Chapter 402 Zhao's Father and Son
"Report~ King, the troops outside Handan City retreated overnight."
"Report~ King, General Zhao Cong led the Wu'an army to serve the king, and he has stationed thirty miles outside Handan City."
It was another afternoon at Longtai Palace. Zhao Wangyan experienced the terror of one day and one night yesterday, sitting on the throne drinking the sanitary soup of the palace doctor.
The border army left, and Zhao Cong from Wu'an came back. The good news was reported by his subordinates for a long time, and his spirits were slightly better.
The ministers in the hall were headed by Prince Zhao Qian and were arranged on both sides.
Zhao Yan put down the medicine, smacked his lips, squinted his neck and collapsed on his seat and said, "Bianjun is gone~ Well~ I'm leaving, the culprit of this farce, the rebellious son Zhao Jia fled for fear of crime. You guys, where do you think he can escape?"
Guo Kai immediately ran out and said, "King, Kai thought that Zhao Jiading had followed the border army to Dai County."
"Oh? Prime Minister, how can you see it?"
"King, Li Mu's border army is loyal to him. Li Mu is also imprisoned by the king. However, the border army retreated all night without caring about it. Do they even want the chief general?
There must be a more important role than Li Mu, so that the border army can give up the chief general and retreat overnight. This person must be Zhao Jia."
Guo Kai’s reasoning made many people in the court nod their heads repeatedly. He suddenly felt weak and his eyes were closed, and his hands were hanging in front of his abdomen. He didn’t need to say much about this Zhao State.
Zhao Cong, who had just led a large army to serve the king, walked forward with his head held high and shouted loudly: "King, Zhao Jia is so rebellious, and he is unforgivable to join foreign generals to rebel the capital! I ask for an order and lead the Wu'an army to Dai County to capture Zhao Jia."
Zhao Yan refused without thinking, "No, Dai County has Li Mu's border army, how could you be the opponent?"
Zhao Cong didn't care and put forward his own opinion, "King, the border army is also a soldier of our Zhao State. Zhao Jia rebelled, and Li Mu was an accomplice. The king only needed an edict to issue a county. Our army upholds the power of the king. How can the border army fight against him? He will definitely defeat him in one fell swoop and capture Zhao Jia."
Zhao Yan did not respond directly, did not agree or reject it. Instead, he suddenly asked the person below, "Li Mu...Li Mu, what do you think Li Mu will deal with?"
He rushes to add before the courtiers answered, "Stop talking first, Prince, say."
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Zhao Qian was suddenly called and was confused, without any preparation. He raised his legs and took two steps, stammering: "Well, father."
Zhao Yan repeated the question again, "If you were asked to make a decision, Li Mu, how should you deal with it? How should you deal with the border troops of Dai County?"
"Father, my son and I think that Li Mu, as a general stationed abroad, returned without an imperial order. The army forced him to the capital and rebelled. He must make his crimes and be punished publicly to defend the majesty of our Zhao State."
Zhao Qian pretended to say a lot, Zhao Yan had no expression on his face, "Well, continue, what about the border army."
"As the Duke of Zhao, Gongzi Jia, who secretly colluded with foreign generals, was even more unforgivable. The border army was really hateful to cover up Zhao Jia, who was ruthless; but because of his many years of hard work in guarding the border, he could avoid death. After the army conquered Dai County, the border army could be appointed as prisoners and continued to build cities and farm for our Zhao State."
As if he was quite proud of the words he had carefully considered in his heart, Zhao Qian asked himself well: "The father thinks, is it appropriate for the son to do this?"
Zhao Yan didn't say anything, slowly stood up and walked down step by step. For some reason, Zhao Qian felt as if he was facing a mountain, gradually collapsing towards him.
"Pa~" A loud slap shocked everyone in the hall.
Zhao Yan slapped Zhao Qian to the ground and said with a grudge: "You want to kill Li Mu, you still want to destroy the border army, and you still conquer? Tell me, if you kill Li Mu, 100,000 border troops will resist to the death, what are you going to conquer?"
Zhao Qian went from lying up and kneeling to kneeling, crying: "Father, my son is not considerate, please forgive me."
