The heavy snow is still falling, and Xianyang City has been covered with a thick layer of silver makeup, the roofs and streets are all covered with a layer of cotton wool-like snow, and the corridors and branches are full of fluffy and shiny silver strips. The entire city of Xianyang has become a world of pink makeup.

Because it is still the mourning period of the Empress Dowager Huayang, the entire Qin State has to stop mourning, so although it is now the New Year, there is no New Year's festive atmosphere in Xianyang City. Of course, this is only a superficial appearance, in every people's home, after the door is closed, the family can still be reunited, and the New Year can still be celebrated lively.

However, only in front of the palace of the Qin State, it was still lively, and at this time, it was full of the chariots and horses of the ministers of civil and military affairs, waiting for the master to come out of the palace in the heavy snow, and the Qin army guards guarding the palace were still standing solemnly and meticulously, and the bodies of each soldier were covered with snow, which formed a sharp contrast with the black armor.

Although this heavy snow has lasted for nearly ten days, the Qin court still holds court deliberations every day, without the slightest intention of slackness, so the civil and military ministers of Qin have to brave the heavy snow every day and rush to the palace to meet Qin Wangzheng, and they dare not have the slightest complaint.

However, in the main hall of the palace, it is as warm as spring, because on the left and right sides, there are more than a dozen large braziers burning, Qin Wangzheng is seated in a high position in the middle, and is flipping through a scroll, and below the steps, dozens of civil and military ministers on the left and right are silent, and the whole hall is so quiet that the needle can be heard, and occasionally only the sound of the fire cracking can be heard.

"Wow!"

Qin Wangzheng closed the bamboo slip in his hand and said: "Li Mu has left Handan, with Quyang as the governing place, and the Daijun is divided into autonomy, and is preparing for the battle in Jingjing, preparing to meet the attack of our Qin army, and Zhao Wangqian also sent someone to issue an edict to Li Mu, granting him the right of autonomy in Daijun. What do you think? ”

There are many spies of Qin in Zhao State, and Qin State can basically know what happened in Zhao State, Li Mu left Handan and retreated to Daijun Autonomy, and many of Zhao's generals were disappointed in the Zhao court, so they defected to Li Mu's command. At present, the number of Li Mukong's army has reached as much as 2.67 million, accounting for more than 60% of the entire Zhao State.

At the same time, Li Mu reached an agreement with the merchants of Zhao State to establish a trading house in Daijun, and half of the grain purchased by merchants from Qi State was bought to Li Mu at a small profit, and the other half was sold by the merchants themselves. At the same time, Li Mu was provided with various materials. And Li Mu also promised to continue to provide protection to the merchants, and sent troops to garrison the border of Zhao and Qi to receive the grain purchased from the Qi State. He also promised that if the merchants were threatened in Handan, Li Mu would also send troops to intervene.

Originally, Li Mu was well-known among the people in Daijun and was deeply supported by the army, and because of the help of merchants, as soon as he arrived in Quyang, Li Mu canceled more than half of the taxes and labor of the people in Daijun, which also made the people of Daijun happy, and all of them supported Li Mu's autonomy in Daijun. At the same time, a large number of disaster victims also moved to Dai County with Li Mu to settle down, so the population of Dai County has also increased significantly, and if it can operate for two or three years, it can indeed establish a relatively solid foundation.

Moreover, Li Mu's departure also caused a great shock in Handan City, and Guo Kai previously withheld the grain that merchants bought back from Qi and sold it at a high price to make huge profits, which did cause the anger of the government and the opposition in Handan, and all levels of society. So people from all walks of life pointed the finger at Guo Kai, and the bamboo slips that were played for a while were piled up into a hill, all of which were played by Guo Kai.

In this case, Zhao Wangqian and Guo Kai were also under tremendous pressure, just at this time Guo Kai fell ill, so he also took the opportunity to recuperate at home, but the ministers still did not forgive, and Guo Kai must be killed, and Zhao Wangqian also made a twist at this time, so he simply did not go to the court to hide from the minister, and burned the minister's performance as firewood.

At this moment, Li Mu played Handan again, stating that he was forced by traitors to leave Handan, but he did not betray Zhao, although he is now autonomous in Daijun, he is still loyal to Zhao and so on. This time it was another stone that stirred up a thousand layers of Lang, and it caused Handan City to strike a new ** blow to Guo Kai. And this time, Zhao Jia finally couldn't sit still, and also played Zhao Wangqian, asking Zhao Wangqian to kill Guo Kai immediately and ask Li Mu to return.

Zhao Jia still has some good names in Handan, and he also has the support of some clan ministers, so when he came forward, he immediately gathered a group of people to wave flags and shout around him, and the content also changed from killing Guo Kai to calling for reusing Zhao Jia.

Under the strong pressure of public opinion, Zhao Wangqian finally couldn't bear it, and after discussing it with Guo Kai, he could only order that Zhao Jiaping be crowned as the king of the city. However, Zhao Cong was reappointed as the Great Sima to take charge of the military, and ordered Guo Kai's disciple Yan Ju to be the young master to manage the safety of Handan City. In fact, he only gave Zhao Jia an empty Xiangguo.

