Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

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For Zhao Kuo, since he has already planned to attack the Zhou brothers, it is impossible to fight unprepared. The high efficiency of the Nightingale system is fully reflected at this time. Through the intelligence network of the Nightingale system throughout Handan and all over Zhao , Zhao Kuo soon learned what kind of living conditions the original owners who could be robbed of the house were.

However, Zhao Kuo did not say one thing, that is, Zhao Kuo has actually secretly gathered all the original owners who could be found together to take care of them, and it will be convenient for them to return to Handan together in the future , live a new life.

After hearing Zhao Kuo's questioning, Zhou Shaoliang's expression changed again, and he looked at Zhao Kuo viciously, wishing to cut Zhao Kuo into pieces.

Zhao Kuo looked straight at Zhou Shaoliang with an extremely calm expression. This wave of Zhao Kuo can be said to be true.

After all, the matter was done by Zhou Shaoliang, Zhao Kuo had nothing wrong with it, he was pleading for the people, so why should Zhao Kuo have a guilty conscience?

It can be said that Zhao Kuo has no scruples in this matter, as long as he charges without a brain, on the contrary, the Zhou family has done something wrong, so it can only be said that it has the power to parry and has no power to fight back. .

So after hearing Zhao Kuo's question, Zhou Shaofen immediately said: "For the original owners of the houses who died due to accidents, our Zhou family can make compensation, and the houses will still be returned to their relatives.

As for the other original owners who have been displaced and living in hardship because of the houses lost during this period, we can also make compensation, which will definitely satisfy them. "

Zhou Shaofen was also helpless. The compensation this time involved hundreds of households. Considering that Zhao Kuo was watching, it can be imagined that he must pay a high price.

But this matter has to be done, because if it is really not done, it is absolutely impossible to pass the test on King Zhao's side.

Sure enough, after hearing Zhou Shaofen's explanation, Zhao Wang's face became much more gentle again.

For King Zhao, he actually didn't care much about the common people in Pingkangfang. To put it bluntly, these common people were the same in King Zhao's eyes as they were in Zhou Shaofen's eyes, and they were completely insignificant.

Zhao Wang is only really angry. In fact, it is because the Zhou family is poaching Zhao Wang's corner and secretly stealing the taxes that Zhao Wang should have received.

Now that the Zhou family is willing to return all the houses, this kind of poaching behavior will no longer exist.

Of course, it is impossible for King Zhao to let the Zhou family pass the test so simply. He said very coldly: "All compensation must be three times the original price of your Zhou family, otherwise you will pay for it yourself." Know the consequences."

For King Zhao, since he wanted to challenge King Zhao's majesty in vain, there must be a party bleeding, otherwise, how could King Zhao forgive him?

After the Zhou brothers heard the order from King Zhao, their expressions were extremely exciting.

You must know that in order to ask Zhao Wang's forgiveness, the Zhou brothers have actually set a very high compensation price, which is equivalent to cutting flesh.

Now Zhao Wang raised the price by three times, it was no longer cutting flesh, but a real injury.

But even so, the Zhou brothers had no choice but to grit their teeth and agree.

The situation is stronger than the people, let's talk about it after passing this hurdle first, money and so on can continue to be earned in the future.

Zhao Kuo watched this scene calmly, and then continued to speak: "Your Majesty, of course there is no problem with compensation, but those villains who forced our Zhao Guoliang people to leave their homes must be punished." severely punished by law.

Especially the second son of the Zhou family, he was in Pingkangfang as a weekly market meeting, the real person in charge directly displaced thousands of people, and even caused the death of dozens of people. It will make people suspect that the credibility of our Zhao government will cause a huge blow to the reputation of our official uniform among the people, so we must severely punish the second child of the Zhou family. "

Zhao Kuo also directly brought the whole matter up to the process of Zhao's national righteousness, which made it difficult for the Zhou brothers to defend Mr. Tuesday's guilt.

Sure enough, after hearing Zhao Kuo's words, Zhou Shaoliang's face changed immediately, this is to force Mr. Zhou to death.

Zhou Shaoliang immediately said: "Wu Xinjun, what you said is wrong. My son was bewitched by those people. He is not the real culprit. If those who bewitched my son are to be executed, I have no objection at all." , but my son he really didn't deserve to be put to death.

Please, Great Wang Mingjian, spare my son once. "

When it came to the end, Zhou Shaoliang had a begging expression on his whole face. Of course, this begging was begging King Zhao, not Zhao Kuo.

