At this time, Zhao Kuo didn't know that the Qin State had sent an envoy to the Five Kingdoms to discuss the attack on the Zhao State, and even if he knew, he would not be surprised, after all, he had expected it before.

The soldiers are coming, the water is coming to cover the earth, and Zhao Guo has nothing to fear.

"Your Majesty, the rewards for the soldiers have all been approved." Zhao Sheng walked in from outside, followed by two people, each holding a large stack of bamboo slips in their arms. "This is a list of more than 1,000 people."

"Thank you uncle." Zhao Kuo flipped through it and found no omissions. "Are you ready for all the money?"

"There is still a 30% shortfall, and we still need to leave some money and food for war, and we can only issue 50% at most. Therefore, after discussing with General Lian Po and General Jin Huang, I decided that a part of it would be distributed first, and the remaining part of the reward would be distributed after the autumn harvest. Zhao Sheng said.

This is also the practice of countries most of the time, although sometimes it is discarded after a long drag.

"Now there are still two months left before the spring ploughing, you say wait until after the autumn harvest?" Zhao Kuo was a little unhappy.

"But now Neishi and Shaofu have no extra money and grain, unless they stop using work for relief and vacate grain and grass." Zhao Sheng said.

Zhao Kuo frowned, cash-for-work must not be stopped, and now the rapid development of Zhao depends on cash-for-work, and if cash-for-work is stopped, the people will fall back into famine.

"What do you think?" Zhao Kuo asked.

"The soldiers didn't have any problem with the reward, but they were all clamoring to go home. The longest-serving soldiers had not returned home for more than three years, and even the last soldier had been away for more than half a year. Originally, everyone thought that they would be able to go home after returning to Handan, but they didn't expect it to be ...... now Everyone is homesick, and if you don't go home for a long time, you will go crazy. Zhao Sheng sighed.

"The Great Age of Genes"

Since the fourth year of Zhao Wangdan, Feng Ting dedicated the party to Zhao State, and Zhao Wangdan sent Lian Po to lead the army to garrison Changping, Zhao State has been recruiting soldiers, and now, the earliest batch of soldiers have been away from home for more than three years.

Zhao Kuo also knew that the soldiers were homesick, but there was no way, now the Six Kingdoms could attack Zhao at any time, and it was impossible for him to put the soldiers back at this time, and then gather them when the Six Kingdoms attacked Zhao.

"Has there been any movement in the Six Nations lately?" Zhao Kuo looked at Liu Ping.

"Recently, there has been some movement on the border of Wei, and the King of Wei seems to be training his troops. There was no movement in the three kingdoms of Qi, Yan, and Korea, and the news of the Qin State had not yet been transmitted for the time being. Liu Ping said.

"The land and title that should be rewarded will be rewarded first, and half of the money and grain will be distributed, and if it needs to be sent to the home, the court will send the reward to the home, and tell the soldiers to insist on it, and at the latest in two months, everyone will definitely go home." Zhao Kuo said.

"No." Zhao Sheng leaned over and said.

"Liu Ping, send someone to keep an eye on it, as long as someone dares to embezzle the rewards given to the soldiers, even if there is only one grain of grain, a penny of copper plates, beheading, and raiding the house." Zhao Kuo said murderously.

When Zhao Sheng heard this, his heart suddenly sank, and he thought that he must warn those guys after he went back.

"Don't worry, your subordinates will definitely send someone to keep an eye on it." Liu Ping said with his fists clenched.

"Alright, everything is finally taken care of. Let's go, this king invited his uncle to eat mutton hot pot, and it happened that Yan Zhou and Lecheng, two generals, had just returned from northern Xinjiang, so they should be picked up for them. Well. It should also be practiced for the uncle. Zhao Kuo stood up and stretched, the corners of his mouth grinned, and said happily.

He is now in full control of the Zhao State, as long as he persists until this year's autumn harvest, the Zhao State will be able to enter an era of rapid development, and in the future, it may even replace the Qin State and dominate the world!

You must know that in this era, except for the Qin State, no country has ever wanted to dominate the world!

"Practice? Where haven't I been going lately? "Zhao Sheng is a little strange, why don't I know about going out!

"Feng Ting said that there have been too many party affairs recently, and he is a little powerless, I am thinking about asking my uncle to help him, after all, my uncle is the white jade pillar of my Zhao country, and he has a purple gold beam in the sea. Besides, the party is the barrier of my Zhao country, the southwest gateway, and I don't feel at ease when I hand it over to others. ”

Zhao Kuo said with a smile, pushing Zhao Sheng out, not giving Zhao Sheng a chance to refuse at all.

finally found an opportunity to send Zhao Sheng away, at least before the queen was established, he did not plan to summon Zhao Sheng back.

Zhao Sheng's lake was pushed to the side hall by Zhao Kuo.

Lin Xiangru, Touch Long, Yu Xin, Xun Zi, Wei Qi, Zhao Bao, Gongsun Long, Le Yi, Tian Dan, Lian Po, Pang Xuan, Jin Huang, Yan Ju, Yan Xiong, Yan Zhou, Le Cheng......

