Handan, Zhao State Palace City.

Lin Xiangru walked off the carriage, looked at the majestic palace on the steps in front of him, and sighed, suddenly feeling unreal.

This is almost a month after Han Xuwei was publicly executed, but all the aftermath about Han Xuwei's time has just subsided.

With the death of Han Xuwei, the entire Zhao State political arena underwent a huge political reshuffle. Lin Xiangru, as a pole of the Zhao State political force, naturally participated deeply and devoted a lot of energy and spirit.

Another carriage stopped, Zhou Shaofen walked down from it and bowed to Lin Xiangru: "I have met you."

Lin Xiangru smiled and said, "Zhou Qing is here too."

Zhou Shaofen looked around and suddenly became curious: "This time, we will not be the only two of us summoned by the Queen Mother, right?"

Lin Xiangru nodded and said, "It seems that way, let's go."

The two walked up the steps side by side.

Since the two are allies, of course they are much more casual when talking.

"Your Majesty, why didn't the Empress Dowager summon Wu Xiangjun (Liang Po)?"

"Hey, you don't know Wu Xiangjun's character. You speak straightforwardly and never like the Queen Mother."

"……Too.

Junhou felt that this time the Empress Dowager summoned me and the other two to come, what happened?

You might as well talk about it, so that I can have a bottom line.”

Lin Xiangru looked around and found that there were many soldiers guarding Zhao on the steps around him. He coughed and said softly: "Do you remember the last time the Empress Dowager summoned you and me alone?

If I expected it was good, this time things should be the same as last time.”

Zhou Shaofen immediately began to think when he heard this, and then remembered the last time when the Empress Dowager summoned Lin Xiangru and himself. Then his body was shocked and he said softly: "Is it for Wu Xinjun again?"

Lin Xiangru sighed: "Who else can you?"

Sure enough, in the hall a moment later, the Empress Dowager said to Lin Xiangru and Zhou Shaofen who had just sat down: "I'm going to hide it from you, I'll call you here today, because it's actually for the sake of Wu Xinjun."

Lin Xiangru knew it in his heart, and his expression did not change much, and he said, "Does the Empress Dowager not believe in Wu Xinjun's loyalty to Da Zhao?"

The Queen Mother was silent for a while and said, "This is not the case.

The old woman was just worried that if Wu Xinjun continued to be strong like this, it would probably not be a good thing for Da Zhao."

The Empress Dowager is now in a very contradictory state of Zhao Kuo. She wants to use Zhao Kuo, but she is worried that Zhao Kuo is too strong will be detrimental to Zhao's future.

Lin Xiangru said: "I will tell you that the old minister actually has a way."

The Queen Mother's eyes suddenly flashed with hope and said, "What can I do?"

Lin Xiangru said: "The reason why Wu Xinjun has such a high reputation is that his military achievements are very brilliant. As long as he can start from this aspect and limit it, Wu Xinjun is actually not that scary."

The Queen Mother said: "What kind of restrictive method is to start?"

Lin Xiangru said: "There are two ways.

First, Da Zhao can cultivate another Wu Xinjun, so that Da Zhao, who has two commanders, will naturally form a sufficient balance.

Secondly, let Wu Xinjun stay away from the battlefield and the army for the time being, and prevent him from continuing to establish military achievements. As time goes by, people will naturally no longer mention Wu Xinjun so frequently, which can be regarded as an invisible weakening to him."

The Queen Mother pondered for a while and said, "Do you have no better idea?"

Lin Xiangru said: "Yes.

But for Da Zhao and the Empress Dowager, they can only solve Wu Xinjun, but they cannot be said to be beneficial to Da Zhao and the Empress Dowager in the future."

Although Lin Xiangru did not explain in detail, the Empress Dowager also understood.

Killing Zhao Kuo will of course be a complete one.

The Queen Mother was silent for a long time and said, "No."

Although he has always been afraid of Zhao Kuo, he can take Zhao Kuo's contribution to Zhao State seriously as long as he is not a blind man.

In recent years, Zhao Kuo's continuous victory, the territory and territory of Zhao State have been expanding continuously. In terms of territory, it has now ranked second in the world and is about to become the largest and most populous country among the seven major vassal states.

