The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 559 Li Mu's Choice [Subscribe*Monthly Ticket Request]

"This is a matter of national importance. I hope the general will forgive me!"

Looking at the depressed and gloomy Li Mu in white, Gongsun Mo, who had not bent down since he entered the court, now bent down and saluted respectfully.

Forced away a famous general of the time.

This is a joke in any country.
What a famous general!
what is that?
The most important weapon of the country!

It is regarded as a treasure in any country.

If you give Yan a famous general, the King of Yan will give up his own palace for him to live in.

You give it to Wei State... Well, Wei State is full of talented people, so it doesn't need it!
However, a famous general like Li Mu was forced to leave Bingzhou with just a few words, and no one in Zhao State tried to stop it.

"Since ancient times, famous generals are like beauties, and they are not allowed to have gray hair in the world!"

Gongsun Mo sighed in a low voice, this was one of the emperor's poems, but it seemed so appropriate for the occasion.

Li Mu may not be old yet, but because of years of hard work in the wars of Zhao State, his temples have already been frosted.

"Alas..." Li Mu sighed.

He couldn't blame Yan Yan, nor could he blame Gongsun Mo. If he were in his shoes, he would have done the same.

Yan Yan had already given him the best result and arranged everything for him.

"General, please wait a moment. The king has a great gift for you!" Gongsun Mo stopped Li Mu who wanted to leave.

Then he turned and looked at Zhao Qian who was sitting in the upper seat.

"What does King Zhao think?" Gongsun Mo asked directly.

Zhao Qian's hands were clenched so hard that veins turned blue. When had the State of Zhao ever been threatened like this?
Even during the Battle of Handan, the people of Zhao never surrendered.

But now, he looked around the court, and found that no one dared to look him in the eye, and no one stood up to rebuke him or refute him.

"It seems that Zhao State is still brave. Since King Zhao chooses to fight, then let's fight!" Gongsun Mo did not give Zhao Qian another chance to speak and walked out of King Zhao's palace directly.

Li Mu sighed, turned around and left the Zhao Palace.

Until the two men reached the gate of Zhao Wang's palace, no one came out to stop them.

"My mission this time has failed!" Gongsun Mo sighed and said to Li Mu.

"Bingzhou actually doesn't want to go to war?" Li Mu was a little surprised.

"Bingzhou Oath!" Gongsun Mo sighed.

No one knows better than them how much importance Bingzhou attaches to oaths.

On the Bingzhou tripod, on the blade of the giant's sword with his head buried, the oath of Bingzhou was engraved.

The first lesson of elementary education in Bingzhou is also the Bingzhou Oath.

Therefore, Bingzhou was not willing to go to war southward unless it was absolutely necessary.

Li Mu was silent, and finally looked back at the palace built by King Wuling of Zhao.

In front of the palace gate, envoys from various countries seemed to have received the news long ago and had been waiting there for a long time.

"The special envoy of Qin State, under the order of the king, has come to invite the general to Qin. The Qin State is willing to welcome the general to Qin with the position of right general!" When the special envoy of Qin State saw Li Mu coming out in white clothes, he was stunned for a moment, and then he opened his mouth and shouted loudly.

"The special envoy of Yan State, under the order of the king, invites the general to Yan. Yan State is willing to welcome the general to Yan with the title of general!" The special envoy of Yan State was not willing to be outdone.

"The special envoy of Qi, under the order of the king, invites the general to Qi. Qi is willing to welcome the general to Qi with the title of general!" The special envoy of Qi also spoke.

The State of Qi knew that it could not win the fight, so this trip was just for show.

"The special envoy of Wei State, under the order of the king, invites the general to enter Wei. Wei State is willing to invite the general to enter Wei with the position of general!" Wei State really wanted to win over Li Mu.

The King of Wei and Prime Minister Anling Jun knew in advance what Bingzhou wanted to do, and also received news from Bingzhou, so after discussion, they felt that Wei could not miss the opportunity again, so they took the initiative to come forward.

"The special envoy of the State of Chu, under the order of the King, invites the general to enter Chu. The State of Chu is willing to invite the general to enter Chu as the general!"

Chu also wanted Li Mu to go. If they got Li Mu, they would have two famous generals from Zhao. Even if they didn't use them, it would be an honor to have them. "Did your monarch arrange all these?" Li Mu was a little surprised.

If Bingzhou had not notified them in advance, these envoys from the princes would not have dared to try to trick him with the positions of Right General and Grand General.

These envoys do not have this right either.

"Your Majesty said that it is inevitable that the general will be driven away by Zhao State, and his morale will inevitably be depressed. However, after leaving Zhao State, the general still has to worry about his future?"

"Mo Chou has no confidant in the way ahead. Who in the world doesn't know the king?"

Li Mu laughed, what a great saying, who in the world doesn’t know you!

It's because Zhao State has talented people but does not use them, and does not know how to judge people.

But Li Mu thought of more.

Yan Yan thought that he would always think three steps ahead when doing something, and it was impossible for him to do it just to find a new employer or a way out.

The arrival of so many envoys from various princes would surely spread quickly throughout the scholar community.

By then, the entire State of Zhao would be labeled as a country that failed to recognize talented people, and those talented but unappreciated scholars would skip Zhao as their first choice when choosing a country.

This is also the fundamental reason why other princes want to recruit him regardless of whether they really want to use him or not.

This is a label established by the princes to show that they love and cherish talents.

"What about you in Bingzhou? Are you really not planning to recruit me?" Li Mu smiled and asked back.

Gongsun Mo was stunned for a moment, then shook his head.

"The Lord has said that in order to preserve the general's reputation, Bingzhou will not recruit the general and let the general bear the name of treason."

"That kid!" Li Mu shook his head and looked at the envoy from Chu State.

The Chu envoy was instantly surprised when he saw Li Mu looking at him.

If he could bring Li Mu back to the State of Chu, he would have been credited with the recommendation and would have completed his mission perfectly.

Originally, he didn't think he could defeat the Qin State.

Although the Qin State only gave him the position of Right General.

But the Qin State did not have a general or a lieutenant general. The right general was already the highest military rank in the Qin State.

And that was the Qin State, those who understand will understand.

"Mu doesn't want to take care of any military affairs anymore. It would be better for him to choose a place to spend his remaining years in peace and write books!" Li Mu spoke slowly.

After going through so much, he was extremely disappointed with the court.

Even Zhao, his home country, was unwilling to trust him or use him, let alone other countries.

The State of Qin and King Zheng of Qin might use him, just as the State of Qin dared to use Li Yao and Li Xin, but there was no difference between going to the State of Qin and going to Bingzhou, as both would be criticized as treason.

Therefore, Li Mu had no plan to go to Qin.

"General, have you made up your mind?" Gongsun Mo asked.

"Mu wants to see what the place is like that can produce such a genius!" Li Mu said with a smile.

He wanted to go to Wu County in the State of Chu and visit Yushan Academy to see what kind of place it was that could produce such a genius.

As a world-famous Yushan Academy, it seems to be a good place for retirement and writing books.

"We're a step late!" Yan Lu and Fu Nian sighed as they watched Li Mu leave with the envoys from Chu.

In fact, they also knew that after this battle, Li Mu probably no longer had the ambition to lead troops, and would instead think about enjoying his retirement and writing books.

Therefore, they hurried all the way from Xiaoshengxianzhuang in Sanghai, just to invite Li Mu to Xiaoshengxianzhuang as a guest official, to live out his retirement and write books.

(End of this chapter)