The matter of King Zhuang's election of concubines, under the control of Cheng Jia and other ministers, spread to more than a dozen countries, including the State of Chu, in less than three or four days.

Especially those small countries adjacent to and attached to the Chu State, after learning about the fact that King Zhuang drove the expedition in person and saved the Cai State from the crisis at the time of crisis, all of them began to be active, hoping to take advantage of the opportunity of this election of concubines to draw in the relationship between them and the Chu State, and they have selected beauties in their respective countries with great fanfare, so that the beauties of their own countries can be selected, so that in the future, there can be someone in front of King Zhuang to blow the pillow wind and get the blessing of the Chu State.

Anyone can see that the sleeping lion of Chu State has begun to gradually wake up.

A big country like the Jin State sent Cai Guo with a division of 100,000 tigers and wolves, which was a battle that must be won.

Unexpectedly, in the end, it was lost in the hands of King Zhuang.

With only 30,000 Chu soldiers, King Zhuang not only frustrated the spirit of the Jin army, but also killed the Jin army and fled back to the city.

In the end, King Zhuang sent troops to surround the border city of their Jin Kingdom, forcing Jin Linggong to agree to King Zhuang's conditions and compensate Chu and Cai with 3,000 taels of silver.

Three thousand taels of silver! It is estimated that even if the Jin Kingdom is broken, right?

Especially that Jin Linggong, who enjoys luxury on weekdays, spends money like flowing water, all relying on the savings in the treasury of the Jin State, and now he takes out three thousand taels of silver from the treasury, which immediately lowers his living standard by several grades as usual. In order to enjoy, Jin Linggong actually increased the taxes of the Jin Kingdom, and the people of the Jin Kingdom were miserable.

The ministers of the Jin State begged the Duke of Jin Linggong bitterly, asking him to take back his fate. Jin Linggong only cared about whether he could enjoy it, and insisted on going his own way, in order not to be read by the ministers, he was even lazy to go to the early court.

The weekend's performance in the first battle against Jin and the follow-up style of Jin Guo. Under the impetus of Cheng Jia, no matter whether it is a big country or a small country, everyone knows about it, one is to promote the national prestige of Chu; Second, it is also to deter the small people in the Quartet, since King Zhuang succeeded to the throne, all forces have inevitably underestimated the Chu State and have evil intentions, but they don't know that the lord of the Chu State is the son of destiny, protected by the gods, and is destined to become a generation of overlords in this troubled world.

It is precisely because Cheng Jia and they deliberately released the news that the matter of King Zhuang's selection of concubines will be noticed immediately, making it known to everyone and making a huge noise. There are even some families who have blatantly engaged in the abduction and trafficking of young girls, arresting the beautiful ones and selling them to other states and counties at a high price, so that they can collect more beauties that meet the standards and send them to Yingdu.

You must know that if one of these girls is selected as a concubine, not only will the state and county to which they belong be rewarded, but even the local officials who are responsible for selecting and recruiting beauties can get a rich reward, and they may even be allowed to stay in Yingdu and be reused by the king.

Didn't King Zhuang reuse Qin Qian, who had no background, before? With this precedent, the local prefectures and counties worked even harder, spending money and arresting people, which increased the crime rate of the entire Chu State a lot.

Hearing this, all the ministers, including Cheng Jia, felt a little incredible.

The weekend knew and shook his head again and again. "The king of Chu has a thin waist, and he starves to death in the palace." Every word and deed of the superior will be followed, while the subordinates are often reckless in order to please the superior. He is not a person with a good voice, let alone a tyrant like Xia Wei, the king of the Emperor. If this matter is not restricted, his painstaking work may be in vain.

In the early dynasty, in the face of the angry weekend, even Cheng Jia couldn't say a word, knelt on top of the court, and kept feeling stunned.

However, after all, this matter was advocated by Fan Ji, no matter how angry he was on the weekend, it was impossible to really be angry with them, the important ministers of the Chu State, and to govern the Chu State, he still had to rely on these people.

"Well, since this matter is already like this, even if I convict you, it will be useless."

As he spoke, his eyes on the weekend stopped on Cheng Jia's body, and a cold light flashed, making Cheng Jia's whole person feel like he was in an ice cellar for thousands of years, his legs were weak, and he immediately knelt down on top of the court, and said loudly, "King Zhuang atoned for his sins, and this matter was all due to Weichen's negligence and lax supervision, which caused today's disaster." Wechen should have died to apologize, but before the matter was over, Wechen didn't dare to die. Please ask King Zhuang to put out his anger for the time being, and after Wechen has dealt with this matter properly, he will be guilty of Wechen. ”

Cheng Jiashang is in a hurry to pick up work, so naturally he will not have an opinion on the weekend. His gaze swept over the bodies of those ministers, and finally fell on Cheng Jia's body again, and he said in a slightly cold tone: "You should have been convicted of negligence, but thinking of your hard work and achievements over the years, the merits and demerits will not be investigated." Cheng Jia, you are responsible for this matter, and if there is such a mess, I hope you can deal with it properly as soon as possible, and don't let the situation get worse. ”

"We're in command."

The morning of the day was spent in the panic of the ministers.

For these old and important ministers of the Chu State, although they will not all be replaced on the weekend, it is still necessary to knock them out.

Otherwise, these people are likely to hold themselves high and ignore him, the king of Zhuang.

Throughout history, people like these high-ranking and powerful people, in case they have a different heart, they can't correct their mentality, but something big will happen, even if it's an anti-heaven artifact like the weekend system, they have to guard against it.

After the court questioned him that day, Cheng Jia immediately ordered a thorough investigation of the traffickers who bought and sold the girls and the local states and counties involved in the matter. It is stated that as long as the state and county where this happens, no matter what the reason, it will all be punished as a joint crime. As for the number of strains, it depends on the seriousness of the circumstances and the degree of impact.

In troubled times, under Cheng Jia's iron-fisted methods, the local states and counties really reined in a lot, no longer participated in the trade of young girls, and began to investigate human traffickers in their respective jurisdictions.

Of course, there are still some people who take chances and want to spend some money.

But this time, Cheng Jia was very determined to settle the matter, from top to bottom, including the candidates who went to various local states and counties to investigate, all of them had been screened by him, and he would never dare to condone these magistrates and human traffickers at such a time. Not only that, but they also secretly wrote down the names of these people and reported them to Cheng Jia. In the end, under the leadership of Cheng Jia, more than a dozen people involved in the case, including three magistrates, were executed one after another, and the matter was truly settled.

When they received the report about this matter at the weekend, Cheng Jia and the others had already returned to Yingdu in the dust, and began to be busy with matters related to the recruitment of beauties.