During the school competition, Zhao Jia was in the limelight, but the Yan State mission lost all its face and returned in disappointment.

In Handan City, Zhao Jia once again became the focus of people's discussion on the streets, and the people of Zhao were also smiling.

On the contrary, the atmosphere in the palace was extremely solemn.

"King, the Yan State mission is not kind. If you really allow them to return to Yan State calmly, it will be a disaster!"

A radical general spoke with murderous intent on his face.

"The general's words are wrong."

"Young Master Jia defeated his spirit and promoted our country's power at the school, and made the Yan State mission know that our Zhao State should not be bullied."

"If we send someone to intercept him, it will make me Zhao Guo look so fierce and weak on the outside, but it will not be beautiful."

Some civil officials came out to refute.

Inside the hall, there was extremely noisy.

Some people demanded the interception of Yan State's mission, while others strongly opposed it. Both sides held their own opinions and argued endlessly.

"Enough."

The impatient expression on King Zhao's face became increasingly strong, and finally he couldn't help but slapped the table.

When the ministers heard this, they did not dare to speak much.

King Zhao stood up, looked around everyone, shouting, "I have passed my birthday, and the State of Yan sent his prime minister to give me a hundred gold to congratulate me."

"The other party treats him with courtesy and is an envoy of Yan State. How could I intercept and kill him just because of speculation?"

"If this is the case, which country dares to send missions to our Zhao State in the future?"

"Don't discuss the interception and killing matters again. If anyone dares to act on his back, he will definitely be killed!"

After hearing the words of King Zhao, Lian Po, who had been silent all the time, finally spoke and stepped forward and said, "Why dare not refuse to obey the order of the king!"

Zhao Jia stood beside him, and when he saw the dust settled, he sighed slightly in his heart, and in the end he didn't say much.

As soon as it began, Zhao Jia also thought about intercepting and killing the Yan State mission.

After careful consideration, Zhao Jia gave up that idea.

The envoy of Yan State came to celebrate the birthday of King Zhao. Even if he was ill-behaved, he could not attack him until he had any substantial harm to the State of Zhao.

After all, the envoy of Yan State represented Yan State.

Even if Zhao intercepted and killed the envoys of Yan State, it would be perfectly handled, and Yan State could still charge Zhao State.

What's more, whether Yan State will send troops to attack Zhao State is a major event in the entire country, and there will be no big changes due to the wishes of just a few envoys.

If Yan State was not originally planning to attack Zhao State, Zhao State would intercept and kill Yan State's mission.

If the news reaches the King of Yan, a national war will inevitably break out.

At that time, Yan State was also famous for its leadership, while Zhao State was morally criticized, and the gains were not worth the loss.

King Zhao may have considered these things, so he was not prepared to intercept and kill the envoys of Yan State.

"I am tired, please step back, Zhao Jia stay."

King Zhao seemed a little tired and waved his hands to the ministers. After everyone saluted, they also retreated one after another.

King Zhao stood up, and with the support of the eunuch, he signaled Zhao Jia to follow.

Not long after, Zhao Jia, led by King Zhao, entered the study.

King Zhao asked the eunuch to retreat, and then signaled Zhao Jia to sit down, but he came to the front of the book case.

"You performed well within the school today."

Zhao Jia bowed his head and said, "It is up to the king's father to govern the country well and the people's hearts to support him. The Zhao people are unyielding, and it is not the only achievement of their grandson."

When King Zhao heard this, a smile appeared on his face.

Zhao State was able to gradually emerge from the defeat of Changping, and its national strength became stronger and stronger. King Zhao did take a lot of effort.

King Zhao was also very happy to be so flattered by Zhao Jia.

After hesitating for a while, King Zhao finally took out a large pile of bamboo slips and signaled Zhao Jia to come and watch.

Zhao Jia opened it one by one and found that the contents of the bamboo slips were all records of the burning, killing and looting of the Xiongnu borders for decades, and also listed the consumption of Zhao's years of war with the Xiongnu.

Although Zhao Jia had known for a long time that Zhao State had consumed too much national strength in order to cope with the Huns in recent years.

After seeing these information, Zhao Jia deeply understood how much manpower and material resources the Huns had invested in Zhao's country.

The Battle of Changping can be said to be a battle of Zhao's country, which almost consumed all of Zhao.

However, over the past few decades, Zhao State has dealt with the consumption of the Huns, which is enough for Zhao State to fight two battles of Changping.

It is no exaggeration to say that if the Huns had not caused trouble to the border for many years, the Zhao State in Changping might not have been defeated.

Half an hour passed slowly.

