After Zhao Kuo finished speaking, he looked at Zhou Shaofen and waited for the other party's move.

In Zhao Kuo's opinion, Zhou Shaofen should still play with Zhao Kuo in the position of General.

But immediately, something unexpected happened to Zhao Kuo.

After Zhao Kuo finished speaking, Zhou Shaofen fell into silence and did not speak.

Not only Zhou Shaofen, his younger brother Zhou Shaoliang was also calmly silent.

If these two brothers didn't speak, then Zhao Kuo's two allies would speak one after another.

Whether it was Pang Nuan or Li Mu, they naturally maintained their approval of Zhao Kuo at this time.

This situation undoubtedly surprised Zhao Kuo and also surprised King Zhao.

King Zhao couldn't help but speak and said to Zhou Shaofen: "Don't Zhou Qing want to express his opinion?"

King Zhao spoke, and then Zhou Shaofen could no longer remain silent.

Zhou Shaofen said, "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that Li Mu is indeed the only candidate who is qualified to be a general. Therefore, although the old minister is indeed not a match with Li Mu, he still respects this opinion."

After hearing this sentence, everyone present was shocked.

Zhou Shaofen's words meant to openly abandon the fight for the position of general.

Zhao Kuo also opened his eyes wide in surprise, but the next moment he immediately came to his senses and understood Zhou Shaofen's thoughts.

In fact, Zhou Shaofen's idea was very simple. He knew that the position of this general was very difficult to compete with Zhao Kuo, so he simply gave up.

In this way, when he was competing for the position of Grand Sima, King Zhao would inevitably feel that he thought that the position of General had been given to Zhao Kuo, and it was obvious that he should give it to Zhou Shaofen.

Speaking of which, Zhao Kuo used this strategy not long ago, but he didn't expect that Zhou Shaofen would learn it so soon.

I have to say that even Zhao Kuo himself had to admit that Zhou Shaofen used this strategy just right.

King Zhao stared at Zhou Shaofen for several seconds before nodding slowly.

"Very good, I understand your opinion. Since no one has any other opinions, then let's be promoted to our position as General Zhao State with Grand Sima Li Mu."

The King of Zhao agreed so simply, on the one hand, because no one really had any objections, and on the other hand, it was inseparable from Concubine Li's persuasion in the palace.

Over the past few days, Concubine Li has been saying some good things about Zhao Kuo and Li Mu to King Zhao openly and secretly.

Although Concubine Li did not directly express his hope that Li Mu could be the general, as long as she was not a fool, she could feel that Concubine Li's support for Zhao Kuo and Li Mu.

King Zhao himself had no objection to this point. After all, Zhao Kuo was a foreign aid that King Zhao found for Concubine Li outside the palace. It was normal for Concubine Li to help her foreign aid speak.

After King Zhao issued the order, Li Mu naturally stood up immediately and saluted King Zhao respectfully.

"Thank you, the king. I will do my best to help the king eliminate the other four countries and allow us, Zhao, to unify the world."

Li Mu can be said to be a very honest person. He doesn't speak in a roundabout way, and he can just say whatever he thinks.

But what everyone present didn't know was that the king mentioned by Li Mu was actually not the king that everyone thought of now.

After hearing Li Mu's statement, King Zhao also smiled happily and said, "It's very good. I and Zhao State need talents like General Li Mu now. I hope you will not disappoint me and the millions of people in Zhao State in the future."

The king and his minister said something irrelevant, basically just a formal nonsense, and then Li Mu stepped down.

Everyone knows that although the position of this general was the most important position in this meeting, it actually lacked suspense from the beginning.

The real vital battle was not actually the general, but the position of Grand Sima that Li Mu mentioned left behind after he was promoted.

Because of the accident just now, King Zhao did not say that he would start the next topic immediately, but sorted out his mood and then spoke.

"Since Li Mu has become the general of our Zhao State, the vacant position has become the Grand Sima. Who do you think is qualified to become the Grand Sima position?"

After King Zhao finished speaking, he actually had some expectations in his heart. He wanted to know what kind of people Zhao Kuo and Zhou Shaofen would launch to compete for this position.

It was still Zhao Kuo the first to speak, "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that General Xu Li has always made outstanding achievements in military affairs, has made many contributions to our State of Zhao and the King, and is even more loyal to the King. He is definitely the best candidate to serve as the Grand Sima."

As Xiangbang, Zhao Kuo is naturally the first person to speak up to propose his own side.

Zhao Kuo actually has a great advantage, that is, his military achievements are amazing, so Zhao Kuo's subordinates followed Zhao Kuo to fight in the east and west, and their military achievements were all crushing the level.

Other factions in Zhao State had no way to compare with Zhao Kuo's people in terms of military merits, which led to Zhao Kuo's people often gaining the upper hand when nominating military positions, just like this court discussion.

After hearing Zhao Kuo's proposal, everyone present did not have much surprise expression.

Zhao Kuo's two allies had known this for a long time. The Zhou brothers and King Zhao obviously had thought that Zhao Kuo would nominate Xu Li, so they also seemed quite calm.

The next nomination for the Zhou brothers is the real highlight.

The Zhou brothers did not disappoint everyone's expectations and actually proposed a candidate who surprised Zhao Kuo.

Zhou Shaofen coughed and slowly spoke, "Master, the old minister nominated the Youbei County Magistrate Qin Feilai as the candidate for the Grand Sima."

Zhao Kuo immediately read the information in his mind, Qin Fei, the commander of Youbeiping County.

This name sounds ordinary, but Qin Fei's father has a great background. It was Qin Kai, a famous general who led the Yan army to defeat the Donghu decades ago and helped Yan completely occupy the Liaodong Peninsula.

When Yan State was destroyed, Qin Kai was already dead, and Qin Fei also surrendered to Zhao State very cleverly.

Later, when Zhao State conquered the remnants of the Yan State in Liaodong, Qin Fei made considerable contributions and was promoted to the county magistrate of Youbeiping County.

Although such a person is indeed not as good as Xu Li in Zhao Kuo's military achievements, he does have the qualifications to compete for the Grand Sima.

It can be seen from this candidate alone that Zhou Shaofen is definitely prepared this time!
Chapter completed!