"Brother Li, are you happy?"

Zhao Xu asked sincerely.

Li Bingchang: “…”

"Am I happy?"

Zhao Xu nodded and said, "Yes, have you felt happy since the abdication?"

Li Bingchang thought seriously and said, "I am very happy."

Zhao Xu's face was a little surprised, but most of them didn't believe it: "Do you feel happy?"

"I'm very happy."

Li Bingchang nodded affirmatively.

Zhao Xu said anxiously: "Why do you feel happy when you fall from the depravity of the Nine Five Lords to become a civilian? Brother Li, you don't have to do this. There are only two of us here, and Zhao will never betray you. You can tell the truth."

Li Bingchang smiled and said, "Brother Zhao, you have thought too much. Every word I say is heartfelt, and there is no false statement."

Zhao Xu looked at Li Bingchang.

Li Bingchang continued: "Li's situation is different from Brother Zhao. Brother Zhao is a prodigal son and can hold great power as soon as he ascends the throne. Li is different. Li's mother and mother uncle control the government affairs. Li was even almost deposed by his mother and mother uncle for a while. He was in danger. Those days were really in danger. I couldn't eat well and couldn't sleep well. It was like I was in hell.

To put it bluntly, if Your Majesty had not saved me in time, I would probably have been a few feet tall in the grave. The subsequent abdication would be more merciful than His Majesty who seized my throne, and his Majesty had given me a way of survival.

So, what else do I have to complain about?

After resigning from the throne, I have a lot of time to experience the joy of being human. I have read a lot of books in the past few years and understood a lot of truths. Now His Majesty also gives me the opportunity to participate in politics and give me the opportunity to realize many of my ambitions. Shouldn’t I feel happy in such a life?”

Zhao Xu still didn't understand: "But, you could have realized your greater ambitions. If you rule the world, the whole world can run according to your ideas. Isn't this life more worthwhile?"

Li Bingchang laughed and looked at Zhao Xu seriously and said, "The key is... do we still have such a chance?"

Zhao Xu felt like he was punched in the face.

Yes, is there any such opportunity?

Could it be that Li Bingchang abdicated the throne because he likes this kind of life? No, it’s just that there is no way to defeat it.

It’s not that Li Bingchang doesn’t like his current life or the emperor’s life, but because his current life is the best life he can choose.

Li Bingchang smiled and said, "Brother Zhao, I know your unwillingness, but when you are in the world, you can't resist Your Majesty. Now you are a prisoner. Can you still fight back?

Don't be naive, we have to recognize a reality. Ouyang Bian is a natural hero, an emperor like Qin and Han ancestors. We are just mediocre lords, and it is normal to lose to him. If we are not convinced and want to resist, then it is the way to die."

Zhao Xu's eyes were red, his fists were tightly clenched, and he roared in a low voice: "Is there a way out now?"

Li Bingchang gently patted Zhao Xu on the shoulder, signaling him to relax, and then sighed: "Your Majesty's broad mind is not something we can imagine. Do you know that in fact, there are not only two emperors who have fallen in Bianjing, but also one from the Yue Li Dynasty."

Zhao Xu said in surprise: "Li Gande?"

Li Bingchang smiled and said, "It's him, he often runs to me. From now on, we often gather together. That boy likes to play. After coming to Bianjing, he saw the world. Now he has a lot of fun in the market. He often tells me that if the Song Dynasty had told him that Bianjing was so fun, he would have been the whole country to join the Song Dynasty."

Zhao Xu: "..."

Li Bingchang smiled and said, "Don't think he is unpromising. In fact, he is just afraid. Just create a foolish image of himself being happy and unwilling to Shu. But I can also see that he is at least satisfied with his current life."

Zhao Xu couldn't help but feel sad. Li Bingchang in front of him felt that such a happy life, and that Li Gande was also satisfied with such a life. Will he indulge in this life in the future? If this is true, it would be too bad.

When Li Bingchang saw Zhao Xu's expression, he knew what the person was thinking. He still wanted to persuade him more. He was originally taboo to communicate with others, but he had a similar encounter with Zhao Xu, and he was born with a sense of closeness, but it was related to Li Bingchang's own personal interests.

