With the deposed Queen Zhou and the reprimanded by the Zhou brothers, this incident that swept across all the top leaders of Zhao's political arena in a short period of time and caused profound changes to Zhao's fate came to an end.

In this incident, the biggest winner is undoubtedly Zhao Kuo's faction.

The care of Concubine Li kept helping him to seize the position of queen, which severely hit the Zhou brothers' reputation in the Zhao State political arena, allowing Zhao Kuo's faction to completely suppress the Zhou brothers and truly form an overwhelming majority faction in the Zhao State political arena.

It is precisely because of this political struggle that the Zhou brothers and others' strength has shrunk rapidly, and several very important official positions have been lost in a short period of time.

In Xianyang City, after hearing this news, Ying Zichu was disbelief and burst into thunder.

But Ying Zichu was thousands of miles away after all, and he had no focus on the political situation of Zhao State. Therefore, he could not do anything else except scolding people very angry.

Then, spring comes.

Another spring is coming, which is a good thing for the people of the entire land of China.

In this era, winter is quite long and difficult to pass, but as long as you can survive the winter and welcome spring, it means that everyone can live for at least another year.

However, although the people were very happy, the monarchs and ministers of other countries except Zhao were not happy at all.

Because they realized one thing very clearly that when spring comes, Zhao's expansion plan for the new year is likely to be put on the agenda again.

In the past two years, the State of You and the State of Wei have fallen one after another. I don’t know which country will become the next victim of Zhao?

Everyone was very nervous. They sent a large number of spies to Handan, hoping to find out what the situation was like.

They were also very clear that the one who could really decide the next target was not King Zhao, but the current Prime Minister of Zhao State, Zhao Kuo, who was less than one person and more than ten thousand people.

Of course, Zhao Kuo had already had the answer to the next goal.

This answer will be announced in the first court discussion of Zhao State in spring.

For Zhao State, the announcement of the goals in previous years was held at the end of winter and the court discussion was determined. However, this year, Zhao Kuo first went to Daliang City and then came back and was involved in the affairs of Queen Zhou and Concubine Li, so this matter was naturally delayed.

In the palace of Zhao Kingdom, Zhao Kuo had just walked off the carriage and saw three confidant allies who were already waiting for him.

Zhao Kuo nodded to the three of them with a smile, and then took the three of them to the main palace above.

Li Mu said to Zhao Kuo with great enthusiasm: "Honor, we are finally going to start the war this time. You must arrange a position as the chief general for me."

Li Mu has always lacked interest in these political struggles. What he cares most about is war. What he wants to do most is to lead thousands of troops to meet with the position of the chief general to expand his territory and enjoy the pleasure of victory brought by the war.

Zhao Kuo looked at Li Mu who was eager to try it out, and couldn't help but smile and said to Li Mu: "Don't worry, this time the position of the chief general is definitely yours."

For Zhao Kuo, he has been fighting abroad over the years.

Although he has achieved victory after victory, people often tell Zhao Kuo that as the leader of the entire political sect today, it is best not to take risks on the battlefield. He should be in Handan and commanding from all directions is the right way.

Zhao Kuo naturally didn't care too much about this view, because in Zhao Kuo's opinion, he would not lose in war anyway, so since he would not lose, there would naturally be no risk. After all, as the main general, Zhao Kuo has always been protected by thousands of troops, and he is not the type of person who wants to lead the troops to charge in person.

But even so, Zhao Kuo still realized one thing from these persuasion remarks, that is, it is indeed necessary to cultivate a person who can charge and command thousands of troops.

After all, it seems like a matter of time to unify the world now. With the acceleration of unification, Zhao Kuo's process of seizing power will inevitably accelerate. Once Zhao Kuo truly ascends the throne and trains a general, it will seem a bit too late.

Judging from Zhao Kuo's current subordinates and allies, Li Mu is undoubtedly the most suitable candidate.

So Qiao also planned to give Li Mu this opportunity to truly shine his own light, and also made the whole world realize that Zhao Guo is not the only one who can win a battle. Li Mu has always been a truly victorious general.

After receiving Zhao Kuo's guarantee, Li Mu was naturally overjoyed and thanked Zhao Kuo repeatedly.

While speaking, the three of them walked into the hall.

Since this hall is located on a high platform, even though it is already spring, there is still some coldness in the hall. Even if the sun has shined in, it has not changed this point.

As soon as Zhao Kuo walked into the hall, he heard an extremely loud sneeze. He looked at the sound and found that the sneeze was made by Zhou Shaofen.

Zhao Kuo glanced at Zhou Shaofen, who was a little embarrassed, and said to Zhou Shaofen with a smile: "Zhou Qing, the weather is still relatively cold now, you must pay attention to keeping warm."

Although Zhou Shaofen is indeed Zhao Kuo's political enemy, of course, everyone should have the demeanor on the surface. After all, they are all adults and not children. They will shout and fight and kill when they meet. That way, it is no different from the gangsters fighting in the village.

Zhou Shaofen nodded awkwardly and smiled at Zhao Kuo: "Thank you Wu Xinjun for your concern, I know what I think."

It was at this time that King Zhao came in with the eunuch order.

Everyone is quite familiar with the following process. After the monarch and ministers finished the ceremony, they returned to their seats and sat down.

King Zhao quickly spoke, "I came here today to discuss which country I should attack next. If you have any opinions, just speak freely."

Although he was talking freely, after saying this, everyone, including King Zhao, looked at Zhao Kuo immediately.

For them, Zhao Kuo’s opinions are really crucial, after all, this is a war.

As long as he is not a fool, no one will raise any doubts about Zhao Kuo's authority in military affairs.

