PS: The second chapter is in the evening

"If you have something to say hello to your little nephew, how dare you let your uncle come to the door?"

Bai Gongsheng was originally discussing the change of law with his staff, but when he heard that Zhong Jian was coming to visit, he immediately greeted him. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Chu State is located in Jianghan, this era of Yunmengze can also run rhinoceros elephants, even in the cold winter wax moon does not look particularly cold, and this year's spring breeze came early, so Bai Gong is not thick, and Zhong Jian, who is afraid of cold and cold, wraps himself tightly in stark contrast.

Looking at the radiant Bai Gong, Zhong Jian sighed and refused to accept the old man, Hua Fa has been born, and he is no longer the age when Wu Shi entered Ying, carrying his wife Ji Mi on his back, and he can also walk like a fly in Yunmengze, he smiled and said: "Bai Gong leads the state affairs for the king and Ling Yin, and in his busy schedule, how can an old and decrepit Le Yin's subordinate be able to greet him?" ”

This statement implied criticism of Bai Gong, although the Chu State made the rebellion of the Zhou family in the early years, called himself a barbarian, and established himself as a king, but in the study and imitation of the Zhou system, he was more active than any of the Central Plains princes. After Bai Gongsheng became Zuo Yin, he did not visit the royal elders in Yingdu first, but began to implement the new law in a hurry, which was extremely rude.

Bai Gong pretended not to hear it, nodded to his titular cousin Zhong Ziqi, and after inviting the father and son into the mansion, he greeted his aunt Ji Mi, is she okay?

Ji Mi is the youngest daughter of King Chuping, and the younger sister of Prince Jian and King Chu Zhao, and she was also the first beauty in the south back then.

After the routine greetings, the warm hall with charcoal fire fell into an awkward silence, Zhong Jian and Wang Sunsheng one conservative, the other radical, it is strange that words can be speculative, and finally Zhong Ziqi broke the silence and talked about what he saw today, Bai Gongsheng's "Ximu Lixin".

"In this way, Bai Gong's new law is imperative?"

Bai Gongsheng immediately corrected his statement: "Ziji, this is not my new law, but the new law of the Chu State, which was agreed by the Great King and Ling Yin to be tried in Yingdu. ”

Originally, Bai Gongsheng entered Yingdu last year, and after approaching the center of power, he was hesitant about whether to implement the new law. Because he understands that as long as the system is changed, there will inevitably be resistance and opposition, and if this makes the old and the new of Chu turn against each other and cause chaos, it may give the northern Zhao Wuxian a chance to go south.

However, I don't know what happened, maybe it was really as his adviser Gao Yu inferred, the water was full and overflowing, Zhao Wuxian was too arrogant, overconfident in his own strength and prestige, and even wanted to go north to the overseas Chen Heng Korean country, and gradually transferred the soldiers and ships in the south to the north, with a posture of making a big move.

This can help Bai Gongsheng a lot, Huainan's pressure is reduced, and he can also take this opportunity to seize the change of law, and strive to complete the transformation of Chu State and completely control the power before Zhao Wuxian finishes this battle that is destined to be a huge loss, so that he can lead Chu State to compete with Zhao State......

Xiong Zhang, the king of Chu, is only more than ten years old, and has not yet been in power, and the real rulers of Chu are Ling Yin Zixi and Sima Ziqi, both of whom feel guilty about the death of the crown prince Jian, especially Zixi, who treats Bai Gongsheng better than his own son, saying that he is a bird's egg with wings under his own feathers, and is regarded as the successor of Ling Yin of Chu.

So Bai Gongsheng took advantage of this and persuaded Yin Zixi to support him.

When Zixi moved the capital to Yancheng in his early years, he also "changed the law" and carried out limited reforms, but when he was old, he was forced to become conservative due to the situation.

On the one hand, because of the trust in Bai Gongsheng, in the previous six years, Bai Gong's transformation in Huainan had a remarkable effect, twisting the eastern land into a rope, strengthening the army and enriching the people, expanding the territory for hundreds of miles, and helping the Yue State to destroy the Wu State. From this, it can be seen that the changes he wants to implement are no longer empty talk, but can be put into practice, transplanted in Yingdu, and promoted to the entire Chu State.

On the other hand, it is also because the pressure from the Zhao State has suddenly relaxed, so that the Chu State has the opportunity to cure its own ills - in recent years, because the Chu State scholars have no way to rank in the country, there are many people who have gone north to seek refuge in the Zhao State, and the Chu people in the land of Danyang are also tempted by the more reasonable taxes on the Zhao side, and there are many families and even the whole Li who have run over, and the domestic nobles are extravagant and corrupt, satisfied with the status quo. In the future, Zhao Chu will have a battle, how can such a Chu State compete with Qiang Zhao?

How could Zixi not know about all the above malpractices? He doesn't have a few years to live, once he closes his eyes, this house that he barely framed will be full of loopholes immediately, rather than letting Chu Guo die slowly, it is better to simply let Bai Gongsheng give it a bold try while he is alive, even if something goes wrong, Zixi, as Ling Yin, can stop immediately.

So after months of preparation, and after determining that Zhao's military transfer was not a temporary fraud, Zuo Yin Bai Gongsheng finally began to issue a decree and took the first step towards the deep-water area of reform.

Because it was Yin Zixi's board, Zhong Jian couldn't say bluntly that he couldn't change the law, but said euphemistically: "I heard that those who are good at governing the country focus on not changing the system. You must know that without a hundredfold benefit, it cannot be changed into law; If you don't have a tenfold effect, you can't replace the old one. There is no fault in imitating the law, and there will be no deviation in following the old etiquette, this is what politicians should do, is Bai Gong's change too radical? ”

"Compared to the northern Zhao State, it is not radical at all."

