"What? Want to recruit elite soldiers to guard Handan?"
King Zhao's eyes widened, and he suddenly shook his head like a rattle and said: "They are used to guard Handan. If they are transferred abroad, wouldn't Handan be in danger? No, this is absolutely not possible.",
At this moment, the banquet has dispersed, but Wei Wuji, Yu Qing, Zhao Kuo, and Lian Po stayed. The prime minister and false prime minister, the general and the lord, these four people are already the highest civil and military officials in the Zhao country.
When King Zhao heard that the soldiers that Zhao Kuo said could be recruited were elites to guard the royal city, King Zhao immediately panicked. King Zhao had spent a lot of money on these elites. They not only had the best noble officers, but also
They had the most rigorous training, and they could often eat the meat rewarded by King Zhao. They were all tall, brave and good at fighting. At the beginning, the Wei State trained a group of elite soldiers, and they beat the princes so hard that they couldn't hold their heads up. This was regarded as King Zhao's intention.
A high imitation of Wei Wuzu.
It is precisely because of the importance that King Zhao will not use them easily. When there is actual combat on weekdays, he will not put them in the most dangerous place. This is what Lian Po hates the most. Which army is not tempered by war?
In Lian Po's opinion, this army that King Zhao valued most was not as good as the Baizhan peasants he temporarily recruited from Handan. Seeing King Zhao's resolute attitude, Zhao Kuo did not speak again.
Lian Po said angrily: "Where can the thieves come from outside Handan? Compared with Handan, I am more worried that these useless soldiers will harm Ma Fujun. They have never experienced a fierce battle and are definitely no match for the Qin people.", Zhao
The king did not hear Lian Po's complaints at that time. Speaking of which, King Zhao really disliked Lian Po. This was probably because of Lian Po's frankness. Yu Qing was also a frank person, but at least he would not point fingers.
King Zhao cursed...
There are many generals in Zhao State. Due to their military merits, their titles are constantly promoted, and they have many titles. However, Lian Po, after decades of fighting, is still a high minister and has no title. This is not unreasonable. Lian Po's straightforwardness will
Let him say directly in front of others, why should I look down on Lin Xiangru, and I will definitely humiliate him when we meet, and his frankness will also make him apologize to him in person after hearing Lin Xiangru's words.
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Wei Wuji opened his drunken eyes and looked at King Zhao in front of him. He said: "Your Majesty, is it possible that Ma Fujun is not as good as this elite in your heart? I can use such elites for a year.
I have been trained for you, but where are you going to find a talented person like Ma Fujun? You are so neglectful of Ma Fujun, which is really not something a wise king can do!"
King Zhao was immediately speechless. He stood up, gritted his teeth, wandered back and forth, looked at Zhao Kuo who was sitting upright, gritted his teeth, and asked: "Then send 10,000 elites, and Mr. Ma Fu will come here."
Commander..."
"It turns out that Lord Ma Fu is only worth ten thousand elites in your heart... I wonder how many elites I can be worth?" Wei Wuji said with emotion.
"Okay! Okay! Please take them all out!" King Zhao said distressedly.
King Zhao didn't care how much benefit he could get from rescuing South Korea, nor did he care how miserable the Koreans would be. He just cared about Mr. Ma Fu. Hearing King Zhao's words, Wei Wuji laughed. Zhao Kuo stood up and said, "Thank you, sir."
King Zhao." King Zhao nodded and said firmly to Zhao Kuo: "This time you go on an expedition, if you can, please capture Bai Qi and his lieutenant Meng Wu for me... If you can't, I won't either.
I blame you, please don’t take any risks because of this.”
In the past, Zhao Kuo would have been very angry, but now that he is familiar with King Zhao's character, Zhao Kuo must not be surprised. This King Zhao has always believed that he can capture Bai Qi. Zhao Kuo smiled.
, said: "If possible, I will definitely capture him."
King Zhao became happy now, because he knew that Ma Fujun would never lie to him. Thinking of the possibility of letting a general like Bai Qi stay in Zhao, King Zhao abandoned the 20,000 elite men. In fact, King Zhao
There are still many things he wants to say to Zhao Kuo, but Wei Wuji does not give him this opportunity. He and Zhao Kuo still have many important government affairs to discuss. How can I keep you in the palace?
Wei Wuji took Zhao Kuo away, and King Zhao reluctantly sent them away. Looking at the remaining Yu Qing and Lian Po, King Zhao suddenly had no intention of chatting anymore, and directly let them go back to rest in a depressed manner.
Sitting in the courtyard, Wei Wuji's retainers took Zhao Kuo's retainers to drink. Wei Wuji's reputation in Handan is now extremely poor. The series of changes he promoted have harmed many people, especially after he removed local officials.
