After Li Dui has been in power for many years, the national strength of Zhao has been somewhat sluggish, and King Huiwen and others also saw this phenomenon of Zhao very clearly, so they agreed to Zhao Fan's measures. However, they didn't know that in fact, the purpose of Zhao Fan's implementation of this new law was really for the Qin State.

After this year, in the spring of next year, King Huiwen will have an alliance with the King of Qi, and when the time comes, Zhao Fan will persuade the kings of several other countries that the Six Kingdoms will attack Qin, and the process will definitely be long.

Otherwise, with the current situation of Zhao State, it will not necessarily be the opponent of Qin State.

For this, Zhao Fan saw it very clearly, whether it was Hufu cavalry shooting or Shang Ying's reform, there were undoubtedly many drawbacks, which had a lot to do with the concept of people in this era, and the people of the Warring States Period were still very different from the people of the 21st century.

This era is undoubtedly very different from the twenty-first century, so Zhao Fan can't copy the knowledge of his previous life, and he has to formulate a complete set of changes according to the current situation of the Warring States Period, with King Huiwen, Lin Xiangru and others.

Outside the window, the snow was falling, in a wooden house, Zhao Fan and Lin Xiangru were two people, sitting on the soft couch, talking with candles and nights, the fire was shining, shining with Lin Xiangru's face of surprise, and he immediately said: "To be honest, it is the first time for Lao Chen to hear such an incredible theory, I don't know who Fan Gongzi's teacher is?" ”

Lin Xiangru was very interested in the matter of changing the law, so after returning from the palace, the two came to the Plains Monarch's Mansion again to continue to discuss the matter, and he couldn't help but be impressed when he heard Zhao Fan's strange but philosophical changes.

Hearing this, Zhao Fan smiled a little embarrassed, he learned these things in his previous life, how could he tell Lin Xiangru, he immediately had to smile, and said a little embarrassed: "These are all my own thoughts, but they are not taught by any teacher." ”

Zhao Fan couldn't think of anyone in this era who could think of these things, so he immediately had to make an excuse.

Fortunately, Lin Xiangru did not study it in detail, for him, the most important thing now is to determine the specific content of the change, and he can only sincerely admire these theories of Zhao Fan.

It turned out that the various vassal states of the Zhou Dynasty fought with military vehicles. The generals rode in cars, each followed by dozens of infantrymen. The car is a unit that calculates the strength of the army and the country, such as the so-called "country of a thousand times", "the country of ten thousand times", a ride is a military vehicle, the Hu people at that time used cavalry to fight, King Zhao Wuling found that the cavalry of the Hu people is much more mobile and light than the military vehicle, in view of this situation, King Zhao Wuling also practiced cavalry in Zhao State, so that the people of Zhao country all learn to ride and shoot, but to learn to ride a horse by Hu people, you must change to wear clothes that are convenient for Hu people to ride horses. King Wuling asked the nobles and ministers at that time to change to the clothes of the Hu people, which was called "Yi Hu clothes". Immediately afterwards, King Wuling of Zhao began to widely recruit people who could ride and shoot well, and the Zhao army set off a wave of people who learned to ride and shoot, which was called "learning to ride and shoot".

This kind of change that is extremely beneficial to the military aspect of Zhao State, Zhao Fan naturally wants to continue to pass it on, but his current focus is to improve the national strength, and he immediately said: "Now I am a big Zhao, in terms of force alone, it is not inferior to the Qin State, but in terms of national strength, it is slightly insufficient, so I have formulated such a set of changes......

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Fan said his thoughts, in fact, these contents are somewhat similar to Shang Ying's reform and Li Kui's change, after all, the first two changes have proved his success, but Zhao Fan has made some changes based on the purpose of these two changes.

For these things, Zhao Fan thought about them for a long time and thought that there was a very strong feasible surname, so he said it. Hearing this, Lin Xiangru also muttered for a long time, and finally proposed some things that needed to be changed.

Lin Xiangru was already very good at internal affairs, and he was a native of the Warring States Period, and he saw some things more thoroughly than Zhao Fan, and the two immediately kept talking, and the general outline of the change was also determined.

At the same time, the state of Qin Xianyang.

At this time, Zhang Hong had already led hundreds of guards back to the Qin State, and he came to the Qin Palace with trepidation in his heart, and said everything that happened in the Zhao State, the matter had happened, and he had no way to hide it.

