Xiong Huai sighed when he heard this, shook his head and said: "What Xianqing said is not bad, Gongyin Zhaoju is indeed a person who can be fought for, but Zhaoju's position on changing the law is extremely unfirm, even if he can take refuge in the change now, he is only forced by the form, and once his situation improves in the future, it is inevitable that he will change his position again." ”

"If it's something else, that's fine, but when it comes to changing the law, you can't tolerate sloppiness, and no one is allowed to speculate."

Regarding the speculation of someone to change the law, Xiong Huai refused without hesitation.

"But there are other candidates."

Qu Yuan thought for a while and said, "King, if you defeat Tang Yu, you may be able to give it a try." ”

Tang Yu was born in the Tang clan of Chu State, and he was also a big nobleman.

However, Tang Wu was assigned earlier than Qu Yuan, and at this time, Tang Wu was guarding against Yue Guo in Guangling City, thousands of miles away.

Guangling City is the Yangzhou City behind it, and it is also the Hancheng built by Wu Wangfu in the past. Hancheng was originally sent north to the Central Plains to compete for the hegemony, and to build Hancheng and dig a ditch to pass the Jianghuai, is to play a strategic transportation and strategic base for the king of Wu to fight for hegemony in the north, after the fall of Wu, Hancheng fell into the hands of Chu.

More than ten years ago, the position of the former king of Chu was not a few years old, and he was moved by King Wei Hui, and his brain cramped, and he was separated by Wei and South Korea, and Qin, Wei, Qi, and Yan sent elite soldiers to plot against King Zhao Wuling, who had just ascended the throne.

As a result, no benefits were reaped at all, but the decades-long friendship between Chu and Zhao that had been forged by Wu Qi was ruined. King Wuling of Zhao was angry that Chu and Wei were mixed up to plot against Zhao, and took out a heavy gift, bribed Yue, an old opponent of Chu, and asked Yue to send troops to attack Chu.

Due to the continuous harassment of the Chu State by the Yue State, a few years ago, out of strategic needs, the predecessor ordered the construction of Guangling City on the basis of Hancheng, on the one hand, to restrict the Yue State, and on the other hand, to guard against the Qi State.

Not to mention that now Tang Yu is far away in Guangling, and the whip is beyond his reach, even if he is still in Yingdu now, I am afraid that he may not be able to take on this important responsibility, for the same reason as Qu Yuan, he was squeezed out by the ministers.

More importantly, Zhaoyang proposed that Zhaoyang send an envoy to Yue Guo in a few days to lure Yue Guo to send troops, and Guangling City needed an important minister to defend it, so as not to encounter accidents.

"Guangling City is very important, and Tang Mo can't leave lightly."

Qu Yuan didn't care when he heard this, and continued: "King, maybe Keqing Chen Zhen can." ”

"Keqing Chen Zhen!" A few days ago, Keqing Chen Zhen left a deep impression on Xiong Huai.

But he has a huge problem, that is, his prestige and status are insufficient, and he is excluded by the ministers, the reason is that he is not a nobleman of Chu, which has nothing to do with whether he is a native of Chu or not, and the nobles exclude all people who are not nobles of Chu, regardless of whether you are from Chu or not.

"The king, the relationship between Keqing Chen Zhen and Ling Yin Zhaoyang is extremely good." Qu Yuan added.

Xiong Huai realized when he heard this, and Qu Yuan planned to borrow Zhaoyang's connections and status to support Chen Zhen.

Although Zhaoyang cannot preside over the action of abolition of flesh punishment, if the beauty of the great merit of abolition of flesh punishment is handed over to Chen Zhen, then Zhaoyang will definitely not oppose it, and will support it.

What's more critical is that Chen Zhen is an outsider, and among the ministers of the Chu State, he has the shallowest background, and he also remains neutral in the face of changes. Moreover, Chen Zhen has been in the Qin State for many years, and has a very thorough understanding of Shang Ying's reforms.

"Okay, then the host of this change will choose Chen Zhen."

