Chapter 219: Do You Really Value Talent?
Because of Tian Dan's words, everyone's eyes were on Lou Xuan's body.
Lou Slowly's eyes widened, and he got up on crutches, and then said angrily: "Why are you slandering me like this? He looked at King Zhao sharply and said seriously: "Shangjun.. If these things are pushed on me just because I came from the Qin Kingdom, then who else dares to serve you again? King Zhao looked at Lou Xuan with a suspicious look, and after hearing his defense, he didn't speak, just waited for Tian Dan.
Zhao Kuo was also a little surprised, he never paid attention to Lou Xuan's body, since Lou Xuan returned to Zhao State, he acted in a low-key manner, and worked hard to help Yu Qing deal with state affairs, according to what Wei Wuji said, Wei Wuji tested him several times, and he did not do anything to endanger Zhao Guo. There was also Pang Gong who complained about the things he was wronged back then, so that the Zhao people did not hate his previous behavior of defecting to Qin.
He was sent to the state of Qin, but he was betrayed and wrongfully imprisoned.
Youtian Dan reminded that Zhao Kuo seemed to be suddenly sober, Lou Zhuan, Lou Chang, the assassination of Dong Chengzi, a group of elite spies who can pass the "assessment", yes, Lou Chuan is a lieutenant, and he is responsible for the assessment, if he wants to let some people pass the assessment smoothly, it is not a difficult thing. He can know the domestic contradictions in a timely manner, and constantly intensify the contradictions.
At the beginning, he pointed a lot of things to Chang'anjun and diverted his attention. Zhao Kuo seemed to understand a lot of things for a while, he looked at Lou Xuan, the harmless old man, he shook his head, and said with emotion: "Tian Gong really didn't lie to me, I am too easy to trust others, I actually believed in a minister of Qin who came to Zhao to negotiate peace, but was forcibly left behind by Shangjun." ”
"You're bold, too... Making waves in Handan, is there no fear at all? ”
Lou Chuan and Zhao Kuo looked at each other, Lou Kuo shook his head, and said, "Do you want to convict me based on speculation?" I have heard that you have taught your disciples to govern the country by the law, the law is the foundation of the country, the law values evidence, and you have no way to prove my crime, so you have to convict me because of your own suspicions, this is against your usual teachings, what a person says and does is different, is this okay? ”
Zhao Kuo smiled, shook his head and said: "I don't want to convict you, that's what Dong Chengzi wants to do, I just put forward my own speculation, your matter, still have to be reviewed by Dong Chengzi, I think, in your mansion, you should be able to find the evidence you want." I have heard that the evildoers cover their sins tightly as if they were Tarzan covered in a great fog, but when the fog clears, the sins will stand tall like Tarzan, seen by all, and cannot be destroyed. ”
Immediately, a warrior stood behind Lou Zhuan, and Dong Chengzi also stood up.
King Zhao squinted his eyes and looked at Lou Xuan, although he was still more willing to believe Zhao Kuo in his heart, King Zhao asked a little sadly: "Lou Gong, the widow will make up for Zhao Guo's previous debt to you, give you the best courtyard, promote you to important official positions, and let you sit at the top every banquet, can't these things make you return to Zhao Guo?" You were originally from Zhao, why should you do this? ”
Lou Xuan smiled and looked at King Zhao, he looked at Dong Chengzi again, he already understood in his heart that the matter had been exposed, although he himself didn't know how it was exposed, he was wary of many people, but he only missed Tian Dan, he didn't expect that this old man would take the initiative to participate in this matter. However, there was no worry, no fear, and no shame on Lou Zhuan's face, even the stern gaze of his old friend Pang Xuan did not make him feel ashamed.
In his mansion, there was indeed a great deal of evidence that he had not had time to dispose of the letters, and the letters that were about to be delivered.