So I had to tell the truth, and Zhang Hong also knew about the person King Qin, if he concealed it and didn't report it, the end would be even worse.

King Qin sat on the throne, with a solemn face and listened to all Zhang Hong's reports, at this moment, King Qin's complexion was a little terrifying, and there was no change in the slightest emotion, as if Zhang Hong was telling something that had nothing to do with him.

Feeling this scene, Zhang Hong's inner uneasiness became even more serious, he "pounced" and fell to the ground, trembling and said: "Weichen's visit to Zhao this time did not complete the king's mission, but also lost the Wu Hei, it is really a crime that deserves death, and the king is also asked to punish the crime." ”

He knew that he had to take the initiative to admit his mistake now, otherwise, King Qin's anger would be even more intense, and now although King Qin's face was calm and silent, it was just the calm before the storm.

At this time, King Qin's complexion finally changed slightly, his Gujing Wubo's face moved slightly, and he focused his eyes on Zhang Hong, and then said: "Very good, the Wu Hei was killed by Zhao Fan, and you, Doctor Shang, the widow ordered you to spy on the state of Zhao, whether the person in power today is really King Zhao, you haven't found out, this is the answer you handed over to the widow, right?" ”

As Zhao Fan expected, Zhang Hong's purpose in sending Zhao this time was to spy on the national conditions of Zhao and determine whether the king of Zhao was really in power after Li Dui's death, these things had a very important impact on his war with Zhao at that time.

Who would have expected that Zhang Hong's trip did not find any useful information, and because of this, the coach of the Iron Eagle Guardian was killed, which was undoubtedly on the verge of a rampage for him.

The martial black man also has another identity, that is, the personal guard of King Qin, to protect the safety of King Qin, and now it is not easy to find a guard with such a high level of martial arts, so King Qin is so angry at this moment.

"Report to the king, Weichen's envoy to Zhao this time is not without a little gain. Weichen spied and said, King Zhao is indeed in charge of the power of Zhao State now, and that Zhao Fan, King Zhao seems to value this younger brother very much, Weichen sees that Zhao Guojun and his ministers are single-minded, and there are also many virtuous ministers and good generals, the king uses troops against Zhao State, and may need to re-sign it. Zhang Hong plucked up his courage and said.

He knew that King Qin liked to listen to some unusual opinions, so he did not praise the State of Qin, but raised the State of Zhao and attracted the attention of King Qin, but although this was said by Zhang Hong, it was true.

Hearing this, King Qin was also silent, he has always been steady, if it is really according to what Zhang Hong said, then it does not have much effect on the use of troops in Zhao State, and he immediately nodded, but he was also a little dissatisfied with Zhang Hong's envoy to Zhao State this time, and he did not take advantage of it.

Immediately said: "No matter what, this time you went to Zhao State, and it did not show the might of my Great Qin, but the Wu Hei died because of this, so the widow had to punish you to make an example." ”

King Qin's tone at this time has eased a lot, because the death of the black man Wu has nothing to do with Zhang Hong, after all, this is because the black man is not good at learning and lost to the Zhao State, what can the king of Qin say.

Immediately, Zhang Hong's official title was also lowered by two levels, and King Qin looked at Zhang Hong's departing figure, and there was also a touch of solemnity in his eyebrows.

According to Zhang Hong's words, Zhao's current national strength is not bad, the most important thing is that there are generals like Lian Po, so it is indeed quite tricky, but Zhao is an obstacle to Qin's eastward advance, and if you want to chase the Central Plains, you must take the lead in removing Zhao.

Although he knew that it was a little difficult, King Qin did not give up, he sat on the throne and thought about these things carefully.

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Zhao Guo, Handan City.

The cold morning breeze blew on the land of Handan City, and the bone-chilling coldness made the ministers in the hall couldn't help but shiver, but now is the time for the court meeting, and they must remain dignified and solemn, so everyone has to endure the cold and wait for King Huiwen's speech.

King Huiwen was wearing a thick cotton coat inside and a king's crown dress outside, and after this period of cultivation and complete power, he also developed a king's momentum, and his complexion was much better than before.

