Xian Dynasty Era

Chapter 53

Just when Su Zhao was fast-forwarding to the "big cleansing" in his heart, Chen Shao showed a clear look on his face, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the inspector has established a system, and the minister will quickly draft a plan after returning. system."

"Nowadays, Su's government is full of malpractices, and a thousand wastes are waiting to be rejuvenated. Everything is due to Chen Qing." Su Zhao said solemnly, and sighed in his heart, feeling that there are too few talents available in the country. If he has the combat power of a certain organization , all swept Tianyuan, Xianzong bowed his head, smashed mountains and temples, and swept away all ghosts and snakes...

"Gu intends to issue an order to seek talents recently and build a Hongwen library, what does Chen Qing think?" Su Zhao asked.

If you don't have talents, cultivate them yourself.

When Chen Shao heard the words, he looked at the young gentleman who was trying his best to govern. He was silent for a moment, considered his words, and said: "Your Majesty, there may be resistance from Jing Gong on this matter."

Respecting Hongdao is definitely the key to governing the country without tossing, and the monarch hangs down and governs.

Su Zhao's eyes moved slightly, and he immediately understood Chen Shao's subtext, and said loudly: "Recruiting talents and promoting Confucian classics, how could the teacher object? Teacher, he has no reason to object."

Jing Hongdao has no articulate reasons for objecting, but he has motives for objecting.

When Su Zhao was studying history in the previous life, Li Si's "Book of Remonstrance and Chasing Guests" seemed to be caused by Zheng Guoqu's incident, but in fact the root cause was that the new dignitaries from various countries robbed the inherent interests of the Duke of Qin.

There are only so many positions in an imperial court, one radish and one pit, and scholars from the six countries occupy the position that originally belonged to the Duke of Qin.

Qin Guogong naturally wanted to take the opportunity to speak to King Qin and expel these scholars from the six countries.

Looking at the past and knowing the present, Su Zhao's order to seek talents is bound to embezzle the interests of the original minister of the State of Su on top of selecting and appointing officials.

As for Jing Hongdao, there may be selfishness, but I am afraid that it will intensify the contradictions in Su Guo's court and cause a new wave of turmoil.

But today's Su Zhao knows all over the court officials, and finds that except for a few people who are worthy of use, they are all unwilling to make progress, domineering and unrepentant, and the country of Su is so big, only Chen Shao can keep up with it his political thinking.

This……

On Chen Shao's side, he said in a deep voice: "If you can persuade Jinggong, it would be best for your majesty to ask Jinggong to draft a merit order."

Judging from his background, Chen Shao is also a foreign gentry. If he advocates issuing a merit-seeking order, the conflict with Su Guogong will be on the surface. Obviously, it is better for Jing Hongdao to raise this matter.

"Tomorrow I will persuade the teacher, and at the next day's court meeting, I can raise it together with the Privy Council, Shangshutai and other matters." Su Zhao nodded, and suddenly understood the joints in Chen Shao's words, and said at the same time , I can't help but sigh with emotion in my heart, this kind of tacit understanding between the monarch and his subjects thinking about one place, and moving their energy to one place, really feels like a meeting of the wind and clouds.

Chen Shao nodded and didn't say any more.

The two of them drank another cup of tea, Su Zhao suddenly remembered something, and asked again: "By the way, Chen Qing, where is that Shentu Fan living now? Gu intends to visit this person recently."

He has not been idle these few days, and asked someone to find some information about Shentu Fan. After reading it, he couldn't help being pleasantly surprised.

Because Shentu Fan is well-known in the northern border, he once commanded troops to defeat the country, went to more than [-] cities in the Qi State, and was famous all over the world, but such a great talent in the Zhu Kingdom, his ancestral home is from the Su Kingdom.

As for Shentu Fan, when he was the captain of the Yan Kingdom, he served three generations of kings of the Yan Kingdom, and his martial arts cultivation is said to be at the level of a master. It is said that such a talent of the Zhu Kingdom should be relied on by the King of Yan, and should not be forced. The ending of living in seclusion.

