Time entered the spring of the eleventh year of the Luhou Song Dynasty, and the upheavals that had occurred in the past few months in the Lu State had already spread all over the princes. In front of the envoys of Zheng, Wei and Beiyan in the court, he angrily denounced Zhao Wuxian as a rebel minister who seized power without authority.

In the imagination of the Marquis of Qi, the doctors of the Lu State must have been full of anger and dissatisfaction with Zhao Wuxian's dictatorship, and as long as the Qi division and soldiers were in Lu, the Lu people would definitely carry the pot pulp to welcome the friendly army.

But the reality is cruel, he several small-scale attempts at the southern foot of Mount Tai have failed, Zhao Wuxian deployed a full two and a half divisions of soldiers on the border of Qilu, guarding the Jiagu, Yangguan and other dangerous passes, Qi has no chance to take advantage of.

Qi Hou was unwilling, thinking about whether to break his promise and recruit the people of Duyi to attack Lu again, now that the spring is blooming, there should be no repeat of the tragedy of the previous winter, and the Chen family is also so instigated.

But he soon had no time to care about Zhao Wuxian, it turned out that the Zhao clan was ordered by the Marquis of Jin to order the Handan clan to attack and defend in revenge for the betrayal of the country. The Handan clan was forced by the pressure of the monarch and the suzerain of the Zhao family, so they could only attack it hard, because of Wang Sun Jia's presence in Puyang, Mi Zibian, who had low combat effectiveness, was defeated by the Handan clan, and the banner of the Zhao clan was actually inserted outside the west gate of Puyang.

So Wei Hou repeatedly complained to Qi State, Qi Hou could only transfer the first army that was preparing to attack Lu to Wei Guo to help Wei people defend, Wen County soldiers and Handan soldiers retreated to the west of the river.

So the people of Lu spent a peaceful February, spring ploughing was carried out one after another, the reform of the county system was carried out smoothly, and the doctors of the five counties of Xilu began to pack the treasury. Take your family and retainers to the Eastlands. They won't complain anymore, Zhao Wuxian in order to appease the doctors who had helped him. Put all kinds of high-ranking positions in the imperial court on their heads without money.

What a little Sima, a little Sikou. Little uncle, young master, young master, young bao, and so on...... This greatly satisfies the vanity of the doctors, but these once prominent positions now have no real power, just a false name.

Because Lu has a new institution in the past few days: the shogunate.

Zhao Wuxian is already a secretary and has the right to open a government and establish a family. So in addition to the imperial court office, Lu Guo had another administrative body, that is, the shogunate. According to Zhao Wuxian's explanation. "Maku" means the tabernacle of the army, and "Fu" refers to the treasury where the armor and goods are placed.

The old aristocrats in Qufu were already numb, and Zhao Wuxian's new policy had sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and they were ineffective in their opposition. You can only accept it with your eyes closed.

Only Liu Xiaji was not angry, and went to Kong Qiu's house again to complain to his old friend.

Zhao Wuxian also kept saying that this was to emulate the government of the Duke of Zhou, so that the monarch could rule vertically, and the government offices were inefficient. The retrenchment is abolished, and the merger is merged. He would recruit meritocracy in the shogunate and leave state affairs to them. It's ridiculous! This is not only to make Dr. Qing have nothing to do, but also to turn the monarch into a virtual position! Jonny. What do you think? ”

Kong Qiu wasn't too angry, but commented lightly: "Yao is not goo." What's the point? Zhao Zitai is in the name of Zhou Li, and he is committing trespassing. ”

Goblet doesn't look like a goblet anymore, is this also a gob? In Confucius's thought, the Zhou rites were fundamentally unchangeable, from the well field to the punishment, from the music to the drinking utensils, everything stipulated by the Zhou rites was perfect, even sacrosanct.

Zhao Wuxian implemented the county system, and he did not oppose it, but this so-called shogunate rule was difficult for him to accept.

It's a pity that you can sit and talk about the Tao, but you can't get up and govern, although it is difficult to accept, you can only see out of sight and not be upset.

He sighed and said: "Originally, I thought that Qi Yi could change to Lu, and Lu Yi changed to Dao, but now Lu Guo has become unrecognizable to me, go, go!" I can't do it, Lu Guo is rude, I can travel far away. ”

"Jonny, are you leaving?" Liu Xia Ji wanted to keep it, but when he thought about it, now that even his authority was being hollowed out by the so-called shogunate officials, he was a little disheartened, what else could Kong Qiu do if he stayed?

He waved his hand weakly and said: "Let's go, let's go, if it weren't for the fact that I was the prince and couldn't rest assured, I would go to the country with you, but where are you going?" ”

"The world is so big, where can't I go? I have heard that China is rude, begging for all kinds of rudeness, and even the country of the Duke of Zhou has collapsed, where else in this world is there any simple etiquette? Perhaps only the most remote places can be found...... I will first go to the land of Jiuyi in the east and stay for some time. ”

The so-called Jiuyi refers to the small states established by the Yi people such as Yi, Ju, and Tan, compared to the Lu country, it is really too remote and remote, Liu Xiaji frowned and said: "Where to go is not good, Jiuyi is remote and ugly, why bother to live in it?" ”

Kong Qiu smiled: "Where does a gentleman live, why is there anything ugly? I plan to go to Liyu first, worship Dongmeng Mountain, and then go to the Jijiao City on the coast of Juguo, where it is rumored that the people there are honest and knowledgeable, and you can take a look. Then I went to the country of Yi, the prince of the country of Yi is studious, and he once asked me about the etiquette of marriage, and I have many disciples in Zou City, and I can go to them when I have no food or clothing......"

