This position is not something that ordinary people can hold. He has two requirements. First, he must be older. In terms of age, Lao Pang has no rivals in other countries, let alone Zhao. Lou Huan, who is a lot older, is ten years younger than him. Zhao Kuo speculates that Pang Gong should be close to eighty years old. The second point is that he must have qualifications. At this point, Pang Gong is also He looked down upon the heroes of the Zhao Kingdom. He was an important minister during the reign of King Wu Ling!!
The specific job of Master Zuo is actually to give some advice to the king, which is equivalent to the king's personal advisor.
Pang Nuan and Wei Wuji met with King Zhao at the same time and proposed to King Zhao: Let Ma Fujun patrol all parts of Zhao State and find out those evil officials who are causing trouble. King Zhao didn't understand why they cared so much about this, not only King Zhao , even the officials in the palace were a little confused.
King Zhao asked: "There are evil officials in the country. I can just let the governors and magistrates from various places investigate strictly. Why do I need Ma Fujun to go and investigate in person?" Pang Nuan frowned, looked at the ministers, and said: "Because the county officials colluded with the country officials, ignored the king's orders, committed evil, and let the bandit leader deal with the thieves. What do you think will happen?"
King Zhao was furious and asked: "How can you compare my ministers to thieves?"
"Compared to thieves who harm three or four people, aren't officials who harm hundreds of thousands of people more hateful than thieves?" Pang Nuan said unceremoniously: "The Lord wants to attract more talents. These When a talented person sees these vicious officials on his way to Handan, will he still be willing to follow you? When Xunzi left Zhao, he told me: He didn't see a single good official on the road. , because I don’t want to be with these evil thieves, so I have to leave.”
King Zhao's eyes widened and he almost exploded with anger. He stood up, walked back and forth a few steps, gritted his teeth and said: "So it's like this. I respect Xunzi very much, but he left Zhao and served as Chu State." The county magistrate, I have never understood why, but now I know that it is because of these thieves in the country, they dare to force away my talented people! Okay, let Ma Fujun go to investigate! If you encounter evil officials, Ma Fujun can Kill them!"
"From the county to the countryside, no one is allowed to disobey Lord Ma Fu. This is my king's order!!!"
King Zhao shouted angrily.
The ministers lowered their heads and did not dare to speak at all. Lou Huan looked at his old friend and shook his head helplessly. If he was in the palace today, he would definitely become the enemy of the local officials of Zhao State. Those officials would think that You have been insulted. Alas, why do you need to be like this? Not only him, but also the important ministers here do not understand Pang Nuan's behavior. Pang Nuan has many friends, and he has never said anything to offend others like he did today.
Only Wei Wuji, who was standing not far away, understood Pang Nuan's thoughts. He wanted to replace Zhao Kuo and attract all hostile eyes.
What Wei Wuji wanted to say had already been finished by Pang Nuan, so he had to add: "I heard that in Qin, if the recommended official makes a mistake, the recommender will also make the same mistake. Therefore, officials in Qin dare not recommend virtue. For those who are dishonest and have no talent, for fear of being implicated, please ask your Majesty to implement the method of joint sitting in Zhao State... In addition, if you can detect the evildoing of low-level officials and deal with them, you can avoid being implicated, and those who sit back and do nothing , even if they are not officials recommended by themselves, they will still suffer the same punishment."
The ministers couldn't help but take a breath of air-conditioning. Lord Xinling is so vicious. As soon as he appeared, officials from all over the country rushed to kill the evil-doing petty officials in order to avoid even sitting. They did not dare to protect them anymore. In the future,
Even if they want to recommend someone, they don't dare to report it to their superior at will. This makes them lose a lot of "gifts" that can be easily obtained.
Bribery is an insult to a noble. If you go to a noble with money and ask him to help you, most nobles will kill you. However, if you give a noble a gift and become his friend, then he can blatantly protect you.
You don't have to suffer moral condemnation. This is a twisted and pathological society based on the basic moral values of the aristocracy. A society that protects the criminal behavior of friends and relatives is regarded as a moral society.
Because the Qin State encouraged villagers and family members to report each other, they were regarded as barbarians and denounced as disrespectful.
Wei Wuji's behavior will also be insulted by the nobles: We protect our friends and family, what's wrong with this? You don't praise us, but you want to let us sit together??
Of course, not all nobles would think so. Many years ago, there was a tough official in charge of taxation. He killed many of his friends, even friends of Lord Pingyuan, and was recommended by Lord Pingyuan. That person was called Zhao.
extravagant.
