It's New Year's Day again, and the lively and lively festive atmosphere fills the entire Longtai Palace, and people are laughing and laughing everywhere.

Zhao's annual New Year's Day banquet is not news to the people in Handan City, but it is a very exciting thing for those new ministers or generals who participate.

In addition, the New Year's Day banquet is also a good opportunity for the old courtiers to observe or make friends with the rising political stars.

At this New Year's Day banquet of Zhao State, there are two ministers, one Wen and one Wu, who are the most conspicuous.

At the same time, he used his outstanding talents to help the defender Zhao Kuo firmly hold Dingxi City in the battle of Dingxi City, and finally waited for the arrival of Lian Po's army, which made great contributions to the final victory of Zhao State.

As a result, Li Si was transferred back to the center of the Zhao State in Handan and served as the acting lieutenant.

Prior to this, due to the departure of Si Kou Zhao Bao, Yu Xin successfully ascended to the position of Si Kou, and the original lieutenant Li Bo also took over Yu Xin's original position in internal history, so the responsibility of lieutenant was vacant.

After careful consideration, Zhao Dan finally decided to use Li Si.

First of all, in terms of resume, Li Si has no problem.

Since Li Si followed his master Xun Guo into the Zhao State, he has successively served as the Tunliu County Commander of the Shangdang County of Zhao State and the County Warden of Shuofang County, as a scholar who pays attention to hard work and takes laws and regulations as the standard of work, Li Si has governed these two places in an orderly manner, so that the lives of the local people have been significantly improved, and he is very loved by the local people.

Li Si is a person who is the prime minister of Qin Shi Huang in history, one of the pioneers and founders of the Great Qin Dynasty, and there is no problem with such a person's talent, which has been proved by his local experience in the past few years.

Moreover, Lieutenant Zhao Guo has the responsibility of supervising hundreds of officials, which is the most suitable position for Li Si, a legalist official.

In addition, the factional strife shown through Zhao Bao's incident also made Zhao Dan unhappy, and he planned to use more fresh blood to enrich the high-level of Zhao State.

After all considerations, it seemed logical for Lees to take the post of lieutenant.

In order to reduce resistance, Zhao Dan appointed Li Si as an acting lieutenant, and at the same time, Li Si only had the right to observe and had no right to speak in military affairs for the time being, which could be regarded as giving an explanation to those old courtiers who were not very satisfied.

But whether it is an agent or an observer, it is an indisputable fact that the twenty-nine-year-old Li Si is among the top high-level officials of Zhao State, even if some people complain, they must also admit that this former Chu State official will definitely become an important force in Zhao State's political arena in the future.

In addition to Lees, another eye-catching new star is from the military.

Li Mu was officially appointed as the envoy of the northern part of the Zhao State, and at the same time gave the title of the secretary of the Zhao State, with the power to open the government independently, control the soldiers and horses of the seven counties of Shuofang, Hetao, Wuyuan, Jiuyuan, Yunzhong, Yanmen, and Daijun, and was responsible for the conquest of the Xiongnu and Yueshi on the grassland, and when necessary, sent or directly led the army to the south to cooperate with the main force of the Central Army.

Li Mu is a few years older than Li Si, but now he is only in his early thirties, and at such an age, he controls all the troops in the seven northern counties of Zhao State, although he cannot interfere in local government affairs, but it is enough to prove Zhao Dan's trust in him.

The reason for this appointment is that the seven northern counties of Zhao are different from those of the Central Plains.

The main thing to face here is the nomads, the main force is also cavalry, when dealing with foreign enemies, the seven northern counties often need to cooperate in battle, and these seven counties are far away from Handan, the capital of Zhao, a military organization that can react immediately when foreign enemies invade is necessary.

In addition, the balance of power is actually also a consideration, after Li Mu's appointment, Zhao ** Fang has Pang Xuan inside and Li Mu outside, which has formed a strong restriction on the general Lian Po, and after the formation of such a triumvirate pattern, it will be convenient for Zhao Dan to have strong control over Zhao ** Fang.

Compared with Li Si's appointment, Li Mu's appointment has almost no objections.

Since Li Mu became famous, this young general defeated the invasion of the Xiongnu and Yueshi, went south to Guanzhong twice, and cooperated with Lian Po to take Xianyang, and once flooded the city of Daliang to make the Wei people frightened, all kinds of achievements can be said to be famous all over the world, and has been considered the most powerful contender for the position of the number one general and general of Zhao after Lian Po.

For Zhao Guo, who implements the military merit system like the Qin State, Li Mu's promotion to the rank of general by virtue of solid military merits is undoubtedly much higher, and the two giants of Zhao **, Lian Po and Pang Xuan, both expressed their resolute support for Li Mu's appointment.

Li Si and Li Mu respectively entered the high-level of Zhao State, which also marked the reshuffle and replacement of the power class of Zhao State.

After the banquet, Zhao Dan also specially left Li Si and Li Mu behind and encouraged them.

"The two Qing families are very optimistic, and the widows hope that the two Qing families will do a good job for the Zhao State and the widows, and the widows believe that the future history books will definitely give the two Qing families a strong stroke. By the way, if the two Qing families have any difficulties, they might as well talk to the widow directly. ”

Maybe it was because they had just drunk a lot of wine, in short, Li Si and Li Mu's faces were red, and after hearing Zhao Dan's words, they were also busy saluting Zhao Dan and thanking him.

After thinking for a while, Li Si took the lead in speaking: "Your Majesty, the minister has a request. Han Fei has been by the king's side for a long time, and has participated in the formulation of many national laws and regulations. ”

As soon as Li Si's opinion was raised, Zhao Dan was stunned, and subconsciously meowed Han Fei with a strange gaze.

You must know that Li Si in history was jealous of Qin Shi Huang's importance to Han Fei, and then framed the charge to put Han Fei in prison and finally let Han Fei die with a cup of poisoned wine.

Could it be that although Li Si and Han Fei have both come to Zhao State, the drama of falling in love and killing each other will continue?

Zhao Dan groaned slightly and said, "Yes." ”

Although there is indeed this kind of drama in history, but Zhao Dan is not the deceived Qin Shi Huang after all, and the status of the two is completely different from history, Zhao Dan feels that the possibility of repeating the scene of cannibalism in history should not be very high.

Moreover, Han Fei has been by Zhao Dan's side for all these years as a waiter, and it is indeed time to give some actual positions to do things.

After all, the matter of transferring Han Fei to be his deputy was also proposed by Li Si, so it seems that the current relationship between the two brothers should be okay.

If the facts still prove that the two brothers are incompatible, then they will be separated in the future.

After Li Si, Li Mu also put forward his own requirements.

"My lord, after the practice of these battles, the minister has found some problems with armored cavalry."

"What's the problem?" Zhao Dan asked.

Zhao Dan still attaches great importance to Li Mu's problem, after all, Li Mu is a person who comes to the battlefield in person, and he is also the person who has the most say in cavalry during the Warring States Period.

Li Mu scratched his head and said to Zhao Dan: "The minister hopes to meet the craftsmen of the armored cavalry and discuss with them some issues about the casting of the armor on the armored cavalry, in addition to this, the minister also hopes to make some improvements to the weapons of the armored cavalry." ”

Zhao Dan thought for a while and said with a smile: "There is no problem with this, the widow will soon let people arrange for you." However, if you really want to change it, then you can only equip a small number of one or two thousand people first, and the few people will only be equipped with the whole army after seeing that your changes can achieve results, do you understand? ”

"Whoa!" Li Mu happily agreed.