PS: Chapter 2, ask for a monthly pass!

Outside the Zhao family's temple, the two important ministers who were calling for wind and rain in the Lu country could only wait respectfully here, and in this interval, Zai Yu asked softly: "Zhang Zi, what do you think of the young master?" ”

Zhang Mengtan's gaze was still deep and wise, and no one could hide in front of him. Zhao Cao and the head of the Zhao family don't look very similar, and they have inherited more of their mother's appearance - maybe a little bit of the appearance of the ancestor of the mother family, Shen Gong Wuchen, who looks a little thin, has a handsome face like a Chu person, and is a shy boy.

The little gentleman who looks different everywhere in the Xinjiang Pan Palace, I'm afraid it's hard to see, after all, it's a character that comes out once in hundreds of years......

He smiled and said: "The young master is polite and polite, and he is a material that can be made, and he will definitely be a good Zhengqing." ”

"But he's only four years old......"

"Four and a half years old." Zhang Mengtan emphasized.

Zai Yu shook his head: "There is no difference, in fact, whether the lord is in Lu Country or not, it does not affect the administration of the shogunate, the young lord does not even have to go in person, he only needs to hang the arch in Wen County, there are Zhang Zi and us, and the same can govern Lu Country in an orderly manner......"

"Zi me, your idea is very dangerous, it is the same as the self-righteous Yi Zai such as Nan Kuai and Gongshan Bufu......" As the history of the shogunate, Zhang Mengtan's position is unshakable, and after his voice became stern, even Zai Yu, who has always been proud, can only bow his head and admit his mistakes.

"The uncle and grandson of Sanhuan and the Ji family have died, and the only remaining Meng family has also handed over the territory and was moved to Qufuzhong, enjoying the name of the secretary but not the right to the secretary, the Shiqing of the Lu State is only left with the Zhao family, son of me, you are knowledgeable, tell me what Shiqing is."

Zai Yu swallowed his saliva: "I have been a secretary for many generations, and I will rest with the country......"

"Yes, since it is a retirement with the country, how can there be a secretary who has been absent from the country for a long time? In the long run, the people of the Lu State will forget that it is the Zhao clan that rules them, so when the lord is busy governing Hanoi and the war west of Taihang, the Lu State needs a descendant of the Zhao clan to sit in charge, except for the young master in front of him, who else can there be? ”

The Zhao family is not prosperous, Zhao Wuxian's wife Le gave birth to a daughter last year, although Zhao Wuxian loves her very much, as a newborn of a political family, she was also quickly given a marriage contract, and will marry Han Hu's son when she grows up, as a witness to the eternal solidity of the Zhao-Han alliance.

But in this way, the retainers' expectations for their son-in-law were in vain, and as Zhao Wuxian's only son so far, Zhao Cao was naturally regarded by Zhang Mengtan as the best person to protect the interests of the Zhao family in the Lu State.

Not everyone agrees with this, and in the country of Lu, some of the free-spirited shogunate officials complained about it.

This idea may have originated in the neighboring country of Cao, or the so-called "Taoqiu Free City". Cao Guo had no king, only Zigong managed the state as the "Great Dang State", and below him were the "public doctors" composed of thirteen merchants and seven nobles of Cao State, who jointly established laws and ruled according to them.

Similarly, the monarch of the Lu State, whether it is Lu Dinggong, who just died of illness this spring, or the newly succeeded Lu Hou General, are all fictitious puppets.

The power of the Lu State was controlled by the Zhao Shogunate, but Zhao Wuxian was absent from the Lu State for a long time, so the scholars led by Zhang Mengtan took charge of it. A few years have passed, and when the foreign country of Qi has no time to take care of others, Zai Yu and a few other people have formed an illusion of "Lu Guonaishi autonomy".

But Zhang Mengtan understood very well, he couldn't be clearer, although he held high the banner of reusing scholars, although he knocked down a large number of old nobles in the Lu State, and used bureaucrats and small landlords with military merits to divide their territories and replace their positions.

But in the final analysis, Zhao Wuxian just wanted to concentrate the originally scattered feudal power in the hands of the shogunate, and the shogunate will always be surnamed Zhao!

"Lu can do without a king, but it can't do without a general!" This is the bottom line that Zhang Mengtan insists on.

If General Zhao doesn't have time to go to Lu State to sit in the court, then he can only push a little general up.

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Zhang Mengtan's duty is to defend this Taidai land for the Zhao family, after all, it is the place where he started, not to mention that in the past two years, the country of Lu has indeed been thriving, and both the military, government and people's livelihood have been on the right track.

