Chapter 169: Zhao Qiyue
When Yu Qing sent the information from South Korea to King Zhao, in Handan, chickens and dogs jumped.
King Zhao kicked over the case in front of him, ignoring the surprised eyes of the guests at the banquet, blushing, and yelling: "Go and invite General Lian Po!" Before the guests understood what was going on, they were ordered to be evicted by King Zhao, and the banquet was interrupted, and the guests immediately realized that something must have happened, you know, even when Bai Qi was about to enter Handan, King Zhao never wanted to end his banquet!
The most likely thing to happen is that Ma Fujun, who went to South Korea, had an accident.
Don't... Ma Fujun died in battle??
Wei Wuji was in his courtyard, drinking, and heard that the warrior was crying and came to him, saying that Ma Fujun might have died in battle, as if he had received a heavy hammer on his head and almost fell to the ground, but fortunately, Wei Wuji quickly reacted, and hurriedly drove to the Handan Palace, just walked into the Handan Palace, Wei Wuji listened to the movement in the palace in horror, and heard that there was no crying from inside, so he calmed down and walked in.
In the palace, the angry King Zhao and Lian Po were talking loudly.
"As long as there are 50,000 soldiers, I can set foot in Xinzheng, capture King Han, and bring it to you."
"The widow gave you 100,000 soldiers, please send Ji Ran's head to the widow!"
Seeing Wei Wuji walk in, King Zhao hurriedly asked him to sit aside, and quickly said to him: "Ji Ran actually dares to arrest the widowed Ma Fujun!" Wei Wuji was stunned for a moment, but did not speak, sat aside, and thought about it seriously, which made Lian Po a little unhappy, and Lian Po said angrily: "Ma Fujun regards you as a friend, and now that he is in trouble, you are so calm, is this your attitude towards your friends?" ”
Wei Wuji glanced at him, then looked at King Zhao and asked, "Who told you about this?" ”
Seeing Wei Wuji's calm appearance, King Zhao also felt a little strange, and said with a frown: "This is what Yu Qing told the widow. Wei Wuji immediately sent someone to call Yu Qing, Lian Po still looked a little annoyed, maybe in his opinion, something happened to Ma Fujun, but Wei Wuji still has to look for the source of this news here, this is simply a waste of time, as long as he is given 50,000, no, 30,000 people, he can put King Han under his armpit and send the horse to Handan quickly!
Yu Qing soon returned to the palace, and he was not the only one who came back, Dong Chengzi, Pang Xuan, Xu Li, Zhao Hui, Lou Zhuan, and even Tian Dan, the ministers came with Yu Qing, and the news they each heard was also different, some heard that Ma Fujun was killed, and some heard that Ma Fujun was captured, and everyone sat around, Wei Wuji directly opened his mouth and asked again: "Duke Yu, where did you learn about this?" ”
Yu Qing said seriously: "It is the warrior under my command, he disguises himself as a merchant on weekdays, and he comes and goes with Han Zhao. Not only does Qin have its own intelligence agencies, but all countries have them, and these intelligence agencies are generally in the hands of the prime minister, but Zhao is different, because Zhao has its own false appearance system, and the fake appearance has divided the full strength of the prime minister to a certain extent, so Zhao's intelligence agency is in the hands of the fake state.
Wei Wuji looked at Yu Qing helplessly, Yu Qing is a person, he has talent, and he also has courage, but what he lacks is some resourcefulness, not that he is not smart, but his talent is more inclined to govern the country, and he is not good at dealing with the enemy's intrigues, Wei Wuji shook his head and said: "This warrior of yours must have been bought by the Qin people, please catch him and hand him over to Dong Chengzi for interrogation." ”
"How do you know?" , Dong Chengzi's eyes widened, and he asked, Wei Wuji smiled, and said: "King Han has the strength to detain Ma Fujun, but he does not have the strength to destroy the 20,000 elites of Zhao State, if this matter is true, these soldiers should have sent a letter to Handan a long time ago... Even, before this businessman came to deliver the news, there was no news about this matter, how did the businessman quickly know such a secret thing and be the first to send it to Handan? ”
Dong Chengzi thought for a moment before he said: "That Ma Fujun was captured, is it fake at all?" Wei Wuji laughed, he said: "I also have some friendship with this King Han, I know his personality, you can rest assured, he just has the idea of murdering Ma Fujun, and he doesn't have that kind of strength, don't worry, this news must have been sent by Fan Ju..."
