Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

It will be launched tonight, so don't get drunk when you wait. "

Li Mu nodded very seriously, and said to King Zhao, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, how could I be drunk at such a critical moment!"

Looking at Li Mu, King Zhao laughed again.

"In this case, the widow will really sit back and relax!"

Amid galloping galloping horses, King Zhao's royal driver entered the palace city and came to the ancestral temple.

The next step is to return the soldier talisman, ax and axe, and conduct routine activities such as rewards.

Logically speaking, this kind of award should actually be announced by Zhao Kuo, the Xiangbang, but King Zhao chose the eunuch's order.

Many people continued to observe Zhao Kuo, wanting to see Zhao Kuo's unhappy expression, but they were disappointed again.

Zhao Kuo just stood quietly at the position closest to King Zhao, with a calm and calm expression on his face, without any irritation at all.

This even began to make some ministers of the Zhao Kingdom doubt their lives: "Didn't Lord Wu Xin quarrel with the king in front of the palace a few days ago? Why did the king not react at all to the king's continuous actions of yin and yang?"

Immediately afterwards, someone thought wrong again: "It seems that Wu Xinjun should be afraid.

Lord Chang'an has already been executed, and Lord Wu Xin probably also realized that the will of the king cannot be disobeyed, so today Lord Wu Xin dared not act rashly at all, just deliberately showing weakness like the king, hoping that the king will let him go! "

There are quite a few people who hold this idea, and Zhou Shaoliang, the younger brother of the Zhou brothers, is one of them.

Looking at Zhao Kuo who was motionless, Zhou Shaoliang also sneered in his heart: "You were so crazy a few days ago, now that General Li Mu is back, how can you go crazy?

Just wait, your time of death has come, Zhao Kuo! "

In this somewhat strange atmosphere, the eunuch order finished reading the commendation order.

King Zhao heaved a sigh of relief, and smiled at the Zhao Guo officials in front of him, "Okay, let's all go to the main hall to attend the celebration banquet!"

For Zhao Wang, this celebration banquet is actually a very necessary step.

After the celebration banquet is over, Zhao Kuo's carriage will be swallowed by a sudden explosion of explosives just as it is about to leave the palace gate!The celebration banquet this time is a real Hongmen banquet!

Chapter 1041 Zhou Shaoliang, who wanted to be a chess player, challenged Zhao Kuo

The celebration banquet was very lively.

Out of a certain psychology, Zhao Wang specially ordered it, making this celebration banquet the largest celebration banquet in the past ten years.

Not only are the dishes, banquets and other standards top-notch, but King Zhao also directly invited more than a thousand ministers and officials of the Zhao Kingdom to attend the banquet. For this purpose, he used a main hall and two side halls, which is definitely a big deal.

In the eyes of those who don't know the truth, Zhao Wang should be doing this to help Li Mu create momentum, but only a few people who really know the inside story understand that Zhao Wang is actually sending Zhao Kuo off!As a majestic Zhao Guoxiangbang, how could he not be worthy of an earth-shattering death?

Zhao Wang thought, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and then he raised the wine glass in front of him.

Everyone thought that King Zhao was going to drink with Li Mu. After all, from the beginning of the banquet to now, every time King Zhao raised his glass was to drink with Li Mu.

However they were wrong.

Zhao Wang's eyes fell on Zhao Kuo, and he smiled lightly: "Mr. Wu Xin, come, come, I will have a drink with you."

When these words came out, everyone was shocked.

Although Zhao Wang didn't say it clearly today, he was secretly targeting Zhao Kuo in various ways.

Unexpectedly, now, King Zhao actually wants to drink with Zhao Kuo instead?

On the contrary, Zhao Kuo, the person involved, was quite calm and stood up straight away, holding a wine glass in his hand.

This is also the etiquette that should be followed when drinking with the king as a courtier.

Zhao Wang squinted his eyes at Zhao Kuo, and suddenly said: "Wu Xinjun, you and the widow have been cooperating sincerely for many years, but there have also been many conflicts."

As soon as these words were uttered, the entire hall fell silent.

It is really the words that Zhao Wang said, which is too much like the feeling of "Where is the knife and the axe" at the next moment.

Zhao Kuo smiled and said: "Although the subject and the king do have different opinions on some points, the subject believes that both the subject and the king are fighting for a better future for Zhao."

Zhao Wang laughed loudly: "It's very good, it's all for the Zhao country, hahaha! Come, drink!"

After finishing speaking, King Zhao directly drank the fine wine in the cup.

With a smile on his face, Zhao Kuo also drank the fine wine in the cup.

After both parties had finished drinking, the atmosphere in the hall finally calmed down, and everyone continued to eat and drink.

Zhao Wang seemed to be in a good mood, and turned his head to look at Li Mu: "General, how do you feel about the matter of destroying Qi?"

