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Once upon a time, Meng Zhong’s understanding of “Li Kui Reform” and “Hu Clothing and Casting” was limited to the changes they literally mentioned, and he did not understand some of the impact behind it.

For example, the old aristocratic forces in Zhao State who became the leader of Anping Jun Zhao State, had an important position in Zhao State before Hu Shiqiu, and even the father of Zhao, who had succeeded to the throne for a full nineteen years, should treat them politely.

However, after Hu Fu and Camera, although the military power in the hands of Anping Jun Zhao Cheng, Fengyang Jun Li Dui and others was not reduced, their influence on the Zhao State's government was greatly reduced.

First of all, the resources of war horses were controlled by the royal family "legitimately". Secondly, the source of soldiers was the Zhao State in order to establish cavalry enough to fight against Lin Hu, Xiongnu and other foreign races, and screened the best soldiers in the country to fill the cavalry army. While ensuring the strong strength of the Zhao State cavalry, it also weakened the family of nobles and officials.

Then there are weapons and equipment.

In short, the Zhao royal family used the name of strengthening cavalry to shift the focus of the country's resources to the cavalry army.

And this is just an influence on the military.

As for the court, Zhao's father valued Qiu He, who was born from the Huns, Lou Yan, who was born from Lou Fan (Lou Fan), and Fei Yi, who was born from Bai Di, used the "Rong Di ministers" to curb the children of local nobles in Zhao State, which forced the old nobles such as Anyang Lord Zhao Cheng and Fengyang Lord Li Dui to give in little by little, and accused of returning the power to the royal family.

Because they had no choice, because at this time they simply said that the power of the Qing family in Zhao State could no longer fight against the royal family.

Although Zhao Cheng, Li Dui, Zhao Bao and others all retained an army, they could not resist more troops from the Zhao royal family. What's more important is that as the latest cavalry on the battlefield, they were also firmly held by the royal family.

Rebellion in this case?

Using an army of chariots and infantry to fight against the elite cavalry on the royal family?

In the early years, Zhao State was repeatedly defeated to foreign races such as Lin Hu, Xiongnu, etc. because chariots could not defeat cavalry. This is a well-known fact in Zhao State.

Rebellion? Don't dare!

Being wiped out? Not willing to give up.

Therefore, the power of ministers and officials in Zhao State had to obey the royal family for the time being. Even when Zhao's father appointed King He as the crown prince, he rushed to King He to "take a place" first, and tried his best to establish a good relationship with this future new king, so as not to be purged by the royal family after King He took office.

At first, the relationship between them was quite harmonious. The old aristocratic forces led by Anping Jun Zhao Cheng and Fengyang Jun Li Dui surrounded by King He of Zhao and transformed into ministers of the new king. Next, they only needed to fight with Fei Yi, who served as prime minister, to get more rights and interests as much as possible.

But no matter what, this is still within the "rules of the game", but suddenly, all kinds of signs indicate that the father of Zhao seems to be deposed by Zhao Wang He and established Anyang Jun Zhao Zhang, which is equivalent to overturning the table, completely overturning the table named "Zhao Wang He", along with Zhao Cheng, Li Dui and many other ministers of Zhao State who were already on the table.

How can I bear this?!

Therefore, it is no wonder that when Zhao Zhufu proposed the proposal of "one country, two kings", almost all the ministers in the palace firmly opposed it.

Just as Fei Yi, Zhao Bao and others commented that although Zhao Zhufu was a hero, he made mistakes one after another in the matter of establishing an inheritance, and made big mistakes, which was enough to endanger Zhao's big mistakes.

"Let me do it..."

Pour a bowl of hot wine for Fei Yi, Meng Zhong thought and said, "In other words, Zhao State is full of three corpses... No, four forces, one is Zhao Master's Father, the second is Anyang Lord Zhao Zhang, and the third is the Lord... Let's call it the "New Lord School" for now, and the fourth is Anping Lord Zhao Cheng, Fengyang Lord Li Dui, and even the "old nobles" including Yang Wenjun (Zhao Bao)..."

