Just as Zhao Kuo was seriously expounding his thoughts, the courtyard suddenly became noisy, Zhao Kuo looked out of the house with some surprise, and so did Zhao Bao, Zhao Bao stood up and hurriedly walked out of the inner room. A group of warriors were hurrying into the courtyard, these were the warriors guarding the palace, and they were led by the eunuch Ling Pu, who served King Zhao.

Although he served as a eunuch, he was not a eunuch, on the contrary, he was tall and strong, good at driving and shooting, and won the love of King Zhao, who understood him as King Zhao's personal bodyguard. He stood in the courtyard, Di stood in front of him, raised his head, stared at the flutter in front of him with his nostrils, the two stood very close, staring at each other, not saying a word, the atmosphere was a little wrong, fluttering and staring at him for a moment, snorting disdainfully, and then went directly past Di's side, wanting to go to the inner room.

Di turned around, stretched out his hand, pushed on his chest, snorted secretly, took a step back, looked at Di with some surprise in his eyes, Di still stared at him with his nostrils, and said angrily: "No one is allowed to enter without Ma Fujun's order!" Ge stood behind Di, and also looked at the flutter with displeasure, the old man was ready to do it. Zhao Kuo instructed Li Yu to help the local officials relieve the victims, and Li Yu took away Xing, Zhao Fu, Wang Fan and others, but left Ge and Di.

These two followed Zhao Kuo's side. Zhao Kuo suddenly came to find Pingyang Jun, and then these people rushed in with a fierce momentum, Ge and Di naturally regarded these people as enemies.

glanced at Di, and then looked at Ge behind Di, compared to the arrogant and unreasonable Di, this old man seemed to be more kind and polite. Plop said proudly to Ge: "I am the eunuch Ling Pounce, because of the order of the king, I don't know who you are?" ”

"I am your father!"

"You dare to insult me?!" , Immediately in a hurry, about to rush towards this little old man, Di slammed his shoulder, threw it sideways, and actually turned this five big and three thick warriors in the air, and fell heavily on the ground, Di directly put his knee against his chest, pressing him so that he couldn't move, and then shouted to the surrounding warriors: "Don't get close!" ”。

The samurai of the royal palace watched this scene in shock, they knew how good they could fight... I didn't expect to be subdued so easily by that brute.

Pu's face was red, his eyes widened, and he looked at Di fiercely.

"Di!!"

Zhao Kuo shouted, Di was stunned, looked behind him, Zhao Kuo frowned, and said, "Let him go." Di Yan stood up with a smile, stretched out his hand and dragged him up, looking at the embarrassed 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, it was not that he had asked Shangjun for help before, he hurriedly said: "He was called by me, in order to tell Shangjun about the change..."

Zhao Kuo looked at the warriors around him, looked at the flutter again, and nodded with a smile.

He walked down and said to Puff seriously: "Please don't blame, it is indeed my fault that I gave the order not to let anyone disturb... I apologize to you..", hearing Zhao Kuo say this, he hurriedly leaned over and saluted, saying, "Don't dare." Zhao Kuo was cordially invited to pounce in to talk in detail, Zhao Bao smiled awkwardly, pulled pounce into the inner room, and after a while, Zhao Bao sent Zhao Kuo out of the mansion.

"I kind of got it today... Shangjun said how much he respects you, but if something really happens, he will still help Pingyangjun, that flutter, he didn't come to listen to any changes at all, he brought so many warriors, obviously to protect Pingyangjun...", Di reacted halfway, and began to chatter, talking endlessly, Ge drove the car and glanced at him.

"You see that?"

"yes..", Di nodded.

"You're really smart." , Ge said, continuing to drive with his head down.

Di smiled, and suddenly felt that something was wrong.

"What do you mean by that?"

"It's nothing, it's just a pity that King Zhao doesn't need you to be the prime minister."

Zhao Kuo went back to Pang Gong's mansion to get him ready, and then drove back to Mafu Township, and after he left, Zhao Bao gathered the nobles from all over the country. Pang Gong didn't know why Zhao Kuo had such self-confidence, and felt that the change could be made, but just after a while, the situation in various places changed dramatically. The magistrates changed their old appearance and began to devote themselves to their work.

