Mr. Pingyuan is sick!
After returning from the blood-stained river, Lord Pingyuan fell ill.
how to say?
Under the current situation of Zhao State, Lord Pingyuan must fall ill.
As the chief minister of the Zhao State with more than ten thousand people, his own brother rebelled. For this reason alone, Lord Pingyuan must be ill. Even if Lord Pingyuan personally captured Lord Pingyang and sent him to the execution ground with his own hands.
And after massacring dozens of distinguished families in Handan, and feeling the sorrow of the rabbit and the fox, as the number one person in Handan City, Pingyuan Lord has naturally become a thorn in the side of many noble families. If he is not sick, he will be injured, so it is better to be sick.
Of course, there are serious illnesses and minor illnesses.
After all, it depends on whether Zhao Kuo will be able to recover from a minor illness or recover from a minor illness.
But no matter what, with Lord Pingyuan's illness, everything in Zhao's country suddenly fell on Lu Buwei's shoulders.
Fortunately, Lu Buwei is Lu Buwei after all. The historically huge Qin State was able to thrive in his hands, and the current Zhao State is also in his hands with ease.
Especially after Mr. Pingyuan has helped him scrape away all the thorns.
The autumn harvest decrees were quickly implemented, and the golden millet became a testament to Lu Buwei's political achievements.
Finally, in the midst of the busyness, Handan City ushered in the triumphant return of Zhao Kuo's class teacher.
In a grand welcoming ceremony, the people of Handan once again took to the streets and staged a scene of empty streets. The cheerful atmosphere even dispersed the bloody atmosphere for days.
Because both Li Mu and Tian Dan were still on their respective front lines, apart from a welcome ceremony, there was no celebration banquet arranged. As for rewards based on merit, we have to wait for the return of the two generals.
Soon, as Zhao Kuo returned to the palace, the people and courtiers dispersed.
But after everyone dispersed, Zhao Kuo changed out of his military uniform and headed to Lord Pingyuan's house.
Just when Zhao Kuo was welcomed into Lord Pingyuan's house, the news had already spread throughout Handan City.
Obviously, without Zhao Kuo's laissez-faire, with the current control of Handan City by the secret guards, his actions would not have been leaked so easily.
And Zhao Kuo's laissez-faire is the best way to show his attitude: Mr. Pingyuan is still a good comrade of our Zhao country!
Sure enough, with Zhao Kuo's reassuring visit, Lord Pingyuan appeared in the court in high spirits the next day.
Of course, Zhao Kuo's visit was not just to give reassurance to Lord Pingyuan. Zhao State, whose national power had soared dramatically, also had many government affairs that were complicated.
The most important one is of course the governance of the newly incorporated territories of Yan and Han.
Counting the Dongjun obtained from the Wei State last year and the Huaisi Land obtained from the Chu State (together as Huaisi County), today's Zhao State already has Handan County, Shangdang Army, and Dai There are a total of eight county-level administrative agencies including the county, Jiuyuan County, Hejian County, Huaisi County, Yanbei and Handi.
Needless to say, Yanbei, which is almost completely surrounded, just establishes Jibei County. This is also a plan that was already in place before sending troops.
The key to the problem is the handling of Han Di.
Although the actual area of Han is much smaller than that of other counties, its geographical location is very prominent and is almost stuck on the east and north roads of the Qin army.
And because the land of Zhou was captured by Wei and Chu, the land of Han actually had no border with Zhao.
This is very troublesome.
This time Wei Chu is on his side, and his army will naturally have unimpeded access, but what if Wei Chu falls to Qin one day?
Even if only Wei State fell to Qin State, it would be extremely difficult for Zhao State to govern Han.
Under the current situation, this is by no means alarmist. Even from Zhao Kuo's perspective, Wei and Qin are very likely to have already made attempts in this area.
The fact is just as Zhao Kuo thought. Not only did Wei want to win over Qi and Chu to form an alliance of small countries, but even Qin finally realized the seriousness of the problem and started a new round of diplomatic offensive. .
As for the Qin State, fighting and talking are the secrets to its fortune.
Of course, how to deal with it is a matter for later. The problem now is still to firmly hold the country of Han in our hands.
Garrisoning troops is almost inevitable, but the army hanging alone in South Korea is simply fat hanging at the door of the greedy cat.
However, Pingyuan Jun's advice to Zhao Kuo was two extremes: either station the strongest army in Xinzheng, which can be defended by anyone who comes to attack; or station a field army in Xinzheng. , the kind that can be disbanded at any time. ..
The two extremes point to the same point, tempting the enemy to attack, then fighting decisively, and opening up the connection with the land of Korea.
However, these two suggestions were really difficult for Zhao Kuo.
If a strong army is stationed, it will inevitably consume a lot of food and fodder. In this way, the capture of Han's land will only have pure tactical value and cannot feed back the national power. This is obviously not what Zhao Kuo wants;
And if you station a weak brigade, it is tantamount to giving up a strong defensive posture and an active group on the battlefield. It is very likely that Xinzheng will be taken over by the Qin army. By then, even if the passage around the land is opened, Xinzheng will be captured again. , it will be another trouble.
What's more important is that once they fall into the quagmire of a siege, their exposed heavy cavalry will be useless. In close combat, this battle of Xinzheng has proved that their own infantry is actually slightly inferior. For the infantry of the Qin army.
