Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

Although Magistrate Zhou did ask the lower officials to take care of those people joining the team, the lower officials have always enforced the law impartially, absolutely without any favoritism.

Now the sheriff is going to arrest the lower officials in the name of accepting bribes, the lower officials are not convinced! "

"Dissatisfied?"

Yu Xin laughed, raised the white jade pendant in his hand and placed it in front of the magistrate of Changping County, and said flatly, "Then what is the name of this jade pendant?"

The county magistrate blushed, and said: "This jade pendant is obviously a jade handed down from the lower official's family, and its value is only one hundred thousand yuan. How can it be regarded as accepting bribes?"

The smile on Yu Xin's face disappeared, and he glanced at a subordinate official behind him: "You still haven't brought it up?"

A box was lifted up, and Yu Xin ordered to open the box, and suddenly yellow copper coins shone from it.

Yu Xin said coldly: "What's the name of this box?"

The county magistrate loudly shouted his grievances: "This box is the savings that I have accumulated hard for the officials over the years. It is for the purpose of buying a mansion in Handan when I get old in the future. You, the county guard." Yu Xin finally lost his patience and kicked directly. He kicked the magistrate's chest, stopping all the magistrate's next words.

"Okay, let this county guard detain this dog official who is corrupt, accepts bribes, and seeks the people's fat and anointing, and executes him immediately!"

Yu Xin's two attendants immediately dragged away the county magistrate who was still desperately crying out for grievances, leaving a not-so-obvious bloodstain on the ground.

Yu Xin snorted: "Stubborn things! Well, later, you will take stock of this county government. All the confidantes of this guy will be taken into prison and tortured. I must put this guy Corruption and bribery have become an iron case, understand?"

Naturally, Yu Xin's subordinates took orders to leave.

Beside Yu Xin, a man who looked like a retainer hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but whispered: "My lord, according to the interviews during this period, this person is still remarkable in the post of Changping county magistrate. It can be called a good official who loves the people like a son.

If he beheaded like this, I'm afraid." Looking at Yu Xin's increasingly cold face, the retainer didn't dare to finish his sentence after all.

Yu Xin sneered and said, "What a pity?

What's the pity?

No matter how good this person is, he is nothing more than a running dog under Zhao Kuo and Zhou Shaofen's sect. What use is it for me, Yu Xin, to have such a subordinate!Since you are following Zhao Kuo and Zhou Shaofen, you must be prepared to die! "

The retainer gritted his teeth and said softly: "My lord, Zhou Shaofen and Zhou Qing are said to have had a close relationship with Lin Qing and Lian Qing in Handan City, and it is very likely that they will become one of their own."

After an extremely loud slap, the retainer covered his face and staggered back, his cheeks were already swollen.

Yu Xin looked at the retainer coldly: "What do you want to say?

Are you trying to say that my position has been replaced by Zhou Shaofen, Lin Xiangru and Lian Po have completely selected Zhou Shaofen, and I will never be able to return to Handan in my life? "

The retainer knelt down with a thud, not daring to speak any more.

Yu Xin's chest heaved violently several times, and finally burst out: "Get out, get out of here!"

Everyone hurriedly left the lobby, leaving Yu Xin who was like a volcano who did not know when it would erupt.

Yu Xin's face was livid, and he murmured to himself: "Good for you, Lin Xiangru, good for you, Lian Po.

You said it well when you used me as a victim, and immediately went to win over Zhou Shaofen as soon as you turned around, and wanted to replace me?

Hmph, you bastards will definitely pay the price! "

Speaking of later, Yu Xin was already gnashing his teeth, the expression on his face was extremely resentful.

I don't know how long it took, Yu Xin seemed to have made up his mind, stood up suddenly, and walked towards the backyard of the mansion.

Yu Xin knocked on a door in the backyard.

The door opened, and a person appeared in front of Yu Xin, leading Yu Xin in, and the two sat opposite each other.

