When King Zhao was woken up from his sleep, he was still a little confused.
When the eunuch told him that Wei Wuji came to visit him because of an urgent matter and was now outside the palace gate, King Zhao reluctantly sat up, rubbed his eyes, and asked for water to be washed.
Face, he straightened his clothes and met Wei Wuji. Wei Wuji came to him at this time, something big must have happened in the country, but King Zhao was not worried. With Lord Ma Fu and Lord Xinling, what else did he need to worry about?
Sure enough, Wei Wuji was dressed very formally. This was the first time that King Zhao saw him like this. After lighting candles, the two sat in the hall. Wei Wuji happily said to King Zhao, "I'm here to congratulate you."
King Zhao was stunned and asked hurriedly: "Why are you here to congratulate me?"
Wei Wuji laughed and said: "I have killed those villains in the country who deceived you. Because of these villains, the talented people dare not come to Zhao for fear of being murdered by them, but they are not afraid of them.
People, because they regard being colleagues with them as their own shame, dare not come to serve you. If you want to attract phoenixes to live there, how can you let rot rats gather under the sycamore trees, emitting an unpleasant smell? "
"There are a lot of rotten rats in the Zhao Kingdom. Even a kind and righteous person like Ma Fujun, if he knew what they had done, would he still stay in the Zhao Kingdom?" After saying that, Wei Wuji placed the many bamboo slips he collected in the Zhao Kingdom.
In front of the king, King Zhao was shocked when he heard that the matter involved Mr. Ma Fu. He hurriedly opened the bamboo slips and read them carefully. These were the crimes of the ministers and local officials. The misdeeds were too numerous to describe!
Sure enough, the more King Zhao looked, the angrier he became. He was so angry that he trembled all over. He suddenly dropped the bamboo slips in his hand, looked at Wei Wuji, and said, "You are right, Ma Fujun is a benevolent and righteous person. He wants to see that."
These crimes..." If Zhao Kuo were here and heard that King Zhao was angry not because of their evil deeds, but because he was worried that they would force him away, he would be very disappointed, but Wei Wuji would not be like this.
He is not a future traveler. He was born and raised here. He knows the king and the nobility very well. These crimes may seem serious, but in the eyes of the king and some nobles, they are nothing. The crimes of the nobility
, there are only major crimes such as betrayal, conspiracy, and putting a few extra cauldrons while eating. Of course, ordinary people's theft and murder are also major crimes, but they are not the crimes of nobles.
Wei Wuji saw clearly that if these people used nine tripods or seven tripods when eating, maybe King Zhao would be angry because of their crimes, but they just killed a few disobedient people, then
do not have much left.
Wei Wuji saw King Zhao's angry look and said hurriedly: "So, I'm here to congratulate you. Fortunately, I discovered these things. I have already dealt with these people. When Ma Fujun comes back, there is no need to let him know these things."
The crimes of villains. And after dealing with these villains, more wise men like Ma Fujun will come to serve the State of Zhao. I am going to write to Xunzi to ask him about the issue of officialdom, so as to let him know that the State of Zhao has
It’s different from the past.”
"Okay!!" King Zhao's eyes brightened instantly. He was happy for a moment, and then suddenly asked worriedly: "How many people have you killed?"
Wei Wuji asked in return: "How many of them do you think can rival a Mafujun?"
King Zhao was stunned and did not dare to ask any more questions.
Wei Wuji continued: "If I kill hundreds of villains for Your Majesty, I will bring you more sages. This is something that can be celebrated. The vacancies left by villains will be replaced by virtuous people.
Isn't this what you want? After I leave, if someone comes to accuse you of me, he must have bad intentions, please be careful." Wei Wuji did not stay in the palace for too long. After saying this,
Things went away.
After sending him away, King Zhao lay on the couch, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep. He felt both distressed and lucky. Just when he was about to fall asleep, the eunuch reluctantly woke him up again. King Zhao was angry.
He sat up and looked at the eunuch. The eunuch was a little afraid. He didn't want to disturb King Zhao again. However, he couldn't afford to offend anyone who came to visit King Zhao. Wei Wuji, the Prime Minister of the country, and now Lieutenant Zhao
Leopard.
Zhao Bao is the father-in-law of King Zhao. How dare the eunuchs provoke him? The status of the eunuchs who serve the monarch today is very low, far from the glory of the future. The monarch can blame the ministers for his favorite concubine, but he will never blame the minister for serving him.