Both are emperors who have lost their country. If Zhao Xu causes any rebellion, even if he is not involved, he will still be involved.

To be honest, although the ministers in the court did not say that they would get rid of themselves, they were actually guarding themselves. After all, there were no kings who had lost their country in history. Even if they were kept temporarily, they were just a cover-up. Then they found an opportunity to make the king who had lost his country die of illness. In history books, they summed up it in just a few sentences, and no one went back to worry about these things.

To be honest, Li Bingchang is really satisfied with his current life. He is busy every day and has little responsibility. He communicates with envoys from various countries. Others respect him and does not have any pressure on life. Then he also took a few more concubines. What kind of life is comfortable? Not to mention the imprisoned life, it is even more prosperous than when he was emperor. After all, he was always worried that his uncle would kill him, and that life is really not something that humans can live.

The more he cherishes his current life, the less he wants Zhao Xu to destroy it. If Zhao Xu causes a major rebellion case, he will not be able to live this life by then, so he still has to persuade him.

"Brother Zhao, have you gone to see Your Majesty?"

Li Bingchang asked.

Zhao Xu nodded.

"Then did your Majesty say how to arrange for you in the future?"

Zhao Xu nodded and said, "Ji Mo said, when I have enough rest, I will come out and do things. My sons can also go to the imperial examinations, haha."

Li Bingchang said happily: "Great joy!"

Zhao Xu glanced at Li Bingchang sideways: "Where does the joy come from?"

Li Bingchang smiled and said, "That means that Your Majesty is willing to give you the same treatment. Brother Zhao and your descendants are safe."

Zhao Xu refused to comment: "Can you really live?"

Li Bingchang nodded: "I also think about this. Although our country has been destroyed, the Daxia Dynasty still needs to employ people. Whether it is the previous Xia Kingdom or the current Song Kingdom, the previous officials and scholars must win over it. We are always the previous emperors. Those officials and scholars still have feelings for us. From these starting points, they will not be easily killed.

The key is another point. Your Majesty wants not only the Western Xia and the Song Dynasty. He has turned his attention to the Western Regions, the Liao Kingdom, the Jurchen tribes, and the Tubo tribes. He has to conquer these places.

In the future, more and more people will be destroyed. For the emperors or leaders who have been destroyed, if they do not have to die, they will not fight to the death. This will save a lot of effort for the Daxia Dynasty. Why not do it? "

Zhao Xu hesitated for a moment: "So, we are those horse bones?"

Li Bingchang smiled and said, "That's right."

Zhao Xu felt even more sad.

I actually turned into a horse bone!

The emperor of the Song Dynasty and the dignified emperor of the Nine Five have become the horse bone used by others to make favors!

sorrow!

...

For Ouyang Bian, he didn't have to guess too much about Zhao Xu's thoughts. The treatment he gave Zhao Xu was actually full of the friendship of the past. As for more subtle psychological feelings, it would be fine if Zhao Xu could figure it out, but he couldn't figure it out and wanted to rebel... Hey, do you really think that your knife is not good?

As for whether Zhao Xu's rebellion can be achieved, Ouyang Bian will never consider it. After all, when Zhao Xu was in charge of the world, he was driven down by him. If he is alone now, if he can still fight back, then Zhao Xu will either be occupied by time travelers or lose his mind.

After that, Ouyang Bian received the other officials of the Song Dynasty.

Ouyang Bian was still willing to let these officials join the Daxia Dynasty. Now the officials of the Daxia Dynasty are still in short supply, especially now they have to take over the territory of the Song Dynasty. Because a large number of officials have been transferred over, officials in the Daxia territory are now quite short supply.

If these officials can be supplemented, they can relieve their temporary thirst. However, in the long run, the shortage of officials still exists.

Although there was too many scholars in the Song Dynasty, it was in the agricultural era. Now Daxia has entered the industrial era with one foot, and the demand for talents has become unprecedentedly scarce.

Now all walks of life are developing rapidly, and all walks of life are absorbing knowledgeable people. Now I am worried that there are not enough scholars, so how can I feel that there are too many scholars?

Fortunately, Ouyang Bian had cultivated a large number of talents in various training classes and technical schools in the Song Dynasty. These talents can be temporarily supplemented into various industries, so there is not much shortage of manpower.

