Not long after Zhao Kuo came back, Tian Shu came with his concubines to pay his respects.
Zhao Kuo was very satisfied with Tian Shu. She was beautiful, gentle, considerate, filial, and very intelligent. She managed the harem in an orderly manner and everyone respected her.
The master of the harem not only has to be in charge of the harem, but also helps Zhao Kuo deal with some inconvenient matters, such as getting close to the families of the ministers, understanding the situation at home, what difficulties they have, what help they need, etc., so that the ministers will not be separated.
These are all technical tasks that ordinary people cannot do. This is one of the reasons why ancient queens were able to hold some power and even emperors could not easily dethrone them.
Tian Shu had lived in the palace since she was a child. She was immersed in it and knew the ways of it. She was able to deal with it with ease. She quickly became familiar with the ministers' families, which saved Zhao Kuo a lot of worry.
Little Zhao Zheng had just learned to walk and did not want to stay in his mother's arms for a moment. Under the care of two palace maids, he stumbled towards Zhao Kuo on a pair of small tiger-head shoes.
Zhao Kuo picked up little Zhao Zheng, threw him into the air, and then caught him steadily, making the little guy giggle. After several times, he put it down and gave it to Bin to take care of.
"I congratulate your Majesty." Tian Shu stepped forward and bowed.
"Oh? How happy are you?" Zhao Kuo said with a smile.
"This afternoon, Sister Ning felt a little unwell, so she invited Xiangzi to check. After Xiangzi made the diagnosis, she told Sister Ning that she was pregnant," Tian Shu said.
"Sure enough!" Zhao Kuo said in surprise.
"Yeah." An Ning nodded shyly, "Xiangzi said it's been about a month."
"Hahaha." Zhao Kuo was overjoyed. He hugged An Ning and gave her a kiss. Then he waved his hand and said excitedly, "I'm sending an order that everyone in the palace will be rewarded with a month's salary."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
"Have you told your mother about this?" Zhao Kuo said as he walked inside.
These days, Mrs. Yan didn't know how many times she wanted grandchildren in his ears. If he didn't have a younger brother to block the gun for him, calluses would have grown on his ears.
"I have already told my mother. She was very happy when she found out and gave me a lot of supplements." An Ning's face was filled with a happy smile.
"Just take good care of yourself."
That night, Mrs. Yan invited her son, daughter, and all her daughters-in-law over for dinner.
This time, Yan did not continue to preach to Zhao Kuo. Instead, she praised him and An Ning, then asked the other daughters-in-law to work hard, and then started to target Zhao Mu.
"Look at your brother, you will have a child soon. You don't even have a wife now. You have been homeless before. You have finally come back recently. Even if you can't get married, you must set a wedding date as soon as possible." Yan said without any doubt.
She didn't have any big pursuits in her life. One of her sons had become the king of Zhao, and the other controlled nearly half of the world's businessmen, which was completely beyond her goals.
Her current expectation is that her second son will get married as soon as possible, and she will give birth to some fat grandsons to spread the branches and leaves of the Zhao family. Her daughter will also marry a good family, and she will be satisfied.
A hundred years later, I can still see Zhao She with a smile on my face. ….
"Yes." Zhao Mu lowered his head and was submissive. He didn't look shrewd or capable at all. If the group of salt merchants from Qi State knew that the leader who almost forced them to a dead end looked like this, they would probably not believe it.
Zhao Kuo almost laughed while holding it in. Yan usually lectured him, but today it was finally Zhao Mu's turn.
"And you, as the elder brother, don't you know how to worry about your younger brother? There are so many ministers in the Zhao Kingdom, and there are always women of the right age in the family, so you don't know how to make peace for your younger brother." Mrs. Yan glared at Zhao Kuo. He glanced at it and said angrily.
"Yes." Zhao Kuo stopped laughing immediately and responded in a low voice. As expected, he couldn't sneer.
Even as the king of Zhao, he did not dare to talk back to his mother.
However, Zhao Mu has indeed reached the age of marriage. Late marriage and late childbearing are not popular nowadays. Common people usually get married at the age of fourteen or fifteen. Although nobles come later, they decide their wedding very early.
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Generally speaking, with Zhao Mu's status, a woman usually has two choices. One is to be a noble in the country.
However, there are currently no nobles in Zhao who have to win over through marriage, so this is unlikely.
The other is the Six Kingdoms clan, just like Zhao Sheng and Zhao Kuo, who are married to other countries in the Six Kingdoms except Qin.
Because people with the same surname were not allowed to marry in ancient times, Qin and Zhao would not marry.
Qi and Wei have already been married to Zhao, and their relationship is relatively strong at present, so there is no need to go further.
There is no value in marriage in Yan State.
The only options left for Zhao Mu were South Korea and Chu.
Zhao Mu also knows this very well, so he has been avoiding this matter.
"Our country, Zhao, has not fallen to the point where we need to rely on marriage to win over other countries. If you have a woman you like, you can tell me that I support you."
After the meal, Zhao Kuo and Zhao Mu came outside the palace. Zhao Kuo patted Zhao Mu on the shoulder and said.
"Thank you, Brother Wang." Zhao Mu said gratefully.
He understood that Zhao Kuo was just comforting him. Zhao Kuo was far from needing allies. Even Zhao Kuo wanted to marry Qi. How could he get rid of it, but he was still very grateful.
"What I said is true. The relationship between our country, Zhao, and Han Weichu is enough to last for five years. After five years, our country, Zhao, no longer needs allies." Zhao Kuo said confidently.
By that time, even if Zhao wanted allies, they would be gone.
Just like the Qin State in history, most of the time in the late Warring States Period was one against six.
"Five years." Zhao Mu murmured, secretly determined to help his brother achieve this goal.
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Nothing major happened in the next period of time, and Zhao Guo gradually got on the right track.
Elites from all walks of life gathered in Handan to conduct research and compile books with the support of the government.
People in this period attached great importance to books. Making meritorious deeds and speaking out came last. In the eyes of many people, only those who have accomplished meritorious service and moral conduct are qualified to speak out.
Many Confucian scholars criticized Zhao Kuo behind his back, scolding him for not respecting etiquette and law and violating the principles. They even scolded Xunzi and Yu Xin who followed Zhao Kuo together, threatening to expel them from Confucianism. If Kong Chuan and Kong Bin were not descendants of Confucius, they would have been scolded.
The six countries deeply felt the threat that Zhao's move posed to them, so they set up checkpoints at the borders to prohibit domestic people from traveling to Zhao. At the same time, he was adding fuel to the flames behind his back, and the whole world reviled Zhao Kuo.
Later, Zhao Kuo said that you can write down any ideas you have. If you write good ones, I, the State of Zhao, will print them and put them in Jixia Academy for the world to study. If you come to the State of Zhao, I, the State of Zhao, can also provide paper for everyone. .
All the voices of criticism suddenly disappeared.
The world is full of praise for Zhao Kuo. Under the adulation of Confucian scholars, Zhao Kuo became a living saint, a pioneer of etiquette and the founder of civilization.
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