Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

Could it be that there is someone else behind the scenes?

Zhao Dan's brain started to work crazily.

If so, then this event is very interesting!

Does anyone want to covet the widow's power?

Thinking of this, Zhao Dan's whole heart suddenly stabilized, and all the entanglement and hesitation disappeared.

The next moment, Zhao Dan said in a deep voice: "Xun Qing, the crimes of these students have been decided by the widow, and they will be handed over to the commander according to the law. They will be sentenced as they want, and the widow will not interfere! The widow also hopes The Huaxia Academy can learn a lesson and be able to study well, as for things that have nothing to do with learning, it is best for the Academy not to participate in the future."

Xun Kuang was shocked when he heard Zhao Dan's words. One must know that the purpose of the attack was to hope that Zhao Dan would be merciful outside the law. Now that Zhao Dan has stated that he must act according to the law, doesn't this mean that those students are all finished?

You must know that according to the laws of Zhao State, the dozens of principal offenders headed by these students will be beheaded directly, and the remaining dozens of accomplices will inevitably have one sent to the north to repair the Great Wall. The consequences can be said to be very severe.

After a pause, Zhao Danyu said earnestly to Xun Kuang in front of him: "Xun Qing, I respect you very much, whether it was before or now, so today I am here to reconcile you with all my heart. Let me tell you something about Xun Qing. Does Xun Qing want to become a famous thinker in history after a hundred years, or a failed politician?"

After Zhao Dan finished speaking, he looked at Xun Kuang who seemed to be a clay statue in front of him very seriously, and said sincerely: "This is all I have said, please let Xun Qing think about it for himself."

Chapter 654 Changes in Handan (first update)

Another morning, a carriage slowly drove into Handan City.

This carriage looked quite ordinary, so no one knew that the man sitting in the carriage who looked like he was dressed in ordinary clothes but still vaguely revealing a bit of majesty was their world-famous king.

For some reason, Zhao Dan always has a feeling that the huge Miyagi seems to have become his own cage, a cage from which he cannot escape.

What's even more frightening is that even the ministers have a lot of time to rest and bath every year. When they get old, they basically retire and stay at home.

Anyone will feel tired after repeating a job for many years, especially a high-intensity career like being a monarch.

Zhao Dan began to understand why those wise emperors in history often had a short lifespan.

I have to think about a lot of national affairs every day, and I don’t know how many brain cells will die. After work, I have to face a large group of concubines in the palace who are demanding too much. Such a huge consumption of body and brain every day, I will not die soon. Strange.

On the other hand, those stupid and mediocre monarchs only need to leave the government affairs to the ministers to deal with, and then have fun every day. Although they are still physically surrounded by a group of women, at least they don't have to waste their brains every day.

So, you still have to give your brain a vacation.

Zhao Dan thought about it again, the one who can compare with the profession of the king is probably the writer of later generations.

The same [-]/[-], the same brain drain every day, the same high-intensity workload, the worst thing is that there are no rewards, no subscriptions, no money, and no wives. It makes people cry for sympathy .

What a miserable word, alas.

Zhao Dan withdrew his thoughts, and refocused his gaze on the Handan Street in front of him.

To be honest, compared with the time when Zhao Dan just crossed, Handan now has actually undergone a lot of changes.

The biggest change is that the smell that once made people cover their noses is gone.

Since Zhao Dan crossed, he began to mobilize a large number of professionals to conduct a thorough investigation of the environment of the entire Handan, and came up with a sewage discharge plan for the drainage canal.

With the support of a large amount of funds, this drainage channel project has been completely completed.

In today's Handan, no matter which workshop or street you go to, you can see drainage ditches for sewage beside the road. The excavation of these drainage ditches is in charge of the Zhao State officials, and the daily maintenance is done by the Fang Ding in the workshop. Responsible.

Since the maintenance of drains is counted as labor labor, and there are only so many places in each workshop, this seemingly dirty job is actually quite sought-after. Digging a stinky ditch at the door is no big deal.

In addition to the drainage system, the large excrement merchants headed by the Lu family also contributed a lot.

It has to be said that the sense of smell of the merchants is quite keen. The secret of the manor bought by the Lu family as a dung factory was not kept for a long time. Open outside.

At the beginning, because the "resources" were quite sufficient, the major dung factories were still in peace.However, as competitors continued to join in, one day, the "production" of hundreds of thousands of residents in Handan City could no longer meet the needs of dozens of large and small dung factories.

