Handan Miyagi, Longtai.

Zhao Dan sat on his Taishi chair, looking at Mi Xian, who was a little restless in front of him, and suddenly wanted to laugh.

The reason why I want to laugh is related to the pants that Miohyun is wearing today.

In the Warring States period, although pants had already begun to exist, these pants were not pants like those of later generations, but only covered the calves and thighs, and the crotch of the pants was not sewn together and leaked out, that is, open crotch pants, called "shin coat" or "hakama".

You read that right, adults at this time, both men and women, are running around every day in open crotch pants...

Of course, because people in this era are used to wearing robes, skirts and dresses over their trousers, although the trousers are open, it is impossible to walk away in daily life, whether standing or kneeling.

It's just that the above is the situation where there is no chair, and when you sit on a Taishi chair in such clothes, there will be a problem of running out...

Zhao Dan had actually considered this problem when he made out the chair.

For Zhao Guoren, this problem is actually not too big.

As we all know, Zhao Dan's grandfather, King Wuling, implemented the world-famous "Hufu Cavalry Shooting" during his reign, so that Hufu, which is completely different from today's Central Plains Huaxia Crown, quickly became popular in today's Zhao State and became the daily clothing of Zhao people.

The characteristics of Hufu are knee-length, the pants are tight and narrow, and the pants in the Hufu are exactly the same as the pants of later generations, belonging to the pants that completely sew the crotch together, and the painting style is normal, without any worries about revealing birds.

After all, wearing a hufu itself is to facilitate riding and shooting on a horse, and if you wear an open crotch pants and ride and shoot, the eggs will be ground for you...

Therefore, the introduction of chairs and tables in other countries wearing Chinese clothes may still encounter problems in terms of clothing, but in the Zhao Kingdom, where Hufu is prevalent, the problem is not great.

But unfortunately, today's Mixian did not wear Hu clothes, so when the eunuch of the Zhao State sat on the chair, Lord Ling ruthlessly walked away...

Looking at Mi Xian with an embarrassed face, a sentence suddenly appeared in Zhao Dan's mind: "The gentleman is frank, the villain hides the hook..."

Zhao Dan coughed dryly, waved his hand and said, "Miqing, let's stand and talk." ”

When Mixian heard this, he quickly bounced up from his chair with an embarrassed smile: "No." ”

Today, Mixian entered the palace mainly to report to Zhao Dan on the formation of the two major intelligence organizations of Hu Yiwei and Jian Wei.

Zhao Dan attaches great importance to the construction of these two major organizations, after all, "Sun Tzu Seeking Attack" said that "knowing oneself and knowing the other is invincible", the internal organization of supervision and protection can make Zhao Dan a "confidant", and Hu Yiwei, an external organization, allows Zhao Dan to "know the other", once these two institutions can really play the role of "knowing oneself and knowing oneself", then Zhao Dan and Zhao Guo will naturally be "invincible in a hundred battles".

It was precisely because of this importance that Zhao Dan entrusted this task to Mi Xian, and asked this eunuch who had faithfully served the two generations of monarchs of Zhao to secretly form these two institutions.

In terms of the current situation faced by Zhao State, Hu Yiwei is the top priority.

In the Warring States Period, it was not uncommon for countries to send spies to infiltrate each other, but most of the spies in this era were single-handed, and due to the inconvenience of information transmission, it was difficult to contact superiors to send information, resulting in the role of spies was actually quite ordinary, so it was not taken too seriously by various countries.

The establishment of Hu Yiwei is to change this situation, in the report of Mi Xian, today's Hu Yiwei is mainly divided into three parts, each performing its own duties.

According to Zhao Dan's instructions, these three parts each have a very later name - "Hu Yiwei No. 1", "Hu Yiwei No. 2" and "Hu Yiwei No. 3".

One is the first-line member who is responsible for penetrating into the enemy's interior to spy on intelligence, the second is the second-line member who is responsible for quickly transmitting information, and the third is tasked with sitting at the Handan headquarters to summarize all the information and report it to Mi Xian and Zhao Dan, and at the same time issue instructions from Zhao Dan to the spies.

After more than two months of busyness, the entire Hu Yiwei has begun to take shape and began to form a relatively decent spy network, and all the spies of Zhao who used to fight alone have basically been connected to this network.

Of course, out of the protection of the spies, the first, second and third places are still in an independent state, and each spy still maintains a one-line contact with Hu Yiwei's headquarters, and only Mixian has all the information of Zhao State spies in his hands.