Offending ministers by using one's own eunuchs. Nowadays, the monarch chooses ministers, and ministers choose the king. The relationship between monarch and ministers is not as strict as it will be in the future. As retainers who are completely dependent on the king, the status of eunuchs is naturally very low.
King Zhao was really surprised. He had never seen Father Zhong look so frightened. Zhao Bao's face was pale and his whole body was trembling slightly. He took a deep breath and said: "People like Wei Wuji cannot stay in Zhao."
Kingdom." King Zhao was stunned and asked with some displeasure: "Why?"
"He is too ruthless. Not long ago, he killed more than two hundred officials and three ministers serving you...He did these things without even asking for your opinion. If you were
If you let him continue to act, within a few months, all the ministers who are close to you will be killed by him. By then, Zhao will be close to Wei Wuji, and it will be a very simple matter for Wei to annex Zhao.
"
"You mean... he was sent by King Wei to murder Zhao?" King Zhao asked.
Zhao Bao nodded and said seriously: "Otherwise, why would he kill the officials of the country for some unworthy reasons? Please expel him and prevent him from returning to Zhao..."
King Zhao hesitated and said: "But Mr. Ma Fu personally recommended him, and he is also a famous gentleman. How could he do such a thing? I trust him and leave the affairs of the country to him. He will not
A traitor to others."
"That's what I'm worried about. Ma Fujun is very close to him, and you regard Ma Fujun as your confidant. If the two of them collude, will your royal order still be spread out of the palace?"
King Zhao was furious, stood up, and said angrily to Zhao Bao: "Mr. Ma Fu is a gentleman of Zhao State. I have never seen a noble man like him. Please don't frame Mr. Ma Fu like this. Everyone may betray you."
I am a humble person, but Ma Fujun, he will never do that!" Zhao Bao looked at King Zhao in surprise, King Zhao was very polite to him, even if he was angry, he would not accuse him face to face.
He also stood up and said: "You are the monarch of Zhao State. If Zhao State is destroyed in the hands of others, you will be the first to die for the country!"
Zhongfu and Youzi broke up unhappy.
When King Zhao was about to go back, Yu Qing came to the door again.
King Zhao sighed, and it seemed that he would not be able to sleep tonight.
Yu Qing sat solemnly in front of King Zhao and said seriously: "Wei Wuji acted ruthlessly. This is not Zhao's blessing." King Zhao lowered his head helplessly, shook his head and said: "Don't you also?
Don’t you trust the wise men recommended by Ma Fujun? Can’t a gentleman like Xinlingjun make you feel at ease?” Yu Qing replied: “It’s not that I don’t trust Ma Fujun, I just don’t trust Wei Wuji.”
"Wei Wuji dealt with those villains. I think it was right. However, he did not report to you, but privately executed ministers and threatened the clan. I think this was wrong. I know that you cherish his talents and are unwilling to punish him.
But if you don't make the decision, the officials will be very frightened and afraid of Wei Wuji, and they will never dare to disobey his orders... Please order Wei Wuji to be punished and punish his crimes."
King Zhao was silent for a long time, then nodded and said, "I understand."
Yu Qing added: "I heard that he wants to use his own method to appoint lower-level officials. I am not at ease. Please refuse this matter and don't agree to him."
King Zhao raised his head and said helplessly: "I am afraid of forcing him away!!"
Yu Qing thought for a moment and then said: "Then please allow him to appoint officials, but don't leave this matter to him and let me take charge of it. If this is something that is beneficial to the country, I will do it."
It will not reduce his effectiveness, and you don’t have to worry about Wei Wuji using it to increase his own power." After hearing this, King Zhao felt a little happy on his face. He smiled and said: "You are right, I will give the order tomorrow.
, you will take over Wei Wuji and be responsible for this matter."
Yu Qing then resigned. As soon as he walked out of the palace, he saw Zhao Bao waiting for him. Zhao Bao saw Yu Qing and saluted hurriedly. Yu Qing returned the salute. Zhao Bao then said: "I thought you were close to Mr. Ma Fu.
So I would help Wei Wuji to cover up his crimes. I never thought that you would come to the palace to accuse him of his crimes under Wei Wuji's surveillance. Please forgive me for my rudeness to you in the past."
"Please don't say that. I am also doing it for the Kingdom of Zhao. Your Majesty has already agreed to ask me to accept Wei Wuji's new law. He has no chance to install any more trusted followers."
"Hahaha, great, wait until tomorrow and see how frustrated he will be!"
They were about to leave when they suddenly saw Dong Chengzi coming towards them. Under the night, Dong Chengzi was still easy to distinguish as a big dark mass. Zhao Bao was a little surprised and asked: "What are you doing?"