Zhao Kuo didn't care, anyway, this time Zhao Kuo really wanted Master Tuesday to die.

This is not because of the personal grievances between Zhao Kuo and the Zhou family. In fact, Zhao Kuo had let Yu Xin's family and Lin Xiangru's family go before.

The reason why Zhao Kuo insisted on executing the son on Tuesday is very simple, that is, the son on Tuesday killed so many people.

Looking at Zhou Shaoliang's expression, Zhao Kuo sneered in his heart.

Using one life of your illegitimate son to repay more than 20 lives, that's all because your Zhou family made a lot of money, what else are you dissatisfied with?

So Zhao Kuo continued to speak: "Your Majesty, please be clear, this week's second child must be executed."

This is not for any political struggle, but for the word fairness!In the main hall, other allies of Zhao Kuo also spoke in agreement.

It's time for King Zhao to make a decision.

As a young King of the Zhao Kingdom, he glanced at everyone present, obviously hesitated, and finally spoke.

"I really think what Wu Xinjun said is right, pass on the order, and tomorrow the second child of the Zhou family and his accomplices will be dragged to the gate of Pingkangfang and beheaded by the widow!"

Chapter 1007 Zhao Kuo's Victory Reform Continues to Advance (No.12)

King Zhao finally made a decision and executed Mr. Zhou directly.

There are of course many reasons for making this decision. First of all, the key factor is of course the factors from Zhao Kuo's side.

Zhao Kuo's words really moved Zhao Wang, making Zhao Wang feel that the Zhou family is really likely to secretly retaliate because of Queen Zhou's affairs this time, wanting to poach Zhao Wang's corner and secretly sabotage Zhao Wang's reforms .

If this is really the case, King Zhao will of course give a good blow to the Zhou family, let them know that the king is the king, the so-called thunder, rain and dew are all the favor of the king, you can follow what the widow wants to give you. , then you can’t just take it casually.

However, also considering the existence of Zhao Kuo, if King Zhao directly removes any of the Zhou brothers, then the political situation of Zhao State, which was finally balanced because of Li Mu's rebellion, will change again. Wang didn't want to see it.

Therefore, King Zhao needed an appropriate way to beat the Zhou family, and at the same time not be able to remove the Zhou brothers from their official positions. After much deliberation, it was undoubtedly the best choice to execute Mr. Zhou directly.

Killing Prince Zhou is enough to let the Zhou family know Zhao Wang's determination and courage. In the future, the Zhou family will definitely be more obedient.

At the same time, Young Master Tuesday is just an illegitimate son. Killing him will have very limited impact on the Zhou family, basically it will not weaken the strength of the Zhou family.

Another very important point is that with the death of the son on Tuesday, the relationship between the Zhou family and Zhao Kuo has been completely settled, and basically there will be no possibility of reconciliation between the two parties.

In this way, it will be easier for King Zhao to control the ministers of the two factions, so that they will not suddenly unite to deal with King Zhao at a critical moment.

So King Zhao felt that what he did this time was very ingenious. It not only suppressed the Zhou family, emphasized the majesty of King Zhao, but also allowed the Zhou family to transfer all their anger to Zhao Kuo, and let the Zhou family Being even more at odds with Zhao Kuo is simply killing multiple birds with one stone.

With such a happy mood, King Zhao glanced at Zhou Shaoliang again, and said calmly: "Zhou Shaoliang, you are incapable of teaching your son and have caused huge losses to our Zhao country, so I will punish you for three years as a warning to others.

Well, this matter is over here, everyone should leave. "

This so-called three-year salary penalty is actually just a symbolic warning. After all, in this position, no one really cares about these salaries.

After announcing these decisions, King Zhao stood up in a happy mood. What he has to do now is to turn back to the harem and show off in front of Queen Li, so that Queen Li can know how precisely King Zhao is controlling today. Keeping the balance of the political situation, these ministers are playing with applause.

Every time Queen Li heard these things, the expression of admiration on her face made King Zhao feel very satisfied.

After King Zhao left, the hall fell into silence for a while.

The faces of the Zhou brothers were all very ugly, especially Zhou Shaoliang, the father of Young Master Zhou, was extremely pale and his body was trembling constantly.

You must know that Zhou Shaoliang has always been thinking about the mother of the Tuesday son, and it is precisely because of this longing and guilt that Zhou Shaoliang still took the Tuesday son back to his side after so many years.

