The King of Qin and his courtiers underestimated Zhao Kuo's mind and ambition.

said that he underestimated Zhao Kuo's mind, but Zhao Kuo would not easily change the established policies and strategies for the sake of the so-called face, whether it was Zhao Kuo's own or Zhao Guo's face, let alone because of the so-called anger and anger;

said that he underestimated Zhao Kuo's ambitions, because Zhao Kuo's vision had already looked at the overall situation, and the entire Warring States was his battlefield, and vertically, he and his Zhao State had already made a battle plan for the next ten or even twenty years.

Because of this, what was extremely important in the eyes of the King of Qin and the ministers of the Qin State was actually insignificant in Zhao Kuo's eyes.

Just like what Han Shi said in the Q&A:

Hanshan asked, "How can there be people in the world who slander me, deceive me, insult me, laugh at me, despise me, despise me, hate me, and deceive me?"

"Just endure him, let him, let him, avoid him, endure him, avoid him, respect him, and ignore him." Stay a few more years, and look at him."

In Zhao Kuo's concept, what he needs to do now is to go down step by step.

It's like when faced with a project that is sure to succeed, any bells and whistles are not necessary, and the best way is to follow the established script and go one step at a time.

And Zhao Kuo and his Zhao Guo are walking step by step according to the script.

With the return of the envoys to Han and Yan, Zhao's diplomatic journey has finally come to a successful end.

Except for the matter of the envoy to Qin, which was forced to be shelved because of the sudden arrival of the envoy of Qin, the envoys of the other five countries can be said to have successfully completed their tasks.

During the trip of Qi and Chu, Zhao exchanged a large amount of grain for the two countries at a very small price (the promise of the covenant and the weapons that were about to be eliminated), which basically solved the food problem caused by the snow disaster.

On the Wei side, although he didn't bring back a grain of grain in the end, it also made the Wei King and Xinling Jun feel a little uneasy in their hearts, presumably this slightest uneasiness can make Zhao Guo respond more actively when he makes the next request.

In the end, Han and Yan successfully created the image of the two countries that could not be saved, and fully expressed Zhao Guo's resentment towards these two countries to the world. It can be said that even without the siege of Handan and the rebellion of Los Angeles, Zhao would have had good reasons to punish these two countries.

As for the Qin State, with the consensus reached on the division of the world, there was at least a period of peace between Qin and Zhao for a year or more.

The only thing Zhao Guo needs to worry about is that his own expansion must not be too fast, so as not to stimulate Qin Guo's sensitive nerves.

After the foreign affairs are over, Zhao Kuo is not idle in the internal aspect, and with the inspection of the household department and the investigation of the secret guard, many officials still have not been able to survive this winter.

After some cleaning, although he didn't dare to say that he had wiped out all the silverfish, at least Zhao Kuo achieved two goals.

First, he told all Zhao Chen, what can be done, what can not be touched, and the truth that when the water is clear, there is no fish, Zhao Kuo does not understand, but what he wants to tell Zhao Chen is: He will not tolerate any practice that damages his domination of the world.

The meaning of the red line is not in punishment, but in warning.

Second, in the process of investigating and dealing with this batch of silverfish, the secret guard finally entered the political arena as a new spy force, and all officials began to notice this almost pervasive force.

It's like putting a sword of Damocles over the heads of all the officials, so that they are in constant fear and walking on thin ice.

And with the end of this series of things, the end of the year is finally approaching.

At the same time, several civil and military ministers under Zhao Kuo finally rushed back to Handan City from the north and south of the Great River of Zhao State.

A large-scale, high-level political meeting immediately unfolded in the palace of King Zhao.

There was only one topic on the agenda for this meeting: the offensive in the coming year.

Presiding over this meeting is still Comrade Zhao Kuo, who is sitting on the main seat (involving military and political affairs

In terms of aspects, Ping Yuanjun and Lian Po could not take care of it, and could only be presided over by Comrade Zhao Kuo, the number one. ）

And the participants in this meeting were the cabinet members of our Great Zhao Imperial Court:

First of all, it is naturally Comrade Zhao Sheng, the first assistant of the cabinet, who sits under Zhao Kuo's right hand, and secondly, General Lian Po, the second assistant of the cabinet, who sits on Zhao Kuo's left.

On Zhao Sheng's side, Lü Buwei sat second, while Yu Qing, as a clerk, was at the end;

On Lian Po's side, Tian Dan sat in the second position because of his qualifications, and below him was the popular fried chicken, General Li Mu, who had just destroyed a country (of course, the credit for destroying Hu was nothing in Zhao State).

Outside the main hall, Zhao Kuo's confidant and favorite general, General Zhao Wei, who was almost inseparable after the First Battle of Changping, personally led the palace guards to surround the main hall, not to mention secret agents, not even a bird wanted to fly in.

As for the logistics of the meeting, only the eunuch Ling was responsible.

All of this demonstrates the importance of this meeting.

As the presiding officer of the meeting, Zhao Kuo spoke first.

Zhao Kuo first made a brief review and evaluation of everyone's work this year.

"Since the beginning of this year, first to destroy Hu, then to form a coalition army to fight Los Angeles, and then to absorb hundreds of thousands of people in Zhoudi, and then to force the Qin army to retreat, near the end of the year, it is easy to change the territory, and it is another heavy snowfall." Zhao Kuo looked around at everyone and counted the events of the year one by one: "Fortunately, with your hard work, our Great Zhao not only survived, but also expanded the land of two counties, and once again suppressed the Qin State."