Looking at Kong Qiu, whose ambition was blocked in the country of Lu, but he was still smiling, Liu Xiaji was relieved, that's right, this is the Zhongni he knew, it seems that he has come out of the fallen four capitals, he began to face up to his failure, and accepted it calmly.

But will he lose his former determination and perseverance? Liu didn't know next season.

"I don't dare to claim to know the destiny of heaven anymore, and when I am sixty years old, I only hope that I can cultivate myself to the fullest, and I can listen to the words that go against my ears, even if the whole world is full of scolding, it doesn't matter, this is the ...... of the ears."

When parting, Kong Qiu patted his old friend on the shoulder and said earnestly: "If you still want to survive in the country of Lu, you should also ......"

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The moral gentlemen are indignant, in fact, in the eyes of most Lu people, this so-called shogunate, isn't it just a change of name for the retainer system?

The Zhao shogunate set up hundreds of retainers with clear hierarchies and different powers, who were not included in the imperial court establishment and were only responsible to the generals. Although not too high-ranking titles, retainers were authorized to hold important positions. This is like in the past, Yang Hu was only the head of the Ji family, and when he went out on behalf of the Ji family to govern the government, Doctor Lu Guo had to bow down and obey orders.

"Zhao Zitai's move is to formalize the 'sacrifice by the widow and the government by the Ning family'......"

Han Hu was not disappointed, he stayed in the Lu country for more than three months without being in vain, in the eyes of him and the mastermind Duan Gui, this shogunate system can be traced back to the system of Zongzhou's command, and the lower part has strengthened the current retainer system of the Qing doctor, but the original Lu State ruled by the three secretaries has completely turned it into a hall of words of the general Zhao Wuxian.

Han Hu thought thoughtfully: "Since Zhao Wuxian became the master of Qufu, the court offices of the Lu State have gradually been hollowed out, and now they have completely lost power, at least in the areas where the counties are established, they are all ruled by the shogunate." ”

Duan Gui added: "The doctors in the east are not free, they need to leave their sons-in-law in Yuncheng, and their concubines or daughters in Qufu, and they also come to Qufu to worship the monarch on festivals, and then go to Yuncheng to meet the general. In this way, although the doctors can still be independent in the territory, they dare not rebel. ”

"The doctors in Xilu are treated a little better, and they have retained their residences, temples and Tang Mu Xiaoyi in the five counties of Xilu, and they can also obtain high-ranking official positions, but unfortunately they are already fictitious, and they are just Zhao Zitai's means of entrapment."

The two discussed in the hall until late at night, and Han Hu sighed: "If Zhao Zitai continues to implement the capital system of the Lu State, the Lu State will still not be able to get rid of poverty and weakness; If he forcibly implements the county system in Quanlu, it will force the doctors to rebel and collude with foreign invaders, and everything for him will be ruined if he is not careful......"

"But on the one hand, a county was set up in the west, and on the other hand, the capital was retained in the east, and finally a shogunate was set up to coordinate the whole of Lu, one ring after another, which is really terrifying. I don't know if he came up with it himself, or if he came up with it by Meng Tan......"

Duan Gui was also awe-inspiring, before entering Lu, he heard Han Hu praise Zhang Mengtan many times, saying that he was the smartest person in Pan Palace back then, and he could become a tyrant at the top and An Lishu at the bottom. At first, I didn't believe it, but now I have to admire it.

"Gentleman, from this point of view, if the Qi people do not interfere with all their might, Zhao Zitai's position in the Lu State may be unshakable, and in time, he will be able to integrate the whole of Lu and turn around and intervene in the dispute between the six secretaries of the Jin State......"

This is like the already powerful Zhao clan becoming two, and even if it is destroyed within the Jin State, there is also a "Eastern Zhao" in the Lu State to continue, almost invincible.

Han Hu bowed his head and said: "However, the Zhao family cannot be an enemy with it, it can only be a friend with it, and when I return to the Jin Kingdom, I will inform my grandfather of what I have seen and heard in the past few months, and I must consolidate my in-laws and friendship with the Zhao family." ”

He laughed at himself: "Before, I laughed at Wei Ju for emulating the Zhao clan in everything, but now it seems that he is right, and my Han clan has to follow suit, at least recruiting talents, training clan soldiers is a must!" ”

Duan Gui was ashamed in his heart, Zhao Wuxian had today with the assistance of Zhang Mengtan, and he had been with the gentleman for a year, but he didn't have a commendable offer of advice, which was really ashamed.

Thinking of what Han Hu said about wanting to deepen the relationship with the Zhao family, he suddenly had an idea and said: "Gentleman, I heard that the Zhao family has a female name Ji Huan, and now she is nearly nineteen years old. It is rumored that this woman is absolutely beautiful, the crown of the Jin Kingdom, in recent years, there has been an endless stream of proposers, but limited to insufficient status, all of them have been rejected. She is Zhao Ying's beloved daughter, or Zhao Zitai's sister, the gentleman might as well invite Shangjun Zuo to propose to the Zhao family, if she can marry Ji Huan, then the Zhao and Han families have another layer of in-laws in addition to Bolu and the gentleman! The relationship between the two families can be permanent! ”

Han Hu touched his bearded chin and thought about it seriously.

Her sister Han Ji has a haughty temperament and doesn't know the general situation, but after marrying Bolu, not only did she fail to get closer to Zhao Han, but she caused a lot of embarrassment, which she really couldn't rely on...... Duan Gui is right, for the sake of Han's future, he can only be topped by himself!

He nodded and said with a smile: "Thank you Ziju, this matter can be considered, if you can get closer to the relationship between the Han family and the East and West Erzhao, you should be credited with a great achievement!" (To be continued.) )