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Xu Zhihe began to assist the government as the deputy envoy of the Huainan Jiedu March, he did not forget the original Song Qiqiu's advice of "no haste, be patient, Taoguang and obscure, loose outside and tight inside, and gather people", and respected and humble Yang Longyan, was kind to the ministers of the DPRK and China, and was even more respectful to Xu Wen, and his modest attitude was naturally easy to be accepted by Yang Longyan and other ministers compared to Xu Zhixun's arrogance and arrogance. In dealing with government affairs, Xu Zhihe is also low-key, he makes his own decisions on small matters, and he still obeys Xu Wen in all major matters, so Xu Wen is completely relieved of Xu Zhihe.

Xu Zhihe is diligent in government, lives simply, is tolerant, and has a concise style, which is diametrically opposed to Xu Zhixun's way of government, and a fresh breath appeared in the court for a while. Xu Zhihe attaches great importance to the people's livelihood, light taxation, reduction of torture, emphasis on agriculture and mulberry, and education development, these policies have been implemented in Shengzhou and Runzhou before, but this time the implementation is only a light and familiar road, which can not only develop the economy, but also quickly stabilize the current situation, gather the people's hearts, and the results are very good, and the top and bottom are satisfied. Due to the long-term war, the idea of emphasizing military force and ignoring literature is more serious, there are more martial artists in the court, and there is a lack of rulers, so in the name of King Wu, he built the Lixian Pavilion on the grounds of the long-term peace and stability of the imperial court, and gathered talents from all over the world. The museum has a collection of thousands of books, as well as leisure places such as piano and chess, and soon heroes from all over the world have arrived. For these people who defected to him, Xu Zhihe was polite and virtuous, treated each other honestly, humbly sought advice, and was popular for a while. Xu Zhihe wants to gather talents from all over the world for his own use, as a capital for future careers.

Among these people who defected, Xu Zhihe liked Sun Ji and Chang Mengxi more. Sun Ji is a Gaomi person, born in Jinshi, he stutters a little, but he is very bold in doing things. Originally, he served in Li Cunqiao's army, but due to the defeat and was chased by the enemy, Sun Ji fled all the way south, and when he arrived at a river, Sun Ji had no way out, and the pursuers also happened to arrive, Sun Ji simply sat by the river to tidy up his clothes, scratched his hair, and still held a piece of grass in his mouth, looking leisurely. When Sun Ji first spoke to someone, the other party couldn't hear him clearly, but as long as he was given time to sit down and talk, he would find that he was eloquent, broad-minded, and knowledgeable. Xu Zhihe likes to talk to him very much, and he usually likes to listen to his opinions when there is a big event, which makes Song Qiqiu a little jealous.

And Chang Mengxi is a Fufeng person (now belongs to Baoji, Shaanxi), he has been studious since he was a child, and his literary style is good. Chang Mengxi is an upright person, dares to speak out, often points out the wrong behavior of others, and uses historical cases to educate others, so he is often jealous, and after being slandered many times, Chang Mengxi is disheartened, and finally decides to defect to Xu Zhihe. Xu Zhihe felt that he was somewhat similar to Wei Zheng in the Tang Dynasty, so he had special respect for him.

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Xu Zhihe not only recruited talents from outside, but also tried his best to win over those ministers with real talents and learning, such as Xu Wen's right-hand man Luo Zhixiang, Yang Longyan's close minister Wang Lingmou, etc. Xu Zhihe always maintained a low-key style and modest attitude in front of them, and after a long time, they saw that Xu Zhihe was a capable and auxiliary politician with a completely different style of behavior from Xu Zhixun, and they slowly moved closer to Xu Zhihe.

But not everyone can be easily co-opted, such as strict. Yan Keqiu is a very capable person, Xu Zhihe knows this very well, he is a frequent visitor to Xu's mansion, Xu Zhihe respects him very much, but he is loyal to Xu Wen, he is dead, and he is not interested in Xu Zhihe's wooing, and Xu Zhihe has always been disappointed in this.

But Yan Keqiu has not been idle, he has always paid attention to Xu Zhihe, and Xu Zhihe's behavior in Guangling has attracted his attention. He wrote to Xu Wen and told him, "Xu Zhihe gathers virtuous people internally, attracts talents from outside, is courteous and virtuous, is benevolent, lenient in law, and gathers people's hearts, which is not done by ordinary people, and Xu Gong should take it into consideration." Yan Keqiu's words made Xu Wen vigilant, thinking of Xu Zhihe's ability, Xu Wen felt that it was necessary to take precautions, so he took the opportunity to send his second son Xu Zhixun to Runzhou as a regimental training envoy, Xu Wen can only focus on cultivating Xu Zhixun now. But Xu Zhixun is harsh, ambitious, talented, self-serving, and has a very average relationship with other brothers, which also became the seed of his failure in the future.