In the palace of Handan, King Zhao stroked his beard gently and looked at the ministers around him, but he had not spoken for a long time. Of course, King Zhao also knew the situation facing the countries now. Originally, the countries united together, but they could still fight with Qin. However, now, Han was destroyed, Chu was in a coup, Qi completely turned against him. The only ones who really wanted to resist Qin were Zhao and Wei, which gave King Zhao a great headache.

He really didn't understand what Chu and Qi were thinking. Qin proposed the slogan of a king and the world, obviously it was to destroy all countries. It was just that time was different. Under such a situation, these fools could still stand on the side of Qin? Can they see that Qin would attack them after the destruction of Zhao Wei and other countries? King Zhao really didn't understand what they were thinking.

Zhao Yan sighed and then looked at his backbone. Li Mu sat upright, and seemed so prominent among the panicked ministers. This is also the reason why King Zhao liked him. When Li Mu sat there, King Zhao was not panicked. This was a general who could bring the State of Zhao back to life. Li Mu looked at the ministers around him and then spoke: "The purpose of Qin is not Zhao."

"If Qin wants to divide his troops to attack Zhao and Wei... Wang Jian should be stationed in Shangdang, not Hanoi..." Li Mu said seriously: "In Shangdang, Qin can divide his troops into two groups, attack Zhao and Wei, and attack Wei. But if he is in Hanoi, Wang Jian will face attacks from Zhao and Wei. Therefore, his purpose is to prevent Zhao from rescued Wei and thus destroy Wei."

Li Mu talked about the purpose of Qin State. King Zhao nodded and asked, "What do you think we should do?" Li Mu thought for a moment before saying, "If I took my soldiers to detour to attack other areas of Qin State, Wang Jian would definitely attack Handan directly. Hanoi is not far from Handan... Therefore, I can only lead my army to Hanoi and defeat Wang Jian..."

"I just hope that Wei can hold on for a while... If Wei cannot withstand the attack of the Qin people, Qin will join forces to attack Zhao again..." Li Mu's face was particularly solemn, but he did not have any worries. He said: "Wei cannot perish. If Qin Qi destroys Wei... Then the next thing Qin wants to deal with is Zhao..."

King Zhao then looked at Jianxinjun, and King Zhao asked, "How much food and grass do we have?"

"It's not yet autumn, domestic food and grass..." Jianxinjun looked at Li Mu helplessly and asked, "How many people do you need?" Wang Jian was stationed in Hanoi with 150,000 troops. If he wanted to defeat him, Li Mu needed at least 200,000 troops. Li Mu pursed his lips and said, "At least 100,000 people." Jianxinjun said, "Our food and grass are barely enough for Li Mu to fight with his soldiers for three months... And... in this way, we can't even afford the salaries of officials."

The King of Zhao felt a little dizzy. The wars over the years have completely emptied Zhao's grain reserves. The situation has reached this point. King of Zhao gritted his teeth. He looked at Jianxinjun and said firmly: "Send all the cattle, sheep and livestock in various places to Handan to sell the royal family's houses and land in various places... I also have a lot of treasures in the palace. All of these are sold for sale. Change as much as the grain can be exchanged..."

Zhao decided to rescue Wei, not for Wei, but for itself. If Qin completely captured Wei, Zhao would be forced to a desperate situation. After Jianxinjun left the palace, he summoned the ministers from the country to discuss major issues. As the prime minister, Jianxinjun certainly had such power. All the ministers from all over the country came to Jianxinjun's mansion. When everyone arrived, Jianxinjun expressed his thoughts.

"Now is the most dangerous time in the country. I heard that if you are good to the country, you must do things that are good to the country, and if you are bad to the country, you must hate it. Rescuing Wei is a thing that is good to Zhao. However, Zhao really has no food and grass supply. Shangjun is willing to give his own property to support the army, and I will not be stingy. I have decided to sell all my property and take out all my food to aid General Li Mu's army."

