Zhaowang Palace.

Outer court.

A small court meeting is being held.

"Pingyao Jun's health is deteriorating, and the six countries are arguing over the selection of the Gao Qi guard." The head of the hundred officials of Zhaoguo, Xiangbang Jiang Zhong first set the theme, "If Pingyao Jun dies, who will replace the main general, and it is more likely that my Zhaoguo will recapture Gaoqi Pass?" ”

The two most well-known veterans of Zhaoguo, Meng Yuan and Biao Gong, have very consistent opinions: "No matter what, Xu Jie must not be allowed to take over as the main general." ”

The crowd agreed.

Among the six eastern countries, there are only a handful of powerful generals, and Xu Jie, the general of Zheng Guo, is one of the best.

If it weren't for Xu Jie's constant defense of the northern part of Zheng State, against the Di people, and for the invasion of Zheng State by Zhao State from the north. Zheng Guo was defeated back then, and the country may be gone, how can there be a chance to recover now?

Several generals of Zhaoguo know Xu Jie very well, and it is rare to know that the other party is a top general who is good at both offense and defense.

They were already a little jealous of Xu Jie, if this person was transferred to guard the Xiongguan of Gaoqi Pass, the natural danger of the pass, Zhaoguo's hope of getting back Gaoqi Pass would be very slim.

As for the other generals of the Six Nations......

Wang Qian made a judgment: "It's not as good as Ren and Xu." ”

Ren is the surname of Liang Guoguo, which refers to Pingyaojun.

Nei Shi only felt that this matter was impossible: "The five countries each have a ghost, and they will not allow the generals of Zheng Guo to guard Gaoqi Pass, let alone Xu Jiehu?" ”

Zheng Guo was originally the strongest country among the six eastern countries, and it was the closest to Gaoqi Pass, if Zheng Guo's generals were sent to guard here, wouldn't he give this Xiongguan to Zheng Guo?

As long as the kings of the other five kingdoms are not stupid, they will not let this happen - if Zheng Guoqiang is strong, will he fight the strongest Zhao State first, or will he annex our weak countries first?

However, the imperial historian put forward the opposite opinion: "Xu Jie has been in the north of Zheng for more than ten years, and the Di people heard his name and defeated themselves without a fight. Zheng Zhibei, within 20 years, no longer worry-free. ”

This is also a concern of the public.

Zheng is a very large country, bordering the Di people in the north, that is, those nomads on the grassland. From time to time, this group of robbers invaded the border of Zheng State, just like the Rong people in the West brought trouble to Zhao State.

If you don't leave it alone, they may grow stronger and stronger, and even threaten the country; If you take care of it, it will involve domestic energy and military strength, and you will not be able to face the surrounding countries with all your might.

It took hundreds of years for Zhaoguo to finally pack up the clothes of the surrounding Rong people and savages, and within his eyes, they were all Zhaochen.

But this is because although the Western Rong people also herd, most of them live in mountains, plains and other places, as long as they build towns and garrison troops, it is quite convenient to control and assimilate. The Di people in the north are all on the endless grassland, and Zheng Guo's army can't stay in the grassland all the time, so they can only build border defense lines and set up key checkpoints to guard them.

In the past, there were only two threats to the north of Zheng State, one was the invasion of the Di people, and the other was that Zhao Guo came over by this line. But now, neither of these problems exists.

Zhao Guo lost Gaoqi Pass and could not advance eastward, and invaded Zhengbei, so he had to send troops out from Gaoqi Pass.

As for Di Ren, he was beaten by Xu Jie for more than ten years, and basically a generation of young people died at his hands, and he couldn't recover in less than twenty years, let alone threaten Zheng Guo.

Therefore, Zheng Guoguo has a very urgent need to transfer Xu Jie as the chief general of Gao Qiguan. If this thing can be done, the strength and weakness of Zhao and Zheng, even if they cannot be completely reversed, will be much more balanced than now.

