It was already the cold winter with snow all over the sky, and Zhao Kuo had just arrived in Dai County.

Fortunately, there was no heavy snow in Dai County, so Ge ​​would not be unable to find a way, but the sharp cold wind was not easy to bear. This trip was originally intended to investigate the government situation in various places, but for everyone, it seemed like a path of change. Zhao Kuo saw with his own eyes the most tragic side of this era. The cold wind could kill people and kill many people.

The reason why cold wind can kill people is not because they do not have warm stoves, cotton coats, and coals, because they are from humble origins. There are always people who take away their stoves and do not allow them to cut them down. They have no money to buy clothes that can avoid the cold. Zhao Kuo feels that even if he summons the best craftsmen and makes the best cold-proof objects, the people will still be frozen to death. This is not a problem of items, but a problem of the world.

Poverty, hunger, killed, and ignored is what the Zhao people are suffering now. In the moral cultivation of the nobles, it does not include benevolence to ordinary people. For example, Mengchangjun, who has the same name as Pingyuanjun, is famous all over the world because he can love others. No matter how down-and-out scholar or how much crime he committed, as long as he defects to him, he can treat him with courtesy and not stingy. Even if some scholars act arrogantly in front of him, he can tolerate it.

Because he had many disciples and was loyal to his wealth, his reputation of virtue spread throughout the world. Even the King of Qin wanted to use him as the prime minister. But this is such a person. When he visited Pingyuan Jun, just because the onlookers were laughing at his short body, Mengchangjun was furious and jumped out of the car with his disciples and started a massacre. It is said that he killed hundreds of people. All the onlookers made a sound, never made a sound, curious, admired, old, young, innocent, and none of them survived.

Rumors say that he almost destroyed a county town.

Everyone praised his behavior. Mengchangjun was not humiliated and pulled his sword to kill him. He was such a gentleman. Pingyuanjun, who came to greet him, looked at him killing the people of Zhao and smiled. If Zhao Kuo was there at that time, I was afraid... Mengchangjun would not be able to leave Zhao. These are the two highly respected "benevolent" people. Unfortunately, their benevolence is not for ordinary people.

Zhao Kuo gradually changed. In this era of etiquette, mission, morality, respect, and death, it was not as beautiful as he thought. There were many people who suffered but did not know why he suffered such suffering, who were drowned in the water, stretching out their hands in despair and unable to breathe. Zhao Kuo gradually discovered his sense of mission. When he came here, he had to do something, and what he had to do was to extend his hand to those drowning people and drag them out of the water!

Those who had been following Zhao Kuo discovered Zhao Kuo's transformation as soon as possible. Zhao Kuo became very thoughtful and often talked to himself. They couldn't understand and could only look at him with awe. Only Han Fei, who was like a possessed demon, quickly recorded it, and sometimes shouted: "Give me more bamboo slips!" Di quietly told Ge that he had learned witchcraft in the tribe. Should he treat them?

"Old...teacher, Qin State attacked South Korea..." On this day, the knight had just sent Wei Wuji's letter, and Han Fei said to Zhao Kuo tremblingly. Following Zhao Kuo, Han Fei was desperate, happy and painful. He seemed to have found a way to cure the world, but this way would destroy his country. At this moment, when he learned about Qin State's attack on South Korea, Han Fei was cold all over, and he was cold from the inside out. He was frozen and unable to move.

A warm hand was placed on his shoulder. Zhao Kuo looked at him, shook his head, and said seriously: "Don't worry." He said: "South Korea has just formed an alliance with Chu. If Chu wants to maintain its alliance with other countries, it must go out to rescue South Korea. Qin seems to be attacking South Korea, but in fact it is Chu..." Han Fei took a deep breath and nodded in confusion.

"War, endless war, is the root cause of disaster in the world... In order to get enough soldiers, people must be recruited, and in order to have enough food, craftsmen must put down their work and make weapons. No one can buy merchants' goods..."

"Teacher, are you talking about the Mo family's non-aggression?"

"no."

"Is it a famous scholar... no... no fight?"

“Not it.”

"It is impossible for them to let the princes live in peace and not conquer each other. Only when a king of the world can the war be stopped."

"Teacher... Isn't the war ending if I rule the world?"

"No, if the king's ambition does not stop, he will continue to conquer other places. If the ambitious people are in a high position in the local area, he will launch a rebellion. The enemies outside the clouds will become stronger and will plot against the world... The war cannot be over, but those useless wars can be avoided... Let the king focus on governing the country, use a complete supervision system to avoid local chaos, and use powerful weapons to prevent harassment from foreign enemies..."

