October 15, 260 BC, morning.

Zhao State's Handan Palace City, Longtai.

Unlike usual, there are dozens of ministers sitting in the left and right rows of Longtai today, with a total of nearly a hundred people, which looks quite lively.

This was a grand dynasty discussion in Zhao State.

To be honest, Zhao State has not held a grand court meeting for several years.

The nominal reason is that there is nothing worth discussing in the grand court. In fact, the real reason is that the centralization of the monarch of Zhao has reached a considerable level, and it is possible to decide military and national affairs without passing the grand court discussion.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this reason that today, a minister of Zhao from the Longtai main hall looks pretty good. The hall is quite lively, and many people are whispering and chatting and connecting with each other.

At this moment, Yu Xin was chatting with a doctor from Zhao Guozhong named Zhao Yu next to him.

Zhao Yu was about forty years old, wearing a gray Hu robe, with red cuffs on the collar, and a squid crown on his head. He had a flattering smile on his face and said to Yu Xin: "Shangqing, I haven't seen you for a few days, but your style is even more prosperous."

There is no doubt that Zhao Yu is flattering.

In fact, Zhao Yu is far more than the one who wants to flatter Yu Xin at this point in time.

Now no one in the State of Zhao knows that Yu Xin was extremely grateful to Zhao Dan, and made great contributions to his mission to Chu. Zhao Dan was appointed as the prime minister and presided over the daily administrative work of Zhao State during the period after the departure of Prime Minister Zhao Sheng. It can be said that he is in a high position and has a bright future.

Moreover, with the death of Lin Xiangru, the former leader of the common sect, another general of the common sect, Lian Po, led his troops away. At this moment, Yu Xin jumped from the last three original common sects and had the momentum to become the leader of the new common sect.

Anyone with a little political vision knows very well in his heart. If Yu Xin was only ranked one of the six ministers of Zhao State because of Zhao Dan's trust, then at this time, Yu Xin's rise in Zhao State has been completely unstoppable.

Even after Zhao Sheng's return, Yu Xin may have to hand over the unheated prime minister's power, it is a foregone conclusion that Zhao State Shangqing truly became an important pole in Zhao State's political arena.

Of course, it is better to make friends like this quickly.

Yu Xin looked at Zhao Yu and smiled at him, saying, "I can't trust you, how dare you guess the king's intentions? But I think it's related to the Battle of Changping."

Although Zhao Yu was just a junior doctor, Zhao Yu's father was the half-brother of King Wuling of Zhao, so Zhao Yu also belonged to a member of the Duke of Zhao and was considered a royal relative.

However, the identity of this public clan is not actually valued by Yu Xin. What is more important in Yu Xin's opinion is that Zhao Yu's current official position - Jinyang Ling.

As the base camp where the Zhao family made its fortune, although Jinyang City is no longer the capital of Zhao State, its importance to Zhao State is still unquestionable.

The fact that Zhao Yu was able to be arranged to be the hometown of Zhao, the Zhao family, as the city guard was itself sufficient to prove Zhao Yu's trust.

In fact, Zhao Yu has always been one of the backbone forces of the public clan.

Of course, Yu Xin also has to win over such a person.

In the political arena of Zhao, the so-called public clan faction and common people faction are actually just a relatively general distinction.

Although the two factions have their origins as a boundary, they have not formed a close community of interests like the factions such as the Donglin Party, the Eunuch Party, and the Zhejiang Party in later generations, and are far from being to the point of life and death.

In addition to the six giants of Zhao, located at the top of the power pyramid, inevitably had mutual disputes in order to fight for power and profit, the other ministers of Zhao from the public clan and the middle and lower levels of the common people get along with each other in harmony.

This is why Yu Xin, as one of the six giants, is now the essential leader of the common sect, can get along well with Zhao Yu, the backbone of the public clan. After all, there is no actual conflict between the interests of both sides.

After all, everyone is a colleague, so it would be hard to do work if you encounter it in the future.

So whether it is Yu Xin or Zhao Yu, since both of them are interested in making friends with each other, the atmosphere of this conversation is of course relatively relaxed.

After hearing Yu Xin's words, Zhao Yu frowned slightly.

To be honest, as the Jinyang Order, Zhao Yu was also very concerned about the Battle of Changping.

Anyone with a little bit of geography knows that once the Zhao State was defeated in the Battle of Changping, the Qin army will be able to break through the mountainous areas of Shangdang in the south and enter the North Shangdang Basin, and then attack Jinyang along the Fukouxing exit on the west side of the North Shangdang Basin.

By that time, Jinyang would be in trouble.

You should know that most of the troops in Jinyang City have already been transferred to the Changping battlefield, and Jinyang City can be said to be quite empty at this moment.

In fact, Zhao Yu has been in charge of Jinyang for a while until he received an order from Handan seven days ago, and then he rushed back to Handan in a hurry.

In fact, it is not just Zhao Yu, the guardian of Handan City. Looking around in the main hall of Longtai, you can also see the arrival of many guardians from Zhongmu, Lingshou, Gucheng and others.

It can be said that looking at this hall, whether it is a real power figure who is out of the town or a central minister who is in charge of the center, almost all the prominent ministers in the entire Zhao State have gathered here.

This inevitably made the ministers curious.

What is the king trying to do?

However, whether it is the new favorite Yu Xin, or the other two other giants present, Si Kou Zhao Bao and Censor Lou Chang, they don’t know what to sell in Zhao Dan’s gourd.

However, these ministers of Zhao State were not anxious because they knew very well that they would know the answer in a while.

A moment later, a sound of footsteps suddenly came out of the side door of the hall. Two eunuchs walked into the hall first and said to the ministers: "The king is coming!"

The ministers stopped talking one after another, straightened their bodies one by one, waiting for Zhao Dan's arrival.

Soon, Zhao Dan appeared in front of everyone's sight.

Today, Zhao Dan was wearing a red royal suit, a crown on his head, a golden hook on his waist, and a pair of black boots on his feet. He looked energetic and walked into the palace.

The ministers of Zhao State did not dare to be negligent. Under the leadership of Pingyang Lord Zhao Bao, they stood up one after another and bowed to Zhao Dan.

"I have seen the king."

After the rituals of the king and his ministers, they all sat down.

After Zhao Dan sat down, he did not rush to speak, but looked around the dozens of ministers in the main hall of Longtai.

Almost every minister subconsciously lowered his head when he came into contact with Zhao Dan's gaze and expressed his respect for Zhao Dan.

After taking his eyes back from the last minister, Zhao Dan smiled slightly and said warmly: "Where is the Lingshou Order?"

A minister who was nearly fifty years old, had a little hunched waist and a little white temples, took the fluoren plate and said respectfully: "I said this is here."

"Sima said." Zhao Dan looked at the minister carefully, nodded, and then spoke in a very calm tone.

"Come on, take this Sima said."

As soon as Zhao Dan finished speaking, several Zhao State palace guards suddenly appeared and instantly held Sima's words firmly, making him unable to move at all.
Chapter completed!