If Zhao Kuo could continue to expand territory for Zhao State in this way, Zhao State would likely destroy the other six vassal states and become the well-deserved only dynasty in the entire China.

Can that king resist such a temptation be placed in front of him?

Killing Zhao Kuo is equivalent to killing the hope of Zhao's unification of the world! So no matter how afraid of Zhao Kuo, the empress dowager is, she cannot do this.

This is like a core engineer in a company in later generations. No matter how handsome this engineer is, he quarreled or even fought with the boss all day long, as long as the fate of the entire company is placed on this engineer, the boss hates this guy and dares not fire the engineer.

Zhou Shaofen interrupted and said, "It is not realistic to cultivate a second Wu Xinjun. I have been around for nearly three thousand years since the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors in China, and I have only produced such Wu Xinjun."

Lin Xiangru nodded and said, “Yes.

So the old minister still thinks that the best solution is to prevent Wu Xinjun from taking charge of military power for the time being."

The Empress Dowager said: "Who Wen Xinjun thinks should be better for this military power?"

Lin Xiangru said: "Wu Xiangjun Lian Po is the best candidate."

At this time, Lin Xiangru certainly had to promote his own ally Lian Po.

The Empress Dowager frowned and said, "Wu Xiangjun led his troops twice before, once lost to Bai Qi in Yiyang and once in Gaotang to Kuang Liang. Can he really replace Wu Xinjun's position?"

After the Queen Mother finished speaking, Lin Xiangru couldn't help but blushed, but he still said seriously: "To be honest, Qin and Qi are also the strongest countries in the world except for the Great Zhao."

Perhaps Wu Xiangjun is indeed having some difficulty dealing with these two countries, but if he faces a country like Yan, Han, and Wei, Wu Xiangjun will definitely be fine."

The Queen Mother thought about something, and after a moment, she finally spoke: "Okay.

If these countries are conquered next year, the old woman will naturally give him this chance."

Lin Xiangru was overjoyed: "The Empress Dowager is wise!"

After a while, Lin Xiangru and Zhou Shaofen walked out of the hall side by side and climbed down the steps.

Zhou Shaofen said with some concern: "Wen Xinjun, are we going to start the competition with Wu Xinjun again?"

Lin Xiangru nodded slowly and said, "It's not that we are about to start again, but... the competition between us and Wu Xinjun has never ended."

Zhou Shaofen wanted to speak but stopped.

Lin Xiangru glanced at Zhou Shaofen and suddenly smiled and said, "Does Zhou Qing want to say that we have never beaten Wu Xinjun in recent years?"

Zhou Shaofen nodded and said, "That's exactly what it is."

Lin Xiangru let out a long sigh and said, "I'm going to tell you, I actually thought about whether to show weakness to Wu Xinjun before I went to see the Grand Master for the last time.

However, the conversation with the Grand Master made me understand a truth.

This is why today I would take the initiative to propose that the Empress Dowager start Wu Xiangjun again."

Zhou Shaofen said curiously: "What's the reason?"

While talking, the two of them happened to walk down the steps.

Lin Xiangru hesitated for a while and signaled that Zhou Shaofen to get on his carriage.

Lin Xiangru spoke only after the carriage had already left the palace for a long distance.

"When the Grand Tutor left, he told me that Wu Xinjun had an objection to this country.

After returning to the mansion, I thought about it carefully and felt that Wu Xinjun might have it or not.

But what if I don’t argue with Wu Xinjun?

Once Pingyuan Jun goes in the future, he will be the well-deserved prime minister.

By that time, no one could restrict Wu Xinjun.

Queen Mother?

No.

King?

How could such a young child be Wu Xinjun's opponent?

If Wu Xinjun really had the power, even if he did not have any infidelity, he would likely have a sense of infidelity under the persuasion of his subordinates.

So, someone must stand up and fight against Wu Xinjun, someone must fight against him so that he will not be powerful, so that he will not have ambitions towards Da Zhao, and so that he will not become a traitor to Da Zhao usurp the throne! This time, I have to do it!"

After listening to Lin Xiangru's words, Zhou Shaofen was stunned for a long time.
Chapter completed!