"Two generals, please get up." Zhao Kuo immediately helped the two of them up, and said with a smile: "In the first battle of Changping, if it wasn't for the two generals who helped each other and fought at the risk of death, how could Changping win. With such a friendship, who else can the widow believe if he doesn't believe in the two generals?"

"Thank you, my king." The two of them bowed again in unison.

"That being the case, Aiqing." Zhao Kuo nodded slightly, then stood up and said to everyone: "From now on, preparations can begin, soldiers and horses, grain and grass, diplomacy, and internal affairs must all be carried out around this matter."

"Yes." Everyone present immediately agreed.

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Winter goes to spring, and it's another year.

In the warm spring sun, the withered branches finally sent out tender green sprouts in the spring breeze, the northern geese flying south Shi Shi ran through the air one after another, the gurgling water broke through the solid ice of winter, and a few yellow ducks quacked freely in the water.

The sealed Zhao Kingdom gradually woke up in the spring flowers.

At the same time, the court of Zhao was also lively with the people.

However, this is not so much a play by the monarchs and ministers of the great dynasty as a play that has already been rehearsed.

In this scene, Zhao Kuo and several important ministers of Zhao are naturally the protagonists, while the courtiers are not only supporting roles, but also audiences, and ambassadors.

And this scene, in the end, is naturally performed for Qin, Han, and Yan countries to watch.

"My king, last year's snow disaster, the northland was seriously affected, although there are disaster relief materials distributed in time, but it is inevitable that there will be casualties, and the northland Jiuyuan is newly attached, I ask my king to send important ministers to Jiuyuan, one is to calm the people's hearts, and the other is to supervise the spring ploughing." Above the court, Pingyuan Jun clenched his hands into fists and suggested to Zhao Kuo.

According to the plan, Pingyuan-kun first put forward a proposal to inspect the north in response to the disaster.

Immediately after, it was Zhao Kuo's turn to perform.

"Yes." Zhao Kuo, who was sitting on the high seat, nodded, then looked at the ministers and asked, "I don't know which Aiqing is willing to go to Jiuyuan for the widow?"

Without waiting for all the ministers to sign up, Pingyuan Jun spoke again: "My king, the Nine Plains, the homeland of the Hu people. Suffering from the disaster of snow again, the newly attached Hu inevitably had doubts, in order to protect the whole plan, Wei Chen thought that the general should be the first, first control the land, and then the people."

This is obviously said to the many ministers of the court and the families behind them, and what Pingyuanjun said is already very clear, going to Jiuyuan is not to inspect at all, but to suppress, you family members want to reap the benefits, don't think about joining in the fun, it's not good to take your life.

And the clans obviously didn't know that after an autumn and winter, Lu Buwei had already arranged Jiuyuan County to be obedient, and there was no need for any suppression at all.

However, in the eyes of many ministers in the court, the northern land is still a barren land, and it is entirely possible to have some rebellions due to snowstorms.

Zhao Kuo and Pingyuan Jun took advantage of this information gap to temporarily exclude all the clans from the list of the Northern Tour, so as to make time and space for Lian Po's diversion to the east.

Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, the ministers who originally wanted to go to the "experience" of the DPRK and China instantly died down.

"What Pingyuan-kun said is reasonable." Zhao Kuo smiled slightly in his heart, then nodded again, and then looked at the military commander sequence on his left hand side.

General Lian Po, who got the signal, immediately went out of class, saluted Zhao Kuo, and then replied, "The last general is willing to go."

Listening to this sonorous and powerful answer, the ministers present also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Old General Lian is really old and strong!"

"Old general, I won't be a pillar for me."

Immediately, some people even trumpeted General Lian Po.

Listening to these sycophants, Zhao Kuo also felt a chill in his heart. If it was possible, of course Zhao Kuo wanted to strangle all these silverfish who didn't do practical things and only knew how to enjoy money.

It's just that Zhao Kuo can't.

It is not only because "when the water is clear, there are no fish, and when people are observed, there are no disciples", but more importantly, the main contradiction today is not the people and the bureaucrats of Zhao State.

The contradiction between the families is an irreconcilable underlying contradiction between Qin and Zhao.

Whether it is the bureaucracy or the aristocracy, they are all objects that Zhao Kuo needs to win over and unite. Only by concentrating all the forces that could be concentrated could the Zhao State compete with the Qin army.

Grasping the main contradiction and letting go of the secondary contradiction has always been the most effective way to control the incident.

This point has already been written in the history books with countless blood.

Nodding silently in his heart, Zhao Kuo immediately agreed: "Jiuyuan County is newly attached, and it has experienced a winter of snowstorms, and it really needs the old Cheng to go to the town, and the old general is willing to go, and the widow is very pleased."

"As the general asked, on the same day, I will hold the festival and transfer all the important military and political affairs of the two counties of Jiuyuan County and Dai County, and allow me to act cheaply." Zhao Kuo then continued to speak lightly.

And as soon as the words "act cheaply" came out, everyone was first shocked, and then there was a burst of fear.

"Acting cheaply" is not given casually, which means that in Jiuyuan and Dai County, General Lian Po is equivalent to the local princes, and even the county guards of the two counties, Lian Po will have the right to appoint, dismiss or even kill.

What everyone was shocked by was naturally Zhao Kuo's unparalleled trust in Lian Po.

And if the king can make such a promise, the situation in the natural north is probably not so optimistic, and I am afraid that there are already people who have caused trouble.

This is also what everyone is afraid of, if it weren't for Pingyuan Jun's words to be answered quickly, I am afraid that he would have volunteered to ask the king for this task at this time.