Even if he couldn't give Young Master Tuesday a title, he still hoped that Young Master Tuesday could do something of his own.

But now everything is over, and the son will be executed on Tuesday.

Zhao Kuo breathed a sigh of relief, stood up, and walked out of the hall without looking back, followed by Xu Li and Pang Nuan.

After the three left, Li Mu stood up unhurriedly, nodded towards the Zhou brothers, and then left too.

Since the current Li Mu has become Zhao Kuo's man on the surface, he did not agree with Zhao Kuo on this matter, nor did he stand on the side of the Zhou brothers against Zhao Kuo, just quietly watching from the sidelines , until the end of the whole thing.

After Li Mu also left, Zhou Shaofen sighed helplessly, and said to Zhou Shaoliang who was still in a daze: "Okay, okay, it's useless to stay here anymore, let's go home and get ready."

As for what to prepare, needless to say, of course it is to prepare for the funeral of Second Young Master Li.

After Zhou Shaoliang heard Zhou Shaofen's words, his body trembled slightly, and he stood up slowly after a long time.

Suddenly, Zhou Shaoliang gritted his teeth and said, "One day, I will make Zhao Kuo pay for this hatred."

Zhou Shaoliang's words were very loud, which also directly shocked Zhou Shaofen: "Have you forgotten what the occasion is now?

Is that something you can say nonsense?

Come back with me quickly and stop making trouble. "

The Zhou brothers also left.

After the Zhou brothers left, a small figure suddenly appeared in the corner of the hall. The small figure looked around and found that it was indeed a ritual without other people, so he left through the side door of the palace.

Later that day, this small figure appeared in Eunuch Ling's room, and told Eunuch Ling everything that happened in the hall.

After hearing the reaction of the Zhou brothers, the eunuch Ling couldn't help showing a sneer: "The Zhou brothers have always been very unreliable in what they do, this time it's okay to offend the king. It's really stupid to even want to threaten revenge."

After thinking for a while, eunuch Ling decided not to tell King Zhao about this.

As far as it is concerned, the Zhou family undoubtedly suffered a big loss in this incident. From the perspective of balance, King Zhao will definitely not continue to condemn the Zhou family in a short period of time.

Therefore, the eunuch order also intends to hide this matter first, and then take it out when it will come in handy one day in the future. At that time, it may be able to help Zhao Kuo launch a fatal blow to the Zhou brothers.

Zhao Kuo returned to his mansion in a very happy mood.

"Everyone, this matter is over here. We can say that we have completely defeated the Zhou Brothers. Then we will surely occupy the most important position in the implementation of reforms in Pingkangfang and various parts of Zhao State.

Your subordinates will select and send some more economically capable officials over here. I will evaluate them at that time and arrange them to various places in Handan to familiarize themselves with the reform process. In the future, we will continue to arrange other counties in Zhao Guozhong to be responsible for the specifics. Promote this economic reform at the local level. "

This is actually the generous reward that Zhao Kuo received in this victory. You must know that there are many interests behind the organizational reform. After all, the so-called reform is actually to take benefits from one side to fill the other Among one party, since Zhao Kuo has been able to become the force presiding over the reform, then Zhao Kuo's side naturally gained the most benefits from the reform.

Moreover, the reform this time will definitely help China's commercial economy to a higher level. After the commercial development, Zhao's tax revenue will naturally develop, and the lives of the people will be greatly improved. For this reform, they will only take into account Zhao Kuo's contribution, and will not consider Zhou Shaofen's side.

So it seems that Zhao Kuo just killed a Tuesday son this time, but in fact Zhao Kuo not only hit the Zhou brothers, but also reaped a wave of benefits by the way, and more importantly, the prestige brought by the reform They were all held by Zhao Kuo, which can be said to kill three birds with one stone.

Thinking of this, Zhao Kuo's mood suddenly became happier, and he smiled and said to all his confidants and allies present: "Okay, everyone, don't leave tonight, just have a drink at my place. Come and get drunk!"

The whole thing is basically over here. In the early morning of the second day, outside the gate of Pingkangfang, it immediately became a temporary execution ground. Many ordinary people from all over Handan came to hear the news, and the dark beginning onlookers.

There was no accident, Young Master Tuesday and his dozens of attendants who ran rampant in Pingkangfang and robbed hundreds of houses were all beheaded on the spot.

The blood stained the ground outside the gate of Pingkangfang. The people who saw this scene not only did not have any fear in their hearts, but cheered.

