However, no matter what, reform must be carried out, and although it is not called reform but reform at this time, both actually have the same essence. It has been more than 400 years since the development of the Zhou royal family www.biquge.info the pen "fun" pavilion, in addition to the mediocrity of the Son of Heaven, the rotten system is also one of the main reasons for its decline, if you want to revive, you must have the courage to attack the old system and the old forces, so Zhou Bian still decided to implement the military reform step by step. Of course, any change must be backed by strong strength, otherwise it will be just empty talk like the Wuxu change, so after two small victories, Zhou Bian felt that the newly established Imperial Forest Army met his own requirements in terms of combat effectiveness and loyalty, and began to want to change the French military system. Then the first step is to earnestly implement the military merit system, otherwise everything you have done before will be in vain.

Therefore, although the two Taishi were still hesitant, Zhou Bian still resolutely expressed his attitude and wanted to carry out the military merit. The core of the military merit system is that meritorious service will be rewarded, and if there is no merit, it will not be rewarded, and if there is also a mistake, it will be punished. Therefore, Zhou Bian repeatedly instructed that at this time, he must resist the pressure of the old nobles, and after the first implementation, it will be easy to do later.

In the front hall of his courtyard, Zhou Bian is sitting on the throne, and the two Taishi are sitting below, and the three of them are discussing political affairs, which makes Zhou Bian feel very natural, it seems that not everything needs to run by himself, otherwise if everything is too small, he will not be as tired as Zhuge Liang. Zhou Bian is starting to get used to the feeling of sitting in the hall.

In fact, in the land of Zhou Projectile, there are not so many affairs of the royal family, and after a while, all the things were discussed, the Taishi and the other two got up to say goodbye, Zhou Bian naturally sent him out, but he saw Dr. Wang Sunman hurriedly running over, I don't know what it was, the two Taishi also stopped and waited.

Doctor Man is a polite person, and he stopped before he got close, and after a few breaths, he walked up to him in small steps and said, "I've seen the king." The Empress Dowager Lingman came to announce that she asked the king to change into a royal dress and go to the front hall to wait for the Bai family to meet. ”

Taishi didn't react for a while, and opened his mouth to ask, "Bai Clan, which Bai Clan?" ”

Zhou Bian knew very well in his heart, Bai Gui finally came, when he thought that the two of them actually knew what the other party thought, but they just didn't reveal their identities, Zhou Bian wanted to laugh in his heart, knowing that this must be Bai Gui's official arrival, Zhou Bian was about to go to the front hall when he started, but Doctor Man was anxious and said loudly, "King, the Queen Mother ordered you to be sure to change into royal clothes." ”

Of course Zhou Bian knew the queen mother's thoughts, she just wanted to show off and look grand, but the Bai family was rich and rich, and she was talented in her belly, so naturally she would not worship because of a set of royal clothes. But thinking about it, Zhou Bian still obeyed the advice of the Queen Mother and returned to his courtyard to change clothes. After the two of them glanced at each other, they took their leave first, presumably they would meet Bai Gui first, and Doctor Man naturally wanted to stay and wait for the king.

This meeting ceremony is naturally not as good as the enthronement ceremony, so it is not necessary to change the royal clothes in accordance with the rules of the three layers and the outer three layers as on the morning of the enthronement ceremony, but just change the outer regular clothes into dragon robes, wear a crown on the head, and walk on the feet without worry, but the royal clothes are difficult to wear after all, and it took half an hour to change them so simply, because the sweat beads of the Liu family who were anxious and tired were down, and Zhou Bian was also sweating. Fortunately, the quality of this royal dress is good, and the silk used is very thin, otherwise it would have to be hot and unbearable.

After changing into the king's clothes, he set up the Son of Heaven shelf, four guards opened the way in front, four maids followed behind, and the doctor in the middle accompanied Zhou Bian, only the bells and drums rang in unison, and the group walked to the front hall.

The palace was not very large, and it was there in a while. This front hall is the main hall after the Chongde Hall, which is much smaller than the main hall, and it is generally here when the first kings deliberate. At this time, Zhou Bian and the others had not yet entered the front hall, when they heard someone talking loudly, Zhou Bian waved his hand, signaled the team to stop, and he leaned outside the door to listen regardless of his image.

I only heard a slightly old but neutral voice in this meeting, "Bai Gui Xiao'er, the old man heard that the businessmen are heavy on profits, walking between the countries, chasing profits, and often raising local prices everywhere they go, making the locals miserable. I also heard that businessmen are running around all the year round, regardless of their family thoughts, I Da Zhou to filial piety to establish the country, the Book of Rites records filial piety as the first of a hundred good, businessmen abandon their parents, wives and children, everywhere to chase interests, so unfilial people, must be no virtuous people, no virtue is no talent, not the old man despised, but also bound to be not treated by everyone, not to mention my royal family, but I don't know what your intentions are here? ”

This voice is a little familiar, Zhou Bian thought about it but couldn't remember who it was, but this was also a tricky thing to say, the person who spoke thought that he looked down on business, so if he didn't think about it, he would be a grave. It's just that I don't know how Bai Gui answered, but it aroused Zhou Bian's interest.

