Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

From a common sense point of view, it is more normal for Li Mu to deal with the Huns, who are mainly cavalry, and Lian Po to attack Yan.

But the problem is that before attacking Yan, Zhao Dan didn't know that the Huns would suddenly attack him, so Zhao Dan sent Li Mu to Yan to make some achievements.

"Forget it, things have come to this point, and it's useless to talk about those things. Let Lian Po get used to cavalry combat in advance."

It seems that everything is fine, but accidents still occur.

After this meeting, a senior minister of Zhao State went back and forth, and begged to see Zhao Dan again.

This Minister of the State of Zhao is none other than Zheng Zhu, the only one among the seven ministers of the State of Zhao who is relatively neutral.

Zhao Dan looked at Zheng Zhu in surprise, and said, "I don't know what's the matter with Zheng Qing?"

Zheng Zhu seemed to be hesitant, and after a while he said: "I heard that the king is sending people to investigate Guo Kai recently?"

When Zhao Dan heard Zheng Zhu's words, his heart skipped a beat.

something wrong.

The problem is big.

You must know that Zhao Dan's order to investigate Guo Kai was not issued through official channels, but directly issued to Mao Sui.

Who is Mao Sui?That is the actual controller of the monitoring guards.

The Supervisory Guard is an organization that reports directly to Zhao Dan without going through any Zhao State organization.

Logically speaking, Zhao Dan's order to the supervisory guard should not be known to any of Zhao's important ministers. After all, the original intention of the supervisory guard was to monitor Zhao's courtiers.

So how did Zheng Zhu know Zhao Dan's supposedly secret order to the supervisory guard?

Zhao Dan's thoughts turned, but he said slowly and calmly: "What does Zheng Qing want to say to the widow?"

Zheng Zhu said solemnly: "What I want to tell the king is that in fact, the reason why Guo Kai became the largest iron merchant in Zhao country is mainly related to the support of two people."

Zhao Dan frowned and said: "If Zheng Qing said that, then the identities of these two people must be very special."

Zheng Zhu nodded and said, "My lord Mingjian, these two people who support Guo Kai are Lord Pingyuan and Lord Pingyang."

"What?" Zhao Dan was really taken aback, and said, "There is such a thing?"

Zheng Zhu nodded very seriously, and said, "Your Majesty, there is absolutely no falsehood in this matter."

Zhao Dan tapped the corner of the table lightly, lost in thought.

It turned out to be the case.

Power-for-money transactions are not uncommon in any era.

Guo Kai was able to almost monopolize Zhao's iron business for a time, and he must have offended many people.

Guo Kai was able to make such a big business even though he could offend a lot of people, and he has lived in peace and stability until now. It is impossible for Guo Kai to have no one behind him.

It's just that Zhao Dan didn't expect that his two uncles were standing behind Guo Kai, which is more troublesome.

Zhao Dan pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked: "How did you know about this?"

Zheng Zhu said: "Returning to Your Majesty, in fact, several of my retainers are also in charge of the ironware business. The Guo family has suddenly become tense these days, so I think they should be targeted by the surveillance guards."

Zhao Dan nodded, expressing that he understood: "Very well, what does Zheng Qing think about this Guo Kai?"

A trace of anger flashed across Zheng Zhu's face, and he said: "Guo Kai, relying on the support of two lords, acts extremely domineeringly, and has never been willing to give life to any opponent. He also treats the workers under his command extremely Cruel, often beaten, scolded and whipped, and craftsmen were often beaten to death."

Zhao Dan thought for a while and said, "Does Zheng Qing have evidence for this?"

Zheng Zhu replied: "Your Majesty, I have a few craftsmen who have worked under Guo Kai's hands to testify. They were all disabled after being beaten by Guo Kai, and they were kicked out of Guo's iron workshop, and then taken in by me."

Zhao Dan said: "Since this is the case, someone from the supervisory guard will come to contact you later, and you will hand over these witnesses to the supervisory guard."

Looking at Zheng Zhu leaving happily, Zhao Dan thought deeply.

Zheng Zhu didn't tell the truth completely, but that's not the point, the point is the news that Zheng Zhu brought to Zhao Dan.

Guo Kai and the Guo family are actually the spokespersons of Zhao Sheng and Zhao Bao in the business world.

In this era, although the ministers are noble, they are far from enough compared to the top businessmen in terms of wealth.

For example, for a person like Zhao Sheng who has [-] followers under his command and lives a very extravagant life, it is obviously not enough to rely on the tax revenue of the fiefdom alone, and must have additional sources.

Zhao Dan knew very well that many nobles in history let their family members or servants run some industries, but what they didn't expect was that Guo Kai was the spokesperson of Zhao Sheng and Zhao Bao in the mall.

In this way, the strange investigation report that Mao Sui sent up just now seems to have a reasonable explanation.

"Come on, call Mao Sui here!"

After a while, Mao Sui appeared in front of Zhao Dan.

Zhao Dan stared at Mao Sui with both eyes, and there was a serious meaning in his words: "You were a servant of Lord Pingyuan back then, didn't you already know that Guo Kai is related to Lord Pingyuan?"

Mao Sui's body shook, and he knelt down with a thud: "My lord, please forgive me!"

Looking at Mao Sui who kowtowed like garlic in front of him, Zhao Dan snorted softly, and said: "I will give you another chance, if you can't solve this matter this time, then you, the deputy chief inspector Don’t do it, let someone who can do it do it!”

Seeing Mao Sui leaving in a hurry, Zhao Dan was also quite upset.

I thought it was just a very simple thing, but I didn't expect it to become complicated now.

Just now, the three important ministers Zhao Sheng, Zhao Bao and Zheng Zhu have been involved, and even Mao Sui, who was supposed to be loyal, seems a little unreliable.

This Mao Sui, at this moment, still want to give the lord Zhao Sheng a little face?Simply stupid!

Speaking of it, this is really looking at the distance but forgetting about one's own feet. It's completely dark under the lamp.

Forget it, take this opportunity to clean up all those damn monsters!

Chapter 6 Your Majesty Save Me ([-]rd update)

A seemingly inconspicuous carriage drove slowly through Handan City, and then entered a mansion that didn't look too gorgeous, but occupied an astonishingly large area through the side door.

Guo Kai, who was in the carriage, got down, and in front of him was a butler with a serious face.

"What's the matter with you?" The steward's voice was very cold, obviously not his attitude towards the Patriarch.

Guo Kai cupped his hands and said to the housekeeper, "Please inform your majesty, and he said Guo Kai asked to see you."

"What's the matter with you?" The butler's tone didn't change.

A trace of anger flashed in the deepest corner of Guo Kai's eyes, but this top businessman in Zhao State suppressed the negative emotions in his heart very well, and continued to maintain a sufficiently humble attitude: "There are some problems in the iron business, It needs to be decided by the king himself."