In the Xianyang Dynasty, the prime minister took the overall situation alone, but everyone didn't feel that it was inappropriate and still performed their duties.

King Qin said that in the past, King Wen of Zhou had Lu Shang as the prince, Duke Qi Huan had Guan Yiwu as the middle father, and now Fan Jun is also the uncle of the widow.

The current prime minister, Fan Ju, is one of the most trusted people of King Qin.

"Today's situation has come to this, first, once again to play a counter-plot to induce Zhao Jun to change commanders again. The second is to try not to let Lian Po, Pang Xuan and others take command to attack Changping Pass. The third is that, as Mr. said before, he will attack from afar and at close range, and strive for the remaining five countries to conquer Zhao. These three things that my king asked me to do in my letter are not easy to say. Fan Ju let out a long sigh and paced back and forth.

But what the king wants him to do, no matter how difficult it is, he has to do it, this is not to say that he is blindly obedient to the king, but Fan Ju will remember in his life that King Yingji, who is the king of a country, knelt down and asked in order to obtain Fan Ju's assistance.

The man had gold under his knees, and the king knelt down with ten thousand gold. He will definitely have to work hard for Yingji in this life, and his liver and brain will be ruined.

It's just that it's easier said than done.

His henchman and his savior Zheng Anping saw him and asked: "Since the war is not going well, it is better to write to the king and replace Bai Qi." You haven't always been at odds with Shira. ”

Fan Ju laughed dumbly when he said this, and he said: "I have never had contact with Bai Qi, and the fiefdom is far away, so there is no conflict. You know why I am at odds with him, and it is known to all. ”

"It's not that Bai Qi is the person of the former prime minister Wei Ran, and after he defeats Zhao and comes back, he will become the prime minister and threaten your position."

"Hahaha." Fan Ju raised his head and laughed: "I am the marquis of the prince of Qin, Bai Qi is a great good man, according to the title, he is three levels behind me, even if he wins this time, and even destroys the Zhao State, he will not be able to replace me." What's more, in this kind of national war, the front-line soldiers have made great contributions, but I dispatched grain and grass in the rear, and I also contributed to the king's heart. ”

"Then why do you want to act like you don't get along with Shira?"

"Because that's Bai Qi, Wu Anjun, who has won a hundred battles. The first general of the Qin State respected by everyone in the army. Anping, do you know why, at the beginning, my king didn't let Bai Qi lead the troops, and wanted Wang Di, a middle-of-the-road talent, to lead the troops. ”

"I've heard that it's in vain."

Fan Ju waved his hand: "At that time, Bai Qi just had a cold, which was not a big deal, the real reason was that my king didn't want Bai Qi to continue to win the battle, so if Bai Qi had a rebellion, no one could control it." And I, as the head of the civil officials, for the sake of my king, of course, have to go toe-to-toe with Bai Qi. However, this kind of-for-tat confrontation cannot affect state affairs, so it can only be attributed to personal grievances. ”

Fan Ju's eyes were like lightning, and he continued: "But now that the war is not going well, I can't continue to behave like this, lest those people below think that Bai Qi is defeated and will lose power, and in order to convince me, do something stupid that seems to only harm Bai Qi's interests, but is actually harmful to my Great Qin state affairs." My king personally went to the front line, how dare these people engage in these small actions. Anping, you have always wanted to be in charge of the army, you are also familiar with the art of war, and you have been on the battlefield, there is something I need you to do. ”

"Prime Minister Fan, please command."

"Now the front line is being cut into two pieces by the Zhao army according to the Dan River, one is in Guanglu and the other is in Changping, where there is a lot of logistical pressure, and I have heard many complaints about the unfavorable operation of Baiqi and the drag down of logistics. I will recommend you to the king to guard Changping. You are my person, you go to Changping, then those people in charge of logistics will find a way to ensure your supply of grain and grass, and the predicament of Changping can be alleviated for a while. But you have to remember. ”

Fan Ju's eyes were sharp, and he spoke loudly: "When you arrive in Changping, you must obey the command of General Wu Anjun Baiqi in everything, and you must not act without permission." Your family must stay in Xianyang, if you act without permission and make your own decisions, I can only kill your whole family to thank King Qin, do you understand! ”

"Anping must go to the soup and fight the fire, and promise the country with his body."

"Go ahead." Fan Ju waved his hand and asked Zheng Anping to go back and prepare, but he still sat on the Hu bed, thinking hard.

He had previously set a key attack on Zhao on the northern flank for the King of Qin, taking advantage of the situation to destroy Han; then destroy Wei in one fell swoop and control the Central Plains; then turned south and destroyed the state of Chu; Finally, concentrate all efforts to eliminate the unified strategy of Yan and Qi.