After Qu Yuan left, Xiong Huai felt more and more that the state of Chu was too dangerous, the power of the central government was basically monopolized by the princes, and the place was controlled by the nobles.

If the king of Chu does not touch their interests, it will be fine, once their interests are touched, they will definitely be resisted. Just like Wu Qi's change and Qu Yuan's change, they almost exploded the state of Chu.

If the status quo of the state of Chu is not changed, the state of Chu will sooner or later be dragged down by the nobles and feudal kings, and if the law is changed, then it will definitely be opposed.

Moreover, from the central to the local, all of them are children of the nobility, as long as they refuse to carry out them, no matter how good the decree is, it is useless.

So the current state of Chu needs to carry out a blood exchange, as for where does the fresh blood come from?

In this era, two countries have already set an example.

Among them, the most famous is Qin Xiaogong of the former Qin State, who recruited talents from all over the world by issuing a recruitment order.

This is the first recruitment order in history, and the effect is remarkable, and the Qin State quickly changed its backwardness, poverty and weakness in the hands of Qin Xiaogong to become a strong country.

If the recruitment order is too far away, then there is another recruitment activity that has lasted for many years, that is, the Jixia School Palace of Qi State.

Jixia School Palace began with King Qi Wei, but the real prosperity was in King Qi Xuan, which was a matter of the past few years.

Nowadays, Jixia School Palace is not only the think tank of Qi State, but also the academic center of the world (there is no one), bringing together a large number of senior academic talents of the hundred schools of thought, including many representatives of the hundred schools of thought at the level of Zhuzi, such as Mencius of Confucianism, Zou Zi (Zou Yan) of the Yin and Yang family, and so on.

Xiong Huai suddenly drooled when he thought of Qi Guoji's school palace, but unfortunately now for the Chu State, whether it is the recruitment order or the construction of the Chu State's school palace, it is not the time.

What Xiong Huai wants to do now is what King Yan Zhao will do in the future, buying bones with a thousand gold, starting with Chen Zhen.

This is also an important reason why Xiong Huai just agreed to Chen Zhen.

There are still 10 days left before the intention to officially change the law, and these 10 days are a crucial preparation period, and there should still be public opinion. At the very least, it can't make people feel abrupt, and make people feel that the King of Chu's mind has changed again, and he wants to start a new round of reform movement in the Chu State.

After Xiong Huai was ready, he took care of both business and private affairs and walked towards Wei Meiren's palace.

Coming to Wei Meiren's palace again, it has changed greatly compared with the first deserted and bleak place.

The first is the vegetation outside the palace, which is no longer a mess of weeds and trees, but has become a landscape plant.

The old lantern has been replaced by two brand new lanterns.

At this time, there was no longer anyone outside the palace, there were already two eunuchs guarding it, and when they saw the arrival of the king of Chu, they immediately saluted.

"Meet the King."

Inside the palace, hearing the movement outside, a maid immediately said to Wei Meidao excitedly: "Beauty, the king has come to see you." ”

Wei Meiren, who had a veil on her face and covered her mouth and nose, immediately said anxiously when she heard this: "Close the door." ”

After speaking, he didn't wait for the maid next to him to react, he hurriedly ran to the door of the room, quickly saw the door closed, inserted the door bolt, and leaned against the door, and collapsed to the ground weakly.

Xiong Huai ignored the eunuch who fell to his knees and walked in directly.

The weeds and fallen leaves in the courtyard of the palace have also been cleared and some unknown plants have been planted, which are neat and pleasing to the eye.

It's just that when he arrived at the door of the room, Xiong Huai was looking forward to the feeling of shame, and suddenly collapsed, Wei Meiren closed the door, and he ate a closed door.

"Beauty, the widow has come to see you, open the door."

Xiong Huai stopped the people around him and knocked on the door himself.

Hearing a knock on the door, and then the voice of the king of Chu came, a maid reminded Wei Meiren: "Beauty, the king is outside." ”