Tian Dan stood up and turned to leave.
The rest of the ministers also discussed the affairs of Korea again, Wei Wuji calmed everyone, and then said to Yu Qing: "Please give an order as soon as possible, so that the officials everywhere can rest assured, Li Mu, Sima Shang, these young generals, are already friendly with Ma Fujun, if the Qin people are bewitched, I am afraid that they will lead the army in the county and kill Korea without doing anything." Yu Qing hurriedly left the palace.
King Zhao's anger still did not dissipate, just learned that his horse service Jun was detained by King Han, King Zhao was almost about to conquer South Korea in person, capture King Han, then hurriedly called Lian Po, want to mobilize the strength of the country, destroy Korea, if Wei Wuji comes later, I am afraid that I will not be able to see King Zhao, King Zhao is still a little worried at the moment, Fan Ju cannot spread the news to Zhao for no reason, there must be something going on in South Korea.
Wei Wuji took a sip of wine, looked at the panicked King Zhao in front of him, and said with a smile: "Shangjun doesn't have to worry, it's better to complete the supervision system in Zhao as soon as possible, and wait until Ma Fujun comes back and let him see your achievements, this is the most important thing...", King Zhao nodded, told Wei Wuji that this matter must be done well, and then went back to rest under the excuse of exhaustion, Wei Wuji looked a little helpless.
The wider Wei Wuji's changes in the country touched, the more people wanted to stop him. At present, the strongest resistance is from the clan offices in China, who gathered around Zhao Bao and formed a huge group. Except for the Qin State, in the rest of the countries, it is normal for the disciples of the clan to be scattered all over the country to help the monarch govern the country.
Locally, nine of the ten county orders may be nobles with the surname Zhao, not to mention those county guards, almost all of them are close relatives of King Zhao, and these people are all beneficiaries of the original official system. King Zhao used these relatives to help him firmly control the county, and these relatives of King Zhao used their own relatives to help them manage the grassroots, which formed a large aristocratic group.
Speaking of... Ma Fujun is also a member of the Zhao family's aristocratic group, because he is also surnamed Zhao.
First of all, Wei Wuji wanted to take away their power to appoint relatives, although these people were angry, they could barely hold back their anger and avoid a head-to-head confrontation with Wei Wuji, but they also did not expect that after Wei Wuji completed the reform of the appointment and dismissal of rural officials, his eyes were on them again, he wanted to establish a supervision system, and even wanted King Zhao to stop appointing his relatives and send people to supervise his distant relatives.
This is what the aristocratic group cannot tolerate, this is not to ask for their power, this is to take away everything from them! Therefore, shortly after Ma Fujun left, a war broke out in the state of Zhao, which was a contest between foreign ministers and local aristocratic groups. Wei Wuji is not alone, in Handan, he has many allies, Dong Chengzi, Yu Qing, Pang Xuan, these people are all willing to help him.
However, this also made Wei Wuji feel a little worried, and the current battle is gradually turning into a battle between Handan and the local government.
The battle between the two sides naturally needs a person in charge of the judgment, this person is the lord of Zhao State, Zhao Dan on the throne, however, Zhao Dan is not a bold person, he will not fully support Shang Ying like Qin Xiaogong, help Shang Ying deal with his relatives and friends, and completely break with these people. Zhao Dan is also in a difficult situation now, on the one hand, he is the sage he relies on the most, and on the other hand, it is his relatives.
Wei Wuji always told him that if the country wants to become strong, it must change the law, and now is the best time, and he must not hesitate. He persuaded King Zhao with the changes of various countries and the benefits they bringed. But Zhao Bao and the others told him that Zhao Guo is the Zhao State of the Zhao family, and if you want to hand over the appointment and promotion of officials to the Minister of State, then you will still be the master of Zhao State? Would you rather trust a Wei person than trust your relatives?
They took the matter of wanting to rebel after the success of Shang Ying's reform as their own basis, and used this to persuade King Zhao.
King Zhao was in a dilemma, he agreed to Wei Wuji in the morning, and was persuaded by Zhao Bao in the evening, so in desperation, he had to hide in the palace, organize his own banquet, and do not interfere with the battles outside the palace, which caused even greater chaos, first the local noble officials, they expelled the village officials arranged by Wei Wuji, and even killed many people in the name of neglecting government, taking bribes, and colluding with thieves.
