Zhao Kuo stood up from the familiar and unfamiliar bed, but couldn't help but be stunned. Walking out of the courtyard and looking at the place where he grew up, Zhao Kuo felt mixed feelings. He remembered every corner of the courtyard. He was born and raised here, and all the beautiful memories in his mind were inseparable from this place. Zhao Kuo walked in the courtyard, gently stroked the walls here, as if he could see his figure when he was young here.

Zhao Kuo stayed in the horse costume and was with the villagers every day. Listening to them telling stories from these days, Zhao Kuo would tell them the stories of his children and even grandsons. Everyone couldn't help laughing. They really didn't expect that the horse costumes had already started a family and even had their own grandsons. However, Zhao Kuo didn't look like a big father, whether it was a burly physique or appearance.

Time has taken away a lot from him, but not too much has been taken away.

After staying in Mashu for a few days, Zhao Kuo decided to rush to Handan. He had a lot of things to do. Qin had just ended the war with Zhao. The turmoil in various places had not yet subsided, and there were a lot of things to do. And this was the time for Zhao Kuo to play his role. No matter what, the Zhao people still loved him very much. Among all the Qin people, Zhao Kuo was probably the only one who could motivate these people and let them accept all this.

Zhao Kuo was not trying to deceive them, he just wanted to tell the truth. Qin was not as tyrannical as the rumors were. You would definitely live a good life. When Zhao Kuo came to Handan, the martial law had been in Handan for a while. Of course, when he saw Zhao Kuo coming, the soldiers guarding the city hurriedly opened the city gate and took him to pay homage to Mengwu in Handan. The streets of Handan were empty and all the gates were tightly closed.

No one dared to come out, and the restaurants on the side of the road did not open, like an empty city.

Meng Wu was of course very happy to see Zhao Kuo. He hurriedly asked Zhao Kuo to sit down and said helplessly: "You don't know that the people of Zhao are really difficult to govern. Until now, no one is willing to go out and there is no way to reopen the market. They are not willing to go out to work. Do they want to stay at home and starve to death?" Meng Wu was particularly depressed. Qin had never had such a situation before conquering Han and Wei.

Most of the people of Zhao did not dare to take up weapons to fight against the officials and soldiers of Qin, but they were extremely uncooperable. The officials went to ask about the situation. They remained silent and asked them to farm. They also treated them negatively... Meng Wu sometimes really wanted these people to know what Qin law was, but Zhao Kuo was still in Zhao, so he didn't dare to do so. He was unwilling to offend Zhao Kuo.

Zhao Kuo finally came to Handan, and Meng Wu began to complain. He complained about everything about Zhao State. The implication was that Zhao Kuo could find a solution. Zhao Kuo chuckled and said, "Zhao State is different from Han Wei State... The people of South Korea are not rich in life, and later they experienced serious disasters, and South Korea could not help them. Therefore, when Qin State destroyed South Korea and helped the local people, they soon forgot their homeland and were willing to become the people of Qin State."

"They have been bullied all the time. Under the rule of Qin, they are no longer bullied, so it is easiest to conquer South Korea."

"The situation in Wei State is different. The King of Wei does not do evil in daily life. Therefore, when Wei State was destroyed, the people hated Qin very much, but Qin State exempted them from their taxes and corvee for a year... and sent a large number of officials to convince the people at the bottom, popularize the law and the world... To this day, Wei State has basically become a part of Qin State. The Wei people may miss their country, but they also cherish their current life."

"Zhao State fought against Qin State for a long time, and most of the soldiers who died in battle died at the hands of Qin State. People here grew up listening to the bad things about Qin State since childhood. They were very hostile to Qin State. Even if the country was destroyed, they were unwilling to surrender to Qin State. This is because of the thoughts they had accepted since childhood, and the second point is that they do not know what they are facing, whether they are life or death."

"If you want Zhao to become a part of Qin, you can only put your hope on time. When time erases the current hatred, when Zhao people become officials of Qin in large numbers... until they accept the idea of ​​a king and let them enjoy the benefits of unity." Zhao Kuo said, Meng Wu listened carefully, and then asked: "Then what do you mean is to wait? Do nothing?"

