Handan Palace City, Longtai.

Zhao Dan sat on his grand stern chair, looking at Miao 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 Miao Xian wore today.

In the Warring States Period, although pants had begun to be found, these pants were not like those in later generations, but only wrapped around the calves and thighs. The crotch of the pants was not sewn together and leaked out, which is the open-crotch pants, called "shin-clothes" or "rabbits".

You read that right, at this time, adults, regardless of gender, run around in open crotch pants every day...

Of course, since people in this era are accustomed to putting robes, skirts and robes on their pants, although the pants are open-crotch, it is impossible to expose themselves in daily life whether they are standing or kneeling.

But what is mentioned above is the case where there is no chair. When you sit on a Taishi chair wearing such clothes, you will have the problem of exposure...

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

For the people of Zhao, this problem is actually not a big deal.

As we all know, when Zhao Dan's grandfather, King Wuling, was reigned, he promoted the world-famous "Hu Clothing, Riding and Shooting", which made Hu Clothing, which was completely different from the Chinese clothes in the Central Plains today, quickly became popular in the current Zhao State and became the daily clothing of Zhao people.

The characteristics of Hu clothing are that the clothes are knee-length and the pants are tight. Moreover, the pants in Hu clothing are exactly the same as those of later generations. They are trousers that are completely sewn together with the crotch. The style is normal and there is no worry about the bird.

After all, wearing Hu's clothes is to facilitate riding and shooting on horseback. Why are you riding and shooting in an open crotch pants? The eggs are ground to you...

Therefore, chairs and tables may also encounter problems in clothing when they are promoted in other countries wearing Chinese clothes, but the problem in Zhao State where Hu clothing is prevalent is not big.

But unfortunately, Miao Xian was not wearing Hu's clothes today, so the eunuch from Zhao State, Lord Ling ruthlessly exposed when he sat on the chair...

Looking at Miao Xian with an awkward look, a sentence suddenly appeared in Zhao Dan's mind: "A gentleman is so simple, a villain hides a hook..."

Zhao Dan coughed dryly and waved his hand and said, "Miao Qing, let's talk while standing."

When Miao Xian heard this, he felt like he was granted a general amnesty, and quickly bounced off the chair with a embarrassed smile: "No."

Today, Miao Xian entered the palace mainly to report to Zhao Dan about the establishment of two major intelligence organizations, Hu Yiwei and Supervisory Guard.

Zhao Dan attaches great importance to the construction of these two major organizations. After all, "Sun Tzu: The Attack" says that "knowing yourself and knowing your enemy will never be defeated in a hundred battles." The internal organization of the Supervisory Guard can allow Zhao Dan to be a "confidant", and the external organization of the Hu Yiwei allows Zhao Dan to be "knowing your enemy". Once these two major organizations can truly play the role of "knowing yourself and knowing your enemy", then Zhao Dan and Zhao will naturally "confidant in a hundred battles."

It is precisely because of this importance that Zhao Dan handed over this task to Miao Xian, and asked this eunuch who loyally served the two generations of monarchs of Zhao to secretly form these two major institutions.

Taking the current situation facing Zhao State, Hu Yiwei is the top priority for the foreigners.

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 fought individually, and due to the inconvenience of information transmission, it was difficult to contact superiors to send out intelligence, which led to the role of spies being quite average and not taken too seriously by countries.

The establishment of Hu Yiwei was to change this situation. In Miao Xian's report, Hu Yiwei is now mainly divided into three parts, each performing its own duties.

According to Zhao Dan's instructions, these three parts each have a very popular name - "Hu Yiwei One", "Hu Yiwei Two" and "Hu Yiwei Three".

The first department is a member of the front line responsible for invading the enemy's internal spy intelligence, the second department is a member of the second line responsible for quickly transmitting messages, and the third department is a member of the task of sitting in the Handan headquarters to summarize all information and report to Miao Xian and Zhao Dan, and at the same time, he issued instructions from Zhao Dan to the spies.

After more than two months of busyness, the entire Hu Yiwei has begun to take shape and has begun to form a relatively decent spy network. All the spies in Zhao who were originally fighting alone have basically been connected to this network.

