Plains Monarch's Mansion.

Zhao Sheng and Wei Wuji sat opposite each other, both of them silent, just silently tasting the wine in their glasses.

When the wine was finally finished, Wei Wuji finally spoke, "Wei has just sent news that Qi and Chu have rejected Wei's request for help. I'm going back......

"When are you leaving?" Zhao Sheng looked at Wei Wuji.

"Tomorrow morning." Wei Wuji said.

"Are you sure you won't tell the king?" Zhao Sheng asked.

"I don't want the king to embarrass me." Wei Wuji shook his head.

"Let's go, then." Zhao Sheng said that he understood Wei Wuji, if he faced this situation, he would not hesitate to save Zhao Guo, even if it was a mayfly shaking a tree, even if it was a moth to a fire.

"Li Tong." Zhao Sheng shouted outside the door.

"Lord." A stout man walked in and said with his fists clenched.

"I have nothing to help you, this is my disciple Li Tong, a transcendent realm martial artist, I will let him protect you. In addition to this, there are a hundred chariots, five hundred doormen, and some retired armor and weapons, which are enough for the doormen below you." Zhao Sheng said.

Zhao Guobing's armor is strict, and the weapons are fine, but anyone who dares to hide iron armor or bronze armor privately is a capital crime, but Zhao Sheng still used his connections to get some for Wei Wuji.

The crime of death and immortality has no meaning to him, as long as he does not rebel, no one in Zhao State will dare to kill him.

Aristocracy has always been privileged.

The prince of Qin broke the law, and Shang Ying dared to punish the prince's teacher, but he never dared to really punish the prince.

The prince sinned the same crime as the people, but he never punished him together.

"Thank you." Wei Wuji didn't refuse, he now needed every strength to strengthen himself.

"If you can't repel the Qin army, it's not impossible to compromise temporarily, and it's important to save your life." Zhao Sheng admonished, he would only say this kind of thing in front of Wei Wuji.

They are not just colleagues, but also friends and relatives.

"I see." Wei Wuji nodded.

"I'll take care of it at home, don't worry." Zhao Sheng continued.

"Thank you." Wei Wuji picked up the wine glass, found that the wine glass was empty, and picked up the wine bottle again, the wine inside had already been drunk, so he had to put the wine glass down.

Early in the morning, before dawn, Zhao Kuo got up from the bed, washed up, and practiced martial arts with Ben for a while, although there was no hope of breaking through to the transcendent realm, but it was still necessary to exercise his body.

Until the sky was completely bright, Zhao Kuo wiped the sweat on his face and walked towards the political hall.

"Hasn't Shinling-kun come yet?" Zhao Kuo saw that Lin Xiangru was the only one in the political hall with Han Fei and Feng Quji, and asked strangely. Wei Wuji hadn't been to work for almost ten days.

"No, but it's not much now, and the minister can take Han Fei and Feng Quji to deal with it, let him rest at home for a few more days." Lin Xiangru shook his head, he didn't exclude Wei Wuji, in Zhao State, unless Wei Wuji left by himself, no one could squeeze him out. qδ.net

But where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and there is also competition above the Zhao court, especially Lin Xiangru and Wei Wuji, a left and a right country, and there is a faction behind them, even if they don't fight, those people below will fight.

Besides, it is impossible not to fight, more than a dozen people have more than a dozen heads, each head has a different idea, everyone is a top civil servant, no one will feel that they are wrong, others are right.

In addition, Zhao Kuo likes to delegate power, who would think that he has great power?

As long as it's not for the sake of fighting, Zhao Kuo won't care about this.

"All the soldiers who have returned home have returned." Zhao Kuo came to his place and sat down, and casually pulled a volume of copywriting.

"Most of the soldiers have already returned, and those on duty during the Chinese New Year also came back a few days ago." Lin Xiangru said, and the back of the duty made up for the holiday.

"I heard that when I was inspecting the granary some time ago, there was a fire in a granary in Taiyuan County? What will happen in the end?" Zhao Kuo asked.

This kind of thing is not uncommon in ancient and modern times, at home and abroad, there is nothing to do without inspecting the granary, but once the granary is checked

The cause of the fire, as for it, everyone knows.

"The minister sent someone to investigate, and it was indeed a fire, not that after the person in charge resold the grain and grass, he was worried that the court would send someone to investigate, and the fire was burned. Therefore, only the person in charge was sentenced to death, and the rest of the officials were demoted, and the family members were acquitted." Lin Xiangru replied while processing the official document.

The granary is the lifeblood of the country, and there must be no mistakes, for example, the laws of the Qin State clearly stipulate that the latch of the warehouse door is not tight, and the gap can accommodate the fingers. If the door leaf is not tight, the grain can be peeked out of it. There are straw mats in the empty warehouse, and there is more than one stone of grain under the straw mats. They will all be fined one class.

If there are more than three rat holes in the granary, a fine of one guilder shall be imposed.

