In 403 B.C., King Weilie of Zhou, the co-lord of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, ordered the three princes of Han, Zhao and Wei, and the situation of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States was officially formed. From more than 140 princes in the early Spring and Autumn Period, after more than 360 years of annexation, only more than 20 remained in the early Warring States period. Among them, Xiying's surname is Qin, Dongtian's surname is Qi, the Central Plains Sanjin (Zhao, Wei, and Korea), Nanmi's surname is Chu, and Beiji's surname is Yan. It is known as the "Seven Heroes of the Warring States" in history.

As a result of the wars of annexation, there were fewer princes, and the victors became larger, more populous, and more wealthy. The wealth of the land and population, which was originally scattered in the hands of various princes, was concentrated in the hands of a few princes.

The world has been integrated from hundreds of small countries to more than a dozen large entities, and the original strategic buffer space no longer exists, and various major powers have to face the pattern of direct and brutal competition. The concentration of resources has led to a sharp increase in the scale and intensity of wars between countries. In the continuous fierce attacks between each other, how to survive the competition, and to enrich the country and strengthen the army has become the primary consideration of the decision-making level of various countries.

Under the general demand of this era, a series of reforms were carried out in due course, such as the Wei State Li Kui Reform, the Chu State Wu Qi Reform, the Qin State Shang Martingale Reform, the Zhao State Hufu Cavalry Shooting, the Korean Shen Bu Harm Reform, the Qi State Zou Ji Reform, and the Yan State Yan Zhao Wang's "Thousand Gold Buying Horse Bones".

Among them, the Li Kui reform of the Wei State and the Shang Yang reform of the Qin State had the most far-reaching impact.

Li Kui changed the law and made Wei the most powerful country in the early Warring States period, but unfortunately the kings behind Wei were too mediocre and did not have the insight of Wei Wenhou, so they slowly declined. The Shang Dynasty reform laid the most solid foundation for the unification of the six kingdoms of Qin.

The Seven Kingdoms have been able to develop to the point where they have reached the point where they have experienced at least thousands of wars, large and small, and it is very difficult for even weak countries such as Korea and Yan to destroy them, let alone the strongest countries in the world such as Qin.

Therefore, there is still a long time to go on this road, and Zhao Fan has only formed a short-term plan in his mind now, and as for the specific implementation content, it still needs to be carefully considered.

The most important thing for Zhao now should be to think about how to improve its national strength, because the Hufu cavalry and archery promoted by King Wuling only made Zhao a top military power in the middle and late Warring States period, but as for the national strength, it has not been significantly improved.

Therefore, Zhao Fan has to consider whether to implement the second reform with King Huiwen and Lin Xiangru and others, and focus on improving national strength, just like Shang Ying's reform.

Of course, Zhao Fan knew the main content of Shang Ying's reform. However, it was a reform made by Shang Ying in response to the specific situation of the Qin State, although it was very effective, but it was not necessarily suitable for the Zhao State, not to mention, Zhao Fan came from the 21st century and knew a lot of advanced knowledge, but there was no need to copy the Shang Ying reform and carry out a second reform of the Zhao State.

Immediately, Zhao Fan also took out a brush and wrote down some specific measures in his mind.

This is a long-term work, after all, it is a big event, so Zhao Fan is now just recording the knowledge he learned in his previous life, and if he really wants to implement the reform when the time comes, he must plan carefully before he can implement it.

Zhao Fan knew that King Wuling's implementation of Hufu cavalry and archery was greatly hindered, even if he was the king of Zhao, it was extremely difficult to implement reforms. However, Zhao Fan is not too worried about this.

Because after all, there is a precedent, and it is much easier to carry out a second time than the first time, not to mention that the effect of Hufu cavalry shooting has already been revealed, and those ministers should not object.

In fact, for Zhao State, the implementation of the second reform is actually very urgent, after all, even the Shang Dynasty reform of the Qin State was implemented twice.

When Zhao Fan wrote a long roll of bamboo and wooden tablets, he stopped, and it was almost evening, Zhao Fan rolled up the wooden tablets, put them on a few cases on the side, and then walked out of the courtyard.

As soon as Zhao Fan went out, he bumped into Zhao Sheng head-on.

"Brother Fan, Brother Wang has prepared a banquet for Zhang Hong, let's go to the palace quickly." Zhao Sheng pulled Zhao Fan and went out of the house.

