In mid-August, Handan, Zhao State, with the end of the autumn harvest, the army of Fa Yan also assembled from the counties to prepare for the pull, and the commander has been designated as Ma Fujun Zhao Hao. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

As the son of Ma Fujun, Zhao Kuo performed well during the escort of Chang'an Jun, but after returning to Handan, his mission was completed, and he became an idler again.

Zhao Hao was unwilling, but he couldn't stand Zhao Kuo's hard work, and Chang'an Jun tried his best to ask for credit for Zhao Kuo in front of the Queen Mother, so he had to agree to let him go with the army, and his position was ......

"A little five hundred lords."

Zhao Kuo seemed to be a little disappointed, and the newly built "Chang'an Jun Mansion" said goodbye to Chang'an Jun on this day, and saw that there were no outsiders next to him, so he couldn't help complaining.

"I thought that at least I was a captain who could command a thousand people, but my father said that I went to Linzi, although I was loyal, but I almost put Chang'anjun in danger, at most I could prove that I had the talent to command a hundred people, so I compromised and let me be five hundred masters, and five hundred people."

The military system of Zhao was similar to that of Qin and Wei, with 1,000 people as the basic combat unit, led by a captain, and then flexibly organized during the battle, with a general under the command. A general is in charge of an army, that is, between 5,000 and 10,000 people, and as for Zhao Hao and Lian Po, they are the commanders of a large group army of 100,000 people.

As the son of Ma Fujun, he can only be five hundred lords, which is indeed a bit deliberately suppressed, but in Mingyue's opinion, this is already very good, you must know that in the original history, this battle should be Tian Dan became the commander of the Zhao army, and Zhao Kuo didn't even get the battle......

So he smiled and persuaded Zhao Kuo: "Maybe this is because Ma Fujun doesn't want to be thought that he is nepotism......"

"What's more, since the king of Wuling, my Zhao State has advocated that the prime minister must start from the state department, and the fierce general must be sent from the army. General Lian Po and Ma Fujun all started as junior officials in the army, and they just walked the road they had walked again. I believe that the big waves wash the sand, the first to see the real gold, this time to cut the Yan, is the opportunity to prove himself to Ma Fujun and the people of the world! ”

A sentence dispelled the loss in Zhao Kuo's heart, and he cheered up again: "It's that I didn't pay attention to my father's deep meaning, this time, I must make a contribution, so that people don't dare to despise me anymore, and regard me as an incompetent son of my father!" ”

Next, the two talked again, but they talked about the recent situation of the other people in the small team.

"I don't know what happened to Shu Qi in the palace?"

Shu Qi, like Zhao Kuo, although he followed Mingyue to Qi State, he was not his retainer. After finishing his mission, he returned to the official office of the black-clothed guards of the Zhao State court to report, and then accepted the next mission, which was the rule of being black.

Shu Qi himself was very reluctant, and he wanted to stay by Chang'anjun's side.

But Mingyue persuaded him: "Whether it is an errand in the palace or protecting me, it is to serve the country." "As the son of Zuo Shi Touching the Dragon, he should follow his father's wishes to enter the palace and take office, and the black-clothed guards are a shortcut to the promotion of officials, although Mingyue feels that since he has been involved with himself, Shu Qi's promotion road may not be smooth.

But he didn't break it, and let Shu Qi leave temporarily, firstly, it could dispel King Zhao's suspicion that he was "befriending the old minister and touching the dragon", and secondly, it could also make it possible for him to have someone in the palace who could be used. In order to ease the relationship with King Zhao, Mingyue took the initiative to move out of the palace and lived in the Chang'an Monarch's Mansion.

However, Shu Qi did not have a smooth life after rejoining the black clothes, King Zhao did not trust him, did not arrange him for important positions, and recently only became the head of the swordsmanship of King Zhao's palace guards, and practiced swords every day with a group of good sons who had just entered the palace......

As for Lu Jujian and other rangers, they officially became retainers of Chang'an Jun's Mansion and had a job, and their families were also gathered together and lived in a manor under the name of Chang'an Jun on the outskirts of the city, living the life of a landlord.

The rangers who returned to their hometowns naturally aroused the envy of the neighbors, which was exactly the effect that Mingyue wanted, but those who came to vote one after another were all rejected by him, and now is not the time to recruit customers to stimulate King Zhao. But secretly, Mingyue is arranging for Lu Jujian to plan a big plan......

