Chapter two hundred and six blind date
Just as Zhao Kuo was seriously expounding his thoughts, the courtyard suddenly became noisy. Zhao Kuo looked outside the house in surprise. Zhao Bao was the same. Zhao Bao stood up and hurried out of the inner room. A group of warriors were hurriedly walking into the courtyard. These were the warriors who guarded the palace. The one who led them to Lingpu, the eunuch who served King Zhao.
Although Pu was appointed as the eunuch, he was not an eunuch. On the contrary, he was tall and strong, good at riding 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 stood in front of him, raised his head, staring at Pu in front of him with his nostrils. The two stood very close, staring at each other without saying a word, and the atmosphere was a little wrong. Pu stared at him for a moment, snorted disdainfully, and then went around Di directly to the inner room.
Di turned around, stretched out his hand, pushed his chest, let out a dark hum, took a step back, and looked at Di with a little surprised look. Di still stared at him with his nostrils and said in a muffled voice: "No one is allowed to enter without the orders of Ma Fujun!" Ge stood behind Di, and looked at Pu in displeasure. The old man was ready to take action. Zhao Kuo ordered Li Yu to help local officials to help the victims, but Li Yu took Xing, Zhao Fu, Wang Fan and others, but Ge and Di were left behind.
These two followed Zhao Kuo. Zhao Kuo suddenly came to find Pingyang Jun, and then these people rushed in with great momentum. Ge and Di naturally regarded these people as enemies.
He glanced at Di and then looked at Ge behind Di. Compared to the unreasonable Di, the old man seemed to be more kind and polite. Pu said proudly to Ge: "I am the eunuch, because the Lord Shang was here, I don't know who you are?"
"I am your eldest father!"
"Dare you dare to insult me?!", Pu suddenly became anxious and was about to pounce on the little old man. Di grabbed his shoulders and swung his sideways. He actually turned the big and thick warriors around the air and landed heavily on the ground. Di directly pressed his knees against his chest, pressing him down so hard that he could not move. Then he shouted to the warriors around him: "Don't get close!!"
The warriors in the palace looked at this scene in shock. They knew how capable they could be to fight... They didn't expect that they would be subdued by the barbarian so easily.
The face turned red, his eyes widened, and he looked at Di fiercely.
"Die!!"
Zhao Kuo shouted, Di was stunned and looked behind him. Zhao Kuo frowned and said, "Let him go." Di stood up with a smirk, and then stretched out his hand to pull it up. Looking at the shameful pounce in front of him, Zhao Kuo looked at Zhao Bao. Zhao Bao was a little embarrassed. Of course, he knew why these warriors came, and it wasn't that he had followed Jun for help before. He hurriedly said, "He was called by me, to tell Shangjun about the reform..."
Zhao Kuo looked at the warriors around him, looked at the piao again, and nodded with a smile.
He walked down and said seriously to Pu: "Please don't blame me. It's true that I gave the order and no one is allowed to disturb me. This is my fault... I apologize to you..." Hearing Zhao Kuo say this, Pu hurriedly leaned over and saluted, saying, "I dare not." Then Zhao Kuo invited him in to talk in detail. Zhao Bao smiled awkwardly and pulled him into the inner room. After a while, Zhao Bao sent Zhao Kuo out of the mansion.
"I understand today... Shangjun said he respects you so much, but if something really happens, he will still help Pingyang Jun. That pounce is not for listening to any reform. He brought so many warriors, obviously just to protect Pingyang Jun..." Di reacted halfway and began to talk nonsense. After all, Ge drove the car and glanced at him.
"Did you see it?"
"Yes..." Di nodded.
"Then you are really smart." Ge said, continuing to catch the train with his head down.
Di smiled, and suddenly felt something was wrong again.
"What do you mean?"
"It's nothing, I'm just praising you for being smart. It's a pity that King Zhao doesn't need you to be the prime minister."
Zhao Kuo returned to Pang Gong's mansion and asked him to prepare. Then he drove back to Mafu Township. After he left, Zhao Bao summoned nobles from all over the country. Pang Gong had no idea why Zhao Kuo had such confidence and thought that the reform could be successful, but after a while, the situation in various places changed drastically. Local officials changed their original appearance and began to work.
