When Li Mu received the reward letter from King Zhao and the two large carts of gold, he also received an official document from the Prime Minister's Mansion at the same time. The 20th National Congress of September is the implementation of the autumn harvest of Zhao every year, and the county guards must enter the court to report the autumn harvest to the king of Zhao and release the taxes into Handan. All departments of the DPRK and China should also sum up the situation of the year and submit their plans for the coming year! A general like Li Mu, who leads the army on the front line, can write a recital without attending the court meeting, and the National Governor's Office can play it on his behalf. However, the post of national lieutenant has been absent for a long time, and it is actually concurrently held by Prime Minister Guo Kai. He has just been rewarded by King Zhao, and his fief is 500 li. It is already the largest fief of the non-royal family since King Zhao Wuling! After receiving the reward, according to the usual rules, you must enter the court to thank you! The official document of the Prime Minister's Mansion was not only given to Li Mu, but was received by the main civil ministers and military generals in all counties across the country. In addition to the content that has not changed for a hundred years, there are two other contents that King Zhao is eighteen years old and can govern independently, and Prime Minister Guo Kai will return to his hometown and return to King Zhao. Zhao Cong, the plain monarch of the Zhao State Clan, was the chief general of the Handan Praetorian Guard, and Yan Ji was the deputy general.

Guo Kai's move was extremely clever, letting Zhao Cong replace Yan Ji as the chief general of the Praetorian Guard, and all those who opposed Guo Kai thought that Guo Kai was either crazy, or he really wanted to retire and become a rich man. Because Zhao Cong is the eldest grandson of Zhao Sheng, the fourth prince of the Warring States Period, he attacked the title of his grandfather Zhao Sheng Pingyuanjun, and has always been the leader of the royal family. Li Mu was asked many times to lead troops to Handan for a coup d'état and deposed Zhao Qian and Guo Kai. It's a hardcore follower of Childe Ka.

Obviously, Guo Kai is not only not crazy, but also unwilling to step down. Zhao Cong was already a chess piece in his hand. Zhao Cong and Guo Kai have been at odds for nearly 20 years, and when Guo Kai brought Empress Dowager Hu, who was still a prostitute, into the palace, the two began to turn their faces. Guo Kai did not spend much time on Zhao Cong, and learned that Zhao Cong was very feminine, and when the Empress Dowager was still a prostitute, the young Zhao Cong used to be a frequent visitor to the prostitute, and later, the prostitute entered the palace and had no contact. When Guo Kai was desperately trying to please Li Mu, he also began to set up a trap for Zhao Cong. A few months ago, the Empress Dowager went to the palace to escape the summer, and the palace was close to Zhao Cong's fiefdom, so she summoned Zhao Ming, the king of the plains, to escort her. The Empress Dowager in her thirties is more mature, plump and beautiful than when she was young, and she hinted to Zhao Cong, her former lover, that Zhao Cong kept the bottom line of the monarch and ministers, and did not dare to be light. When Guo Kai heard about it, he hurriedly sent someone to send a pot of fairy water to the other palace, so that the Empress Dowager and Zhao Cong both drank the wine with the fairy water, and the old relationship between the two finally broke out. Since then, it has been uncontrollable, and the two have been lingering in the palace day and night, and ten days have passed. On the eleventh day, when Zhao Cong and the Empress Dowager were turning the dragon and phoenix naked, Guo Kai suddenly appeared in front of them with several warriors! took out the king's book on the spot and read: Pingyuan Jun Zhao Cong took the opportunity to escort in another palace to rape & adulterously advocate the queen mother, and the whole family raided the house and beheaded! Zhao Cong only knew that he had fallen for Guo Kai at this time, but it was too late. The whole family of more than 1,000 people is all in Guo Kai's hands! I had to let go of my identity and beg to death! In the end, he had to write a confession and a blood letter of loyalty to Guo Kai on his underwear according to Guo Kai's request, and Guo Kai reopened the banquet with satisfaction, allowing Zhao Cong to reveal his and Li Mu's plans. Later, in order to allow Zhao Cong and the Empress Dowager to meet often, Guo Kai made Zhao Cong the official in charge of the royal treasury, until the past few days, and made him the general of the Praetorian Guard, but the real power was still firmly in Yan Ji's hands.

