Chapter 1038: King Zhao Wants Zhao Kuo to Die(1/2)
King Zhao stared at Zhao Kuo, his eyes extremely cold.
In fact, at the beginning, King Zhao did not want to appear here.
For King Zhao, he only needed to let Zhao Kuo return without success and wait for Li Mu's return.
But the problem is that when King Zhao heard that Zhou Shaofen's brothers also came to the palace and accused Zhao Kuo, he was moved.
In the view of King Zhao, Zhou Shaofen's brothers were Zhao Kuo's long-term political enemies. If these brothers were making trouble, Zhao Kuo would of course not be so calm and would even be a little embarrassed.
King Zhao really hoped to witness Zhao Kuo's embarrassing appearance with his own eyes.
Moreover, by that time, King Zhao could stand up and finish Zhao Kuo, so that Zhao Kuo could know what the real king is.
In addition, the strong persuasion of the eunuchs was also shaken by King Zhao.
In the end, King Zhao also chose to go to the palace gate, wanting to observe secretly, first see what was going on, and then make a decision.
But what King Zhao never expected was that he had just arrived near the gate of the palace and heard Zhao Kuo say such shocking words in public.
In Zhao Kuo's mind, the position of King Zhao is not ranked first.
If another monarch was here, perhaps this monarch would highly appreciate Zhao Kuo's statement that national interests were put first, but for this young King Zhao, it was definitely not the case.
In the eyes of King Zhao, he is the highest ruler of Zhao State. Everyone, including Zhao Kuo, should be loyal to him unconditionally, and should unconditionally take the words of King Zhao as the highest will, and should worship King Zhao as a god.
So King Zhao suddenly became angry.
In this anger, King Zhao didn't care about any secret observation and stood up and scolded Zhao Kuo severely.
The sudden appearance of King Zhao was obviously completely beyond Zhou Shaofen's expectations. After a brief shock, Zhou Shaofen was overjoyed.
In Zhou Shaofen's opinion, although Zhou Shaofen did lose to Zhao Kuo in the debate just now, Zhao Kuo's words would definitely offend the king very much.
Since Zhao Kuo offended the King so much, then when the King comes to fight Zhao Kuo head-on, the result will definitely be different from Zhou Shaofen.
No matter how strong Zhao Kuo is, can he still be stronger than the king?
Zhou Shaofen had a smile on his face. He looked at Zhao Kuo gloatingly. It must be very interesting to see Zhao Kuo's busy situation.
Zhao Kuo looked at the sudden appearance of King Zhao in front of him, and there was no panic on his face.
For Zhao Kuo, he was originally waiting for King Zhao here, and even if those words were not said to Zhou Shaofen, Zhao Kuo actually wanted to say them to King Zhao.
If I didn't say it, why would Zhao Kuo come here with so many people today?
Therefore, King Zhao's questioning was actually exactly what Zhao Kuo thought.
Zhao Kuo said to King Zhao very calmly: "Didn't you hear it clearly just now?
Since that's the case, then the old minister will say it again to the king.
In the eyes of the old minister, no matter at any time, all of us should put the interests of Zhao first, even the king should do so.
Only when Zhao State is strong can we benefit, but if Zhao State is damaged simply by blindly respecting the command of the king, then we will all suffer losses.
The matter of Chang'an Jun is something that will definitely cause losses to our Zhao State, so the old minister firmly opposes the act of killing Chang'an Jun.
The king should release Chang'an Jun immediately and reconcile with Chang'an Jun. In this way, the people in the world can see the king's mind and admire the king even more.
It doesn’t matter if there is a mistake. As long as we can correct it in time, people in the world will definitely praise the king.”
After hearing what Zhao Kuo said, King Zhao's face was extremely exciting.
King Zhao really didn't expect that Zhao Kuo not only did not give any explanation, but instead expressed all the statements further, directly saying that King Zhao was wrong in this matter and asked King Zhao to correct his mistakes.
King Zhao said coldly: "Chang'an Jun is a man who dares to disobey me, which is originally a death sentence.
I did not say that I had killed him privately, but sent him to Siko's side. After being interrogated, everything was in accordance with the law.
Since I killed him legally, I would not have made any mistakes in this matter!”
Of course, King Zhao could not give in to Zhao Kuo at this time. In fact, if Zhao Kuo had not been too harsh in his accusations, King Zhao might have started to curse on the spot.
Debate is sometimes like two people fighting. If one side has a sharp language, the other side will unconsciously fall into a passive state and can only temporarily defend. This is the case with King Zhao now.
But even King Zhao did not realize this situation, because he was completely led by Zhao Kuo at this time and fell into Zhao Kuo's dilemma of language thinking.
Zhao Kuo looked at King Zhao and said with a smile: "The king's words are meaningless. You should know that for us, we should normally say that if important officials from a country like Chang'an Jun want to interrogate, we have to collect a lot of evidence.
But now, in less than a day, Chang'an Jun was directly sentenced to death. Is this day really enough to collect so much evidence?
