These days, what Zhao Yong has been most worried about is Qi State.
If Zhao State were to attack Zhongshan, Zhongshan, as a puppet regime supported by Qi State, would be a sharp blade for Qi State to insert into the Three Jin Dynasties, so Qi State would definitely intervene.
But at this time, Zhongshan, the former puppet, felt that he had become stronger and was no longer willing to be a knife in the hands of others.
What it doesn't know is that the reason why a weapon is terrifying is because someone is wielding it.
Without Qi, Zhongshan will inevitably repeat the mistakes of its predecessors.
"If there is any news from Zhongshan Kingdom, please report it directly to me." Zhao Yong arched his arm over Luo Haihuan beside him and said softly.
"I know." Luo Huannuo replied.
Nowadays, although the various countries in Zhuxia have a rough prototype of intelligence information exploration, they have not established special formal system control.
The army of Zhao State has the post of Hou Zhengjian. The officer is called Hou Zheng and is in charge of scouting.
In civil and political affairs, nobles and aristocratic families mostly used their retainers and merchants for spying.
The more famous Su Qin is one, and the later Zheng Guo (the one who built the Zheng Guo Canal).
Since then, the disadvantages of espionage have become very obvious. One of them is that the source of information is too slow.
Secondly, the information collected by spies is too mixed, and there is no specific summary and screening of light and heavy nature.
In the hands of the ruler, the effect is greatly reduced, thus affecting the ruler's judgment of the current situation.
Among them there are some half-hearted people who deceive the superiors and conceal the truth from the inferiors.
When Zhao Yong succeeded to the throne, he had the idea to set up a complete set of intelligence agencies directly under the ruler, such as the Jinyiwei, Dongchang, and Xichang in later generations.
But the operation was too difficult at that time. He wanted to succeed to the throne at a young age, and the ministers under him also had their own thoughts.
That's why Zhao Yong sought cooperation with the Mohist family at that time. It was more helpless than cooperation.
At this time, there is an old person like Luo Hualou, and he has this ability, why not take it for his own use?
Zhao Yong gradually became infected with this jealous and suspicious temper.
Perhaps after having been in a high position for a long time, he is afraid that others may have evil intentions and endanger his country and supreme status.
Zhao Yong paused and expressed his thoughts: "I want to imitate Hou Zheng in the army and set up a special position to spy on the intelligence of various countries."
If one could say that Zhao Yong's most trusted minister was Fei Yi.
People today do not have the concept of family and country. Most of the scholar-bureaucrats are not so much maintaining the rule of the king as they are maintaining their own status.
But Fei Yi is an exception.
"Hou Zheng?" Fei Yi asked doubtfully.
Luo Coral understood what Zhao Yong meant: "Does the monarch want to establish a 'ministry' composed of 'spies'?"
Zhao Yong couldn't help but secretly appreciate it. It turns out that women are more agile in their thinking.
"Yes, I feel that intelligence is of great help to political affairs, so I want to set up an 'intelligence agency' specifically to serve our country, Zhao. It will be used to spy on the national and political affairs of the enemy country." Zhao Yong said slowly.
Of course, there is another role that he did not mention clearly, which is to supervise the nobles and officials of his country.
Intelligence agency? This is a new word.
Fei Yi suddenly discovered that his king would always create some unexpected surprises.
"I think this matter has great potential, but..." Fei Yi paused and continued to ask: "But, do we need to discuss it with the prime minister and the ministers before making a decision."
Fei Yi is not naive enough to think that this 'agency' is simply used to spy on enemy intelligence.
"I will consider it, but I think it is not appropriate to tell too many people about this matter." Zhao Yong replied.
Are you kidding? If we carry out propaganda in a big way, wouldn't it put all countries on guard?
Fei Yi nodded to show his understanding.
"The few politicians in this department decided to name it the 'Du Cha Yuan'. The chief executive will be the censor of the capital, with a salary of 500 dan and a salary of 500 shi. How about that?" Zhao Yong continued.
"The king is not allowed to do this. I am a woman, so how can I serve as an official in the court?" Luo Coral immediately became furious when she heard Zhao Yong's words. She was startled by Zhao Yong's idea.
"Why not? In the past, the queen of Shang had a good wife. Guan Zhong's father and his wife Jing were not women." Zhao Yong retorted.
(In the pre-Qin period, the status of aristocratic women was not low, and there were precedents for women to serve as officials.)
"I won't obey you." Luo Coral turned around and replied.
Luo Coral secretly scolded Zhao Yongyu for his stupid head. How could he let himself be exposed outside all day long.
"I have made up my mind." Zhao Yong replied in a strong tone.
Zhao Yong didn't care about Luo Coral's inner calculations. He only knew that Luo Coral could help him train spies. Moreover, Luo Coral's group of Mo Xia could also develop into the team of the "Du Procuratorate". After all, they had experience.
Seeing this, Fei Yi hurriedly said to calm down the atmosphere: "Although Miss Luo is very talented, the position of 'Du Shi' is not a position in the harem. There is no precedent for a woman to be in politics in our Zhao country."
Luo Coral raised her head and glanced at Fei Yi, whose ears and temples were already turning gray across the street. She suddenly felt that this 'old man' looked quite pleasing to the eye.
Zhao Yong was stunned, but he didn't expect Fei Yi to speak for Luo Coral.
"Then let's let Master Fei concurrently serve as the censor of the capital. Is that okay?" Zhao Yong glanced at Luo Hualou.
He didn't want to use 'force' either, but this little bitch had verbally rejected him for the second time.
"I respect the king's orders." Fei Yi bowed and replied.
Zhao Yong then took out the simplified script that he had prepared, handed it to Fei Yi and said: "I have temporarily written the cursive script. Master Fei will go back and check if there is anything that needs to be added or deleted."
"Well, your Majesty, please don't worry too much about state affairs and rest early." Fei Yi glanced at Luo Hualou, then bowed and exited the palace.
The contents of the brief book are roughly summarized by Zhao Yong based on his vague memory, some training methods and selection methods for spies.
The selection method is roughly as follows: there is a deputy capital censor under the capital censor, with a salary of three hundred shi. Next, set up the censor of Qiandu, with a salary of one hundred dan. The candidates for the deputy capital censor are selected from the military ranks and are responsible for assisting the capital censor in processing and summarizing. The censors of Qiandu were selected by the censors of the capital, and they needed to be those who were loyal to the State of Zhao. Each Xia country needs a censor of Qiandu to be in charge, and the Sanhu of the North also needs to be sent more.
In fact, Zhao Yong felt that it would be easier for Zhao's spies to sneak into the courts of various countries. Zhao's trade industry was developed and Zhao merchants were spread all over the world.
It was also relatively common during this period to use merchants as guides to spy on the political affairs of other countries.
The bedroom became darker and darker, and at some point a dozen candles were lit on the lamp stand on one side of the table.
However, the light of the candle is limited after all, and the weather outside is not sunny and windless. A cool breeze blows in from outside the temple door from time to time, causing the flame to sway unsteadily, and the fire light flickers on and off, showing a hazy beauty under the light. .
"How about Coral staying in the palace today to accompany me?" Zhao Yong took Rou Yi, the beautiful lady beside him, and said softly.
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