"Hahaha. Come on, get up." Zhao Yong reached out and pulled up Zhao Gu who was lying on the ground.
He sincerely praised: "Good boy, your martial arts skills are extraordinary."
Although the other party is suspected of deliberately letting things slip, it doesn't matter.
As long as it wasn't Zhao Yong who fell to the ground.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhao Gu quickly bowed and bowed.
Zhao Yong patted the other party's shoulder.
Turning to the new soldiers who were watching, he said: "Although you were barbarians in the past, and some of you came from distant lands, I assure you today that if you join our Zhao family, you are our Zhao people. In Zhao country , I will treat you all equally."
As soon as these words came out, a bright light flashed in the eyes of all the new Hu soldiers present.
Some of them may not understand the meaning of these words, but they can also feel the sincere recognition from Zhao Yong's expression when he speaks.
The person standing in front of them was no one else, but the king for whom they would serve for the rest of their lives.
The sense of belonging fills everyone's heart at this moment.
"Continue training." After Zhao Yong said that, he led a group of generals towards the camp not far away.
"Farewell, Your Majesty." Everyone shouted in unison.
After Zhao Yong and his party walked away, the general stepped forward and shouted to the new soldiers around him: "Continue to train, continue to train..."
The atmosphere above the school grounds suddenly boiled over again.
As if they could feel the king's gaze, the new recruits practiced harder.
...Away from the noisy crowd, Zhao Yong asked casually to the people behind him: "What is the rank of the young general who just fought against me? What is his name?"
He always felt that the other person looked familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere before, but he couldn't remember it for the moment.
There were so many civil and military officials in the Zhao Kingdom. If he was really asked to remember, how could he remember them?
When Pang Nuan saw the king asking, his face darkened again, and he could only reply truthfully: "This person is Zhao Gu, a new hundred-man general under the command of Chen Qidu." As for Zhao Gu's background and identity, Pang Nuan also won a great victory in Jinyang I found out later.
At first he only thought that the other party had something to do with the Handan Ling, but later he found out that this boy turned out to be the biological brother of the king's favorite concubine.
Zhao Gu?
Zhao Yong suddenly realized why he looked so familiar.
He had met her once at the celebration banquet in the Zhao Palace. He remembered that he was sitting next to Pang Nuan and had a few words with Meng Rou. He heard the other party call Meng Rou Ajie.
Thinking about it now, the younger brother Meng Rou mentioned to herself should be Zhao Gu.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look back at Wu Guang.
He remembered that Meng Rou had mentioned to him that his brother-in-law should be appointed as a left official under the Handan Ling, so why did he end up joining the New Army again?
...Back at the camp, after Zhao Yong changed out of his military uniform, he summoned Wu Guang to ask about Zhao Gu's current situation.
In fact, speaking of it, my eldest brother-in-law is quite incompetent and has never paid attention to my brother-in-law.
And Meng Rou also has a timid and uncontested temperament. If Zhao Yong didn't ask, she never mentioned the situation of her mother's family.
According to Wu Guang, Zhao Gu has been working as an official in Handan government office since he returned to Handan with Wu Guang.
Until the formation of the new cavalry brigade of the Zhao State, Fei Yi was ordered to expand the cavalry and began to recruit people who were good at riding and shooting from Handan. Zhao Gu also resigned from Wu Guang at that time.
Wu Guang knew Zhao Gu's ability. Although this boy was not very old, the drastic changes in his family circumstances during his childhood and his years of dealing with barbarians of all ethnic groups in northern Xinjiang made him have a precocious personality. Zhao Guji had already shown his prowess in the frontier army at the time of Dai Di. He was well versed in Hu affairs and was also good at the Hu language.
Wu Guang originally thought that Zhao Gu's official career was arranged by Zhao Yong, so he let him join the army.
But he didn't know until today that the king didn't even know the other party's identity.
Regarding this, the two men-in-law and son-in-law in the tent couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.
However, Zhao Yong still really admires this boy Zhao Gu. He knows power but is not good at it, has power but does not exercise power. He clearly has the status of the uncle of the country, but he can join the army in vain. Of course, the military reviewers may think that the other party is a descendant of a down-and-out noble family. After all, he is the Zhao family, but they will never guess the other party's true identity.
At such an age, he is neither arrogant nor impetuous. To be honest, if his identities were exchanged, Zhao Yong boasted that he could not do it. Moreover, the most important thing is that Zhao Gu is very capable.
With the promotion system of Zhao State, in just two battles in Yunzhong and Jinyang, soldiers from the bottom level could become middle-level generals commanding hundreds of people. What is needed is not only extraordinary bravery, but most importantly, excellent strategy.
All in all, it’s all about making great contributions.
Compared with the military merit systems of other countries, the degree of perfection of Zhao State can be said to be second only to today's Qin State and the former Wei State. The perfect military and political system and bureaucratic system made it almost impossible for those who fish in troubled waters to survive in the Zhao army and government.
