"Wang, the ginger soup is ready, Doctor Song Zhen asked me to send it to you."

An Ning didn't know when she changed into a bright purple dress, outlining her figure, she walked in with light steps, with a gentle smile on her face, her eyes were clear and flawless, as charming as the stars in the sky.

"Ahem." When Zhao Kuo saw An Ning, he was stunned for a moment, and it took a while to come back to his senses, cough dryly twice, and said in a little panic, "Just put it on the table." ”

An stared at the broken table, thinking of Zhao Kuo's flustered appearance, she couldn't help but purse her lips and smile.

"I was negligent." Zhao Kuo hurriedly reached out to take the ginger soup, and his fingers inevitably touched An Ning's slender and white soft wattle.

An Ning's face turned red with a "swish", and she trembled, but she did not retract her jade hand.

Zhao Kuo smiled slyly, directly held An Ning's hands and brought the ginger soup to his mouth, stroking his slender jade hands while drinking the ginger soup.

An Ning struggled and didn't struggle, and in the end he could only stand aside at a loss and let Zhao Kuohu come.

"General Lecheng asks to see!" At this time, Ben, who had been guarding outside without speaking, suddenly said loudly.

"Why are you so loud?"

Le Cheng looked at Ben strangely, didn't he report it before, why didn't he report it before he walked to the door this time.

"Come in." Zhao Kuo quickly finished drinking the ginger soup.

"Since the king ...... The king has something important to deal with, so the concubine will retire first. After saying that, An Ning fled and rushed out of the camp.

As a martial artist of the transcendent realm, even if it was a flash, Le Cheng still saw the blush on An Ning's face, and immediately understood everything.

Lecheng can't wait to give himself a big mouth in his heart, it's really not the right time. He wasn't worried that Zhao Kuo would give him small shoes, but now everyone was waiting for Zhao Kuoli to become the princess, if it weren't for Zhao Kuo's youth, the ministers would have signed a joint letter a long time ago.

If you let others know that he has stirred up national affairs, then he will be finished, and he will not be able to raise his head for several years!

"The minister is guilty." As soon as he entered the door, Le Cheng clenched his fists and said.

"Don't do it." Zhao Kuo said angrily. "Did the ginger soup be sent to the soldiers and the people?"

In order to prevent the soldiers from contracting the wind and cold, Zhao Kuo ordered a large number of ginger to be transferred from nearby counties and towns to make ginger soup for the soldiers.

Ginger can ward off the cold, and before the introduction of chili peppers into China, ginger is the main spicy left ingredient in the ingredients, plus the growth environment of ginger is not harsh, and most places can be planted, so many families like to plant some in front of the house or in the yard, Zhao Kuo only then bought enough ginger so that everyone can drink a bowl of ginger soup.

In fact, with Zhao Kuo's strength and physique, even if he was drenched in the rain for three days and three nights, it was impossible to be infected with wind and cold, and there was no need to drink ginger soup at all. But there are some things that the courtiers know that the king doesn't need, and they also need to send them to the king......

"It's already been arranged." Lecheng said.

"Good work." Zhao Kuo nodded. "Anything else?"

"What about the captives, King?" Lecheng said with his fists clenched.

"Just lock it up for now." Zhao Kuo said. "Someone escaped?"

"I didn't run away for the time being, but after a long time, someone must have escaped. And it's not a matter to keep it locked up like this, our army's grain and grass are about to be unable to support it. Lecheng said.

How happy he was to see the surrender of the Yan army before, but now he has a headache when he sees the capture of the Yan army.

In addition to the less than 20,000 soldiers killed in the battle, the rest of the soldiers all surrendered to Zhao, a full 130,000, and the soldiers who guarded them alone cost 20,000.

And Zhao Guo's current situation simply can't support so many people.

Before attacking Qin, the grain and grass of the Zhao army in the next few months were provided by Han and Wei, and there was no pressure at home.

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Now that the attack on Yan State is all dependent on Zhao State to raise and transport grain and grass by itself, the pressure suddenly rises.

Shangdang and Yecheng are okay, all the 500,000 stone grain and grass exchanged prisoners by the Qin State are left in Shangdang, as long as there is no such thing as a three-year tug-of-war again, Shangdang will not be short of food for the time being.

Yecheng was the capital of the Wei State, and the Wei State stored a large amount of grain and grass in the city.

When the Three Kingdoms invaded Qin, Zhao Kuo did not hesitate to hand over Hanoi and Hedong to Wei, and also helped Wei win one-third of Nanyang.

At that time, Zhao and Wei were in the honeymoon period, you and I farmed, so Wei did not pull away the grain.

