Because of Wei Wuji's expedition, the people who implemented reforms in Zhao have become Pang Nuan. Reform has always been not an easy task. When Wei Wuji implemented the reforms, he encountered many difficulties. In addition to direct or indirect interference from Zhao Bao, he also faced great difficulties in his own feasibility. The most serious thing is the talent problem. No matter how outstanding the official promotion system is, talents are needed.

Most of the original grassroots officials of Zhao State were close friends and disciples of county officials. Now, if you want to appoint talented people to take over their positions, this is of course a good thing, but the problem is that there must be people who can replace them. Unlike Qin State, where Qin State has school rooms, it can continuously cultivate Qin officials. Zhao State does not have a corresponding talent training system, so Wei Wuji chose to find those respected and famous people from the countryside.

Wei Wuji had previously asked Zhao Kuo to make a decision on reform.

These problems naturally require Zhao Kuo to help. Zhao Kuo told him that there are two solutions: the first is to establish a school like Qin State to specialize in cultivating talents, which can be regarded as a long-term solution, and the other is to gather talents from various countries. Zhao State itself does not have enough talent reserves, and it seems that King Zhao is surrounded by talents, but in fact, grassroots officials are terrible.

Zhao Kuo found that if the trusted guests arranged by the officials themselves were to be removed, the Zhao State would probably have a large number of vacancies, and no one could make up for the loopholes. The "assessment" method proposed by Zhao Kuo is indeed able to select good people, but what is the purpose of this? The people selected are not enough to fill the vacancy.

The noble officials of Zhao State can be understood and forgiven. Because only these nobles in Zhao State are elites who know how to write, recognize words, govern the local area, and lead troops to fight. Not only Zhao State, but all countries are like this. It is not that they do not know the harm of these people, but that there is no one to replace their positions. Qin State is the most special. It breaks this aristocratic official system. Although the upper class is still controlled by the nobles, there is no sign of the nobles at the grassroots level.

The poor talents, scholars, or small nobles who emerged from various countries usually gathered around the great nobles to form an interest group, so there were great nobles like the fourth prince of the Warring States Period who were followed by thousands of small nobles. King Zhao appointed and removed the great nobles to serve as county magistrates and county magistrates. These great nobles would spontaneously arrange the small nobles who gathered around them at the grassroots level in the local area. In this way, there were enough officials everywhere.

Qin State gave the common people a way to become small nobles. To be precise, they are not small nobles, they are officials.

The assessment performed by Zhao Kuo seemed to be to screen the capable people among the small nobles. In fact, they wanted to pull these small nobles from the side of the big nobles, so that they could directly serve King Zhao and draw a clear line between them and the big nobles. This was not a good thing for the small nobles in Zhao. They could have followed the big nobles through their own talents to gain power and status, so why give up on these and participate in the assessment?

Only some taxi who were not valued and wanted to prove themselves participated in the assessment. These minor officials who did not rely on the great nobles had a miserable ending before Zhao Kuo participated, and King Zhao could not protect them. Compared with these small nobles, King Zhao valued great nobles more... This deeply rooted system cannot be changed by simple assessment.

The resistance to reform did not come from Zhao Bao. Even if Zhao Bao did nothing, the reform might not be successful. Since Confucius, knowledge was no longer monopolized by the nobles, and common people also had the opportunity to learn and have the ability to govern the country. However, those common people who gained knowledge were no longer common people. They became new little nobles, or new scholars who spread knowledge to the common people.

Zhao Kuo cannot change this point. Only in the era of universal education, this knowledge monopoly power was disintegrated. The imperial examination system cannot be said to have completely broken the monopoly power of this elite class over knowledge or official positions. Nobles, aristocrats, families, powerful people, landlords, gentry... In Zhao Kuo's opinion, they are all the same. The only difference may be the moral standards. The nobles of this era are basically still shameless.

Therefore, Wei Wuji sent invitations to various countries, not to invite the great sages, but to invite the scholars. Only these foreign scholars may not rely on the great nobles and become real officials.

In fact, Zhao Kuo did not care whether these local officials served King Zhao or their superiors. King Zhao didn't care about this. Why did Zhao Kuo care about it? However, Zhao Kuo cared about the lives of the people. There were many cruel people who had no talent to bully the people and force them to kill them by relying on the powerful. This is what Zhao Kuo valued, so he still focused on the supervision system.

Li Yu can complete the work of relieving disaster victims, and there is a chance to help investigate flood disasters.

