Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

The system of Fangshi originated from the Zhou Dynasty and was established when the Duke of Zhou established the ritual system.

Although the current Emperor Zhou is nothing, but the seven heroes of the Warring States Period in China were all born from the princes of the Zhou Dynasty. Various domestic systems have undergone long-term changes, but the etiquette system of the Zhou Dynasty is still ubiquitous.

Pang Nuan couldn't help but said: "Mr. Wu Xin, once you make this change, the entire capital of Handan will be turned upside down. Do you really want to do this?"

Zhao Kuo's reform is directly related to all the mansions in Handan City. After all, theoretically, after the reform, all the houses facing the street can be converted into shops, it just depends on whether the owner of the house is willing or not.

This kind of change that can affect everyone in the entire capital at once is undoubtedly an earth-shattering change.

Pang Nuan was a little worried, because he felt that Zhao Kuo didn't need to take such big steps.

Not only Pang Nuan, Guo Zong and Han Fei also expressed similar doubts.

They didn't want to oppose Zhao Kuo, but they felt that Zhao Kuo's reforms were too fierce, and maybe they should be gentler.

Faced with these remonstrances, Zhao Kuo was silent for a while, and then slowly said: "My lord, let me tell you a story about Wu Fei."

Chapter 970 Changes Proposed at the Court Meeting

After Zhao Kuo finished telling Wu Fei's story, the people present were silent for a while.

Xu Li and Su Li are insiders, but they are still a little moved.

Zhao Kuo said lightly: "The development of a country should not abandon any people.

Some people may say, isn't that how the common people have lived for hundreds of thousands of years?

Yes, they have always lived like this, but that doesn't mean they were born to live like this!Our state of Zhao will become more and more powerful in the future, but this kind of strength cannot be just the strength of the country, not just the strength of our officials, landlords and rich people.

That kind of power will only be a castle in the air. As long as one day the peasants are angry, they stand up and push it lightly, the entire beautiful and sturdy castle will collapse completely.

I know that everyone here hopes that their children and grandchildren can be officials for generations and become masters. If we really want to achieve this, then what we need to focus on should not be how to exploit the people, but how to exploit the people. You should think about how to treat the people better, better! "

Zhao Kuo's words echoed loudly in the room.

In fact, Zhao Kuo's words have a model for later generations.

The three Nordic countries in later generations are quite typical welfare states.

The state provides a lot of benefits to ensure that even the bottom people can live an extremely wealthy life.

But is there no cost to doing so?

Of course not, everything has a price.

The people at the bottom of these countries, while enjoying high welfare, the price is that it is almost impossible to achieve class promotion.

Simply put, a worker's son can continue to be a worker, a carpenter, a white-collar worker, etc., no problem.

But to be an official?

Sorry, not for you.

The ruling class in these countries uses such high welfare to support the bottom people, just to stop the mouths of these bottom people, so that they can live their own life without worry, don't think about any major national affairs, that's not the bottom Something the public should be involved in.

If you casually look through the lists of the ruling class and various entrepreneurs and parliamentarians in these countries, you will find that the ruling class in these countries were those people hundreds of thousands of years ago, and they are still those people hundreds of thousands of years later.

In Huaxia, Chen Sheng shouted the slogan "Princes and generals are better than each other", which turned Huaxia upside down.

But in the West, princes and generals not only have species, but their species have been passed down from generation to generation. Their rule has changed from a monarchy to a parliamentary system, from one family to another, but in essence they are still the same group. People sit on top.

So what Zhao Kuo said is correct. To maintain the rule, exploiting the people is the most stupid thing. Exchanging high welfare with the people for ruling power is what a truly smart ruling class should do.

Zhao Kuo's words obviously touched the people present a lot.

After a while, Pang Nuan let out a long breath and said, "Mr. Wu Xin, if you want to do it, I will support you."

This time, no one objected.

Hearing this, Zhao Kuo couldn't help but nodded in relief.

Why does Zhao Kuo have to reason every time?

In fact, Zhao Kuo can also directly issue an order to force it to be done, and it is impossible for everyone present to refuse Zhao Kuo.

However, if Zhao Kuo really forced the order, it would cause a situation of oral dissatisfaction.

In the case of oral dissatisfaction, these confidants and allies must be reluctant when doing things, and the effect of doing things will definitely be greatly reduced.

Therefore, Zhao Kuo would rather spend more time talking and explain the truth clearly, so that he can make his confidants and allies do things seriously, and finally make things a complete success.

Now that the matter has been unified on Zhao Kuo's side, the next thing to wait is naturally the court meeting in a few days.

A few days later, the court meeting was held as usual.