Li Mu was also sitting next to King Zhao. After hearing this sentence, he thought about it seriously, and then said: "I don't really feel anything special. The main reason is that the Qi people are too weak to be vulnerable."

Li Mu's words are also absolutely true. For Li Mu, the conquest of Qi this time is a feeling of "I haven't done anything yet, why did you fall?"

If possible, Li Mu actually hopes to fight Kuang Liang with real swords and guns, and use a hearty field victory as the cornerstone of the demise of Qi.

It's a pity that Kuang Liang was too cowardly, and he didn't give Li Mu this chance in the end.

After hearing Li Mu's words, Zhao Wang was stunned at first, and then laughed.

"Sure enough, you are worthy of being the general of the widow, and you speak so imposingly! I hope you can continue to help the widow destroy Qin and Chu in the future, and truly achieve a great cause that no one can achieve in the ages and ages!"

Li Mu's expression was serious, and he said seriously: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will definitely destroy Qin and Chu!"

Seeing the harmonious appearance of the monarch and his subjects, the smiles on the faces of the officials in the hall became more and more intense, but it is impossible to know what kind of thoughts are in their hearts.

Zhou Shaoliang also had a smile on his face, but he was thinking about the conversation he had with his brother Zhou Shaofen not long ago.

Zhou Shaofen: "Second brother, after we get rid of Zhao Kuo, we have to be careful about this Li Mu."

Zhou Shaoliang: "Brother, what do you mean, Li Mu will become our new political enemy in the future?"

Zhou Shaofen nodded and said: "That's the reason. Your Majesty is a person who likes to play with balance. After Zhao Kuo is gone, he will let the two of us fight against Li Mu."

Zhou Shaoliang thought for a while, and said: "If Your Majesty has been playing with balance, then don't we have political enemies all the time?

Under such circumstances, why do we have to fight Li Mu? Isn't everyone in harmony? "

Zhou Shaofen was furious: "What a fool! If you don't fight Li Mu, won't you let the king's expectations come to nothing?

If that's the case, the king will be the first to attack us, and then he will be replaced by someone who is willing to fight with Li Mu, understand? "

Zhou Shaoliang was stunned when he heard the words.

Zhou Shaofen continued: "So we have to fight, we must fight, because we are just pawns in the hands of the king, and the real chess player has always been the king alone!"

This conversation ends here.

For Zhou Shaoliang, originally he also agreed with his brother's statement, but at this moment, seeing Li Mu's scenery, Zhou Shaoliang suddenly had a new idea in his heart.

"Why only the king can be this chess player, and our Zhou family can only be a chess piece for the king?

Could it be that our Zhou family can't think of a way to become a real chess player? "

This idea was quite outrageous when it first came out, but it is strange to say that it is like a weed with extremely tenacious vitality. Zhou Shaoliang just pulled the weeds in his heart, but there are more updates immediately The wild weeds popped up, and completely occupied Zhou Shaoliang's mind after a while.

Zhou Shaoliang took a deep breath.

Yes, why do you have to be a pawn?

At this moment, something called ambition was beating in Zhou Shaoliang's heart.

So, Zhou Shaoliang decided to do something.

Zhou Shaoliang looked left and right, and his eyes fell on Zhao Kuo.

To become a chess player, one must have the ability to control everything.

As the most important figure in Zhao Guo's political arena today, if Zhou Shaoliang can control Zhao Kuo, wouldn't he be able to truly control the overall situation?

Just do it.

Zhou Shaoliang directly raised his wine glass and walked towards Zhao Kuo.

Although Zhou Shaoliang said that he was not too conspicuous in the political arena of Zhao State, he was one of the important ministers of Zhao State after all, and he sat very close to King Zhao, so when he stood up and walked towards Zhao Kuo, It immediately attracted the attention of the entire hall.

Even Zhao Kuo looked up curiously, looking at Zhou Shaoliang who had already walked in front of him.

Zhao Kuo didn't even know what Zhou Shaoliang wanted to do.

Zhou Shaoliang was standing and Zhao Kuo was sitting, so Zhou Shaoliang looked at Zhao Kuo at this time, with a somewhat condescending meaning.

Zhou Shaoliang said indifferently: "Mr. Wu Xin, the old man wants to discuss with you today the unfinished issue that we discussed outside of Miyagi a few days ago."

As soon as Zhou Shaoliang said it, Zhao Kuo immediately understood.

Good guy, the guy with feelings is here to find fault.

I have to say that Zhou Shaoliang is really good at finding opportunities, and he actually thought of attacking Zhao Kuo at Li Mu's celebration banquet!Then the question arises, will Zhao Kuo be afraid in the face of Zhou Shaoliang's attack?

