Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

Zhao Dan stared at Zhao Heng, the crown prince of Zhao Kingdom, standing in front of him, reciting the homework assigned by the teacher one by one, with a look of relief on his face.

After more than a year of study, Zhao Heng, who is still a teenager, has obviously grown a little taller, and fine fluff has begun to grow on the corners of his mouth, and he looks more or less like an adult.

As for the homework assigned by these teachers, Zhao Dan actually didn't take it too seriously.

After Zhao Heng finished reciting to Zhao Dan, Zhao Dan asked Zhao Heng a few more questions. After confirming that he really had his own understanding of the homework assigned by the teacher, he nodded in satisfaction and turned to Zhao Heng. Said: "I will stay here later, and have dinner with my father."

For being able to have dinner with his father, Zhao Heng seemed very excited, which made Zhao Dan feel a little emotional. He seemed to be too "indulged" in government affairs, and it had been a long time since he had been with his big brother. The son had a good chat.

Perhaps it was because of this slight sense of guilt in his heart that Zhao Dan was not as strict with Zhao Heng as he had always been, but was always looking for some topics to chat with Zhao Heng, and the whole atmosphere was very tense. Relaxed, and even occasionally laughed a few times.

Obviously, Zhao Heng gradually got used to this chatting atmosphere, and began to tell Zhao Dan some interesting things that happened between Huaxia Academy.

"Father, if you think about it, you probably don't know that since the Mohists entered the Huaxia Academy, the relationship between the Confucian scholars and the Mohists has been very tense. At the gate of the academy. Mohists seem to have counterattacked these days, and Confucian scholars have also begun to appear at the gate of the academy."

When Zhao Dan heard this, the smile on the corner of his mouth gradually disappeared, he raised his voice slightly, and called outside the palace gate: "Mao Sui!"

Mao Sui immediately appeared in front of Zhao Dan: "I don't know why the king summoned you?"

Zhao Dan briefly recounted to Mao Sui what Zhao Heng said just now, and then said to Mao Sui: "I really didn't expect that the law and order in the Huaxia Academy would be so bad that even a few famous scholars Can't even protect you? If that's the case, wouldn't it be no difficulty at all if some unruly person wants to enter the school palace and assassinate those widowed Qing's family?"

Due to the importance of the Huaxia Academy to the State of Zhao, Zhao Dan did not let anyone else take charge of the Huaxia Academy, but directly let Mao Sui and the Supervisory Guard take charge.

Mao Sui hesitated for a moment, and then said to Zhao Dan: "Your Majesty, there is actually something else hidden in this, please report to Rong Chen."

"Hidden feelings?" After Zhao Dan heard these words, he felt a little amused: "Isn't it just an ordinary fight? What else could be hidden."

Mao Sui replied very respectfully: "Your Majesty, it is like this. I originally planned to strengthen the security of the Huaxia Academy and isolate the courtyards between the Mohists and the Confucians, but this proposal was jointly opposed by the Mohists and the Confucians. .”

"Objection?" After hearing Mao Sui's words, Zhao Dan couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and said, "Why do they object?"

Mao Sui replied: "The Mohist thinks that the Confucianism is nothing more than a mob, and it is not vulnerable at all; while the Confucianism thinks that the Mohism is far inferior to its own side, and it will surely win after a long time. Therefore, for the sake of their respective faces, they are not willing to let the ministers stop them. Scholars fighting."

"Face?" Zhao Dan shook his head, and said to Mao Sui in front of him, "I don't remember that there is any option of fighting among the six arts of a gentleman, and I don't want to see something happen like Confucius punishing Shao Zhengmao. After you go back, immediately Arrange the vigilance, I don't want any brawls to happen in the Huaxia Academy in the future."

"If such a mess still occurs in the Huaxia Academy in the future, then all the scholars who participated in the brawl will be expelled from the academy by the widow! This country of Zhao is the territory of the widow, and the Huaxia Academy is not outside the law. place!"

Mao Sui promised loudly.

After Zhao Dan gave the order, he turned his gaze back to his eldest son, Zhao Heng, and suddenly found that Zhao Heng had a look of regret on his face.

After pondering for a while, Zhao Dan came up with the answer: "Heng'er, did you also participate in these fights?"

Zhao Heng's face turned red when he heard the words, and after a long while, he said eagerly: "Father, my son is disrespectful, please forgive me."

As the future state of Zhao, Zhao Heng has always been secretly protected and monitored in the school, so Zhao Heng's actions have not been hidden from Zhao Dan.

According to the secret report submitted, Zhao Heng has mixed with many Confucian scholars and descendants of Zhao nobles who support Confucianism in the Huaxia Academy in the past year, and it is said that he has become the leader of this group of people.

Zhao Dan shook his head and said to Zhao Heng: "Then Confucianism and Mohism belong to the dispute of knowledge, but whether it is the knowledge of Confucianism or Mohism, it is possible to help you to govern the country of Zhao in the future. Yes, so you have to remember that you should not show any position or inclination between these two families."

"Otherwise, your inclination will make one of them bigger and the other weaker, so that the bigger one will naturally want to limit your power, and the weaker one will be against you again." It's not going to help any more."