Sure enough, after a moment of silence in the lobby, Bai Gui's voice sounded, "Master Hui, Luoyang did not produce rice before, ten years ago, there was a hundred dollars of rice in the market, and a few years ago, after a businessman came back from purchasing a large amount of rice from Chu State, a bucket of rice immediately fell to eight dollars a bucket, and a few days ago, it was only because of the great increase in demand for rice that it rose to twenty dollars a bucket. In addition, Luoyang does not produce salt, nor does it produce copper and iron, so where does our food come from, naturally there are businessmen who work for it. For example, Qi domestic salt, then there are merchants sold to the west of Mount Tai, Chu domestic lacquer, then there are merchants sold to the north of Hanshui, Zhao domestic iron, then there are merchants sold to the south of Julu, Qin domestic horses, then there are merchants sold to the east of Huashan, these four things, Luoyang is not local, but the young master can enjoy it, all rely on the merit of the merchants. ”

What Bai Gui said also makes sense, no one in the lobby objected, and Zhou Bian outside the lobby couldn't help nodding secretly, who said that the ancients had no wisdom, but people today don't know it. I only heard Bai Gui pause and continue.

"Another ancient sage has a cloud, parents are not far away, this is true, Bai also wants to follow, but Bai's family is not as worry-free as the adults, Bai's family is poor, parents are not enough to resist the cold, food is not enough to preserved fruit, Bai has to go out as a last resort, that is, business is a last resort and go out, no, how can Bai's parents come to today's brocade clothes and expensive food. May I ask you, which one is more filial piety if you are still unable to eat and dress your parents at home all the year round, and occasionally go out to make the family worry about food and clothing? ”

Although this is true, it is very easy to be dismissed as a refutation, it seems that he doesn't want to get entangled in this issue, so he only heard Bai Gui then said, "Maybe you also think that Ronghua and wealth can't compare to the children waiting for the bed, so Bai has also been thinking hard about the mistakes of the past over the years, and he doesn't go out, greeting him every morning and evening, serving water and tea, hoping to make up for the mistakes of not being around in the early years, I hope you will forgive me." ”

"Hmph." I only heard a cold snort in the lobby, and I didn't need to think about it to know that this was the young master, and then I heard two fierce stomping sounds from the room, and the young master's voice sounded again, "Bai's family, the queen mother and all of you are here today, and the old man will not pursue your own problems, whether it is right or wrong, there is a public opinion." But a few days ago, the king was seriously ill, have you heard of it, but do you know why? A mere businessman, his own caravan was damaged, but he worked for the frame of the Son of Heaven, for Er to conquer the mountains and forests, the noble illness of the Son of Heaven, how can you and other villains bear, the old man wanted to play the queen mother, accusing Zhou Gong of asking the guilt of Yuer, but Er actually came in person today, don't you believe that my royal family does not dare to punish Yuer? ”

Outside the hall, Wang Sun Man was anxious when he heard this, and he was about to enter the hall when he lifted his clothes, but he was just stopped by Zhou Bian, and when he was in a hurry, he saw Zhou Bian smiling and pointing his finger into the hall. Sure enough, after hearing a noise in the hall, as Zhou Bian expected, the Taishi was full of peace again. "Qiyu Queen Mother, the king went south to train troops, it is really to revive the might of my royal division, the matter of the Bai family's caravan is just at the right time, the Bai family has interests with my royal family, and has helped my royal family several times, and applauded privately with the king, I hope the queen mother will be clear!"

As soon as the Taishi's voice fell, there was another quarrel in the house, but this time Zhou Bian didn't hear a word clearly, and when he was hesitating to go in immediately, he only heard the Queen Mother shouting to stop everyone, and after the scene was quiet, the Queen Mother spoke again, "What your lords say, the palace listens to it, but the royal family is in charge of my Wang'er, how is the Bai family, the Wang Er has mentioned it to the palace, the palace knows it, and the palace also knows that the prince and the Bai family are friendly, so the Bai family is in my palace, no matter what, the palace is a guest, don't be embarrassed first, I'll talk about it when my king comes. Bai Gongzi, please get up first. ”

This last sentence was obviously said to Bai Gui, presumably Bai Gui was kneeling in the hall, but unexpectedly, Bai Gui said, "Empress Dowager Xie, but Bai Mou knows that he is guilty, and if it is not the king's nod, Bai Mou does not dare to get up, please forgive the Empress Dowager." “

I only heard the Queen Mother sigh, but said to herself, "It's been a long time, why hasn't my prince come over yet?" Prison A, you go and see again. ”

The sound of Jian Jia's consent soon came out, and then the footsteps approached the door, and the panicked Zhou Bian immediately took two steps back and stood still, with a flick of his hand, Fan Yu, who had been following the king and knew the king's thoughts, trotted forward, and stretched out his hand to push the door curtain before Jian Jia went out, shouting, "The king has arrived!" ”

The people in the room were obviously taken aback by the sudden arrival of the king, and the prison guard, who had just stepped out of the house, was stunned for a moment before bowing and saluting, letting him come and invite the king in. Zhou Bian gently wiped the sweat from his forehead, saying that he had been outside for so long, it was really a little hot and unbearable, and then under the gaze of a group of people, he walked into the lobby.

The lobby was particularly dim, just walked in from the sunny outdoors, Zhou Bian's eyes were really a little uncomfortable, after a pause at the door, only then did he see that the queen mother was sitting on the top of the lobby, so he stepped forward, and knelt beside the queen mother after saluting the queen, and then looked down, only to see the young master and the young master standing on the next side of it, and on the ground on the other side was kneeling a man in white, obviously that Bai Gui.