If an official carelessly cares, he will be fined and bankrupt, and no one dares to take it lightly.

If the granary is burned, the lightest ones are all the three tribes of Zhulian.

If Li Si was born in the Qin State, there is a high probability that he would not have seen the scene of the rats in the granary eating grain unscrupulously.

The laws of Zhao are not as harsh as Qin's, and they will be fined at every turn, but the management of grain is also very strict.

As long as there is a fire, the person in charge is a capital offense.

If it can be proved that the fire has nothing to do with the person in charge, the family will be exonerated from the crime. If it can't be proven, the family is demoted to subordinate concubines.

It is a matter of ensuring the lives of all people in the country, and it cannot be too strict.

"Spring ploughing everywhere is over." Zhao Kuo asked again.

"It's over, the counties have counted the number of acres, and it's three percent more than last year, but it's all just reclaimed farmland, and there will be no agricultural tax for three years, and then two and a half years of tax. At present, almost all the wasteland that can be reclaimed has been reclaimed, and the number of new additions is getting smaller and smaller every year, and it is estimated that it will not increase in a few years. The large tract of wasteland that was reclaimed five years ago can be fully taxed this year, so the agricultural tax will be much higher, and there is no need to continue to transport grain to the river this year, so there is almost no pressure on the imperial court." Lin Xiangru said with a radiant look.

Watching the withered Zhao State recover from his hands little by little after the war, and then burst out with strong vitality, the sense of accomplishment in Lin Xiangru's heart is incomparable.

At his age, ordinary fame and fortune no longer have any attraction to him.

Lin Xiangru pursues only one, and that is to pass it on to future generations.

"With you here, don't worry." Zhao Kuo said.

After staying in the political hall for a while, Zhao Kuo saw that Lin Xiangru, Han Fei, and Feng Qujian had been working on official documents, but they had nothing to do, so they couldn't stay any longer, and after drinking two cups of tea, they got up and walked outside.

Zhao Kuo can also handle government affairs, and it is faster, but he can't calm down now, he always feels irritable in his heart, but he can't tell where he is irritable.

It's been like this when I got up this morning, I thought it would be fine after practicing martial arts, but I didn't expect to be more irritable now.

Lin Xiangru and the three of them didn't get up to see each other, Zhao Kuo wandered around every day, and everyone was used to it.

"Where are we going, King?" Ben asked.

Zhao Kuo looked at Ben and kept staring.

Ben was a little hairy by him, and said in a panic, "The king...... Is there anything on my face?"

"Nope." Zhao Kuo shook his head and walked forward, "Just go around."

"Oh, good." Ben scratched his head and hurriedly followed.

After planning and sorting, the roads in the city are a lot wider, there are some pedestrians and vehicles on the road, but they are not crowded, except for some special periods, there will be no crowding in Handan City.

After all, the entire Zhao Kingdom is not as populous as a Handan City in later generations, and if it is dispersed to all parts of the country, how many people can there be in each place.

A group of children were giggling on the side of the road, and they were not afraid when they saw Zhao Kuo, and they smiled at Zhao Kuo.

All the people living on this street are the nobles of Zhao State, throw a brick down, and hit it may be the child of the princess.

This group of children has lived in this kind of place since childhood, and they have long been accustomed to strangers.

Zhao Kuo walked aimlessly forward, and unconsciously came to the door of Xinling Jun's mansion,

Stopping and looking at the closed door, Zhao Kuo frowned.

"Go knock." Zhao Kuo said, since you are here, it is good to go in and have a look.

Ben went up and knocked a few times.

Soon, a young man about the same age as Zhao Kuo walked out of it, and when he saw Zhao Kuo, he hurriedly saluted, "Meet the king."

"It's Wei Shi, the widow came to find Xinlingjun, why did your family close the door in the daytime, the widow still thought there was no one." Zhao Kuo said with a smile.

"My dad is ...... I've returned to Wei." Wei Shi hesitated, but still told the truth.

Zhao Kuo came to the door, and he couldn't hide it if he wanted to.

"Back to Wei? Why don't you stop him?" Zhao Kuo said angrily.

"What the father decides, how can the son stop it." Wei Shi said helplessly.

"Xinling-kun is going to die! Even if you can't stop it, why don't you tell the widow?" Zhao Kuo said angrily.

From seven years ago, when he first met Xinlingjun in Wei, the two hit it off at first sight, and then drank together, discussed life together, led troops to fight together, defeated Qin together, and then, he became the king of Zhao, and Wei Wuji also came to Zhao to become his prime minister.

They are not just kings and ministers, but also friends.

These days, the court has been fighting whether to support the Wei State or attack the Yan State with all its might.

In fact, most people know very well that at this time, they should take advantage of the Three Kingdoms melee to attack Yan with all their might, and the opportunity must not be lost and not come again, and when the Three Kingdoms melee is over, it will not be so easy for Zhao Guo to attack Yan again.