After receiving the official document from the Prime Minister's Mansion, Sima Shang and Le Shuer came to Li Mu's military tent together.

"Wu Anjun, we should take this opportunity to lead troops into Handan, kill Guo Kai, and abolish Zhao Qian. Can't wait any longer! Sima Shang said.

"Wu Anjun, if you enter Handan, you must bring 50,000 heavy soldiers, or simply not go! No matter what, the two of us swear to follow Wu Anjun to the death. Uncle Le said.

"Zhao Wangqian is just a fun young director, and there is nothing wrong with it, and now Guo Kai has clearly told the world that he wants to resign from the phase and return to King Zhao. We are now forcing King Zhao to step down, even if we succeed, we will not be able to escape the infamy of rebellious ministers and thieves! Li Mu hesitated.

"Since ancient times, the king has been defeated, and the prince Jia was established first, Guo Kai and the queen mother who advocated prostitutes have done a lot of evil deeds, and they are abolished, there are many reasons! As long as Wu Anjun makes up his mind, this matter is foolproof! Uncle Le also persuaded.

"I'm worried about the Qin army on the other side, Guo Kai has been operating in the court for more than 20 years, and more than half of the officials in the court obey his orders. Do you believe in the peace talks between the Qin Congress? I'm sure that even if Zhao State ceded twenty cities, they wouldn't be able to make peace! They waited for the chaos of Zhao and took advantage of the situation. Li Mu said.

"Since Wu Anjun doesn't get rid of them now, the Great Dynasty will not go back to adventure! Send someone back for you to thank you! Sima Shang said.

"I brought 20,000 short soldiers back to Handan, and it was not so easy for Guo Kai to kill me! Besides, the current general of the Praetorian Guard is Zhao Cong, he will never harm me! I see that if Guo Kai really resigns and returns to his hometown, I guarantee that he will not be able to return to Jinyang, if it is fake, 20,000 short soldiers will be enough to force him to resign! Li Mu said, "As long as Guo Kai leaves Handan, we will push Pingyuan Jun to lead the government as the prime minister, and then slowly clean up the court, first to ensure that the court situation will not be chaotic." Let's take a good look at Zhao Qian's talents. If he is really a wine bag and rice bag, it is not too late to waste him! ”

"I personally took 20,000 short soldiers to escort Wu Anjun back to Handan, as long as someone dares to be unfavorable to Wu Anjun, I will definitely be able to enter the palace and protect Wu Anjun." Uncle Le said.

"You two can't leave, after I leave, here, I can only trust the two of you. I'll just take Li Zuoyi back to Handan. Li Mu said.

"But...... Wu Anjun, I think ......" Uncle Le had something to say, but he didn't know what to say, Li Mu thought he still had to persuade, so he said: "That's it!" The two of you and my son Li Zuoche are sitting on the front line, as long as the Qin army has no chance to take advantage of it, my side will be foolproof. ”

Li Zuoyi was originally a slave of the Huns, it was Li Mu who saved him, Li Zuoyi fought bravely, rode and shot very well, once, Li Mu was surrounded, Li Zuoyi led people to stay by Li Mu's side, three arrows in the body and stab wounds everywhere, insisted until the reinforcements came to kill the Huns. I thought I couldn't be saved, but Li Zuoyi miraculously got better! At that time, Li Mu was in his thirties and had no son, so he accepted him as his righteous son and named him Li Zuoyi. Tired to be the commander of the cavalry! Not long after recognizing Yizi, Li Mu gave birth to a son named Li Zuoche. Li Zuoche has been clever since he was a child, both civil and military, and he has been resourceful in several battles against Qin, and he designed to capture Fan Yuzhi alive, and used the relationship between Fan Yuzhi and the King of Qin to make the King of Qin kill Fan Yuzhi's family by mistake, and it was Li Zuoche's trick to make him surrender to death. Originally, the commander of the Central Route Army was going to choose one of the two people, Li Zuoyi and Li Zuoche, and in terms of military exploits, Li Zuoyi was a little higher, but he was not very literate. In the end, Li Mu still picked the young Li Zuoche. Li Zuoyi felt uncomfortable, thinking that Li Mu didn't let him be the main general because he didn't like him because he wasn't his own, and he once complained to Uncle Le. Uncle Le knew that Li Zuoyi was more than brave and lacked strategy, and the commander of the 50,000 cavalry was already the highest position he could hold! This time, Li Mu wanted Li Zuoyi to escort him to Handan with short soldiers, and Uncle Le wanted to remind Li Mu of Li Zuoyi's mentality. I felt that there was no better candidate, so I had to give up.