Zhao Bao began to be responsible for the assessment. A large number of old officials who resigned and famous taxes came one after another. After participating in the assessment, they were assigned to various places. The vacancy in the local administrative system of Zhao State was quickly filled and they had more official positions. This was a good thing for the nobles. They encouraged their taxi to participate in the assessment. After passing, Zhao Bao came forward to arrange it with them. This was just an extra process for them.
Of course, Zhao Bao was quite serious in doing things. Those who had no talent at all and could not even pass the simplest assessment were scolded by him, and several people committed suicide because of shame. This greatly improved the average quality of officials in Zhao State. Subsequently, the supervision system was quickly implemented. Several of the great nobles of the Zhao family became governors from all over the country, helping the King of Zhao to supervise the local area and rectify the administration of officials.
Some people are still dissatisfied with these, but these great nobles who expressed their dissatisfaction were quickly deprived of their titles and demoted to common people... This was the order issued by Zhao Bao, and Zhao Bao actually began to preside over the reform, which made everyone feel incredible. There were several ministers who supported the reform, and they were very unhappy about Zhao Bao's participation in the reform, because the reforms carried out by Zhao Bao were just a compromise.
Officials from all over the country are still recommended by the nobles, and officials who supervise them may still favor them.
However, it cannot be denied that Wei Wuji carried out two years of reforms and made major breakthroughs in just one month. Local political affairs began to operate normally. After implementing the basic official system of imitating the Qin State, the results were huge. In the previous Zhao State, the official system was very backward, and even the division of counties and towns was not clear. But now, the situation is different.
The horse suit was classified as a township and belonged to Handan County. Wang Fanlai was appointed as the township mate and Zhao Fulai was appointed as the Youth. At that time, the disciples who followed Zhao Kuo were appointed by Zhao Bao to serve as officials such as pavilion chiefs and lizheng. Zhao Kuo had asked them before whether there were any officials who were willing to serve as officials. Most of them wanted to stay by Zhao Kuo, but a group of people were willing to serve. As for Wang Fan and Zhao Fu, they were recommended by Zhao Kuo.
Because Wang Fan was indeed in his heart with the ambition of governing the country, and Zhao Fu was a talent who knew the law, recognized the words, and fought wars. Zhao Kuo had so many disciples, only Zhao Fu was the most suitable for military positions. Fortunately, Di and others did not recognize the words... Li Yu, Ming, and Ge were unwilling to be an official.
All parts of Zhao made decisions one after another, and the identification of counties and townships was made by Pang Nuan himself. The old man has been to every place in Zhao and is very familiar with all parts of Zhao. He has his own method and has made detailed divisions according to geographical location, population, economic development level, etc.
After setting a clear local administrative level, we will appoint officials from these newly emerging regions, appoint different officials according to different levels, and re-dividing the relationship between superiors and subordinates. Compared with the very simple official system of the Zhao State, it is now a great breakthrough... There are detailed divisions of political affairs, some are responsible for taxation, some are responsible for farming, and some are responsible for catching thieves.
Taxation, public security, agriculture, and other aspects will be improved due to these reforms, which is obvious.
Zhao Kuo has been very happy these days. He often goes to various places, sees the pavilion chief escorts robbers, and sees the slut who are recalculating the local arable land and yield per mu... He seems to be enjoying the most beautiful scenery, lingering, just watching all this. Wei Wuji laid a solid foundation for the reform. With the support of the great nobles, the reform seemed to be a natural result, and the local system is undergoing rapid reforms.
Next, it is the change in the palace, and the official positions in the palace must also be reformed. This is also what Zhao Kuo originally proposed. However, Zhao Kuo is not in a hurry to do it. Now the State of Zhao is still fighting, and the ministers have their own responsibilities. When a change in the upper-level official system at such a time, Zhao Kuo is really afraid that it will cause chaos and affect the situation ahead.
Things seem to be going on the better side.
In the ninth year of King Zhao, the grassroots system of Zhao State had been completed, and the supervision system had been fully implemented. After all, the supervision system required not as much manpower as the grassroots system. The biggest problem of Zhao State was the lack of talents. Not everyone could take on these minor officials. They had to recognize words, understand the law, and understand numbers. These three requirements alone were not something that ordinary people could achieve.
