Although the current momentum of the Yue State is even more fierce than when Gou Jian destroyed Wu, it will be short-lived in the end, it can take as long as a few months. In the short term, the Chu State may have already begun to fight back.
"It's a pity that the Yue Kingdom didn't listen to the advice." Lin Xiangru shook his head.
The State of Zhao had long ago sent people to secretly tell the State of Yue that Chu State must have a conspiracy. Unfortunately, the State of Yue was blinded by the huge benefits in front of it.
Perhaps the Yue State also knew that the Chu State might have a conspiracy, but the irrational Yue State only saw the splendor after success and ignored the consequences of failure that it could not bear.
"Do you want to find a way to save the King of Yue?" Yu Xin thought for a moment and asked.
"It's not necessary. After this battle, even if the King of Yue can escape, he will lose the strength to fight back." Wei Wuji shook his head.
Zhao Guo is not a philanthropist and helps Yue Guo without asking for anything in return.
The value of the State of Yue to the State of Zhao is only to contain the State of Chu. The State of Yue, without the power to contain the State of Chu, has no value to the State of Zhao.
"Forget it then, let's focus on Yan and Qin." Yu Xin sighed, feeling a little pity for Yue.
"By the way...what's going on in Yan State recently?" Lin Xiangru asked.
"No." Zhao Sheng shook his head.
Since Zhao Kuo became King of Zhao, the State of Zhao began to vigorously develop intelligence organizations. At first, it was only spread throughout the State of Zhao, but soon it spread to surrounding countries and even Donghu.
But most of the intelligence of the Yan State is about the prime minister, General Qu. As for the intelligence of the King of Yan, generally speaking, there are only two words: Xiu Xian.
Other than that, nothing else.
The other monarchs were pretty good-looking, but King Yan didn't even dare to be interested in women, unless they were fairies.
"Is there any news about General Qin Kai?" Lin Xiangru asked.
"He refused and said he would not betray King Yan Zhao." Le Yi shook his head.
Qin Kai was different from him. He went through the Golden Platform to worship the generals and followed the formal procedures to apply for the Yan Kingdom.
Relatively speaking, the status is more equal.
Moreover, Le Yi only respected King Yan Zhao and did not have much sense of belonging to the Yan Kingdom. As for the subsequent King Yan Hui, he had no relationship with him.
Report to the king on the golden platform and sweep across seventy cities in Qi.
It is enough to repay King Yan Zhao's kindness.
Since the new King Yan does not trust me, then I will leave.
Qin Kai himself is a native of the Yan State. He was promoted step by step from the bottom by King Yan Zhao. He has deep feelings for King Yan Zhao and the State of Yan.
If he were thirty years younger, Qin Kai might be tempted, but now he is no longer the impulsive and passionate young man who dreams of becoming a general and a marquis.
The days of galloping horses and whips are gone forever, and no matter how wise Mr. Zhao is, he is not his King Zhao of Yan.
"King Yan Zhao is worthy of being a wise king. Even after decades, Yu Yin still protects the country of Yan. Unfortunately, the king of Yan is mediocre and does not understand the etiquette of virtuous officials. Civil servants and generals either fled abroad or died on the bed." Lin Xiangru said with emotion.
"It's getting harder and harder to find talents. I haven't found any recently." Zhao Sheng sighed.
At first, Zhao Guo was able to attract a large number of talents by recruiting talents and Handan Academy. Then, relying on Zhao Sheng and Wei Wuji, Xunzi attracted another batch of talents.
Later, Zhao Kuo began to specially arrange envoys to invite some famous people, including those who were in the opposition and those who were not in the opposition, those who were prosperous and those who were not.
Even the younger generals such as Wang Jian, Xiang Yan, and Qiang Yu knew that it was impossible to join the Zhao Kingdom, but Zhao Kuo sent people to harass them with the mentality of having dates but not having dates.
Go in an open manner, go in an open manner, there is nothing you can do to me.
Get rid of it, it's just a guilty conscience and a ghost in your heart.
Don't get rid of it, it's too disgusting.
Nowadays, Zhao State has attracted fewer and fewer talents. Basically, all those who can be poached have been poached. No matter how hard Zhao State works, it will be difficult to poach the rest.
However, Zhao Sheng apparently forgot about the group of water conservancy masters who were poached from Korea and Wei some time ago.
"The best way to cultivate your own talents is to train your own talents. This year Handan College will graduate many outstanding students." Yu Xin said with a smile. After a few years, Handan College has finally been able to stably produce talents, and it can be considered that it has lived up to Zhao Guo.
Such a big investment.
Of course, having more talents is not necessarily a good thing. Just like the Wei State, there were many outstanding people and many talented people, but they all ran away and then turned around to help other countries fight against Wei State.
Therefore, how to retain talents is also very important.
In the past, Zhao State could not provide so many jobs, and naturally it would not be able to retain so many talents, but now everyone can not only join the military and politics, but also work, medicine, and agriculture.
Coupled with the continuous expansion of Zhao State, it is enough to accommodate so many talents.
In addition, Handan College will assess students every year. All students who pass the assessment will be awarded first- to third-level knighthoods. Based on what they have learned, they can choose to join the military, politics, industry, or medicine... As long as they make enough contributions, they can
Improve your title.
Of course, it is not easy to upgrade these titles.
It seems that the easiest way to join the army is to risk one's life, and others are relatively safe. However, except for a very small number of cheating geniuses, for most people, rising to a noble rank is as difficult as ascending to heaven.
If you leave the Kingdom of Zhao, all titles and benefits will be recovered.
Therefore, even some scribes who do not want to enter the official career will choose to get a leisurely job at Handan College. They can go fishing and drink tea when they have nothing to do. If they meet students who like them, they will give them some advice.
Salary.
This has also resulted in many freeloaders in Handan College.
"By the way, what do you think of those people in Handan College who only receive salaries and do nothing?" Lin Xiangru asked with a frown. He was particularly unhappy with these freeloaders.
We worked hard to build Zhao State, but you enjoy the blessings first?
"You don't want to drive them away, do you?" Yu Xin asked in surprise.
"Am I such a reckless person?" Lin Xiangru rolled his eyes at Yu Xin, "I won't be able to drive them away, but it's not impossible to find something for them to do."
"We should really find something to do for them." Gongsun Long agreed.
"Be careful and don't drive people away," Zhao Sheng warned.
"Don't worry, we just let them teach students. And there won't be many. As a college teacher, it's not too much to teach two disciples every year." Lin Xiangru said.
Even if these two are only talented people in one county, Zhao will still make a profit. Moreover, when the number of people increases, there will inevitably be talented people in a county or even a country.
Now that these people have arrived in the State of Zhao, they are actually more or less ready to contribute to the State of Zhao, but they are just unwilling to serve as officials.
On the other hand, if there are not even two students willing to teach every year, then Zhao Guo has no need to keep these people.
"It doesn't matter if it's like this. If you keep raising it in vain, other people will have opinions." Zhao Sheng said.
Zhao's country has a great cause and he doesn't care about this little money and food, but others don't think so.
If you work hard every day, your salary will not be as much as if you did nothing, and normal people would feel dissatisfied.
Zhao Guo at least cannot let the hearts of these people who really contribute to the country feel cold.