Handan, Longtai side hall.

Zhao Dan looked at Zhao Heng, the prince of Zhao State in front of him, standing in front of him, reciting the homework assigned by the teacher with a look of relief on his face.

After more than a year of study, Zhao Heng, who is still a teenager, has obviously grown taller, and the corners of his mouth have begun to grow fine fluff, and the whole person looks a little bit like an adult.

As for the homework assigned by these teachers, Zhao Dan didn't pay too much attention to it.

After Zhao Heng finished reciting to Zhao Dan, Zhao Dan asked Zhao Heng a few more questions, and after making sure that he did have his own understanding of the homework assigned by the teacher, he nodded with satisfaction and said to Zhao Heng: "I will stay here and eat with my father." ”

Zhao Heng was very excited about being able to dine with his father, which made Zhao Dan feel a little emotional, he seemed to be too "addicted" to government affairs, and he hadn't had a good chat with his eldest son for a long time.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this faint guilt in his heart that Zhao Dan is not as strict with Zhao Heng as he has always been, but has been finding some topics to chat with Zhao Heng, the whole atmosphere is very relaxed, and there will even be a few laughs occasionally.

Zhao Heng obviously slowly adapted to this chatting atmosphere, and began to tell Zhao Dan some interesting things that happened between the Huaxia Academy.

"Father, I don't know that since the Mo family entered the Huaxia Academy, the relationship between the Confucian scholars and the Mo family has been very tense. At this time, the ink scholar seems to have made a counterattack, and Confucian scholars have also begun to appear at the door of the school palace. ”

When Zhao Dan heard this, the smile on the corner of his mouth gradually disappeared, raised his voice slightly, and called outside the hall gate: "Mao Sui!" ”

Mao Sui immediately appeared in front of Zhao Dan: "I don't know what the king has summoned?" ”

Zhao Dan briefly recounted what Zhao Heng said just now to Mao Sui, and then said to Mao Sui: "The widow really didn't expect that the security in the Huaxia Academy Palace had reached this point, and even a few scholars couldn't protect it?" If that's the case, then if there are any ill-intentioned people who want to enter the school palace and assassinate those widows, wouldn't it be difficult at all? ”

Due to the importance of the Huaxia Academy to Zhao Guo, Zhao Dan did not let others be in charge of the Huaxia Academy, but directly let Mao Sui and the supervisor Wei be in charge.

Mao Sui hesitated for a moment, and then said to Zhao Dan: "King, there is actually another secret here, please tell Rong Chen." ”

"Secrets?" After Zhao Dan heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little funny: "Isn't it just an ordinary brawl?" What else can there be hidden? ”

Mao Sui replied very respectfully: "Great King, this is the case, the minister originally planned to strengthen the vigilance of the Huaxia Academy, and planned to isolate the courtyard between the Mo family and Confucianism, but this proposal was opposed by both the Mo family and Confucianism. ”

"Against?" After Zhao Dan heard Mao Sui's words, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and said, "Why do they oppose it?" ”

Mao Sui replied: "The Mohists believe that Confucianism is nothing more than a rabble, and it is not vulnerable at all; Confucianism, on the other hand, believed that the Mohists were far inferior in number and would surely win over time. Therefore, for the sake of their own face, they were unwilling to let the ministers stop the fight between them. ”

"Face?" Zhao Dan shook his head and said to Mao Sui in front of him: "The widow doesn't remember that there are any options for fighting among the six arts of a gentleman, and he doesn't want to see anything happen to Confucius." After you go back, you will immediately arrange a guard, and the widow does not want any brawls in the Huaxia Academy in the future. ”

"If there is such a mess in the Huaxia Academy in the future, then all the scholars who participated in the brawl will be expelled from the academy by the widow! This Zhao country is the territory of the widow, and the Huaxia Academy Palace is not a place outside the law! ”

Mao Sui promised loudly.

After Zhao Dan finished ordering this matter, he turned his attention back to his eldest son Zhao Heng, and suddenly found that Zhao Heng's face was a little regretful.

After Zhao Dan groaned slightly, he came up with the answer: "Heng'er, are you also involved in these brawls?" ”

Zhao Heng's face turned red when he heard this, and after a while, he said to Ai Ai: "Father, my son has lost his honor, please forgive me." ”

As the future Zhao State, Zhao Heng has always had a special person secretly protect and monitor him in the school palace, so what Zhao Heng did not hide from Zhao Dan.

According to the secret report submitted, in the past year, Zhao Heng has mixed with many Confucian scholars and the descendants of the nobles of Zhao who supported Confucianism in the Huaxia Academy, and it is said that he has become the leader of this group.

Zhao Dan shook his head and said to Zhao Heng: "That Confucianism and the Mo family belong to the dispute of learning, but whether it is Confucian knowledge or Mojia learning, it is possible to help you govern this Zhao country by yourself in the future, so you must remember that you should not show any position and tendency between these two families." ”

"Otherwise, your inclination will make one of them great and the other weak, so that the one who grows bigger will naturally want to limit your power, and the weakened one will not be of any help to you."