But in any case, Zhao Jia can be regarded as the prime minister, and immediately issued an edict to Li Mu, recognizing Li Mu's autonomy in Daijun, and officially granting Li Mu full authority to take responsibility for resisting the affairs of the Qin army. In this way, at least in terms of name, Li Mu is still a minister of Zhao State. Subsequently, Zhao Jia successively appointed several recognized sages and celebrities of Zhao as officials, Bai Tian Xiaokai and Song Rong as Shangqing, Zhai Jin as Zhongqing, Gongsun Long and Zhong Lifu as Shangda, and appeased businessmen, so Zhao Jia also received a lot of praise.

However, these are only superficial efforts, and after the first three fires are burned, Zhao Jia also began to face the substantive problems of Zhao State, the treasury is empty, there is not much grain left, and there are still a large number of victims gathered outside the city. In addition, Zhao Cong, Yan Ju and other Guo Kai's henchmen did not head Zhao Jia's account at all, so Zhao Jia's decree could hardly be implemented. You must know that Guo Kai has been operating in Zhao for decades, and it is intricate and deep-rooted, which is not something that Zhao Jia, who has just emerged, can cope with.

In the face of these situations, Zhao Jia was also at a loss, and gathered several celebrities who were usually respected to discuss, but unfortunately Tian Xiaokai and Gongsun Long would only talk about benevolence, and Song Rong opened his mouth and closed his mouth to do nothing, and almost vomited Zhao Jia's blood. When Zhai Jin gave Zhao Jia a construction that could be implemented, he immediately recruited Li Mu to return to Handan, kill Guo Kai, and eliminate Guo Kai's henchmen, Zhao Jia was in charge of power, and Li Mu was in charge of military power, so that Zhao Guo could be revitalized.

But after listening to Zhai Jin's construction, Zhao Jia was stunned for a while before he said: "Now that Wu Anjun is stationed in Daijun and is reorganizing his army for war, how can he easily leave the frontier and important land?" In this way, Zhai Jin's construction was denied. And the city of Handan is still in chaos.

Of course, all the spies of the Qin State truthfully reported to Xianyang. Now that Zhao is in civil strife and the situation is unstable, of course it is a good thing for Qin, but Li Mu, who is most valued by Qin, has not been removed, and he is autonomous in Daijun and is not governed by the Zhao court. This was the last thing Qin Guo wanted to see.

Therefore, Qin Wangzheng also immediately ordered to recruit civil and military ministers to discuss how to deal with Zhao.

Hearing only the sound of "coo", Yao Jia knelt on the ground, put his head on the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "This time to envoy Zhao State, it was the incompetence of Weichen and the waste of the court's wealth, but he failed to remove Li Mu for my Qin State, and asked the king to punish him." "Because he was responsible for Zhao State's anti-plot and got rid of Li Mu, but he spent 2,000 eridium gold, and also ceded the twelve cities of Zhangnan to Zhao State, and the price paid was not small, but in the end, Yao Jia was of course guilty of such a result, so Yao Jia did not wait for Qin Wangzheng to speak, so he took the initiative to ask for guilt.

After half a ring, Qin Wang Zhengcai said: "Qing is not guilty, Qing has done his best in this matter." Although it is said that Li Mu has not been able to get rid of it, it can force Li Mu to leave Handan, and it can stir up the chaos in Handan, and this result is already very good. ”

Yao Jia also breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said, "Thank you, King." Then he stood up and retreated to his shift.

Qin Wangzheng then said: "Then should I still carry out the act of cutting down Zhao after the beginning of the Qin State?" I don't know what Zhongqing has built. ”

As soon as Qin Wangzheng finished speaking, the lieutenants and officials immediately stepped out and said, "The king, in the opinion of the ministers, the move to defeat Zhao is imperative and must not be changed. ”

The lieutenant is a native of Wei, with a name and an unknown surname, who entered Qin in the tenth year of the Qin Dynasty, and was recommended by the Prime Minister Wang Juan to enter the court, and discussed the general trend of the world with the Qin Wangzheng, and was deeply appreciated by the Qin Wangzheng.

Ju said that Wei Yu knew the art of physiognomy, and when he first saw Qin Wangzheng, he once commented on Qin Wangzheng's physiognomy: bee accuracy, long eyes, beloved birds, jackal sound, less grace and tiger wolf heart, Ju Yue is easy to get out of people, and he is also light on cannibalism. I clothed myself, and then I saw that I was always under me. Sincerity made the king of Qin aspire to the world, and the world was captured. Don't travel with long. Therefore, he didn't want to be an official in the Qin Dynasty, so he even said goodbye.

But Qin Wangzheng was not surprised, on the contrary, he also ordered someone to invite Wei Yu back and appoint him as a national lieutenant, and not only obeyed him, but also condescended to treat him, and even Wei Yu's clothes and food were the same as Qin Wangzheng. In the end, he finally got the head of Wei Yu, who was willing to help Qin and become a courtier. And with Wei as the surname, it is called Wei Yu. In this era, surnames are not stable, and there are many examples of surnames with country names, place names, and official names.

Although the grand strategy of unifying the six countries was formulated by Li Qi, Li Si was not very proficient in the army, and the lieutenants were proficient in the art of war, and the military planning and strategy of the whole body, and the scheduling arrangements of the army were all formulated by the lieutenants.

Qin Wangzheng said: "Oh, now that Li Mu is still here, why does Qing think that the move of cutting down Zhao must not be changed." ”

Wei Yu said: "Returning to the king, although Li Mu is still there, he has already had a gap with the Zhao State, if there is no support from the Zhao State to supply grain and grass logistics, relying on the power of the county alone, even if Li Mu has the talent of the sky, it will not be able to compete with my Great Qin army." ”