In the afternoon, on the south city wall of Xiangyang, the Zhao soldiers were handing over their shifts as usual.

Among the soldiers who succeeded him, there were Xiao Ping and Yao Long, the two commanders and their subordinates, who fought bravely in wartime, usually cared for and sympathized with their subordinates, and each subordinate embraced them.

Soon after taking over, I saw a group of men and horses walking towards the city wall, and most of the soldiers recognized the leader as the leader of the capital, named Lu Tatar, who was usually arrogant and domineering, and many people hated him.

Lu Tatar took dozens of subordinates and climbed the city wall with great vigour.

The soldiers on the city wall looked at him with disgust.

Lu Tatar knew Xiao Ping and Yao Long, walked directly to the two, and said arrogantly: "You two are tired of life, and you dare to speak ill of the general." The general has an order, let me arrest you two. ”

With that, he took out the token that Chen Yu had given him. Although Chen Yu has been removed from his position as a general by King Zhao, his die-hard elements still regard him as a general.

"Come on, take Yao Long and Xiao Ping!"

Immediately, several men received the order and stepped forward to arrest the two men.

The subordinates of the two were immediately enraged and immediately rushed up.

"The Great General has been removed from his post by the Great King!"

"There are no more generals in the army! Why should you care about us? ”

"Don't want to take down our chief!"

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More than 30 subordinates stood in front of the two, each glaring angrily.

Lu Tartar shouted: "You want to rebel, don't you?" Even if he is not a general for the time being, but he is still Xiangguo, you dare to go against Xiangguo, you don't want to live, do you? ”

That being said, the subordinates of the two just wouldn't get out of the way.

"What's going on..."

At this time, a Dutong came over with a few subordinates, this person's name was Qin Tong, and Xiao Ping and Yao Long were his subordinates. For these two subordinates, Qin Tong recognized their abilities very much, and proposed to Lu Tian three times to promote the two, but Lu Tian refused.

Lu Tar said: "Lord Qin, you don't discipline your subordinates well, they dare to speak ill of the general outside, and the general ordered me to arrest them." ”

He then took the token out.

Seeing that the token was correct, Qin Tong said kindly: "Since it is an order from the Prime Minister's country, then Lord Lu please take care of yourself." On the surface, he had to speak kindly, but he couldn't offend Chen Yu, and it was not appropriate to stop Lu Tatar directly, so he could only feel sorry for the two subordinates.

Witnessing all this, Xiao Ping and Yao Long knew that they were afraid that they would be more than lucky, but if they were not arrested, they would also affect the brothers.

Xiao Ping sighed: "It seems that this is our fate!" ”

Yao Long also sighed: "The king has taken over the army, if it is not rectified properly, there is no hope for the Zhao Kingdom!" ”

The two walked up, and Lu Tatar immediately took them down, tied them tightly with ropes, and then proudly escorted them away.

Subsequently, Qin Tong entered the city tower, wrote a short letter in bamboo slips, and then sent someone to the palace to present King Zhao, hoping that King Zhao would come forward to rescue the two after seeing it.

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The royal palace, inside the study.

Zhao Xie and Li Zuoche continued to discuss here, fully exchanging views on many issues.

In terms of expanding the number of soldiers, it needs to be determined according to the ability of the fiscal to afford taxes, and the more soldiers are recruited, the greater the financial expenditure; Adult men who originally farmed at home joined the army, and the reduction of labor force would lead to a decrease in grain production and a decrease in taxes paid by the imperial court. However, Liu Bang is bound to win the Zhao State, and it is not possible to expand his strength quickly, and the number of soldiers that can be recruited can only be determined by understanding the financial situation first.

When it comes to recruiting talents, Li Zuoche suggested that he could follow Qin Xiaogong and publicly issue a talent search order.

Zhao Xie had more unique ideas, planning to use the hundred schools of thought as a breakthrough to find a way to attract important figures from each school to come to Zhao State, and then further let people from various factions recommend people from their own schools, and gather the strengths of hundreds of schools for Zhao State.

