Madam, protect me!

Li Mansion.

The pretty female official of Zhao State looked at Li Nuo and said, "As long as you help the fourth prince to ascend the throne successfully, we will definitely do what we promised you."

If it wasn't the New Year, Li Nuo really planned to kick him out.

After all this time, he was asked to take charge of the Ministry of Justice, Dali Temple and Zongzheng Temple of Zhao State, but it turned out to be an empty promise.

These two people came to him for free.

He asked clearly what they needed his help.

The old emperor of Zhao State, feeling that his time was coming, was ready to pass the throne to one of his four sons.

Within a year, the four princes of Zhao State jointly supervised the country and displayed their talents. Whoever had the best political achievements would become the next emperor of Zhao State.

Zhao State was not a small country. Once he ascended the throne, he would not only have supreme power, but also have the cultivation of the sixth realm.

In order to get the throne, the four princes naturally used all means.

These two people were on behalf of the fourth prince of Zhao State to ask Li Nuo to go to Zhao State for help.

In other words, the premise for Li Nuo to be in charge of Zhao's laws for a period of time is that he has to help the fourth prince of Zhao successfully seize the throne.

If he has this ability, does he still need to go to Zhao?

Li Nuo couldn't help asking: "Why don't you find a strategist?"

This kind of thing is professionally related to the strategists and is not within the business scope of the legalists.

The female official shook her head and said: "A strategist has found us, but we rejected him. The strategist is full of conspiracies and tricks and is not trustworthy."

Li Nuo asked: "Then do you trust me?"

The female official said: "To be honest, before leaving Zhao, we asked a Yin-Yang master to tell us a fortune. She said that someone in Daxia could help us, so we came."

Li Nuo was surprised: "How dare you calculate this!"

He was not surprised that the Yin-Yang master could calculate these, but he was surprised that someone actually dared to calculate the national destiny of the five dynasties.

This thing is not that it cannot be calculated, but it involves a big cause and effect. After calculating, it will inevitably be backfired.

The pretty female official lowered her head and said, "Master Gongsun died after he finished calculating this divination..."

The death of this Yin-Yang family was not unexpected by Li Nuo. He asked curiously, "How do you know that I am the one who can help you? That master also calculated me?"

The pretty female official shook her head and said, "No, she just said that when I came to Daxia and saw that person, I would naturally know. I have a hunch that you are the one I am looking for..."

Li Nuo was speechless for a while.

He didn't know how to help them...

However, the Yin-Yang family was not a charlatan. The Yin-Yang family of the fifth realm could already peek into the real secrets of heaven.

Perhaps, the other party really calculated something.

The female official looked at Li Nuo and said, "I know you are a practitioner of law. I can promise you that even if my brother loses in the end, he will definitely give you enough compensation, at least, more than what you have gained in Daxia for half a year..."

Li Nuo did not answer immediately.

After sending the two away, he began to consider carefully.

The female official's last sentence was right. Staying in Daxia would not be of much use to his cultivation.

Those who could be killed and should be killed in the court had already been killed by his father, leaving him nothing.

From the perspective of cultivation alone, it was better to go anywhere than to stay in Chang'an.

If the fourth prince of Zhao could successfully ascend the throne, the female official's promise to him was just a word from the emperor.

In addition, there was another huge benefit in doing this.

The merit of following the dragon was the dream of the strategists.

Especially the merit of following the dragon of the emperors of the five dynasties was even more powerful, and it could even allow ordinary people to ascend to heaven in one step and enter the fifth realm of the strategists.

How many strategists have been waiting for such an opportunity all their lives.

Generally speaking, many people who practice Confucianism will also practice Legalism. There are many similar concepts between the two schools, and they can practice at the same time.

But I have never heard of anyone practicing Legalism while practicing strategism. One must always be fair and just, and the other will do whatever it takes to achieve the goal, which will definitely violate the law. You can only choose one of the two.

Unless the strategists use fair and aboveboard means.

But seizing power is not a game of house, it's about who has the darker and more ruthless means.

