Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

After all, there is a very magical thing in this world called "the boss and the second child fight, and the third child dies."

Li Mu had a panoramic view of the expressions of the two of them, and he understood immediately. After a pause, he said: "Although I don't know who the king is, but if the king wants me to recommend him, I should recommend Zheng Qing." .”

As soon as Li Mu finished speaking, a warm smile appeared on Zheng Zhu's face, and he said, "If that's the case, then I would like to thank Mr. Wu Xiang."

The three talked and laughed, and walked towards the main hall.

What they didn't know was that there was actually a conversation going on in the side hall of Longtai at this moment.

"I have seen the king." Lu Buwei saluted Zhao Dan respectfully.

Zhao Dan smiled gently and said, "Xinjun, please get up. You just came from the prince's side, didn't you?"

Lu Buwei nodded, and said: "Go back to Your Majesty, because the crown prince misses his wife, so he specially took his wife to pay his respects to the crown prince's wife."

Zhao Dan smiled and said: "By the way, there are still many people who don't know the relationship between you and the prince's wife, right? When the prince comes back from Qi, I will find a time for him to announce this matter."

Speaking of which, due to Lu Buwei's identity as a spy, although Zhao Heng's eldest wife, the crown prince, is the eldest daughter of Lu Buwei, very few people know about it.

As for what kind of speculation and sensation would be caused after this incident broke out now, Zhao Dan didn't bother to pay attention to it.

Paper cannot contain fire, and the fact that Lu Buwei was a spy will come to light sooner or later.

From a historical point of view, people see things from the perspective of winners and losers, so Zhao Dan is not worried about being infamous.

For example, in the Battle of Changping in history, it was clearly the spies of Qin State who spread rumors to lure King Zhao Xiaocheng to replace Lian Po with Zhao Kuo, thus making Zhao State a victim, but people say that Qin State is smart and Zhao State is stupid of?

The great beauty of history is doomed to be put into eighteen postures by the victors to act recklessly.

And taking a step back, even if some people feel dissatisfied after the news broke out, it can be completely controlled.

Anyway, in this era when communication means are almost isolated, it is too easy to control public opinion, not to mention that there is a huge team of monitoring guards there.

Lu Buwei was naturally overjoyed when he heard this, and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

You must know that although Lu Buwei has been in Longtai for several months, on the one hand, he has not been assigned any specific work, and on the other hand, as a surrender, he is somewhat incompatible with the original Longtai important officials. It's not fully integrated either.

If the news that Lu Buwei's daughter is the Crown Princess of Zhao comes out, it is obvious that Lu Buwei's situation will immediately improve greatly.

Zhao Dan thought about it again, and said: "You are quite familiar with business, I plan to set up a business department, which is responsible for supervising the national traders and mediating the domestic economic situation. Minister, what do you think?"

Lu Buwei was taken aback when he heard the words, and couldn't help but glance at Zhao Dan subconsciously, and found that Zhao Dan was calmly waiting for Lu Buwei's answer.

Lu Buwei took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice: "Lu Buwei is the king's minister, the king has a life, and I should do my best to never let the king down!"

Zhao Dan looked at Lu Buwei, with a smile on his face: "Very good. The people outside have already arrived, so you and the widow will go out to attend the meeting together."

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What Zhao Dan said was not wrong at all. When he walked out with Lu Buwei, the other important officials in the hall had already gathered.

After all, this is a very important meeting, and it can even be said to be a meeting that will determine the direction of Zhao's situation for a long time to come, but anyone with a little brain is unlikely to be absent at this time, let alone those who are present Basically, they are the best of the best.

This is a real era of aristocrats, even the so-called civilians are from the scholar class, but they are the lowest of the scholar class, that's all, so even the generals present will not be like Like the warriors of later generations, their minds are full of nothing but muscles and arrogance.

Seeing Zhao Dan walking out with Lu Buwei, everyone present couldn't help showing surprised expressions on their faces, and some secretly speculated in their hearts, could it be that this Lu Buwei is going to become a dark horse in the competition between Xiangbang?

But no matter how many speculations or thoughts there were in their hearts, everyone on the surface stood up one after another and saluted Zhao Dan: "I have seen the king."