While speaking, time flies, seeing that the sun is about to twilight, Zhao Kuo is about to say goodbye, and Mingyue raised a wine to toast him:

"I am a happy son, although I really want to embark on the journey with Bracket and contribute to the country, I can't do it after all. There's nothing I can give to brackets, so I'll send you a sentence from Xunzi's "Persuasion of Learning". No accumulation of steps, no thousands of miles, no accumulation of small streams, no rivers and seas. I hope it's a battle of brackets! ”

Speaking of Xunzi, Mingyue was a little helpless, the most regrettable thing about Qi Guo and his party was nothing more than two things, one of which was that he still didn't succeed in apprenticeing to Xunzi after all. The second is that Li Si, a clever potential stock, has too many thoughts, so he politely declined his invitation, saying that he had not learned enough and would continue to follow Xunzi.

In fact, the real reason for Li Si's refusal is that Mingyue is just a prince of Zhao Guo who has no real power, and he is indeed not the first choice of Li Si who has great ambitions. Mingyue is really a little unqualified......

"In today's world, not only the lord chooses the minister, but the minister also chooses the king." After this incident, Mingyue understood this truth, and he felt more and more that time was running out, and he had to do something quickly, so that he could get up and become a sycamore in the eyes of the Warring States people.

But how difficult it is, when he was in the State of Qi, his status as the son of Zhao and the darling of the Queen Mother was a kind of protection, but after returning to Handan, this identity became the biggest constraint on what he wanted to do.

Zhao Wangdan was not friendly to him, a half-brother.

Compared with when she first crossed, half a year has passed, and Mingyue has gained fame and a credit in Linzi that Zhao people remember. But King Zhao was not idle, he recruited many people, such as Yu Xin and Li Bo.

That Yu Xin is a Wei traveler, not only smart, but also recognizes the overall situation, King Zhao obeys his words, with this person, Mingyue does not even have the opportunity to let King Zhao behave "immoral" and "unfilial". And Li Bo and others were arranged by King Zhao to go to the county to lead the army to govern the government, under the management of Yu Xin, King Zhao is no longer a puppet who has been blocked by the queen mother, and his henchmen have been gathered in the court and in the local court, and the foundation is deepening day by day. The gap between Mingyue and him has not narrowed, but has widened a lot, and he is completely powerless to resist from the front.

The name of the monarch and the minister has been decided, and at this time, the Empress Dowager Zhao prefers to work against her, which is something that only fools do.

Mingyue wants to show the appearance of a peaceful gentleman externally, take the rewards of the palace to buy a wide range of fields, indulge in vocal music, raise magicians, and only communicate with literary scholars, so that King Zhao has no excuse to deal with him, and internally, he must find ways to ease the relationship with King Zhao, let him relax his vigilance, and let himself have more room for activities.

He made a move to retreat into advance, first let King Zhao's confidant Yu Xin deliver the letter on his behalf, and then begged the Empress Dowager Zhao to arrange for King Zhao, him, and the three brothers of Lulingjun to have a family banquet, pretending to be drunk during the banquet and crying to King Zhao "heartfelt words", talking about brotherhood, and swearing that he had no ambition.

Life in the world, all depends on acting skills, his words were sincere that day, which caused the Empress Dowager Zhao to cry, and King Zhao was also moved. Although Zhao Wangdan is the king, his family affection is weak, but after all, he is only a young man less than twenty years old, and he can't compare to Zheng Zhuanggong, who has a black belly to the extreme. Under the pressure of Empress Dowager Zhao and the persuasion of Yu Xin's "brother outside the wall", King Zhao did not seem to be so hostile to Mingyue.

Seeing that it was mid-August, the army of Zhao was about to start, and Mingyue also moved to his Chang'an Monarch's Mansion, bidding farewell to the palace completely.

Although he claimed that he only wanted to be a happy son, he didn't want to be idle, so he begged the Empress Dowager Zhao to be the master, and found an errand that seemed to outsiders to be very idle and had no threat to King Zhao......

His choice was so strange that the nobles in Handan City thought that Chang'anjun really just wanted to be happy.

Not only did the enemy think so, but his friends also thought so, and when he was leaving, Zhao Kuo said very incomprehensibly:

"I still don't understand, with the identity of the son, with the talent and courage of the son, he can be a feudal official, or an important position of the secretary of the court, but why do you want to do a big job?"