Coupled with the successive wars between various countries, the monarchs of the Zhao Kingdom had to keep up with the current situation and improve their country's system again and again.
So far, the State of Zhao has long been a large and complete bureaucratic country with a centralized monarchy and autocratic system.
Of course, when the water is clear, there will be no fish, and nepotism is the biggest characteristic of the rulers of the feudal system. Zhao Yong cannot abandon it and does not dare to abandon it, because once he questions this, he will undoubtedly deny his own 'legitimate rights and interests'. He can only maintain 'fairness' within the scope of his own established interests.
Now, looking at Zhao Gu's ability, it becomes even more outstanding. With a little training, this kid might be of great use.
Zhao Yong coughed lightly and skipped the topic. Then they chatted with the other party about some political and family affairs in Handan. In the end, I couldn't help but turn to Yao Lan...
...When we returned to Longtai Palace, the sky was already dark.
After bathing, he reviewed some brief letters reported from various places. Most of them were about the implementation of the new law, and a few were about political affairs between countries. There are also a few specially marked briefs, which are secret messages that the Inspection Council has spied from various countries.
As for the Ming Dynasty bamboo slips, Zhao Yong could just check it out and find out nothing important. In domestic political affairs, he felt relieved to have Zhao Bao, a dedicated old prime minister, assisting the left and the left.
What interested him were the interesting stories about the four kingdoms of Ba, Shu, Jiameng (Ju) and Chong in the secret slips sent by the Inspectorate. At first, Zhao Yong didn't know where this Jiameng was from? Later, through comparison, he found out that the so-called Jiameng Kingdom was actually the Ju Kingdom.
He really didn't have much idea about the two small countries of Ju and Chong, but when talking about Ba and Shu, the first word that came to Zhao Yong's mind was "Land of Abundance".
To talk about this interesting story, we have to talk about the relationship between the four southwest countries.
The founding of Ju State was not long, probably only thirty or forty years. The State of Ju broke away from the State of Shu. To be precise, the State of Ju was a vassal state of the State of Shu (the State of Shu was not a vassal state of the Zhou Dynasty). In the past, King Du Shang of Shu (probably during the early accession of Qin Xiaogong) used strong troops to destroy the two small tribal kingdoms of Xi'an and Pingzhou. (The former jurisdiction of Xi'an Kingdom was approximately Zitong County in Mianyang, Jiange County in Guangyuan, and Qingchuan County, Lizhou District, Zhaohua District; Pingzhou State governs most of Wangcang County and Cangxi County in Guangyuan today. These two so-called "states" should be the kind of "Fang State", that is, That’s the so-called small country of clans and tribes.)
At that time, the capital of the Shu Kingdom was Guangdu (Shuangliu). After capturing this fertile land in northern Sichuan, the Shu Kingdom would directly face the Qin Kingdom in the north. At that time, the Qin State was undergoing Shang Yang's reform and was fighting with the Wei State to compete for the land west of Hexi. For the time being, it did not take into account the expansion of the Shu State.
However, in order to prevent Qin from being overthrown, Du Shang, King of Shu, appointed his younger brother Du Jiameng as the Marquis of Hanzhong to manage the two newly conquered countries (i.e., Miazhong and Jiameng in the upper reaches of the Han River) and set up a vassal state under the jurisdiction of Ju (the princes of the Central Plains were still Customarily called the Jiameng Kingdom), its capital was located in Tufei (now Zhaohua), and at the same time the Shu Kingdom moved its capital to Chengdu.
However, the separated Ju State did not cooperate with the Shu State offensively and defensively as the King of Shu originally thought.
Once the kingdom was divided, Juhou Du Jiameng even turned around and threw himself into the arms of the Ba Kingdom.
Ba and Shu were feuding. Regarding his own brother's behavior, Du Shang, the king of Shu, was angry and said harshly, "If there are foreign troops coming in the future, retreat." Jiameng, the Marquis of Ju, was not to be outdone and directly began to unite with Ba. The country attacked Shu... Regarding his brother's behavior of "overturning the seal of heaven", the King of Shu directly spat out a mouthful of old blood, and then passed away.
The relationship between Chongguo and Ba is similar to that between Shu and Ju. Chongguo is also separated from Ba, but has good relations with Shu... After that, wars broke out between Ba and Shu more than ten times in the past few decades. .
At that time, the great powers of the Central Plains did not pay attention to this.
If it weren't for the briefing from the Supervisory Office, Zhao Yong would have almost ignored these southwestern countries.
Thinking of this, he suddenly realized that the current Qin State seemed to have not yet annexed Ba and Shu. That fertile land of abundance seems to still be in a state of fragmentation.
No wonder...no wonder Qin is so weak in fighting today.
Thinking of this, Zhao Yong immediately stood up, took the brief letter about Bashu, and walked towards the side hall with bare feet. A huge Kantu map hangs in the side hall.
