Under Zhao Dan's order, not only did Sima Shuo and the others change their faces and beg for mercy desperately, but one of the important ministers of Zhao State present was also a little unable to sit still.

This important minister of Zhao Guo, who couldn't sit still, was none other than Zhao Dan's own uncle, Pingyang Jun Zhao Bao.

I saw Zhao Bao holding the bow out of the ranks, bowing to Zhao Dan, and said, "King, the ministers have a performance." ”

Zhao Dan frowned, but still waved his hand to stop, and the guards who were dragging people out stopped.

The ministers also set their eyes on Zhao Bao, and most of them had curiosity in their eyes.

Now that the evidence of the crime is conclusive, does Zhao Bao still have to find a way to overturn the case for Sima? I haven't heard when this Sima clan got on Zhao Bao's line.

In the entire hall, there were only two people who did not show any surprise at Zhao Bao's behavior, one was Zhao Dan, and the other was Yu Xin.

Looking at Zhao Bao, who had already come to the center of the main hall, Yu Xin's eyes flickered several times, and then he shook his head slightly, revealing a disapproving look, obviously not interested in Zhao Bao's actions.

But Zhao Bao seemed to have made up his mind.

I saw Zhao Bao playing towards Zhao Dan and said: "King, Sima said that although he violated the law of the country, he should be judged by the minister's Sikou. ”

As soon as Zhao Bao's words came out, everyone present suddenly realized.

It turned out that Zhao Bao didn't want to intercede for this Sima Shuo, what Zhao Bao cared about was actually Zhao Bao's own power.

Zhao Bao's position is Zhao Guo's Sikou, who is in charge of the prison and picket, which is equivalent to the later Shangshu of the Criminal Department and the Siqing of the Jiali Temple, and even includes a part of the collection of the power of the Yushitai.

Speaking of which, the duty of interrogating prisoners is indeed within the scope of the priest.

It is precisely because the position of Si Kou includes so much power that Zhao Bao was able to become the important minister of Zhao State second only to Xiangbang Zhao Sheng, and his status is still above the other four important ministers of Zhao State.

In Zhao Bao's view, Zhao Dan's handling of Sima Shuo is actually not too problematic, the only problem is that the power of this trial should be in the hands of Zhao Bao, the Si Kou, and Zhao Bao should also give the result of this death sentence.

To put it bluntly, it's a matter of procedure.

In Zhao Bao's view, the trial procedure must go through Si Kou's belonging.

This is very important to Zhao Bao and even the hundreds of officials to whom Si Kou belongs.

For example, today, Zhao Dan directly sentenced Sima to death in one sentence, which can never be allowed.

If this head is opened, Zhao Dan will be equivalent to recovering the right of trial from Zhao Bao, the judge, how can Zhao Bao bear it?

So even if he knew that Zhao Dan would not like it in his heart, Zhao Bao had to come out and fight.

What is the purpose of being an official, isn't it just for power?

What is the difference between an official who has no power and a salted fish?

And Zhao Bao does not represent himself, after all, the power of this Sikou not only belongs to Zhao Bao himself, but also belongs to hundreds of subordinate officials and officials from top to bottom to the entire Sikou.

If Zhao Bao doesn't come out to fight, then when the right to judge is recovered, then the complaints of the Si Kou and the whole people against Zhao Bao will definitely increase greatly, and Zhao Bao's team will not be able to take it on.

Zhao Bao had to fight, unless he didn't want to continue to be this Sikou.

But what Zhao Bao didn't expect was that Zhao Dan actually knew that Zhao Bao was going to come out to fight.

In fact, what Zhao Dan was waiting for was that Zhao Bao came out to fight for such a fight!

Zhao Dan narrowed his eyes and stared at Zhao Bao in front of him with a smile.

To be honest, this Zhao Dan's own uncle is indeed impeccable in terms of loyalty.

But this ability, just like Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains, is somewhat insufficient.

If Zhao Sheng and Zhao Bao are scored on a 100-point scale, then the scores of these two people will fluctuate around 80 points.

Eighty points, in terms of 100 points, is actually quite a score, and it can even be called an excellent score.

But the problem is that the opponent that Zhao Sheng and Zhao Bao have to face is a terrifying person like Fan Sui who has a score of more than ninety, and is even likely to reach ninety-five points!

In this era of hegemony, you can't be strong, you have to be stronger than your opponent.

Otherwise, just wait for a stronger opponent to trample you to death.

Looking at it this way, Zhao Sheng and Zhao Bao instantly changed from excellent to bad.

In addition, Zhao Sheng and Zhao Bao have been in high positions for many years and have not moved, which has brought another problem, that is, blocking the way for others to improve.

Since the late period of King Zhao Huiwen, Zhao Sheng has been Xiangbang, and Zhao Bao has already been Sikou.

The two brothers' status as the number one and second ministers of the Zhao State has been maintained for at least ten years.

What does this mean?

This means that if there is a talent, he goes to the countries of Qi, Wei or even Qin, he may be appreciated by the monarch and become a state above ten thousand people under one person.

But if this talent comes to Zhao State, no matter how amazing his talent is and how he contributes to Zhao State, he can still only succumb to Zhao Sheng and Zhao Bao and become the No. 3 minister of Zhao State.

It is true that this position is a small probability for any talent, but no matter how small the probability is, it is possible to achieve it.

But in Zhao State, this possibility is not at all.

Xiangbang? No way. Si Ko? No way. Go to the internal history of the third child with peace of mind, don't think about it.

It's a terrible thing to do, and it's a desperate thing.

The bosses of the later generations of companies still knew how to draw a big cake called a dream and let the employees work hard, but Zhao Guo simply didn't even paint this cake here.

If you don't even give your dreams to others, how can you expect others to give you their lives for your dreams?

The existence of these ministers led by Zhao Sheng and Zhao Bao has seriously hindered the renewal of the top level of Zhao State, which has also affected the atmosphere of the entire Zhao State political arena, so that there have been almost no new figures in the Zhao State political arena over the years, and they are as lifeless as a pool of stagnant water.

It is true that Zhao Sheng and Zhao Bao have always been loyal and have done their best for Zhao State, but in this matter, these two high-ranking and powerful princes of Zhao have really brought a very big negative impact on Zhao State.

This is definitely not what Zhao Dan, the monarch, wants to see.

That has to change.

Zhao Dan originally wanted to wait until after the Changping War to find a way to solve this problem, after all, at this time, everything should be based on Changping.

However, with the gradual rollout of supervision and health work in the past few months, the tentacles of this secret organization established by Zhao Dan also began to break away from Handan and infiltrate the major cities in Zhao State.

Although it was only a preliminary infiltration, it was under such infiltration that the supervising guards discovered a lot of problems for Zhao Dan.

Especially after Wu Yuan ordered Fu Bao to lead the people to surrender to Yan State, many problems began to surface one after another along with the hidden dangers of war, which made Zhao Dan finally realize a little.

There is no time left.

If these problems are allowed to ferment like this, they may not be able to wait for the day of victory, and Zhao Guo will not be able to support it first.

You have to cut through the mess quickly!

How can we cut through the mess quickly and deter those with bad intentions as quickly as possible?

The easiest thing to think of, of course, is to kill people.

Kill whom? Of course, it was Sima who colluded with Yan Guo and planned to betray Zhao State.

Who will stand up? Of course, it is this Pingyang Jun Zhao Bao who took the initiative to jump out and sing against Zhao Dan.