuo, Zhao Kuo will win; Step in to make the final decision to dismiss Zhao Kuo.

To put it simply, Li Mu will become the bargaining chip in Zhao's political arena that can control where the balance will tilt, so that King Zhao can continue to sit behind the scenes and become the detached and high-ranking king.

After listening to King Zhao's explanation, Queen Li was surprised.

For a long time, Queen Li felt that King Zhao was actually just a man who fell under her pomegranate skirt, and she felt that King Zhao could be easily controlled.

But it was only now that she discovered that King Zhao actually had so much knowledge in his mind, and his control over the political situation was even more mature now, which really gave Queen Li a feeling of refreshing her understanding.

Queen Li took a deep breath, and said to King Zhao, "Your Majesty is so wise, I admire you!"

Looking at Queen Li with an adoring expression on his face, King Zhao laughed triumphantly.

At this moment, in King Zhao's heart, Li Mu and Zhao Kuo are nothing but pawns that can be manipulated at will!Li Mu's carriage was still parked outside Zhao Kuo's mansion.

The time passed by every minute and every second, and it was already dusk.

Finally, the side door of Zhao Kuo's mansion opened, and Su Li came out.

Su Li came to the carriage and said to the carriage: "General, the Lord said that he is not feeling well today, so I won't see you."

In the carriage, Li Mu's voice came out: "I just want to explain to Wu Xinjun, there may be some misunderstanding here."

Su Li said lightly: "There is no misunderstanding.

My master said that once some people go the wrong way, they will never be fellow travelers again. General, please come back. "

After saying this, Su Li turned and entered Wu Xinjun's mansion without looking back, and closed the door again with a slam.

The conversation between Su Li and Li Mu was clearly heard by many nearby spies.

The spies' hearts were pounding, and they held their breath, waiting for Li Mu's reaction.

From their point of view, Li Mu is very likely to be furious after hearing such words, and it is hard to say anything about people under the fury.

However, Li Mu did nothing.

After a long time, when the last ray of sunlight on the horizon completely dissipated and the whole world was completely plunged into darkness, Li Mu finally spoke.

"Let's go home."

Li Mu's carriage just left Zhao Kuo's mansion and went home.

After Li Mu's carriage left, all the spies rushed back to report the news to their masters.

"Li Mu still didn't meet Wu Xinjun in the end?"

Zhao Wang, who was having dinner, couldn't help laughing smugly after hearing the news.

Queen Li said suspiciously from the side: "Wu Xinjun and Li Mu have also been in the relationship of monarchs and ministers for more than ten years. Could it be that they just abandon it?"

Zhao Wang shook his head and said with a smile: "Of course it is difficult to abandon Li Mu, but Wu Xinjun is a smart man, he has obviously understood the message given to him by the widow, so he made a choice between Li Mu and Xu Li."

In Zhao Wang's view, since Zhao Kuo knew Zhao Wang's dissatisfaction, the only way was to choose between Li Mu and Xu Li.

Li Mu did have a good relationship with Zhao Kuo, but Xu Li watched Zhao Kuo grow up, so of course his relationship surpassed Li Mu's.

Moreover, Xu Li is the great Sima, the number two figure in Zhao Guo's military. Zhao Kuo kept Xu Li as the second child, and "gave up" Li Mu, the number one figure in the army, to King Zhao, which obviously made King Zhao feel more at ease.

Queen Li thought for a while, and said to King Zhao, "So, Lord Wu Xin has passed the king's test?"

Zhao Wang smiled and nodded: "Yes, he did a very good job this time, so I can rest assured."

When Zhao Wang said this, his eyes moved slightly, but he immediately covered it up.

This is actually just the first step in a huge plan by King Zhao.

In King Zhao's view, factions such as Zhao Kuo's faction and Zhou's faction are quite nonsense.

The courtiers are all openly grouped together. Isn't this stealing the king's power openly?

Isn't this Zhao Guo the only one who has the final say? Why should the widow take into account the opinions of the Zhao Kuo faction and the Zhou Brothers faction?

In Zhao Wang's view, this kind of clique behavior shouldn't have happened at all!Everyone listened to King Zhao's opinion submissively, and the courtiers should do what King Zhao said. This is the right way!So what King Zhao has to do is not only to weaken, but also to completely eliminate this so-called faction.

Li Mu is just the beginning. In the future, King Zhao will eliminate Zhao Kuo and Zhou Shaofen one by one, and promote new ministers who are only loyal to King Zhao and do not hold together.

At that time, King Zhao will have only one "big king faction" in the entire political arena of Zhao State!In this way, King Zhao can truly be arbitrary, and that is the real monopoly of power!It's just that King Zhao didn't tell Queen Li about this thought.

It is true that Queen Li is very favored, but in Zhao Wang's heart, there are still some secrets that cannot be told to others!Queen Li, who didn't know about it, also let out a sigh of relief when she heard the words, and said with a smile: "The king said so, so the concubine can feel relieved."

For Queen Li, Zhao Kuo was an important help in promoting the second prince to become the prince, but he must not fall at this time.

King Zhao looked at Queen Li with a smile, but he had another thought in his heart.

Zhao Wang just hoped to tell Zhao Kuo the news through Queen Li's mouth, so that Zhao Kuo could relax his vigilance, and felt that Zhao Wang would not deal with Zhao Kuo again.

Wait a few more years, as long as Li Mu really controls the army, hey, Zhao Kuo, the Prime Minister, will be the end of it!