"Get up, think about it again, how do you deal with this matter!" As soon as Zhao Yan finished speaking, he covered his mouth and coughed violently, "Empty cough cough~"
The doctor behind quickly ran over to support him, and gave him a sense of anger, and told him: "Master, don't get angry anymore."
"I know my body myself, so I don't have to talk too much. Zhao Qian, let me talk about it, how do you deal with this?"
This, this, this...
Zhao Qian secretly glanced at Guo Kai in the hall, hoping to get some help tips. But how could he hide his father sitting on it?
Zhao Yan picked up a spoon at his hand and smashed it down, "As the prince, do you have no opinion? Just kneel down and think about it until you have a solution, and you will not be able to get up."
Has Zhao Wangyan ever performed like this in the past few years?
The people in the hall understood it. Zhao Yan wanted to train Zhao Qian, and his eager attitude was probably because he felt that he had not had much time left.
And Zhao Qian was not like Zhao Qin and Guo Kai were behind to give advice, and the examination in court made his true colors reveal.
Seeing the king cursing and scolding him over and over again, Zhao Qian cried and howled again and again, and felt weak and he could not help it.
Don't make it very touching, I'm almost laughing. Zhao Yan is suspicious and stubborn, Zhao Qian is a waste, Zhao Jia is not much better than Zhao Jia. I just think this drama singed by you father and son is absurd and funny.
"Father, I won't kill Li Mu anymore, I won't kill him anymore, I will pardon him, reward him with a strong reward, and ask him to be a high-ranking official and a prime minister! I won't kill him anymore, I won't kill him~"
Zhao Qian lay on the ground and cried and said such words. The verbal attacks and physical attacks from Zhao Yan stopped.
Zhao Yan walked down again, bent down and said softly in his son's ear: "Yes, pardon Li Mu, reward him well, let the Wu'an army retreat, and then grant Li Mu the Prime Minister's office. All his confidants were promoted and others were sent as commanders of the border army. When Li Mu and his confidants arrived in Handan, they took them down and killed them all! This is the most appropriate way to deal with it."
"I understand, I understand."
He stood up and turned to the ministers in the hall, "You are all important officials today. The prince still has no political experience, and you still need more help."
The ministers said in unison: "I will do my best."
"I am not in good health, so I will ignore the government for the time being. I will first hand it over to the prince's experience. Please don't let me down."
"I will definitely live up to the king's high expectations."
"So, let's disperse."
After the dynasty was dispersed, the significance of the representatives of the court meeting in the afternoon was controversial among the major nobles in Handan. Everyone was discussing the talents of Zhao Qian, the future king, or secretly discussing how long Zhao Yan could live.
In the Mingzhu Pavilion, Lu Yan's map of Handan City has been ruined by his writing and paintings. The banshee is changing him to a new one, setting the old one aside as a reference.
Lu Yan asked, "Have you found out where Li Mu was locked up?"
"I found out clearly that there are royal guards in the dungeon in the west city." The banshee pointed to a location on the new map.
"Please, I was locked in the palace. There is a big delay in our news. It would be bad if Zhao Yan killed Li Mu on impulse."
She smiled slightly and said there was no need to worry, "Sir, please relax. Zhao Yan not only did not kill Li Mu, but also wanted to reward him."
"Hmm? What?"
She then told everything that happened in the Longtai Palace Court this afternoon. Lu Yan was originally surprised by Zhao Yan's aura, but after hearing this, she found that she had misunderstood, "So that's it. Zhao Yan's body is ineffective? It was a good last time."
The banshee still has some research on the human body and explained to him: "I have experienced many ups and downs this day and night, and my heart has never stopped. Besides, Zhao Yan is not young anymore. But he doesn't have much time, but in fact, it's okay to live for another three or four years."
Lu Yan nodded and said, "If Zhao Qian had to kill Li Mu, he didn't expect Zhao Yan to hold back."
"The border army is the most powerful army in Zhao State, how can we give up it?"
He agreed with what the banshee said, picked up the pen and sighed at the map, "That's right. But our work tasks have increased again."
"Hmm?" The banshee exclaimed, her charming voice and charming puzzled expression were quite lethal.
"Be ready to take Li Mu and make a big fuss with Handan. For so many days, I have been studying the Handan map and I almost saw that I vomited, but it finally came in handy."
Chapter completed!