Chapter 162: Preparations for the Conquest of the Shang Kingdom (2)

Ji Fa began to convene Taigongwang and Zhou Gong and began to discuss the best strategies for the development of the Zhou State.

Immediately afterwards, Ji Fa also invited Xin Jia to listen, and had a heated discussion on some of the good policies, but they were all about the development of the country, and they were all thinking about how to be good for the country, and there was not too much debate about the rest.

"This is the demeanor of a heavy minister, although the quarrel is so fierce, but it is limited to the matter, and will never attack his family." Ji Fa said with a smile in his heart.

"Maybe it's the demeanor of a scholar."

Xin Jia opened his mouth and said: "At that moment, the Zhou State should stand up and stop the evil deeds of the King of Zhou, in order to win the love of the people of the world, so that the name can be justified, and the talented people from all over the world will come to the Zhou State one after another, so it can be said that it is superior to the talent." ”

"No, although the Zhou State has made great progress, but the country is small and poor, this is an indisputable fact, it should not be suitable to show its edge, otherwise, it will cause the idea of the Shang State, if you take this opportunity to make things difficult for my Zhou State, it will be difficult to do." Zhou Gong said.

Taigong Wang continued: "I agree with the opinion of Zhou Gong, the poverty and weakness of my Zhou State is only temporary, as long as the external environment can be relaxed, it will be conducive to the development of my Zhou State. ”

As far as personal suggestions are concerned, Taigongwang's development path, Ji Fa likes it after all, and it is also in line with his development ideas, but to avoid hurting Xin Jia's heart, he has no direct development opinions, and after thinking about it, he arranged a position for Xin Jia.

"That's the counselor." Ji Fa said.

Xin Jia is overjoyed, he has always been like this, his own personality dictates, it is impossible to change, but I didn't expect King Zhou not only not to care, but also to let him engage in this kind of work, so that his talent can be fully played.

"It seems that the rumors that King Zhou is thirsty for talent are not false, but still true." Xinjia was very happy.

This is also a position that Ji Fa has thought about for a long time, and the function of the counselor is to put forward various criticisms and corrective measures according to the current malaise, and in order to make the counselor have something to say, he must think about a solution before every speech, so that the advantages of the counselor can be brought into play.

"Congratulations." Zhou Gong and Tai Gongwang both congratulated Xin Jia.

After a fierce debate and debate, Zhou Gong and Taigong Wang both recognized Xinjia's talent, I have to say that Xinjia's talent is very good, and Xinjia is actually a nickname, from the perspective of the sexagenary branch, the fruit is first ripe, and the taste is not sweet, so it is called "Xin", and the first thing to break out of the shell is called Jia.

Zhou Gongdao: "Xinjia's nickname is good, it is indeed delicious enough, and it is ranked first." ”

Everyone laughed, and Xin Jia laughed embarrassedly.

"Brother Xinjia, let's call you that, you won't have an opinion."

Xin Jia smiled: "How dare you, just call me, anyway, I'm used to it, if you don't call me Xin Jia, I thought you were calling someone else." ”

"Hahaha." There was another burst of laughter.

"It's just that Brother Xinjia, you need to be wronged for a while and choose a pseudonym, otherwise, after Shang Guo finds out, he will definitely be furious, and then he will ask the teacher for guilt." Zhou Gong said thoughtfully.

Ji Fa nodded, it really should be so, but I don't know Xin Jia's opinion.

"Well, I'm willing, just call me Zhou Jia above the court." Xin Jia touched his beard and said.

"Xin Jia and Zhou Jia, good name, good name."

Ji Fa thought for a while: "The excuse for Xin Jia's resignation before was to return to his hometown, obviously the king of Shang hated him, and he didn't even come out to send him off, so he let Xin Jia leave." However, this is also good for me to provide Zhou Guo with talents. ”

"Hey, hey, it would be nice to have a few more ministers like that. In the future, simply seal the name of the king of Shang as a transportation captain. Ji Fa said with a smile in his heart.

Later, Ji Fa jumped out and thought about it, there are so many officials in the whole world, either in the Shang country, or in the Zhou country, as for other small countries, basically there are no talented people.

"You have one more virtuous minister, one less on my side, one more capable person on your side, one more mediocre minister on my side, such a two-level difference, for a long time, is very unfavorable to the future of my Zhou country, so we must absorb talents as much as possible, and absorb talents to come to my Zhou country."

"But there is no impermeable wall in the world, and I will definitely be known by the people of the Shang Kingdom when I come to Zhou Kingdom, so what should I do at that time?" Singar voiced her concerns.

"Hahaha, Brother Xinjia, Ao No, Brother Zhou Jia doesn't have to worry, even if the officials below know that after you come to the Zhou Kingdom, they will definitely not make a noise, and they will only hide these things, otherwise, once it reaches the ears of the merchants, do you think they will have good fruits to eat?" Zhou Gong touched his white beard and said.

"Ah~ What Zhou Gong said makes sense, the king will definitely not listen, and will execute all those who know it, in order to vent the hatred in his heart, then there is basically nothing to worry about, hey, the officials who want to come to work in the Shang country are really pitiful." Xinjia sighed.