Bai Gongsheng said: "The four major ills of the Chu State, the feudal monarch is too heavy, the clan is too public, the rewards and punishments are unfair, and the style of arrogance is prevalent. Today's new laws are aimed at the above malpractices, and these laws have been implemented in Huainan with remarkable results. In this way, the state of Chu can be more than enough to succeed the insufficiency, sharpen the armor soldiers, and compete with the state of Zhao! ”

"Compete with Zhao?"

Zhong Jian disagreed, and said: "Bai Gong, governing a big country is different from governing a place after all, not to mention that the old man has heard a sentence, the soldier is a murder weapon, and the fighter is against virtue, and Bai Gong implemented this law in Huainan before, because Wu is the enemy of Chu and cannot be destroyed, and now that Wu is dead, Chu and Yue divide Wu land equally and live in harmony." Even if it is the Zhao State in the north, as long as the State of Chu is diligent in government affairs, and the politicians are diligent in their work, and don't think about fighting for the hegemony of the Central Plains again, they must be able to get along peacefully, so why compete with it everywhere and cause trouble for the State of Chu? ”

He was criticizing Bai Gong, Zhao Chu could have lived in good neighborliness, if Bai Gong was against Zhao everywhere, he was afraid that it would cause war.

Bai Gongsheng smiled dumbly: "Uncle, uncle, do you still think that now is the world of fighting for hegemony?" Times have changed, and what Zhao pursued was not the so-called hegemony, but the annexation of princes and the transformation into counties. What's more, who in the Chu Kingdom knows Zhao Wuxian better than me? What are his ambitions? It's the whole world! ”

Bai Gongsheng got up, waved his wide sleeves, and said excitedly: "In Zhao Wuxian's eyes, the State of Chu is no different from Lu, Wei, and Zhongshan, and it is also a piece of fatty meat. If you don't take advantage of his confusion to invade North Korea, let the Chu State gather strength and arm yourself with more minions, I am afraid that in less than ten years, it will be swallowed by Zhao Wuxian! When Yingdu was captured by Wu State, his uncle carried his aunt behind his back, and the experience of exile with the king in Yunmengze, I am afraid that I don't want to let my son experience it once! ”

"You! Boy hubris! The conspiracy is against morality, so as to use the murder weapon, as Ye Gong said, you are not saving the Chu State, but harming the Chu State! ”

Zhong Jian couldn't say anything about Bai Gong, he stood up angrily, he didn't speculate for more than half a sentence, the old guard and the reformer were destined to not be able to coexist, and he left with his son angrily.

Looking at their backs, Bai Gong sighed.

The reason why he was determined to change the law was, on the one hand, because as an embarrassed foreign prince and grandson, Bai Gong was unable to integrate into the aristocratic circle of Chu State. Even if he forcibly relied on his military exploits and the support of Ling Yin Zixi, he was in Zuo Yin and became the successor of Ling Yin, but the public circle of the prince and grandson of the king of Chu still rejected him very much, and Bai Gong felt that even if he followed the rules, he could only be a Ling Yin who was set aside by the aristocracy, and he would even be ousted from power by his political opponent Ye Gong. Rather than this, it is better to change the system of Chu State in the name of implementing the new law, and make yourself a veritable ruler!

On the other hand, as he said before, the powerful Zhao State has always been a sharp sword hanging over his head......

However, most of the nobles of the Chu State are also as knowledgeable as Zhong Jian, and they are still alive twenty or thirty years ago! They have never been to Zhao State, they have not been to Yecheng, and they have long been unaware of the earth-shaking changes in the Central Plains and the general trend that is rolling in, but Bai Gong is clear.

Gao Yu said respectfully behind him: "My lord, presumably after the new law is implemented, there will be countless opponents like Le Yin......

"The fool is dark in success, and the knower is in the unbudding. Those who are virtuous are not in harmony with the vulgar, and those who have achieved great achievements are not in the public......"

Bai Gongsheng smiled confidently: "It's just a group of dry bones in the grave, don't worry about them, these people are destined to be swept away by me into the Han River and the river!" ”

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In January, Bai Gongxi Mu Lixin presided over the implementation of the new law, and promulgated the "Grass Reclamation Order", "Military Lord Order", "Jinxian Order", "Dividing Order" and "Counting the People Order" on the basis of the ancient legal code of Chu State. The above decrees strive to reward agriculture to enrich the country, reward military merits to strengthen their soldiers, average merit and level their ranks, unify governance to correct their domains, and transform customs and customs to gather their people. So as to make the state of Chu strong and change the status quo of being large and weak......

Bai Gongsheng hoped that after the implementation of the new law, he would be able to see immediate results like Huainan, but things did not go as smoothly as he imagined. The aristocrats even scoffed at the new law, and they did not dare to directly disobey it on the surface, but they dragged its feet in implementing it everywhere.

Yingdu is still like this, let alone the places outside, for a while, the county magistrates of the Jianghan Plain resisted the new law one after another.

For example, in the "Decree on the Counting of the People", Bai Gong set an example by providing the detailed numbers of household registration, taxes, and military contributions in the Huainan region, and handed over the excess household registration to the king of Chu to increase the state's taxes. This trick originally wanted to retreat as advance, set an example, and leave others with nothing to say. However, what I didn't expect was that all the pro-noble county officials who had long been accustomed to making their own decisions in the fiefdom regarded the new law as a dead letter, and even some county officials directly refused to implement the new law to enter the country to check their household registration and military contributions, and even beat them and expelled them!

"The new law could not be implemented smoothly because the upper class resisted violating it!" The nobles of Yingdu were all looking at his jokes, so Bai Gong was furious, and decided to take out the means he used when he was in Huainan to kill chickens and monkeys, and rectify this group of corrupt magnates......