Back in Xianyang, Wu Anjun changed into his military uniform.

He became the smiling scribe again, sitting in the reward banquet of the King of Qin, unlike the other depressed generals, he just smiled bitterly and shook his head. The king of Qin did not punish the generals, visited the seriously injured Wang Di, and rewarded Meng Qi with one enemy and two enemies, but when he came to comfort Bai Qi, Bai Qi said with some bitterness: "Because of my incompetence, the Qin army has suffered heavy losses, please punish you." ”

King Qin squinted his eyes, smiled, and said: "I heard that the widow heard that Zhao Kuo, the king of Ma Fujun, was supported by the generals of Zhao State, and the soldiers were willing to fight to the death for him, and Wu Anjun was not defeated by him, the casualties of the Zhao army were far greater than those of the Qin army, you don't have to blame yourself." ”

Fan Ju sat on the far left side of King Qin, and opposite him was Bai Qi. Hearing King Qin's words, he also looked at Bai Qi in front of him quietly, the once intimate king, general, and phase, at this moment, there was already a crack. And Bai Qi didn't realize this yet, King Qin waved his hand and said to the ministers that he would vigorously reward Bai Qi's merits, Fan Ju frowned and didn't say a word.

The ministers sitting at the banquet looked at Fan Ju's attitude at this moment, and then looked at King Qin, and they were also a little surprised in their hearts.

"My Lord, if those who have returned from defeat can receive your reward, then please send me to the grave to apologize to the generals who were executed for the defeat of the war." , Fan Ju suddenly said, this sentence directly silenced the entire banquet, the laughter stopped abruptly, the soldiers looked at Fan Ju angrily, and the ministers were even more surprised. On weekdays, no matter what order King Qin issued, he would negotiate with Fan Ju in advance.

Therefore, in the royal palace, there will be no disagreement between them.

And now, Fan Ju directly expressed his dissatisfaction and opposition to the royal order.

King Qin sat on the top seat, cold as ice, looked at Fan Ju angrily, and asked: "Wu Anjun is the party for Qin, and he broke the Zhao army, so that the Zhao State no longer dares to be an enemy of the Qin State, and the head he has won is more than his own casualties, isn't this worthy of reward?" ”

"Qin used the soldiers of the three counties and consumed the strength of the entire country, is it just to capture Shangdang County?" , Fan Ju stood up, looked at Bai Qi opposite, and asked coldly, "Wu Anjun, how dare you accept the king's reward?" ”

Bai Qi and Fan Ju looked at each other, got up a little helplessly, looked at King Qin, and said, "King, I don't dare to accept your reward... This is indeed my fault, if I hadn't misjudged the time of reinforcements of the Wei army, General Wang Ji would not have been besieged by the main force of Zhao, please punish my mistake, I am the one who committed the crime, and I dare not accept your reward again. ”

King Qin narrowed his eyes and didn't say a word, and the ministers were a little worried, but they all lowered their heads, afraid that they would be involved in the dispute between Fan Ju and Bai Qi, which was also the first time that Fan Ju expressed his dissatisfaction with Bai Qi, and the contradiction between the two was completely made public.

In the end, the king of Qin still did not give Bai Qi a reward, and took away several of his food estates, and ended the banquet.

Bai Qi and Fan Ju walked out of the palace and glanced at each other.

Bai Qi smiled modestly.

Fan Ju looked at him coldly and didn't say a word.

The two warriors of the Qin State stepped onto the gladiatorial arena.

...........

King Zhao looked at the ministers in front of him and couldn't help but rub his forehead.

The ministers led by Li Mu and Dong Chengzi came to meet the king of Zhao, and they asked the king of Zhao to take Ma Fujun as the minister of state. There were many ministers who came with them, including Lian Po, Tian Yue, Yu Qing, and even clans like Zhao Bao, all of whom came to persuade King Zhao. King Zhao just decided to take Xinling Jun as his appearance, and he encountered such a thing, he thought about it seriously, indeed, Ma Fujun has made such a contribution, but the widow wants to take others as his appearance, will this make him dissatisfied?

King Zhao hesitated a little, so he had to tell the ministers that let them leave temporarily, and he would arrange this matter.

When the ministers left, King Zhao called Yu Qing again and asked him about it. Yu Qing said seriously: "A wise person governs the country, and the country will not prosper, Ma Fujun is the most virtuous person in Zhao State, if you take him as a face, how can the countries not respect Zhao State?" King Zhao talked about the conversation he had with Zhao Kuo a few days ago, and said: "The widow wants Xinlingjun to stay in Zhao State, but he is worried about Ma Fujun..."