"It can be said that after a year's hard work, we have achieved an advantage in national strength with the Qin State, and even the offensive and defensive momentum is about to be transposed." Zhao Kuo stood up as he spoke, and said to everyone: "The widow represents the millions of people in my Zhao country, thank you."

"My king is serious."

"It's also a matter of my generation."

Seeing this, everyone hurriedly got up and saluted back.

Zhao Kuo bowed slightly, then sat down, waved his hand and motioned for several people to sit down and speak.

"Plains-kun." Zhao Kuo then continued: "The cabinet must come up with a list of relevant rewards as soon as possible, and the rewards must be distributed in place before the end of the year, so that all meritorious officials can have a good year."

"Yes." Pingyuan-kun immediately got up and replied.

"In addition, meritorious soldiers naturally have to be rewarded, as well as officials who have contributed to the snow disaster, and envoys who have braved the wind and snow to go to various countries, have also made great contributions, and those who should be promoted should be promoted, and those who should be rewarded should be rewarded." As he spoke, Zhao Kuo glanced at Yu Qing who was recording again, and then said with a smile: "Those who should enter the cabinet will also enter the cabinet."

Hearing this, Pingyuan Jun was slightly stunned, and immediately reacted, the six people present, except for Li Mu and Yu Qing, were already cabinet ministers, and the king was obviously one of the two.

And Li Mu is obviously not enough in terms of qualifications, and he has almost never participated in political affairs, and it is obviously not enough to join the cabinet.

What's more, Zhao Kuo obviously cultivated him in the direction of a general, and it doesn't matter whether he enters the cabinet or not.

Combined with the previous contributions to the snow disaster and the words of the envoys, this candidate for the cabinet is almost imminent.

"Yes." Ping Yuanjun agreed with a smile, but his eyes were looking at Yu Qing, who was struggling to write.

Not only Pingyuanjun, but everyone here is not a human spirit, where would they not know what Zhao Kuo meant, and immediately five pairs of eyes looked at Yu Qing in unison.

It seemed that he felt the search of the burning gaze, or perhaps because he had heard that no one answered, Yu Qing also raised his head inadvertently.

But seeing that everyone was staring at him with burning eyes, he couldn't help but make Yu Qing's face flush a little.

"I haven't thanked my king yet." Pingyuan Jun on the side was quite hateful and said to Yu Qing.

If you want to say that this person was discovered by the late Lin Shangqing and himself, it can be said that if nothing else, Yu Qing will be the successor of himself and Lin Shangqing, a proper person!

It's no wonder that Pingyuan-kun looks eager

Son.

When Yu Qing on the side heard this, he glanced at the words of Zhao Kuo that he had just written down, and then he suddenly realized, and quickly got up and hugged his fists, bowed deeply to Zhao Kuo, and said, "Thank you for my love."

"Meritorious service is rewarded." Zhao Kuo smiled and said, "This is also what you deserve Yu Qing."

"Thank you, King!" Yu Qing bowed down again.

When Zhao Kuo heard this, he became more and more satisfied. Obviously, he doesn't like the kind of person who talks nonsense, and a simple thank you is enough to express gratitude, but it doesn't need flowery rhetoric to waste each other's time.

As Zhao Kuo himself said: meritorious service will be rewarded. In today's Zhao State, doing things well is the first thing.

After serving the hors d'oeuvres, Zhao Kuo immediately brought today's main dish.

Waving his hand to signal the two to sit down, Zhao Kuo continued: "Some time ago, I urgently ordered you to return to Handan, I think everyone knows what the reason is, today's discussion is only for one thing: next year's battle."

Without waiting for everyone to speak, Zhao Kuo continued, "First of all, the first question, next year, or not to fight? Everyone, please try to speak freely."

After that, Zhao Kuo handed over the right to speak to everyone present.

After a brief silence, Pingyuanjun and Lian Po both stepped forward.

Seeing this, Lian Po slightly stretched out his right hand and motioned to Pingyuan Jun to ask first.

Pingyuan Jun was not surprised, and immediately bowed slightly to Zhao Kuo, and then said, "My king, if it was two months ago, Weichen would also support sending troops to continue the battle next year."

As he spoke, Pingyuan Jun looked at the generals on the opposite side again, bowed his head slightly and apologized, and then said: "It's just that now, the heavy snow has sealed the country, the treasury has been used to help the victims, and the consumption of the battle of Garo City has completely bottomed out over the years, and now it has been maintained, thanks to the grain transported from Qi and Chu. Even if there is a great abundance of grain next year, it will only be enough to be with Qi and Chu. If you want to raise an army and fight it, I am afraid that there will be a shortage of food."

"Can the grain of the treasury sustain an army of 100,000?" Zhao Kuo then asked.

Hearing this, Ping Yuanjun shook his head without hesitation, and didn't even wait for Zhao Kuo to say a time limit.

"How long is it for an army of 50,000?" Zhao Kuo continued to ask as if unwillingly.

When Pingyuan Jun heard this, he still shook his head.

"Thirty thousand?" Zhao Kuo's brows were already furrowed, as if the next moment Pingyuanjun was still shaking his head, Zhao Kuo was going to step forward.

"My king."

Fortunately, Pingyuan-kun finally didn't continue to shake his head.

It's just that Pingyuanjun's next words, it's better to shake his head.

"Xu is Weichen's expression is unknown." Pingyuan Jun continued: "Today's grain, my Zhao army is okay to hold, but if you want to work far away and lose a lot on the way, I am afraid that even if there are only 50,000 troops, it will only be enough to walk around the nearest Yiyang City."

Hearing this, the hall instantly fell into silence.

This hasn't started yet, so it seems like it's over......