The arrival of the envoys of the State of Wu surprised the Jin people.

This little brother of his own family, who was abandoned on the seashore, was of extraordinary significance to the Jin State, and the two families re-established contact since Wu Chen's envoy to Wu State. Although there are many allies in the Jin State, more than a dozen of them come out together to support the scene, but at the critical moment, most of them are riding the wall to watch the drama party, or Lu Guo, a pig teammate who has more than enough success and more than defeat. Only the state of Wu in the south was the most capable of fighting, pumping the Chu people all the way, successfully realizing the plan designed by Wu Chen, and finally dragging down the state of Chu.

But Jin Guo can't do it anymore.

In the past seventy or eighty years, most of the people of the Jin State Baba sent people to contact the Wu people, but the Wu people were very cold, and they failed to meet the alliance several times, which made the Marquis of Jin feel embarrassed, but he couldn't blame him arbitrarily, for fear that the Wu people would not come next time. Except for the time when Gongzi Jizha did, there were few such a huge envoy group of as many as 100 people who went north to the Central Plains.

Jin has lost hegemony, the international appeal is not as good as day by day, and now only the Lu State is still sticking to the duty of an ally, at this time, if it can win over the Wu State again, it will also have a little more help when dealing with the challenge of the Qi State.

The Marquis of Jin attached great importance to this, and Wu Guoren bluntly said that he hoped that the Chinese army would receive Zhao Ying.

The power to receive foreign envoys every time was the focus of contention for the Six Secretaries, because it was an excellent opportunity to make foreign aid, propose trade, and solicit bribes. Didn't the Fan family and the Zhao family fight each other because of the Song dispute? But for a long time, few foreign envoys took the initiative to name names, and only the Wu people had the qualifications and courage.

This surprised the Jin people, and they learned that when they were in Taoqiu last month, Zhao's son Wuxian became a "good friend" with Wu Guoxing's Qu Wuji in just a few days, and even affected him, and even Wu Guo's likes and dislikes for the six secretaries of the Jin State.

"It's Zhao Wuxian again...... "What makes the younger generation of the Jin Kingdom ashamed." Although they were expelled from the country, they appeared in the public eye much more often than they did. After the crown ceremony, Zhiyao, who became more and more high-profile, was able to fight with it.

The previous quarrel in the Jin Kingdom was about Zhao Wuxian, specifically. It's about the assassination of Tao Qiu. Zhao Wuxian, as the son of the Zhao family and the little Sikou of the Lu State, complained to the Marquis of Jin that the sister-in-law of Fan and the Bank of China jointly sent someone to assassinate him!

Zhao Ying was furious when he learned about it, and strongly demanded a thorough investigation of the matter, and the Fan family has been involved in a scandal again since the last time Fan Ying assassinated Le Qi, and he also brought the Zhongxing clan a little, of course they denied it.

Although he is jealous of the Zhao family, he hates the Fan family and the Zhongxing family. In addition, the act of assassination has exceeded the bottom line of the Liuqing struggle, and Wei and Han are on the side of the Zhao family. The Chinese army general Zhisong was authorized by the Marquis of Jin to review the matter, but he had no clue, and the Zhao side could not come up with any specific evidence, so the lawsuit fell into a stalemate, and the two sides insisted on their own words, and the Marquis of Jin could not decide.

It wasn't until after the arrival of the Wu people that in addition to bringing Wu Junlu's greetings to his eldest nephew Jin Houwu, he also gave Zhao Ying an unexpected gift: a Zheng Guoshi who was proficient in the law of litigation.

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"Deng Xi? It is "Bamboo Punishment". Deng Xizi, who was hated by Qimu and detained by Zheng Guo's government? How did he escape to the Jin Kingdom? ”

Zhao Ying, who was responsible for receiving Wu Guoxing's Qu Wuji, was extremely happy when he heard that Deng Xi had come to Jin.

Zhao Ying's love for talent, this is something that everyone knows. Not to mention the older generation of Dong Anyu, Fu Suo, Yin Duo, and Post Wuzheng. Let's just say that in the past few years, there have been a group of new people in his building, but he is especially not enough.

It all started this spring. While hunting in the south of Jinshan, Zhao Ying suddenly had an understanding. Fu Ying sighed, and Dong Anyu on the side hurriedly asked the reason.