Yu Qing smiled and continued: "Ma Fujun will not be angry because of this matter, he is not a person who pursues status. If Ma Fujun also agrees to your proposal to take Xinlingjun as the prime minister, then please give an order, and the person who can get Ma Fujun's approval will not be a mediocre villain. ”

At this time, Zhao Kuo had already left Handan.

He spent a leisurely time in Mafu, and the guests were very busy, and Li Yu took many of the guests to start a journey to exchange grain, and they wanted to exchange seeds and farm tools to distribute to the people. When they rushed to various places to negotiate exchanges with the local nobles, the nobles were still a little disdainful, but later heard that they were Ma Fujun's doormen, and immediately changed their attitude, and even wanted to give them away for free.

Many customers want to accept the other party's gifts, but Li Yu is not allowed, Li Yu tells them: the least expensive is the most expensive.

It's just that Li Yu thought of everything, but he forgot one thing, that is, Di's mouth.

In the process of exchanging grain with the nobles, Di told everyone that Ma Fujun was going to exchange the king's reward for seeds and farm tools, and that he was going to distribute them to the people. When the nobles heard this, they were in awe, and without Li Yu opening their mouths, they lent their ploughing cattle to the people everywhere to use. The peasants who were naked, with the plough on their bodies, struggling to walk in the plough, tears and sweat dripping down the land, saw the ploughing oxen that were sent, and the excitement in their hearts was indescribable.

The aristocracy likes to emulate, and there will always be a person who becomes the benchmark of the aristocracy, and what he does will become the most fashionable thing at that time and be emulated by the nobles. For example, Zhao Sheng Aishi, the nobles of Zhao State do not accept guests, Zhao Leopard loves to throw pots, and throwing pots has also become the favorite entertainment of Zhao people for a period of time, and there is even a king, he likes to ride and shoot, so a big country of horse archery was born.

Today, this person who is at the forefront of fashion has become Ma Fujun.

This is the importance of the sage in the country, in the Warring States period, there are a few sages in the country, or the sage is the minister of the country, the comprehensive strength of the country will increase very quickly, and may even become a strong country because of a person, this is the role that people can play in the Warring States, with the passage of time, these hateful and lovely nobles disappeared in the long river, and the role that the sage can play is getting smaller and smaller.

It's just a pity that the spring planting ended quickly, and the nobles didn't have time to play a big role, and the spring planting was already over.

This year, it will certainly not be a good year, but there may not be too many people starving to death again.

And when the guests were busy, Zhao Kuo had been at home with the First Emperor, sitting in the courtyard, basking in the sun, taking out the First Emperor and putting it in his hand to start the plate, this guy has not grown hair yet, he is bald, and he can already make an incomprehensible babbling sound at the moment. Zhao Kuo likes to bask in the sun very much, every time he sits in the warm sun, breathing quietly, this is Zhao Kuo's biggest hobby, to Zhao Kuo's surprise, the little guy also enjoys the warm sunshine.

Every time Zhao Kuo sat in the courtyard with him, basking in the sun, the little guy immediately fell asleep peacefully, and his little mouth was closed one by one.

In terms of taking care of children, Ma Fujun is becoming more and more proficient, but his rough way always makes him scolded by Zhao's mother, for example, when a guest knocks on the door, the guests are busy going out, and Zhao Kuo can only use his arm to open the door with the little guy. Occasionally, when eating, he put the little guy on the case in front of him, and every time Zhao's mother saw it, she scolded him and didn't let him touch the child for several days.

Mother Zhao muttered: Same virtue as your father. He took the child and left.

Zhao Ji often comes to visit him, she always brings some gifts and dresses herself up very beautifully, but Zhao Kuo still stays away and doesn't dare to get too close to her, he doesn't like others to wear hats for him, so he doesn't have the habit of wearing hats for others. Gradually, Zhao Ji did not come to him, it is said that she often went to Handan to find a rich man, who was a friend of Lü Buwei, and before Ying Yiren left, it seemed that he left money with him so that Zhao Ji could take it.

After staying like this for a while, finally, two good news came from Handan.

Xinlingjun became the minister of Zhao, and Pang Xuan returned to Zhao.

Xin Lingjun became the minister of Zhao Guo, it did cause a lot of sensation, Zhao Guoren did not express any dissatisfaction with this, Xin Lingjun is also very famous, is recognized as a sage, whether it is talent or morality, can convince everyone, only Li Mu and others, a little dissatisfied with this, they prefer Zhao Kuo to serve as Zhao Guoxiang. So, a few days after Wei Wuji became the minister of state, Li Mu rushed to Mafu.