In order to kill Li Mu, Guo Kai planned very carefully, and he was one with the Empress Dowager and Zhao Wangqian! Just wait for Li Mu to enter the set.

Besides, Li Mu also has eyeliner in Handan City and the palace. Twice a day, he was constantly debriefed! This is also one of the reasons why Li Mu has no fear. The horse team has just arrived at the border of Handan, Guo Kai has taken the civil and military officials to the suburbs to welcome Wuli on the orders of the king, what the pillars of the country, Zhao Guogancheng are all praises, and the wine and food in the suburbs are very rich.

Li Muying shirked and said: "Li Mu is a vulgar martial artist, he just ate dried meat mare's milk wine!" "Didn't eat a bite! Guo Kai was not angry, in order to show that he was not poisoned, he gave Li Mu's entourage to eat! Cai Haohao, return to Handan City! Let Li Mu go home and rest, and talk about everything tomorrow at the court.

Li Mu returned home, and 20,000 soldiers guarded inside and outside the palace gate. King Zhao also ordered someone to send a hundred jars of imperial wine, and there were countless meat dishes of all kinds. Li Muzheng wanted to find an excuse, tomorrow when he brought two thousand short soldiers to the palace gate, Zhao Wang Shu came, Wang Shu said: "King Zhao wants to see the style of the elite division of the border army, and specially ordered Wu Anjun to select elite short soldiers to be reviewed by King Zhao, Empress Dowager and ministers at the palace gate tomorrow morning, and the number is determined by Wu Anjun himself." Li Mu sent someone to invite Zhao Cong, and only brought back Zhao Cong's reply: "I want to enter the palace at night to prepare for the court meeting, and I can't come, please rest assured that Wu Anjun will give full support to Wu Anjun no matter what Wu Anjun suggests tomorrow!" ”

Li Mu thought for a long time before he came to the conclusion that if Guo Kai wanted to harm himself, he would definitely not let Li Mu's short soldiers gather at the gate of the palace. It seems that Guo Kai really wants to retire and become a rich man! So, Li Mu summoned the generals, tomorrow 5,000 people will go to the palace gate, and the others will be ready to fight, once there is a change, they will immediately enter the palace! Guo Kai will give up tomorrow if he resigns, and if he doesn't resign, Li Mu also forced him to resign as prime minister.

When the night came, news kept coming from the palace, and everything was as usual, without any abnormal movement.

Before dawn, Li Mu took 5,000 people to the palace gate to gather, civil and military officials, county guards, princes and nobles gradually came, there were always more than 100 people waiting at the palace gate, everyone received a notice that Li Mu's border army would be reviewed today. No one has any ideas.

As soon as the time came, the heavy palace gate slowly opened, and the hundred officials entered the political hall in two shifts under the leadership of General Li Mu and Prime Minister Guo Kai. Li Mu is a feudal monarch, the title is higher than Guo Kai, the first on the right, the prime minister Guo Kai is the first on the left, and the latter is arranged according to the title and position, standing in the entire hall.

After a while, the young Zhao Wangqian entered the main hall, and the hundred officials immediately fell silent. Eighteen-year-old Zhao Qian, wearing a balance crown and a red crown dress! The body is thin, the face is pale, and the childishness has not been taken off, and at first glance, you can know that the perennial wine is excessive. After all the officials paid a visit. King Zhao began to let the long history around him read the first king book: "Wu Anjun Li Mu, since the general, the north rejects the fierce slaves, the west refuses to strengthen Qin, wins a hundred battles, raises the prestige of our country, supports the building in the general, and protects the Zhao country, for more than 30 years, there have been countless achievements. Specialize fiefdom 100 miles, gold 100,000! ”

After reading the Wang book, the hundred officials shouted: "I, Wang Shengming!" ”

Li Mu had no choice but to thank him first!