Hearing this, Zhao Fan patted his head and remembered that when he wrote the content of the change just now, he was so involved that he almost forgot that King Huiwen and his ministers invited Zhang Hong to a banquet tonight to clean up the dust for him.

Immediately, the two of them also hurriedly rode in a carriage towards the palace.

Zhao Palace is in the center of Handan City, surrounded by city walls, and the city river is deep and wide, like a city in the city.

The dinner was held in the auspicious hall of the palace.

King Zhao's royal seat is located in the north of the hall facing the main gate, each side is set up with forty seats, all facing the large space like the palace center square, the seat is divided into two rows before and after, each seat can sit ten people, the front seat is of course the royal nobles and ministers, and the back seat is the family members and the samurai generals with special status.

The closer to the banquet of King Zhao, the more lofty the status is, and now Lin Xiangru and Lian Po have become the pillars of Zhao State, so their seats are divided into three seats on the left and three seats on the right, which can also be seen that these two people have important surnames in Zhao State.

After all the guests entered the hall, they sat down in their own banquets, and when they talked, they all exchanged heads and ears, and did not dare to make noise, and the atmosphere was tense and serious.

When Zhao Fan and Zhao Sheng entered the arena in Chinese costumes, they immediately attracted everyone's attention, the two stood together, their height and posture were extremely similar, and they were completely like brothers, which also made some people who doubted Zhao Fan's identity in their hearts throw away their previous thoughts.

Lin Xiangru, who had already been seated, saw the two of them ushering, and immediately got up and said with a smile: "The two sons are late, and they should be punished with three glasses of wine." ”

Lin Xiangru has a very good relationship with Zhao Sheng and Zhao Fan, and he is Xu Jia's uncle, so although there is such a big age difference with everyone, it is also quite talkative, Zhao Fan's talent needless to say, naturally Lin Xiangru appreciates it very much.

And Zhao Sheng, although he is not as smart as King Huiwen and Zhao Fan, he is personable and broad-minded, so it is easy to make people feel good.

At this time, there was a commotion near the door, and it turned out to be several tall Qin State guards, surrounded by Zhang Hong, who was dressed in Confucian shirts.

I saw Zhang Hong's face calm, and he seemed to be quite personable on the surface, but there was a trace of arrogance between his eyebrows, and he entered the main hall, greeted everyone with a fake smile, and teased the beauties in the field with his eyes from time to time.

At this time, the invited to the banquet has come to seven, seven, eighty, eight, and eight, the women are all tied to the palace bun, dressed up to go to the meeting, the costumes are mostly deep clothes connected to the clothes, the head is swaying, or the long hanging knees, the lower skirt is hidden, the long gown of the Luo clothes, the wide sleeves of the hand, with the gold ring of the arm, the jade ring of the finger, the pearl behind the ear, the sachet tied behind the elbow, the bracelet around the wrist, the jade belt around the waist, the fragrance of the clothes for a while, the shadow of the temples, teaching people to be dizzy.

The men wore crowns on their heads, long robes, and the back placket was cut into a swallowtail-like shape, and they also posed vigorously, reflecting the women.

"Haha, the doctor is here, hurry up and get into the table, and when the king comes over, you must have a few more drinks." Seeing Zhang Hong coming over, Zhao Fan also ushered in the peeling and smiling meat.

Hearing this, Zhang Hong also laughed, and kept talking politely with Zhao Fan, as if everyone thought they had been friends for many years, but people with vicious eyes like Lin Xiangru Lian Po could find that the two of them were tacit, but it was just a polite appearance on the surface.

Immediately, several people also felt a little speechless, and secretly admired the endurance of the two.

A few people were talking, but Zhao Fan suddenly noticed a black man behind Zhang Hong, this black man looked like Zhang Hong's guard, with a dark face, a short body, a square face and big ears, but a pair of eyes were slender and narrow, making people feel a little sinister and cunning.

Zhao Fan just felt that this black man was a little not simple, and his skills should be very good, so he kept an eye on it, but he didn't care too much, because his spear skills had made great progress under the hard training during this time, and when he was fighting with Wei Ran at that time, it was completely different.

Through Zhang Hong's introduction, Zhao Fan learned that this black man was called Wu Heiren, and he was a pawn commander among the Iron Eagle Guards of the Qin State, and the Iron Eagle Guards were quite the same ace troops as the Hu Dao Knight of the Zhao State in the Qin State, and they were the elite of the elite.