Zhao Heng thought carefully for a long time, and then said to Zhao Dan: "Father, the son knows that he is wrong, and he will definitely not participate in these factional disputes in the future." ”

Zhao Dan nodded and said to Zhao Heng: "If the widow is not mistaken, since you entered the Academy Palace, you have been studying under Xun Qian's door, right?" After this respite is over, he can choose another school to study. ”

When Zhao Heng heard that he was the first term, he couldn't help but speak: "Father, this move seems to be a little inappropriate." ”

Zhao Dan waved his hand and said: "There is nothing wrong with this move, you must know that you were in the palace before, and many teachers of the hundred schools of thought took turns to teach, and now you have studied Confucian theory in the Huaxia Academy Palace for a year, which is already a widow to give face to that Xun." ”

Zhao Heng hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but speak: "Father, is this preparing to suppress the life and death of Confucianism?" ”

"Yes." Zhao Dan nodded slightly, and said to Zhao Heng: "Now in the Huaxia Academy, only Confucianism is dominant, which is obviously not conducive to the development of the Huaxia Academy. ”

"The reason why the widow wants to establish the Huaxia Academy is not to make it a holy place of Confucianism, but to give the hundred schools of thought a soil for development and survival. As the crown prince of Zhao State, you can actually use your status as the crown prince to do some things in it. If you can, the widow hopes to see the fruits of what you have done in the near future. ”

Zhao Dan did not tell Zhao Heng what he needed to do, but hoped that Zhao Heng could experience it for himself.

Zhao Heng seemed to have understood what Zhao Dan meant, and did not continue the topic of Confucianism, but began to take the initiative to talk about some other situations in the following conversations.

"Father, speaking of which, yesterday the retainer also encountered a very interesting thing. But it was said that the farmer had opened up a recipe in the school palace to grow dishes, but when Erchen passed by yesterday, he found that those peasant students were scolding the Guo family, saying that the farm tools produced by the Guo family's workshop were too useless. ”

"The Guo family?" Zhao Dan's heart moved slightly, and he suddenly remembered someone, and couldn't help but burst out: "Could it be that Guo Kai is the Guo family with the head of the family?" ”

Zhao Heng replied: "Back to my father, exactly." ”

Zhao Dan nodded thoughtfully, and suddenly remembered something.

Speaking of which, when the Zhao State was destroyed by the Qin State in history, this Guo Kai seemed to play a very dishonorable role in it.

Whether it is Lian Po who can't return to Zhao State, or Li Mu who was unjustly killed, there is Guo Kai in it.

Moreover, Guo Kai's Guo family has been the largest iron smelting merchant in the Zhao State since his ancestor Guo Zong, and almost half of the iron tools in the Zhao State in the heyday came from the hands of the Guo family, and even part of the ordnance business Guo family was involved.

That is, after Zhao Dan's iron-smelting blast furnace in Datong began to operate in recent years, Zhao's official smelting level and output continued to increase, so he gradually reduced his cooperation with the Guo family.

Now the Guo family basically only has private business, and it can no longer participate in the official business of Zhao State, but in this way, the scale of the Guo family is still very large, and it is the only top rich family in Zhao State that can be compared with Lu Buwei before entering the country.

As soon as Zhao Dan thought of this, he opened his mouth and called Mao Sui: "What has the Guo family done recently?" ”

Now Mixian has basically retired, whether it is Hu Yiwei or Supervisor Wei has been handed over to Mao Sui, and the surveillance of the Guo family, a big family of Zhao State, is within the supervision of Wei.

Mao Sui thought for a moment, and then replied to Zhao Dan: "Back to the king, judging from the information from the monitoring and guardian newspaper, the Guo family should not have any special moves. ”

Zhao Dan nodded, and said to Mao Sui: "You have sorted out a piece of national intelligence these days, sent it to the widow's desk as soon as possible, and by the way, send some more people to keep an eye on this Guo family, and report any changes to the widow immediately, understand?" ”

Mao Sui looked obviously puzzled, but he still bowed respectfully.

After Mao Sui retreated, Zhao Heng, who had been listening quietly, couldn't help but speak: "Is my father preparing to attack the Guo family?" However, the Guo family, as a wealthy family, is engaged in business, which is indeed despised. ”

Zhao Dan couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "This Guo family can be regarded as a famous family in Zhao State, and there has been no violation of discipline and law, how could the widow take down such a big family without any basis?" ”

"But Heng'er, you have to remember one sentence of the widow here today, that is, this Guo family, especially this Guo Kai, is not credible at all!"

Although the history of this era has been changed, Zhao Dan is still very vigilant from instinct about the traitors in this history.

Shouldn't you find a reason to kill this Guo Kai in advance? Zhao Dan's heart was a little hesitant.