“It’s very appropriate.”

Fei Yi smiled while stroking his beard.

"So which of these four sides is the strongest force?" Meng Zhong asked curiously.

Fei Yi smiled and asked back, "I have been by Master Zhao's father for a long time, don't you understand this?"

Meng Zhong shook his head and said, "It's shameful to say that although I have been with Master Zhao for a long time, I really don't know about this."

"so……"

Fei Yi stroked his beard and thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "If it is the little brother, it is okay for me to say it bluntly... Since the little brother divided Zhao into the 'Master', 'New King', 'Prince Zhang' and that... Haha, 'Old Noble', 'Well, 'Old Noble', then I will explain it to you according to this."

Speaking of this, his expression became serious and said seriously: "Among these four forces, the strongest ones should be the 'Master' and 'Old Aristocratic Sect'. You should know that the influence of the Master's father is not limited to the country. For example, the "Lou Yan" who served as the Prime Minister in Qin State and the "Qiu He" who served as the Prime Minister in Song State, are all confidant ministers of Zhao State, and can all be regarded as the "Master's father's sect". In addition, the Master's father of Zhao State has extraordinary prestige in Yuzhong, Yanmen, Yunzhong, and these northern counties have

The local Rongdi people, whether they were Di tribes, Xiongnus, Lin Hu, or Lou Fan, were respectful and fearful to the Master Zhao's father... The second year of the throne, Zhao's father led cavalry to patrol the newly occupied Yunzhong and Yanmen counties. In the Xihe area, they met the King of Lou Fan. At first, Lou Fan wanted to attack Master Zhao, and Zhao's father came forward to discuss in front of the formation. Afterwards, Lou Fan surrendered to our Zhao State, and a large number of Lou Fan cavalry escaped from King Lou Fan and joined the cavalry of our Zhao State... This shows the prestige of Zhao's father in the north Rongdi."

According to Fei Yi, King Lou Fan originally planned to join forces with King Lin Hu to attack Zhao State, but King Lin Hu did not dare, so King Lou Fan brought his troops to catch up with Master Zhao's father. As a result, when the two armies confronted each other, the people under King Lou Fan dissuaded him, so that King Lou Fan had no choice but to surrender to Zhao State in exchange for the right to continue grazing and living in the Hetao area.

Meng Zhong was very surprised when he heard this, because he thought that Zhao Zhufu had "lost his power" or that he had transferred his power to Zhao Wang He himself. Unexpectedly, Zhao Zhufu still had such an amazing deterrent effect.

In contrast, Zhao Zhufu's help in Zhao's country is not worth mentioning.

Of course, this "not worth mentioning" premise is because he passed the throne to King He of Zhao himself. Otherwise, whether it was Zhao Xiangfeiyi or Zhao generals like Xu Jun who "gradually supported King He of Zhao" would be included in the category of "Master-father Sect".

"As for the country, there shouldn't be many people supporting Zhao Zhufu..."

Seeing Meng Zhong mentioning the country, Fei Yi frowned and said, "I have chatted with them before by the generals under the command of Master Zhao, such as Li Chi, Xu Jun, etc., who are willing to support the emperor... Niu Jian was originally willing to be loyal to the emperor, but his attitude was ambiguous in the past two years and was suspected to be influenced by Master Zhao... As for the others, it is probably your 500 Xinwei and the 5,000 soldiers Pang Qian is training."

"Zhao's father's power in Zhao State is indeed not as powerful as outside Zhao State... It seems that the influence of passing the throne is really great."

Meng Zhong nodded suddenly.

After that, Fei Yi talked about the "New King's Sect", "Prince Zhang Sect" and "Old Noble Sect".

Among them, the "New Lord Sect" and the "Old Noble Sect" are actually not easy to distinguish. Just like Yangwenjun Zhao Bao, he belongs to the old noble forces, but he is not as obsessed with power as Zhao Cheng and Li Dui, so Fei Yi recommended Zhao Bao to guard Handan City.

Similarly, Zhao generals such as Zhao Qi, Zhao Xi, and Li Chi are all children of the Zhao family and Li family, but Fei Yi hopes to recruit Zhao Wang He.