Even the inspectors sent by Wei Wuji were attacked by thieves and died on the road.
This caused great damage to Wei Wuji's change, no one dared to participate in the assessment of local officials, and no officials dared to supervise the locality, Wei Wuji naturally refused to admit defeat easily, so, in a short period of time, several more local officials surnamed Zhao were executed by Wei Wuji for the same crime, Wei Wuji recommended several people to take up this position like King Zhao, and the two sides officially drew their swords and began a bloody war.
Wei Wuji walked out of the palace, there were more than twenty strong warriors standing outside the palace, they were all Wei Wuji's disciples, now, Wei Wuji can't walk alone, these nobles who are angered by themselves, maybe they are just waiting for themselves to be alone, Wei Wuji smiled, sat in the carriage, he raised his head, only to feel that the scorching sun was a little dazzling, the blue sky was empty, so clear, so beautiful.
Just as Wei Wuji was admiring the beautiful scenery, suddenly, he heard a commotion coming from ahead. Wei Wuji looked ahead, I don't know when, a group of people appeared in front of him, there were knights to open the way, warriors to guard, Wei Wuji could see at a glance, these warriors are all dressed as Qi people, similar costumes, he had seen it in Tian Dan, Qi Guo had also said before that he would send an envoy to Zhao, but this envoy was too arrogant... In Handan City, how dare you do this?
Wei Wuji still ordered to make way for the pedestrians in front of him, the driver parked the carriage aside, and the doormen gathered around, also on the lookout for these knights, the knights had already seen them, and after finding that they were the first to give way, they were still a little happy in their hearts, and when they passed by them, the knights nodded and signaled, and Wei Wuji's doormen also squinted at them and ignored them.
Behind the knights, there was a carriage, on the carriage, kneeling a young man, the young man with a white face and no beard, curiously looking at everything outside the carriage, when he saw Wei Wuji, he took a few more looks, Wei Wuji watched these knights hug the young man and rushed towards the palace, and asked with some doubts: "Who is this?" Could it be that the State of Qi just sent a eunuch to be an envoy? ”
The rider laughed and whispered: "He is not a eunuch, he is Chang'an Jun, the youngest brother of Shangjun, who was a proton in Qi State before...", Wei Wuji was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "How did you recognize him?" The driver said helplessly: "When the Queen Mother was unwilling to let Chang'an Jun enter Qi, Zuo Shi Touchlong successfully persuaded the Queen Mother, how could you not know such a famous thing?" ”
"I know about this, but how did you recognize him as Chang'anjun?"
"Hahaha, these days, Handan is talking about Chang'anjun's return to Zhao, it is said that this Chang'anjun has a strange appearance, a white face, and resembles a eunuch... There are many rumors in Handan, all of which say that he fought with a nobleman's son in the Qi Kingdom... Got some injuries... Hmm..", the rider didn't say it explicitly, but Wei Wuji already understood what he wanted to say, Wei Wuji nodded, squinting his eyes, and watched the young man gradually disappear into the distance.
"What is he calling?"
"His name is Yue, it is said that his nickname is July, the Queen Mother dotes on him very much, and when he is older, he also calls him by his nickname, so Handan people are also nicknamed July Gongzi."
"July? It's just a eunuch..."
Wei Wuji's attitude towards these clans was getting worse and worse.
And this prince just came to Zhao State, it caused a huge sensation, not all because of his white face and beard, Handan people believe that Qi sent Chang'an Jun back to Zhao State, which shows that Zhao State is not what it used to be, Qi State is afraid of Zhao State's strength, there are many rumors about Chang'an Jun in Handan, of course, on the bright side, everyone does not dare to talk about it at will, after all, he is the monarch's brother.
Knowing the news of Chang'anjun's return, King Zhao was very happy, he smiled and came to greet his brother, at the same time, the nobles and nobles in Handan came to greet this son, Chang'an Jun looked a little shy, a little cowardly, in Qi State, it seems that he has suffered a lot. King Zhao pulled his brother, and after getting drunk, he couldn't help crying when he recalled his deceased mother, and everyone hurriedly sent him to rest.
Zhao Bao looked at his brother and looked up and down a few times, with an inexplicable light flashing in his eyes.
"Good." , he said.
PS: Ahem, this chapter is definitely not aimed at any writer, please don't think about it. But I won't be a eunuch like someone else, please rest assured.