Of course, for the sake of protecting the spies, one, two and three are still in a state of independence. Each spy still maintains a single-line contact with the Hu Yiwei headquarters. Only Miao Xian has all the information about the spies in Zhao State.

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

Zhao Dan nodded, picked up one of them casually, and found that the list was basically similar to the resumes of later generations, with information about the spies' names, hometowns, ages, etc., and even a very simple portrait.

Zhao Dan took a few minutes to search and found that these spies were mainly distributed in Han, Wei, Qi, and there were not many spies in Chu, and there were very few 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 for your identity is undoubtedly merchants and rangers.

The three kingdoms of Han, Wei and Qi were located in the heart of the Central Plains, and there were many developed trade and rangers, which created good conditions for espionage. Since Chu did not border Zhao, Zhao was not too concerned about Chu, so it was natural that there were not many spies.

As for Yan and Qin, Yan State was because of its bitter and cold terrain and was an ally with Zhao State for many years, so Zhao State naturally would not send any spies there.

The Qin State was the country that emphasized agriculture and suppressed commerce among the seven heroes, and attacked rangers the most severely, so the Zhao State had the fewest spies among the Qin and Yan countries.

After putting down this list of information, Zhao Dan thought for a while and reminded: "Miao Qing, the work of Hu Yiwei should be based on Qin in the future, and the other five countries should consider it equally. We must not be biased."

If you want to unify the world, then all other countries will be enemies of Zhao. Qin will certainly be the focus of the future, but the other five countries must also pay attention to it.

Miao Xian nodded, responded, and then said, "By the way, the king, Lu Buwei has returned from Xianyang and is waiting to see him outside the hall."

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

A moment later, Lu Buwei appeared in front of Zhao Dan with joy and bowed to Zhao Dan: "I have seen the king."

Zhao Dan nodded and found that Lu Buwei was wearing a black black dress in Qin style, so he should also wear open-crotch pants underneath...

Zhao Dan coughed again and said, "Lu Qing, next time I remember to enter the palace wearing Hu clothes. I won't let you sit today... Will Lu Qing have any rewards when he goes here?"

When Lu Buwei heard this, he was stunned at first, then looked at the "Hu Hae" in front of him thoughtfully, then looked at Miao Xian, who was also standing with a strange expression, as if he understood something.

The clever Lu Buwei did not worry about the seating issue, but replied: "The king is indeed a sacred calculation. When I went to Xianyang, the Qin people's reaction was as expected by the king. Mrs. Huayang has promised me that I will try my best to persuade King An of Guojun to make Zhao Yiren the grandson!"

Actually, these were all Lu Buwei's ideas, but Lu Buwei was very clever in pushing all the credit to Zhao Dan.

Anyway, the credit is all the leaders, so there is nothing wrong with it.

When Zhao Dan heard this, he felt relieved, and a smile appeared on his face, saying, "Lu Qing has really made great contributions to my Zhao State! I am very pleased."

To be honest, Zhao Dan was really a little afraid that because of the butterfly effect of his time travel, Zhao Yiren was not finally appointed as the monarch of Qin as in history.

Why did Zhao Dan have to become the monarch of Qin as in history?

The answer is actually very simple, because Zhao Yiren, the King Zhuangxiang of Qin in history, is actually a very mediocre king and very short-lived.

In history, after Zhao Yiren died, it was his son's turn. The young Qin Shihuang inherited the throne, and before Qin Shihuang grew up, Lu Buwei was in charge of the overall situation of Qin.

To be honest, if Zhao Yiren died a few years later in history, then the time for Qin to unify the world should have been delayed for a few years, or even decades...

To put it bluntly, Zhao Yiren's contribution to Qin State was not himself, but that he left behind the golden partners of Lu Buwei and Qin Shihuang to Qin State.

But now Lu Buwei has become Zhao Dan's minister, and Qin Shihuang's mother Zhao Ji was also brought into the Handan Palace by Zhao Dan, so Qin Shihuang naturally could not have been born.

Therefore, Zhao Yiren's two major contributions to Qin were completely gone.

Since the Qin State has no longer had Lu Buwei and Qin Shihuang, what reason does Zhao Dan have to prevent Zhao Yiren, a mediocre and short-lived guy, to be the king of Qin?
Chapter completed!