If the person who was full of confidence in the past was King Zhao, then now, this person has become Zhao Kuo.

The real victory is already waving to Zhao Kuo. What Zhao Kuo needs to do is to fully realize his long-term planning and reach the peak of power.

At the beginning, Zhao Kuo considered what kind of power seizure should be used.

The first, and the most direct one, killed King Zhao, and then Zhao Kuo claimed to be King Zhao and inherited the throne of King Zhao.

This method actually has a lot of disadvantages. Although Zhao Kuo is indeed a descendant of the Zhao royal family, Zhao Kuo himself belongs to the royal family's side rather than the direct line.

The Zhao royal family has had many reputations among the people for so many years. Once Zhao Kuo does this, it will easily turn many of the originally neutral Zhao people into opposing Zhao Kuo.

The second method is to follow the example of Tian’s practice of replacing Qi and Cao Cao’s replacing Han.

Whether it was the Tian family who served Qi or Cao Cao, they all chose to be the prime minister first, control all the real power in their hands, and completely undermine the king.

After a while, all those loyal to the monarch were gradually cleared, and the people gradually got used to the fact that Tian and Cao Cao were the real masters. At this time, the throne would be much smaller, whether it was the movement or the opposition from the people.

There is no doubt that the second of these two methods must be more stable, and the price paid is only to not be king for the time being, but the real thing to obtain is much more than the first one.

So after discussing with his confidants many times and considering it carefully, Zhao Kuo decided to be Cao Cao who had been him for a while! Since he wanted to be Prime Minister Cao, of course he had to have a great king.

Then, let the current King Zhao be placed under house arrest and put it in the harem as a mascot.

Zhao Kuo looked at King Zhao with no face and waved his hand lightly: "Come here, please invite the king back and have a good rest!"

A team of Chi Youjun immediately walked up and took King Zhao away as if he was carrying a chicken.

As for Queen Li, since she is a female, she was treated preferentially and was allowed to leave.

King Zhao resisted desperately and shouted.

"Zhao Kuo, you damn thief!"

"Li Mu, you liar!"

"You traitors will not have a good ending. I swear to the sky!"

...Looking at the figure of King Zhao being dragged away, Zhao Kuo slowly shook his head.

"It's really... the wailing dog."

Around Zhao Kuo, many of his allies and confidants watched all this, and everyone's faces were flashing with a hot light.

Although only a few people knew Zhao Kuo’s entire plan because of confidentiality, through the conversation between Zhao Kuo and King Zhao just now, everyone actually understood Zhao Kuo’s determination.

Zhao Kuo wanted to be a powerful minister and firmly control the power of the country.

From now on, Zhao Kuo will be the uncrowned king of Zhao! As the people of Zhao Kuo's sect, they will naturally all go to heaven.

Moreover, since Zhao Kuo became the true supreme ruler, they no longer need to worry about the attack from King Zhao, they just need to be loyal to Zhao Kuo.

Whether in terms of wisdom or in terms of ease of getting along with, Zhao Kuo is undoubtedly a ruler who is much better than the current King of Zhao.

Zhao Kuo turned around and smiled at a group of cheerful people.

"Okay, let's go to the main hall. Today's big show is about to officially end."

A quarter of an hour later, the main hall of the Zhao Kingdom Palace.

Hundreds of Zhao ministers walked into the main hall in a nervous mood, and were talking while walking.

"You said that if Wu Xinjun's death will the future political arena of Da Zhao be upside down?"

"Who should we seek to protect us?"

“Look for shelter?

Humph, don’t you understand it yet? The most powerful person now is the king. We should not think about factions in the future, just be loyal to the king.”

These ministers were temporarily placed under house arrest by King Zhao after the incident. The people in charge of guarding them were all eunuchs. They did not encounter attacks from Zhao Kuo's troops in the incident that just happened, so they knew nothing about what happened in Handan City and even in the palace city.

After everyone entered the hall, they suddenly discovered that another wave of ministers had entered the hall.

After seeing these ministers, the previous ministers immediately exclaimed a burst of exclamations.

"Secretary Xu Li?

Pang Yan, Pang Qing?

Wait, why are all Wu Xinjun’s people back?”

"The king actually released all the people of Wu Xinjun?"

"This, this is too amazing, right?"

Just as these ministers were dumbfounded, they suddenly saw Zhao Kuo.