Another humanitarian: "If we want to push the person we like as a guard, I'm afraid it's a little difficult, but just don't let Xu Jie be a guard, what's so difficult?" We can send lobbyists and go to the six countries with a lot of money. He bribed the important ministers of the other five kingdoms, and made a strong statement to the king, so that the five kingdoms joined forces and refused to allow any general of Zheng to succeed Pingyao Jun and guard Gaoqi Pass. ”

At the same time, in front of King Zheng and Zheng Guo's important ministers, he tried to slander Xu Jie. Zheng Guo's current army is all in the hands of Xu Jie, and the army only knows Xu, but not the king, doesn't King Zheng have other ideas? ”

The courtiers expressed their opinions, hoping that they could convince Jiang Zhong, especially the courtiers who had no military merits, to show more urgency. Because they knew that if Jiang Zhong adopted the advice of any of them and recaptured Gao Qi Pass as a result, they would also be credited with military merits!

If you don't have military merits, how can you be promoted to a knighthood?

During the entire discussion, Yin Changying did not say a word, and even her expression did not change.

No one would ignore the existence of this young Zhao King, because his momentum was too great, and just sitting quietly gave people a sense of abyss.

But more often than not, those who are close to him will have an instinctive fear.

Including Jiang Zhong, who watched him grow up since he was a child, when he saw Yin Changying in the last year or two, he unconsciously felt weak in his heart.

Because Jiang Zhong couldn't figure out what Yin Changying was thinking.

The matter between Jiang Zhong and the Empress Dowager Song is known to the whole world, and it is boiling, and I don't see this king angry; In order to test Yin Changying's attitude, Jiang Zhong asked Yin Changying to call him "Middle Father", and Yin Changying shouted very casually.

When people who are not familiar with Yin Changying hear these two things, they will naturally think that King Zhao was young and was bullied by powerful ministers, so he had to swallow his anger.

Otherwise, these two things alone would be enough to make Jiang Zhong die ten thousand times.

But the problem is that Jiang Zhong didn't feel that Yin Changying could have anything to do with words like "young and vigorous" and "cowardly and forbearing".

Jiang Zhong knew that there were many ministers and important ministers in the court who had begun to show favor to Yin Changying, after all, Yin Changying was the king of Zhao, and he would be in power again in three or four years, so if he didn't stand in line at this time, when would he stay?

In other words, this group of people acquiesced that after a few years of Zhaoguo, there would be a power struggle between the king and Xiangbang, and they were more optimistic about Yin Changying than Jiang Zhong.

Not to mention that several generals received the great favor of the former king, and they were dedicated to supporting orthodoxy, but in recent years, they have become more and more unaccustomed to Jiang Zhong, thinking that he relied on his personal relationship with the Empress Dowager Song to manipulate national politics.

can show favor to these, Yin Changying's attitude is also cold.

This makes many people wonder, what is King Zhao's attitude? Doesn't he have a strong desire to regain power? If so, why didn't he take it? But if not...... This doesn't make sense! Ren is a person who has seen Yin Changying with his own eyes, and he doesn't think that he will be afraid of Jiang Zhong!

If Yin Ji is here, she will tell these ministers that you have thought too much.

She knew Yin Changying very well and knew why the other party was so indifferent.

In Yin Changying's view, Zhaoguo was originally his, and he was only temporarily depositing power in Jiang Zhong's hands. So he didn't mind letting Jiang Zhong take care of it for a few more years, and when he was in power, he could just take back power. So as not to hand over early, causing greater turmoil, which is not good for Zhaoguo.

Yin Changying wants to take back power, he can do it at any time, including now, this is the key to him not being in a hurry at all.

Besides, if you look at it for a few more years, what the courtiers are like, what their position is, and whether they have any effect on Zhao, Yin Changying can also see it clearly.

Yin Changying can be sure that when Yin Changying really takes back power, the current Three Princes and Nine Secretaries will be swept away at least half or more, because Yin Changying will never let incompetent and mediocre people occupy high positions.

Yin Changying only uses two kinds of people, one is a capable person, and the other is a person who listens to him.

Just when the court meeting was being held warmly, Zheng Gao hunched his back and walked in silently, standing beside Yin Changying, and saw Yin Changying suddenly raise his hand.

In an instant, all the voices stopped, and everyone looked at King Zhao with solemn faces.

Zheng Gao understood and immediately asked the temple people to offer incense and drink to the princes.

Obviously, Yin Changying has something to deal with, let them drink saliva and rest for a while before talking.

Seeing Yin Changying go to the apse, all the courtiers speculated in their hearts, what happened?

At this time, Zheng Gao respectfully presented a lifelike wooden bird: "King, the princess has a letter." ”