Just as Zhao Kuo was seriously explaining his thoughts, the courtyard suddenly became noisy. Zhao Kuo looked outside the house in surprise, as did Zhao Bao. Zhao Bao stood up and hurriedly walked out of the inner room. There was a group of people.
The warriors were hurriedly walking into the courtyard. These were the warriors guarding the palace. The person leading them was Lingpu, the eunuch who served King Zhao.
Although Pu served as an eunuch, he was not an eunuch. On the contrary, he was tall and strong, good at driving and shooting, and was deeply loved by King Zhao. Zhao Kuo understood him as King Zhao's personal bodyguard. He stood in the courtyard, Di
Standing in front of him, he raised his head and stared at Pu in front of him with his nostrils. The two stood very close and stared at each other without saying a word. There was something wrong with the atmosphere. Pu stared at him for a moment and snorted disdainfully.
With a cry, he walked directly past Di and wanted to go to the inner room.
Di turned around, stretched out his hand, pushed on his chest, groaned secretly, took a step back, looked at Di with some surprise in his eyes, Di still stared at him with his nostrils, and said angrily: "There is no order from Mr. Ma Fu.
,No one is allowed to enter!" Ge stood behind Di and looked at Pu displeasedly. The old man was already ready to take action. Zhao Kuo ordered Li Yu to help local officials rescue the victims, and Li Yu took Xing away.
, Zhao Fu, Wang Fan and others, but Ge and Di were left behind.
The two men followed Zhao Kuo. Zhao Kuo suddenly came to see Lord Pingyang, and then these people rushed in aggressively. Ge and Di naturally regarded these people as their enemies.
Pu glanced at Di, and then looked at Ge behind Di. Compared to the arrogant and unreasonable Di, this old man seemed to be kinder and more polite. Pu said to Ge proudly: "I am the eunuch Ling Pu, because I am the eunuch.
I came here under your command, but I don’t know who you are?”
"I am your great father!"
"You dare to insult me?!" Di immediately became anxious and was about to pounce on the little old man. Di suddenly grabbed his shoulders and swung sideways, actually spinning the tall and thick warrior in the air.
He circled around and landed heavily on the ground. Di directly put his knee on his chest, suppressing him so that he could not move. Then he shouted to the surrounding warriors: "Don't come near!!".
The warriors in the palace looked at this scene in shock. They knew how capable Pu was... but they didn't expect that he could be subdued by the barbarian so easily.
Pu's face turned red, his eyes widened, and he looked at Di fiercely.
"Di!!"
Zhao Kuo shouted, Di was stunned and looked behind him. Zhao Kuo frowned and said: "Let him go." Di San stood up with a smile, stretched out his hand and pulled Pu up again, and looked.
Looking at Zhao Bao in shame, Zhao Kuo looked at Zhao Bao. Zhao Bao was a little embarrassed. Of course he knew why these warriors came. It was not because he had come to ask for help from you before. He hurriedly said: "He is the one I called."
Yes, it’s to tell the Lord about the reform..."
Zhao Kuo looked at the warriors around him, looked at Pu again, smiled and nodded.
He walked down and said seriously to Pu: "Please don't blame me. It was indeed me who gave the order. No one is allowed to disturb you. This is my fault...I apologize to you...", after hearing Zhao Kuo say this
After saying that, Pu hurriedly bowed and saluted and said: "I don't dare." Zhao Kuo cordially invited Pu in to talk in detail. Zhao Bao smiled awkwardly and pulled Pu into the inner room. After a while, Zhao Bao
Then Zhao Kuo was sent out of the mansion.
"I finally understand today... Your Majesty said how much he respects you, but if something goes wrong, he will still help Pingyang Jun. That pouncer didn't come here just to hear some reforms. He brought so many
The warriors are obviously trying to protect Lord Pingyang..." Di came to his senses on the way and started talking non-stop. Ge drove the car and glanced at him.
"Did you see it?"
"Yeah..." Di nodded.
"Then you are really smart." Ge said and continued to drive with his head down.
Di smiled, but suddenly felt something was wrong.
"What do you mean?"
"It's nothing, I just want to compliment you on your intelligence. It's a pity that King Zhao doesn't use you as the prime minister."
Zhao Kuo went back to Pang Gong's mansion again to let him prepare, and then drove back to Mafu Township. After he left, Zhao Bao summoned nobles from all over the country. Pang Gong didn't know it at first.
Why was Zhao Kuo so confident that the reform could be achieved? However, after a while, the situation in various places changed drastically. Local officials changed their original appearance and began to devote themselves to work.
Zhao Bao began to take charge of the assessment. A large number of retired officials and prestigious taxis came one after another. After participating in the assessment, they were assigned to various places. The vacancies in Zhao's local administrative system were quickly filled.