There were originally only nine counties in the Lu State, but as the Donglu doctors were questioned one after another, or the territory was recovered, Donglu was also included in the county system of the shogunate, adding three counties, plus the cooperation of the thief foot and Xu Chengshui after the Battle of Wenshui, Taishan County and Ailing County were forcibly captured from the territory of the Qi State, a total of 14 counties, with a population of more than 1 million! It is the eastern base of the Zhao family.

As for the great enemy of the Lu State, the Qi State, two years ago, the Chen family and the Bao family launched a coup d'état to support Gongzi Tu to succeed to the throne, calling him Yan Ruzi, or "Ruzi Hou". As a loser of the coup, Gao Zhang fled and was intercepted by Chen's ambushed army, and Gao Zhang was killed after being escorted back to Linzi.

At the same time, Guoxia's son Guoshu fled to Muling Pass and defected to Yan Yuan, but it was a pity that Yan Yuan was incompetent, sitting on 10,000 troops and the dangerous pass Muling, but he hesitated, neither surrendering to Lu nor joining the winning side of the coup. After hesitating, he was disturbed by the edict sent by Chen Bao, and his soldiers scattered in a hurry, and he himself could only flee to Ju with the national secretary.

After a great chaos, the Chen Bao clan continued to integrate internally, and now the Qi state is powerless to pose a threat to the Lu state, but must always be on guard against the possible invasion of the Lu state at any time.

In desperation, the Chen family has agreed to cede Taishan, Ailing and other places to the Lu State, and even the Hejian Land can be discussed, as long as there is peace. The Zhao clan also needed peace to heal the wounds of the war, and needed food relief from the Qi state's compensation, so Zhao Wuxian signed a peace treaty with the Chen clan on the surface, and the Chen clan returned the Zhongxing city in the southern part of the river, and the Lu side also stopped attacking the Qi state.

But in reality, how could Zhao Wuxian make Chen feel better? His strategy is to be more sinister and "attack with unison"!

As early as after learning the news of Gao Zhang's murder, Gao Wupi was in great pain, and was finally willing to agree to Zhao Wuxian's conditions, wanting to take revenge on the Chen family.

Guoxia, who was captured with him, was a tough bone, even though the clan coup failed and he was expelled, he was still unwilling to be Zhao Wuxian's knife.

But having said that, Zhao Wuxian was not worried about the assets of this famous general, so he simply continued to detain Guoxia as a hostage, and with Gao Wupi as the mainstay, supplemented by Yan Yu and Guoshu, he selected 10,000 people from the captives of Qi and used them as the vanguard to enter Ju. The Zhao clan himself occupied the capital of Ju and Langya and other seashores and cities, while the White Guards of Qi concentrated in the north, and after several months of drills, they began to attack Qi and captured Jiegen, the homeland of Ju, as a base for counterattacking Linzi.

Not only that, Zhao Wuxian also found the few princes of Qi who escaped from the Qi State (the nickname of the Marquis of Qi has also changed, not the "Jing" in history, but the "Sorrow", in the country in chaos, there are soldiers; It is a great evil to make the people sad and embarrassed, and to be harsh and cruel to the government and thieves), so that Gao Wupi can use them as a banner to oppose Chen Bao and the puppet "Ruzi Hou".

So for two years, Chen Bao and the remnants of Guogao have been fighting on the border of Qiju, and they have to deal with the rebellion of Guogao Yu Party that broke out internally from time to time, which is miserable.

The Chen family relied on the hearts of the people and could barely stabilize their position, but they were also afraid that the Zhao family would ease down and continue to attack, so Chen Qi Chen Heng and his son came up with an idea: they began to build the Great Wall on the Qilu border, and the simple rammed earth wall extended from the defense gate to the east, all the way to Muling Pass, and planned to further repair it to the seashore!

This has been a matter of nearly a month, and when he learned the news, Zhao Wuxian was discussing with Zhang Meng to let his son go to Lu Guozhan to be a major general. Zhang Mengtan clearly remembered that the lord laughed after being stunned for a moment, laughing at the Chen father and son who were sick and rushed to the hospital, and asked Zhang Mengtan to send someone to the territory of Qi to find out if there was a Qi girl named "Meng Jiang" after returning to Lu State.

"With Meng Jiangnu alone, you can break the thousand-mile Great Wall of Qi without much effort!" Zhao Wuxian seemed to be holding back a smile when he said this, he was so happy and carried away, since he inherited the position of head of the family two years ago, Zhang Mengtan had not seen him again.

But what exactly does this mean? Zhang Meng talked about the brains of many wise and close demons, but he still didn't figure it out...... (To be continued.) )