Subsequently, for this strategy, the king of Qin and he led the Qin state, while developing Bashu, while attaching importance to agricultural development, and at the same time, in order to combat the agriculture of Zhao and suppress the war potential of Zhao, they invested a large part of the hard-earned money and purchased a large number of iron farm tools from Zhao at a price higher than the market price.

The reason turned out to be that the Qin State was not good at iron smelting.

What are you kidding, the bronze swords of the Qin State are all better than the other six countries, how many famous swords are from the Qin State, why are they not good at smelting iron?

However, the Qin army's standard equipment was all bronze, which also covered Fan Ju's true purpose.

Zhao Guo was really fooled, and many farmers switched to iron smelting, and the land harvest dropped a lot.

With the progress of the iron products trade, the huge interests made the status of the merchants in the Zhao State continue to improve, and the Zhao Dynasty began to have the phenomenon of emphasizing commerce and suppressing agriculture.

Lü Buwei was known as a cheap merchant in the Qin state, but he was often regarded as a guest of honor in the Zhao state.

But the advantage of ironware, obviously, if Zhao State's ironmaking industry continues to develop, one day they will solve the problem of too many pig iron magazines and too soft iron swords.

At that time, the Zhao State would be very strong at least militarily.

Fan Ju had already seen some treasures of iron swords and iron ges from the recently captured blacksmiths of the Zhao State, so he had already begun to develop the ironmaking industry of the Qin State.

But time is running out, this time we must find a way to break Zhao Guo's backbone.

Thinking of this, he waved his hand to call his most optimistic subordinate Cai Ze.

Before he could speak, Cai Ze took the initiative to say, "Yinghou, good news, Yinghou." ”

"What's the matter?"

"It has been spread all over the city of Handan, Zhao Kuo, the commander of the Zhao army, and the king of Zhao has written to ask for a reward for beheading Wang Yu."

"Ask for a reward before the battle is over, this Zhao Kuo is really breathless. But such a general who knows how to defile himself is a big trouble for my Great Qin. Fan Ju commented.

Cai Ze hurriedly said: "Zhao Kuo said in his book that all the rewards he wanted would give to the soldiers under his command. ”

"In an extraordinary time, it's just a matter of buying the hearts of the military. This time, he falsely reported that he had beheaded the king of our army, and King Zhao actually believed it. However, there is a full set of general armor and flags, and anyone will choose to believe it. ”

"Isn't there anyone in their Zhao Kingdom who knows Wang Di?"

"Cai Ze, now that the two armies are in a big battle, it is a very effective way to hit the opponent's morale, so no matter whether the person wearing the marshal's armor is Wang Ji or not, Zhao Guo will treat him as Wang Yu and vigorously publicize it. If it weren't for Wu Anjun, our army would have collapsed a long time ago. What else? Fan Jujian Cai Ze still had something to say and asked.

"Zhao Kuo wrote to King Zhao and said that Zhao Guo awarded the land according to his military merits, and he didn't want a single acre of the land obtained by his military exploits, and wanted to give all the land to his soldiers."

Hearing this, Fan Ju was stunned for a long time, slapped the table, and laughed: "God bless Daqin, God bless Daqin." ”

He was so excited that he walked back and forth, and when he saw Cai Ze also smiling, he said, "It seems that you know why." Let's hear it. ”

"Thank you for taking the exam. Since ancient times, asking for rewards in wartime and giving all the gold and silver obtained to soldiers is an important means to buy the hearts of soldiers. Soldiers will also die for it. But the distribution of the land to the soldiers is a power that only a monarch can have. The soldiers who got the fields because of Zhao Kuo, let alone work hard for Zhao Kuo, followed Zhao Kuo to rebel against the capital. ”

Fan Ju nodded, and said, "Zhao Kuo's move put King Zhao on the fire to roast." According to Zhao Kuo's intentions, give the land he deserves to the soldiers below, and the soldiers will become Zhao Kuo's private soldiers. If you don't give it, the soldiers will definitely resent King Zhao. I laughed at that Zhao Kuo's hairy child, although he narrowly beat my old Qin people by half a move, but he was simply an idiot in politics. If he did this, how could King Zhao dare to rest assured that he would lead the troops. ”

Fan Ju was worried about how to let Zhao Kuo leave Changping before, and now is a great opportunity.

"Pass on my order, withdraw thousands of catties of gold from the treasury, and send it to Zhao Guo to make sure that Zhao Guo changes his commander again."