Han Fei listened carefully, and suddenly, he said, "Old...teacher...you should set up a school in Zhao State to teach more disciples in person." Zhao Kuo was stunned and looked at him in confusion. Han Fei said seriously, "You know a lot of truths. Your knowledge can save the world, but you can't do it alone..."

Zhao Kuo smiled and said, "What qualifications do I have to teach others? I don't understand many things myself."

Han Fei did not continue to mention this topic. Zhao Kuo also accelerated his speed and prepared to return to Handan from Dai County. On the way, he went to worship the knights who had died here in battle. The knights Zao and others in Handan were sleeping here. No one dared to disturb them. Often, people passed by, and would respectfully place stones around them and be trampled on their faces. Passers-by, after learning about the situation here, they would also put some food to sacrifice.

Zhao Kuo sat in front of the grave, in a daze, as if he saw Handan Zao laughing and strangled the horse... At some point, Zhao Kuo woke up, wiped off the tears on his face, bowed to them again, and then led the guests away.

After more than a month, Zhao Kuo finally arrived outside Handan City. Zhao Kuo took a full year to travel through all the counties of Zhao State. Zhao Kuo could not see all the counties. If he wanted to go to all the counties, it would take more than a year. After truly seeing the microcosm of this era, Zhao Kuo's thoughts became more and more. He realized that he was gradually integrating into this era, and he learned to use the way of thinking of this era to question.

However, he knew that he could not truly integrate into this era because he had a soul that could not stand oppression and be oppressed, and could not cover his eyes and pretend to not see all of this.

The King of Zhao personally went out of the city to greet him. This was definitely not an easy task for the King of Zhao who was afraid of the cold. He originally planned to let Wei Wuji come to greet him, but the King of Zhao did not allow him. He wanted to greet his horse Fujun himself. Therefore, when Zhao Kuo's carriage just approached Handan, the King of Zhao jumped happily, pointed to Zhao Kuo's direction, and shouted: "My horse Fujun is here!!"

Almost all the ministers of the Wei State and Zhao Kuo's disciples arrived. Zhao Kuo got off the carriage and surrounded by the disciples, walked towards the person who came to greet him. King Zhao hurriedly ran towards Zhao Kuo, and the ministers had to follow him. Just as Zhao Kuo was about to salute, King Zhao helped him up, looked at him kindly, and said, "Ma Fujun has suffered, alas, he has lost a lot... You have been walking for more than a year..."

The King of Zhao had a lot of things to say to Zhao Kuo. He pulled Zhao Kuo onto the carriage, and did not even give the ministers the chance to greet Ma Shujun, so he took Zhao Kuo back to Handan City. The ministers who were preparing to greet Zhao Kuo looked at Zhao Kuo in amazement as King of Zhao took Zhao Kuo away, and had to get onto the carriage and hurriedly followed behind them. The news of Zhao Kuo's return had already spread in Handan, and the people gathered on both sides of the road and cheered loudly.

It was as if Zhao Kuo had returned from the battlefield. Seeing the people so enthusiastic, King Zhao was even more happy and even nodded at them with a smile. King Zhao brought Zhao Kuo directly into the palace, and the ministers arrived immediately. King Zhao asked Zhao Kuo to sit beside him, and then asked about Zhao Kuo's situation. Zhao Kuo replied with a smile that everything was fine. The two chatted for a long time, and the ministers took their seats one after another, or knew Zhao Kuo's personality, King Zhao's banquet was no longer as luxurious as before.

King Zhao did not care about the local situation, nor did he ask Zhao Kuo. All he cared about was Zhao Kuo.

"Do you know about the war between Chu and Qin?" King Zhao asked.

"I have heard it on the way here." Zhao Kuo nodded and replied.

"The State of Chu was defeated."

Zhao Kuo looked at King Zhao in surprise and asked, "How could it be? I heard that the Chu State rescued Han with 50,000 soldiers. The leader Lin Wujun was also a man who knew how to use troops. How could he be defeated so quickly?" King Zhao shook his head, he looked at Wei Wuji and said, "Let Xinlingjun say it." It was not that he didn't want to say it, but he didn't understand the war, and he couldn't explain it clearly.

