Chapter 127 Expansion 1

The Xingong court meeting was closed, and after being sent away from the missions of various countries, the master father and Zhao Wanghe also drove back to the court. Anyang Jun, Zhao Zhang and other ministers also followed.

With the end of the war, a large number of recruited soldiers also took off their armor, put down their weapons, picked up the hoe again and walked to their respective farmland. The elites of the Zhao army gathered on the border of Qi and Zhao were also ordered to be transferred. For a long time, the State of Qi and the State of Zhao will not be the main targets for hegemony. The focus of the expansion of the State of Qi is the State of Yan in the north and the State of Song in the south, and the State of Zhao has always regarded the State of Qin as its main opponent and has no intention of being deeply involved in the war in the Central Plains.

Therefore, out of the interests of the State of Zhao, we only need to ensure the existence of the containment of the State of Yan over the State of Qi on the back. For the State of Qi, it is enough to get the guarantee that the State of Zhao will not interfere in its expansion.

The biggest winner of the Xingong Dynasty is not the rapidly rising State of Zhao. He not only established the image of his hegemon for the first time by taking advantage of the power of annexing Zhongshan, but also took this opportunity to force Qiang Qi to give in to him, and once again reaffirmed his close relationship with the three traditional South Korean allies, the State of Yan and Wei.

Zhao Yong can be said to take this opportunity to reach the peak of the stage of the Warring States Period and become the most eye-catching figure in this era.

Of course, the most important thing for him at the time is no longer to expand externally, but to integrate domestic resources and once again firmly grasp the gradually lost royal power.

After the annexation of Zhongshan, the rich and strong Zhao Yong had new ideas. He is no longer willing to hand over the royal power in his hand to others, even if he is his favorite son. After all, he loves the powerful Zhao Kingdom that he created so much.

Now the territory of the State of Zhao spans thousands of miles, riding 50,000 horses and more than 300,000 elite soldiers. As long as he orders, a large number of the people of the State of Zhao will wear armor to fight for the fate of the State of Zhao. The best soldiers in the world are not from Qin and Zhao, and the Zhao people are particularly superior to the Qin people in the quality of individual soldiers.

And most importantly, the external international environment is extremely beneficial to Zhao at this time. After more than 20 years of painstaking management during Zhao Yong's reign, the State of Zhao has not had a major war with the six countries for decades. Now that the alliance of the Three Jins has been formed again, the State of Zhao has no worries about the south, and the former great power, Chu, sticks to its land and no longer cares about the war in the Central Plains. With the ally of the State of Yan to contain the State of Qi in the north, the State of Qi will certainly not dare to take advantage of the emptiness of the State of Zhao to attack.

So throughout the world, the only opponent of the State of Zhao is the State of Qin. If Zhao rushed to attack the State of Qin, Wei Hanchu and Qin Shiqiu would not be saved. On the contrary, they may join forces with Zhao to attack Qin to divide the land. Even if the State of Qi is willing to sit and watch, it must look forward and look back, and hesitant because of the containment of the State of Yan.

The horse galloped on the vast plain, and the master just beat the whip hard, urging his ** mount to keep accelerating, accelerating, and then accelerating. At this moment, he was once eager to return to Handan, return to the palace he had always wanted to escape, and once again ascended the throne that he had abandoned and never looked at it again.

And the whole State of Zhao will also undergo an unprecedented reshuffle due to his ideas.

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With the return of his father, Zhao Xin's vacation soon ended. Fortunately, the master did not plan to leave Handan in a short time, so Zhao Xin, a relative, was able to stay at home.

Although Yulin is the main father's army, it is different from the imperial guard of the king's city, because in terms of identity, Yulin is only the guard of the father of the "King Taishang", not the relative army of King Zhao, the nominal supreme ruler of the State of Zhao, so he is not qualified to enter the palace.

Zhao Yong ascended the throne with an unruly temperament, just like a titude. He has not been a peaceful king since he was a child. Therefore, he is naturally very tired of the royal palace, which follows the rules of everything. During his 27 years of reign, he will not really spend more than five years in Handan City. Even if the class teacher returned to the court, he stayed in the camp in the city and rarely stayed in the palace. This is especially true after the Zen throne. Although the palace left a huge West Palace for him as the master's bedroom, Zhao Yong has not moved in. The main hall of the West Palace has been idle for the past few years, but Zhao Yong's concubines have moved in the side hall.