"Great order!" Zhao Yong shouted as he walked out: "Quickly summon Xiangbang, Lord Wu'an, Lord Anping, and Grand Sima to the palace to discuss matters."
Chen Zhong followed him and asked softly: "It's time for your king to have dinner. Do you want to have dinner first?"
Zhao Yong couldn't care less about eating at this time, "Let's discuss things first."
"Here." Chen Zhong had no choice but to obey.
The side hall is a little dark. Zhao Yong then ordered the palace maid to light a row of candles. He personally held a candlestick and used the firelight to carefully observe the distribution of the southwest countries and the conflict line between Bashu and Bashu.
About half an hour later, Zhao Bao and others arrived.
Zhao Yong still kept his eyes on the map, turned his back to a few people, threw the simple book in his hand to them, and said: "Please take a look at the contents of the book for now."
Several people passed it around and read it.
The brief letter was submitted by Su Qin, and he already knew the contents. Now I see the king taking this book and circulating it. It suddenly became clear in his mind: "Does the king want to intervene in the war between Ba and Shu?"
Zhao Yong did not answer.
Wait until several people have finished reading.
Zhao Yongcai said leisurely: "The land of Bashu is rich, and I am really interested in it."
Zhao Cheng frowned and replied: "Our State of Zhao is thousands of miles away from Ba and Shu, and there are also countries such as Han, Wei, Qin, and Chu in between. With the power of our State of Zhao at this time, it may be difficult to spy on them." ."
What Zhao Cheng said was true. With Zhao's national power at this time, spying on the Kingdom of Abundance thousands of miles away was nothing more than a dream.
"Although the foreign country is rich, it is still unavailable. Uncle Wang, don't worry, our Zhao country's national policy today is still in the north." Zhao Yong explained casually.
At this time, Fei Yi looked at Kanyu Tu and seemed to understand: "Is the king worried about Qin and Chu?"
Zhao Yong nodded. Although Zhao State cannot capture the blessed land at this time, it must not allow Qin State to capture Ba and Shu again. If the Qin State once again controls Bashu for a long time, the Zhao State will have no advantage.
"Qin and Chu have no intention of sending troops yet. There have been conquests between Ba and Shu. Today, Ba has gathered troops to attack Shu, perhaps to conquer the country." Zhao Bao analyzed.
Everyone still fully agreed with Zhao Bao's words. Since the State of Ba lost its three major salt springs to the State of Chu, the State of Ba has been bent on expanding its territory westward. However, the national strength of the State of Ba is actually not as good as that of the State of Shu. In the past, wars between the two countries have always ended in the disastrous defeat of the State of Ba. .
Today, the Ba Kingdom once again gathered troops. On the surface, it was to attack Shu, but in fact, it was to attack Chong.
Zhao Yong didn't care about the fighting between several small countries.
As long as the land of Ba and Shu is not occupied by Qin, it will be fine.
After another discussion with the ministers, they finally had no choice but to ignore the war between Ba and Shu.
But at the same time, we closely observed the movements of the Qin army. As soon as the Qin army sent troops to Shu, Zhao would join forces to attack Qin.
...After everyone retreated, Zhao Yong realized that he hadn't eaten yet.
Back in the palace, several of his concubines were waiting for him to eat together at the dining table as usual.
Since returning from Jinyang, Zhao Yong would summon all the girls to enjoy the meal together every time.
While dining with his concubines, Zhao Yongshun mentioned the martial arts competition with Zhao Gu at the school field during the day.
As soon as they heard about the martial arts contest, the two girls, Huanhuo and Siyue, suddenly showed curious expressions on their faces.
The two of them still don't know Zhao Gu's identity at this time, and they are all concerned about the word "competition".
In recent days, the girls are no longer obsessed with music, chess, calligraphy and painting, but have become addicted to physical sports.
At first, in order to prevent the concubines from being bored, Zhao Yong ordered the palace officials to change a garden in front of Longtai Palace into a racecourse. He also selected a few good horses and equipped them with the latest harnesses for the concubines to enjoy during their leisure time. Have fun.
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It's the middle of winter, and everything in the North is withered, missing those colorful and lovable flowers and plants. Ladies who can't go to the park have recently become obsessed with equestrianism. The girls, who were still a little nervous at first, had Coral taking the lead, and with the support of the stirrups, the normally delicate women were able to control the unruly horses under them by themselves. After their first try, they quickly became obsessed with the feeling of galloping.
For this reason, Zhao Yong saw it in his eyes and was even more happy in his heart. Because physical exercise can not only make women's bodies healthier, but also make their bodies more flexible and diverse. Finally, it can play an exemplary and leading role among the people.
Compared to Si and Luo's curiosity, Meng Rou's eyes flashed with worry.
When Zhao Yong mentioned that he was kicked to the ground by Zhao Gu. Meng Rou was suddenly startled, and even the Kuai Zi she was holding in her hand fell to the ground due to a slight tremor in her body.
The maid standing aside quickly knelt down to pick it up.