Except for Li Mu, Meng Fu, and Feng Ting, all the high-level leaders of Zhao Guo are here!

As for the three people who weren't there, except for Meng Fu's life a little better, the remaining two were bitter, Feng Ting was busy every day without touching the ground, and Li Mu was blowing the cold wind in northern Xinjiang.

As for Xunzi...... That's right, he finally stayed, on the one hand, because he couldn't withstand the temptation of the big cake that Zhao Kuo painted for him: Handan Academy, and on the other hand, because someone in the country of Qi slandered him, he didn't want to go back to Jixia School Palace, so he just stayed to study "Spring and Autumn" with Yu Xin every day.

Seeing Zhao Kuo and Zhao Sheng coming in, everyone got up and saluted and sat down, in informal occasions, everyone was more casual, and after getting along for a while, everyone knew that Zhao Kuo was very talkative.

Yan Zhou and Le Cheng looked very reserved, it was the first time they saw Zhao Kuo, and after saluting, they stood in place, embarrassed to sit down casually like everyone else.

Especially Yan Zhou, Le Cheng is a member of the Le Yi clan, everyone knows that Le Yi and Zhao Kuo have a very good relationship, for the sake of Le Yi's face, they will not do anything about Le Cheng.

But Yan Zhou is alone, and he has no backers in the imperial court, and he was originally a good general in the Great Wall, but now the military power was suddenly confiscated and transferred to Handan, and he didn't know anything about the new monarch, so he was worried.

At that time, his subordinates persuaded him not to come, it was a big deal to surrender to Yan State, but Yan Zhou thought about it again and again, and decided to obey the order, he did not believe that Zhao Kuo, who could lead the Three Kingdoms Alliance to defeat Qin State, would not be able to tolerate him for a Yan Zhou.

"Come, sit, eat, drink, don't worry about me." Zhao Kuo beckoned and said, even this king has been saved.

Since Yan Zhou and Le Cheng are here, they believe in him Zhao Kuo, and since this is the case, Zhao Kuo will also choose to believe them.

"No." Yan Zhou and Le Cheng saw Zhao Kuo's attitude like this, and they gradually relaxed.

The people here have already prepared the wine and food, and there is a bronze tripod in front of everyone and it is cooking.

To be honest, Zhao Kuo doesn't like to cook things with copper ding, because eating too much copper can cause copper poisoning.

But there is no way, in this era, the bronze tripod is a symbol of status, and non-princely generals cannot use it, so there is a saying that Zhong Ming Ding eats.

On important occasions, or when treating important guests, the monarch must carry out the bronze tripod to show respect, and generally at this time, the guests or courtiers will be very moved.

If the tripod is not used, the guests or courtiers will feel that the monarch does not respect them enough, and it is even possible to walk away.

Although Zhao Kuo didn't feel this at all, in order to get the loyalty of his courtiers, he could only follow the customs.

As for the iron tripod, although there is, it is not at the same grade as the bronze tripod in terms of forced grid.

In addition to the bronze tripod, there are also a few braziers in the hall, it is now the early spring, but the weather is still very cold, the generals have no effect, the weak Wenchen is not good, especially the seriously ill Lin Xiangru.

Of course, except for a certain Wenchen who is full of tendons and flesh, and is stronger than Zhao Kuo.

After three rounds of drinking, everyone was completely let go, and the generals began to carry the wine jar to find someone to fight for wine.

"Come, drink, I must pour you down today." Le Yi slammed the wine jar on the eucalyptus platform in front of his old opponent Tian Dan.

"I'm still afraid that you won't make it?" Tian Dan said stiffly.

"It is not allowed to force out alcohol with internal qi." Le Yi said.

"That's for sure, if you force out alcohol, what else is there to drink?" Tian Dan raised his head, "Gu Du Gu Du" is a jar of wine.

He forgot that this was Zhao Guo, and soon, Lian Po, who had been watching Tian Dan's displeasure, came over with Yan Xiong......

Zhao Kuo walked up to Yan Zhou, motioned for a cup, then sat next to Yan Zhou and asked, "How many years has General Yan Zhou been guarding Northern Xinjiang?" ”

"King Yu, since ten years ago, Zhou has been ordered to guard the northern frontier." Yan Zhou hurriedly got up and said.

"Informal occasions, generals don't have to be so polite." Zhao Kuo pressed it to his seat, "Has the general seen the current cavalry?" ”

"See, all equipped with saddles and stirrups. With these two treasures, the cavalry strength of my Zhao Kingdom will be greatly improved. Yan Zhou said excitedly.

"How many cavalry do you think it will take to defeat the Huns? I'm talking about taking the initiative. Zhao Kuo said.

The current Xiongnu is just a scum for China.

However, Zhao Kuo knew that in a few decades, the Xiongnu would become the great enemy of China.

