Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

But it is clear that King Zhou Li and Lord Rong Yi, a pair of monarchs and ministers, did not understand the contradiction between productivity and production relations, and their reforms went completely wrong.

With the support of King Zhou Li, Duke Rong Yi issued a "patent" policy, announcing that the mountains, forests and lakes are all state-owned, and private individuals cannot enter them for fishing, and offenders will be punished.

King Li of Zhou and Lord Rong Yi wanted to come, since people can no longer fish, they should be able to return to the well fields obediently, so that the well field system can return to normal again, and the country's tax revenue can be back on track.

But King Zhou Li and Duke Rong Yi overlooked one point, that is, everyone went fishing because they could no longer survive farming and would starve to death. , what's the difference between that and letting us die?

So the people of the Zhou Dynasty complained about this, and many knowledgeable ministers also expressed their dissatisfaction.

But King Zhou Li not only turned a deaf ear to this, but instead set up a secret agency called "Wei Wu" to monitor people. As long as anyone complains about King Zhou Li's patent policy, whether it is a minister or a commoner, he will be arrested and killed directly.

This policy of violence and terror made everyone in Zhou stay silent, even to the point where they dared not speak to each other on the road and could only signal each other with their eyes.

But this kind of policy is obviously impossible to maintain for a long time. After a few years, the unbearable Zhou Dynasty people finally launched an uprising to overthrow the rule of King Zhou Li. This is the so-called "Chinese riot".

The reason why Miao Xian persuaded Zhao Dan with the incident of the Chinese people's riots was that he wanted to say that King Zhou Li established a secret organization to monitor people's actions and speeches, which led to the peak of public dissatisfaction. In the end, King Zhou Li also Therefore it was overthrown.

King Zhao Dan, you now want to set up this monitoring guard to monitor people. Isn't this going the old way of King Zhou Li?In this case, your rule may not be guaranteed.

After Zhao Dan figured out what Miao Xian meant, he couldn't help laughing.

Just from what Miao Xian said just now, it can be seen that this old official is really thinking about Zhao Dan and Zhao Guo, and even took the risk of offending Zhao Dan to speak out against Zhao Dan's decision.

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Zhao Dan stretched out his hand and patted the loyal old minister on the shoulder.

"Miao Qing is too worried."

Zhao Dan coughed, cleared his throat, and said to Miao Xian seriously: "Xiu Zhaogong once remonstrated with King Li of Zhou, saying: "Defending the people's mouth is better than Fangchuan. King Li didn't listen, so some people rioted." Since the lesson of King Li has been taught before me, how can I repeat the same mistakes? The supervisors of the guards are not the slanderers such as guards and witches. All matters are under the responsibility of the Sikou, and the supervisory guards are not involved."

"Supervise the officials and understand the sentiments of the people?" Miao Xian savored these two sentences carefully, and his brows, which were originally tightly locked, tended to relax slightly.

If the monitoring guards are responsible for these affairs, it doesn't seem too much.

Moreover, Zhao Dan also said that matters such as the determination of punishments are still decided by the original legal system of the Zhao State, the Si Kou Department, so this supervisory guard is indeed the same as King Zhou Li who arrested and beheaded when he disagreed with him." The "Witchguard" organization is completely different.

But after thinking about it, Miao Xian was a little confused: "Your Majesty, I still have something unclear. If it is about supervising all officials, there is also Lieutenant Yu Xin who does it, so why should there be such a supervising guard?"

As one of Zhao Guo's important ministers, Yu Xin's position as a lieutenant belongs to "selecting and training the virtuous, and appointing the officials to enable them." , that is, supervisory power.

Therefore, what Miao Xian meant was that since there are already lieutenants, the king, you still need to bring out a monitoring guard, it seems a bit unnecessary to take off your pants and fart.

Zhao Dan smiled slightly and said: "Miao Qing's words are absurd. A lieutenant is an official. It is the normal state of the world for officials and officials to protect each other. Yu Qing is a lieutenant, and I am confident. If a treacherous minister steals the position of lieutenant in the future and bullies the superior If you keep it secret, the country of Zhao will be in danger! The supervisors and guards are the ones who stand up to solve this crisis. In the future, the lieutenant will be able to observe clearly, and the supervisory guards will be able to pay unannounced visits to them. In this way, the bright and the dark complement each other, and the widows will have nothing to worry about!"

What Zhao Dan said was the original intention of setting up the monitoring guard.

There are too many institutions similar to this supervisory guard in various dynasties of China.For example, Wei Liao in the Qin Dynasty, Embroidered Clothes Envoy in the Han Dynasty, Lijingmen in the Tang Dynasty, Huangchengsi in the Song Dynasty, Jinyiwei and Dongchang in the Ming Dynasty, Xuedizi at the sticky pole in the Qing Dynasty, and so on.

Why did so many dynasties set up such a secret internal spy agency directly under the emperor with different names but basically the same nature? Could it be that the emperors were full and had nothing to do?

The fundamental reason is actually very simple, it is to prevent "officials and officials protecting each other".

It must be known that the official department responsible for supervising officials is also a member of the official class. Letting the official department supervise officials is actually tantamount to the official class supervising themselves. Is this not shady?Being an athlete and a referee at the same time, is it possible that this is not a black whistle?

This is the so-called mutual protection between officials and officials.

The emergence of mutual protection between officials and officials is usually accompanied by large-scale corruption, and large-scale corruption will inevitably lead to people's livelihood, and then the emperors will face a ruling crisis, and the country is in danger of being destroyed by peasant uprisings.

Therefore, the emperors must have a force in their hands to check and balance and deter the official class, to eliminate the corrupt among the official class, to prevent the officials from unscrupulously colluding to deceive, and to let the emperor have a channel to directly understand the people's sentiments .