rewarded Li Mu, and immediately Prime Minister Guo Kai resigned. Guo Kai's head was already white, and his back was a little hunched, so he took out a roll of wooden scrolls and read: "The minister Guo Kai, the talent and virtue are thin, the favor of the first king, and the shame of the prime minister. For two years in a row, there was a severe drought in the north, and this summer, the ground moved again. The catastrophe from heaven is due to the failure of the ministers to lose their government and morality, so that God condemned Zhao State! Now the king of Zhao has become an adult, Wen Tao Wuluo, the crown of the world, this Zhao country is fortunate. Now when he returned to the government of King Zhao, Xu Chenrong returned to his hometown and lived for the rest of his life. I hope that my king is favorable! ”

After Guo Kai finished reading the resignation letter, he immediately took out the prime minister's seal and handed it to the chamberlain beside King Zhao. There was a lot of discussion among officials. Li Mu also has five points of admiration in his heart! The Qin State dared to attack the Zhao State, and the two years of early disaster, the lack of food was the main reason. There were only a few rains in spring today, and seeing that a bumper harvest was expected, the ground moved again in summer, with nearly 10,000 dead and wounded. It's difficult for anyone to be this prime minister. Guo Kai's treachery and greed are certain, and greed is already a common problem for all officials except Qin. But Guo Kai is by no means a lazy official and a mediocre official! If he hadn't been deposed by advocating prostitution, Prince Jia's throne would have been abolished, and with his talent in governing the country, he could also be regarded as a rare figure in the Zhao Kingdom.

"The widow's quasi-prime minister Guo Kai played, and from now on, the widow will personally lead the country's affairs. Feng Guo Kai was the king of Jianxin, with a fief of 200 miles, to comfort the hearts of three generations of old ministers. King Zhao took the seal, put it on Wang's case, and announced.

One resigned simply, and the other approved even more simply, both of which were much beyond Li Mu's expectations. In the past few days, there has been no need for a plan on how to force Guo Kai to step down. Just thought about it, on the way back to his hometown, he sent someone to kill this big yin man (homosexual).

King Zhao spoke again: "Now that Zhao is worried about domestic and foreign troubles, and the national disaster is at the head, today please elect a new prime minister to assist the widow in leading the government!" ”

Baiguan boiled the pot all at once! No one thought of electing the prime minister, it was the king who had the final say in the past, and there had never been a hundred officials.

According to the plan of the veteran minister, after the coup d'état, Gongzi Jia was the king, Zhao Cong was the prime minister, and Li Mu was the general. Therefore, after a while, many ministers stood up and recommended Zhao Cong as prime minister. What is surprising is that none of Guo Kai's party proposed to protect Guo Kai, and repeatedly made every effort to promote General Li Mu and lead the prime minister. At this time, not only Li Mu was confused, but even the elders and princes and ministers who supported Zhao Cong threw strange glances at Li Mu, as if they were asking: "It turns out that Li Mu and Guo Kai are the same party, and they want to be prime ministers because of their lack of ambition." I remembered that in the past few months, Guo Kai's treatment of Li Mu seems to be the same thing! There are many people today, most of the hundred officials are standing together to participate in the court meeting, only Li Mu, Guo Kai, Zhao Cong and a few other people have seats, and the hundred officials whisper.

Li Mu was on pins and needles, and immediately stood up and said forcefully: "There are very few prime ministers and generals in the Warring States, there are only three, one is the uncle of King Wei Huiwen, one is Shang Ying when he was the prince of Qin Xiao, and the other is Le Yi when he was King Yan Zhao. The three of them are all talents in the world who can govern the country and be able to defend the country. And they are all when the national strength is extremely strong and there is no worries, and the generals will attack other countries as one. Now in Zhao State, I lead the post of general to fight against Qin, and I can only barely protect myself, knowing that I will not be able to drive the tiger and wolf out of the country in the short term. If I am asked to be the prime minister, I will have no time and no experience, which will be disadvantageous to the University. I suggest that Zhao Cong, the king of the plains, be appointed as the prime minister, and he will definitely be able to assist the king and make the Zhao country strong! "Li Mu's words are sincere, reasonable! A group of veteran ministers breathed a sigh of relief, but they still doubted whether Li Mu and Guo Kai were in the same group!

All this is developing in the direction of Guo Kai's calculations.