Find out why, the problem is that the new king of Yan is bold and cowardly, lenient outside and jealous at home, and listens to slanderous slander, he is very suspicious of Shen Tufan, who controls the military and political power of Yan State, and has made great achievements. After Quan Shu cut off his wings, Shentu Fan became disheartened, so he took his clansmen back to his ancestral home, bought land, and went into seclusion.

Hearing Su Zhao's inquiry, Chen Shao said: "Shentu Fan lives in Sanhuai Village in the east of Wenyi City."

Su Zhao said with emotion: "I don't want the great sage to be by my side, so Gu will visit tomorrow."

Compared with Shentu Fan, Chen Shao seems to want to recommend Yan Chang to enter the court of Su State, and said in a deep voice: "Yan Chang from Qi has the talent to govern the country and stabilize the country, and now he lives in a hut in Qingtian River. , with its help, it will be like a tiger with wings."

This is the third time Chen Shao recommends Yan Chang, which shows that he is highly respected.

Su Zhao knew Chen Shao's character, so he would not aim at nothing, frowned, and said seriously: "Chen Qing strongly recommends this person. Since this person has such talent, why did he fail in Chu State?"

In fact, he also had doubts about Yan Chang, because not everyone who advocated reform was Shang Yang.

Speaking of which, Chu State is the country of Su Zhao's mother in this life, and even from now on, the current king of Chu, Xiong Sheng, is still his cousin in terms of his seniority.

When Chen Shao heard the words, there was a tinge of sobs on his slightly dark face, and he said with emotion: "Your Majesty doesn't know something, the Duke of Chu has great power, and there are many constraints. At that time, King Ling of Chu was also vacillating. How can it be possible not to cause trouble if you hesitate and hesitate like this?"

King Ling of Chu, Ling is not a good posthumous title. If he is not diligent, he is called Ling, and if he is chaotic but not damaged, he is called Ling.

King Ling of Chu used the Yanchang reform to let the Duke of Chu release hermits and escaped households, and clear up the land. As a result, this radical operation greatly damaged the interests of the Duke of Chu, and later even led to a coup in the palace. Under the support of the ministers of the state of Chu, they rebelled, broke into the palace, imprisoned the king of spirits, and starved him to death. It is indeed embarrassing that the overlord of a generation has been reduced to the point of starving to death.

However, this civil strife did not end. The younger brother of Chu Lingwang had just succeeded to the throne for a year, and the throne under his buttocks was not warm yet, and he was attacked by the Lingwang's prince Xiong Sheng, allied with soldiers from the frontier, into Yingdu of Chu State, and then revived. Wang Yimai.

However, this civil strife led to the decline of Chu State's national power, so that its influence in Yuzhou was greatly reduced. The ambitious Zheng State took advantage of the opportunity to destroy Chen State, including its land and population. The increase seems to have the potential to dominate Yuzhou.

The national war in the Soviet Union ten years ago also took place against this background.

Su Zhao was silent for a moment, then said: "After visiting Shentu Fan, you and Gu Si go down to meet this Yan Chang, remember not to make a big show of it."

Still the same sentence, some things can only be done but not said.

Watching Chen Shao leave, Su Zhao also came out of the Ganlu Palace, holding the sword at his waist, standing in the corridor and looking out, at this moment in the palace garden, the lights were just coming on, and the bright lights stretched to the corridor, and the sound of the heavy armor leaves of the forbidden army occasionally came, Looking up, a bright moon hangs high, casting shadows on the majestic and magnificent palaces, and among the flowers and plants under the plane trees, fireflies light up in summer nights.

Su Zhao was in a daze, and after a long time, he sighed softly.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess has prepared dinner, and I called the maid to let you have dinner, as well as Miss Wei."

At this moment, the eunuch Ling Youjiang's voice sounded from behind the pillar, interrupting Su Zhao's thoughts.

The old man over half a hundred years old wore a black crown on his head, a gorgeous brocade suit, and a lantern in his hand. Behind him were seven or eight eunuchs and court ladies who bowed their heads and waited for him for a long time.

Su Zhao took a deep breath, put aside the troubled things in his mind for the time being, and said with a smile, "Let's go, let's set up Yuhua Palace."

With a promise, a line of lanterns, carrying candles, meandered towards Yuhua Palace like a long dragon.

(End of this chapter)