When Xiong Huai heard this, he couldn't help but sigh: "The poor child is in charge of the family early, at a young age, suddenly encountering a big disaster, not only is he not defeated by the disaster, but he can also face it head-on, provoke the burden of the family, hurt his father with filial piety, and raise his younger brother, which is indeed considered to be a virtuous person." ”

Chen Zhen nodded and continued: "King, not only that, but after a few years, when the Shan family had some savings, his father and brother wanted to marry a wife for him, but Shan refused on the grounds that he was over thirty years old, and then married a wife for his brother. Then, after his brother gave birth to his eldest son, he gave the eldest son to the mountain, thinking that he was the heir of the mountain. ”

"Brothers, friends, brothers, brothers Xiong Huai nodded in praise.

"Exactly." Chen Zhen responded: "Because the deeds of the mountain spread in the land of ten miles, everyone praised its virtue, so the county Yin of that place recommended it to the king." ”

Xiong Huai bowed slightly when he heard this, these county Yin didn't perfunctory him, and just found some crooked melons and cracked dates to fill up the numbers.

After a pause, Xiong Huai asked hesitantly: "Chen Qing, I don't know what talent this Ding Jin and Shan have." ”

Chen Zhen thought for a while, and then replied helplessly: "King, according to the people sent by the ministers to investigate, this Ding Jin knows some words, but not much, but he knows how to calculate.

As for the mountains of that land, in addition to farming, they are still half hunters. However, in the past 20 years, when the soldiers were recruited in that place, and when his family was recruited, the mountain was conscripted to the battlefield every time, and the mountain was conscripted six times before and after for more than 20 years, and each time he could return with his whole body, without merit or fault. ”

“···” Xiong Huai was silent for a long time, and then he slowly spoke: "That is to say, these two people are virtuous enough, but their talents are insufficient, and they are embarrassed, and even the county officials are incompetent." ”

Chen Zhen nodded awkwardly.

Seeing this, Xiong Huai was speechless for a long time, and asked heavily: "Chen Qing, now more than ten people recommended from the vicinity of Yingdu are all advertised as moral models. The few people have heard of it, and it can be seen from this that the talents recommended by various places this time are probably some talentless people. ”

Saying that, Xiong Huai's eyes sank slightly, and asked: "Does Xianqing know what is going on, why do all the places unanimously recommend these people with outstanding virtues and insufficient talents to the widows?" ”

When Chen Zhen heard this, he paused, lowered his head and responded: "King, the time is too short, who instigated the tandem behind the scenes, and the minister has not yet found out." However, during this time, the minister found some messages in various places near Yingdu, and some people said that the king ruled the country with benevolence, and although his law was good, it was not as good as governing the country with virtue. Therefore, recommending people with outstanding morality in various places is to persuade the king to rule the country with virtue. ”

"Governing the country by virtue?" Xiong Huai was stunned for a moment, and then said angrily: "Bastard thing, what does it mean to advise the widow to rule the country with virtue?" Does this mean that the widow lacks virtue, or does the widow lack virtue? ”

"The King's Wrath..." Chen Zhen hurriedly admonished.

Xiong Huai was unmoved, slapped the table suddenly, and said angrily: "Calm the anger, this is called how the widow is angry, the widow is just sending subordinates to the local government, and he has not yet dismissed the county governors." And the feudal monarch only sent Ling Yin anywhere, and did not take back their fiefdoms. Just like that, they dare to unite and openly and secretly say that the widow lacks virtue.

If one day in the future, the widow continues to take power, will they say that the widow is not worthy of the position, and plan to directly pull the widow off the horse and set up a new king? ”

Listening to the words of the King of Chu, Chen Zhen lowered his head deeply, just closed his mouth, and did not spit out half a word.

No one dares to take this kind of topic casually.

Just as Xiong Huai was scolding, a waiter walked in in in a panic, and then under the gaze of the king of Chu, he reported in a low voice: "King, the left disciple asks to see." ”

"Left disciple?" Hearing this, Xiong Huai took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, and said, "Please come in." ”

"Yui."

Then, Xiong Huai saw Qu Yuan walk in.

"The King." Qu Yuan bowed his hand and saluted.

"Excuse me!" Xiong Huai nodded, and then asked, "I don't know what is the important matter for Xianqing to come to see the widow at this time?" ”

Qu Yuan smiled and said: "King, the minister has received the news that the pick-up has arrived fifty miles away from Yingdu, and he will arrive in Yingdu tomorrow." ”

Xiong Huai was stunned for a moment, and then said happily: "Good, good, good, this is good news." ”

After a pause, Xiong Huai felt that the anger in his heart seemed to be diluted a lot by the news of the pick-up, so he smiled and said to Qu Yuan: "Xianqing, tomorrow please ask Qing to meet you outside the city in person, and tell Jiezi that the widow will lead the ministers to wait outside the palace." ”

"Yui." Qu Yuan answered, then glanced at the king of Chu, and asked hesitantly: "The king, the minister looks at the king with a worried face, I don't know if the minister can relieve the king's worries." ”

Xiong Huai looked at Qu Yuan, then frowned again, and then informed the news of letting talents be recommended from all over the country.

"Xianqing, now that there are not enough talents in the hands of the widows, I am afraid that it will be difficult to complete the subordinate officials in various places in a short period of time, let alone send orders for the feudal monarchs in various places. In this way, it will be difficult to control the local area and strengthen the control of the feudal monarch. I don't know if Xianqing can do anything about this matter. ”

Qu Yuan also frowned when he heard this, although he had already expected that Xungui would oppose the change, and the resistance to the change was extremely great. However, I did not expect that this method had not yet been carried out, and it was only to show the intention of changing the law and recovering part of the local power, and it had not yet touched the local roots, and it was met with such fierce resistance. So that all the places are connected in tandem and pull back behind their backs.

After thinking for a moment, Qu Yuan arched his hand and said: "King, so far, there is no hope for talents from all over the world. However, it is imperative to change the law. ”

Saying that, Qu Yuan said with a smile: "Fortunately, the king took precautions and expanded Taixue a few years in advance, and let Taifu live in Taixue. Although the quality of Taixue students is uneven, there are also many talented people, after the assessment, these people are enough to meet the needs of more than ten counties. ”

Xiong Huai sighed: "But my Chu country is far more than ten counties, just in the land of northern Han, there are more than ten counties. Moreover, after all the fiefs of the feudal monarchs of Hanbei were recovered, counties were set up, so that the land of Hanbei exceeded 30 counties. The number of Taixue students alone is not enough. ”

As he spoke, a hint of gloom flashed in Xiong Huai's heart. Taixue students, most of whom are the children of the aristocracy, rely on these people to act as an important force for changing the law in order to divide and disintegrate the nobles, this can be had. But the changes all rely on the children of the nobility, so that everyone can devote themselves to the country and give up vested interests, Xiong Huai feels unreliable. He didn't think that his charm was so demonic.

And the purpose of letting people be recommended from all over the world is to absorb fresh blood from all over the world on a large scale to balance the current aristocracy.

As a result, if they mess with it, all the plans will be twisted and turned.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai looked at Qu Yuan and asked, "Xianqing, for today's plan, what is Qing's opinion?" ”