Everyone turned their eyes to Zhao Cong, the king of the plains, and Zhao Cong also stood up and said, "Recently, thanks to the emperor's trust, he is responsible for managing the royal treasury and commanding the Praetorian Guard. It's already busy. None of it was done well. I really can't do the position of prime minister. At this time of external and internal troubles, as a child of the clan, he should not shirk. But self-knowledge is limited, and I really can't do it! If everyone insisted, Zhao Cong had no choice but to resign from all his positions and return to his fiefdom.

Zhao Cong's strong words caught all the veteran ministers off guard, but after thinking about it, at this moment, the army of Qin was pressing, and the army of Zhao would last for a few more months at most. Whoever sits on the prime minister is roasted on the brazier! A few more names were recommended, but none of them wanted to be them. The whole hall was silent!

"The widow is still young and has no experience in governing the country, so everyone must elect a prime minister today! The dignified Zhao Kingdom, when the disaster is at the head, there is no one who is willing to be the prime minister to share the worries of the widow! Zhao Wangqian said sadly.

At this time, it was past noon, everyone went out before dawn, and many old ministers did not eat breakfast, or only ate a little casually, and they were already hungry! However, King Zhao did not give a banquet, and he had to negotiate the result. And Guo Kai's cronies have been prepared for a long time, and they all come in the morning after eating big fish and meat, and they are still calm and relaxed.

When the time came, an elder finally couldn't stand it anymore and said: "It's better to ask Jianxinjun to postpone his return to his hometown and continue to assist King Zhao in governing the country!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, many patriarchs immediately agreed. Guo Kai's cronies also agreed. In unison, they asked Guo Kai to be reappointed as prime minister! Only Li Mu, Guo Kai, and Zhao Cong did not speak.

"What does Uncle Wang think?" Zhao Wangqian asked Zhao Cong first.

"Now only Jianxinjun can be qualified for the position of prime minister!" Zhao Cong replied.

"What does Wu Anjun think? Is there a more suitable candidate to share the worries of the widows? Zhao Wangqian asked Li Mu again.

Li Mu also had to admire Guo Kai at this time. Since he came to power, the officials who threaten him and have talent have been co-opted and suppressed by him, and he has long calculated that no one will be able to take over the phase. This hand has retreated, and it is so beautiful! not only asked the opponent to beg him to come back, but also made him a king. King Zhao asked, and Li Mu also had to answer: "The minister has no objection!" ”

Since Guo Kai resigned as prime minister, he has been closing his eyes and recuperating without saying a word. King Zhao asked softly, "Jianxinjun, what do you think?" ”

Guo Kai only opened his eyes at this time, slowly stood up, and said: "Many people only see the scenery of the prime minister, and who pays attention to my hard work day and night, and my hair is all white at the age of fifty!" It's really not that I want to be this prime minister, I really can't let go of the entrustment of the first king! I will make a fake appearance for three months at most, hoping that my king and my colleagues will follow the example of Qin Xiaogong and seek talents from the Six Kingdoms. There must be a great talent to enter Zhao Weixiang, let me return to my hometown to retire! After saying that, it was an old tear!

King Zhao was overjoyed and immediately ordered a banquet!

Li Mu was tired of this kind of fake entertainment, and wanted to leave first. I didn't expect Zhao Wangqian. But he took Li Mu's hand first, and said: "General Wu Anjun will use some wine and rice first, and wait for the Queen Mother to come and review the elite division you brought with everyone, and there will be a banquet in the evening, and it will not be too late to return to the army tomorrow." ”

King Zhao was so polite and virtuous, Li Mu couldn't shirk it, so he had to agree. After eating something casually, Li Mu felt uncomfortable, all the previous plans were useless, and he had to agree to let Guo Kai be the prime minister again. That's it, everything is based on the great cause of resisting Qin. Let's talk about it after the Qin State retreats! Everyone surrounded Li Mu and King Zhao and walked up to the city wall of the palace gatehouse. Li Mu Yanran has become the head of the hundred officials. After a while, the Empress Dowager also came, and I saw that she was tall and plump, with white and ruddy skin, a high nose bridge, big blue eyes, and a typical mixed-race beauty. Today, he is dressed very dignified but does not lose all kinds of style, which makes many ministers stunned! The affair before the Empress Dowager entered the palace has always been the object of Handan people's gossip after tea and dinner, and Li Mu has heard of it for a long time. But at this time, I can only bow my hand and greet everyone together. After the ceremony, the Queen Mother has sent a message, and the military exercise can begin!

