When Yu Qing delivered the information from South Korea to the King of Zhao, there were chaos in Handan.

King Zhao kicked over the case in front of him, regardless of the surprised gazes of the guests at the banquet, blushed and shouted: "Go and invite General Lian Po!" Before the guests understood what was going on, the guests issued an order to expel guests by King Zhao. The banquet was interrupted. The guests immediately realized that something must have happened. You must know that even when Bai Qi was about to enter Handan, King Zhao never wanted to end his banquet!

The most likely thing is that something happened to Ma Fujun who went to South Korea was involved in an accident.

Could it be...Ma Fujun died in battle??

Wei Wuji was drinking in his courtyard. When he heard the warrior crying and said that Ma Fujun might have died in battle. It was like a heavy hammer on his head and almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, Wei Wuji quickly reacted and hurried to the Handan Palace. He had just walked into the Handan Palace. Wei Wuji listened to the movements in the palace in fear. He heard no crying sounds coming from inside. Then he calmed down and walked in.

In the palace, the angry King Zhao and Lian Po were talking loudly about something.

"As long as there are 50,000 soldiers, I can siege Xinzheng, capture King Han, and bring him to you."

"I will give you 100,000 soldiers. Please send Ji Ran's head to me!"

Seeing Wei Wuji come in, King Zhao hurriedly asked him to sit aside and quickly said to him: "Ji Ran actually dared to capture Ma Fujun, who is the one who is in trouble!" Wei Wuji was stunned, but did not speak, sat aside, and thought seriously, which made Lian Po a little unhappy. Lian Po said angrily: "Ma Fujun regards you as a friend. Now that he is in trouble, you are so calm. Is this your attitude towards your friends?"

Wei Wuji glanced at him, then looked at King Zhao and asked, "Who told you about this?"

Seeing Wei Wuji's calm appearance, King Zhao also felt something strange and frowned and said, "This is what Yu Qing told me." Wei Wuji immediately sent someone to call Yu Qing. Lian Po still seemed a little angry. Perhaps in his opinion, something happened to Ma Fujun, but Wei Wuji still had to find the source of this news here. This was a waste of time. As long as he was given 50,000, no, 30,000 people, he could hold King Han under his armpit and send the horse to Handan!

Yu Qing quickly returned to the palace, and he was not the only one who came back. Dong Chengzi, Pang Xian, Xu Li, Zhao Hui, Lou Yan, and even Tian Dan. The ministers and Yu Qing came together. The news they heard were different. Some heard that Ma Fujun was killed, while others heard that Ma Fujun was captured. Everyone sat around. Wei Wuji asked directly: "Duke Yu, where did you know about this?"

Yu Qing said seriously: "It is my warrior. He usually disguises himself as a merchant and travels with Han and Zhao." Not only does Qin have its own intelligence agencies, but all countries have them. These intelligence agencies are generally controlled by the Prime Minister. However, Zhao is different because Zhao has its own false precept system, and the false precepts have divided the full strength of the Prime Minister to a certain extent, so Zhao's intelligence agencies are in the hands of the fake state.

Wei Wuji looked helplessly at Yu Qing. Yu Qing had talent and courage. The only thing he lacked was some wisdom. It was not that he was not smart, but that his talent was more inclined to govern the country and was not good at conspiracy and tricks against the enemy. Wei Wuji shook his head and said, "Your warrior must have been bribed by the Qin people. Please catch him and leave it to Dong Chengzi for interrogation."

"How do you know?" Dong Chengzi widened his eyes and asked. Wei Wuji smiled and said, "King Han has the strength to seize Ma Fujun, but he does not have the strength to destroy the 20,000 elite troops of Zhao. If this matter was true, these soldiers should have sent a letter to Handan long ago... Even before the merchant came to convey the message, there was no news about this matter. How did the merchant quickly know such a secret matter and be able to deliver it to Handan first?"

Dong Chengzi thought for a moment before saying, "That is the case that Ma Fujun was captured?" Wei Wuji laughed and said, "I have some friendship with this King of Han. I know his character, so you can rest assured. Even if he wants to murder Ma Fujun, he doesn't have that kind of strength. Don't worry. This news must have been sent by Fan Ju..."