If Zhao Kuo were here at this moment and saw the appearance of this person in the room, he would be quite surprised.

Jihou, the spy chief of Qin State, actually appeared in this place!Jihou looked at Yu Xin with a slight smile on his face: "Since Yu Qing came before the time limit, must have already figured it out?"

Yu Xin stared at Jihou, and said coldly: "Talk about your plan first, and then talk about other things."

Jihou laughed and said, "Actually, Yu Qing doesn't need to be so angry with this old man, because you and I both have the same goal of getting rid of Zhao Kuo, don't we?"

After hearing the name Zhao Kuo, Yu Xin's expression was distorted, and he knocked on the table irritably: "Stop talking nonsense!"

Jihou was not angry because of Yu Xin's non-cooperation, but his expression became more gentle: "This plan is actually very simple, as long as Yu Qing and you can cooperate with Zhen Potian to make the ginseng business uneasy, the biggest owner of the ginseng business, Mr. Pingyuan He definitely can't sit still, and will definitely ask Guo Zong and Zhao Kuo to give an explanation.

Knowing that there is Yu Qing behind you, everyone knows that Guo Zong is not capable enough to fight against Yu Qing, so only Zhao Kuo personally came to Shangdang County to solve this matter. "

Yu Xin's eyes narrowed, revealing a dangerous light: "And then?"

Jihou laughed and said, "Then, of course, the general of the Great Zhao Dynasty, Zhao Kuo, fell in Shangdang County. It's really a pity."

Yu Xin snorted and said, "What a pity?

I can't wait for him to die soon!Let me tell you first, I will not have any involvement in this matter. "

Ji Hou smiled and said: "It's natural. Of course, Zhao Kuo was attacked and killed by the bandit Zhen Potian while investigating the ginseng matter. Not only was Yu Qing not responsible, but he even got a reward from King Zhao for eliminating Zhen Potian." , and then return to the position of important minister of Zhao State."

Yu Qing looked at Jihou, and said word by word: "Zhen Potian is just a bandit, you are so confident that he will be able to kill Zhao Kuo?"

Jihou smiled and said, "I don't need Qing Yu to worry about this matter, all Yu Xin has to do is to pass on the information to us after Zhao Kuo came to Shangdang, and block the news at the right time.

I don't know what Yu Qing thinks? "

Yu Xin was silent for a long time, took a deep breath, and said fiercely: "Okay, let's do it!"

Chapter 108 Zhao Kuo's New Position

Handan.

Zhao Kuo was in a pretty good mood, because Guo Zong asked someone to hurry up and bring back the news from Linzi in advance.

"The business has been negotiated."

Just these five words made Zhao Kuo smile from the bottom of his heart.

In later generations, what kind of business is the most profitable?

Arms smuggling is definitely one of the best.

Now, Zhao Kuo will soon become an arms smuggling tycoon in the world.

As for whether the smuggling of weapons to Qi will lead to the question of Qi's retaliation against Zhao in the future, Zhao Kuo can rest assured as long as he thinks about the performance of Hou Sheng and King Qi in history.

In history, Qi Wang Tianjian and Hou Sheng, a pair of monarchs and ministers, spent all their time watching the other five countries being destroyed by Qin State one by one, and then the pair of monarchs and ministers surrendered as soon as the people of Qin State came. With such a leader, let alone betraying Zhao State Even if Zhao Kuo sold all the top-notch equipment at that time, such as Su Tiedao and steel armor, to Qi State, Qi State would still be that waste Qi State.

One raging soldier, one raging general, one raging king.

Zhao Kuo put down the letter and looked at Xu Li with a smile: "Uncle Xu, the Qi State has already settled, and now you should have a chance to see your dream again."

Xu Li's eyes lit up all of a sudden, and he looked at the news that Mr. Zhao Kuo Pingyuan had just brought.

