The soldiers of the Zhao army were homesick and did not stay in Hedong for a long time. After the wounded soldiers were almost recovered, Zhao Kuo raised his troops and returned to Handan.
Seeing Zhao Jun leave, everyone in the Wei state breathed a sigh of relief. Although the two countries were allies, they still couldn't help but be on tenterhooks when the other party's hundreds of thousands of troops were placed next to them.
If the State of Zhao directly turned against them, the troops of the State of Wei would have no ability to resist, and the State of Wei would lose at least the two counties of Hedong and Hanoi, and even the entire State of Wei would be in danger of overthrowing.
Fortunately, Zhao Guo did not do this.
The King of Wei led the civil and military ministers to personally deliver Zhao Kuo to a pavilion ten miles away. Before leaving, he bowed to Zhao Kuo and said sincerely: "After King Zhao returns, he must tell his younger brother that nothing will happen to him." When the time comes, go back to the Kingdom of Wei to see me."
King Wei's eyes were a little red and his back was a little stooped. When he said this, King Wei was not King Wei, he was just an elder brother who missed his younger brother.
"Don't worry, King Wei. I will definitely bring your words to Lord Xinling." Zhao Kuo promised, and he cursed in his heart: If you can keep doing this, Lord Xinling will not be forced to stay in Zhao Kingdom. .
"The King of Wei is really contradictory." After the army set off, Xunzi shook his head and sighed.
"What do you say?" Lu Zhonglian asked.
"When Mr. Wei is around, he is worried about threatening his position. Mr. Wei is not around, but he misses him. He likes talents and treats virtuous officers, but he does not cherish talents. At that time, he was bound by gold and silk and hired Kong Bin as prime minister. After Kong Bin arrived, He went to the outskirts to greet him in person. It was like a wise king. But then he did not adopt any of Kong Bin's opinions. Kong Bin resigned after serving as the Prime Minister of Wei for nine months. "
"Whether the king led the army to attack Qin or General Lecheng helped Wei train cavalry, the King of Wei showed enough respect and even directly gave General Lecheng a fief. Such a monarch, for the sake of just a few cities, I promised the State of Zhao that an important official like Fan Zuo would be put to death, and if I cut off my arms, I would definitely be a coward."
"Such things are concentrated in one person, so I say that the king of Wei is in conflict." Xunzi said.
When people are confused, many wise kings continue to do all kinds of weird things when they get old, and they are even more stupid than the faint king. But King Wei obviously has not reached this age, and he started many years ago, when he was still very young.
Qi State sold Tian Dan to Zhao State. Xunzi could still barely understand this matter. After all, Tian Dan was a truly powerful master and a member of the clan. It was normal for the King of Qi to be worried.
But Fan Zuo did not have the most outstanding achievements, nor was he a member of the clan. King Wei wanted to kill Fan Zuo because Zhao had given him hundreds of miles of land in exchange. Xunzi really couldn't understand it.
That is to say, he failed to kill him and was saved by Lord Xinling, otherwise no scholars in the world would enter Wei in the future.
"When ability is not worthy of ambition, you will be like King Wei, sometimes full of ambition and extremely wise. But this state cannot last long, and you will be defeated by the bad reality, and because you are vulnerable My ability cannot change everything, so I can only choose to give up. Then after a while, I regain my confidence, be full of ambition, and vow to start changing. After a while, I give up again, and so on."
"If King Wei is capable of changing the situation in Wei, he will not worry about Wei Wuji threatening him. At that time, he will become a good brother that everyone admires. Likewise, he will not do anything for just a few cities. , betraying his ministers. Since he was a child, Wei State has been continuously weakening and losing land. He is too persistent in opening up and expanding its territory. But then again, if this is the case, Wei Wuji will not be able to go to Zhao State. ." At the end of the sentence, Zhao Kuo showed a smile on his face.
Wei Wuji was so capable, he knew everything about military affairs, governing the country, various schools of thought, and strategy and politics. Zhao Kuo did not make any mistakes after handing over the Kingdom of Zhao to him.
Zhao Guo is also full of talents, but no one can be found who is more versatile than Wei Wuji. Now that Wei Wuji is still in his prime and is being used highly in Zhao State, he will definitely not die in depression as he did in history. There will be no problem in continuing to shine for decades.
The only pity is that Wei Wuji is the son of Wei State after all, and his heart is still with Wei State.
"Ability is not worthy of ambition." Xunzi recited it twice, and suddenly found that this sentence was suitable for describing most foolish and mediocre kings.
Few monarchs are willing to be ignorant, especially in troubled times. Who doesn't want to govern the country to be extremely powerful and accept the respect of the people across the country and even future generations.
But most people don't have this ability. When they find that they can't change anything, they will give up completely and choose to lie down.
Being a wise king is far more difficult than being a foolish king.
"The King of Wei is also a poor man." Han Fei sighed.
"In troubled times, who is not a poor person?" Xunzi said.
"Sir, that's right." Han Fei was stunned and said bitterly.
King Wei is a pitiful person, so why are Wei Wuji and these two guys who have no choice but to leave their motherland not pitiable people?
"That's good, at least there is no threat to our country, Zhao." Huang Shigong said with a smile.
In the world today, the biggest threats to Zhao are Qin and Chu. The other four countries are not strong and their monarchs are average.
Only Qin and Chu have strong national power and wise monarchs. There is no need to say more about King Ji of Qin. As for King Wan of Chu, apart from being a little courageous in the face of Qin, he performed very well in other aspects and acted wisely.
"After returning this time, I, the State of Zhao, will have to start something." Gongsun Long looked at Zhao Kuo.
"It's time to get started, but this matter is not urgent. We still need to perfect it together to prevent any mistakes." Zhao Kuo looked at the mountains in the distance with a calm expression.
"This should be the last great turmoil for our Zhao country. From now on, we can develop with peace of mind." Xunzi said with a smile.
"Not bad." Zhao Kuo nodded.
Zhao Jun traveled eastward and stopped for a few days when passing by Shangdang.
General Feng Ting managed the Shangdang very well. Although he did not pick up things on the road, Zhao Kuo did not see any civilians with food, which shows that everyone can still have enough to eat, which is very good.
Zhao Kuo did not suspect that Feng Ting specially found some common people from relatively wealthy families to come to the lake to make fun of him.
On the one hand, scholars during the Warring States Period disdained this. If they felt that they were not capable enough, or that the monarch was not good enough to realize their ambitions, they would take the initiative to resign.
On the other hand, the vast tracts of millet and rice fields along the way cannot be faked. As long as it doesn’t rain heavily during the autumn harvest, there will no doubt be a bumper harvest this year.
It's just that the population of Shangdang is a bit small, which seriously restricts the development of Shangdang.
Shangdang is located in the Taihang Mountains, most of which are in mountainous areas. The population was originally not very large. Most of the people moved to Zhao State during the Changping War. Although some people moved back later, they were far less than before.
Because it was developed early, Shangdang's agriculture is not bad, but there is still a big gap compared with the Central Plains. However, Shangdang's strategic position is very important, guarding the gate to the west of Zhao State.
If there is not enough population to support it, it will be difficult to form a complete defense. This time, half of the 40,000 households in Wei will join the Shangdang.
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