Sitting in the Prime Minister's Mansion, Wei Wuji looked at the bamboo slip in his hand.

Hou Ying sat beside him, waiting for his orders. Wei Wuji had a reply from Zhao Kuo, and Zhao Kuo often sent knights to deliver letters to him, telling him everything he had seen in various parts of Zhao Kingdom, Wei Wuji just glanced at it casually a few times, and then put the bamboo slips aside. Hou Ying asked with a smile, "What did Ma Fujun say again?" ”

"It's still what he has seen and heard all over the country of Zhao, as well as greetings."

"And what did he see?"

"What he saw was no different from what we saw in Wei." , Wei Wuji said seriously, hearing Wei Wuji's words, Hou Ying just smiled bitterly, and didn't ask any more, Wei Wuji sighed and said, "Kuo has already passed Luyang, and he can't come back in a short time." ”

Hou Ying pursed his lips and asked again, "Have you really made up your mind?" Is it really worth it? ”

"It's worth it... He's going to change everything, I trust him, but what about you? ”

"I trust you."

"Then please make arrangements." , Wei Wuji commanded, Hou Ying slowly got up, bowed down towards Wei Wuji, and then walked out of the inner room, Wei Wuji stood up and tidied up his clothes, he has always been a lazy character, never cared about his dress, the nobleman who can drink with the guests naked is afraid that it will be him and Jingyang of Chu State, Wei Wuji straightened his clothes, took out his sword, and wiped it seriously.

King Zhao had just hosted a banquet for the nobles of the country not long ago, and now, Wei Wuji had invited them again.

Since Wei Wuji arrived in Zhao State, he has made a lot of friends, and he gets along very well with the nobles of Zhao State, he is bold, informal, and loves to drink, and these nobles are also willing to accompany him to drink. Wei Wuji had a lot of doormen, and these doormen also had Wei Wuji's shadow, and they often looked for other nobles' doormen and befriended them, so Wei Wuji quickly gained a foothold in Handan.

Wei Wuji's doorman went to visit almost all the nobles in the country, these people heard that it was the minister of state who invited them to the banquet, and they did not refuse, and happily agreed to him, except for a few people such as Yu Qing, who was very resistant to this, Yu Qing drove the doorman out, he was very disgusted with the banquet, and at the same time, he was disappointed that Wei Wuji wanted to hold a banquet.

But Wei Wuji's doorman did not relent, standing outside Yu Qing's door, and another doorman came, with Wei Wuji's letter, and Wei Wuji personally invited him, Yu Qing reluctantly walked out of the house, but his face was still not very good.

Tian Dan was also reluctant to come, Wei Wuji personally invited him, and I don't know what they talked about, Tian Dan actually agreed to Wei Wuji.

From Lieutenant Zhao Bao, to General Lian Po, Tian Yue, Yushi Zhao Hui, Zheng Shi Kang, Zuo Shi Pang Xuan, Erudite Shi Tian Dan, Fake Xiang Yu Qing, Si Kou Dong Chengzi, Zuo Si Guolou and others, almost all the officials in the palace, none of them fell, and when the night gradually became dark, these virtuous ministers appeared in Wei Wuji's courtyard.

King Zhao gave Wei Wuji a large courtyard, close to the palace, so that he could summon Wei Wuji at any time, and several nearby courtyards were also bought by Wei Wuji and connected into a piece to accommodate his guests. Therefore, so many talented people rushed here, and it would not make this place crowded, and Wei Wuji's guests came out to greet these distinguished guests, and in the courtyard, it was a table and a ding.

In such a season, the wind is not too cold, and it is also a good pleasure to hold a banquet at night with a candle lit. The mutton in the ding is tumbling up and down, exuding a rich fragrance, all kinds of fruits are placed on the table, very rich, the nobles admired the generosity of Xinling Jun, straightened up, and waited for the start of the banquet, they just waited for a moment, and saw Wei Wuji who walked into the courtyard, Wei Wuji led Tian Dan into the courtyard.

Everyone looked at Tian Dan with some surprise, and they didn't know how Wei Wuji persuaded him, after all, it was difficult for King Zhao to invite him.

Wei Wuji leaned over and saluted everyone, everyone returned the salute, Wei Wuji smiled and sat on the top position, whether it was the identity of the host or the identity of the country, he had no problem sitting on the top position, the ministers sat beside him, Wei Wuji gave an order, the banquet officially began, the ministers were a little surprised to find that Wei Wuji didn't drink a drop of wine, he was dressed neatly, changed the casualness of the past, and began to really look like the son of a big country.