Zhao replied: "Zhao fed thousands of foals with grain and rice mixed with forage. I still have hundreds of tigers, wrestlers, light warriors, and rangers in the lower palace, but Fang Jin only uses them to hunt beasts. I'm really worried that my neighbors will also use it to hunt me. Spread the order to stop hunting from now on, and use all the money saved to recruit talents! ”

Ever since Wuxian proposed to build a light cavalry and verified his power in the Battle of Jianjin and the Battle of Zhen, the Zhao family began to pay special attention to Ma Zheng. They bought good horses from Rong Di with porcelain, powder, and money from the Daitian method, and now thousands of horses have been raised in Jinyang, Dayuan and other places, and in a few years the foals will grow up and will be able to use them greatly.

It is not only the horses that are not only concerned about the horses, but also at his suggestion, the Zhao family has also made certain improvements to the system of raising scholars, systematizing it.

The earlier Jin State's "Law of Zhao Xuanzi" had clearly stipulated that if a retainer assisted a family for three consecutive generations, he should be regarded as his own king; Two generations at once to assist a family, to make him their own master. The assistant will die for him, and the assistant lord will do his best for him. But by the late Spring and Autumn Period, such values had gradually become a formality, and the retainers who guarded the feudal estates in those times often became too big to lose, and the Zhao family suffered greatly.

With the reform of the social structure, the active flow of talents, especially the intensification of the struggle between princes and families, talents have become the most valuable wealth of competitors, and the concept and practice of meritocracy and good ministers choosing the main thing has become a new trend.

The atmosphere of the Yangshi is not only Zhao Ying, but also the Zhongxing clan, the Wu Wang, the Chen clan of the Qi State, and the Ye Gonggao of the Chu State are all leaders in this regard. Therefore, there is competition in the flow of talents, and Wuxian combined with the system of raising scholars during the Warring States Period in later generations, and presented some sharp weapons for fame and talent selection in the letter, so that Zhao won the jackpot in this trend, and Zhao Ying was full of praise and immediately adopted.

Wuxian emphasized that the Zhao family must be "benevolent and corporal" and cannot "be proud of its wealth and wealth".

The Zhao family built the Juxian Pavilion in the lower palace, and the guests who took refuge in the future were divided into three classes, and their treatment was different: the famous guests had their own mansions, and they were equipped with chariots and horses, retinues, and wine and meat; Some talented Chinese guests sleep in a single room, travel without cars and horses, and eat fish; As for those who have little talent, they sleep in bunks and eat no fish.

In Zhao Wuxian's words, Juxian Hall is a two-way recruitment place and a temporary talent gathering place. The degree of respect of the doorman is determined by his own talent, and has nothing to do with the nobility of his status.

According to the treatment they received, the travelers who ate under the Zhao family had a process of choosing the owner of the Zhao family, and the Zhao family also selected talents from among them. The two sides looked at each other. The doorman will be officially out of office and transformed into a subordinate official of the Zhao family. Zhao Ying gave them a fortune. Sent to the local territory as an official, and gradually replaced the hereditary retainers who had lost their tails.

However, although it is recommended to do so in the Jin Kingdom. But in the west of the Lu country, there is no shirt but he also opened a Juxian Pavilion and his father to steal the limelight.

First, because his territory is still small and his reputation is not wide, he can't recruit and can't afford to raise so many scholars. Second, he believes that the so-called Yangshi is just a transitional form of cultivating talents. Nowadays, the atmosphere of private learning is not as strong as that of the Warring States, and the proportion of travelers with free status is not so high, and the good and bad are incomplete. This kind of talent recruitment may catch one or two big fish in this era. However, it can only be used as an aid.

His focus is still on the construction of Mongolian schools and the targeted training of grassroots talents, although because of the sudden cloud of war, it has not yet officially opened, and only mathematics and craftsmen have gradually started. Because he couldn't preside over the Jin Kingdom in person, Wu Xian suggested that Zhao Ying adopt this method that was easy to be accepted by the times, and he felt that Zhao Ying had the confidence to lead the four gentlemen of the Warring States.

As a result, Zhao's internal centralization and recruitment quietly began. When Deng Xi came to visit the palace with Yan Yan, he saw such a scene.

Zhao Ying had already heard of Deng Xi, and only then did he know that it was Zhao Wuxian who saved him and let him join the Zhao family. Although it is because the road to Lu in the east has to pass through Zheng and Wei. I am afraid that it will not be safe, but in this way, it has the meaning of recruiting talents for my father.

Zhao Ying was overjoyed. wants to welcome Deng Xi in person, but there are also people. For example, Doctor Dou Li objected. After all, Deng Xi's reputation in the eyes of the superiors is not good, and he has always regarded himself as an opposition in the opposition. In Zheng Guo, he led the people of the country to file a lawsuit, which led to an uproar among the people and chaos in Zheng Guo.