Chapter 997 Others' Winning over Li Mu

In Zhou's mansion, when the Zhou brothers heard the news, they were immediately overjoyed.

Zhou Shaoliang said with a smile: "Brother, this Zhao Kuo is really deadly, because of a little bit of jealousy, he gave Li Mu such a big embarrassment.

Think about it, who else would dare to serve Zhao Kuo in the future? You were right before, the time for us to rise has come! "

Zhou Shaofen was also quite happy in his heart, but he was not as optimistic as Zhou Shaoliang.

Zhou Shaofen said: "You are thinking too much, Wu Xinjun is now Xiangbang, as long as he is still Xiangbang for a day, then there will be more people who want to work for him, not to mention that there is a steady stream of people in the academy. His henchmen produce!"

The Zhou brothers really envy and hate the academy.

Hundreds of officials can be produced steadily every year, and most of these officials belong to Zhao Kuo's faction. Who would not envy this.

It's a pity that Xun Kuang, a famous university student all over the world, is in charge of the current academy, and Han Fei's confidant Zhao Kuo is in charge of the middle level. Although the Zhou brothers have tried their best, it is still difficult to intervene in the academy.

Zhou Shaoliang coughed and said: "Brother, let's not talk about such disappointing things on such a good day today.

Let's talk about Li Mu, can we win him over? "

Zhou Shaofen nodded and said: "Just in case, we will visit him tomorrow, and you will send someone to deliver the greeting card immediately!"

Zhou Shaofen was also a little worried. If Zhao Kuo figured it out and reconciled with Li Mu, there would definitely be nothing wrong with the Zhou Brothers.

So the Zhou Brothers also wanted to win over Li Mu completely before Zhao Kuo and Li Mu reconciled!The next day, the Zhou brothers happily got into the carriage and headed to Li Mu's mansion.

Sitting on the carriage, Zhou Shaoliang smiled and said to Zhou Shaofen: "Brother, do you think we can succeed in attracting Li Mu this time?"

Zhou Shaofen thought for a while, and said, "There must be an eighty to ninety percent certainty."

In Zhou Shaofen's view, Li Mu and the Zhou brothers actually have something in common. Everyone was Zhao Kuo's younger brother back then, but now they are independent.

After becoming independent, they were suppressed by Zhao Kuo again, so if they can hold together to keep warm, and get an "Avenger Alliance" to deal with Zhao Kuo, it would be very sweet.

Li Mu should have no reason to refuse.

After Zhou Shaoliang heard Zhou Shaofen's words, he also smiled: "At first, I thought that after Zhao Kuo destroyed South Korea this time, his power would be unstoppable. Unexpectedly, although he destroyed South Korea, he also gave us Li Mu for nothing. The weaker the game, hahaha!"

In the carriage, there was laughter.

Soon, the Zhou brothers came to Li Mu's mansion. Since they had already sent people to submit invitations yesterday, Li Mu naturally received them.

Li Mu's complexion looked very bad, but the Zhou brothers didn't take it seriously, because they felt that Li Mu's stinky face should be caused by Zhao Kuo, and had nothing to do with the Zhou brothers.

Not long after sitting down, Zhou Shaofen also took the initiative to bring up this matter: "General, I heard that you and Wu Xinjun had some misunderstandings?"

Li Mu nodded, and said slowly: "Yes, something did happen.

To be honest, I don't even think about it now. "

What Zhou Shaofen wanted was Li Mu's words, and he immediately said, "Actually, this kind of thing also happened to this old man."

Li Mu was stunned for a moment: "What Zhou Qing means is..." Zhou Shaofen smiled slightly, and said calmly: "I think the general also knows that the relationship between the old man and Wu Xinjun back then can be described as an intimacy.

But later, why did the old man leave Wu Xinjun? Is it because the old man was ungrateful?

no.

That's because the old man felt that Wu Xinjun is too ambitious! "

Li Mu looked at Zhou Shaofen, but didn't speak.

Zhou Shaofen continued: "Everyone is very ambitious, and those without ambition cannot make progress, this old man is also very clear.

But the problem with Wu Xinjun is that his ambition is very strong, and he always wants to desire something that does not belong to him.

The general must be very clear about Wu Xinjun's character, right? "

Li Mu was silent for a moment, and said: "It seems that Zhou Qing knows Lord Wu Xinjun very well."

Zhou Shaofen smiled and nodded, "Of course.

If the old man hadn't really noticed Wu Xinjun's ambition, how could the old man leave him?

If this kind of ambition of his continues, one day it will attract the vigilance of the king, and it will set him on fire!The old man didn't expect to be implicated by him. "

Zhao Kuo looked at Zhou Shaofen with a strange expression: "So, Zhou Qing finally chose to be the enemy of Wu Xinjun."

Zhou Shaofen admitted without any hesitation: "Yes, if Mr. Wu Xinjun's ambitions were not so great, maybe the old man would still be his loyal ally now.

But seeing that Wu Xinjun's ambition has not changed after being suppressed again and again, the old man understands that he cannot be changed.

Since he cannot be changed, the old man can only leave him and wait for his self-destruction!General, can't you see it?

As the power grows step by step, Wu Xinjun is no longer the Wu Xinjun we knew before! "

Li Mu is still silent, but the expression on his face has obviously wavered.

Zhou Shaofen felt that the time was up, so he said without losing the opportunity: "General, think about it carefully, as long as you and I work together, we can curb Wu Xinjun's ever-expanding power and desire.

Otherwise, he has decided to abandon you now, then you will inevitably suffer from his blows and revenge in the future.