When he arrived at the Wu State Dynasty Meeting, after all the doctors had finished reporting, Bo Yao came out and said, "Minister, there is something to perform!" In the past, it was said that the first monarch broke the Chu State, and after the class returned to the dynasty, he repaired Lu to show the national prestige of the Wu State! Now that the Lord has broken the Qi army, he should build a high platform to show the prestige of the country! Now Gusutai is in disrepair, and the minister suggests rebuilding Gusutai! ”

As soon as Bo Yao's words fell, Wu Zixu angrily objected: "Gusutai has fallen into disrepair because the ancestors are not luxurious. Now although the Qi State is defeated, it is only a small defeat. The state of Chu is on the side, and the state of Han is eyeing behind the state of Wu, how can it be the time for pleasure? Moreover, it will cost a lot to rebuild Gusutai, I am afraid that it will arouse the anger of the people of Wu State! ”

Bo Ya retorted: "How can it be consumed? Gusutai originally had a foundation, and now rebuilding Gusutai is just a repair! Besides, now that the Wu Palace has been around for hundreds of years, the king will live in another place, so he can rebuild and repair the Wu Palace. Even if it's not! After my Wu country became the overlord, other countries came to see me, and when they saw the Wu palace like this, wouldn't they mock it in private? How to convince the public! ”

When Wu Zixu heard this, he retorted: "How to convince the public? Now the hegemony has not been achieved, but I want to live a luxurious life, don't convince the public, how to achieve the hegemony in the future is a problem! ”

When the husband heard this, his brows tightened, and he said in an unkind tone: "Isn't it okay for a widow to enjoy some fun?" ”

When the doctors heard this, they couldn't help but feel a pang in their hearts, Wu is not comparable to other countries, although he implements a feudal system, but the monarch holds the vast majority of the country's power. When the husband said this, he was actually telling everyone that he had made up his mind.

Doctor Wang Sun Yu came out of the column and said: "Xiangguo's words are a bit excessive, but it's just a high platform!" Not to mention that it's not about building, it's about repairing! However, the king, Xiangguo is also thinking about Wu. Moreover, the minister saw that the palace of King Wu was indeed a little dilapidated, and it was also appropriate to rebuild Gusutai. ”

The other doctors also came out and the mud was thin, Wu Zixu saw that there was no way to change it, so he could only return to his original position, and couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart.

The husband then ordered: "Dazai is out of the ranks!" ”

"The minister is here!" Bo Yao immediately replied with a smile.

The husband instructed: "You will do the work of rebuilding Gusutai, and all the money needed will be allocated from the warehouse." ”

Bo Yao bowed his head and replied, "No! ”

Not long after Bo Yao took over this project, Yang Zilu immediately sent an envoy to Wu Guo, this time it was not a literary type or Zigong, but Zheji.

The husband didn't know what Yang Zilu was looking for him, but he still met with Zheji. The husband asked, "Zheji, what is the matter with you coming to find the widow?" ”

Zheji said respectfully: "Back to the king's words, my lord heard that the king defeated the violent Qi, so he sent a foreign minister to congratulate the king. But the Han country is small and widowed, there is no special product, only there are a lot of big trees in the mountains, the lord specially tributed a hundred giant trees for the king, among which there is a pair of giant trees is the most precious. It is 20 meters thick and 40 zhang high! ”

(Note: The circumference is the length, the palm is open, and the distance between the thumb and the middle finger is one circumference.) The husband was overjoyed and said, "But there is such a giant tree? ”

Zheji said with a solemn face: "This matter is true, how dare the foreign minister and my lord deceive the king?" ”

Bo Yao, who had been sitting for a long time, immediately took the opportunity to say: "This is really good, the minister is also thinking about cutting down big trees from Wu State, so that the beams and pillars of Gusutai will fall." It's just that there are so many giant trees, I'm afraid Gusutai won't be able to use them up. In particular, the pair of giant trees that the doctor just mentioned, if they are to be used, they must be used to build the main hall. Gusutai is just a small high platform, it is impossible to use him, it is really a waste. The Great Prince's Ministers might as well give these two giant trees to the Jin Kingdom, probably only an overlord like the Jin Kingdom can use them! ”

Hearing this, the husband said dissatisfiedly: "Although Wu Guo is not the overlord, how much worse is it than the overlord!" These giant trees, especially the pair of giant trees, do not have to be given away, they are all used for the reconstruction of Gusutai! ”

Bo Yao said with an embarrassed face: "It's just that in this way, I'm afraid that the cost of Gusutai is too great, and Xiangguo will complain!" ”

"Humph! This Wu country is a widow's Wu country, not the old horse...... The old Xiangguo's Wu country! Under the anger of the husband, he almost said the three words of the old horseman, and hurriedly changed his words temporarily and replaced him with the old minister. But are the people here ordinary people? Although the faces of Bo Yao and Zheji did not change, they had already understood in their hearts.

However, neither of them said anything, but was happy that their plan had succeeded, especially Bo Yao. Bo Yao is happy that he can make money from Gusu Terrace, not to mention, he can also get bribes from Yang Zilu, which is simply a source of left and right.