Yan Zhou lowered his head and thought for a moment, and then said, "King, it's easy to defeat the Huns. But the main enemy in the steppe was not the Huns, but the terrain and climate. Although the minister was not a famous general, he had also defeated the Xiongnu who were five times his own, but in the end he did not dare to pursue them deep into the grassland, allowing the defeated Xiongnu army to escape. ”

"Once you get lost on the steppe, even the most elite legions will be wiped out. And the climate in the north is too cold, even if we defeat the Xiongnu, we can't occupy the land there, and when we retreat, other nomadic tribes will occupy the land there again, we are equivalent to working for other tribes, but we don't get any benefits, so King Wuling fought the Xiongnu twice, drove the Xiongnu to the north of Yinshan, and ordered the construction of the Great Wall to defend. ”

During the Warring States Period, the Chinese countries, whether in terms of population, economy, culture, science and technology, military, politics and other fields, all comprehensively crushed the alien races, even the weakest of the Seven Kingdoms Yan State and South Korea, the national strength far exceeded the Xiongnu, Donghu and other alien races, even if the Zhao State was the weakest period, it was able to press the surrounding alien races to the ground and rub them.

But friction is friction, but Zhao has never been able to occupy the territory north of Yinshan, even if it occasionally hits outside, it still has to retreat in the end.

In history, Wei Qinghuo of the Han Dynasty went to the Xiongnu Dragon City to fight until he was sick, and finally because he could not occupy the territory of the Xiongnu, he could only withdraw and cheapen Xianbei in vain.

The main reason is that the climate there is not suitable for Han people, and many people can freeze to death every winter in the Central Plains, not to mention the grasslands.

"Therefore, the minister's suggestion is to focus on defense." Yan Zhou said that he was worried that Zhao Kuo had just ascended to the throne, and in order to show his military strategy, he would attack the Xiongnu regardless of 3721.

"Don't worry, I won't attack the Huns for the time being." Zhao Kuo said with relief.

Now is indeed not the time to attack the Xiongnu, but after integrating the strength of the Zhao State, he will definitely attack the Xiongnu.

"Anyway, there have been signs of revival of aura recently, I'm afraid the world will change greatly." Yu Xin said with some concern.

"I found out too." Xunzi nodded.

"Reiki revival?" Zhao Kuo felt that he had only heard this word in Zhong, and when he said it from Yu Xin's mouth, he felt a sense of disobedience inexplicably.

"Not bad. According to historical records, more than 500 years ago, that is, before and after King You of Zhou was killed and the Zhou Dynasty moved its capital to Luoyang, there was a phenomenon of revival of aura for the first time between heaven and earth. ”

"At first, people didn't know the role of Reiki, but as time went on, the sages gradually discovered the role of Reiki and created three paths of spirit, energy and spirit. Talent, too, appeared for the first time. ”

"The appearance of this aura has made the world that has been calm for hundreds of years suddenly emerge countless talents: Guan Zhong, Zichan, Lao Tzu, Confucius, Wu Zixu, Sima Sui Tho, Sun Wu...... The world seemed to have changed overnight, and there had never been an era before when so many talents had emerged. ”

When everyone heard this, they stopped silently, even Tian Dan steamed off the alcohol, and stared at Yu Xin drunkenly, this kind of thing is confidential, except for a very small number of family nobles who have a family history and have been inherited for hundreds of years without any faults, other nobles who have just risen not long ago, or who have had a fault in the middle, cannot be contacted at all, let alone the nobles and commoners who have declined.

Even Lin Xiangru, Zhao Sheng, Le Yi, and Tian Dan didn't know. Only Yu Xin and Xunzi learned about the events of hundreds of years ago through Confucian inheritance.

Seeing that everyone had gathered, Yu Xin originally only wanted to talk about it briefly, but now he had to say it in detail.

At that time, everyone thought that this was the most brilliant era in history, but Han Zhaowei destroyed the Zhi clan, and before and after the three families were divided, there was a phenomenon of aura revival for the second time in the world. Immediately afterwards, more great sages gushed out: Mozi, Yang Zi, Xu Xing, Li Kui, Shen Buxian, Sun Bin, Wu Qi, Bai Qi, Mencius, Zou Zi, Bian Que, Su Qin, Zhang Yi, etc., and even an eighteen-year-old martial artist like King Wu of Qin, who had achieved extraordinary achievements, if it weren't for the backlash of luck, he would have become the first person in the world in the armed forces. ”

"Including all of you, they are also the essence of heaven and earth, and they may not be able to produce one in the past hundreds of years, but now they are appearing in clusters. In the past, only a few people were able to awaken talents, but now the vast majority of you here have talents. ”

"I don't know if you have noticed that in the past few hundred years, our cultural, military, scientific and technological, and ideological progress has been faster than that of the past few thousand or tens of thousands of years."

"The minister has observed in recent days, and the aura of heaven and earth seems to have undergone new changes. Chen specially asked the astrologer Yin Gao, according to Yin Gao, the recent celestial phenomena have been chaotic, and it is impossible to spy on the heavens. This is a sign of a great change. Yu Xin said.