Zhao Kuo naturally had time to promote the reform. He spent a lot of time following Pang Qian to formulate the supervision system. Han Fei helped Yu Qing for a few days and returned to the horse service to teach the rest of Zhao Kuo's disciples. Zhao Kuo was relieved. The promotion of the lower-level officials and the supervision system in the reform could not be implemented in Zhao State. Pang Qian was also a little anxious. Qin State could do it, and Zhao State used the same method to implement it. How could it not be completed?

No one came to participate in the assessment, and the grassroots official system in various places has changed, but most of the people who took office are still the original people. The supervision system was established, and localities were preparing to send ministers to conduct supervision, but no one was willing to take such a position. King Zhao found a few ministers he could trust and wanted to entrust this matter, but these people refused, and even committed suicide because they felt that they could not fulfill King Zhao's orders.

No one goes to the local area to conduct supervision, and there is only one system, what's the use?

This is a problem left by Wei Wuji. Wei Wuji formed a complete grassroots official system according to Zhao Kuo's description, including the inner court, the inner court, the inner court, the inner court, the inner court, the pavilion, the squad, the squad, the squad, etc., which almost copied the grassroots official system of Qin. However, because there were not enough talents, the original small officials could only be assigned to these positions, and these people were not able to play the advantages of the new system because of their disgust towards Wei Wuji.

Only those officials who were arranged by Wei Wuji and promoted from the assessment played their role.

The same is true for the supervision system.

Pang Xian shook his head and said, "The government of Zhao State is becoming more and more chaotic. These are things done by local officials because they oppose the reform. Because the supervision system is not complete and the protection of Zhao Bao and others, they are not afraid that Xinling Jun will punish them. They deliberately neglect political affairs, and even disrupt governments to destroy the reform!!" Pang Xian narrowed his eyes and said seriously: "In these days, Xinling Jun has been appointing scholars from various countries to serve as officials. But this is not enough."

"We still have to establish a school room and have enough talents to put aside these old officials and complete the reform."

"Of course, this is something to do, but it takes ten or twenty years to cultivate enough talents... and they are so negligent about political affairs and deliberately destroying them. The reform was originally intended to make the Zhao people live a better life, but in this way, it went against the original intention..." Zhao Kuo said, slowly stood up and moved his body. No wonder Wei Wuji had not been able to complete the reform for such a long time.

The national strength of Zhao State is wrong, because the basic national conditions do not allow such reforms. Zhao State does not have the means to train officials, and officials cannot be cultivated in a short period of time. This is especially true for cultivating officials. Zhao State only has a group of nobles who oppose reforms, and they have to complete the reforms through these nobles... Zhao Kuo smiled bitterly, and he was increasingly admiring Shang Yang and other reformers.

I really don’t know how Shang Yang did all this without any foundation... Maybe he implemented these things after establishing a school room and other systems. Alas, time.

Pang Nuan looked at Zhao Kuo who was talking to himself and did not speak to disturb him. Zhao Kuo frowned and wandered indoors, walking back and forth... Looking at his thoughtful look, Pang Nuan's heart became calm. If someone could really complete the reform, it would not be Wei Wuji, nor would it be himself, it would definitely be the young man in front of him. I don't know why, Pang Nuan had a different trust in Zhao Kuo in his heart.

Zhao Kuo suddenly stopped. He looked at Pang Nuan beside him and said seriously: "We made a mistake."

Pang Nuan looked at them in surprise, but didn't understand what he meant. Zhao Kuo immediately walked out of the inner room and asked Ge to drive again.

“Where are we going?”

......

Pingyang Jun Zhao Bao was sitting in the mansion and reading books. Zhao Bao was still a kind person on weekdays. He liked to make friends with talented people, but he was not as polite as Pingyuan Jun. He had his own arrogance, which became a place where he was worse than Pingyuan Jun. However, Zhao Bao ignored these things. He had no other hobbies, nor did he like luxury. His favorite was to sit in a quiet inner room and read the bamboo slips loudly.

What is somewhat surprising is that Pingyang Jun loved Confucianism. He and Xunzi have been friends for many years. Every time he sat indoors and read the words of sages loudly, he always felt full of strength. After Wei Wuji left, Pang Nuan took over the reform, and Zhao Kuo was eyeing him, so Zhao Bao did nothing. He firmly believed that his approach was right and beneficial to Zhao State, and King Zhao would understand this sooner or later.