Zhao Heng thought carefully for a while, and then said to Zhao Dan: "Father, I know I was wrong, and I will definitely not participate in these factional disputes in the future."

Zhao Dan nodded, and said to Zhao Heng: "If I remember correctly, you have been studying under Xun Kuang since you entered the academy, right? Then you can choose another school to study.”

Zhao Heng heard that it was the first term, and couldn't help but said: "Father, this seems to be a bit inappropriate."

Zhao Dan waved his hand and said: "There is nothing wrong with this move. You must know that before you were in the palace, many teachers from various schools took turns teaching you. Now you have studied Confucianism in the Huaxia Academy for a year. , This is already the widow's face for Xun Kuang."

Zhao Heng hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but said: "Father, are you planning to suppress the life and death of Confucianism?"

"Yes." Zhao Dan nodded slightly, and said to Zhao Heng: "In the Huaxia Academy, only Confucianism dominates. This is obviously not conducive to the development of the Huaxia Academy."

"The reason why I want to establish the Huaxia Academy is not to make it a sacred place for Confucianism, but to give the various schools of thought a soil for development and survival. As the prince of Zhao, you can actually use your status as the prince Some of them have done some things. If possible, I hope that in the near future, I can see the results of these things you have done."

Zhao Dan didn't tell Zhao Heng what he needed to do, but hoped that Zhao Heng could experience it by himself.

Zhao Heng seemed to have understood what Zhao Dan meant, and did not continue the topic of Confucianism, but began to actively talk about the situation of other schools of thought in the ensuing conversation.

"Father, speaking of it, I encountered a very interesting thing yesterday. But I said that the farmer opened up a recipe in the school palace to grow dishes, but when I passed by yesterday, I found that those farm students were yelling at the Guo family. , Said that the farm tools produced by the Guojia Workshop are too durable."

"The Guo family?" Zhao Dan's heart moved slightly, suddenly he remembered a person, and he couldn't help but blurt out: "Could it be the Guo family where Guo Kai is the head of the family?"

Zhao Heng replied: "Go back to my father, that's right."

Zhao Dan nodded thoughtfully, and suddenly remembered something.

Speaking of which, when Zhao State was destroyed by Qin State in history, this Guo Kai seemed to play a very disgraceful role in it.

Whether Lian Po was unable to return to Zhao, or Li Mu was wrongly killed, there is always Guo Kai in it.

Moreover, Guo Kai's Guo family has been the largest iron smelting businessman in Zhao since his ancestor Guo Zong. In the heyday, almost half of Zhao's ironware came from the Guo family, and even part of the arms business was owned by the Guo family. involved.

That is to say, after Zhao Dan's iron smelting blast furnace in Datong started to operate in the past few years, Zhao's official smelting level and output continued to increase, so the cooperation with the Guo family gradually decreased.

Now the Guo family basically only has private business, and can no longer participate in the official business of the Zhao State, but the size of the Guo family is still very large, and it is the only one in the Zhao State that can be compared with Lu Buwei before he became an official. top rich family.

As soon as Zhao Dan thought of this, he called Mao Sui: "What's the Guo family doing recently?"

Today's Miao Xian has basically retired, and both Hu Yiwei and the supervisory guard have been handed over to Mao Sui, and it is the supervisory guard's job to monitor the powerful Zhao family like the Guo family.

Mao Sui thought for a while, and then replied to Zhao Dan: "My lord, judging from the information from the Guardian, the Guo family should not have done anything special."

Zhao Dan nodded, and said to Mao Sui: "You have compiled a piece of national information these days, and sent it to the widow's desk as soon as possible, and by the way, send some more people to keep an eye on this Guo family. The widow reported it, do you understand?"

Mao Sui looked obviously puzzled, but he still bowed respectfully and agreed.

After Mao Sui retreated, Zhao Heng, who had been listening quietly, couldn't help but said, "Is the father planning to attack the Guo family? However, the Guo family is a wealthy family but engaged in merchants, which is indeed despised. "

Zhao Dan couldn't help laughing when he heard the words: "This Guo family can be regarded as a well-known family in Zhao State, and there has never been any violation of discipline or law. How about taking it down?"

"However, Henger, you have to remember what I have said today, that is, this Guo family, especially this Guo Kai is not trustworthy at all!"

Although the history of this era has been changed, Zhao Dan is still instinctively wary of disclosing the treacherous ministers in history.

Shouldn't they find a reason in advance to kill Guo Kai?Zhao Dan hesitated in his heart.

Chapter 6 Annoyed Zhao Kuo (third update)

The sun fell from the sky and shone on Zhao Kuo's face.

There was no breeze on the prairie in summer, and it was so hot that Zhao Kuo had the urge to take off all the armor on his body, and then jump into the small river in front of him to take a refreshing bath.

But Zhao Kuo didn't do that, he just walked along the river with a serious face, and gave orders while walking: "Second and third sons, drink water quickly, and set off in two quarters of an hour!"

In front of Zhao Kuo, a thousand armored cavalry, a thousand light armored cavalry and their horses were crowded by the river, and the scene was very lively.