Han Fei asked the officials, and a lot of ideas suddenly appeared in Zhao Kuo's mind.

The reason why the Qin State was able to defeat the other six countries was largely due to the Qin officials. In the state of Zhao, officials relied on the recommendation of nobles, large nobles such as Zhao Bao, Zhao Sheng could hold official positions in the palace, and small nobles such as Dong Chengzi, Zhao Hao and others served as small officials in the local area. The basic process is that the lieutenant recommends the talents in the nobility to King Zhao, and the local officials do not need the nod of King Zhao.

Lieutenants and ministers of state can make their own arrangements, while larger official positions need to be personally recommended to King Zhao and approved by King Zhao before they can be held.

At the beginning, Zhao Hao was promoted by the lieutenant to a junior official because of his aristocratic background, and was recommended by Zhao Sheng to King Zhao, so he gradually became prominent.

In other countries, this is mostly the case, but not in Qin. The low-level petty officials of the Qin State need to pass the "judicial examination" and master the Qin law proficiently before they can hold the lowest official position, they are not from noble backgrounds, and there are special schools for the children of officials, or the families of meritorious soldiers to learn the law, and after learning, they can pass the examination and become officials.

Of course, Zhao Kuo is not against the aristocracy holding official positions, in this era, commoners cannot get education at all, even in the Qin State, there are very few commoners who can learn the language, and it is of course the most suitable for the nobles to serve as officials, but the selection method of the nobles can be improved. Zhao Kuo quickly recalled in his mind the methods of many officials in later generations.

First of all, the Han Dynasty's filial piety and honesty, the Han Dynasty's filial piety and honesty valued morality, and recommended people with excellent moral character to serve as officials. To be honest, the moral character of the nobles of the Warring States is not too bad, at least on the bright side, they are all gentlemen, even if they look down on civilians, they will not be killed and bullied for no reason, otherwise they will be looked down upon by other nobles.

During the sacrifice, the nobles and nobles including King Zhao would reward the widows and orphans and help the poor, and the three Jin and Qi Chu had such a habit, of course, the Qin State would not be like this. There are no regulations to help orphans and widows in the laws of Qin, orphans are directly sent to be retainers, and the disabled are sent to hidden officials, but they can also have a way to live and not starve to death.

Therefore, it may still be feasible to recommend people with good morals to serve as officials, at least these recommended gentlemen attach importance to honor, will not be corrupt and bribery, and will not fish in the village.

The imperial examination system implemented later was originally to give the commoners a way out, but according to the education level of the commoners today, this is not feasible, but it can be implemented in the aristocracy, and a group of elites in the nobility can be selected.

Zhao Kuo frowned, thinking about this. It is impossible for Zhao Kuo to accomplish these things alone, and the experience of later generations may not all succeed at the moment, so he needs the elites of this era to help him, for example, Wei Wuji in the palace, Pang Gong on the way, Yu Qing in Handan, and... Zhao Kuo slowly looked at Han Fei beside him. Han Fei could see that the teacher seemed to be thinking about something, so he didn't bother.

Zhao Kuo smiled and said to Han Fei: "I have two ideas. The first one is called filial piety, and the second is called the imperial examination......"

On the road to Handan, Ge was surprisingly quiet, he drove the carriage, the horse was slowly rushing towards Handan, the master and apprentice on the carriage were talking about the rule of officials, Ge listened to it very much, Ge didn't fully understand what they were saying, but felt that what they said was very high and unfathomable, listening to Zhao Kuo's casual criticism of the official selection system of various countries, Ge looked ahead, but his face was full of smiles.

Ma Fujun, it seems that Ma Fuzi is really going to surpass you.

The election method for officials described by Zhao Kuo is not very complicated, and the recommendation and assessment also exist now, Han Fei was not too surprised, he just thought about whether what the teacher said was feasible. If the local government wants to nominate a virtuous person, the question is who will recommend it, whether it is the local magistrate or the local noble? And how to verify? How should the level of official position be given, and you can't be judged to be more moral than anyone, right?

As for the imperial examination, the same is true, what should be assessed? The Qin State assesses the law, because the law covers all aspects of the Qin State, but the Zhao State does not have such a law, so how do you need to conduct the assessment?

The two chatted for a long time, and finally arrived in Handan.

When King Zhao heard that Zhao Kuo was coming, he also hurriedly asked the warriors to bring him in. When Zhao Kuo walked into the palace, Wei Wuji was also sitting in the palace, during this time, he never left the palace, King Zhao really loved him too much, and asked him a lot of questions. King Zhao originally intended to let Wei Wuji take the position of state minister, but not long ago, Tian Dan opened his mouth to ask for a reduction in Zhao Kuo's reward, and Tian Dan finally spoke... King Zhao immediately hesitated.