Wei Wuji greeted everyone and continued his feast, the retainers were busy around, Wei Wuji's guests also left the courtyard to help, Wei Wuji looked at the ministers of Zhao State, raised his hand, and stopped everyone's conversation, he said with a smile: "This time I invited everyone to come to the banquet, not only because of my friendship with the second and third sons, but also because of the responsibilities of our prime minister, I want to discuss political affairs with everyone." ”

"Hahaha, please speak, we follow your orders." , Zhao Bao asked drunkenly, he had drunk a lot of wine, his face was red, and his eyes were blurred.

Wei Wuji sat upright, looked at everyone, and asked, "What I ordered before, to rectify the rule of the officials of the Zhao State, to restrain the closeness of his own disciples, to remove the incompetent villain, and to recommend the virtuous, how did the second and third sons do?" ”

"We are all doing what you tell us, please rest assured, I have already ordered my disciples and restrained them." , Zhao Bao replied again, Wei Wuji nodded, waved his hand to the side, and immediately Hou Ying held the bamboo slip and walked to his side, Wei Wuji took the bamboo slip, raised his head, glanced at Zhao Bao, and said: "Your doorman is leaving, serving as a lieutenant assistant, the day before yesterday, he just killed a young man in Handan and snatched his wife." ”

"Your wife's brother, De, who was a prison officer, accepted a bribe three days ago to replace two criminals who had been tortured with exiles, and to release the criminals, who had brutally murdered a mother and child."

Wei Wuji read a few more words, and the drunken Zhao Bao stood up suddenly, sobering up, he looked at Wei Wuji in shock, his eyes widened, he shook his head, and said: "I don't know about these things, I will go to reprimand them, please forgive." ”

"If you want to reprimand, please reprimand now." , Wei Wuji said, looked behind him, and suddenly walked out of eight doormen, each escorting the prisoner, and pushed it in front of Wei Wuji, Zhao Bao recognized them, they were all his own doormen, as well as relatives, these people's mouths were blocked, whimpering and speechless, Zhao Bao was about to speak, Wei Wuji put his hand down, and those warriors drew their short swords and stabbed them directly into their backs.

The men fell to the ground, screaming, squirming, struggling for a long time, and finally, they didn't move.

Zhao Bao's eyes were red, he fell, and shouted angrily, "Ji ~ no ~ taboo ~", he read Wei Wuji's name word by word, and roared: "What did you do?!" Wei Wuji stared at him coldly, pulled out his short sword, leaned over with a sword, beheaded Zhao Bao's wife and brother, lifted his head up, and threw it directly into the big ding in front of him, looked at Zhao Bao fiercely, and asked: "This is the meat of a wicked man, do you want to taste it?!" "Baidu

Zhao Bao was so frightened that his face was pale, he took a few steps back, slammed into his seat, and looked at Wei Wuji in front of him tremblingly, speechless.

Wei Wuji signaled again, and another warrior escorted the official out, Wei Wuji picked up the bamboo slip that fell on the ground, looked at Xiao Shi Dang not far away, and said: "The three county orders you recommended for the king are all cruel and shameless villains, and they dare to privately increase the prescribed taxes by six times!" Nearly 10,000 people were killed! I said earlier that the person who was recommended made a mistake and the person who recommended him would suffer the same punishment, and I gave you a chance to make amends, but you want to help them destroy the evidence of the crime?! ”

Wei Wuji roared angrily, a group of doormen rushed from around, they were wearing armor and holding short swords, everyone at the banquet was already stunned by what was happening in front of them, only a few people, not afraid, Lian Po squinted his eyes, still drinking his wine, Tian Dan was still eating the fruit, and the rest of the people were all frightened, especially after they were surrounded by Wei Wuji's doormen.

Wei Wuji ordered, and a warrior immediately stepped forward and pulled out the daring, and together with the county order recommended by him, he was directly killed.

"How dare you kill me? I want to see Shangjun..", Dare was stabbed through before he could finish speaking, spurting blood, and falling to the ground.

Wei Wuji continued to order, and batch after batch of people were constantly sent to everyone, these people were not only the officials around Handan, some were even officials of Daijun, they were officials of Yanmen County, they couldn't imagine how Wei Wuji caught them and brought them back, unless, he had such an idea a long time ago, and quietly entered the investigation and arrested, just for this day.

