Western Wei Kingdom, Pingyang.

Outside the city, there are a series of military camps with a large number of recruits being trained.

After Han Xindong returned from his expedition to Zhao, he recruited soldiers on a large scale, and the recruitment task in the Binh Duong area was completed, and training was carried out in an orderly manner.

In the general's mansion in the city, Han Xin met a special person.

"Gong Zhi, you are greedy for military salaries in the Zhao army, everyone knows it, the Han army doesn't want people like you!"

Han Xin said coldly.

On the same day, Gong Zhi hurriedly escaped from Xiangguo, all the way to the west, and after arriving at the Taihang Mountains, he entered the territory of the Western Wei State along the mountain trail, and came to Pingyang, hoping to have a good errand in the Han army.

Li Zuoche impeached Chen Yu, Gong Zhi and Lu Tian fled, and the other rebelled, and the matter quickly spread to the outside world.

Han Xin governed the army strictly, hated those who were greedy for military salaries, and despised Gong Zhi as a black sheep very much.

Gong Zhi begged: "General Han, I am sincerely here to take refuge in you!" ”

Han Xin said coldly: "Let me see you next time, cut off your head!" Come on, pull him out! ”

Immediately, a halberd man pulled Gong Zhi out.

Kuaiche was next to him and said to Han Xin: "General, Gong Zhi is familiar with the situation of the Zhao army and understands the terrain of the Zhao country. As long as it is useful to you, why should you care about what he has done before? It is recommended that you take him in for the time being, and if you really hate it, throw it away when you are done using it. ”

Han Xin thought about it, and asked someone to pull Gong Zhi back and give him a small position.

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Xiangguo, the palace study.

In the morning, Qian Yun, the servant of the ministry, came here according to the instructions of King Zhao, and the officials moved in a few baskets of bamboo slips.

Qian Yun said: "King, a total of 213 self-recommendation letters from the officials of the capital are all here. ”

There are nearly 500 civil officials in the capital of Zhao, and since King Zhao announced that everyone can recommend themselves, the officials with real talents have seen hope, and many people have unrealistic illusions, thinking that they can be promoted by writing a letter of self-recommendation to the king.

Zhao Xie asked Qian Yun to stay in the study and review the self-recommendation letter together so that they could discuss it at any time.

The chamberlain moved the first basket to the left side of King Zhao's desk and placed a few bamboo slips on the left side of the table.

The content of the letter should first indicate the name and position, which is Zhao Xie's request, and he opened the first bamboo slip, which was a self-recommendation letter from a small official of the Ministry of Rites.

The meaning of the content in the book is: He learned cooking at the age of eight, and he was very good at Yan Zhaoqi's dishes, and recommended himself to the palace dining room as the imperial chef.

Zhao Guo had no shortage of cooks at all, so Zhao Xie put the bamboo slip on the right, and the waiter rolled it up and put it in another basket. Anyone who has no possibility of promotion and appointment will be dealt with in this way and the bamboo slips will be destroyed directly.

If there is a possibility of promotion, the money will be given again, and then the position will be discussed. Even if he has real talent and learning, he doesn't recommend himself to take up a certain official position, and King Zhao will definitely agree.

When he opened the second bamboo slip, it was written that he had a high skill in Keju and suggested that the king set up a Keju team, and he recommended him to manage the Keju team.

Zhao Xie just swept the content with his eyes, and threw the bamboo slip directly to the right, not consuming too much time on these people.

The third bamboo slip font is very well written, it is a small official of the Ministry of War, he said that he is good at writing, and hopes to serve as the king's clerk in the palace.

This font is indeed good, but Zhao Xie has no shortage of paperwork, so he gave the bamboo slips to Qian Yun and asked him to arrange them as appropriate.

There are four types of handling of the cover letter.

The first is to throw it away without any value;

The second is not what Zhao Xie urgently needs, but he has some ability, this kind of handing over to Qian Yun to deal with, if there are other suitable positions, he will be transferred, or appropriately promoted slightly;

The third is to have the ability, which is not needed now, and may be needed in the future, and will be registered and put in the archives, and then appointed when needed in the future, and it is still handed over to Qian Yun to be responsible.

The fourth type is the talent that is both capable and urgently needed by Zhao Xie, and this kind of decision is made directly by Zhao Xie.

In the fourth letter of recommendation, it was written that he was good at various instruments, especially the fuqin, and hoped to form a court orchestra with him to manage the entire orchestra.

For this, Zhao Xie asked Qian Yun to register.

Zhao State was restored more than three years ago, and later Xiang Yu divided Zhao Xie as the acting king, and Zhang Er was the king of Changshan to control the land of Zhao, and later, Chen Yu successfully drove Zhang Er away, and Zhao Xie returned to serve as the king of Zhao, less than a year from now.

At present, there is no urgent need for court bands and cultural construction, and solving the problem of survival and development is the current priority.

The fifth self-recommendation letter is a bit funny, the self-recommender said that he can speak well, knows how to make people happy, and hopes to be a nine-grade sesame official in the palace, as long as the king and queen are unhappy, he has a way to make people happy.

Even Zhao Xie laughed, this person wanted to be an official and wanted to go crazy, and he included the bamboo slips in the ranks to be destroyed.

Zhao Xie kept looking at it, and he didn't meet the talent he urgently wanted.

When the twenty-fourth letter was reviewed, Zhao Xie's eyes lit up, this was the self-recommendation letter of the host and guest of the Ministry of Rites.

He said in the book that diplomacy is very important to the country, and it is divided into open diplomacy and secret personal relations, and he said that he is good at diplomatic matters, including open diplomacy and secret talks, and hopes to serve as a waiter in the Ministry of Rites.

There are four divisions under the Ministry of Rites, namely:

Department of Ritual and Cleaning Officials: responsible for various etiquette systems;

Priest of the Ancestral Sacrifice: responsible for various sacrificial activities;

Department of Host and Guest Officials: in charge of foreign affairs;

Fine Catering and Cleaning Division: Responsible for all kinds of personnel reception, all kinds of celebration and banquet work.

Zhao Xie lacked such a talent, and rolled up the bamboo slip and placed it on the right side of his seat, which was the person he wanted to personally summon for an interview.

After that, Zhao Xie was quickly reading the bamboo slips, most of them were people who had no talent but had unrealistic fantasies, and only a few had small talents, but they were not urgently needed.

When he saw the fiftieth bamboo slip, the inner servant came to report, and Cao Wan, the secretary of the criminal department, asked to see him, and Zhao Xie asked him to come in.

"Greetings to my king!"

Cao Wan was quite surprised to see Qian Yun present and saw a large number of bamboo slips in the study.

Zhao Xie asked, "What are you from?" ”

Cao Wan said: "My king, the minister presented the written law to you at the court meeting the day before yesterday. Human nature is inherently evil, and such severe punishment is needed to control it. If the king has no objection, please allow the minister to announce and implement it as soon as possible. ”

In order to implement his own ideas, this Cao Wan is really persevering enough, no matter how many legal provisions can be adopted, Zhao Xie admires this spirit.

He pretended to be impatient on the surface and said, "Don't you see that the widow is busy? The widow didn't have time to see it, and when he was busy for a while, he would take a closer look. ”

Cao Wan was slightly disappointed, he originally thought that King Zhao would see it as soon as possible.