What would be the end of an institution like the Supervisory Guard?Chongzhen, the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, killed Wei Zhongxian and abolished Jinyiwei and Dongchang.Then the scholar-bureaucrats and officials of the Ming Dynasty lost their deterrence and began to act as moths of the country unscrupulously. It took only a dozen years to collapse the huge Ming Dynasty.

It is not a problem for Chongzhen to kill Wei Zhongxian, just change his cronies to the higher position, but the abolition of Dongchang and Jinyiwei is definitely a very stupid thing Chongzhen did.

As the so-called history serves as a mirror, one can know the gains and losses. Now that there are so many dynasties' experience and lessons, the establishment of the supervisory guard is imperative for Zhao Dan.

In addition, this kind of organization itself needs a certain amount of time to develop. It is not that Zhao Dan can open his mouth and then the supervisory guards can be everywhere. Therefore, of course, the sooner the supervisory guard is established, the better.

After listening to Zhao Dan's explanation, Miao Xian finally understood completely, nodded and praised sincerely, "Your Majesty is really wise, I am not as good as you. Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will do my best to build this monitoring guard, Hu Yi guard!"

What Miao Xian was entangled with was actually the internal supervisory guard. As for the external Hu Yiwei, Miao Xian could understand.After all, which country doesn't have many spies these days?Hu Yiwei is just formally integrating Zhao's foreign spies into an organization, which is actually what should be done.

As I said earlier, Miao Xian himself is loyal to Zhao Dan, the monarch, and his initial opposition was also because he felt that this was not good for Zhao Dan's rule.But at this moment, after hearing Zhao Dan's explanation, Miao Xian found that the establishment of surveillance guards was not only harmless but also beneficial, so Miao Xian naturally fully supported this matter.

So Miao Xian had no further objection, and quickly resigned and left.

Looking at the figure of Miao Xian going away, Zhao Dan was also quite happy in his heart.The reason why Zhao Dan has to spend so much time to persuade Miao Xian is actually because Miao Xian is the best candidate in Zhao Dan's mind to be responsible for the establishment of these two organizations.With Miao Xian's full cooperation, Supervisor Wei and Hu Yiwei should be able to get on the right track soon.

Why do you say Miao Xian is the best candidate?First of all, Miao Xian has enough ability and prestige, and then he also has enough staff and followers to do these things.

Of course, these are actually not important, the most important point is Miao Xian's position as Eunuch Ling Da Nei Chief.

Of course, there is only one kind of eunuch who can be the head of the palace.

Of course, for such a powerful intelligence agency directly under the emperor, it is most reassuring to have an eunuch who has no ability to carry on the family as the leader.

Chapter 34 Lord Xinling

The capital of Wei State, Daliang.

This is a very young capital city, since King Wei Hui moved the capital to Daliang in 361 BC, only 100 years have passed.

The name of the city of Daliang sounds a little strange, but when it comes to the many names that the city changed later, such as "Chenliu", "Bianjing" or "Kaifeng", many people will be very familiar with it.

If you find an old aristocrat of the Wei state in Daliang City and ask him to describe the awesome situation of the Wei state, then this old aristocrat of the Wei state will definitely be able to talk to you for three days and three nights without stopping.

As the first overlord country in the Warring States Period, the Wei State back then was an existence that was often ashamed. It can be said that it punched the small Qin State in Guanzhong, kicked the Eastern Great Qi State, rejected the Jianghuai Chu barbarians in the south, and swallowed it in the north. The Dirongs of Zhongshan stood in the Central Plains and stomped their feet: "Stand up if you don't accept it!" None of the dozens or hundreds of vassal states dared to speak.

At that time, Wei Guo was definitely the first-class leader among the heroes of the Warring States Period, the eldest brother.Even the so-called sons of heaven in the Zhou Dynasty trembled under the glory of the King of Wei, begging for the protection of the King of Wei.

But that's all in the past.

After the old nobleman has finished remembering this glorious history for you, you can tell him that now your country of Wei is just a country trembling in front of Qin's soldiers, and the land in its heyday has shrunk by half. In fact, even the former capital Anyi has fallen into the hands of the people of Qin, why are you bragging about it with me here, and what are you pretending to be?

If you really said that, congratulations, please be prepared to be beaten up by this angry old nobleman and the passing Wei people nearby.

Gossip less, but said that although the state of Wei is no longer as prosperous as it was before, the centipede is dead but not stiff, and Wei is located in the heart of the Central Plains. In Zhang Yi's words, it is "Di Siping , the feudal lords are connected in all directions, and the nameless mountains and rivers are limited." Daliang City is surrounded by dense water and developed shipping lanes, making it extremely convenient to travel to any country, so this city that extends in all directions is still extremely prosperous today.

It was the noon at the beginning of August, and the scorching sun hung high in the center of the sky. The scorching sun shone down from the cloudless clear sky, and all the pedestrians on the road were sweating.

At the north gate of Daliang, thousands of guards of honor from the Wei state lined up in good spirits, and dozens of Wei state officials in formal attire lined up on both sides of the road, seemingly waiting for something.

And at the front of these ceremonial guards is an extremely luxurious carriage, on which sits a man who is over the age of [-]. This man has a wide robe and long sleeves, is handsome, has sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and wears a crown on his head. He is very handsome and unrestrained, at first glance he looks like a standard middle-aged successful person in the Warring States Period, and he also has a particularly high-value appearance.

This aristocratic man is the most handsome, outstanding, wisest and youngest among the famous "Four Gentlemen of the Warring States Period", the 36-year-old Xinling Lord Wei Wuji.

As the saying goes, don't be afraid that others are better than you, but be afraid that others are both better than you and more handsome than you.This Lord Xinling, Wei Wuji, belongs to the kind of person who is at the peak of IQ and appearance.