Zhao Bao began to be responsible for the assessment, there were a large number of old officials who resigned, famous taxis, came one after another, participated in the assessment and were assigned to various places, the vacancies in the local administrative system of Zhao were quickly filled, and they had more official positions, which was a good thing for the nobles, they encouraged their taxis to participate in the assessment, and after passing, Zhao Bao came forward to arrange them by their side, which was just one more process for them.

Of course, Zhao Bao is still more serious in doing things, those who have no talent at all, and can't even pass the simplest assessment, were reprimanded by him, and several people committed suicide because of shame, which greatly improved the average quality of Zhao officials, and then, the supervision system was also quickly implemented, and several Zhao nobles became the thorns of the history of various places, helping King Zhao to supervise the place and rectify the rule of officials.

There are still people who are dissatisfied with this, but these big nobles who expressed their dissatisfaction were soon deprived of their titles and demoted to concubines... This was an order given by Zhao Bao, and Zhao Bao actually began to preside over the law change, which made everyone feel incredible. There are several ministers who support the reform of the law, and they are very unhappy about Zhao Bao's participation in the reform of the law, because the change carried out by Zhao Bao is just a compromise.

Officials in various places were still recommended by the nobles, and the officials who oversaw them were still likely to favor them.

However, it cannot be denied that Wei Wuji carried out two years of reform, and in just one month, a major breakthrough was made, and local political affairs began to operate normally, and after the implementation of the basic official system that imitated the Qin State, the effect was huge, and the previous Zhao State, the official system was very backward, and even the division of the county, township, and li was not clear, and now, the situation is different.

Mafu was classified as a township and belonged to Handan County, with Wang Fan as the township and Zhao Fulai as the you. At the beginning, those who followed Zhao Kuo were also appointed by Zhao Bao to serve as pavilion chiefs, officials like Li Zheng, Zhao Kuo asked them before, if there were any willing officials, most of them still wanted to stay by Zhao Kuo's side, but a group of people were willing to serve, as for Wang Fan and Zhao Fu, it was recommended by Zhao Kuo.

Because Wang Fan does have the ambition to govern the country in his heart, and Zhao Fu is a talent who knows the law, knows how to read, and has fought in wars, Zhao Kuo has so many guests, only Zhao Fu is the most suitable for military positions, fortunately, Di These people don't know how to read... Li Yu, Ming, and Ge are unwilling to be officials.

Zhao has made a choice in various places, the identification of counties and townships, is Pang Xuan personally formulated, this old man has been to every place in Zhao country, and is also very familiar with all parts of Zhao country, he has his own method, according to geographical location, population, economic development degree, etc., made a detailed division.

After the establishment of a clear level of local administration, it is necessary to appoint officials in these new regions, appoint different officials according to different ranks, reclassify the relationship between superiors and subordinates, and so on. Compared with the original very simple official system of Zhao State, it can be said that there is a big breakthrough now... There is a detailed division of political affairs, some people are responsible for taxes, some people are responsible for farming, and some people are responsible for catching thieves.

It is obvious that taxation, public security, agriculture and other aspects will be improved because of these changes.

Zhao Kuo can be said to be very happy these days, he often goes to various places, sees the pavilion chief escorting the thieves, and sees the local arable land and the mu yield of the sifu... He was enjoying the most beautiful scenery, lingering, just watching it all. Wei Wuji laid a good foundation for the reform, and with the support of the great nobles, the reform seemed to come naturally, and the local system was changing the law at a rapid pace.

And next, it should be the changes in the palace, and the official positions in the palace will also be changed, which is also what Zhao Kuo originally proposed, however, Zhao Kuo is not in a hurry to do it at present, and now Zhao Guo is still at war, and the ministers have their own responsibilities.

Things seem to be on the better side.

In the ninth year of King Zhao, the grassroots system of Zhao State has been completed, and the supervision system has been fully implemented, after all, the manpower required by the supervision system is not as much as that required by the grassroots system. The biggest problem of Zhao Guo is still the lack of talents, these small officials, not everyone can be the job, to know how to read, to understand the law, to know how to count, just these three requirements, is not something that ordinary people can achieve.

The little guy also ushered in his third birthday, Zhao Kuo wanted to make him a cake, but he didn't know how to make it, so he had to give him a gift. Zhao Kuo gave him a mini chariot, this small chariot is built by Du, and the bottom is hollowed out, as if it is a baby carriage in later generations, Zhao Zheng can walk into the chariot and run by himself, the fly in the ointment is that the chariot is a little heavy, and the little guy can't run for long.