"I hope the second and third sons can follow the example... When Qin and Zhao fought in Changping, Pingyuan Jun took out all their savings to help Zhao's army... Now Pingyuan Jun has passed away, but we are still here. We cannot let Zhao's warriors go to the battlefield alone with hunger." Jianxin Jun said, then he looked at Guo Kai. Speaking of which, Guo Kai still has a lot of assets. Over the years, King Zhao has rewarded a lot, and he is good at making money and has a big family business.

In Yunzhong, he owns thousands of livestock, and in Dai, Zhongshan and other areas, he also has tens of thousands of acres of fertile land.

Guo Kai found that Jianxinjun looked at him, so he stood up solemnly, looked at the ministers, and said, "Jianxinjun is right... Over the years, we have been favored by Shangjun and endured his kindness. Now it is time for us to repay him. I am willing to take out my property to help the army!" Guo Kai's words surprised many ministers.

What kind of person is Guo Kai? King Zhao didn’t know, but they knew that such a selfish villain actually had such a mind?

Jianxin Jun was very happy. He stepped forward and held Guo Kai's hand and said seriously: "Although I have some grudges with you on weekdays, I hope we can all let go of these personal grudges in the face of national affairs... I am very happy that you can say such words..." Guo Kai said seriously: "Please don't say that. Although I offended many people, I do these things for the sake of the Lord. I have never blamed anyone!"

The ministers were greatly encouraged and stood up one after another to take out their own food.

Subsequently, various sources of material resources were continuously transported from various places to Handan, but Guo Kai did not break his promise. He donated more materials than the Prime Minister. Guo Kai even sold his property in Handan in exchange for food. Guo Kai's actions improved his reputation and made many people change his views on him. King Zhao personally summoned him and looked at Guo Kai in front of him in ragged clothes and wearing shabby clothes, and couldn't help but cry.

Guo Kai received great respect from King Zhao. King Zhao rewarded him with several sets of clothes and returned to a simple mansion in the city. Guo Kai couldn't help but show the gifts given by King Zhao to his family and confidants. Although the gifts were not expensive, they represented the King Zhao's love for him. Sitting in the mansion, Guo Kai's confidants complained helplessly: "You took out all your property and only got these things. Shangjun did not even upgrade your official position. Is this worth it?"

Guo laughed and then asked: "I want to ask the second and third sons, why did Pingyuan Jun just take out his own food and call on everyone to donate food instead of selling his property when Zhao and Qin were fighting in Changping?"

"Is this... because Pingyuanjun can't bear to give up his family property?"

"Probably, Zhao State was not as in such a crisis as it is now?"

The guests started to speculate, but Guo Kai shook his head. He grinned and said with a smile: "Ma Fujun was still in Zhao at that time. He sent someone to buy grain in Wei and other areas with his property. Why is that?"

The guests couldn't answer, only a few people said that it might be because Zhao State had no food.

Guo Kai blinked his eyes, and he said with a smile: "No, Er Sanzi will understand that the stupid guy Jianxinjun has grown up in the palace since he was a child. How could he know the harm of doing this? Shangjun actually used such a stupid guy to serve as the prime minister. Don't worry, Er Sanzi, soon, his position as the prime minister is mine. Donate some things to get the position of the prime minister. How could this not be worth it?"

The guests looked at Guo Kai in a daze, not knowing what Guo Kai means at all.

Soon, Li Mu summoned the army and prepared to go to war. At this time, the food prices in Zhao reached an unprecedented level. Because the aristocrats in Zhao purchased a large amount of grain, the price of the food in Zhao continued to rise. The merchants who smelled the smell of coins began to hoard food with the help of those who were interested... not just grain, cloth, iron, and the prices of the materials used in the army were rising wildly.

Some people are thinking about how to protect Zhao State, some are thinking about how to make profits... But no one cares about the people at the bottom. People cannot buy food, cloth, or iron tools... Merchants get these things from the people at low prices, and then hoard them to wait for the right time... Zhao State's economy collapsed completely, and for a moment, a huge crisis enveloped the entire Zhao State.