When Wei Wuji left the palace, he took out the order from King Zhao and asked Ma Fujun to inspect various places and track down the traitors.
Zhao Kuo returned to the horse service and asked some of his disciples to return to help him. Li Yu was still busy and could not come back. Xing, as his biggest helper, could not return either. In the end, he could only rely on Di, Zhao Fu, and Wang
The three Fans returned to the horse service with sixteen guests. During this period, Zhao Kuo was still discussing the next things with Han Fei. Dealing with the traitors was only a prerequisite for Zhao Kuo's reform.
I want to find out these evil thieves and let King Zhao see the seriousness of the situation, and then change the local selection of petty officials, conduct a "civil service examination" similar to that of later generations, select a group of smart and capable petty officials, and change
The local government system, then arranged the supervision system for officials, and determined the punishment system, link by link, Zhao Kuo put forward his main ideas, and Han Fei made additions and improvements.
Young Han Fei has already shown his extraordinary side, and the method of sitting together is exactly what he thought of.
Han Fei was very interested in Zhao Kuo's idea. In addition, he had a very thorough understanding of Zhao Kuo's current situation. He expressed his views directly: He believed that during this patrol, he would encounter
In the four situations, there will be people who desperately protect their cronies to show their morality, there will be people who use scapegoats to cover up their crimes, there will be people who commit suicide not wanting to be humiliated, and there will be people who will talk about their crimes and beg for mercy.
Han Fei believes that those who protect their cronies should be attacked based on their reputation, because this is what they care about most. For example, King Zhao treats you as a confidant, but you have done something against King Zhao because of your personal relationship.
How can a person like you be considered a gentleman? Rewards should be given to those who introduced scapegoats, without strictly investigating their past, and praising their righteousness. In this way, more high-ranking officials would not
Choosing to protect closeness will also help with future innovations.
Those who surrender themselves and beg for mercy can be exempted from heavy penalties. For those who commit suicide out of fear of crime, their crimes should be read out in public and their property taken away, so that others can serve as a warning.
Han Fei said: Punishment is not the purpose. The purpose should be to make officials dare not bully the people and deceive the monarch.
Zhao Kuo knew what he was worried about. He was worried that he would deal with them impartially, show no mercy, bring all the criminals to justice, and suffer great resistance and resistance. Of course, Zhao Kuo wanted to deal with these people severely.
The evil thieves in the Fish and Meat Township, however, no matter how severe the punishment is given to these officials, nothing can be restored. On the contrary, through such separate treatment, the surviving common people can benefit.
Zhao Kuo understood this.
He also vowed secretly in his heart: He will definitely change this situation.
His disciples came one after another, and Di was the first to come. As soon as Di entered the courtyard, he couldn't wait to tell Zhao Kuo about Li Yu's situation. Sitting in front of Zhao Kuo, Di said excitedly: "When
When we distributed seeds and farm tools to the soldiers, they were very excited and kowtowed in the direction of their horse uniforms to thank them..."
Zhao Kuo frowned, looking a little unhappy.
Di hurriedly said: "These things are of great help to them, especially the food we sent. When these soldiers returned home, there was an extra person to eat at home, but they did not prepare in advance, and their lives were very difficult.
, Li Yu knew about this and sent us to deliver food everywhere... Once, after Xing had delivered the food, he just went out and found that his jade pendant was missing. He hurried back to look for it, only to see the local field official saying:
In the name of collecting taxes, the food just delivered was taken away."
"So he killed the official." Zhao Kuo said.
Di nodded, picked up the water bag and took a sip of water, and then said: "It's just that we sent it a little late. Spring planting has ended in many places, and the seeds are no longer useful, but farm tools are still very useful. Noble people from all over the world
Knowing that we are Ma Fujun's disciples, he did not dare to be rude to us. Some nobles also helped their own towns and sent some grain and livestock. Li Yu recorded the good deeds of these people."
After hearing this, Zhao Kuo laughed, nodded, and said, "That's good."
"What about you, where are you doing? You just watched what they did and then came back to tell us, right?" Ge stood not far away and asked coldly. Di glared at him contemptuously.
, just now said: "I have also been of great help. I told the people that these grains and farm tools were given to you by Mr. Ma Fu. If anyone dares to rob them, they are robbing Mr. Ma Fu. Mr. Ma Fu will not be lenient!"
"Yes, using Ma Fujun to scare others has always been what you are best at."
"You!!" Suddenly, Di and Ge started fighting again. Zhao Kuo ignored them and talked with Han Fei about his plan to go there. Zhao Kuo had never told Zhao's mother what he was going to do.