"Zhao Qing, this time your Majesty entrusts you to be the inspector to inspect Shangdang County to see if there are any illegal activities and outlaws in Shangdang County.

If an official dereliction of duty, you can punish on the spot.

If there are thieves making trouble, you should also recruit the local county soldiers to destroy them! "

Obviously, King Zhao was in a hurry.

King Zhao is of course anxious, because King Zhao is the largest shareholder of the ginseng business, and the fluctuation of the ginseng business caused King Zhao to suffer the biggest loss.

So it is not surprising that Zhao Wang let Zhao Kuo go out.

The inspection of the monarch is a long-standing tradition in Zhao State. The grandfather of King Zhao, the famous Zhao Wuling King, often patrols all over the country of Zhao. He even became very excited when he inspected the border of Qin and Zhao, and directly disguised himself as an envoy of Zhao State. Went to meet the current king of Qin who had just ascended the throne for a few years at that time.

The identity of the inspector can just give Zhao Kuo an aboveboard reason to go to Shangdang County to solve the ginseng issue.

Zhao Kuo frowned slightly and said, "Let's go now?"

It's already autumn, and winter is still a month or two away. At this time, Zhao Kuo really doesn't want to go to Shangdang County to fight against the bandits in that ghostly place against the autumn wind or even the winter snow.

Mr. Pingyuan shrugged his shoulders and said: "There is no way, you know how much Your Majesty attaches great importance to ginseng. I heard that His Majesty's health has been getting worse recently."

Zhao Kuo opened his mouth, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Did you take too much ginseng?"

Although ginseng is indeed a great tonic, it is not necessary to take supplements every day, and it is definitely not enough.

Mr. Pingyuan gave Zhao Kuo a strange look: "Of course ginseng must be taken every day, otherwise how do you think the king can be with those ladies every day?

And this year, there are already six wives in the palace who are pregnant, and soon our Da Zhao will have six more little princes or princesses. "

Zhao Kuo: "" Crazy tonic, and crazy with women at the same time, this Zhao Wang is really afraid that his life is too long?

According to history, Zhao Wang actually has more than ten years to live, but if this toss continues, Zhao Kuo feels that it is hard to say that he can live for a few years.

Thinking about it again, Zhao Kuo felt a little ashamed. These things seemed to be the chain consequences of his "discovery" of ginseng?

In order not to let himself become the kind of sycophant in the history books who "provides ginseng tonics to assassinate the monarch", Zhao Kuo decided to remind him a little: "Mr. Pingyuan, I think this tonic should be used in moderation. Isn't that... Mr. Pingyuan waved his hand disapprovingly: "Zhao Qing, although you are the first to discover the efficacy of ginseng, but you are not a doctor, so don't talk nonsense about this. Your Majesty has already consulted the palace doctor." I asked, no problem."

Zhao Kuo couldn't help being dumb when he heard the words, thinking that King Zhao's face of "the widow just wants to eat ginseng and then go to the wives to have sex" is there, and in addition to the effect of ginseng's "miracle medicine", which palace doctor dare to say If I don't say a word, I'm afraid I lost my head on the spot?

But as the saying goes, good words are hard to persuade the damn ghost, since Zhao Kuo has said everything he should say and still no one listens, then Zhao Kuo has nothing to do.

Mr. Pingyuan took a look at Zhao Kuo, and said warmly, "Qing Zhao, hurry up and settle the matter in Shangdang County this time, and see if you can solve Yu Xin by the way.

Yu Xin didn't know that he had broken the king's taboo. This time the king was very dissatisfied with him. As long as you can grasp some key things, this Marquis feels that Yu Xin will definitely not be able to turn over! "

Zhao Kuo nodded and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, I have my own concerns."

Mr. Pingyuan didn't say anything more, and left satisfied.

After Zhao Kuo sent Lord Pingyuan away, he pondered for a moment, and said to Xu Li in front of him, "Uncle Xu, you will send a hundred Chi You troops to accompany me to Shangdang County.