"Then you might as well invite Brother Xinjia's friends to our Zhou Kingdom, with the wisdom and love of King Zhou, it will definitely be reused, so what are you not satisfied with your official friends?" Zhou Gong asked.

"This..." Xin Jia thought of this, but with some hesitation, he looked at Ji Fa.

"You can follow the advice of Duke Zhou in this matter, King Gu must be kind to these talented people who have defected, and arrange suitable positions according to their talents, so that there are many talents, and my Zhou country is full of talents?"

Taigongwang said: "What the king said is that a virtuous person is a person who governs the country, so it can be said that a good minister meets a virtuous master, and a loyal dog meets a good master." ”

"Well, since King Zhou is so unabandoned, then I, Xinjia, will definitely do my best to repay King Zhou's kindness."

"Come on, get some wine."

Soon in front of the four of them, there were a lot of fruit plates, wine, and some food.

"Let's toast Brother Xinjia."

Xin Jia hurriedly raised his wine glass in panic, first toasted King Zhou with a glass of wine, and then toasted Taigongwang and Zhou Gong in turn, and then drank all the wine in the cup, Ji Fa nodded and signaled, and also drank the good wine in the cup.

"Good wine, good wine!" Xin Jia said happily.

Everyone can see that Xin Jia has not been so happy for a long time, and it is no wonder that talented people are suppressed and there is no room to display their ambitions.

It's no wonder that Ji Fa thought about it, talented people are originally arrogant, they are already withdrawn, they are focused on learning, as well as their own affairs, and they ignore others, what they didn't expect is that they can't be reused when they concentrate on their talents, even if they are looked down upon, this makes him very unbearable, after a long time, everyone began to ridicule him, no wonder, Mu Xiu will be destroyed by the forest wind, and it is easy to attract the jealousy of others.

Although he has always insisted on his beliefs, but seeing that the king ignores this, after a long time, he can't help but be a little discouraged, which also has the next, over and over again admonitions, will be full of blood, all said, used in the country's business, but did not expect that the king of the king was mediocre, even did not listen, at first it was better not to obey, Xin Jia thought it was his own fault, did not find the idea, but what he did not expect was that the king of the king became more and more mediocre, not only did not listen, but slowly for his advice, And I got impatient. Ji Fa put himself in his shoes and thought about it, if it was himself, then he would not be able to stand it.

"Hahaha, have fun today, drink another drink." Xin Jia drank another glass of wine arrogantly.

Ji Fa thought to himself: "Maybe after today, Xinjia's heart knot will be completely opened." ”

So Ji Fa kept letting Zhou Gong and Taigong Wang pour wine, and they also kept drinking, Zhou Gong and Taigong saw that Ji Fa intended to do so, so they also followed his mind and began to pour wine for Xin Jia, during which he naturally spoke a lot more easily, and Ji Fa never said this.

So Xin Jia began to speak, more and more casually, and all of them spoke, and kept talking and talking, from here to there, and from here to that.

From the beginning of the national events, and when it comes to their own private family affairs, and Zhou Gong and Taigong Wang, although they drink the same wine, they are also attached to Xin Jia, I have to say that Xin Jia talks well, until he is drunk, he has such a high heart, and he is unwilling to go along with it, which really makes several people present admire, and he never says bad things about the old master, so people can't help but be awe-inspired.

"By the way, I heard that Xinjia has an unmarried daughter in the family, I don't know what she looks like? Is there a marriage match? If not, there is no suitable one in the Shang country, maybe in my Zhou country, you will be able to meet the right one. "Duke Zhou wants to be in front of this peacemaker.

"Yes, yes, Brother Xinjia can look for a suitable young man in my Zhou Kingdom, and see if Ling Nu has a match and a liking." Taigongwang hurriedly continued.

This Ji Fa felt that it was time for him to speak, so he opened his mouth and said: "Well, it makes sense, it should be so, Xin Jiachen's girl must not be annoyed, the lonely king rewarded you with five hundred sword coins, as a congratulatory gift from the lonely king in advance." ”

"Oh, thank you so much, but the minister really can't stand it." Xin Jia happily hurriedly knelt down and bowed to Ji Fa.

"Hey~ The Lone King is hard to chase after when he says it, and if he says it, it is a holy decree, how can it be easily changed and withdrawn? Xin Jiachen, you accept this congratulatory gift from King Lone. ”

"That's right, Brother Xinjia, the king is really good to you, I can't help but make our two old ministers a little envious, but I have never heard of the king and rewarded others for doing this." Zhou Gong's eyes changed his mind and coaxed.

And Taigongwang said: "Yes, yes, yes, when a man reaches a certain age, he should marry, and when a woman reaches a certain age, she should marry, this is a natural thing." ”

"In this case, Xinjia will thank the king, and thank the Duke of Zhou and the prince for bothering, thank you very much, this kindness will be slowly repaid in the future, please rest assured, please rest assured." Xin Jia knelt down happily.

"Let's drink."

"Great, since then, Xinjia completely belongs to the Zhou Kingdom." Ji Fa thought to himself with a smile.