When Zuo Yunqiu returned to the house, Shenbu and the others had already withdrawn, and along the way, Zuo Yunqiu was pointed at by some people behind him, although Zuo Yunqiu felt a little uncomfortable, but his cold personality made him not have the heart to pay attention to these foolish people

Zuo Yunqiu walked on his mansion and felt a strange feeling, there were not many people in the entire mansion anymore, except for the housekeeper and some of the housekeepers, all of them left for some reason

The housekeeper saw Zuo Yunqiu hurriedly greet him, and said respectfully, "Master, everything has been dealt with?" ”

"What's the matter?"

The housekeeper looked at Zuo Yunqiu in surprise, blinked his eyes, and changed his words: "No... It's nothing, the lord now has a total of more than 20 people in the house, is it a little more recruited? ”

"More than 20 people are enough, and it's useless to have more" Zuo Yunqiu said disapprerovingly, the housekeeper looked Zuo Yunqiu up and down, in the past, Zuo Yunqiu was very attentive to these things, and he didn't dare to go out when he went in and out of the mansion without dozens of families to greet him, how did he become so casual now, could it be that he was dismissed by the Southern Emperor?

The housekeeper cautiously asked, "The master went to the palace, what instructions does Nandi have?" ”

"Oh, you're just asking, someone will send a portrait in a moment, and you're going to sue me when you come! I'll go tidy up first, I'm going to go out of the door," Zuo Yunqiu said and walked towards his room

The housekeeper looked at Zuo Yunqiu's back with a confused expression, and as the door closed, the housekeeper murmured: "How does the master feel that it is different from before?" ”

Shen Bu checked all the hundreds of officials in Beichen in one day, and some military attachés with a heart of resistance actually learned from Zuo Yunqiu to lead their subordinates to confront Shen Bu, but they overestimated their own identity and underestimated Shen Bu's decisiveness, even if the blood flowed, no one could stop Shen Bu's mentality of thorough investigation

The price paid is huge, Chen Xiong's five hundred men and horses were almost half damaged, beheaded three Beichen generals, one civil official, more than ten officials who escaped were captured, and a hundred officials were more or less embezzled a little except for a very small number of new posts, and Shen Bu carried out some sentencing for these officials according to their respective salaries, and the detailed information was reported to Chen Ding

Chen Ding held the information from the divine divination newspaper in his hand, with a red pen and ink, lightly crossed the first ten officials on the file, and sentenced the remaining officials to ten years, five years, far away, fines, and confiscation of five grades, in an instant, Beichen had a large number of official positions, Chen Ding seemed to have been prepared for this, and ordered the world to say: "Today, Beichen Dading, the country is prosperous and prosperous, and this order is issued to benefit the world's virtuous people, and all the wise men who enter Beichen will be able to show their ambitions. The rise of Beichen is inseparable from the help of talented people in the world.

When Chen Ding's talent search order was issued again, the effect received was not as good as before, and it could even be said that the needle fell into the sea, and there was no echo at all

Shen Bu, as the prime minister, naturally also saw the order issued by Chen Ding, when he saw this order, Shen Bu smiled slightly, and hurriedly came to the palace with a list in his hand to ask to see Chen Ding

Shenbu said: "Nandi, the people on the list have all been dealt with in accordance with the criminal law, but there is one person, and now he has not been arrested, and the ministers don't know what to do with him."

"Who?" Chen Ding frowned

"Left Yunqiu, Left Striker"

"Oh, he, let's do it, how is Lord Han Gui's health lately?" Chen Ding asked

"Nandi wants to censor Han Gui?"

Chen Ding smiled and said, "Didn't you say that Han Gui has a certain relationship with Zuo Yunqiu?" ”

Shen Bu nodded and said: "The minister is just suspicious, of course, it may be related to the ten thousand people of the criminal court, but the suspicion of the left forward is greater."

Chen Ding: "Then you go back and communicate with Han Gui well, if you can, I want to take advantage of Zuo Yunqiu's time to try Han Gui's case clearly"

"Left striker out?"

Chen Ding looked at the surprised Shen Bu and said: "Doesn't it feel a little incredible, he is on the cusp of the limelight and actually goes out?"

"No, no, no" Shen Bu hurriedly changed his words, he already felt the slight anger in Chen Ding's words, after all, as Zuo Yunqiu, it was one of the fifty-six nursing homes that had followed Chen Ding for several years, even if the crime should be beheaded, presumably Chen Ding would open up for it

Chen Ding sighed and said: "Alas, if there is nothing to do, you can step back, if Han Gui has figured it out, you can write a letter and tell me, you don't have to make another trip."