Li Zuoche suddenly felt refreshed and said: "Nowadays, there are people from Legalists and Taoists who are officials in Zhao State, and they can recommend people from their own faction to come. As long as the king is sincere, there will definitely be people from other factions coming, and as for whether he can stay and serve the Zhao State, it depends on what we do. Each faction has different ideas and opinions, and there is no lack of opposition to each other, which is more difficult to do. ”

Among the main administrative officials, the false appearance Yang Bing belonged to Taoism, and Si Kou Cao Wan belonged to Legalism.

Each faction has its strengths and weaknesses, and Zhao Xie has a preliminary idea of how to balance each faction and absorb the strengths of each faction.

The "tuk tuk" study was knocked a few times, and the voice of the inner servant came: "King, Qin Dong, the commander of the capital stationed on the southern wall of the capital, has sent someone to report to you on important matters." ”

"Take him to the study!"

A chief was led to the door of the study, which was opened, and the soldiers knelt down and saluted respectfully to King Zhao.

"Report to the king, Qin Dutong has something important to report to you!"

As he spoke, he raised the bamboo tube with both hands.

King Zhao made a gesture, and the attendant took the bamboo tube and presented it to King Zhao.

Zhao Xie took the bamboo tube, took out the bamboo slip inside and opened it, the meaning of the content was: At the sixth quarter of the Shen hour, Lu Tatar sent by Xiangguo arrested Xiao Ping and Yao Long, on the grounds that he had said bad things about Xiangguo, and the two were brave and good at fighting, and had made a lot of military achievements, hoping that the king would rescue them.

For Xiao Ping and Yao Long, according to the memory of the original Zhao Xie, the two of them fought at the end of Qin and fought with Zhang Er after Xiang Yu was divided. As for how much credit there is, Zhao Xie is not very clear, because he was not directly in charge of the troops before.

After reading it, Zhao Xie handed it over to Li Zuoche again.

Zhao Xie said to the chief: "You go back and tell Qin Dong that the widow will definitely not stand idly by." ”

After Shi Chang stepped back, the two of them entered the study again.

Zhao Xie said: "Li Aiqing, what do you think?" ”

Li Zuodao: "The king, if Xiao Ping and Yao Long just told the matter as it was, and did not fabricate the facts, this could not be regarded as framing Chen Yu at all." We can make a fuss in this regard, and let Cao Wan thoroughly investigate this matter tomorrow, if the two are not guilty, we will have one more reason to depose Chen Yu. ”

Zhao Xie smiled and said appreciatively: "Aiqing, you are resourceful, Chen Yu is doomed." ”

According to his understanding of the history of Chu and Han in modern times, Li Zuoche's military value is not high, and he belongs to the Confucian general-type talent, which has both similarities and certain differences with Han Xin.

Han Shin is a pure military talent; Li Zuoche's ability is similar to Wu Qi, Sima Yi, Lu Xun and the like, he can not only join the army, but also serve as a civilian official in politics, and has a good strategy.

As for the removal of the generals who garrisoned the palace and the capital, Zhao Xie had already discussed with Li Zuoche just now, and he ordered Yang Fu to be summoned and Liao Tong, the general of Xiangguo.

It was getting dark, and Zhao Qian came to the study.

"King, dinner is ready!"

"Move to the study, the widow wants to eat with Li Aiqing!"

Under normal circumstances, the king eats with his courtiers, and it is inconvenient for the female relatives to be present, Zhao Qian knows the general situation, does not complain, and goes back to the dining room to eat alone.

The waiter moved the dining table into the study, the palace maid brought the food, and Zhao Xie and Li Zuoche ate face to face.

Dinner has meat and vegetarian dishes, as well as small rice.

In ancient times, it was not until the Song Dynasty that rice began to become the mainstream of the people, and before the Sui and Tang dynasties, the staple food was mainly small rice.

During this period, rice was only cultivated in parts of the south, which had high water requirements, and it was difficult to promote it on a large scale in ancient times when productivity was backward.

Millet is drought-tolerant and self-sustaining, making it the most important food crop in early antiquity.

One of today's dishes was roast chicken, and Zhao Xie gave both chicken legs to Li Zuoche.

After this period of getting along, the relationship between the monarch and the minister is harmonious.

In Li Zuoche's eyes, King Zhao's performance in the past half a month can already be regarded as a Ming Jun.

When the two were about to eat, the chamberlain came to report that Yang Fu had come.

Zhao Xie hurriedly finished eating and summoned Yang Fu.