This time, Zhao Yong returned to Handan, but it was unexpected and abnormal. First, he made people repair the West Palace, repair it and then move in. Since then, an intriguing posture has appeared in the King of Zhao's Palace. The master's father lives in the West Palace, which corresponds to the King of Zhao's East Palace. The second palace has its own guards, and the East Palace is still the imperial guard of Xinqi's headquarters. More than 1,500 people are divided into three battalions, stationed in seven other gates except the West Palace. There are few people in Yulin, including only 300 people who are younger in Handan. The battalion is commanded by Zhao Xin, who is only responsible for the defense of the West Palace and the West Gate.

According to the military system of the State of Zhao, the lieutenant has two battalions, and there are more than 2,000 soldiers in addition to his own soldiers. However, Zhao Xin, the captain, was really aggrieved, and his men were full of no more than 316 people. Although the West Palace is not big, it is also quite tight to be stationed. Zhao Xin, the captain, had to get up early and touch the dark. He took a group of generals and lieutenants to fulfill his duties. In less than a few days, he complained.

After thinking about it, the master's father decided to expand the Yulin Army. Instead of simply selecting excellent people from the young children of the clan and noble relatives, he is facing the official group of the whole State of Zhao. All officials with more than 500 stones and innocent children of family background can sign up for it.

The Yulin Army is different from the Praetorian Guard, and the scope of selection is also very different. Most of the guards are selected from the elite soldiers in the border army who are good at fighting. In addition to the palace guards, the other three battalions are elite soldiers. Although they have been idle in Beijing for many years, they are still an elite division that cannot be underestimated. The imperial guard can only be mobilized by the guard captain holding the tiger charm of the king of Zhao. No one else, including the master, has the right to mobilize, so it is the real king of Zhao's army.

Yulin's military equipment was selected from the children of the official eunuchs. These people are all from the upper class of the State of Zhao and are closely related to the interests of the Zhao royal family. In addition, he has no political ambition at a young age and is easily affected by the strong worship of the master in the army, and his loyalty to the master is self-evident.

Zhao Xin is the lieutenant of Yulin, and this selection should have been handled by him. However, considering that Zhao Xin was too young and inexperienced, the master asked the temporarily idle Louxu to take charge of this matter, and Zhao Xin helped the deputy.

If someone else interferes, Zhao Xin must be full of complaints, but Zhao Xin does not dare to be dissatisfied at all.

Who is Lou Huan? He is a person who has been the prime minister of the State of Qin. Zhao Xin is still aware of this. How dare he compare with him in his heart? He was also one of the most favored ministers when his master's father was in office. He was the Si Kou of the State of Zhao for more than ten years. It was not until he went to Qin that he was taken over by Li Wei. Although Lou Huan was born in the Hu Department of Lou Fan, he was born from the prisoner's department when the former king Zhao Suhou and Lou Fan fought. Since childhood, his appearance, coupled with his cleverness and alertness, was valued by Zhao Yong when he was a teenager, and Feiyi were also Zhao Yong's left arm and right arm.

This time, Lou slowly resigned from the position of Xiangbang of the State of Qin and returned to the State of Zhao. However, there was no important official vacancies in the court, so Lou Huan was temporarily appointed as the right division by his father.

The position of the right division, as the name implies, corresponds to the prince of the left division. It is the political adviser of the king. In other words, it is a nominal and false position. Although he is listed as the top minister, the position itself does not have any real power, just like the prince. Although he is on an equal footing with Feiyi, his words and deeds are not accurate, so it is like a false job.

However, Lou Huan is obviously different from his son Zhao Cheng. He himself is deeply trusted by the master, and the master will basically adopt it, so it is almost equivalent to the prime minister of the master. He is with Feiyi, the real prime minister of the State of Zhao, and is the representative of the master's power. The master asked him to personally be responsible for the selection of the Yulin Army, which shows the importance he attached to the Yulin Army.

There is no problem with Qin Xiang coming to do such a small thing. There is no dissatisfaction with Zhao Xin, the little captain, and the selection must be extremely tedious, and Zhao Xin is also happy and relaxed.