After a few seconds of silence, the atmosphere of the entire hall exploded instantly.

"Wu Xinjun?

!”

"Impossible?

Isn’t Wu Xinjun dead?”

"There is anyone who can come back from the dead?"

These ministers of Zhao State were really shocked and dropped their chins.

This night was so twists and turns for them. Originally, Wu Xinjun was dead, but now he is resurrected?

And the careful person also came to his senses at this time: "Where is the king?

Wu Xinjun has already appeared, why has the king disappeared?"

A greater doubt suddenly arose in the hearts of these ministers. They vaguely felt that something extraordinary had just happened, and it was very likely that the ending was completely destined! Zhao Kuo raised his hand slightly and signaled everyone to be quiet.

Considering that King Zhao was not present, Zhao Kuo was the person with the highest position at the scene at this moment. Therefore, after Zhao Kuo made this move, everyone immediately calmed down and waited for Zhao Kuo to say what he said next.

Under the expectations and attention of everyone, Zhao Kuo spoke slowly.

"Just just now, I met the king and discussed some things openly.

The king expressed 10 points of regret and hatred for the many mistakes he had caused in the past, so he decided not to continue to interfere in state affairs, but instead entrust me to deal with it temporarily because of the situation caused by the deaths of King Qi and Chang'an Jun.

Although I was a little frightened, this was the request of the king after all. As a minister, I should share the worries of the king, so from today onwards I will temporarily handle state affairs for the king.”

As soon as Zhao Kuo finished speaking, it seemed as if he had dropped a bombshell in the entire hall, which immediately left everyone silent.

No one is a fool. They all know very well what Zhao Kuo said meant?

This means that from today on, the supreme power of Zhao State has been transferred from the hands of King Zhao to Zhao Kuo.

Although this was not a usurpation of the throne on the surface, in terms of the result, it was actually no different from usurpation of the throne.

So the next moment, a sound suddenly sounded.

"Wu Xinjun, you always say that the king wants to hand over the political affairs to you. So I want to ask, why doesn't the king come out to explain such an important matter in person?"

Zhao Kuo's eyes fell on the person who was talking and found that it was a minister from the royal family of Zhao.

Judging from the information controlled by Zhao Kuo, this person is undoubtedly the one who is most loyal to King Zhao in the political arena of Zhao.

Zhao Kuo glanced at the minister and his smile began to become a little playful.

"So you hope the king can come forward in person to explain the whole story of this matter to you, right?"

Although the minister was a little timid, he had already spoken his words, so he nodded.

Zhao Kuo also nodded and said a name.

"Su Li!"

The next moment, in full view of everyone, Su Li walked up and pierced the minister's chest with a sword.

All the ministers present at Zhao State were exposed to such a situation and burst into a burst of exclamations.

Looking at the corpse of the royal minister who fell to the ground, Zhao Kuo said calmly: "Everyone is not a fool. Of course, I, Zhao Kuo, have known this matter for a long time, so there are some things that you don't need to be asked too much, because if you really spread it out, everyone will be very unhappy."

Zhao Kuo knew very well that such a seizure of power would certainly be impossible to say that Zhao Kuo's body was shaken, and then everyone was in a state of fear and fear, and then respectfully followed Zhao Kuo's order.

Any political struggle will inevitably be accompanied by bloody storms, and this is even more so for political struggles to seize the highest power like this.

Looking at the silent minister of Zhao State, Zhao Kuo continued to speak calmly.

"I heard that earlier tonight, the king read out a list in front of everyone and arrested everyone on the list in prison.

It’s a coincidence that I have a list here, but the name on my list is completely different from the one of the ones that the King has.”

After saying this, Zhao Kuo glanced at Su Li again.

Of course, Su Li had already understood it, so he immediately took out a list from his arms and took Chi Youjun to start arresting people based on this list.

Zhao Kuo's list is essentially no different from the list that King Zhao just now. They are all about arresting those who are incompatible with oneself.

It’s just that King Zhao captured Zhao Kuo’s sect, and Zhao Kuo captured of course people from King Zhao and the Zhou brothers.

In addition, Zhao Kuo's list has another obvious advantage, that is, it is relatively short.

King Zhao waved his hand and more than a hundred people were taken away directly.

As for whether they have any miracles like Pang Qian and others just now, Zhao Kuo believes that this is of course impossible.
To be continued...