Chapter 103 The School Palace Selects Talents and Produces Meng Wan
In fact, Wei Si was angry because of Qi Concubine's words before, but after the anger subsided, he thought about it, it was time to visit the queen at night, but there was no reason to go, for fear of being embarrassed.
Now that he has a reason to help him review this merit-seeking order, he is naturally excited in his heart.
After a while, Wei Si and Zhang Xiao came to the gate of the queen's bedroom, and at this time it was already dark, so Wei Si asked Zhang Xiao to knock on the door a few times, only to hear a crisp female voice inside asking:
"Who is it? Who is knocking on the door outside? β
Wei Si himself knew whose voice it was, it was the voice of the rabbit girl beside the queen guard Ji, so he walked to the door in person and said loudly inside:
"It's a widow, a widow wants to come and see the queen, rabbit, come and open the door quickly!"
I only heard the excited voice of the rabbit girl from inside:
"The Queen's Mother...... Cat girl, the king is here, the king has finally come to see you, the queen! β
Immediately, the door of the palace was slowly opened, and the queen guard Ji appeared in front of Wei Si wearing a cotton jacket.
Wei Si glanced at it and found that Wei Ji seemed to be much older than before, and even a trace of wrinkles seemed to appear on her forehead, and when she was about to speak, Queen Wei Ji pulled Wei Si's sleeve:
"Husband, come in quickly, it's so cold outside, don't freeze!"
Wei Si was pulled into his couch by the queen guard Ji and sat down.
The two of them were looking at each other at the moment, but they didn't know how to speak, so they just listened to Zhang Xiao on the side:
"My lord, didn't you come to ask the queen about the writing of the merit order?"
Wei Si only remembered such a big matter at this time, and quickly took the book from Zhang Xiao's hand, opened it in front of Wei Ji, and said:
"Madam, this is the first time that the widow has written, I really don't know how to determine the rules inside, and now you are the only one in the palace who can read and ink, can you discuss it with the widow?"
Wei Ji took the book slip from Wei Si's hand and showed a smile:
"I thought that husband, you had something important to come to Xiaojun? It turned out to be a merit-seeking order, let Xiaojun take a look at it first! β
Wei Ji took a closer look at Wei Si's order to seek talent from front to back, and said:
"Husband, your writing is very good, but some of this font is a little different from our Wei script, which is more like Zhou Qin script!"
After speaking, he said to the rabbit girl on the side:
"Rabbit go find a new book, I'll copy it again for the king!"
Wei Si is naturally very familiar with the Zhou Qin Xiaozhen script, but although he can recognize the Sanjin script, he is not good at writing, and in fact, he can only use the words that he has been using when approving official documents.
After a while, Wei Ji copied the order for Wei Si again, and handed it back to Wei Si:
"Husband, Xiaojun has redrafted it for you, you can see if it is possible first!"
Wei Si took the book slip copied by Wei Ji, read it, and found that the seal script written by Wei Ji was extremely beautiful, but it highlighted the majestic atmosphere of Wei Shu, so he gave it a thumbs up:
"Madam, your calligraphy is really extraordinary!"
Wei Ji looked at Wei Si and showed a bright smile that she hadn't seen for a long time:
"Husband, what are you talking about? Only if you have time, you can also write good words like Xiaojun! β
Wei Ji took the initiative to reach over and grab Wei Si's hand at this time:
"Husband, Xiaojun heard from the palace people that the king doesn't sleep until midnight every day, and it's so late today, so stay here for one night!"
Wei Si found that there seemed to be a light laugh coming from the side, so he turned around and looked, and found that Zhang Xiao, Rabbit Girl, and Catwoman were looking at him and Wei Ji, covering their mouths and snickering, so they said to the three of them:
"What are you laughing at? Don't hurry out yet, don't disturb me and my wife's Yaxing here! β
The three of them hurriedly closed the palace door for the two of them and went out to guard the door.
Wei Si turned around and shook Wei Ji's hand, looked at each other, and the two couldn't help but get close to each other, hugging and kissing.
Wei Si is naturally still that familiar feeling, maybe it's because of a long absence, the two of them are also like newlyweds, like glue and paint, so crazy, so unrestrained, until they are tired and fall asleep.
A week after Wei Si issued the order to seek talents, the endless stream of wandering scholars from all over the world who came to Daliang had made the entire Daliang City instantly impassable.
This person, Wei Si, accompanied by Chen Zhen, personally came to the Great Liang Academy Palace and began to inspect these wandering scholars from all over the world.
