Everyone didn't speak, just looked at Zhao Bao quietly.

Zhao Bao looked at the people in front of him with some uneasiness, turned around suddenly, and ran out in the direction of the palace, Pang Xuan and the others just watched him rush into the palace, but there were no words, and the warriors guarding the palace were a little unable to stop Zhao Bao, so they were knocked away by Zhao Bao. King Zhao looked at Zhao Leopard, who had returned again, and then looked outside the house, the sky was about to dawn, and tonight, King Zhao was destined to be difficult to sleep.

He let out a long sigh before waiting for Zhao Bao to speak.

"Shangjun, please don't believe Yu Qing, Dong Chengzi, Pang Xuan and others, they are all Wei Wuji's helpers, Wei Wuji's purpose is not to rectify the rule of officials, he wants to change the law in Zhao State! Yu Qing and the others, their purpose is not to accuse Wei Wuji, but to help him implement the law change...", Zhao Bao said nervously, King Zhao glanced at him, and then said: "What kind of law change?" ”

"Rulers, laws, and bureaucracy."

"How do you know?"

"They told me... I thought they were here to help me, but when I found out that the last edicts they took out from you were all things that Wei Wuji had talked about before, I understood that they were arranged by Wei Wuji, Wei Wuji deliberately killed those officials so that you could be jealous of him, and arranged for these people to carry out the changes he expected for the reason of restricting him. Zhao Bao said seriously.

King Zhao glanced at him before asking, "Then why did Wei Wuji do this?" ”

Zhao Bao was stunned for a moment, frowned and thought for a long time, before he said: "He wants to change the law, but he is afraid of encountering too much resistance, so he wants to deceive the ministers, offend everyone, let everyone let down their guard against changing the law, and get your approval... Reducing resistance to change? ”

"So what's in it for Wei Wuji?"

"The people he trusts will become officials of the Zhao State, Dong Chengzi will draw up laws that are favorable to him, and Pang Xuan will make up official positions that are favorable to him and increase his power." Hearing Zhao Bao's answer, King Zhao nodded and said, "Okay, then let's see, what kind of change is this, please go back first." Sent Zhao Bao away, and sure enough, Pang Xuan came to Zhao, and it was still the same rhetoric, but he wanted to solve this problem fundamentally.

King Zhao looked at him with some suspicion and asked, "What kind of official system are you going to establish?" ”

"I want to divide the power in Wei Wuji's hands, set up six departments in the court, including households, criminals, officials, soldiers, rites, and workers, and merge the left and right divisions into the chief divisions, so as to supervise the ministers and point out their mistakes to you in a timely manner, starting from the prime minister, no one can be an exception." , and then, he talked about his detailed plans, for example, he wants to set up Cao under these departments, such as the Criminal Department has the main word of the lawsuit, the main crime law of the decision Cao, the main prison Cao and so on.

There are also the main currency of the main currency, the salt and iron, the main canggu, the main farmer, the main farmer, the main household register, etc.... Pang Xuan made it very detailed, almost exhaustive, and he thought of all aspects of the country. King Zhao was stunned, he could feel that compared with the current simple official system, it seems that what Pang Xuan said is more advanced, and it is much more advanced, and there will no longer be a situation where everything is in charge of the prime minister.

Pang Xuan said again: "This is an official position in China, and the local ones still need to wait for Ma Fujun to come back, after he inspects various places, he must be able to come up with a more suitable official system, what do you think?" ”

This sounds like it doesn't sound like it wants to strengthen Wei Wuji's power at all, but it takes away all his original power, if Zhao implements such an official system... King Zhao asked in confusion: "What power does the prime minister have?" Pang Xuan replied with a smile: "The prime minister of the country leads the six ministries and is responsible for the affairs of the six ministries. ”

King Zhao thought for a long time before he said: "The widow is very tired, this matter should be discussed when Ma Fujun comes back." ”

Pang Xuan's face was not disappointed, he got up and bowed again, and then left the palace.

This night, King Zhao did not fall asleep, even if these people left, he couldn't sleep, when it was time to eat, he had no appetite, lying on the couch in a daze, I don't know when, he woke up, but learned that Wei Wuji and others were already waiting for him in the palace, King Zhao got up in a hurry, his head was faintly painful, he didn't care so much, and rushed directly to the main hall.

As soon as he took two steps, King Zhao was blocked.