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. He had to give him a gift. Zhao Kuo gave him a mini chariot. The little chariot was made by Du, and it was hollowed out below, just like a stroller in later generations. Zhao Zheng could walk into the chariot and run by himself. The only disadvantage was that the chariot was a bit heavy, so the little guy couldn't run for long.
Zhao Zheng liked this gift very much. In return, he kissed Zhao Kuo hard on the face. Afterwards, he carried a chariot every day, shouting, "Ma Fuzi is here!", running around in Mafu Township, and the children in Mafu Township were also willing to play with him. Zhao Zheng sat in the chariot, looked at the friends around him seriously, and said, "I worship you as the driver! You want to drive for me!"
"Okay, horse costume."
"I want to say nothing."
"only!"
"Well, and you, I want to worship you as the general, and you lead the army!"
"only!"
There were many children who were several years older than Zhao Zheng, who were willing to play with him because there were many delicious foods and many toys in Zhao Zheng, and he could share them with everyone. In this way, the Emperor of the Age organized an army in the horse suit, including drivers, generals, several prime ministers, five or six pavilions, and the army launched attacks in various places in the horse suit, which was very interesting.
Han Fei, wearing thick clothes, had just walked out of the school room and walked towards Zhao Kuo's courtyard. As soon as he walked into the village, he was surrounded by Zhao Zheng's army. Zhao Zheng pointed at him with a sword and shouted in a roar: "You have been captured by me!" Han Fei laughed, nodded, and said: "Okay, I have been captured... Please forgive me!" Zhao Zheng then put down his wooden sword and said to him: "Then you want to be my prime minister!"
Han Fei was stunned, smiled bitterly, and said, "When I come out of the teacher, I will be your prime minister."
Zhao Zheng was very happy and hurriedly jumped off the chariot and rushed to Han Fei's side. Han Fei picked him up. He then pecked Han Fei's face and ran away with a smile.
In the horse service, everyone was very friendly to Zhao Zheng. They liked him very much and doted on him. Except for the eldest mother, Ge loved him the most. Perhaps because Ge did not have his own children, he regarded him as his grandson. Whenever Zhao Kuo wanted to scold him, Zhao Zheng would run to Ge. Ge always protected him, his beard trembled, mocking Zhao Kuo's bad deeds at the time, and Di. Di always said he wanted to marry his daughter to Zhao Zheng, and often called him a 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. It was Zhao Kuo's chariot, and then drove for Zhao Zheng. Zhao Zheng always pestered him, and Han Fei also liked to play games with him and also liked to tell him stories. However, Zhao Zheng did not like Han Fei's story, and he liked Di's story more, and Di's story was fun.
When Han Fei walked into the courtyard, Zhao's mother was scolding Zhao Kuo. Han Fei did not dare to stay and hurried out of the courtyard.
Zhao's mother looked at the door and lowered her voice. She said helplessly: "This is a marriage agreement between your father and Xu Li. If you don't want to agree, if you have someone who wants to belong, she can bring it, but what about you? You don't bring others to you or marry you, what do you want to do?" Zhao Kuo just lowered his head. He had never met Xu Li's daughter several times and talked about marriage directly. He was really reluctant.
Zhao's mother looked at him without saying a word, suddenly her eyes turned red. She whispered: "I don't know when I will see your father... I can't always take care of you. You also need someone to take care of you. Not to mention anything else, Zheng's biological mother, how long has it been since she visited him? I saw Zheng forgot that he had a mother. If I leave, what should he do? What should you do?"
"If your father is still there..." Zhao's mother said sadly, and tears couldn't help but fall. Zhao Kuo raised his head, looked at his mother, hurried to her side, stretched out his hand, wiped off her tears, and said helplessly: "It's not that I don't want to marry, but Xu Li's daughter, I don't know it is..."
"Bao, I won't harm you. She is a virtuous woman. I have eaten the food she cooks and wore the winter clothes she woven... I am beautiful, and if you marry her, you will definitely not suffer... In this way, she will come to give me winter clothes tomorrow. It's like this every year. You can meet her first, okay?"
Zhao Kuo sighed, it seems that being forced to go on a blind date is the fate of men of every era... He is indeed not young anymore, and the countryside is as old as himself. Now the children are starting to be busy in the farmland. He nodded and said, "Okay, then that's it. I'll see her tomorrow."
Mother Zhao then started to laugh.
"It should have been like this long ago, it should have been like this long ago."
Chapter completed!