If he chooses this path, the legalists will really be in vain.

However, whether he helps the fourth prince of Zhao or not, he has to go to Zhao.

Li Nuo didn't know about the situation in Zhao. He remembered that there were history books from various countries in his father's study. He didn't care about this before, so he never read them.

The court wanted to promote a major legal reform about the powerful, and his father was still busy in the Dali Temple.

Li Nuo could enter his study at home at will. He walked into his father's study and quickly searched for the book he wanted on the bookshelf.

This book recorded the history of Zhao in detail. Li Nuo read it for a while and found that it has always been the tradition of Zhao to let the princes supervise the country together and choose those with outstanding political achievements to pass on the throne.

Unlike Daxia, Zhao never established a crown prince.

The emperor would select several princes early, give them certain real power, and conduct political performance inspections on them.

During the probation period, the one with the best political achievements and the most recognition from the people and the court will become the next emperor.

The princes of Daxia took turns to serve as regents, which was originally modeled after the Zhao State.

In order to gain recognition, the selected princes will definitely work hard to improve their political achievements, and at the same time they will also focus on the mistakes of their competitors. This also makes Zhao the most recognized official with the most honest and the best public security among the five dynasties.

However, the book also mentioned that Zhao still has some problems.

For example, the princes only care about the capital, because this is closely related to their political achievements, and they don't care about the situation of the people outside the capital.

In addition, the problems of the powerful and the noble families are also what all the princes are unwilling to touch.

All their policies and measures are superficial, not really for the people, and so on and so forth...

Li Nuo closed the book.

The situation in Zhao is much better than he imagined.

The princes compete with each other, which is open, and everything is based on political achievements. Those unpresentable means cannot be used.

At least, they cannot be used openly.

As for how much recognition can be obtained, it depends on the means.

Some princes give porridge at the city gate every day, and some simply give money to the people directly, hoping to improve their reputation among the people.

Compared with the people, the support of officials is more important, which also makes the Zhao court, the matter of winning over parties, no less than Daxia, even more.

Many counselors will also take this opportunity to join the prince who seizes the throne and give them advice.

If the prince they support successfully ascends the throne, they will inevitably rise to prominence.

Among them, there are also strategists.

In this way, Li Nuo is not incapable of helping them.

As long as he helps them improve their political achievements in a positive way, instead of using any conspiracy, he can not only cultivate the legalists, but also the strategists at the same time.

If you miss this opportunity, you will have to wait for decades to get this kind of merit.

Putting aside the reputation of the strategists, their abilities are still very strong.

The control of the strategists is somewhat similar to the confinement of the legalists, but also somewhat different, and even stronger than the legalists.

Both the strategists and the legalists can confine a person in the air.

But the legalists can only restrict his actions.

The strategists can crush his heart in the air.

When the prince of Han framed Yiren, it was a strategist who secretly took action.

In addition, the strategist can control people's thoughts invisibly, which is also something that the legalists cannot do.

This ability is very suitable for the legalists.

Although the code can lock the identity of the criminal, he still needs to find evidence to convict him.

If he has the fourth and fifth realms of the strategist, as long as he locks the criminal, he can influence their thoughts and make them tell the crime process themselves.

Unfortunately, he doesn't know how to practice the strategist...

The strategist and the Yin-Yang school both rely on the master's teaching, and it is almost impossible to get started on your own.

Although there is a portrait of the fourth realm strategist on the code, Li Nuo can directly obtain the fourth realm strategist's cultivation and use the strategist's methods by consuming his life, but he can't get started on his own without his memory.

It's not possible to achieve the ability of the strategist by krypton every time you need it.

He can't afford to exchange a hundred days of life at a time.

There should be many strategists in Zhao State now. When the time comes, we can catch one through legal means and ask him. I just don’t know if they will say...

Li Nuo stood up and put the book back to its original place. When he was about to leave, his eyes suddenly moved.

He pulled out a book next to the history book of Zhao State and looked up.

On the cover of the book, there were a few big words written.

"Introduction to the Art of Strategy".