"It is our business to conquer Zhao, but a king of the world is the King of Qin. You don't have to worry about it. The king knows what to do." Zhao Kuo said, and he stood up again and said, "But I am a Zhao person... I still have to do something to reduce some hatred." Meng Wu didn't know what Zhao Kuo wanted to do, and he didn't ask too much. Xianyang should also send officials to take over.

Nowadays, most of the officials in Zhao are soldiers from Qin to fight, and they temporarily serve as officials from all over the country according to their titles.

Zhao Kuo first went to visit Yi's mother. He came to Xu Gong's house. It looked very dilapidated. Zhao Kuo knocked on the door. Soon, Yi's mother opened the door tremblingly and looked at the stranger outside the door. She asked, "Who are you looking for?" Zhao Kuo's lips trembled and said slowly, "Mother, it's me, Zhao Kuo." Yi's mother was stunned. She looked at it for a long time and finally recognized her son-in-law.

She started crying, Zhao Kuo helped her and walked into the courtyard. Xu Li had long passed away, while Yimu was alone, living numb here. The reason why she was still persisting was to wait for her daughter and her grandson... Zhao Kuo asked her to sit down, and then talked about Yi's situation and Ying Zheng's son... Yimu was crying and nodding from time to time. Zhao Kuo promised her that she would definitely let Yi come to visit her earlier.

After paying homage to his mother-in-law, Zhao Kuo did not leave Handan. He started from outside the Palace of Handan and found temporary officials in charge of the local area and asked these officials to call out the people under his rule. When the soldiers brought these reluctant people to Zhao Kuo, Zhao Kuo stood on the street, looked at these people, and began his own speech.

"I am Zhao Kuo... Is it okay for two or three sons?"

"Since the separatist rule of the princes, the war and the war that lasted for hundreds of years, have killed too many people, some died in battle, and some were forced to death. Now, many people have starved to death and freeze to death. Why is this? This is because of the war. The war is still going on, and the two and three sons cannot farm with peace of mind and cannot accompany their families... What Qin wants to do now is to end the war."

"When a king of the world is in the world, there will be no more wars. Everyone can do what they want to do in their homes with peace of mind... There will be no more heavy tuitions, no more construction of the Great Wall Palace, no more payment of the entire harvest in a year... There will be no more sending their families to the battlefield..."

Zhao Kuo said seriously, but he didn't know how many people he had convinced. After Zhao Kuo finished speaking, he asked the officials to take these people away and continue to go to the next place. In this way, after six days, Zhao Kuo finally walked all the streets in Handan and told them his thoughts over and over again.

Seeing all this, Meng Wu felt a little distressed.

During this period, Zhao Kuo received blessings, curses, gratitude, and insults. But Zhao Kuo still persevered. After completing the work in Handan, he moved towards the next place and the direction of the people.

Meng Wu blocked his carriage and said, "Marquis Wucheng, there are millions of people in Zhao State. How long will it take to convince you all the way? Let's wait until the officials arrive and let them say it." Zhao Kuo shook his head, and he told Meng Wu that Zhao State was not big.

In this way, Zhao Kuo left Handan and went to various cities of Zhao. Whenever he arrived at a city, he always asked local officials to summon the people, and then told them about their misunderstandings about Qin and the world of a king.

At this moment, Meng Wu was surprised to find that there were vendors in the market in Handan again, and some people also took farm tools and went to the farmland to work.

Meng Wu couldn't help but sigh that Zhao Kuo's influence in Zhao State was really terrible.

But Meng Wu was not surprised because he knew that Zhao Kuo was worthy of such respect.

After the fall of Zhao State, the King of Qin discussed with his ministers about the governance of Zhao State. Of course, the old three-man team was exempted from one year of corvee tax and sent officials to conduct legal education. The most important thing was to migrate the nobles. The people at the bottom did not have much sense of identity with their own country, but most of the people who were willing to die were nobles, as well as professional practitioners who were dissatisfied with the rule of Qin State.