As everyone was watching, Zhao Kuo stood up without any nonsense and walked to the map of the world hanging next to the palace.

"King, in the eyes of the old minister, the next country we are going to attack should be South Korea."

Zhao Kuo gave this answer, but many people present had no surprises on their faces.

King Zhao nodded and said to Zhao Kuo: "South Korea is indeed the weakest among the four remaining countries, so is this the reason why Wu Xinjun, you chose South Korea?"

Facing King Zhao's consultation, Zhao Kuo nodded with a smile and said, "The King Mingjian is indeed the reason."

South Korea is also the country with the closest relationship with Zhao among the remaining four countries, because South Korea and Zhao were also from Jin back then.

But for Zhao, who is determined to unify the world, this kind of friendship is obviously nothing. After all, no matter how much friendship you have, all countries except Zhao will be destroyed.

From a realistic perspective, Qi State in the east obviously has the intention of wanting to rest assured, while Chu State and Qin State in the south are relatively large in size, so it is difficult to completely eat it in one breath. So if you count this way, the weakest South Korea is undoubtedly a very suitable goal.

In addition, South Korea is now the closest country to Handan.

The elimination of South Korea will also help expand the defense depth of the Zhao capital Handan, so that the army of other countries will not be able to quickly reach Handan City.

Another advantage of eliminating South Korea is that it completely isolated the threat of the Wuhan passage, so that Qin and Chu could only connect through the Wuguan passage in the southeast, or even the Yangtze River waterway further south.

In this way, in the future, Zhao will attack Qin or any country in Chu, and only by cutting off the Wuguan passage can we effectively prevent mutual support between Qin and Chu.

So although South Korea is very small, if it can be eliminated, it will still have a very important military significance to Zhao State.

This is the sorrow of a small country. When a country is very weak but is in such a critical position, then what it ushers in will definitely not be peace or tranquility, but the endless expansion of a big country and war.

Only by having a strong military strength like Zhao can we truly guarantee peace. As for Zhao's current state, as long as Zhao does not want to fight, other countries will definitely not have the courage to attack Zhao.

Listening to Zhao Kuo's analysis, the Zhao king and minister present also nodded repeatedly, agreeing deeply.

Of course, it is not that everyone nodded to Zhao Kuo’s words, and there were no brothers Zhou Shaofen and Zhou Shaoliang.

Seeing Zhao Kuo talking, Zhou Shaofen's gaze flashed slightly, and he did not speak.

Although Zhao Kuo is indeed Zhou Shaofen's political enemy, Zhou Shaofen suffered too much losses in the past political struggle involving the harem. He does not want to continue to challenge Zhao Kuo for the time being.

Since Zhou Shaofen did not speak, there would be no doubts about Zhao Kuo in this hall.

Of course, King Zhao understood this, so he did not continue to ask others' opinions. He just nodded happily and said, "Since Wu Xinjun said that, then make sure to use South Korea as the next target of elimination."

Hearing that King Zhao passed the proposal so happily, Zhao Kuo was still a little uncomfortable at once.

You should know that in the past many years, Zhao Kuo has always had to argue with others well in order to work very hard to let King Zhao pass his proposal.

Sometimes, due to political struggles, Zhao Kuo's proposals are rejected.

This is the benefit of the increase in power. Zhao Kuo is now the dominant player in politics, and Zhou Shaofen can only restrain Zhao Kuo slightly. When Zhou Shaofen dared not speak, all King Zhao could do was accept Zhao Kuo's opinions.

Now the opinions between King Zhao and Zhao Kuo are relatively unified, so on the surface, nothing can be found, but if one day there is a conflict between the two, Zhao Kuo's power will be truly revealed.

Zhao Kuo withdrew his thoughts and said to King Zhao with a smile: "Since the king has agreed to the old minister's opinion, the old minister is brave enough to decide the candidate for this commander.

The old minister recommended General Li Mu as the main general of attacking South Korea this time. I wonder what the king thinks?"

Zhao Kuo also noticed that Zhou Shaofen didn't want to speak, but Zhou Shaofen completely chose to let go of this matter. Then Zhao Kuo didn't need to continue doing those polite things, just make the final decision first.

After hearing Zhao Kuo's words, King Zhao did not speak immediately, but turned to look at Zhou Shaofen.

This is the last chance that King Zhao gave Zhou Shaofen to speak. If Zhou Shaofen could not speak, then King Zhao would have to pass Zhao Kuo's proposal.

Zhou Shaofen sat quietly, his eyes did not contact King Zhao, but looked at the empty table in front of him, as if the table was a character beauty.

After waiting for a while, King Zhao completely understood Zhou Shaofen’s idea, so he nodded and said, “General Li Mu has always made many contributions to our Zhao State. Today, Wu Xinjun, you recommend him, and I agree.”

Among the current generals of Zhao State, except for Zhao Kuo, the oldest one was actually Xu Li, and then Li Mu came to Li.

But whether it is Xu Li or Li Mu, they are both Zhao Kuo's people. Since Zhao Kuo has recommended Li Mu, it means that Xu Li will not compete for this position.

Under such circumstances, King Zhao felt that Li Mu was indeed the best choice at the moment.

After hearing the confirmation of King Zhao, Li Mu was overjoyed and hurriedly stood up and expressed his gratitude to King Zhao.

Finally, King Zhao asked Li Mu another question.

"General Li Mu, how many soldiers do you think we need to destroy South Korea this time?"

Li Mu said almost without hesitation: "As long as the king can give me 100,000 troops, I will definitely be able to destroy South Korea!"
Chapter completed!