Chapter 987 Zhao Kuo's return journey, Li Mu's plan(1/2)
The King of Chu was not a person who liked nonsense, so on the second day he summoned many ministers from Chu and announced the decision in public.
The ministers of Chu State performed differently about the decision of the King of Chu.
Chunshenjun and Li Yuan naturally expressed their support, while the three major families led by Jingyang were in a very complicated mood.
For Jingyang, he actually wanted to oppose the conclusion of this alliance, but the problem is that Jingyang's methods against Zhao Kuo were frustrated by Zhao Kuo in the past few times.
So Jingyang is actually a little powerless in this matter, and his position is not firm enough.
Because as long as he speaks out words of objection, he will be immediately refuted by the people from Chunshenjun.
Moreover, the reasons for the people on Chunshenjun's side to refute are quite sufficient. Everyone is not not giving you Jing Yang the opportunity to show your performance, but your performance is indeed not qualified enough.
Since your performance is not up to standard, isn’t it normal for us not to adopt your opinions?
So even though his face was extremely ugly, Jing Yang did not raise any doubts about the covenant in the end.
From this point of view, Jingyang is also a person who is willing to accept the loss.
Zhao Kuo was relieved when he saw that Jing Yang did not speak.
For Zhao Kuo, even if Jing Yang opposes, Zhao Kuo can naturally counterattack and resolve Jing Yang's opposition.
But in that case, it will naturally waste a lot of time, causing more twists and turns out to happen out of thin air, which is obviously something that Zhao Kuo doesn't want to see.
So soon, under the witness of many ministers of the Chu State, Zhao Kuo, as the representative of Zhao State, was an alliance with King Chu Blood, and each stamped his own seal on the alliance.
The whole thing is completely over here.
Zhao Kuo also smiled and said to the King of Chu in front of him: "The friendship between Zhao and Chu has always been a long history. Although it has been sowed by a small number of people with ulterior motives over the years, overall, we still hope that Zhao and Chu will live in peace, so that it can lay a better situation for the future development of the two countries.
From now on, foreign ministers also hope to work with the king to continue to make efforts for the friendship between Zhao and Chu."
After so many years, Zhao Kuo has become quite skilled in his official words, which makes all the Chu kings and ministers present sound relatively comfortable and very graceful.
So the King of Chu also smiled and raised the wine glass in his hand.
"Wu Xinjun, you said it very well, so I hope that you, Zhao State, can really fulfill this agreement."
Zhao Kuo also raised his wine glass and smiled brightly.
"One word is certain!"
Further apart, Jingyang also raised his wine glasses with other ministers of the Chu State, but Jingyang had no smile on his face.
Originally, he wanted to slap Zhao Kuo in the face, but the final result was that Zhao Kuo completed the counterattack and successfully signed an alliance with the State of Chu.
After this incident was spread, it would inevitably be another major blow to Jingyang's reputation.
Just look at the uncontrollable smile on Chunshenjun's face on the other side. After Jingyang was hit, Chunshenjun, who had been suppressed by Jingyang for a long time, would surely rise again.
Therefore, Zhao Kuo's actions on the State of Chu this time not only changed the situation on the mainland, but also changed the situation in the political arena of Chu.
Chunshenjun, who had been suppressed by Jing Yang, was breathless again and regained the initiative.
This brought the Chu political arena back to balance again, and this balance is undoubtedly very, very bad for Jing Yang.
But no matter how bitter Jing Yang felt in his heart, he could still only admit that he really lost in this game.
Jing Yang lost to Zhao Kuo, and he lost completely.
After signing the alliance, Zhao Kuo returned to where he stayed.
Since things have been successful, then what you have to do next is naturally the reward after success.
The first person who received the award was not someone else, but one of Zhao Kuo's confidants, Li Si.
"Li Si, you did a good job this time.
You have made great contributions to this success.
After returning to Handan, I will report your contributions and let the king reward you well."
After hearing Zhao Kuo's words, Li Si's face turned red and he was obviously very excited.
For Li Si, he actually didn't care much about the reward from King Zhao. What he really cared about was that after completing this matter, Zhao Kuo's heart must have a much higher score on Li Shi.
This is the most important thing for Li Si. What he needs most is Zhao Kuo's affirmation.
Without Zhao Kuo's affirmation, when Zhao Kuo really ascends the throne in the future and becomes the king of Zhao, what will Li Si use to compete with several other confidants for the position of Zhao's prime minister?
So Li Si immediately spoke: "Thank you for your affirmation. I will continue to work hard in the future and continue to make more contributions to the Lord."
In Li Si's reply, he simply did not thank King Zhao. As for why, he could only say that he understood everything.
Zhao Kuo looked at Li Si and was quite satisfied.
Although people like Li Si may be more fictionalists, they are indeed very capable of doing things, which is enough.