Of course, the main reason is that Zhao Kuo took over Yecheng immediately after withdrawing his army, and Wei didn't have time to transport the grain and grass away, so in the end all of it was cheaper for Zhao.

However, the two armies of Zhao Kuo and Lian Po could only rely on Zhao Guo himself, and in order to transport grain and grass to the front line, Zhao Guo could only levy labor again, and fifteen-year-old men had to participate in order to meet the needs of the front line.

It seems that this time Zhao only dispatched 300,000 troops, but in fact, it was already a battle for the country.

Moreover, because of the war, merchants from various countries have stopped transporting grain and grass to Zhao, and now they can only rely on the grain and grass accumulated before to support.

If these captives are added, the grain and grass of Zhao State will not last long.

"And what do you think?" Zhao Kuo asked.

It will definitely not work to release it directly, with the relationship between Zhao and Yan, after releasing it, Yan will not only not be grateful, but it is possible to levy an army to attack Zhao again, and the battle of Zhao is equivalent to fighting in vain.

"If you want me to say, kill them all." At this time, Yan Xiong and Pang Xuan walked in, Yan Xiong clenched his fists and said viciously.

"Absolutely not, this is 130,000 people, not hundreds or thousands, killing it will hurt the heavens." Le Cheng immediately stopped him, for fear that Zhao Kuo would be hot-headed, so he listened to Yan Xiong's words and slaughtered 130,000 prisoners.

"Wu Anjun has killed hundreds of thousands, isn't he still alive and well." Yan Xiong pursed his lips and said indifferently.

He doesn't believe in any harmony between heaven and nature, it's all nonsense, if there is really a harmony in heaven, how many times will Bai Qi die.

"Why don't you let Yan Guo pay to ransom the captives and slaughter them severely?" Pang Xuan thought of Zhao Kuo's previous method of dealing with the Qin State.

Zhao Kuo frowned, with the current conditions of Yan Kingdom, the price is too high to afford, and the price is low Zhao Kuo can't look down on it.

And he really wanted to keep these Yan troops in Zhao State, in the case of little difference in science and technology, population is the primary productive force.

These Yan troops are all young and strong, if they can stay in Zhao State, as long as they are raised until the autumn harvest, they will continue to create value.

"Didn't we seize a lot of grain and grass? Isn't it enough to feed these Yan troops? Zhao Kuo asked.

"Your Majesty, the captured grain and grass is only enough to support the captives for a month, and if the captives are left behind, we will at least feed them until the autumn harvest." Lecheng said.

"Hold it up first, just be half-full every day, and I'll figure out how to do the food and grass." Zhao Kuo said.

"No."

"King, the levee is running out." Pang Xuan said.

"Wait another half an hour, Anzong County Ling is evacuating with the last two villages." Zhao Kuo said.

……

"Boom!"

The flood poured down, setting off a huge roar, and for a time ten thousand horses were in unison. The flood water rushed over the embankment, over the mountains, and into the village, and in a matter of breaths, the entire village was submerged, and as far as the eye could see, there was a vast sea.

In the distance, some elderly people knelt on the ground in the face of the floodwater, ignoring the mud on the ground, two lines of hot tears flowing from their eyes, and words were in their mouths.

The children did not understand what was happening, and just obediently stood next to their mother. The woman clung to the child's hand, lest the child be naughty and run into the generals and nobles.

"I heard that chestnut belly expected this heavy rain a few days ago?" Zhao Kuo and the generals stood on the embankment, looking at the flood gushing out, and suddenly thought of something in their hearts.

"Zhao Jun, that's true." Lema told the original thing, including the contradiction between himself and chestnut, and did not hide it.

"Can any of you tell when this rain will stop?" Zhao Kuo looked back at the generals behind him.

The main generals shook their heads one after another, it's okay for you to let us lead the troops to fight, let's see when the rain stops, isn't this a joke?

"Chestnut-bellied." Zhao Kuo sighed.

Marching and fighting, relying on the right time and place, chestnut belly can be said to have mastered the time, but he lost the people, and finally lost in the hands of Zhao Jun.

In this era when there is no weather forecast, chestnut belly is equivalent to artificial weather forecasting!

"Coincidence." Yan Xiong looked incredulous.

"I don't believe it either." Ben, who has never expressed an opinion, said that he did not believe that anyone could see that it would not rain in a few days.

If you had the ability, you would be locked up in a small dark room now?

"Nothing is impossible, and so will my father." Rakuma said unconvinced.

"And will you?" Yan Xiong asked hummingly.

"......" Le Jian suddenly stopped talking.

I don't know if it's an illusion, Le Jian has always felt that this man named Yan Xiong is targeting him in the past two days, but if you think about it carefully, she doesn't seem to know him before, let alone offend.