Ma Fujun's ideal is too far away and Zhao State cannot go. Wei Wuji's messing around will only lead to worse results. Wei Wuji did not have Zhao State in his eyes. He was because he could not return to Wei State and stayed here. He was always complacent for saving Zhao State. He reformed in Zhao State just to prove his own ability, not for Zhao State!

Zhao Bao absolutely does not allow anyone to threaten his Zhao State, which is Zhao State.

Zhao Bao was reading a book, and suddenly a visitor broke in. The sound of reading stopped abruptly. Zhao Bao looked at him with some displeasure, and then put down the bamboo slips in his hand. The visitor said in a panic: "Ma Fujun is here."

Since Zhao Bao's disciples were beaten once by Zhao Kuo, they were a little scared of him, so they were so confused. Zhao Bao was stunned, threw down the bamboo slips in his hand, stood up and cursed, "July guy must have caused trouble again! You hurried to the palace and ask the king to send someone..." As he said that, he hurried out of the inner room. As soon as he walked into the courtyard, he saw Zhao Kuo chatting with his disciples.

It seems that it is not here to ask myself for guilt.

"Ma Fujun..."

"Pingyang Jun." Zhao Kuo visited him on the weekend. Zhao Bao was relieved and hurriedly returned to the weekend. He smiled and walked towards the inner room with Zhao Kuo's hand. Zhao Bao was not angry because Zhao Kuo had fallen down before. He was very enthusiastic about Zhao Kuo. After he brought him into the inner room, Zhao Bao did not ask about Zhao Kuo's reason, but started to greet him. When Zhao Bao asked Zhao Kuo about his mother, Zhao Kuo realized that Zhao Bao knew his father.

It is not an ordinary nodding friend, it is a real friendship.

Zhao Bao talked seriously about Zhao She, then looked at Zhao Kuo, and said, "He told me many times: Kuo is arrogant but has no talent. If he made a big mistake, please save him... Now it seems that he is deliberately playing tricks..." Zhao Bao obviously cannot understand Zhao She's behavior. This is simply too humble. If a person like Zhao Kuo is also a person with no talent, how should he deal with himself?

When he thought about this, he vaguely felt that Zhao She was scolding him.

He told Zhao Kuo a lot of interesting things to Zhao She. Zhao Kuo just listened carefully and chatted for a while. Zhao Kuo then said, "I came here this time to ask you to help." Zhao Bao was stunned and said, "Tell me, I will help you." Zhao Kuo said seriously, "Please preside over Zhao State's reforms."

"Cough cough~~", Zhao Bao coughed violently, then widened his eyes and asked, "What did you say?"

"Reform is not a bad thing for Zhao State. Reform was proposed by me. I saw that the officials everywhere in Zhao State were cruel and had no mercy. They just rely on the recommendation of county officials to do whatever they wanted, do not collect taxes according to the king's orders, seize the people's arable land, and rely on the plowing ox to blackmail the common people..." Zhao Kuo paused and said, "You are the vassal of Zhao State. Their actions will sooner or later make Zhao State destruction. If Zhao State destruction, can you still have the wealth and honor of the present?"

"What I care about is not my own wealth. What I care about is Zhao State. This is why I oppose reform but I am unwilling to take action against you. The reason why I oppose reform is because reform cannot be implemented at all. If the county officials are not allowed to recommend it and the officials they recommend will be removed, can Wei Wuji find enough people to replace them? By evaluating the talent assessment method, we can summon a group of people who have no talents and are not loyal to the Lord. Wouldn't this let Zhao State perish?"

"Wei Wuji is the prince of Wei. He would not care about these things at all. We gathered around Shangjun and helped him govern all the places, including you. Do you have no suitable disciples to help you? I heard that you have Li Yu and a wise man like Han Fei. Don't you want to recommend them? The king of Zhao does not use the nobles of Zhao to govern the country. Is this okay?"

Zhao Bao seemed to have been feeling dissatisfied for a long time and directly told everything he was angry about.

"As for that school, the school will create a large number of officials, and these officials have no relatives and good reasons. Will they be more concerned about governing Zhao State than us Zhao family? Will they be more loyal to Shangjun?"

Zhao Kuo listened carefully until Zhao Bao finished speaking, then shook his head and said, "My reform is not to dismiss the minor officials promoted by county officials, nor to replace the people of Zhao with other countries... I want to screen these officials, leave behind talented people among them, and drive away those who harm Zhao State. My supervision system is not to consolidate the reform. The supervision system is to reform. The supervision system is to supervise officials, not allow them to do evil and encourage them to work diligently."
Chapter completed!