In the school competition, Zhao Jia was in the limelight, but the Yan delegation lost face and returned in defeat.

In Handan City, Zhao Jia once again became the focus of people's discussions on the streets and alleys, and Zhao people were also smiling.

On the contrary, the atmosphere in the palace was extremely solemn.

"Your Majesty, the envoys of the Yan Kingdom are not good, if you really let them return to the Yan Kingdom calmly, they will become a disaster!"

There were radical generals who spoke, their faces full of murder.

"The general's words are wrong."

"Jia Gongzi frustrated his spirit in the school field, raised the prestige of our country, and let the Yan State mission know that my Zhao State cannot be bullied."

"If you send someone to intercept and kill again, it will seem that my Zhao Guo is very inward-looking, but it is not beautiful."

Some Wenchen came out to refute it.

Inside the main hall, it was extremely noisy.

Some demanded the interception of the Yan mission, while others strongly opposed it, and both sides held their own opinions and argued endlessly.

"That's enough."

The impatience on King Zhao's face became stronger and stronger, and finally he couldn't help it and took the case.

When the ministers heard this, they didn't dare to say much.

King Zhao got up, looked around at everyone, and shouted: "The widow celebrates his birthday, and the Yan State sends his prime minister to give a hundred gold to congratulate the widow." ”

"The other party treats each other politely, and he is an envoy of the Yan Kingdom, how can a widow let someone intercept and kill the other party because of speculation?"

"If this is really the case, which country will dare to send an envoy to my Zhao country in the future?"

"The matter of interception and killing must not be discussed again, if anyone dares to act behind the back of the widow, he will not be spared!"

Hearing King Zhao's words, Lian Po, who had always been silent, finally spoke, stepped forward and said: "The king's order, how dare we disobey!" ”

Zhao Jia stood on the side, saw that the dust had settled, sighed slightly in his heart, and finally didn't say anything.

At the beginning, Zhao Jia also thought about intercepting and killing the Yan State Mission.

After careful consideration, Zhao Jia dispelled that thought.

The envoys of the Yan State came to congratulate the King of Zhao on his birthday, even if they had bad intentions, they could not attack him until they caused substantial harm to the Zhao State.

After all, the envoys of the Yan State represent the Yan State.

Even if Zhao Guo intercepted and killed the envoys of Yan State, he would deal with it seamlessly, and Yan Guo could still detain the crime on Zhao Guo.

What's more, whether the Yan State will send troops to attack the Zhao State is a major event for the entire country, and it will not change much because of the wishes of a few envoys.

If Yan Guo was not ready to attack Zhao State, Zhao State instead intercepted and killed Yan State delegation.

When the matter reached the ears of King Yan, a national war would inevitably break out.

At that time, Yan Guo was also famous, but Zhao Guo was morally criticized and the gains outweighed the losses.

King Zhao may have also taken these into account, so he was not ready to intercept and kill the envoys of the Yan State.

"The widow is tired, so let's all retreat, Zhao Jia stays."

King Zhao looked a little tired, waved his hand at the ministers, and everyone retreated after saluting.

King Zhao got up, and with the support of the eunuch, motioned for Zhao Jia to follow.

It didn't take long for Zhao Jia to enter the study under the leadership of King Zhao.

King Zhao asked the eunuch to retreat, and then motioned for Zhao Jia to sit down, but he came to the front of the bookcase.

"You're doing well on campus today."

Zhao Jia lowered his head and said: "Thanks to the king's father's good governance of the country, the people's will is attached, the Zhao people are unyielding, and it is not the work of the grandson alone." ”

When King Zhao heard this, a smile appeared on his face.

Zhao Guoneng gradually came out of the defeat of Changping, and the national strength became stronger and stronger, and King Zhao did spend a lot of thought.

Being so flattered by Zhao Jia, King Zhao was also very happy in his heart.

After hesitating for a while, King Zhao finally took out a large pile of bamboo slips and motioned for Zhao Jia to come over and watch.