Lou slowly looked at King Zhao and said seriously: "I heard that Kong Wenzi, who was defending the country, wanted to attack Uncle Tai and came to ask for Confucius's opinion, and Confucius said: I have seen and learned about Lile, but I don't know about leading troops to fight." After Confucius said goodbye, Confucius wanted to leave the country, Confucius said: Only birds choose trees to make nests, how can trees choose birds? ”
"Now there is a big tree, shaking its branches and leaves, trying to attract more birds, but the trunk has been gnawed by moths, almost decaying, and it may collapse at any moment, do you say, there will be birds to choose such a big tree to build a nest? If the tree falls, won't the nest be destroyed as well? ”
"Don't think about getting rid of moths, don't think about making yourself more branches, don't make yourself more leaves, but just look at the birds hovering in the sky, hoping that more birds will fall, this is the disadvantage of Zhao Guo now."
"You are indeed different from your ancestors, you respect me, you love me, I should not have done this, but I do not regret what I did, you can kill me. Before that, what I want to tell you is that Zhao State cannot make Zhao State strong by recruiting more talents, and today's ministers, like Ma Fujun, Xinling Jun, Xin Pingjun, Yu Qing, Le Jian, Dong Chengzi, Xu Li, Pang Xuan... Oh, and Tian Gong. ”
"Any one of them, a great nation of vast territory, will be strong by their coming, and weakened by their departure... Look at the Qin State, there is only one person who can give orders and help the King of Qin negotiate important matters, and there is only one Wu Anjun who can fight and help the King of Qin conquer other countries. But why is Zhao State, which has so many talents, not the opponent of Qin? ”
"Ma Fujun, Xinlingjun, Yu Qing and others, aren't they as good as Ying Hou and can't govern the country well?"
"Ma Fujun, Xinlingjun, Xinpingjun, isn't it as good as Wu Anjun, can't you defeat the enemy for you?"
"King Qin only has Ying Hou and Wu Anjun by his side, but he can listen to all the suggestions of Ying Hou, even if Ying Hou's strategy fails, he will not blame, smile and comfort him, he will use Wu Anjun's most risky play, even if Wu Anjun does not win, he will not forget to reward him. Because the King of Qin was able to employ people, although there were not many sages around him, he could turn the Qin State into the most powerful country. ”
"You have these outstanding talents around you, but you can't appoint them, Ma Fujun proposed the change, you didn't support it, the King of Qin adopted, so the Qin State became stronger, Xinling Jun wanted to implement the change, and you let Pingyang Jun go against him, so Zhao's domestic change has not yielded results for several years, Xin Pingjun wants to safely fight against Wu Anjun, steady and steady, but you don't trust him, and you don't even want to give him a feudal monarch. Treat Zheng Anping even better than to him. ”
"Dong Chengzi is a simple person, but you let your son bully his son, and you refuse to apologize to him, Yu Qing is an upright person, so you always reject him and refuse to follow his advice, Pang Xuan is very knowledgeable, which is inferior to everyone, but have you ever called him to the palace to ask him for advice? Xu Li is not of high origin, so you always send him to do the most tiring things, but you refuse to give him an equal reward. ”
"You seem to value talents, but you don't support them, don't give them the opportunity to display their talents, can this be called merit?"
Lou shook his head slowly, looked at the ministers present seriously, and said: "These people, it's a pity, if they are in the Qin State, the King of Qin will definitely run out of Xianyang to meet them, put them in the most suitable position, they will not be like now, immersed in pain all day long, Zhugong, as Confucius said, excellent birds can choose the most suitable trees for it, and excellent ministers should also serve and can reuse their monarchs." ”
"Shut up!!" , King Zhao shouted angrily, Lou Yan's words made him very angry, and a little ashamed, annoyed and angry, used on today's King Zhao, may be the most appropriate, King Zhao said angrily to Dong Chengzi: "Please punish him severely!" Dong Chengzi nodded, and then sent a samurai to escort Lou Xuan out of the palace, Lou Xuan just looked at the surrounding ministers with pity, and kept shaking his head.
"It's a pity... It's a pity. ”
The soon-to-be-executed criminal was taking pity on the high-ranking ministers around him, which seemed a little incredible, as if these were prisoners, which made everyone feel a little uncomfortable. King Zhao looked at everyone, he suddenly found that he was a little afraid to look into the eyes of these people, he was afraid to see anger in the eyes of these people, and he couldn't lose these people!
Zheng Anping in the crowd was even more trembling, Lou Chuan was the person behind the scenes?? I want to go home!!