He didn't want Zhao's mother to worry about him, so he just told Zhao's mother that he was going to various parts of the Zhao Kingdom to see the conditions of the people. However, the day after Di came back, Zhao's mother called Zhao Kuo over and asked
Why did he suddenly want to track down the traitors everywhere?
Zhao Kuo said: "Whether it is farming or other things, petty officials should be relied upon by the people. They should protect the people and lead the people instead of bullying them. I want to change the current situation, but,
Please don't worry about me, I'm not in any danger if I bring a retainer with me." Hearing Zhao Kuo's words, Zhao's mother laughed, and she smiled very happily.
She asked: "Is your sword sharp enough?"
Zhao Kuo was stunned for a moment and then replied: "It's sharp enough."
"Your father served as a field official and became a respected official just because his sword was sharp enough. Now that you want to track down the traitors everywhere, you must always polish your sword and kill those evil officials who do evil.
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After Zhao Fu, Wang Fan and others all arrived, Zhao Kuo got on the carriage, raised the flag of Ma Fujun, and set off from Ma Fu. He wanted to go all the way north to Yunzhong County, and then pass through Yunzhong.
County, and circled back to Handan County. Zhao Kuo's departure with such great fanfare naturally caused a sensation in the horse uniform. Everyone in the horse uniform followed the carriage and sent Zhao Kuo out of the horse uniform. Everyone bowed in the direction of the carriage and said goodbye.
their hero.
Sure enough, the news that Zhao Kuo and Wang Ling of Handan had left the horse service spread quickly to various places. It caused a shock. The officials were both angry and frightened. Letters accusing Pang Nuan continued to flow towards Handan.
The whereabouts of Ma Fujun has become the most important thing for all local officials. With Ma Fujun's banner raised, Zhao Kuo's journey became extremely slow.
When he arrived at a village, the people who were busy saw Ma Fuqi from a distance. They wiped their eyes first, and then rushed over without caring about anything. They knelt down heavily on both sides of the road to greet Ma Fujun.
Zhao Kuo rushed to the countryside, got off the carriage, helped the people around him, and asked them about this year's harvest and the difficulties they encountered. Finally, he asked whether the local officials were oppressing the people.
Facing these people, Zhao Kuo said seriously: "My purpose this time is to help the people of Zhao State and to track down the local traitors. I ask the village elders not to hide anything and tell me the truth. If anyone dares to take revenge on the second and third sons, I will
I will avenge him with my own hands." In fact, the people did not need Zhao Kuo's guarantee at all. Even if the officials would retaliate and execute them, they would never lie to Ma Fujun.
At that moment, someone came out and pointed out that the local townships had secretly increased the tax amount and enriched their own pockets. The grassroots system of Zhao State, from counties to counties, and then to villages, but the problem is that the official system is very crude, and local officials only have
There are six such as the county magistrate, county lieutenant, county magistrate, county magistrate, county lieutenant, and county magistrate. The others are assistant officials, not officials. They do not need to be appointed by King Zhao, only local officials.
Each township has a township chief and prison gate, one is responsible for public security, and the other is responsible for all other government affairs. It is appallingly simple.
The local town was called Zuorong. When he heard that Ma Fujun had arrived, he happily put on his most beautiful clothes and came to Ma Fujun happily. Just as he was about to say goodbye, a burly man walked out from the side.
Han, grabbed him, and then Ma Fujun asked coldly: "May I ask about the tax situation this year?"
Rong's whole body was cold and trembling, and the strong man beside him suddenly shouted: "Speak quickly!"
He collapsed on the ground, exhausted, and began to cry.
"Please forgive me."
He quickly confessed his crimes, including how he secretly increased taxes, asked for bribes from the people by changing the quota of laborers, collected money by controlling cattle, etc. By the time he finished speaking, Zhao Kuo was so angry that he could not speak.
It turns out that he was just a small official who had been in office for less than three months, but he had done so many evil things in a few months! Seeing Ma Fujun's angry look, Rong cried and begged for mercy:
"Please Ma Fujun, please forgive me for my crime. I am Dong Chengzi's retainer. I once fought with you at Bairen against the Yan army. My master has always regarded you as a close friend. Please look at his face and forgive my crime."
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ps: Just now I suddenly discovered that I have an extra alliance leader. After taking a closer look, it turned out to be the boss called Helpless Wrong Love, who has become the first alliance leader. I am very grateful to this boss and other readers who support me, because
I won’t say much about the paid chapters, I will open a separate chapter to thank all readers.