Shen Bu nodded, hesitantly glanced at Chen Ding, who was full of sorrow, and said in a low voice: "Nandi is worried about seeking talent? ”

"Oh? Do you know what I have ordered? Chen Ding suddenly perked up, looked at Shen Bu with interest and said

Shen Bu was slightly stunned, knowing that he had said what Chen Ding was most concerned about, Shen Bu said: "As a Xiangguo, you naturally have to understand something."

Chen Ding sighed and said: "It's a pity, I don't know what went wrong with this talent search order, and there are not many people who respond, although there are some achievements in anti-corruption, but a large number of official positions cannot be filled, isn't Beichen digging his own grave?" Alas, am I too impulsive and too fast? ”

Shen Bu arched his hand and said: "Nandi Mo Chou, in fact, there is no problem with the meritocracy order, the problem lies with Nandi himself."

"Me?" Chen Ding looked at a serious divine divination, pointed his finger at himself and smiled bitterly

Shen Bu nodded slightly and said: "Nandi, have you thought about what positions and what treatment those wise men who have come to Beichen have been arranged, whether all the conditions promised in the previous merit order have been realized, and there is also Nandi, you..."

Chen Ding smiled and said: "Forgive your innocence, I'm not a person with a small belly, if it's really useful advice, I'll listen to it."

Shen Bu swallowed his spit and continued: "Nandi can feel that today's court is almost a word of Nandi, and any political opinion can not be expressed to a certain extent, even if it is expressed, Nandi you sometimes have a domineering veto, resulting in a large number of officials began to follow the trend of flattery, Nandi may not have intended it, but the companion is like a tiger, just like me now, I may anger Nandi at any time because of my own words, causing my head to fall to the ground, as courtiers, we have to think about our own family, So even if he has ambition and heart, he doesn't dare to disobey the Southern Emperor, which is also the reason why there is a lot of corruption in Beichen."

Chen Ding shook his head and said: "There is such a reason, but I am such a character, vigorous and resolute, there is no room for sand in my eyes, as for the previous Magi, I just know that most of them went to the training camp as instructors to teach, and some people entered the Sixth Department as officials, and the treatment should be okay."

"Is there an alien sage at the top?"

"This..."Chen Ding recalled that most of the courtiers in his palace were former ministers of the sect and the Holy Dynasty, and there didn't seem to be officials who had been promoted from ordinary concubines, and Chen Ding felt that this was his own negligence for a while

Shen Bu said slowly: "The monarch who has achieved the imperial cause will use the sage as a teacher, the monarch who has achieved the royal cause will take the sage as a friend, the monarch who has achieved hegemony will use the sage as a courtier, and the monarch who is about to perish will use the sage as a servant. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoIf you can grovel to serve the sages, and bow down to the lower position to receive the teachings, then those who are a hundred times more talented than themselves will come; Study earlier and rest later, seek advice from others before meditating, and then the one who can outperform himself ten times will come; What others do, they themselves will follow, and then the person who can be equal to himself will come; If you command others with a long sword in your hand by leaning on the table, then the errand runners will come; If you indulge in arrogance, behave roughly, shout and curse, and shout loudly, then only slaves and prisoners come. This is how to implement the royal way and attract talents throughout the ages. If the Southern Emperor really wants to widely select the sages of the country, he should visit him in person, and the sages of the world will definitely rush to the imperial capital when they hear about this move of the king."

Chen Ding frowned and said, "But, who should I visit?" ”

Shen Bu said confidently: "The person visited by the Southern Emperor must not be a high-ranking official, nor can he reach the wisdom tank in the rivers and lakes, Kong Mou has no one who can recommend it to the Southern Emperor."

"Who?"

"Shuxi Scholar"

"Why haven't I heard of this man?"

Shen Bu smiled: "Didn't you say before that you are not a famous think tank?" This Shuxi scholar, clearly and Nandi said, he is a little bookboy who tells stories, the age is in eighteen or nineteen, he is Kong met when he traveled to the mainland, once Kong talked with him, from his words can be perceived that the scholar is full of poetry and books, and the grasp of the current situation also has a certain unique opinion, read in his kindness to take in the hungry and thirsty minister's kindness, the minister once promised to repay it, and now the Southern Emperor is encountering problems, one he is unknown, and his nickname is a scholar, leading him into Beichen Xu to be an official, It will inevitably attract a large number of more talented men to Beichen; Second, it is also the minister's private thoughts, in order to repay the favor"

Chen Ding nodded and said: "It's okay, the formation to lead him into Beichen must be grand, I don't have much contact with him, according to the prime minister's feelings, what official position do you think you want him to be more appropriate?" ”

"The official position can neither be too high, nor too low to sweep away the interest, it's still a squire level."