Zhao Dan smiled and said: "Your Excellencies, sit down."

Everyone sat down one after another, and Lu Buwei also returned to his seat.

Zhao Dan cleared his throat, and said: "You must all know why I called you here today. The death of Mr. Pingyuan is a great loss to the widow and Zhao Guo. But the position of Xiangbang is in charge of hundreds of officials. It is indeed not good to be absent for a long time, so I am going to appoint a new Prime Minister today, what do you think?"

Needless to say, what Zhao Dan got was full of approval.

Sitting there, Zhao Dan looked around at the first group of officials, and found that some people were eager to try and wanted to start right away, while others were very calm and put on an attitude of eating melons.

Zhao Dan coughed, and said: "But before that, I have to say two things. First, the trustee Lu Buwei has been in Longtai for several months, but his responsibilities have not been clarified. In view of the trustee I was originally a big businessman, so I plan to set up a Ministry of Commerce and let Xinjun take charge of this new department, so as to monitor the national commercial economy and regulate certain behaviors in the commercial economy. What do you think?"

As soon as Zhao Dan said these words, he did not immediately get approval or opposition. The Zhao Guozhong ministers present were obviously not psychologically prepared for this, and they all fell into thinking.

Ministry of Commerce?It sounds like a very new thing. What does the emergence of this new department represent to Zhao Guo, and what hidden meaning does the king set up in this department? These are all things that need to be thought through clearly.

After a while, Yu Xin spoke first: "Your Majesty Mingjian, I have no objection."

For Yu Xin, the most important thing now is of course the position of prime minister.

As long as he can get the position of Xiangbang, Zhao Dan will support the establishment of ten new departments, not to mention one new department, with both hands and feet.

As soon as Yu Xin opened his mouth, Lian Po also said roughly: "The old minister agrees."

Zheng Zhu rolled his eyes and hurriedly said, "I also agree."

Soon, everyone present expressed their agreement.

This is actually a relatively good result. After all, no matter whether they are officials or military generals, all the people present have their own basic board. If Lu Buwei snatches this basic board, it will be a big loss.

And now this new practice of setting aside a new territory for Lu Buwei is undoubtedly very popular.

It has to be said that although many of the people present are already de facto large factory owners, and they can even be regarded as the first batch of large-scale capitalists in Zhao State, but because of their noble background, they subconsciously treat Business still has some discrimination and contempt in it.

So since Lu Buwei loves to do this matter of dealing with merchants, let him do it.

Especially those who are aspiring to compete for the position of Prime Minister, originally they were a little nervous about the fact that Lu Buwei came out with Zhao Dan, but now they are completely relieved.

Now that Lu Buwei has gone to take charge of the Laoshizi Commercial Department, it is naturally impossible to compete for the position of Xiangbang.

So far, the establishment of the Ministry of Commerce has become a foregone conclusion.

Lu Buwei stood up and bowed respectfully to Zhao Dan: "Thank you, Your Majesty, I will definitely live up to your great trust!"

At this moment, Lu Buwei's heart is also a little complicated.

Logically speaking, according to the previous promise between Zhao Dan and Lu Buwei, in fact, Lu Buwei also has hope to compete for the position of prime minister.

But Lu Buwei himself is also very clear that after all, he appeared in Longtai as a "vassal of the State of Qin". leader, it will definitely cause an uproar and a huge wave of opposition in Zhao Guozhong.

Without the support of his subordinates, this Xiangbang is doomed to be emptied of life, and may even have to step down in embarrassment after not working for a year or two.

This is obviously not what Lu Buwei wants to see.

Therefore, Lu Buwei felt that it would be no problem to take charge of the business department first, then make some achievements, and then integrate into Zhao Guo's inner circle through the relationship with the prince, and then become Xiangbang.

It is precisely because of this overall consideration that when Zhao Dan asked Lu Buwei in the side hall just now whether he would be the Minister of Commerce and give up competing for the prime minister, Lu Buwei thought about it and readily agreed.

The future is long, so why rush for a while?Besides, the king is not the kind of person who doesn't keep his promises.