Li Mu took the order flag handed by Li Zuoyi and asked Li Zuoyi to beat the drum. "Knock knock", as soon as the war drums on the city tower sounded, Li Mu picked up the order flag and waved, and the five thousand soldiers downstairs in the palace city immediately stood in a large phalanx, all of them with bright clothes and armor, and their swords were distinct. Li Mu was in a state of confusion at this time, and ordered the flag to wave casually, allowing the five thousand soldiers to change a few of the usual skilled formations. One moment it was an invincible offensive cone formation, another moment it was a defensive round shield formation, and the next moment it became a long snake formation of the two armies facing each other...... The 5,000 soldiers are the same as one person, neatly aligned.

Although it is only a regular exercise, it also makes all civil and military officials fascinated. All applauded! Guo Kai was also convinced, without such ability, how could he defeat the Qin State many times. The Empress Dowager opened her eyes and immediately ordered to take out 10,000 gold to reward 5,000 soldiers.

Li Zuoyi saw that Li Mu's face was very bad, so he found a vacancy and quietly asked Li Mu: "Father, how is the situation?" Do you want me to take someone down that big yin man? ”

Mu Li sighed and said, "Let's stop for the time being!" Go back first! The old man resigned, and no one in Zhao Guo was willing to take over the position of prime minister! Spare his life first, and then make plans when the Qin army is defeated! Now that the enemy is strong, Zhao Guo can't mess up! ”

"No!" Li Zuoyi is used to obeying orders! Walked away without hesitation. If it were Uncle Le, Sima Shang, and Li Zuoche, he would never take anyone out of the palace gate at this moment!

Guo Kai saw Li Mu's soldiers retreat at the gate of the palace, and his heart was overjoyed! Li Mu saw that his subordinates had left the palace gate, and he felt a little uneasy in his heart, but after thinking about it, all the civil and military officials were present, and he had just received the reward, so he was calm. He came to King Zhao, ready to resign and go back first, but he didn't expect King Zhao to speak first: "Wu Anjun is a great material to govern the army, and the widow is very pleased, and the palace has a royal banquet, one to congratulate Wu Anjun, and the other is to practice for Wu Anjun." After speaking, without waiting for Li Mu to answer, he took Li Mu's hand and returned to the palace, followed by hundreds of civil and military officials!

At the banquet, hundreds of officials took turns to toast Li Mu. Li Mu is not good at socializing, and he is very depressed today, and he feels a little uneasy in his heart, he wanted to drink a few glasses and say goodbye with drunkenness, so he did not refuse, and drank more than a dozen on an empty stomach! I didn't expect more and more toasts.

I really couldn't push it, and after drinking more than a dozen cups, Li Mu pretended to be very drunk, and said goodbye to King Zhao: "The minister is already drunk, don't dare to lose his temper in front of the king, let the minister go back to the house first!" ”

"Wu Anjun walks slowly, wait for the mourning family to respect you, practice for Wu Anjun, wish Wu Anjun a victory, and make new contributions to Zhao State." I don't know when the Empress Dowager came, she was born as a prostitute, she was not only beautiful, but also spoke very decently!

Everyone gave the courtesy of the queen mother again! The Empress Dowager personally poured two jue of wine, and when she handed one of them to Li Mu with both hands, her long nails lightly dipped the wine in the jue. Li Mu bowed his head and saluted at all, and when he looked up, the wine had already been handed in front of him, so he had to take it with both hands. The Empress Dowager picked up another lord and drank it all. Li Mu also drank it all!

"Wu Anjun will be able to win and make new contributions. Send Wu Anjun back to the house to rest first! After the Empress Dowager finished speaking, she turned around and left first.

"Send Wu Anjun home!" King Zhao ordered. Immediately, two attendants gently supported Li Mu, and Li Mu said goodbye to King Zhao and walked outside the hall!

As soon as I left the temple gate, I suddenly felt dizzy. "It's not good, the Empress Dowager's wine is poisonous!" Li Mu thought secretly, before he could shout, his eyes were black, and he immediately fainted!