When Li Mu arrived at Mafu, he looked a little depressed, and when he sat in front of Zhao Kuo, he sighed.

"The Lord has given you a great reward, but he will not set aside a place for you in the palace." , he raised his head and continued: "After Wei Wuji became the prime minister, he blamed me for not supporting him at the beginning, so he punished me to go to Yunzhong County and serve as a general.... How can a villain like him who declares personal vendetta become the minister of state? Li Mu said angrily.

Zhao Kuo teased the child in his arms, and when he heard Li Mu's complaint, he handed the little guy to Han Fei behind him, and then looked at Li Mu seriously, and said: "This matter is what I told Xinlingjun to do, let you rush to the clouds to resist the thieves and the Hu people, this is my idea." Li Mu was shocked and hurriedly asked, "What is this for?" ”

"Yunzhong has been harassed for a long time, the Huns knocked on the pass, looted the local people, you rushed to Yunzhong, you are responsible for the security of the entire Yunzhong County, behind you, there will be hundreds of thousands of people, I hope you can guard there alone, can not rely on me and General Lian Po, with your own strength to defeat the enemy, defend the border...", Zhao Kuo said, looking at Li Mu's gaze became softer and softer.

"The millions of people in Zhao Kingdom, the person who can rely on in the future is not me, but you."

"I have always believed that you will be the wall of Zhao State, and you will protect the people of Zhao State, and you will also protect me."

"Do you blame me for sending you to the borderlands?" , Zhao Kuo asked.

Li Mu was a little excited, his face was red, he stood up, bowed down towards Zhao Kuo, and said seriously: "I don't blame you, I will stay in the clouds, as long as I am still in the clouds, no one will be able to bully the people in the clouds, I will protect the people of Zhao Kingdom, I will protect you." Zhao Kuo helped him up with a smile, let Li Mu sit in front of him, and explained seriously: "Regarding the situation in the clouds and the situation of the enemy, you need to find out by yourself." ”

"Neither I, nor General Lian Po, will help you again... Shepherd.. Before making a decision, you must be cautious, one of your choices can determine the fate of tens of thousands of soldiers and even hundreds of thousands of people. ”

Han Fei looked at the young man in front of him curiously, this young man looked older than himself, but the teacher seemed to value him very much, Han Fei didn't see anything different from him, at most he was handsome, but Han Fei never believed that people with abnormal appearance must have extraordinary deeds.

When sending Li Mu away, Zhao Kuo also told him seriously: "Xinlingjun treats you as a younger brother, and has never blamed your words and deeds, but you injured his doorman and insulted him, this is not something that a gentleman can do, please be able to apologize to Xinlingjun before you leave Handan." ”

Li Mu agreed to him.

Li Mu left, but Zhao Kuo was still a little worried in his heart, he vaguely remembered that Li Mu's famous battle was to fight against the Huns in the border area, but Zhao Kuo believed that at that time, Li Mu was definitely not as immature as he is now, and he was an experienced and fierce general who had already grown up. Let him face the future enemy too early, Zhao Kuo doesn't know if he has done it right.

However, he didn't want to interfere too much with Li Mu's growth, would Li Mu, who grew up in the safe city of Handan, still be the famous general who was sharpened in the border fields?

I can only hope that nothing will happen to him.

Sent Li Mu away, Zhao Kuo's most anticipated person, Pang Xuan, finally came to Mafu. Zhao Kuo wanted to wait for Pang Xuan to rest for a few days before going to Handan to meet him, but he didn't expect that he would rush to Mafu to meet him. When Han Fei brought the old man to Zhao Kuo, Zhao Kuo hurriedly stood up, held the little guy in his arms, and bowed to Pang Gong.

Pang Gong was taken aback by his actions, and hurriedly asked him to get up and not to fall on the child.

Zhao Kuo smiled and said, "Please don't worry, my son, it's not so delicate." ”

After speaking, Zhao Kuo was stunned, there seemed to be something wrong? ?

Pang Xuan came to Zhao Kuo for the sake of Zhao Kuo's reform of the official system and the system of selecting talents, he was in the palace, and heard King Zhao excitedly talking about what Zhao Kuo said to him, the old man was suddenly no longer calm, he hurriedly said goodbye to King Zhao, saying that he was going to Mafu to meet Zhao Kuo and discuss this matter.

Pang Xuan was very interested in Zhao Kuo's proposal, and he felt that the system of selecting talents that Zhao Kuo mentioned... It seems to create an era.