Seeing the officials brought by Wei Wuji, Yu Shi Zhao Hui trembled, Wei Wuji glanced at him, and said: "You don't have to worry, after you learned of my order, you raised a few officials recommended by yourself, and sent the evildoers to Dong Chengzi, you have done your duty very well." Wei Wuji waved his hand, and immediately a doorman stepped forward, carrying a plate of gold, and placed it in front of Zhao Hui.

"Ministers who harbor the wicked and oppress the people will be put to death, but those who will be reformed and able to recommend wise men will be rewarded." , Wei Wuji said again, and then, continued to start killing, Wei Wuji killed a lot of officials, not only officials, but also ministers, and he also killed several of them, and the entire courtyard where they were killed was dripping with blood, and everyone knelt and sat down, almost soaked in blood.

Dong Chengzi's doorman, there are also three bad deeds, including that Rong, Wei Wuji did not kill Rong, because Rong did not hide his crime, he killed the other two doormen who shouted wronged, then looked at Dong Chengzi, Wei Wuji asked seriously: "The doorman made a mistake, how to punish his master?" Dong Chengzi, as the secretary, stood up tremblingly.

He had always been close to Wei Wuji, but he had never seen such a terrifying side of him. He only felt a chill behind him, he wanted to say something, but he couldn't say it, seeing Wei Wuji's expression gradually becoming a little impatient, Dong Chengzi said: "The law doesn't stipulate... I think... can be forgiven...", listening to Dong Chengzi's voice that was deformed out of fear, Wei Wuji couldn't help but smile.

"I think the head of the family should be asked to compensate the people who were hurt by the doorman and pay the gold silk that he greeded for, what do you think?"

"You're right."

Subsequently, Wei Wuji had to follow Dong Chengzi's advice every time he disposed of a minister, and when the courtyard was full of corpses, Wei Wuji asked the warriors to come and clean up, and the warriors who were standing behind the ministers finally left, but even so, these ministers still didn't dare to move, they were all frightened, even if Wei Wuji had a smile on his face again, and gently discussed the next thing with them, they were also very frightened.

Wei Wuji proposed to comprehensively rectify the rule of officials, and let the recommender be responsible for the person recommended by himself, and if he shielded it, the two would be guilty of the same crime. Subsequently, he proposed to let all localities recommend sages for the palace, 50,000 villages, one person every year, 100,000 cities, two people every year, and for these talents recommended from the locality, they should pass the assessment and then be assigned to various places to serve as officials.

No one dared to object, everyone agreed, it was Lieutenant Zhao Bao, who was also nodding stupidly at the moment, and the scene just now scared half of the life of King Zhao's middle father, and he is still in a trance.

"I'm going to set up a school in Handan to recruit the children of the nobility, what do the second and third sons think?"

"Good, very good."

"You're right."

"I want to recruit the position of the vacant local petty official, regardless of his background, he can participate in the assessment, and the capable people who pass can get this vacancy, what do the second and third sons think?"

"Good, very good."

Wei Wuji immediately decided on a new set of talent recruitment methods, which he had already negotiated with Zhao Kuo, but Zhao Kuo was prepared to wait for him to return to Handan, and the two of them would implement it together. The ministers didn't know why Wei Wuji cared about the rule of officials like this, let alone why he killed people indiscriminately, but they were indeed afraid, in the Zhao Kingdom, since the current King Zhao ascended the throne, no minister had been killed for a long time.

All the people are accustomed to such a leisurely life, accustomed to the favor of King Zhao, such a scene, as if a hammer hit them hard.

The warriors finally moved the corpses away, in that strong smell of blood, Wei Wuji smiled and discussed with everyone about the governance of Zhao State, rectifying the rule of officials is only the first step, and it is also the most critical step, the rule of officials of Zhao State is already rotten to the bones, if you don't kill people, you can't solve the problem, Zhao Kuo's parade in the country can make the local officials a little more restrained, but it can't scare these favored talents in the palace.

When Wei Wuji finished the banquet, the ministers fled from the courtyard in panic.

A doorman had already prepared a carriage for Wei Wuji, and Wei Wuji was going to rush to the palace.

Hou Ying sniffed the disgusting stench and glanced at Wei Wuji again, his eyes full of helplessness.

Wei Wuji looked at him and smiled, and he asked:

"Is there anything wrong with the righteous to save the good and the cruel to punish the vile and wicked?"