Tian Dan stood up and turned around and left.

The other ministers also discussed the matter of Han again. Wei Wuji comforted everyone and said to Yu Qing: "Please give an order as soon as possible to reassure the officials from all over the country. Young generals such as Li Mu and Sima Shang have already had a good relationship with Ma Fujun. If the Qin people were deceived, they would be afraid that they would lead the army in the county and kill Han without caring about anything." Then Yu Qing hurriedly left the palace.

King Zhao's anger still did not dissipate. When he just learned that his Ma Fujun was detained by King Han, King Zhao almost wanted to personally conquer South Korea and capture King Han. Then he hurriedly called Lian Po, hoping to destroy South Korea by the whole country. If Wei Wuji came later, he would probably not see King Zhao. King Zhao was still a little worried at this moment. Fan Ju could not have transmitted the news to Zhao for no reason. What must have happened in Korea.

Wei Wuji took a sip of wine, looked at the panicked King Zhao in front of him, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, don't worry, you should complete the domestic supervision system in Zhao earlier. When Ma Fujun comes back, let him see your achievements. This is the most important thing..." King Zhao nodded and told Wei Wuji that this matter must be done well. Then he used the excuse of being exhausted and wanted to go back and rest. Wei Wuji seemed a little helpless.

The wider the reforms in Wei Wuji touched on the domestic reforms, the more people would want to stop him. The most powerful resistance at present is the domestic royal family members, who gathered around Zhao Bao and formed a huge group. Except for Qin, in other countries, the royal family disciples were scattered all over the country to help the monarch govern the country. This is very normal.

In the local area, nine of the ten county magistrates were aristocrats of the Zhao clan surname, not to mention those county magistrates. They were almost all close relatives of King Zhao, and these people were beneficiaries of the original official system. King Zhao appointed these relatives to help him firmly control the counties, and these relatives of King Zhao appointed their own relatives to help them manage the grassroots level, which formed a huge aristocratic group.

Speaking of which... Ma Fujun is also a member of the Zhao noble group, because he is also the Zhao family surnamed Ying.

First, Wei Wuji wanted to remove their power to appoint relatives. Although these people were angry, they could barely hold back their anger and avoid a head-on confrontation with Wei Wuji. However, they did not expect that after Wei Wuji completed the reform of the appointment and removal of rural officials, his eyes were on them again. He wanted to establish a supervision system, and even wanted to make King Zhao no longer appoint his relatives and send people to supervise these distant relatives.

This is what the aristocratic group cannot tolerate. It is not their power, it is to take away everything they have! Therefore, shortly after Ma Fujun left, a war broke out in Zhao State, which was a contest between foreign prime ministers and local aristocratic group. Wei Wuji was not alone. In Handan, he had many allies, Dong Chengzi, Yu Qing, and Pang Nuan, who were all willing to help him.

However, this also made Wei Wuji feel a little worried. The current struggle is gradually turning into a struggle between Handan and the local area.

The battle between the two sides naturally requires a person responsible for the judgment. This person is the master of Zhao State and Zhao Dan on the throne. However, Zhao Dan is not a brave person. He will not fully support Shang Yang like Qin Xiaogong, help Shang Yang deal with his relatives and friends, and completely break with these people. Zhao Dan is also in a difficult situation now. On the one hand, he is the great sages he relies on the most, and on the other hand, his relatives.

Wei Wuji always told him that if the country wants to become strong, reforms must be carried out. Now is the best time and we cannot hesitate. He persuaded King Zhao with the reforms of various countries and the benefits it brought. However, Zhao Bao and others told him that Zhao was Zhao's Zhao State. If you want to hand over the appointment and promotion of officials to the prime minister, will you still be the master of Zhao State? Do you want to trust a Wei person but not your relatives?

They took the matter of Shang Yang's rebellion after the success of the reforms as their basis to persuade King Zhao.

King Zhao was in a dilemma. He agreed to Wei Wuji in the morning, but was persuaded by Zhao Bao at night. In desperation, he had to hide in the palace and organize his own banquet, without interfering with the battles outside the palace, which caused even greater chaos. First, the local noble officials expelled the township officials arranged by Wei Wuji, and even killed many people in the name of negligence, bribery, and collusion with thieves.