"What if he does the same after defecting to the Zhao family!?" In fact, Dou Li, whose thinking is biased towards benevolence and etiquette, is hostile to Deng Xi, a person with a criminal name.

But Zhao Ying said: "You don't know, all beauties will definitely be ugly women."

Hate; The people of Shengde will definitely be alienated by the troubled times; The upright will be hated by the wicked. Zheng Guo and Jin were hostile, and giving the expelled Zheng Guo good treatment could hit his generation. What's more, this time I am arguing with Fan and Bank of China, and I need the help of a person like Deng Xi! ”

After that, he went out to welcome Deng Xi, invited him to the Juxian Pavilion, and treated him with the best courtesy.

As Confucius once said, "All evils must be investigated; What is good will be discerned." Whether a person is liked or disliked by the people around him does not necessarily serve as a criterion for identifying his high quality and talent, and Zhao Ying does not value Deng Yi just because he is hostile to Dr. Zheng Guoqing.

What he believes is also the vision of his own son! Zhao Ying believes that no shirt will never be without purpose.

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After Deng Xi came out of Zheng Guo's prison, he went through a long process of escaping, but after arriving in the Jin Kingdom, he lived in the best house, there was porcelain in the house, and he ate the best food, which was the same as Zhao Qing.

Corporal Zhao Yingzunxian, naturally, also asked for reciprocation, and he was soon entrusted with this sensational assassination lawsuit of the Jin Kingdom.

"Fan, the two sons of the Bank of China sent a dead man to assassinate the dog without mercy, and he was lucky not to die, but his generation was sophistry, and he actually denied this matter, and we also think that the evidence is insufficient, Mr. Su Wen is good at litigation in Zheng Guo, and I hope Mr. will help!"

"What Zhongjun Zuo said, he should do his best."

Cast it with papaya, repay it with Qiong Yao, the spring and autumn period is heavy, and it is also very important to kindness, and it is common sense to repay kindness. Therefore, Deng Xi saw that Zhao Ying did not ask about the law of the criminal name, but focused on the success or failure of a lawsuit, although he was a little faintly disappointed, he still readily agreed.

Deng Xi is good at debating, so some people call him "a man who can say two things, set up endless words", and he did this when Zheng Guoshi, he is proficient in litigation procedures, evidence, debate, and conviction are commonplace.

But just as Deng Xi was searching for all kinds of testimony and collecting evidence, this matter had to come to an abrupt end.

Because the Jin Kingdom, especially Zhao Ying, can no longer take care of this matter.

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When Zhao Wuxian's letter for help arrived in the Jin Kingdom, it was already mid-August, and the Qi people had begun to gather the people of the countryside and prepare to send troops to the west of the Lu Kingdom around the autumn harvest. They were like a dose of boiling oil poured into the surging flames, which made the recent quarrel of the Jin Kingdom stagnate, and then intensified.

Zhao Ying didn't care about the trouble of Fan and the second secretary of the Bank of China, and instead pleaded with the Marquis of Jin to recruit troops to support the Lu State. But the Qi people pinched well at this point in time, just in time for the Jin State grain harvest to prepare for the warehouse, the people will not leave the land at this time, even if they are immediately recruited, it will be delayed for a few days. The military situation is like fire, and in just a few days, it is enough for people to do many things.

What's more, Zhao's request was also hindered by Fan and Bank of China, and the two of them gloated over the imminent attack on the western part of the Lu State where Wuxian was located.

Fan Jichu secretly speculated: "The Qi people's plan to attack Yiyi last year was delayed again and again, and it seems that it changed in the end with the entry of Yang Hu into Qi, and Zhao Wuxian really reaped the consequences." If we restrain the Zhao army, so that they can't be rescued quickly, in the face of the Qi army, the cheap son will definitely lead the city, and his life will not be guaranteed, and my son's revenge can be avenged, wouldn't it be wonderful? ”

So Fan and the second secretary of the Bank of China pulled Zhao's hands and feet, and refused to immediately recruit soldiers under the pretext of the autumn harvest of the territory, while Zhibo smiled and watched the development of the situation.

At this moment, another piece of news came, which made Zhong Xingyin, the general of the army who helped Fan make noise, stunned all of a sudden.

The urgent letter came from Dongyang, the territory of the Zhongxing clan, and the bloody silk book had several large black characters written in ink pen.

"Qi people's soldiers, not in Xilu, but in Yiyi!" (To be continued......)

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