The night in Handan City is very bustling, whether it is the sound of hawkers or the storytelling of teahouses, it can always attract people to stop and stop. To Zhao Yong's great surprise, the trend of drinking tea led by himself could become popular among the people so quickly. It's just that the high price of tea is always prohibitive. Li Zhuo once joked that if the people of Zhao are addicted to tea, it is still the people of Bashu who will benefit, and it will not be of much benefit to Zhao Guo.

But, well, Zhao Yong has to admit that he can't control this point, even if the current tea frying technology is very bad, but it's better than nothing. What's more, not everyone can afford to drink.

However, Li Zhuo's words reminded him that if the Qin State took the lead in annexing Bashu, he would really be suspected of funding the enemy country if he wanted to drink tea at that time.

"Alas, if there is no unity, even drinking tea is a political issue." He shook his head helplessly.

"What's the problem?" A crisp and pleasant voice interrupted Zhao Yong's train of thought. Zhao Yong turned his head, looked at Chan'er who was dressed as a man, shook his head and smiled: "It's nothing, I just want to drink tea suddenly." ”

"Shall we sit over there?" She pointed to a tea house on the side of the road.

It is said that Zhao Yong has never seen herself for a few days since she came back, and she was still very disappointed, thinking that Zhao Yong had completely forgotten her existence. But this evening he suddenly came to his dormitory, asked her if she was free, and went out for a walk with him.

Zhao Yong's invitation made Chan'er startled, you must know that all the royal cities will be closed as long as they are over, not to mention people at that time, even rats can't do without them. But Zhao Yong blatantly wanted to go out, it was just too much... Too... It's so exciting.

"Hey, if you don't go, if you don't go, I'll go, and I'll have to disturb Mrs. Jun's rest if it's too late." Zhao Yong asked by squeezing his eyes at her.

"But... But... Will you be back in town tonight? Chan'er asked timidly.

"Of course, otherwise how would Madame explain it?" Zhao Yong said, "Don't worry, when you come back, you have a way." ”

So, Chan'er followed this unreliable gentleman and sneaked out with Zhao Yi, the bodyguard. Seeing Zhao Yi's helpless face and a familiar look, Chan'er knew that Zhao Yong must have done this kind of thing before.

"Forget it, it's almost there, and we'll talk about it when we get there." Zhao Yong shook his head and said.

Chan'er was already guessing what Zhao Yong wanted to do when she came out so late, but Zhao Yong never said, so she was embarrassed to ask again. But I still have a lot of doubts in my heart, in this Zhao country, is there anyone who has to meet Zhao Yong in person?

In fact, there is.

In fact, the so-called rich area appeared in the Great Northern City very early, and many dignitaries and nobles bought real estate there. For example, Zhao Cheng and Zhao Bao have real estate apartments, and they are very luxurious. Even Zhao Yong's master Fei Yi moved there a few years ago, but after Zhao Yong wanted to honor Fei Yi several times and was resigned, he secretly purchased a property, and then forced him to move home, so that Fei Yi couldn't cry or laugh after knowing the result, so he could only accept it.

Relatively speaking, Sweet Water Lane, located in the south, is an authentic civilian area, where some peddlers and pawns bought houses, and some Shiqing adults also live here. It is said to be a civilian area, but in fact, it is also relatively speaking, there are many officials here, the most famous is Pang Cong, this general is now a popular person in front of Zhao Yong, but he still lives here, and he has never thought about moving.

But this time, Zhao Yong obviously didn't go to find Pang Cong. A few people stopped and stopped, and soon stopped in front of a small courtyard, Zhao Yong signaled, and Zhao Yi stepped forward and knocked on the door gently.

"Who?" A boy's voice came from the courtyard.

"There are students asking to see you." Zhao Yi said.

There was no answer in the courtyard, Chan'er thought that the other party had rejected them, but before she could think about it, the wooden door creaked open, and a young boy stretched out his head, saw the person who came, bowed to Zhao Yong, and said, "Meet the senior brother." ”

"Has the gentleman ever slept?" Zhao Yong hurriedly asked.

"Mr. is making tea, and said that the senior brother is here, so you don't have to tell each other, just come in." Saying that, the door was open and Zhao Yong and the others entered.

"There is Senior Brother Lao." Zhao Yong was also polite and took the lead in walking in. Zhao Yi arranged for two people to stay outside, and he and the others followed Chan'er into the small courtyard. This made Chan'er even more puzzled, isn't Zhao Yong's master Feiyi? So who is this master?

There is hardly anything superfluous in the small courtyard, only a simple poplar tree, a small round stone table under the poplar, and two bamboo chairs next to the stone table. It's just that the two bamboo stools are very elegant, and the backs of the chairs are oblique, as if this chair is not for sitting, but for lying. On the stone table, there are also scattered bamboo slips.

"Ma'am?" When Chan'er lost her mind, Zhao Yi's voice rang out.

"Huh?"

