Zhao Kuo posed a difficult problem to Lin Xiangru, a dilemma: Zhao Kuo or King Zhao. In other words, it is the State of Zhao or the King of Zhao!
"Has it reached such an irreconcilable point?" Lin Xiangru asked himself.
Suddenly, Lin Xiangru's eyes fell on the prison head who was still adding charcoal to the small stove. "Prison leader?" Lin Xiangru's heart trembled slightly. After all, he was still blinded by this environment. No matter how good the environment here is, it is still where the "Heavenly Prison" is.
Perhaps, after returning to Handan, if Zhao Kuo was just imprisoned and returned home, there would still be room for maneuver, but King Zhao threw Zhao Kuo into this prison without saying a word. It can be said that Zhao Kuo has been convicted from the bottom of his heart, and even used this to announce his decision to all his subjects.
If Zhao Kuo still has any unrealistic ideas at this time, he would be really stupid.
And this clean and tidy cell also fully illustrates the direction of people's hearts. Even a mere prison boss respected and loved Zhao Kuo so much, which already explained a lot of things.
After forcing himself into a corner with some words, Lin Xiangrufu raised his eyes and looked at Zhao Kuo again, and began to re-examine this rising star. If the Battle of Shangdang has proven that his military ability is no less than anyone else, then his words just now have exposed his high level of political consciousness.
A few words, including a slap in the face, directly placed himself in the position of the victim, and summarized a series of his actions as being forced. Even today's incitement to public opinion is just self-protection. Act of. Even at the end, he forced himself to show his trump card.
If King Zhao in the palace had a contingency plan, this matter would not have happened...
Lin Xiangru stretched out his withered hand, picked up the wine that Zhao Kuo had poured, and drank it all in one gulp.
Zhao Kuo felt a little relaxed when he saw this. Drinking this wine means that Lin Xiangru has chosen himself, and it is not worth enduring the high temperature to pour wine for Lin Xiangru.
After drinking the rice wine, Lin Xiangru's haggard face turned red for a moment, and then he said to Zhao Kuo: "Although warm wine is good! The taste of the wine is also much less. If it is cooked for a longer time, the wine will not become wine." Already!"
The meaning is also very clear: We can protect you and stand on your side for the time being, but you can't go too far. In the end, Zhao will be gone and no one will benefit.
"You love his wine, but I love his pot. If the pot is still there, the wine will be tasteless, so just change the wine; if the pot is destroyed, even if there is good wine, there is nothing to hide, and you can only add it to other people's pots. This and that I don’t want to." Zhao Kuo poured himself another glass, raised his neck, and drank another glass.
Obviously, Lin Xiangru compared the State of Zhao to wine, but Zhao Kuo separated the King of Zhao from the State of Zhao, compared the King of Zhao to wine, and compared the State of Zhao composed of thousands of people to a wine pot .
If the wine pot is not changed, Zhao will be undefeated; if the wine can be exchanged, it will be...
Lin Xiangru obviously understood Zhao Kuo's metaphor, and was even more shocked by Zhao Kuo's bold idea. I was thinking about preserving him, the pillar of the Zhao country, but he was thinking about replacing the pillars with others.
However, Zhao Kuo's shocking words did not stop there: "Have you ever heard that Mencius once said: The people are the most valuable, the country is second, and the king is the least. And Xunzi said: The king is the boat, and the common people are the water. That is, water can carry a boat, and water can overturn it. I will try to supplement the words of the two sages with a common saying: it is advisable to be careful when carrying a boat and overturning it."
When Lin Xiangru heard this, he couldn't help but murmured to himself: "It is advisable to be cautious when the boat capsizes."
"It is advisable to be extremely cautious when carrying a boat that capsizes it." The original meaning of the words is to warn the emperor: the people can support the emperor and also overthrow his rule, so they should be extremely cautious.
But these words coming from Zhao Kuo's mouth have another profound meaning: Who should be cautious, and who is what the people want? It's easy to dismantle a boat, but what's the point of overturning it?
Hearing this, Lin Xiangru obviously understood the meaning, but for a moment it was difficult to digest the shock of the metaphor in Zhao Kuo's words. Then his withered hand stretched out to the wine pot, and the warm touch spread from the palm of his hand to his heart, slowly Lift it up, pour it down slowly, and put it down gently.
Lin Xiangru knew very well that since he sent Zhao Kuo to prison, he knew that King Zhao over there was definitely going to cause trouble, and Zhao Kuo in prison naturally could not sit still and wait for death, so he could
It is said that the conflict between the two is inevitable. However, what Lin Xiangru didn't expect was that Zhao Kuo was not just interested in protecting himself.
But wasn’t the information Zhao Yu brought back that Zhao Kuo had agreed to his plan to “go out to avoid trouble”?
"Yes." Lin Xiangru suddenly woke up and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "Shen Sheng died inside, and Chong'er was safe outside. When Chong'er returned in the end, he was not only safe, but he finally became the king of Jin! One of his own This persuasion seems to be in line with this son’s wishes. But now..."
"Xian Gong is still here. Although Li Ji is deceitful and Xian Gong is unknown, as a minister, even if he is a heavy ear, how can he dare to kill his father and commit treason?" Lin Xiangru looked at Zhao Kuo with burning eyes.
Obviously, Lin Xiangru is using Chong'er's incident as a metaphor for the current events. Xiangong is the king of Zhao, Li Ji is Lou Chang and others, and Chong'er is Zhao Kuo. The question is, when the King of Zhao is still alive, how can Zhao Kuo dare to rebel? Even if he does, how can he succeed?
"Since Duke Xian is here, Chong'er should avoid trouble." Of course Zhao Kuo understood Lin Xiangru's metaphor and immediately replied without hesitation. That's right, Zhao Kuo did not intend to rebel immediately. After all, although King Zhao went too far, it was not to the point where humans and gods were angry. The courtiers might feel sorry for Zhao Kuo, but they would not collude with Zhao Kuo to rebel against King Zhao. .
Without him, it is due to interests.
"Please invite the Qin army to escort again?" Lin Xiangru continued to ask.
The reason why Chong'er was able to become the king again was that the Qin State sent troops to escort him back to the country, and because of this escort, there was the so-called "retreat" story later. Although the Jin State still won in the end, what if the Qin State wasn't greedy or Chongqing Wise? Jin's losses were almost foreseeable.
Now Lin Xiangru's question is actually asking whether Zhao Kuo also wants to introduce external forces to intervene. After all, Zhao Kuo's interests are what Lin Xiangru cares about most.
"Xian Gong is unjust and will bring disaster. On that day, Li Ji has no power, and I hold my own sword, why do I need the Qin army to use it?" Zhao Kuo continued to answer.
Regarding this issue, Zhao Kuo was already prepared, regardless of the arrangements of Shangdang or Hanoi County, in order to still be able to control the army and power after Zhao Kuo left. However, Zhao Kuo did not explain clearly how King Zhao brought trouble, because who would have thought that that inconspicuous little thing would jump out and force himself onto the stage of history? !
"Just keep a sense of mystery." Zhao Kuo thought calmly in his heart.