King Huiwen sat upright on the throne covered with soft fur, he glanced at the ministers below, and said indifferently: "If there is anything wrong with the Aiqing, the report is it." ”

King Huiwen's face was calm and indifferent, and there was a faint taste of controlling the overall situation, although his surname was still humble and respectful, and he seemed to be the same as before, but he had a little more confidence and a calm demeanor.

As before, the ministers immediately went to heaven one by one to bring some of the situations and people's livelihood across the country to the heavenly court, these things are all commonplace, Zhao Fan listened to the reports of the ministers, and did not speak.

He wasn't that interested in these things, and it was winter now, and there was no war, and the entire Zhao Kingdom was quite peaceful, and nothing big was going on, so he didn't care about these state affairs.

The same seems to be true of King Huiwen on the throne, but these are some things that must be reported every day, and he immediately has to listen carefully to the reports of these ministers, and give some instructions, and finally, after these things are dealt with, he also says: "Today, there is another important matter, and the widow needs to discuss and decide with the Aiqing. ”

King Huiwen's tone was quite serious, but there was a hint of a smile on his face, and he threw a look of implied joy at Zhao Fan below.

Hearing that King Huiwen suddenly said so seriously, the ministers were also a little curious, and immediately Lin Xiangru also came out and said: "I don't know if the king has anything difficult to decide, you might as well speak out and listen, and the ministers can give advice to the king." ”

Lin Xiangru has accumulated a lot of fame in Zhao after this period of service, listening to him speak, the ministers also echoed him, Zhao Fan was also a little surprised, what is the big thing about King Huiwen, what is generally anything, he is looking for himself to ask first.

Seeing that the ministers below were all curious, King Huiwen also smiled and said: "All Aiqing know that Fan Gongzi is the youngest son left behind by the previous king, and it was not until some time ago that he was recognized by the widow and the king of Pingyuan. During this time, everyone saw the exploits of Fan Gongzi. He defeated the Hu people in Yunzhong City, exterminated the bandits, and then persuaded the king of Qi to give up the emperor's title, and helped the widow capture the thief Li Dui, which made immortal contributions to the stability and prosperity of Dazhao. ”

King Huiwen's words came very suddenly, and the ministers were not psychologically prepared at all, and they didn't expect King Huiwen to set up Zhao Fan as the feudal monarch and enjoy the food.

Because Zhao has not been crowned a monarch for a long time, everyone has almost forgotten about it, and it was not until King Huiwen just proposed that they realized that with Zhao Fan's current prestige and merits, they could indeed be crowned king.

In the Zhou Dynasty, the princes of the countries can be called "Gong", so the sons of the princes are commonly called "Gongzi", but even if they are Gongzi, they may not necessarily be able to be crowned as a feudal monarch, for example, Chen Cui, the minister of Yan, once persuaded the Empress Dowager Yan to want the Empress Dowager to be in Qi, but the Empress Dowager refused. Chen Cui said that the king is willing to be crowned a son, and the ministers will say: "The prince has no merit and should not be sealed."

The Warring States feudal monarch, pay attention to the calculation of merit and separation, as said in "Guanzi": "The minister's ability to seek the name of the country will be sealed by cutting the soil, and the minister's ability to advance and retreat with the chariot soldiers will be sealed by cutting the soil."

With so many achievements made by Zhao Fan, he deserves to be named the king. Jun, in fact, is a kind of title during the Warring States Period, representing a very high status, and seeking a feudal monarch is a popular political trend in the middle and late Warring States period. When Zhang Yi lobbied the King of Wei, he once pointed out that there are many people who work hard and few believe, this is because it is said that the princes can "seal the king" if they succeed, so the lobbyists in the world "do not say that night lice cut their teeth and follow (vertical) to say that they are the masters".

This material vividly describes how excited people have been to obtain titles, and reflects that there were not a few people seeking titles at that time. The Sutra. The chapter "National Times" says: After destroying a country, "listing (splitting) its land to seal the sage is the stomach (saying) heavenly work". This not only advocates splitting the soil and sealing it, but also theoretically raises it to the level of "heavenly power", and whoever disobeys and does so is against the will of heaven. As a result, the monarchs have "lifted their beautiful soil, and Hou Fengzhi", and the king of Wei even named his beloved concubine as Longyang Jun. During the Warring States Period, it was unprecedented for a woman to be crowned a king, and it also showed from the side that it was a powerful trend of thought to seek a title at that time.