Wei Si also set a rule for this investigation, that is, after the preliminary selection of the examiners of the school palace, one hundred of the most knowledgeable students will be selected, and then ten batches of ten people in each batch can come to Wei Si to answer Wei Si's questions in person, and if Wei Si can be satisfied, he will stay in the school palace and wait for Wei Si's appointment in the future.
After a while, the first batch of students walked in.
After Wei Si looked at the group of students one by one, he said to everyone:
"The widow has a question for you now, and you will answer them one by one!"
The students said in unison:
"Please ask the king to ask the question!"
Wei Si then said:
"Okay, the question given to you by the widow is to ask you, if the widowed Wei wants to dominate the world, what should be the next step?"
The first student named Mozzi to come out replied first:
"King, if we want to dominate the world, we must first govern the country with benevolence, and when the country is strong, then we will naturally be able to achieve hegemony!"
Wei Si gestured with his hand, and Zhang Xiao next to him said knowingly:
"Next!"
The second student named Xu Gong obviously looked very nervous when he saw Wei Si:
"Big ...... Big...... Wang, we Wei want to call ...... Dominate the world, be ...... Of course, we have to make the people rich first! β
Wei Si couldn't help but say in his heart:
"Isn't this nonsense?"
He motioned for the next one.
As a result, each of the ten people in the first batch could satisfy Wei Si, and then came to the second batch.
Wei Si asked:
"If the widow sends you and others to envoy Qi now, what will happen to you?"
A young man named Hu Sunqi first hitched on:
"If the king asks the minister to send an envoy to the Qi country, the minister will not want to go, and would rather be executed by the king for disobeying the king's order!"
Wei Si looked at this Hu Sun ruler with some curiosity:
"Why would you rather die than go to the Qi Kingdom?"
Hu Sunqi replied:
"Because the minister was born in the Qi country, Tian Ji, the former prime minister of the Qi country, killed my whole family, and the minister hated the Qi country, so he would rather die than go to the Qi country!"
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"But the envoy to the Qi country is a good opportunity given to you by a widow, you grasp it, but can you soar into the sky?"
Hu Sunqi replied:
"The minister would rather not have such a good opportunity, the minister just wants to stick to his nature."
Wei Si naturally likes this kind of person, so he said:
"Okay, you stay!"
Hu Sunqi hurriedly knelt down and thanked Wei Si.
After a while, a student named Sima You answered, only to hear this Sima You say:
"King, if you let the minister send an envoy to the Qi country, of course the minister will ask for it!"
Wei Si asked:
"Why can't you ask for it?"
Sima You replied:
"Qi is a big country in the East, the country is strong, the people are rich, if you get a good opportunity to send an envoy to Qi, the minister will definitely take the opportunity to learn the good things of Qi along the way, and then record it and bring it back to our Wei State, so that Wei State can also be promoted from now on!"
Wei Si was very satisfied:
"Good, good, good, you stay!"
Immediately after that, none of the third and fourth batches could satisfy Wei Si, until the fifth batch, a young man named Xizi.
Wei Si asked:
"If the widow has the heart to annex the nations, then which country should the widow attack first?"
Just listen to this Xizi reply:
"Of course it's Weiguo, although Weiguo is after Shang Tang, it was once the largest vassal state in the Zhou Dynasty, but unfortunately its successive monarchs have no way to govern the country, resulting in Weiguo now only more than 20 cities of projectile land, and it was once a vassal state of our Wei State, and it will not lose much national strength to attack Weiguo."
Wei Si heard this Xizi say that he was going to attack the country, and he couldn't help but think of the queen and Wei Ji, and the things he revisited last night.
After Xizi finished speaking, seeing that the king of Wei had not spoken for a long time, he asked:
"My lord, can the minister also leave?
After Wei Si reacted back, he said:
"You're right, if our Wei State wants to annex the world, Wei Guo will naturally have to be pulled out first, you stay!"
When it came to the last batch of students, Wei Si also asked the last question:
"If we want to reform the Wei State again, how should we change it?"
I only heard the first student named Meng Wan reply:
"If our Great Wei wants to reform, then the first thing to bear the brunt of is to reform the army!"
Wei Si asked again:
"Then what do you think our Wei army should change?"
Meng Wan replied:
"Your lord, more than two years ago, you founded the poor people as the base, the main military merit reward and punishment of Wei Mang, the Song Dynasty, the two battles of the Qi Dynasty are famous, the Hexi War has made Wei Mang's pawn has been officially replaced, and now he will only be pampered, with a high salary but the position of the Wei warrior who is timid in battle, and so far our Wei State is still a warrior and a reckless pawn, which is really not conducive to the king's future conquest of the world!"