By the way, I must remember the followers and equipment. "

Xu Li said worriedly, "My lord, isn't one hundred cavalry too few?"

Zhao Kuo couldn't help laughing: "It's a lot, and this time I'm going to Shangdang, the land of our Great Zhao.

And I still have the status of inspector, so I can mobilize the county soldiers of Shangdang County at any time, which is enough. "

Zhao Kuo didn't say anything else, if he brought too many Chi You cavalry, wouldn't King Zhao and spies from other countries detect the strength of Zhao Kuo's ace troop in advance?

The news that Zhao Kuo, as an inspector, was about to go to Shangdang for inspection soon spread throughout Handan.

In Lin Xiangru's mansion, Lin Xiangru and Lian Po were sitting opposite each other, neither of them looked very good.

Lian Po said in a deep voice: "I didn't expect Mr. Pingyuan to persuade the king to give Zhao Kuo such a position as inspector this time. This is all for Yu Xin."

Lin Xiangru nodded slowly, and said thoughtfully: "Something is wrong.

This matter obviously only involved Mr. Pingyuan and Zhao Kuo. Why did the king react so quickly, and let Zhao Kuo be the inspector, with the right to sanction Yu Xin?

I think there may be other secrets behind this. "

Lian Po was a little anxious, and said: "Now is not the time to pursue any secrets, you should think about how to keep Yu Xin!"

Lin Xiangru sighed, and said: "Originally, Zhao Kuo would not be difficult to deal with without the position of inspector, but now we can only tell Yu Xin the news first, and then let him ask for blessings.

In the past few days, I will invite Zhou Shaofen and Zhou Qing to come to my place for dinner, so you should come and sit with him too. "

Lian Po looked a little unhappy, and said, "Yu Xin is our ally after all, did he give up so soon?

What's more, Zhou Shaofen and Zhao Kuo are still partners in the ginseng business, and we have to trust him just because of a quarrel? "

Lin Xiangru was silent for a while, then slowly said: "You don't understand, this matter is really not that simple.

I have a hunch that if we get involved rashly, something very bad is likely to happen. "

Lian Po heaved a sigh of relief, and stood up unhappily: "You always talk in such a way, that's all, call me for the banquet tomorrow!"

Seeing Lian Po's leaving back, Lin Xiangru looked solemn and remained silent for a long time.

Lin Xiangru originally thought that the whole thing was under his control and that he was the writer of the script, but now he suddenly realized that things seemed to be getting out of control.

Chapter 109 The Truth About Shattering Sky

Changping County, Shangdang County, My God Mountain.

This mountain range is located on the west side of the battlefield of the famous Battle of Changping last year, which is about a dozen miles west of the camp of Guanglang City in Qin State.

The terrain of Myshen Mountain is steep, and there are only two very rough paths to climb up. At the top of the mountain, there is a camp that looks rather simple. In the camp, a tattered black flag is fluttering in the wind, with Zhao Guo characters crooked on it. There are three big characters of "Shattering the Sky" written on it.

This is the lair of the Taihang bandit "Zhen Potian", which greatly affected the ginseng industry in Shangdang County.

Jihou, the spy chief of the Qin State, was sitting in the lobby of Zhenpotian's lair, and he was also the main seat.

It is said to be the lobby, but it is actually a larger house made of simple wood and some mud and thatch, but the wall in the camp outside looks quite tall, and even built a lot of lookouts There is a stark contrast between the tower and the archer's shooting point, the emphasis on the place of combat and the scribbled place on the place of residence.

In front of Jihou, hundreds of Taihang bandits lined up in a square formation. Although the armor looked tattered, the formation was unexpectedly neat.

At the very front, there was a burly man who looked like a leader, saluting Jihou: "Wang Chong has seen you."

This man named Wang Chong is now the well-known bandit "Zhen Po Tian" in the entire Shangdang and even the Zhao Kingdom.