After Wei Wuji's appointment power, it aroused public outrage. In the past, local minor officials were directly appointed by superior officials, who arranged for their own retainers and cronies. Now that Wei Wuji has taken away this power from them, this has a huge impact on them.
of.
Why do the diners follow them? Like Zhao Kuo, they cannot win the favor of the diners with their monster-like personal charm. The diners help them naturally in order to get rewards, and those who come to give gifts and want to make friends with them,
What they were after was the power in their hands. Wei Wuji's actions can be said to have angered all the nobles, especially after adding the order that the recommender was also guilty, the hatred towards him was already extremely huge.
Even the ministers in the palace dare not recommend their friends casually. The culprit of all this is Wei Wuji!
Therefore, the dirty water flying all over the sky means that there is a disaster in Zhao land. It is all Wei Wuji's fault. And Wei Wuji himself drinks and has fun every day. After drinking, he kills people at will, robs women of the people, and allows his followers to cause chaos. The most terrible thing is
Even his diners say that Wei Wuji's diners are good eaters and will catch and eat anyone who is alone. In such an atmosphere, Wei Wuji's diners are not welcome everywhere.
Only the disciples of Ma Fujun were still very close to them. Before Zhao Kuo left, he left Li Yu to lead his disciples to support the people. After Li Yu completed his mission, he stayed in Ma Fu and was often eaten by Wei Wuji.
The retainers came to find him, and Li Yu entertained them warmly and did not dislike them. The retainers of Wei Wuji had the same temperament as Wei Wuji. Wei Wuji was once in the palace and was repeatedly refuted by Zhao Hui. He walked to Zhao Hui's side.
He said to Zhao Hui: If you make any noise again, I will eat you tonight.
Zhao Hui looked pale, said nothing, and lay on the bed for sixteen days.
The same is true for Wei Wuji's retainers, who often gather together and chat happily about cannibalism, which scares the others and avoids them, not daring to come near.
When Wei Wuji's guests laughed and talked about cannibalism with Di, Di became energetic, licked his lips, and asked: "Is it delicious?" At this time, Wei Wuji's guests were so frightened that they hurried away.
, dare not get close.
Wei Wuji looked at Zhao Kuo in front of him. Zhao Kuo still hadn't drank, his brows were furrowed, and he still looked melancholy. Wei Wuji smiled and said, "While you were traveling, I also did a lot of things." He paused.
After a pause, he said seriously: "I punished those officials who were a prey to the common people, punished the ministers who recommended them, abolished the appointment and dismissal of lower-level officials, and established a system where recommenders are equally guilty..."
"The assessment of local petty officials is not a simple matter. It is currently only implemented in Handan County... Yu Qing is a talented person. He set up different examination questions for different positions and recruited sixty qualified petty officials.
The three people have been sent to all parts of Handan County, but the county magistrate and county magistrate are making things difficult for these officials who were selected through the assessment. Twenty-one of them have been forced to resign and leave... This is not an easy thing to implement.
ah."
"In my opinion, the goal of rectifying the administration of officials can be achieved only by changing the county magistrate and others. Otherwise, they will be bullied everywhere at the local level and can't do anything..."
Zhao Kuo was a little surprised. Wei Wuji was actually implementing his old ideas. Zhao Kuo couldn't help but feel a little scared. He didn't know whether the improvements he proposed were really suitable for this era and whether they could make a difference for the people of Zhao State.
What? Wei Wuji seemed to have seen Zhao Kuo's thoughts. He smiled and said: "Please don't worry, this is a good thing. The officials selected by Yu Qing are all qualified officials. At least they will not be taxed."
clear...."
"The position of county magistrate is now appointed through the Supreme Lord. If it passes the assessment, I'm afraid... the Supreme Lord will not agree. I wonder if you have any ideas?"
Zhao Kuo raised his head and said: "The reason they make things difficult for those officials is because they want to take back their power and undermine the reform. If we can establish a mature supervision system, people with political achievements can be promoted, and those without political achievements can be promoted."
People will be dismissed. In this way, even if it is for themselves, they can only accept these capable officials and use their strength to improve their political achievements."
“What kind of monitoring system is it?”
"Your Majesty will appoint upright people to serve as governors in each county. The governors are not allowed to interfere in local government affairs. There are postal supervisors under his command who can be dispatched. The governors will inspect the local areas and report misconduct. At the end of the year, the governor will inform the Lord of the local achievements and mistakes.
, Use this to promote and dismiss officials..." Wei Wuji lowered his head and murmured: "Shou, Wei, prison..." He suddenly raised his head and said with a smile: "You said
It makes sense.”