Tian Dan and Wei Wuji, he loves them very much, and he can't force Tian Dan away just because he wants to keep Wei Wuji.

Therefore, when he learned that his Ma Fujun had arrived, King Zhao was very happy, Ma Fujun must be able to help him make a choice, King Zhao walked down with a smile, took Zhao Kuo's hand, and let him sit beside him, Zhao Kuo and Wei Wuji saluted, Wei Wuji looked at him with some complicated feelings. In the Wei State, Wei Wuji always lamented that he had no talent, and the King of Wei was unwilling to let him hold any official position, and even his disciples would not be used by the King of Wei.

But now, after leaving his hometown, King Zhao loves him in every way, and seems to want him to be the minister of state.

Wei Wuji was a little confused, the clan served as the minister of state in another country, it was not something to be surprised, what made him feel uncomfortable was that King Zhao's somewhat exaggerated enthusiasm, which was more cordial than his brother to himself, for a few days, he was not allowed to leave Handan, and kept asking himself about the way to govern the country, Wei Wuji originally wanted to govern the Wei country, but it was said to the monarch of Zhao State.

After Zhao Kuo sat down, Han Fei stood behind him, but King Zhao asked him about the reward.

Zhao Kuo said seriously: "The minister wants to call these rewards as seeds, farm tools, and distribute them to the soldiers on the expedition, because of the three-year campaign, there is no young and strong cultivation, so that the land of Zhao has become barren, there are no craftsmen in the country, so there is a shortage of farm tools, the reduction of grain production in recent years, so that the seeds that can be sown in the spring have become very few, if the people do not have enough seeds this year, farm tools to cultivate, there will be people starving to death this year." ”

Wei Wuji looked at him with some surprise, would such an outrageous behavior really not be feared by the king? It is okay to reward soldiers with the king's reward, but if you want to reward the people, you are not the king of Zhao, where is the qualification to help the people of the entire Zhao country? He hurriedly looked at King Zhao, but King Zhao's face was not the slightest bit nervous or angry, he looked at Zhao Kuo with a smile and nodded.

"You're right."

King Zhao said again: "This year's spring planting matter, the widow wants to hand it over to you to handle, what do you think?" "Good Chinese

Zhao Kuo was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Yu Qing is doing the spring planting thing, he is a wise person, and he has never delayed farming, please let me help him." Wei Wuji understood that King Zhao had something important to discuss with Zhao Kuo, so he got up and left, and sent Wei Wuji away, and then King Zhao eagerly took Zhao Kuo's hand and asked: "The widow wants to take Xinlingjun as the prime minister, and is worried that Tiandan will leave Zhao Guo, what do you think should be done?" ”

Zhao Kuo had already seen King Zhao's thoughts, and he said: "You can make Tian Dan a polymath teacher, and Wei Wuji as the minister of state." The polymath is an academic advisor to the monarch, and he can set up a few more people to teach the king, but it is generally the younger kings who will set up such a position to teach themselves. The polymath does not have any power, but the status is very high, and at present, all the positions in the palace are full, and only the position of the polymath is vacant.

King Zhao finally nodded, and it was only like this, leaving Tian Dan by his side and asking him for advice, it was better than letting him stay in the position of the prime minister and do nothing. After the most worrying thing in his heart was resolved, King Zhao was in a good mood, and Zhao Kuo hurriedly said his request, "That Xu Li, he has made a lot of contributions, just because he was in a hurry to save me, he was sentenced to be guilty, and went to the bitter cold border to suffer, please let him return to Handan, I am willing to vouch for him." ”

King Zhao didn't hesitate at all, this was the first time Zhao Kuo pleaded with him for private matters, King Zhao was very generous, waved his hand, and immediately ordered Xu Li to return to Handan.

Zhao Kuo hesitated for a moment, but still told him about the problem of official governance, the low-level officials of Zhao State just don't like to do serious things and enjoy a rich life, but they neglect their duties and can't play any role at all, and the official system of Zhao State is also very simple. The central officials of the Zhao State have the state minister, the false appearance, the sikou, the imperial history, the internal history, the lieutenant, the eunuch order, the division, the left division, the erudite division, and the division.