Let's say that Wu Zixu, at the court meeting three days later, when he heard Bo Yao's words that he was going to expand Gusutai, he immediately said angrily: "Now the price of grain in Wu is as high as 20 yuan a bucket!" Now the king not only does not use this money and grain to calm the price of grain, but also prepares to build a high platform. Are you waiting to die in Gusu and Taichung? ”

When the husband heard this, he was furious and roared: "If there is a widow, will the country of Wu be destroyed?" ”

As soon as the husband's voice fell, he brushed his sleeves away. However, the money and grain used to build Gusutai were still allocated, and the doctor of Wu was not Wu Zixu. And Wu Zixu of Wu State is only one person. Wu Zixu was even more flustered when he saw this.

Unlike Wu State, Han State, although it has only been less than a year, Yang Zilu has light labor and light taxes, and the people of Han are full of joy. As the Chinese people became wealthier, they began to buy more things, and the commerce of the Han Kingdom became more prosperous. But Yang Zilu did not cause an imbalance in income and expenditure because of this.

Of course, this is due to the fact that Yang Zilu is now raising no more than 3,000 soldiers, but the most important reason is that Yang Zilu plundered wealth from Wu State and sold straw paper, brown sugar, and salt in the Central Plains vassal states.

Especially in Wu State, the 150,000 stone grain that Yang Zilu bought in Wu State only used about 1.3 million yuan at that time. But now Yang Zilu can get a profit of about ten yuan for every stone of grain sold. In other words, these 150,000 stones will bring Yang Zilu a net profit of 1.5 million stones, and these grains are still in short supply. If it weren't for Wu Zixu's suppression, I'm afraid the price of this grain would have risen even higher!

In terms of the talent system, Yang Zilu created (which can be understood as unlucky) an epoch-making system in the new year - the imperial examination system. Although there are many nos to the imperial examination system, it seems to be more labeled as feudal, tea poison, prison ideology and other bad terms. But Yang Zilu is also thoughtful about the imperial examination system, and he knows that any reform, if the step is too big, the gains will outweigh the losses.

The most obvious example is Wang Mang and Emperor Yang of Sui, their original idea of reform was good, but because they took too big a step, they eventually became anticlimactic, which led to the anger of the heavens and the resentment, not to mention their own death, they also had to bear the infamy of the ages.

And Yang Zilu does not need the feudal system, which has already made many talents from Yue and other vassal states dissatisfied with this, all relying on Yang Zilu's prestige, coupled with the high and low and shade subsidy system, it has not led to the loss of talent. And now Yang Zilu wants to break the family's monopoly on the appointment of most officials, obviously even if it is Wen Chong and Confucius, they will not be willing.

They all have their interests, and Yang Zilu has to take care of them. For this reason, even if Yang Zilu is a imperial examination, although Yang Zilu has set up three levels, it is actually two levels. The lowest level is called Tongsheng, but there is no county examination or anything, as long as you graduate from any school in the Han Kingdom, that is, after two semesters (one semester and one year) of study, after obtaining the graduation certificate, you can get the name of Tongsheng to participate in the imperial examination.

And if you are not a Han Chinese, you don't want to waste time studying in the school for two years, and you want to participate in the imperial examination. It can be recommended by any doctor, and after passing the examination, you can become a child and obtain the examination qualification, and this kind of route is for those who come from abroad.

The second level is even a real level, Yang Zilu directly "stole" his name and tested it for the township. The county division went to each county to participate, and each county selected two to six scholars, depending on the number of people, and called them lifters. Raise person to take the highest level examination again and will take the examination.

But because Yang Zilu is afraid of offending the nerves of the current doctor too much, the general examination and the township examination are not only elected every three years, but only three people are selected for each examination.

After all, this era is still dominated by similar hereditary origins, and few people from poor families are big officials. For example, in the state of Chu, high-ranking officials such as Ling Yin, Da Sima, and Da Si Kou in previous dynasties were basically held by the royal family. And other official positions are also held by a few great families.

More than ninety percent of the official positions above the doctor level of the Qi State were in the hands of Tian, Guo, Gao, Bao, Yan, Wu and Gong (the family of the monarch). And the rest of this distinction seems to be quite objective, but this one is basically mastered by the collateral of the above-mentioned five clans.

Needless to say, the Jin State was directly controlled by the four secretaries, and finally created a situation where the three families were divided into Jin, and its power was needless to say. Lu State, a country known as the great state of etiquette and the birthplace of Zhou rites, most of its official positions are controlled by the three families of Sanhuan. It is natural for weak countries to follow the example of strong countries.

These hegemons and quasi-overlords are like this, and you can imagine what the other vassal states are like, and it may even be even more chaotic. How could the doctors under Yang Zilu have no resistance to Yang Zilu's system?

That is, everything in Yang Zilu's Han Kingdom has just been established, and these doctors with "feudal" ideas have not come much, and they have just joined the Han Kingdom and are in a cautious stage. Yang Zilu's imperial examination was only then promoted, if it was changed to the big countries of Qi, Jin, and Chu. Needless to say, just look at the fate of the people who presided over the change of the law in the Warring States Seven Heroes. Shang Ying, who presided over the reform of the Qin State, was split by a car, and Wu Qi, who presided over the reform of the Chu State, was killed by random arrows, and so on.

(To be continued)