And even if there is really evidence, it would be too anxious to make a decision in just one day, right?
If the king wants to deal with any important minister in the next step, then the old minister would like to ask, will anyone dare to come to Zhao State to serve the king in the future?
That's why the old minister came here with so many colleagues, just to tell the king that such a way of doing things is absolutely wrong and must be corrected immediately."
King Zhao heard Zhao Kuo's words and his anger became more and more intense.
Zhao Kuo immediately began to refute as soon as King Zhao spoke, and every time he kept saying that King Zhao made a mistake and asked King Zhao to correct it, it was like an adult scolding a child who had made a mistake.
Indeed, King Zhao's age is actually different from Zhao Kuo's generation, but there is a relationship between the monarch and the ministers between the two parties. This kind of seniority does not work at all. Why should Zhao Kuo use this attitude to speak to King Zhao?
"Enough!"
King Zhao finally couldn't bear it anymore and yelled directly.
At this moment, the anger in King Zhao's heart had reached its peak.
For King Zhao, he no longer wanted to worry about Li Mu or future plans. What he thought about now was to let Zhao Kuo know who was the one who really kept his word in this country.
King Zhao's face was ferocious and said to Zhao Kuo: "You must understand that I am the true supreme ruler of Zhao State, and my words are the true supreme orders."
If I want Chang'an Jun to die, then he must die.
Because this is the right that the king of Zhao should have, do you understand?
If you don’t agree, then you can sit in my position and find a way to pardon Chang’an Jun!”
After saying this, King Zhao suddenly felt much more comfortable.
King Zhao glared at Zhao Kuo viciously, then turned around and left.
In the eyes of King Zhao, since everything he wanted to say had been said, there was naturally no need to continue talking to Zhao Kuo.
Anyway, what Zhao Kuo wants to say next is definitely not some good things, so King Zhao is certainly even more reluctant to listen. He just threw the harsh words and left. This is really comfortable.
Looking at the departure of King Zhao, the expression on Zhao Kuo's face changed slightly. In the eyes of others, this change of expression showed Zhao Kuo's inner excitement.
Zhou Shaofen looked at Zhao Kuo with such gloating grudge, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was very obvious.
In Zhou Shaofen's opinion, King Zhao had no concealed his disgust towards Zhao Kuo.
What does this mean?
This shows that King Zhao is really eager to get rid of Zhao Kuo.
In order to refute Zhao Kuo, King Zhao even said a heart-killing statement, that is, if Zhao Kuo is dissatisfied, he would sit on the throne.
Does Zhao Kuo have this list to sit on the throne?
In Zhou Shaofen's opinion, Zhao Kuo definitely does not have the courage.
When the dispute between the two sides spread today at the gate of the palace, the whole world would know that the conflict between King Zhao and Zhao Kuo could no longer be concealed.
That is the time when Zhou Shaofen really makes his efforts.
As long as he can help King Zhao and Li Mu get rid of Zhao Kuo, Zhou Shaofen thinks that he will become Zhao Guoxin's idea.
So for Zhou Shaofen, since today, the true peak of life is near.
Zhou Shaofen was in a very happy mood at this moment, and couldn't help laughing three times and said to Zhao Kuo in front of him.
"Thank you, Wu Xinjun. It is because of your stupidity that I can get the opportunity to replace you!"
Of course, Zhao Kuo didn't know what Zhou Shaofen was thinking. He just looked at King Zhao's leaving back with a calm expression. After a while of silence, he turned around and spoke to the group of political allies and subordinates behind him.
"Let's end today's matter, everyone will go back and have a good rest."
For Zhao Kuo, the whole plan for the whole thing was actually quite smooth.
First, Zhao Kuo successfully met King Zhao, secondly, Zhao Kuo successfully angered King Zhao, and finally, Zhao Kuo successfully let everyone know that the conflict between King Zhao and Zhao Kuo was irreversible.
Since this is the case, King Zhao will definitely attack Zhao Kuo, and Zhao Kuo's counterattack is natural.
Since Zhao Kuo also spoke, the guys behind Zhao Kuo naturally just took the carriage and went back to their houses.
Zhao Kuo's carriage is very large, so there are many people who can sit in this carriage.
Looking at Xu Li and Pang Nuan in front of him, Zhao Kuo smiled and said, "We have worked hard today, so we just need to wait quietly."
Pang Nuan hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but speak and asked Zhao Kuo: "If the king took action first, wouldn't there really be any accidents?"
Let’s just do it first.”
Although Pang Nuan is one of Zhao Kuo's closest allies, he is actually unaware of the most core confidential part of the entire plan.
So he was more worried and wanted to take the initiative. After all, there were a total of 10,000 Chiyou's army outside Handan City. So as long as he could take the initiative, the chances of winning would be very high.
Facing Pang Nuan's question, Zhao Kuo smiled.
"Don't worry, we are definitely sure of victory, and this kind of confidence will be even greater if the king takes action."
For Zhao Kuo, the two confidants around King Zhao are now Zhao Kuo's people.
To be continued...