The Chinese minister is the king's right and left hand, responsible for domestic affairs, the false minister is the right and left hand of the state minister, helping the minister to deal with all matters, the secretary is responsible for criminal litigation, the imperial history is responsible for records, the internal history is responsible for taxes and financial expenditures, the lieutenant is responsible for recommending talents, the eunuch order is responsible for internal court affairs, the division is responsible for teaching the king and the crown prince, the left division is the old senator who gives advice to the king, the erudite is the academic adviser to the monarch, and the secretary is responsible for counseling.

And after an official takes this position, his disciples will surround him and automatically form a department, which is too far from the official system of the Qin State. Zhao Kuo felt that if we wanted to improve the rule of officials, we must first improve the official system, so that the division of labor was clear, and it could not be chaotic. In this way, it is possible to emulate the civil servants of later generations, conduct professional evaluations for each department, and select outstanding talents to serve in official positions.

When King Zhao heard Zhao Kuo talk about talents, the whole person had a spirit and listened to Zhao Kuo's words seriously.

"Can the rulers really select more talents?"

"This is natural, let all over the country nominate moral sages, or conduct assessments to confirm their talents, not only for the talents in Zhao's country, no matter which country people are, as long as they can pass the assessment, they can be reused by you... He was richly rewarded and had a high status in the Zhao Kingdom. In this way, the best minds of the world will gather under your command. Zhao Kuo said seriously.

King Zhao almost jumped up excitedly.

"The Qin State was originally a weak country, Qin Xiaogong wrote a letter to ask for talents, expressed his desire for talents, and invited sages from all countries to come to the Qin State, and the Qin State became strong because of this, why don't you follow his example and show the whole world your desire for talents?" , Zhao Kuo asked rhetorically.

"Okay, okay, the widow will give the order, and do as you say!" , King Zhao couldn't wait to get up, but Zhao Kuo hurriedly grabbed him, and said seriously: "Shangjun, this matter is not in a hurry, the selection of officials is a major event of the country, please wait for a while, and wait for Pang Gong, Pingyuan Jun and others to rush back to Handan, the sages of Zhao State will discuss together, I heard that the suggestions made by three people with ordinary talents can exceed those of a wise person, not to mention the suggestions put forward by the sages of Zhao State?" ”

King Zhao sat down helplessly, looked at Zhao Kuo aggrievedly, and asked, "When will Pang Xuan come back?" ”

"He should go to Wei and come back with Pingyuanjun."

King Zhao pondered for a moment before he stood up and said, "No! The widow wants to write a letter to the King of Wei and ask him to send Pingyuan Jun back to Zhao as soon as possible! Zhao Kuo said goodbye to King Zhao and walked out of the palace, Han Fei smiled, and said to Zhao Kuo: "Teacher... Division... Teachers are smart people. Zhao Kuo glanced at him and smiled, Han Fei continued: "King Zhao was originally. Be.. I don't want to. I want Hirahara-kun to come back. ”

Zhao Kuo didn't continue to talk to him about it, got into the carriage, and the two went to visit Wei Wuji again.

Wei Wuji was drinking, and he was very happy to learn that Zhao Kuo was coming, and hurriedly invited him to sit down, Wei Wuji's disciples were all living in Handan at the moment, they abandoned their homes in Wei State, and continued to follow Wei Wuji desperately, proving their loyalty to Wei Wuji. Wei Wuji's disciples died a lot on the battlefield, but even so, there were nearly a hundred people in Handan at the moment.

The disciples who stayed in Xinling were still coming to Handan one after another, and they wanted to continue to follow their masters.

"Did King Zhao ask you if you want me to be the minister of state?" , Wei Wuji asked, and when he asked, the surrounding guests all quieted down, and they all looked at Zhao Kuo, if Wei Wuji was the prime minister in Zhao State, then they could live better in Zhao State, and even directly participate in Zhao State's political affairs. Zhao Kuo nodded and said with a smile: "Shangjun has decided to worship you as the prime minister of Zhao Guoguo, I don't know what you think?" ”

Wei Wuji took a sip of wine and said with a wry smile: "I have been thinking about governing the country all along, and I have asked learned people about governing the country, but I didn't think of it...", he only said half of it, and did not continue. Zhao Kuo had already understood his thoughts, and Wei Wuji suddenly said to him: "By the way, Li Mu came to me yesterday, and he said that he would gather everyone to advise Shangjun and ask you to serve as the minister of state." ”

"What?!" , Zhao Kuo's eyes widened.

"I told him that such behavior would make King Zhao dissatisfied with you, and persuaded him not to do it."

"Then he must be angry."

"yes, he insulted me as a villain... Also with my doorman. ”

"Alas... This robbery is still young and impulsive, if he really admonishes, then the lord will definitely think that this is my idea, think that I am persecuting him. ”