Chapter 3 Controversy

As soon as Lin Xiangru's voice fell, Zhao Sheng, Zhao Bao and Lou Chang all showed disdain, putting on a disapproving look, and Zhao Sheng even snorted fiercely with his nostrils to show his attitude.

Zhao Dan sat firmly on the throne, looked at Lin Xiangru unhurriedly, and said, "I don't know why Lin Qing said this?" โ€

Lin Xiangru arched his hand towards Zhao Dan and said: "As the minister sees, the king is surrounded by his name, and he is like a rubber pillar and a drum." The disciples can read the biography of their father, but they do not know the mutation. How can this make our army win? Therefore, Zhao Kuo cannot be a general. โ€

Because of the fusion of memory, Zhao Dan easily understood Lin Xiangru's words, which were translated into the vernacular: "Wang, you asked him to replace Lian Po because Zhao Kuo had a little false name, which is simply holding transparent glue to stick the strings and playing a string." Zhao Kuo's brain is very rigid, at best, it is the level of playing computer AI, if he goes to the battlefield and Wang Yi is absolutely abused, don't let him go. โ€

As soon as Lin Xiangru's voice fell, Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains, spoke: "Shangqing's words are also false, including the son of Ma Fujun, after the gate, the world can not do anything about the army." Now Chang Pinglian has been repeatedly defeated by the Qin general Wang Di, it is better to change the general Zhao Kuo, and he will be able to win. โ€

Zhao Sheng's meaning is also obvious, Zhao Kuo is the son of the famous Ma Fujun, the first general of Zhao State Zhao Hao that year, and he is a serious general, and he is invincible in the world when discussing the art of war.

Now your hardcore Lian Po was beaten like a grandson by Wang Di of Qin State in Changping, so don't you BB, or hurry up and let your little friend Lian Po roll the calf, let this Zhao Kuo go up and try it.

In just two paragraphs, the contradiction between the princes of Zhao and the Buyi faction around the change of generals was clearly revealed.

After the two major bosses Lin Xiangru and Zhao Sheng spoke, Zhao Bao, Lou Chang, and Yu Xin also spoke one after another to support their own bosses.

But in general, the Gong faction has more people, louder voices and more reasonable, after all, Lian Po of the cloth faction has been defeated in Changping in a row, and it is a clear fact that he has lost his troops and lost his troops, and he has no confidence to speak.

After some arguments, everyone consciously stopped, waiting for Zhao Dan, who is the monarch, to finally make a final decision.

In the hearts of the Gong faction, they felt that they were sure to win.

Why? Because just a few days ago, Zhao Dan, who is the monarch of the country, just ordered the removal of Tiandan, the king of Duping, from the position of Xiangbang, and the person who replaced Tian Dan to take over as Xiangbang was the leader of the Gong faction, Zhao Dan's uncle Zhao Sheng, Pingyuan Jun.

The previous Xiangbang Duping Jun Tianshan was a Qi countryman, and he actually didn't have much power, and the power of Xiangbang was actually held by Pingyuan Jun Zhao Sheng and Shangqing Lin Xiangru at that time.

At such a delicate moment, Zhao Sheng, the leader of the Gong Clan, successfully ascended to the throne as the prime minister of Zhao State for the third time, directly squeezing out Lin Xiangru, the leader of the Buyi faction, and single-handedly controlling the entire Xiangbang.

The political signal couldn't be more obvious.

However, what the clan faction who were secretly happy in their hearts didn't know was that although the Zhao Dan sitting on it was indeed the same Zhao Dan, there was an extra soul from more than two thousand years later in this body.

Zhao Dan glanced around at the ministers present, and slowly said the conclusion that he had already thought about in his heart.

"The widow thinks that the matter of changing generals is not feasible for the time being!"

As soon as Zhao Dan's voice fell, a look of surprise appeared on the faces of everyone in the hall.

Zhao Dan's decision was beyond everyone's expectations.

Actuallyโ€”not to change?

Zhao Dan looked at the five surprised faces in front of him, and he also felt some emotion in his heart.

Swap? Change your fart!

I'm a person from the Hereafter, I know what's going to happen.

Change Zhao Kuo? The brain was kicked before Zhao Kuo was replaced.

Zhao Dan's decision made Lin Xiangru, who thought he would be defeated, overjoyed, and praised the king for his wisdom, but Zhao Shengke, the plain monarch on the other side, couldn't sit still, and hurriedly got up and said: "King, the minister thinks-"

Zhao Dan waved his hand and interrupted Pingyuanjun's words: "I have made up my mind, Pingyuanjun doesn't need to say much." โ€

Zhao Sheng paused for a moment, and wanted to say something more, but at this moment, Zhao Bao, the Pingyang Jun beside him, suddenly pulled Zhao Sheng's sleeve, and Zhao Sheng had to sit down helplessly, but the unconvinced expression on his face was obvious at a glance.

