In the early days of his reign, King Xiaocheng of Zhao, his evaluations in various countries were positive. Everyone recognized that this talent-loving king did a good job. Many people were willing to come to join him and were willing to fight for the country of Zhao. In the later period, especially after the incident of Ma Fujun Li Zhao, his evaluation was one-sided. Almost everyone criticized his incompetence and stupidity, believing that he forced Ma Fujun away was the biggest mistake he made.

Including within Zhao, his prestige also plummeted.

However, neither good nor bad evaluations were comprehensive. During his rule, Zhao State survived the most difficult period and successfully restored its national strength. Following Xinlingjun to attack the Qin army and defeated the Yan people twice. In terms of internal affairs, he summoned a large number of wise men to Zhao State, cultivated many officials, improved the basic official system at the bottom, dug up canals, reduced taxes, recalculated household registration and cultivated land, strengthened royal power, and reduced the influence of royal nobles on the country.

If he hadn't forced his horse to leave... maybe, his evaluation would be more inclined to the better side.

He has the ability to know people, but he does not have the ability to use people.

Finally, he went to meet his talents... and Zhao State also fell into the hands of his son, Zhao Yan.

During this period, Guo Kai's life was very painful. Before Zhao Wangdan passed away, he ordered many times to execute Guo Kai. Guo Kai received the news and immediately hid in his friend's house. Guo Kai was still very popular. He did have many friends in Handan. When he was living at his friend's house, he hurriedly hid in the vassal state and saved his life.

After hiding for a while, Guo Kai finally heard the good news of Zhao Wangdan's death, but Guo Kai still did not dare to go out. He first spent money to bribe the warriors around Yan. After learning from them that Yan often said he missed him very much, he left his friend's house. After thanking him again and again, he went to the palace alone. Of course, as soon as he walked to the palace, he was captured by the soldiers and sent to the front of Prince Yan.

Prince Yan frowned, looked at Guo Kai who was in a mess in front of him, and asked, "I regard you as my friend, how can you hide from me?"

Guo Kai was stunned, nonsense, I would have been killed by your father if I didn't hide! Of course, this was impossible. Guo Kai's eyes were red, he lowered his head and said sadly: "I came here this time to ask you to die..."

"Oh? You hid in the past and refused to die, but now you are going to come to the palace to ask for death. Why is this?"

Guo Kai said in tears: "The former king wanted to kill me because of the villain's slander. I did not have such a crime. If I die, everyone will think that Kai is the traitor that the villain calls, and will be despised by future generations... I don't want to die with such a reputation. Now I am here to pay homage to you and ask you to execute me in another name, so that future generations can understand that I am not the traitor that the villain calls!"

"You don't want to bear the bad reputation. Can I bear the bad reputation of killing innocent people?" Yan said, hurried forward and helped Guo Kai up. Guo Kai started crying. The two cried for a long time. Yan then let Guo Kai sit beside him. Prince Yan talked about his father, and when he talked about his father, Prince Yan couldn't help but feel sad. Guo Kai kept comforting him. Prince Yan was really very painful for his father's death.

After a few days like this.

Guo Kai then said to Prince Yan: "Do you still remember what Li Mu humiliated your father? You once vowed to avenge the former king. If you still had such an idea, now is the best time to deal with Li Mu." Guo Kai paused, and then said seriously: "I can help you pacify the situation in the country and get rid of your enemies for you!"

Prince Yan thought for a moment before laughing. He shook his head and said, "When I swore, I was still young and I don't know what the reason... When my father passed away, I asked me to promise him that I would execute you and reuse people like Li Mu... I pardon you, which is already a violation of my promise to my father... If I go to deal with people like Li Mu again, it will completely ignore my father's teachings..."

"I must obey my father's teachings, and use them to value them...reward them." Prince Yan said seriously.