As he spoke, he took out a stack of silk books from his body and respectfully presented them to Zhao Dan's table: "King, this is the list of all the members of Hu Yiwei's place. ”

Zhao Dan nodded, picked up one of them, and found that this list was basically similar to the resumes of later generations, with the names, origins, ages and other information of the spies, and even a fairly simple portrait.

Zhao Dan took a few minutes to roughly look through it, and found that these spies were mainly distributed in Han, Wei, and Qi, and there were not many spies in Chu, and there were even fewer spies in Qin and Yan, almost none.

Zhao Dan frowned, and was about to ask, but suddenly he understood.

In this era, if you want to be a spy, the best cover identity is undoubtedly a merchant and a ranger.

The Three Kingdoms of Han, Wei and Qi are located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, with developed commerce and many rangers, which creates very good conditions for espionage, and because Chu is not bordered by Zhao, Zhao is not too concerned about Chu, and it is natural that there are not many spies.

As for Yan and Qin, Yan is an ally of Zhao all year round because of the bitter cold terrain and the past, so Zhao will naturally not send any spies over.

And the Qin State is the most stringent country among the Seven Heroes who value agriculture and suppress commerce and fight against rangers, so among the two countries of Qin and Yan, the spies of Zhao State are the least.

After putting down the list of materials, Zhao Dan thought for a while and advised: "Miqing, in the future, Hu Yiwei's work should be focused on the Qin State, and the other five countries should be regarded equally and must not be biased. ”

If you want to dominate the world, then all the other countries are the enemies of Zhao, and Qin is certainly the focus of the next period of time, but the other five countries must also pay attention.

Mixian nodded, responded, and then said, "By the way, the king, that Lu Buwei has returned from Xianyang and is waiting outside the palace." ”

"Lü Buwei?" Zhao Dan was stunned for a moment, and then a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Let's call him in." ”

A moment later, Lü Buwei appeared in front of Zhao Dan with joy, and bowed to Zhao Dan: "The minister has seen the king." ”

Zhao Dan nodded, and found that Lu Buwei was also wearing a black dress in the style of the Qin Kingdom, so the one he was wearing underneath should also be open crotch pants...

Zhao Dan coughed dryly again and said, "Lu Qing, next time, remember to wear Hufu to enter the palace, the widow won't let you sit today..." Is there anything to be gained by Lu Qing's trip? ”

Lu Buwei was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then glanced thoughtfully at the "Hu Chair" in front of him, and then at Miao Xian, who was also standing and had a strange face, as if he understood something.

The clever Lü Buwei didn't bother with the seat problem, but replied: "The king really calculated, and the minister went to Xianyang, and the Qin people reacted as the king expected." Mrs. Huayang has promised Yu Chen that she will try her best to persuade An Guojun to make Zhao Yiren his grandson! ”

Actually, this was all Lu Buwei's idea, but Lu Buwei was quite witty and gave all the credit to Zhao Dan.

Anyway, the credit is all the leadership, and there is nothing wrong with it.

When Zhao Dan heard this, he was also relieved in his heart, a smile appeared on his face, and he said: "Lu Qing is going here, it is really a great contribution to my Zhao Guoguo!" The widow was very comforted. ”

To be honest, Zhao Dan was really a little afraid that because of the butterfly effect he had crossed, Zhao Yiren would not be established as the monarch of Qin in the end as he was in history.

Why did Zhao Dan insist that Zhao Yiren eventually become the monarch of Qin as in history?

The answer is actually very simple, because this Zhao Yiren, that is, the King of Qin Zhuang Xiang in history, is actually a rather mediocre monarch, and he is very short-lived.

After the death of Zhao Yiren in history, it was his son, the young Qin Shi Huang, to inherit the unification, and before Qin Shi Huang grew up, it was Lü Buwei who presided over the overall situation of the Qin State.

To be honest, if Zhao Yiren died a few years later in history, then the time when Qin State dominated the world should have to be pushed back a few years, or even decades...

To put it bluntly, Zhao Yiren's contribution to the Qin State is not in himself, but in the fact that he left the golden pair of Lü Buwei and Qin Shi Huang to the Qin State.

But now that Lü Buwei has become Zhao Dan's courtier, Qin Shihuang's mother Zhao Ji was also brought into the Handan Palace by Zhao Dan, and Qin Shihuang naturally couldn't give birth.

Therefore, Zhao Yiren's two major contributions to the Qin State have been completely gone.

Now that there is no longer Lü Buwei and Qin Shi Huang in the Qin State, what reason does Zhao Dan have to not let Zhao Yiren, a mediocre and short-lived guy, become the monarch of the Qin State?