Zhao Dan glanced at Zhao Sheng, where did he not know that his short-sighted uncle was dissatisfied? But now that it is a national event, Zhao Dan really doesn't bother to pay attention to Zhao Sheng's little emotions.

In fact, Zhao Sheng was still lucky, if Zhao Dan crossed a few days earlier, Zhao Sheng's Xiangbang would not be appropriate.

But obviously, it is impossible for the Gong clan faction to admit defeat so easily, only to see Zhao Dan's other uncle, Pingyang Jun Zhao Bao, after dissuading Zhao Sheng, he spoke: "King, if you don't change generals today, and Lian Po is also stubbornly unwilling to fight, then what is the solution to this situation?" โ€

Lou Chang, another doctor of the Gong clan faction, also said: "King, the food in the country today is only enough to feed the whole army for half a year, if it still can't hold out, then the Qin army doesn't have to go out, and our army will be defeated." โ€

What Zhao Bao and Lou Chang said is actually the same thing, that is, another major crisis in Zhao - there is no food.

Here we have to talk about the internal situation of the Zhao State.

Compared with the other six countries, although the territory of Zhao was not small at this time, only after Qin and Chu, it was the third largest among the seven heroes of the Warring States, but there were not many places that Zhao could use to grow food.

Look at the north first, the five counties of Wuyuan, Jiuyuan, Yunzhong, Yanmen and Daijun in the north of Zhao are all taken from the nomads in the north, that is, Lou Fu and Lin Hu, these places are grasslands, and the area adds up to almost half of the area of the entire Zhao State, but it is only suitable for nomadic tribes to raise horses, not for farming.

And the central part of Zhao is the Taihang Mountain, which is known as the "roof of the world", where food is grown? That's a bit of a lot of thinking.

The rest of the place, that is, the southeastern plain where Handan, the capital of Zhao State, is located, and this area is the main grain producing area of Zhao State, and due to the area, the output is also quite limited.

In addition to the terrain, the people of Zhao also did not like farming, and Sima Qian clearly said in the historical records that the people of Zhao were "the people are resentful, angry, and let the chivalry be a traitor, and do not do anything about agriculture." "Treatise on Salt and Iron" also called Zhao Di "the people are prostituted and end, extravagant but not pragmatic".

This is translated into the vernacular, that is, Zhao Guoren only has such things as fighting and doing business in their minds, and they pursue enjoyment and do not like to do farm work on the ground.

Therefore, Zhao's industry and commerce are very developed among the six countries, and Zhao's military strength is also very strong among the six countries, so strong that it can have a close match with Qin, and it is impossible to tell who wins and who loses in the Changping War, but Zhao's agriculture is almost meaningless.

In fact, Zhao's agriculture was the last among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States.

There is little arable land, and there are few people who farm, where will the grain come from, and will it fall from the sky?

This is not the end, according to the previous plan, Zhao Kuo not only had to replace Lian Po's position, but also took 200,000 troops to the Changping front line to have a decisive battle with the Qin army, then the Zhao army on the front line reached 450,000 people.

Now there are only more than 3 million people in the entire Zhao State, and the men and women are separated in half first, and then the old, weak, sick and disabled are removed, and the adult young men in the Zhao State are only 780,000 or 800,000 to die.

Qingzhuang is the country's main labor force and also a source of soldiers, and the number of 450,000 means that more than half of the Qingzhuang in the entire Zhao State have been sent to the Changping front.

It's all on the front line, what about the harvest in the rear? If this fight continues, this year's autumn harvest in Zhao will definitely be yellow.

This autumn harvest is yellow, so the next time there is grain, we will have to wait until next year's autumn harvest. In this case, not to mention the supply of food and grass for the front-line soldiers, even the rations of other ordinary people in Zhao State will have problems, and it is a big problem.

In this way, Zhao Guo has not had grain in storage for more than a year, and it can be said that famine and soaring grain prices are inevitable.

At that time, Zhao Guo will have 450,000 mouths on the front line, and more than 2 million mouths in the back will have to eat, and there will be no food to eat.

Three words - end calf!

Therefore, the meaning of the ministers of the Gong clan faction is also obvious, since the king does not agree to send Zhao Kuo, who took the initiative, but still insists on using Lian Po, who cannot be held, then you can solve the food problem for me first.