Lu Buwei divided Zhao into Taiyuan County, Yunzhong County, Yanmen County, Dai County, Handan County, and Julu County... At this moment, the officials of Qin were really seriously insufficient, and they could not even make up for the county level, let alone the most grassroots positions. Qin State has always attached importance to the grassroots, and the King of Qin was a little angry. How could the Qin State, which was famous for its many officials, have such a large vacancy today?

When the King of Qin asked Li Si to take charge of the school room, he set up school rooms in more than 80 county towns in Han, Wei and Zhao, recruited more local people to enter the school room, learn the law, and then sent them to the local area to serve official positions. The upper-level official positions could only be brought by the old Qin people. It was not because of distrust. The middle-level positions required corresponding titles to be held. This title does not mean that you can get it by entering the school room, but you have to make military achievements.

Most of the Qin officers who went to the expedition this time were able to get local official positions... The King of Qin originally wanted to build roads, but at the suggestion of Lu Buwei, the King of Qin temporarily gave up this idea. In the short term, Qin probably would not be able to send troops to other countries. This time the gains were too great, and it would be difficult for Qin to digest them. The King of Qin was not in a hurry. After discussing with his ministers about Zhao State and the candidates for officials from several counties, the King of Qin returned to the back hall exhausted.

He took out the letters written by Zhao Kuo and read them carefully.

While reading the letter, Ying Zheng suddenly felt someone scratching the back of his neck. Ying Zheng turned around and saw Fusu's little hand. At some point, Ming came here with the little guy in his arms. The little guy was reaching out and rushing towards Ying Zheng. Ying Zheng laughed and took the little guy from her hand. The little guy was lying comfortably in his father's arms, making some babbling sounds of unknown significance.

"Seeing you laugh so happily? Is there any good news?"

"It was my father's letter. My father said he went to the horse costume once, and said that the villagers in the horse costume miss me very much... He wanted Kang to take his eldest mother and his mother to the horse costume..." Ying Zheng said, recalling the past, saying, "I have many friends in the horse costume... I also want to go to the horse costume..." Ming smiled and said, "Kang just got married, so I'm afraid he doesn't want to leave Xianyang... Why don't you pretend to be Kang and take his eldest mother and the others to the horse costume?"

Ying Zheng was a little moved. He thought for a while before he smiled and said, "Why do you need to pretend if you want to go to the horse and patrol? Who dares to say no?" He paused and said, "It's just that Zhao State has been recovered, and there are still many things to do... If I leave..." Ying Zheng hesitated for a long time, suddenly stood up and said, "Forget it, Xianyang and Handan are not far away. Let's hand over the government affairs to the Prime Minister for handling for the time being."

He picked up the little guy, kissed him in the face, and said, "We are going to go to the horse to convince you! Are you happy where your father was born?!"

The little guy just smiled and waved his hands, looking at his father curiously.

The next day, Ying Zheng left Xianyang in the name of inspecting Zhao State. He was sitting in a large carriage. Lu Buwei was worried about his safety and specially arranged four thousand soldiers to protect Ying Zheng's safety. Ying Zheng brought his mother, the eldest mother, Shan. What he did not expect was that Zhao Kang actually asked to go with him. Surrounded by the soldiers, the carriage was heading towards Handan in a mighty manner. Ying Zheng forbidden the officials on the road to receive him.

He didn't want to delay the local area. If he made things uneasy all the way, he was afraid that his father would scold him in person after he arrived in Handan.

Zhao's mother was very excited. When Ying Zheng told her that she wanted to take her to the horse costume, she was stunned for a long time before she nodded happily and laughed. Yi was the same, because her parents were also in Handan, and she had not seen her mother for many years. Shanbang followed her mother with a jumping follower. She grew up listening to the story of the horse costume since she was a child, and she was also a little curious about the horse costume.

Ying Zheng sat in the carriage, looked at the queen beside him, and couldn't help but tell the story of his childhood.
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