There is no need to ask questions at all, Pingyuan-kun also knows what Lin Xiangru went to do last night. What else can you do, in the current Zhao Kingdom, who else is worthy of Lin Shangqing who has not returned overnight - except for Zhao Kuo.

Lin Xiangru nodded, everything was already in plain sight.

Seeing this, Pingyuan Jun felt a sense of relief in his heart, and he waited here all night in vain. Immediately, the two sat opposite each other and began to discuss the response to the court.

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"The king's order, said: Zhao, the general, the horse service Jun Zhao Kuo, pampered and arrogant, wantonly and recklessly, arrogance and exchange of Wei in front, unauthorized change of the king's order to change Taoyang to Hanoi County, and disobeyed the king's order, forced Qin State Wu Anjun to death, so that Qin Zhao almost became a situation of endless death. Although he was credited to the battle of the party, he was not worth it.

Because the ministers pleaded for mercy and read their self-petitioning to the border, they were lightly dismissed.

Then, cut the horse and serve the king Zhao Kuo to seal the city of 300, take the post of general, demote to general, and go to the land of Daibei within three days;

In addition, capital crimes can be avoided, but living crimes cannot be escaped! In order to set an example, those who are given twenty canes are bound to the palace gate to be executed, and all the ministers need to observe the punishment." The eunuch's shrill voice echoed in the prison.

Zhao Kuo knew: This may have been the best result obtained by the joint efforts of dozens of courtiers of the two factions of Lin Xiangru and Pingyuan Jun, plus almost all the generals in the court.

The rest, Zhao Kuo can think of it, and can understand it - whether it is cutting the feudal city, seizing the title, or even demotion, as well as distributing Daibei, almost all of them are in Zhao Kuo's expectations, and Ma Fujun's title can be retained, and Zhao Kuo feels that he has earned it.

But what Zhao Kuo never expected was that King Zhao would actually order the court staff himself. What about the good "courtesy is not inferior to the concubine, and the punishment is not to the doctor"? Other punishments such as demotion, compared to the court staff, are simply not worth mentioning. Where is this beating staff, it is clearly slapping Zhao Kuo's face. Well, maybe it's in the face of the Grand Master.

In the early Spring and Autumn Period, fighting was still an activity that only scholars could participate in, and the common people were not qualified to wear armor on the battlefield, so there were almost incredible "rules" such as the so-called "fifty steps and a hundred steps". The reason is very simple, the people who fight each other are nobles and decent people, so naturally they can't fight to the death. Even Song Xianggong's "benevolence and righteousness" was the main theme at that time.

However, with the gradual expansion of the war, especially a grandson named "Sun Tzu", he put forward the concept of the so-called "never tired of deceit", which completely changed the mode of war.

It was no longer the nobles who were charging ahead, but the slaves and ordinary people who were naked and exchanged their lives for food, so fighting for their lives became the right track. The common people gradually made great achievements through battlefield fighting, and the gap between the nobles and the common people continued to decrease.

Up to now, perhaps only the so-called "courtesy is not inferior, punishment is not a doctor", it can be said that this is already the only privilege of the aristocracy, which is never wanted and cannot be given up. The reason why the Qin State was spurned by the countries of Shandong was that its "strict law enforcement and correction of violations" was obviously an important factor.

Now King Zhao is just to get out of his chest and take a breath of sulk, so he will strip Zhao Kuo off his shirt and punish him with a court staff, which is tantamount to telling all the nobles: "You can't be courteous to a concubine, and you can't be punished by a doctor" This set of Lao Tzu does not comply. It is almost all the nobles who have driven them to the opposite side, how unwise.

The last one who did so blatantly did so had been torn apart, and the grass on the grave didn't know how deep it was.

Of course, this is undesirable for Zhao Kuo. Although there are still arrow wounds on his body, the twenty court staff is not too much, but it is not much less, and it is enough for Zhao Kuo to be injured.

But this is called the real bitter meat trick!

Not only that, King Zhao also asked to be executed before the palace gate, and hundreds of officials were required to observe the punishment, this is not "to set an example", this is to accumulate firewood and completely burn the firewood in the palace!

Just imagine, peel off your coat, under the eyes of everyone, the wound on the chest that has just scabbed is undoubtedly revealed, and when you go down with a cane, there is a blur of flesh and blood behind it, how much visual impact it should have. For the already dissatisfied courtiers and nobles, will they feel a little sad when they see such a scene? And for the people of Handan, will it inspire their sympathy?

It can be said that these twenty court staffs, Zhao Kuo is absolute

Earn without losing money. But King Zhao threw away the hearts of the people and his ministers, just for the sake of a book?

Zhao Kuo almost couldn't believe that King Zhao would make such a ridiculous move, and then raised his eyes to Lin Shangqing and Pingyuan Jun on the side of the eunuch Ling, as if asking: King Zhao is crazy?!

It's just that Zhao Kuo's eyes, in the eyes of Lin Shangqing and Pingyuan Jun, have different meanings: You two just do things?

The reason why there is such a misunderstanding between the two parties is because of Zhao Kuo. Born in the 21st century, he really doesn't have a sense of honor of the aristocracy, for thousands of years, who has never had a wide ancestry, talking about the aristocracy is the matter of the group of people in the west. It's just that Zhao Kuo forgot that today's Warring States does not have thousands of years of cultural accumulation.

The punishment of nobles in naked clothes was completely unacceptable in the eyes of everyone, even worse than killing them.

Fortunately, this is also a beautiful misunderstanding.

Looking at Zhao Kuo's inquiring eyes, he couldn't help but feel that the old faces of the two of them turned red. It's not that they don't fight, they are about to fight with King Zhao's dog, and even Pingyang Jun is constantly dissuading him, and Lou Chang, who is bent on putting Zhao Kuo to death, is also silent, which shows how unpopular this punishment is.

Even in such a situation, King Zhao's dog brain just won't let go! I'd rather reduce a little food than insist on beating Zhao Kuoting's staff. Without him, Liwill!

But can this power really stand?

Although, the royal power seems to have won the final victory, but the disaster has also been sown from then on.

Twenty rods were already the result of the desperate opposition of the Manchu ministers, including Pingyang Jun.

Seeing the flushed faces of the two, Zhao Kuo seemed to have thought of something, and immediately did not hesitate, and took the lead to worship, as if he was afraid that King Zhao would take back his fate.

"Thank you, King!" Zhao Kuo took the king's order with both hands and replied loudly.

Pingyuanjun, who was standing on the side, hurriedly stepped forward to help Zhao Kuo, and whispered in his ear, "We are incompetent, hi ......."

Before he could finish speaking, Zhao Kuo stopped the conversation and said lightly, "Thunder, rain and dew, all are Jun'en."

In just eight characters, it exploded among the officials who came to pick up Zhao Kuo.

"Admiral Gao Yi!" The crowd bowed down one by one. Zhao Kuo knew that his image of serving the country and the people wholeheartedly was neutral among the ministers of Zhao State.

The gates of the dungeon opened, and the afternoon sun burst into view.

Tomorrow will still be a sunny day.