Zhao Jia opened them one by one and found that the contents of the bamboo slips were all records of the burning and looting of the Xiongnu Koubian for decades, which also listed the consumption of Zhao State's war with the Xiongnu for many years.

Although Zhao Jia has long known that Zhao has consumed too much national strength in order to deal with the troubles of the Xiongnu over the years.

After seeing these materials, Zhao Jiacai deeply understood how much manpower and material resources the Xiongnu had invested in Zhao.

The Battle of Changping can be described as the battle of the Zhao State, which almost consumed the Zhao State.

However, for decades, Zhao's ability to cope with the consumption of the Xiongnu was enough for Zhao to fight two battles of Changping.

It is no exaggeration to say that if the Xiongnu had not been a disaster for the frontier for many years, the Zhao State might not have been defeated in the Battle of Changping.

Half an hour passed slowly.

Zhao Jia put down those shocking information, and his face was extremely heavy.

King Zhao rubbed his eyebrows and sighed faintly: "Before the Battle of Changping, there was still strength to deal with the Xiongnu, but now it is not enough. ”

"I thought that Li Mu was a good general and could pacify the troubles of the Xiongnu, so he even handed over all the military and political power in northern Xinjiang to the jurisdiction of the other party."

"But I don't want to, Li Mu has made no achievements in the past few years, and there are so many troops raised in northern Xinjiang but there is no use for it."

"Therefore, I removed Li Mu's military power and prepared to choose another person to resist the Xiongnu in northern Xinjiang."

Zhao Jia's heart moved slightly when he heard this, and said: "Sun Er knows one person, and this person has the talent to go through the heavens and the earth and reverse the world. ”

"If the royal father uses this person, at least three years, at most five years, he will be able to completely calm the troubles of the Huns!"

King Zhao's eyes suddenly burst into essence, and he shouted, "Who? ”

Zhao Jia took a deep breath and replied: "Li Mu, the defender of Northern Xinjiang, is also. ”

When King Zhao heard this, he immediately said angrily: "Li Mu is timid and afraid of war, how can he continue to dominate the northern frontier!" ”

King Zhao's heart was surging with anger at this time.

He just said that Li Mu couldn't do it and wanted to remove the generals, but he didn't expect Zhao Jia to strongly recommend Li Mu immediately.

This kind of behavior is definitely a slap in the face of Chi Guoguo, and it is no wonder that King Zhao is so angry.

Zhao Jia said unhurriedly: "Dare to ask the royal father, how much has Li Mu spent on the treasury in the past few years of garrisoning northern Xinjiang?" ”

King Zhao pondered for a long time and said: "Li Mu is stationed in northern Xinjiang, trades with Saiwai, is self-sufficient, and does not consume money and grain from the treasury. ”

Zhao Jia asked again: "Dare to ask the royal father, what is the loss of casualties among soldiers, people, and property in the years that Li Mu has been stationed in the frontier?" ”

King Zhao frowned and said: "Although Li Mu is timid and afraid of war, he is also well prepared, every time the Huns attack, Li Mu drives the soldiers, people, cattle and sheep back to the fortress in advance, and there is not much loss." ”

Zhao Jia's face was solemn, and he asked again: "Then when Li Mu's previous generals were stationed in northern Xinjiang, they consumed money and food, lost soldiers, and how many people were?" ”

When King Zhao heard this, his face was a little unbearable.

Although Li Mu is timid and afraid of war.

However, compared with the previous border guards, Li Mu neither let the treasury spend money and grain, nor did he lose the people and soldiers.

From this aspect alone, Li Mu's achievements are unparalleled.

However, Li Mu's style of being timid and afraid of things and cowering still made King Zhao dislike it in his heart after all.

Zhao Jia seemed to see through King Zhao's thoughts, and persuaded: "A man who is good at fighting has no outstanding achievements, and Li Mu is exactly this kind of person." ”

"He has the posture of a general, and if he has the opportunity, his achievements will not be inferior to that of Qin Guobai."