Wei Wuji finally had the opportunity to speak to Zhao Kuo. Wei Wuji said casually: "Bai Qi attacked Xiang Xian's food and supplies, cut off his food route... Xiang Xian retreated to Xinzheng and was ambushed by Bai Qi again. The Korean general Feng Ting sent troops to rescue him. He encountered Bai Qi's ambush again. Feng Ting died in battle. Xiang Xian fled to Xinzheng. Bai Qi is now besieging Xinzheng..."

Zhao Kuo widened his eyes and asked, "Don't Bai Qi only has 10,000 soldiers?"

Wei Wuji nodded and said, "Yes, it's just ten thousand soldiers."

Zhao Kuo frowned and asked, "Then how could he ambush two armies at the same time?"

"He ambushed Xiang Xian, forced Xiang Xian to retreat, and immediately mobilized his troops to ambush Feng Ting, coming and going without shadow, quickly and violently..." Wei Wuji shook his head and sighed: "When it comes to military use, Bai Qi is the best in the world..." As soon as he finished speaking, King Zhao snorted unhappily and said: "Ma Fujun has defeated him. How can he be considered a leader? If the person who led the troops was Ma Fujun, Bai Qi would definitely not return!"

Wei Wuji was stunned, smiled awkwardly, and did not answer.

"How dare he siege Xinzheng with ten thousand people?"

"The Koreans dare not go out of the city to rescue them. The people who went to rescue were defeated by Bai Qi on the way. Bai Qi had already killed more than 30,000 Korean soldiers... It is said that there are no Korean soldiers on the Xinzheng city wall now, all of them are Chu people..." Wei Wuji said, and he asked, "Do you think Zhao can go to save Han?" Han Fei, who was standing behind Zhao Kuo, gritted his teeth and lowered his head, making people unable to see his face.

Zhao Kuo frowned, turned around and looked at Han Fei, and said, "You go to the horse suit and tell them, and I might go back later." Han Fei nodded and left the banquet. Only then did everyone notice the young man with extraordinary demeanor and watched Han Fei leave. Zhao Kuo looked at Wei Wuji and asked, "How is the situation in Korea?" Wei Wuji smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "It's still the same as before."

"Where the Qin people go, as long as they resist, they will be killed... The Koreans are unwilling to surrender and can only escape everywhere, because it is winter..."

Zhao Kuo did not listen any more. He looked at King Zhao and said seriously: "Shangjun, we should send troops to rescue him."

Before the King of Zhao could speak, the censor Zhao Hui stood up and said unhappily: "I know the kindness and righteousness of Ma Fujun, but because I want to save the people of South Korea, I have to kill the people of Zhao. Is this something a benevolent and righteous can do? Are the soldiers of Zhao more precious than the Koreans? If you want to sacrifice the soldiers of Zhao to rescue South Korea, don't you know that South Korea is also an enemy of Zhao? If South Korea survives, he will never thank you for your kindness. When South Korea becomes stronger, he will also plot against Zhao's land!"

Zhao Kuo glanced at him, then looked at King Zhao, and said seriously: "Bai Qi had experienced several major wars, and there must be many casualties. The reason why Xiang Xian did not fight back was that because of his defeat, the soldiers did not dare to attack... I don't need to fight Bai Qi, as long as the Koreans know that they still have reinforcements and the news that I was going to go, so that Xiang Xian can use this to inspire the morale of the army. Unless the King of Qin reinforces, Bai Qi will not have the strength to fight again..."

"What if Qin State reinforcements?"

"Qin State just experienced a great war. If he had the ability to reinforce more soldiers, he would not have let Bai Qi lead 10,000 soldiers to fight against South Korea..."

"If the King of Qin is angry and really sends troops to reinforce, then I will retreat to Zhao and will not fight Bai Qi again." Zhao Kuo said seriously.

Zhao Hui felt that he was ignored and a little angry. He pointed at Zhao Kuo and said, "Then where are the soldiers you plan to recruit? Qin State had just experienced a great war, and the same was true for Zhao State. Where can there be soldiers who can go to war?"

Zhao Kuo laughed and said, "Yes, it's still the most elite soldier."

During the banquet, Wei Wuji walked to Zhao Kuo and asked, "You wanted to save the people of Zhao State. You said it was because of the Zhao people's respect for you... But why do you want to save the Koreans now?"

"Because Zhao State has formed an alliance with South Korea and Chu State, I don't want the alliance to collapse because of this..."

"This is not the truth."

"That might...because I am a kind and righteous person."

"Hahaha~~", Wei Wuji happily raised the wine bottle and said, "This is why I made friends with you!"

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