The person who blocked the way was Zhao Bao, and only Zhao Bao could wander around the palace at will, Zhao Bao looked even more decadent than King Zhao, his eyes were black, his spirit was sluggish, he never slept all night, King Zhao looked at him in surprise, and asked, "You are not in the palace, what are you doing here?" Zhao Bao directly grabbed King Zhao's hand and said seriously: "Wei Wuji has bad intentions, he wants to kill me." ”

"What?!" King Zhao was taken aback, his eyes widened, and he asked seriously, "Did he send an assassin?" ”

Zhao Bao shook his head and said seriously: "He hasn't yet, but only I have seen through his plan, and he will definitely find a way to get rid of me." ”

"Middle Father... You...", King Zhao looked at him, and he really didn't know what to say.

Zhao Bao suddenly smiled bitterly, shook his head, and said to King Zhao seriously: "I am not afraid of death, I was taking care of you when you were very young, please remember, if one day, I suddenly die, it must be Wei Wuji who wants to do something to you, please arrange the most trusted person to be responsible for the security of the palace, my son Bu, served as a lieutenant in Handan, this is not because he is afraid of going to the battlefield, but because of my arrangement." ”

"If something happens, you can trust him."

King Zhao was silent, shook his head, and said, "Father Zhong, Xinling Jun will not treat a widow like that. ”

After speaking, he bypassed Zhao Bao and went to the main hall, Zhao Bao sighed and followed behind him.

In the main hall, the ministers sat on both sides, but, compared to the noise in the past, there was some silence at the moment, Wei Wuji sat in his place with a smile, the ministers didn't dare to speak, lowered their heads, and didn't even dare to look at him again, it seems that yesterday's feast really scared these ministers who had been enjoying themselves for a long time, Wei Wuji looked at the people in front of him, but stayed on Lou Zhuan for a long time.

The minister, who was forcibly left in Zhao by King Zhao, was not frightened by Wei Wuji, he looked at Wei Wuji thoughtfully, as well as the ministers around him, as if he had discovered something, and when he noticed Wei Wuji's gaze, he smiled and nodded at Wei Wuji. King Zhao sat on the top seat, looked at everyone tiredly, and then began to discuss important government affairs. Eighth Library

Sure enough, Wei Wuji was the first to get up and talked about the rectification of the rule of officials, King Zhao found that when he spoke, almost all the ministers lowered their heads, not to mention refutation, even if they didn't dare to look at Wei Wuji anymore, King Zhao also felt that something was wrong, and when Wei Wuji was talking about the new official selection system, Yu Qing stood up, looked at Wei Wuji in front of him, and said seriously: "What Xinlingjun said is very reasonable, but the minister is busy with affairs, and it is best to leave things like this to others." ”

King Zhao nodded. Wei Wuji looked a little annoyed, his eyes widened, he looked at Yu Qing in front of him, and said angrily: "This is all the policy I proposed, how can I let you implement it?" Yu Qing didn't flinch, and said calmly: "As the prime minister, you have a lot to do, I am the fake minister of Zhao Guo, and I will share it for you, isn't this what I should do?" You don't have to thank me. ”

The ministers looked at Yu Qing in surprise, they didn't expect that at this time, Yu Qing would dare to fight against Wei Wuji.

Seeing that the two of them were about to quarrel again, King Zhao cleared his throat and said, "The widow thinks that what Yu Qing said is also reasonable, what do you think of Aiqing?" With the support of King Zhao, these ministers immediately raised their heads, and Zhao Hui was the first to speak: "That's right, I also think what Yu Qing said is reasonable!" On weekdays, Zhao Hui and Yu Qing are very disagreeable, and when the two have no unity of opinion, at this moment, he has become the first person to support Yu Qing.

After him, more ministers stood up to support Yu Qing.

Wei Wuji stared at them angrily, but he couldn't speak, seeing that Wei Wuji, who scared himself so much that he almost drowned, was dumbfounded by Yu Qing today, the ministers only felt relieved, the shadow brought by Wei Wuji was too huge. Compared with this ruthless Wei Wuji, Yu Qing has become very cute in the eyes of everyone, his popularity is very poor on weekdays, but at this moment, he has a lot of friends inexplicably.

Dong Chengzi also stood up, gritted his teeth and said to King Zhao: "Lord, I want to draw up a law, lest someone replace the ministers to punish innocent officials at will, indiscriminately kill the loyal and good, there is a complete law, no one can do it at will.... Then you can no longer bully your ministers. Wei Wuji jumped up like a tanuki whose tail had been stepped on, looked at Dong Chengzi in front of him, and said fiercely: "Are you talking about me?" ”

King Zhao noticed that his hand was already gripping the hilt of the sword.