The answer, of course, is no.

Zhao Kuo looked at Zhou Shaoliang very calmly, and said: "Since you want to talk about it, it is not impossible to discuss it here today, but this is the celebration banquet of General Li Mu, and the king is present, you Do you think His Majesty will agree?"

Zhao Kuo's rhetorical question was actually to kick the ball back to Zhao Wang's side first.

In this case, no matter what answer Zhao Wang made next, Zhao Kuo would be able to choose an appropriate method to launch a counterattack against Zhou Shaoliang based on Zhao Wang's answer, and leave Zhou Shaoliang completely without any room for criticism.

Zhao Wang obviously didn't expect things to turn out to this point, he glared at Zhou Shaoliang rather annoyed.

For King Zhao, now he actually wants to end the banquet quickly, then send Zhao Kuo away, and then use explosives to send Zhao Kuo to heaven in an instant.

Zhou Shaoliang didn't know what was good or bad this week, so he ran out to have some debate with Zhao Kuo at such a time, isn't it just looking for trouble?

Zhou Shaofen on the side also obviously noticed something was wrong, and hurriedly said: "My lord, my second brother may have drunk too much today, so he lost his composure in front of the lord, and please don't argue with him, let him hurry up." Just go home and rest."

As the elder brother, Zhou Shaofen is obviously more stable. Just as Zhou Shaoliang opened his mouth, Zhou Shaofen felt that something was wrong. This is a critical moment, how can there be more side effects?

So Zhou Shaofen spoke up immediately, wanting to stop Zhou Shaoliang and end this very stupid debate before the matter was irreversible.

In Zhou Shaofen's view, Zhao Kuo would soon be a dead man, so what's the point of arguing with a dead man?

But obviously, since Zhou Shaoliang chose to stand up today, he has already made up his mind to carry out his dream of becoming a chess player to the end.

Zhou Shaoliang also immediately refuted his brother Zhou Shaofen.

"Brother, what you said is wrong, I really want to have a good discussion with Wu Xinjun about the previous question.

If Wu Xinjun is afraid, then indeed we don't need to communicate. "

Speaking of which, Zhou Shaoliang stared at Zhao Kuo with a very provocative gaze, waiting for Zhao Kuo's answer.

The smile on Zhao Kuo's face remained unchanged, and he said calmly to Zhou Shaoliang, "I've said it just now, whether or not this matter should be resolved today depends on what the King and General Li Mu want. "

At this moment, King Zhao suddenly spoke.

"Okay, okay, there's no need for you two to continue arguing. I agree that you two can discuss the topic that you didn't finish a few days ago in the form of debate."

The reason why King Zhao suddenly changed his words was actually very simple, that is, King Zhao felt that no matter whether Zhao Kuo succeeded or failed in this debate, as long as Zhao Kuo threw out his damn point of view, then King Zhao would When Zhao Kuo's party members are punished in the future, it will appear very justified.

What is this topic that Zhou Shaoliang has repeatedly mentioned?

In fact, it is also very simple, that is the issue that the Zhou brothers and Zhao Kuo argued in front of King Zhao's palace a few days ago.

Is the interest of the country more important, or is it more important to obey the orders of the king?

Zhou Shaoliang cut straight to the point, and said to Zhao Kuo, "Since the king has already agreed, then the old man will speak directly.

In the final analysis, the State of Zhao is a country founded by the royal family of the Zhao family. Without the royal family of the Zhao family, there would be no Zhao country today. Therefore, each of us should obey the orders of the king. This is the most effective way to help The way Zhao Guo became stronger. "

Facing Zhou Shaoliang's words, Zhao Kuo smiled slightly, and said something that made Zhou Shaoliang furious.

"Your kind of thinking is out-and-out dog-licking thinking. You only flatter and flatter, but you don't see the real essence of the matter."

Zhou Shaoliang was furious when he heard the words, and said to Zhao Kuo, "Why am I just thinking like a dog?

If you think you can see the real essence of things clearly, then you should speak out. "

Zhao Kuo smiled lightly, looked around everyone present, and then spoke calmly.

"First of all, we need to know how Zhao Guo appeared.

There is no need to question it, of course it is because our Zhao royal family was entrusted to the state of Jin that the present state of Zhao began.

But if it is said that there have been no restrictions on the royal family just because of this, I can directly say that there are actually many similar countries in history, and those countries are all perished now.

It is true that a country must obey the king's orders, but if the courtiers are just the king's tools and have no thoughts at all, then the country is destined to be impossible to continue to develop and become stronger.

Let’s take our country of Zhao today as an example.

As the most powerful country in the world, our country of Zhao has also absorbed countless talents from all over the world, and only then has it slowly developed and grown to where it is now.

Would we have gotten to this point without those outside talents?