In front of the main hall of King Zhao's palace, the Zhou brothers got off the carriage and walked side by side.

Zhou Shaoliang said: "Brother, it is said that Li Mu's offensive is quite fierce recently, and the Koreans may not be able to resist it."

When Zhou Shaoliang spoke, there was an obvious sour taste in his tone. He was quite jealous of Li Mu's achievements.

Compared to Zhou Shaoliang who was not calm enough, Zhou Shaofen's expression was much calmer. He said to Zhou Shaoliang: "Li Mu is also a relatively talented person, otherwise he would not be elected as the main general by Wu Xinjun. He can now make the Korean It's normal for him to play badly, but it's really abnormal if he loses to South Korea."

Zhou Shaoliang said with some displeasure: "Of course the reasoning is the same, but if this happens, Wu Xinjun's power will expand even more, and I'm always not very happy."

Zhou Shaofen shook his head, but did not speak again.

For Zhou Shaofen, he has already made up his mind now, and he does not intend to continue to confront Zhao Kuo head-on, he just needs to wait for the day when King Zhao makes his move.

Of course, this kind of concession to Zhao Kuo does not mean a 100% unconditional concession. If Zhao Kuo showed any flaws, Zhou Shaofen certainly didn't mind taking a shot and hitting Zhao Kuo hard.

It's just that for Zhou Shaofen now, the actual requirements for his shots are very high, and he must have at least a 90% certainty of success before he can make a shot against Zhao Kuo.

But Zhou Shaofen felt that it was impossible for Zhao Kuo to reveal such a big flaw, so he basically didn't make a move now.

After the Zhou brothers walked into the main hall, they were surprised to find that Zhao Kuo and others were already sitting in the main hall. After some hypocritical politeness, they sat down and waited for the arrival of King Zhao.

After a while, King Zhao appeared with the eunuch order.

Zhao Wang's spirit is quite good, and the whole person looks radiant.

After announcing the start of the meeting, King Zhao said to Xu Li, "Dear Sima, tell me what's going on with our recent war in South Korea?"

Xu Li, who had been prepared for a long time, stood up, walked to the map hanging in the main hall, and began to introduce the situation.

The area of ​​South Korea is actually the smallest among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period. Basically, after losing Shangdang County, South Korea has only a piece of land centered on the capital Xinzheng.

So, this time, Li Mu didn't talk nonsense at all, and directly led 10 troops to attack Xinzheng.

Regarding Li Mu's attack, the Koreans were also very sensible. They did not have any wishful thinking to fight Li Mu in the wild, but decisively shrank all their troops in Xinzheng City.

After hearing this, King Zhao couldn't help interjecting and asked, "How many soldiers and horses are there in South Korea now?"

Xu Li replied: "Judging from the current information, South Korea's soldiers and horses are claimed to be 15, but according to the information obtained by our spies, the real regular army in South Korea is actually more than 6 people, and the rest All of them are civilian husbands and young adults recruited temporarily."

After hearing this answer, Zhao Wang nodded slightly, with a satisfied expression on his face.

If 10 people are going to fight 15 in South Korea, this sounds quite unreliable, but now it is 10 people going to fight 6, then things are obviously completely different.

Zhao Kuo also asked a question at this time: "What's going on in the other three countries?"

For the current state of Zhao, there is absolutely no problem with a small country like South Korea that really wants to destroy it. The real trouble lies in whether the other three countries will intervene and support.

Xu Li also answered this question: "Judging from the current situation, Qin and Chu seem to have the intention to mobilize troops, but large-scale mobilization has not yet been discovered.

As for Qi State, the situation over there should be completely under our control, and Qi State will basically not participate in this war. "

After successive failures, the monarchs and ministers of Qi seem to have truly lost their ambition to fight for world hegemony. Like an ostrich, they buried their heads in the sand. other countries' affairs.

Hearing this, Zhao Wang couldn't help but smiled and said to Zhao Kuo: "Mr. Wu Xin, it seems that your brother-in-law is really an amazing person."

Zhao Kuo said with a chuckle, "To tell you the truth, the old minister often thinks so in his heart."

Qi Wang Tianjian is a very strange existence both in history and in this timeline, and even Zhao Kuo feels that Qi Wang may be considered normal in his own timeline.

Since the matter of the war did not make much progress, the discussion ended here.

King Zhao said casually, "Is there anything else you want to do?

If there is, say it, if not, forget it. "

Originally, King Zhao thought that today should be the end of the day, but he didn't expect Zhao Kuo to speak the next moment.

"Your Majesty, I do have one thing that I want to say to my Majesty."

King Zhao looked at Zhao Kuo curiously and said, "I don't know what's going on with Lord Wu Xin?"