Chen Ding nodded and said, "It's okay, just let him try it in the Ministry of Rites first?" ”

Shen Bu nodded, he knew that it was impossible for Chen Ding to give such an important position as the key officials of the six departments, the household department, and the military department to a foreign minister who knew nothing, and the waiter of the Ministry of Rites could also attach the talent of the scholar Mo Yu

Zuo Yunqiu had already embarked on the journey to Death Island, but Ma Long had already come to the so-called Death Island, and the boater was driven by a fisherman who was more than fifty years old, and he looked up and down at a height of seven feet and said: "Young man, you are the second knight I have seen in the past few years to come to Death Island at such a young age."

The corner of Ma Long's mouth sneered: "I'm the second? Hmph, the first person died, and it stands to reason that I was still the first."

The fisherman smiled, shook his head and coughed twice, and said, "The first person is not dead, he came out of Death Island alive"

"Alive?" Malone frowned and looked at the fisherman

The fisherman smiled: "Young man, you still don't believe the old man? Hey, he didn't make it to the center of the island, but he made it two-thirds of the way and according to him got a right-hand man on the island"

"What assistant?" Although Ma Long is arrogant and indifferent, he naturally wants to know a lot in the face of unknown dangers, in case of emergency, and take precautions

"Demon Soldier," the fisherman sighed

"Accept the demon soldier as an assistant, this person is crazy, cut, old fisherman, the person you said is either a madman, or he is dead, heh, as far as I know in the past few years, no one dares to accept the demon soldier as an assistant, are you lying to me?" Marlon looked at the fisherman with a sharp gaze

The old fisherman was very calm, although he could feel a trace of killing intent in Ma Long's eyes, but after years of experience of wind and rain, the fisherman had already looked at life and death extremely plainly, and laughed: "Young man, if you really think that the old man has nothing to do to make fun of you, then you are very wrong, let me tell you the truth, that young man is the fourth son of the Beichen Sword Sect, but that child is also hard-working, and he was forced to enter the island of death at a young age to prove himself to the family, alas, God still favors the poor man, Thanks to not dying on Death Island, I don't know how he is now, but according to his character, he will definitely not be very bad on the vast continent."

Ma Long looked at the fisherman in surprise, it turned out that the first young man in the fisherman's mouth was Nandi Chending, but Nandi accepted the demon soldier as an assistant? How is this possible? The demon soldier is extremely angry, it is impossible to surrender to a martial cultivator, and it is extremely unwise to leave a time bomb by his side, what does Nandi think, this is the self-confidence of the strong?

The fisherman looked at the sluggish Ma Long and said, "It seems that you know the fourth son of Beichen?" ”

Ma Long nodded slightly, looking at the fisherman with an incredulous face, and the fisherman sighed and said, "How is that kid now?" ”

"He... He set off a great change in the Heavenly Fortune Continent, overthrowing the thousand-year-old Holy Dynasty in one fell swoop."

"Heh, I know that this kid is not in the pool, and it seems that he also has a backbone in the back of his head."

"He has now established the Beichen Empire, and he is now the Southern Emperor," Ma Long said in a slurred, and the previous arrogance was gone at this moment

The fisherman's arm suddenly paused, and he sighed: "It's really young and promising, the former hairy boy has now become a generation of emperors, and I have become a bad old man, doing nothing all my life" The fisherman turned his head to look at Malone and said, "Child, why did you enter Death Island?" Do you know that this island is a life and death for nine deaths, and it is definitely luck and his own profound martial arts that the young man who was able to come out alive before"

Malone humbly said to the fisherman: "I want to marry the daughter of the young man you call me, and I came to Death Island in order to prove myself to him."

The fisherman turned his face in pain and sighed, "Alas, he himself has already experienced the horrors of this place, so why bother to let young people come and wander again, why bother? Why do people live for a lifetime to prove something to others? The fisherman looked at Malone and said, "Child, let's go back, I will go and tell the young man that marriage is a good thing, why is it so tragic?" ”

Ma Long shook his head and said: "I didn't know that Nandi had also broken here, but now I know, he can break through, I believe that I can too, I will definitely not back down"

"Aren't you afraid that you will lose your life in vain? Aren't you afraid that your wife who hasn't come through the door will be sad? The fisherman said emotionally

Ma Long pursed his lips, his fists couldn't help but clench, his eyes looked at the blood-red sky and said: "I'm afraid, but I'm even more afraid that she will look down on me, I want to be her hero of the world, I want to grow up quickly..."