No one understood what happened. When Jianxin Jun learned that a large number of people were starved to death in various places, he was also a little panicked. He didn't understand that the rising prices of these materials were not a good thing for the people? They could sell their products to others at a high price. Why did they starve to death? In Zhao, there were so many miserable situations, and this situation even affected the army.

When Li Mu went to war, deserters appeared in the army and the morale was disintegrating... I am afraid that Wang Jian himself would not have expected that a prime minister who did not know how to do economics was helping him win this war. The chaos in the country soon aroused thieves and rebellions. King Zhao was so scared that he hurriedly summoned his ministers. Jianxin Jun looked pale and had no idea how to deal with the current situation. The angry King Zhao only gave him two months to deal with these matters.

After investigation, Jianxin Jun finally found that because the food price was too high and the people of Zhao were not very sufficient to store grain, some people bought grain from them in large quantities through "legal means" and then hoarded it, and used it to buy and sell the property of noble ministers... This caused a shortage of food. Later, when the people wanted to obtain necessities of daily life, they discovered that they could not afford a grain of millet...

Jianxin Jun thought of many ways, but he could not stop such chaos, and even worsened.

At this moment, Guo Kai found King Zhao again.

"Your Majesty, please punish our crimes. At the beginning, in order to get enough supplies, we sold our property in large quantities, which caused the domestic prices to soar, which triggered the current problems." Guo Kai lowered his head guiltily, but King Zhao was a little surprised. He frowned and asked, "The Prime Minister said that this is because the people have no food and there is no reserve in the warehouse."

Guo Kai said in surprise: "Is the Prime Minister still dealing with the problem of food?"

"This is because of the increase in prices, which makes the Zhao people unable to get the items they need, so the chaos arises. What does this have to do with food?"

King Zhao gritted his teeth and asked the warriors to find the prime minister in anger. Jianxinjun came to the palace. At this moment, he could no longer see the majesty he used to be and was not dressed. King Zhao was even more angry when he saw his appearance. He asked coldly: "I wonder if you have found a solution to these things?" Jianxinjun just leaned over to King Zhao and said: "I am guilty."

Obviously, he also saw some problems.

King Zhao was even more angry and said, "I am not asking if you have realized your fault, but I am asking you if you have found a solution?"

Jianxin Jun shook his head, but did not dare to look up at King Zhao.

King Zhao sighed, Jianxinjun was his lover in the past... The two had experienced many wonderful years, but after marrying a wife, the relationship between Zhao and him became a little distant and no longer as close as before. But now, because of his stupidity, he made such a mistake again, which made King Zhao completely disappointed with Jianxinjun. King Zhao looked at Guo Kai and asked, "Then do you have any solution?"

Guo Kai nodded and said, "Now, we can only forcefully suppress prices...set prices... arrest those profiteers and officials who shelter them..."

"Okay, then please take charge of this matter!" King Zhao ordered.

Jianxin Jun lowered his head and walked out of the palace in a daze. Guo Kai stood beside him. Guo Kai frowned and said seriously: "At the beginning, you asked us to take out our property in exchange for food, but it caused such serious consequences. Wu'an Jun had just gone to war. I heard that many soldiers in the army fled, and even robbed food... I don't know how Wu'an Jun should defeat the enemy under such a disadvantage... This is all your fault."

"Because of your ignorance, countless people in Zhao starved to death, and Wu'anjun's situation became even more dangerous..."

Guo Kai snorted coldly, turned around and left here. Jianxinjun looked at him blankly, and lowered his head guiltily.

Guo Kai's handling method was very decisive. He directly brought elite soldiers to kill the wealthy merchants in Zhao, seize their property, and forcibly set a low market price to directly execute all merchants and nobles who were unwilling to cooperate... Many of the people who maliciously hoarded food were supported and instructed by Guo Kai. When he came to take charge of this matter, these people naturally followed his orders and ended the chaos together.

Guo Kai lost some property, but got more, and the chaos in Zhao gradually subsided.

Jianxin Jun, who was extremely guilty, also committed suicide in the mansion after he dismissed all his disciples.
Chapter completed!