Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

This is because apart from some young and middle-aged people among the tribe, there are indeed a large number of old and weak women and children. At this moment, these old and weak women have eager expressions on their faces, and it is obvious that they all hope that Lord Chunshen will agree.

For people of this era, Lingnan is simply a land of death, and no one would want to live in that kind of place.

Chun Shenjun's eyes fell on a young woman who looked rather embarrassed not far away.

This is the daughter-in-law of Jun Shenjun's youngest son. In his wife's arms, there is a small baby in the swaddle, crying weakly. grandson.

If you go to Lingnan, the chances of this little grandson surviving are very slim.

Chun Shenjun couldn't help but sighed, and cupped his hands towards Li Si.

"In this case, the old man is here to thank Mr. Wu Xinjun for his kindness, and I will ask Mr. Li Si to arrange the next thing."

After hearing Chunshenjun's words, Li Si was also overjoyed, and said to Chunshenjun, "Then please wait a moment, Chunshenjun, we will set off immediately."

Li Si gave a few instructions to the people around him, and after a while, a few very large boats were suddenly pulled out from the upper reaches of the river.

Needless to say, these ships were of course created by the Nightingale Branch of Chu State, and some of them even came from the secret help of Mr. Chunshen's former subordinates.

Under Li Si's arrangement, several hundred members of Lord Chunshen's clan boarded these boats, and then sailed downstream along the Yangtze River.

According to Li Si's previous plan, these ships would go all the way down the river to reach the mouth of the Yangtze River, then continue northward along the coast, and finally arrive at Langya City, where they landed and headed to Handan.

The whole thing did go according to Li Si's plan. After a whole month's long journey, Master Li finally arrived at Handan City with Chun Shenjun and several hundred members of the Huang clan.

Jun Shen looked at Handan City in front of him, and his expression was quite complicated.

Many, many years ago, Lord Chunshen actually led soldiers and horses to surround this city. At that time, Lord Chunshen still had great ambitions in his heart, and he felt that Chu State should be able to revive under his leadership and become a new hegemony.

But after the passage of time, Chunshen Jun's previous ambitions have all turned into illusions, and Zhao Guo, which seemed to be within reach, has become stronger and stronger now.

It can even be said that the current state of Zhao has become so powerful that Lord Chunshen and the state of Chu cannot touch it at all.

And all this is not to say that Chunshen Jun and Chu State don't work hard, but only because Zhao Guozhong produced a peerless genius.

Needless to say, this peerless genius is naturally the current Zhao Guo Xiangbang, Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo.

Just when Chun Shenjun had this thought in his mind, the next moment he saw Zhao Kuo.

Zhao Kuo?

Chun Shenjun rubbed his eyes in disbelief and looked again, and he found that it was really Zhao Kuo.

Zhao Kuo got out of the carriage and came to Jun Shenjun with a smile.

"It's been a long time since Mr. Chunshen, and he looks much more haggard than before."

Chunshen Jun sighed, showing a wry smile: "Mr. Wu Xin was joking, the old man is just a commoner with nothing, and he boldly came to seek refuge with Mr. Wu Xin. He also hoped that he could get a few acres of Susukida from Mr. Wu Xin, so that the old man and his clansmen The old man is very grateful to be able to survive.”

After Zhao Kuo heard Chunshenjun's words, he couldn't help feeling emotional.

Once upon a time, Mr. Chunsheng was also a well-known figure in Huaxiaxia, and he was also one of the top figures who could determine the situation of the entire Warring States period. However, with the passage of time, his current wish has become that he only wants to obtain Just a place to live.

This is what people often say is that the wheel of history is rolling forward.

Those who cannot adapt will eventually be crushed by this era. Some people are lucky and can continue to live, but some people can only lose their lives.

In the big bet of this era, he suffered a crushing defeat.

Zhao Kuo turned to Chun, and Shen Jun smiled and said, "If Chun Shen Jun is willing, you can still continue to be an official in Zhao Guo.

The land that Chu State ceded to us last year still has some minor troubles. I hope that Lord Chunshen can be appointed as the sheriff of one of the counties. I wonder what Lord Chunshen will do? "

For Zhao Kuo, a character like Chun Shenjun is very talented after all, and it would be a pity if Chun Shenjun was allowed to retreat into the mountains and forests.

Therefore, Zhao Kuo also generously offered the position of a county guard, hoping that Chun Shenjun could play some role.

Some people may say, this Lord Chunshen was the Ling Yin of the Chu State before, and he became a county guard in the Zhao State. Isn't this a kind of demotion?

People who say this don’t understand that the national conditions of each country are different. It is impossible for you to say that you can continue to be the prime minister in another country after being a magistrate in this country.