If the ministers and generals of the old noble forces such as the Zhao family and Li family were completely eliminated, the new monarch's sect would be the weakest, and there were only more than a thousand people in the "Xinqi" who had military power.

Let’s talk about the “Prince Zhang Sect”. Most of the “Prince Zhang Sect” were recruited by Gongzi Zhang when he followed Zhao Zhufu to fight Zhongshan Kingdom over the years. He had almost no influence in the court, but his victory was that he had military power. At the beginning of this year, he was granted the Dai County by Zhao Zhufu. Therefore, at least in terms of the army, it was about the difference between the “old noble faction”.

After listening to Fei Yi's words, Meng Zhong thought for a while before he understood the complex relationship between these four factions:

The New Lord Sect is mainly concentrated in Handan, which seems to be the strongest, but after eliminating the "old nobles" it is the weakest;

The power behind the Prince Zhang Sect is the Song State, which has an army far exceeding the number of one army, with at least 30,000 to 40,000 troops. In terms of the army, it can gradually compete with the "old noble faction".

The old aristocratic faction had outstanding strength in both the army and the government. However, it was suppressed by Feiyi in the temple and was suppressed by Zhao Zhufu in the army. What’s more important is that it did not have the “status” and could only use the name of Zhao Wang He to fight against Zhao Zhufu or Anyang Jun Zhao Zhang.

As for the last master-father sect, because Zhao master-father passed the throne of the monarch to King He of Zhao, he suddenly fell from the most powerful force that he once fell to the point where he was actually inferior to the old aristocratic faction in Zhao.

However, Master Zhao's father still has his power.

Simply put, the Lord Father Sect has "name" with the New Lord Sect, while the Gongzi Zhang and the Old Noble Sect have strength. Moreover, Zhao Zhufu gave Gongzi Zhang "name", while over there, King He and Fei Yi had to give the Old Noble Sect "name" with the Old Noble Sect, so that the Gongzi Zhang School would compete with the Old Noble Sect.

All in all, the relationship is very complex.

In this complex relationship, Fei Yi's aspect is the most difficult. First of all, he has to guard against Gongzi Zhang, Anping Jun Zhao Cheng, Fengyang Jun Li Dui and others, and struggles to maintain the balance between King He of Zhao and Master Zhao's father, and the balance between Gongzi Zhang's sect and the old aristocratic sect.

After all, if Prince Zhang Ruo wins, why would King Zhao lose his throne? On the contrary, if the old aristocratic factions such as Zhao Cheng and Li Dui win, Fei Yi would also be worried that these people would take the opportunity to control the national affairs. This is why Fei Yi tried his best to avoid this civil strife.

Now, Meng Zhong, a young man who "suppressed tens of thousands of troops from Qi with five hundred soldiers", has given Fei Yi a turning point.

In Fei Yi's view, as long as Meng Zhong, the young man, was willing to do his best to assist King He of Zhao and take charge of an army for King He of Zhao, even if Prince Zhang, Zhao Cheng, Li Dui and others were upside down, Fei Yi didn't need to worry about Zhao Cheng. Li Dui took the opportunity to control the national affairs afterwards.

More importantly, Meng Zhong was not only talented, but also young. He was only sixteen years old. Not to mention assisting King He of Zhao, this young man was enough to assist King He of Zhao, the son and even grandson.

Just like he assisted the three generations of monarchs of Zhao Suhou, Zhao Zhufu, and Zhao Wang He.

But the premise is that the young man Meng Zhong is willing to assist King He of Zhao.

Thinking of this, Fei Yi asked Meng Zhong with a serious expression and said, "You are trusted by Master Zhao and Prince Zhang. As long as I secretly help you, even if you hold more military power, it is no problem for me to believe that you have this ability... Then, are you willing to assist you?"

“…”

Looking at Fei Yi's anticipated gaze, Meng Zhong did not reply for a long time.

After all, being loyal to King He of Zhao means that he will betray the trust of Lord Zhao and Prince Zhang.

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