Zhao Jia put down those shocking information and looked extremely heavy.

King Zhao rubbed his eyebrows and sighed quietly: "Before the Battle of Changping, I still had the strength to deal with the Huns, but now I have no strength to catch it."

"I thought Li Mu was a good general and could quell the troubles of the Huns, so I even left all the military and political power in the northern border to the other side's jurisdiction."

"But I don't expect that Li Mu has made no achievements over the past few years, and the northern border has raised so many troops but has no use of weapons."

"So, I removed Li Mu's military power and prepared to choose another person to resist the Huns in the northern border."

Zhao Jia's heart moved slightly when he heard this and said, "The grandson knew that this person had the talent to overcome the world and reverse the world."

"If the prince's father uses this person, he will be able to completely quell the troubles of the Huns for as little as three years or as much as five years!"

A sperm suddenly burst out from King Zhao's eyes and shouted: "Who?"

Zhao Jia took a deep breath and replied, "It's Li Mu, the commander of the Northern Frontier."

When King Zhao heard this, he immediately said angrily: "Li Mu is timid and afraid of war. How can he continue to rule the northern border!"

King Zhao's heart was filled with anger.

He just said that Li Mu was not good enough and wanted to replace the generals, but Zhao Jia then strongly recommended Li Mu.

This kind of behavior is definitely a naked slap in the face, and it is not a reason why King Zhao is so angry.

Zhao Jia said calmly: "Dare you ask your father, how much money and grain have been consumed in the treasury for the years Li Mu has been stationed in northern Xinjiang?"

King Zhao pondered for a while and said, "Li Mu stationed in the northern border, traded with foreign countries, was self-sufficient, and did not consume the national treasury money and grain."

Zhao Jia asked again: "Dare you ask the prince's father, how much has the soldiers, the people, and the casualties of property caused by Li Mu's years of garrisoning the border?"

King Zhao frowned and said, "Although Li Mu was timid and afraid of fighting, he was still prepared for defense. Every time the Huns attacked, Li Mu drove the soldiers, the people, cattle and sheep back to the fortress in advance without much loss."

Zhao Jia looked solemn and asked again: "Then when Li Mu's previous generals were stationed in the northern border, they consumed money and food, and lost their soldiers. How many people did?"

When King Zhao heard this, his face was a little overwhelmed.

Although Li Mu was timid and afraid of war.

However, compared with the previous border generals, Li Mu did not allow the treasury to spend money and grain, nor did he lose the people and soldiers.

From this perspective alone, Li Mu's achievements are unparalleled.

However, Li Mu's timid and fearful style and flinched, ultimately made King Zhao displeased.

Zhao Jia seemed to see through King Zhao's thoughts and advised: "A man who is good at fighting has no great achievements. Li Mu is such a person."

"He has the posture of a general, and if he has the opportunity, his achievements will never be inferior to Bai Qi of Qin."

"If the king's father rest assured that he would continue to take charge of the northern border, he would be able to pacify the Huns for as little as three years or as much as five years!"

When King Zhao heard this, he said angrily: "Li Mu is as afraid of fighting as a tiger, how can he compare with Bai Qi!"

In the battle of Changping, Bai Qi killed 450,000 Zhao troops, which shocked the world.

Although King Zhao hated Bai Qi to the core, he also knew that this man was talented and had never suffered a defeat on the battlefield. He hated and respected him in his heart.

Therefore, when Zhao Jia compared Li Mu and Bai Qi, King Zhao was immediately angry.

Zhao Jia was not afraid and said in a deep voice: "The reason why Bai Qi was able to accomplish something is only one of the talents. The more important thing is that the King of Qin trusted him and was highly valued."

"There are often horses that are thousands of miles apart, but the Bole does not."

"So even if there is a famous horse, it is only insulted by slaves, and died in the stables, and it is not called a thousand miles."

"Li Mu has a talent of thousands of miles. It is like planning his way, eating his whole material, and singing his way to understand his meaning. What is the best way to travel a thousand miles a day?"

This time, Zhao Jia did not want to show his strength too much.

However, Li Mushi is a great talent. If he cannot take this opportunity to fight for him, it will be a loss for the entire Zhao State.

Therefore, even though Zhao Jia knew that this move might make King Zhao unhappy, he still argued with reason.

But he didn't expect that when King Zhao heard this, he was not angry, but instead began to chant what Zhao Jia said just now.

"Where do you hear these words?"

Zhao Jia was a little stunned at first, and then realized that he was angry for a moment and actually quoted "The Story of Horses" by Han Yu in later generations.
To be continued...