It's really going to be a dead deal.

But Lian Po ignored everyone's slightly surprised and frightened eyes, and directly agreed, "The last general will take the order."

"Okay." Looking at the performance of many of his courtiers, Zhao Kuo's heart was also very satisfied, and then he continued to the generals here: "The Nine Plains of the Northern Land are unstable, and the so-called blessing and misfortune are not a single line, but which Aiqing is willing to go to the land of Huaisi for the widow?"

The voice fell, and without waiting for everyone to react, Tian Dan, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately went out of class and replied, "The last general is willing to go."

"With General Tian's prestige in Huaisi County, General Tian is willing to work hard again, which is naturally the best." Zhao Kuo immediately nodded and said, "Then the general will go to Huaisi County, according to General Lianpo's example, General Xu will have the right to be cheap."

"Thank you, my king." Tian Dan also immediately thanked him.

In this way, before the courtiers even reacted, Zhao Kuo had already arranged the two most important personnel appointments of the year.

The most important thing is that these two appointments are so reasonable, and one east and one west, it is absolutely unexpected that Zhao Kuo's purpose will be the land of Yan in the north.

I believe that even if this news reaches the ears of any country, there will not be too many reactions, and they will only think that it is just a routine inspection and suppression by Zhao Guo after experiencing the snow disaster.

Of course, if Zhao Kuo's actions are just like this, it is still not enough.

Let the eyes of the country always be staring at himself, staring at Lian Po and General Tian Dan, and after a long time, there will definitely be problems.

The so-called long-term defense will be lost, not to mention, Lian Po changed courses halfway, even if he did it cleanly and neatly, after a long time, it was inevitable that he would be found abnormal.

The best way to do this is to artificially create hot spots that draw the attention of all countries to the past.

Just like modern crisis public relations, in the case of clarifying that it is your own problem, the best way is not to apologize, let alone refuse to admit it, or even to treat it coldly.

The best thing to do is to create a more powerful message to divert the public's attention.

For example, if you rub out a controlled nuclear fusion, who cares what scandal you had with yesterday.

Well, that's the truth.

Therefore, after doing a small show in the court, with the departure of Lian Po and General Tian Dan. A rather "secret" mission was also in the making.

Yes, Zhao Kuo wanted to order someone to "secretly" send envoys to Wei and Chu.

The purpose is self-evident:

To envoy Wei is to fight with Wei

details of the Shang Council's attack on the country of Korea;

The envoy to the State of Chu was to inform the King of Chu of the news that the State of Qin was about to attack the State of Chu this year.

However, because of the selection of envoys, it was inevitable that the news of the envoys had expanded considerably.

Although Qin's Black Ice Terrace's power in Handan has been weakened a lot in recent years, as the only enemy of Qin, Qin still invests in Handan at any cost, so such a "big" wind and grass naturally can't hide from the eyes of the Qin people.

It can be said that the envoy of Zhao has just been selected, and before he has time to set off, the King of Qin in Xianyang over there has already learned the purpose of Zhao's envoy.

However, correspondingly, Zhao Ping's secret guards also gained a lot in this intelligence war.

What's even worse is that Zhao Kuo intended to let King Qin find out about this news.

Attacking South Korea is a smoke bomb, and what is needed is to firmly lock the eyes of Qin, and even Han, Wei and other countries in the country of Han.

As for informing the state of Chu, firstly, it was to put forward a proposal to exchange weapons for food, and secondly, it was purely disgusting to the state of Qin.

With such news, Zhao Kuo naturally hoped that the sooner he preached King Qin, the better.

Now, in the case of the heavy losses of the Black Ice Terrace, this news is more and more credible.

Of course, solitary evidence is not good.

At the same time as learning that the Qin people had passed on the news, the two groups of envoys also immediately embarked on the road of envoys, believing that their performance in Wei and Chu would also give the Qin king more evidence to prove the information given by Zhao Kuo.

At the same time, Li Mu, who was still in Handan, was also ready to go south and burn the last fire in King Qin's heart at any time.

Under the slowing of the war, the envoys of Zhao came to the capital of Wei again.

Xinlingjun still came to the city gate in person to greet the arrival of the Zhao envoy, and it was still a banquet of singing and dancing, and even the courtiers of Wei Xiang and Wei were more enthusiastic than last time.

It's also normal, after refuting Zhao Guo's face and not giving Zhao Guo food, I'm not afraid that it's fake.

Even the King of Wei wanted to arrange for food to be sent to Handan to atone for his sins, but fortunately, Xinling Jun still stopped the King of Wei.

Now that the Zhao envoy has arrived, the whole Wei State is naturally more enthusiastic.

It's just that this time Zhao Envoy is obviously smart, and he will never reveal any intention in public, and he has to discuss privately with King Wei. The goal is obvious, that is, I don't want to believe that Lingjun, a "troublesome person", is involved.

Xin Lingjun was also interested, and after hearing the request of the Zhao envoy, he obediently left with the other ministers as the banquet ended.

After only the king of Wei was left in the huge palace, the envoy of Zhao took out Zhao Kuo's letter of state, handed it to the king of Wei, and elaborated on Zhao's intention to attack the kingdom of Han, and also expressed his invitation to the king of Wei.

And Zhao Kuo's bargaining chip was that as long as Wei sent more than 50,000 troops, he could carve up half of the land except for Xinzheng, the capital of Han Zhiguo.

It should be said that the price opened by Zhao Kuo is still very attractive.

At least King Wei was fiercely moved.