But now the shortage of officials has been highlighted first, because the Daxia Dynasty had high requirements for officials, because the Song Dynasty was mainly moral, so its professional skills were not so strong. In Ouyang Bian's view, many officials were lacking in abilities. Not to mention being high-ranking officials, they could not even be close to the people, because close to the people actually took into account specific skills.

Therefore, after the officials of the Song Dynasty came, they had to undergo skills training before they could take up their posts. As long as they could be integrated into the system, all kinds of official documents with the characteristics of the Daxia Dynasty must be understood, and all kinds of investigations and research must be passed, otherwise they would not be able to undertake the tasks given to them by the court.

As for the management method before the Song Dynasty, Ouyang Bian thought it was too rough. It was okay to manage the primitive feudal society, but it was definitely impossible to manage a society that was violently entering the industrial society - that would cause big problems!

But fortunately, these officials are cultured and well-educated. As long as they sincerely surrender, they can be integrated after a period of training. This is much better than to encourage young people to grow.

Of course, these people will be replaced in the future. When the new generation of young people trained by new textbooks enter the officialdom, they will undergo a comprehensive blood exchange. At that time, the officialdom of the Daxia Dynasty will be full of various engineers and officials, and such a system will be more combat-oriented.

However, this will take time, and the problem is still quite big. What is imminent is to take over the territory of the Song Dynasty. It may take a few years to expand the territory and face such problems again.

In the process of expanding territory, every county is captured, a county official is needed, and every state prefecture is captured, a state prefecture is needed. When a country like the Liao Kingdom is captured, the number of talents is needed.

After all, only if the place where it is well managed is made is meaningful, otherwise if it is not well managed, the country will continue to bleed whenever it is unstable every day of chaos.

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Therefore, it is the most important thing to absorb more officials into the system.

Is there anyone who is more suitable than Ouyang Bian when recruiting officials to join?

Not that there are some people who are more than enough to go to Su Che, Zhang Dun and others, but isn’t Ouyang Bian free?

To be honest, no one in the Daxia Dynasty is idle now.

Among the people, all walks of life are developing vigorously, and money is the time to make money. Whoever is willing to make money like this will naturally be busy with money every day.

In the court, the development of all walks of life requires the cooperation of the court. Of course, the most important thing is that the war in the south is still continuing, and the final purging is needed. Moreover, taking over the governance now requires support from the local Daxia locality, and various materials, manpower, etc., which makes the Daxia court run at full capacity.

Especially Su Che and Zhang Dun, people like me are busy every day, but Ouyang Bian seems a little leisurely.

Of course, Ouyang Bian is still busy, but compared to Su Che and the others, it is really 9 to 5 in the morning.

So Su Che directly arranged a job for Ouyang Bian - the hundreds of officials who came this time, your Majesty, please be tired and arrange them.

OK, I didn't say anything, I had to go.

So Ouyang Bian began to meet him. Anyway, it was just that. The king was thirsty for talent and the ministers cried bitterly - they were all giving each other a way out.

Ouyang Bian felt frustrated, but he did it quite perfectly.

From this point, we can see Ouyang Bian's character. On the one hand, Ouyang Bian is an idealist (or could he start a business by himself?), and on the other hand, it can be seen that he is also a person who pays attention to reality. If he needs to do a show on the spot, he will do it without any flaws.

For half a month, Ouyang Bian met dozens of people every day, but he had not received Zeng Bu for a long time.

The feelings for Zeng Bu and Ouyang Bian are quite complicated.

On the one hand, he still has some feelings for Zeng Bu, after all, he has been together for such a long time.

Secondly, he really scoffed at Zeng Bu's qualities, and the things Zeng Bu did were really despicable.

Another thing that Ouyang Bian was quite embarrassed was that Zeng Gong wrote a letter to him before his death. In the letter, Zeng Gong wanted to plead for his younger brother, hoping that Zeng Bu would fall into Ouyang Bian's hands one day, hoping that he could show mercy.

It is precisely because of this that Ouyang Bian was a little hesitant and didn't know what to do, so he didn't meet him for a long time.

But Zeng Bu was already restless.
Chapter completed!