953. Zhao Cheng's struggle with Zhao Sheng
Zhao Sheng was a powerful minister in the Zhao Yong period, and he had the support of the northern nobles of Zhao State behind him, and his status in Zhao State can be said to be important to the country! ”
"Zhao Cheng's power is only above the Zhao Kingdom's court, but Zhao Sheng's power can be said to be all over the entire Zhao Kingdom!"
"Of course, if Zhao State does not usher in the defeat of this war, Zhao Sheng is definitely inferior to Zhao Cheng, after all, Zhao Cheng holds Handan, the center of Zhao State, and holds Zhao Guo's legions!"
But Zhao Cheng failed, and the ministers of the Zhao dynasty did not obey him very much, but many of the ministers of the court established some contacts with Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains.
This makes Zhao Cheng's position precarious, and now there is an external trouble outside, and there is a big enemy inside, which makes Zhao Cheng have to think about solving the external affairs first, and stabilize himself but power.
Although Zhao Cheng claimed to be dedicated to Zhao State, to put it bluntly, his own interests were far greater than Zhao State's interests.
If you look at the development of Zhao State, Zhao Sheng's power is far more advantageous than Zhao Cheng's power, because Zhao Sheng has the support of many nobles.
And it was only the Zhao nobles of Handan who supported Zhao Cheng, but now the nobles of Handan no longer fully supported Zhao Cheng.
After all, Zhao Cheng led a large army to fight with the Qi State and suffered heavy losses, and many of the descendants of the nobles of the Zhao State died in this war with the Qi State.
In this battle, Zhao Cheng lost the support of some Handan nobles, the support of the central courtiers of Zhao State, and the army in the hands of Zhao Cheng was also greatly reduced.
This has formed the reason for his unstable position, on the other hand, Zhao Sheng, although he led the northern army to fight together, but he was not hated by the northern nobles.
In the eyes of the northern aristocracy, it was Zhao Cheng who started this war, not Zhao Sheng, and if you want to be jealous, you will also be jealous of Zhao Cheng.
In addition to some of Zhao Sheng's prestige, his prestige has gradually penetrated into the southern part of Zhao Land.
The southern nobles of Zhao Land followed Feiyi before, they were a group of neutral nobles, and the people who followed were not from the Zhao family, and now Feiyi is dead.
The only powerful people in Zhao today are Zhao Cheng and Zhao Sheng, and they chose to follow Zhao Sheng, because Zhao Sheng's reputation is still very high.
Although Zhao Sheng is a mediocre in Wang Ben's eyes, no matter what, he is also one of the four princes of the empire.
And the southern nobles were the nobles who lost the least in this war, because they were in charge of the rear of the Zhao State, so there were few of their heirs on the front line, and they took refuge in Zhao Sheng's men, which made Zhao Sheng's lost legion replenished once, and also made it a hole card against Zhao Cheng.
"If Zhao Cheng does not negotiate peace with the State of Qi, his army will be attacked by the State of Qi externally, and Zhao Sheng will be excluded internally, then he will inevitably fail!" Wang Jian looked at Wang Ben and said.
"Therefore, for Zhao Cheng, it is the best policy to negotiate peace with Qi State!"
"Zhao Cheng wants to rely on our Qin State, but for our Qin State, we only guarantee that the Zhao State will not be destroyed, as for who is in power in the Zhao State, our Qin State does not care!" Wang Jian looked at Wang Ben and said lightly.
"According to the intelligence, Zhao Sheng should have arrived in Handan by now!" Wang Jian looked at Wang Ben and said.
"This Zhao Sheng is not in the plains, why did he run to Handan? What is the purpose of this? Wang Ben looked at Wang Jian and asked.
"Of course I want to win the position of Zhao Chengxiangguo!" Wang Jian looked at Wang Ben and said lightly.
"This external enemy has not been resolved, is there any internal strife within Zhao State?" Wang Ben was stunned, looked at Wang Jian and said, he heard his father Wang Jian say before, thinking that it was just Zhao Sheng who threatened Zhao Cheng's power, but now, these two people are about to start a struggle for power.
And now there is a powerful enemy outside, and the internal power struggle is about to begin, no matter how you look at it, Zhao Guo is going to die.
Wang Ben was sure that if it weren't for the destruction of the Zhao State, Qin Qi would have a complete collision, and the Zhao State would inevitably perish.
After all, the external enemy is still there, and there is still a struggle internally, and this is a situation of inevitable death no matter how you look at it.
Zhao Guo court, Zhao Sheng swaggered in, and then put his fists together and looked at Zhao He in front of him: "Meet my king!" ”
Then Zhao Sheng looked at Zhao Cheng on the side: "Zhao Cheng, what qualifications do you have, to be on a par with the king?" ”
The position where Zhao He was sitting was a tip, and Zhao Cheng stood in front of Zhao He, looking at the ministers, basically Zhao He was silent throughout the whole process, and Zhao Cheng was controlling the government alone.
"I am the auxiliary minister of the lord's father, the king is young, I am here to assist the government, why not stand in this position?" Zhao Cheng glared at Zhao Sheng and said.
Zhao Cheng never thought that Zhao Sheng would become the most threatening person to him, in fact, Zhao Sheng did not expect that he might become the person who controlled the entire Zhao Kingdom.
is also surnamed Zhao, for Zhao Sheng, it is also a pity that he did not ascend the throne, but if he controls the government, this regret may be another way to satisfy.
Zhao Sheng snorted coldly: "Pro-sealed? Who saw it? Who heard? ”
"I've heard that the master father was imprisoned and killed by you in the sand dunes, what kind of face do you have to murder the master father here?" Zhao Sheng looked at Zhao Cheng and snorted coldly.
"It's nonsense, I am loyal to my master, how can I murder my master?" Zhao Cheng glared at Zhao Sheng and said.
Confessed to murdering Zhao Yong? He Zhao Cheng can't afford this crime, although Zhao Yong was isolated in the back, but he is the master father This cannot be changed, once Zhao Yong walks out of the Dune Palace and orders Zhao Guo, he Zhao He, Zhao Cheng, and others will inevitably be killed by him.
After all, Zhao Yong's prestige is incomparable to these people, so Zhao Cheng seized the opportunity to imprison Zhao Yong and make it impossible for him to contact the outside world, which can be regarded as cutting off the possibility that Zhao Yong can return to power.
You can't contact the outside world, it's impossible to be in power, but although Zhao Yong was imprisoned, Zhao Cheng didn't dare to kill Zhao Yong.
After all, the crime was very big, and he was afraid that these guards of Zhao Yong would leak this secret, or the assassins would reveal it.
As long as there is enough evidence to reveal that Zhao Cheng murdered Zhao Yong, then ten Zhao Cheng are not enough to die, and he will become the target of Zhao Guo.
But imprisoning Zhao Yong, he is not afraid, because Zhao Yong cannot contact the outside world, he can declare that Zhao Yong is sick.
However, later, after a full-scale war broke out between Zhao Zhang and Zhao He, Zhao Cheng had plans to kill Zhao Yong.
However, he didn't dare to do it, for fear that he would leak the murder of Zhao Yong, and later Zhao Yong died, and Zhao Cheng still took on this crime.
Although he took it, Zhao Yong's body was in the hands of Qi Guo, and he, Zhao Cheng, could die without admitting that he had done it.
And now that he is unstable in the court, if this matter is brought out, and it is proved that he imprisoned Zhao Yong, or is suspected of murdering Zhao Yong, he will inevitably step down from the position of Xiangguo.