"You can come over here for a while." Zhao Yi pointed to a grass hut next to him and said. The lights were like beans, but there was still a pot fire. She glanced at Zhao Yong and found that Zhao Yong had entered the main room, through the bamboo curtain that was put down, Chan'er vaguely saw an old man kneeling in the hall, and after Zhao Yong entered, he respectfully knelt down to the old man. The old man did not shirk and accepted Zhao Yong's courtesy.

Chan'er knew that this was the person Zhao Yong had met, so she didn't say much, tightened the cloak on her body, and walked to another room. Zhao Yi watched her leave, personally guarded the door, and stared at the outside with a twelve-point spirit.

"I have said many times, the king has something, but someone can summon it, there is no need to visit late at night. In case something happens to the royal city, it will be too late to regret it. Crane Guanzi said with a wry smile.

"It's okay, the cleanup of the Lone Black-clothed Army has been completed, even if there are fish that slip through the net, I'm afraid it won't be able to involve this kind of core matter." Zhao Yong said, got up and walked to the old man, and filled the teacup in front of him for him.

"Be careful, now that the domestic political situation in Zhao is treacherous, you have been there for a long time, and many things may not be able to reach the level of being well-informed. It's still very easy for the people below to let you know. ”

"This is very clear to the disciples." Zhao Yongying said, "It's just that when I came back from Zhongshan, I couldn't figure out many things for a long time, so I could only come to bother the master late at night." If you are rude, please forgive me. Zhao Yong said ashamedly. In fact, with the insight of his two lives, he may not know less than Crane Guanzi, and in terms of those previous lives, Crane Crownson must be inferior to himself. But the reason why Que Guanzi is always able to give himself enlightenment is because his experience belongs to this era, and the advanced insight brought to Zhao Yong is sometimes not the right way.

"The army?"

"Not bad." Zhao Yong nodded, "Master heard the news?" ”

"Hehe, not really. But your army is triumphant, but there is no sacrificial ceremony so far, and there is no reward for meritorious deeds, if it were not for the delay in this matter, there would be no other problems in the decision. "Crane Guanzi looks scheming.

"Yes, I guess these thoughts of Lone can't hide some people with a heart." Zhao Yong smiled bitterly.

"You're very good at this, and you never feel like you're smarter than anyone else." Crane Guanzi said.

"Maybe it's because of this that Lone is so passive." Zhao Yong smiled bitterly, and then told the scene of the court meeting and the crane crown.

At the Imperial Meeting, after Zhao Yong told the matter of preparing to give severance pay to the soldiers, he did not expect to cause an uproar, which made Zhao Yong unexpected. Among the ministers in the court, seventy percent opposed Zhao Yong's doing, and the remaining three layers could not talk about absolute support, so it could only be said that there was no opposition. Zhao Yong instructed the four ministers to take the lead in expressing his position, Zhao Cheng directly ignored Zhao Yong's eyes, Zhao Bao Wu Guang pretended not to see it, only Feiyi had no way, stood up and spoke, but he also put forward from the perspective of the people's will to express no objection. After a circle, no one stood by Zhao Yong's side. Even Pang Cong, Le Yi and others were silent. This made the self-confidence brought to Zhao Yong by the big victory in Zhongshan disappear without a trace in an instant.

Originally, he sent troops to Zhongshan, and his prestige reached a high point under the big victory, but he didn't expect that he wanted to do such a small thing, but he couldn't achieve it, which was really angry.

"I really don't understand why it has become so difficult to get to the court even if there are some shortcomings in front of the army, even if there are some shortcomings in front of it? Could it be that Lone's idea is wrong? Zhao Yong said disappointedly.

After listening to Zhao Yong's words, Qu Guanzi was silent for a while, and said leisurely: "Your Majesty, it seems that you are still too naïve. However, this matter has nothing to do with you, and it has nothing to do with you, after all, politics and the state are two different things, but you don't understand it yet. ”

"Well, please give me advice." Zhao Yong is still very confident in himself: compared with the deceit in the business field, the political guns and arrows are even more difficult to guess, and if you are not careful, you may not only lose benefits, but also your life.

What's more, he is still the king of a country in this war?

"The monarch has the mandate of heaven, hoping to reverse the decline of the Zhao State and shake the Central Plains, so he did not hesitate to wait for a stable foothold to promote the reform of the army, so that he could control the army first; At the same time, the power is divided and combined, divided and ruled, so that all government affairs are returned to their own hands, and they are free from the constraints of a few ministers. Judging from the old man's experience, at Junshang's age and the means are so old and spicy, Junshang is the first. This is the success of Junshang. ”

Zhao Yong was not surprised at all by the comments of the Crane Guanzi, his own small means were in the hands of these old bureaucrats, in fact, he didn't look down on them at all, and he himself knew it very well, so he never dared to underestimate others.

"But the king forgot that the things of the world are nothing more than the word 'Tao'. Where the road is, there is no disadvantage. This is justice and honesty, as is corruption and bribery. There is no right or wrong in the Tao, and what we, mortals, can do is not to change the so-called 'Tao', but to find a way to take advantage of the situation and achieve our own goals. ”

If Zhao Yong could still understand what Que Guanzi said just now, then now, he is completely confused.

What did the old gentleman mean by that?