So a cruel reshuffle began.

Since the dung factories have always pulled dung for free, if they want to compete for resources, it is naturally impossible to start with any purchase price, because the purchase price is zero in the first place.

The bosses of the major dung factories started all kinds of open and secret battles. After a year-long reshuffle, only about ten or so dung factories remained, and all other large and small dung factories were cleared out.

It is worth mentioning that the largest dung factory here does not belong to others, but comes from Zhao Guoshao Mansion.Since the Shaofu is the private property of the royal family, Zhao Dan is actually the owner of the largest manure factory in Handan City

I have to say that this feeling made Zhao Dan feel a little weird.

Knowing the huge profits of the manure factory, Zhao Dan unceremoniously set an extremely high tax rate of [-]% for the manure factory!Moreover, Zhao Dan also specially included the sentence "The tax on the dung factory can be increased but not reduced" into the tax law of Zhao State.

After the dung factory controlled by Shaofu paid taxes to the tax supervisor of Nei Shi, other dung factories had to follow suit. Every day, I hold the tax reports of the major dung factories and put them on the desk. When I am tired and depressed, I pick them up to have a look.

For Zhao Dan, anyway, this tax payment is from the private treasury of the royal family to the public treasury of the country, which is not harmful, basically it is a matter of left-handed and right-handed.

All in all, Zhao Dan is quite happy and proud of the fact that he was able to start an industry, although this industry is a bit tasteful and not very put on the table

If you look at it this way, the widow is considered farming, right?Sitting on the carriage, Zhao Dan covered his nose and looked at a dung truck passing not far in front of him, while thinking proudly in his heart.

Perhaps because it was too early, Handan City didn't seem to have woken up yet. Occasionally people would pass by the street corner, but the flow of people was not too much.

It is the season of late autumn, the heavy chill lingers around everyone, countless fallen leaves fall from the sky, and the streets of Handan are paved with a thick layer after each night.

Zhao Dan also did not let go of these fallen leaves. At this moment, many people can be seen on the street cleaning these fallen leaves, which is also a kind of labor.

The reason for doing these things is not that Zhao Dan has any cleanliness, but because of a very important reason, that is hygiene.

As a traveler, Zhao Dan knew the importance of hygiene. One of the most important reasons why morbidity and mortality were so high in ancient times was unsanitary conditions.

Among other things, as long as hygiene is improved, the number of mosquitoes will naturally decrease, and the incidence of mosquitoes will naturally decrease.

In addition, mortality rates such as newborns and pregnant women are closely related to infection.

Since Zhao Dan was inspired after the Battle of Handan, he sorted out a simple sanitary regulation with the memory in his mind and forced it to be promoted in Zhao State. It was directly reduced by 40.00%, and it seems that there is still room for further decline.

Population is definitely the most precious wealth for monarchs in this era.

Zhao Dan's carriage turned into a workshop in the northwest of Handan. This is the poorest workshop in Handan. Dilapidated houses can be seen everywhere, but the roads are fairly clean, and the drains along the street are also smooth. Several old people leisurely basked in the sun on the trunk of a giant tree that could only be hugged by several people, and there were several young children playing around.

Zhao Dan thought for a while, stopped the carriage, got off the carriage and walked towards the old people.

These few old people quickly discovered the existence of Zhao Dan, and immediately subconsciously straightened up one by one, and stood up in a panic. He looked at Zhao Dan with his eyes.

Although this time Zhao Dan is visiting in a micro-clothes and only wearing a very ordinary scholar's costume, but just because he can own a carriage and the sense of majesty that he has been in the top position for a long time, it is enough to make these only the lowest level of the Zhao State. The old people couldn't help being in awe.

Zhao Dan cupped his hands to the elders, and said with a smile: "Old men, I have some questions and want to ask the old man, I wonder if the old men have time to chat with me?"

An old man who seemed to be in his early 50s was pushed out by other old men to talk to Zhao Dan. The old man was obviously a little nervous and said, "I don't know what you want to ask, sir? We are all old men. Not on sir."

Zhao Dan smiled, and said in a rather gentle tone: "I would venture to ask, what does the old man's family do for a living?"

The old man hesitated for a moment, and then said: "I have three sons and five daughters, and the daughters are all married, and the two sons will return after fighting for the country."