Having more official positions is a good thing for the nobles. They encourage their taxis to participate in the assessment. After passing the exam, Zhao Bao will come forward to arrange them around them. To them, this is just a matter of
It's just one more process.
Of course, Zhao Bao was quite serious about his work. Those who had no talent at all and could not even pass the simplest test were reprimanded by him. Several people committed suicide out of shame. This greatly improved the average performance of Zhao's officials.
Subsequently, the supervision system was quickly implemented, and several Zhao nobles became governors of various places, helping King Zhao to supervise local areas and rectify the administration of officials.
There are still some people who are dissatisfied with these, but these nobles who expressed their dissatisfaction were quickly deprived of their titles and demoted to common people... This was an order issued by Zhao Bao, and Zhao Bao actually began to preside over the reform. This made
Everyone felt incredible. Several ministers who supported the reform were very unhappy about Zhao Bao's participation in the reform, because the reform carried out by Zhao Bao was just a compromise.
Officials in various places are still recommended by nobles, and the officials who supervise them may still favor them.
However, it cannot be denied that Wei Wuji carried out two years of reforms and achieved a major breakthrough in just one month. Local political affairs began to operate normally. After implementing the basic official system that imitated the Qin State, the results were huge.
Yes, in the previous Zhao State, the official system was very backward, and even the divisions between counties, townships, and villages were not clear. But now, the situation is different.
Mafu was classified as a township and belonged to Handan County. Wang Fanlai served as the village steward and Zhao Fulai served as the tour guide. Those who followed Zhao Kuo at the beginning were also appointed by Zhao Bao to serve as pavilion chiefs nearby.
Zhao Kuo had previously asked them if there were any officials who were willing to serve as officials. Most people still wanted to stay with Zhao Kuo, but a group of people were willing to serve as officials. As for Wang Fan and Zhao Fu, that was Zhao Kuo.
Recommended.
Because Wang Fan really has the ambition to govern the country, and Zhao Fu is a talented person who knows the law, can read, and has fought in battles. Zhao Kuo has so many disciples, and only Zhao Fu is the most suitable for the military position. Fortunately, Di These people are illiterate... Li Yu, Ming and Ge are unwilling to be officials.
All parts of Zhao State have made decisions one after another. The identification of counties and townships was made by Pang Nuan himself. This old man has been to every place in Zhao State and is very familiar with all parts of Zhao State. He has his own method, according to geography. Location, population, economic development level, etc. are divided in detail.
After setting clear local administrative levels, it is time to appoint officials in these newly emerged areas. According to different levels, different officials are appointed and the relationship between superiors and subordinates is re-divided. Compared with the original Zhao State, it was very simple. Today's official system can be said to have made a big breakthrough... Political affairs are divided in detail, some are responsible for taxation, some are responsible for farming, and some are responsible for catching thieves.
Taxation, public security, farming and other aspects will all be improved due to these reforms. This is obvious.
Zhao Kuo was very happy these days. He often went to various places and saw the chief of the pavilion escorting the thieves, and the stingy man who was recalculating the local cultivated land and the yield per mu... He seemed to be enjoying it. Like the most beautiful scenery, I lingered and just watched all this. Wei Wuji laid the foundation for the reform. With the support of the great nobles, the reform seemed to be a matter of course, and the local system was undergoing reform at a rapid pace.
Next, it is time to change the palace. The official positions in the palace will also need to be reformed. This was also proposed by Zhao Kuo originally. However, Zhao Kuo is not in a hurry to do it now. Today, Zhao Kuo is still at war. , ministers all have their own responsibilities, and Zhao Kuo is really afraid that it will cause chaos and affect the battle situation ahead when carrying out changes in the upper-level official system at such a time.
Things seem to be developing for the better.
In the ninth year of King Zhao, the basic system of Zhao State has been roughly completed, and the supervisory system has been fully implemented. After all, the supervisory system does not require as many manpower as the basic system. The biggest problem of Zhao State is still the lack of talents. These Not everyone can be a small official. You need to be able to read, understand the law, and know how to calculate. These three requirements alone are not something that ordinary people can meet.
The little guy also celebrated his third birthday. Zhao Kuo wanted to make him a cake, but he didn’t know how to make it, so he had to give him a gift. Zhao Kuo gave him a mini chariot. , this small chariot was built by Du. The bottom is hollow, just like a baby carriage in later generations. Zhao Zheng can walk into the chariot and grab the chariot and run. The only drawback is that the chariot is a bit heavy for the little guy. You won't be able to run for long.
