Zhao Xie has a lot of things to deal with, and he has to pay attention to priorities. Zhao Guo is the most lacking in talents, and if the talent problem is solved, many things will not need him to do it himself.

There is a need for appropriate amendments to the current law, but it is not as urgent as the issue of talent, so it can only be postponed for a while.

After Cao Wan retired, Zhao Xie continued to review the self-recommendation letter.

For the second and third cases, sometimes Zhao Xie will communicate with Qian Yun and discuss how to deal with it.

Although there are more than 200 bamboo slips, most of the self-recommendation letters do not take much time, just like reading a resume, most of them are useless at a glance, and only a few will spend some time researching.

Throughout the morning, Zhao Xie read one hundred and thirty letters.

At noon, he had dinner with Qian Yun in the study, and after a short rest, he continued to work in the afternoon.

When reviewing the 170th bamboo slip, Zhao Xie made another discovery.

This is the head of a department under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry, named Zhuo Tianyan.

Zhuo Tianyan said in his self-recommendation letter that he was good at managing agriculture and handicrafts, and gave some advice. Zhao Xie thought it was good, and put his self-recommendation letter on the right side of the cushion.

Since the announcement of the reform measures by the Celestial Empire, various departments of the Ministry of Industry have also adjusted accordingly, specifically:

Camp and Cleaning Division: Responsible for the construction of various official projects, including altars and temples, palaces, city walls, government offices, mansions, warehouses, official houses, etc.

The Department of Metropolitan Water Clean-up Officials: Responsible for the construction of various projects for private and public-private use, including rivers, sea ponds, river defenses, ditches, water conservancy, bridges, roads, etc.

Tuntian Cleaning Division: Conduct corresponding management of agriculture, industry, and commerce.

Yu Heng Qing Division: Responsible for the accounting and distribution of funds for the other three departments, responsible for the system of weights and measures and the minting of coins. After the household department allocates the total cost of the Ministry of Industry to the Ministry of Industry, it is in charge of the Yu Hengqing Division, and then allocates it to the corresponding department according to the situation.

After Qin Shi Huang unified the six countries, the currency and writing were unified, and from the end of the Qin Dynasty, the nobles of the original six countries were restored one after another, and the Chu state, the Qi state, and the Yan state successively restored the original currency and writing.

At present, the currency of Zhao is called "cloth coin", because of its shape like a shovel, also known as shovel cloth, and is minted by Yu Hengqing officials.

The division of labor after the reform by Zhao Xie is somewhat different from that of various ancient dynasties, and it is a more reasonable division of labor that Zhao Xie thinks.

In terms of technology, it is also the responsibility of the Ministry of Industry under normal circumstances.

In ancient times, there were few dedicated official scientific research departments, and they were generally self-initiated research and practice by the people.

If you insist on saying that there is a department about technology, Qin Tianjian can barely be regarded as a researcher of astronomy, and Tai Hospital can also be regarded as a researcher of medicine. In some special periods, the emperor attached great importance to the innovation of weapons, and there were also departments specializing in the study of weapons and equipment.

Science and technology are the primary productive forces, Zhao Xie understands the importance of science, and in the future, he will vigorously develop science, and if necessary, he will also set up a scientific research department with the same status as the five departments.

Before dark, Zhao Xie read all the self-recommendation letters, only Zhuo Tianyan and He Yan entered his eyes, and he ordered to go down and let these two people come to meet tomorrow.

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East of Xingyang, the Chu army barracks.

Inside and outside the barracks, the Chu soldiers trained, patrolled, ate, and slept, and what should be done on the surface. Secretly, however, there is something unusual.

In a corner, three soldiers were talking in whispers.

Soldier A said: "Our overlord claims to be the lord of the world, and King Zhao wants to be on an equal footing with him, but the overlord is a turtle with a shrunken head, and he does not dare to send troops to destroy those who dare to challenge him." ”

Soldier B said: "It may be that the overlord can't take care of it, Liu Bang, who challenged him first, has not been killed yet, and he has no time to take care of King Zhao in the north." ”

Soldier C said: "The current overlord is not the previous overlord, Tian Rong, Liu Bang, Zhao Xie, and Yingbu all rebelled against him, and they are powerless to exterminate him!" ”

The three of them were talking about Zhao Xie and were quite disappointed in Xiang Yu.

Not only these three people, but in the past two days, in the Chu army, many soldiers have secretly talked about this aspect.

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In Xingyang City, Liu Bang, Chen Ping, and Zhang Liang were eating together, and Liu Bang was in a relaxed mood, talking and laughing.

Liu Bang said with a smile: "Chen Ping, your strategy of killing people with a knife is really effective, let Xiang Yu and Zhao Xie kill you to the death, and the widow and fisherman will benefit, this money is well spent." ”

Zhang Liang said: "This plan is really wonderful, only Xiang Yu was fooled." ”

It turned out that Chen Ping's strategy for Liu Bang was to borrow Xiang Yu's hand to get rid of Zhao Xie.

Chen Ping was originally an official in the Chu State and had friendships with some Chu officials, Liu Bang gave Chen Ping a lot of money, and Chen Ping bribed some generals of the Chu army and let them spread rumors in the Chu camp.

Zhao Xie openly claimed to be on an equal footing with Xiang Yu, which annoyed Xiang Yu, if it weren't for Fan Zeng's advice, Xiang Yu would have led his troops to fight Zhao State. If there are more rumors, there is a chance that Xiang Yu will not be able to help it, and Chen Ping is formulating a strategy based on Xiang Yu's character weaknesses.

In order to implement this strategy, Liu Bang spent almost 20,000 gold.

Chen Ping said: "King Han, the minister told you that there is only an eighty percent chance of doing it, and the only variable is the old fox Fan Zeng." He would definitely do his best to stop Xiang Yu from acting recklessly. ”

Chen Ping is more cautious, now is just the beginning, only when the strategy is really successful, he can be happy.

Zhang Liang said: "Fan Zeng is still alive for a day, it will bring us a lot of trouble." ”

Liu Bang said: "Many things about Xiang Yu can't be persuaded by Fan Zeng, an old immortal, otherwise the widow would not have lived until now." This matter is not far from ten, as long as Xiang Yu really goes to fight Zhao Xie, the world can be included in the widow, Chen Ping, you are a great hero. ”

For this day, Liu Bang has been looking forward to it.

He admired Chen Ping more and more, if it was about Yangmou, Chen Ping was inferior to Zhang Liang; When it comes to conspiracy, Chen Ping will not be worse than Zhang Liang in the slightest.

With the assistance of these two strategists, as well as the general Han Xin and the prime minister Xiao He, Liu Bang is full of confidence in seizing the world. Xiang Yu and Zhao Xie are both people he wants to defeat.

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Xiangguo, Wang Gong Study, Zhuo Tianyan and He Xian were all summoned by Zhao Xie.

He Xian is the same age as Zhao Xie, with a medium build, a Chinese face, and a formal official uniform.

First of all, he explained his ability to Zhao Xie.

He first talked about the overall strategy of diplomacy. He believes that cooperation between countries is first and foremost based on interests, and only when the two sides have common interests can there be the possibility of cooperation. The key to state-to-state negotiations lies in strength, and the ability of the envoy and negotiation skills can only play a secondary role.

Next, He talked about negotiation skills.

Zhao Xie nodded again and again, yesterday, he felt that He Xian was talented, and now the more he listens, the more he likes, this person's ability is quite good.

For antiquity, for those of talent, it is impossible for the history books to be able to mention them all. There are still many people who have not shown their talents, or have not met good Bole, or have not been fully explored, and among the officials of Zhao State, there are talents hidden in them.