King Zhao didn't speak, and the ministers didn't dare to speak, everyone was silent, and the atmosphere was a little weird, so they stayed like this for a long time, and then King Zhao let everyone leave.
There were two warriors from the palace, took Zhao Bao out, and escorted him home, although Lou Yan's crime was exposed, but King Zhao did not exempt Zhao Bao from punishment, Pingyang Jun, in the next period of time, is likely to be inseparable from his mansion, everyone watched the lonely Pingyang Jun get into the carriage, bow his head, and leave the palace. Zhao Kuo hurriedly followed Tian Dan, who didn't say a word, just walked.
"Thank you... If it weren't for you, I really didn't expect it to be slow, and sometimes, it's the easiest thing to think of, because it's too simple, but it's the easiest to ignore. Zhao Kuo said, quickly following behind Tian Dan, Tian Dan ignored him, Zhao Kuo seemed to be leaned over by Di, and talked endlessly about his suspicions and censorship in these days, and asked Tian Dan how he saw that something was wrong, and finally, under Zhao Kuo's inquiry, Tian Dan stopped angrily.
He turned around and looked at Zhao Kuo coldly.
"The rebels have all passed the assessment, and the assessment is the responsibility of the lieutenant, and you are so smart that you have never sent someone to investigate the lieutenant? Someone assassinated Dong Chengzi at the beginning, but it is understandable, Dong Chengzi did not have a doorman by his side, but Lou Zhuan, everyone knows that Lou Cheng has a group of elite Qin State guards around him, who would send an assassin to assassinate him? I went upstairs with suspicions, I investigated the dead assassin, and many people saw him drinking and chatting with Chang'anjun..."
"I asked Chang Anjun, and he said: This man came to him and offered him a good horse."
"I looked at the good horse again, but all such good horses enter Handan, they have to leave a record, after I compared, I found that the record of this good horse was brought into the city by the merchants of the Yan Kingdom, and I sent someone to find the merchants of the Yan Kingdom.....", Tian Dan said briefly and roughly, and said: "The people who followed Lou Chuan into Handan at the beginning are recorded at the city gate, because they are Qin people... I, Zhao Lai, painted a portrait for Yan Guo Shangjia to identify, and confirmed that the person who came to him to buy a horse that day was Lou Yan's doorman. ”
"But this made me discover a more important thing, Lou Zhuan's current doorman is not the guests who originally followed him into the city, in the future, Lou Xuan said that because of the assassination, he recruited some guards, but the number of his guards did not change, it was just convenient for people to enter and exit, and a group of people were changed, if no one carefully compared, it would be difficult to find, the assassin who died at the beginning was also in the city with many companions not long before he died... I surveyed these people who had entered the city, and found that they were the guests of the building today."
Tian Dan told a story that was not exciting, but Zhao Kuo listened very carefully, nodding from time to time.
"Okay, it's that simple, I'm not here to help you, I'm doing this, I just want to have a stable old age...", Tian Dan waved his hand unhappily, and then jumped into the carriage, not looking like an old man who wanted to spend his old age in peace, the carriage left quickly, and Zhao Kuo just watched Tian Dan leave. Han Fei frowned and stood not far away, he looked a little self-reproachful.
"At the beginning, I went to visit Lou Zhuan, and Lou Shu said let.. Let me wait for a while, I have something to deal with, I left for a while, and then, he was assassinated, it seems that he arranged the assassination of himself during the time he was away, and deliberately made me.. I saw that I was actually deceived by him... It was determined that he was also the target of assassination... Therefore, I didn't expect that it might be him...", Han Fei frowned, and he was really in a bad mood.
This young man probably had a sense of frustration in his heart. He is quite confident in himself, and in many cases, he is the only student who dares to argue with Zhao Kuo, but today, Lou Xuan's incident gave him a big blow, and he woke up from that kind of self-confidence and arrogance. Zhao Kuo felt that this was a good thing, everyone grew up like this, he smiled and said to Han Fei:
"Not next time."
Han Fei nodded solemnly.
When the soldiers escorted Lou Chuan back to his courtyard, they were attacked by Lou Slow's guests, and the two sides fought, and all the guests were killed, and when the soldiers attacked the courtyard, they did not find any trace of Lou Chang.