For the common people in Pingkangfang, this scene proves that taking care of official uniforms still attaches great importance to everyone's interests.

"Sure enough, your majesty is still very wise. After all, we have finally given a sigh of relief to the people of Pingkangfang. Those folks who were robbed of their houses should be able to return soon."

"You don't know that, but the King did not discover this matter, but Mr. Wu Xin.

If Wu Xinjun hadn't immediately arrested Prince Zhou and his bully followers, and passed this matter to the king, how could these ordinary people in Pingkang Fang have the opportunity to express their grievances? "

"I see.

Unexpectedly, Wu Xinjun can not only bring earth-shaking changes to the lives of our Pingkangfang people, but now he can uphold justice for our Pingkangfang people. He is simply our great savior and benefactor of Pingkangfang. "

"If you want me to say that we should build a temple here and get a statue for Mr. Wu Xin, and we will go to worship it every Chinese New Year and festival, so that we can show our sincerity!"

Zhao Kuo's eldest son, Zhao Qian, disguised himself and hid in the crowd. Hearing the compliments to his father from around him, he felt a sense of pride in his heart.

"I have known for a long time that my father is the best father in the world!"

Zhao Qian thought in his heart not without complacency.

After the beheading was over, Zhao Guo's officials did not leave, but immediately announced the second news that made the people of Pingkang Fang mixed.

"According to the orders of the king and Wu Xinjun, in order to avoid things like Pingkangfang from happening in the future, starting today, all the houses in Handan City can freely open shops and trade like Pingkangfang.

But everyone should also pay attention, you must pay taxes to the country to do business, if anyone wants to evade taxes, then we will inevitably send him to the frontier to build the Great Wall, everyone can do it for themselves. "

After listening to these words of the officials of Zhao State, the people of Pingkangfang were also in a very complicated mood, and there were many discussions.

"It's over, it's over, it's really over now, if there are dozens of fangshi in our Handan City, if all the fangshi can do business like our Pingkangfang, then wouldn't our Pingkangfang have no advantage ?"

"That's not necessarily the case. You have to think about it. Our Pingkang Square opened several months earlier than other squares. If these few months are not enough to attract a group of old customers , then it is only natural that you can’t make money.

Just like the tofu shop of Wu Fei’s family, let alone the whole city of Handan, even if it is spread all over the country of Zhao, the tofu shop of Wu Fei’s family can still make money. Who makes the tofu made by others exclusive and delicious? . "

"Actually, this is not bad. At least after it is fully implemented in the entire Handan City, there should be no more things like Mr. Tuesday's running directly to our place and forcibly robbing the house in the future."

Whether you understand it or not, but since this order has been issued, the people of Pingkangfang can only accept it.

As for the people in other places in Handan City, after hearing this order, they naturally cheered and thundered.

Pingkangfang has made so much money during this period, it has already made people in other places in Handan City envious and jealous. Now that everyone has this opportunity, they can compete fairly and make a fortune together. Are you happy?

For Zhao Kuo, he has indeed fully realized his goal, successfully promoted the reform, and has solved the problems encountered in the reform.

The next thing you need to do to find a job is to continue to push this kind of reform from Handan to the whole country, and continue to solve other problems encountered in the large-scale reform, and finally ensure that the business in our country has a rapid development. .

As a time traveler, Zhao Kuo already knew the importance of business to a country.

Due to the suppression of commerce caused by the dominance of the Confucian family in later generations, the subsequent dynasties of China basically did not pay much attention to commerce. Even the Song Dynasty, which had the most developed commerce and trade, in fact, commerce only served as a treasury to pay taxes. Important source role only.

This is of course not possible. We must develop the commercial awareness of Chinese people. In the future, Chinese commercial companies will spread all over the world to exploit the gold, silver and jewelry of other foreign races in the world. This is what Zhao Kuo really wants to see. thing!

Chapter 1008 Fuzhen Made the First Musket

Perhaps because they knew that they were wrong, the Zhou family became unusually calm during the following period, and they did not provoke Zhao Kuo at all, as if nothing had happened.

As for Li Mu on the other side, in the eyes of others, he has also completed a process of seizing power, so although he pretended to create some friction with Zhao Kuo from time to time, it is generally a relatively peaceful situation.

When neither of these two sides is causing trouble, then the entire political arena of Zhao State will appear relatively harmonious.

Before I knew it, time passed by and it was autumn.