And he said in vain that Zhao State is much stronger than Chu State now, so it is more appropriate for Ling Yin of Chu State to come to Zhao State to be a county guard.

After all, you have just arrived in a place, and it is impossible to promote you to a high position all at once. You must arrange a little official test to impress your ability, and you will continue to be promoted only after you are sure that you really meet the needs of this country.

From this point of view, Chun Shenjun's Zhao Guo directly started from the county guard, which is definitely a high starting point that no one else can envy.

After hearing Zhao Kuo's words, Chunshen Jun was also taken aback for a moment, obviously he was a little surprised.

But soon, Mr. Chunshen rejected Zhao Kuo's invitation very resolutely, and said: "I am very grateful to Mr. Wu Xin for his appreciation of this old man, but I will tell Mr. Wu Xin that after all, this old man is from Chu. The state of Chu has been loyal to the state of Chu all his life, and now if he wants to join other countries to fight against the state of Chu, the old man's mentality is really hard to pass this test.

Therefore, I would like to ask Wu Xinjun to be more generous. We only need to arrange some fields for the old man and the tribe to cultivate. In the future, the old man can also allow these tribesmen to continue to work for Wu Xinjun.

But the broken body of the old man, please ask Wu Xinjun to let the old man go to the ground quietly. "

After all, Chunshen Jun is still a person who values ​​friendship. If it is not because he is worried about the life and death of his grandson and family members, he is not even willing to leave Chu State and come to Zhao State. It is even more impossible to be hostile to Chu State now. It was chosen by Chun Shenjun as an option.

Zhao Kuo didn't agree with the words, and nodded regretfully and said, "Chunshen Jun has already made a decision, so I won't force you.

As for the things you want, I will soon ask Li Si to help arrange them.

You can rest assured to live in our country of Zhao. If one day you really want to come out of the mountains again, you can also notify me at any time. I welcome you to join the political arena of our country of Zhao at any time. "

After Chun Shenjun heard these words, his whole expression was completely relaxed.

Everyone knew that in Zhao Kuo's capacity, since he had made his statement in public, the matter was definitely settled, and Chunshen Jun and his people would be able to continue to live in Zhao Guo safely in the future.

After arranging people to leave with Jun Shenjun and his clansmen, Zhao Kuo watched their backs and sighed softly.

Times are advancing, and old people are leaving the stage constantly.

Although Zhao Kuo still occupied the center of the stage, he felt somewhat lonely.

Li Si was by Zhao Kuo's side, and at this time he also said softly: "Don't you worry about Mr. Chunshen guiding us to plot against him in the future?"

Zhao Kuo smiled slightly, and said very calmly: "Chunshen Jun is not a fool, I'm afraid he already figured it out on the way here."

After Li Si heard Zhao Kuo's words, he couldn't help showing a surprised expression on his face.

Zhao Kuo laughed: "Even if you know, so what?

In fact, the state of Chu was already doomed to perish.

Chun Shenjun leaving Ling Yin's position is actually a way to survive.

He might even appreciate us later when he figures it out. "

In any case, with the end of this day, Chunshen Jun, a name that was once well-known in the world, has now officially announced that it will slowly fade out of the stage of Chu State and become a memory in history.

Chapter 1075 Zhao Kuo Governs Internal Affairs

After arranging Mr. Chunshen, Zhao Kuo devoted all his energy to dealing with Zhao's internal affairs.

Frankly speaking, Zhao Guo's internal affairs are actually quite difficult to deal with.

The current state of Zhao is already the country with the largest territory in Chinese history, with an area of ​​more than 400 million square kilometers, and it will soon be close to 500 million square kilometers.

It is definitely a huge challenge to control so many lands and subjects under such circumstances.

Especially when most of these lands and subjects were conquered by Zhao Kuo in the past ten years, this challenge became even more severe.

Fortunately, Zhao Ke is not clueless about solving these problems, on the contrary, he can be said to be very familiar with it.

In the past so many years, Zhao Guo has been a very active expander, so the people of Zhao Guo have already had very mature experience in how to rule new territories.

Especially after batch after batch of graduates from the academy left Handan and went to serve as officials in various regions of Zhao State, this situation has been greatly improved.

Due to the very systematic theoretical training received in the academy, most of these scholars possess strong theoretical knowledge, and many of them will be

Encountered difficulties, large or small, but with this knowledge, they are often able to obtain a more substantial improvement in ability after overcoming these difficulties.

And after so many years, the scholars in the academy also have different ideas about how to train a sufficiently mature official.

Gotta experience.

As early as when the academy was first established, Zhao Kuo had already told the scholars in the academy that it didn’t really matter who was in charge of the academy.

Whose family members can make greater contributions to Zhao Guo after graduation.