"If the royal father is relieved to let him continue to take charge of the northern Xinjiang, at least three years, at most five years, he will definitely be able to calm the troubles of the Xiongnu!"

When King Zhao heard this, he said angrily: "Li Mu is afraid of fighting like a tiger, how can he be compared with Bai Qi!" ”

In the Battle of Changping, Bai Qikeng killed the 450,000 army of Zhao State, and the world was shocked.

Although King Zhao hated Bai Qi to the bone, he also knew that this person was talented and had not encountered defeat on the battlefield, and he hated and respected him in his heart.

Therefore, when he heard that Zhao Jia compared Li Mu with Bai Qi, King Zhao was immediately a little annoyed.

Zhao Jia was not afraid, and said in a deep voice: "The reason why Bai Qi was able to succeed was that his talent was only one of them, and the more important thing was because of King Qin's trust and heavy ears. ”

"Maxima often has, but Bole does not often have."

"Therefore, although there is a famous horse, it is only humiliated by the hands of slaves, and it is not called a thousand miles by the stable."

"Li Mu has a talent of thousands of miles, such as the strategy of his way, the food of his materials, the sound of his meaning, his daily travel of thousands of miles, what is the way?"

Facing King Zhao this time, Zhao Jia didn't want to show his edge too much.

However, Li Mu is a great talent, and if he can't take this opportunity to fight for him, it will be a loss for the entire Zhao State.

Therefore, even if Zhao Jia knew that this move might make King Zhao unhappy, he still fought with reason.

But he didn't want to, instead of being angry when King Zhao heard this, he began to repeat what Zhao Jia had just said.

"Where did you hear these words?"

Zhao Jia was a little stunned at first, and then realized that he was angry for a while, and actually quoted the later Han Yu's "Ma Said".

"Ma Shuo" is easy to understand and has profound implications, and it is a great wake-up call for those in power.

Han Yu is a native of the Tang Dynasty, and naturally there is no "Ma Shuo" in this era, so King Zhao will feel strange.

was questioned by King Zhao, Zhao Jia had to bite the bullet and say: "When my grandson is bored, he works casually, and it is difficult to wait for the elegant hall." ”

After being silent for a long time, King Zhao sighed slightly: "These words seem to have been specially said for us and other people in power. ”

He rubbed his brows and said again: "Li Mu is talented, and the widow naturally knows that this time he was transferred back to Handan because he was passive and avoided the war, which caused criticism from the Manchu Dynasty, and he had no choice but to do it. ”

"And in order to guard against the Xiongnu, there are too many garrisons in northern Xinjiang, even if they can be self-sufficient, they also greatly contain the military strength of Zhao."

"Now that the Qin State has changed dramatically, it is unable to advance eastward."

"If you don't take this opportunity to solve the trouble of the Xiongnu, after the Qin state is stabilized, the Zhao state will be in danger."

"The matter of changing the general, the widow has already decided, and you don't need to persuade again."

When Zhao Jia heard this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Although he wanted to refute it, he also knew that if he continued to insist, he was afraid that it would backfire, so he had to give up.

But then, King Zhao said: "To be honest, Li Mu has indeed made the widow worry-free over the years, so it seems that he is also a good general." ”

"The widow also hopes that Li Mu's talent can be compared to Bai Qi, but there are countless heroes in the world, and there is only one person in Bai Qi after all."

"Holding Li Mu too high is not a good thing after all."

Zhao Jia woke up suddenly.

Now that Zhao Guolian is still here, even if Lian Po is like this, he doesn't dare to compare himself with Bai Qi, how can Li Mu, a cowardly and war-fearing person, dare to compare with Bai Qi?

If his words today really want to be spread, not only will it not be beneficial to Li Mu, but it will be killed, and it will attract the envy of many people for Li Mu.

"Being a person and thoughtful, I am far inferior to my father after all."

Thinking of this, Zhao Jia's face was solemn, and then he said solemnly: "Sun Er knows that he is wrong. ”