Crossing the God of Warring States System

Chapter 51 Mr. Mengchang

As far as the country of Yan is concerned, Zhou Zihao can completely let them do it, but the country of Qi is different.

Zhou Zihao, who has been king of Qi for half a month, feels like a hub, and he has to arrange almost all matters.

Fortunately, the development of Qi State is going smoothly. What makes Zhou Zihao feel relaxed is that Su Qin, Zhong Wuyan, etc. are around to help. Of course, there is an important person who also helped a lot, that is Mr. Mengchang.

Meng Changjun, whose real name is Tian Wen, is one of the four sons of the Warring States Period.He is an experienced player in human resource management. In his fief Xuecheng, there are three thousand followers, each of whom has one skill or even multiple skills.

After Meng Changjun succeeded his father Tian Ying, he has been doing his best to serve Zhou Zihao, and his ability is also outstanding.He also recommended many useful talents to Zhou Zihao, and fully supported Zhou Zihao's decision-making in terms of reform.

After half a month of inspection, Zhou Zihao believed that Lord Mengchang could be reused, so he handed over important matters to Lord Mengchang, and he and Su Qin managed daily affairs together.

According to historical records, the estrangement between Lord Mengchang and Zhou Zihao (Tian Di) was actually due to the suspicion of King Qi Min, coupled with rumors that Qi State only remembered that there was Lord Mengchang, but did not know that there was King Qi Min, which led to the subsequent tragedy.

As the king of Qi, how could Zhou Zihao be worried about him?Besides, in terms of blood relationship, Mr. Mengchang is still his cousin.This kind of nepotism is relatively reliable in this era.

Of course, don't worry about letting Mr. Mengchang take care of it, because Su Qin is still in charge of most of the work.And Zhou Zihao's plan is the whole of the Central Plains, how can he be limited to one acre and three points of land in Qi State? This place is at most an experimental field, and try a more practical political program ahead of Qi State to see which system is most suitable at this time .

Of course, we can't just mess around and damage the country, which will be bad.

For the idea of ​​a country ruled by law, Zhou Zihao directly copied a modern law, and included this law as the most advanced classic in Qi, so that all representatives of the Legalists could study it.

And let many scholars participate in the formulation of laws. After all, Zhou Zihao does not fully understand the national conditions of the Qi country. It is easier to reflect the fairness of the law if more people participate.

Then through the promulgation of laws, popularize the law to the whole country.The most important step in the popularization of the law is the issue of popularization of education. The issue of education in the Warring States Period was too lacking.

Except for the children of nobles who know more characters, most ordinary people are illiterate.

In terms of political reforms, Zhou Zihao never used too much medicine. Instead, he made slight changes to the original foundation of Qi State, leaving it largely unchanged.

The establishment of schools in the State of Qi basically has two schools in cities the size of a county. One is used as a primary school, which is dedicated to teaching school-age children literacy.

There is also a university. The people of Qi who can enter the university can take the annual exam, and the people who take the exam are not restricted by nationality or class. People of insight from all the vassal states in the Central Plains can participate.

After passing the exam, no matter how high or low your status is, you can enter the court as an official.

Because the situation in the Warring States period was that the class contradictions were too deep. As the lowest class, slaves and untouchables were basically unable to participate in politics, and many talented people were basically excluded.

Zhou Zihao is temporarily referring to the imperial examination system, the earliest imperial examination.Of course, the type of examination is much more flexible than the imperial examination.

This is mainly done to break the talent deadlock and weaken the role of the nobles, or directly remove them.

As soon as the examination model came out, it spread among all the vassal states in the Central Plains, and the bachelors who came here admiringly laid the foundation for the next examination of Qi State to select talents.

Especially the low-level bachelors, they ran directly to the capital of Qi State, settled down, and waited for the exam next month.

There are more and more literati and scholars in Linzi, and there are more and more literary societies.

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In the morning at the King's Palace of Qi, in the Jinluan Hall.

Zhou Zihao sat on the throne, touched the large 'dragon chair', and looked at the ministers below, feeling like he was in a dream.

This was Zhou Zihao's first visit to court after ascending to the throne. He changed the original rules, instead of going to court every day, he changed it to only go to court at the end of each month.

The reason why the early dynasty has not been completely removed is because it has not yet come to the time when the country can operate normally without management.

Another reason is that he wants to see his own safety! 1 Whether the things that have been queued up have been completed, and the progress of related projects.

"I will wait to meet you, Your Majesty."

In the court hall, after Zhou Zihao sat down, all the officials bowed down to Zhou Zihao together.

Zhou Zihao opened his hands and said, "Your honor is flat."

After they got up and stood up, Zhou Zihao asked: "Did everything go well in Qi State in half a month? Is there anything I need to decide?"

Everyone whispered to each other for a while, they didn't want to be the first to speak, but just look at me, look at me.

At this time, Su Qin stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Zhang Yi sent a letter back saying that the three kingdoms of Qin, Wei, and Han have assembled a large army and are approaching our country."

Those nobles were shocked when they heard this. They did not expect that just by occupying the Yan Kingdom, it would attract siege from other countries.

Zhou Zihao saw that the people below were a little frightened, and said: "There is no need to worry about this matter. I have already ordered Sun Bin to lead the Qi army to guard the border, and my secret weapon is about to be ready."

Others have long been familiar with King Qi's weird inventions, but they still can't shake their worries. They don't have much hope for the secret weapon that King Qi said, and besides, he has only been in office for half a month, so he can have something powerful.

However, they are completely convinced by Zhou Zihao now, and they dare not resist, because the army was built by Zhou Zihao, and no one else can drive it.

The reform of Qi State was only watched from the sidelines. The nobles also wanted to see whether the King of Qi could govern Qi State well, and whether Qi State could maintain its former glory without their support.

However, the crisis before them frightened them. At this time, those nobles who were afraid of war looked at Xia Guozhu.

Xia Guozhu is Xia Yingchun's brother. King Qi Xuan accumulated certain rights during his time. He liked this kind of comfort and did not want it to be broken, so he wanted Zhou Zihao to make peace with other countries and return the Yan Kingdom.

Xia Guozhu said: "Your Majesty, I think we should make peace with Qin and the others and agree to their request."

"No!" Tian Chensi looked at him, "We have conquered Yan State, why should we return it? Besides, Qin State keeps annexing the land of the Three Jin Dynasties, who can say anything?"

Zhou Zihao looked at Tian Chensi. This person was very active. He was the one who proposed to King Xuan of Qi to pretend to rescue South Korea and then send troops to the country of Yan. The timing was good.

Zhou Zihao said firmly: "I don't agree with the peace talks either. I must make Yan the territory of Qi."

Xia Guozhu knew that he no longer had the right to speak in the court, so he simply stopped talking and stood aside.

Su Qin said: "Your Majesty, the first major examination of Qi State will be held next month. I wonder what the King of Qi wants?"

Zhou Zihao: "I've already drawn up the questions, and I'll just take the exam when the time comes. Now that the country of Yan has been occupied by us, when the time comes to divide the counties, the selected people will just take office."

　Happy Friday everyone.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)