Dong Chengzi's face turned pale with fright, and he hurriedly took a few steps back, and Zhao Hui stood up and said to Wei Wuji in a righteous manner: "How dare you intimidate the sages in the court in front of the king?" There is no law in the country, which makes the government chaotic, which is why you went on a killing spree yesterday, and now Dong Chengzi wants to help you solve this problem, if you don't thank him, why do you still draw your sword at him? ”

Wei Wuji was furious, pointed at him and cursed, "Have you forgotten the reward I gave you yesterday? ”

Zhao Hui said solemnly: "I have always been an upright person, and I will not delay the country's major affairs because of my personal relationship!" Do you want to insult me with a silk of gold? ”

Yu Qing's face twitched, but she still didn't speak.

King Zhao laughed, and said to Wei Wuji in a serious tone: "Please don't be angry, although Dong Chengzi's words are inappropriate, but his statement is right, the laws of Zhao are too simple, and there are no punishment provisions for officials, this is not right, the widow should follow his advice, please don't care, this is not to say that you are not doing it right, the villains in the country should indeed be dealt with, but they should not all be killed." ”

Wei Wuji wanted to speak and stopped.

Finally, the angry Wei Wuji left the palace, and many righteous ministers cheered, celebrating their defeat of the great traitor in the country, even people like Yu Qing, who were accompanied by several officials, were flattering his character, but Zhao Bao looked at them coldly and did not say a word. King Zhao was also very happy, looked at the ministers, and asked, "Tonight, the widow set up a banquet to entertain the monarchs, what do the monarchs think?" ”

The hall suddenly fell silent, recalling yesterday's banquet, the ministers shook their heads in horror, and some even covered their mouths, and couldn't help but want to vomit.

King Zhao sighed, alas.... The feast of the widows....

The ministers also fled from the hall, but Zhao Bao continued to follow King Zhao, King Zhao had the heart to reprimand, but looking at the face that looked like his father, those harsh words could not be said, he said to Zhao Bao helplessly: "Father... Yesterday Pang Gong came to find the widow, and the policy he said... Even if Wei Wuji wants to implement the change, it will not be harmful to Zhao Guo, he wants to divide the power of the prime minister, will Wei Wuji really try his best to carry out such a change? ”

"It's not going to do him any good, so please don't worry about it."

Zhao Bao wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by King Zhao, King Zhao was already very tired, he wanted to continue to rest, he asked Zhao Bao to go back to rest as well. Zhao Bao walked out of the palace in frustration, looking at the empty streets, not knowing what to think.

Zhao Bu, who was leading the soldiers to practice, heard the news of his father's illness, and hurriedly asked Lian Po for leave, Lian Po did not embarrass him, let him rush home to meet his father, Zhao Bu hurriedly returned to the courtyard, and saw his father sitting in the courtyard, Zhao Bao's haggard appearance frightened Zhao Bu, hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, and was ready to support him back to the house, but Zhao Bao pushed his hand away and stared into his eyes.

"I want you to swear that you will be loyal to King Zhao, and whoever wants to kill him will risk your life to fight him."

Zhao Bu was stunned for a moment, but when he saw his father's solemn face, he still swore seriously, Zhao Bao nodded and said, "Zhao Kuo is among them." Zhao Bu's eyes widened and said, "Father, you don't know what Ma Fujun is like at all...", Zhao Bao said directly: "I know, he is a benevolent and righteous gentleman, but who knows that he will not do anything to murder the king because of benevolence and righteousness?" ”

"If you murder a king, is you still a righteous man?"

"If you have to choose between the so-called big and small righteousness, do you know what he will choose?"

Zhao Bu was speechless, he looked at his father seriously, and said: "Ma Fujun won't be like this, if he plots to kill Shangjun, I will kill him, and then kill myself." ”

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Wei Wuji returned to the courtyard in a rage, and as soon as he stepped into the courtyard, he became more comfortable, looked at the doormen in the courtyard, and asked with a smile, "Have you left me some drinks too?" Wei Wuji sat in the middle of the doormen, drinking casually, listening to the conversation of the doormen with a smile, where was the slightest bit of annoyance?

Hou Ying on the side shook his head and asked, "How did you know they would do this?" ”

Wei Wuji glanced at him and said with a smile: "Because, everyone likes to speculate on other people's thoughts according to their own ideas, and people who only want to win more benefits for themselves will not believe that I will do things that harm their own interests, and people who only know that they are greedy for power will not believe that I can give up my own power." I know that they will use the thoughts of villains to speculate on the actions of gentlemen, and what I do is to use the wisdom of a gentleman to defeat these filthy villains. ”