Guo Kai was stunned and said, "What you said is really right. You can put aside your personal grudges for the sake of the country. Such actions are really the virtues that a wise king has just possessed... Now the people of Zhao are talking about their king being a filial person, and they are about to understand that their king is still a virtuous person!" Guo Kai praised for half an hour without interruption, without even pause, and without repeating.

Prince Yan was overjoyed and then said, "I want to summon the ministers. What do you think of Mr. Pang?"

"Pang Gong is an old minister of Zhao State. He is highly respected by everyone and deserves the position of Prime Minister..."

Prince Yan nodded with a smile, then asked, "What do you think of Xin Pingjun?"

Guo Kai couldn't help but frown. Because Lian Po was the Si Kou, he had made things difficult for him many times. Guo Kai was almost beaten to death by Lian Po because he drove to the people. He was a complete mortal enemy between him and Lian Po, but Guo Kai smiled and said, "General Lian Po is good at fighting, has great military achievements, is a strong man. He is a famous warrior in Zhao State. With him, you don't have to worry about your enemy coming to attack you..."

Prince Yan asked in surprise: "Are you and Lian Po enemies? You have insulted him many times before, but why are you talking to him again?"

Guo Kai said seriously: "In the past, I had hatred with him. At that time, you were not the king of Zhao, so I could talk about my enemies in front of my friends. But now, you are the king of Zhao, and I am your subject. How can I influence your judgment because of my own private affairs? If you can let go of your hatred for Zhao, and want to reuse Li Mu, I naturally have to follow you. In front of the country, what are these grudges?"

"You said so well! I was worried before that you would be in conflict with General Lian Po!" Prince Yan looked very happy, and he said again: "I heard that Mr. Pang has great talent, but he did not get the position of a throne. Although Mr. Xinping is a throne, he only has two cities to serve as his fief. I think this is wrong. I want to use Mr. Pang as a throne and increase the fief of Mr. Xinping. What do you think?"

Guo Kai persuaded: "I have never heard of the kings who have rewarded merit or not. Now that you have ascended the throne and have not made any contributions to you, you have to reward them. In this way, those ministers who want to make merits and get rewards will feel heartbroken and no longer willing to do practical things. Instead, they gather around you and think of ways to win your favor... This is wrong."

Guo Kai said confidently: "I say these words not because I have a grudge with Xinpingjun. I am for the sake of the country. I am not afraid of your misunderstandings... For the sake of Zhao State, even if I am questioned by others, I must advise you like this."

Prince Yan was overjoyed. He originally wanted to hold a banquet to entertain Guo Kai, but unfortunately, it is now the filial piety period.

Soon, Prince Yan summoned all the ministers in his mansion.

Pang Gong, Kong Bin, Lian Po, Le Jian, Tian Yue and others came here one after another. Guo Kai sat on the left hand of Prince Yan. After Pang Gong arrived, he hurriedly got up and gave up his seat for him. After all the ministers arrived, Prince Yan started this court discussion. Prince Yan first talked about his father and said sadly what his father had told Prince Yan to treat him well before he heard that Prince Zhao passed away, which was a little moved.

After saying his father's explanation, Prince Yan talked about his own ideas, made some promises, and vowed to avenge Qin. He then advised the ministers that everything went very smoothly. Prince Yan's methods surprised the ministers. It seemed that the prince was quite talented. Unfortunately, at this moment, Lian Po suddenly interrupted Prince Yan, and Lian Po stared at Guo Kai in the table.

"I wonder if the former king wanted you to execute Guo Kai?"

Prince Yan was stunned and said, "Guo Kai did not make such a big mistake."

Lian Po said angrily: "He drove the car to the people and asked for bribes from the people he recommended. He openly snatched women from Handan.. He took revenge on the soldiers who arrested him and colluded with thieves to kill the soldiers' families... Such evil thieves, such evil thieves, shouldn't he be executed? You still want to let him sit beside you. If the Zhao people learned about it, what kind of person would they think their monarch were?"