Being able to become one of the pawn commanders of the Iron Eagle Guardian is enough to see how outstanding this martial artist is, and he is not at the same level as Wei Ran at the beginning.

When this black man saw Zhao Fan noticing him, he immediately stared at Zhao Fan not far in front of him, for a moment, full of trouble, as if he was the master here, seeing him like this, Zhao Fan also sneered.

Sure enough, it is the master and servant who are concentric, this Zhang Hong is arrogant, and even the guards around him are also the same way.

Zhao Fan didn't want to cause more trouble, but he already had anger in his heart, he was also the son of Zhao Guo, a small pawn, and he dared to make a silent provocation against him, which made Zhao Fan feel very unhappy in his heart.

"Dang!"

At this time, the bronze bell rang, the silk and bamboo sounded, and a group of ceremonial bands walked lightly and played and blow, leading in, and then dispersed to both sides to stand and continue to play.

Only then did Zhao Fan retract his gaze and go to the main entrance.

Surrounded by concubines, King Huiwen, the monarch of Zhao who was in his twenties, walked into the palace proudly, followed by more than 100 guards, half of whom stood guard in the space behind the banquet, and only half followed King Zhao to the chairman at the end of the palace.

King Zhao because Li Dui has been removed, the country is stable, so the spirit has become much better, he looks handsome, eyes are smart, forehead angles are broad, dignified appearance, but because the government has been controlled by Li Dui in recent years, internal and external troubles, so the body seems a little thin.

On his head is a long crown plate, round in front and behind, with dozens of beaded jade hanging down at the top, which are threaded with red and green colored threads, giving him the majesty of a monarch.

The dragon robe on it is used for the top and bottom, and it is decorated with patterns such as the moon, the moon, the stars, and the dragon, which is very gorgeous.

He walked alone to the top of the soft fur and sat down, and the concubines sat in the three seats in the back, and the guards were guarded on the sides and in the rear, so that there was indeed the power of the lord of a country.

And they all fell on their knees, waiting for him to be seated.

After King Huiwen sat down, he said softly: "Zhongqing's family is flat, please take a seat." ”

After the crowd chanted their congratulatory words, they returned to their seats.

There are palace maids who pour wine for everyone.

King Huiwen raised his glass and said: "Today, there is a Qin State doctor Zhang Hong to visit my Da Zhao, the widow deeply feels the friendship of the Qin State, and specially prepared a banquet for the envoy to wash the wind and dust, and also wishes that our two countries will continue to maintain this friendly and stable relationship, and everyone will have a drink with the widow." ”

Everyone cheered and drank together, and the atmosphere was warm.

Zhao Fan and Zhao Sheng were closest to King Dehuiwen, just on the left and right of them, several people looked at each other and smiled, and drank frequently, and some ministers of Zhao State, in order to show Zhao Guo's bearing and friendliness, also constantly toasted like Zhang Hong.

After King Huiwen invited everyone to sit down and serve the dishes, he struck his palms together and made a crisp sound.

The musicians who retreated to both sides of the gate immediately began to play vigorously again.

A group of nearly 200 beautiful singers and dancers, wearing swallowtail-shaped buns and wearing translucent, light and thin gowns, danced into the hall like a flying fly, singing and dancing. Hidden to see the milk waves dancing, making all kinds of graceful gestures, teaching people to take it away.

Everyone high-fived and cheered.

Zhao Fan looked at the singing and dancing songs, the dancing posture was light and soft, fluttering like a dragon, quite classical beauty, and he also sighed secretly, but he was not very interested in this kind of arrogant and luxurious life, so in his eyes, there was only a trace of appreciation, and there was no other taste.

The wine was half drunk, but Zhang Hong seemed to be a little drunk, walking a little shaky, pointing at those dancing girls, there was a hint of silver in his eyes, seeing him like this, Zhao Fan was also a little surprised, this Zhang Hong can be valued by King Qin, is it this virtue?

Immediately, he was also a little puzzled, because Zhang Hong's performance seemed to be a little too, after all, it was the envoy of the Qin State, and some of his current actions and eyes were not the identity and demeanor of a great country.

You must know that now Zhang Hong represents the Qin State.

After three rounds of drinking, everyone was already a little drunk, and at this moment, Zhang Hong suddenly walked towards King Huiwen, his face was flushed, his steps were vain, and he looked like he was drunk, and said, "The contemptible people want to borrow the king's wine glass." ”

Hearing this, King Huiwen didn't think much about it, and said to the attendant beside him: "Fill the widow's wine glass with wine and give it to the envoy of the kingdom." ”

At this time, Zhao Fan was chatting with Lin Xiangru and others, and when he saw this scene, he immediately focused his attention, with a cold light in his eyes, looking at Zhang Hong, his eyes were cold.