Wei Si smiled:
"Then between you, it's time for the widow to cancel these pampered and timid Wei Wushu?"
Meng Wan said:
"Wei Wushu since the establishment of General Wu Qi, has been established for nearly 80 years, the cancellation is afraid that it will cause dissatisfaction among the soldiers and cause an uproar, so the minister suggested that Wei Mang's pawn and Wei Wu's pawn merge, as the previous Wei Wu's name, and Wei Wu's previous veterans still enjoy the former Yulu, but after that, the new recruits are all calculated according to Wei Mang's military merit system, if Wei Wu's veterans want to win the title, they can also voluntarily apply to the superior general to cancel the existing high salary, go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, in order to win the title."
After listening to Meng Wan's words, Wei Si said with great appreciation:
"Good...... That's right, the widow has been worried about this time for a long time, and today you finally have Mr. Meng Wan to relieve the widow's worries. β
Meng Wan also knelt in front of Wei Si very excitedly at this time:
"Thank you for your appreciation, I, Meng Wan, will definitely do my best to serve Dawei in the future!"
After Meng Wan stayed, a young man named Izuko walked up to Wei Si but didn't speak for a long time.
Wei Si glanced at this scene:
"Can't you answer the question of widows?"
When Wei Si was about to signal it to leave, this man finally spoke:
"King, you want to ask us how to reform Dawei, the minister thinks, you can't be as anxious as you are now with my son to get rid of the minister, it will not work to reform in this form!"
Wei Si smiled lightly:
"The widow just wants to ask you about the method of reform, but you think that the widow is too anxious, you are completely a donkey's head and not a horse's mouth, let's go next!"
This man immediately said:
"The king, no, you issued an order to seek talents, and you were originally here to select talents today, how can you be so anxious and indiscriminately drive out of us sages?"
Wei Si looked at this and chuckled:
"Well, the widow wants to know how you can be called a sage?"
Izuko asked:
"Didn't you ask us how Great Wei should reform?"
Wei Si nodded:
"Yes!"
Izuko said again:
"Hasn't every reform ever been decades, or even hundreds of years?"
Wei Si responded:
"Yes!"
Deko pointed to the west with his hand:
"Let's take the reform of the Shang Jun of the Qin State forty years ago, after the Shang Jun entered the Qin Dynasty, he issued three reform orders in a row, but the results were all ineffective, no wonder the Qin clan controlled the government, and the Shang Jun was powerless even if he had the heart, right, the king?"
Wei Si looked at the dezi a little:
"You're right!"
Izuko continued:
"The Qin State can really implement reforms, because it eliminates the power of the clan relatives, treats everyone and even its princes in a strict way, but concentrates all the power on the prince and marquis, and reforms the field system, military merit system, etc., so that there are no more people who eat and wait for death, but it also makes the people of Qin poor and often hungry and hungry.
Wei Si asked:
"Then why can't we take the Qin law from Great Wei?"
Izuko replied:
"Because if a country wants to be strong, the people should be the richest, and the Qin State is poor and the country is rich, although this kind of reform can strengthen itself for a while, but its people will not be able to bear it after all, and sooner or later they will rise up to resist, and the country will be no longer there."
Wei Si didn't expect this son to be so far-sighted and able to say such things, so he asked:
"Then I don't know how to make the people rich with your reform strategy, sir?"
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"First, our Wei State must get rid of those complicated officials, take back all the land and property of those meritorious children within three generations, and redistribute it to the people, so that every family of the people has land, and ensure their food, clothing and the country's land tax revenue!"
As soon as the words came out, the officials who came to inspect the talents with Wei Si next to them all glared at this son.
This man didn't seem to be afraid, and continued to say:
"The second is to reduce the cost of the palace, I heard that the annual consumption of your Wei Palace, the king, is actually equivalent to the amount of money used by the armies of our Wei State to conquer the world, more than 10 million yuan, so how can we let the soldiers of our Wei State fight outside?"
Wei Si was also stunned at this time, after all, he didn't know that the amount of money in the palace was so huge, and it was actually equivalent to the annual use of the army fighting outside, so he asked:
"Sir, how do you know the annual usage in the Widow's Palace?"
Izuko pointed to an official who was in charge of finances behind Wei Si:
"King, you have to ask Lord Ziqi!"