In this regard, Zhao Fan didn't care about it, and now he felt a little unexpected when he heard King Huiwen suddenly mention it, and immediately reported: "Now that my big Zhao is in the eye of the Qin State, this matter of the monarch is not in a hurry." ”

Hearing this, King Huiwen's face suddenly pulled, and he said unhappily: "Brother Wang is a child of my Dazhao royal family, how can he be so unconcerned about reputation, the widow is Brother Wang, and he has the right to decide this matter for you, so I discussed it with all Aiqing, what do I think?" ”

Immediately, the ministers also agreed to the promise, for this matter, they naturally will not object, Zhao Fan's order to be the king is well deserved, there is nothing to object to at all.

During the Warring States period, the power of the feudal monarch was in the hands of the monarch, but sometimes it also needed to be discussed by the courtiers. Chen Cui, the minister of Yan State, once persuaded the Empress Dowager Yan to ask the prince to be in Qi, but the Empress Dowager refused. Chen Cui said that the king is willing to be crowned a son, and the ministers will say: "The prince has no merit and should not be sealed." "If the quality is in Qi today, it is meritorious, and you can be named a son. Otherwise, "the prince is on the throne, and the son is cheap for cloth, so if it is not for the queen mother and the son, the son will not be sealed for life."

Another example is that Jiang Yin asked for the seal of Shanyang Jun of Wei in Chu, and the king of Chu agreed, while the minister Zhao Xixi objected: "Shanyang Jun has no merit to the state of Chu and should not be sealed." King Zhao Xiaocheng rescued Zhao for Xie Xinlingjun, "plotting with the plain monarch and wanting to seal it with five cities." Lord Zhao's father wanted to seal the son's chapter in the generation, "the plan was undecided and he dropped out".

Seeing that all the ministers agreed, King Huiwen was also quite happy, but he didn't know what Zhao Fan's title was, so he immediately said: "Zhong Aiqing thinks that what is the name of Prince Fan?" ”

Warring States feudal lords have various names, and there are several main types of names based on their names, including fiefdoms, places of origin or origin, and merit.

However, a son like Zhao Fan is generally better to have a fief, and the fief is also a food eup, and the feudal monarch does not necessarily have a food eup, but because Zhao Fan's exploits are there, King Huiwen also divided the food eup for Zhao Fan.

As far as the fiefdom is concerned, it has two different castes: one is that the administrative power of the fiefdom is given to the recipient along with the power to levy taxes and levy labor. This kind of fiefdom was separated from the county administrative system, and was owned and controlled by the feudal lord or other feudals, and became another system parallel to the county system.

The administrative power of the other fiefdom was still managed by the local magistrate appointed by the monarch, and the recipient of the feudal was neither in the land nor the people, and of course could not levy conscription, and the monarch only rewarded the feudal feud with taxes as a salary.

And King Huiwen because of his trust in Zhao Fan, directly handed over the administrative area of the fiefdom to Zhao Fan, and his food was five cities, which were five quite prosperous cities, in the southeast of Zhao State, close to Qi State.

There is a close relationship between the food system and the feudal monarch, but the two are not necessarily connected. Judging from the situation of the Warring States, those who enjoy food are not necessarily feudal monarchs; On the contrary, those who receive the title of king do not necessarily have food.

During the Warring States period, the range of food was quite wide. In addition to feudal kings, feudal marquises, and generals, there are also those who have made certain merits, reached a certain position, or enjoyed food due to a special relationship.

"Among the micro-ministers, it is better to take the name of Fan Gongzi's food yi, and call him Qinjun." At this time, a minister made an opinion.

Because the place where the five cities are located is called Yang, so the minister said so, which is just like the original Shang Ying, and the fief of Shang Yang is Shang Land, so it is called Shang Jun.

Hearing this, another minister suddenly said: "The minister thinks that Fan Gongzi has made so many achievements for my Da Zhao, it is better to use merit as the name and be named "Wu Xiangjun". ”

Listening to the opinions expressed by the ministers, Zhao Fan was also stunned, and smiled bitterly, especially the "Wu Xiangjun", if Zhao Fan remembers correctly, this monarch was Lecheng in the future, but he didn't expect it to appear on him now. (To be continued.) )