Zhao Kuo is not Qin Shihuang. Before Qin Shihuang died, he would not have thought that Li Si would betray him and would deny Qin Shihuang's will.
However, as a time traveler, Zhao Kuo had long foreseeed Li Si's psychological activities, so Zhao Kuo had a lot of time to arrange it calmly, which made Li Si's ambition not realize at all.
Anyway, Zhao Kuo is only in his 30s now, so there is no need to worry at all.
Zhao Kuo said to Li Si: "The matter here has been completed, and I will go back to Handan soon. Should you follow me back to Handan or continue to stay here?"
For Zhao Kuo, the mission to Chu State was just a short trip. What he really had to do now is to take charge in Handan and preside over all the military and national affairs of Zhao State.
But for Li Si, Li Si is not an important official of Zhao State after all, so he can make a choice.
Li Si gave the answer almost without thinking: "Master, I still want to stay in Chu State."
Of course, Li Si has also considered this issue. From Li Si's perspective, if he returns to Handan, he will continue to act as Zhao Kuo's secretary-general and be responsible for implementing some specific things for Zhao Kuo.
Of course, this position is envied by many people, and it is definitely a very good position, but this position is a position that cannot make any contribution, so it cannot be accepted by Li Si.
What Li Si thought was very simple. He wanted to make contributions. He wanted to suppress several other colleagues on the credit and then compete for the future position of Zhao Guoxiangbang.
Under such circumstances, staying in Chu State to find opportunities is undoubtedly a better choice.
In just a few days, Li Si had already made such a wave of contributions. If the State of Zhao and Chu went to war in the future, then Li Si would have more opportunities to make contributions.
At this time, even if you use the position of an important official in Zhao State to attract Li Si, Li Si actually needs to think about it carefully.
After hearing Li Si's words, Zhao Kuo nodded slightly and said, "Since you have made a decision, I won't force you anymore."
I hope you can make more contributions to our State of Zhao in the future, so that your future and future will shine even more.
It will let everyone know that under my command, Li Si, is such a powerful minister!"
Zhao Kuo's wave of spiritual chicken soup can be said to have made Li Si confused, and he didn't know the east, west, south and north, and directly expressed his loyalty to Zhao Kuo.
On the second day, Zhao Kuo also left the capital of Chu and began his journey back.
When he returned, Zhao Kuo certainly did not forget to send an envoy to Handan to report the news in advance. At the same time, there were another envoy to the battlefield in Xinzheng and told Li Mu about everything here.
In addition, the envoy from the Third Route went to Daliang City to tell Xu Li who was leading a 200,000 army there.
Since Chu had reached an alliance with Zhao, Xu Li's main point now is to pay attention to Qin and not be attacked by Qin people.
Overall, when Zhao Kuo left the capital of Chu, he had already reached a conclusion in his mind.
Since the Chu State gave up participating in the war, the demise of South Korea is inevitable.
It is also a bit embarrassing to think about it. In the original history, South Korea was actually the first country to be destroyed by Qin, but now it has become the third country to be destroyed by Zhao.
This is mainly due to geographical reasons. Qin State goes from the west to the east, so the South Korea, which is closest to Qin State and the weakest, became the first victim in the hands of Qin State.
However, Zhao State's words were fought from the north to the south, so Zhao State had to solve the worries of the north first, Yan State, and then Wei State, which was closest to Handan, the capital of Zhao State. Next was South Korea, the weakest among the remaining countries.
In a sense, South Korea is actually quite lucky, at least it is no longer the first country to be destroyed.
Zhao Kuo reached out and gently tapped the carriage window, and his thoughts were very simple.
At this point, Zhao Kuo has actually done everything he can do in this war. Next, Zhao Kuo only needs to quietly wait for the news of victory coming from Li Mu.
As for whether Li Mu would win, Zhao Kuo had no doubts about this.
Isn't it just a South Korea?
With Li Mu's ability, it is absolutely impossible to conquer.
Li Mu actually thought so, so after receiving the news from Zhao Kuo, Li Mu became more or less anxious.
"I've really seen a ghost. The Lord has already dealt with the State of Chu. Our 100,000 troops here have no worries at all, but they can't even defeat the last city?
If it spreads, where should I, Li Mu, put my face?"
Li Mu was very angry, and the consequences were serious.
So Li Mu began to seriously think about a question again, that is, whether to use explosives to directly explode the walls of Xinzheng City.
But the same answer was still quickly reached for this question, and the answer was just no.
Li Mu thought for a moment, and a cold light flashed through his eyes.
"Since that's the case, then you Koreans can only be considered unlucky."
Li Mu quickly walked to the map in the tent and looked at the map carefully.
The capital of South Korea, Xinzheng City, is located next to a river, which is also the norm in this era.
The establishment of cities depends on rivers. This is because the city has a large population. If there is no river, it will not be able to obtain enough water, so the city will naturally not be able to develop.
To be continued...