"In the local area, we can imitate the Qin State, setting up additional Dian in the county, establishing ranks in the villages and towns, setting up tours, setting up pavilion chiefs and kiku..."
The two started talking, talking about the local area, the palace, taxation, and farming. They talked until morning. Zhao Kuo rested in Wei Wuji's house for a long time. When he got up, Wei Wuji's courtyard was already filled with people.
Many distinguished guests came to visit him. The first one to visit him was naturally Dong Chengzi. During this period, Dong Chengzi had been busy writing laws. Dong Chengzi initially thought it was not difficult until
He started losing his hair....
Fortunately, there is a well-formed Qin law for him to refer to, otherwise, Dong Chengzi would probably be killed.
Dong Chengzi brought the part he had written and gave it to Zhao Kuo for review. Dong Chengzi revised the Zhao law based on the Qin law. This was a weakened version of the Qin law, which exempted some capital crimes, for example,
Dong Chengzi made appropriate changes to the crimes of private fighting and loitering. In the Qin State, those who fought with others privately would have their beards and hair cut off, and those who wandered outside for no reason would be arrested...
According to Dong Chengzi's law, when fighting with others, those who have offended will have to pay compensation, while those who passively fight back will not be held accountable.
Just like this, Zhao Kuo looked at these laws and said to Dong Chengzi: "Laws that are not comprehensive enough cannot be used to govern the country. All aspects of clothing, food, housing, and transportation must be included in the laws. Lending houses to
What kind of crime is it for people who cannot prove their identity to live there? What kind of crime is it for getting sick after eating food from a restaurant? What kind of punishment should a nobleman’s carriage hit and injure people, or kill poultry and livestock?”
"If the law is only heavy on criminal offenses and does not involve civil affairs or business, then it is simple..."
Dong Chengzi felt dizzy after hearing this, and couldn't help but rub his forehead. It involves all aspects? How long will it take to write it? When Dong Chengzi asked his question, Zhao Kuo said to him seriously: "
A perfect law can be used for thousands of years, so how can it be completed in a hurry?"
Dong Chengzi had no choice but to have people take these bamboo slips, bow to Zhao Kuo, and then leave. He swore to Zhao Kuo that he would conscientiously complete this law of Zhao.
After he left, Pang Nuan, Lian Po, Yu Qing and others came to ask about government affairs. Pang Nuan asked about the official system in the palace, Lian Po asked about the military system, and even Lou Huan came. Zhao Kuo was complicated.
Looking at the Lou Huan in front of him, Lou Huan's son, Lou Chang, was missing because his son was killed, but Lou Huan didn't seem to care about this, and even looked at the "murderer" who directly caused this result.
Dong Chengzi didn't have any big complaints.
This made Zhao Kuo feel a little confused. Lou Huan came to ask about Nongsang. After getting Zhao Kuo's answer, he smiled and asked: "A good friend from Xianyang wants me to thank you for your kindness. Thank you very much."
You take in his wife and children." Sure enough, he came for a different purpose. Zhao Kuo said: "I can send his wife and children to Xianyang and let them return to him."
"No need... Now the war has started again, it's a lot of inconvenience." Lou Huan said, he took out a bamboo slip, placed it in front of Zhao Kuo, smiled, and left.
Zhao Kuo picked up the bamboo slips and read them carefully.
"The barbarians don't know the principles of benevolence, so they need wise gentlemen to teach them. I have heard of your reputation for benevolence and righteousness, and I want to invite you to come to Qin and teach the people of Qin. When you arrive, I will have to go thirty miles from Xianyang.
Come to greet me and drive for you personally... I know that the people in the world are suffering from war, and I feel very sad. I want to end the war and treat my people benevolently, but there is no one around me to ask for advice..."
Zhao Kuo was stunned. Is this a letter from King Qin to him?
.......
Xianyang
"What did you say? Lord Ma Fu may lead his troops to go on an expedition??" King Qin looked at Fan Ju in front of him in surprise.
"When I received the report, he had already arrived at Dai County. Now, he should have arrived at Handan. He wants to send troops to South Korea. King Zhao will not refuse him." Fan Ju said seriously. King Qin looked very serious.
Worried, frowning and restless, Fan Ju smiled and said, "Please don't worry. Although Ma Fujun is talented, he cannot affect the overall situation. Wu Anjun will not let him save South Korea."
"I'm not worried about this... I'm worried that Lord Wu An will hurt Lord Ma Fu..."
"Why not, let me give the order to capture Lord Wu'an alive... No, we are bringing Lord Ma Fu to the Qin State. We must not harm him... What do you think?"