Zhao Kuo said: "Recently, I had a private visit in Handan City and met a veteran named Wu Fei." Zhao Kuo told the truth about how he met Wu Fei.

After Zhao Wang heard this story, he couldn't help being moved by it, and said to Zhao Kuo: "The widow did not expect that these warriors who once served our Zhao country would end up like this.

Wu Xinjun, you have to take care of this family of three, and don't let other soldiers feel chilled. "

Although Zhao Wang is young, he still understands the most basic principle of winning people's hearts.

Zhao Kuo nodded, and said to Zhao Wang: "Our king said that if you want me to settle them, of course this is a one-sentence matter, but I thought about it for a long time after I returned home, and felt that there are many people in this world. People like Wu Fei, if we can place one Wu Fei, can we really place all these Wu Feis?

And even if the king is really so kind and wants to resettle everyone, people like Wu Fei have lost the basic ability to take care of themselves.

It is also a very expensive sum of money to resettle them, and the expenditure pressure on the national treasury is also great. "

After listening to Zhao Kuo's words, King Zhao's expression gradually became serious, and he said, "So what do you think, Mr. Wu Xin?"

Zhao Wang has realized that Zhao Kuo said these things, so he must continue to give a solution.

Sure enough, Zhao Kuo continued to speak the next moment: "After thinking about it, I feel that although Wu Fei said he broke his leg, as long as his injury is healed, he can still support himself and his family through business." .

But the problem now is that in Handan City, there are only two cities, Dongshi and Xishi.

These two markets, no matter which shop they are in, are limited. If you want to get a shop to do business, you have to compete with many people. It is definitely impossible for a family like Wu Fei to compete with those richer businessmen. .

So I think we should open up more shopfronts. In this way, as long as there are enough shopfronts, a small family like Wu Fei can find a way to get a shopfront to do business. Fly like people, we can all solve their problems. "

After listening to Zhao Kuo's words, Zhao Wang nodded in agreement and said, "As the saying goes, it is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish.

Wu Xinjun, what you said is correct.

But where are we going to get more paving?

Or are you planning to build a new marketplace? "

Zhao Kuo shook his head with a smile and said, "To tell you the truth, the area within the walls of Handan City is so large, it is not easy to build a new market.

So the veteran thought of another way, which is to directly cancel the regulation that the market must be concentrated.

We can allow them to open shops in all the mansions facing the street. In this way, there are so many mansions in the whole Handan City, which means we have thousands of shops at once.

With so many shops, all the problems can be solved if they are put into the market at once. "

After Zhao Kuo said these words, King Zhao was shocked.

Just like the reaction of Zhao Kuo's confidants when they heard these words before, the first thing Zhao Wang thought of after he was shocked was to object.

"Wu Xinjun, what you said sounds really good, but the Fangshi system is a tradition that has been left over for hundreds of thousands of years. Isn't it too good to cancel it rashly?"

When Zhao Wang and Zhao Kuo talked, they were more polite. On the one hand, it was because Zhao Wang really respected Zhao Kuo’s power, and on the other hand, it was because Zhao Wang felt that Zhao Kuo was not seeking personal gain but I am pleading for the people.

As soon as King Zhao's words fell, Zhou Shaofen's eyes lit up on the other side.

I said before that Zhou Shaofen didn't mean that he didn't want to shoot Zhao Kuo, he just felt that there was no need to shoot if he didn't have a certainty of more than 90%.

But now Zhou Shaofen suddenly felt that the opportunity of over 90 seemed to have arrived.

Chapter 971 Zhou Shaofen Found an Opportunity

Now that he has found the opportunity, it is of course impossible for Zhou Shaofen to let go of this opportunity.

In the past period of time, Zhao Kuo gave Zhou Shaofen brothers too many failures, and now it is rare to be able to take revenge, who would let it go?

So, Zhou Shaofen immediately said: "Wu Xinjun, your suggestion is simply whimsical, nonsense, and ridiculous!"

For Zhou Shaofen, it has been a long time since he was able to reprimand Zhao Kuo so confidently.

After Zhao Kuo heard Zhou Shaofen's words, he frowned immediately, and slowly said to Zhou Shaofen: "Zhou Qing, it's a little unreasonable for you to say this?"

Zhou Shaofen immediately continued: "How could it be unreasonable?

You have to know that our square city has always been surrounded by walls. Now you say that you want to develop pavements inside and remove so many walls at once, so how to ensure safety next?

What if someone is running around in the city and stealing petty things? "

Zhou Shaofen raised continuous doubts, obviously disdainful of Zhao Kuo's proposal.

For Zhou Shaofen's doubts, Zhao Kuo was not angry, but answered them one by one very calmly.