Dong Chengzi was a little afraid, but he still had the courage to say: "I am here to accuse Wei Wuji of his crimes. He killed my retainer. I want your Majesty to uphold justice for me." Zhao Bao burst into tears. This was terrible.
It's true that a friend in need is a friend indeed. I never expected that even Dong Chengzi, Ma Fujun's absolute confidant, would be willing to speak for justice at this moment. Zhao Bao held Dong Chengzi's hand and burst into tears.
He said to Yu Qing: "We are here, waiting for Dong Chengzi to come out."
King Zhao looked at Dong Chengzi in front of him with surprise and asked, "Why did you come to see me?"
Dong Chengzi said angrily: "Wei Wuji acted cruelly, please punish him." King Zhao lowered his head, rubbed his forehead with both hands, and asked: "You have been favored by Lord Ma Fu, why did you come to accuse Lord Xinling?
What? Don't you know that Lord Xinling is a good friend of Lord Ma Fu?" Dong Chengzi said solemnly: "But in the face of his behavior, even Lord Ma Fu will not forgive him."
"I am a minister, and I should be responsible for punishing officials in accordance with the law. However, Wei Wuji acted recklessly and ignored the law. How can he serve as the prime minister of Zhao with such behavior? Please expel him.
!", Dong Chengzi said seriously.
King Zhao sighed, and then said: "It was just a mistake, can't I forgive him?"
Dong Chengzi replied: "What I'm worried about is that he will continue to act like this. He is a bold man and has no scruples. Officials have sinned. Do they have to be punished by killing them? He kills officials like this.
, how can the officials of Zhao State dare to carry out your royal order?"
King Zhao suddenly hesitated a little, stroking his chin and hesitating.
Dong Chengzi said: "Ma Fujun once told me that without laws in the country, ministers would act without rules and act wantonly. Wei Wuji's behavior is enough to prove that Ma Fujun was not wrong. Please allow me to bring the wise men in the country to improve it."
According to the law, in this way, Wei Wuji will not dare to kill the minister who has made mistakes. If his behavior violates the law, I can deal with his crime, and your Majesty will not have to worry about such a thing happening again."
King Zhao clapped his hands and said, "Okay, it is your duty to deal with the officials. Please draw up the laws of Zhao as soon as possible."
Dong Chengzi walked out of the palace and said seriously to Zhao Bao: "Your Majesty is unwilling to punish his crimes. I propose to draw up laws so that Wei Wuji will not dare to act recklessly. In the future, when officials make mistakes, I will be the one to punish them."
The law punishes, and Wei Wuji doesn’t dare to interfere anymore.”
"Okay!!" Zhao Bao laughed.
"What you are doing is of no use. The key to the problem is not Wei Wuji at all." Suddenly someone said, Zhao Bao was shocked and looked over hurriedly. The person who came was none other than Zuo Shi Pang Nuan.
Pang Nuan stroked his beard and looked at them with a smile. Zhao Bao hurriedly bowed and asked, "Why do you say that? Do you think Wei Wuji was not at fault for what happened today?"
"Of course Wei Wuji is at fault. Otherwise, I wouldn't have come here. But you are wrong. With your methods, you can only tie up Wei Wuji, but you can't prevent something like this from happening again." Pang Nuan seemed to say.
Reminiscing, he raised his head and said: "The ministers of each country are the most important ministers in the country. From taxes, to laws, to household registration, everything has to go through his hands. Even if Wei Wuji is not in Zhao State, he will
There will be a second prime minister who will do something like this if he wants to."
"What do you mean?"
"I have come up with a way to change this kind of thing. If we want to stop a prime minister like Wei Wuji, we must innovate the official system of Zhao State, decompose the power of the prime minister, and establish a new official system to replace the current system.
Come on, if the Prime Minister loses his power, things like today will never happen again. This is the fundamental way to solve the problem." Pang Nuan said with a smile.
Yu Qing, Dong Chengzi and others all applauded and praised Pang Nuan's virtue.
Zhao Bao suddenly realized something was wrong. He was thinking about these things. Suddenly, he took a few steps back and looked at the "comrades" in front of him warily.
"The second and third sons are in the same group as Wei Wuji!"
"Wei Wuji didn't want to rectify the officialdom...he wanted to reform the law..."
Zhao Bao said coldly.
ps: I am praised every day in the comment area. Lao Lang looks complacent, but his results are still a mess. What is the reason for this?