This was obviously a dilemma, and even Zhao Kuo decided to postpone the discussion until several generals had arrived.
But no matter what, the establishment of a county in Han Dynasty must be implemented.
As for the selection of the governors and officials of these two counties, Lord Pingyuan also needs to be at the helm.
Lord Pingyuan, who had matured with age, immediately reciprocated the favor and made another suggestion: give Handi, that is, 70% of the official quota of the future Yingchuan County to the aristocratic nobles; and Yanbei, which is the soon-to-be-established Jibei County, Seventy percent of the official quota in the county is given to poor talents recruited by the recruitment hall.
Almost instantly, Zhao Kuo understood Lord Pingyuan's conspiracy.
It's a conspiracy, but in fact it's okay to say it's a conspiracy. It is a well-known fact that Yingchuan is fertile while Yanbei is bitter and cold. As a member of an aristocratic family, he naturally wants to work in Yingchuan rather than Jibei.
In this case, the wishes of the aristocratic families were followed.
First of all, Pingyang Jun's rebellion has made the aristocratic families in Handan very upset. Giving up the official position in Yingchuan County can be regarded as a compromise to the aristocratic families;
Secondly, it is almost foreseeable that Yingchuan will become the place of the Fourth War, allowing people from aristocratic families to take up posts. It may seem like a blooming flower, but in fact it is a hidden murderous intention.
Once the Qin army arrives, if the Qin army surrenders, the country will have leverage against his family; if he resists Qin, there is a high probability that the Qin army will attack him, which will naturally be a huge loss to his family.
Of course, there is another situation, not only resisting Qin, but also fighting well!
What else can I say? He is the humerus minister of Zhao State. Although Zhao Kuo wanted to get rid of the control of the imperial family by the powerful family, in this era of undeveloped people's wisdom, it was impossible to completely break away from the wealthy family.
What Zhao Kuo has to do is to intensify the competition between aristocratic families and poor families, and between aristocratic families and aristocratic families, so as to select truly useful people for his own use.
As for whether this person belongs to a noble family or a poor family, or even from another country, it actually doesn't matter.
Just like the current court, the first assistant Pingyuan Jun Zhao Sheng is from a noble family, the assistant minister Lu Buwei is from another country, and Li Mu, who was promoted by himself, can only be regarded as a poor family in a strict sense, let alone himself Zhao Ping, Zhao Wei and others have the fastest blades in their hands.
It is this subtle combination that maintains the basic stability of Zhao's political arena.
However, it can be seen from Pingyang Jun's rebellion that the power of the aristocratic family is still too strong. It is only because Zhao Kuo is personally stronger that they temporarily ceased their activities.
And such a situation will most likely result in the same thing as in history: Zulong (Zhao Kuo) dies and the land is divided.
Using Yingchuan County as bait to fish out the power of the aristocratic family, while appeasing the aristocratic family, while weakening the power of the aristocratic family, it is more likely to find talents for the country. It can be said that it kills multiple birds with one stone.
It has to be said that an old fox is an old fox, and he has already thought up strategies to deceive people even at home.
Of course, it is said that it is a trick, but in fact it is only those who are willing to take the bait. Even before making this suggestion to the wealthy families, Mr. Pingyuan will repeatedly emphasize the danger of Yingchuan County in the future.
However, this risk is simply not worth it from the perspective of a family with a large population.
However, if combined with Pingyuan Jun's own clan status, this suggestion is simply a letter of submission to Zhao Kuo.
When Zhao Kuo returned, he went to his residence in person. It can be said that he gave Lord Pingyuan enough face and reciprocated the favor. Lord Pingyuan also had to use practical actions to tell Zhao Kuo that he was on the side of Zhao Kuo and the State of Zhao.
And this plan is the best action.
Sure enough, after Lord Pingyuan explained this strategy, Zhao Kuo couldn't help but look happy.
It's gratifying to be able to trick a wealthy family, but it's even more gratifying to have a minister like Pingyuan Jun.
Immediately, Zhao Kuo agreed to Lord Pingyuan's suggestion. Immediately, the satisfied Zhao Kuo also left Pingyuan Jun's mansion.
With Zhao Kuo's departure, Lord Pingyuan seemed to finally be alive.
He knew that when the Yingchuan incident was over, the Pingyang Lord incident would be completely exposed.
Immediately, at the court meeting the next day, Pingyuan Lord took the initiative to propose the establishment of prefectures and counties in Yanbei and Han.
There is no suspense that this proposal was immediately approved by Zhao Kuo.
The names of Yingchuan and Jibei counties were also quickly approved by the court meeting.
Of course, the aristocratic families didn't care about these two names. What they cared about was the official hats in these two newly established counties.
However, the appointment of so many people is obviously not a problem that can be solved by a court meeting. Especially because of the addition of the land of Han, the appointments of Yanbei officials that had already been planned also need to be adjusted.
This was obviously a tedious task, so Zhao Kuo also followed the trend and asked Pingyuan Jun to select the talents and then report to him at his own discretion.
Immediately, Zhao Kuo ended the morning court in a hurry.
As for Pingyuan Jun's mansion, with the end of the morning court, it instantly changed from a deserted place in front of the door to a busy place with traffic.
People are always looking for profit...