Even the inspectors sent by Wei Wuji were attacked by thieves and died on the road.

This caused great damage to Wei Wuji's reforms. No one dared to participate in the assessment of local officials, nor did no officials dare to supervise the local area. Wei Wuji naturally refused to give in easily. So, in a very short time, several local officials of the Zhao family surnamed Zhao were executed by Wei Wuji for the same crime. Wei Wuji recommended several people to take this position like King Zhao. Both sides formally drew their swords and started a bloody war.

Wei Wuji walked out of the palace. There were more than 20 strong warriors standing outside the palace. They were all Wei Wuji's disciples. Now, Wei Wuji could not walk alone. These nobles who were angry with him might be waiting for him to be alone. Wei Wuji smiled and sat in the carriage. He raised his head and felt that the scorching sun was a little dazzling. There was nothing in the blue sky, so clear and so beautiful.

Just as Wei Wuji was admiring this beautiful scenery, he suddenly heard the noise coming from the front. Wei Wuji looked ahead. At some point, a group of people appeared in front of him, with knights leading the way and warrior guarding. Wei Wuji could see at a glance that these warriors were all dressed in Qi people, similar outfits. He had seen them in Tian Dan. Qi had previously said that he wanted to send envoys to Zhao, but this envoy was too arrogant... How dare he do this in Handan City?

Wei Wuji still ordered to make way for the pedestrians ahead. The driver parked the carriage aside, and the guests gathered around, and were also wary of these knights. The knights had seen them long ago and were still a little happy after they found that they gave way first. When they passed by them, the knights nodded, and Wei Wuji's guests also looked at them with squinted eyes and ignored them.

Behind the knights was a carriage. On the carriage, there was a young man kneeling. The young man looked at everything outside the carriage with a pale face and curiously. When he saw Wei Wuji, he even looked at him a few more times. Wei Wuji looked at the knights surrounded the young man and rushed towards the palace, and asked in confusion: "Who is this? Could it be that Qi State sent an eunuch to be an envoy, right?"

The driver laughed and whispered, "He is not an eunuch. He is Chang'an Jun, the youngest brother of Shangjun. He was a hostage in Qi State before..." Wei Wuji was stunned and asked, "How did you recognize him?" The driver said helplessly, "The Empress Dowager was unwilling to let Chang'an Jun enter Qi, and Zuo Shi Chulong successfully convinced the Empress Dowager. How could you not know about such a famous thing?"

"I know this, but how did you recognize him as Chang'an Jun?"

"Hahaha, these days, Handan is talking about Chang'an Jun returning to Zhao State. It is said that this Chang'an Jun looks strange, has a white face, and looks like an eunuch... There are many rumors in Handan, saying that he fought with a noble child in Qi State... and suffered some injuries... Well..." The driver did not say it clearly, but Wei Wuji already understood what he wanted to say. Wei Wuji nodded, squinted his eyes, and watched the young man gradually disappear into the distance.

"What did he call?"

"He was named Yue, and it is said that his nickname was July. The Empress Dowager was very fond of him. After he was older, he also used his nickname to call him, so the people of Handan also nicknamed him. "

"July? It turns out that he is a castrator..."

Wei Wuji's attitude towards these royal families was getting worse and worse.

The young man caused a huge sensation as soon as he came to Zhao State. It was not entirely because he was not afraid of his face. The people of Handan believed that Qi sent Chang'an Jun to Zhao State, which shows that Zhao State was no longer the same as before. Qi State had to fear the power of Zhao State. There were many rumors about Chang'an Jun in Handan. Of course, on the surface, everyone dared not talk about it casually. After all, he is the younger brother of the king.

When King Zhao heard the news that Chang'an Jun was back, he was very happy. He came to greet his younger brother with a smile. At the same time, the nobles of all sizes and nobles in Handan came to greet the young master. Chang'an Jun looked a little shy and a little cowardly. It seemed that he had suffered a lot in Qi. King Zhao pulled his younger brother and recalled his deceased mother, and couldn't help crying again. Everyone hurriedly sent him to rest.

Zhao Bao looked at his younger brother, looked up and down a few times, and an inexplicable light flashed in his eyes.

"Very good," he said.
Chapter completed!