Zhang Hong didn't seem to see Zhao Fan's strange expression, he took the wine glass from the attendant's hand, and then signaled to the ministers at the table, then drank the wine in the wine glass, and then handed the empty wine glass to the attendant.

At this moment, Zhao Fan on the side had a flash of light in his eyes, because when Zhang Hong handed the empty wine glass to the attendant just now, there seemed to be a hint of banter in his eyes, which was accompanied by a hint of clarity.

Immediately, he also got up in vain and said sharply to the attendant: "Throw away this wine glass and replace it with a clean wine glass for the king." ”

After speaking, he also looked at Zhang Hong with a sneer, with a touch of disdain in his eyes, jokes, the king's things are all for the king, how can a wine glass used by an envoy be used by the king.

This Zhang Hong did this, obviously to deliberately humiliate King Huiwen.

Zhao Fan's words undoubtedly seemed a little abrupt, the ministers at the table were not stupid, they quickly understood, and immediately admired the former's wit and courage again, but that Zhang Hong looked like he didn't know anything, and he still had a smile.

"This Zhang Hong is not a good bird." Zhao Fan secretly said in his heart, his patience was almost to the limit.

At this time, Lin Xiangru also realized Zhang Hong's intentions, and immediately had a touch of anger on his face, but seeing that the former did not continue to say more, he temporarily endured it and did not settle accounts with him.

However, Zhang Hong was obviously not so easy to deal with, and after a while, he began to be active again, he stood up from the table, as if he was drunk, got up and danced at the banquet, and said to the musician in front of the door while dancing: "Please play a song for the contemptible people to accompany the music of the week, so as to help the wine." ”

Zhao Fan has been paying attention to this Zhang Hong's actions, knowing that he is not good at coming this time, so he naturally focuses his attention on him, and when he said this, he immediately did not wait for the musician to speak, and said: "These musicians have not learned the music of Cheng Zhou, if the doctor wants to listen, go to your Qin State to listen." ”

Hearing him say this, Zhang Hong's face also turned a little red, and his eyes had faintly become a little unsightly.

"Brother Fan, what are you saying today?" Although King Huiwen knew that Zhang Hong came to Zhao and there was nothing good, but he still had to do enough work on the surface, Zhao Fan refuted Zhang Hong three times and twice, did it seem that his bearing was not broad enough.

Hearing this, Zhao Fan also sneered, and said: "With Zhang Hong's personality, he shouldn't be so rude, uninhibited at the banquet, and ignorant of the general situation, he is obviously doing this in the name of drunkenness, deliberately humiliating Brother Wang, and taking this opportunity to see how the national strength of my Great Zhao is, whether there is unity between the monarchs and ministers, and whether there are any capable people." I did this to him, just to frustrate his spirit, so that he would not dare to underestimate our Da Zhao. ”

Listening to what he said, King Huiwen then understood, although he felt that Zhang Hong was indeed a little abnormal just now, but he only thought that he was drunk, so so, now that he thinks about it, he understands.

However, there are some questions about why Zhao Fan concluded that the musician would not play Zhou Zhile.

Immediately, Zhao Fan also said: "The music of Cheng Zhou is specially for the Son of Heaven to enjoy, if you want to play this music, the dancer must be the king." And Zhang Hong is just a mere messenger, but he wants to dance with the joy of the Son of Heaven, which is not in line with etiquette and is simply too rampant. ”

Hearing this, King Huiwen reacted, he didn't know about this kind of thing, but when he heard Zhao Fan say this, he remembered that he seemed to have heard the first king say it when he was a child.

At this time, Zhang Hong seemed to be much more awake, he looked at Zhao Fan and others in the distance, his eyes flashed and he didn't know what he was thinking.

At this moment, the Wu Hei man beside him suddenly said something next to him, and immediately, Zhang Hong also smiled, got up and said: "I have always heard that Da Zhao started with martial arts, and there are many famous generals, Zhao Yuan, Zhao Dun, and Zhao Wu are all ancestors and sages, and they all have military achievements in the Jin Dynasty. Today, one of my guards Wu Hei, I want to meet the warriors of Da Zhao for a while, I don't know what the king wants? (To be continued.) )