Zhao Kuo glanced at Lecheng, and Lecheng nodded: "I hope that Zhujun does understand something." ”

"Take me to Chestnut." Zhao Kuo said that this kind of walking weather forecast was very useful in ancient times, not to mention that chestnut belly also knew how to govern the country.

Zhao Kuo came to the small black room where chestnut belly was imprisoned, chestnut belly had been detained for a few days, his face was a little haggard, after seeing Lejian, his body bounced up suddenly, his eyes widened, and finally he sat down on the ground again, with a dead face.

"Has our army lost?"

"I'm sorry." Rakuma said apologetically.

"It's my fault, I don't blame you." Chestnut muttered, "I should have listened to you in the first place, and I shouldn't have fought this battle." ”

Rakuma shook his head and didn't speak.

"Is General Li willing to surrender?" Zhao Kuo asked.

Chestnut looked at Zhao Kuo in surprise, and pointed at himself with a finger stained with mud, "Are you willing to use me?" ”

"Yes." Zhao Kuo nodded.

"Kill me." Chestnut shook his head.

Zhao Kuo didn't expect that chestnut belly turned out to be a rare courtier loyal to the country in this era, so he had to turn around and leave.

"Shut it up, don't let him escape."

……

"King, it has been verified clearly, it is not a work mistake, the reward has indeed been embezzled." Liu Ping finally rushed back.

"How many cases are there?" Zhao Kuo said in a deep voice, he didn't believe that there was only one such thing.

"There are 23 cases in one county alone." Liu Ping said.

Zhao Kuo didn't ask the other soldiers why they reacted to this kind of bastard, they were just ordinary people, and they were not qualified to fight with nobles in this era.

"Catch them all, and don't let any of them go." Zhao Kuo said.

"No."

……

Handan.

"What do you think about the embezzlement of the reward?" Yu Xin asked in a deep voice, he and Zhao Sheng had given strict orders many times, but they didn't expect that there were still people who defy the wind.

"Only more than 20 counties have been found, which is already very good, and it is impossible to have absolutely no corruption." Wei Qi said.

He knew this kind of thing when he was the prime minister of Wei, and there was no country in the world that was not corrupt, including the Qin state, which had extremely harsh laws.

Therefore, they generally turn a blind eye, unless it is really big, the king will kill a group of people to appease the people.

There are only more than 20 cases of corruption in a county, which has surpassed all countries, and a large part of this is because Zhao Kuo has just taken the position, and he still relies on iron-blooded means to get to the top, most officials can't figure out Zhao Kuo's temperament and don't dare to do it, otherwise the number is definitely more than that.

"It's only been found out in three days, and there are still some that haven't been found." Xunzi said in a deep voice, he hated corrupt officials the most in his life.

"The king has an order, and those who dare to corrupt will be killed." Yu Xin said.

"If all of them are executed, it will cause turmoil in Zhao State, and now Zhao State cannot withstand turmoil." Touching the dragon said.

"Tell all officials to return three times the reward for corruption to the soldiers, and not to blame for the past. If it is found out afterwards, the whole family will sit together. Xunzi suggested.

"Isn't that just to notify them to destroy the evidence first?" Yu Qing said unhappily, but he didn't expect Xunzi, who had always been upright, to stand on the side of the corrupt officials.

"Send someone to investigate secretly first, and then notify after mastering the evidence." Xunzi sneered, "Zhao Guo can't withstand turmoil now, but we can't do nothing. Moreover, when the king returns with his army, he will be able to withstand the turmoil, and guess what the soldiers will do when they learn that the reward has been embezzled? Which side will the king be on? ”

Everyone suddenly froze, and felt a chill coming.

Needless to say, if it was another monarch, it would be possible to help the officials cover up, but Zhao Kuo, everyone knows that he must be on the side of the soldiers.

Zhao Kuo started by relying on an army of 300,000, and it is no exaggeration to say that even if the country of Zhao is gone, as long as the army of 300,000 is in hand, Zhao Kuo can defeat a piece of the country.

But the 300,000 army is gone, only Zhao Guo remains, and it is not certain whether Zhao Kuo can sit firmly on the throne.

Zhao Bao immediately understood that Xunzi didn't mean to let these people go at all, if they just let them return the reward for corruption, there might be some corrupt officials who did it.

But to triple the return, it is almost impossible for any corrupt official to do so.

Originally, it was difficult to make them spit it out when it was eaten in the stomach, let alone spit it out three times?

Xunzi's method seems to be to give officials a chance to mend their ways, but in fact, it is to delay time and wait for Zhao Guohao to free up his hands before cleaning up.

And because he was given a chance to mend his ways, he was able to shut everyone's mouths, and the other officials had no way to say anything.