Therefore, whether it is Confucianism, Legalism, Taoism or Mohism, most of the school schools train an official, and then slowly realize the goal of encircling the city from the countryside.

When officials from these nine streams and ten schools entered the local area one after another and governed the local area according to the ideas of their respective schools, theory and practice converged.

When theory and practice are truly blended together, this is what people often say is practical.

Prior to this, the scholars of the school of nine streams and ten schools adopted the method of first convincing the monarch, and then waiting for their ideas to be adopted.

be able to obtain the opportunity to be an official.

But this actually has a big disadvantage, that is, scholars first want to discuss theories with the monarchs, but, as the handlers of specific affairs, the monarchs are not

In fact, many times I am not interested in theory, but I hope to see the role of this theory and see what this theory can do to the development of my country.

good effect.

Zhao Kuo’s model has successfully solved this problem. Zhao Kuo does not look at whose theory is more advanced, but who has more outstanding officials and whose official achievements are better.

Well, whose officials can make the place more prosperous.

To put it simply, the common people speak for everything. As long as the common people live better under the leadership of this official, it means that this official is useful, and it also shows that this official

The faction behind the members is useful relative to Zhao Guo.

Zhao Kuo’s selection criteria has been approved by almost all the schools in the academy. The scholars of these schools can be said to be full of knowledge, and at the same time they are also proud

, all feel that their own ideas are definitely the last choice to save the world, now that Zhao Kuo has given them this opportunity, of course they can't wait to show their own

The real ability of this genre.

It's just that after so many years, some schools have indeed been proved to be unsuitable for being an official. For example, although the officials of the peasant family can help the local people develop such

A job, but the problem is that they only pay attention to work, which leads to other orders in the local area, which is a mess.

To put it simply, they can't do anything except farming, they want to collect taxes but they don't collect them, and they want to organize conscription, but the effect is not satisfactory.

Ever since, under the pressure of such a political performance, the officials of the peasant family had to start to move closer to the Legalists, trying to adopt the legalist system to restrain the localities, so that the localities could eliminate

In addition to developing agriculture, we can rely on law and order to improve the effects of taxation and conscription.

Another example is Confucianism. Confucianism originally paid the most attention to moral education, and at the same time it also attached great importance to the existence of the family. Therefore, under the rule of Confucian officials, the power of the family is

Relatively easy to expand.At the same time, a Confucian official may only contact the patriarch of the family, and the family's internal affairs will be handled by the patriarch.

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Under such circumstances, Confucian officials naturally won the support of a large number of local families, but what followed also appeared, that is, due to internal

The patriarch keeps his promises, so there are often many cases where the distribution of benefits is unclear, and even cases involving human life are often caused by the personal preferences of the advocates.

If it is in the later generations where Confucianism covers the sky with one hand, this kind of thing can actually be figured out very easily. After all, Confucianism can easily control everyone's thoughts, it only needs to establish

The patriarch's authority is enough to maintain the local rule, and it is enough to obtain taxes and military service, and it doesn't matter how many people die.

But in this era, because officials of other schools have been closely watching Confucianism, the largest school in the academy, it is often easy to say these things

It will be exposed by officials of other schools when they are on the plan, which has a great impact on the performance statistics of Confucian officials when they are on the plan.

In order to solve this problem, Confucian officials also had to start trying to use the law to directly intervene in some of these cases, and thus had a negative impact on the interests of the patriarchs.

damage.

The effect of needing to bring words is slowly. The alliance between Confucian officials and the patriarch is no longer so strong, and many cracks have appeared. Even in many places, the patriarch

He also turned his face directly with Confucian officials.

But in any case, Confucianism really relied on this kind of integration of the family to gain a firm foothold in the local area, and slowly expanded its influence to the center of Zhao State.

After Zhao Kuo knew about this, he also expressed emotion.

In history, Confucianism and Legalism once merged, but that was in the Han Dynasty. I didn’t expect that under Zhao Kuo’s unintentional promotion, it would be ahead of schedule.

It has been around for hundreds of years.

For Zhao Kuo, such a situation is actually what Zhao Kuo hopes to see. As a ruler, the most important thing is to have a carrot in one hand and a stick in the other.

It means to sing the red face at the same time, and sing the bad face at the same time.

Confucianism emphasizes enlightenment, which is more suitable for playing a gentle side in the process of ruling, while Legalism emphasizes that law is more suitable for playing a strict side in the process of ruling.

surface.

If it is too moderate, it will cause the local power to be overwhelmed, which will eventually pose a threat to the central dynasty, and if it is too moderate, it will also cause the entire nation to lose its aggressiveness

In the end, he was hanged and beaten by other foreign invaders.

However, if Yimei pays attention to strictness and controls everything with military exploits like the Legalists, then it will definitely not work. The short-lived Great Qin Dynasty in history is a very