Lin Xiangru's sentence is very right: how can allies be as important as Zhao's own growth?

As long as the strength is strong, there will be a shortage of allies?

What's more, the ally of Wei is not so solid.

Moreover, with Han Wei's strength, it is impossible for Qin to take it in a short period of time, and if Zhao's attack on Yan is smooth, it will be completely too late to support Han Wei.

Han Wei not only did not dare to have an opinion, but he would also be very grateful to Zhao Guo.

Zhao Kuo has been hesitating and has not made a decision, just because of one person: Wei Wuji.

People are selfish, but since Wei Wuji came to Zhao State, he has never shown his selfishness, wholeheartedly recommended talents for Zhao State, sought development for Zhao State, and did not hesitate to stand on Zhao State's side when Zhao State and Wei State conflicted, or when there was an entanglement of interests.

But this time, even though Wei Wuji knew what was best for Zhao, he still advocated supporting Wei.

This was the first time Wei Wuji had revealed his selfishness.

After all, he is just a man, not a saint.

"Father won't let me tell you, he's afraid you'll be embarrassed." Wei Shi lowered his head and said.

It's not that he doesn't know that his father is going to die, but what can he do? Going to death with you?

"Afraid of embarrassing me? Is it not necessary for him to be embarrassed when he is gone?" Zhao Kuo roared angrily, and the momentum he had cultivated over the years suddenly burst out.

"I'm ......," Wei Shi lowered his head and couldn't speak.

"When did you leave?" How long has it been?"

"I left before dawn this morning, about two hours." Wei Shi whispered.

"Send someone to chase after it immediately, forget it, the widow will chase it himself, and bring the snow lion here." Zhao Kuo said that the snow lion was much faster than the other war horses, and even if the others caught up, they might not be able to convince Wei Wuji, so it was better to go himself.

"By the way, how many people did Xinling-kun bring?" Zhao Kuo asked, if he was alone and flew directly to the beam, then he could give up.

"One thousand, five hundred are the doormen of our house, and five hundred are the doormen of the Plains King." Wei Shi sold Zhao Sheng without hesitation.

"Okay, that's good, Pingyuan-kun also knows it, right, only the widow is kept in the dark." Zhao Kuo nodded again and again, a little unsure of what to say, "I'll settle accounts with you when I come back."

Soon, Ben brought the snow lion with him.

Zhao Kuo didn't care about the rules that no horses were allowed in the city, anyway, the rules were all set by him, so he immediately turned over and galloped towards the south of the city.

When the city gate commander saw that there were people in the city galloping towards him, he was immediately furious, and was about to order someone to stop him, but when he saw the comer, he hurriedly reprimanded, "Quick, disperse, get out of the way."

When the soldiers and civilians heard this, they didn't know what was happening, and subconsciously separated to the two sides, emptying the middle road.

Zhao Kuo galloped past.

"Who dared to rush over on horseback just now." A few passers-by discussed.

"Shut up, no one is allowed to talk about today." The city gate commander scolded, although he didn't know what happened to make the dignified King Zhao run a horse, but he knew that this kind of thing was not something he could ask about, and it was best not to talk about it.

There is only one official road from Handan to Daliang, Wei Wuji still has a thousand people, it is impossible to give up the official road and not go to the path, Zhao Kuo ran directly along the official road to the south.

"I shouldn't have arrived in Yecheng yet." Zhao Kuo thought in his heart.

Although the army led by Wei Wuji had chariots, they were not cavalry after all, and their speed was not so fast.

After half an hour, Zhao Kuo asked a post station on the side of the road, and sure enough, a large army had just passed, and hurriedly accelerated to chase after it.

After another half an hour, Zhao Kuo's eyes suddenly lit up, and he shouted loudly in front of him: "Xinlingjun stop, Xinlingjun stop."

"My lord, I think I heard someone calling you from behind." Zhu Hai said to Wei Wuji.

"Tell someone to stop. I didn't expect the king to come in person." When Wei Wuji heard the voice, he immediately recognized it as Zhao Kuo, a little helpless and a little moved, and turned around and walked towards the back of the team.

"The King." Wei Wuji looked at Zhao Kuo with a wry smile.

Now he really can't go, and he can't go either.

Leaving is disloyalty to Zhao Kuo, and not going is disloyalty to the Wei State.

"Come back with me." Zhao Kuo said in a deep voice.

"The king forgives the ministers for their disloyalty, I am afraid that the ministers will not be able to obey the king's orders this time, and the ministers cannot watch the destruction of the Wei State." Wei Wuji looked at Zhao Kuo and shook his head firmly.

"Come back with me and discuss the matter of supporting the Wei State." Zhao Kuo said again.

"The king promised to support Wei?" Wei Wuji's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said in disbelief.

"Not to save the Wei country, but to save the Xiangguo." Zhao Kuo glanced at Wei Wuji, said lightly, and turned around and walked towards Handan.