Zhao Zheng liked this gift very much, and in return, he kissed Zhao Kuo fiercely on the face. Subsequently, he carried the chariot every day, shouting "The horse is here!" Running around in Mafu Township, the children in Mafu Township are also willing to play with him. Zhao Zheng sat on the chariot, looked at the friends around him seriously, and said, "I worship you as a pilot!" You're going to drive for me! ”

"Okay, Mafuko."

"Say yes."

"Yui!"

"Well, and you, I want to worship you as a general, you lead the army!"

"Yui!"

There are many children who are several years older than Zhao Zheng, and they are also willing to play with him, because Zhao Zheng has a lot of delicious food and a lot of toys, and he can share the wooden sword with everyone.

Han Fei was wearing thick clothes, just walked out of the school, walked towards Zhao Kuo's courtyard, and just walked into the township, he was surrounded by Zhao Zheng's army, Zhao Zheng pointed his sword at him, and shouted in a milky voice: "You have been captured by me!" Han Fei laughed, nodded, and said, "Okay, I've been captured... Please forgive me! Zhao Zheng put down the wooden sword and said to him: "Then you want to be my prime minister!" ”

Han Fei was stunned for a moment, smiled bitterly, and said, "When I come out of the teacher, I will be your minister again." ”

Zhao Zheng was very happy, hurriedly jumped off the chariot, and rushed to Han Fei's side, Han Fei picked him up, he pecked Han Fei's face, and then ran away with a smile.

In Mafu, everyone is very friendly to Zhao Zheng, they all like him very much, spoil him, except for the eldest mother, Ge is the most spoiled by him, perhaps because Ge has no children of his own, so he treats him as his grandson, whenever Zhao Kuo wants to reprimand him, Zhao Zheng runs to Ge, Ge always protects him, his beard trembles, satirizing Zhao Kuo's bad deeds, and Di, Di always says that he wants to marry his daughter to Zhao Zheng, and often calls him son-in-law.

But among these people, there are only two people who are willing to play with him, Ge and Han Fei, when his father was busy, Ge secretly hugged Zhao Zheng into the chariot, which was Zhao Kuo's car, and then drove for Zhao Zheng, Zhao Zheng always pestered him, and Han Fei also liked to play games with him, and he also liked to tell him stories, but Zhao Zheng didn't like Han Fei's stories, he preferred Di's stories, and the stories told by Di were fun.

When Han Fei walked into the courtyard, Zhao's mother was reprimanding Zhao Kuo, Han Fei didn't dare to stay any longer, and hurriedly walked out of the courtyard.

Mother Zhao looked at the door, then lowered her voice, she said helplessly: "This is the marriage agreed between your father and Xu Li, if you are not willing to agree, if you have a heart, it is okay to say that she can bring it, but what about you?" What do you want to do if you don't bring anyone else with you, and you don't want to marry? Zhao Kuo just lowered his head, Xu Li's daughter, he had never met a few times, and he was really reluctant to talk about marriage directly.

Mother Zhao looked at him without saying a word, and suddenly, her eyes were red, and she whispered, "I don't know when I'm going to see your father... I can't always take care of you, you also need someone by your side to take care of you, not to mention anything else, Zheng's biological mother, how long has it been since I came to see him, I have forgotten that I have a mother, if I leave, what should he do? What should you do? ”

"If your father is still there...", Zhao's mother said sadly, tears couldn't help but fall, Zhao Kuo raised his head, looked at his mother, hurriedly walked to her side, stretched out his hand, wiped away her tears, and said helplessly: "It's not that I don't want to marry, it's just that Xu Li's daughter, I don't know..."

"Kuo, I won't hurt you, she's a virtuous woman, I've eaten her cooking, and I've worn her winter clothes... She is beautiful, and if you marry her, you will not suffer... So, tomorrow she's going to come and bring me winter clothes, 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 in every era... It is true that he is not young anymore, the township is as old as himself, and now that the children are busy in the fields, he nodded and said, "Okay, then that's it, I'll see her tomorrow." ”

Mother Zhao laughed at this time.

"It's long overdue, it's long overdue."

ps: I saw that some book friends said that veterans can be allowed to serve as officials... Well.. In this era, all the people are soldiers, all healthy adult men have to go to military drills, they are all going to the battlefield, the whole country is veterans, unless they are officers, they still have no culture, they cannot become officials, and officers, they themselves are officials.