Zhao Zheng liked this gift very much. In return, he kissed Zhao Kuo hard on the face. After that, he carried the chariot every day and shouted, "The horse uniform is here!" He was running around in Fuxiang, and the children in Mafuxiang were willing to play with him. Zhao Zheng sat on the chariot, looked at the friends around him seriously, and said: "I want you to be the charioteer! You You have to drive for me!"
"Okay, Ma Fuzi."
"Say it Yui."
"only!"
"Well, and you, I want to make you a general and lead the army!"
"only!"
There are many children who are several years older than Zhao Zheng and are willing to play with him, because Zhao Zheng has a lot of delicious food and toys. He can give out wooden swords to everyone. In this way, he will be the emperor for eternity.
A large army was organized in Mafu, including charioteers, generals, several state ministers, and five or six pavilion chiefs. The army launched attacks in various places in Mafu, and the fun was incredible.
Han Fei was wearing thick clothes and had just walked out of the school and walked towards Zhao Kuo's courtyard. As soon as he entered the countryside, he was surrounded by Zhao Zheng's army. Zhao Zheng pointed a sword at him.
, shouted in a milky voice: "You have been captured by me!" Han Fei laughed, nodded, and said: "Okay, I am captured... Please forgive me, Ma Fuzi!"
Zhao Zheng then put down his wooden sword and said to him: "Then you want to be my prime minister!"
Han Fei was stunned for a moment, smiled bitterly, and said, "When I get out of the teacher's room, I will be your prime minister again."
Zhao Zheng was very happy and hurriedly jumped down from the chariot and rushed to Han Fei. Han Fei picked him up and then he pecked Han Fei on the face and ran away with a smile.
In Mafu, everyone is very friendly to Zhao Zheng. They all like him and dote on him. Except for the eldest mother, Ge is the one who dotes on him the most. Perhaps because Ge has no children of his own, they treat him as a child.
His own grandson, whenever Zhao Kuo wanted to reprimand him, Zhao Zheng would run to Ge. Ge would always protect him, his beard trembling, sarcastic about Zhao Kuo's misdeeds, and Di. Di always said that he should scold him.
He married his daughter to Zhao Zheng and often called him son-in-law.
But among these people, there were only two people who were willing to play with him, Ge and Han Fei. When his father was busy, Ge secretly carried Zhao Zheng into the chariot, which was Zhao Kuo's military chariot, and then served Zhao Zheng
Zhao Zheng always pesters him when driving, and Han Fei also likes to play games with him and tell him stories. However, Zhao Zheng doesn't like Han Fei's stories. He prefers Di's stories and the stories Di tells.
That's fun.
When Han Fei walked into the courtyard, Zhao's mother was scolding Zhao Kuo. Han Fei did not dare to stay any longer and hurriedly walked out of the courtyard.
Zhao's mother looked at the door and then lowered her voice. She said helplessly: "This is the marriage agreed between your father and Xu Li. If you are unwilling to agree, if you are interested in someone, you can ask her to bring her.
But what about you? You neither bring others here nor want to marry, what do you want to do?" Zhao Kuo just lowered his head. He had never met Xu Li's daughter, so he directly discussed marriage.
, he was really a little reluctant.
Mother Zhao looked at him without saying a word. Suddenly, her eyes turned red, and she whispered: "I don't know when I will go to see your father... I can't always take care of you, and there is no one around you."
You need someone to take care of you. Apart from anything else, Zheng’s biological mother hasn’t seen him for a long time. I forgot about having a mother when I watched Zheng. What would he do if I left? What should you do?
How to do it?"
"If your father is still here..." Zhao's mother said sadly, tears fell down uncontrollably. Zhao Kuo raised his head, looked at his mother, hurriedly walked to her side, stretched out his hand, and wiped them away.
He shed her tears and said helplessly: "It's not that I don't want to marry, it's just that Xu Li's daughter, I don't know..."
"Kuo, I won't harm you. She is a virtuous woman. I have eaten the food she cooked and worn the winter clothes she knitted... She is a beautiful person. If you marry her, you will not suffer... This way
, she will come to give me winter clothes tomorrow, it is like this every year, please meet her first, okay?"
Zhao Kuo sighed. It seems that being forced to go on a blind date is the fate of men in every era... He is indeed not young anymore. The children in the village who are as old as him are now busy in the farmland.
He nodded and said, "Okay, that's it, I'll see her tomorrow."
Only then did Zhao's mother laugh.
"It should have been like this a long time ago, it should have been like this a long time ago."
ps: I saw a book friend saying that veterans can serve as officials... Well... In this era, all the people are soldiers. All healthy adult men have to undergo military training and go to the battlefield. The whole country is full of veterans.
Unless you are an officer, you are still uneducated and cannot become an official, and military officers themselves are officials.