Guo Kai immediately stood up, bowed to Lian Po, and said, "Xinpingjun, these are all villain's slander. Have you ever found someone who can prove my crime? But is there any evidence? You should put Zhao first... You can't do this because of personal hatred. I am willing to admit my mistake to you..."

"You are all grown in six valleys! You killed those who are willing to prove you, but now you are pretending to apologize to me?"

"Enough!!" Prince Yan said angrily: "Guo Kai is by my side and has never said bad things about you. The country is the priority in everything, but why do you want to do this? No need to say it anymore! I will not deal with him!"

Lian Po blushed, he gritted his teeth and cursed, "There are no less than fifty innocent people who died in the hands of this guy..." He became more and more angry. During these days, the prince has been protecting this villain, allowing him to escape Lian Po's punishment. Guo Kai always hid everywhere, making Lian Po unable to catch him. Lian Po rushed forward suddenly. Several ministers on the side looked panicked and had no time to stop him. Guo Kai only saw a fist gradually getting bigger and bigger, "Boom~~"

Guo Kai howled, flew out, fell to the ground, and then left silent.

But Prince Yan roared angrily, and Lejian and the general stepped forward to pull Lian Po, who only regretted that he did not carry a sword.

Guo Kai was carried in by the warriors, but Prince Yan's face became very ugly. Lian Po also sat down angrily. Fortunately, even if Pang Gong stood up, he said: "The enemy today is not inside, but outside... The Yan people united with the Qi people and wanted to regain the city. The Qi people are not scary, but the Yan people found the Wei people again, and the Wei people are willing to help the Yan people..."

When Guo Kai woke up, he felt that his whole face was as painful as it was burning. He couldn't help but scream. King Zhao quickly came to his side. King Zhao looked at Guo Kai's miserable face, sighed helplessly, and said, "I've made you wronged..." Guo Kai's anger reached its peak. Didn't he just kill a few common people? Didn't he just collect some money? Didn't he just replace a few criminals?

I don't care. You old guy dare to treat me like this?

Guo Kai said, "Helpless, please don't affect your relationship with General Lian Po because of me. General Lian Po is the pillar of Zhao State. You can't blame him. What he said... I really haven't done it..."

"Oh, if he could think like you, that would be great... Don't worry, even if what he said was true, so what, it's just a few common people." Prince Yan waved his hand casually, Guo Kai widened his eyes and looked at him, why are you so cruel?

Prince Yan then said, "Don't worry, Lian Po is not in Handan, I sent him to attack Fanyang of Wei. The Wei people dared to help Yan people come and shout with Zhao..."

"You asked Lian Po to attack Wei State?"

"Oh, something is going to happen!!"

Guo Kai suddenly said, Prince Yan was stunned and asked, "What's wrong with this?"

"You have also seen what Lian Po did today. If the generals of Lejian and others stopped him, they would be afraid that he would kill people in front of you. Now you handed over the army to him. Do you think that if he wants to kill people again, can these generals of Lejian block him?" Guo Kai asked back.

Prince Yan was stunned, thought seriously for a moment before saying, "What should I do?"

"Please find a general, take the army and pretend to be reinforcements to replace Lian Po's position... Let Lian Po return to Handan..."

"Liang Po is arrogant and arrogant. If I send someone to replace him, I'm afraid he will be unhappy..."

"Shangjun, you are the king of Zhao State. Anyone must obey your instructions. If he is willing to obey, it means he is loyal to you and you can use him. If he is unwilling, it means he has wanted to disobey your orders long ago, and you will see through his plan sooner..." Guo Kai said seriously, and every time he spoke, his face was very painful because of the tearing. Guo Kai couldn't help but moan and dared not speak again.

Prince Yan asked again: "What should I do if Lian Po rebels?"

Guo Kai said seriously: "Then call up generals from the country to attack me. I am willing to fight for you. Even if I die in battle, I will never retreat!"
Chapter completed!